Meribia At Last!
Upon landing in Meribia, Ramus and Nash spilt. Ramus goes to find a place to sell the Dragon Diamond and Nash heads off to take care of some business on Black Rose Street.
Take the time to go and explore
the city, I suggest upgrading Alex and Luna's equipment now, to save you
time later. You will have to go between shops a bit to find the best combination
of equipment for the two. You can view
the shops listing here (It will open in a new window). Whatever you
do though, make sure Alex has full health and a Healing
Nut in his inventory before visiting with Master
Mel, one of the Four Heroes. Make
sure you also explore Black Rose Street as
well as the main part of Meribia. Here, you can find Nash and meet Royce,
a self-proclaimed fortune teller, who is keeping Nash's company. She seems
to be one freaky chick. head on out and head to Mel's
Mansion. (You could check up on Ramus who is in Dross'
Shop, but nothing will happen until you speak with Master Mel and
with Nash.)
Once you find and enter Mel's Mansion, explore
a bit. You cannot get up to the second floor yet, so for now, just go
and make Mel's acquaintance. However, he challenges you to a rather friendly
duel and you are forced to fight him alone as Alex.
------------------------------STORY FIGHT: MASTER MEL------------------------------
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Master Mel
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Hit Points
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30 x AL
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Attack
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3 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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1 x AL
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Mag End
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1 x AL
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# of Attacks
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1
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Range
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20
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Exp Points
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100
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This
fight is rather hard. Mel is super
strong, and I hope you bought that Healing Nut. In the first round, have
Alex cast Vigor
on himself. In the following rounds, just keep using Sword
Dance until you run out of MP. You should beat him before this
happens, but make sure to use the Healing Nut
if your HPs get low.
Whether you win or lose, the plot doesn't
really change, just Mel's response after the fight. It is just more fun
if you can beat the aging pirate/govenor/hero. (^_^)
After talking with Royce and
Master Mel, return to Dross' Shop where Ramus
is still haggling with Dross about the Dragon
Diamond. (Make sure you stop at Althena's Statue and heal up first
though. ^_^ )
Once you show up, it finally appears that
Ramus has been able to get the meager sum of 20000 S for the Diamond.
(More than you have right now, but hey, it is Dragon Quality. The cheap
bastard. *mumble*) Accept the price and Dross then goes to "get the
money from the safe". When he does not come back, you all feel like
you just got con-ed. And guess what - you are right!!....DOH! Before chasing
after the fat store clerk, make sure you upgrade Ramus' equipment as well
as Alex and Luna's if you haven't yet done so. When you are ready, click
the link below...