Emerald Sword Saga - Dawn of Victory

Dawn of Victory is the turning point of the saga. The Emerald Sword is in the hands of the Ice Warrior, who uses it to free Ancelot from the siege laid by Dargor, a new official of Akron. Dargor retreats from Ancelot and goes back to Hargor. The Warrior hears from Arwald that Airin and the other prisoners are still alive. While they are planning a rescue, they get a message from Akron stating that they must give him the Emerald Sword, or else he will kill the prisoners one by one. The Ice Warrior and Arwald have no choice but to meet Akron in Hargor. Akron, however, was lying, and when the Warrior and Arwald arrive in Hargor, the knights have already been executed. Akron's forces capture the Warrior and Arwald.

Airin has not yet been killed, and is now brutally raped by the demons in front of Akron, Arwald and the Ice Warrior, while Dargor tries unsuccessfully to convince Akron that this is not a proper way to act. Airin is lowered into a pit of acid, and dies. Arwald suffers the same fate after being horribly tortured. Dargor cannot bear to watch and leaves, but Arwald, in his last rational moment, throws some acid in the direction of the Ice Warrior, and his chains melt. The Warrior escapes by throwing himself into the underground river Aigor, which carries him to safety. The demons cannot find him, and he returns to the holy city of Algalord to report on the tragedy.