[11] Laura Does the LION'S Share of the Damage! - Trails of Cold Steel 2 Funny Moments

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This is a let's play walkthrough of Trails of Cold Steel 2, originally known as Sen No Kiseki 2 in Japan, on nightmare mode. This Trails of Cold Steel 2 video, in particular, was condensed down to several minutes to only feature all funny and interesting moments.

[@LazySamurai1354]

Sara: "just what is happening in Crossbell" that was the big million dollar question for english speakers for a good long time.

[@soulsq2]

That was first for when played this game in 2017. I am like what going in cross bell

[@TheYankee69]

Aurora borealis. In this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within Crossbell.

[@EmperorSephirothII]

Well technically, Shirly's weapon is named after Testa Rossa the Vermillion Knight. I think it says in one of her boss descriptions in Azure, because I don't think anyone outright states it otherwise, "She wields a Chainsaw Rifle named after a great demon in Erebonian legend." 10/10 foreshadowing there Falcom.

[@Migu6]

43:56 I could be misremembering, but I learned after playing that you always get a critical hit when an enemy is fainted, so that contributed to laura’s damage

[@ShadowS.R.]

Nah, you remember well. This also applies to Sleep btw.

[@ronnymahendra9035]

Yep, monkeys be making you learn that the hard way

[@jmporkbob]

Class 7 over Crossbell airspace: "Hell nah wtf goin on in Atlanta?"

[@weaponsci]

It's times like this I wish youtube allowed you to comment with pictures

[@jmporkbob]

@@weaponsci same, man. i made the picture over a year ago too!

[@thewindysage1538]

Radiant Lion Laura basically describes my mid to lategame coldsteel 2 playthrough, i just reached a point where s craft nuking was the only way to not lose my sanity

[@historian252]

17:30 Well it's more fair to say that Shirley's weapon was likely named after it.

[@ethermelt4780]

Welcome to the beginnings of the almighty build known as "One-Punch Woman". Also, it seems you're getting a taste of just how broken AT Delay can truly be! hint; AT delay success rate is based on a characters SPD.

[@silverknight876]

13:42 Was cackling at this part because of how true to character this voiceover is for Aurelia. There is no plot armor before Aurelia

[@KnoxZone]

You mused that Sara was similar to Rean gameplay wise, but she's actually something of a Laura and Fie hybrid. Her S-Craft is a lot more powerful than Radiant Lion so she's actually one of the best S-Craft spammers behind only Millium, but her buff gives insight and she has a ranged counter so she can be used as a dodge tank too.

[@wheelotime2581]

That's some very interesting stats, where did you find all this info

[@joaocbcneto]

She's pretty much the other parent figure in Fie's life...well the more disorganized one, so sharing playstyles is prettty fitting.

[@KnoxZone]

@@wheelotime2581 Sara's second S-Craft has a 4S rating (Millium too), which means 450% power. Meanwhile Laura is SSS+, which is 425%.

[@wheelotime2581]

@@KnoxZone nice, is there a website with all these numbers My brain cant stop min maxing even in these games

[@KnoxZone]

@@wheelotime2581 The Trails wiki usually has the hard numbers for most arts and crafts, which is good because the games usually just give them a very vague letter rating.

[@joaocbcneto]

Sometimes I like to just think Laura's attacks give out that giant "Clang" sound effect from Berserk 2016.

[@bigenson18]

Dude when the Azure Tree popped up in CS2 i lost my shit

[@ApsuP]

I've just tried to imagine how that was for someone who hadn't played crossbell games or didn't even know about them. "Oh, I wonder if they explain this later." later: "no explanation".

[@joaocbcneto]

@@ApsuP I imagine there was a decent amount of people who got hyped both when Geofront did their stuff and when NISA announced it due to this, thought I did get to just play it in order too.

[@KnoxZone]

@@ApsuP As someone who played CS1/2 before Crossbell it was pretty obvious the Crossbell stuff was from those games, but at the same time it made me really interested in going back to see it for myself (Geofront's Azure wasn't released at the time so I was waiting very impatiently).

[@veghesther3204]

and while the Azure tree IS Ao No Kiseki's FINAL dungeon in CS2 you NEVER actually GO their you just see it during that cutscene in CS2 instead.

[@ShadowS.R.]

If you ever struggle with Debuffs, don't forget that Spirit Unification makes you immune to all of them (except one you'll see in the near future). This is why I rarely run accessories that block debuffs on Rean, but it's just a gameplay-style I chose to embrace.

[@veghesther3204]

even on Easy mode lv 200 SU mode is a NOT worth it even WITH 99 Zeram Powders/Capsules his 2nd S craft can easily top 500,000 damage WITHOUT having to spend 100 CP FIRST that's why I never use it I'll give Rean 2x Str boosting accessories and even THOSE do null some status ailments.

[@weaponsci]

Good to know, thx

[@ShadowS.R.]

@@weaponsci Anytime👍

[@igable82]

Ah another video and even though it was brief got a scene with Le Guin....yes I'm down extremely bad for her.

