Resident Evil 4 (2005, HD Project): Part 5: The Beast From The Lake
4Moving on from the safe room of the Merchant's shop and Save Typewriter, it's time to go find that lake and its route towards the church key.
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00:50 - BLOODY HELL! ANOTHER BOULDER TRAP!
Past that point, cross a settlement of bridges that lift above a shallow marsh.
Leon later gets close to the lake and gets a shocking view of what more of those creepy villagers were doing there.
Remember the piss cop that got burned at the stake? Well here's the corpse of the glasses-wearing smoke cop. They killed him, too, and are using his body as food now.
But not for them... but for the massive beast that lives in the lake: Del Lago! It swallowed the cop whole!
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You're gonna have to fight that monster soon... but if you want to, before you do that, try going up to the port where a boat is and shoot at the lake a few times... if you dare...
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Moving on...
Take the boat towards the next path and reach closer to that hidden church key. Eventually Del Lago will make itself known to you and you can begin a boss battle properly.
This fight happens because the boat gets anchored by Del Lago, so you're dragged along with it as it tries to eat you.
Dodge the logs floating in the water while also throwing an unlimited supply of anchors at Del Lago. If the logs hit you, Leon gets knocked out of his boat and will have to hurry to swim back to it. Each time this happens or if the monster knocks Leon off, it gets harder and harder to make it back in one piece before Del Lago just leaps up and eats you whole.
Sometimes, it will hide in the water, only to charge at you off screen. Hit it with more anchors as it charges straight at you. They do more damage if they hit its mouth.
Even after you beat this boss, don't chill out JUST yet...
Del Lago dies and sinks into the lake, but then... the anchor's rope gets snags Leon's leg! Go through a QTE to help Leon cut the rope before Del Lago sinks too low and drags Leon down with it!
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Freeing his leg, Leon takes a moment to regroup and then finish his trip across the lake towards a nearby cottage...
However, whatever he got injected with by Saddler was starting to hurt his body even more. Eventually, he once more lost consciousness...