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After returning to the Center, however, Aleph finds out that demons have invaded the area, and according to the [[Center Bishop]], a false Messiah is running about disparaging Aleph's name, claiming that Aleph himself is the false Messiah. This false Messiah turns out to be Daleth, who publically challenges Aleph to a fight to the death at the Colosseum to prove who the real Messiah is. During the fight, Daleth momentarily gains the upper hand and is about to strike a fatal blow on Aleph, but Beth intervenes and jumps in the way, taking the blow for him. Aleph proceeds to win the fight and can try to either spare or kill Daleth, but if he tries to do the latter, Beth | After returning to the Center, however, Aleph finds out that demons have invaded the area, and according to the [[Center Bishop]], a false Messiah is running about disparaging Aleph's name, claiming that Aleph himself is the false Messiah. This false Messiah turns out to be Daleth, who publically challenges Aleph to a fight to the death at the Colosseum to prove who the real Messiah is. During the fight, Daleth momentarily gains the upper hand and is about to strike a fatal blow on Aleph, but Beth intervenes and jumps in the way, taking the blow for him. Aleph proceeds to win the fight and can try to either spare or kill Daleth, but if he tries to do the latter, Beth pleads for him not to and dies, allowing Daleth to escape with his life. | ||
After the Bishop comes forward to announce that Aleph is the Messiah to the crowd, Aleph is approached by a child who gives him a letter from [[Mekata]] asking for him to go to the Slum. There, Mekata vaguely hints that he knows the truth behind Aleph's past. Still, before he is willing to elaborate on it, he requests that Aleph rescue Hiroko, who was imprisoned at the [[Internment Camp]] after she was separated from Aleph. To get there, Aleph goes through the elevator in the [[Center Passage|Valhalla-Center Passage]], where he once again encounters Daleth, who he defeats and lets escape again. After, he goes through the [[Old Suidobashi|old aqueduct]], where he can optionally encounter a [[Nadja]] who, thinking he is cute, joins his party and teleports them to a locked door that allows them quick passage to the Internment Camp. If he doesn't recruit the Nadja, Aleph must fight the [[Janus|demon]] guarding the elevator leading to the camp. | After the Bishop comes forward to announce that Aleph is the Messiah to the crowd, Aleph is approached by a child who gives him a letter from [[Mekata]] asking for him to go to the Slum. There, Mekata vaguely hints that he knows the truth behind Aleph's past. Still, before he is willing to elaborate on it, he requests that Aleph rescue Hiroko, who was imprisoned at the [[Internment Camp]] after she was separated from Aleph. To get there, Aleph goes through the elevator in the [[Center Passage|Valhalla-Center Passage]], where he once again encounters Daleth, who he defeats and lets escape again. After, he goes through the [[Old Suidobashi|old aqueduct]], where he can optionally encounter a [[Nadja]] who, thinking he is cute, joins his party and teleports them to a locked door that allows them quick passage to the Internment Camp. If he doesn't recruit the Nadja, Aleph must fight the [[Janus|demon]] guarding the elevator leading to the camp. | ||
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From there, Aleph heads to Seth's Temple just in time for Seth to awaken and fly away. He then tries to go to the entrance of the Beriah Corridor again but is stopped by what seems to be Louis Cyphre this time. This is simply a trick, however, and Louis Cyphre unveils his disguise to reveal he is [[Astaroth]], who, not believing that Aleph could be either Satan or the Messiah, attacks him, assuming that Lucifer has overestimated Aleph's capabilities and wants to kill him to prove it. Aleph defeats him, however, making him realize he is wrong, and not caring who Aleph is, begs him to restore him to his true form as the goddess [[Ishtar]]. If Aleph is not on the Law route, the real Lucifer will appear after this and, greatly impressed with his strength, formally asks Aleph to join his cause. If Aleph accepts, he will be locked into the Chaos route, pleasing Lucifer as he returns to his castle to wait for Aleph's arrival as he tackles the challenges of besting his underlings situated across the Makai. If Aleph refuses Lucifer's offer, he will be locked into the Neutral route. Here, Lucifer finds it amusing that Aleph did not pick a side and says that the next time they meet will be his last. If Aleph was on the Law route, Lucifer will not appear at all after defeating Astaroth. | From there, Aleph heads to Seth's Temple just in time for Seth to awaken and fly away. He then tries to go to the entrance of the Beriah Corridor again but is stopped by what seems to be Louis Cyphre this time. This is simply a trick, however, and Louis Cyphre unveils his disguise to reveal he is [[Astaroth]], who, not believing that Aleph could be either Satan or the Messiah, attacks him, assuming that Lucifer has overestimated Aleph's capabilities and wants to kill him to prove it. Aleph