Along the way, she encounters agents of Ouroboros known as Enforcers, who are assisting Weissmann with the search for the Aureole, and receives aid from Kevin Graham, a priest of the Septian Church.

Estelle is kidnapped during a raid on an Ouroboros facility and taken prisoner on the airship Glorious, where she meets Loewe, a former Enforcer associate of Joshua.

Loewe recounts how he and Joshua lived in an Erebonian village called Hamel, and ended up as the only survivors of a false flag operation used by Erebonia as an excuse to go to war with Liberl.

After travelling to the city by airship and fighting through the Enforcers, including Loewe, the party reach Weissmann, who fuses with the Aureole and creates a magical barrier around himself.

[7] Xseed stated that while they were not cancelling the English release of Second Chapter, they could not keep it as a main focus and needed to work on other games to maintain financial stability.

[13] Carpe Fulgur head Andrew Dice said that progress in translating the game was slowed by struggles in his personal life.

[2] A remaster, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Evolution, was released in Japan for the PlayStation Vita on December 10, 2015.

[18][19] RPGFan gave the imported Japanese version an 82% score, praising the gameplay, writing, and characters, but criticizing the dated presentation and cliché main plot compared to Crisis Core, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Xenosaga, concluding: "Those willing to see beyond the somewhat outdated presentation and cliché main storyline will find a slightly old school, yet incredibly charming RPG with solid mechanics, likeable characters and a well written story".

They stated that it is "robustly realized and populated by an endless stream of compelling characters, Trails in the Sky approaches the pinnacle of traditional JRPG design".