A Festum as large as Alvis itself rises from the sea to attack Tatsumiyajima, accompanied by a swarm of countless tiny Festum the size of mites. As the island pilots struggle to come up with a way to fight these new enemies, Narain`s party ventures into a forest of Festum to retrieve the core. Emery and Miwa assert that the Festum are not hostile, but instead they detect hostility from humans nearby...