*Spoilers for the game Brave Fencer Musashi*

Entry the Seventeenth:

Time to head over to that place of no return! From Jon’s clues, I’ve gathered that I am supposed to activate a Wind Crest located somewhere near Steamwood during the morning of Skyday, when it is raining. Also, Farmer McRice gave me big hints… (Actually, he gave me the answer to the riddle).

Well, here I am! At the right time and location, under the correct weather conditions!

I activate the Crest and a pillar of wind lifts Musashi off the ground and propels him upward.

Some kind of temple? Or maybe this is that Thirstquencher Empire place, Soda Fountain? Well, I pound a few floor switches with the Earth Scroll so that the door to the inside opens up. Except… that it doesn’t lead me inside. Just brings me a little bit closer to the top of the building. Second floor, and I have to use my Fire Scroll to light up some pedestals. Doing so lifts the platform upward. Turns out that the last and final scroll is up here!

“While activated you can hover over areas by holding down the X button.” Sweet! Now I can fly!

But suddenly, a giant floating island gets up right next to the floating temple Musashi is on. Oh, so that is Soda Fountain. Cappriciola reveals himself through a side door and orders Musashi to give him Lumina.

Really? You aren’t gonna try to bargain for it or anything? He isn’t even threatening Musashi. Musashi realizes the colonel’s incompetence and gives him the finger. The colonel laughs it off leaves Musashi. But Musashi ain’t having none of that! He boards the floating empire through a series of pipes and engines.

At the end I am greeted by Ben.

Oh look, he wants to fight. This fight isn’t that hard. But damn, he hurts a hell of a lot. One hit from him can take more than 50 HP. Just need to dodge his bombs and boomerangs. After beating him, I move on to the next area.

Ugh, this area is a labyrinth. Multiple doorways and branching paths, if you pick the wrong way it resets you back to the beginning. Through countless trial and errors, I find my way out of it and to the next boss fight.

Ed’s fight is a bit easier than Ben’s. This is because his attacks a way slower than Ben’s. He has 2 main methods of attacking: the first is a giant Hadoken beam that follows Musashi around the room (it’s easy to dodge because you can jump right over it), the other is a type of bomb that has a blast that spreads throughout the whole room (also easy to jump over). So overall, I didn’t lose much health in this fight.

NEXT UP: The last member of Leader’s Force goes down!