

The Last Verse
CHAPTER 11:
The Heart of a King
The Scourge of the Stars


- several days later -
With a boat driven by Cid, Noctis and friends crossing the vast sea to get into Niflheim region. They are planning to take back the crystal needed to reclaim the throne of Lucis. From the shore, they took the train to that will directly take them to capital of Niflheim kingdom, Gralea.
On the way, Ignis inform that Aranea bring Luna's death body back to her home at Tenebrae to have a proper funeral. Noctis then plan to pay a visit to House Fleuret at Tenebrae which lead to Noctis having a quarrel with Gladiolus, telling Noctis to stop thinking about himself and start caring about others who also ended up losing something, in this case Gladiolus refering to Ignis who lost his sight. Ignis suggest they will make a stop for Cartanica before going to Tenebrae to visit another royal tomb and get another royal arm for Noctis. Eventually they made it to Cartanica and decide to explore the mine underneath to find the royal tomb. On the way exploring the mine, Gladiolus seems to still having a grudge with Noctis for not being care about others.
At the end of the mine, they find the royal tomb guarded by a Marlboro monster. Even though Ignis is blind, he managed to analyze enemy weakness and put a good use to it. Ignis then will gain the ability of Libra Scientia. Ignis will also make a statement to stop worrying about him, he will go with everyone despite being blind.
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After getting the royal arm, Noctis and friends continue their journey on train to Tenebrae...



Editor’s Note
When I play the game back then, I feel kinda lost on why suddenly Gladio pick a fight with Noctis just because he is being mourn for the lost of Luna. I don't think Noctis deserve Gladio's anger for that reason. Especially when there is no story on what is really happening with Gladio, Ignis and Prompto during the Leviathan battle and I feel like they being separated was already according to plan. So why does Gladio feel so angry to Noctis in this chapter, I don't really get it. In my version, I added the battle scene of Noctis and team against Ardyn on previous chapter, which lead to Noctis action to abandon his friends to chase and attack Ardyn blindly out of rage. In a way Gladio feels that his king is just abandon his people in need, which make Gladio anger feel more "make-sense".