Gi'Nigatta: the Legend of Felix Cross

Gi'Nigatta: the Legend of Felix Cross (or simply known as Gi'Nigatta or Gi'Nigatta 1) is a video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the first game in the Gi'Nigatta series and was released in 2013 by Sage Entertainment., Ltd. It was directed by Tetran Sage and Roberto McKenzie. It was the second game to be released by Sage Entertainment, following the fighting game Illusive Chronicle. Also, Gi'Nigatta is the first RPG/Adventure game released by Sage Entertainment.

Gi'Nigatta is game that tends to follow the roots of the game series that influenced the director the most, Final Fantasy. This game is based in a mixed realm where midieval settings and modern technology are fused to bring on a new mix.

Gi'Nigatta is known as one of the best ideas ever created by Tetran Sage. It is one of the few games he ever concieved where the story has its own timeline as well as having developed elements from other series.

Though Gi'Nigatta was planned to be only one game, the RPG became so famous and so widely spread that Sage decided to continue the story of Gi'Nigatta; as well as continue to dive into its initial storyline. The single game soon spawned into a series with 7 games and 1 movie so far.

Gameplay
Gi'Nigatta's gameplay is derived from the elements of three games of the Final Fantasy series, the Active Deminsion Battle system of Final Fantasy XII, the Switch Teammate System of Final Fantasy X, and the Free Combat system of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. It also borrows the traditional command selection from most RPGs in the gaming industry. it also the first game created by Sage Entertainment to use High Defintion creation to use in its gaming and sequences.

Field Screen
Unlike most RPGs of today, Gi'Nigatta creates a brand new look on battle sequences. On the area map screen, full scaled models of the enemies are shown roaming throughout dungeons. This gives the player the chance to either run head on into the battle or dodge the creature. After touching the enemy, the screen is whisked away to show a large, but closed, battlefield where up to 3 playable characters face off with up to 5 enemies. One enemy on the field screen doesn't always mean there will be only one enemy in the battle. Also, enemy and player positions greatly affect the course and terms of battle. For example, if the player runs into an enemy from behind, there is a chance that the battle could start with a pre-emptive strike. However, if the enemy approaches from behind, there could be a ambush.

Battle Screen
The battle system has its own blend of action and traditional RPG elements. As well as selecting commands, the player is also able to move the characters around the battle as well as have their own AI. The player is able to systemmatically blend two or more attacks and techniques to increase potency. Also, the ATB system created for the game is based on the positions of the player character and the opponent on the area map; as well as weather and precending events. Depending on the battlefield circumstances, the action/reaction time and strategy of the battle is affected as such. Also, the way of battle can be changed around Wait, which stops an enemy's action while the player chooses commands and attacks, and Active, where time freely flows and enemies can reverse player attacks and attack during command selection.

Limit Breaks
The Limit Break option returns in this game whereas the seven playable party characters can learn up to 7 limit breaks. On the character status on the battlefield screen has a Limit bar which fills according to certain actions, similar to the Overdrive system of Final Fantasy X. Once the bar fills, the character can unleash a special attack or technique. These Limit Breaks also increase in power when the corresponding character's health drops to critical.

Combat Control
This game returns the pre-decided technique setting of each character, with every character having their own specialized job. However, the way the characters use their techniques are decided by the "Combat Control" system, similar to the Gambit system of Final Fantasy XII. Each character can have up to 13 Combat Control slots, which the player can customize to their liking. Also, the Combat Control system can automatically assign commands according to the situation of the area, status of characters, and the storyline. Some storyline Combat Controls cannot be switched or turned off. Combat Control can be changed to manual command in the main menu.

Alternate Storyline
Also, the game boasts a brand new alternate storyline in which the character can face 13 optional bosses and 4 superbosses to in order to obtain powerful weapons and techniques, as well as tell added events that happened up to the to storyline of the game that cannot be found playing the main storyline..

Characters
This game has a roster of 14 playable characters: 7 default characters, 5 temporarily playable guest characters, and 2 secret unlockable characters. The 7 default characters and 2 secret characters all eventually join together as part of a resistance organization. These characters have a set class, meaning they can only learn a pre-determined set of techniques. However, their Combat Controls can be adjusted as well as their auto-abilities.

Felix Cross: A young, arrogant, cynical demibane mercenary who fights for himself and another unknown goal. His in-game class is Knight/Samurai, as he is able to hinder the enemy's strength and defenses as well as deal heavy damage with his own attacks.

Tillisa Sergian: A priestess who is burdened by her destiny of becoming a religious leader and therefore decides to run away. Her in-game class is White Mage/Summoner, enabling her to cast healing magic as well as summon powerful attack and defense creatures.

Giroux Rafnir: A Holy Knight who has a mysterious motive for joining Felix's side and is not trusted. His in-game class is Time Mage/Dragoon, enabling him to jump and dragoon skills to attack opponents as well as use magic to adjust the speed of combat

Renmaro Akechi: A young mage from another land seeking knowledge to tell his homeland about. Is being targeted for military purposes. His in-game class is Black Mage, enabling him to cast powerful magic to damage a wide variety of enemies.

Nora Sphere: A Slyphr scholar who searches the world for a hint of purity that'll lead her recluse race to finally resurfacing in over 300 years. Her in-game class is Blue Mage, as she is able to cast enemy magic and use enemy skills that were used upon her.

Kuro Oni Suuhai: A young girl with amnesia who has no clue of her past, yet is a powerful warrior. Her in-game class is Green Mage/Warrior, using her melee weapon to deal damage as well as cast status-inflicting magic.

Leonte Chase: A thief who searches for the "greatest treasure in the world", and is known for being quite the loner. His in-game class is Thief/Monk, enabling him to steal items from enemies and damage them with his fists as well as help his teammates with healing and supportive spells.

Isor Gargevjn (guest): A resistance leader who fights against the Holy Legion to free them from tyranny. His in-game class is Red Mage, enabling him to cast both Black and White Magic as well as use Sword Arts.

Lord Saphiro Hasteops (guest): A Sylphr mage who is against the Holy Legion and at the same time supporting them. His in-game class is Summoner, able to cast his own summons seperate from Tillisa.

Micalene Derezel (guest): Leonte's former lover and the woman responsible for him joining the resistance. Her in-game class is White Mage/Knight, enabling her to cast healing and protective White magic as well as deal moderate melee damage.

Conrad Slevekar (guest): The game's antagonist who is only playable during a certain part of the game. His in-game class is High Mage/Knight, as he is able to cast powerful White and Black magic as well as deal heavy melee damage. The player can control him, but his eqiupment cannot be removed, he cannot level up or learn new spells, and he has his own unchangable set of Combat Controls.

Aranon Schanzel (guest): Felix's boyhood form, as well as his earlier life. He was fatally injured by Conrad 4 years prior to the game and 'died' when "Felix Cross" was created. Forced to now reside inside Felix's subconscious, he watches as his dark demibane and his dark Knight fight against one another for control of Felix's fate. He has two job classes during the game. His first job class is Knight, able to deal damage, but is unable to level up past Level 1. His second job class is Spirit Knight, capable to use all of Felix's mastered techniques.

Kima Aura (unlockable): A young mercenary who was influenced by Felix to fight the Holy Legion. Her in-game class is Red-Mage/Sharpshooter, as she is able to cast some Black, White, and Green Magic as well as use the multiple-hitting Sharpshoot technique skill list.

Dau Matzbein (unlockable): A magic master who can join the group after a long sidequest. His in-game class is High Magus, as he is able to cast almost every White, Black, and Time Magic on the game. He cannot level up since he joins at level 76, but is able to have his Combat Controls changed. His joining can make Renmaro, Rafnir, and Tillisa virtually useless until they reach level 80.

Setting
Gi'Nigatta almost entirely takes place on the fictional continent of Cishere on an unnamed planet. The continent is divided into three major regions: the Nussana Mainland, the Aragi Penninsula, and the Gahallu Penninsula. Though it isn't shown on the world map, the three regions are connected mostly by the Nussana Mainland. Also, there are 3 major countries and 6 minor countries on the game. Each country has its own capital city. The events of the game take place in the Cisherian year 1832.

There is also a continent south of Cishere known as Agrehan. It is the homeland of one of the protagonists of the game, Renmaro Akechi. However, only two places in Agrehan are visited and that's around the end of the game. Also, Renmaro is the only person of his geographical area present in the game.

The last area to be explored on the game is the Interdemensional Rift, the location of the Core of the Void, the container of the most powerful destructive magic in existence. The Interdemensional Rift consists of 4 different dungeon-like areas and the Core of the Void itself. The Interdemensional Rift can be left to return to Cishere, but this is the last explorable area. The Core of the Void is where the final boss is located, hence it is treated as a point of no return.

Background
The story takes place mostly on a continent called Cishere on an unnamed world. Cishere is under the protection of an organization called by the Holy Legion of Cishere. For hundreds of years, the Holy Legion has kept the nations of Cishere safe with their elite magic-infused soldiers, the Holy Knights. However, when Grand Lord Rodrian Slevekar, the leader of the Holy Legion at the time, dies of unknown causes, his son Conrad becomes the Grand Lord. He turns his attention to the bane, creatures that attack and kill people, and attacks them at a heightening rate. He then proceeds to exert control on the nations of Cishere as well as decrease their leaders' power. Many people are alarmed by this, but after a while, their subjugation becomes normal life.

Violet-Eyes
The game begins with a young woman named Tillisa Sergian trying to flee an unknown holder. Her attempts are futile however when she is captured by soldiers. Meanwhile, a couple of hundred of miles away in the town of Tanik, a mercenary named Felix Cross is reaching the end of his assignment. He manages to defeat the soldiers and guards in his way, making it to his assignment objective. He notices that it's a letter from the Grand Lord Conrad Slevekar, the leader of the Holy Legion. It tells him that the Holy Legion is finally gaining with him. Shortly after reading the letter, Felix takes off.

Felix then makes it to the city of Lorieng and decides to stay there for the night. The next morning, he decides to take off again when Renmaro Akechi, a teenage boy, is being chased by some police. Though he doesn't know why they're chasing the boy, Felix tries to fight them off and is outnumbered when Renmaro uses a Flame spell to back them off. Felix realizes that the boy is a mage and decides that he can take care of himself. Renmaro then realizes that Felix is "Felix Violet-Eyes", the notorious mercenary who loves to pressure the Holy Legion. Renmaro offers Felix 3000 Credits to take him to a safe place. Felix agrees and the two start to head off to the town of Mirou when they are attacked by a C-Class Holy Knight. Felix and Renmaro defeat the Knight and flee before reinforcements can be called.

