Earning our JRPG black belt - Let's Play Legend of Legaia!

That is cool stuff. What game are you TASing?

Yep! We should run into more of them soon, if I remember correctly.

I don't think I've mentioned it yet, (though maybe I have; I've been doing this for a while, after all) but you guys are right; it's not a coincidence. I had actually typed up a long-winded spiel about it a month or so ago, but left it out of here because I thought it was too, well, long. To put it shortly, my username is a reference to the Soren in the game, as well as these gentlemen (and the games they're in, as well).

Seriously, all that stuff is great. I probably would never have known about any of it if you hadn't posted in here; thank you for doing so! =D

I wish to know this as well!

I thought Legend of Legaia WAS the game he was TASing...

I'm mostly TASing NetHack. (Helping with the Legaia TAS is a side-project.) It's been going for over a year now; we're busy testing increasingly crazy strategies to get the ascension run as fast as possible.

I'm curious--how long is a TAS for a game like Legend of Legaia expected to run? For a 50 hour game, is a good speedrun 20 hours?

And I'm caught up! And I didn't remember most of the time-travel events or the fight with Rogue, so I'm now waiting with bated breath to see how we get to the stuff I _do_ remember!

For comparison, FF8 is the longest recorded speed run, clocking in at 8 hours. Speed runners usually don't bother with RPGs unless there is some way to break the game in a way that dramatically shortens game length. For instance, FF8 has obvious exploits, FF6 has Setzer's Slot command and Dragon Warrior uses the Sleep spell to permalock the final boss. It also really, really helps if there's a way around random encounters.

(edit) Actual human players have beaten NetHack in just over 2000 turns and within two minutes (see, for example, this ttyrec). I can only imagine what a TAS could come up with

Who's ready to raid a fortress and take down the last Mist Generator? I know I am!

Chapter 31: Jette's Absolute Fortress



♪♪The Misty Capital♪♪

Before we head back to the present, what do you say we have another chat with the townspeople? It'll be neat to see the differences in what they say in the past and present. Not to mention that this will be the last time we can talk to Zeto, Dohati, Zora, and the Delilases, what with them being dead in the present and all.

In the castle
Guard: Did you meet with the Queen? {No, but that's a good idea now that you mention it.} She should be in the back room. Why don't you go see her?
Guard: The Queen is beyond this point. You may pass.
King Nebular: Ruby... You there. Your name is Ruby, right? A nice name...
Guard: After the Mist, a strange type of Seru was invented below here, they say.
Guard: Prince Cort is in the underground laboratory.
Guard: Hey, look at this! It's a Seru that appeared after the Mist disappeared. But it doesn't look wearable, and I can't tell if it's dead or alive. Where on earth did this Seru come from?
Guard: Prince Cort has done a terrible thing!
Guard: Some day I might turn into a Seru monster and harm someone...
Guard: It's not our fault. It's the Mist. It's all the Mist's fault!
Guard: You may pass. {Oh? We'll check out the underground lab in a minute.}

In the side-rooms
Zeto: How can he stop research on the Mist so suddenly? The King is too stubborn. Many must sacrifice their lives for victory in war.
Dohati: If only the King would retire soon...
Zora: Ah-ha, so you pilfered the Nemesis Gem from the King, did you? You did well! Ha, ha, ha!
Che Delilas: Hmmf. Commoners like you shouldn't meddle in affairs like these.
Lu Delilas: Those Seru are the only reason you've come this far. I want a Seru that's even more powerful than yours!
Gi Delilas: I hear that you use incredible fighting techniques. I must fight you some day. {Heh.}
Guard: The Absolute Fortress has a mighty gate full of Seru energy. It's called the "Gate of Hell"!
Woman: I'm so glad the Queen is safe. She's pregnant, and I was so worried about her.
Guard: Construction of the Absolute Fortress is finally under way. I hear Jette is in charge.
Woman: Prince Cort is still locked up in the laboratory.
Woman: You said it. It's because of this long war that they make new weapons like the Mist.
Servant: The Mist turned him right into a monster. He killed many people. When the Mist goes away and he hears what he did... Ah, poor devil.
Servant: F-Forgive me! I didn't know I had to kill people. I can't do that! {Poor guy...}



What the- the clam shell! Someone must have brought it in after we took care of Rogue's Tower. Just knowing that this thing will eventually cover the city is giving me chills...

Anyway, let's check out the underground lab before we go see Minea.



Jette: You destroyed the Rogue's Tower. Now all my efforts have come down to nothing.



