Phelios/Stage 6

Area 1
Once the enchanted mirror has faded out, and Pegasus has started to propel Apollo forward again for the fifth time, the three-script texting of ''Kōri no sekai ga tokete, Keruberosu no shinden he nagarete iku wa! Kiwotsukete! Keruberosu no teshita ga hisonde iru wa!!'' (氷の世界が溶けて、ケルベロスの神殿へ流れていくわ! 気をつけて! ケルベロスの手下が潜んでいるわ!!) will appear at the bottom of the screen, as two Item Flies come flying down towards him on that left side of the screen; once you've fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at these, to kill them, they will leave two "S" powerups behind, and announce their names in Japanese from the C140. Once you collect these up, eighteen Kagerou will fly down towards you from the top of the screen (while firing projectiles at you) - and once you've fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at these, to kill them, a third Item Fly will come flying down towards you on the left side of the screen. Once you have fired off a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at him to kill him, he will leave an "O" powerup behind, and announce its name in Japanese from that C140; once you've collected it, forty-five more Kagerou will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing projectiles at you. Once you fire a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at these to kill them, you will come to two Rock Men, who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on the rectangular platforms on the left and right sides of the screen; once you have fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at both of them, to knock them into the water, three more Item Flies will come flying down towards you on the left side of the screen. Once you have fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at them, to kill them, they will leave two more "S" powerups and a second "O" powerup behind, and announce their names in Japanese from the C140 - and once you've collected them, you'll come up to a third Rock Man who is throwing his rocks up at you, from his position on that circular platform in the centre of the screen. Once you have fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at him to knock him into the water, five Kumo will emerge from the water on the right side of the screen, and fly directly towards you while rotating on their X-axes; once you've fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at them, to kill them, five more Kumo will emerge from the water on the left side of the screen and fly directly towards you (while rotating on their X-axes). Once you have fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at these, to kill them, you'll come to two more Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you, from their positions on the rectangular platforms on the left and right sides of the screen - and once you've fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at both of these (to knock them into the water), five more Kumo will emerge from the water upon that right side of the screen and fly directly towards you while rotating on their X-axes. Once you fire a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at them to kill them, five more Kumo will emerge from the water on that left side of the screen, and fly directly towards you while rotating on their X-axes; once you have fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at them to kill them, you will come up to three more Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on the rectangular platforms on the left side, right side and centre of the screen. Once you have fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to knock them into the water five more Kumo will emerge from the water on the right side of the screen, then fly directly towards you while rotating upon their X-axes - and once you have fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at them to kill them, five more Kumo will emerge from the water on the left side of the screen and fly directly towards you while they are rotating on their X-axes. Once you've fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at these, to kill them, you will come to seven more Rock Men, who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on the seven small platforms in the centre of the screen; once you've fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to knock them into the water, three Happa will emerge from the water in the centre of the screen and fly directly towards you. Once you have fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at them to kill them three more Happa will emerge from the water in the centre of the screen and fly directly towards you - and once you've fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at them to kill them you will come to six more Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on six more small platforms in the centre of the screen. Once you have fired one charged shot from your sword and all three beams adjacent to it at each of them to knock them into the water, three more Item Flies will come flying down towards you on that left side of the screen; once you've fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at these, to kill them, they'll leave two more "S" and a third "O" powerup behind and announce their names in Japanese from the C140. Once you've collected them, three more Happa will emerge from the water in the centre of the screen and fly directly towards you - and once you have fired a charged shot and the three beams adjacent to it at these, to kill them, three more Happa will emerge from the water in the centre of the screen, and fly directly towards you. Once you have fired off a charged shot and the three beams adjacent to it at them to kill them, you will come up to seven more Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions upon the seven small platforms in the centre of the screen; once you have fired a charged shot from your sword (and the three beams adjacent to it) at each of them to knock them into the water, three more Happa will emerge from the water in the centre of the screen and fly directly towards you. Once you have fired a charged shot and the three beams adjacent to it at these, to kill them, three more Happa will emerge from the water in the centre of the screen, then fly directly towards you - and once you have fired a charged shot and the three beams adjacent to it at them to kill them, sixty-six more Kagerou will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing projectiles at you; once you fire off a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at them to kill them, you will come up to ten more Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on the rectangular platforms on the left side, right side, and centre of the screen. Once you fire a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to knock them into the water, three more Item Flies will come flying down towards you on the left side of the screen - and once you have fired a charged shot from your sword (and the three beams adjacent to it) at these three to kill them, they'll leave two more "S" and an "L" powerup behind and announce their names in Japanese from the C140. Once you collect them Apollo will either regain one of his lost life-hearts (if he had taken a hit during the course of the game), or gain an additional fifth one (if he has not yet taken a hit during the course of the game); eighteen more Kagerou will then fly down towards you from the top of the screen while firing projectiles at you. Once you have off fired a charged shot from your sword and all three beams adjacent to it at them to kill them, you will come up to five final Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on the horizontally-orientated rectangular platform in the centre of the screen - and once you have fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them, to knock them into the water, the three-script Japanese text Keruberosu no shinden (ケルベロスの神殿) will appear at the bottom of the screen, as Apollo descends down to and enters the temple of Cerberus below him (which looks like a white version of the Graeae's and Antaeus's, and forms the basis for the second and final area of the stage). The song that you'd been hearing from the Yamaha YM-2151 will also fade out at this point.

