Keep gift/blessing he gives you. If you get a bad card (excluding ill blessings) you can go right back down the stairs to 8 and the bad blessing is "over". After dealing with Mage either way, go back down stairs to 8. Back down in level 8, guess what! ANOTHER CHEST! Repeat steps 1 and 2 to your hearts content! LOAD UP! Sometimes it skips (no chest)or no Mage,
Hint: Fast Gather Weapons/Blessings In level 7, go down the stairs to level 8. There's usually a treasure chest. Decode its trap and open it. Get item. "NOW" go right back up the stairs TO 7. Walk around two steps in every direction on the floor. Chances are 9 out of 10 times, you will run into the Mage that lets you pick a card for a gamble on a gift.
