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* Zalbag's [[Rousing Speech]] in Chapter 32
{{quote|'''Zalbag''': {{spoiler|Look at them. Do you see what I see? I see ''fear''! The Lucavi are [[Dirty Coward|cowering behind stone walls]], hiding and sending their minions to protect them. Their numbers mean nothing, for each man here is worth ten of those pathetic creatures. [[The Legions of Hell|They invaded our land, seeking to destroy it.]] Be you from Gariland or Riovanes, Zeltennia or Limberry, they want to see you dead. They want your home and your family, and they thought they would have it without a fight. They thought they would have ''Ivalice'' without a fight! Now, when they see how we have banded together, [[Bring Me My Brown Pants|they soil themselves in the fortress they built.]] [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|They know we have come with righteousness and the strength of an entire nation, and it scares them!]] What do you think, my friends? Should we give them something more to fear?}}}}
* When Ramza and Izlude face [[Warmup Boss|Chaos, the first Lucavi seen in the story]], screw the fact that they're alone and have never seen such a thing before, because they ''[[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|take - him - down]]'' - with nothing but their teamwork together and skill. Meaning that they proving from an early point that a) the Lucavi are ''not'' invincible; and b) anyone trained under a [[Badass Family|Beoulve]] is destined to become an inherent [[Badass]].
* Ramza and [[Five-Man Band|his companions]] taking down [[Dual Boss|the Lucavi duo]] of {{spoiler|Queklain and Adramelk}}. Especially for two reasons:
** Ramza defeats {{spoiler|Adramelk}} ''singlehandedly'', and [[It's Personal|with good motive]] to ''[[You Killed My Father|boot]]''.
** Meanwhile {{spoiler|''Queklain''}} deserves credit for being able to hold off Mel, Alma ''and'' Izlude together, since he only really went down when Valmafra showed up to help. Given he was {{spoiler|originally a [[Starter Villain]]}} in canon, this shows the Lucavi aren't being treated as a joke even in the early stages of the story.
* Ramza's [[Duel Boss]] fights with Gafgarion and {{spoiler|Wiegraf}} - not only for being good achievements for the youthful hero (defeating much older and more experienced adversaries), but also for ''the author'', who deserves praise for creating such effective battle sequences.
** In detail, Ramza fights Gaff twice, first time on his own, second to try out his new Dark Sword abilities, and both times he won, sparing Gaff's life for favors. When he fought {{spoiler|Wiegraf}}, he made it look real easy at first. {{spoiler|Even when Wiegraf summoned his sword arts, Ramza neither broke in stride or faltered from the attack, as if he never felt it, and continued walking until attacking close ranged with [[Tranquil Fury|"murder in his eyes".]] [[Oh Crap|It was then the White Knight knew how screwed he was]].}}
* In Chapter 23, {{spoiler|Zalbag and Agrias}}'s fight with [["Wake -Up Call" Boss|Zeromus]]/ {{spoiler|Barinten}}. It's probably the best-written fight scene up to that point (YMMV), and ''easily'' of the best battles in the entire story in general. Not to mention that it took a villain from the original game who was simply a [[Complete Monster|despicable]] and [[Fat Bastard|abhorrent]] indivudual, and turned him into a ''potent threat''. Followed by:
** Chapter 28, where Zalbag and {{spoiler|the Lionsguard}} face off together against Mateus, who ''tops'' Zeromus in terms of potency in battle. Besides that, it's made even better by the fact that {{spoiler|Alicia and Lavian}}'s actions are what bring about his defeat in the end. Of course, come Chapter 29, this makes {{spoiler|their [[Heroic Sacrifice]] via [[You Shall Not Pass]] hit even [[Tear Jerker|harder]]}}.
* Chapter 35 has two:
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