35. Liberation

Kiriya and Savio join the battle as NPCs with infinite HP. Still, if everyone on your team dies, it's Game Over, as Kiriya and Savio can't revive you.

Great! Not only do you have to bring down the boss, he's invisible. Play Percipere near it to make him visible, then Aya Connect and start playing Symphonic Blade on his cymballs.

Faespheres will keep popping up during the battle, so try to destroy them to limit the damage Held can do to you. Otherwise he packs some pretty dangerous moves that continuously damage your party. It may be a wise idea to bring ranged/mage chrs into battle and let them duke it out with Held while you destroy Faespheres.

Kiriya and Savio will keep Held busy most of the time, giving you ample chances to stay away from them and heal your wounds. I was able to change skills on the fly with ease.

Once you reduce Held's HP low enough, he'll keel over and barrier around the link is gone. Run to it and start smacking. When Held recovers, barrier reappears and knocks you back. The closer Held is to defeat, the faster the barrier returns. Eventually Held croaks, and you can smack the link.