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The El Search Party once again enter [[Sea of Ruin|Henir's Passage]], the area had changed greatly since last they entered. The masters opened up the seal when the El Search Party approached, but the Chaos Leviathan began to swarm the area in a massive school. [[Elsword]] realized the vision he had was beginning to come true, the group were prepared this time however they couldn't protect them from swarming the seal. [[Laby]] jumped through the seal into Henir's realm, all the Levithan stopped moving. The space around them started to change, resulting in the entire El Search Party falling into a newly opened fissure, transporting them deep under the seas of the Demon Realm. [[Aisha]] uses her magic to allow everybody to survive. The group are attacked by a Leviathan and manage to defeat it. [[Eve]] suggests they move to a safer location and located a pocket with air, sensing no dangerous lifeforms. They travel to the location with an unconscious Laby in tow.

The El Search Party take refuge in the [[Abandoned Deep-Sea Tunnel|Closed Deep-Sea Tunnel]], suspicious of the tunnel and sensing no lifeforms, the group agree to investigate further. [[Laby]] wakes up and is glad to finally see the El Search Party. She introduces herself and some things that have happened thus far. Laby tells them she promised [[Denif]] she'd bring back the El Search Party, but Elsword informs her that they are stranded in the Demon Realm. Their introduction is interrupted by a gas leck. [[Eve]] analyzes and finds the gas to be some toxic substance. The group is suddenly ambushed by A.M.P.S robots. Eve is surprised to see such worn robots to still be functional. [[Raven]] takes apart one of the robots and find that their interiors have been regularly maintained. [[Elesis]] notes the particular robots acted more like security systems than worker drones, queuing the group to suspect something of importance laid at the end of the tunnel.

At the end Eve detects that only sea lied beyond. The door in front of them began to move on its own, revealing itself to be a A.M.P.S type robot itself. Once the group managed to defeat the robot, Eve detected a new life form approaching. [[Winster]] had already spotted the group, especially Steel Queen [[Lu/Ciel|Luciela]] and had considered destroying the tunnel entirely to rid the potential threads, however he meets to greet them on the possibility they may ally, feigning ignorance of Lu's identity. [[Ara]] and [[Chung]] were wary of the demon as a potential subordinate of [[Ran]] due to his appearance. Laby notes that [[Calonne]] had a similar look, Winster surprised to hear of his former comrade, he then denies any relation to Ran and introduces himself. Lu asks Winster the purpose of the tunnel, Winster tells them the history of his people and how they were persecuted and took refuge in the region, as well as their plans to rebel and reclaim their land.

[[Winster]] invites the group to his village, however the group still prioritized returning to Elrios. Winster suggests helping them reach the surface on the condition they go to his village to hear them out. The group hesitantly agree and take Winster's submarine. The submarine crashes in an air pocket of [[Rigomor]]. As they landed, local Troshes stole the energy core of the submarine, Winster requests the group help retrieve the energy core back while he stays and called for help, he does plea them not to harm the local wildlife. While on their mission they ran into Winster's son, [[Haivan]], who was also in the region searching for something. Haivan guides the group to the nest, they enter the nest and encounter the Troshes. The group managed to retrieve the energy core and stop the Troshes without excessive violence, however Haivan comes to deliver the finishing blow before the El Search Party stop him telling him of his father's request. They return with the energy core and the news that they abided by his conditions. Winster then bows down to Steel Queen [[Lu/Ciel|Lu]], revealing he was testing if Lu would be their ally. He reveals their plan to revive [[Aegirp]]. [[Add]] is very caution of the prospect of reviving a demon lord, however Lu tells the group that Aegirp is one that they could trust. Laby reveals that Aegirp's army had already been trying to conduct trade in Northern Fluone. [[Elsword]] wonders if they'd have a useable portal, they learn of an ancient portal they had discovered but had never used. Winster offers the use of the portal in exchange for Lu's cooperation, the group compromise and agree to work alongside Lu to assist in reviving Aegirp first. However both [[Add]] and [[Eve]] request to see the portal before anything is decided.

[[Haivan]] goes to the Laboratory by himself ahead of the group, the El Search Party, [[Winster]] and [[Nichel]] go the lab which is underneath a lake. Haivan activates the titan stored inside the laboratory, declaring he cannot have anybody interfere with the fragment of [[Aegirp]]'s soul that was stored in the laboratory. Haivan expresses his view of the White-Ghost King and her faulty ambitions. Haivan enters the cockpit of the titan and sends all of its defenses to destroy the El Search Party. The El Search Party tackle the titan for a way in while Winster went to the control panel to aid the group remotely. The group infiltrate and managed to destroy the titan's main engine, in a last ditch move, Haivan overloads the energy core to caused an internal explosion. The group manage to stabilize the core and Aegirp's soul escapes from Haivan, but the situation was soon interrupted when [[Berthe]] infiltrated the lab and snatched Aegirp's soul. Haivan reveals he had worked with Berthe in order to place himself among their ranks. The El Search Party realize Berthe had absorbed a fragment of Aegirp's soul and had become more powerful. Berthe's forces begin to approach the facility putting them at a power and numbers disadvantage. Winster commands the group surround the energy core, he activates the portal and unwillingly sends the El Search Party away. Nichel and Winster are captured, Berthe takes Winster with him for his technical expertise, the Demon Army take the machines and return to central.

In [[Elrianode]], [[Denif]] has researched and found the Master of Portals, [[Calonne]], which [[Gaia]] was soon off to see to help them retrieve the El Search Party. Before Gaia departed, they received news that the El Search Party had suddenly appeared out of a portal.