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They head to Lerno Village and find it overrun by parasitic familiars.
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Naofumi and his party are eventually assigned by the Queen to also look into these rumours. With the Heroes repeated trying to skip out of the training sessions, the queen negotiates with them and allows them to leave if they investigate rumours about mysterious attacks around the world. However, Naofumi's team - especially Rishia - start to learn about Hengen Muso. Even though these combat advisors are shown to be effective and Eclair even beats Ren in a duel despite not being a hero, Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu try to skip out of the training sessions. The heroes are introduced to Eclair Seaetto, (a sword wielder who now governs the area around Raphtalia's Village) and Elrasla Grilaroc, the last practitioner of the Hengen Muso combat style. Naofumi is given access to Melromarc's stockpile to use the different power-up methods and Queen Mirellia arranges for combat advisors to train the four heroes.
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In the aftermath of the fight with the other-worldly heroes it becomes painfully clear how the Heroes need to become stronger. Naofumi and his party must stop this unknown beast in order to save the world. A mysterious force of nature has been rampaging throughout the world.