2012-06-11, 10:33 AM
My guess, as unwilling as I am to admit it, is that it's some kind of alternate reality thing, same deal as Future Erev. Killing the Black Mage in it (if you can even do so) will do nothing to affect the present or future. I doubt it's even as strong as the real Black Mage, or even if it was as strong as he was at that point in time, perhaps the real Black Mage is a heck of a lot stronger in the present.