To kill Akari, Menou scours the outer reaches of the West in search of alegendary blade that turns all it touches into salt. There, she stumbles acrossSahara, a monk, who has history with the young Executioner and begs her to takeher life for reasons unknown. Meanwhile, the one of the Four Great Calamitiesbegins to unfold in the undeveloped regions of the East and slowly inches towardthem, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake...