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The El Search Party suddenly found themselves back in [[Elrianode]], the priestesses find the group and notice that [[Ain]] is unresponsive. The priestesses and even [[Denif]] attempt to heal Ain to no success, concluding that they must seek the aid of the [[Hernia|El Lady]] in this situation. [[Eve]] volunteers to take Ain to [[Elysion]] to seek out the El Lady as well to seek [[Adrian]] for repairs. [[Add]] chooses too to head to Elysion for his own reasons. [[Elsword]] and [[Raven]] head up to ensure Ain's safety. With the priestess' help, they are sent off to Elysion. The remaining group learn that the seal beneath the El had been shut tight after the previous incident and conclude that they have to use the portal in [[Debrian Laboratory]]. In order to gain the Demon Realm's coordinates, [[Gaia]] proceeds with his plans to retrieve [[Calonne]] alongside [[Laby]], [[Ara]] goes along to visit her homeland.

[[Gaia]] alongside [[Laby]] and [[Ara]] travel off to [[North Fluone]] to seek out [[Calonne]]. Unfortunately Laby lacked the exact directions to return to the village but Ara noticed certain flowers which led them to a [[Shrine of the Two-Headed Serpent|rundown shrine]] worshiping a twin-headed serpent. They spar and converse for a time before leaving the shrine. Ara converses with Eun, about their past and future while Laby spoke with Nisha about joining the El Search Party. Ara recognizing the path leads them until Laby spots where [[Mao]] and Calonne's house is.

In their own pursuits to find leads or ways to return to the Demon Realm, [[Elesis]], [[Lu/Ciel|Lu, & Ciel]] decide to speak with [[Rosso]]. They find the fire master training in the [[Elrianode Training Grounds|outskirts of Elrianode]]. Rosso is quick to deny their request, believing their efforts to go to the Demon Realm foolish, insisting they leave it to the El Masters. He engages them in combat to try and scare them against their plan but is faced with their resolve to see it through. This causes Rosso to budge, they learn of his past and how he had ended up in the Demon Realm after the El Explosion. [[Elesis]] begins to realize Rosso's determination to protect others at the cost of his own life mirrored that of her [[Elsword|brother]], she insists they can help. Rosso still remains skeptical of their abilities and was as dismissive as ever.

When Rena awoke, [[Ventus]] offered to aid her and they sneak out to visit an Elriabrunnr which greatly revitalizes Rena. [[Lincy]] attempts to talk Rena out of going to the Demon Realm, as Rena laments her past friend [[Lua]] and her current motivations, they bet on a sparring match. Rena is victorious however Ventus reveals they knew they wouldn't be able to stop her from going, instead revealing that they had briefly seen another Elf in the Demon Realm. They then return to Elrainode where they get scolded by Anduran.

With the others having left, [[Aisha]] and [[Chung]] decide to also spend their time seeking aid for their next venture to the Demon Realm. Meeting with [[Denif]], the Water Master shows them a compass of his which seeks out the power of the Water El, he suspected the tool may be of help if the Dark El produced elemental powers like the El. The two agree to use the compass however must break the seal which binds it solely to Denif. The two are transported into the seal and encounter the will of the El, taking on Denif's form, and are trialed on their motivations. Both manage to pass the seal's test and are teleported out of the seal, now with the ability to use the compass. Aisha suggests Chung keep the compass for what he had gone through and his ties with the Water El.

The El Search Party still in [[Elrianode]] reconvene with each other with what they had learned individually. [[Rose]] and Zero reveal their message from the Demon Realm, [[Lu/Ciel|Lu]] suspecting the message came from the Far North based on the codenames. [[Rena]] brings up the supposed elf [[Ventus]] and [[Lincy]] had reported in the Demon Realm, the group only inconclusively speculating upon it. [[Aisha]] and [[Chung]] then show them the compass they had inherited from [[Denif]].

[[Eve]] meets up with [[Adrian]] who provides her with the necessary tools and facilities to conduct her repairs. While she went off to repair herself, [[Add]] confronts Adrian. Add and Adrian strike a deal, Add would provide Adrian combat data on himself for components for Add's time travel. After multiple tests against [[Durenda]], continuing his conversation with Adrian, Add begins to loath the Nasod creator's mentality and calls off his offer, choosing to stand alongside his allies and reach his goals on his own terms. Soon after Eve completed her repairs and too wished to speak with her creator. She learned of Adrian's choices to abandon Elrios and start anew and declines his offer to stay in Elysion, wishing to become the Nasod Queen he had originally designed her to be.

[[Elsword]] asks [[Solace]] if it is possible for him to gain the power of the El Masters to become stronger. Solace tells them the power must come from the individual and critiques the two. [[Raven]] in a fit of anger takes on the Sun Master, Elsword joins in. After their spar, the boy manage to vent his frustrations with his own weaknesses, accepting who he is, however Solace notes that there is much more to the boy, wonder what Elsword was himself, as one who he'd been keeping an eye on and the one who managed to restore the El though their own power. Raven comes to speak with the master and notices that Solace it too part Nasod, Solace urging Raven to not do anything he will regret in his quest for atonement, especially noting Raven's shortened lifespan.

[[Hernia]] treats [[Ain]], she has already knows he was an angel of [[Ishmael]] and knew to transfer her El energy into him. Ain begins to see flashes of Hernia's memories before Hernia herself appeared in his mind, there she helps Ain confront his lingering regrets about straying from his intended purpose in the eyes of the angels and Ishmael. Facing the manifestation of his anxiety, he regains consciousness.

The group in Elysion reunite and return to [[Elrianode]], when the entire party barring [[Ara]] and [[Laby]] regroup, they discuss what they had each learned. [[Elesis]] comes back from messaging [[Velder]] and learns of missing nobles during the Demon Invasion that were suspected to have been taken into the Demon Realm. However without much more to do, they decided they should continue to investigate the message [[Rose]] received. The group decide to apologize to [[Add]], but Add himself decides to apologize them too, [[Elsword]] apologizes to Add for venting his own frustrations. As their conversation closes, they notices [[Gaia]], [[Ara]], [[Laby]], and [[Calonne]] approach the city. During this time, the Master and Priestesses were having their own conversation, the El Masters reveal to the Priestesses that [[Ebalon]] was in fact the one responsible for the El Explosion and that they'd be conducting their own investigation into [[Henir's Order]]'s true motivations independent from the El Search Party.