Part 37: Purgatory (All Alone...)

It seems that the whole story behind Ayuta's plan was revealed last time; rather than go at it with Vahti's clone, Olgar has decided to do it alone.




Who knows where is Ayuta off to, but at least we can have a brief chat with Mana before venturing forth.









I told you, you have done nothing wrong. This is actually a perfect chance to think about... certain things...
I swear to you, I will protect Vahti with my life.
Thank you, Mana.
But, the other Vahti... The one who has fought with you up till now is...
Yes, I know...
(Ayuta... are you really ok with this?)

Before going inside, we can buy some new equipment for Olgar:







As (almost) always, the last dungeon is Purgatory.



So, as I've already indicated, we really have to this with Olgar alone. Somewhat unsurprisingly, this is in fact not even close to a problem. His attack stat is quite high, so the lack of Vahti simply means that until he gains a few levels, you may have to hit an enemy twice instead of once. Yes, it's really easy to be overpowered in this game--I still think this is on purpose, to counteract somewhat repetitive nature of gameplay.



In any case, there are still four more puzzles to solve. Collect gems and flip the blocks invisible by touching candles. It's not always obvious which blocks are tied to which candle, but on the other hand, all puzzles in this dungeon give you an infinite number of moves, so... whatever.



The first item.



Puzzle #2...



...and item #2.



Before we "activate" the boss, here is an accessory upgrade for Olgar.



As always, increasing speed and luck is a good thing for him.



And now...





The boss.



No, it is not a problem.



Done and done.



Second part of the dungeon, collecting the three items for one last time!



Puzzle #3...



...leads to the first item of 3.



Here is puzzle #4. It is in fact, for real, the very last one in the entire game. No more. We are done with these!



Obviously it leads to the second item.



The last item is over here in the chest.



Let's go fight the boss!





















So for this boss fight, we actually get the Clone!Vahti back. Not that it makes a difference as far as that goes.







I heard all about it from Ayuta. Though I still can't believe it...
Well then, if you are the clone, why are you here?
Please don't call me a clone.
My memories are exactly the same as the original. Which makes me Vahti too.
...
...I'm sorry, but... you're not the one I have spent 10,000 years with...
That's true. I know what you mean... I said something really foolish earlier... I said that Ohm used to laugh a lot...
Even though this body has never given birth to a single child...
I... I wish I'd never found out about any of this. If we hadn't found out...
If neither of us knew the truth, we may have had a very different future. But, now that we do...
I don't want to believe it... I can't accept that these feelings for you are just... copied emotions...
I'm so sorry... I...









With this, she leaves again.





Ayuta's voice comes from somewhere...

















After Olgar's philosophical discussion with himself, we can finally leave.







Of course, one last fight still awaits...


As a side note, I think by this point it should be more than obvious why it doesn't make sense to play Olgar's chapter as anything else but the last. Doing it otherwise completely messes up the story continuity.