Update 18 - The Demon King Revealed
This is it, it has all come down to this. A final confrontation with Edward Kelley at Azuchi Castle. Here he has unleashed the Amrita in full, twisting the castle into a great fortress in the sky. The very air churns with the miasma of evil. William, Okatsu, and Hanzo have joined together to assault the castle. Together they face a large amount of Yokai, there are seemingly no end to them.
But before they can reach the keep, the bridges break and William is left on his own. It’s up to him to bring down the wicked alchemist, as well he has to deal with a gauntlet of bosses before he can even ascend the tenshu. Higher up he finally faces the Demon King himself, the Demon of Owari, Oda Nobunaga. After being resurrected he is in a foul mood, and William needs to break him out of it. Their battle ends with Nobunaga shaking free of the control of Kelley. Seeing his plan falling apart the Kelley escapes further up. There William finally catches Kelley. After an exchange of blows the alchemist releases all of the stored up Amrita, and summons the great Yokai, Yamata-no-Orochi. This eight headed god-like serpent tears apart the castle.
As it crumbles, William stands atop the ruins and defeats the monster. On the beach of the lake he washes up and finds Divine Weapons in the remains of the beast. Edward Kelley is defeated, whispering to himself on the ground. His Guardian Spirit, Uroboros, takes one last go at William before both are finally killed by the Irish Samurai. Finally, peace comes to Japan, for now. Hanzo spares Williams life, Tokugawa Ieyasu rules Japan, Ishida Mitsunari is executed as well as many of the Western Army leaders.
Boss Information:
Nobunaga is a straight up fight with elemental elements. Yes I just typed that. Nobunaga is very fast but leaves you openings to get him. Dodge towards him and get behind him, he doesn’t have a great turning radius. Watch out as he summons his Living Weapons and Guardian Spirit. It will have a random element and effect. Fire he slams down from above. Lightning will cause bolts to track you similar to Nue. Wind will give him Mitsunari’s sword blasts. Earth will have big AoE’s of blindness. Water will have spots of water AoE and crystal shards. He is very weak to the sloth talisman and will end the fight at 25% health.
Edward Kelley is a tricky jerk who likes his spells. Watch out for his Guardian Spirit, he is fond of using it for spacing. He can send it chasing you, run away to the sides. He can send it under, keep moving till it surfaces. It can release in an AoE around him so get ready at any moment to leap back. From time to time he’ll throw spikes underhand really quickly, watch out. If he is running towards you dodge to the side.
He’ll either stab or grab you. Kelley can also teleport and will do so to make you lose focus, get ready to find him and dodge immediately. His guard is weak so its easy to grapple him.
This eight headed serpent is a battle of attrition. Each head is resistant to its corresponding element and weak to all others except for the final head. The heads will have common attacks for all of them. They can spray an element, they can fire a projectile, they can swipe, lunge, and slam. Dodging them is a bit deceptive as you need to dodge a bit late for many of their attacks. It’s easy to get hit from behind when fighting a head so dodge often and back off after a few hits. After each attack the body of the serpent will come closer. After leaving one head behind it will gain all elements and have abilities similar to Nobunaga.
At zero health the head will flop down and its time to grapple attack it for the finishing move.
Characters Introduced
Oda Nobunaga