CHAPTER IV: BATTLE IN THE CHAPEL OF ST. MUROND TEMPLE

[Ramza and company chase the knights into the crypts beneath Murond. Vormav confronts them in a room with a giant, ornate coffin in its center.]

VORMAV: No more time to waste... I want to end this now, but you probably won't go quietly... I'm afraid your life must end here. My servants will be your opponents. A coffin...just the thing for you. Rest in peace.

[Vormav summons three demons to the scene.]

VORMAV: This man will be your opponent...

[There is a burst of magic, and Zalbag Beoulve appears, his face pale and deathly.]

RAMZA: Zalbag!!

VORMAV: He maybe your brother, but he's joined our family. Think you can fight with him? Ha, ha...

[Vormav vanishes.]

RAMZA: Dirty --!!

VORMAV'S VOICE: Zalbag, kill the boy before you! Don't let him leave this temple alive!!



[BATTLE BEGINS]



RAMZA: Brother! Zalbag!! It's me!!

ZALBAG: Is that you, Ramza...? What...am I doing? Can't feel a thing...

RAMZA: You're being controlled by Lucavi!!

ZALBAG: I'm...fighting...you? Why...? Go Ramza,Run! [sic] Or else...I might...kill you.

RAMZA: Brother!!



ZALBAG: Please...Ramza. Kill...me... I'm in pain...no feeling in my hands and feet, yet it hurts...all over... The scariest part is... I'm slowly losing my memory.

RAMZA: You'll be ok, Zalbag!! I'm sure there's a way! So, don't give up!! Please, don't give up!

ZALBAG: No, hurry up and... kill me...I'm in pain... I hear voices...talking...crying...calling...taunting. Do something...Help me...Hurry and...kill me.

RAMZA: Damn that Vormav!!



[BATTLE ENDS]



ZALBAG: I'm so sorry, Ramza... to make you...suffer. Save...Alma... You're the only one... who can... I...have to go now...Goodbye...Ramza... Thank you......

[Zalbag's body glows red. He vanishes in a burst of magical energy.]

RAMZA: Zalbaaaaaag!!