[Zeromus_X]

((Continued from last section, almost there!!))

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FINAL BOSS: Zeromus
HP: 105,000
Experience Points: 0
Gil: 0
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As the battle begins, Porom and Palom encourage the party, giving them life. Edward and Tellah’s spirit pray to give you strength. Yang and Cid wish for them, and give them vitality. FuSoYa and Golbez tell them they must previal, and Golbez says that with Cecil’s holy power, he must trust in the Crystal, and reveal Zeromus’ true form.

With all the people back on Earth praying for the crew, they are restored, and somehow standing in this trippy outer space background. As it stands, Zeromus is invulnerable to all manner of attack. You can, however, attempt having Edge steal an important item from this form of Zeromus, the Drk. Matter (Dark Matter). This will be handy for Zeromus’ true form, but it takes a very long time to steal successfully and really isn’t worth it.

Instead, skip over to Cecil’s turn, and have him use the Crystal from the Item menu. This will make Zeromus reveal his true, grotesque form.

Zeromus will begin the battle with his most powerful attack, ‘Big Bang’. Not only does this do upwards of 1,500-2,000 damage to every member of your party, it also slowly eats away at your HP like Bio. If you stole the Dark Matter from his first form (blue spaghetti mop), apparently the damage from Big Bang will be decreased, but I’ve honestly only stolen it once and never payed attention to the results. Zeromus also employs ‘Black Hole’, which nullifies all positive effects on the party (like Haste and Berserk). So don’t bother with spells like that, they’re only a waste of time. He also uses Bio (damage and gradual drain of HP), Flare (extreme non-elemental magic damage, and a physical attack which isn’t that impressive. He’ll also use Whirl, an attack that’ll put a character’s HP at single digits, definitely not good when you’ve been hit by Big Bang. To make things even worse, Zeromus regularly uses Big Bang throughout the battle.

So, how do we destroy the epitome of hatred? Have Cecil attack. Edge should use Throw and dart the Knife, Excalibur, and any other unused weapons at this monster. Rydia can summon, but take heart that Zeromus counters Bahamut with his Flare spell, and any other offensive summon with Bio on everyone. Rydia will probably die at lower levels due to her low HP anyway, making her all the more useless, but you could use her for items, if you so wish. Rosa should be healing. Nonstop. Cure 4. On everyone. Every turn. No exceptions. Even though Holy does a lot of damage, Zeromus counters with Whirl, the single digit HP attack, not good after Big Bang. Use an Elixir on her if she runs out of MP. Kain should Jump, hopefully he’ll avoid a Big Bang attack while he’s in the air. That pretty much summarizes what everyone should be doing. Feel free to use Elixirs in this battle, you should have several saved up from being found in chests throughout the game. Remember, Zeromus isn’t exactly a pushover. If you still can’t defeat him, go back and level up in the crystal floors of the core of the moon. If your party is in the late 40s, it’ll be possible, but very tedious. If your party is in the 50s, it’ll be challenging enough but not overly frustrating. If your party is in the 60s, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem. Just keep trying, Zeromus is one of the toughest Final Fantasy final bosses after all. But, you can tell he’s getting weak when he starts using Meteo, it’s very weak hitting for under 1,000 damage and may not even hit the whole party. Fix up your characters, and then attack him a few more times, and he should go down.
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Zeromus begins disintegrating, but warns the party that he will never perish, as long as evil exists in the hearts of the living. The room shakes and flashes, and finally, Zeromus is destroyed.

After Zeromus is finally vanquished, FuSoYa and Golbez stand up. The party steps forward, as Zeromus explodes and is finally gone from this world.


FuSoYa is amazed at how much power the team has. He says that the residents of Earth may have evolved even faster than they had thought. However, the party still wonders about Zeromus’ final words. FuSoYa reassures that party that although evil will never die, there will always exist good to stop it. Good and evil both exist in the hearts of all living things. Just as there is an overworld and an underworld. Goodness exists because evil exists, and it was the goodness that the party wielded that destroyed Zemus.

After the party concurs with this, FuSoYa says that it is finally time for him to go and sleep with the other Lunarians, as Zemus-and his hatred-are gone from this world. He asks what the others will do. Cecil says that they’ll return home, there are people worried about them. FuSoYa says that he’s glad they all have wonderful friends. He looks forward to the day they meet again.

Golbez then walks over to FuSoYa and asks him if he can come and sleep too. He cannot return to Earth after all the atrocities he’s committed. He’d also like to meet his father’s people. FuSoYa acknowledges that Golbez has Lunarian blood, and allows him to come too. He warns him that it will be a very long sleep. Golbez thanks FuSoYa, and they begin walking up the steps to the chamber where the Lunarians rest. Golbez stops, and turns toward Cecil. He remarks that Cecil sounded worried when he called out his name. He asks if this means that Cecil has forgiven him. Then he says that that would be foolish, that he could never be forgiven after all he’s done.

FuSoYa says that they are off to spend many years in slumber. He prays that the blue planet will be peaceful, for a long, long, time. He then beckons Golbez to come, and Golbez follows him up the steps.

Cecil says nothing to Golbez. The rest of the team ask him if he’s going to just let him go, and that he’s his brother. Cecil still remains silent. Golbez says goodbye to everyone, going even further up the steps. The crew insists that Cecil say something.

Cecil then steps up, and says goodbye to his brother, and Golbez thanks him, for his redemption, redemption shared by both brothers of the moon.

"One born of a dragon,

bearing darkness and light,

shall rise to the heavens over the still land.

Bathing the moon in eternal light,

he brings a promise to Mother Earth with bounty and grace.

But someday the moon shall depart,

seeking its own light.

The sons of moon and Earth shall then part,

divided by the flow of time."

((Rest of story summary coming soon, until then, enjoy the walkthrough!))