Quote Originally Posted by Delsus View Post
If you read what Louisiox says Ifrit (can't remember Garuda) doesn't actually die, he just gets wounded then absorbs the aether to become even more powerful, it would also be why the ifrit hard mode quest is called "Ifrit Bleeds, We Can Kill it" also showing we just wound him in easy mode.
But when you defeat Garuda you are hailed in a later quest as the one who stopped Garuda. I think they say it about Ifrit too, and I hadn't killed Ifrit HM when they said that
Wish I could remember the exact quest though