Working alongside Mars, Asta is able to stop Fana from self-destructing. Fana regains her senses and they ask her what happened. However, Fana doesn't remember the events that happened after she had lost consciousness, other than she felt the strong need to take back the magic stones and that she was being controlled by someone's extreme hatred. Meanwhile, Ladros, who they thought they'd defeated, comes back even stronger and attacks them. The attack was so sudden that everyone didn't have time to react. Asta tries to face Ladros alone, and...

As promised, Asta and the others get rid of the invaders who attacked the Witches' Forest. However, the Queen of Witches was after Asta and his swords to begin with. She uses a spell to make Asta her puppet and tries to get him to kill his own friends. Vanessa begs the queen to stop, but she refuses. But in her helplessness, Vanessa ends up awakening to a new spell...