Let's Play Phantasy Star IV #04: Traversing Motavia
196Alys and Chaz have a new objective, escorting Hahn to Birth Valley so he can search for professor Holt. If what the principal said is even half true however, it's not likely that they're going to find any good news once they get there. It's not clear what Zio is up to but there are two things we can be certain of. First, he's up to no good whatever he's doing and second, he's so absurdly evil that he'd give D&D paladins a headache before they even get within range of detect evil. The only question we need answering are why he's being so evil, though I get the feeling if we ask the response will involve an extensive monologue replete with proclamations that he's most definitely not evil, the calling card of insane villains who are most certainly evil.
To get closer to figuring out the extent of Zio's evilness we need to reach Birth Valley which is a considerable distance away from the academy. That means some overworld travel and while it's rather brisk, it's not without peril. Random encounters are just as prevalent there as they were in the basement of the academy, though with our party as it is we shouldn't have too much difficulty. It can't hurt to stop at the various settlements we encounter along the way either, for they might have things to sell us and information that'll help us better understand what's happening in the region and Motavia at large. Any hints we get as to how evil Zio is are an added bonus and I'm sure we'll find at least one or two sprinkled about the places we visit, though we may have to look carefully for them.
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