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They find the Ashlord a withered husk of the man he used to be. They are enraged that they gave up so much time and energy to get to a man who's already dying. The Ashlord tells them that his daughter has taken his place and is already on her way to the republic. They were too late that this enrages them. They burn the Ashlord to death. Darrow decides to protect the republic instead of returning to his family.

They serve the fight and search for the Ashlord. They rush to find the room where the Ahslord is supposed to be. They storm through the door expecting enemies, but it's just a room with 2 low colors and a bed facing the other direction. They walk in and easily neutralize the low colors. With no other assailants, they explore the room to find that in the bed, there is an old and withered Ashlord.

Darrow is has reached the hiding place of the Ashlord. Around the island, they find a dead zone where all tech goes dart. Behind the curtain is where Darrow believes the Ashlord is hiding. Darrow and his friends use star shells to get past the curtain and find it's heavily defended. As they rushed the island, they get somewhat overwhelmed, but with the help of Apollonius, they survive the fight.

Ephriam's able to meet with the Duke. He's able to incapacitate the Duke and leave to get to the children. They reach the children and escape, but before they can get onto their getaway ship, Ephriam is shot through the Duke. He's able to get into the ship with the children and escape. Unluckily, the ship is remote-controlled, but Epriam blows a part of the ship up, causing the ship to spin and fall out of the sky.

Lysander is forced to see Cassius try to sacrifice himself to stop an impending war, but Lysander intervenes. Lysander is exported to his room, but while he waits, news reaches him that Cassius was killed anyways. Lysander is destroyed by the news, forced to become a man as everyone he cared about is gone. With Lyria, she starts to forgive Ephriam, and she's surprised to see her Sovereign asking for her forgiveness.

Ephriam finds that Holiday and Lyria are on the ship to capture him. He's surprised but doesn't comply. Holiday shows him that Volga had been captured and could be killed if he doesn't help them. This forces him to comply. They discuss a plan to find Pax and Electra. They decide that Ephriam must meet with the Duke of Hands and send a signal to his location. They decide on that plan, and Ephriam arranges to meet.

Ephriam and Volga get in a fight about why they did the job. Volga shares that she did the job to try to help him since he only helped her. Ephriam tells her she shouldn't have, which hurts her feelings. Volga leaves and doesn't come back. Ephriam leaves to their ship to Earth where they can hideout. He waits and waits, but Volga doesn't seem to be coming with him. Then he notices something. The ship is quiet.

Suddenly Mustang/The Sovereign walks into the room. She is enraged that an oracle still survives since she ordered them all to be killed. The Sovereign kills the oracle attached to Lyria tells everyone to leave. Now it's just Lyria, Mustang, and Holiday. They talk about what happened, and Lyria leads them to find that Ephriam Ti Horn had his fingerprints on the gun, Lyria had been given. They leave to find him.

As Ephriam meets with the Duke of Hands about his successful heist, Lyria starts to run away. Obsidians follow her, but she escapes through the vents. She's able to get out, and now, she's trying to traverse the city without getting caught. She manages to get to some tracks that allow her to find a way to the higher levels of the city. As she tries to go even further above, she's stopped by the lion guard.

Ephriam and his crew get Pax, Electra, and Lyria. Ephriam also takes Lyira since she'll be hunted as a terrorist after this. She had the necklace that caused the situation. They leave but are given trouble by Kavax, who kills one of Ephriam's crew members. They're able to escape but are not behind schedule because of also taking Lyria. They get to the drop-off point where Pax and Electra are searched for trackers.