The first of my many deaths in Etrian Odyssey IV came at the hands of a kangaroo, of all things.
Now, you may laugh, but this was no ordinary kangaroo. A towering behemoth that dwarfed my guild's modest airship, the so-called Bounding Beast possessed a territorial drive matched only by its pugilistic chops. It made those boxing kangaroos in the old cartoons look like runners-up in a kindergarten slap fight.
- (Japanese version pictured)
My guild members held their own for most of the fight. In fact, they took the monster's health to critical with ruthless efficiency. But then its desperation moves came out, including a maneuver that stunned my party of five warriors, leaving them vulnerable for it to follow up with punishing cross-hooks that knocked multiple targets out of the fight in a single blow. The tide of battle turned against us quickly. Game over.
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