Now full-fledged Hunters, Mile, Reina, Mavis and Pauline form the "Crimson Vow." That said, they're still just novices, so they work some questionable side-jobs while steadily gaining experience through straight-foward quests. One day, while on a quest as guards, they are attacked by bandits. The bandits think they'll have an easy time of things, but Reina's acting strangely...