Volume 8: Signora, true Innocense?

Starts with Raiden meeting the Dottore, she cutting one and another one appearing. Finally as the Dottore tells that he can make Makoto return, she agrees to follow him

Over Inazuma, Allen meets Ayaka who declares that she knew about him being Kagome, recognizing those movements. In the end, she joins Allen's group.

Kazuha guided by Tomoki's cat that joins him, he participates over the family dungeon, discovering his legacy.

Allen's group escape Inazuma leaving an angry Kokomi behind who wanted Allen to become the new leader as she doesn't like that kind of work, but Allen knows that she will be do great in stabilizing and once is more or less controlled, she will give her position to others.

As they arrive to Mondstad, they find the climate has changed, with a strong blizzard going around and Mondstad being attacked by monster from Dragonspine having descended the mountain.

Allen detecting something strange, quickly goes to his home, finding Eula all bloodied as she is defending the home from multiple monsters, she trying to protect the house where inside Ellen is completely frozen encased into an ice crystal.

Allen knows that Ellen was the cause of the blizzard but there's more, detecting Abyss energy around as he is about to cut it over, an Abyss Ice Mage appears with a spear, Allen remembering meeting her before, she being Niu.

Niu explains that she had used Ellen as a source of elemental energy as she is very compatible. And that no matter what Allen's does as while he might could stop Niu taking the elemental power, breaking the ice is impossible to Allen.

Allen cries to Ellen, shouting and remembering their time together, all those difficult times fighting. Ellen is finally able to awaken, she breaks the ice for herself and summons an Ice Palace, her ultimate that supports Allen, she being able to control Cryo even without her Vision that breaks down showing that it was a false one.

Niu thanks Ellen calling her Sovereign, ellen's awaken making everything faster, she finally being to partially overpower her curse. Niu takes her hood and mask, she no longer having the form of mage monster, showing a girl with blue hair.

She declares her as the ninth sword of Kaenriah and unleashed her technique, an ice shield that rotates around her with three cores. Full of her technique she even declares that to destroy her shield, the three cores needs to be destroyed at the same time or they will be repaired along the barrier, that aparent weakness, strengthening her technique, but as she rotates the barriers, the openings are almost impossible, Allen unable to destroy more than 1 at a time.

As Niu laughts telling that it's impossible, all her nodes explodes, she falling weakened as her technique is broken. She laughs madly and explodes her elemental energy, taking the moment to escape, away from them Niu is incredibly happy telling that she continue being alive, her princess.

Fischl will explain that Ellen is able to control Cryo as she is the Sovereign of Cryo and that she might turn into a dragon but it will need to pass a lot of time and use a lot of elemental energy, something that she might need more than a normal lifetime.

Days later, Fischl freeze shocked as over Mondstadt, she sees Lumine the Traveler, calling her sister, shocking also Allen. But Fischl tries to hide herself from Lumine, telling that is better like this before glaring at Paimon and saying that she was there.

Later stars start falling over the sky, clashing over Mondstand and surroundings and putting into dreams at the people that come near it.

By the Tsaritsa's order, Allen is asked to investigate as it will be a good opportunity for him. She also takes her broken piece of Gnosis telling that now that the sovereign has awaken there's no need for him.

Allen will discover about Leonard, the one that he saw when the history of Barbatos become the Archon, discovering that Leonard climbed mountains after mountains, always aspiring to a higher place. At the end, he will discover that Leonard also has a spirit, this spirit taking his belief and image as he died, becoming the first Cryo Archon as he won the Archon War, being the God of Challenge. As the archon, he continues challenging more difficult challenges. Finally, he is been facing the Tsaritsa, being easily defeated by her.

Seeing and surpassing the dream, Leonard's meteorites joins and that wisp of his dream, his constellation is absorbed by Allen's Da Vinci's sword, this one turning into a 5 star, being able to fully transform into any type and increase his elemental power.

A year later, he is asked by the Signora to a new mission that will be to go to Sumeru, telling to act as he wishes as the ones in charge of taking the Gnosis is the Signora.

Over Sumeru, Allen will go with Collei, Ayaka, kazuha, Alina and Ellen and they will find that Lumine and Paimon are also there to ask the Dendro Archon about her brother. There they will all fall into the dream due to Akasha, with Allen being the only one that is not affected as he is unable to even use the Akasha. Trying to awaken them, he will go to the academy to force the culprits out, but he is stopped by Ei who appears against him, they fight a little and finally Dottore stops them, telling that Allen shouldn't act now and the people will awaken shortly.

