"Eliwood and colleagues defeat Bauker, one of Marquess Laus's lackeys. They then press on toward Castle Caelin. Yet inside the castle many Laus soldiers remain. Eliwood and friends begin their assault on the castle to save Marquess Caelin." David said. "Only problem is, we're still in here, which kind of makes this a rescue operation. Imagine it, us, in need of saving."

"You need not worry. Lord Hausen is quite safe." said a woman as she walked into the castle.

"I figured you might be here, Leila." Matthew said.

"A friend of yours?" Arctozolt asked.

"She's a spy from Ostia, same as me." Matthew said.

"Yes. As for your rescue attempt, do not bother. He is recovering safely in the back." Leila said.

"Phew… That's a relief. At least we know he's still alive." David said.

"So, how do we take the castle back?" Mermista asked.

"Not with our numbers we can pull it off. We'll have to get the others inside." Arctozolt said. "David, according to your strategy, Cheetah should still be outside, right?"

"If nothing else has happened, then yes." David said.

"Good. We're going to need you to raise your energy as high as you can." Arctozolt said.

"Say what? That sounds a little too sudden. I mean, we'll be discovered by the enemy in that case." David said.

"I understand that, but we're probably going to end up fighting our way out, anyway." Arctozolt said.

"Good point. Alright, I'll do it." David said as he gathered his energy and entered Sapphire God: The Honorable.

"Looks like they've started to notice. They're all flocking towards us." Gray said.

"Guess Arctozolt is right about one thing. We are going to end up fighting our way out. Hopefully the others get here soon." David said.

Outside Castle Calien…

Those who could sense energy detected a massive surge from inside the castle.

"Do you guys feel that?" Hope asked.

"Yeah...it's coming from the castle. But it looks like we have some soldiers between us and whoever's inside." Jexi said.

"In that case, we must press forward." Cheetah said.

"Yeah. Let's go!" Mark motioned as the group outside charged the soldiers.

"Get out of our way!" Adora said cutting down a few of the soldiers guarding the gate outside.

"The people held captive must be inside." Eliwood said.

"Then let's hurry and flush them out." Natsu said as he ran on in. "Fire Dragon's...Roar!" he shouted as flames filled the hall of the castle and took out a few soldiers.

"What the? How did they…" a soldier started. "No way… The people we saw were just a distraction. They were waiting for reinforcements!"

"I get it. It was David who increased his energy so that he'd get the other guards' attention and send us a signal at the same time." Glimmer noticed.

"Not a bad idea Ishihara came up with." Cheetah acknowledged.

"He always comes up with little surprises like that. That's who he is." Jexi said.

"In which case, I guess we'll just have to bail those guys out." Dracozolt said.

"Hmm...from what I can feel...they're inside one of the rooms close by. But we'll need to take down the soldiers first or else they'll charge in and slaughter everyone inside." Jexi said.

"Then we'll do just that." Cheetah said as she and Dracozolt went on the attack against a number of soldiers.

"Hey, anyone seen Priscilla? She broke off from the group when we entered the castle." Hope said.

"She said that she's going to look for her brother. She believes he's in here." Sectonia said.

"Okay...we should be close. There!" Jexi said pointing to a room at the end. "They're in that room."

"I'm coming, bro!" Dracozolt said rushing at the door and breaking through it.

"Whoa." Arctozolt said.

"Knew we'd find you guys. Nice idea with the power boost." Hope said.

David reverts at this. "Never thought we'd be the types that would need saving. That's just embarrassing."

"It's not that embarrassing. It was gonna happen someday." Jexi said.

"W-well, don't get used to it." David said. "Speaking of which, the Marquess is still alive, but barely."

"That's good to hear. Anyway, Natsu and Cheetah should be just about finished clearing out the castle so it should be ours pretty soon." Jexi said.

"But there was no sign of that Marquess from Laus." Hope said.

"He's not here but I do know where he went." Leila said. "He along with the Black Fang are residing on an island known as Valor."

"Then that's where we're going." Hope said.

"Are you mad? Those who set foot on that island never return." Leila said.

"But we don't have a choice. We have to go, it's the only way we can help Eliwood find his father." David said.

"We'll have to grab a boat near a port town to reach it though. But that shouldn't be a problem." Jexi said.

"The closest port town would be the one at Badon." Eliwood said. "Hopefully we can hire a ship to take us to Valor from there."

"Well, I guess I have no right to stop you guys then." Leila said.

"Don't worry. We've dealt with this kind of stuff before." David said. "Also… Sorry we had to reunite like this, Lyn."

"It's no trouble at all. I'm glad you came to my aid. To return the favor, we will help you however you need." Lyn said.

"Glad to hear that. It's a pleasure to go travelling with you again, Lyn." Tanjiro said.

"Likewise." Lyn said.

"Well then, guess it's onwards to the port town of Badon. And from there… Valor!" Hope said.