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That was the only optional quest, so my earlier plan to find some students along the way didn't work out. Time to hunt them down! One of them, Paula, is on the highway and needs us to find her missing horse; after a bit of a chase sequence we get it and now we have the ability to ride horses in the overworld. Not sure why I'd want to do that when I've got the bike (and turbo mode) but cool, thanks Paula. Two more students, Kenny and Loggins are close by to her and they want me to investigate the Trista countryside to see if there's any way to infiltrate it. No luck finding any openings in the alliance's defense, but they join me anyway, what bros. Next is some chick who's on the 'North Kreuzen Highway' which is an area that you haven't visited before, and took me over 10 minutes to actually figure out how to get to because the map is vague and unhelpful. While going through this area my Jusis leveled up and learned some craft that gives an AOE Adamantine Shield effect around him which is pretty broken. I think they really want you to use him, lol. Like I was talking about earlier, compare everything Jusis was given to what Fie can do with her crafts. It's just night and day. The balance in this game could use a little work, but it's okay.

I found another trial chest here and am able to confirm that it only shows the chest quote when you don't have the right teammates, because I had them and it didn't appear. I wonder if they still coded in messages for the first few trial chests before you had everyone when you always had the right teammates for it? Data miners, find out! I hope not because missing out on them would make me sad. Our quote today is, "Millium has been doing her best to get Jusis and Machias to come play with her, but sadly, her efforts thus far have been Juseless." 3/10

After that I finish the student sidequest up and get Dorothee and some other dude, as well as Munk who's chilling in the Garellia Fortress camp. He needs us to find some sticker which is SOMEWHERE in the twin dragons bridge area. I explore everywhere but don't find it, though I am finally able to nab that treasure chest they tease you with when you go through here at the beginning of the game. Out in the byroad behind the fort, there's another trial chest - "It's silly that Laura is worried about her weight, right? After all it doesn't look like she's put on even Le-gram." 2/10 they're getting worse oh god

I go back and it turns out that General Craig has the sticker for some reason, so that's another kid down. I go back to the ship so I can see what all they're doing for me now, Alan is our new helmsman which seems like a pretty important job for that whatever guy, but what can you do. Loggins is doing the melee training so I knock one out real quick, and Munk is offering contests where you can spend 100 for a shitty prize, or 1000 for a chance at a better prize. I'm always picking the 1000 I aint no bitch. You can apparently come back and do his contest every 5 battles, but I'm too lazy for that so it'll be a once in a blue moon type thing. Dorothee sells a bunch of useless books I already have, I'm surprised they even gave her something I figured she'd just walk around uselessly. And finally, Fidelio says he has a photo developing service which piques my interest, but all he actually does is sell some garbage healing items. I'm slightly upset that there's no photo developing minigame, damn you Falcom for baiting me.

After that I'm about to start the main quests, but my guide I'm loosely following tells me there's an optional cryptid boss you can fight in Lunaria Nature Park so I go out of my way to try that out. Apparently that boss I beat a few weeks ago that I spent hours trying to figure out how to beat was part of this same quest line and they're not really meant to be tackled this early, so I'm pretty proud I figured that one out right when it became available. It was the only real challenge this game has had so far so I appreciate them for making it available early. Anyway, my first try on this guy goes terribly. He just puts everyone to sleep constantly so I just reload and give everyone some anti-sleep equipment and try it again, and the fight is pretty braindead. I can't imagine anyone would have trouble with this unless they absolutely refuse to buy anti-sleep equipment so Falcom is disappointing me again. It did drain me of all my EP and wipe a few individual guys, but there was never any real danger, it's just a slog. For this one you're rewarded with the Divine Salvation gem, which gives an attack art called Lost Eden. It lowers everyone's Strength and ATS by 50% and has a 200% chance to confuse people. Sounds fun lol, I'll try it on a boss for fun sometime I'm sure. Jusis can hold onto that one for me.

Next thing I do is Neithardt's quest, he wants me to fight his Weltall-looking gear with my Valimar. Like every other gear fight it's just rinse and repeat the same 3 things, nothing to see here. After that I do the other story quest which is *sigh* the Abyss Worms. Here we go again, but this game's pretty easy so I'm sure it can't be too bad. For the hell of it I try and fight it "honorably" the first time and get destroyed, just like the good old days. After that it's cheese city so I just spam some 200cp S crafts and win the fight instantly. Why did they have to make these so OP? Falcom just balance your shit god damn.

After that fight Towa calls you back to the ship, so away I go. When you get there you're immediately greeted with a cutscene, it looks like someone unexpected wants to speak with us. Which ensemble cast member will it be this time?! My bets are on the principal. The screen dramatically turns on and we get............Angelica! OK I probably should've seen that one coming actually lol. She lets us know that she's near Roer and trying to free Alisa's mother from somewhere nearby, because she's been imprisoned. As she says that gunfire erupts in the background and she drops the call. After that happens the gang of course agrees to rush to her rescue, and as the gang goes to discuss the issue, they determine that they need to get help from someone else...and the day skips ahead.

Next time on Cold Steel, Angelica rescue mission! I like the subplot with Alisa's Mom and hopefully Sharon will make a reappearance so it should be a fun one. Seems like the game is starting to heat up just a little bit. See you guys soon!