Walkthrough: Take out the two soldiers ahead with the Chakram as well as the archer on a circular platform. Now get ready for some serious soldier-butt-kickin'! Stand on the circular platform (the dead archers base). From here, kill all eight archers lurking on the rooftops and castle walls. Skilled and quick Chakram work will get you through. (You'll have to bear with the arrow mechanism continuously firing arrows at you, right now. If you want to get rid of it right away, read how to below. But then, you'll have to bear with the soldiers while you're burning down the mechanism.)

Now, as for those 13 pesky soldiers dancing around you, waiting to fight: they're becoming pretty obnoxious trying to slam you off your platform. Either take them out with your Chakram, or get down on the ground to do some good old fighting. Any moment after you've killed all of them, Valarian will come out of his hiding, shielded by two hefty mercenaries, saying: " You've come a long way for this party. But I'm afraid you're not invited!" Well, he'll pay for that rude remark.

Here's a list of all the pick-ups you'll find inside the fortress. Imagine Xena standing with her back to the gate she entered this level from. This is the starting point. Go clockwise to find all the pick-ups as in this order: a health power-up just left of the gate, a Super Chakram hidden in a corner next to another health power-up. Scroll#1 is located next to a haycart (under a cowshed). Next to the series of houses in the far left, you'll find a health power-up. Kick open two doors of these houses, uncovering 2 health power-ups in total. Turn all the way to the area near the arrow mechanism (avoid the mercenaries, they'll suffer later. They won't follow you too far as they'd rather protect Valarian) and grab a health power-up. Find the crate hidden between the arrow mechanism and a haycart. Hit or kick it to reveal a health power-up. There's a "revealed" health power-up under a cowshed too. In the far corner (close to the entrance gate) there's another health power-up hidden between some barrels. There are three crates behind them. Two of them offer a health power-up, the other one, an archer. Whew, you got all the pickups! Well...almost. Make your way toward the firing catapult.

Here comes a little careful aiming work. As you know, your goal is to burn down that irritating arrow mechanism. To aim the catapult, stand close to the firing rope and run towards it (as if you want to push it). This will turn the catapult. Keep "pushing" until the fireball is aimed at the arrow mechanism. Cut the rope to fire. But make sure you don't fire the wrong way, as the catapult can be used only once. Just remember; the rope must be closer to your target than the fireball, after all, the ball will fly to the opposite direction. It's easier than it sounds.

When the arrow mechanism is ruined, you can jump over on its remains. Grab scroll#2, two health power-ups (hidden in some of the crates) a Super Chakram and a Hand of Zeus. The last two named items are your key weapons to get rid of those fierce mercenaries. Go down to confront them. Don't use kicks unless you have a full Karma Meter. Just use the Hand of Zeus and bash them up with your electric sword as much as you can. When there's no more power in the Hand of Zeus, use the Super Chakram (actually, you might have even two Super Chakrams if you saved the previous one). Another fighting tactic is to get the two mercenaries far away from each other so you can concentrate on one at a time. Don't bother about Valarian. He's pretty wussy and lets his mercenaries do all the hard work. When they're dead, the level ends.

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