Cort: For that, I thank you. But your Seru... *turns* Get out of here! You're disturbing my research. And those Seru... Get those disgusting Seru out of my sight at once! That's an order! {Alright, alright, geez.}

Let's go see the Queen; maybe she has something to say to us.



Fancy.

Woman: These stairs lead to the roof.
Woman: The Queen is on the roof. {Right...}



*Minea turns to face the party.*
Queen Minea: Blue, Ruby, Umber, thank you very much. Thanks to you, my unborn child is safe and sound.
*The music fades.*



♪♪Melody of Memories♪♪

*Ruby takes a hesitant step forward; Umber moves to block her.*
Umber: Ruby, no! Don't!
Terra: Ruby, have you forgotten?
Ruby: But Terra! That's my mother! My mother!
Terra: You must never say who you are or what will happen in the future. If you do, you will just create chaos that will benefit the Mist and its allies.
Ruby: *crouches* But...
Terra: Ruby, now that you are grown, you must understand. Correct?
Ruby: Chaos? Benefit the Mist's allies?



Queen Minea: To whom do you speak?
Umber: Pardon me, your majesty. Ruby says that you look just like her mother.
Queen Minea: Oh, I see! Ruby, I hope to have a daughter like you. I'll give you this, so that you may always remember me.



Queen Minea: *pause* Actually, I was here praying for my son, Cort. Cort has changed completely. He has always been zealous about his research, but... Since becoming involved in the Mist, he seems like a completely different person.



Queen Minea: Please, if something happens to Cort, you must save him. You can save Cort. I'm sure of it.

We'll do our best, Your Majesty. To those of you wondering what Minea's Ring does...



♪♪The Misty Capital♪♪

It's a much stronger version of the Life Ring. With this on, Ruby has more HP than Umber, even though they're at the same level. It's pretty great!

In any case, we'll visit the town again before going back to the present.



Damn, they cleared out the pod-thing pretty fast.

Walking around town
Old man: I'm fed up with that Mist!
Seru-wearing man: I hear you're the ones who stopped the Mist! You guys are really something!
Green-haired woman: I'm so glad the King and Queen are safe.

In the shops and houses
Scientist: The Doctor says he now knows firsthand the horrors of the Mist.
Dr Usha: The Mist... What a frightful experience I've had with that! After our conversation, I'll return to my laboratory and do some research.
Man: You guys destroyed Rogue's Tower, right? {Yep.} Well then, we're safe. That means the source of the Mist is gone now. No more Mist forever.
Old woman: Grandpa didn't run away fast enough, and died in the Mist.
Green-haired woman: My father-in-law was a very good person.
Bartender: Oh, I'm sorry. With everything that's happening, we're closed today.
Seru-wearing man: *shaking*
Seru-wearing man: There's no way I'm getting rid of my Seru now.
Boy: But I don't want a Seru! I'm scared of them!
Florist: I heard that the festivities for the new weapon were cancelled, of course.
Man: My wife was killed by a Seru monster.
Girl: Mommy... {Ah, man...}

In the Biron dojo
♪♪We Are the Bairon Militan Priests♪♪
Monk: Sir! A lot of people are joining us out of fear of the Seru.
Monk: Sir! Now put your backs into it! One, two, three...
Monk: Sir! The teachings of Biron were correct in forbidding the use of Seru.
Monk: Sir! When the war ends, I hope to visit the head monastery of Biron.



Wow, really? Hell yes.

There's one last thing to take care of before we go...



And that's buying Blue and Umber new weapons! The Chaos Breaker for Blue is an especially large ATK boost; I don't think I've upgraded his weapon since... way back in Octam, I think. It's been a while, anyway.



Just in case anyone was wondering, you can't go out and visit other towns while in the past. Bit of a bummer, really. But enough about that; it's time we returned to the present.

Yeah - there's nothing else for us here, and we need to be getting back, anyway.

*Blue nods.*
Umber: Good.







*Ruby turns to face the doorway.*
Umber: Ruby, what's wrong?
Ruby: Cort is my older brother.
Umber: *pause* Let's go back to the future, Ruby. Your parents are waiting for you.
Ruby: *nods* O-Okay. You're right... Let's go back to the future.
*Ruby walks through the mirror; Blue and Umber nod to each other and follow her.*





Jette: You will require a device of some size.
Cort: I don't care! We'll build a Mist Generator in the Absolute Fortress!



