Good stuff! I fought the boss and went pretty hard, i used one christ’s love and one ‘round’ of scripture, then mostly holy water with some strikes mixed in. I got ‘black plasma’ from the fight, and realized I had to climb back up.
I didn’t get any drops at all from enemies, so i gave up on that idea did a lot of running and some judicious healing, fighting only against mercs. Won with 0 MP and like 12 hp, took the wrong fork on the first map (that’s where i thought, “i’m dead now”), but made it straightaway after.
I thought there were no drops, like a reverse trolling from the first game, and the ‘black plasm’ would hurt me, but i did eat it when things got tough.
All in all, i managed to make it my first try, somehow, and it was e-x-c-i-t-i-n-g! When I saw the altar at the end, and knew a bad round against even 3 lowly mercenaries could end me…