After arriving in Mirou, Renmaro thanks Felix and pays him before leaving. After staying at an inn, Felix takes a public transportation airship to the city of Tian Debal, the capital of Veinsies. While in Tian Debal, Felix is contracted by a man calling himself Havok. Havok gives Felix the job of going to the city of Gannix and spying on the Holy Legion for him and Felix decides to do accept. As Felix leaves the city, he goes to the great temple to prepare. While in the temple, he meets a girl in all black. The girl reveals herself to be Tillisa and asks if Felix if he could kidnap her. Though the mercenary is quizzical about it, the prize of 4000 Credits overpowers his questions. As they leave, the two run into Renmaro again, who asks if he can travel with Felix as protection. Felix says he isn't a bodyguard, but he could use that to repay Renmaro for his help in Lorieng.

After traveling through the plains, and through a mountain path where they have to kill a giant spider, the group reaches the city and Felix can start his mission. He tells Renmaro and Tillisa to stay out of sight until he returns to the city gates, in concern that Holy Knights would capture or kill them, ruining his pay. Inside the city, Felix manages to dodge the watch guards until he is attacked by a man and his sword, the mysterious Gi'Nigatta, is stolen. This in turn, alarms a lot of city guards who attack Felix. Felix, reduced to using a simple broadsword, takes down the guards and runs into the man who stole his sword. The two fight and it ends in draw, though Felix clearly takes the upper hand. The man, Leonte Chase, praise Felix's combat skills and gives him back his sword. Though Felix opts to kill him, he decides to ask him questions instead. After telling that he is a master thief who was also recruited by Havok for this mission, Leonte offers to join forces with Felix. Felix reluctantly agrees and the two enter the city's meeting fort where they find Conrad Slevekar and his right hand man, 1st Saint General Talon Cainbridge, discussing plans for an unknown operation. The meeting is cut short when Talon realizes that Felix and Leonte are there and he attacks the two on Conrad's command. He chases them to the rooftop of the fort, where they are honestly beaten down by Talon's far superior combat skills. Just before Talon can claim victory, he is stopped by another Knight, an A-Class. Though the unknown Knight is lower-ranked to Talon, he manages to push him back, allowing Felix and Leonte to escape.

After returning to Renmaro and Tillisa, Felix and Leonte are gravely injured. Tillisa then uses a strange, yet powerful mystical force to heal them. Uninterested in the group, Leonte then takes 2000 Credits from Felix as a price for the circumstances he went through and leaves. Once Leonte leaves, Felix tells Renmaro and Tillisa that his next move was through the Nagori Highlands into the valley village of Spirro. He warns them that if they step out of line, he will leave them to fend for themselves. As they move through the highlands, Felix wonders why the leader of the Holy Legion was in such as dislocated place such as Gannix, and how Tillisa learned such powerful healing magic. He also thinks about Havok, but he tosses his thoughts to the side, coming to the conclusion that Leonte will deliver the news to him. Once entering the city, Felix catches the sight of Holy Legion soldiers and decides to have Tillisa and Renmaro hide at the inn while he explores on his own. While taking time off at the inn, Felix hears from the locals that the next High Priestess of Cishere has gone missing, around the time that he "kidnapped" Tillisa. He quickly realizes that Tillisa is the High Priestess. He quickly returns to the inn and interrogates Tillisa; knowing that she, though she is neutral or perhaps against the Holy Legion, Tian Debal's High Church is a staple of the organization. She tells him that she never wanted to be High Priestess and that the Holy Legion is up to something even stranger than their usual doings. She then goes on to tell him that she wanted to be kidnapped to find out what the Holy Legion was up to, and Felix was her ticket in that situation. Felix thinks about tossing Tillisa to the wayside and leave Renmaro with her. But then, he decides to keep her with him, hoping that this is a chance to get closer to the Holy Legion.

After leaving from Spirro, Felix tells Tillisa and Renmaro that he is heading further into the valley toward an old airship graveyard. He tells them that there was something there that he needed to get. Once entering the airship graveyard, the group enters an old Holy Legion dreadnought and heads to the reactor core. After defeating a monster who had been feeding on the still-working electrical circuits, Felix and the others find what they had came here for: an old telecommunication system. Felix uses it to find out where the Holy Legion was traveling to next, the city of Condover. Deciding against going there, Felix opts to head back to Spirro and lay low. However, Tillisa blackmails him into going to Condover by using the kidnapping situation against him. He grudgingly agrees to take her to Condover so that she can spy on the Holy Legion. Meanwhile, back in Tian Debal, Leonte tells Havok about Tillisa and her kidnapping. Havok tells the thief to retrieve her at any cost.

Exiting through the valley, the group then heads west towards Condover. Once arriving, Felix tells the two magic users to keep their magic aura hidden. After heading into the city, their cover is instantly blown by a demonic aura detector. A group of bane hunters attack the group and the party is forced to flee and hide in an abandoned house. Felix tells the group to stay there for the remainder of the night and he will keep watch. During the night, Tillisa uses a Sleep spell on Felix and he passes out, giving her the chance to escape. However, Felix's banesblood wakes him up minutes later and he is forced to take Renmaro with him as he tries to find Tillisa. The two meet up with Tillisa near a Holy Legion base, and after a heated argument, Felix decides to take lead as they attempt to infiltrate the base. The group doesn't get far when a Holy Knight attacks them. The Knight, Giroux Rafnir, A-Class, tells Felix that he has followed him around since Tanik and he commands to give Tillisa over to him. Felix refuses and he, Renmaro, and Tillisa struggle to ward him off. Rafnir manages to defeat the group and has them surrounded by Knights. Felix is knocked out by one, but not before noticing that Rafnir is the same Knight that helped him and Leonte in Gannix.

After a long while, Felix wakes up in a cell in an unknown location. He tries to escape, but the bars of his cell repel his attacks. He also notices that his sword his gone. After a while, the bars open and his able to leave. However, some Knights attack him and he is taken to a large, cage-like room. After being thrown in, he is forced to take down fellow prisoners for the Knights' amusement. He is then pitted up against a female creature. During their brawl, Felix realizes that the creature isn't bane nor hume and asks who she is. The female responds as she is a member of the Slyphr race, an ancient race which had vanished centuries ago. Deciding to work together with the Sylphr, the two manage to take out the watching Knights and escape the cage. The Sylphr, who calls herself Nora Sphere, asks how Felix got here. Felix tells her his story about how he was attacked in Condover with Renmaro and Tillisa. Nora tells him that she saw all three of them enter the prison at once, but Tillisa was taken back to Tian Debal and Renmaro was taken elsewhere in the region. Convinced that neither Renmaro or Tillisa were in the prison, Felix decides to escape with Nora.

After solving a complex corridor puzzle and taking out the safety mechanism of the prison, Felix and Nora escape the prison and makes it to the Higarden Plains. Nora asks Felix if he would like to accompany her to the free city-state of Reighstan and lie low from the Holy Legion. Felix decides to search for Renmaro instead, since he dragged the mage into this situation. Nora decides to assist him and they decide to go to the Holy Legion Magicks Research facility in Daubagen. Together, the demibane and Slyphr and travel through the plains and reach the facility. Meanwhile, in Tian Debal, Tillisa is greeted in her quarters by Leonte and Havok. Havok, who somehow knows Tillisa, tells her that the Holy Legion is conducting a new experiment involving the blood of banes. He tells her to stay in Tian Debal for now while Leonte goes and finds more info. After Leonte leaves again, Tillisa tells Havok that she cannot stay in the city while the Holy Legion becomes more active.

In the Holy Legion Magicks Research facility, Renmaro is interrogated by some B-Class Knights about his appearance in Cishere and his magical prowess. They infer that he is a traveler from the continent called Agrehan, located south of Cishere. However, they do not know why he is in Cishere, since the people of Agrehan stopped trade and social relationships with Cishere a little more than 4 years earlier. Renmaro says nothing and is beaten up by the Knights as a result. The boy manages to use a Frost spell to knock the Knights out and attempts to flee the area. However, he runs into Rafnir and the two fight each other, resulting in Renmaro's incapacitation. Meanwhile, on the other side of the facility, Felix and Nora smash their way through the guard and make it to the interrogation room where Renmaro is being held captive. The two defeat the Knights holding him and awakens him. Renmaro tells them that Rafnir was in the facility and that it's best to sneak out. Nora remembers an old way out of the facility by an abandoned mineshaft called the Negra Tunnels. The two find the entrance in an old storage room and head inside.

Inside the tunnels, Felix realizes that these tunnels leads to different Holy Legion bases, including the main storage chamber in Tian Debal. He tells Renmaro and Nora that they should head back to Tian Debal. When Nora asks why, he tells her that Tillisa is an essential part of the Holy Legion's plans, and the best way to counter them is to take Tillisa back and take her somewhere safe. Nora tells him that other than Reighstan, which doesn't want anything to do with Tillisa, there is nowhere in Cishere that is safe. However, Felix ignores her and heads towards Tian Debal anyway. After transversing the tunnels and defeating an old golem, the party reaches the outer portions of the Nanbadian Underway, the enormous storehouse for many of the Holy Legion's armaments in Tian Debal.

As the group travels through the storehouse, Renmaro stops and asks Felix why was interested in the Holy Legion and Tillisa all of a sudden. Felix tells him to mind his own business and continues onward. After a while, Felix stops and asks Nora why she is roaming the world since her entire race is hidden. She tells him that she wanted to prove that world has changed over the centuries and it was time for the Sylphr to resurface. After a while, the party reaches the end of the storehouse, where Havok is waiting. He engages the party and the fight ends in a draw, despite it being a three-on-one. Havok, who reveals himself to be Isor Gargevjn, the leader of a well-sized resistance party. Isor tells Felix that he heard about what happened and he was the one who tipped the Holy Legion about Tillisa's whereabouts. When Felix asks why, Isor tells him that he had to buy time using Tillisa's safe return, knowing that the Holy Legion would try to control Tian Debal to find Tillisa, and in turn potentially discover his resistance organization. He assigns Felix to accompany him to the city of Deigar while Renmaro and Nora can hide in Tian Debal. At first, Felix denies his request, saying that he's had enough of fighting for no reason. When Isor offers him 6000 Credits, he also says no, telling Isor that unless he knows why he's going to Deigar. Isor tells him that the Holy Legion has files on their operation in Deigar and Felix can benefit from this as well. Reluctantly, Felix heads out of Tian Debal with Isor while Renmaro and Nora head to the city.

After leaving the Negra Tunnels, Isor and Felix arrive on the Osarri Plateau. Isor tells Felix that the city is a few miles to the southwest. While traveling through the Plateau, Isor offers to let Felix join the resistance and fight against the Holy Legion. Felix turns him down, saying that he doesn't want to fight the entire organization. He is only after Conrad and he isn't ready to face him yet, implying to his defeat against Talon in Condover. When Isor asks why Conrad is his sole target, Felix doesn't reply.

