A renegade program is detected in Sestren Space, leading to the deployment of the Shelcoof. Lundi begins to tell the story of his world and the city left behind by the Ancients. Monsters have been around since then to balance the resources of the world, so people have fled to the "safety" of the Empire. Lundi remains in Elpis, a town in the Frontier that breeds Coolia. The settlement has been destroyed and Lundi is using Lagi, a dragon found with a green glow, to defend the people that once would have killed him. Lagi eventually destroys a Catharp walker before moving on to the Shelcoof. Together, Lundi and Lagi attack with the Arrows of Light but they miss and the ship escapes. The two heroes continue on to an unknown mission.