Aura Gate 2 Luminous Realm Story (11F to 20F)
Floor 11
Entrance
Xana: Okay, we're going to be traveling together...
Xana: But I don't think I actually know your name yet.
Xana: What is your name?
Xana: ...Okay, I see. You're (Player Name).
Xana: What a strange name. Makes me want to puke.
CHOICE: N-Nice to meet you? (Law alignment points)
Xana: Nice to meet you too!
CHOICE: That's not nice
Xana: Really? I haven't gotten used to the subtleties of human feelings yet.
END OF CHOICE
Xana: Well, we've arrived at another realm, but it doesn't seem all that different.
Xana: I believe this place is called the "Luminous Realm".
Xana: It's not particularly bright or anything, is it?
Xana: And it looks like there are demons here as well.
Hollow: Hey, you over there. Where did you come from?
> A Hollow approaches you.
Xana: Well, we came from the Harmonious Realm, but... is it safe for you to be wandering around like this?
Xana: I'm sure there're demons around here somewhere.
Hollow: It's no problem. Demons are no threat at all.
Hollow: Here, we are protected by the grace of God. Demons cannot harm us.
Xana: "God"?
Hollow: Yes. And if you believe in God, you will be protected.
Hollow: Well, I must be off.
> The Hollow wanders away.
Xana: I wonder what he meant? "God's protection"...
Xana: Could such a thing actually be true?
NPC Encounters
Hollow: The angels are God's servants, sent to defend us against Evil.
Hollow: Be thankful. Praise God.
Hollow: Did you find a Treasure Chest? They sometimes appear in Gimmick rooms.
Hollow: Open one and something good will happen! I wonder if God put them there?
Hollow: Do you believe in God?
CHOICE: No.
Hollow: ...
> End of conversation
CHOICE: Yes.
END OF CHOICE
Hollow: Do you really believe in God?
CHOICE: No
Hollow: Don't lie! That's blasphemy!
CHOICE: Yes
Hollow: Great! So you are also of the faith!
Hollow: This is a present for the faithful.
> Obtained Key to 11F Boss
Hollow: Let's both always keep our faith in God, okay?!
END OF CHOICE
> (Optional Hollow NPC behind an invisible wall)
Hollow: We prayed to God for the longest time.
Hollow: And just recently, God answered our prayers and sent us the angels!
Boss Intro
??? (Hollow in ronin attire): Servant of the devil who would mislead us, I believe not in your "God"!
Angel: Hear me, foolish Hollow.
Angel: Heretic who would desecrate God's name.
Angel: Know this. Without faith in God you will never know true peace of mind!
Xana: W-Whoa. Things just got intense real quick.
Xana: Wonder what's going on here.
??? (Hollow in ronin attire): Oh, I see you are a human!
??? (Hollow in ronin attire): Please help me defeat this so-called "Angel"!
Xana: No way. What's in it for us?
CHOICE: Let's help
??? (Hollow in ronin attire): Oh, so you agree to help!
CHOICE: We have nothing to gain from this
Xana: Right? Totally normal reaction.
Angel: Well then, do you submit to the Will of God?
Xana: "God"? I don't get it. What's "God"?
Angel: Infidels! You are no different from this heretic!
END OF CHOICE
Angel: Very well. The power of God shall show you the error of your ways!
Post Boss
??? (Hollow in ronin attire): Thank you for helping me. I am called Axihira.
Axihira: There's much I'd like to discuss with you, but unfortunately I am in a hurry. Farewell!
Xana: ...And he's gone.
Xana: Is this okay? I mean, we defeated that "Angel" thing....
Floor 12
Entrance
> A Hollow approaches you.
Hollow Missionary: Believe in God, for it is God that protects us.
Hollow Missionary: Oh, will you not devote yourself to God?
Hollow Missionary: God will surely save you.
Xana: This is what they call a "missionary", isn't it?
Xana: I don't understand what this "God" is.
Xana: I've never seen it, so how can I believe in it?
Xana: ...How about you? Do you believe in God?
CHOICE: Yes (Law alignment points)
Xana: You answered very casually.
Xana: But is your God the same God the Hollows are talking about?
Xana: I've heard that many different kinds of gods are worshipped in the human world.
CHOICE: No (Chaos alignment points)
END OF CHOICE
Hollow Missionary: Oh my, whatever do you mean?
Hollow Missionary: There is but one true God! We should not worship false gods!
Hollow Missionary: Please repent! And do it quickly, or else the wrath of heaven shall punish you!
> With this parting comment, the Hollow quickly leaves.
