Even with the combined effort of Alibaba and Kouen, the medium's barrier was not destroyed and it closes the volcano to prevent them from replenishing their magoi. Soon after, the medium assumes a grotesque, humanoid-like form that drains the White Rukh from everything it touches. When the medium seriously hurts Kouen and Alibaba, Kouen's brothers combine their efforts to deal a sequence of powerful attacks at it, ultimately dropping it into the ocean, which backfires when it empowers itself by draining the Rukh from the sea. Back at the Kou palace, Gyokuen watches in awe the whole battle, reminiscing the time when she was one of Solomon's Magi at Alma Torran before betraying him...