After a while, Felix and Isor reach the city of Deigar. However, to their vain, they find the city decimated. Isor infers that the Holy Legion knew about the resistance's plans and was one step ahead of them. The organization then seemed to have destroyed the city and taken the information with them. Isor curses himself and stands in shock as they survey the surroundings. Felix decides to look around the city for clues and Isor agrees. As the two roam the city, they run into a teenage girl, the only hume in sight. When they approach the girl, Felix senses an ancient and cold, yet unknown magical aura. The girl notices them and tells that she was here when the Holy Legion ransacked the city, taking young men with them and having the elderly, women, and children march by what resources they had to Ir Nagus, the capital city of the Holy Legion. She says that they tried to take her with them, but they were beaten back and forced to retreat. Felix then notices that she had killed a few soldiers, confirming the presence of the aura. The girl seems to have notice Felix's demonic aura and asks him why would a demibane be following an organization out to kill demons. Isor tells her why they're here and offers the girl to join them, noticing her combat skills. The girl, who calls herself Kuro, joins the party and tells them that the Holy Legion left a company to check up a bane's den a few miles away. Isor, Felix, and Kuro then leave and head towards it.

On the way there, Kuro explains to Isor and Felix how the bane's den used to be a mining city located in an extinct volcano. The city was prosperous until a large pack of bane attacked it and killed almost everyone inside. It then became a deadly breeding area for numerous genuses of banekind, at least until a year after Conrad became the Grand Lord. Isor questions Kuro, knowing that only members of the Holy Legion knew about the old city, which was destroyed over 80 years before. Kuro says nothing about how she knew, but she does say that she didn't know that until they approached the vicinity of the volcano. As they enter the area, they notice that the Knights sent to the place definitely where there, indicated by dead bane all over the place. Isor takes his time to examine the fatal wounds, noticing after being battered down, the bane's throats were cut. As they explore deeper, they run into the queen of the bane, who is enraged over the deaths of her children. The demon attacks Felix, Isor, and Kuro, but the three warriors manage to push it away. Felix decides against killing it and decides to combine his, Isor's, and Kuro's strength to trap it somewhere for the time being. However, a group of A-Class Knights kill it and cuts its throat, taking its blood. When Isor asks what the banesblood is for, the Knights do not reply and attack the trio instead. Outmatched, Felix, Isor, and Kuro are chased to the entrance of the volcano, where Felix caves it in.

After resting for a minute, Felix and Isor start discussing what the banesblood was for, figuring out why the Holy Legion was attacking large multitudes of bane. When they can't get an answer, Isor turns to Felix's scar and proposes that the banesblood is to be used for a transfusion. However, Felix denies this, saying only czarbane can transfuse banesblood without harmful results. Unable to go back to the Negra Tunnels in fear of a Holy Legion ambush, Isor contacts his airship driver Herron and tells him to meet him near Deigar. Kuro decides to accompany Felix and Isor back to Tian Debal, saying she has grown a liking to hanging around Felix.

The Resistance
After returning to Tian Debal, Isor takes Felix and Kuro to his resistance's hideout in an old section of the city. Once inside the hideout, Isor tells Felix that is no longer safe to roam Cishere alone. Felix tells him that he was never safe from the Holy Legion and this is just average life to him. Isor asks Felix if he would like to work for the resistance for the time being. Felix starts to turn down his offer, but then decides to accept it, since this can give him a chance to investigate the Holy Legion further. After a while, Tillisa comes in, along with Renmaro and Nora. Tillisa apologizes for putting Felix into the situation in Condover. Felix tells her not to worry about it, despite his apparent anger. Tillisa goes on to tell Felix that she is a member of the resistance and is indeed against the Holy Legion, making her second only to Isor. Isor gives Felix the assignment of heading to the Forest of Haburrina to find the mysterious Lava Pearl. Though he realizes that this has nothing to do with the Holy Legion, Felix accepts it. Isor allows Renmaro, Kuro, Nora, and Tillisa to accompany him. Nora decides to decline the offer, saying that her fight with the Holy Legion is over. However, Renmaro convinces her to come along, telling her that people may jump her in Tian Debal as she is the only Sylphr to be seen in Cishere in centuries. Renmaro and Nora remain neutral, but Kuro joins the resistance as well.

After leaving Tian Debal, Felix tells the others that the Forest of Haburrina is in southern Cishere and they have to cross the Bridge of Tenpo in order to reach the forest. Felix tells the group that the people of Tenpo are not citizens nor colonist of Veinsies and are very territorial and violent, making it best just to get through the village quickly. Before they reach the village, they find an old containment unit and places Nora in it to keep her appearance hidden. Once entering Tenpo, the find it in a damaged state. At first Felix believes that Holy Knights did this, then he quickly realizes that the attack was done by Leonte, as he finds some torn up gloves. He decides to take this advantage and he releases Nora as they head to the bridge.

As they reach the bridge, Felix wonders about what Leonte did to tick the villagers in Tenpo off. As they reach the center of the bridge, the elite warriors from Tenpo catch up to them and attack them in apparent retaliation of their village being attacked. The party manages to beat the warriors back and they escape to the forest. However, the villagers destroy the bridge, making passage back across to Tian Debal difficult.

While traveling through the forest, the group continues to ponder on Leonte's reasons for attacking the village. After a while, they run into Leonte himself, surrounded by bane. After helping him defeat the demons, Felix demands Leonte to tell him why the villagers in Tenpo attacked them. When Leonte tells them that he was there before and did something bad, Felix continues to pressure him about it. However, Leonte tells him to mind his own business. Leonte then notices Tillisa and offers to help her find the Lava Pearl, indicating that Isor had told him as well. Tillisa starts to say no, but once realizing that he, like her, is also a resistance member, she agrees. Together, the party heads to the center of the forest and fights off a hound-like creature, which had been using the Lava Pearl as a source of heat. After gaining the pearl, Tillisa sings a strange song to it, thereby absorbing its power into herself and helping her learn the Ifrit summon, and the creature was in actuality a doppelganger of the summon.

After gaining the summon, Leonte calls Herron and tells him to pick the party up. Afterwards, he takes Felix to a secluded side of the area and asks him why he is after Conrad, the obvious reason why he joined the resistance. Felix tells him to mind his own business and asks Leonte why he is in the forest anyway. Leonte tells him that he found an old vial of banesblood there about a year earlier and he came here looking for it, hoping that he could give it to Isor for information. To his dismay however, he realized that the vial was either taken, destroyed, or buried by plant life. Once the airship arrives, Isor tells them that they aren't going back to Tian Debal. Instead, they are heading east to follow Rafnir, who had found out that Tillisa wasn't in Tian Debal. Felix is excited at the chance to chase Rafnir, hoping to face and defeat him for his sudden attack in Condover.

As the airship heads east, Felix laments on the current events so far. After a while, Tillisa approaches him and apologizes for sweeping him up into the situation with the Holy Legion, knowing that war isn't far off. Felix forgives her and tells her that she and the others shouldn't get used to him for long, as he will soon be leaving the resistance as soon as he gets a better proposition. Meanwhile, Isor tells Renmaro and Nora that they should be careful, as they are both wanted by the Holy Legion for their rarity. They can also be after Kuro for her strange magical aura. Isor then gathers Felix, Tillisa, Renmaro, Nora, Kuro, and Leonte on the main bridge and tells them that Rafnir's last transmissions were located at the Tower of Dachen. However, they will have to land and get there by foot, for the sky is dominated by the Holy Legion Air Force.

After landing and traveling through the Menori Canyon, the group reaches the tower. Isor decides to split the party in two. He, Leonte, and Kuro will try to sneak through the tower and collect evidence of Rafnir's whereabouts while Felix, Nora, and Renmaro will assault the tower directly to distract the guards. He tells Tillisa to stay with Herron and keep out of sight. Despite her apparent objections, Tillisa agrees. As the group travels through the tower, Isor contacts Felix and tells him to come to the research room. Felix, Nora, and Renmaro dodge the guard and make it to the room. Inside, Isor shows the others giant vials of banesblood, which are being heated, cooled, and saturated. As Isor starts to take a sample, Rafnir enters the room and sets on the alarm. Rafnir tells the group that they have traveled too far from Tian Debal and attacks them. After a long battle, Felix knocks Rafnir down and ties him up with the others. The group races out of the base and makes it to the airship.

Eidolon Hunting
After Rafnir is restrained in the airship, Isor tells the others that his next move is to head all over Cishere and have Tillisa collect summoning stones or magicite. This magicite will enable her to summon various magical creatures called eidolons to fight for her. This in turn will help Tillisa manage an army that will have the magical prowess to take on the Holy Legion on fair grounds. Felix wonders how they will take up such a task, as the Holy Legion will try to track the priestess all over the continent if they find out she's missing. Isor answers this by telling the group that from here on out, Tian Debal has broken off from the Holy Legion's alliance. However, they will secretly gather the magicite until Tillisa has the sufficient eidolons needed. Only then will they be able to wage war on the Holy Legion. Also, Isor knows that Conrad would not attack Tian Debal directly, knowing that Holy Legion soldiers are stationed there.

After leaving the Tower of Dachen, Isor tells the group that their next move is to the forgotten ruin city of Lavion to retrieve the Ice Star magicite. He tells them that Tian Debal had once housed all nine of the Supreme Magicite Shards of Maisen. However, the Holy Legion scattered them all over Cishere after Conrad became Grand Lord, leaving only one in Tian Debal. He had found the locations of the other five Maisen Shards, enough to combat the Holy Legion. However, they have to break the magic barriers around the magicite, and only a Holy Knight that is A-Class or above can do it. When Felix asks about the Lava Pearl, which was not protected by a barrier, Leonte responds by saying that he watched as a Knight unlock it and killed him years ago, leaving the barrier broken up until then.

After a while, the airship is forced to land. After landing, Herron tells the group that the Holy Legion has exerted control over the skies, now that a continent-wide search for Tillisa has been conducted. Renmaro wonders if it was Rafnir who tipped the Holy Legion off. Isor tells Renmaro not to worry about it and tells the group that they must travel by foot from here on out. He tells Tillisa that she must join them, for staying with Herron would be hazardous. Tillisa agrees and inquires about Rafnir again. Before Isor can answer, Felix tells them both that Rafnir is an A-Class Knight, and he can be used to unlock the barriers. After dragging Rafnir out, Felix threatens to kill him unless he cooperates. Rafnir tells Felix to kill him, choosing death over dishonor of the Holy Legion. However, upon seeing Tillisa and listening to her, Rafnir has a sudden change of heart. He says that he wants to see the truth behind the resistance's assumptions for himself. However, he adds that facing the Holy Legion alone is a foolish move as well as he is not on their side, only with the party until he is satisfied of their findings. With Rafnir in the party, the group travels through the Unagi Steppe and into Lavion.

