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Day 23: The noble King whose spirit trembles; welcome to my despair-filled world; we can have a better ending; you mean you like... her?!
Time spent: Approximately 3 hours.

Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh... boy... This was quite the session.

You know, this gives me flashbacks of my first playthrough topic (Shadow of the Colossus), back in 2013. I was about to finish the game then and posted a "How do I think the ending will be?" comment. I wasn't prepared for what was to come. The same case applied here, but we'll get to that later on... In the meantime: What did I expect from this play session? Well, first and foremost, An actual ending after fighting Asgore. I thought there was gonna be a way to break Asgore's will into sparing him and, somehow, cross the barrier together, ending with the liberation of all monsters, and a peaceful, rose-tinted, honey-level-of-sweetness ending. Instead, what I got was... Okay, okay, first what matters.

Ehem...

I entered Asgore's room. He showed me a large hallway with a cool black-and-white lighting effect. Everything was prepared for me to give my own soul to him: Six full containers and an empty one. He offered me to either battle him or go back, so I naturally selected "Go back" to see what he had to say. He was merciful, and he wasn't prepared for what was to come. He also assumed I wasn't either, which wasn't true since I was eager for battle; but he was ultimately so, so right (although we'll get to that later!).

I finally entered battle, and what does he do first? Crush the Mercy option, ensuring there was no way out of this battle. This felt epic, even though slightly underwhelming by the tone of the music. I mean, it was pretty good at times, but it felt lacking overall, although maybe intentionally. I wasn't able to do anything besides checking him, talking to him, and using items. Well, there was also the Fight option, but "no no no, we're avoiding that at all costs, right?". So I started dodging his attacks and I quickly had a certain message that I so stubbornly ignored and underestimated: "It seems like talking won't do good anymore" (or something along the lines). I used some foods with some anticipation before them, thinking: "What would be that certain 'King's favorite food'?". Anyway, they didn't do anything other than restoring my health, so I quickly ran out of options here. Ultimately, I died.

Then there was the second try. He cut to the chase and we started the battle right away. Then I talked to him and got a certain message: You talked to Asgore. You told him he has already killed you once." "OHHHHHH! Awesome!" I thought I was making some kind of progress. I repeated the same things, but I died again.

Then there was the third try. "You told Asgore he has killed you twice. He nods". It was epic. Repetitive, but epic nonetheless. Still, something was oddly lacking about this fight. It wasn't the hardest so far, and there was also a lack of gimmicks, even though the blue and orange spear attacks were top-notch. I died again.

"...

Okay, that's it".

So I went back with this in mind:

Raka_Putra posted...

Well the King's favorite food is something that has been named before but I am not sure if you have it in your inventory (or still have).

I had an idea, which was to go back all the way to the hotel and buy the "Legendary Hero Sandwich". "Maybe I have to give him the food and we'll all be happy!" (Thinking about it in retrospect, it was kind of not-so-smart to think that something a fairly random NPC told me would be the key to advance, barring the Fight option.) Either way, I went ahead and bought it. Then I went all the way back, entered the room and ate it when he hit me. "You ate the sandwich. Your attack increased by 4". "Well that was a waste of time".

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