[@thunderkravenrifthound2288]

Valimar the Third Wheel/Wing Knight

[@stratfor140]

Another day, another episode, though this time, it will be a bit shorter. - We have another stopover day, and this one's important because it determine your choices for the final bonding events, but we're not here for that in this comment, so let's skip straight to the mandatory stuff. - Rean goes to visit Scarlet, who doesn't care what happens to her, which make sense since... You know.... She has accomplished her objective in life; but she elaborate on her story as a sister and the organization in the church, which would be new for someone starting with Cold Steel, but yes, based on what she's saying, Scarlet WAS training to be a part of the Gralsritters, a squire to be more precise, since they work for the Congregation for the Sacraments that she talked about; but on her first mission something happened to her family that caused her to left the church and walk the path to terrorism, but that's a story for next time as she needs rest for now. - As we wrap up this day, we have another news coming from Crossbell: the Azure Tree has appeared, and yes, your timeline that you mentionned earlier was correct, we fought Duvalie at Stargazer's tower and Aurochs Fort on the same day, the liberation of Crossbell happens the next day and the tree appears at the end of said liberation, so we hear about this the next day as well in Erebonia (however, Dieter was arrested around the same time as the tree popping up, the Duke was arrested the day before), and naturally everyone is baffled by what they see, including Emma and Celine, Sara's line here became a meme in the community because for the longest time, that's the exact question many people (myself included) were asking because Crossbell wasn't available in the west, thankfully it's no longer the case now, but this line still give long-time fans a chuckle; the antagonist are also watching this, some amazed by this sight; Bleublanc namedrop the Azure-Zero while Vita mention the Zero Child, terms you wouldn't have a clue what they mean if you haven't played Crossbell, and apparently the latter implies they're gonna pop something similar over here as well; and I don't think Vita broke the 4th wall, while that was most certainly a wink from Falcom regarding the act structure, Vita is referring to their own plan progressing. - Meanwhile in Heimdallr, the two Generals Le Guin and Bardias, whom we saw in Act 1, came back to see Rufus after being in the Western front, why ? Well it's kinda obvious, the eastern front is collapsing with both Roer and Bareahard declaring Neutrality, they aren't needed in the west any longer and should concentrate on East, though as Aurelia say, Heimdallr will not fall so easily, and the armies of Nortia as well as the one of the Duke could always abandon their neutrality, the war is not over yet and the noble still have the advantage; news of the Azure Tree has spread to the east as well and concern them, but Cayenne has assured that its appearance was planned and that's the end of that despite their questions; as for the next opponents of the generals, it will be the 3rd and 4th as Rufus predict they'll advance on the capital in the next few days, and he's not dumb, because as said last time, that's exactly what the 3rd is currently planning, and with the Duke out of the way, the 4th will join in as well, so he send these two to defend the capital against them (and I know it was a joke, but the generals are public figures of the alliance, so sending them to deal with the Courageous would be foolish as it would give a bad image to the alliance, if he truly want to get rid of them, he'd send the unofficial groups that operate in the shadows, like Ouroboros or Zephyr). Also meanwhile, Cayenne and Altina guide Cedric to a deep place underneath the palace where Vita awaits as well as a crimson calamity called the vermillion Testa-Rossa; good catch about Shirley's weapon, it was also how Randy's ultimate weapon was called in Zero, and as the shopkeeper said back then, he had named it after a crimson demon that appeared in Erebonia in ages past..... Welp, I think you just found the originator of that name. - Return to the Courageous where we hear more news about the Azure Tree from Toval, and what it entails for Erebonia, they don't know exactly what it can do and it doesn't seem like it will affect Erebonia directly, but it will cause plenty of distress just by existing, which is quite understandable, and just like the barrier that was here before, it will keep Calvard out of the way for now since they're just as clueless about it as we are; yeah, one of the main concern here is that while Carvard still has some problems due to Crossbell's actions, we don't know when they'll recover from it, and they can launch an attack while Erebonia is still in the midst of the civil war while the two sides are busy fighting, and that's something that should be avoided at all cost, so thanks to the tree, the threat is kept at bay for now, but that can change quickly, so we'll be on the lookout for now; and the sequence ends with Sara directly looking at you and screams at you to READ CARNELIA, IT'S GOOD!!!!!, like I've been doing for quite a while now XD. - So there's a new batch of Sidequests and Thors Students to find, but that's not the subject of this comment, the main quest is still the spirit shrine, and we enter as many people call it, the low point of the act, because you need to do ALL 3 shrines before progressing the story, which bring the pacing to a screeching halt, I understand what they tried to do, but they probably should've started us going to the shrine earlier in the act, like at the start of it for exemple, since we would've had 1 shrine per section, or if they wanted to wait for Roer for story remains, making us visit 2 shrines before the Celdic event and making us visit the other 2 after; because 3 in quick succession is a lot, and only the last you do has some story to it (in your case, the Aqua Shrine). In any case, in the Terra Shrine, you circle up around a tree, you need strike attacks to progress, and you fight a magic knight Ruby at the end (same for every 2nd shrine); in the Aria shrine, it's a temple with turbines, you need Pierce attacks to progress, and you fight a magic knight Isra-Zeriel; and in the aqua shrine, it's an underground lake where you progress down by lowering the water level using thrust attacks on devices, and you would've fought another Isra-Zeriel if not for the intervention of a certain someone..... And speaking of which. - Vita shows up to crash the party, and unlike Emma, she knew about these shrines because she's a full-fledged witchw and therefore she knows E V E R Y T H I N G (your gag with Daybreak 2 became dated really fast XD); and she reveal a fun little tidbit regarding what those visions are, the true purpose of the Hexen Clan, and the implications behind it; the vision are indeed confirmed to be the memories of Dreichels the Lionheart, this particular one shows him and the Lance Maiden finding Zemurian Ore on the shrines just like we do now, they mention the knights as well and it's confirmed by Vita afterward they too used the power of a divine knight to fight other ones, just like what happens now with Rean and Crow; but yeah, in truth, this isn't the first time it happened, these skirmiches between divine knights occured countless times throughout history.... But that can't be right, because history doesn't mention anything regarding divine knights, the War of the Lions is a big event in the empire history, if Divine Knight were present, it would be known and yet it's not...not completely anyway, remember that they mentionned last game and in this one by Rean at the start, the legend of the Great knight showing up whenever conflict arise, so it's still present, but only as legends, which shouldn't be just that if they intervened in big conflicts like the War of the Lions and should already be recorded for prosperity; but that's where the purpose of the Clan comes into play, there's a system at work here that makes people forget divine knights (or making them as legends) and the witches are tasked on monitoring and managing that system, something everyone knew except Emma who, as an apprentice witch, wasn't told because it would be a burden and interfere with her duty, which shock her because as we saw in the story and bonding events, she followed her duty as a witch without question to the point of putting the others in danger (which was the reason for her dismay when we reunited with her in Legram), and now she learns that she didn't even know what her duty was in the first place, making her questionning what she was doing all this time ; but Rean tells her to not look away from the truth and that no matter what, Class VII will always support her, which encourage her to stand up to Vita and to show her conviction, she only lived to fulfill her duty until her enrollment at Thors, and even that was simply a means to do that as well, but now that she met Class VII and that they accepted her for what she is, she want to live a life on her own with them, she's no longer the person she used to be; Emma's growth is more subtle than the rest, especially since it's not until this game that we get more infos since she was a big enigma in the first one, but her willingness to share was already present, and in the second she laid it all out, all of her feelings, she was the longest at revealing something about herself, which could've upset everyone, but they still accepted her, because she did the same to them; it's simple but effective (and it's cool to finally see her and Vita interact a bit more after only briefly seeing each other in Ymir and the Pentagruel) .

