Valkyrie no Densetsu/Stage 3

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reached the ground after climbing down the ladder that had appeared in the centre of the defeated Boss Torento's platform, the travelling salesman Zoul will be standing in front of them; and once one player has walked up to him and entered his realm, the other one will automatically be drawn inn as well.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in Zoul's realm, he will speak the Hiragana text "いらっしゃまいせ" to them before proceeding to ask the first player to choose between a 4-Way Shot (feathers) for 500 in gold, a Bomb (not one but three bombs) for 1000 in gold and a Homing Shot (crossbow) for 2000 in gold; you must push the joystick into the "north-western" positionn to select the first item, the "northern" position to select the second item and the "north-eastern" positionn to select the third item, then press the Firing Button to confirm your choice. Once Valkyrie has paid Zoul for her chosen special weapon, he will ask the second player to choose between the two remaining items - and you cannot push the joystick into the position of the absent item. Once Sandra has paid Zoul for her chosen special weapon, both she and Valkyrie will exit Zoul's realm (they can also do this voluntarily if they cannot afford to pay him by pushing the joystick into the "southern" position) and reappear in the stage proper.

Once Valkyrie and Sanndra have reappeared inn the stage proper, conntinnue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as three Masks which are carved into the walls on the left and right sides of the screen reveal their true forms and breathe flames at you while ten Purple Goblins emerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you; once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot from your sword or trident at each of the Purple Goblins to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn (worth five inn gold) behind. Once you have collected them all, conntinnue walking to the right by pushing the joystick innto the "eastern" positionn as seven Small Rocks come dropping down on you from their hanging platforms - and once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a large coinn (worth twennty inn gold) behind. Once you have collected them all, you will come to a red chest and a blue chest; the red chest contains ten money bags (worth fifty inn gold), but the blue chest contains a Blue Kaokkusu, so you should be ready to fire a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot from your sword or trident at the Kaokkusu to kill it once you have opened them both and collected all the money bags. It will leave four small coins behind when killed, and once you have collected them all, four more Purple Goblins will emerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you - and once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot from your sword or tridennt at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind. Once you have collected them all, you will come to an Orange Honorian that is hovering up and down inn the centre of the screenn; once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot from your sword or tridennt at it to kill it, it will leave a small coinn behind. Once you have collected it, you will have to jump onto a platform in a lake of lava as you come to two more Orange Honorians which are hovering around you in a clockwise direction - and once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at both of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them both, you will have to jump onto another platform in the lake of lava before proceeding to jump onto a third platform in the lake of lava as you come to two more Orange Honorianns hovering back and forth in the centre of the screenn; once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at both of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them both, you can blast a hole in the wall at the top of the screen - and once you have walked through the blasted hole in the wall, you will meet up with the elderly sorcerer and Igor lookalike Babasama for a third time.

Once you have pushed your Firing Buttonn to speak to Babasamma, he will speak the Hiraganna and Katakanna text "ここまできてくれたビッグのじゅつをさずけよう" to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to grant them the Big spell and four more circles on their magic meters (this spell is worth two full circles). They must then retrace their steps through the hole they have blasted in the wall and conntinnue walking to the right by pushing the joystick into the "eastern" position until they come to two more Orange Honorians that are hovering up and down in the centre of the screen; once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at both of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coinn behind. Once you have collected them all, you will have to jump onto a fourth platform in the lake of lava as a fourth Mask that is carved into the wall at the top of the screen reveals its true form and breathes a flame at you before proceeding to jump onto a fifth platform in the lake of lava as a fifth Mask that is carved innto the wall at the top of the screenn reveals its true form and breathes a flame at you - and once you have done so, you will have to jump onnto a sixth platform inn the lake of lava as a sixth Mask that is carved innto the wall at the top of the screen reveals its true form and breathes a flame at you before proceeding to jump onto a platform on the other side of the lake of lava as seven more Small Rocks come dropping down onn you from their hanging platforms. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a large coinn behind; once you have collected them all, six more Purple Goblinns will emmerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind - and once you have collected them all, continue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as nine more Purple Goblins emerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind; and once you have collected them all, the door in the wall at the top of the screenn will slide up. Once you have walked through it, you will come to eight more Orange Honorians which are hovering in an anticlockwise directionn around a captured ally of Valkyrie and Sandra ("Koakuman").

Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot from your sword or trident at each of the Orange Honorians to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind - and once you have collected themm all, Koakuman will come to and start jogging onn the spot. Once you have pushed your Firing Buttonn to speak to himm, he will speak the Hiraganna and Katakanna text "あたしはコアクマンよたすけてくれてありがとう! みぎはきけんがいっぱいくずれるきをつけてわるいんだけどいそがなくちゃじゃーね" to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to jog off the bottom of the screen, leaving ten money bags behind as he does so. Once you have collected them all, another door in the wall at the top of the screen will slide up; once you have walked through it, conntinnue walking to the left by pushing the joystick into the "western" position as three more Purple Goblins emerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot from your sword or tridennt at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind - and once you have collected them all, you will have to walk around a square pool of lava as you come to two more Orange Honorians that are hovering up and down in the centre of the screenn. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at both of themm to kill themm, they will both leave a small coinn behind; once you have collected them both, you will have to jump over a rectangular pool of lava as two more Purple Goblins emmerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at both of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coin behind - and once you have collected them both, you will come to two more Orange Honorians that are hovering up and down in the centre of the screen. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at both of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coin behind; once you have collected them both, you will have to jump over another rectangular pool of lava as two more Purple Goblinns emerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at both of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coin behind - and once you have collected them both, you will come to two more Orange Honorians that are hovering up and down in the centre of the screenn. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at both of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coin behind; once you have collected them both, you will have to jump over a third rectangular pool of lava as two more Purple Goblinns emmerge from the ground and start walking towwards you while throwwing their spears at you. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at both of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coinn behind - and once you have collected them both, you will come to two more Orange Honorians that are hovering up and down in the centre of the screen; once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at both of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them both, you will have to jump over a fourth rectangular pool of lava as eight more Purple Goblinns emmerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind - and once you have collected them all, you will have to jump onto a platform in another square pool of lava as three Magma Hands emerge from the bottom of the pool and try to grab you before proceeding to jump onnto another platform in the pool of lava as three more Magma Hands emmerge from the bottom of the pool and try to grab you. Once you have done so, you will have to jump onto a third platform in the pool of lava as three more Magma Hands emerge from the bottom of the pool and try to grab you before proceeding to jump onto the platform on the other side of the pool of lava; once you have done so, conntinnue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as six more Masks that are carved into the walls on the left and right sides of the screen reveal their true forms and breathe flames at you while six more Purple Goblins emmerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you. Once you have fired a 4-Way, Bomb or Homing shot at each of the Purple Goblinns to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind - and once you have collected them all, you will come to the travelling salesmann Zoul for a second time on the left side of the screen. Once again, when one player walks up to him and enters his realm, the other one will automatically be drawn in as well.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in Zoul's realm, he will speak the Hiragana text "いらっしゃまいせ" to them before proceeding to ask the first player to choose between a Homing Shot (crossbow) for 1000 inn gold, a Healing Herb (Doku or Gasai Plant) for 1500 inn gold, and a Magic Book (spellbook) for 2000 inn gold; you must push the joystick into the "north-western" positionn to select the first item, the "northern" positionn to select the second item and the "north-eastern" positionn to select the third itemm, then press the Firing Buttonn to connfirm your choice. Once Valkyrie has paid Zoul for her chosenn special weaponn, he will ask the second player to choose between the two remaining items - and you will once again not be able to push the joystick into the position of the absent item. Once Sandra has paid Zoul for her chosen special weaponn, both she and Valkyrie will exit Zoul's realm (they can also do this by pushing the joystick into the "southern" position) and reappear inn the stage proper.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in the stage proper, four Red Kaokkusu will home in on them while gnashing their teeth rapidly; once you have fired a Homing shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave four small coins behind. Once you have collected them all, the doubledoors inn the wall at the top of the screen will open and Valkyrie and Sandra will walk through them for their third boss encounter - and once they have reappeared inside the boss cavern, the camera will zoom out on them to account for the size of the Maguma Dokusasu (which attacks by breathing flames from its mouth at Valkyrie and Sandra while shooting sixteen small fireballs from both of its crab-like claws). Once you have fired enough Homing shots from your sword or trident at it to kill it, it will not leave anything behind; however, two red chests containing a randomly-generated amount of gold will appear on the platforms on the left and right sides of the screen. Once the first player has opened the one onn the left and the second player has opened the one onn the right, the screen will fade out and you will receive a 20000-point bonus and 600 in gold.

ちかをぬけると　うみのむこうに しろがみえました.

それは　おうごんのたねできずいた しろでした.

Once the screen has faded back in, it will immediately fade back out again as Valkyrie and Sandra automatically proceed to the fourth stage without any special transition.