Zora: Ratayu has giant Seru and the legend of Juggernaut...
Cort: Mist technology and Juggernaut... What an interesting combination!
Zora: Prince Cort, there is no end to your dreams! Ha, ha, ha!
Cort: Ha, ha, ha! Listen well. This is an order. An O-R-D-E-R.







Oh god... it's kind of horrible knowing that we saved Conkram only to have it ruined by the Mist anyway.



Well, we're back... let's see how Ruby's parents are doing before heading to the Absolute Fortress.



♪♪Noa's Dreams♪♪

Queen Minea: And he's your brother. After that incident, two Seru remained in Conkram. One was transformed into the Sim-Seru, which fed on the Mist and engulfed Conkram. The other Seru... may be a fragment of an evil Rogue. That Seru can give humans incredible knowledge.



Queen Minea: With Ra-Seru and Ra-Seru Eggs, he created a Mist Generator and the Sim-Seru. He learned to create Sim-Seru to provide him with the power to achieve his ambitions. By the time we realized what Cort was doing, it was already too late. We feel so responsible...



Ruby: I'm going to shut down the Mist Generator in the Absolute Fortress for good! After that, you won't have to be alone anymore, Mother!
Queen Minea: Ruby, I love you.
Ruby: *nods* Love... Yes, love. I know about love. Mother, don't give up!

Hopefully she can hold out a little longer... let's go see how Nebular is doing.



♪♪The Quiet Destruction♪♪

King Nebular: Please, Ruby. Destroy the Mist Generator! Do it for us... for the whole world!

Don't worry, we will. It's time we headed that way, anyway.

♪♪Brand of the Holy Knuckles (Mist version)♪♪

There are a few new enemies on the way. Of them, the Gold Bison is the least troublesome; the Scale Lizard has a lot of HP and not much else; the Dark Ogre has both high HP and defense and can increase its attack power; and the Heavy Grude can buff its AGI (and has high HP, of course). It's a good thing that the Absolute Fortress is so close to Conkram, or these things might pose more of a problem than they do now.

Oh, while we're here, I can show off all those spells we got.

Puera can't instantly kill enemies, but that is still a hell of a lot of damage. It's expensive to use (at 110 MP), but if you ever wanna just kill everything in a battle, this is the spell to use. It also has a unique magic effect at higher levels, in that it drains enemies' MP. Which is admittedly rather situationally useful, but it's pretty cool nonetheless.





















I'm pretty sure that Barra is the most powerful single-target spell we have now, definitely so in the hands of Ruby. Could come in handy during a boss fight. At 85 MP, it's even kind of cheap for how powerful it is; for thirteen more MP than Kemaro we get almost a thousand more points of damage. Like the other Wind Seru, it'll even lower an enemy's SPD at higher levels, assuming it actually survives being dropped out of the sky.

And last but not least...

For slightly less MP than Puera, Slippery deals slightly less damage than it. It shares other Water Seru's AGL-lowering effects at higher levels, assuming they live through the attack, but if you've been training your attack magic you might just want to use a less-expensive-to-cast Water Seru, like Freed.

We're not quite done yet - Umber's Spirited action bar is finally high enough to let him use his final Super Art, and his Miracle Art as well. How's about we learn them both?











Used by combining Back Punch, Guillotine, and Neo Raising, Neo Static Raising is pretty damn powerful - it's almost, but not quite as long as Super Tempest, and deals around the same damage. Ending in a leaping uppercut just makes it better.



This is it - the final Art we'll be learning in the LP.

Used by inputting → → ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ← ← with 99 AP (or 49 if Umber is wearing the Mettle Gem), Biron Rage is Umber's strongest Art, and is guaranteed to drop pretty much any non-boss we've run into up to this point. It kinda bums me out that it doesn't end in a unique attack, though - how cool would it have been to have Umber punch the ground and send a shock-wave through the area, like in the opening movie? Ah, well, it's still pretty awesome.

Right, now we're done showin' stuff off. We'll just head back to the Soren camp for quick healing (and buy a few Magic Fruits while we're there), then warp back here and make the short walk to the Fortress.



♪♪Barren Fields of Mist♪♪

Wow, this place is kinda huge.



♪♪Another Misty Nest♪♪

Uh... make that really huge.



Ruby: If we destroy the Mist Generator here, then Conkram will be free.
Umber: Ruby, the Nemesis Gem from your parents! Throw it towards the Gate of Hell!
Ruby: *nods* OK!
*Ruby runs toward the gate.













