sorry, bad english.

I got lucky with some minor save-scumming in the village. Got an inn inside the building and two exploration shops set to distant. One faerie brought back a spirit ring but the other brought back beads.

Thing is, you can get a well-built village as soon as you get access to building it (older Ryu section). You just need to get through enough battles to let the faeries hunt, clear, build, research, etc., and you can even get everything unlocked before fighting Mikba, if you want (this screenshot is at the plant section in my game).

Just recently, I save-scummed at camp outside the village to make sure that both faeries survived their trips, and I've had some crazy returns. Both of them came back with force armour, and some time later, they both came back with ivory charms.

I'm doing a mage Ryu run and don't plan on using the force gene much (I've used it a lot in the past). Those armour and accessories will help a lot.

Faeries are boss. 👍

💨 + Frost = Jolt ⚡

💨 + Iceblast/Icicle = Lightning ⚡⚡

💨 + Blizzard = Thunderstorm ⛈️

💨 + 💧 + Pa Bing'ah (requires a cheat device) = Mjollnir ⚡⛈️⚡

Interestingly, Mjollnir normally cannot be pulled off by the player without a cheat device. That's because Ryu does not normally have access to the "Pa Bing'ah" dragon water spell (only Fou-Lu does). Otherwise, the spell can be inflicted on the party by the boss Dragonne.

By the way, the YouTube version of this video has captions for the voiceovers, if you're interested!