Laws of the Jungle

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Laws of the Jungle is the twenty-third chapter. Many enemies in this chapter are highly resistant to Dark damage.

23.1

Animata was not drifting about the cosmos blindly.

Stamina Cost: 16 Difficulty: 53 Battles: 4

XP: 36337 XP/stam: 2271 Coins: 704

: 23	: 0	: 0	: 0	: 0	: 0
: 0	: 0	: 0	: 14	: 0	: 0

"Pepropé, you said there was a reason we fell to this planet, didn't you?"
"Please tell us there's a way out of this mess."

"Of course there is. Animata was not drifting about the cosmos blindly."

"So she had a destination?"

"Precisely, Animata was seeking a new world, one that resembled our own."

"Wait, you don't mean..."

"We shall take this planet for our own."

• Battle 1
  • Slasher LV 55 x3
  • Shadow Slug LV 56
• Battle 2
  • Cursed Claw LV 57 x3
• Battle 3
  • Cursed Claw LV 57 x3
  • Slasher LV 55
  • Shadow Slug LV 56
• Battle 4
  • Cursed Claw LV 57 x4
  • Slasher LV 55 x4
  • Shadow Slug LV 56

23.2

She ever seeks out new life on new worlds

Stamina Cost: 16 Difficulty: 53 Battles: 5

XP: 60234 XP/stam: 3764 Coins: 1131

: 37	: 0	: 0	: 0	: 0	: 0
: 0	: 0	: 0	: 21	: 0	: 0

And so you learn how Animata ever seeks out new life on new worlds.

• Battle 1
  • Slasher LV 55 x8
• Battle 2
  • Slasher LV 55 x4
  • Shadow Slug LV 56 x2
• Battle 3
  • Cursed Claw LV 57 x5
• Battle 4
  • Cursed Claw LV 57 x4
  • Slasher LV 55 x4
  • Shadow Slug LV 56
• Battle 5
  • Cursed Claw LV 57 x9

23.3

All was by design, inexorably leading you here.

Stamina Cost: 16 Difficulty: 53 Battles: 4

XP: 32196–38330 XP/stam: 2203 Coins: 653

: 20	: 0	: 0	: 1	: 0	: 0
: 0	: 0	: 0	: 21	: 0	: 0

All was by design, inexorably leading you here.

• Battle 1
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x3
• Battle 2
  • Cursed Claw LV 57 x2
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x3
• Battle 3
  • Cursed Claw LV 57 x3
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x3
• Battle 4
  • Cursed Claw LV 57 x3
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x3
  • Dark Dragon LV 62 (Boss)

• Drops:
  • Spirit Particle (Dark Dragon)
  • Wormhole (Dark Dragon)

23.4

Was it will? Hope?

Stamina Cost: 16 Difficulty: 53 Battles: 4

XP: 72017–100996 XP/stam: 5406 Coins: 1178

: 12	: 0	: 0	: 26	: 0	: 0
: 0	: 0	: 0	: 12	: 0	: 0

Was it will? Hope?

No, Animata does not deal in such concepts.

• Battle 1
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x2
  • Seed LV 55
• Battle 2
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x6
• Battle 3
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x4
  • Seed LV 55
• Battle 4
  • Seed LV 55 x24

23.5

She simply seeks, perpetually searching for a peaceful refuge.

Stamina Cost: 16 Difficulty: 53 Battles: 3

XP: 41389 XP/stam: 2586 Coins: 735

: 18	: 0	: 0	: 6	: 0	: 0
: 0	: 0	: 0	: 9	: 0	: 0

She simply seeks, perpetually searching for a peaceful refuge and life to sustain her.

• Battle 1
  • Slasher LV 55 x2
  • Slasher LV 59
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x2
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 57
  • Seed LV 55 x2
• Battle 2
  • Slasher LV 55
  • Slasher LV 59 x2
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 57 x2
  • Seed LV 55 x2
• Battle 3
  • Slasher LV 59 x3
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 57 x3
  • Seed LV 55 x2

23.6

Now I really want to get out of this hellhole alive.

