Well, this is it. With Endings and Beginnings, we have hit the final chapter of The DioField Chronicle. Clocking in at only three missions, this chapter is a little shorter. It also contains very little in the way of Side Missions or base activities. However, Chapter 7 tries to make up for that with some big boss battles.

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You will now have control of all your final units and—as long as you have been doing your Side Missions—your whole gang will be decked out in end-game gear. So, there should be no tactic or strategy that you aren't capable of implementing. With that, we are off to face down the empire and fulfill our destiny!

Shadowy Machinations

As you always do, you will start at your base. There are three Side Missions here. These are the final Side Missions in this game. First, talk to Castevere; you will be given the "Hometown Assassins" Side Mission. Talk to Tremina, and you will be given the "Blood is Thicker" Side Mission. Finally, talk to Hezeliah to get the "Seeds of Peace" Side Mission.

While there is no rush to complete these Side Missions, this is your only chance to obtain them. After this mission, you will never be able to acquire them again. So make sure you do your rounds!

Once you are ready to go, enter the war room and start the Defeat The Remants mission.

Defeat The Remnants

The first phase of this battle has the enemies pretty spread out. Naturally, you are going to throw your troops at the squishy Gunmen first. While the majority of your army is doing this, have a mounted unit swing around and grab the attention of all the nearby Soldiers. Lead those Soldiers back to your main force, and then bombard everyone with your AOE attacks.

In the next phase, the Soldier and Gunmen will already be largely bundled together. Just bunch all the enemy troops using your Mounted Charge, Wings of the Storm, or Vicious Swing attacks. Then, hit them with AOE specials. You should be able to make quick work of them.

After you deal with that lot, you will have a group of Soldiers and a group of Gunmen appear to your right. The Soldiers will be separating you from the Gunmen. Just circle around them, attack the Gunmen (and the Gigas that is accompanying them), and send one of your troops out to get the attention of the Soldiers and then kite them back to the rest of your units. From here, you guessed, bombard them with AOE attacks. If you like, you can even use your summons here, as the next phase will be against a singular enemy.

The final phase is just your ol' buddy the Skeletal dragon. Stun them whenever they try to do anything, and annihilate them with Andrias' most powerful attacks (if he isn't already in your party, you can swap him in, of course). At this point in the game, with all the endgame gear equipped, Avatar Rush takes out more than half a health bar from the Dragon, so this should go pretty damn quickly.

A Twisted Ruse

Once you finish the Defeat The Remnants mission, you'll be back in the war tent. You wlll need to talk to Hezeliah. After you do so, it is off to the next mission!

Finish Off The Remnants

This mission is extremely linear. So, you aren't going to be doing a whole lot of maneuvering around your opponents. The perfect example of this is the first phase. This phase has a group of Soliders followed by a group of Gunmen. So, charge through to the Gunmen, kiting the Soldiers as you go. Then, hit them all with your best AOE attacks when they are clustered.

The next phase is filled with nothing but Gunmen. Squishy, soft, Gunmen... That's a bold strategy, let's see how it turns out for them. Hit them with a few AOE attacks, and they will all be dead. The third phase has Wyvern Riders, Gunmen, and two Cannon Towers. If you have both Chappleman and Zoruaq, then two Wings Of The Storm will take out both Cannon Towers, while you simultaneously bunch all the troops together. A few more AOE attacks from your units—with Andrias using his Assassinations attack to polish off the Wyvern Riders—and you should finish them all off.

The last batch is actually very, very similar to the one that came before it. The only difference is that the Cannon Towers are more spread out, meaning you won't be able to hit both of them at the same time. However, this is a pretty minor hiccup. You can just group all the enemies on one side, taking out the enemies as you do, and send one of your troops to destroy the other tower. Otherwise, just do what you did in the previous phase. This is also your final group of enemies, so, as always, unload your summons on them.

A Fervent Wish

Nothing to do here other than complete the main mission. You can walk around and talk to your comrades, but there are no more Side Missions, and there are no pieces of special dialogue that will yield rewards. All there is left to do is to select Kill The General on the map and start the final mission of the game.

Kill The General

You will start off with a cluster of Soldiers and Gunmen to your left. Hustle over there and take care of them using your AOE attacks. Once you have killed the first group of Soldiers, you will get to fight Zevatian! Well, not really, it is just an imposter. Before you get to him, you will be swarmed by two Gunmen and two Soldiers. You know the drill by now, group them together, and blast them with AOE attacks. Now, go kill the imposter. He is just like every other Wyvern Rider you have fought so far. Just use Andrias to polish him off quickly.

Right after you kill the fake Zevatian, three Gigases weill appear (rather dramatically). Just head straight for the Gigas with the crossbow. Let the other two come to you. Then, once they get in close, group them together, hit them with AOE attacks, and finish them off using Andrias' assassination skill. We were able to finish them off in essentially a single turn.

Once you have killed the three Gigases, you will get to fight Zevatian! This time, it is the real Zevatian. He isn't dramatically different from the imposter, except that he has four health bars. However, you have Andrias, who is very good at getting rid of health bars. So, as per usual, you are going to hit the group (who come pre-clustered) with AOE attacks, and whittle away at the Wyvern Rider with heavy-hitting singular attacks.

Partway through the battle, another Gigas will show up. Give him your attention briefly, polish him off, and then refocus on Zevatian. He should now stand alone, and is the final unit you need to kill in order to finish the game. However, while he is the final boss, Andrias will still take care of him in short order. Once you kill him, just sit back and enjoy the show. Congratulations, you have completed The DioField Chronicle!

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