Drangleic Castle #3

The lift that was now activated brought me to a strange room with a caged maiden with a gimp-like creature strapped on as a lock. With the King's Passage Key looted I made it back down. The passage is filled with statues and moodily lit with flashes of lightning. Some of the statues come to life and attack with katanas and karate kicks but go down easily enough.

I found Benhart's summon sign at the end and figured I'd better summon him with a boss fog imminent. The Looking Glass Knight is a fairly standard knight-type boss with a slow sword combo and easily to spot attacks. His attacks track you ridiculously well though which makes for tricky dodging. I blocked most of them and tried to get around the side of him after. His huge shield blocks most horizontal attacks which was a pain.

His surprise move was to set his shield and summon a phantom from within it (allegedly human invaders can be summoned but I only got an NPC). This didn't make it as awkward as I would've thought as the NPC was fairly tame. I did get splatted on my first attempt as the LGK deals a ton of damage if he gets past your shield but I got him easy enough on my second go with Benhart distracting him I could get in attacks from behind. With him dispatched I moved into the Shrine of Amana.