Boss Intro
Hollow Priest: Welcome to our church. This is a place of prayer where the faithful can gather.
Hollow Priest: It is safe inside, although there are demons roaming outside its walls.
Xana: A church? So this is where you pray to "God"?
Xana: I don't understand this "prayer" thing.
Xana: Apparently humans do it all the time too. What is it for?
Xana: I mean, if you have time to pray, wouldn't that time be better spent doing something more useful?
Xana: Maybe I don't understand it because I'm not human...
Angel (Archangel): Heretics. I sense the presence of heretics.
Hollow Priest: Oh, angel of God! Do you believe there are heretics in this house of worship?
Angel (Archangel): Correct. Abhorrent heretics that committed the unforgivable crime of murdering an angel!
Xana: Oh. Now that you mention it, we did kill an angel on the last level, didn't we?
Xana: So that means we're the "heretics"? Looks like this isn't something we can talk our way out of.
Angel (Archangel): How dare you attack a servant of God. You shall atone for your actions with your lives!
Post Boss
Hollow Priest: W-What have you done?!
Hollow Priest: To strike down a servant of God is unthinkable.
Xana: It was self defense.
Xana: I find it more unthinkable that you all worship this "God" without question.
Hollow Priest: It is thanks to the protection of the angels that we can live without fear of demons!
Hollow Priest: They protect us because we devote ourselves to God.
Xana: Oh, I get it. So your prayers are basically payment for a bouncer.
Xana: I think it's called "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"?
Hollow Priest: ...?! How dare you mock our faith!
Hollow Priest: Hmph! I have nothing more to say to heretics that refuse to see the light!
Hollow Priest: Leave this place immediately! Leave, I say!
Floor 13
Entrance
Xana: They threw us out.
Xana: Hmmm. Maybe I did something I shouldn't have.
Xana: It seems that the Hollows of this realm are fond of this "God", and they do receive protection against demons, right?
Xana: So they're probably happy in their own way, I guess.
Xana: Shall we try apologizing next time we run into an angel?
NPC Encounters
> You see a praying Hollow.
Hollow: ...
Hollow: *Gasp*
Hollow: I just heard a voice coming from the heavens telling me to give you the key!
> Obtained Key to 13F Boss
Hollow: This must be what they call a Revelation!
Hollow: The hundred days of praying with my eyes closed paid off after all!
Hollow: Now excuse me, I have to continue praying...
> You see a praying Hollow.
Hollow: ...
Boss Intro
> Up ahead you see a huge pile of... something.
Xana: I wonder what that could be?
> As you draw near, you realize it's a mountain of dead Hollows.
Hollow Inquisitor: Burn, burn, let all heretics burn.
Hollow Inquisitor: Those who refuse to see God's light have no place in this world.
Angel (Principality): Hallelujah!
Xana: Oh... A massacre. So they're burning the so-called heretics alive.
Angel (Principality): Ah, a heretic. We have a heretic here as well!
Hollow Inquisitor: All heretics must die!
Xana: ...You know. I just said I was going to try apologizing to the next angel we met, but I take that back. I can't be a part of this.
Axihira: Well said, young lady.
Xana: Axihira?
Axihira: This is the way of their God, and it's wrong!
Axihira: Come on, take a stand! Do not bow down to false gods!
Post Boss
Axihira: It appears that I am once again in your debt.
Xana: Yes. This human is pretty decent in a fight. But now that you're here Axihira, there are a lot of things we would like to ask you.
Axihira: Very well. Go ahead.
Axihira: You deserve to know about the evil faith that consumes this realm.
Axihira: This pile of bodies is the true nature of the Luminous Realm.
Axihira: But before we go any further, let's go someplace else to talk.
Axihira: I don't have the stomach to sit and talk in front of the dead for any longer than I have to.
Xana: I agree. Let's go then.
Floor 14
Entrance
Axihira: Alright. We can talk safely here.
Axihira: The "Luminous Realm", land of the faithful, extends all the way to the 20th floor.
Axihira: It is a realm that was born of the desire for salvation from a higher being.
Axihira: Recently, demons have been making their way in via the harbor, and those calling themselves "Angels" appeared and began forcing their beliefs upon us.
Axihira: Telling us that we must believe in their "God".
Xana: But those that believe receive protection from the demons, right?
Xana: That doesn't sound like such a bad deal?
Axihira: Do not let their sweet words deceive you.
Axihira: Believers are saved... Non-believers go to hell...
Axihira: Those that refuse to believe are branded as heretics and horribly persecuted.
