Wanting the element of surprise, you choose to climb the vines to reach the balcony.

Maintaining the element of surprise could easily make the difference in the fight ahead, so entering the tower from the balcony seems like the best option. The only way to get over to the ladder leaning against the tower is to climb the vine-covered wall - fortunately, the bulbs growing on them are large enough to use as hand and foot holds. Compared to the climb you had to complete earlier, this should be pretty simple.

After testing the strength of one of the vines, you use it to begin scaling up the wall. The vines are surprisingly sturdy, easily supporting you as you climb halfway to the top. As you reach up to take hold of the next bulb, it unfurls and reveals its squishy interior! Your hand presses in before you can react to it, and you have to grab onto it to avoid losing your balance. The other vines you're clinging onto begin stirring to life as well, starting to wrap around you as you teeter precariously.