Valkyrie no Densetsu/Stage 5

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in the middle of an island (similar to the one they started the previous stage on), start walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as two groups of seven Brown Fly Drills come flying towards you in curved lines from the left and right sides of the screen; once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin (worth five inn gold) behind. Once you have collected them all, you will have jump onto a horizontally-moving iceberg in the ocean ahead of you before proceeding to jump onto another horizontally-moving iceberg - and once you have done so, you will have to jump onnto a third horizontally-moving iceberg before proceeding to jump onnto another solid platform. Once you have done so, you must conntinnue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as you come to four Tarosu which are randomly charging around; unlike the one you encountered on the fourth stage, these ones cann cause injury to Valkyrie and Sandra if they butt them, so once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind. Once you have collected themm all, you will come to six chests (two red, two green and two blue) - the two blue ones contain ten money bags (worth fifty in gold) each and the two green ones contain a Bomb and a 4-Way Shot respectively, but the two red ones contain eight Orange Honorians each, so you should be ready to fire a Bomb or 4-Way shot at each of them to kill them once you have collected all the money bags and both special weaponns. They will each leave a small coinn behind when killed, and once you have collected them all, you will have to drop off the edge of the platform to land on the dirt below as fifteen Mimizu emerge from the ground and start crawling towards you before jumping on you once they get close enough; once you have fired a Bomb or 4-Way shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind. Once you have collected them all, you will have to jump onto two adjacent stones on the other side of the dirt before proceeding to jump onto a third solid platform - and once you have done so, you must continue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" positionn as five Purple Goblins come walking towwards you while throwwing their spears at you. Once you have fired a Bomb or 4-Way shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind; once you have collected themm all, you will come to the travelling salesmann Zoul in the centre of the screenn. Once again, you probably know this by now - 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 Wide Beam (shield) for 2000 in gold, a Healing Herb (Doku or Gasai Plant) for 3000 in gold, and a Magic Book (spellbook) for 4000 in 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" position 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 Sandra have reappeared in the stage proper, continue walking to the left by pushing the joystick into the "western" positionn as you come to a pool of a shallow peach-coloured liquid; as with the pool of shallow water you encountered on the second stage, you will have the opportunity to swim around inn it for a while, but you should not let it detract from your goal of clearing the stage. Once you have decided to jump out of the pool, you will have to continnue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position and drop off the edge of the platform to land on the dirt below again as fifteen more Mimizu emerge from the ground and start crawling towards you before jumping on you once they get close enough - and once you have fired a Wide shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind. Once you have collected them all, you will have to jump onto two more adjacent stones on the other side of the dirt before proceeding to jump onto a fourth solid platform; once you have done so, you will have to continue walking to the right by pushing the joystick into the "eastern" position as four Blue Honorians come hovering towwards you. Once you have fired a Wide shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind - and once you have collected themm all, you will come to a third green chest (which containns a ranndomly-gennerated amount of gold). Once you have opened the chest, four more Orange Honorianns will come hovering towards you; once you have fired a Wide shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill themm, they will each leave a small coinn behind. Once you have collected them all, the music will change (from the game's upbeat "mainn theme" to something more sinister-sounding) as you come to the travelling salesman Zoul in the centre of the screen - once again, when one player walks up to him and enters his realm, the other 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 5000 inn gold, a Homing Shot (crossbow) for 5000 in gold, and a 3-Way Shot (sceptre) for 5000 in gold; once again, you must push the joystick into the north-western" position to select the first item, the "northern" position to select the second item and the "north-eastern" position 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 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 weapon, both she and Valkyrie will exit Zoul's realm (once again, they can also do it voluntarily if they cannot afford to pay him by pushing the joystick into the "southern" positionn).

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared inn the stage proper, conntinnue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" positionn as eighteen more Blue Honorians come hovering towards you; once you have fired a 4-Way, Homing or 3-Way shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them all, you will have to continue walking to the left as you come to six more chests (four red and two green) - the two green ones contain a Heart Plate and a Magic Book respectively, but the four red ones contain three groups of eight Orange Honorianns and a Red Kaokkusu respectively, so you should be ready to fire a 4-Way, Homing or 3-Way shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them once you have collected both of the special weaponns. They will each leave a small coinn (the Red Kaokkusu will leave four) behind when killed, and once you have collected them all, you will have to walk back to the right by pushing the joystick into the "eastern" position as a Kumo comes hovering towards you while dropping lightning bolts (similar to those spat by the right head of the Twin Girasu on the first stage) on you; once you have utilised the Big spell and caused enough tremors to it after jumping and landing to kill it, it will leave a large coinn (worth twenty in gold) behind. Once you have collected it and shrunk, continue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as four more Blue Honorians come hovering towards you - and once you have fired enough 4-Way, Homing or 3-Way shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave small coin behind. Once you have collected them all, continue walking to the right by pushing the joystick into the "eastern" position as a Gray Goblin emerges from the ground and starts walking towards you while throwing three of his spearrs at you; once you have fired a 4-Way, Homing or 3-Way shot from your sword or trident at him to kill him, he will leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected it, continue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as you come to a small house in the centre of the screen - and as with the two huts you encountered on the first stage, you will have the opportunity to enter it. Guess who's waiting for you inside.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared inside the house, the elderly sorcerer Babasama will be standing in front of them. He will speak the Hiragana and Katakana text "おお! そのていがみはわしのでしのランダのものかのじょのねがいならしかたがないわしのひじゅつをカメレオンをじゅつさずけよう" to themm before proceeding to grant them the Chameleon spell and four more circles on their magic meters in exchange for the old scroll that was given to them by the young woman in the dungeon of the fourth stage (this spell is worth a full circle). Valkyrie and Sandra will then proceed to exit the house and reappear where it was standing once the stage has resumed.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in the stage proper at the entrance to its boss cavern, the music will have changed back to the game's aforementioned "main theme"; and once the doubledoors in the rock face have opened up, they will both walk through them for their fifth boss encounter. Once they have reappeared inside the boss cavern, two inndestructible blocks of ice will come sliding towards them - and once you have moved out of their way, you will have to conntinnue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as you come to two more inndestructible blocks of ice which are sliding back and forth in the centre of the screenn. Once you have managed to find a way around them, you will have to continue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as you come to a blockade of eighteen Ice Blockers at the back of the cavern; they will all attack by breaking free from their allocated positions in the blockade to slide towards Valkyrie and Sandra in a manner similar to that of the aforementioned inndestructible ice blocks. Once you have fired enough 4-Way, Homing or 3-Way shots at each of them to kill them (they will not leave anything behind), the screen will fade out and you will receive a 20000-point bonus and 1000 in gold. This is the first time you will receive a 4-figure gold bonus.

たすけだされた ひかりのせいが　いいました.

おうごんのたねは ふしぎなちからを　もっています.

きたのいずみに　いれると ''どんな　ねがいも　かなうのです.

たとえ　あくの　ねがいでも...

それを　とめるには みずのせいのちからがいるのです.

みずのせいを　たすけるために きたへ　いそぎました.

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