Axihira: You've seen the results for yourself.
Axihira: I refuse to accept a "God" that condones such things.
Xana: Huh.
Xana: Okay, so that's why you're fighting against this "God".
Axihira: To put it more accurately, the fight is against the angels and those Hollows who believe in God.
Axihira: No one has actually seen this "God".
Xana: Can you win?
Axihira: I already have many allies.
Axihira: Those that have suffered persecution and lost loved ones are gathering to my cause.
Xana: This sounds like a highly combustible situation...
Axihira: How about it then? Will you join me in my fight?
CHOICE: Let us fight together.
Xana: Are you what they call a "sucker"?
Xana: Ugh, you make me sick. I think I'm gonna throw up.
CHOICE: None of our business.
Xana: Exactly. I was thinking the same thing. What a relief.
END OF CHOICE
Xana: But we've already been branded as heretics.
Xana: So we may have to fight anyway if we want to pass through this realm.
Xana: And going by the massacre we saw earlier, I have no intention of going over to the other side.
Axihira: That's more than enough. As they say, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
Axihira: Well, I'm off to meet up with my fellow "heretics". Let us meet again on the next floor.
NPC Encounters
Angel: Well well, if it isn't the Angel Killer.
Angel: You've come to kill me too? No? How disappointing...
Angel: *Giggle* I really wanted to avenge my brethren...
Angel (Principality): Stay back, human, I do not wish to fight.
Angel (Principality): This is a place for serious theological discussion.
Angel (Principality): What a wonderful world this is! There is no need for strife.
Angel (Archangel): Angel Killer! It is as I feared, you have reached this floor!
Angel (Archangel): Be gone, human scum! Or I will take you down!
Hollow: I'm one of the Hollows who were branded as a heretic.
Hollow: I have a favor to ask of you, human. It's about the key to the gate on this floor.
Hollow: There are angels guarding the key. To prevent us heretics from taking it, I suppose.
Hollow: By defeating the angels blocking the way over there, the path to the key will be clear.
Hollow: With the key I'll be able to meet up with my comrades on the floor below.
Hollow: You need the key too, right? Please help me get rid of those angels!
Hollow: Have you heard about the heretics?
Hollow: Evil Hollows who don't believe in God!
Hollow: I wonder if there are human heretics as well.
Hollow: What? You're fighting the angels? Why?
Hollow: One should never do things that go against the grain, you know? You're human, you should know that.
> After accepting the quest to defeat the NPC angels on this floor...
Angel: Well well, the human Angel Killer. So you've come for me.
Angel: Alright then, it's time to pay you back for what you did to my kind.
CHOICE: Fight or Leave?
> Fight and win
Angel: Looks like... I will be joining my dead brethren... agh!
> Encounter Principality
CHOICE: Fight or Leave?
> Fight and win
Angel (Principality): Foolish... What folly... But such is humanity...
> Encounter Archangel
Angel (Archangel): Angel Killer! I see it is this key that you want!
Angel (Archangel): Challenge me if you will, but know you risk certain death!
CHOICE: Fight or Leave?
> Fight and win
Angel (Archangel): Damn you! Angel Killer... You've killed me too...!
> Return to the Hollow that gave the quest to defeat the angels...
Hollow: Yes! You defeated the angels!
Hollow: Okay then, let's open the gate!
Hollow: Now I can get to my comrades!
Boss Intro
Xibuki: Hey, I brought in a heretic.
Hollow Priest: Well done. Burn him now.
Xibuki: Okie dokie.
Hollow Heretic: I'm not afraid! And I'll never believe in your so-called "God"!
Xibuki: C'mon, don't say that. If you would only believe, you'd be saved, you know.
Xibuki: Hmm? Oh! Human person!
Xibuki: So you made it! Thank goodness.
Xana: Friend of yours?
CHOICE: More like an acquaintance.
Xibuki: That kind of reply is SO human. It's so cool.
CHOICE: We're best buds.
Xibuki: Best buds? What are buds?
END OF CHOICE
Xibuki: I'm Xibuki.
Xibuki: I met the Human person in the Harmonious Realm. Who are you?
Xana: ...I'm Xana. I ran into some trouble and we ended up traveling together.
Xana: By the way... just what are you doing? You originally came from the Harmonious Realm, didn't you?
Xana: Did you convert or something?
Xibuki: Wha-? Oh... Ummm, that's...
Hollow Priest: Hey, Xibuki! Those are the heretics that felled an angel!
Hollow Priest: Don't tell me you're friends with heretics?!
