This boss sucks.

Time for the cheats!

The second part of the forest is much like the first half. There are more surprise monkey ambushes, though. The strategy is the same, but these fights continue to teeter on being hella unfun.

Shout out to the tree for not giving in as a spaceship crashed onto it. When the team reaches the top, they'll see Ernest's ship just hanging out there. It is in pieces, mind you, but this canopy is solid. As they approach, another goddamn gorilla jumps out of the ship. This time, white ambush monkey. But something about this one felt impossible. For starters, it's a legitimate ambush battle, so it gets the first attack. This results in Precis dying every time. I thought I was getting used to the battle system, at least for Ashton, but I just couldn't connect with my attacks. It didn't help that I had no time to even begin my combo. I eventually said screw it and gave Ashton unlimited health. I don't care...

The only thing Ernest could salvage was the power core. As we began to climb down, someone from the Resistance found their way up here. But it's with bad news. The attack on Aba began, but it was a trap. While the best fighters were away, Aba sent some of his robots to attack the hideout. The member requests our help and dies before our eyes. Ernest feels like he owes the group, so we're automatically sent to the base.

One of the four important members is outside, knelt down by the doorway. He's hurt but will recover. He tells us what the dead guy said and offers us a soma, which is a full heal. We need to clear out the base of the robot guardians, which are the bosses we fought back in prison. There's nothing in the offshoots, and there are two Atlusii before us. Another important resistance guy is fighting another new type of guardian. Sadly, I don't recall anything about it. Either way, we save the base. The two surviving members inform us that the assault group likely walked into a bigger ambush in Slave, so we opt to save them as well.

As before, we're automatically sent to the village. We can see the guards knocked out and/or dead, but the two other named guys are fighting a different new guardian. It's more powerful, and its AI is advanced, so it knows we're here to destroy it. Does it feel fear? It shouldn't since it whooped my butt the first time. A lot of mobs in Blue Sphere need a moment to understand their attack patterns. So this game is also a Souls like. Had I foreseen the long charged laser beam attack, maybe I wouldn't have died on my first attempt.

But we won, and the Resistance successfully reclaimed their hometown. The war isn't over, but our part in it is. They tell us we should go to the next town, which is accessible from a secret entrance south of them, by the wall, and then through the Nusa Beach.

There are several branching paths in these areas, and I took the north way first. It opened up a shortcut back to Scout, which is interesting. Enemies are a violent chicken named Bobo, lizard men, and a bird. There are also a couple of dungeons along the way that I didn't explore. The south route brings us to the next village, Vanis. We wonder where Opera is and decide to check out the bar first. But I'll do that...

...tomorrow!

Along the way, I found a microwave. We can install this at the ship to help with cooking, so Blue Sphere is also a base builder.