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Last time we checked, Bart and Margie were in a spot. Ramsus, seeing Bart unwilling to give Margie back, pulls out his sword. But Miang tries to negotiate a deal with him - he could get back his kingdom and oust Shakhan if he gave Margie back to them. She explains that Shakhan is naught but their pawn, and they don't care too much about who rules Aveh, so long as they're cooperative to their interests. Bart, of course, finds such an offer inacceptable, and so squares off against Ramsus! Miang and Margie both stand in the sidelines, being untargetable but offering support to their respective sides. The support comes mostly in the form of small heals, though Miang is also capable of clearing out status effects, thus countering Bart's accuracy debuff. Aside from that little detail, this fight is absurdly simple. Ramsus slashes a few times, then enters a defensive stance. Hitting him during said stance triggers a massive counterattack, so all there's to do is to hold back a...

Video: The Tournament Alright, it's time for a tournament! But not before a nice little nationalist speech by our good friend Shakhan. Like most nationalist speeches, it sounds nice until you start paying attention to the implications. Yeah...he's definitely not a good guy at all... Ramsus hilariously walks in just to curtly wish him goodbye. Shakhan tries to invite him to watch the tournament, but he bluntly refuses, lol. Miang attempts to soothe things over, but Ramsus, continuing to be a sharp aleck, delivers this absolutely amazing line! With Shakhan so thoroughly humiliated, he has no choice but to silently watch him strut away. Thankfully for him, Miang does choose to stick around and offer him some company. She's even impressed by Fei's physique, catching sight of him just before his first match! Heh, well I doubt they're ever going to end up together, but who knows. And so, we begin the first battle of the tournament! Gonzalez here is a fairly straightforwar...

Video: Bledavik We finally get control over Bart's ship. This doesn't actually open up much, it can only travel through the desert and we aren't obstructed by it exactly. Kislev has tight security on their border, so we can't visit their side. Nothing to do but to steer it to the Avehian capital then. Upon entering the city, we're greeted by a huge plane flying into it. The plane hovers down into an underground hangar. We then cut to its bridge, where we see its captain, Ramsus, and his secretary, Miang, complaining about their arrival being apparently lackluster. They're going to meet Shakhan and one of his generals, Vanderkaum. Outside, Shakhan tries to butter them up, but Ramsus doesn't listen. Instead, he walks up to his general and berates him for his recent failures. He openly despises him, thinking him too brutish and too focused on raw displays of force over proper strategizing. Shakhan accompanies Ramsus as he paces deeper into the base, talking abo...