Over the dream, Lumine dreams the previous days to the festival, discovering that all is a dream thanks to Nahida who helps her discover the dream. However, unlike in the game, Nahida is very worried as the dreams are finishing to abruptly, being destroyed by an immense force, and the worst is that each dream is becoming shorter, at that moment, a powerful blizzards destroyes everything, breaking the dream, that start again.

In the next cicle of the dream, Lumine discovers the cause, a little girl crying for her brother, Ellen, who unleashing a powerful blizzard strong enough to destroy the dream.

Finally, the next cicle, Lumine meets Ellen and explains to Ellen that her brother is not here and will not come.

Lumine will awake from the dream, trembling in fright.

Having obtained energy from the dreams of people, Dottore along the elders and Ei using the electro's Gnosis as the base, they unleash their plan, the revival of a god. Ei's sacrifice herself and in her place with her body growing, appears Makoto. However, unlike the Makoto that Allen's meet over the Sakura tree, this one has a completely different vibe, her elemental power being far stronger as she declares herself as Electro, the true Archon.

Her powers knows no bounds and is impossible to even fase, she quickly disposing of everyone as her objective is simply to have fun and show the power and might of electro to gain more faith, planing on destroying Sumeru.

Over the Irmunsul, Fischl appears next to Nahida, she is able to take access to the Irmunsul and is able to shut down the source of the dreams. This causes Electro's manifestation to weaken, this time Kazuha and Allen being able to face against her. Kazuha unleashes his new power as Tartargglia, Tartagglia being able to increase the power of the user facing strong enemies until surpassing them, however it also curses the user's body if they don't defeat their foe, being able to normally not last enough breaking before reaching, however Kazuha as a kaedehara and Niwa, his body resist far better the curses.

Kazuha finally is able to defeat Electro repeating the clash of Inazuma butthis time winning him, forcing Ei again to take over, she finishing crying and Kazuha falling exhausted.

Over the Irmunsul, Nahida will meet her precessor Rukkhadevata, she telling about the curse and that she must disappear, Nahida taking over.

Fischl acts with hate and contempt about Rukkhadevata sacrificing herself. She unleashes Munin and takes control of the Irmunsul, cleaning the curse from it, permitting both Nahida and Rukkhadevata to remain.

However, just as she cleans the tree, this one become full golden and a laugh resounds all around. The three are forced out of the mental world and they find one of helpers of the head elder and the Signora.

The helper grins and gives the Dendro Gnosis to Signora, thanking her as their deal was to Fisch and Allen come here. The Signora smiles and leaves having accomplished her work of obtaining the Gnosis.

Then, the helper's body starts to morph, showing golden long hair and a familiar face that Fischl's recognize, she freezes as the new woman presents herself as Rhinedottir and thanks Fischl, telling that she as her disciple has been always an incredible help, specially when she is not aware that she is helping.

Rhinedottir takes control of the Irmunsul, absorbing the energy from it and keeping it over a kind of battery, telling that it will be very useful.

Allen charged over and from his Delusion, the Tsaritsa's voice resound, ordering him to stop Rhinedottir, and that she will give him anything even freedom if he is able to kill Rhinedottir, her death being even more important than the Gnosis.

Rhinedottir smiles at Allen, summoning a golden shield around her using Alkemia, and telling Allen that he will be unable to cut it down. However, Allen ignores him going over Fischl who is still in shock, he covers her with his jacket and tells to not worry that he will take care of it.

Allen goes over the link with the Irmunsul where Rhinedottir is robing its energy, cutting the link and absorving the energy while Rhinedottir calls him a suicide that energy being divinity and not something a mere mortal is able to absorb.

Allen ends up bloodied and vomiting blood as he falls unconcious as he finally is able to cut the link.

Seeing that she is unable to collect the energy and her plan has failed, Rhinedottir smiles loving and recording everything, calling Allen interesting. Seeing it's time to escape, Rhinedottir snaps her fingers and the gigant Ruin Guards of Sumeru awaken and starts destroying their surrounding, they pointing at Nahida, Rukkhadevata and Fischl, shooting a powerful beam at them

As Rhinedottir is about to take Allen with her, she is shot by Fischl, Rhinedottir's shield broken by Fischl. Rhinedottir looks shocked at Fischl who had completely ignored her security, choosing to protect Allen from her while they are targeted by the beam which is stopped by Nahida and Rukkhadevata.