Xibuki: Whaaat?! No-no... don't be ridiculous!
Xibuki: I-I don't even know these heretics! S-Should I apprehend them?
Xana: Wat.
Hollow Priest: I don't need help from the likes of you!
Hollow Priest: Oh, angels from above! Please lend me your strength to defeat these heretics!
Post Boss
Xana: So what shall we do with this self-centered piece of shit?
Xibuki: H-hey, I-I'm sorry, alright?
Xibuki: I mean, the Hollows of this realm all believe in God.
Xibuki: Like humans say, "When in Rome", right?
Xibuki: I mean, if I don't believe what everyone else does, I'll just be ostracized.
Xibuki: So I was trying my best to act like I believed in their God.
Xana: It was an act?
Xibuki: Of course it was. I don't even know what God is.
Xibuki: In fact, I don't think the priest Hollows really know what God is either...
Xibuki: They're probably just mimicking humans.
Xana: You... You might be right.
Xana: Then again, I'm not even sure whether or not humans really know what God is.
CHOICE: They know.
Xibuki: So, they know the true face of God. Humans really are amazing.
CHOICE: They probably don't.
Xibuki: Huh? Really? How can you believe in something when you don't know what it is?
END OF CHOICE
Xana: Okay, enough about humans. What are we going to do with Xibuki?
Xana: Even though he's a piece of trash, Xibuki is still the last survivor of the Harmonious Realm.
Xana: Putting an end to him just doesn't feel right.
Xana: Let's overlook his actions this time.
Xibuki: T-Thank goodness.
Xibuki: But wait... Aren't you a survivor of the Harmonious Realm as well?
Xana: Who, me? I'm... kinda different.
Xibuki: Huh? Okay, whatever. Anyways, I'm outta here.
Xibuki: It's no fun taking part in killing other Hollows, even if it is to save my own skin.
Xibuki: I'm gonna go hide somewhere like I always do until this blows over. See you later.
Floor 15
NPC Encounters
> Quick tutorial on sliding floor tiles in the dungeon.
Hollow: Step onto this light, and your body will move all by itself.
Hollow: Is this God's will? Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hollow: No... this is so sad... My friend got killed...
Hollow: They said it was the wrath of God... That it was okay to burn heretics...
Hollow: I hate God...
Hollow mother: My child, my child... Where have you gone?
Hollow mother: Oh, human person. Have you seen my child?
Hollow mother: We got separated... Where are you, my child...?
> You find a dead Hollow woman.
Hollow woman: ...
> The dead woman is holding a hat.
> You find a dead Hollow child.
Hollow child: ...
> The dead child is holding a plushie.
Hollow child: ...Mommy?!
Hollow child: No... You're not my mommy...
CHOICE: I'm your mommy.
> The child is easily fooled. Xana intervenes, first lecturing you about doing something so pointless, then setting the record straight with the Hollow child.
CHOICE: I can take you to her.
Hollow child: You'll take me to my mommy?! Thank you!
Xana: You just can't help it, can you? But a Hollow mother and child...
Xana: Well, you signed up for it. Better keep your promise and bring the child with us.
> You take the Hollow child along with you.
END OF CHOICE
> Return to the Hollow mother seeking her child...
> You've brought the Hollow child with you.
Hollow mother: Oh! That's... My child! It's you!
Hollow child: Mommy? Mommy!
> The two Hollows embrace.
Xana: ...So that's what they call a happy reunion. Should I be crying?
> The Hollow woman looks at the child.
Hollow mother: Oh child, what happened to your favorite plushie?
Hollow child: What plushie? And why aren't you wearing your hat, mommy?
Xana: ...?
Hollow child: But never mind, I'm just happy I was able to find you, mommy.
Hollow mother: Me too, child! I thought you were killed by those horrible demons!
Xana: ...
Hollow mother: Thank you, human person. This isn't much but...
> Obtained Key to 15F Boss
Hollow mother: Oh thank goodness, my child...!
Floor 16
Entrance
Ixaya: Hey there, Savior.
Xana: ...Ixaya?!
Xana: Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be waiting for us on level 50?
Ixaya: I didn't say I'd wait there the whole time, did I?
Ixaya: I'm here to see how things play out.
Ixaya: I was curious about what fate would befall this realm.
Xana: ...What's that supposed to mean?
Ixaya: Here's a fun fact.
Ixaya: In this "Luminous Realm", "heretics" like Axihira are starting to grow in numbers.
Ixaya: They now make up a large portion of the general population, enough to pose a threat to the "believers".
