Part 34: Last Waltz/Light Up The Night

To say it was the final boss fight, it did seem a tad odd that it had the same battle music as everything else didn't it? Eh, it was probably nothing.



: Now, behold my true power!!
: Uh...didn't you say the same thing earlier...?
: Shut up! I mean my really true power!!

Man, to say she's an old bat Marjoly is pretty childish...

?: Stop!



: I was merely pretending to be your slave! But no longer!!! I will become the ruler of this world and all of you shall die!! Come to me! Weapon of the Ancients!!!



...This one was pretty obvious; there's a whole hallway full of the bloody things, but this one is gray for some reason. Maybe it's the one that he found a few years back?

: What is this thing!?
: How am I supposed to know, meow?!
: Ho ho ho ho ho!! That's what you were working on in the back, huh? Do you think that hunk of junk can possibly defeat the magnificent Marjoly? Ha! Golonzo, you've totally lost it now... Ha ha ha!!!
: Don't underestimate me, old man!!!



Whilst this fight is entirely automated, it does actually tell you Marjoly's HP at this point (it's 465 if you're interested) since she's considered an "ally" unit. Kinda like Etoile only targetable. I don't think Marjoly can ever lose here but I wouldn't be surprised if her attacked weren't set to never miss and then she'd die or something. And then, considering some of the other fun stuff seen, the game would probably crash and maybe even delete your save.

...No, I'm not saying that can happen. Just that it wouldn't be surprising if it did.



: Ho ho ho ho ho! Now it's time to finish it off with my ultimate spell!

Three guesses for how this ends, and the first two are practices.



: I can't believe I'm related to her.
: Huh? Ha ha ha ha! I guess I win this round! All that's left is the destruction of the Prince, and the world will be mine!



Now you get the chance to save before the really-real final boss fight. Do it. Dear god, do it. There is nothing worse than dying here just to have to refight the quartet. Again. On the other hand, if you think you're underlevelled and such you can actually leave to grind.



Oh and if you need to heal, don't waste items or anything. Just talk to the Prince. I'm sure you've noticed the Marjoly statues at this point. They, uh...



The kicker here is that unlike the old dragon stuff outside these make you think they WILL heal you since the dialogue box beforehand says it actually blesses you.



: ...
: Why are you staring at me like that? You aren't thinking about fighting, are you?
: Of course I am!
: You impertinent little brat!!



: (Mother...I'll pay them back 10 times for what they did!)



Boy, this seems familiar doesn't it? The only real difference between this fight and the last time we fought it is that, uh, it might deal a bit more damage. Also the colour. This fight is basically a breather after the previous one; just... try to not take too much damage.



: Th...that can't be! A girl...

I guess we can add "sexist" to the list of reasons to hate Golonzo.



..I, uh, I think we just ended up fixing the damn thing for him. This might be bad.  It is. 

: A-ha! Magnificent! This is truly magnificent!
: This can't be happening... It's too strong for me... No...no way!!! I...I can't do this alone...
: Don't give up, Cornet!!



: I can't let you take all the glory, Cornet. Ha ha ha!!
: Fight, Cornet!
: Yeah! You're right! I haven't come all this way just to stop now! And I'm not alone... I'm not alone.
: I can do this!





Okay, now THIS is the real final boss. And like any good final boss should it puts up a decent fight; I'd say it ties with the fight against Marjoly et al. in difficulty but there's two key differences between them; this fight is the only time I'll ever use Heart and that fight is the only one that consistently gives me game overs still. This one has done it... once and that was the first time I played because I wasn't expecting it so I just blew my Kansha gauge in the previous fight and ended up getting slaughtered because I was an idiot.

Anyway, as for this fight... Weapon hits hard, has a bucketload of HP (and then some!) and, finally, you should really be prepared for a Mega Charm at any point. When that happened I very nearly started screaming because I didn't take my own advise like an idiot and never saved between fights. I legitimately expected to have to redo the Marjoly fight for like the 6th time this playthrough. Needless to say, the lack of in-battle revival is one of the biggest problems with this series of fights but after this it's all over at least and we can relax. Once you destroy the working parts, you're left with a broken machine and the final boss is bested at last.



: See, Cornet? Where would you be without me watching your back?
: (Mother...)

With his only asset finally trashed (ignoring the fact that there's, again, an entire corridor filled with the things!), Golonzo tries to flee...



: Yeah, Golonzo! What's the big hurry!?
: Punishment! Punishment!

Crowdia, Gau and Myao teleport and grab him and Marjoly and leave the castle. Presumably, they decide to take a trip to hang out in the Netherworld for a while and become Overlords or some such nonsense.



I guess the whole "saving the world" thing is just something that coincided with the main goal. Like, yeah, we just stopped a tyrant before he ascended to power and took over the planet. Whatever, where's the Prince? That's why we're here after all.




: Oh, I'm glad he's safe.

And, with this done, Cornet... walks off?

: Cornet!? Where are you going!? Don't you have something to tell him?
: I couldn't possibly... I've managed to come so far, but was I doing the right thing? We've gone through so much and... I've done many things that I regret...

Namely, killing Flare's mother and the guardian of WhiteSnow.

: Do I really deserve to be happy?
: ...
: Wait! Are you going to make one more person unhappy then? If you leave now, I'll probably never see you again. It would be a shame... To live a life without being able to share the love that my heart holds for you.
: While I was dancing with you at the party, I noticed that all the other girls were looking at me as just "the Prince." No one really sees me as just a person... But you, Cornet. You were different from the rest...



: We've all done things that we often regret... Just this once listen to your heart and stay with me...

Maybe it's because I'm just a big sappy git but I unironically love this ending.

The End

Click here for the ending! (or here for the youtube version if you're into that kinda thing)

Sorry if I skipped through the text and such a bit too fast for ya; I have a screenshot version too that I'll quickly put up if wanted.

Next time: The Netherworld. You didn't think we'd skip the optional dungeon, did you?