[@stratfor140]

- Vita is impressed but still wishes to test that new resolve of hers, she do the scary eyes (btw, have you seen that image of Vita with even bigger eyes ? This one is nightmare fuel) and launch a buffed-up Grianos at us: I'd like to say that the fighit is hard and majestic, especially with the theme in the background: Heteromorphy; but honestly, the fight is a pushover, many people have cheesed this one through S-craft, especially since you're forced to use Laura for the shrines, you'll inevitably get Radiant Lion, even you got the combo "Laura + Domination + Radiant Lion = Win button" for this fight that deleted around 75% of the boss' health bar, a shame it ended that way as well since as proof of her resolve, Emma gets her new S-craft now, oh well, next time XD; for the fight itself, it mainly uses magic attack, can self-buff and heal just like the magic arts, and can insta-cast Altair Cannon, the strongest space art; I didn't used S-crafts, and even then, while more fun that way, I had more difficulty with the magic Knight Isra-Zeriel of last time; oh well, can't win everytime 😓; anyway, we proved our resolve to Vita before she pisses off, letting us take the last piece of Zemurian Ore and saying they'll see each other again at the Infernal rite, which is an ominous name. - It was a long time coming, but the sword is finally feasible with the material we have, so we can invite the professor..... But that will be for next time.

[@stratfor140]

