Despair and Hope

Well, of course, it's "Cold" that drops action, not "Freeze". I keep forgetting, and the description says otherwise...
Zera can fly... well, nothing unusual for a JRPG :)
One of my favourite scenes. It would be very sad if... no, I don't want to spoil it.
And another sad scene. I'll miss those wise statements and comparisons to nature...
We're back in Cyrum Kingdom, and from now on the mood changes, it's all misery and despair.
Look who's here again! Only Risotto, though, lost and worried about Gonzola and others.
"Calm down! Why assume they are dead? You know as well as I, they would not die so easily! They are too stubborn!"
Here you have something called Raul Hills special stage. It is special due to several things. I was writing everything down and did it so hastily that now it's difficult to understand, but I won't need all of it anyway.
It's fairly easy at the start and there you can find weapon for your party which is practically useless. I wonder why it is there...
Hard mode certainly did some changes to the second part of the level because I hardly escaped and had to evade enemies for the first time in this game. I underestimated them at first, but now I see they're called Devils for a reason >_> The items there are very useful, though, I'd suggest at least trying to get them.
Those Devils wouldn't be so bad if they didn't cast "Ba-Boom" because it's instant death for my whole party. I had to use two Revival Gems, but I think it was worth the items.
Level 53 already? I usually reached it near the end of the game. It is near the end of the game, though.
They kissed eventually x)
It was probably a bit too high to jump from that, Elena... but it's a JRPG, so never mind, haha! And now Ryudo's falling down the rabbit hole.
I know it's hard to understand what's happening from my description. That's because I don't want to give spoilers in case someone decides to play Grandia II.
 "Look at yourself! Behold your new form with your own eyes!" - You call that being a god? Hmph, Melfice looked far more impressive :D
The mood changes again. Now it's rather optimistic and uplifting.

Now that's what I call "hard mode"...

"Demon's Law", what a weird name for, er... what exactly is it?
These vein and arteria passages are a bit tricky, I wouldn't get lost here but I want to collect everything there is, and that requires more remembering. Now... where did I come from?
Aaah! Valmar's Body sure was much easier to defeat before. I could hardly keep my party alive and its HP were still question marks when it finished me. It's like the only place where hard mode justifies its name. Man, now I'm not so confident... It might have been because I temporarily had no control over Millenia and there was less opportunity for healing, however someone had to use attacks, too. I have a plan, I wanted to do it last time but forgot: casting "Freeze" repeatedly to slow those things down so we have a chance for more action.
Fortunately, if my following attempts fail, I can return to the previous locations and level up, and so until I'm able to withstand the Body's attacks.
That didn't help much... but now I know what to do - to stay away. I started running about with only Ryudo left, and I should say if more characters were alive, we might have won. And "Freeze" wouldn't hurt, too, when there's a chance.
Oh no, I can't come back T_T I'll have to try again and again, no hope...
Alright then, I'll try to both stay away, cast "Freeze" and take them out one by one.
And what if I mainly attack the Body, not Tentacles?.. It seems more vulnerable...
Nooo! I almost won! T_T
(after another n tries)
Got to save now, save, save... yes! Phew, I'm past that now xD Even my hands got sweaty.
It turned out much more difficult than I thought. So, here's the strategy that helped me:
1) I've backed my party up with Revival Gems and tried to avoid using them for as long as possible (surprisingly, I didn't need to use them at all).
2) I still can't understand if "Freeze" drops action, I thought it did, but it wouldn't make much difference here anyway, so I stopped wasting magic on it.
3) I kept using "Spellbinding Eye" on the Body, when Millenia's SP ran out, I gave her a potion that restored them. All this time I tried to keep everyone away from the Tentacles (they do no harm that way) and mainly attacked from a distance. As the Body was paralysed, it couldn't use magic and draw us closer which is really annoying.
I actually could go back by loading my older save file, but then I'd have to explore a half of the level again.
Now I'll come back for more enemies to defeat whenever I get a chance. Better easy than... this.
Defeating the Heart was a pleasure, not at all like the previous boss. It has always been fairly easy: slower, does little damage, uses weaker magic and mostly debuffs. As for the Body, I don't remember it being so strong, they must have messed something up.