Once in the city, Isor gives command of the group to Leonte and tells them that he and Herron will keep watch at the city's edge. As the group continues through the city, Felix and Renmaro lag behind, keeping their eyes on Rafnir. Renmaro tells Felix that Rafnir's change of heart might be a ruse to jump the party at any moment. Felix replies that if Rafnir does such a thing, he will not stop at killing the Knight. As the party enters an old church, they find the magicite and Rafnir breaks the barrier, summoning a aggressive doppelganger of the eidolon Mystir. After defeating the doppelganger, Tillisa sings to the magicite and absorbs it into herself. Suddenly, the frozen church starts to collapse. The group escapes the collapse and turns their attention to Rafnir, who saved Tillisa from a falling frozen beam. Rafnir states that the rest of them could die as far as he's concerned, only Tillisa's life is worth saving.

After leaving Lavion, Isor tells them that the next and closest magicite shard is located further into the Unagi Steppe in a location called the Storm Basin to find the Bolt Shard magicite. This is due to the fact that this was where the magicite, which is lightning elemental, was originally found over 500 years earlier. As the party continues their travels there, Felix continues to ponder why Rafnir joined them, and what he said to them before they left for Lavion. Kuro tells Felix that there is something dark and cold about Rafnir for sure, but he also has something gentler deep inside. Upon reaching the Storm Basin, the group fights their way through a barrage of storms on their way to the magicite. Once there, after Rafnir breaks the barrier, they have to fight a doppelganger of the eidolon Thor. Once defeating the eidolon, Tillisa sings to the magicite and absorbs it.

Afterwards, the group travels to Moren Subterrane and acquire the Titan eidolon through the Earthen Quartz magicite, then they head to the Tree of Geystile to acquire the Fenrir eidolon through the Wind Crystal magicite. Isor tells the others that their next move is to head to the temple of Hyurgarden, located in the ocean east of Lorieng. However, their plans are halted when they hear a dispatch from resistance members in Tian Debal. They are told that Tian Debal's High Church is under compromise by the Holy Legion and is pinned down by Holy Knights. Isor decides to return to Tian Debal to help thwart the attack.

Once in Tian Debal, they realize that the Knights are closing in on the Church. Landing on the church rooftop, the group decides to force the attacking enemies out from the inside. Rafnir refuses to kill his fellow Knights and takes them down instead. Once pushing the Knights to the outside of the Church, a Knight who is wielding a strange weapon powered by banesblood attacks them but is killed. After escorting the injured Knights to prison, Tillisa’s assistants tell her that they will make an excuse for what has happened here, indicating that the entire Church is secretly against the Holy Legion. However, Rafnir, who was not in the battle against the final Knight, had escaped and was heading to Ir Nagus. Leonte, afterwards and for an unknown reason, resigns his position in the Resistance and leaves the party. Now, with only Felix, Tillisa, Renmaro, Kuro, and Nora remaining, Isor rejoins the active party and tells them that Rafnir’s defection and Leonte’s resignation will not deter them from their goal of obtaining all the magicite Tillisa needs. After boarding the airship, the group heads toward Mirou, but is halted by the Holy Legion’s presence in the area. Nora then tells them that they can go to Reighstan, which is also an airship port city. The group then heads to the city.

Once in Reighstan, the group is greeted by the city guard, who demands that the party leave at once. However, Isor, who reveals himself to be the leader of the city-state, demands entrance. Once inside and after gearing up, the party witnesses Isor clashing ideals with Benegal, his advisor, over the fact that Reighstan is neutral in the war against the Holy Legion yet their leader is the leader of a resistance party. However, Benegal relents to Isor’s wishes and fuels the airship up. Finally, the airship starts its non-stop flight to the Hyurgarden Temple.

As the airship flies toward the temple, Felix wonders why Leonte quit the group. As he ponders the reason, Nora approaches him, who tells him that she never had any interest in joining him in this journey. However, she also tells him that she can help save this world and perhaps be one step closer to convincing the Slyphr to resurface. She concludes by stating that she has joined the Resistance, leaving Renmaro the sole remaining neutral party member. Felix replies that he never joined the Resistance fully, and that he’s slowly losing his interest in the group, making him another neutral party member.

Finally, the airship reaches the Hyurgarden Temple, location of the Aqua Sphere magicite. After transversing inside the temple and solving a series of puzzles, the group finally makes it to the magicite, where a doppelganger of Leviathan attacks them. After defeating the clone, Leviathan casts a Flood spell with starts to submerge the temple in water. The group is forced to fight numerous clones of the eidolon, reaching the airship and barely managing to escape. Meanwhile, in Ir Nagus, Rafnir is taken to court to be trailed for treason. After a swift and cruel court session, Rafnir is sentenced to combat with Conrad. The fight is short, and Rafnir is nearly killed. Conrad fully heals him and tells him his new assignment is to find how far Tillisa will go for peace as well as kill Felix and Renmaro, to which he agrees.

As the group is stationed outside the now submerged temple, Isor tells them that Leviathan is just the eidolon they need to lead the attack on the Holy Legion. Felix tells him that the magicite containing Leviathan is fathoms under the ocean now and retrieving the eidolon is nearly impossible. Forced to agree with Felix, Isor tells them that Ifrit, Mystir, Thor, Titan, and Fenrir will have to do.

Counterattack and Battle of Tian Debal
Returning to Reighstan, the party decides that even though Leonte leaving the party is fine, Rafnir leaving is unacceptable and he must be stopped. If Rafnir tells the Holy Legion about their plans, battling the organization is nearly futile. Isor decides to use Tillisa as bait in order to make Rafnir come to them. Felix decides that Rafnir is getting out of hand, and he has to killed if necesary.

After this, the group heads southewest of Reighstan to the Istangi Mountains. There, they travel up the mountain where Tillisa summons Ifrit has the eidolon release a jet of flames into the air. Rafnir and his search party notices this and heads to the mountains. Reaching there, he demands that the party stops resisting and comes quietly. The group takes out Rafnir's men and surround him. Despite Tillisa's pleas to persuade Rafnir to change sides, the Knight attacks them. He holds out for a while, but is eventually severely worn down. After the fight is over, Felix, Renmaro, and Isor prepare to kill Rafnir, but Tillisa stops them, urging Rafnir to hear her.

Deep within Rafnir's mind, he ponders the goals of the resistance and the Holy Legion, namely Conrad. While the resistance has good intentions and maybe even probable cause, he bound by his Knight's Codex, the vow all Knights make to protect the Holy Legion. As he thinks more, he is soon opened to Conrad's true intentions and outlook. He realizes that everyone in the Holy Legion, minus the probablity of Talon and some others, have been following Conrad blindly. However, he understands Conrad's means, no matter how twisted his methods. He decides to watch to see which organization is more destructive and then join their opponent.

Then the Knight, who is exhausted, injured, and torn in half emotionally, uses his remaining strength to use a spell to Teleport him to somewhere else. As the group ponders where Rafnir went, Isor gets a urgent transmission from Benegal. Benegal tells them to come back to return to Reighstan, which is under siege by the Holy Legion air force. Isor and the group races to the city-state as soon as the transmission is finished.

Returning to Reighstan, the party notices that the city is nearly almost destroyed. The group notices that the city is under heavy attack by the Holy Legion air force and the group must stop the attack. Then, Isor notivces a series of explosions at the airship dock and races there. The group follows him, defeating multiple Knights along the way. Isor notices that the Knights have created a way to summon and use bane for battle, though the process isn't perfected.

At the airship docks, the group is shocked to see that Benegal has been killed and Herron is gravely injured. The airship that the group has been using for transportation is also heavily damaged. Talon steps out of the shadows of the burning airship to reveal that it was he who killed Benegal and injured Herron. Isor curses at Talon, telling him how could such a symbol of peace strike down defeneless citizens. Talon responds by saying that Herron and Benegal were not defenseless and they were threats. He finally reveal Isor's true identity, Gerrad Fargosen, the former 1st Saint General before him, shocking Felix and the others. Enraged, Isor tells him that he quit the Holy Legion because he knows the truth behind Rodrian Slevekar's death. Isor attacks Talon, wanting revenge for Talon's deeds. Felix also joins in, wanting revenge for almost being killed in Gannix. Kuro and Renmaro also join in, wanting to help. Isor tells Nora and Tillisa to take Herron somewhere safe. During the battle, Talon holds his own, even isulting Isor on his deterioration of his skills. The party is unable to take the upper hand. After the end of the fight, Isor attacks Talon with one last strike. While Isor is knocked down and about to be finished off, Felix takes this chance to stab Talon, injuring him enough for him to retreat.

Before retreating, Talon tells them that their fight was futile, for there is a weapon in the sky powerful enough to wipe out everyone in Reighstan. Isor then notices a giant cannon mounted the airship, and its ammunition is made of pure banesblood. Isor, who feels guilty for dragging a neutral city into war and getting a lot of people killed, jumps into a single-person airship and turns the engines to overdrive. He tells Felix to tell Tillisa that the path of the resistance is hers now, and he wants her to make the best choice for peace. He lastly tells Felix that he is a key point in the war, and its fate is also his choice. He then flies towards the Holy Legion airship, dodging cannon fire along the way. He gathers all of his magic and unleashes it when the airship crashes into the weapon, destroying the cannon, both airships, and killing himself. Talon commands the airship fleet to retreat, saying that the city is now subject to destruction.

After the commotion has wound down, the group tries to search for Isor, but to no avail. Felix concludes that the banesblood from the weapon vaporized Isor's body. Nora returns to the group, telling them that Herron will live, but he won't be able to fly for a while. Felix also tells them that thier transportation is damaged beyond repair. The group then find Isor's hammer and attend a funeral service for him, Benegal, and the other fallen members of the city. Tillisa keeps Isor's hammer as a momento and tells the group that she is returning to Tian Debal. There, she will offically declare war on the Holy Legion as the new leader of the resistance. Swayed by Isor's selfless sacrifice and Tillisa's determination to fight even in the face of defeat or death, Renmaro joins the resistance at last.

Upon returning to Tian Debal, Tillisa gives the group housing in the Church Palace. While resting, Felix continues to wonder about the resistance and their plight. While he is thinking, Tillisa comes in the room. She tells him that Renmaro has left the palace to explore, Kuro has followed the mage, and Nora has left the city to help the people of Reighstan rebuild. Felix asks Tillisa why does she continue to fight when she can quit and end the bloodshed. She replies by telling him that even if she does give up, the Holy Legion will continue to kill the people that they see a threat, and she is determined to end their tyranny and give those people who want to fight a chance to. She then asks how did Felix become a demibane, because she can clearly see he wasn't born one. Reluctantly, Felix tells her the story of how he used to be in the Holy Legion, a Knight named Aranon Schanzel. He told her that he and Conrad were once mentor an teacher, and good friends. However, when Felix acquired the Gi'Nigatta, Conrad saw him as a threat and wanted him dead. He would've died, if it weren't for a Czarbane who gave him some of its blood. Ever since that day, his appearance and his name named, and he vowed to get his revenge on Conard, who took his former life away.

