▁Z ael ' s ▁susp ic ions ▁are ▁later ▁ar oused , ▁D ag ran ▁adm its ▁to ▁him ▁that ▁he ▁fr amed ▁J ir all ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁ensure ▁Z ael ' s ▁liberty . ▁Laz ul is ▁arriv es ▁in ▁G ur ak ▁lands ▁and ▁takes ▁their ▁keep ▁with ▁minimal ▁resistance . ▁Z ael ▁lear ns ▁there ▁that ▁the ▁G ur ak ▁are ▁suffering ▁the ▁same ▁de grad ation ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁as ▁humans ▁are , ▁which ▁motiv ated ▁their ▁invasion . ▁Z ael ' s ▁brand ▁react s ▁with ▁Cal ista ' s ▁blood ▁and ▁Ast har ' s ▁medal ▁to ▁reve al ▁a ▁secret ▁location ▁on ▁Laz ul is . ▁Jo ined ▁by ▁Ther ius , ▁they ▁enter ▁and ▁meet ▁a ▁Sor cer ess , ▁who ▁reve als ▁that ▁the ▁" Out s ider " ▁is ▁an ▁extr ater rest rial ▁being ▁that ▁absor bs ▁energy . ▁At ▁the ▁b idd ing ▁of ▁her ▁lo ver , ▁Ar gan an ' s ▁ancest or , ▁she ▁sum mon ed ▁the ▁Out s ider ▁to ▁the ▁planet ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁end ▁conflict . ▁After ▁real izing ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁destroy ing ▁the ▁land ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁collect ▁its ▁energy , ▁they ▁split ▁it ▁into ▁two ▁hal ves ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁slow ▁the ▁land ' s ▁death . ▁If ▁the ▁two ▁hal ves , ▁now ▁respectively ▁controlled ▁by ▁humans ▁and ▁the ▁G ur ak , ▁are ▁reun ited ▁and ▁released , ▁the ▁land ' s ▁decay ▁will ▁halt ▁and ▁the