Okay, now that football season is over, Sunday afternoons are now Cold Steel IV Act 3 time!
It's weird seeing the random typos in the script that you didn't used to see before the last couple games! I'm reading the Imperial Chronicle and there's a random "n" right at the end of a page. Wandering through the Courageous some more, Mint and Schmidt together always produces hilarious results.
Now to head down to the surface and check out what's new. Gwyn and Irina are hanging out with Marquis Hyarms and Marquis Ballad. Beryl is standing at the memorial stone at the Hamel ruins, noting that the entrance to the Draco Sanctuary is no longer there. I find Kairi and Fritz farther down along the road to Hamel collecting Zemurian Moss. Then we have to save them from a Magic Knight that appeared because of the black Pleroma Grass. Then we find Sidney and Ada on the Parm Byroad surrounded by monsters. They were collecting the Bear's Claw. After beating the monsters. the sidequest is complete.
When we try to enter Eryn Village, the magical barrier is blocking access, even though we should have permission to pass through. We call over Emma, and she communicates with someone from the inside, saying the spirit veins are out of control, especially with Roselia gone. We can still enter through the teleportation stones, at least. When I try to enter on foot, it activates an urgent quest. Turns out the Ouroboros jaegers are occupying the area around the teleportation stones. Everyone is confused as to why Ouroboros is doing this when they've got more important things to focus on right now. Randy points out that while Ouroboros may seem like a well-oiled machine, but they give their guys way too much leeway to do their own thing. Tita says this reminds her of when Gilbert occupied Jenis Royal Academy during the Orbal Shutdown Phenomenon.
Everyone is divided up amongst multiple teams to help carry out the mission to free Eryn. As we're spying to collect some intel, we overhear the jaegers say one of the Anguis wants to test out some of his new devices. Emma opens a path for Rean to enter the barrier with Olivert, Agate, Randy, Tita, and Tio. This transports us to Saint-Gral. Olivert isn't actively participating, but he has Brave Orders we can use. We find devices that are jamming the barrier, and Tita says it reminds her of the ones her grandpa made to shut out the effects of the Aureole, the Zero Field Generators, although this device does the exact opposite in that it restricts the use of orbal energy. Tio and Randy think they know who's behind this, so I'm guessing it's some dude we meet in Azure since I didn't recognize the profile picture they showed of him. It's that Professor Novartis I've heard mentioned a few times in this game.
Inside the village proper is Gilbert, but he's unable to do much of anything because the resident witches have erected barriers all over the place. We switch over to the New Class VII (and Sara) team at one of the teleportation stones, and a Hannibal appears. Over at the stone where Old Class VII (and Duvalie is), another Zauber Soldat appears, but Crow can't summon Ordine because telepathic communication has been blocked. Then we switch back to Rean and company infiltrating Eryn Village.
Unfortunately, the rest will have to wait for later.
