As the fighting begins, the Balt-Rhein army learns that the Lince mercenaries has a large force within Espada, contradicting Lily's initial calculation. Greatly outmatched, the Imperial army are quickly destroyed, with Mahmut personally beheading Pineau, and the rest of the high-ranking personnel are killed. As the spoils and prisoners are divided among the allies, Mahmut and the Turkish army choose to rest before returning to Chielo. Meanwhile, Blanca and Vasco continue to travel to the Türkiye Stratocracy in spite of the waging battle. At Chielo, Frentzen receives news of Pineau's defeat at Murmullo basin and his march to Esapda, but realizes that the main army is beyond saving and orders a full retreat. In the republic, Kyros, Cassandra, and co. are able to locate where Carvajal is being held by the rest of the rebels, but are stopped by more dissenters, who are grief-stricken by their loved ones's deaths due to the lack of supplies and wants the siege to end. As discord erupts, the remaining rebels choose to publicly execute Carvajal, who makes a heartfelt speech before graciously accepting his death. Moments after the rebels beheads Carvajal, they receive news that the Balt-Rhein army has withdrawn. Once Mahmut arrives back at Chielo, Mahmut assets that the citizens are unable to govern their own city and declares that Chielo will be controlled by the Anti-Imperial Alliance, which Cassandra accepts.
L'armée de l'alliance anti-impériale exploite son avantage grâce au plan de Mahmut. L'armée impériale de Pino abandonne le champ de bataille, jetant son dévolu sur Espada pour y lancer une contre-attaque. Kiros et les autres restés à Chielo croient en la victoire de Mahmut, et continuent de rechercher le Directeur Carbajal, capturé par les agitateurs qui veulent capituler face à l'armée impériale.
マフムートの作戦によって、戦いを優位に進める反帝同盟軍。しかし、ピノー率いる帝国軍は、囁き（ムリュムリョ）盆地の戦場を放棄し、反撃の拠点とするため剣の都（エスパーダ）に狙いを定めた。
一方その頃、天上の都（シエロ）共和国に残ったキュロスたちは、マフムートの勝利を信じ、帝国軍への降伏を訴える反院長（ディレクトル）派によって拘束されたカルバハルの捜索を続けるが…。
l'Armata dell'Alleanza anti-Imperiale continua ad avanzare grazie al piano di Mahmut. Tuttavia, l'armata Imperiale di Pino abbandona il campo di battaglia per lanciare un contrattacco. Intanto, Kiros e gli altri rimasti a Chielo credono nella vittoria di Mahmut, e continuano a cercare il Direttore Carbajal catturato dai rivoltosi intenzionati ad arrendersi all'armata Imperiale.