Ixaya: In fear, the believers' oppression of the heretics escalates, which in turn results in more people turning against them. It's a textbook vicious cycle.
Ixaya: Say, Savior. Don't you think the whole situation is like a microcosm of human society?
Ixaya: This realm's Hollows really are good at imitating human behavior.
Xana: ...Are you really a Hollow?
Xana: I've never heard a Hollow think of things the way you do.
Ixaya: All Hollows have something human about them.
Ixaya: I'm aware of the ways in which I am human. And I'm aware of those in which I'm not.
Ixaya: Now, can you say the same? How human are you?
Xana: ...
Ixaya: Well, it doesn't matter.
Ixaya: I predict that the destruction of this realm is coming, sooner than later.
Ixaya: So don't miss it, Savior. Watch closely.
Ixaya: Because it's vital to my wishes coming true.
> Ixaya disappears from sight.
Xana: He came, he ran his mouth off, and he left.
Xana: But I wonder... What will happen from now on?
NPC Encounters
Hollow: I've had enough.
Hollow: All this time, we've been branded as heretics and persecuted by those damn followers of God. I say we kill them all!
Hollow: Do not be charmed by their evil light!
> You meet a hollow in a room a few tiles away from a fixed angel encounter.
Hollow: That angel... it's after me because I'm a heretic.
Hollow: Now it's kill or be killed!
Hollow: So please help me! Please kill that angel for me!
Hollow: If you do that, I'll give you my key!
> You meet a different hollow in an isolated room.
Hollow: You want the key? Let's see...
Hollow: I'll give it to you for 77,777 Macca. Just pay for it. That's the easiest way.
Hollow: I hear that selling what is in demand at a high price is the key to commerce.
CHOICE: Give Macca x 77777:
> The Key to 16F Boss is handed over uneventfully at the high price.
CHOICE: Don't give:
Hollow: What? You can get one elsewhere? Good luck with that then.
END OF CHOICE
> You slay the angel terrorizing the Hollow from before.
Angel (Principality): It can't be... I was the one that was disposed of...
> Return to the Hollow who offered to give the key if the angel was slayed.
Hollow: So you've killed the angel! I knew I could count on a human!
Hollow: Here's the key. Thanks for your help.
> Obtained Key to 16F Boss.
> Return to the Hollow offering to sell their key, if you didn't buy it from them first.
Hollow: If you want the key... Damn, you already got one.
Boss Intro
Axihira: It's time to fight back, my comrades!
Axihira: Now we rise up to crush those who oppress us!
Hollow Heretic: Booyah!
> The battle between the heretics and the believers has begun.
Angel (Virtue): O Hollow ones, why do you refuse to accept faith?
Angel (Virtue): Know that faith is the only thing that can fill your hollow souls!
Axihira: What a bunch of crap...!
Axihira: Huh? Oh! There you are, human and friends!
Axihira: We will deal with the angels here! Please handle the rest!
Xana: I don't like being ordered around like this, but...
Xana: The angels are dead set on fighting us. We have no choice but to fight back!
Post Boss
> The heretics manage to kill an angel as well.
Hollow Heretic: We won! We beat them! Yeeeeeah!
Axhira: Well done, everybody! Well done!
Axhira: Let us use this momentum to extinguish this evil faith!
Axhira: Justice is on our side! Follow me!
> The heretics push forward.
Xana: ...
Floor 17
NPC Encounters
Hollow: I... I'm so scared. The heretics are coming!
Hollow: Why? Why won't they believe in God?
Hollow: If everyone believed, we'd all be happy...
Chagrin: Oh, a human. Great timing too.
Chagrin: Hey human, come take a look at this thing I found. Isn't it shiny?
> The demon shows you a key.
Chagrin: What? Why do you have that weird look on your face?
CHOICE: It's nothing.
> Bails out of the conversation with Chagrin.
CHOICE: Give me that key.
Chagrin: No! I found it. It's mine!
Chagrin: If you want it that bad, come and catch me then!
> The demon runs off and escapes.
> Catching up with Chagrin in another part of the maze...
> You see the demon with the key.
Chagrin: What? Are you really chasing after me?
Chagrin: I said no! Take a hint!
> The demon runs off and escapes, again.
> Catching up with Chagrin in yet another part of the maze...
Chagrin: C'mon, stop dogging me! I've had it with you!
Chagrin: The key's hidden somewhere behind me, okay? But you'll have to go through me to get it.
Chagrin: Let me warn you though, I kick ass.
CHOICE: Leave
> Bails out of the conversation with Chagrin.
