In the combined effort of several Officio's to counter the threat of Walpurgisnacht, the Black Templars cooperate with the Ninth. Alongside Marshal Enyo Karasawa, Alondight meets up with Malal in the Ninth's assembly hall where they wait for the Culexus assigned to their squad.
Once the girl arrives, Malal reprimands her for being late and hits her head for getting smart with her before introducing her subordinate Omegon, or Yuma. The Black Templars are to protect her so that she can do her job of protecting them when things go awry. She then introduces Enyo and Alondight while joking about the High Marshal's height and wheels for feet.
Having them pointed out, Yuma can't help asking about the wheels. Malal warns her about asking, but Alondight calms her down and explains that she has wheels to move as fast as possible, following the First Knight's credo of delivering swift judgment.
Malal signals that they are under time constraints and asks the Templars to gather the rest of their squad while she has a word with Yuma, upon which the Marshals leave the assembly hall. Within minutes they line up their subordinates and return to the hall, ready to depart.
While standing at attention, the Black Templars witness Malal repeatedly shouting at Yuma, loud enough to short her vox speaker out and broadcast her unfiltered, furious voice. Feeling the strong intent to kill, Alondight moves in and interrupts the Culexus, apologizing and reminding them that they are pressed for time.
Malal tells her that Yuma will lead them to the teleportation facility in her place while she takes care of something important before joining up again. The Grand Marshal then starts to drag Yuma off, but the Culexus resists and tears herself out of the High Marshal's grasp despite her warning that her Rank Leader is angry enough to kill her.
The wheeled girl grabs Yuma again, but Malal already noticed the commotion and shouts at her. Malal stumbles back and freezes in place before she is overcome by rage, screams out loud and starts to beat the younger girl. Enyo holds Malal back from behind while the other Templars form a line between them to protect Yuma.
Malal shouts about how they will all die because of Yuma's selfish actions, how she knew what damage forcing herself into Girl A's mind could cause and doing it anyway, her voice hoarse and bleak over the shorted out vox.
Alondight tries to calm Malal down, who repeats that Yuma's deeds domed them all, wondering how she managed to go from her most trusted subordinate to making everything worse than even the Rank leader expected, in merely three hours. Malal sends her off to guide the Templars while she goes to try salvage whatever is left, apologizing to Enyo and Alondight on the way.
Yuma no longer resists the High Marshal who drags her off to go and save the world. They leave the Officio headquarters and head towards the teleportation facility by public train, much to the Templars dissatisfaction. Alondight asks Yuma where the savings of this pragmatic transport go, who politely replies that the facility is deep underground and can currently only be reached this way and apologizes for the inconvenience.
The High Marshal tells the Culexus that she understands and is only unreasonable to make Yuma talk, punching Enyo into agreeing that she complains less than their comrade Mordred. With a wide smile, she offers Yuma one of her handmade macarons, mentioning how everyone at their castle likes them.
Yuma politely declines, explaining that she doesn't like sweets and doesn't feel like eating at all. Alondight forces the treat into Enyo's mouth while explaining that sweets provide the necessary energy to crush heretics, earning a battle shout from the group of Templars in return.
The High Marshal then inquires about the incident with Malal, justifying her bluntness with their imminent death and mentions that her reaction was rather unusual for the infamous Culexus Rank Leader. Yuma decides to give her a censored explanation, leaving out the worst and likely classified details.
From the vague explanation, Alondight fills in most of the blanks on her own and tells the younger girl that her mistake is in the past and that dwelling on it is useless, no reason to refuse her gift and an insult to the Black Templars who she supposedly doomed. She tells Yuma that she needs to ask herself what she wants and takes a guess that it is not pity, despite her behavior calling for just that.
Yuma rises up and claims that her horrible sin compromised the operation, but Alondight, rising herself to tower over the Culexus, has Enyo confirm that Walpurgisnacht has not yet arrived and killed them all. The High Marshal explains that while their Officio values prophecies and respects Malal's skill, they believe that even the most accurate predictions can be wiped out by fighting hard enough and that they intend to do just that.
