After stopping the war and making the Empire retreat peae was restored to the Republic. Van and his friends were off to the Guerrial Plateau to restore Fiona's memory. While at an Imperial Prison Cell, where the bandit Rosso has been residing for the past couple of weeks, is freed with the help of his comrades from the Desert Alka-Velto Gang. Since the death of the late emperor Zepplin, Crown Prince Rudolph is next in line to become emperor of the Empire. Minister Prozan also mourns the loss of his emperor. Minister Prozan regent to Crown Prince Rudolph, would become emperor if anything were to happen to Prince Rudolph. The Desert Alka-Velto Gang is planning on kidnapping the Crown Prince Rudolph and asking for a ransom from the Empire for treating them the way the did. Late at night, Minister Prozan went to a shabby shop where a special forces operative commander by the name of Metlenick was. Metlenick had arranged three republican command wolves to assure that the assasination would