With Sharkiller's help, Shiromi vanquishes A-Ellm by giving him a taste of his own medicine--a nightmare even more horrifying than the one he cooked up! Along with Zeldan, the crew's newest member, the gang presses onward to the imperial capital of Hogwartch, where the world's armies have united to take the Demon King head-on. But are the people's victory celebrations premature? And can Shiromi and her bloodthirsty familiar ever truly be on the humans' side?