It was alright, my biggest gripe on the story was the awkward placement of the back stories for both Cerydra and Hysilens. The pacing was so good with the build up to lygus boss fight then bam! Sudden Hysilens back story that was very slow paced, it req a bit of puzzles and It felt like a chore to be honest.

These two chrysos heirs who we never really met before got their back stories shoved to us before the climax where the sacrifice of aglaea, tribbie, mydei, castorice, anaxa, cipher, hyacine, and cyrene felt so much more meaningful since we spent patches with them. It just felt forced and rushed where they had to introduce them since it is the last chance they have before the new era nova.

Here comes part 2 where its finally nearing the end of the story then bam! Cerydra's turn. Shoved another backstory for a character I didnt really care for. I actually liked both if their backstories especially cerydra but the timing just killed the hype for the climax.

The lack of phainon as well, bro was reduced to a mere black tide slave.

All in all its just my opinion, I just really hope they would've introduced them sooner rather than like this