Our quest to get the Rainbow Crystals - and now rescue Nina - takes us underground.
Scene 10: Island of Ruins
As soon as you go to the right, you will see a giant, semi-circle shaped statue head that spits out giant balls. Avoid those, and avoid any skeletons that you see along the way. Watch out for any arrows that are spit out by the square statues from out of nowhere. There is a block that you can grab on the way; this blocks the spears if you take it with you.
From here, you'll have to jump over the pits of water and avoid or attack the green guys (some of which dive out of the water to get you). Be sure not to fall into the water, as some of the water pits have spikes in them.
You can also take the high road and do some platform jumping for some stars.
You'll soon find the first continue point. Go left and drop down to find a chest (which will contain Pec if you need him) and a 1-Up further to the left. Place the red square with the white circle on it on the left side of the see-saw when it is down (if you need to, walk on the see-saw to make sure it goes down), then leap onto the right side. The block will help you get back up to the continue point.
At the first continue point, if you already have Pec when you go to the chest, you'll just get one star. However, if you take it and walk away, but keep the chest on-screen, you'll find out that it will close back up on its own. If you stay in front of the chest, you can keep opening the chest for a star endlessly. If you die and come back here, stay at the chest until you get two extra lives.
Make your way to the right, and watch out for the arrow that is shot out of the statue to the left when you make your way down to some more water pits. You'll have to do some more platforming to avoid the water pits here, and you'll even have to tail bounce off a green guy to ensure you clear some spikes. You'll eventually come across a long spike pit, where the only way to the other side is by tail bouncing off the gray balls that roll towards you to the left. You may lose Pec on the way to the other side, so take advantage of your invincibility frames if you can. You'll see a skull made out of collectible stars on the other side, then you'll encounter a skeleton. After jumping over the skeleton, you'll reach the end.
Scene 11: Beecroft's Stronghold
Tail bounce your way to the right. Run and jump over the pits, and don't let the green guys throw bombs at you. Suddenly, you'll meet Nina...but she disappears.
There are security cameras throughout the stage. They don't hurt you, but they do alert enemies to your presence. The first security camera segment is easy enough if you're fast and nimble enough, but the second alerts a guy manning a spinning metal blade on a rope. Make a good, running jump over the blade, and run underneath the blocks below the third and fourth cameras. Ditto with the fifth. You'll want to be quick as you run to the right, as the spinning metal blade is on a push cart manned by two green guys, and if you're not fast enough, the blade will hit you from the left. At least the chest to the right contains Pec if you get hit.
After the chest, DROP DOWN. Do not jump to the right. Jump onto the block being carried by the first walking statue, and stay on it. The statue will slowly move to the right after running into the wall, and you can tail bounce off the block to get over the tall wall. If you try to rush to the other side and kill all the statues, you're going to have to grab the block, place it on the other side, and have a statue give you a boost...and hope you're close enough to the wall. You're better off just having the statue carry it to the right.
Once you're past that part, Nina will fade in and out again. You'll eventually meet the wolf guy from eariler: Beecroft.
Beecroff will sit at the top of a huge stone golem. Use the statue enemy to bounce to the top of the column on the left side of the screen, then grab the mirror shard there. get under the right edge of the top of the column and stand there and use it to reflect the purple lasers from the golem's eye back at Beecroft. It should be noted that the blue Rainbow Crystal is being used as a weapon to create those beams. Make sure you avoid the statue enemy when you do. Just keep standing n the right place, and you'll get the blue Rainbow Crystal just before Beecroft and his weapon sinks below the earth and the ground shakes to reveal an underground passage below your feet.
Scene 12: Underground Passage
You'll drop down into an underground passage. Soon after you drop down, head to the left-hand wall. Don Jacoby will drop down and blow up the wall to the right with a bomb before heading back to earth. This is the only one you'll be able to break...for now. Jump over the pits of water and you'll eventually find one with a 1-Up over it. Grab the 1-Up and drop down.
The skeletons tied to the rocks will come to life if you get near them. Thankfully, you can stun them with the tail bounce to more easily avoid them. Keep going to the right, and use the logs popping out of the wall to make your way up, then continue to head right, jumping over the pits of water and avoiding the green guys with the snorkel masks. Drop down when you see the huge line of stars leading downward.
To tie right if your first continue point. Run past the skeleton, which won't come to life until after you're clear of it. Make your way up and to to the right. There will be a stack of brown boxes, which you can pull up. The only ones you have to worry about pulling are the first four, but you have to push and pull them to position them carefully so you can jump onto the top of the fourth one and tail bounce your way to the top and continue to the right.
After another skeleton, there is a place where you can drop down. If you have Pec, the nearby chest will contain a spiky crash helmet that will turn Pec orange. This will allow you to break the rock walls that you couldn't before. Be sure to pull the lever on the right-wall to released one of the blocks blocking the water here.
With your new-found powers, break your way to the left, then make your way back down. If you see any skeletons at this point, throw Pec at them when you're at a safe distance, as Pec will now be able to destroy them. There will be a pit to the right here, but you won't be able to do anything with it yet. Head back to the left.
Go back up to the level where you found the Pec power-up and head left. Break the blocks on your way there, and you'll be back on the part of the path just before the continue point. There is a path leading upwards. Take it. Make your way to the left and you'll find the second lever. Pull it to release one of the blocks blocking the water. If you need treasure, immediately to the right is a chest blocked by rocks.
If you ever lose Pec, you can go back to the chest where you got the spiky crash helmet and Pec will come back. It won't be long until you'll be breaking rock walls again!
Go back down and keep going to the left. Remember where you got the 1-Up? Drop down there again and kill the skeletons. All the way to the left is the third and final lever to pull. This could have been pulled right away, but powering up Pec makes this a lot easier.
Now that you've pulled the three switches, go back to where the huge pit with the log was. The water will now fill that pit up, and you can use the log that was at the bottom to exit.
You'll now end up at Visconti's castle. Gilson's pirate crew, which now has Ardy's face on the sails of the ship, now joins you. They shoot down the front door so you can get in. All they can do now is wait...
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