Terrator: THE-OCHRE-LANDS-HAVE-DRIED-UP-AND-WITHERED... IS-IT-YOUR-WILL-TO-CHOOSE-
DESTRUCTION...?
Boss vs Terrator
Deep...
Serge... You finally made it this far... Serge...
Kid:What was that...? Are ya human?
When I was still human, I was locked up here, and I have been here ever since... This tower is a fortress belonging to the ancient Reptites... A symbol of revenge, brought against mankind by the Dragons... With the defeat of FATE, the seal has been broken and this tower has surfaced... In the eyes of the Dragons, we humans are the foes...
A brain that has developed abnormally to 3 times the original size in the span of 3 million years... We humans have evolved at an enormous rate because of our contact with Lavos¡¯s flame... In a sense, manking is Lavos¡¯s offspring... We humans are extraneous to this planet... Now... How will you fight, Serge...
Deep....
Pyrotor: MANY-HAVE-BLED-SUFFERED-AND-PERISHED... IT-IS-YOUR-TIME-TO-DIE.
Boss vs Pyrotor
Deep...
Kid:Could this be... ... Viper Manor!? What¡¯s goin¡¯ on...?
Prophet:Welcome. It¡¯s good to see you finally made it here! I have been expecting you... Serge!
Kid:Where are we? Is this... Viper Manor?
Prophet:This is a space that does not exist. But don¡¯t mind that... More importantly, I have something I must explain to you!
Kid:......... Who are ya?
Prophet:Oh, my name is Belthasar... In the ancient, magical Kingom of Zeal, I was known as a sage of reason... Well , that was up until the Queen of Zeal attempted to harness the power of Lavos... Let¡¯s just say, things got out of control and Lavos created a dimansionsl vortex that threw me far into the future!
Belthasar:There, I seized the opportunity to study the science of the future... I was then able to apply to that the knowledge I brought from my own era, including magic, which was long lost in the future. Anyway, this led me to make huge progress in the research of time. Well, that research led to the creation of Chronopolis and to the Time Crash... You might think I really blew it, but perhaps it was really my finest hour! Ho-ho-hoh...
Belthasar:Anyway... I created a compact time machine that I dubbed the ¡°Neo Epoch.¡± I used it to time warp to this age to learn of Chronopolis and FATE¡¯s plans, and to see how things were turning out.
Belthasar:Terra Tower is really a city of the Reptites, from another dimansion¡¯s future... It was originally ¡°Dinopolis¡±... The castle of Azala¡¯s descendants, who achieved an evolution much more intimate with our planet. Dinopolis was drawn into this dimension¡¯s past about ten thousand years ago... This was done so that it would serve as a counter-balance against Chronopolis, which Lavos pulled here.
Belthasar:Needless to say, a fierce battle ensued... In the end, Chronopolis emerged as the victor, and the Reptite¡¯s fortress was sealed away by FATE...
Belthasar:But more important now is the role the Dragons play in all of this... Originally the whole Archipelago of El Nido was known as the Sea of Eden. This was because it was where the Dragon Gods resided. But then FATE sealed away the Dragon Gods¡¯ powers, in effect becoming a god itself. Thus the islands where the new godhead, FATE, existed came to be called the Sea of Eden instead. Perhaps you didn¡¯t realize it, but you were used by the Dragon Gods to eliminate FATE! It was not true that the Dragon Gods sealed away the Frozen Flame... Rather, it¡¯s quite the opposite... It was FATE that used the power of the Flame to seal up the Dragon Gods. In reality, the Dragon Gods are in opposition to man, while FATE itself was actually the protector of humanity!
Belthasar:The Dragon Gods were originally a singular plasma life-form... ... A living accumulation of the planet¡¯s energy! Originally it was a biological machine used to control the powers of nature in the future society of the Reptites. In order to control the natural energy itself, FATE divided the one Dragon God entity up into 6 weaker plasma life-forms... Then scattered them across the land and sealed them away. Their dragon-like appearances are just pseudo-guises... ... Temporary forms they take so that they can appear in this dimension. But all that changed when FATE was vanquished and its powerhold was eliminated! At that moment, the seven Dragons who had been rendered almost powerless and forgotten... traveled across the dimensions to reunite into a single entity!
Kid:Seven Dragons? I thought there were only six!?
Belthasar:There were six Dragons you knew of and one more hidden Dragon you didn¡¯t... Like the second moon that once was lost, but later was found... Although the same planet, my world didn¡¯t have two moons! Look up at the night sky now and you will see seven celestial bodies... Five stars and two moons... Five brother stars that correspond to the five colored Dragons, ruling like gods over the night skies... One moon that corresponds to the white Sky Dragon... And another darker, daughter moon to counterbalance them.
Belthasar:The Fire Dragon, the Water Dragon, the Green Dragon, the Earth Dragon, the Black Dragon, the Sky Dragon, and one more... The final Dragon... The dark moon Dragon... The one who was to work to free the other Dragons from their bondage by the FATE computer... The child the others created on the night of the electric storm that temporatily caused FATE to loosen its hold on them... I believe you knew her as... Harle.
Kid:......!!! Unbelievable!