Rhinedottir is sure that it's not because Fischl trusts the pair but that she focused on Allen. Telling as you wish, Rhinedottir escapes through an abyss portal, leaving Allen behind. Fischl go over Allen, thanking him.

On another side, Aether meets Ellen and asks for her to join their cause but Ellen simply smiles, telling that asks again once he is able to defeat the Tsaritsa as she won't abandon her brother.

Later, Ayaka dreams about everything that Allen has done and even saw Allen killing innocense people, knowing that its the truth, breaks her heart and decides to abandon the group, returning to Inazuma.

Over the academy, Ellen has reunited with Nahida who tells that their deal has been fulfilled, Nahida the one that made Ayaka's dreams, exaggerating Allen's cruelty. Ellen smiling as she remembers the deal.

That time with Nahida and Lumine in the fabricated dream, as they tell Ellen that her brother is not here and will not come, she instantly knows that this is impossible unless it's a dream, discovering that all is a dream. Nahida explains that to break, they must make the one who is dreaming be aware of this is a dream.

Ellen's usual childish and innocense completely disappears, replaced by a cold face devoid of any emotion. Without much thinking, Ellen goes to the theather. There she starts a blizzard, maining and injuring everyone in there, their painful cryes and blood all around, only leaving one untouched, Nilou.

Nilou breaks down seeing all the massacre and pain, falling to her kneels crying as she sees her friends slowly die, negating this reality as telling that this might be a nightmare. Telling this is a nightmare, the dream starts disappearing as Nilou was the one that was dreaming.

Nahida and lumine are shocked by Ellen's ruthless and decisive actions, asking her why.

Ellen answer that she knows other bastard as the elders, enjoying laughing at the other, so she was sure that they will choose to dream the one most opposed to their ideals, this being Nilou. On the other hand, she tells that the people when facing a terrible despair they start neagating it as false, this way being the easiest for forcing Nilou to negate the dream from reality.

Finally, as the dream is about to end, Ellen turn over nahida and Lumine, warning them to not tell anyone about her, specially Allen. And that Nahida owes her one.

As a aftermath, Allen is unable to move his legs, becoming invalid due to absorving the divine energy with his body, with no normal healing being unable to heal him.

The Dottore meets Ellen ordered by the Tsaritsa and informs her that it's time for the Purge where people chosen by the Harbingers can challenge a harbinger for his place and that Allen must participate even injured, Ellen becoming angry as there's no way Allen is able to put a fight now that he is very injured and unable to even move his legs.

The Dottore tells that the Purge can't be stopped, but there might be an option.

Later at Snezhnaya, Ellen appears over the waiting room and freeze all the others participants, entering the room with the Harbingers, she challenges Signora wanting revenge of her selling Allen to Rhinedottir to obtain the Dendro Gnosis.

Signora stops using her Delusion, unleashing her flames and transforming the surroundings into a blazing inferno but Ellen looks down at her, telling that she useless waste her energy, she freezing her flames and telling that if she had conserved her energy better that should be at least a fight. Ellen summoning a greatsword made of ice, crashing the frozen Signora, killing her coldly. 

Ellen is declared the winner and the new Signora.

As the new Harbinger, Ellen asks for a cure for her brother and the Jester tells her that it has already been prepared and that she should bring Allen to Fontaine, there being the solution to cure him.

Having inherated, the previous assets and men, Ellen prepares a meeting with her new subordinates, commanding all of them to come to give them orders. As she prepares, Ellen thinks of killing some of them, showing her ruthless and coldness, making the other learn that she is not to be taken light for her being small.

As she is about to step over the meeting room, she activates her new Delusion, this one in the form of a eyemask that putting over her face, turns her hair red. As the surges all over her subordinates, she cheerfully and childishly presents herself as the new Signora, telling that she loves to work with them and please help her in everything before happily leaving jumping.

Seeing her, the men are kind of shocked used to the previous Signora, but the can't help to talk about how cute and pure is the new Signora, they liking her far more than the previous one and being able to even use their lives to protect her bright smile.

As she returns to her room, Ellen stops using her Delusion, taking it out and asking shocked what the fuck happened. However, she clenches her Delusion telling that it no matters, only Allen's health being important and their new objective, Fontaine.