In case the picture isn't clear, I'm grinding.
The sad fact is I am not good enough, or at least not confident enough in my character and skills, to carry on to a new area, because every time I try, I seem to get slaughtered pretty easily. I know where I'm heading next, the area known as Sen's Fortress, a place that opened up after I killed the spider, so should be pretty well-suited for me. I've spent a lot of time grinding today, killed that mean old hydra I met back on day one, along with another sub-boss or two, and I entered a covenant.
Now, the covenant system in this game confuses me a little. This is probably because, as with most aspects of Demon's Souls, very little is explained. Basically, I seem to be able to join one of several covenants, or factions, and each one grants me a few bonuses, but I can only be in one at a time. Remember that ring I mentioned at the start of the week? The Old Witch's Ring? I finally found out what it's used for, it lets me talk to a half-spider, half-lady type thing who invites me to join her covenant, which I did. This got me a cool new fireball spell, after that I carried on exploring the area and discovered the covenant which I plan to stay in for the rest of the game; the path of the dragon. Now, I got a pretty cool bonus for joining, and there's only one way I can really describe it; I get to transform my head into a freaking dragon's, and breathe fire. So now you see why this is the covenant for me. The fire attack doesn't actually seem too powerful, but that's probably something to do with my stats. Anyway, each covenant has a leader, (guess what mine is? A huge freaking dragon!) and you can talk to them, and it seems like you can take on special missions for them or give them items. I'm not sure what this does just yet, but I'll try and find out, maybe it unlocks further covenant bonuses or something like that.
So it's been another boring day sadly, but I've decided that today will be the last extended period of grinding I do in this game. From now on I'll be charging head first into the jaws of death with nary a care in the world for my STR or INT values. If I'm to have any hope of finishing in time, I'll have to start making progress, and that begins tomorrow. I've chosen my next destination, and will make my way through it even if it kills me, which it will, several times. If I can get a few bosses beat tomorrow and get through a handful of areas I might just about have enough time to finish it off by Sunday evening. I'm not holding out much hope but there could still be a chance, and even if I don't finish then these posts will continue until I do. Nothing stops the Doom Diary.
Wish me luck.
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