Ruid
Now that you have spoken to Phacia in Cadin, the party will automatically find the secret entrance into Ruid. To navigate through this mechanically advanced city, read on.
When you enter the passage,
you'll find yourself in a hallway heading North. Walk north to the first
intersection and grab the Silver Light in the southeast room, and the
Starlight in the Northwest room. Head North to the next intersection,
grab the Fortune Ring in the Northeast room, and then continue North.
When you exit the hallway, you'll be in
a larger room with a hall heading East in the upper right corner of the
room. You'll also notice that the enemy in this room steps on a switch
that releases more enemies. There's no way to avoid this, so be ready
to fight. Clear the room, and then head East. Turn South at the intersection
and follow the hallway until it ends to grab the Dark Mace from a chest
and then head back, take the door you passed and walk North to enter the
streets of Ruid.
When you emerge on the streets, follow the
tracks North. At the first intersection after walking North, enter the
small building on the Left side of the street to grab a Silver Light and
a Healing Nut. Exit, and then head North to the next (and last) intersection
and take the right path. Grab the chest in the North building for the
Fire Armlet, and then walk south and follow the path (there's only one
way to go) until you enter Taben's Tower.
When you enter the Tower, the first room
you enter holds a chest containing a Tri-Ring (w00t!) and another one
of those darn floor switch tripping (bummer). Clear the enemies out, grab
the chest, take the stairs up twice. You'll now be in a room where you
could go up again, or walk East. Walk East instead and take the stairs
up twice again. You'll now find yourself in the outer hall of Taben's
Chamber. Enter the Chamber and speak to Taben.
As you enter the chamber Taben mocks you, and then introduces you to his newest invention...The Magic Masher. However, the small detail you don't know, is that the tester is Nash! (>_<) He then proceeds to cast a Sleep Spell on everyone except for Mia. Instead of freaking out and sobbing, she bitchslaps Nash REALLY FARKING HARD (I mean, she leaves a handprint on his face! It's always the small quiet ones you have to look out for...err... ehm ^_^) And once again, the Almighty Bitchslap brings another stray back into sanity, this time, it's Nash. He apologizes to Mia and then Taben sneers and whips out a remote control device and sics Nash on everyone against his will...TIME TO BEAT UP BENEDICT NASH!!!!!!! (^_^)
---------------------------------BOSS FIGHT: MAGIC MASHER---------------------------------
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Magic
Masher
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Hit Points
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160 x AL
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Attack
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1 x AL
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Defense
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2 x AL
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Agility
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1 x AL
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Wisdom
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3 x AL
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Mag End
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2 x AL
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# of Attacks
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1
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Range
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40
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Exp Points
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30000
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The Magic Masher
has 3 attacks (well, 4 really). The 1st attack,
can be identified when Nash is holding out his staff and it starts sparking.
He's either gonna cast Thunder Bomb
on everyone -OR- Thunderbolt on one
character. Both do moderate damage. The 2nd attack,
can be identified when he is simply standing straight up. He simply Melee
Attacks at one character causing 1 HP of damage if successful.
The 3rd attack, called Thunder
Strike , really sucks. When he is kneeling on the ground, be
ready for everyone to take SERIOUS damage. Hopefully, he won't use this
one alot or you're screwed.
This fight can be hard, but if everyone
is at least Level 38-41, you'll be ok. Here is the Strategy to use: Alex
should use Vigor and Sword
Dance every round after. Jessica
should cast Saint Litany on everyone
the first round. After, keep everyone healthy. Kyle
should use Power Up and then Power
Slash every round after. Mia,
should just continually cast Flame Bomb
over and over again.
This fight shouldn't take too long, cause
otherwise, you'll be dead.
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Once you beat the Magic Masher, Taben gloats and then runs off rather happily... how odd. Accept Nash's apology by choosing "We're all friends aren't we?" and he'll rejoin your party. Now, take off after Taben.
Once you catch up to Taben, Ghaleon is standing there mocking you. After a short dialogue, the Grindery becomes operational and rolls away with Ghaleon laughing. Not good. What to do now...