Chapter 13: Gossip
The people of Shiron gossip about the failed heroes. Meynard and the High Wizard Naie Chiffonlits surround the town with insects, and Naie seizes Nelluru and Luna.
Chapter 14: Hunt
Nelluru smashes Naie with iron beds. Meynard turns the townsfolk against Alicia. At the river, Rhode uses Snow Flower to freeze the water against Drel.
Chapter 15: Battle on Ice
Drel turns his Black Dragon into the Dead Dragon’s Claw and defeats Rhode. Clevatess arrives and cuts the army down, but Drel opens a third eye.
Chapter 16: Secret Dark Arts
Drel seals Clevatess in the Devil Blood Prison. In the watermill, Alicia tells the townsman Mark that the world has no end, winning the town over. Meynard stabs Mark and poisons Alicia.
Chapter 17: Swarm of Insects
Meynard unleashes moth larvae on Shiron. Clevatess returns the Waterfall Slicer, and Alicia destroys the swarm with the Flowing Water Slash. Klen reveals that only part of him was sealed and that another Devil Beast King stands behind Drel.
Chapter 18: The Crown Princess’s Concerns
In Hiderat, Crown Princess T’ala learns her son lives and takes up the King’s Hammer. Naie, captured, reveals that only Devil Beast Kings make Devil Blood. The four Kings are named, and Naie flies Alicia to the capital.