Yuma takes the macaron from Alondight's hand and opens her visor to eat it, tears of realization flowing from her eyes as she understands that there can still be something she can do. As she finishes, the Templars get up and uniformly salute while the High Marshal asks if Yuma will fight with them or wait for death. The Culexus slams her visor shut and growls that she will fight, her spirit rekindled.
Alondight grins and takes a badge from her armor and explains that the highest ranking Templar picks one from her squad to serve as the Emperor's Champion before every mission, someone she thinks will be vital to the battle, someone to fight alongside with the will of the First Knight. Whispering that this is a very important hing for the Templars, she pins the badge on Yuma's armor and proudly proclaims her as the Emperor's Chosen of the Walpurgisnacht Crusade, followed by a collective salute.
After a while the group arrives at the teleportation facility, hidden in a subway tunnel which is the only place to build a huge, experimental complex out of sight of the public eye. Alondight seems unimpressed at first, but agrees with Yuma's explanation. Admiring the Ninths resourcefulness, she mentions that their own projects are more martial in nature and that they would have to deal with the Fourth for anything more. They even had to go to great lengths to make the secretive technology experts assist in the creation of their armors.
Inside, the Culexus rank is already preparing for departure, led by Cavefish who greets the new arrivals in her usual friendly fashion. Still awestruck by the huge Culexus, Alondight introduces herself and Enyo and asks about the facilities readiness. Cavefish confirms, joking about the possibility to be tossed into the warp but assures that it has never happened during their previous two uses.
An automated voice rings through the hall, announcing the count down of twenty minutes until the emergence of Walpurgisnacht. Cavefish shouts at the gathered Culexus to be thorough with their final equipment checks, and the Black Templar Marshals excuse themselves to tend to their troops checkups and prayers.
While the count down hits ten minutes, huge screens in the main chamber transfer the Officio video communications, showing the five locations the other squads are deployed to: New York, China, Egypt, the South Pole and Australia where Kyoko and Sayaka are stationed. The Black Templars are caught in rapt attention, staring intensely at the screens showing the feed from Australia.
Yuma asks the High Marshal what caught their attention like this, who in turn asks about the blue haired girl on the video feed. Yuma tells her about Sayaka, second in command Eversor of the Ninth, and Enyo cuts in to tell her superior that blue hair and a sword don't necessarily mean what she thinks. The moment they see Sayaka's cape however, Alondight recites the description of the First Knight and her subordinate can no longer disagree.
The Templars fall to their knees in reverence and the High Marshal explains to the confused Culexus that they believe the girl who looks just like the First Knight to be an omen of good fortune and victory sent to comfort them in the coming darkness. While Sayaka notices the camera, flips it off and drags Kyoko and herself out of view, Yuma tells Alondight that their omen is far from being religious, but the High marshal replies that her identity matters not, only that they got to see her.
With only two minutes left, the Templars and Culexus group up under Alondight's command, small units of one Culexus accompanied by two Templars to shield her with strict orders to close in on the witch cocoon to destroy it as soon as they arrive, no matter what happens.
Alondight wonders if anything is wrong since Yuma and Cavefish have been quietly nodding at each other for a while. Yuma decides to take the risk of contacting Malal on a mental level, despite the possibility of interrupting her work and receiving a backlash. She pulses a message requesting confirmation to proceed without the Rank Leader. For half a minute, nothing happens, then Malal's reply arrives.
The words “Kharn is gone”, filled with fear and despair strong enough to cause pain, spread out to the entire group of Culexus who cry out in shock. In her death screams, Malal warns them that Kharn could not be stopped and is heading towards Walpurgisnacht. She begs Yuma to go, who roars at the upset group to get moving, followed by Alondight's battle shout as the teleporter tears them out of the world as the count down hits zero.
The group arrives at their destination scattered, their formation broken before it could be formed in the first place. The witch of Kharn awaits them with her host of Daemons. While Yuma is nowhere to be found, the Black Templars and Culexus fight on for two hours, taking heavy casualties. During this time, Enyo loses her remaining arm to a familiar that posed as an injured comrade.
While she shouts at Pendragon to get back in formation, someone connects to their com frequency. The High Marshal demands name, rank, and her favorite pastry to assure she is not deceived by an impostor and is relieved to find out that Yuma is still alive. Locking on to her position, she tells the Culexus to stay put and wait for the group to pick her up, stating her intent to turn the tide of battle despite the high price they had to pay so far.
