I just wish someone would translate page 22 so I'd know where the heck to find that shrine/hot spring
Looks like it is in chapter 1 somewhere as Tua is coming out at level 3 looks like.
Hmm, the plot thickens. In the text, the guy in Emerse they're showing in the image does say something about a goddess shrine north of town and I suspect at some point it does appear. Everyone might have just missed it so far as nobody revisited Emerse at the proper time.
Well, I replayed chapter 1 and at no point did that extra bit of text show up. I can only assume the guide is based on a preview copy that had content removed before release (which happens quite often.)
WOOHOO FOUND IT! Man this bugger was hidden so well.
It has to do with talking or not talking to certain individuals (which i seemed to have skipped) and then it is WELL hidden after you get the text in Emerse.
OK, after further investigation, I'm not sure what the heck activates this shrine. Now I can't get into it again. Even doing the same thing from the same save state and the message showing up it won't let me in now. This is the most random odd thing I've ever seen. I do know it is there now. Why didn't I do a save state ;_;.
OK, I think I've got this figured out. The guy in Emerse will randomly tell you about the spring because he is even saying it after a new game now. Not sure what triggers him saying it or if it is only during certain times or what. At any rate, the spring must be opened (where it is hidden) by hitting buttons (not gonna say what buttons or where the shrine is) but this is the missing shrine. The shrine may or may not be available before the guy tells you.
The Hot Spring is available any time and it does something quite epic. It allows you to change experience distribution and gain skills you cannot gain otherwise. For example. Minerva can take a dip in the elf spring and it will let her get 10% exp on elf magic. Another dip 20% ect. You get 5 dips total.
I will not post an image of the exact location, but if you want one. You may ask me in PM. I will send you one SylarDean.
At any rate, just like you'd expect with this slightly buggy game, the shine seems slightly bugged. When you select to use the character that you are controlling when you talk to the shrine, that character will continue to stand there as well as go take a dip LOL. Guess the goddess temporarily clones them