Part 55: False God in Chains

Prayer



Now that we've gotten all the eggs again, and beaten Zelenin, we'll check in with the Red Sprite crew for one last time.

But... I can't forget that we used to work together, carrying out missions and such.
When I think about it like that... It's too bad things had to turn out this way.



I thought we could get along when we saved her at Bootes, but...
I guess she never was willing to put aside humanity's darker nature.
It must be tough, being so obsessed with purity...



Just promise me this... We've come too far for me to bring you home in a stasis capsule.
I don't want to transport any more cargo from the Red Sprite to the morgue when we get back.
Just promise me... you'll make it back here alive.

Maebe still talks about her dad like before, so we'll skip over that.



Well, Langdon? Can ya promise me that?
I promise.
Great! Just what I was hopin' to hear.
Don't worry, Langdon. I know ya can do it.



So if you save the world with them, you'll be a hero, of course, but so will we... in a way.
I'm a very lucky scientist. Well, good luck out there.

Right so, back to Horologium we go...



Chaos Theme



Well, I guess something "new" here makes sense? Sure, why not.

Hmm... You've got something very interesting there... for a human.
Those Cosmic Eggs of yours... I think I, Skadi, will take them.
Those Cosmic Eggs are too much for a human like you to handle.
If we leave the Earth to humans, it'll all be ruined.
Although... that Jimenez guy... Maybe he could handle everything...
Alright, my mind's made up.
I'll kill you here and see to it Jimenez gets the Eggs...!



Skadi, uh, sure is Skadi? She drains Ice, casts Mabufudyne, is weak to Fire and has like 1200HP. She'll Charge sometimes to do extra damage with her basic attack. Boring.

Silence



It seems the demons have learned of your plan and have begun their counterattack.
Continue the mission with caution.
I will also need you to assess the elevator's condition.



We already know the elevator is broked and ain't never gettin' fixed.

Unfortunately, it will be difficult to repair the elevator.
I advise searching for another route to Mem Aleph.
The forma you have just obtained may prove useful in this regard.
Return to the Red Sprite and present it to the lab.

Nothing else is gonna happen until we get to B5F as before, so we'll skip the boring dungeon crawl until we're there.



There's no need to hold back. C'mon over.

> You can hear a voice coming from up ahead...

Chaos Theme



Though you didn't make it here on your own steam, did you? It was really that Demonica...
Y'know, come to think of it, it was me who taught you how to use the Demonica, huh?



Man... I never thought I'd have to beat you.
I beat tons of demons, and now I'm fighting humans...
But eh... I'm not human anymore. No point in thinking like that...



It ain't gonna stop my claws.
Now c'mon, Langdon. Let's finish this.
I'll stomp you and carry out my real duty...
The duty to save those poor schmucks who had the bad luck to be born human!

Awake Jimenez

The Tyrannical Hero



So, Jimenez in this form is mostly the same as before but with a bit of a twist in that he IS a barrier change boss!



But not quite in the sense that normally means. He starts off weak to Ice, but that shifts to Elec, Wind and sometimes even Gun.



Beyond a rotating weakness, and that he resists Gun when he's not weak to it, he has no actual change to his resistances.

His attacks are also all completely identical to the Soil version on the Law route...



Though he deals less damage, and it sure feels like he uses Dark Matter more here.



He has 9000HP here, and always drains Fire. He doesn't decide to drain anything extra when low on HP this time either.

End

Silence



No... it was... 'cause it was you...
......

Sorrow



Alger. I understand the pain of having to eliminate a former comrade.
I will not tell you to forget it.
So long as you continue to live alongside humans capable of sin, it cannot be avoided.



Like you, I am an entity that bears sin.
The only way to atone... is to succeed at our task.
Alger. Continue your mission.

Alright, NOW we can go and get Enemy Search C again and that is Important. Very, very important! It's mandatory for what we're doing next, which is... heading back to Grus. In fact, we're gonna beat up Alilat again...

Law Theme



And this time, we're gonna see what we can do to help out Metatron!

Yes.
I thank you.
Deep in this underground cavern, I believe the power of the Creator sleeps.
It is the greatest of His powers.





Now that we've agreed to this, the final area in the entire Schwarzwelt is available.

The Land Where The Seed's Memories Lie Buried



B4F of Grus is only accessible via the second one-way door maze. It's used for this one EX Mission and nothing else...





This is not a place where sons of man should be...

> You can't hear the voice anymore...



