Into the beast

Cheating is punished inside the Juggernaut, so save state often, including as you kill the final boss. Or be a real manly man man, and don't cheat!

The Bio Castle looks like it's inside the guts of Juggernaut. It is, so this is a wonderful representation. We'll travel across muscle, blood, sinew, and intestinal villani to reach Brother Cort. Each section has its own little thing that makes it different from anywhere else we've been. Treading water in a river of blood, lots of jumping, and a dumb pressure puzzle at the end are all within. Along the way, we'll get one final chance to collect all the seru we've encountered during the game. We can also find the ultimate equipment for all of our characters. They're sitting in chests, so it's rather anticlimactic.

The only story scenes are about halfway down. A save point lies before it. Inside the room are the villagers of Rim Elm. They're being sucked into Juggernaut just as Conkram was. They're still cognizant, and a few yell at Vahn for being wrong. Maya and Mie get a zoomed in scene, and they promise to remain strong. Dad and Nene don't, but trust us to save them.

The party finds their way to a tunnel. They stop, and Noa feels a breeze from behind her. Suddenly, a river flow charges and pushes them into a bottomless pit. Gala catches a ledge with Vahn and Noa holding on to him, but Gala's hand slips, and they all fall down. They land on a muscle tendon of Juggernaut, and Noa is the first to get up. She senses an energy she's felt before. Floating above them, in what appears to be Jug's heart, is the still living Cort. Noa tries to convince Cort to return to being a human, She's learned what love is, so many that'll reach him. It doesn't. Cort's in his full blown god complex phase. He wants to wipe out the human race, and now we have to stop him.

Obviously, I cheated for this battle, but I don't know if I needed to. Cort seemed really weak. His combo did less than 2000 damage, and his AoE attack is telegraphed. I summoned our ra-seru, which you get from leveling them up to the max level, for a combined ~13000 damage. A few Points Cards and Miracle Arts later and Ol' Corty kicked the bucket.

Our ra-seru informs us that we succeed just in time. Hari's life persevering powers of the Great Genesis Tree have run out. The seru time is up. They unequip themselves from us and float overhead, and we get one final word to our friends. Noa starts to panic and begs Terra to stay. She doesn't want to be alone. Terra reminds her that Noa has Vahn and Gala now. Gala, despite the contention, doesn't want Ozma to leave either. The ra-seru scolds him for relying on outside power and forgetting his basics. Vahn is still silent... Meta, Terra, and Ozma say one more farewell to the humans and wish them well. The seru will soon be gone, and the age of man will begin again anew. But they have enough power for one more thing...

We see a final CGI scene where the remains of Juggernaut are turned to stone. We see Rim Elm villagers are also petrified and dead in the remains, but three lights light up the area. The rock chips on Mei begin to break off...

A month later, and Vahn, Papa Val, and Nene are at the Rim Elm Genesis Tree. The final power of our ra-seru revived the villagers and granted them stronger, more resilient bodies immune to wear, tear, and illness. Dr. Usha wanders in and is upset that Vahn's about to go on a journey. He should aid in rebuilding his home, but he's gonna nope out... Usha wants to write a book about saving the world, but he'll settle for interviews with the family. Usha asks Vahn why he's going on the journey, and we get four choices. These actually mean something and change the final ending of the game. I replied that I wanted to see the mist free world!
After this, I spoke to Maya and Mei. Mei wanted to come on the journey, and I let her. It'll be a nice date.
We can speak to many friends who've come to visit the heros, including the Disco King, who taught Noa how to dance, Tetsu, and Lucres.
Luctes brought Usha here and told us the Soren will become earthbound. Their seru will soon be gone, so they might as well learn from Grantes!
The save point is also broken because it's tied to Tieg.
The elder tells us that Noa left and took a random baby with her. He believes that child is the reborn Cort, who she wants to raise. She suspects everyone will hate him because he tried to destroy the world, so she took him to safety.
Pepe and his dad are also here as a pit stop on their travels.
As Vahn and Mie prepare to leave Rim Elm through the wooded fence, the entire village wishes them luck, and the two begin their journey to Drake Castle!

The credits roll, and we see the final scenes for our friends. Noa is in Jeremi with baby Cort at the top of the tower.
Gala is teaching at the monastery, and it has new recruits.
Cara is at home, and Grantes returns with a fish. The fish is still alive. Cara is either shocked or excited.
Sol is a bustling tourist town.
The flying wagons of Octam still function... for now.
The Soren exist.
Usha's interns are still making bombs...poorly.
There were a few others, but they're whatever...
The final scene is a flower growing from the ground. I think I see the Absolute Fortress in the background, so I assume this is Conkram.

Advancing this takes us to a stats screen, which is hella rad. The game has tracked battles, escapes, time, highest combo, damage, KOs, kills, arts learned, magic gathered, and treasure found. I got 88.4 percent!

And with that, we're returned to the main menu.

The End.