Belthasar:The Dragon Gods were the essence of nature on this planet... Perhaps we can consider what¡¯s happening as our planet¡¯s vengeance on us... To finally sweep away the unwanted humans from the face of this blue planet...
Kid:First it was FATE, now it¡¯s the planet...?
Belthasar:Or vice-versa... But either way you look at it, now¡¯s the time to set things right. The future of mankind... The destiny of this planet... Everything depends on the next battle you will fight. But unfortunately the time for us to part has come...
Lucca:Hey, mister! Is that the Chrono Cross you guys have there? The Chrono Cross... The melody and harmony... It has the power to cross space and time and unify people¡¯s thoughts and feelings... It has the power to transfer memories... By using it as an Element, it has the power to draw on the sounds of the six colored Elements to produce a healing harmony... It has the power to combine the sounds of the world into one melody...
Belthasar:I¡¯m sure we¡¯ll meet again soon, in one time period or another... Be careful now... And good luck...!
Anemotor:RETURN-OUR-TREES... GIVE-BACK-OUR GREEN-FORESTS...
Boss vs Anemotor
Up...
Kid:Serge, up there... That must be the summit.
Riddel:Look! Those two beams coming from either side... I wonder if they act as some kind of sealing device?
Boss vs Gravitor...
Boss vs Luxator...
Aquator: DISRESPECTING-THE-ORIGINS-OF-LIFE... MOTHER-SEA-SUFFERS... YOU-MUST-PAY-THE-PRICE.
Boss vs Aquator
On top...
A-ARRGH... HELP...S-STOP IT... KILL ME... WELL COME... Welcome... Humans...
Those who know the torment and joy of creation know also the pleasure and pain of destruction. Therefore, all that pass through here must be prepared to share the burden that I carry.
Frozen Flame...
Kid:So this is the true Frozen Flame... Struth!
Serge wants to touch it...
Kid:Hold on! Don¡¯t touch it!
Frozen Flame is shining...
Kid:Is everyone okay? Bugger you! Us humans ain¡¯t gonna let you have yer way any longer! C¡¯mon! Show yer bloody self!
Dragon God appear...
In order to survive, all living things in this world... fight desperately and devour those they defeat... Must one kill other living things in order to survive? Must one destroy another world in order to allow one¡¯s own world to continue? The wounded in turn wound and torment those weaker than they themselves are... There are only the killers and the killed... The sinners, who are judged, and the victims that do the judging... What meaning is there to such a world?
Kid:Whether there¡¯s meanin¡¯ to our lives or not... we still gon on livin¡¯, you know! You¡¯ve got no right to deny that!
I shall cleanse this blue planet of you filthy humans once and for all!!!
Boss vs. TimeDevourer...
Now I shall truly awaken again.. This too is destiny...
Belthasar:That thing... the ¡°Dragon God¡±... is only a quasi-existence... ...A temporary form that the real Dragon God uses in order to appear within this dimension. The actual Dragon God was consumed long ago, in the distant past... Integrated by the entity known as Lavos in a time on the other side of the dimensional darkness. The Frozen Flame is a splinter from the extra-terrestrial being Lavos. The one who connects with the Frozen Flame, in effect, links with Lavos itself. As the mediator between Lavos and living things, that one will gain extraordinary powers! By binding with the new seed of destruction... the ¡°Devourer of Time!¡±
Kid:What in blazes is a Devourer of Time!?
Now, go to the place where time became divided and weave the threads of time together again... Chrono Trigger!
Belthasar:The Devourer of Time is a new life-form... Born out of the fusion of a life-form from this planet with Lavos, who nests on the far side of the dimensional void. In the far-off future, when the fusion becomes complete, IT will awaken... Then, the Devourer of Time will begin to consume all space-time continua... Despair and hatred... To return all things to nothingness... That is what IT desires. Here... Take this with you.
Serge received the Time Egg!
Belthasar:That Time Egg will enable you to travel beyond space-time... The world is in your hands... Go! Release the life that is imprisoned...
Earthquake...
Kid:Cripey! What in bloody hell¡¯s happenin¡¯!? This place is goin¡¯ to crumble to pieces!
Terra Tower turns to his true form...
Kid:So that¡¯s Terra Tower¡¯s final, true form... In the end, we¡¯re all the same... Everyone dreams of bein¡¯ greater, more powerful...
Riddel:We have come this far. All that remains is to defeat the Devourer of Time. Once we wipe the Devourer of Time off the face of this planet, it is all over! Hopefully everything will go back to normal again...
Kid:You¡¯re wrong... Things won¡¯t ever go back to the way they were! Destiny... ¡°Fate¡±... is dead! From now on, us humans have to choose our own way in life... We also have to take responsibility for the choices we do make. And something;s gotta be done about the way we go on hurtin¡¯ and killin¡¯ one another! We¡¯ve gotta settle our differences once and for all!
Kid:Listen... What¡¯s really important is what we do now... The issue ain¡¯t whether we defeat that bastard or not! I¡¯m afraid that, dependin¡¯ on how we go about it, we could lose out on gainin¡¯ somethin¡¯ real precious... So the issue is the way we fight!
Riddel:So where on earth is the real Devourer of Time?
Kid:My guess is the key to findin¡¯ it lies at that beach... That¡¯s where this whole thing started. It¡¯s also probably where this whole thing¡¯ll end.