Claude: You're already dead!
After having disposed of the three forgettable Wise Men at the entrance of Fienal, our heroes, full of confidence, head inside the fortress. This place is a sight to behold: the interiors have all kinds of irregular decorations, from the oddly-shaped tiles on the floor to the tubes running along the walls, to the weird machines you can find here and there. Every door has a red symbol engraved on it (is it the Crest of Annihilation?), and every floor has transporters that lead only to a floor above or below. That last part makes me wonder how much of this is the Ten Wise Men's work, and how much was already there in the building.
There's a good number of robotic guards around, some of which our heroes fought on their first assault to the stronghold; there are also some flying... cartridges of sorts, that can plug into these robots to "upgrade" them, improving their speed and strength. Here and there you can also find a huge phoenix monster (no doubt some other crazy Heraldic beast) resembling Xine from Expel (a creature you can only meet in your quest to help Ashton Anchors, who we didn't bump into); it packs quite a punch, and it has a quick charge attack that easily stuns its opponents, so if you don't have the Eternal Sphere stay on your toes.
Going up from floor to floor, our friends eventually reach the fourth level, where two more of the Ten Wise Men (now down to four) await: Decus and Vesper - so they introduce themselves - seem even more full of themselves, and with some reason, as they're decidedly stronger than the three guys from before. Decus specializes in fire attacks, some of which have devastating power, and smack talk (yes, it's probably the most annoying part, generally because of his voice), while Vesper is the polar opposite, unleashing water attacks. Since it's not common to have accessories that protect against both elements at once, I'd suggest you make your party level up until Rena or Celine learn Anti, a very useful defensive spell that improves the elemental resistances of the whole party for the battle. These two only have brute force on their side, therefore you can eventually overpower them (you can oversmart them as well, if you prefer, but that would involve switching characters a lot, since it's hard to have the AI keep one of them busy).
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