Area 2
Once Apollo has reappeared inside the temple, and its theme starts to be heard from that Yamaha YM-2151, two more Item Flies will come flying down towards him, on the left side of the screen; once you've fired a charged shot from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at these ones, to kill them, they will leave two more "S" powerups behind and announce their names in Japanese from the C140. Once you have collected them, the three-script text Keruberosu wo taoshite, Dyupon no shinden he hayaku kite! (ケルベロスを倒して、デュポンの神殿へ早く来て!) will appear at the bottom of the screen, as the game's "boss" theme starts to be heard from the Yamaha YM-2151 for a sixth time and you come to Cerberus - and he will attack by spitting small fireballs at you, from all three of his mouths (which can be blocked, for extra points), but once you have fired enough charged shots from your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at one of his heads to destroy it, it will leave a larger fireball behind. This will try to limit your mobility by ricocheting around the screen and firing lasers at you from all directions, and cannot be destroyed; once you have fired enough shots at either of his remaining heads to destroy it, it will leave another larger fireball behind. Once you have fired enough shots at his one remaining head to destroy it, he will explode and the three-script Japanese text Aporō ha, Keroberosu no taoshita. (アポローは、ケルベロスを倒した.) will appear at the bottom of the screen - and Apollo will then proceed onwards to the enchanted mirror at the back of Cerberus's temple (as Artemis's theme once again starts to be heard from that Yamaha YM-2151). Once it has faded in, Artemis will speak the three-script texting of ''Aporō, hikarinotsurugi wo te ni hairenakereba Dyupon ni katenai wa. Daichi Gaia ni nemuru hikarinotsurugi, Feriosu wo...'' (アポロー、光の剣を手に入れなければデュポンに勝てないわ. 大地ガイアに眠る光の剣、フェリオスを...) to Apollo from the C140 as it appears at the bottom of the screen; once it has faded out again, the game will segue into the seventh stage (which is the final one). It is also worth noting that if Apollo should fly into any of Cerberus's three heads during this stage, the impact will kill him instantly - regardless of how many life-hearts he may have.

''Note: If Apollo is too close to Cerberus's body when it explodes, he shall lose a life-heart if he gets caught in the blast; if it was his last one, the blast will kill him, but the game will still proceed to the enchanted mirror at the back of the temple as if he was still alive and (for the last time) resurrect him at the start of the seventh and final stage (unless the life that he lost was his last one, in which case it will, for the sixth and final time, proceed to the continue screen after the enchanted mirror has faded out). However, in order to defeat Typhon at the end of the seventh stage, you must collect all seven of the "P-H-E-L-I-O-S" powerups in the first area to upgrade the charged shot of Apollo's sword, because he can only be injured by upgraded charged shots.''