Okay, let's go - The situation withing Bareahard is pretty touch and go at the moment, as I said last time, when the Duke was arrested, he was appointed as the acting head in place of his father as well as Rufus who's currently busy with the war, and he ordered the Kreuzen Provincial Army to stay at Auroch fort while the 4th and the RMP takes charge of the city, which as you can imagine, is a polarizing decison on a twon full of Nobles, speaking of them, many were shocked and even outraged to learn about the Duke's arrest, though some were also confused due to the statements Alfin said regarding Celdic and the imprisonment of the imperial family, so things starts to be mitigated (but not by much as we'll soon see), the artisans and other commoners don't give a shit about the Duke and just want this war to be over, especially because yesterday's battle took place really close to the city, but the 4th and RMP have decided to station the bare minimum of soldiers in the city in order to not upset the citizens too much, and while the people are still skeptical a bit, it seems to have worked in appeasing tension, Angelica is doing some shopping for George, but with what happened with the Duke and Jusis succeeding it, she starts to think about what to do once the war's over, because clearly nothing will be the same regardless of who wins, especially for her family, and she'll probably need to take her responsiblities to heart; sadly, none of the Thors students present in Bareahard can join the crew immediately, Theresia wants to, but is currently bickering with her father regarding that, Collette is packing up but won't be in time before they take off, and Bridget is busy helping the Noble family she was tutoring..... Yep, Bridget was here the whole time, Alan will be happy to hear that considering he was searching for her, in Act 1 when you visit Bareahard, the children and butler of the house were talking about having a home tutor who plays well the piano during the absence of the parents, but she was out at the time (which was intentional so we don't know her status when we meet Alan later on), now that the parents are returning due to the situation of the war changing, she might be willing to come with us.... Not now though. All right, bonding event time: - Laura goes to take a dip in the river..... In winter..... Damn XD, though she did that because she has a lot of worries as a noble regarding what's happening to this province, what the Duke did here was unforgivable, but maybe he never would've resorted to do these things had the war not broken out, maybe his expectations as a noble are what drove him to do this, and that's why Laura is questioning herself if, as a noble, she could've gone the same way he did.... Though I'd argue that even before that, the Duke was already a super dick, he already had the mindset he has now and he used the war as an excuse to enact his supremacy through violent methods instead of treacherous ones, though it's probably true that he wouldn't have done this if he was given the position of supreme commander of the alliance... Anyway, Rean and Laura both strove once again to better themselves, not just as Nobles, but as swordman too, until they reach the level of the Lance Maiden......if your theory is correct, those are big shoes to fill XD. - While hanging with Emma, Rean falls asleep, so Emma decide to serve as a lap pillow in order to help him rest..... Quite a bold move madam XD; she thinks of it as a reward for all Rean has done with Valimar, but does retorts that he did that with everyone's help, especially hers who guided him TO Valimar, and that she's not going anywhere.... Not much else to say here, a simple but sweet one. - Fie's missing a shoe and need to get to the tailor, so what does Rean suggest ? A piggyback ride.......... Really dude ? XD; and during the visit to the tailor, she explain where her love of Stregas comes from, the boss of Zephyr gave it to her a her second present, the first was his family name "Claussell", which make sense, as a war orphan, she probably didn't remember her family name, so when the boss of Zephyr took her in, he gave her his name, which also resonate with Rean since he was adopted and given the name Schwarzer by the Baron, and a piggyback ride was also something the boss did back then as well; by now, she realizes that Rean isn't exactly like the boss it that Class VII isn't the same as Zephyr, so they can't replace her, but they're both important to her, she wants to show them that doesn't need to be protected anymore and that she'll move forward, atta girl👍. - Much like Laura, Towa is questionning herself, not about her Nobility, but about being the best fit to be the Courageous' captain and wished she'd turn down the Viscount when he offered, she thinks she's useless in all the operation we carried thus far, and especially in this last one, sure, we arrested the Duke, but that won't undo the scars and loss Celdic suffering, we weren't able to prevent that, she's just waiting in her big ship barking orders while Class VII does all the work down here; But Rean reassures her that her worries are very unfounded, she shouldn't compare herself to Olivert or the Viscount, they're students, they're not going to have the same experience as them, and yet she's doing everything she can to fulfill the role, it's her hard work and determination that inspire every students and even Class VII, in their goal of taking back the academy, having her around is the greatest motivation they could ask for, and that's the greatest quality of a captain : Commanding, encourage and inspire troops, worries and flaws shouldn't be viewed as a problem, but as motivations to better ourselves, that's a great message, and that's what will Towa to push forward. - While on the subject of Jusis, this is the first time we see his mansion and his room, it's quite big ngl, the Duke and Scarlet are confined here and are treated with the utmost care, much more than they deserve in fact, thanks to Jusis (though Scarlet needed to be treated and this is the best they had); but back to Jusis, they do a rematch of the duel they had back in Act 1, back in CS1, Rean said to Jusis that there was something honest in the way he fought because he learned from he trusts, who was his brother, that trust has not faltered since, and it's because of this that he dread the day he has to face him, and he wants to duel Rean to cast away his doubts and stick to his convictions bon matter who he faces, much like the first duel; it ended with them exhausted on the floor, but it did its job, Rufus may have taught him, but it's Class VII who helped hone his skills, he's finally honest with us and he laughs as well, great moment. - Gaius teaches Rean how to pray Nord style, in tunes with the wind, and Rean reflects in the many sacrifices made until this point, be it innocents or soldiers, and there's nothing they can do to stop that, Celdic is a good exemple, which makes him frustrated, which resonate with Gaius who had a similar feeling back when he learned about the forces outside of Nord (that was the reason he enrolled at the academy, as he said last game), we're feeling powerless before this storm, but that doesn't mean we should stand by watch it destroy everything, "no one can go through life without help, or can cover every need or eventuality, but it's okay, because Mankind shows its greatest strengths by banding together", those were the words of a traveling priest who visited Nord long ago, and it prettyucb resile everything that needs to be said : let's work together to make sure no other tragedies like Celdic's happen ever again, everyone is here to help with that, including Gaius, who definitely earned the title of best pillar of strength to the group (also yeah, keep the traveling priest in your mind for now). - With the reveal of Sara's backstory last time, she can finally be more honest about her past now, she came from North Ambria where she decided to join the Northern Jaegers because.... Well, there wasn't anything else that could being up a living over there, once again, go watch Star Door 2 for more details about the incident that started that: The salt pale; anyway, during her times with the Northern Jaegers, she was many people she loved disappear, including friends and her mentor, until she met Beatrix and decided to cut herself from the corp to join the path of the Bracer, but when confronted her old group last time, she found out that she didn't completely cut off her ties with them, showing that she's still has a ways to go and that she isn't fit to be a teacher, which Rean of course debunk rapidly, as her actions, even the things she didn't deliberately teached, made them learn, like that fighting for the people and country you love and be painful at times, what it means to be truly determined, so he'd like for her to continue teaching and learning more from her...... Kind of weird when you have the image of the alcoholic typhoon in your mind but it's true nonetheless XD.

[@stratfor140]

