Episode Title:
Altar of the Visitor from Afar.
Episode Description:
Following the battle against the Hideauze in space, Kugel and Striker were stranded on Earth just like Ledo. Meanwhile, a young girl named Linaria is pursued by her three half-sisters, who intend to dispose of her after their deceased father nominated her as the leader of their pirate fleet. After Kugel drives the attackers away, Linaria believes that Kugel is a god and asks for his help to regain control of her fleet. Months later, Kugel leads the fleet as a figurehead for Linaria until her half-sisters decide to dispose of him by provoking some whalesquid to attack. Realizing that the whalesquid are in fact Hideauze, he wipes out their nest and claims that humankind had fallen from grace by treating the Hideauze as gods. Linaria says her last words of gratitude as she dies from a disease some time later. When Linaria's eldest half-sister attempts to replace her as Kugel's herald, he kills her instead and throws both half-sisters' bodies into the ocean. Assuming control of the fleet and slowly dying from the same disease that killed Linaria, Kugel decides to rule it with an iron grip, believing that he will eventually lead it to prosperity.
