Irene, the Infirm

[MongoJerry]

When Irene and Aliza returned via the entrance once again, they discovered something astonishing. Because of all the running around they had done, the monsters were all jumbled and scattered about the chamber. When they moved forward, three bone warriors started walking toward them. Irene and Aliza were about to charge forward to make sure that they didn't get trapped in the entrance area, but then they realized that only the three bone warriors were coming toward them. No other monsters seemed to be alerted to their reappearance in the chamber.

So Irene and Aliza backed off and took out these warriors. These were gift kills as far as they were concerned.



They tried their luck again, and sure enough, it paid off when four dark stalkers -- and no other monsters -- charged forward. Irene and Aliza had to go up the stairs to allow their life balls to recharge once and to refresh Irene's potion belt, but otherwise, it was a simple matter to take out these dark stalkers. This was huge, because their speed had made the dark stalkers the most annoying monsters in the room. The tide of battle had turned.

After finishing off those dark stalkers, Irene and Aliza inched forward again only to find and dispatch the last remaining dark stalker. Then they killed some devilkin just to the right of the entrance. The two remaining shaman were at the bottom of the chamber, so they weren't aware of the heroines' presences and therefore didn't know to revive their minions. (The act of reviving is considered an "attack." If shaman don't see you, they don't attack you and therefore they don't revive their minions. So a necromancer can cast Dim Vision on a shaman and to stop him from reviving his minions).

Irene and Aliza then found a few more stray bone warriors and took them out. The monster herd was thinning out rapidly.



But Irene and Aliza still wanted to dispose of the two remaining shaman once and for all, so they charged down to the bottom of the chamber. They killed one of the shaman and then had to back off and run around the chamber, drawing off the remaining monster mobs. They then returned and killed the other shaman. All that was left to do now was some mopup work.



Of course, that "mopup work" involved killing two bosses, but since most of their minions were already dead, the bosses didn't give Irene and Aliza much trouble. In celebration of their full clear of the level, the heroines popped the gold chest and took their share of the treasure.

It was time to move on and finally face what lay in store for them in the Rogue Monastery.