Stamina Cost: 16 Difficulty: 54 Battles: 5

XP: 45807 XP/stam: 2862 Coins: 834

: 21	: 0	: 0	: 6	: 0	: 0
: 0	: 0	: 0	: 6	: 0	: 0

"Can't wait to say good riddance to this accursed place."
"I miss our old watering hole. I'd stuff my face with those smoked sausages and wash 'em down with that wonderful red wine."
"That does sound good. Now I really want to get out of this hellhole alive."

• Battle 1
  • Necromancer LV 53
• Battle 2
  • Necromancer LV 53
  • Slasher LV 55 x4
• Battle 3
  • Necromancer LV 53 x2
• Battle 4
  • Slasher LV 55 x9
• Battle 5
  • Necromancer LV 53 x2
  • Slasher LV 55 x8

23.7

You follow what appears to be an animal trail.

Stamina Cost: 16 Difficulty: 54 Battles: 4

XP: 23628 XP/stam: 1476 Coins: 446

: 3	: 0	: 0	: 11	: 0	: 0
: 0	: 0	: 0	: 7	: 0	: 0

"Go straight down that path."

"Path? Now that's a laugh! All I see is grass, grass, and more grass!"

You follow what appears to be an animal trail. It seems to go on forever.

• Battle 1
  • Seed LV 55 x4
• Battle 2
  • Necromancer LV 53
  • Seed LV 55 x2
• Battle 3
  • Necromancer LV 53
  • Shadow Slug LV 56
• Battle 4
  • Necromancer LV 53 x2
  • Shadow Slug LV 56 x2
  • Seed LV 55

23.8

Tell me all about the wondrous world beyond this hull.

Stamina Cost: 16 Difficulty: 54 Battles: 3

XP: 42972 XP/stam: 2685 Coins: 713

: 22	: 0	: 0	: 1	: 0	: 0
: 0	: 0	: 0	: 22	: 0	: 0

"Pepropé, I've been meaning to ask... Can't you leave the ship?"

"Alas, I shall never walk in the open air again."

"I see..."

"Once this is over, you must tell me all about the wondrous world beyond this hull."

• Battle 1
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x4
• Battle 2
  • Shadow Slug LV 56
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x2
• Battle 3
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x15
  • Seed LV 55

23.9

We're so well adapted...

Stamina Cost: 16 Difficulty: 54 Battles: 5

XP: 49609 XP/stam: 3100 Coins: 891

: 22	: 0	: 0	: 7	: 0	: 0
: 0	: 0	: 0	: 19	: 0	: 0

"To think we'd stumble on another planet to which we're so well adapted..."
"Strange, isn't it? Wonder if there's some reason behind it."

• Battle 1
  • Slasher LV 55 x4
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x4
• Battle 2
  • Slasher LV 55
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x2
• Battle 3
  • Necromancer LV 53
  • Slasher LV 55 x2
• Battle 4
  • Slasher LV 55 x3
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x6
• Battle 5
  • Necromancer LV 53 x6

23.10

That something looms large in the skies overhead...and it's not a cloud.

Stamina Cost: 16 Difficulty: 54 Battles: 5

XP: 56880 XP/stam: 3555 Coins: 959

: 20	: 0	: 0	: 4	: 0	: 0
: 0	: 0	: 0	: 11	: 0	: 0

"Suddenly, a hush falls over the area.

"I sense dangers..."

Your party members stand back-to-back, alert for threats from any direction, but none seem imminent.

"Must be imagining things..."

Just then, something blots out the sun for an instant.

That something looms large in the skies overhead...and it's not a cloud.

• Battle 1
  • Cursed Claw LV 57 x5
• Battle 2
  • Slasher LV 55 x6
• Battle 3
  • Necromancer LV 53 x2
• Battle 4
  • Necromancer LV 53 x2
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x2
• Battle 5
  • Slasher LV 55 x6
  • Young Onyx Dragon LV 63 (Boss)
• Battle 5 (part 2)
  • Dark Pegawyrm LV 54 x6
  • Onyx Dragon LV 67 (Boss)

• Drops:
  • Lore Particle (Young Onyx Dragon)
  • Ether (Young Onyx Dragon)
  • Binary Star (Onyx Dragon)

Whatever it is, it's heading your way.

It soon grows clear that this is not some sort of creature. It's a massive and all too familiar ship.