CHOICE: Fight
> The fight is ridiculously one-sided. Chagrin will likely fall in a single turn.
Chagrin: Noooo!
> You hear the sound of something opening somewhere.
Chagrin: Now that's just cruel. It's demon abuse, that's what it is.
Chagrin: One of these days, I'll get you back for this. I swear!
> The demon runs off and escapes, again.
END OF CHOICE
> With the Chagrin's loss, the Key to 17F Boss is free for the taking.
Floor 18
NPC Encounters
> Hollows are fighting each other...
Hollow (Woman): Heretic! In the name of God I will punish you for your sins!
Hollow (Man): And how many Hollows have you killed in the name of God?! You murderer!
> The fight continues.
Hollow: Do you believe in God?
CHOICE: Yes
> Conversation ends.
CHOICE: No
Hollow: What? You really don't believe?
CHOICE: Actually I do.
> Conversation ends.
CHOICE: Of course I don't.
Hollow: You're a heretic then, just like me!
Hollow: I have no problem handing over this key to a fellow heretic.
> Obtained Key to 18F Boss
Hollow: Take it. Go on to the next floor and kill all those who believe in God!
Hollow: I'll stay and kill all the believers here!
> The Hollow runs off.
END OF CHOICE
Hollow: Hollows don't have gods! Hollows don't need gods!
Hollow: Eradicate the evil faith!
Boss Intro
Hollow Priest: Why do you interfere with our faith? Why do you oppress us?
Hollow Priest: We are just seeking salvation through our faith in God.
Axihira: Silence! It is you who are the oppressors!
Hollow Priest: I-I did no such thing!
Axihira: You may not have, but your kind certainly has!
Hollow Priest: B-But...
Angel (Dominion): Stop! I will not tolerate this kind of blasphemy!
Hollow Priest: Oh, my lord angel! Please save me!
Xana: ...What do we do?
Xana: I think we've done enough. We don't need to be a part of this.
CHOICE: Help Axihira. (Chaos alignment points)
Xana: ...Okay. If you say so.
CHOICE: Pull back for now. (Law alignment points)
Xana: I agree. This is no longer our fight.
Angel (Dominion): You think you can escape me, heretic?
Xana: What a pain in the...!
END OF CHOICE
Post Boss
Axihira: We won! We beat them again!
Axihira: Now we'll all attack at once! It's all out war!
Axihira: Kill the false god! Kill the believers!
Xana: Axihira!
Axihira: Ah, it's the human and his companions! Thank you for all the help!
Xana: We weren't trying to help.
Xana: Anyway, what do you plan to do now? You said some pretty scary things just now...
Axihira: Of course we're going to wipe out all those who believe in the false god, what else?
Xana: B-But that'll be a massacre!
Axihira: I don't want to do it either, but...
Axihira: It's kill or be killed.
Axihira: We have to. It's the only way.
Xana: ...
CHOICE: Stop him. (Law alignment points)
Axihira: You want to stop us from fighting? This war cannot be stopped.
Axihira: Even if I fall, there's no stopping it now.
Axihira: It's like a current that washes away everything in its path, and it will not stop until it has covered the entire Luminous Realm.
CHOICE: It can't be helped.
Xana: Are you for real? I'll puke, you know?
END OF CHOICE
Axihira: Farewell, human!
Axihira: When we meet again, it will be in a realm washed clean of this evil faith!
> Axihira and the heretics leave.
Floor 19
Entrance
Xana: So this is the destruction Ixaya was talking about...
Xana: Hollows killing each other over a difference in faith.
Xana: I wonder what he thinks of all of this, that scumbag.
Xana: Anyway. Let's move on.
Xana: If this is how things are, I want to bear witness to how this realm ends.
Xana: No... I HAVE to...
Xana: Somehow I feel I have to.
NPC Encounters
Hollow: Two keys are needed to open the gate on this floor.
Hollow: But the heretics and the believers are fighting over them.
Hollow: Who to trust and what to believe... I have no idea anymore...
Hollow: Find them! Find the heretics!
Hollow: Test everyone! Make them recite a prayer! Those who can't are all heretics!
Hollow: Find them and kill them all!
Hollow: Find them! Find the believers!
Hollow: Test everyone! Make them denounce God! Flush the believers out!
Hollow: Find and kill them all!
Hollow: Human! Please. You must stop the heretics!
Hollow: They'll kill all the believers!
> Obtained Key to 19F Boss
Hollow: Their leader is headed towards the staircase!
