after fighting through a number of different netherworlds, zetta is supposedly fatally cursed by a godlike being known as the one. soon after, his lost former pupil, salome, asks him to marry her. traveling to her netherworld, zetta fatally wounds salome in battle. however, she reveals that she was already dying beforehand. the true strongest overlord, salome was giving all of her mana to zetta in secret due to her unrequited love for him. realizing this, zetta asks pram to revive salome, but she is thwarted by the vengeful overlord seedle. alexander defeats seedle, but zetta is left without hope of reviving salome or returning to his body.