Later, Liebe said, "Eldrie, close the capital off."
Eldrie said, "Understood, Lord. Ice Magic: Frozen Wasteland!" As he tapped the ground with his foot, the walls around the capital were frozen, covered in ice as the ice walls rose.
Liebe said, "We will end this today."
Meanwhile, on the ship:
Isurugi said, "Mia, how is everything?"
Mia said, "Not good. Warner is a bit injured, yet he is looking after May. Lumos and Hedin are stable, yet they are holding onto hope."
Isurugi said, "Lichee is still tied up on the ship. Fate and I visit the ship to give her food, but she doesn't want to eat anything. And we feed Octavia as much as possible. And Iris—she hasn't left her room. She has lost her strength. And every time we try to feed Lichee, she just screams to let her out and that she will destroy Baledia and everything to save Alysa. We can't talk to her. Whenever we try to say anything, she screams she wants Alysa, starts to cry. She says how can she be sitting around when her mother is missing? We can't blame her. That's how we all feel. Mrs. Alysa and Liebe are like our parents. And seeing Liebe like this and not seeing Alysa, it hurts for all of us. We are all breaking apart on the inside. Fate can't express herself. We all miss Gaia. And well, Lichee is angry, and I'm keeping myself busy with work. Liebe is searching every millimeter of Baledia. Licht is getting info."
Liebe realized why they couldn't find Alysa with Mana Resonance. Liebe grabbed his communicator and said, "Everyone, meet me at the hospital. I have a plan. I know how to find them."
As Gelda and everyone assembled in the hospital, Liebe said, "I realized something. The reason we never found Alysa and the others—"
Licht said, "We basically checked everywhere."
Liebe said, "Z Jammers. It suppresses magic, and that's why it diffuses natural mana as well as spells."
Gelda said, "How are we supposed to find them?"
Liebe said, "Mana Resonance. When we use Mana Resonance, we can see the mana of everyone, and people are everywhere. But if we consider the 15m range of a Z Jammer, then it can work."
Licht said, "Basically, a 15m radius area from where we don't receive any info on Mana Resonance is our best bet."
Liebe said, "Exactly. We start now. Gelda, see the mana of the whole capital."
Gelda said, "Understood, Lord."
In about 5 hours, Gelda found it, and everyone moved into the underground compound.
Licht entered first. Seeing the sight, as Liebe tried to enter, Licht said, "Don't, please. The sight is horrific." As Licht was crying, he held the door and said, "Liebe, please don't go in. Please."
Liebe, tearing up, said, "What are you saying?"
Alysa was on the ground. The floor was covered in blood. She was basically bled dry, deflowered, and her right arm was on the floor, severed. Horn was alive, but her right leg was gone. Elizabeth was OK. Gaia wasn't there.
Liebe said, "Alysa... Alysa..." As he held her, he felt a heartbeat. Liebe carried her. Liebe said, "Dark Magic: Dark Castling!" As they teleported to CKH in Eldoria, Black Rose branch.
He said, "Doctor, save her!"
The doctor said, "Oh god, oh god! We need to operate on her now!"
As they operated on her, Elizabeth and Horn were admitted to the hospital in Baledia, and Olivia's body was there as well. Hedin couldn't take the news. He broke down as well, hearing Olivia was no more.
Licht returned to the ship. As he stood in front of Iris's room, he didn't have the strength to knock and tell Iris what happened.
After 30 hours of operating on her, Alysa was safe. The doctor said, "She is safe. She should gain consciousness in a few hours."
In 6 hours, she woke up. The doctor did another test. The doctor came and said, "Sir, we need to have a talk. Please come to my office. You may be an S-Class Knight, but you should prepare yourself mentally."
As Liebe entered the doctor's office, Liebe sat down. Liebe said, "She is safe now, right, Doctor? Please tell me."
As Licht was also hearing the doctor's words from outside the door, the doctor said, "You have my sympathy and I don't know how to tell you this. Her vitals are stable. She is OK. She will need to learn how to live with one arm."
As Liebe covered his hands with his face, he said, "It's all my fault. Doctor, please, is there anything you can do?"
The doctor said, "Unfortunately, not. But there is more, sir."
Liebe said, "Please, just heal her fully. Anything, anywhere. There must be something. I will do anything, pay anything. As a knight, please. Maybe other branches of CKH—"
The doctor said, "There isn't a single healer in our nation who can create new limbs, much less in her condition. And due to the traumatic incident, she is in a state of shock. She can see and feel everything, but she isn't able to talk. Her records show she used to have SAD, and now that she doesn't have an arm, we don't know how she can communicate with one arm. Many victims like her—many deflowered victims—attempt suicide. So we need to watch her constantly. And we don't know when she can talk or react again, if ever."
Liebe said, "Please, Doctor, say there is an option."
As from outside, Licht broke apart as he began to shed streams of tears, sliding down the way he was sitting on the ground.
Liebe said, "Doctor, there must be something. Some way to heal her physically or mentally."
The doctor said, "There may be advanced ways to regrow her arm. But mentally, it's impossible. It can take years, if ever, before she can talk. She will need a caretaker before she can walk again. It will make her transition to her new life easier. She has lost too much blood. For now, it's best if you find a caretaker and give her some space .I don't know what happened in there but I don't think the scars will heal"
Liebe said, "Thank you, Doctor." As he left.
As he came out, he saw Licht sitting on the floor. He sat on the other side of the door as he broke apart. Yet Licht couldn't do anything or say anything as they cried, thinking they could do nothing.