Hollow: Please stop the heretics, I implore you!
Hollow: Yes! The human! You're here to join our cause, right?
> Obtained Key to 19F Boss
Hollow: Take this key and move on! We'll stay here and exterminate the believers!
Boss Intro
Angel (Throne): Ye of little faith! Servants of the Devil who would oppose God!
Angel (Throne): I am the last remaining angel protecting this realm.
Angel (Throne): Kill me, and God's protection will be lost. This realm will be overrun by demons!
Angel (Throne): But even so, you still wish to destroy me?
Axihira: That's right! We don't need evil gods! We can stand on our own two feet!
> The angel and Axihira face off one on one. There is no one else around.
Axihira: Even if it comes down to just me, I'll push on for what I believe!
Angel (Throne): This is folly.
Angel (Throne): You there, human. I ask you this.
Angel (Throne): These Hollows wish to kill even God himself. Should their wish be realized? Yes or no?
CHOICE: It should be realized. (Chaos alignment points)
Angel (Throne): Very well! You are now the enemy of God!
Angel (Throne): You may stand side by side with that Hollow, to be struck down together by God's thunder!
CHOICE: No. (Law alignment points)
Axihira: No you don't!
> Axihira attacks the angel.
Xana: What the...!
Axihira: You'll have to see this fight through now, human!
Angel (Throne): Have you no honor, enemies of God?!
Angel (Throne): If death is what you wish for, I will erase your very existence! Now feel the wrath of God!
END OF CHOICE
Post Boss
Angel (Throne): Foolish... Hollows...
> The last angel dissipates.
Axihira: Ha... hahaha...
Axihira: Yes! We did it! We defeated God's legions!
Ixaya: ...Oh man, that was stupid.
Xana: Ixaya... You were watching?
Ixaya: Hey, you over there. Hollow guy.
Axihira: Wh... Who are you?
Ixaya: Do you know that mass murders are happening throughout this realm?
Ixaya: Or rather, "have happened". It's all over now.
Ixaya: The believers and heretics have massacred each other.
Ixaya: Those unlucky enough to survive were all eaten by demons because the guardian angels are no more.
Ixaya: What do you think happened in the end?
Axihira: ...
Ixaya: Everyone's dead now, except you.
Axihira: What?!
Ixaya: This realm is done for. You're the only Hollow to survive.
Axihira: No... This can't be...
Ixaya: Can I ask you why you were so adamant about denouncing God?
Ixaya: If everyone would only believe in the same God, you could've been one big happy family with the same faith.
Xana: That's... what I was wondering too.
Xana: I understand why you revolted against persecution, because your life depended on it.
Xana: But there was no need to denounce the beliefs of others, was there?
Axihira: Well...
Axihira: But... of course there is.
Axihira: Because I...
Axihira: I have a God of my own, one that I believe in.
Xana: ...
Ixaya: ... ...Aha, ahahahaha!
Ixaya: Hollows just LOVE to imitate humans, don't they?
Ixaya: This was a religious war all along!
Ixaya: You killed all those Hollows because they were of a different religion!
Axihira: Sh-Shut up! I will never worship that false god!
Axihira: My God is the true God, the one and only!
Ixaya: Whatever. It doesn't matter now.
Ixaya: If your God is worth destroying this realm for, he MUST be able to give you salvation.
Axihira: Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Aaaaaaaaargh.
> Axihira runs away screaming.
Ixaya: C'mon, you have to go after him and bear witness to what is to come.
Xana: ...
Floor 20
Entrance
Xana: I think Axihira went down this way.
Xana: Let's go after him.
Xana: Even though it makes me mad to have to do what Ixaya says, I DO want to bear witness to the end.
Xana: No matter how ridiculous it is.
NPC Encounters
Hollow (Ghost): Both the Harmonious Realm and the Luminous Realm are no more.
Hollow (Ghost): What will happen to the world of the Hollows?
Hollow (Ghost): *Groan*... I believed, but I was not saved...
Hollow (Ghost): We are protected by God. They will not attack us.
Hollow (Ghost): They will not attack us.
Hollow (Ghost): Hey... Humans pray too, right?
Hollow (Ghost): Will you pray for me, so I may go to heaven...?
Hollow (Ghost): In the end, I was able to become neither human nor angel...
Hollow (Ghost): I believed in God... Why did this happen...?
Hollow (Ghost): It would seem I was attacked and killed by demons.
Hollow (Ghost): Is this also God's will...? Halle... lujah?
Hollow (Ghost): I knew it'd end like this...
