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Guard the Allied Keeps with your life!

This mission is one of the more intense stages in the game. You must defeat nine Icy Big Poes (two of which aren’t on the field at the start of the mission) all while wave after wave of Bulblins appear on the map and assault your Keeps. The Bulblins are so constant that you should just assume that at any point during this stage they will be in at least one of your Keeps. We’re going to offer up a strategy for this level based on the idea that you are always aware of the constant Bulblin attacks, so we won’t be pointing them out every time they happen like in other stages. Whenever you find a lull in the battle, take the time to clean out Keeps, but only then.

We highly recommend that you equip a Fairy with the Repair Technician spell before taking this level on. Repair Technician can fully repair a Keep once per battle. In a Challenge Battle like “Guard the Keeps with your life!” repairing even one Keep is invaluable. We suggest you repair the Academy Keep as soon as you reach it while following our strategy. It’s under constant attack during this level and healing means you can basically ignore it for the duration of the level without fear of it falling.

Start by heading to the west side of the map. Your first Icy Big Poe starts there and begins making its way south to the West Town Keep shortly after the start of the level. Defeat any Bulblins with health bars that you pass while heading toward the Poe (or while you’re heading anywhere on the map), then quickly dispatch the Poe.

Head south and east toward the Academy Keep. Bulblins should be inside of it at this point and leaving them there is a near guarantee of an earlier failure. Around the time you reach the Academy Keep, another Poe appears on the map. It enters the battlefield directly south of the Academy Keep. Clear the Academy Keep first and foremost, then chase down the Poe.

As soon you defeat the Bulblins in the Academy Keep and the Icy Big Poe, race—and we mean race—to the southeast corner of the map. Three of the Poes are hanging out there and while you’re sure to have Bulblins in your Keeps at this point, defeating these Poes here and now will make the rest of the stage significantly easier.

Once they are defeated, rush through and clean up any Keeps that have Bulblins in them while heading toward the north side of the map. About the time you reach the Central Square Keep, a Messenger appears in the northwest corner of the map. Chase it down, defeat it, then tear through all of the Poes in that corner of the map.

Race back down to the West Field Keep and clear out any Bulblins inside of it. The last Poe appears in the center of the map and begins making its way to the Keep you’re in. Intercept and defeat it to complete this mission.