Akira steps into her apartment's elevator and encounters a man who's dressed bizarrely and tells her many strange things before disappearing; once the elevator doors open, she finds herself in another world.

The Maledictor from the East, Faust, protects one of his comrades in the last battle against the Great Calamity and is gravely injured; Akira visits him after being told she might be able to save him.

It's decided that a ritual to summon new wizards will be performed; the only one who can perform this ritual is the sage, Akira; while preparations are done for the ritual, Akira reads notes about the wizards in the sage's Tome to get closer to them.

Akira and the wizards hold a mixer; Akira, Cain, Riquet and Arthur head north to see Oz.