IIRC, here's how it goes:
- Party fights Laharl in plot battle. Laharl owns them.
- Later on, the party can choose to fight Laharl in an optional battle.
- If the party wins that fight, Laharl gets pissed and blows up the planet.
So I'm thinking Kurou is already in Demonbane before he can put enough pressure on Laharl to make Laharl get mad and bust out the planet-level attacks. That's why I'm saying it takes a while to escalate on both sides.
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You put your RESOLVE HAT back on, which conveniently is the same hat as your NORMAL HAT.
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