PrinceWatercress plays Illusion of Gaia - Part 9 of 21

We've almost got the second Mystic Statue in our grasp, but in order to get it, we must first face a worthy foe...

Sky Garden

Front Side Map (by Will Mallia and Tropicon)

Back Side Map (by Will Mallia and Tropicon)

East Section Map (drawn by StarFighters)

West Section Map (drawn by StarFighters)

When you cross the bridge you have just made to the boss, you will have to ross another bridge that will break down behind you. The next boss is Viper, a eagle with an Incan mask. He has four attacks: a cluster bomb that splits into a four, a divebomb, a close-range freeze breath and another cluster bomb that shoots out six feathers that home in on your current position. For this battle, you will want to be Freedan and you will want to keep your distance and hit Viper with Dark Friar, then run away when he does the divebomb attack. It should not take you long to get through this battle if you know what you are doing.

When you beat Viper, you will get the second Mystic Statue, then transform back into Will if you are playing as Freedan (which you should have been doing, anyway). You will hear Neil's voice teylling for you to drop down and grab the airplane. Head back to where the bridge was and drop down from there Neil will miss the first time around, but Neil's airplane will catch Will on the way back.

At this point, it will be smooth flying until it is realized that Mu is somewhere in the ocean and the plane suddenly goes down. At this point, you will crash...

Seaside Palace

Map (by Tropicon)

Map (drawn by StarFighters)

Before you know it, you will be in a huge palace, separated from everyone else. There is a door near you, but it will not happen. To the east is a skeleton that will not even hurt you, a Dark Space portal to save at and a room with a chest in it where Kara is walking around, transparent. The chest near Kara contains one of the three Red Jewels in this area.

When you go down the nearby stairwell, a voice will tell you that this is the palace of vampires and that the fountain in the palace continuously spawns demons. As you explore, you will find your companions, but they are just as transparent and out of it as Kara, as if they are unconscious in some way and unaware of where they are.

Keep going down and not only will get it darker outside (you are underwater, after all), but the voice will tell you to keep going down to the fountain. Lower still, the voice will tell you that the Purification Stone is nearby.

You'll eventually run into Lilly, who is completely intact compared to everyone else. She will tell you that everyone else is unconscious, then turn into a dandelion and hop into your pocket for a while. 

When you reach the lowest floor, go to the left and enter the stairwell. There will be enemy slimes that show up, and you can kill them for the Dark Points, even if you don't get any power-ups from destroying them all. The blue ones can charge at you if left alone, but the bouncy silver ones that bounce diagonally are a new enemy. As you explore this second area, you will find another stairwell leading to a few coffins. One of them will contain nothing, but the other one will contain the Purification Stone. You'll also find a stairwell leading to the third final Red Jewel of this area.

You'll eventually find the fountain. Throw the Purification Stone into the fountain, and the water will become blue and clear. With this act, the enemies will all disappear, all the skeleton demons turn into people from Freejia, and all your friends will be gone (yet safe). Talk to the people and you will find out this palace leads to Mu, the site of the third Mystic Statue in the game, 

Also, if you go into the first area and enter what used to be a dead end, you will see a man. Talk to the man to get the Seaside Palace Key, which will open the door where you started. The doors open up to reveal a tunnel to Mu...