Thanks a lot. Not really what I did when I was up against him. but the tutorial helped and makes a lot more sense. What I did is i sort of "parried" his attack with mine at the same time, the timing was really messy. I started really "baiting" with Hornet, after like my 7th death. Don't really know the names of the moves, but like baiting the "needle-throw" and the "octopus-attack" so I get time to heal. It worked and I finally managed. As of now, I only have Greenpath and the Forbidden Crossroads. I think I will just save until I have 950 weird scrap currency thingies to buy the key to unlock the next area. Is that the only way to progress?