After finishing his story, Felix is told by Tillisa that thier first meeting wasn't in Tian Debal around the beginning of the game. They had actually first met around 4 years earlier in Gannix, when she was rescued by Holy Legion soldiers after she was kidnapped by a terrorist organization. Felix then instantly remembers her, recalling she telling him that she would never forget his face, for it was him that protected her from attack. Tillisa follows up by saying that she thought he had died years ago, for Conrad made a speech about it. Felix told her that it was a ruse in order for the Holy Legion not to begin a investigation on his disappearance. Tillisa then asks to see the scar where Conrad stabbed him with his sword and Felix does so, show a glowing scar across his chest and torso. Felix tells her that he is slowly changing into a demonic creature, and his time as a hume is nearing an end, the only thing keeping him going is his will to live and get his revenge.

A few days later, Felix catches Rafnir limping into town, barely alive. He captures the Knight and puts him in a dungeon. There, he is later interrogated by Tian Debal soldiers overseered by Tillisa. Rafnir tells them that he has thought long and hard about the Holy Legion's actions. He had watched Reighstan's siege by the air force, unable to do anything due to his wounds. He realized that the Holy Legion was now no longer as honorable as he hoped. He used up the last of his strength reaching Tian Debal and fighting off many bane and lesser Knights to do so. He then begs to join the resistance before passing out. Tillisa assigns a few guards and a priest medic to the Knight and leaves to find Kuro. Returning to the dungeon with the girl, Tillisa has Kuro scan Rafnir. Kuro tells her that his aura has turned around in polarity. He is no longer loyal to the Holy Legion. She then decides to let him join the resistance, despite Felix's hatred towards Knights.

About a week later, Tillisa gathers Felix, Renmaro, Kuro, Nora (who was told to return to Tian Debal), and a few of her trusted advisors and acolytes in the meeting room of the palace. She makes a telecommunication message to the Holy Legion, expressing her thoughts of them. She tells them that the organization has sharply dropped the favor of Cisherians all over the continent. She also says she will not forgive nor forget their actions in Reighstan and Deigar. She says that the Holy Legion has subgated, threatened, and wrongly killed her people for far too long. She finishes by saying that the nation of Viensies is first nation to break from the ties of the organization, declaring war on the Holy Legion. Watching the message in Ir Nagus, Conrad decides to teach the young woman a lesson. He decides to command the entire Holy Legion air force and watch as the entire city of Tian Debal is decimated, ending the resistance once and for all.

Once finishing the message, Tillisa asks Felix if that was the right thing to do. Felix says he doesn't know, but what he knows for sure is now that a war has started, and more lives will be threatened than ever before. She asks him, Nora, Renmaro, and Kuro if they will stand by her during this war. Everyone except Felix promises to protect and stand by her during the hard times. Felix merely replies by saying he'll try.

Three days later, Rafnir, who has recovered from his wounds, races into the Church Palace and tells them that he saw a fleet of 50 airships or more heading in the direction of the city, coming into the city's view in about 30 minutes. Tillisa tells him to tell all military personel to be on the ready. She gathers her friends and tells them that their first battle will be the toughest, for Tian Debal is soon to be attacked. As the group prepares, Felix has various thoughts about Conrad and his betrayal. He then vows that if he sees Conrad, they will have their final battle.

Once the group is ready, Tillisa, Felix, Renmaro, Kuro, Nora, and Rafnir gather upon the walls of the city. They soon watch as the fleet of airships come over the horizon. Felix tells them that he is going to keep an eye on Rafnir, making sure that he doesn't try to run off again. Rafnir tells him to do as he wishes, but today, the Holy Legion is his enemy as well. Renmaro is worried about what will happen during this battle, but Nora assures him that he will be just fine and to stay by her.

The battle begins with the anti-air guns mounted on the city walls firing towards the airship fleet, but with no result. The airship fleet is protected by magical barriers. The group is forced to watch as the fleet flies into the city airspace and retaliate with thier own guns. As the city is bombarded by cannon shells and magic bullets, Knights are dropped into the city to fight the soldiers. The soldiers are no match for the Knights and they are defeated right and left. Tillisa watches as her city is torn by Holy Legion attacks. She quickly remembers that there is one more magicite crystal she can use, and it's in the meeting room of the Church Palace. Rafnir offers to get her there safely and Felix joins in as well. Nora decides to take Renmaro and Kuro with her to the airship fleet to find a way to turn the tide of the battle.

The battle is then split by two POVs. The first is where Nora, Renmaro, and Kuro reaches an airship and the three combine their magic to break through the barrier. The three fight through the airship to reach the control room and use the vehicle against the rest of the fleet, jumping from one ship to another that way. As they reach their third airship, they find it weird that his ship is unprotected despite it being a dreadnought. As they reach the control room, they are attacked by the defense mechanism, which is actually a living machine due to being fueled by banesblood. The trio destroys the mechanism and routes the ship around the city, firing its weapons at the fleet. They find out that many more cannons like the one in Reighstan have been built and mounted on dreadnoughts, and they decide their objective is to destroy those dreadnoughts to prevent civilian casulties.

The second POV is where Felix, Tillisa, and Rafnir race to the Chuch Palace to find the magicite in the meeting room. Along the way, the trio takes down multiple Knights and bane they command. As they reach the Chuch Palace, Tillisa is captured by a banesblood-fueled machine that is slowly draining her life force. Felix and Rafnir, despite their grudge against one another, join forces to save Tillisa. After Tillisa is freed from the machine, Felix catches sight of Conrad atop a dreadnought. Confident that Rafnir will protect Tillisa, Felix races to the dreadnought and jumps onto the top of it, where Conrad calls Felix "Aranon".

Conrad tells Felix that he knew who he was the entire time, amazed that he lived through not being mortally wounded, but also a very long fall that would kill anyone else. Felix tells him that the Gi'Nigatta, his banesblood, and his will to surivive and seek revenge kept him going. He then proceeds to attack Conrad. During the entire battle, Felix is unable to really injure Conrad. Conrad then attacks Felix and displays his superior power and skill, knocking Felix off his feet many times. He then puts his sword to the mercenary's neck, telling him that both the Battle of Tian Debal and his life are over.

Before Conrad can finish Felix off however, Tillisa manages to find the magicite in the meeting room and absorb it. She then summons Guardian, the most powerful defensive eidolon ever known. She uses Guardian to create a magical wall that pushes all malevolent forces outside the city as well as firing large fireballs. The dreadnought which Felix and Conrad were fighting on is heavily damaged by fireballs. Conrad spares Felix's life and escapes by jumping onto another airship. Felix jumps off the airship and is saved by the dreadnought piloted by Nora. Conrad commands the remaining ships in the fleet to retreat, telling them that they underestimated the power of Tian Debal and its High Priestess. As the fleet passes over the horizon, Tillisa calls off the summon and passes out, being caught by Rafnir.

Immediately after the Holy Legion force leaves, the survey of damage of the city is made. Tillisa is told that at least 2000 people have been killed and it will take at least 2 years to repair the damage. Tillisa is shocked and saddened by this, but she is happy that she was able to ward off a Holy Legion invasion and prevent more deaths. She thanks Rafnir for being able to protect her during the attack. When Nora, Renmaro, and Kuro joins them, Tillisa thanks them for being able to take care of the fleet while she found the magicite.

Meanwhile, in his room, Felix suffers a mental attack brought on by his defeat by the hands of Conrad earlier. After recovering from it, Felix realizes that he is not strong enough to defeat Conrad on his his own. However, he is determined to defeat his nemesis on his own terms. He figures out a dangerous, but certain method for defeating Conrad and knows what he has to do in order to accomplish this. When Tillisa and the others come into his room, he tells them that he has decided to quit the resistance and leave Tian Debal. When Tillisa asks why, Felix tells her that he has figured out that fighting the Holy Legion is a fool's errand and they will only die in the end. Tillisa tells him that he is a fool for quiting on freedom and abandoning his friends. Felix replies by saying that they were never his friends and leaves.

New Plans
After Felix leaves, Tillisa wonders what going to do now, since Felix was a powerful asset to the team. Rafnir tells her that they can fight the Holy Legion without Felix, and the mercenary was never fighting for freedom, only his own goals. Tillisa tells them that they cannot stay in Tian Debal and wait for it to be attacked again. She then makes the risky notion of taking the fight directly to Ir Nagus. Rafnir tells her to reconsider that idea, for Ir Nagus is heavily guarded and a battle there would end in defeat. Instead he suggests that they look for someone who can take Felix's place and continue trying to find magicite. Tillisa explains that finding magicite is nearly impossible without Isor, but they can look for Leonte as Felix's replacement. Rafnir suggests heading to Du Khela in the nation of Nucarrio, since he can tell that Leonte is Nucarrian. Tillisa gives temporary leadership of the Chuch to her highest ranking acolyte. When Tillisa asks Rafnir how is he certain that Leonte is in Du Khela he tells her that he is familiar to him.

After leaving Tian Debal, Tillisa, Rafnir, Renmaro, Nora, and Kuro head northeast towards Nucarrio. First, the group travels through the Meingeki Plains with no difficulty. As they pass through, Nora pleads with Rafnir and Tillisa to go another way. Rafnir tells her this is the bast way on foot, despite their next challenges. Then, the group passes into the Yutsai Desert, dodging sinkholes and battling powerful creatures. Around the center of the desert, the group runs into a giant antlion bane that tries to drag them into the sinkhole it made and eat them. Though they kill the bane, they are still swallowed by the sinkhole.

The party then awakens inside of a underground cave. They are afterwards attacked by warriors who are of the Sylphr race. They are about to be executed when the warriors find Nora among them. They take the group into a giant underground city and are thrown in a dungeon while Nora is taken elsewhere. Renmaro tells the others that he has heard of the Sylphr before and how their race was wiped out by Czarbane, the race of higher demons.

After a while, the group is taken to large building, where they find themselves as the subject of a mass argument. On one side, the guardian and highest advisor of the city, Saphiro Hasteops, tells his people that humes alone in their city is bad, but a Czarbane is even worse. On the other side, Nora tells them that the humes are now at war to prevent disaster and the Czarbane is one of their group. The group is confused by the indentification of the Czarbane, knowing only Felix has Czarbane blood, yet has defected the group. They are shocked when Kuro is taken to a cage, indicating she is the Czarbane. Saphiro tells Nora (calling her by her real name Liliana-Seikoro) that she is playing a risky gambit, trusting the humes and Czarbane, one that can spell the true end of the Sylphr race. He also reveals that it was Czarbane who killed their clan minus him and Nora. Nora tells him that she trusts them and she can depend on them. Saphiro, enraged that his very own daughter has turned against them. He attacks her and others join, only for Nora to tell them that this is her fight. During the intense one-on-one, Nora is attacked by Saphiro's powerful magic and physical might. However, she pulls through and manages to defeat him.

Defeated, Saphiro asks Nora why would she trust destructive creatures such as her companions. She replies by saying that each of them has protected and saved her on various occaisons, including Kuro. Convinced that her daughter is telling the truth, Saphiro lets Kuro go and tells Nora to prove herself. Nora decides to take the group along the Niach ve Anolquo, a deadly trial through the underground Yutsai caverns. Her father joins the group for the trial, to make sure she isn't betrayed.