- This one is also pretty important, Rean and Alfin goes to a mass meant to mourn for the people of Celdic.... And yet the Nobles attending it are still lamenting themselves, and even go as far as DEFENDING Duke Albarea and JUSTIFYING the arson of Celdic; so Alfin thoroughly reprimend them for acting like it's none of their concern and that this tragedy could've been avoided had they put social labels aside,and she also mention that had she continued her normal life in Heimdallr, she probably reacted in almost the same way: pitying that this tragedy happened without understanding the gravity of it and eventually forget it; every lives matters!!! The people who suffered in Celduc, the ones who lost their lives due to this war, they had their own lives and a promising future until it was ripped away (especially true with Trails and its NPC writing); and if anyone has objections regarding the Duke's arrest, they should go see Celdic for themselves, and if it's not enough, then to file their complaints to her and she'll listen to them in earnest.......... wow, that was a great speech, as Rean say after, I'm sure her words will have touched some of them and that was the right thing to do. - Millium is cooking, quite literally...... Oh god , and Rean is trying to keep her from doing something..... Unfortunate XD. But what brought this desire to cook something ? It's because Millium is feeling... something, a tightness in her chest that first showed up when she saw Celdic and makes her want to do something, anything, and that feeling didn't go away after apprehending the duke and instead got worse when Jusis had to arrest him; what she feels is called "sadness" and it's apparently the first time she experiencing it, and while she feels as if it's out of character for her, for Rean, it's just a sign that she's growing, not as an intelligence agent, but as her own person, sadness is an aspect of life, and it's by overcoming it that we mature as individuals, so we shouldn't be ashamed about how she's feeling, she still not totally sure on how to deal with it, but she thanks Rean for talking to her about it. - Machias is out shopping for some flowers in order to pay respect for Otto, ou of everyone in the Class, it's him, Elliot and Fie who are the most indebted to him since it's thanks to him that they were able to hide from the Provincial army during their time there, it's the leat he can do for him considering they'll never be able to pay him back in full; it was also the anniversary of her cousin's death the other day and he wasn't able to visit her grave so he wants to pay respect to her at the same time, by sending a bouquet down the river, which is apparently a Nord tradition that Gaius taught him, and to the both them, he swear an oath, that they'll get through this war and work toward turning Erebonia into a country where innocent don't need to suffer anymore; it would be impossible for anyone to change an entire country, but maybe Machias would be able to pull it off. - This one is so important that, as you've noticed, unlike all the other events, it's voiced; Alisa wants to see the inside of Valimar, what Rean sees when he fight inside him; because she feels like as a friend and classmate, they're not doing enough, Rean and Valimar always take on the hardest battles while all they can do is back him up from the sideline, so by seeing the inside where Rean operate, she hoped she would've a better understanding of what Rean go though and what it must be like, and she finds more isolated than expected, even lonely; and so having seeing what it's like in both the outside and the outside, she asks him if he's really okay with things as they are, putting himself on the line over and over like this, shouldering the burden all by himself, including the lives he wasn't able to save; Which Rean answers by saying that he never felt he fought alone, even if they aren't inside Valimar with him, he knows they all have his back, be it in the ground or even on the Courageous and he always look forward to seeing their faces again after each operations, they just have to keep him in their hearts...... The romantic tension is off the charts until Valimar butt in to defuse it..... Goddammit XD, and people are saying that Rean and Alisa don't have a good chemistry and relation; but yeah, it's a great event. - and to end things, a bit of music with Elliot as always; he's actually a bit down after the events of Celdic, so Rean decides to cheer him up by bringing him to the restaurant with the pianist on the first floor, which remind him of his mother, who was a famous pianist and always played something lighthearted when he and his sister were down; that was the push he need, a reminder that music has the power to inspire and help people move on, now he has an idea for what he can do for the people of Celdic (and someone else will have the exact same idea the next day); and it ends with a performance of him; good stuff. - And we're back for the tour of Erebonia once again starting with the Courageous: of course, the visit of the leftover shrines and the Azure Tree are the main point of Discussion, and Thomas theorize that the tree's appearance could be related to a Sept-Terrion, and he's not wrong on that regard; Sara mention that in Crossbell, there's a law-enforcement group that became famous over the past year and helped the guild plenty of time, I wonder which group it is 🤔; And Kenneth, while having no news of his brother still in Crossbell despite several members of the Lakelord company coming back (most likely the elite four we saw in Crossbell minus the dragon princess), he know he's perfectly fine and is probably chilling fishing in a lakeside cabin (by coincidence, that's exactly where he is right now XD); Jusis still has concern regarding the future of Bareahard now that the Duke was arrested, but with the encouragements of Machias, he must stay focused on the present with the war and the trials ahead; and the rest, some are concerned regarding certain Thors Students (that we'll be recruiting just after), as well as the war, Dorothee wants to write a story regarding the war but hit a writer's block until Fidelio advise her to not write an essay like she tried to but instead to write a story with a message to be conveyed through it, and he opened pandora's box in doing so because now she'll try to insert her.... Favorite genre in the story XD; and Munk managed to get a glimpse of Radio Trista where they mentionned the Courageous, which means that the radio program is actually posting real news and are fighting against the censorship, which gives him hope for the future and motivates him. - In Ymir, life basically returned to Normal, beside our two troublemakers to whom the chef of the Phoenix served a sample of his new recipe to suit them up XD; Annabelle who's thinking about returning home after playing hooky for more than half a year, that's a lot of time, but since then, she leaned the art of fishing and will see her environment ina different way; and of course, our resident occult girl asking about the stone monument at the end of the valley but we'll get back to that (also, a new snowboard of was available where you also need to do a perfect on the flags) . - In Nord, after deciding to move back south last time, they have already started doing so, the men have gone back to the old campsite and moving supplies, while the rest prepare back at the lake, Gywn has been informed of the Azure Tree (and so does the Lieutenant General), but that's not going to be a pressing concern for them here; meanwhile, thing starts to move as well at Zender Gate, as operation Heimdallr is on its final planning stage and scouts are about to be sent that will also serve as the Vanguard into Nortia to prepare for the operation, Sharl will go back to the settlement once they're gone, according to Zechs, the war will be ultimately decided by the oncoming all-out battle for Heimdallr, and their chances of success are still low, all will hinges on the final arrangements they'll make, as I said, they know of the Azure Tree as well, but ending the war is the most pressing matter at the moment. - Roer is getting its old life back...... Mostly, the factories are up and and running again except those handling the production of military weapon, now that they're neutral, they don't want to produce for either sides, though that only applies to Rier, as the factories in the wast are still under alliance control and pumping out Soldats, and there's also the fact that since they can't export product, the others factories can only produce a limited amount of their good, so not all is back to normal, but everything is moving to the right direction; the Hijacking is still talked about, as well as the news regarding Celdic and the Duke, Anton and Rucky are still here, with Anton trying to make Ricky remember him, and the latter trashtalking Anton, pretty funny XD; Mary is still dealing with Makarov's sister and trying to convince her that no, she doesn't love Makarov in a romantic way like Mint implied several times XD; Irina has started an investigation on the famous 5th divison we keep hearing about, and apparently they're not even part of the Reinford group at all, and are instead run by someone completely unrelated, more digging will be required, but that could be difficult without knowing the status of the factories in the west; and finally, Payton, the Arseille's engineer we saw on the Courageous and back at Roer, is still there and reference the other airliner hijacking we experienced in Sky as well as the Sky Bandit; and there's of course the hidden quest at Jackass but we'll go back to that.

