Trails Through Daybreak II was released in Japan for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in September 2022. A Windows port was released in Asia by Clouded Leopard Entertainment in January 2023, with an English version by NIS America, including a Nintendo Switch version, scheduled to be released on February 14, 2025. A sequel, The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki, was released in 2024.
Plot
Sometime after the fall of Almata, Elaine Auclair recruites Van Arkride in order to investigate a series of bizarre murders which leads them into a mysterious man who can take a monstrous from similar to Van's Grendel. Both are killed in the encounter, but the Oct-Genesis at Agnès Claudel's possession rewinds time, saving their lives. The Arkride Solution Office once again come together to solve this new mystery, joining them are Swin Abel and Nadia Rayne, coming into conflict with the Garden-Master, the last surviving member of the Garden who is in league with the mysterious monster Grendel-Zolga, Cao lee of Heiyue, and Ellroy Harwood who is training Ixs and Jolda, children of Gerard Dantès, to become enforcers for Ouroboros, with the Oct-Genesis resetting time whenever they hit a horrible dead end.
The group discover that the Garden-Master is Ace Rayne, Nadia's older brother and Swin's partner who was thought to be dead. Though it is eventually revealed to be a clone body possessed by Auguste Aldan, a Calvardian revolutionary who was executed due to ideological differences, with his spirit remaining and feeding on the negativity of all the souls who were wrong throughout history. Seeking to use the eighth and last Oct-Genesis as well as Grendel-Zolga and his AI Altra, who is a corrupted Lapis Rosenberg, to reshape history but is ultimately thwarted, allowing Swin and Nadia to have a moment with the spirit of the real Ace.
Van's group finally discover Grendel-Zolga as Dingo Brad, a journalist and old friend of Van who was murdered during one of Almata's operations, with his body being cloned to serve the Garden-Master but the personality of the original Dingo eventually took over and would indirectly aid the heroes. After his defeat, Dingo passes away peacefully, and everyone attend the anniversary celebration of Agnès' academy.
