Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow FAQ/Walkthrough.

By MegaBelmont

Walkthrough

Stage 2: Chapel
Mission: Get to the Study
Boss: Manticore

First go up the staircase to the next room. Outside now go left and pick up the 100 gold and then go right. Kill the axe armor and then continue right until your reached a dead end. Now go up and kill the bone towers, then keep going up. Jump across the 2 bells and head up until you get the MP potion. Now drop all the way down and go down the stairs to the next room. In here go right until you reach the next room. Don't go down the stair case, but instead jump on the statues which are bended in with the background until you reach a staircase which u can go up, then go up it. Go right and up and jump on the bone tower, then jump up to get a new sword. Equip it then go back down to the previous room you were just in. Follow the stairs down all the way on the right and go down to the next room. In here go left to the save point.

Exit the save point and go down and left to the next room. In here throw bones at the plants or whatever you have equiped to throw down at the plants. Kill all of the enemies until you get to the next boss room. Now's the time to level up if you need to, but when your ready go left to the blue boss doors!

Boss: Mantticore
Difficulty: **/*****

The first time I fought him I beat him just by swinging my sword at him without moving at level 5 and had 34 HP left over. I advise that you don't do that, but it works. You'll want to use the same tactics as the last boss, when he moves his tail quickly backdash to avoid getting poisoned. He will also shoot fireballs out of his mouth. The platforms are almost useless unless you want to throw something at him.

Once you beat him pick up the orb and go left to the next room. Once you kill him go right and up (Don't exit the room!) and go right to the next room. Inside will be a white cloth which will bring your intelegence up. Now go all the way back to the save point then come back to this room again. Once back inside go all the way left and down. Go right to the next room and this will take you to a new section of the castle.