The Last Remant Walkthrough

After taking care of those monsters, continue along the passage. You'll now appear in another portion of Blackdale. Almost immediately, the path here branches left and right. Note that there are enemies hanging around to the right, so be ready to initiate the attack. Head up that path to find another harvest point. Here, you'll unearth Weapon Recipe 4. Now return back down the trail and this time follow the path that had taken off to the left (which is now on your right).

Enemies near some treasure.

That's a hungry Mr. Diggs!

Ahead, you should see an enemy close by. Beyond him, the path widens and there are more enemies patrolling near a treasure chest. Defeat the goons, then open the chest to find Blackdale Map 1. Just left from there is an extraction point.

Continue onward through the cave, taking care of any airborne enemies you encounter just beyond the harvest point (if they're not dead already). It's also a good idea to save. Just past the last bird, you can enter into the next portion of the caves. This will trigger a cutscene, after which you will find yourself in a battle.

This fight looks more impressive than any you've yet faced (and comes only after its fair share of hype), but it's actually pretty simple. First you'll want to take care of the goons that accompany the idol in battle, since they can wear you down if you don't dispose of them quickly. After that, you'll have only the idol to worry about. Try to keep your health up, particularly as you finish off the last soldiers, since the idol likes to use moderately powerful special attacks. You won't be at any risk if your health is in fair shape, but if you're barely hanging on then the fire-based attacks could be enough to finish you. Since your companions will be working to heal you, this attack can for the most part by won without any overall change in strategy compared to any other fight up to this point. Just keep those mystic and combat arts flowing and you should make short work of him.

Once the battle ends, you're going to find yourself in the middle of another lengthy series of cutscenes.

It looks a lot more powerful than it is.

Pull yourself together, Rush!

When the cutscenes end, David and Torgal's squads leave your party and you're back in the throne room in Athlum. Head to the Virtus Parish portion of the city and you'll find a guard standing in front of the pub with a red text bubble over his head. He tells you that David wants you to return to the castle.

Once you arrive back in the castle, there's another series of cutscenes. The number of unions you can have in your party will increase to 3, plus you'll be advised that you can now recruit soldiers from the town square (talk to a recruiting officer). None of these troops can be leaders, but they can nicely fill out your ranks. You'll also be able to have more leaders and units in battle now, which will surely prove useful down the road to follow. David and the four generals also will join your party at this point. Now you should make any purchases and adjustments needed within town. It's especially important to make use of your ability to recruit troops, since the game will assume that you have done so and will prevent more challenging enemies and quests accordingly. Beef up your troops, then exit to the world map where your next destination (The Ivory Peaks) is now available. Save your progress, then proceed.