This episode beings where the last left off, with the Digald and Zuuri forces moving for an all-out battle. Kotona spots the Digald troops and quickly informs Ra Kan that they are headed for the Gate of Atteka, using the River of Fog for cover, thus leaving Torafu empty. Ra Kan is nervous, the plan working too well, and he is accused of being a coward, afraid of conflict. He simply passes it off as wishing to avoid unnecessary loss. After the battle, the injured Kotona reawakens, and, with this the small fraction of their surviving forces once again regroup.