The Crossroads
Head up the stairs behind Vulgrim’s location and use the Earth caller on the large rock gate here. After a quick scene, the gatekeeper will leave the area granting you access to the building behind. Once inside, head up the stairs to the left and drop down at the end. Kill the fire golem and the zombies here and pick up the blue soul chest nearby. Jump down to the area below and kill the bad guys here. Find the pool of water to the left and dive under. Follow the tunnel to the end to find a chest with a life stone shard in it (Like a piece of Heart for you Zelda fans, we need four of these to gain an additional health bar).
Return to the main area. Climb the demon growth on the far side of the area from where you entered, and walk through the open doorway here. Pick up the green chest if required and continue to follow the hallway until you exit into Scalding Gallow.
Scalding Gallow
Move forward and when you reach the ruins in front of you, climb the stairs to the left and jump across the gap for a blue soul chest. Drop back down and continue onward up the ramp to the north to reach Samael's Prison and a boss fight.
Boss: Phantom General
This guy will move around the arena and attack you with several different moves:
- Forward slash: He will make a big arcing swing with is weapon in the direction he is facing. War can avoid this by dashing to the side.
- Ground slam: He will jump and perform an overhead smash with is weapon, dodge this by dashing in the opposite direction.
- Whirlwind: After taking a bit of damage, the General will spin around in circles and move towards your general direction. He is invincible whilst using this attack so keep distance between War and the boss or you will cop a good deal of damage.
- Summon: The General will summon a group of six demon soldiers.
Strategy:
The Phantom General acts just like one of the smaller demon soldiers, just with a bigger weapon, more armour and a larger repertoire of attacks. Use hit and run tactics, dash in and attack him a few times then dash away when you see the General start an attack. Note: you can stun the General with a blow from the Earth Caller horn, which will leave him open for a couple of free attacks. After taking a bit of damage he will stand back and summon six smaller demon soldiers. Defeat these and the general will resume attacking you again. This time in addition to the overhead and forward slashes, he will use his whirlwind attack. To defeat him, simply dodge all his attacks and slice him up when the opportunity arises. Once he has taken sufficient damage, you will be able to perform the finishing move on him to end the fight.
When the Phantom general is dead, look to the left and right of the area to find a pair of gargoyle statues. The one at the far end is spewing blood, these two are not. Head over to each of them and grab and pull them towards the centre of the area to activate them, this will unlock the prison. A quick story scene ensues. During the scene you will receive the Shadow flight power and will find out what we need to do next.
