Both the wielders and Noble Red are spread across the lunar base Marduk, having to deal with its automated defenses. Meanwhile, Maria's relic leads her and Tsubasa to Marduk's core, whether they speak with an operating system based on the mind of Enki. Enki reveals that Shem-Ha had instilled herself a data fragment in all human beings, forcing him to seal her using the Curse of Balal, which Shem-Ha now seeks to destroy in order to control all of humanity with Yggdrasil...