defeats him, however, making him realize he is wrong, and not caring who Aleph is, begs him to restore him to his true form as the goddess [[Ishtar]]. If Aleph is not on the Law route, the real Lucifer will appear after this and, greatly impressed with his strength, formally asks Aleph to join his cause. If Aleph accepts, he will be locked into the Chaos route, pleasing Lucifer as he returns to his castle to wait for Aleph's arrival as he tackles the challenges of besting his underlings situated across the Makai. If Aleph refuses Lucifer's offer, he will be locked into the Neutral route. Here, Lucifer finds it amusing that Aleph did not pick a side and says that the next time they meet will be his last. If Aleph was on the Law route, Lucifer will not appear at all after defeating Astaroth. | ||
When Aleph attempts to enter the Beriah Corridor, he and his party are sucked into a black hole that transports them [[Inside Abaddon's Body|inside Abaddon's body]], where inside is the fading remains of Valhalla, which are slowly being absorbed into Abaddon's body. Venturing further inside, Aleph and Hiroko find that the Slum is still mostly intact, and entering it leads them to finally reunite with Mekata, who informs them that Valhalla was swallowed to prevent Aleph from finding out the truth from him. Now that both Aleph and Hiroko are before him, however, he proceeds to explain the truth of their lives to them; That in the Elders' attempts to create their own Messiah once they saw that God would not send one to Millennium Himself, they started the [[Messiah Project]]. Using advanced cloning techniques, they created Aleph, the one they had meant to make into the Messiah, and then 4 other artificial humans whose purpose was to support him. Beth was meant to be Aleph's partner. Gimel was meant to be the administrator of the Virtual World to conduct tests for what would become the Millennium Kingdom. Daleth was meant to be the false Messiah who would be defeated by Aleph to raise his public image and increase his popularity. The final member of the project was Zayin, who was meant to be Aleph's guardian. Mekata also reveals that Aleph's creation was unique in that he was originally a fertilized egg that was planted into a strong woman who carried him to term and gave birth to him. This woman turned out to be Hiroko, making her Aleph's surrogate mother and also making him the child she was searching for at the beginning of the game. After Aleph's birth, he was placed in a vat that accelerated his growth into adulthood within a matter of 3 days. Mekata admits that initially, he followed the Elders' orders unquestioningly, but eventually, he grew disgusted by what they were doing, and together with Hanada, wiped Aleph's false memories and escaped with him. Due to his time in Abaddon's body, Mekata is fading away, so he quickly hands the two the MAG Presser to give them the means to defeat Abaddon and bids them farewell, calling Aleph his greatest creation as he completely disappears. Aleph's party then makes their way to Abaddon's core, where the fallen angel taunts them, explaining that his body is a dimensional rift with no true form, making it impossible to kill him, a statement proved wrong when Aleph uses the MAG Presser to give him a form. After Abaddon's defeat, Aleph's party is spit back out to the entrance of the Beriah Corridor, now finally allowed to go through it unimpeded. | When Aleph attempts to enter the Beriah Corridor, he and his party are sucked into a black hole that transports them [[Inside Abaddon's Body|inside Abaddon's body]], where inside is the fading remains of Valhalla, which are slowly being absorbed into Abaddon's body. Exploring the fallen angel's body, Aleph can find Madam being absorbed into a flesh wall, lamenting about Valhalla's fate as she is fully absorbed. Venturing further inside, Aleph and Hiroko find that the Slum is still mostly intact, and entering it leads them to finally reunite with Mekata, who informs them that Valhalla was swallowed to prevent Aleph from finding out the truth from him. Now that both Aleph and Hiroko are before him, however, he proceeds to explain the truth of their lives to them; That in the Elders' attempts to create their own Messiah once they saw that God would not send one to Millennium Himself, they started the [[Messiah Project]]. Using advanced cloning techniques, they created Aleph, the one they had meant to make into the Messiah, and then 4 other artificial humans whose purpose was to support him. Beth was meant to be Aleph's partner. Gimel was meant to be the administrator of the Virtual World to conduct tests for what would become the Millennium Kingdom. Daleth was meant to be the false Messiah who would be defeated by Aleph to raise his public image and increase his popularity. The final member of the project was Zayin, who was meant to be Aleph's guardian. Mekata also reveals that Aleph's creation was unique in that he was originally a fertilized egg that was planted into a strong woman who carried him to term and gave birth to him. This woman turned out to be Hiroko, making her Aleph's surrogate mother and also making him the child she was searching for at the beginning of the