Dragon Quest IX has up and surprised me.
Chasing after Batzorig, the son of Butsureg's chief, doesn't immediately result in a boss battle. Instead, you're lead to his mother's grave. There, her spirit reveals that you need to get her son some Bodura Grass so that he can reveal the enchantress Sarantsatsral's true form.
So the boss here, if there will be such a thing, is lined up to be Sarantsatsral herself.
Upon first encountering her, it was clear that she was not what she seemed. But my guess then was that she was a fellow Celestrian; that she was an angel like your main character. That's still my guess, but evidence is mounting against that being the case. Her sapping the confidence and courage from Batsureg's chief and his son alike is particularly un-angelic.
At any rate, this much narrative in the middle of the hunt for a fygg is a welcome change to the game. All of the other fyggs were usually delivered by accident or after a battle with whatever had eaten the fygg in question. Also, more often than not a dungeon is placed between you and the one who had dined on the divine fruit.
That the process for getting this fygg varies the formula is very welcome. Perhaps as much for what it is as for its being entirely unexpected.
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