Since their first encounter with the young dragon, Huey and Albert, the two Hunters responsible for Letty's banishment, have become obsessed with hunting down and killing their chosen quarry. Backtracking his trail, they witness Letty (actually Diaria, kept out of sight by Letty's bulk) fire-blasting a bandit gang and decide to delay their dragon hunt for the time being. Among the bandits' loot, Letty and Diaria find a captive girl - the kingdom's spoiled princess Nell, who ran away from home...