As the chapter opens up, Hel Spites is admiring the Flames of Judgment. Dolf just kills him though, pretty brutal.
Battle 25 – Wart Bay – 4 Gold Golems – 3 Eggworms – 2 Death Angels – 2 Skeletons – 2 Acid Ghosts – 1 Mimic
Items – Plate Mail
If you want the far treasure, you’re going to need the big yellow box. So just start pushing it from the beginning – split the team up again as best you can (although having the Hawknights and Archers on the side with the narrow plank is smart).
The Death Angels again are problematic with either single person or entire party spells. Just make sure you bring that yellow box to shore so you can get the Plate Mail – the other chest is a Mimic anyway.
Pioneer Town Sorbo
The party rests here before the Torog Mountains. Not much for you to do here except equip the L. Mask and Plate Armor to someone, and promote Kira again.
Battle 26 – Torog Mountains – 2 C. Shooters – 1 C. Warlock – 2 C. Priests – 4 C. Armors – 6 C. Hawks – Kurtz War Master
Items – Helstone, Mithril, Panzer Claws
This is another tough battle. It looks like you have to fight Kane, but Sabina rushes in to tell him of Hel Spites death. He leaves, but his soldiers stay. You are left to fight Kurtz and an army full of crimson soldiers.
First thing, go rush those 4 C. Armors and the priest. Get the Helstone in the northeast corner, check the tracks in the snow.
After this you’ll have six C. Hawks rushing you. Once you start to do some damage to them, Kurtz will see that you’re beginning to whittle down his troops, and just charge you as well. This likely won’t give you a chance to kill all the enemies and you may not be able to get to the footprints in the snow in the west part of the screen (Mithril). When you defeat Kurtz though, he drops the P. Claws (Panzer Claws).
Frontier Village
Go to the tavern for a bit and after you talk to everyone and leave, Eleni has some visions. An old man named Orosius will step in and help. After some talking with him, he admits there is nothing special here. Enemies area attacking Leena of the village so the party goes to save her.
Battle 27 – Tsukue Plains – 2 Death Angels – 6 Gold Golems – 2 Skeletons – 3 Eggworms – 2 Acid Ghosts – 1 Mimic
Items – None
This is another classic Phase Shift battle. You can do a ton of damage if you take Eleni and Zohar to the center of the level. Otherwise, split up evenly and expect to take some Dark Angel damage from Harmful Waves. Unfortunately this will cause you to run after them and kill them, but the other enemies will be involved now.
You’re going to take lots of damage on turns 2 and 3 but you’ll only lose a few characters hopefully. Just overwhelm them, using Spread Force / Phase Shift / Holy Pressure on the Gold Golems to get them out fast. The treasure is a Mimic so it may or may not be worth your time.
Ash and Zohar confront Orosius after the battle. They know there is something going on with the village. He wants you to prove yourself before he aids you – but he does admit who he and the villagers are.
Battle 28 – Smoking Bones Cave – 3 Eggworms – 4 Gold Golems – 4 Skeletons – 3 Acid Ghosts – 1 Salamander
Items – Wyrmfang, Key of Logos, Dragon Spear
Before going here, talk to the last person in the tavern. He tells you to search the center of the biggest pool at the Smoking Bones Cave. Remember this, and make absolutely sure at least one Hawknight stays alive during the next battle.
You may want to exhaust your spells in the first turn to create some breathing room from the 5 enemies on top of you. The Eggworm will run to the back and Acid Ghost on the side will soon come after you.
Now you need the Hawknights for two reasons. One, to go kill the Egg Worm along the wall with the treasure. And to get the treasure, push the crate over, get on it, then push two of the three crates. Get on the third and get the D. Spear. For the Logos Key, go to the pit where the Salamander is near. Go in what is about the middle of it (see picture) and you’ll get the Key of Logos. Kill the Salamander and his weak associates and go back to the village.
Battle 29 – Frontier Village – 3 C. Priests – 2 C. Warlocks – 9 C. Armors – 4 C. Shooters – 3 C. Knights – 2 C. Hawks – Sabina – Kane
Items – Rune Bow, Shivbook, Mithril
The town is on fire just as Eleni prophesized. Sabina and friends are attacking the old man Orosius. You have a huge battle on your hands.
Forget about the C Armors and Priest against the wall. Instead head east as fast as you can, taking out the shooters and the priest. The crack against the south wall there is a Mithril. As you do your third turn, try to stick your characters against the south wall here.
During the enemy’s third turn, Kane and the Knights / Hawks come in. They will likely do a number on you. The enemy c. armors should be getting near as well. On your third, try to press the switch with a character – then work on slaughtering Kane, and then his friends. Lean on your Sorcerers and Ninjas to get you started.
Once this part is cleared out, regroup and start heading towards Sabina. Take out the opposite side of her and definitely both Warlocks before engaging her. And make sure to get the Shivbook that is another crack in the ground – it’s near the far wall. You also get the Rune Bow for defeating her.
Last words with Orosius and then the party is on to Orome Lake to revive the Vandal Heart with Leena!
Battle 30 – 10 Guardians – 6 Basilisks
Items – Gold Axe, Wyrmfang
The Basilisks shoot and the guardians do physical attacks. They’re not that hard, but you need to protect Leena along the way. You’ll notice she moves at the end of enemy turns toward the spots on the ground – then when she gets on the spot, she creates more parts of the path.
The Guardians really are strong so don’t take them lightly. The first switch Leena gets to will reveal four guardians right by you and then 2 Basilisks on a plank that you can’t reach unless you have a bow / arrow user around. Sorcerers or Archbishop work too. When Leena gets to the entrance, you win. Get the Gold Axe and then the Wyrmfang along the way.
Some big plot scenes happen inside. Xeno flings Leena into a time warp – but Eleni discovers that she is Leena and that she is to unlock the Vandal Heart. She does so and Ash grabs it.