It is now time for the final battle with Dark Gaia!
Once you enter the hole, it's just a short trip back to Crysta on the overworld map. If you talk to anybody in the town, they will turn into souls and attack you, saying if you had never found out, you would have been happy.
Once you trigger the red hue and the impending doom music, head to the Elder's house and see the Elder. He will thank you for resurrecting the world but tells you that you have learned more than you should know. He asks you to follow him so he can show you something.
Leave the Elder's house. The Elder will tell you to look at the sky. He will tell you that everyone in Crysta are replicas made from Crystal Blue, and float to the sky like Crystal Blue when used up. The Elder goes into a brief monologue involving duality before telling you that your duty is now finished. He then says it is now time to head towards the Gaia Stone.
You'll be teleported to a very strange place with very strange faces similar to those on the underworld tower doors. Keep running north and don't stop, and press A to go through the dialogue. You'll find out you are inside the sun in the underworld, and that the infinite corridor is the history of living things. You'll be told the planet was doomed with an unfortunate fate since the very start. The voice then states it will fight like you, with real form.
You'll be teleported to another room, where you'll meet Dark Gaia. This is the final boss.
Get to the far left at the start of the battle, and run around when you see the "Gaia's rage!" message. When he launches an orb of light, face Dark Gaia and keep using the rapid stab to reflect it back and attack him. Then, avoid the upper body when it travels towards you in the shape of a spiky ball, and go to the bottom of the screen and hit it with a dashing attack when it stops flashing.
You'll then be teleported to another screen when you beat this first form.
For Dark Gaia's second form, stay at the very bottom of the screen so Dark Gaia doesn't back away. Avoid the arrows, and when Dark Gaia approaches the north end of the platform, attack the mouth in the middle with your regular stab repeatedly. To avoid the laser, dash through it. Also, do not get hit by any of the crescents, especially the blue ones as they will freeze you.
There is a Sonic Boom attack that Dark Gaia can do, but it can easily be dodged by dashing to the far right or far left. You can jump over it, but going all the way to the side with the dash attack is better.
When the mouth in the middle unleashes a white light that covers the entire platform, block it. Otherwise, you will be absolutely annihilated.
Once you've done enough damage to Dark Gaia this time, you've done it! You've won!
After you beat Dark Gaia, you'll hear the voice from the hero's grave in Antarctica. Lightside Ark's spirit. He tells you that Dark Gaia created you to rule the planet as his own, and that you were created from Lightside Ark when Dark Gaia was first sealed, as was the rest of the people in Crysta. He then tells you about Storkolm and how the world runs on a balance of light and dark. When Darkside Ark came to realize that, everything was made great again. Both Arks then return to their respective worlds.
You'll be back in Storkolm, but now the Crystal Blue will be flying there. Ark realizes this was his hometown, but with nobody to share it with, it's meaningless. He feels the pain Lightside Elle went through when everyone else in her town was killed. Yomi shows up, and Ark wonders what he fought for all this time, as he resurrected the above world but unintentionally did it for evil forces' gain. Yomi reminds Ark that he created heaven and earth, and that there is always a balance. Ark then finally asks Yomi what kind of creature he is, and Yomi explains that before animals evolved, they all looked like him. In other words, Yomi is the distant ancestor of every animal ever. Yomi then says that humans evolved to stand on two feet and use tools, but now rely more and more on machines, and thinks that humans may evolve back into Yomi-like creatures. Yomi then tells Ark he is going back to sleep until the world has another legendary hero and is in need of them.
Ark then hears from Light Gaia, the soul of the above world. Now that Dark Gaia is destroyed, Crysta and the underworld will disappear, and the above world will return to normal. It is then revealed that the blood of both Light and Dark Gaias flows through Ark, and now that his duty is finished, his body will soon disappear as he was a creation of Dark Gaia. Light Gaia commands Ark to enjoy his last day in peace.
Ark then reappears in the Weavers' home. Strangely, Darkside Elle is still alive as if nothing had happened. Happy music plays in the town. From here, you can talk to everyone. Also, if you try to buy anything, the game won't let you. The Magishop will also be replaced by another merchant who tells you Magirocks don't exist. If you talk to the people in the Elder's house (now called Ark's, since the Elder doesn't exist anymore), they'll tell you the blue door just leads to a broom closet. If you talk to the fortune teller, she will tell you that a new world is starting. You'll learn that all traces of your journey have disappeared.
When you're done, go back to your room, where this whole game began and move into the bed. You can put the controller down. You're finally done. Enjoy the credits.
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