As you roam around the destroyed remains of the Mushroom Kingdom, with Toadstool's castle nearly destroyed, it's civilians of Toad's killed, and then you see multiple town areas nearly destroyed, and the bodie of Lucy. Soon, you hear footsteps and the sound of a metal blade being scraped across the brick floor, it's Devil Maria

Oh... what's this. We have a new guest trying to stop me? Well you can try all you want, but your struggle for victory will be pointless, as we have already won.