During the trial, the group takes on many challenges through the 5 caverns as well as many puzzles. At the end of the cavern, the group runs into a Czarbane that is chained to the wall by magic. Saphiro breaks the seal and the bane runs free, blind by rage and anxiety. It attacks the group and they are forced back. After a long battle, the group takes the Czarbane down and the battle is seemed to be won. However, in a last effort, the bane attacks Nora with all of its remaining strength. Before it can finish her off, Kuro saves her by cutting the Czarbane in half. Kuro tells Saphiro that she never knew that she was a Czarbane until today, but her heart will always be that of a hume. Convinced that his daughter is in good hands, Saphiro grants the group their freedom as well as access to the underground city's stores. Before the group leaves, Saphiro tells her that the people of the city will need time to think, but he is certain that humes are like her friends, the Sylphr won't have to hiding for any longer soon. He won't forgive all the Czarbane for what they did to his race, but he asks for Kuro's, to which the Czarbane accepts.

After leaving the caverns and the desert, the group reaches Nucarrio and heads north to Du Khela, the capital of Nucarrio. After resting at the inn, the group explores the city for traces of Leonte. After giving infomation to some people and doing errands for them, the group figures out that Leonte is at a popular tavern. Once in the tavern, they find Leonte and Tillisa asks the thief if he wants to rejoin the resistance. Leonte declines the offer however, stating that he left the resistance in the first place because fighting the Holy Legion is a waste of energy and sacrifice which will end in a bloodier defeat. Renmaro tells Leonte that he is acting just like Felix before he left the group. Leonte takes the time to notice Felix isn't in the group and says he was wise to leave. Kuro senses something strange in Leonte's words and demands he tells the truth.

Enraged, Leonte finally gives in. He tells them his backstory of how the Holy Legion took his lover and son away from him, as well as telling them the origin of his name. Surprised that Leonte both had people loving him and a reason to fight, Tillisa pleads with him to fight the Holy Legion again, saying that both his son and lover would want him to. After a while of thought, Leonte finally agrees to fight alongside them, but as long as they never call him a thief again, which the group promises to.

Once Rafnir asks about a new objective, Leonte tells them that they can check the Holy Legion's headquarters in the city. The group decides to go for it and head to it. Once inside, they head up the tower, noticing that resistance in the headquarters is strangely light. Once reaching the central control room, Leonte manages to hack the computer's system and find out the organization's next move. The Holy Legion's next plan is to eliminate the Nax Ragna, a powerful infused demibane, in order to take it's blood. When Renmaro asks about it, Rafnir tells him that an infusion demibane is a hume-bane or Sylphr-bane hybrid changing drastically, while an infused demibane is a demibane who fully transforms into a demonic creature with no control over their actions, though some become eidolons if they achieve full awareness of themselves. Renmaro tells the group that perhaps Felix left in order to find a cure for his infusion.

Tillisa tells the party that their new and most important goal so far is to protect the Nax Ragna and keep it out of Holy Legion hands. The most likely place for it be was the Giganuro Mountains, where the banesblood from the Great Kami War has saturated the air with immense energy. As the group heads for the mountains, Renmaro finally tells the group his backstory, saying that he is a emmisary from Agrehan, going on his quest to manhood to find a way to either make peace with the Cisherians or wipe them out. However, he tells everyone else that he will not give up on his friends and will help them find peace.

As the group reaches the mountain range, Kuro tells the others that she can sense multiple powerful auras, and one could be the Nax Ragna even though she cannot find her way through the energy fog. Tillisa advices they stay together and the group travels up the mountains, fighting many powerful bane along the way.

As they reach the vicinity of Mount Giganuro, the highest mountain of the range, they run into Felix, who is training. As they approach him, he warns them to stop or he'll cut them down. When Tillisa asks Felix why he really left he explains to them that the emotional damage from his defeat by Conrad was far too much for him. He realized that the only way he could defeat Conrad now was to accelerate his infusion by willingly absorbing more banesblood into himself, thereby making him a infused demibane powerful enough to crush Conrad, even if he will eventually lose his sanity.

Tillisa pleads with Felix to have him stop, but Felix says that his days of being weaker than his nemesis are over and even if he has to kill his former 'clients' to get to Conrad, he'll do it. The others join in to have Felix end his risky gamble, but Felix pushes them away, saying that they are nothing to him and he will prove it by slaying them all. The group is then forced to fight Felix in defense and to end his tactic. The group is able to defeat Felix and bring him to his knees. When Felix wonders why he has weakened, he glares at Tillisa and Renmaro and states that they're the ones who made him weak and rushes them. Tillisa casts a powerful spell in defense and Felix is engulfed in it. During the spellcasting, Tillisa's consciousness is somehow dragged into Felix's mind and the two pass out in a death-like state.

When Tillisa comes to, she finds herself in perpetual darkness and tries to leave, but to no avail. After a while of roaming in the dark, she finds a teenage boy kneeling alone. As she approaches him, she realizes it is Felix's younger self, Aranon. Aranon tells her that she is in Felix's subconsciousness. She, or more accurate her mental self, was dragged into Felix's mind by the immense power of the spell as well as having an emotional bond to him. Aranon states that he is a memory as well as Felix's mental self, the last defense standing between Felix's wounded mind and the influence of his banesblood.

Tillisa is then suddenly dragged through the darkness into a street similar to a street in Tian Debal, except that the buildings are covered in white flames and the sky is multicolored. Aranon guides Tillisa to a giant white knight and a similar sized purple and red demon, trying to pry a sword into each other's hands. Aranon tells Tillisa that that knight is his former pain and losses, trapped with his past, while the demon represents his anger and lust for revenge, trying to create a new consciousness for a terrible future. The sword lastly represents Felix's fate, to either which he will lose hope in himself and probably give up with his hume life, or he will be dragged into revenge fully and become a monster who only kills others. He begs with her to help him fight the demon and the knight, revealing that he represents Felix's past and his hopes, wanting to move forward and fight for peace and love but weaker than the two malicious spirits combined. Though they are merely parts of Felix's mind, they are powerful influences. Tillisa agrees to join Aranon's side and the two fight against the demon and knight, and the two prevail due to their teamwork and their enemies fighting each other.

Aranon takes the sword and thanks Tillisa for helping him, saying that he will never forget her face, reflecting what she told him four years earlier. He then takes the better parts of the demon and knight and purifies them. He then fuses with the demon and the knight, changing into a complete copy of Felix. The Felix copy opens his eyes, whisking Tillisa out of the subconscious realm.

Tillisa then comes to, looking at her companions as they begin to attack Felix. She protects the mercenary, saying that he isn't their enemy anymore. She explains her journey in Felix's subconsciousness and Rafnir and Kuro believes her, with Rafnir saying that the mind is always influenced by past actions and how one reacts to them. Felix then wakes up, standing up and facing away from them. He says that Felix "Violet-Eyes" Cross has died and will never return, but he has been reborn as Felix Schanzel Cross. He tells the others that he has to help the others take on Conrad and the Holy Legion and he will not let them fight alone. After asking to rejoin the resistance, Tillisa accepts Felix within the group.

With the group finally complete and on one side, Tillisa explains to Felix that they are traveling through the mountains to find the Nax Ragna and try to keep it out of Holy Legion hands. When Felix asks about their method, Tillisa admits that they don't have any, but they cannot let Conrad get his hands on it. Felix tells them that the Nax Ragna should be roaming around the Giganuro Rift, but they cannot go there without making a sound plan. Rafnir explains that they have a ways to go before they reach the Rift, so they can formulate a plan by then.

As they travel up Mount Giganuro, Rafnir tells everyone that there should be the ruins of a High Church temple on the mountain. Felix tells the group that the Giganuro Rift is where he started his life as a demibane, and perhaps he can finally redeem himself by saving the Nax Ragna. As they reach the temple, the group is pushed by an immense amount of demonic energy. Kuro explains her Czarbane heritage to Felix and says that she and him combined can weaken the barrier. This instantly triggers a memory in Felix's mind, indicating that Kuro was the Czarbane that gave him its blood.

Kuro is shocked when he tells her what happened to him before and apologizes to him for ruining his life by changing him. Felix tells her that she has no need to apologize, but he should be thanking her for saving his life. Kuro remembers what happened as well as tells him that she couldn't let him die, and he deserved a second chance at life, sensing that he would someday help someone else in return. Encouraged by their common blood, Felix and Kuro break through the energy fog.

Once the group travels through the temple, they find it decimated and seething with banesblood. Renmaro points out that perhaps the Nax Ragna killed the bane here for territory. As they proceed deeper into the temple, they reach a gigantic hole in the floor. When Leonte examines it, a huge dragon-like bane attacks him. Rafnir explains that the bane is the Nax Ragna and the group fights it, but fails to injure it. Enraged, the demibane shatters the floor of the temple and the group falls into the Rift below.

After waking up, the group find themselves at the bottom of the deep Rift. Nora explains that they could miles below the planet's surface. Felix tells them that he has been here before, and he knows the way out. However, Tillisa refuses to go until they can save the Nax Ragna. As the group travels through the abyss, they fight off many lesser bane as well as dead humes, sylphr, and czarbane reanimated by banesblood and the vast energy there.

At the end of the Rift, they find the Nax Ragna. To their surprise, the demibane speaks to them, stating that it knows why they came and even though it commends their actions, they are just prey to it. It also explains that many have fallen to it since it can remember. It finally says that it knows that Tillisa can summon eidolons and it is also an eidolon. If she, unlike the many summoners before her, can defeat it; it will give up its body to become magicite for her. If not, she and everyone else accompanying her will die. Tillisa accepts its wishes and the party fights it, and despite a long and hard battle, the Nax Ragna is finally defeated.

The Nax Ragna, amazed that a summoner like Tillisa was so powerful, praises the group for their strength. It says that it will keep its pact and become summoning magicite for Tillisa, stating that it will be an honor to help Tillisa fight against the Holy Legion. The eidolon then transforms into a magicite crystal, the Nax Prism. However, before Tillisa can claim it, S-Class Holy Knights attack the group and corners them. A Saint General steps towards them and thanks them for their duty of having the Nax Ragna give itself up. He says that banesblood is powerful, but eidolon magicite is far more powerful, containing all of its banesblood in a small volume. The Saint General takes the magicite from Tillisa and commands that the group is destroyed before teleporting away with his soldiers. Rafnir, using increased power from Tillisa, teleports the group out of the Rift as it is blown into pieces with blasts from the banesblood cannons of the Holy Legion air force.