[@stratfor140]

- Meanwhile, with the 4th and 5th division, things have changed quite a bit; with the Azure Tree appearing, the 5th at the proving ground are in charge of keeping watch at the borders for it, they're pretty scared and naturally so given what happened last time something crazy happened in Crossbell, but the warrant officer is giving them courage and motivation to push forward while Fiona support them from the kitchen; at the Twin dragons bridge, the 4th is also preparing operation Heimdallr where they'll coordinate with the 3rd for an all-out attack, they need to move fast, without a good fortress like Garrelia to fall back to and without knowing when Crossbell or Calvard will attack, if thing isn't resolved quickly, they will eventually get sandwiched, so the plan is to do a blitzkrieg and end the war as soon as possible, pretty realistic give the situation. - For Celdic....... Do I even need to say anything ? With both the grand market and Otto gone, the town is left is utter despair, some wounded still hasn't regained consciousness, people lost their home, the scars are still really fresh and the psychological impact the soldats has worked really well, which is why the Sidequest occurring here is extremely important, but more on that later. - just like the other times, nothing has refreshed at Bareahard except the people we must recruit there (and some people will react differently when Jusis is in the party); In Auroch Fort however, we have Norton on the road doing his thing, as well as our mischief maker we'll recruit later, but otherwise the provincial army stationed at the fort absolutely hates us and the 4th and swear to make us pay.....when Jusis is not in the party, they have a much nicer tone when he is XD. - As we move south to Legram, you can already tell that the fog is so much worse now in relation to the quest we're supposed to do here; and it's of course the talk of town with people being attacked by monsters on the highway and being saved by the two kids we saved in CS1; the girl of the representative who apparenly disappeared..... When in reality she's hiding from the search party inside the general store, and none of the parents noticed her leave and they're still bickering over the tiniest things XD; as well as the trains returning to normal thanks to the liberation of Bareahard, but yeah, the fog's a problem we'll talk about now, especially since there's a bell sound coming out of the castle, much like last time. - So yeah, time to do another search of the castle, Emma is required but this time it's much shorter since you only need to go to the big door at the bottom of the left wing, where a Nosferatu once again lies in wait here, and no don't worry, it's definitely easier than the one in CS1 even without the S-crafts cheese, he's even particularly weak to Mirage, which makes Emma quite effective against him; and as a reward, Rean has a vision of the door opening and saying stiff to him, quite similar to what happened at the old Schoolhouse, which would mean that beyond this trial there's a trial as well as a divine knight, which would corroborate what Celine told us in Act 1 about this place, that there was a divine knight m, though she also says that the knight is gone so even if we managed to open the door in the real world, it would most likely be empty; but yeah, mission complete, the fog's gone, and the NPCs have been refreshed to reflect that and continuing their stories (like the dad making up with his son, or the Representative and his wife just noticing that their daughter was gone as she's returning to the inn). - This hidden sidequest is quite a sweet one and really closely tied to Alisa (which is why Jackass won't even bring up the subject if you don't have her in the party), Irina's pocket watch, who was given to her by her husband, Alisa's father, broke, and the guys at Reinford couldn't fix it, which is why she gave it to Jackass saying if he can't repair it he can just throw it away..... Not very nice ngl XD; so yeah we'll fix it, but all the material needed are top-tier a'd hard to find, which shows the skills Alisa's father had as an engineer, especially for his time, he even used a tiny piece of Zemurian Ore as an oscillator for the watch back when no one knew how to process them, he was something all right; she get to fix the watch herself thanks to her father's knowledge and personally deliver the watch to her mother; where it's revealed that not only it's a music box, but also has not 1, but 2 images hidden within it.... But she wanted to throw away the watch anyway, just goes to show how she is now as a businesswoman, and Alisa will continue to pick the things she throws, whether it's important objects or people in her life (which could've been the reason for her throwing the watch as soon as it broke 😔); this quest was great because it feels like a continuation of Alisa's arc regarding her mother and the company while learning more about her father in the process, great stuff. - The next one is also good (while also being completely absent of the video for some reason), and Elliot needs to be here to start it, Rosine decided to organize a concert in Celdic in order to cheer up the townfolks, even just a bit; so for the concert we need people capable of playing an instrument as well as instruments in question, for the performers, we have Elliot and the Wind Orchestra of the academy, Instructor Mary who's the adviser of the Orchestra, Fiona who's a famous pianist, and the weird guy playing the violin that we keep seeing everywhere in both games who's currently playing in Bareahard ( since Bridget is recruitable at the same time as the Sidequests, you can actually miss her, same for Hibelle, though it'd be harder to miss him because he's available since last time, but since every students besides the first ones are optional, it's possible to miss him; anyway, the game will clearly point out that not everyone at the Orchestra is together and you'll get less AP); for the instruments, only the piano was something we need to get and the RMP was kind enough to ship it from the Twin dragons bridge to Celdic; and we have a mention of the Rieveldt company as well, it's actually not the first time we hear of that Company, Cassius mention it in Sky SC since Joshua's harmonica was made by them, as well as Elie in Azure when you buy her a music box for her room, in the event related to it, she mention that the box was made by the Rieveldt company; so we have another mention of this company here, but this time it seem more significant because we know another person with the same surname: Captain Claire Rieveldt of the RMP, maybe there's a connection to be made here, but we're not gonna learn more than that; all in all, the concert was a resounding success, it even brought a miracle since the people unconscious woke up at last, I'm sure some people will say that it's too convenient and that it doesn't happen, but I'm pretty pretty that it does, it's possible for a comatose person to suddenly wake up thanks to a stimulus, like a scent, a touch, or in this case, a sound, it's just the push they needed to awoke from their slumber; and not only that, the townfolk have begun to hope again and be appeased, they took their first step toward recovery, and it's all thanks to the power of music, it moves people, give them courage, anything that touches emotion can affect people, and music, is one of the most effective in that regard since it transcend the language and comprehension b a r r i e r; anyway, thanks to that, Rosine finally joins the Courageous after rejecting the offer last time, her role ? Well, she was training in Celdic to make médecine, so it make sense for her to take charge of the Infirmary, and she sells Exilirs quite potent in the buff department, but not so much for healing (3000HP and 300EP are not much at this point in the game). - Since we're on the topic, let's go recruiting the Thors Students who are left, starting with the ones from Bareahard, Bridget, as said last time, has finished her duty as tutor, but she refuses to go with us for now because she's worried about Alan and want to find him first...... A boon for us then that he's already on board so they can reunite quicker (though, since once again almost all the students are optional, you could've perfectly not recruited him before that point, but I'm pretty sure you need him to recruit Bridget), so yeah, the réunion happens and she say goodbye to the family she was tutoring with a farewell performance; her role on the Courageous ? Well, just like how Margarita deals with the Peculiar dishes and Monica the superb ones; Bridget will handle the Unique ones, so it's to her that you must give your unique recipes; Colette is ready to leave bit she wants to leave a charm for each of the stores on the street, so with help her with that by collecting a Dryad's tear, 4 of them in fact...... Ah, brings back not so nice memories XD, but it's a pretty good way of making up for what happened last time; so her role ? She's the fourth and last shop of the ship, and she handle accessories; Meanwhile, Theresa is struggling with her father to the point that she ran away, we find her not far from here, she doesn't have the courage to go against or confront her father and just do what she wants, so we need Emily here to give her the courage she needs (and also Alisa for a good club reunion, though once again, you need to have recruited Emily beforehand to do that), so they go to convince her father together, and at last he folds and she can join, hurray! Her role ? Well she'll be working with Emily on the Ranged Combat Training, so now you have access to Level 4 and above.