Damn. O_O

Ruby: *nods* Now we can go inside. Once we destroy the Mist Generator, Conkram will be free! Then my mother and father will...
Umber: Alright, listen! This is the last Mist Generator! Let's not get careless!
*Everyone nods.*



Let's rock!

This first area is pretty large and barren - nothin' much but the rock walls.



New enemy! The Barra Lv2 is kind of nasty, because it has a new attack:



And it hurts a lot! You should probably prioritize taking it out first if you run into one.



Moving on, we come to a side-path towards the end of the area. You'll want to take it...



To get this. It has the same effect as Minea's Ring, so if you feel someone needs it, go ahead and equip it.



I'll just use this and be on my way. Edit: Turns out you can drink from this spring to fully heal your party. My apologies for the misinformation! ^^;



Ominous!





You can take that side-path if you want, but it doesn't lead to any items and goes the same way as the main path anyways.



New enemy entirely! This is the last regular Seru, and looks kinda like a Viguro on steroids. Their combo attacks can reach up to seven hits (though each hit isn't much to worry about individually), so take them out quickly if you can.



...What the hell is that?



*Ruby steps to the edge of the lake and kneels down to look at it.*
Ruby: Wow! Amazing! It looks like a lake made of Mist! *looks up* Hey, what's that? What is that?





♪♪Buma in the Mist♪♪

Ruby: That means we have to climb up from here!
Umber: *crosses arms* Either way, we have to go around the lake of Mist.
Ruby: Blue, I can't wait to destroy that Mist Generator!
*Blue nods; the music goes back to "Another Misty Nest".*

Left is the way forward here, but we'll want to head right first.

Doing so nets us another Rainbow Jewel.





It's hard to screenshot because they flicker so fast, but pillars of red and green light appear in the lake of Mist every few seconds. Kinda strange...







A short cave later...



*Ruby runs over to the edge of the cliff to get a closer look; as she does, part of it collapses, and she barely manages to jump back in time.*



*Blue and Umber walk over and look down.*
Umber: Ruby, don't get carried away! Careful, or you'll get hurt!
*Suddenly, a monster's roar is heard in the distance, and the music fades.*













*The monster roars again as the camera switches back to Blue and co.*
Umber: Blue! That voice...
Ruby: It's J-Juggernaut!
*Juggernaut roars once more, shaking the cliff slightly.*
Ruby: It's Juggernaut! Juggernaut is below us!
*The party runs back to the cliff wall.*



Ruby: *smiles* That must have been Juggernaut tossing in his sleep.
Umber: I guess so. Anyway, let's hurry. We can't afford to waste time.
*Blue nods, and the party runs into the next cave passage.*

♪♪Another Misty Nest♪♪

Okay, so apparently this place is growing another Juggernaut. At least, that's what it seems like; the one in the lake of Mist is too fleshy-looking to be the same as the one we've encountered. Let's get a move on; that Mist Generator isn't going to destroy itself.



Oh, I found out Giliums like to do this occasionally.









It's certainly impressive, I'll give them that. And it somehow does less damage than Multi Cutter!





Anyway, going down the path leads to this side-door.



Going in it leads to a new weapon for Ruby; her ATK is almost 400 now.





Heading out of the cave leads to these block-things. We'll be messing with those shortly.



Inside the doorway are some staircases, along with another door.



We'll take the southern staircases first; it doesn't matter which one, since they lead to the same place.





The block-thing takes us across the gap to a third Wonder Amulet. That's one for every character now, if we cared to equip them.

There's a new enemy in this area, as well as an older one. The Slippery Lv2 is definitely the worse of the two...









Remember when Zeto used this attack? Yeah, it still hurts a lot.



Hooray!



Now we'll head through this door.





Another one, huh? Oh, I figured out what the Unholy Icon does: as long as a character wears it, enemy blocks won't work entirely - they'll instead take reduced damage. It's not much, but a little each turn could add up to a lot over time, assuming an enemy survives that long.



Time to head through this door.



Hmm... We'll find out what these switches control in a minute; for now we'll take that path to the right seen below us.



Yoink!



Sure.



Ah, so that's what it does. Let's go back and take that block.



Sweet! Umber now has the highest ATK stat of the party.

Before you do this, it'd be wise to heal your party and save your game.



Right, now we can move on.







♪♪Evil Seru♪♪

I am Jette, apostle of the Mist! This is my castle. Keep your hands off that machine!
*Jette throws the top switch.*



Jette: Well, well. What a brave girl you are. It's too bad. If Juggernaut were not soundly sleeping in order to replenish his Mist elixir... He would silence you for all eternity with just one blow.
*Jette descends a few steps.*
Ruby: Ooh...
Jette: Wait a minute... Now I remember. At Conkram.



