At West building , they arrive at the terminal toward the North building and unsure of what kind of trouble that awaits them once they step inside.
Minami: "Do you think there could be a friendly Gaoru inside ?"
Katashi: "I'm hardly believe of such dangerous creature cooperate with us."
Varmoth: "Well , is there's any activities happen between these borders lately ? , Mizuki-chan."
Mizuki: "I doubt any Gaoru migrate to another area or other way around. So , it's not possible."
Seo: "We won't know anything for sure until we see it ourselves."
Few minutes later , they begin to go through the terminal on their way to the North building. When they arrive at the entrance and goes inside the building , they surprise to see an enormous open lake beneath them inside the building. They proceed to start their scouting by looking around the area and Varmoth found something that could be useful then call everyone out.
Varmoth: "Hey guys , do you think this boat still be useful ?"
Seo: "It look old but sturdy enough to carry us across the lake."
They decide to get in the wooden boat and try to float across the lake in hope to reach to their destination. Fortunately , they able to get across and continue their scout by follow the path into the stairs. After they reach to the top of the stairs , they see two bridges that leads to different paths so Seo order to split into two group where he team up with Katashi and Mizuki then take the left path of the bridge while Minami and Varmoth take the right path of the bridge.
When Seo , Katashi and Mizuki reach the end of the path , it is a dead end so they decide to look around and couldn't find any clue about this place. Mizuki then see a group of flying Gaoru that fly above and pass them.
Mizuki: "I've never seen such Gaoru that can fly before. So this is very new to me."
Katashi: "It is very rare to see them at other 3 building except here so it's no surprise that we're able to find them easily."
Mizuki: "Is that so ?. Hmm...?"
Seo: "Something wrong ?"
Mizuki: "Well...it probably my imagination but , don't you think all the stones surrounding us are perfectly arrange in circle ?"
Seo: "Now that I see it , you're right."
Mizuki: "It look like a nest for flying creature. Could it be from a group of flying Gaoru we saw earlier ?. No , I don't think it's them because it's too big for them to live in such spacey area. I wonder whose nest belong to ?"
As she continue wondering , both Seo and Katashi soon realize about the nest then look at each other in concern.
Katashi: "Could it be....."
Seo: "We have to find and warn them now."
Meanwhile , Varmoth and Minami are on their way following the path then arrive to another bridge that lead to somewhere but due to sudden appearance of fog , they couldn't see where it goes to. Varmoth proceed to go first to make sure the safety of the bridge. Few seconds later , she turn around;
Varmoth: "It's barely safe to walk on this bridge. Be careful , walk slowly otherwise you might fall over."
Minami: "Okay."
He follow Varmoth's instruction by walk over slowly while grabbing the handle on both side of the bridge. As he walk almost closer to her , they are struck by sudden rush of wind that blew pass them making the bridge shaking. Varmoth kneel over to not let herself fall while Minami grip the handle at both side of the bridge as they brace themselves against the current flow of wind. Soon after , they look on their side where the flow of the wind coming from then everything goes in slow as a giant flying creature appear from the fog and manage to grab Minami by its claws as it fly pass Varmoth.
Minami: "AAAAAAHHH!!!"
Varmoth: "Minami-san!!"
As Minami scream in fear while got carried away by the claws of giant flying creature , Varmoth is left there in speechless. Soon after , she see Seo , Mizuki and Katashi arrive at the starter of the bridge.
Katashi: "Where's Minami-san ?"
Varmoth: "It....it took him..."
Seo: "We're too late , damn it."
Mizuki stay silent in a brief moment. Then;
Mizuki: "Let's find him."
Seo: "What....?"
Mizuki: "It's too early to give up now. He may saved my life before , but I won't let him die without the return of my favor."
She look at them with determination and they soon agree to save Minami then proceed to track down the giant flying creature known as Type A Gaoru.
Meanwhile , Minami is struggling to get off of its claws as it fly aimlessly around the building. As it fly , an unknown girl with a pair of wings on her back holding the string of bow to trigger it's arrow toward the giant flying creature. As she shoot , the arrow manage to hit its right leg making it letting Minami go of its grasp. Minami soon fall into the lake below creating an impact that make him goes unconscious. As he's about to close his eyes , he see a girl jump in and try to reach him then everything goes blur in the end. A few moments later , he wake up to see that he's in the cave then the girl from earlier appear in front of him.
The winged girl: "Good morning , have you sleep well ?"
Minami: "How.....how long have I been here ?"
The winged girl: "Well , you've been rested for quite a while now."
Minami: "I see..."
He get up and see the view of the outside from the cave then he turn around and look at her.
Minami: "I'm Keisuke Minami. What's your name ?"
The winged girl: "My name is Cupid Lee Amor."
Minami: "Thank you very much for taking care of me , Cupid-san. I owe you one."
Cupid: "Oh it's fine , really."
They sit near the fireplace maintaining the heat from getting cold.
Minami: "Cupid-san , do you know anything about the flying creature ?"
Cupid: "As far as I know , it's been here for a long time even after I suddenly came here without my realization."
Minami: "I see."
They continue to wait at the cave until it is morning. Few moments later , Cupid fly around the building to scout the whereabouts of type A Gaoru while Minami hide behind the stone and wait for it to pass by. Cupid has search everywhere and still could not find it until she see a big bird like silhouette flying along the fog in low altitude as it fly toward Minami's direction. She shout at him;
Cupid: "Minami-san , it's coming toward you."
He nod and look down then see the creature flying on its way pass him. As it about to pass , He jump down and manage to land on top of the creature. He try to climb further until he reach behind of its neck then he shoot its neck with his gun making the creature roar in agony. It begin to fly faster and shaking its body to get Minami off of it but he keep hold his balance while shooting at the back its neck. Soon after , it start to fly even lower and crash along the ground as Minami lunch off to the side of the crash. Minami get up from the crash and see the giant flying creature regain itself so he begin to shoot it with his rifle and it aware of his presence. It turn around and roar at him but he remain unfazed and keep shooting at it. The creature start to become angry then use its wings to flap making a strong wind current blow toward him. As the wind flow toward him , he is thrown along the wind current and his weapon is swept away from his grasp then fall into the lake below. Now that Minami is defenseless without his rifle , its begin to move closer to him so he didn't have much choices left and face it as he hold his fists. Suddenly , an arrow goes through into the wound of its neck then it scream in pain as Cupid arrive but at the same time , Seo and the other also arrive.
Seo: "Minami , it seems that you're fine."
Mizuki: "I'm really glad."
Minami: "You guys are here...but that Gaoru."
Seo and the rest of his team step forward and prepare to fight against the creature.
Katashi: "You stay there , Minami-san. We'll take care of this creature and finish it."
As they start to face the type A Gaoru. Mizuki begin to summon her vines to tie up most of its body to make sure it doesn't escape. Seo and Katashi sprint forward and begin to attack its wings to make further damages while Varmoth shoot its tough head with her pistol to keep it distracted. As its neck expose , Cupid ready up her arrow as she enchant a spell then she release the arrow and it move faster like a lightning then hit through its neck decapitating its head entirely. Thus they able to defeat type A Gaoru.
Moments later , everyone gather together then decide to return back to Sanctuary. As they about to leave;
Cupid: "Um...."
Varmoth: "?"
Minami: "What is it ? , Cupid-san."
Cupid: "I...Is it okay if I would like to join your group ?"
Everyone look at each other then Minami look at her with a smile.
Minami: "Sure , it would be great to have you on our team."
She's happy to hear it then begin her new adventure along with her new friends.
(End of Episode 8)