Stopping Conrad
At the other edge of the Giganuro Mountains, Tillisa curses herself for falling into a Holy Legion trick. Leonte explains that he should've known about this since Du Khela. When Renmaro asks how could they have know, Felix finally explains that Conrad is also a demibane, but only by a small margin. With Conrad's immense hume power, Conrad could use his demibane senses to pinpoint where the Nax Ragna was. So, he was able to lure the party there with a false mission objective and have them defeat the Nax Ragna and recieve the spoils without a single Holy Legion casualty.

Tillisa soon figures out why Conrad wants the Nax Ragna's blood. She tells them that the Nax Ragna is centuries old, having knowledge of many things. The thing Conrad wants the most is not its power, but the energy and the casting power of the Void, the most powerful Black Magic or most powerful magic spell in general ever known. Conrad does not want the Nax Ragna's blood just to create soldiers, summonings, or even weapons. He wants it for himself to increase his power further. Tillisa tells the group that they have no choice but to go to Ir Nagus and infiltrate its Weapons and Magic Research Facility in order to stop Conrad from preforming a tranfusion process. When Felix states that a hume-operated transfusion is impossible; Rafnir stops him, saying that Conrad has created a synthesizing process to make banesblood easier to adjust to the human body as well as tranfuse by humes. Tillisa tells them that even though this is a suicide mission, they have to try to stop Conrad.

As the group prepares to cross the mountains again, Renmaro tells them that Ir Nagus is on the other side of Cishere and there is no way they'll make it in time. Nora tells them that there is a way and uses telepathy to contact Herron, who has somewhat recovered from his injures. Nora tells him that Tillisa needs him to use the brand new airship that was made in Reighstan for them, the White Rose. Herron heads over to the airship and races it to the group's location.

Once boarding the airship, Tillisa tells them that the Holy Legion will exert extreme control over the skies, so they have to land the airship a short distance from the barrier wall fortress of Ir Nagus, which is a short distance from the city itself. As the airship flies across the continent, Tillisa assembles the group at the deck and tells them that this could be their last stand together, knowing that Ir Nagus is a supercity devoted to militarism. Felix tells them that this isn't their last fight, as long as they stand together.

Once the group reaches the old highway leading to the wall fortress, Tillisa tells Herron to keep the airship there and away from enemy fire. the group then travels up the highway and toward the wall fortress. The party blasts their way in and manage to defeat even the S-Class Knights that oppose them. After a while, they reach the other side of the wall fortress when they are encountered by Talon, who has recovered since the battle in Reighstan.

Talon tells them that coming to Ir Nagus was a surprise, but now their days for resistance are finished. When Tillisa tells him what Conrad is planning to do, Talon pushes her words aside, saying that Conrad would never do something so heretic. Rafnir tells Talon that he was the exact same way, blindly following orders and believing in Conrad's words. Talon tells the ex-Knight that he is different from them and attacks the group. This time, the fight is less difficult and the Saint General is brought down.

Talon, still believing Conrad's words, tells the group that though they defeated him, they will not stand a chance against Conrad. Rafnir punches Talon, telling him to stop looking at Conrad as his superior and start looking at him as his friend. This causes Talon to think on Conrad's actions and finally change his view on his superior commander. He tells the group that he must stop Conrad at all costs, even if that means exile or death. When Tillisa offers to help him, Talon refuses it, saying that he must pay for his sins alone and it is best that they stay safe during their fight. He tells them that the Knights in this area are loyal to him, but the ones in Ir Nagus are more loyal to Conrad. He then teleports himself and his men to the city.

After a while, Tillisa decides to help Talon against his wishes. She says that Talon is too injured to fight alone, but with them on his side, fighting Conrad could result in victory. The group agrees and they leave the wall fortess, continuing their march to Ir Nagus, fighting off any Knight still loyal to Conrad.

Once they reach the city, the party sees that all of Ir Nagus is engulfed in civil war with Conrad as one commander and Talon as the other. Rafnir tells them that the Weapons and Magic Research Facility is near the center of town along with the Holy Legion Supreme Command Center. Felix tells them to keep their heads up and fight with all their might. The group races through the city and free many people along the way, including the captive citizens of Deigar and other prisoners of war.

Upon reaching Supreme Command, Rafnir explains that the Weapons and Magic Research Facility is connected to the Surpeme Command building. Upon entering the building, they are greeted with a horror: an S-Class Holy Knight who is now an advanced infusion demibane. After defeating the Knight, they race up the Supreme Command building, helping out Talon's soldiers and wiping out Conrad's.

Once entering the research facility, the group races to the synthesizing chambers, where the banesblood is being made for military use. Once inside, they spot Conrad and Talon fighting each other up above. Talon manages to hold his ground for a while, but Conrad eventually wears him out. Exclaiming that the Holy Legion is no longer honorable and Conrad is no longer a real leader, Talon plunges his blade into Conrad. However Conrad states that Talon is just a dog who had bit his master one time too many. He then mortally wounds Talon and tosses him to the floor below. Tillisa tries to heal him, but Talon states that is too late to save him.

Felix catches Conrad's attention and the Grand Lord jumps down below. He brands Felix, Tillisa, Rafnir, and Leonte traitors as well as Kuro and Nora filthy beasts who should have never appeared. He finally says to Renmaro that his home is next for conquest. Felix tells Conrad that this time, they will all fight together in order to defeat him. Conrad tells him that it is too late, for he has tranfused the Nax Ragna's blood into himself. He then states that after he finishes Felix and the group off, he will proceed to decimate all who stand in his way with the Void.

The group fights Conrad in an attempt to kill him before his infusion can start, but they can only critically injure him at best. Finally, when Conrad is at his weakest, his banesblood starts to reform his body's cells and he transforms into a red humanoid beast. Conrad states that he can feel a drastic increase in power, and for his first assessment of his power, he will wipe out all of his opponents with the Void. As he charges the spell, he erects a powerful ball of energy around him, stating that no one will left alive to tell the tale of this. Felix, feeling guilty for joining the group for the right purpose too late, races towards Conrad and uses his own banesblood to direct the spell to only himself, intending to have it take only his life. Conrad releases the spell as Felix attempts to slice through the energy sphere, triggering an explosion and blows the Supreme Command Center and the reseach facility apart as well as destroy a wide radius of the city.

After the explosion, Felix finds himself in an area filled with clouds. When he assumes he is dead, he is confronted by a spirit. The spirit reveals itself to be Rodrian Slevekar, Conrad's father and the Grand Lord before him. He states to Felix that he is now the Great Sage of Cishere, the spiritual guardian of the continent. When Felix asks if he is dead, Rodrian denies it, saying that he is merely in an advanced form of unconsciousness with the purpose of preparing Felix for his greatest task ever. He reveals that Conrad was the one who killed him in order to get more power to prepare in controlling the Void, also revealing how the spells works and its origins.

Rodrian tells Felix that the Gi'Nigatta isn't just some demonsword. It is actually the only sword in existance created by humes, Czarbane, and Sylphr together. Also, Felix getting it wasn't a coincidence. It was destined that Felix wield it and fight against the scourge that would eventually threaten the world, that scourge being Conrad. Rodrian tells him that in his heart as a father, Conrad will always be his loved son; but in spirit as a Sage, Conrad is becoming too much of a threat and he must be stopped by any means necessary. He tells Felix that Conrad is going to the Gates of the Heavens in order to transcend into the Interdimensional Rift to obtain the true power of the Void, but there is still time. He then proceeds to cure Felix's infusion, ceasing his transformation forever and enabling him to use his full potential. Rodrian tells Felix that he believes in him and his spirit will be with him in the sword. With this, Felix is brought back into consciousness.

When Felix comes to, he notices that he is still in Ir Nagus, though the area around him is in ruins. He then roams the debris and finds the others, relieved that they are all knocked out but alive. After the group regains their senses and gathers, Felix tells them what happened in his subconscious. Rafnir tells them that the Void is tremendously powerful, able to wipe out entire worlds. Nora adds that with that kind of power, Conrad would be unstoppable and unopposed. Tillisa tells the party that they have to go to the Gates of the Heavens and stop Conrad before he can reach the Void. Renmaro tells them where they can find it, for he heard of it many years ago. The Gates could be found on the Nigami-Turness Islands, equally southwest of Cishere and northwest of Agrehan, and the only way to get there is by airship. Nora then contacts Herron and asks him to pick the party up and head south. Felix notices that Talon isn't among them and asks Tillisa where he is. Tillisa tells him that she doesn't know, but he was alive when Conrad cast his spell, so he probably is still chasing Conrad.

After being picked up, the White Rose heads south toward the Saris Ocean. On the way there, Felix wonders how they survived the Void spell. Rafnir tells him perhaps his banesblood counteracted the spell, along with the Gi'Nigatta and Rodrian's intervention. Felix tells them that is Conrad casts another Void spell, they won't be so lucky. He adds that this time, Conrad has to die for it's the only way.

After a while, the airship reaches the Nigami-Turness Islands. However, a powerful magic barrier keeps the airship at bay. Kuro says that only hume magic can break this barrier and turns her attention to Tillisa, Renmaro, Rafnir, and Leonte. The four contentrate their magic to break the barrier, but to no avail. Felix tells Tillisa she must use the eidolons' help and tells her to ask them for their power. He then gives her the Nax Ragna's magicite (either that or it must be found in Ir Nagus), and Tillisa agrees. She then gathers the eidolon's magic and breaks the barrier on her own.

After the airship lands, Renmaro explains that the Gates of the Heavens are on the third of the three islands and they must tranverse all three in order to reach the ruins of the shrine which houses the Gates, according to an Agrehanite legend. The group travels through the islands, solving puzzles and defeating their guardians. On the third island, the group is split an each member must undergo their own mini-trial, facing off with a shadow form of themselves. After the trials are over, the party is reunited and the shrine is revealed.

Reaching the base of the shrine, they are greeted by Talon, who survived both Conrad's attack and the destruction of Ir Nagus. When Tillisa reaches towards him, the Saint General attacks her and is rescued by Rafnir. When Renmaro asks what's wrong with him, Talon apologizes and raises his weapon, saying that Conrad and Felix are no longer the only demibane. He then transforms into a giant creature and attacks the group. Kuro states that his aura is not negative, but nor is it positive. Felix explains that Talon has been suscepted to a transfusion while he was unconscious and Conrad has put the ultimate punishment on him, the Final Codex, forcing him to fight his own allies to the death. Rafnir tells the other that this is an uncurable curse and the only way it can be stopped is either killing its victim, or the victim killing his or her allies then dying. Tillisa tearfully tells the group that he has to be killed and they fight against him, wounding Talon severely.

After the fight, Talon becomes a hume again and Tillisa rushes to heal him, but Felix stops her. He says that he is too weak to go on and he won't live long, and if he heals him, he may have enough energy to attack again. Talon tells the party that though he was forced to fight them, he fought them in order to redeem himself. He had rather die by their hands than by Conrad's, thus ending his life with his dignity. He then apologizes to Felix for what he has done and asks him and Tillisa if he fought honorably, which they answer yes. Satisfied that his part has been done, Talon dies and vanishes in wisps of banesblood.