In a rather ridiculous pose, no less! This guy must mean business.

Jette: *straightens* I believe this is our second meeting.
*Jette leaps into the air.*





Ruby: Cort? Cort is my older brother.
Umber: What's the matter with you? Have you forgotten what the Mist caused that day?
*The group rushes forward.*





*Jette reappears to the right of the party.*
Jette: Horrible Mist? Ha, ha, ha! The Mist is not horrible... It is divine! When a true ruler controls the Mist, humans will evolve. That is why Mist Generators are made.
*Jette disappears again; Blue and co. each look in different directions.*
Jette: This Mist Generator is far more powerful than the prototype you have seen.
*Jette reappears near Ruby.*
Jette: With the power of the Mist, we have enhanced Seru, and have created Sim-Seru.



Oh crap, he can clone himself!

*The two Jettes disappear.*
Jette: With the powerful Sim-Seru created at Conkram, we are making an even thicker Mist.



Jette: With this power, I shall now destroy you all.





Boss Battle 17: Jette
♪♪Disciples of the Mist♪♪

Jette is a unique boss in a couple different ways.

The first and most important difference between him and other bosses is that his attacks completely ignore Spirit. That's right, for the first (and only, I might add) time in the game, Spirit isn't going to do anything to help absorb damage, aside from the added chance to block.





He's really fast, too; if Umber didn't have the Speed Chain equipped, Jette would definitely get a turn before everyone else. On top of that, his combos are pretty long; I've seen him go up to nine hits once or twice, and five is the minimum he usually goes for. Due to all this nonsense, it's pretty important to keep your HP pretty high, especially in preparation for his hit-all attack.

















If you manage to block Shadow Break, it'll only deal around 350 damage or so. Unblocked? We're looking at somewhere around eleven to twelve hundred. The good news is that, like Zora before him, Jette will use Shadow Break every other turn (or sometimes not just to screw with you, also like Zora).

Thanks to his somewhat definite pattern, you should be able to block Shadow Break as long as you pay attention to what Jette is doing. But the fight isn't quite so simple as that; you see...









That cloning trick in the cutscene wasn't just for show; Jette can and will clone himself at random. This isn't as bad as it sounds, though, for one simple reason:



A Jette clone can do precisely jack to harm you.





They also only have enough HP to take a character's third Hyper Art to the face before keeling over, so they won't be around long.







The real purpose of the Jette clones is to distract you from attacking the real thing. Because of this, it's really important to pay attention to where the real Jette is at all times, so you can keep piling on the damage while the clones tap you ineffectually.





If you want, you can delegate someone to clone-killing duty; this will make keeping track of the real Jette easier, as well as leave your other characters free to beat the crap out of him.

You'll need to give him everything you've got; Jette has almost 35,000 HP, so you'll want to end the fight as quickly as you can. You only have so many resources, after all.













As always, you'll know you're close when you start knocking Jette down. Something I couldn't quite screenshot is that Jette's block animation is quite strange; he breaks his body into pieces and quickly reforms it. You'll see what I mean in the video.









Just keep your cool and pay attention to what Jette is doing, and you'll succeed.



♪♪Evil Seru♪♪

Jette: I see your future! I see... a bleack future for you all! Ha, ha, ha, ha! Yours is a future of eternal despair. A dark wilderness!

♪♪Another Misty Nest♪♪

Umber's right - we've got to hurry and get to the Mist Generator as soon as we can. We'll do that later, however; I'm stopping the update here, so we can take on the other half of the Fortress next time.

Next time: Hopefully reaching the Mist Generator!

What is special about that run? When I quit watching it was over 3000 turns and certainly not fast. I would love to see a 2-minute run. How is that even possible? You can't get through one dlvl in 2 minutes.

Haha wow, I'm dumb. That wasn't a two-minute run, that was a two hour run.

Anyway, this one is 2185. (Reader's digest: he stumbled on the bones floor of a pudding farmer.) TAS can't use bones files, but it can manipulate. To what degree you can manipulate is really going to determine the speed of the run.

Jette may be the most annoying boss in the game.

And he has the chance to be even more annoying...

You'd expect on the order of 10 hours for a PS1-era JRPG; I'm not sure if Legaia will be more or less than that. (A significant proportion will generally be cutscenes.)

