After leaving the others, Ruby's group made their way to the throne room which had two large doors that were the only things keeping them out.
"Knock, knock!" yelled Yang as she broke the doors down with a single punch.
"So, you finally arrived," said Salem, who was holding the staff and lamp while standing before her throne.
"Hand over the relics, Salem," said Ruby as she pointed at him.
"Not happening," said Salem before some Grimm appeared and lunged at them. However, Ruby used her semblance to split herself around the creatures while going for Salem, leaving the others to deal with them.
"Nice trick," said the witch as she released the lamp and created her own scythe to block Ruby's blade. The lamp however didn't fall to the ground and instead floated next to her.
"This war ends today," said Ruby before shooting her weapon in a way to spin herself around to attack again. However, Salem managed to block it again with the shaft of her own scythe.
"This war has been going on for thousands of years and you believe you can stop me by yourselves?" asked Salem.
"We do!" said the others while rushing to help Ruby after killing the Grimm.
"Because we're different from you, Salem!" said Yang as she landed a blow to the witch's side, causing her to falter slightly.
"Unlike you, we faced the hardships life threw at us and kept moving forward, growing stronger thanks to them!" said Weiss, who used her semblance to bind Salem's wrists and ankles with chains.
"All while you keep living in the past, unable to move on!" said Blake, who managed to pull Salem's scythe out of her hand by wrapping Gambol Shroud around it.
"Now give up!" said Ruby before shooting the witch point blank in the face, sending her flying backwards at the same time the chains shattered.
"How did you like that?!" asked Yang.
"Do you think this is enough to defeat me?!" asked Salem while getting back up. A sudden invisible force then made the girls go flying back toward the door where Crow was standing.
