Zola and company meets the king who grants her access to the ancient library. Shu finally meets a true Knight Master named Conrad L. Lawrence at the same time the guards are interrogating Salinas. Bouquet arrives at the city to find it under attack from Nene's Black Shadows: robotic shadow users led by Lt. Dragnov. Shu and company joins the fight. After the battle, it is discovered that pages from an ancient book are stolen in the chaos by an escaped Salinas as he gives them to a mysterious character, a woman who kills him.