[@stratfor140]

- OK, now time to catch up to the two who keep wandering the country for vastly different reasons; first off Rex who's at Aurochs Fort, he showed up when he heard about the Duke's arrest, but that's not the problem, that's where he's going next, he plans to go with the RMP guys who will be sent as reinforcement in the west, he plans to go to western Erebonia where the fighting is quite fierce to snap photos of what's happening here; while it's commendable that he found his calling as a war photographer, he's becoming more and more bold and reckless, if he goes there, there's no guarantee he'll come back alive, we need someone to bring some sense into him, and that someone is of course his chief at the photography club: Fidelio (just like the rest, you need to have recruited him beforehand); who manage to convince him to stay in the east by teasing him the final battle for Heimdallr that will take place soon, so he happily joins us on board.... Before talking about girls again, goddammit Rex you were so cool just a moment ago XD his role ? A war photographer of course (but otherwise no practical use for us XD); And of course, Beryl continues her tour in Ymir, you asked how she's gone from Nord to here, but I'd like to remind you that in between those two, she also went to Legram and the Terra shrine, and now we chase her in the valley all the way to the stone monument while she phases out of existence on the way........ WHO IS THIS GIRL !!!???!!! *sigh* nevermind, her role is to be a fortune teller on the ship........ What? XD, and she'll be doing the compatibilitu reading, meaning she'll tell you the conditions for unlocking the final bonding event and which character has which condition checked out, quite useful since it's coming fairly soon. ....... Is it over? Pfiou, it's done 🥵, the crunch was real on this one, and it's still not over, the catching up is not done yet.

[@Nikita_Akashya]

Yeah, Valimar is the greatest wingman but also the greatest cockblocker for Rean when it comes to scenes like these. I liked that scene. It was cute. And saving Scarlet was good for Reans mental health, because he stopped her from using him as a way of committing unalive. This stuff is awful for people like Rean, because they always blame themselves. Cedric gets a little lore dump form the Douche and Vita and this is important Weapons, part of the lore from the Black records. The Black Records are exclusive to new game+ and you collect them over the course of the game to get a cool little scene that Cold Steel 3 assumes you to have seen and played Cold Steel 2 twice for. Please just look it up on youtube. You can put that in a seperate video with your reaction if you want. I would watch it. And yes, having a Nuke is fun. Lauras usual setup turns her into an S craft Nuke button but it works even better wih Sarah and Milliums S crafts actually. And since you are playing on Nightmare you will need a lot of clutch. What you always need is Fie and probably Elliot, because of Evasion and just clutch healing. Elliot is goated. Try to stack delay on Rean to pair it with Fies evasion tanking if you can. You will need it for a very specific bossfight. Also, before the finale dungeon, train up a few more characters. Because reasons. You will need 2 fully functioning teams. Don't ask, just trust me bro. I am enjoying your playthrough a lot and hope you do a seperate video for the black records too, just so you have the full ingame lore without having to play the game twice. And also for the Nuke tactic: Curry makes the world go round. Always have curry in your inventory. It gives big strength buff. I can not wait until you get to *that chapter*. You'll love it. I hope.

