Another warrior appears beside Akime. It is none other than Akira.

  He says, "Uhh, my king just ordered me, and this big guy and I have the same motives, so let's go.”

  Akime says, "Whatever.”

  The three of them look ahead as the 300,000 soldiers charge.

  The scene shifts to Aquarius's empire, Sadachbia—now under Sadalmelik's control. Shikimori sits on Shinji's throne, laughing.

  The three of them charge, but all of a sudden, they see something unbelievable. Half of the soldiers stop and start attacking back at their own alliances. Those soldiers are Sadalmelik's.

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  While Jiho stands in between those 300,000 soldiers, he guards up with Hakuren.

  He sees a spear coming his way, but instead of dodging, he takes it to his chest

  Blood spills down his chest. Jiho's eyes blaze with manic triumph, lips twisting into an evil grin as he screams, "RETALIATE!”

  Hakuren runs toward the boats and swings his sai through the water. It splashes toward the sky, creating a rainbow.

  Erwin stands on the ship with a grin, saying, "Go, Sora." Sora jumps from the ship to Sadalmelik's land. She runs so fast it looks like black fog racing through the kingdom, killing guards like scattering marbles, straight for Shikimori.

  We cut to a flashback to the drinking party where Jiho says, "Don't worry, Sadalmelik is with us, and I know they will betray us mid-battle, but that's our way to break the contract legally. We will not attack Polaris, but Sadalmelik from behind. That's why Hakuren and I will go forward, and you and Sora and our remaining soldiers go a different path to the land of Sadalmelik.”

  With an evil grin, he says, "According to the contract, we can't use spirit weapons offensively, but we can use them for retaliation—or you could say defense. We just bait Sadalmelik into attacking, and as proof of the attack, I myself will take the blow."

  We cut to the present.