Delay for three rounds. Then attack on the fourth round with the Glass Sword and keep at it until the ninth round. At the beginning of the ninth you will win.
@bogercs This is the remake "Makaitoushi Saga" for the Wonderswan Color. We would've had a chance at getting had the WSC itself ever been localized as a system. With the gameboy already present, I guess it just wasn't seen as a reasonable marketing opportunity.
@PKUltimaga I wish, right? Sadly, they kind of fell through since while they boasted the Final Fantasy title, they came out a little under the radar and didn't really pick up popularity. Were they all remade on the DS and re-released out here, surely they'd get a far better reception... after all, we're on Etrian Odyssey 3 and that's a far less popular genre by today's standards.