Meanwhile, Mogri's NetHack speedrunning data is out of date; the current realtime record is 1 hour 3 minutes, and the current gametime records are 2135 with stuffed bones, and 2596 turns with no bones. (I strongly recommend watching the ttyrec for the realtime and no-bones gametime runs, if you like NetHack; you can use Jettyplay to watch ttyrecs (fun fact: I originally developed it specifically for the purpose of allowing Talking Time readers to watch NetHack games)).

And that 2185 run wasn't exactly "stumbling on" the bones of a pudding farmer; someone mentioned in #nethack that a pudding farmer had died and probably left bones, and nht actively went and sought the bones out. The life of a speedrunner…

This update is another huge one. How do you guys feel about that, by the way? I'm slightly worried I might be driving people away with how long these updates have been lately. Let me know if I could change something about how I'm presenting the events in this game to make it better-looking!

Chapter 32: Cort, Prince of the Mist



♪♪Another Misty Nest♪♪

Now that Jette has been defeated, we can get a move on.









I hope you'll get used to these cave passages - we'll be going through a fair few of them in this update.





That pipe is huge... it must run to the Mist Generator at the top.









As you might have guessed, the second half of the Fortress is all about steadily climbing to the top.



The pipe-structure turns transparent while you're walking past it, so you don't have to worry about seeing where you're going.







Moving on...

Just how high up are we, I wonder? At this rate it'll take quite a while to get back to the entrace once we destroy the Mist Generator...



It's around here that Iosa Lv2's show up. They don't last very long, but they do have a pretty annoying attack:







It works pretty often, too! Kind of annoying.





Ah, a fork. We'll want to head to the right first.





Another one of these, huh? Eh, I'll probably just sell it again.



Ah, Puera Lv2's. Their Death Game attack is slightly more worrisome, since there's a higher chance for "X Character Dies" cards to show up, and lower chances for friendly cards; hell, "Both Recover HP" cards might not show up at all.



Rockin'.





At least we're making progress.

Let's hope this elevator leads to the top of this place; all this climbing is making me dizzy.









Wherever we are, I think we're close to the Mist Generator. We'll have to press onward to find out for sure.



But first, we'll snag this from behind the elevator. There's one more we can get, but that won't be for a while.









Wow, this place got pretty fancy all of a sudden.



Who wants to bet the Mist Generator is through that door?



Only one way to find out.

We'd better be prepared - there's no telling who or what might be guarding the Mist Generator.







What the- holographic monitors? Not even the other Mist Generators had something this high-tech.



But that's not important. We came here to destroy this thing, and we aren't leaving until it's a smoking husk.

*Blue nods.*
Meta: We've got to work together. Attack!
*The party turn to each other and nod as one, then turn back to face the Mist Generator.*



*Suddenly, the screen briefly flashes, and the music fades.*



*There is another flash.*





*Blue and Umber stop concentrating and turn to Ruby.*
Umber: *kneels* Ruby, what happened?
*Blue kneels as well.*
Ruby: My head hurts! Oohh!
Umber: Hang in there, Ruby!
*Ruby collapses and begins squirming on the ground.*
Ruby: Aarrggh!



Ruby: Get out of my head!



♪♪The Young Nobleman of the Mist♪♪ (For best effect, keep looping the first 59 seconds for now.)



Cort: My dear sister...
Ruby: Who are you?
Umber: Ruby! Are you alright?
*Ruby stops squirming and gets up.*
Ruby: It stopped hurting.

Umber: C-Cort?



Cort: Ruby, I didn't know it was you. Who would have thought I was your brother!
Ruby: Ooohh. You're wrong, Cort! You're not my brother. If you're my brother, how could you be so bad to Mother and Father?
Cort: Ruby, you are such a foolish little girl. The Mist is our salvation. Our parents are happy the way they are.
Ruby: Oohhh!



Cort: I underestimated you. I was trying to lure out Ra-Seru to make the Mist Generator. But I never thought you would come this far. That was a miscalculation. But no matter. Once I kill you, everything will be right again.
*Cort takes a few steps closer to the party.*



Cort: I will send all of you to a world free of pain and suffering.





Boss Battle 18: Cort
♪♪The Young Nobleman of the Mist♪♪ (For best effect, keep looping the part from 1:00 onwards, once you get to it.)

Cort is the toughest boss we've faced yet, and rather unique in how he fights.



He'll use this move right at the start of the fight, and it always goes first.













The Mystic Shield has around 25,000 HP, and Cort won't take any damage until we break it.