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The Oppressed Vil- The Dragon’s Cave dragon’s strength is 100 points. To
lage (Welcome to the “Abandon All Hope, beat him you will need to use a combi-
Windy City) Ye Who Enter Here” nation of brute force and powerful
Upon entering the The cave is littered magic.
Village you’ll see 3 with the remains of As long as the dragon is not touch-
buildings, 3 soldiers other Dragonstompers ing you, you won’t lose any strength.
marching back and who have preceded That is a temporary situation, of
forth, and the entrance you. The cave is also course, as the dragon will make his
to the Dragon’s Cave. filled with deadly way towards you and eventually beat
The three buildings are The Trade Shop strength-depleting traps so the hell out of you.
The Magic Shop, The be careful. USE one of your recruited warriors
Trade Shop, and The Hospital. Enter You will be moving upwards in order and immediately follow up by USING
the Hospital first, where you can buy to reach the dragon’s lair. Stay to the the other two. There is a good chance
bottles that will help you on your jour- right in order to avoid most of the traps. that one of them may refuse once he
ney to slay the dragon. However, be- Travel until you just pass the set of sees his compatriots getting the crap
fore you buy anything, you need to sell skulls. Now USE one of the Visions in beaten out of them. Simply wait a few
all the possessions you gained in The your inventory and move quickly up- turns before trying to USE him again.
Enchanted Countryside. You won’t be wards. You will see the first set of Eventually, the coward will join the
needing them any longer and they’re traps you need to avoid. Continue go- fight. You see, by sending the warriors
worth some dough. Go up to a mer- ing up until you reach a set of moving to fight, you are, in essence, sending
chant and begin the process of selling poison darts blocking your path. Your them to their deaths. I have yet to see
the objects. You won’t get competitive best bet is to stay to the right and ma- any of the warriors survive to the end of
bidding from the other merchants so neuver yourself around the darts. the battle. The good news is that they
the first place you come to is just as Note: If you get in a few good licks
good as any other. None of the mer- become sick with on the dragon to bring
chants will be interested in your PA- fever during any his strength down,
PER. Think of it as a souvenir. Yes, point of this journey, thus making your job a
you can work trades with your objects, be sure to USE the bit easier
but since you accumulated so much Medicine you The next step is to
gold in the Enchanted Countryside, it purchased from the use some of the magic
won’t be necessary to haggle. Simply hospital. If you lose you bought in town.
selling everything is the quickest route substantial strength
to take. from any traps or Those Aren’t Welcome Mats! USE Blast to inflict
Once your possessions are gone, poison darts, USE some major damage.
you should have a good chunk of the Vitamins. The Elixir will restore
change. Now get ready to go on a your dexterity. USE Stun to prevent the dragon
shopping spree. Once you pass the poison darts, from fighting back. This gives you and/
In the hospital buy all of the Vita- move until you just pass the next set of or the warriors a brief period to admin-
mins, Elixir, and Medicine. skeletons. USE a series of Visions ister more abuse without the dragon
Your next stop is the Magic Shop. until you arrive at the next set of poison returning the favor.
Buy everything. darts. Get around these darts in the
same manner you used to get past the USE Flash to blind the dragon,
Next, go to the Trade Shop and buy others. causing him to lose strength.
the following: (1) rope, (3) Sapphires, Now continue until the darts are not
(4) longbows, (3) lanterns, and a chain. on the screen any longer. USE an- By this time it is likely that your re-
Now exit the Trade Shop to make a few other Vision and move quickly to avoid cruited warriors are dead and the
final purchases. the traps. Once those traps are no dragon is now very close, if not en-
Touch the marching soldiers and longer on screen, USE another Vision gaged in direct combat with you. Make
RECRUIT them from your action menu. to see the traps which are blocking the no mistake…he will cause severe dam-
If you offer gold, they will want 311 pit in order to enter the dragon’s lair. age to your strength when he strikes
pieces. If you offer each of them a you. Remember to keep tabs on your
Sapphire, they will accept. Since the The Dragon’s Lair strength and to USE Vitamins to keep
Sapphires only cost you 114 gold Once you enter the lair, the rope will you strong.
pieces, you will be saving yourself be used automatically. If you failed to
some money. purchase the rope, your USE Protect to save you from
At this point strength will decrease when you deadly attacks when the dragon is
you should fall. upon you.
have a little You will now see the
bit of gold left. dreaded dragon guarding the USE the longbow as a weapon.
Feel free to amulet. The dragon will move Only use this as a last resort as you will
spend the towards you with fatal inten- find yourself missing your target quite
rest on what’s tions. frequently.
left in the If you wish to try and maneu-
Trade Shop. Prepare to Battle! ver around the dragon to get to Once you have depleted the
Can’t hurt. the amulet without killing him dragon’s 100 points, he will die, a rous-
Can’t help. (extremely difficult), then you ing theme of “Rule Brittania” will play,
Now you are ready to enter the must USE the Unlock spell to open the and the amulet is yours.
dragon’s cave. Go to the cave en- gate in front of the amulet.
trance and choose to ENTER. Unlike the other foes you faced in The curse has been lifted!
the Enchanted Countryside, the Long live the Dragonstomper!

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