Confused at her choice of words, Yuma claims that the transport has only been a few minutes ago. After a moment of silence, Alondight tells her that the battle has already raged on for two hours, that they have been scattered from the start and that the enemy was already waiting for them. She admits that they prayed Yuma died before the slaughter of her allies started and remarks that the First Knight denies prayers for a painless death.
After calming herself down, Yuma asks Alondight for a field report. The High Marshal explains that there are only 25 members of the crusade left and that they only found five Culexus still alive after the initial slaughter. She has a plan to turn the tide, but will only talk to her in person for fear of the enemy listening in.
She makes to tell Yuma about Cavefish but is interrupted by the Culexus herself, who makes her relief about finding Yuma still alive known with her usual loud voice.
The beaten up group quickly arrives at Yuma's location and Cavefish, in considerably better shape, lifts her friend up in a crushing hug. Yuma speaks with the remaining Culexus, learns their names and promises to do her best to bring them home before listening to Alondight's plan.
The High Marshal explains that they will exploit Kharn's personal weakness of craving a final sword fight by charging her witch with the main group while a small group consisting of Mordred Pendragon and two Culexus sneak up from behind to exterminate the still sleeping Walpurgisnacht with her strongest skill. While skittish in actual combat, her Sword of Promised Victory is a formidable ability passed on to all Pendragon daughters, with her being the strongest in this generation.
Yuma expresses her concern about Kharn's witch sharing her weakness, but admits that this is the best option they have. Cavefish enthusiastically chooses to accompany Mordred and Yuma follows suit. Alondight admits that Mordred doesn't look inspiring, but assures that she is more than capable as a Black Templar and Pendragon. Should she falter, Yuma should simply remind her of her vows and how she would shame the Pendragon family by failing her duty.
When Alondight tells Yuma to slap Mordred around for emphasis, Enyo cuts in, assuring that a verbal reminder is enough and that her behavior is only a matter of inexperience. The high Marshal smirks, mentioning that Enyo trained Mordred herself and sees her as the potential successor of Swordmaster Paladin Victoria. She also reminds her subordinate that Victoria betrayed her vows, making Enyo stomp off angrily after claiming that despite her bad decision the Paladin's legend remains intact.
As Enyo walks over to Mordred, Alondight asks for any remaining questions, but Yuma tells her that she has talked enough for the short rest of her life. The High Marshal tells her to be optimistic and that their hopes lie with her, Cavefish and Mordred's ability to hold her sword up despite being scared. Before they move toward Mordred, Cavefish hugs Alondight, lifting her off the ground in the process until the High Marshal shrieks for her to stop.
While Mordred raises an argument with Yuma and is punished by Cavefish, Alondight warms herself up alongside the remaining troops. Suddenly a huge winged daemon drops down, crushing Templars and one of the remaining Culexus under his feet. Enyo pushes Yuma away and shouts at her to get to her designated zone while the Templars deal with the enemy, raises chainsaw blades from her mechanical arm and charges toward the daemon.
Once team Mordred arrives at their designated area, Yuma calls Alondight. She breathlessly tells the Culexus that they will be ready in five minutes and asks her to keep Mordred safe until they get to them after the Sword of Promised Victory is used. Before Yuma can respond, the High Marshal cuts the connection.
Moments later, the Black Templars begin their charge, and just as planned, Kharn takes the bait and rises from her throne, confidently walking toward the group of knights. Kharn obliterates the Templars with ease, her prowess even greater than before and completely lacking in the Warmaster's playfulness. While the dying knights try their best to kill the monstrosity, Kharn laughs and turns around, raising her black blade toward Mordred's building lance of energy in mockery.
Alondight screams at them to abort and run, but Yuma decides to stay and builds up a shield with Cavefish, which is easily shattered by Kharn. After the third strike, Mordred drops her sword and escapes, crying for her family.
Malal appears out of nowhere, wielding a rosewood bow with a brightly burning tip. She fires a single arrow and defeats Kharn's witch, miraculously reverting her back to human form. The surviving Templars begin searching the battlefield for any survivors, aided by the arriving support troops from the Ninth Officio. Alondight and Enyo are among the survivors.
