Kid Icarus: Uprising: Part 25: Chapter 23: Lord of the Underworld

Описание: No more distractions, detours and diversions. Pit had defeated the Aurum, got Viridi on his side, risked his whole life and wings to save Palutena and Dark Pit's lives, and then got fully-revived through their help.

It was now finally time to take down Hades! This time! R-Right...?!

Alas, during the battle, Hades had another very unexpected trick up his sleeve that caught Pit entirely offguard.
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CHAPTER 23 STATS -

Intensity: 8.0

Weapon: Pandora Claws
Value: 302
Modifiers: Shot Homing + 3, Walking Speed + 2, Standing Charge Shot + 1, Melee Dash Attack + 1, Full-Health Boost + 2.

Powers: Mega Laser Lv. 1, Brief Invincibility Lv. 1, Poison Attack Lv. 1, Quick Charge Lv. 1, Health Recovery Lv. 3., Heavenly Light Lv. 2
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AIR BATTLE - (00:30 - 04:05)

Despite the weapons stats I've listed about, this severity of this Chapter's plot was a call for Pit to once again equip himself with the Three Sacred Treasures (but still keep my weapon stats in mind, here).

Hades has caused a great disturbed in the balance between the Earth, the heavens above, and the Underworld below, thanks to his exploits with fallen souls. It's Pit's mission to stop him once and for all!
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Within the Underworld, Hades' presence could be felt everywhere... It took just a little while for the Lord of the Underworld to finally make his physical appearance known.

And when a great clash was about to begin, Hades took note of Pit's Three Sacred Treasures...

And knocked them all off of him with one blow! (Switching you to whatever setup you had before starting this Chapter.)
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Even then, you still have to fight Hades now. For me, at least, he went down rather quickly. But then... he springs his most shocking surprise against Pit, yet...

HE EATS HIM!
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LAND BATTLE - (4:05 - 15:53)

That's right! This Chapter's Land Battle... takes place inside of Hades!

Ugh, besides nearly dying from burning his wings off, this is probably the second-worst thing that could happen to poor Pitty Pat. Being inside of Hades means he's cut off from speaking to Palutena, too.

Hades was surprised that Pit was still alive... and he was planning to bring him back out from the way he came in. Pit absolutely freaked out about about this. Alas, Hades was having trouble with expectorating the flightless angel. Pit decided to travel deeper through Hades to find some other (miraculous way out).

This level also wields this game's final Intensity Gate.
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A lot of the enemies found here are just visceral versions of Underworld troops. They look pretty gross, yes?

To attempt to not lose his mind being inside the Lord of the Underworld, Pit pepped himself up by declaring his heavenly wrath against the troops, but he was struggling to even do that.

Pit really couldn't speak to Palutena anymore at this point, which made Hades taunt him on how much he depends on her for anything. To counter this, Pit reminded Hades of all of his crimes that have been disturbing the balance between life and death.

As much as Pit tried to prevent his sanity from slipping away, he started talking to himself, pretending to be Palutena giving him advice and compliments.
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After another (invisible, sorry) grind rail session, Pit ends up in a deeper section of Hades' stomach.

Here, Hades tried to kill Pit by dumping as many dangerous things in there onto him as he could. He also further taunted Pit about trying to stop his soul exploits and desecrating.

Oh... and speaking of... dumping... Hades suddenly had ANOTHER way of getting rid of Pit from inside of him. Something even worse than his first idea when he first ate him. Because duty calls even for gods.

Most mercifully, however, Hades didn't go for it. Pit likely would've preferred Hades to kill him outright than THAT.

Near the end of this level, it was shown that Viridi and her Forces of Nature were busy fighting against the Underworld Army outdoors.

Then Pit lost his mind even more when he decided to imitate Viridi, too.
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Pit eventually had one more thing to deal with inside of Hades: His big, cheeky Heart!

Hah! And fighting it is like playing a game of Bomberman! The arena is a grid maze where the Heart of Hades plants bombs. Stay out of their cross-shaped range.

But also, the heart can make a fake copy of itself, and if it takes enough damage, it goes berserk and tries to chase you around in the maze.

I just BARELY managed to survive this boss!
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The Heart of Hades was defeated and exploded.

Within that very moment, Pit was picked up by the Lightning Chariot, wielded by Dark Pit. That explosion was all he needed to immediately rescue his twin.

Alas, Hades losing his heart didn't kill him like how Palutena lost her soul before. In fact, he was healthier than ever.

But now... a bigger problem arose for Pit's team. They no longer had the Three Sacred Treasures to defeat Hades with... because he destroyed them...

A new & final Plan B was in order.