[@weaponsci]

Yeah I might do some off screen leveling. Shouldn't be too hard to find a good grinding spot since almost the whole map is open at this point.

[@ExernisZ]

​@weaponsci I'd also recommend taking on the cryptid bosses if you haven't Done so yet

[@wheelotime2581]

5:04 yeah Valimar should have picked the CS1 old schoolhouse position again

[@mastermo316]

Testa Rossa means "Red Head" in italian

[@crushilana]

"Celine you can transform like that too, right?" lets wait and see 🤣

[@giuseppeparry1365]

Ah ah spoilers!

[@denofpigs2575]

13:25 it wasnt a fourth wall break, she was referring to this being part two to their Orpheus plan, part one being the Liber Ark and the Aureole.

[@guccidonbuzzflightyear4440]

That bonding event w Alisa is like my fav in the series lol

[@RikusonOne]

Canon wise the Crossbell team did not lay a finger on the Steel Maiden by the way.

[@weaponsci]

Wait, how'd her mask break then? :o

[@railblade0041]

Vita: I know E V E R Y T H I N G. Oh you sweet summer Witch.

[@danangluthfihidayanto7821]

22:43 Do you even lift bro?

[@HolyRain89]

200k dmg is going to be common once you reach cs4 and onward.😂 The number is getting ridiculous the further the series moving forward. Even on daybreak, boss hp can reach over 100k on the 1st game. Thanks to all the extra mechanism the game implement, and they make higher HP mobs and bosses as a balance.😂

[@yorhamixta9528]

I love your narration

[@guccidonbuzzflightyear4440]

Alisa so cute

[@luizkuzunoha7150]

18:33 the Mirage one? Hollow sphere? I don't remeber cuz i never used this Art.

[@weaponsci]

Just checked. It was aqua mirage in Crossbell (water), and sylphen guard in Sky (wind). Though it was less so "stealth" and just an evasion % buff. So basically got replaced with shining in CS.

[@Chumbv]

Laura's damage is nuts lmao

[@kevinstreetgaming]

And this is why you should play Zero and Azure first...among other reasons... ;) Lots of important plot details from Vita at the end there.

[@weaponsci]

I guess the whole Azure tree thing could work in reverse though, since Crossbell and CS1/2 do spoil each other.

[@whiteshirt1072]

what the heck did you do to that bird?!

[@weaponsci]

Mmmm, fried Grianos...

[@whiteshirt1072]

That Bird has suffered enough

[@JetTheBaron]

42:17 Twitter on steroids

[@weaponsci]

Vita: "Grianos you've failed me! Your new name is X!"

[@JetTheBaron]

@@weaponsci GRIANOS NOO

[@boopcorn8747]

Laura's new S-craft is probably my favourite in the first two games. The choreography of it just looks so good. And you know that after using it everything is gonna get nuked.

[@uchytjes10]

Damn, at this rate I'm going to have to actually start on CS3. Been putting it off for too long.

[@marcusbarnes5106]

I'm sure you'll enjoy it if CS2 was fun for you.

[@Ghalion666]

I love cs3, and cs4 is full of fanservice, I dont mean the kinky kind, but stuff thay rewards you for playing thr whole series.

[@stratfor140]

Oh yeah, when you get going, you REALLY get going; welp, I know what I'm going to do next week 😅.

[@nekowolf583]

I just love the “lighthearted and jaunty” music that they occasionally use.

[@historian252]

Weapons remember that bone dragon from the last game. It is quite tied to the Vermillion Knight.

[@johnpitro4585]

We got Daybreak references before CS4

[@karisu4598]

Vita really manages to be even more annoying than Mariabell + Weissman combined, huh. Don't blame Celine for hating on her tbh. Also yeah rewatching this section with knowledge of what happened in Azure is just chef's kiss. It's so cool knowing that Lloyd and co were battling their way up to save KeA while Rean and co were watching from just across the border.

[@zerofudou5689]

Nah come Cold Steel 3 and 4 Mariabell still has her beat in annoyance and arrogance.

[@victorsouza626]

Speed buff = more delay

[@thegeneralmitch]

**uploaded 25 seconds ago** new record for me. 😂

[@riofernando9414]

Wow congrats. I was 11 minutes 😅

[@thegeneralmitch]

@@riofernando9414 i would like to thank the academy...

[@riofernando9414]

Does anyone know the song title that play on 40:50?

[@rizzlecg]

It's on Falcom Sound Team jdk's Sen no Kiseki II OST, track 32 - "Shizukana Ketsui"

[@riofernando9414]

@@rizzlecg thanks you

[@rouchii3789]

Did you noticed that Alisa's bonding event is the only one voiced. Well we know now who's the canon ship is. Sorry girls, there's was no competition.

[@harrymason4300]

A voiceless Fie is better than a voiced Alisa.

[@giuseppeparry1365]

@@harrymason4300 So, Fie saying /pftks/ is better than Alisa saying /bvdgz/

[@historian252]

@@harrymason4300 How so?

[@zerofudou5689]

It's not canon. Its just who some at Falcom ship Rean with. It is why she gets all the forced romance plots like childhood meeting.

[@veghesther3204]

About that on easy mode Rean Laura Millium and Sarah's s crafts can easily do OVER 300,000 damage each most bosses have LESS HP THEN THAT on Easy mode So the bosses from this video didn't even take me 30 SECONDS TO KILL them especially with Rean Laura Millium and Sarah ALL at least LV 130 by now.