Gilliam is shown recuperating at Castle Des La Teste and recovers quickly in a plot to take revenge on Zola. Delphinium allows Gilliam to take the type-three models of the Black Shadow robots with him. Kluke and Bouquet argue where to go next when Zola tells them that they have to refuel the Mechat. Meanwhile, Nene is informed that the drilling beam on his flying fortress is almost up to power. The groups Mechat lands at a nearby Gran Kingdom strategic refueling base. While Shu and Jiro protect Kluke while she refuels the Mechat, Zola and Marumaro take on the soldiers positioned there. Zola encounters Homeron the Legitimate in the guise of a Gran Kingdom soldier. Gilliam receives word from Delphinium that the Gran Kingdom strategic refueling base was attacked and heads over to that area. K