The voice is a nondescript other character, but I think it's meant to try and trick you into thinking it's Louisa Ferre for at least the moment? It definitely isn't Lucy though.



Turn back, before you are reduced to a pawn of that arrogant God...

> You can't hear the voice anymore...



I had hoped not to see you as a pawn of God...

Don't listen!
It's just an illusion to confuse you, Alger.
Let's go face whatever's beyond that door!

If you don't have Enemy Search C here, the Voice says you won't find anything in here and Metatron doesn't speak up. But we have it, so we will find... something. It doesn't appear on the map, but you'll see...

Silence



> But you can see no one.





Well, hello there... friend.

In The Master's Name



Ohh... How tragic...
To think you've been reduced to a false god...
......!





> The demon started attacking everything!


its a video link






























Vehement Rage



So, Demiurge is the ultimate example for why Barrier Change Bosses are a bad idea.

He has 20,000 HP and he reflects everything. Everything. Except one element which he sometimes resists and sometimes is weak to.



He switches what that is every time he either does an action or gets hit or something, it's really unclear. Point is, it switches CONSTANTLY and that means Gibo Eyes is a lying liar in this fight. See, it can tell you something will work because it will.



But he's level 99 so he outspeeds you almost guaranteed. Then it doesn't work any more. And the thing you used gets reflected and whoops.

So I just said fuck it and hit him with the power of All The Cosmos approx. 60 times in a row!



He also has a Ton of Skills but none of them are new or unique to him. Well, one KIND OF is but we can use it so I don't count it:



Jihad is a special spell that competes with Riot Gun for the best skill in the game. It costs 80MP, is multitarget, has a base power of 500 and also inflicts Debilitate. It ultimately loses to Riot Gun because of its cost, its Almighty so it can't hit weaknesses and its only available from two demons. Shiva and, uh, the Demiurge.

And he does/can use it here as well, but it's pretty rare and he'd rather buff himself than debuff you for some reason.



He can also use things like Maya's Gates or Mother's Kiss or Disaster Cycle. And since you're probably going to be sensible and use the Dragon Ring, sometimes this happens!



But if you're being sensible, you're going to at some point see Gibo Eyes tell you literally nothing is going to work so you just throw Almighty attacks at him. A lot. He has 20,000HP.



I said that already but I'm going to say it again: he has 20,000 HP.

I fought him twice, he never came close to ever winning either time; this video was the shorter and more interesting of the two. The other one was about 13 minutes long and I did the second easiest way to shutdown almost every boss. Trap him in a loop of casting Dekaja and Dekuda.

It was as exciting as it sounds.

End

Silence



Fear



He has even defeated a part of God...
But I thank you. Now I can...
Holy spirit of our creator! Return to me!



> You can hear a voice from your Demonica.



Turn off your Demonica's search function... Please!

It will make this demon unstable... Then I can seal him away.

Turn your Demonica's search function off...!



I mean, sure, we could do that. Or we could, uh, not. And get a bit of a bonus reward out of this.



I have regained the power of a creator.
Langdon... Thou fought well.
Thine actions helped me to reclaim my power.
'Twill not be long before I again assume my true form, full of light.



It's a Chakra Drop with infinite uses. Nice, but not as broken as folks on GameFAQs insist it is (surprise, surprise) because this is the final optional boss and the only thing left after this is Mem Aleph...

Langdon... Thou hast the capacity to be a saint.



I shall protect thee until thou hast smote thy foe.
Go, and drive those wicked heretics back below the ground.
Take me with thee.



Only get this option if you're Law aligned. That's why I pestered a Goblin a lot while you weren't looking, yes.

And we're absolutely taking him with us. This is special!

The contract hath been sealed.
Now let us go. For a new creation...

The Land Where The Seed's Memories Lie Buried



This is a catastrophe...

> You can't hear the voice at all anymore...



So, uh, Demiurge is... the highest level base demon at 94. You need to be NG+ to get him normally, his stats are pretty meh to say he has a whole 15 points left to allocate, his resistances are okay I guess? Jihad + Victory Cry is a good combo for randoms at least, I approve there.

His source is the second to give Repel Phys. Alilat is the only other one to do so. Period. Not just fixed, though there is that too. No demon has Repel Phys by default. That one skill is - I am 100% sure of this - the entire reason these guys are NG+ exclusive.

It's almost a shame this is going to be almost a week late, but even belatedly I think we can afford to give Mem Aleph a Mother's Day gift or three. I hope she likes chicken...