For Ais x Bell fans, the editor of the series has screwed with us enough. Enough bait and switch of other girls for Ais. Enough empty promises to keep waiting on Ais' return. They are just milking the series for shipping revenues. DO NOT BUY ANY DAMACHI MERCHANDISE UNTIL AIS RETURNS TO THE MAIN SERIES! No More Bait and Switch!

Wow it has been a crazy week or so. Took visitors from Asia all over Los Angeles. Still recovering!

- An Hour Later -

Bell had enough rest, and he went to spend time with Ais. With freshly cooked potato snacks, he went in the room and closed the door. Crying and sobs could also be behind the doors, but everyone just stayed away not wanting to imagine what was going on inside...

- The Next Day -

After having convinced Lefiya to get revenge for Filvis, Tiona and Tione took Lefiya to the Gnome library to read into Nidhogg. They were determined to dig into everything Nidhogg.

- Back at the Hospital -

Bell gave Ais another treatment. He was able to keep Ais stable. There were still lots of crying and sobs, but still was unable to solve the fundamental problem.

- That Afternoon -

Lefiya and the amazon twins returned to the hospital, but were unable to find any information about Nidhogg at the library. They ran into Bell when they returned. Remember Bell's love for fairy tales, Tiona decided to ask Bell about what he knew about Nidhogg. They were surprised with Bell's answer.

Bell "I remember that 6 great spirits gave their lives to kill Nidhogg."

Tiona "Wow, how did you know that?"

Bell "My grandfather's fairy tale books"

Tione "Your grandfather wrote them?"

Bell "Yes, but I think he is just retelling these stories"

Tiona "Do you know any more details?"

Bell "I believe the great spirits trapped the Nidhogg using a strong barrier. They then used a secret art that destroyed it. But that is all I know."

Satisfied, the girls reported this to Loki"

Loki "Bell knew this? How?"

Tione "He said his grandfather wrote fairy tales that talked about it"

Loki "Interesting grandfather"

Tiona "Bell told me before that his grandfather died"

Loki "Well, the secret art he spoke about is known as the Door of Heaven. So that means putting spirits along a magic circle that uses them as a circuit. That is use to summon a heavenly pillar that is almost as strong as an arcanum."

Tione "Really?"

Loki "Yes, that is the same number of demi spirits in the Kossos we are aware of. A heavenly pillar would definitely be able to totally and completely destroy Orario."

Everyone "So Enyo is going to use this secret art to completely destroy Orario and allow monsters to roam on the surface again..."

- At the End of the Conversation -

There was suddenly communication from Annakitty from the Beol mountains. Apparently, they had found Demeter and she told them something really important...

After that conversation, Loki had a private conversation with Lefiya in her room, which caused loud screams from Lefiya. Lefiya came out of the room determined to fight, and requested that Loki level her to level 4.

After leveling Lefiya, Loki then had a private conversation with Freya, and they agreed that the Knossos situation could not wait. Thus, they would have to invade the Knossos without help from Ais, who will have to stay in the hospital. However, Loki told Freya that Hermes had set several strategies into motion before leaving for the Beol mountains...

- At the Knossos -

An alliance of familias started to enter the Knossos, with the assistance of the Xenos. There were 6 separate squadrons of Freya, Loki, Hephaestus, Hermes, Ganesha and even Kali members led by executives of the Loki familia and Freya familia. Team 1 was led by Finn, Tione, Ray and Ilta. Team 2 by Riveria, Tiona and Tsubaki. Team 3 by Gareth, Shakti as well as Argana and Bache of the Kali familia. Team 4 by Ottar, the Gulliver brothers, Bell and Welf. Team 5 by Allen, Hedin and Hogni. Team 6 consisted of the Xenos and Fels. The rear guard included Lefiya, Ryuu, Haruhime, Tammuz, Helun, Aisha, Lili, Asfi and a large number of amazons who accompanied Loki and Freya. Loki and Freya also had Mia Grand and Bete as their personal guards. A hostage rescue team was led by Raul, Alicia and Loki familia members.

Using flags made of spirit items, they were able to counter the green flesh and penetrated deep into the Knossos. The 6 main teams reached the demi spirits room on the 10th floor and were shocked to find spirit altars that were huge pillars of green flesh more than 50 meters high with large flowers and tentacles. Near their bases were three huge faces consisting of a happy face, an angry face, and a sad face. Apparently, the demi spirits had parasitized a Grand Treant, an enormous tree monster.

As each team battled a spirit altar, the fight was very difficult. Most teams were having more trouble with the spirit altars, as each face was able to attack with a different magic. Nevertheless, Ottar and Bell were having a lot more success as Welf was able to use will-o-wisp to constantly stop the spirit altar's magic use.

As the battle continued, the hostage rescue team located members of the Demeter familia, and also discovered a huge black dragon that was starting to activate. The activation was apparently fed by the powers of the 6 spirit altars that were turning black with cracks showing crimson light inside. When this was reported to Loki and Freya, they immediately realized that the enemy was trying to bring Nidhogg back as the Nidhogg demi spirit using the powers of the 6 demi spirits. With no one else available to fight, Finn sent Ray to carry Bell to the room with the Nidhogg demi spirit. While the grand bell rang, Raul and his teams members protected Bell as he charged. Bell's grand bell strengthened the morale of all the adventurers. That helped all 6 teams gain the upper hand over their spirit altars.

However, Ein started to attack the rear guard and dropped the first half of the group onto the 12th floor using a pitfall trap. Bete jumped in after them but was unable to return when the pitfall trap door closed. Thus Bete, Lefiya, Ryuu, Aisha, Haruhime, Asfi and the group of amazons were faced with Ein and a large group of monsters. As Bete, Ryuu, Aisha and Asfi battled the violas and other monsters, Lefiya had something to say to Ein.

Angry Lefiya "Filvis, why did you break my heart?"

Ein "..."

The remaining members of the rear guard including Mia, Tammuz, Lili and Helun continued to protect Loki and Freya. As Lili assisted Finn in relaying commands over the various teams, the group headed towards the location that Dionysus was thought to have been killed. There, they found Enyo.

Loki "Dionysus, stop hiding behind that mask, you scum"

At that point, Freya smiled at the masked figure Loki called Dionysus...