Anna is ultimately successful in her mission and manages to use her magic to fool the Redia Empire long enough to extract Adonis. Adonis is extracted by the witches and witnesses firsthand the state of their society in the wake of their war with humanity.

Adonis and Doroka find themselves on the planet's surface once again. Still reeling from the carnage on the moon, they encounter some wasteland vagrants who take them in. However, there may be more to these vagrants than expected.

Adonis and Doroka arrive at the city-state of Mamuta only to find it devoid of human life. Strange stirrings of something far from human echo throughout the city as two opposing parties begin to close in on Adonis and Doroka.