Despite Alberic's attempts, the commander of the Stratus is unfazed and orders the Stratus to fire their magic cannons on the Soara. As the Soara and Stratus fire each other, Zuita is
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Despite Alberic's attempts, the commander of the Stratus is unfazed and orders the Stratus to fire their magic cannons on the Soara. As the Soara and Stratus fire each other, Zuita is able to free Akari from Grad's mind control while the latter explains to Zuita and Vivi what happened since she was captured. Despite the revelations of her true origins, Chaika is detmerine to continue her quest to gather's Arthur's remains while Toru fights to reach Chaika. Akari, Vivi and Zuita discovers Fredrika is still alive, having created a second body and leads them to Chaika's last known location only to encounter more of Grad's spider monsters. The Soara fires one of their magic cannons on the council forces with Alberic caught in the blast which Leonardo only finds Alberic's sword. As the Soara heads to Cadwell to destroy capital of the Wiemac kingdom, the heavily damaged Stratus launches a suicide attack, sending the Soara sinking to a lake. An injured Toru rescues Chaika from Ricardo by stabbing the boy while Akari kills Grad, ending his control of his minions. After retrieving Arthur's left leg, Toru is shoot by Layla's crossbow bolt who attempts to kill Chaika, angered that Chaika still continues her quest despite learning the truth. However, Layla is distracted when she sees Guy, allowing to Chaika to shoot her with her Gundo sniper rifle. Chaika rescues Toru from drowning and with help of Fredrika's Dragoon form, she, Toru, Akari, Vivi and Zuita escapes the Soara before it sinks to the bottom. Layla decides to stay with a dying Ricardo so they can be together. When Vivi and Zuita returns to their group and learns of Alberic's death, Vivi screams in grief as her hair and eyes turn white and purple respectively. After Chaika reveals to Toru, Akari and Fredrika her true origins from Layla, Chaika still wants to continue her quest which they all agree to help her as they drive off to their next destination.