Enraged that Conrad would stoop low enough to use his own best friend for a distraction, Felix races up the shrine and the group follows him. At the shrine's summit, they witness Conrad gazing at the Gates, his infusion advaning at an alarming rate. He spots the others and is surprised that they gotten so far. Felix tells him that the war is over, for his top general is dead, his headquarters is destroyed, and his soldiers are very low in numbers. Conrad states that Talon dying was his intention, for he was a rebelious dog. He also has infused soldiers in a secret location, all under the curse of the Final Codex. He finally adds that Ir Nagus may be destroyed, but his Holy Legion remains unscathed and more powerful than ever. Tillisa tells them that if they kill him, the Holy Legion will fall forever now that all of Cishere is against them. Conrad tells the group that they are foolish for opposing them and fights them, with both sides equally matched.

After the battle, Conrad tells them that he may be wounded, but this battle is just beginning. He then uses a powerful spell to push the party off the summit of the shrine and uses the Void spell to open a portal in the Gates. Once he enters the portal, almost every Holy Legion weapon, infused Knight, and summon monster on Cishere vanishes. Felix races up the shrine to give chase, but is too late by a matter of seconds.

Tillisa is shocked and disappointed at what happened, saying that the war is lost. Felix tells her not to give up, for they can still fight. When Renmaro asks what happened to Conrad, Felix explains that he went toward the Interdimensional Rift, where the true power of the Void is. Kuro examines the Gates and says that only a Void spell can open the gates, thus they cannot enter. Tillisa tells them that they must return to Tian Debal, for Conrad is mobilizing for war by using the Void and they must strengthen their defenses. Felix tells the group they will think of a way to reach Conrad.

Battle of Cishere
Upon arriving in Tian Debal, a shocking thing occurs. Gigantic rips tear into the skies above and bane pour from them. Then, Conrad's voice appears, saying that this is the first wave of the Battle of Cishere, the final battle of the war. He tells the entire continent that he has mastered control of the Void and he can use it for more than destruction. After he is done with Cishere, he will attack the other continents of the world, and soon he will be the god of the planet, holding death itself in his hands. Leonte tells the group that with the Void's true potential, Conrad is already the god of the planet. Felix tells him that he is still a demibane and he can be stopped. Tillisa is then called into a telecommunicated meeting with the leaders of Nucarrio, Genjavu, and even the current leader of Reighstan, as well as the leaders of other Cisherian nations.

They all tell her that the Holy Legion is officially no more and Conrad is no more than a supernatural dictator. They tell her that they will join forces with Viensies and combat the Holy Legion in one last battle. Tillisa gives surpreme command of the fighting forces to the leader of Reighstan, saying they were was the first city to resist the Holy Legion, so they should represent the United Party of Cisherian Peace. When the leader of Nucarrio asks about her, Tillisa says that she will fighting Conrad head on in the Rift. She tells the armies of Cishere to mobilize and set up defenses around their capital and major cities.

Once the meeting is over, Nora comes with with Herron, who says that they can use one of those rips in the sky to reach the Interdimensional Rift, but they need a way to protect the airship from their destructive magic. Tillisa tells them that they use their magic, combined with Felix and Kuro's banesblood, and the magic of the eidolons. Herron tells her that her method could work and says that it will take a week to make the White Rose magic compatible. Tillisa tells the group that the armies of Cishere has to hold out at least until then.

Once the week passes, Tillisa sees that the resistance is holding out, but their opposition is growing steadily. Herron tells her that the airship is ready and the group boards it. The airship targets a rip Tillisa pinpoints and flies towards it, shooting at any bane that get in the way. A dragon-like bane manages to get on the ship, but the group manages to kill it. The airship enters the rip and is bombarded by magic. Tillisa prays to the eidolons for strength and the group charges their energy into her, enabling her to create a barrier to lessen the rip's magic.

The group then enters an entirely new world, where the sky is red and grey. Rafnir explains that this is a part of the world that was consumed by the Void thousands of years ago when the Void was sealed in the Rift. The airship lands and the group spots a gigantic rip on the far side of small world. Tillisa tells Herron to head back to Tian Debal where it's safe, but the pilot refuses, saying that he is going to fight as well here. Tillisa commends him for his faith in them and tells the group that they are going to that rip, which the Core of the Void, where the spell is being kept. When Rafnir asks how does she know, Tillisa says that she can feel the Void's magic.

The group then travels through the Rift to get to the Core of the Void. First, they travel an ancient highway infested with demonic swords. Then, they enter an old city, probably the very city that was a site during the Kamibane War. There, they fight a gigantic bane under the curse of the Final Codex. Afterwards, they travel through a huge temple where infused Holy Knights have set up a stronghold. Next, they travel underground, where the lava is actually pure banesblood and Void material. Then, they travel up into the sky using dead Void material as steps. Here, they fight an infused Knight whom fused with the guarding the Core of the Void to make a superdemon. Then, the group travels through the Core of the Void itself, fighting infused Knights and the most powerful bane ever known.

Once reaching the inside of the core, the group finds Conrad, who has mastered the Void's power. He tells them that they were better off fighting his forces on Cishere or somewhere else in the Rift. Tillisa tells him that his reign and control over their world is over. Conrad laughs and tells them that if he wanted to, he could crush entire planet in one move, but he found entertainment in watching people die in a futile struggle against unlimited enemies. Nora tells him that he is insane for using unhonorable methods and resources and Renmaro adds that these people are fighting for freedom and the right to live. Leonte says that the Holy Legion has taken too many lives for the wrong cause. Rafnir adds that he is now using the very soldiers who looked up to him as mere disposable weapons. Kuro states that if it weren't for him, many people wouldn't have suffered. Felix concludes it all by saying that they will change it all today by finally crushing him and ending the legacy of the Holy Legion of Cishere. Conrad tells them that they are all wrong and he will prove it by killing them. The group fights Conrad, and he pushed back, being kicked over the ledge of the Core by Felix into active Void material.

However, this strengthens Conrad, and he changes violently into an angel-like demon. He says that this is his true power and form, a super-eidolon, a god. Felix states that the only thing he is now is a full-fledged demonic bane and his short rule is coming to an end. Enraged, Conrad then takes on the entire group one final time, even using the true power of the Void. However, enpowered by each other, the party manages to take Conrad down once and for all.

After the battle, Kuro sees that the Battle of Cishere is in a way over and no more bane are being released from the Rift. However, whatever bane left are now berserk and attacking everything in sight. Tillisa explains that they should head back to Tian Debal and fight the bane there first. Nora calls for the airship and the party begin to race to it when it's there, racing for the entrance. They then suddenly attacked by Conrad, who is critically wounded, but still alive. Conrad uses a worldwide Void spell capable of erasing the entire planet. When everyone begins to fight Conrad, Felix stops them, saying that he will fight Conrad alone. He says that they better board the airship and go to protect Tian Debal. When Tillisa tries to object, Felix stops her again, also saying that he and Conrad were destined to fight alone, and when he wins they can come back for him. Afterwards, he hugs Tillisa, ginuinely thanking her, kissing her on the cheek and giving her a 1 Credit coin, joking with her to pay him when he comes back. Felix then jumps off the airship and attacks Conrad, knocking him off guard. He tells him that he never knew that they were destined to fight, and now he understands why he has become and demibane and what he's been though.

Meanwhile, the White Rose lands in Tian Debal, the group races to protect the city infested with bane. The group manages to ward off some of the bane, but Renmaro notices the rips in the sky getting larger and more violent. Rafnir explains that the longer it takes Felix to take down Conrad, the less time the world has to exist. They then face off with the very same kind of guardian beast that was guarding the Core of the Void along with other bane.

Back in the Core of the Void, Felix and Conrad battle viciously to determine the fate of the world. Despite Conrad's severe weakness, the Grand Lord fights with all his might. Conrad tells Felix that his father always knew he would be determined for greatness, and becoming a god is the highest thing anyone could dream to be. Felix tells him that he was never a god, but he was a great man, until he turned his back on the people of Cishere. The two then clash again and Conrad tells him that as long as he controls the Void, there is no one able to stop him. Felix tells him there is a person that can stop him; he can. The two then race toward each other and slash one another. Felix's right arm is cut and he loses all feeling in it, dropping his sword. Conrad is cut deeply in the torse, but is unaffected. When Conrad approaches him and is about to finish him off, Felix uses all his demonic energy to direct his magic into the Void, making it race into Conrad's wounds, mostly his torso. This causes a violent reaction in Conrad's body, lifting him up and making him burst into wisps of banesblood and an large explosion of Void material, ending Conrad's reign permanently.

Before Felix can celebrate however, the Void starts to malfunction and it begins swallowing itself and all around it. Felix races towards the entrance of the Void, hoping to jump through the rip and survive the trip home. Behind him, the Void eats away at everything, absorbing all matter. Felix reaches the entrance, but he collapses from blood loss and fatigue. In his mind, he thanks everyone who helped him during the events of the game, including Isor, Benegal, Herron, and even the Nax Ragna, but especially his friends. He then thinks of Tillisa and tells her that he will make it home one way or another, saying that he actually grew close to her. He then uses one last burst of energy to jump into the entrance, but the Void catches up with him and swallows the entrance along with himself.

Back in Cishere, the rips in the sky close and the world is safe from the Void and Conrad. While they know that Conrad is finally dead, they are shocked that Felix hasn't made it back. When Tillisa asks Kuro if she can sense him, she sadly replies that she can't. The group then concludes that Felix died in the Interdimensional Rift after killing Conrad. Tillisa looks at the coin and starts to cry, saddened that they have lost a good friend, but happy that he did what he had to do to ensure other generations could live peacefully. Later, at a meeting at the church palace with the city's citizens, Tillisa declares the war with the Holy Legion finally over. She says to look upon the sacrifices that many have made during this long conflict, but remember them for what they did to ensure peace and not that they died during times of war.

Epilogue
Three months had passed since the final battle in the Interdimensional Rift. Tillisa writes in a letter that though everyone vowed to stay together, their goals and dreams had to make them go their seperate ways. Kuro has left Cishere and headed west to uncover her past. Nora has returned to Genjavu to propose negotions with her race as a peace representative. Leonte headed to cities all over Cishere to help with reconstruction, then to Nucarrio to look for his son. Renmaro also left Cishere to head back home to Agrehan to report that the times of tension between the two continents can now end. Rafnir has become a Church Palace guard and hopes to one day remake a Holy Legion which would be honorable. Finally, Tillisa herself is enjoying her job as High Priestess, now free to go wherever she wants during easy times. However, Felix is still missing and is presumed dead. However, Tillisa and the others know that he is out there, looking out for them and will reunite with them someday. After finishing the note, Tillisa creates a magical breeze and lets the letter fly out of the window and into the open world, able to be undisturbed by anyone. The credits then roll and the screen fades to black as the letter heads towards the open sea.