In the laboratory, Ursula is unable to stop Croix from activating the Noir Rod, which manages to disable all magic across the country. As Croix takes the Noir Rod to Arcturus Forest, Akko and her friends also end up there after the magic goes out in the ley line. Croix uses the Noir Rod to unseal the Grand Triskellion, only to discover that it is just a twig wand capable of casting simple magic...