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#26 The way to Lake Floria
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Dive into the pond and into the tunnel. Link emerges inside the giant tree that was behind the Elder Kikwi. Climb up the vine-covered wall in front of Link and turn around to see several Froaks floating around. Hanging from the ceiling, are two platforms. On the second platform is a Blue Bokoblin. Equip the Hook Beetle to destroy the Froaks and to scare the Blue Bokoblin. He will jump off the platform. Leap onto a platform and equip the Gust Bellows. Use blasts of air to make the platform swing, then jump to the next platform. Do the same to reach the next ledge and then go in the tunnel.
Link emerges outside the tree on a wooden platform. Turn left and climb up several more platforms to find a vine-covered wall. Take out the Walltula using the Slingshot. Climb up the wall to the left and drop down to another ledge. There are four more Walltulas to deal with and a hornet’s nest. Climb up this wall and to the left to another ledge, and a tunnel. Go in.
Link is back in the tree. On the narrow pathway ahead is a "Wooden Shield Moblin". To defeat him, toss a bomb his direction to blow away his shield. Then shoot him with the Slingshot to stun him. Now a few vertical slices with the sword and he is done. Go through the tunnel and Link is back outside. There is a Bird Statue here. Turn left and follow the path. A Blue Bokoblin calls for reinforcements and three Red Bokoblins show up. Defeat them all and pick up an Amber Relic in the alcove. Continue up the path. Soon Link will hear something strange. Fi will appear and ask Link if he heard it. At the end of the path, climb the vine-covered wall to another ledge.
Link walks out to an overhang and Fi appears telling him that he has reached the top of the tree. She suggests that Link look around to see if there is an area he hasn’t explored. Link and Fi turn their heads to see a new Kikwi. Fi thinks the noise they hear is the snoring of the Kikwi. Hit the Kikwi with the Hook Beetle to wake him up. He is an old Kikwi hermit named "Yerbal". He tells Link that he watches over the forest. Yerbal asks if Link can see him. Yerbal says that some Kikwis can’t see him. He then asks Link what his business is. Link tells him. Yerbal says that the flame is most likely Farore’s Flame, which was given to the "Water Dragon", a spirit who resides over Faron Woods. The flame is to be passed on to "the one from the sky". Yerbal tells Link that the dragon’s lair is deep in the lake in the South of the woods. The problem is that the gate is sealed shut. Yerbal tells Link that he can open the gate if he "Channels the Power of the Goddess into the symbol carved into its doors. But the symbol is incomplete and must be made whole. Link must find a complete symbol in the woods to know what it looks like. Yerbal puts a red "X" on the map and tells Link to search there. As Link turns to leave, Yerbal mentions that the dragon is "persnickety about manners…so watch yours".
