[ Well, unfortunately someone still hadn't been properly defeated, hadn't they? At some nebulous point in time, Argenti will go out of his way to seek Joshua out - perhaps it is before all of the palaces begin in earnest or one of them ends. The fact remains that he is also a man of his word and doesn't intend to let things get out of hand.

So, he will contact Joshua and await him in the Nekyia (or he just ran into him in the Nekyia, if that suits better.) Whenever they do meet face to face, he turns to look at him...he recalls distinctly their last talks and that the young man certainly has quite a lot to deal with, which has allowed him to gain further insight into him as a person.

But, time will tell:

Can they work together successfully this time? ]

I believe it is time we took care of that wretched creature bothering everyone else with its accursed nonsense.

Are you ready to strike it down?

[ Because he sure is! ]