RPGClassics.com - Sword of Vermilion

You will hear in town the the King is a very greedy man. So go check it out. He says that he will not give Erik the Ring of Earth for free. He then says that if you get the White Crystal from the Ivory Cave, he might consider giving the Ring to Erik. Then he tells Erik that the Dark Demon guards the White Crystal, but he says that it should not be a problem for a hero like him. He then gives Erik the White Key, which opens the Ivory Cave.
	Swaffham has everything (well, not everything, because like Tadcaster, it is missing an Inn). Buy a Royal Sword and Diamond Armor at the Equipment Shop. Buy the Diamond Armor, or suffer later. Don't worry about the Carmine Shield yet, you just got the Dragon Shield. There is nothing worth getting at the Spell Shop. Fly to Wyclif to rest and save, then fly back. There is no map to find, so I will have to guide you to the Ivory Cave.
To start off, go south from Swaffham. When you hit the fork in the road, go east and just follow the road until you see it vear off going north.
	This old man is going to save you a few times for the rest of the way. He will give you a map of the entire aread around Swaffham, leading to the 3 caves. Head to the Ivory Cave, which is just south of here.
If you go right, right after you use the White Key to unlock the door, you will find the map. Waste time with the Ivory Cave map, just click the Link. There are no other treasures here, so what you want to do right now is go to the other gate at the left part of the cave and enter it. Make sure to heal before entering, for the Dark Demon awaits you. I am
	This is one of the toughest battles you will ever have in this game. It took me about 10 tries before learning his patern and killing him. Here is the way to kill him: When you first get control, quickly move right. The Dark Demon will fly right over Erik. Wait for him to fly right, then back up. As it is landing, take a slash and then move back to the corner. He will then move on you, and it will hurt. Just keep slashing and he will soon die.
Once he dies, he leaves 15,000 Kim and 10,000 Exp. Grab the White Crystal and get out of the Ivory Cave, and back to Swaffham. Erik gives him the White Key and White Crystal. The King says that he thought about it, but decided against it, but if Erik can find the Red Crystal, he may reconsider. He then mentions the Blood Demon who guards the Red Crystal, but again, he says that he should be no match (yeah right). Rest and save at Wyclif. Fly back and go to the Ruby Cave, which is west of Swaffham, and then south.
	Just go straight ahead after unlocking the door. Like the last cave, there are no other treasures. But, it is still confusing to navigate, so click on the link for a map to the Ruby Cave. Here is where the map to the 2nd floor is. You want to enter the gate to the right. Heal up before entering, the Blood Demon awaits.
Here is the Blood Demon. This one is just as hard as the last one, but can hurt even worse. Use the same plan as you did the Dark Demon and you should be all set. When dead, it will leave 20,000 Kim and 15,000 Exp. Grab the Red Crystal and head back to Swaffham.
	The King has one thing left for Erik to do. He wants him to get the Blue Crystal from the Sapphire Cave, which is guarded by the Gray Demon. He then gives you the Blue Key. Rest and save at Wyclif. Head west of Swaffham to reach the Sapphire Cave, the largest cave in the game.
This cave will take a while. Once the door is unlocked, take the north path. The map to the 2nd floor is here. The Map to the whole Sapphire Cave is here. Now go back up the stairs from where you came. Take the south route now. Take the stairs at the lower-left side of the floor to reach the 1st floor again.
	The map to the first floor is here. Go back down and take the stairs at around the 2nd floor. Go around the room at the 3rd floor and take the stairs to the 4th floor.
Here is the map to the 4th floor. Go left from there to go to the 5th floor.
	The map to the 5th floor is here. Take the stairs that you saw while getting the map. At the 4th floor, take the lower stairs down to the 5th floor. In the room on the other side of the cage is the Critical Sword. Get it. It is 2nd to the Sword of Vermilion. Go back to the 4th floor, and take the other stairway to the 3rd floor.
The map to the 3rd floor is here. Take the other stairs to the 2nd floor. Before entering the gate, heal up, the Gray Demon awaits.
	The Gray Demon is even stronger than the last two, but not any tougher. Use the same strategy while fighting him and he should die real easy. The Critical Sword should do more damage. By now, Super Strength is getting less useful, but just wait a while longer, and then you can get Ultra Strength. When it dies, it will leave 25,000 Kim and 20,000 Exp. Grab the Blue Crystal and head back to Swaffham.
The Kings greed shows here. When Erik asks for the Ring, the King gets mad, until Erik reaches for his sword, and then the King, in fear, gives Erik the Ring of Earth. Talk around town a bit and they will say that they are surprised that the King gave you the Ring of Earth. Also, people will say about a city near here was destroyed by Cartahena about 18 years ago. An old man says that to get there, you have to go through 3 caves. Rest and save at Wyclif. If you want to get the Carmine Shield, get it now. You may not have another chance.
	The road to the caves are tough, and there is no map to guide you. To get there, go the same way you went to get to the Ivory Cave, but go west instead. Go until the you do not have a map. Take the road going south and enter that cave.
The map to the first cave is here. Don't worry about the lower level to this cave, there is nothing but another map in there. If you want the map for all of the Excalabria Caves, click there. Take the other stairs out.
	Follow the trail until you come to a fork. Go right and follow that. Guess who is waiting there? If you said the old man who gave you the map before, I give you 1,000,000 Whose Line is it Anyway? points. Just like on the show, the points don't matter. Enter the 2nd cave.
The map to the 2nd cave is here. Nothing else here, so take the other stairs out of here. 1 Cave left.
	The last cave is here.
Go around the first floor to the lone stairway (look at the map I provided). The map to the 2nd floor is here. Do not worry about the rest of the cave. By now, you are probably getting weaker (unless you leveled up). Do not fear, it is almost done. Just take the stairs above where the map is to the 1st floor. From there, go left at the fork and follow to the exit.
	This is the town of Excalabria (Erik's hometown).