An emergency evacuation begins as ancient sea monsters rise and people flood underground shelters. The Dragova Squad, Grade A Sentinels led by Gen. Alaric Thorne, arrive and briefly repel a Grade 10 beast, giving Taelsky hope. The conflict escalates when monsters suddenly grow stronger and Taelsky's frontlines are overwhelmed. Azure is struck down in the fighting and succumbs. A broadcast then reports that on March 12, Year 262, humans failed to stop the 10‑rank monsters and humanity is wiped out. The episode closes with a single line: "Have I been reborn?" leaving fate unknown.
In class Alaric acts erratic, claiming rebirth and a divine-master role while others mock him. He abruptly warns that the greenhouse effect will raise sea levels, awaken ancient beasts within a year, and threaten humanity. Frustrated, Alaric insists he must leave to find a way to prevent the calamity and rushes out. Peers try to stop him; a scuffle breaks out—someone is struck and accused as a traitor. The episode closes with a determined voice declaring, "I'm going to save Taelsky!" leaving Alaric’s plan and Taelsky’s fate unresolved.
The host awakens after absorbing a crystal and meets the Guardian Matrix and its assistant Coco. The Matrix issues a mission: gain the chief's trust in 12 hours for 5,000 guardian points; failure will revert time to the apocalypse and wipe out humanity. The host claims the 'Fortress Blueprint,' a 30,000-mile coastal fortress to save Taelsky, but Prof. Quinn, who can authorize it, is busy on the Ether System. The host decides to submit future-tech blueprints (nanochip, Unit-0 mecha, energy conversion) to the research center as proof. With the clock ticking, it's unclear if the center will accept them.
A sleep-deprived professor pushes to finish the Ether System, a seawater-to-energy lifeline for two billion people. He’s told a flawless new proposal exists and that the student inventor, Alaric Thorne, must be brought to the chief. The Crisis Division and military arrive to escort Alaric from campus while classmates murmur they recognize him. At headquarters, Harvey presents a complete Ether System design and confirms Alaric as its creator. As the chief prepares to depart with the student, someone shouts, "No! You can't go, chief!", leaving Alaric's fate and the rollout uncertain.
A young man who looks like a student, Alaric, appears at climate research institute and tells the chief and staff, "I time-travelled." He claims the Ether System was finished and predicts an 11-month catastrophe that will wipe out humanity. He specifies nearer threats: in five months a magnitude-11 quake at the Abyssal Sea will trigger tsunamis that obliterate coastal regions. He links the danger to anomalous sea-creature skeletons Taelsky's team studies, saying the remains will not be classified in a year and will cause extinction. The chief orders a scan and reconstruction simulation to test his warning, leaving answers pending.
In the 262nd year of the Dragova Era, melting polar glaciers and rising seas have already erased nations. Ancient sea beasts awaken and push ashore, invading human lands. On January 1 of year 263, Rank-10 horrors strike humanity’s last territory, Taelsky. General Alaric Thorne leads the elite Dragova Squad in a desperate, disciplined defense. Days become a punishing siege as each clash exposes the beasts’ overwhelming power and the squad’s shrinking options. By March 12, after brutal battles and heavy sacrifice, Dragova Squad is annihilated and Taelsky’s survival fractures. The story compresses into a tight, tragic countdown from first strike to final fall.
In the 262nd year of the Dragova Era, melting polar glaciers and rising seas have already erased nations. Ancient sea beasts awaken and push ashore, invading human lands. On January 1 of year 263, Rank-10 horrors strike humanity’s last territory, Taelsky. General Alaric Thorne leads the elite Dragova Squad in a desperate, disciplined defense. Days become a punishing siege as each clash exposes the beasts’ overwhelming power and the squad’s shrinking options. By March 12, after brutal battles and heavy sacrifice, Dragova Squad is annihilated and Taelsky’s survival fractures. The story compresses into a tight, tragic countdown from first strike to final fall.
In the 262nd year of the Dragova Era, melting polar glaciers and rising seas have already erased nations. Ancient sea beasts awaken and push ashore, invading human lands. On January 1 of year 263, Rank-10 horrors strike humanity’s last territory, Taelsky. General Alaric Thorne leads the elite Dragova Squad in a desperate, disciplined defense. Days become a punishing siege as each clash exposes the beasts’ overwhelming power and the squad’s shrinking options. By March 12, after brutal battles and heavy sacrifice, Dragova Squad is annihilated and Taelsky’s survival fractures. The story compresses into a tight, tragic countdown from first strike to final fall.
In the 262nd year of the Dragova Era, melting polar glaciers and rising seas have already erased nations. Ancient sea beasts awaken and push ashore, invading human lands. On January 1 of year 263, Rank-10 horrors strike humanity’s last territory, Taelsky. General Alaric Thorne leads the elite Dragova Squad in a desperate, disciplined defense. Days become a punishing siege as each clash exposes the beasts’ overwhelming power and the squad’s shrinking options. By March 12, after brutal battles and heavy sacrifice, Dragova Squad is annihilated and Taelsky’s survival fractures. The story compresses into a tight, tragic countdown from first strike to final fall.
In the 262nd year of the Dragova Era, melting polar glaciers and rising seas have already erased nations. Ancient sea beasts awaken and push ashore, invading human lands. On January 1 of year 263, Rank-10 horrors strike humanity’s last territory, Taelsky. General Alaric Thorne leads the elite Dragova Squad in a desperate, disciplined defense. Days become a punishing siege as each clash exposes the beasts’ overwhelming power and the squad’s shrinking options. By March 12, after brutal battles and heavy sacrifice, Dragova Squad is annihilated and Taelsky’s survival fractures. The story compresses into a tight, tragic countdown from first strike to final fall.