Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
And yet Hermes still shows up in the ending with the rest of the 'Amaurot Gang' and the Scions so maybe Asahi's pit of vengenance wasn't so binding after all. :P
Given that Venat was also there and we killed her to atoms, the ending is more just narrative fanservice than anything else. Remember that Krile wasn't in the picture at first, and she's alive.