HERO'S REALM SPEEDRUN (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS.)

Yes, i'm trying this. Mostly, i will just post my notes about individual segments. Feel free to ask questions, comment, or try it yourself!

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Segment 1
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Beginning to before traveling to Helminsk
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-Skip the introduction
(Soldier talk)
-Name Holdana "H", by pressing back 3 times. This saves a small amount of time every time Holdana's name is displayed, as it takes time to display every character.
-Leave

-Head to Stromholm.

-Upon entering the castle, get the Life Nut, 120 Gold, Knife, and Warp Wing.
(King's talk)
-Leave

-Head to the barracks.
-Get a Harlequin, Engineer, and Black Mage. (Don't bother with names.)
-Get the Tarot Card from the cabinet. second from the left.
*Use it. If you don't learn Talon, reset. (1/18 chance.)
-Head right, and get the Fireball Scroll, Tiny Medal (1), and Stamina Seed.
-Leave the Barracks.

-Head to the Item Shop.
-Sell the two seeds, for a total of 200 gold.
*Buy 15 Medicinal Herbs. (320 - 150 = 170)

*Leave Stromhill

-Save outside Stromhill.

Segment times:
1st try: 8:00.680 (Old)
2nd try: 7:50.140 (Old)
3rd try: 3:01.872 (New)
FINAL try: 2:45.732

Total save time saved compared to original time: 5:14.948

Hopefully, I will!

EDIT: Changed the route for Segment 1 a bit, so the current times, 1 and 2, are a bit outdated now. The changes are marked with a *.
EDIT 2: Going to try a new route which skips the Inn, leveling, and a few medicinal herbs. Saves around 3~ minutes. (Trying it right now.)
EDIT 3: Final edit. Final try with this segment. All of my optimization saved an extra 16 seconds compared to try 3. (FYI, Try 3 is just what i call a succesful try. I got reallllllly lucky with the Talon Tarot card.)