>ironeye gets to the church before me
>grabs all the seals
>improved guard counters, attack up when wielding 2 armaments
i hate you ironeye
>find cipher pata
>go melee for all day 1 and day 2
>finally get a seal drop
>fire dragon breath and horn crucible incantation
i made do in the end, and it was kinda fun.

the only other church was on the opposite side of the map.
neither merchant or grand merchant had any seal.
i even checked the shacks and i've only found a black flame spell very late in day 2.
in the end i used the fire dragon breath and it was good enough since i had a ton of FP.