Verticave

The Verticave (縦貫洞) is the entryway to the land that was created when Luca sang EXEC_METAFALICA/. in the Hill of Metafalica. It's basically a road filled with slopes that slowly rises to the entrance of the continent, which later on came to be called Gaea.

History
(more coming soon...)

Layout
It has a relatively small number of screens, but that's compensated by the fact that each screen by itself is rather large and requires a bit of time to be traversed, so this dungeon can be a slog if you aren't prepared well. Likewise, the enemies here are stronger than anything else you might have encountered thus far, excepting for high-level IPDs, so be careful. Luckily this place only needs to be explored once, as returning to the rest of Metafalss becomes impossible after reaching the Gaea Village and the entrance to Gaea becomes permanently sealed off after the continent disappears during mid-Phase 2, so don't bother returning here except to seek treasures you might have missed or to hunt IPDs.

Treasures

 * Antique Document
 * Stripey Knee Socks
 * 1000 Leaf
 * Skyplate
 * D-Crystal: Holy Wish
 * Skyplate x 2
 * Patience Button x 2
 * Pastalia Bottle x 2
 * Crystalune x 2
 * 1300 Leaf
 * Parameno Ring
 * BBQ
 * 1000 Leaf
 * Exquisite Screw x 3
 * Blossom Cloak
 * 1100 Leaf
 * Patience Button
 * D-Crystal: Death (appears after defeating the IPD guarding it)

Enemies

 * Blade Master
 * Twin Wing
 * Poison Drake

Number of Random Encounters in this Area: 10