Hajime is convinced to fight when Aiko asks him to. He erects barricades around the village while avoiding the amorous intentions of Tio who finds his mixture of neglect and verbal abuse exciting. Hajime decides to dedicate their victory to “Aiko, Goddess of Plenty”, embarrassing her, then proceeds to massacre the monster army with transmuted mini-guns and rocket launchers. With his ammunition depleted and Yue and Tio out of magic Hajime and Shea rush to capture the mysterious robed commander as the monsters retreat. Hajime realises the commander is the missing Shimizu...