Hollow (Ghost): Now that I think of it, it didn't really matter whether we believed in God or not.
Hollow (Ghost): If everyone believed in each other, we would've all been happy...
Hollow (Ghost): Consider this providence...
Demon (Ongyo-Ki): I am the guardian of the key.
Demon (Ongyo-Ki): Do you challenge me, human? Are you ready to forfeit your life?
> Found an enemy icon. Fight enemy?
> Fight and win
Demon (Ongyo-Ki): I underestimated you...
> You hear the sound of something opening somewhere.
Demon (Kudlak): Me? *Chuckle* Let's just say I'm an angel.
Demon (Kudlak): You guys just LOVE angels, right?
Demon (Kudlak): C'mon. If you want the key, you'll have to fight me for it!
> Found an enemy icon. Fight enemy?
> Fight and win
> You hear the sound of something opening somewhere.
Demon (Kudlak): *Chuckle* Nice goin'...
Boss Intro
Axihira: O God!
Axihira: I have purged this realm of those who believe in the evil false god!
Axihira: So please grant this ignorant fool guidance and salvation, please!
Demon (Beelzebub): You are indeed ignorant and foolish, Hollow soul.
Demon (Beelzebub): Though you worship me, the angels that you so hated and I serve the same master.
Demon (Beelzebub): We are but players on a stage, puppets dancing to our master's tune.
Axihira: What... What do you mean?
Demon (Beelzebub): The destruction of this realm was preordained. And now you will share its fate.
Demon (Beelzebub): Eaten by the very God you worship. You should be satisfied.
Axihira: No... How can this be? I don't want to die! O Human, my lord! Please save me!
> Axihira grovels at your feet.
Xana: ...
Xana: ...You heard him. What are you gonna do?
CHOICE: Save him.
Demon (Beelzebub): Very well. You and I were fated to collide.
CHOICE: Abandon him.
Xana: Hear what they said? Just give it up.
Axihira: No, I don't want to die! Save me please!
Xana: You're one to talk, after all the cruel things that you've done.
Demon (Beelzebub): So you would abandon him, human? But that is irrelevant. We were fated to collide.
END OF CHOICE
Demon (Beelzebub): For it is the wish of my master who summoned me!
Xana: Master? Do you mean... Ixaya?
Demon (Beelzebub): Now I will destroy you all, feeble ones!
Post Boss
Axihira: I'm saved...
Xana: Congratulations, you're now all alone in a desolate realm.
Axihira: ...
Xana: I don't understand what God is...
Xana: I can't believe in something I've never seen...
Xana: But if this is the result of faith, I think we'd be better off without God.
CHOICE: Even so, God is necessary. (Law alignment points)
Xana: I know, humans love worshipping God too.
Xana: It must be because my soul is incomplete. That's why I can't understand.
CHOICE: You're absolutely right. (Chaos alignment points)
Xana: But most humans love worshipping God too, right?
END OF CHOICE
Xana: Why did humans have to discover God?
Xana: It brings nothing but woe.
Axihira: No... You're wrong.
Xana: How am I wrong?
Axihira: Faith warms the heart. It fills our incomplete souls.
Axihira: That's why we cannot do away with faith, or God...
Xana: I see. But what you said just now...
Xana: It's no different than what the angels and the believers that you killed were saying.
Xana: Well, whatever. So what now?
Xana: The God you worshipped is dead, so...
Axihira: ...
Axihira: It's alright. I'm okay. Really, I am.
Axihira: Because I've found a new God!
Xana: A new God?
Axihira: O (Player Name), my God!
Axihira: Please grant this fool your guidance and salvation!
Xana: ...
Axihira: I beg you! Please...!
Xana: Let's just go. I feel like throwing up.
Xana: This realm's finished anyway.
Xana: It's a god-forsaken place, even if there IS a God.
Axihira: O God! Please don't forsake me!!!
New Dialogue in Previous Floors
Hollow (Ghost): One should never do things that go against the grain.
Hollow (Ghost): That's why I'll... Die like everyone else.
> The Hollow woman and the child are dead.
Hollow mother: ...
Hollow child: ...
Hollow (Ghost): Killed by an angel... Guess I won't be going to heaven.
Hollow (Ghost): If I only knew, I wouldn't have become a heretic...
Hollow (Ghost): Money means nothing... if you're dead.
Hollow (Ghost): Find the heretics...
Hollow (Ghost): Find and kill them all...
Hollow (Ghost): That damn Axihira... He tricked us...
Hollow (Ghost): He... Actually believes in God.
To be continued...