Why would Javascript `if...else if` not end with an `else`?

Here is a snippet of JavaScript code from a tutorial I was working with. I don’t understand why it doesn’t end with a final else clause; I thought that was a rule.

var curScene = 0;

function changeScene(decision) {
  var message = "";

  if(curScene == 1) {
    message = " welcome";
  } else if (curScene == 2) {
    message = " this is scene two";
  } else if (curScene == 3) {
    message = " this is scene three";
  }

  document.getElementById("sceneimg").src = "scene" + curScene + ".png";

  if(message != ""){
    alert(message);
  }
}