As he was dying, Astreous couldn't help but smile, thinking, Young Liebe is set on the right path. And I'm sorry, my dear friend Lilith, but you need to live on. Even though you won't be able to hear the Grand Bell, I'm glad... I'm glad I was able to hear the Grand Bell's melodious beat. The God of Darkness will arise and take in the pain and suffering of others and bring dawn. I'm sorry, Lucielle, I wasn't able to protect you. I just wish I could see it for myself, even just once—the future with you and Astrea. As Astreous was no more...
Meanwhile, Liebe was teleported to Geno's office in the Empire. M was teleported to the Grand Maestro's office in Symphonics. Licht was transported to Zernos. Alysa and Fate were teleported to the Land of Sakura in the ramen shop. Elizabeth was teleported to Harmonia in front of Eline. And Isurugi was teleported to the Land of Aldina.
Liebe said, "Mr. Geno, please send me back! I have to do something! Please, sir, you have to help!"
Geno said, "No."
Liebe said, "Then please send me back! I can't let them die! Please, my mother is still fighting!"
Geno said, "It's all over now. Astreous, Lucielle, Ciel, and Klice are no more. But fortunately, Lilith is alive. And if you want to die so badly, I will end you. No need to bother wasting mana."
As Liebe was covered in tears, Liebe said, "Please..."
Geno said, "You are weak. And that is the harsh reality."
Meanwhile, in Symphonics, M said, "Grand Maestro, please help me!"
Alex said, "No."
M said, "Please!" As she went on the ground and said, "Please save her! Save Lilith! I will do anything you want! You can have anything I have to offer! But please send me back! I have to do something! Anything! I can't stand here!"
Alex said, "Unfortunately, it's all over."
M said, "No, it can't be! Please don't tell me—"
Alex said, "I can assure you Lilith is alive, but I can't say the same for anyone else besides members of Team Liebe."
M said, "Please, Grand Maestro, help me."
Alex said, "Ok then, I will help you return."
Meanwhile, in Zernos, Licht said, "What happened? Mr. Aldom, please help me return!"
Aldom said, "Fine. But if you return, you will just end up dying. And it's all over. Besides Lilith Faust, no one else survived."
Licht said, "No, it can't be! The Grand Master is no more? Even the infants were killed?"
Aldom said, "I'm afraid so."
In Harmonia, Elizabeth said, "Mrs. Eline, please send me back!"
In Aldina, Isurugi said, "Mr. Warner, please help me! I need to save the Fleet Admiral! If he dies, I won't have a reason to live!"
Warner said, "It's all over. But I will help you return."
And finally, in the Land of Sakura, Alysa said, "Mr. Hiroto, what happened?"
Hiroto said, "Astreous is no more."
Alysa said, "No, it can't be! The Captain... Please, Mr. Hiroto, send me back! I have to do something! I can't let Aunt Lilith die!"
Hiroto said, "Lilith is alive."
In Geno's office, as Liebe was crying, Geno said, "God damn, answer me, Faust! If this defeat was all it took to break you—" As he grabbed him by the collar, "Answer me, god damn it, Faust! Then what the hell are you fighting for? What the hell do you have left? If this defeat was enough to shatter you?"
Liebe said, "I still have my friends."
Geno said, "Then god damn, grow stronger! In your current state, you can't protect anything! Don't expect that a member of the 25 will always show up for you. You have been sheltered for far too long. God damn, answer me! You are in the top now, and no one can shelter you. And if you weren't there to hold Astreous back, he might have survived. Now you have two choices left: either train and grow to become a man who can hold his own against anyone in hell, or return to Eldoria and die from whatever the hell attacks you next."
As Liebe gathered himself together, he got his communicator and said, "Everyone, if you can hear my voice... we, the members of Team Liebe, have failed. We are far too weak to protect anything. We need to grow stronger. Take 1.5 years. Then we will reunite again in the place where we were disgraced."
Geno said, "Good answer."
Licht said, "Aldom, teach me. You are the brightest fragment of brilliant light. Please show me how to burn bright."
Isurugi said, "Mr. Warner, please help me train."
M said, "Grand Maestro, please help me control the harsh sound of my mana."
Alysa and Fate said, "Mr. Hiroto, please teach us how to hold our own."
Elizabeth said, "Mrs. Eline, please teach me support magic. I don't want to hold bacl my brother and the others anymore. Please."
Then Geno and Liebe entered the Abyssal Zone. Even though all of them were separated to different corners of the world, their eyes didn't move from their goal. They only had one thing on their mind: grow stronger.