game. After Aleph's birth, he was placed in a vat that accelerated his growth into adulthood within a matter of 3 days. Mekata admits that initially, he followed the Elders' orders unquestioningly, but eventually, he grew disgusted by what they were doing, and together with Hanada, wiped Aleph's false memories and escaped with him. Due to his time in Abaddon's body, Mekata is fading away, so he quickly hands the two the MAG Presser to give them the means to defeat Abaddon and bids them farewell, calling Aleph his greatest creation as he completely disappears. Aleph's party then makes their way to Abaddon's core, where the fallen angel taunts them, explaining that his body is a dimensional rift with no true form, making it impossible to kill him, a statement proved wrong when Aleph uses the MAG Presser to give him a form. After Abaddon's defeat, Aleph's party is spit back out to the entrance of the Beriah Corridor, now finally allowed to go through it unimpeded. | ||
Through the Beriah Corridor, Aleph can optionally go to the [[Chesed Temple]], where various souls are waiting to be granted salvation by [[Vairocana]], including the souls of Red Bear and Beth. If Aleph attempts to speak to Red Bear's soul, the disgruntled gladiator will angrily blame him for his failure to become a citizen of the Center. If Aleph goes to Beth's soul, she decides to give him the last vestiges of her power to permanently increase each of his stats, wishing to be of use to him just one more time as she fades away. If Aleph goes to Variocana and is Law or Neutral-aligned, the deity will accuse him of being a servant of YHVH and attack him. If Aleph is Chaos-aligned, Vairocana will simply tell him never to justify the evils he has done and sends him on his way. | Through the Beriah Corridor, Aleph can optionally go to the [[Chesed Temple]], where various souls are waiting to be granted salvation by [[Vairocana]], including the souls of Red Bear and Beth. If Aleph attempts to speak to Red Bear's soul, the disgruntled gladiator will angrily blame him for his failure to become a citizen of the Center. If Aleph goes to Beth's soul, she decides to give him the last vestiges of her power to permanently increase each of his stats, wishing to be of use to him just one more time as she fades away. If Aleph goes to Variocana and is Law or Neutral-aligned, the deity will accuse him of being a servant of YHVH and attack him. If Aleph is Chaos-aligned, Vairocana will simply tell him never to justify the evils he has done and sends him on his way. | ||
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If Aleph is on the Chaos route when he reaches Lucifer, he will greet him amicably and unleash the Kuzuryu on Tokyo Millennium. He then joins Aleph's party and teleports the group aboard the Ark to stop Satan from firing it. | If Aleph is on the Chaos route when he reaches Lucifer, he will greet him amicably and unleash the Kuzuryu on Tokyo Millennium. He then joins Aleph's party and teleports the group aboard the Ark to stop Satan from firing it. | ||
If Aleph is on the Law route when he reaches Lucifer, the demon lord will briefly argue with Satan before he transforms to attack the party. Upon Lucifer's death, the Kuzuryu immediately awakens and starts to wreak havoc, forcing Satan to quickly teleport Aleph and the rest of the party aboard the Ark and launch Eden out of orbit. After they successfully activate the Ark's "Erase" function and cleanse the Earth, the group | If Aleph is on the Law route when he reaches Lucifer, the demon lord will briefly argue with Satan before he transforms to attack the party. Upon Lucifer's death, the Kuzuryu immediately awakens and starts to wreak havoc, forcing Satan to quickly teleport Aleph and the rest of the party aboard the Ark and launch Eden out of orbit. After they successfully activate the Ark's "Erase" function and cleanse the Earth, the group is then called to make an audience with YHVH Himself in His [[Higher Dimensional Space|realm]]. Despite His praise for them, Satan reveals that he still has one more person to judge, that being YHVH Himself, and so Aleph assists him in defeating the god. In the ending, after YHVH's death, the group goes back to Eden where Satan bids his farewell to his friends as he crumbles away to dust, leaving Hiroko to tell Aleph that for Satan, for Zayin, they must go and build an ideal world from what is left. | ||
If Aleph is on the Neutral and Chaos routes, his party must trek through the Ark, along the way fighting YHVH's three avatars, [[Sabaoth]], [[Shaddai]], and [[Elohim]], until they reach the top, where Satan awaits. There, Satan's attitude towards Aleph changes depending on the route. If Aleph is on the Chaos route, Satan is enraged with him and Lucifer and tells them to burn in hell for all eternity. | If Aleph is on the Neutral and Chaos routes, his party must trek through the Ark, along the way fighting YHVH's three avatars, [[Sabaoth]], [[Shaddai]], and [[Elohim]], until they reach the top, where Satan awaits. There, Satan's attitude towards Aleph changes depending on the route. If Aleph is on the Chaos route, Satan is enraged with him and Lucifer and tells them to burn in hell for all eternity. | ||