The battle drums sound, and the queen of ba tells her soldiers to prepare for battle. She tells the captain of the royal guard that the dragon fighters have been waiting for the bluestone mines in the mountains for years, and that they are ready to attack. The captain tells her that all of them are dead. The queen tells him to turn back and tells him that abandoning her people is the "ultimate disgrace" of a queen. She says that the only thing she can do is to ignore them. The king's ambitions are too high, and he is too naive to give up his plans. The only thing left is the two crippled dragon fighters. She asks the captain to take two groups with him and evacuate the people from the city, but the captain refuses, saying that the king has asked her to examine her faithfulness