O papa tem em suas mãos a arma suprema, que possui as propriedades de todas as quatro armas cardeais. Diante de sua habilidade de ataque, "Julgamento", e seu poderoso campo de força defensiva, Naofumi e gangue ficam impotentes. À medida que a crise piora, Motoyasu, que agora está na fila para ser punido como um herói "falso", toma uma decisão surpreendente.

Naofumi derrota diversos familars para proteger a cidade em que está e acaba encontrando uma mulher misteriosa. Mais tarde, em uma reunião com autoridades de diversas nações, essa mulher surge mais uma vez.

Naofumi acaba visitando o interior do Espírito da Tartaruga e reencontra rostos conhecidos.

Fitoria appears when the Spirit Tortoise revives, and with her help, Naofumi attempts to destroy its heart and cut off its head at the same time. L’Arc arrives as well, but all of them are helpless before Kyo’s overwhelming power.

Naofumi wakes up in a strange prison to find him and his party at level 1, and Filo missing. They start to raise their levels in order to escape, but things quickly turn against them when a dangerous monster suddenly appears…

Naofumi’s party heads for the Dragon Hourglass of Mikakage, in order to get to Sikul, the country that summoned Kizuna. Along the way, he sells rare healing items to make a hefty profit. He hears a rumor about a genius mage…

Raphtalia is imprisoned in a Raybul Kingdom prison. She’s wary of L’Arc’s team, who is also imprisoned there, but asks them for help in escaping. Glass is weakened by the draining power of the prison. Raphtalia has a plan to escape, but…

The Wave appears before its scheduled time. Kizuna's group is teleported to it while Naofumi and his party head for Kyo's lab on Ethnobalt's ship. There, they see the true depths of Kyo's wickedness...

Raphtalia recalls having to buy clothing for her smaller self. Kizuna remembers being alone for so long. Rishia remembers Ost trying to give advice.