Prologue-
Kneel goes through the Nether portal alone to the overworld, investigating a field with a forest that separates himself from Kamubori. He stays there until nighttime, with a weird feeling of being watched from the nearby forest, in which he goes in to investigate. He seems a glimpse of Optis but decided not to pursue it, and only to stalk to see what's going on. Kneel finds Kamubori, disgusted at the thought of a village with no true leader, so he decides to go back to Kianwell, forgetting about who he saw in the forest, but then finds Ide near the other end of the Nether portal. Ide and Kneel talk Kingdom things in Enchanteur, and venture to Kianwell, where Kian has news from his subordinates about the Hoglins.