Crystal gazed at her hands in disbelief. She then stepped outside and stood on the palace steps, looking up at the dazzling light in the sky.

"It's been eighteen years?" she muttered to herself.

***

Meanwhile, in Swallowston, Adrian's homeland that was destroyed by monsters…

Juno, Rue, Mya, and Adaline materialized at One Jewel Road, staring bewilderedly at their surroundings.

"Mother! Juno!" Adaline called out, trembling upon seeing them.

"My girls!" Rue exclaimed, running toward her daughters to embrace them tightly.

Mya looked up at the sky. "My god… What happened? I thought we were dead. What's going on?"

Rue and Juno joined Mya and looked up at the light in the sky, and so did everyone else in Swallowston. Suddenly, the sound of a car engine was heard as a vehicle drove up from the base of the mountain. Rue and the others turned to see the car, from which Samantha and Gloria emerged.

Ivy and Eira headed to the Battle Warrior Department to look for their sisters.

Rue tre