The bonus dungeon was just a pain. The enemies weren't a problem but the amount of rooms was ridiculous considering the dungeons in the main game, but I guess that's to be expected. The bosses defeated the party twice, but after leveling some more on king metal slimes they were defeated easily.
Psaro joins the party after Rose is revived and brought to him. He comes at level 35 with some high-level spells and an extra falcon blade. Ragnar is taken out for him.
There's one more boss after the bonus dungeon and that's Aamon, who's taken over Diabolic Hall. He copies the fourth, sixth, and seventh forms of the Psaro fight, plus a fourth unique form that's pretty much a recolor. He uses the same attacks as the Psaro fight except he obviously does more damage since he's a postgame boss.
I should beat the boss later today and have the game completed.
Anyway, I'm going on vacation today as well. I might not be around to bump the topic, so in preparation I've saved the pages of the topic in case it purges.
Dragon Quest V will be started when I return from my vacation.
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