The Three Trials

Air Battle

Yet another chapter! In chapter 24, you start off in your usual air battle, and you notice that the Underworld, Forces of Nature, AND the Aurum troops are all attacking you. Palutena tells of how the 3 Treasures are out of comission. (Thanks, Hades.) She also mentions Dyntos, who Pit mistakes for the god of snacks. (I wish he was.) Dyntos is actually god of the forge, and he created the Treasures. Pit flies on over to Dyntos's workshop after some nice air battling, and before we even get there, we're greeted with a nice hello from Dyntos. He promises to make you a great sacred treasure and you accept his challenge of 3 trials (which I'll explain as we go on). After flying through the great hallway, you come upon a circular platform, which is where you land.

Trial 1

I think of this trial as one of the longest (well, it is.). After going up the elevator, turn and go DOWN the stairs behind you. You will reach the final zodiac chamber, containing Pisces Heal, which will heal you if you get finished. After your extra long stair climb, you'll reach a small arena. It's just some enemies that you've seen before. Nothing new. The door then opens to... The Phoenix. The big green squawker from chapter 10 is back and he's mad. Well, not really. This Phoenix is lord Dyntos's creation. Once again, nothing new. Defeat the phoenix and move on to yet another bunch of enemies. Repeat the same thing, however, this 2nd battle is Cragalanche, who still has a "busted keister." Cragalanche is my least favorite boss, but he's the same as last time. Defeat Ol' Crag-apple and Run off to the 3rd part of trial one, (Swedish accent) The Kraken! The Kraken is a LITTLE different this time, as he uses that water blast attack more often. Just dodge through it and wipe the "sucker" out. This brings trial 1 to an end.

Trial 2

Okay, Trial number two! This one consists of 2 CONSECUTIVE boss battles. However, these bosses are tweaked versions of past battles. First up, is Magnus AND Gaol. You fight both at the same time here, and that makes it harder. I first suggest taking down Magnus, as he has no ranged attacks, and he can get annoying just flailing about all over the arena. Once Magnus is out, you can focus on Gaol, who uses his (sorry, HER) attacks less often, but aims very well. Once both are gone, Palutena come into the arena and... attacks you? The name on the bottom screen is mentioned as Goddess Palutena? This Palutena is a fake, so fire away, fellas! After some shooting and dodging, Palutena is revealed to be a hairy, scary, purple form of herself called Pseudo-Palutena. Just be glad you attacked her in the first place and keep attacking. After this, you will move onto the 3rd and final trial.

Trial 3

This final trial is a boss battle against the Treasure made by Dyntos. This thing is not only 10 times the size of Pit, but it has a few different forms! Anyway, this battle starts out easy as usual, but after a bit of shots and strikes, the boss charges up a big laser, and you have but 5 seconds to get away from the laser's range. If you fail to do this, you are finished and you restart the battle. If you survive, you're fine. The GST (Great Sacred Treasure) won't use this attack again. Keep shooting and dodging it's occasional dash through the stage and beams. Finish this boss the complete the chapter.

Epilogue

You finish this with a cutscene of Pit equipping the Great Sacred Treasures.