Cloudia sealed the cloud hole that had torn the world apart, and peace returned. The Zards went home to Eldia and began investigating a conspiracy traced back to the Thesis Committee. Meanwhile, Nia — finally free from her demonized state — chose to remain in the sky with Reinas and the others. Before anything stabilized, the Eldia government's superparticle cannon, the Light of Arneus, fired again and split the sky open a second time. Now the Thesis Committee and Eldia's military are on the offensive with magical beast support, and Cloudia's forces are assembling a large coalition fleet to meet them. The questions still standing: what does the Thesis Committee actually want, and what is hidden in the truth of how Zard came to be?