Finally arrived in Mist, the ring Cecil and Kain were given by the king begins to glow as soon as they enter the village. To much of their surprise, an array of Bombs erupts from the ring, chasing villagers and setting everything on fire.
While helpless witnessing the destruction of Mist, Cecil and Kain hear someone sobbing. A girl is kneed near her mother, talking to her as if she was still alive “Mother, you can’t die just because your dragon did….”
Hearing the girl’s words, Kain explains to Cecil that a summoner dies if their Eidolon is beaten. That means they were, although unaware, responsible for the death of that girl’s mother. When the girl overhears their conversation, she asks them if they were the ones who killed the dragon. Cecil confirms her suspicion and apologises for slaying the dragon, they had no idea of the consequences. Kain then reminds Cecil they have a job to carry out, which is quite clear by now: kill every summoner in Mist. Even tough he labels it a “foul work” that is their task and he is willing to do it.
Cecil however, in spite of his king’s orders, objects and decides to take the little girl to a safer place. Understandably, she has no intention to go with them and even though her mental state is far from being normal, she isn’t being completely irrational. Her parents, her village, her world were destroyed and now the one who killed her mother wants to take her away. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that while Cecil and Kain argue with each other over what they are supposed to do, she runs away.
When Cecil runs after her, the girl, probably not completely in charge of her powers, unleashes on him all her fury. She summons Titan to cause a huge earthquake, which opens a fissure that goes up to the eastern mountains and cuts off Mist from the rest of the world.
Awoken, Cecil finds himself lying next to the yet unnamed girl. Kain is nowhere in sight. Because of the earthquake and the damages it caused, it isn’t possible to go back to Mist. Alone with an injured girl, Cecil’s only solution is to take her away from Mist and protect her from Baron’s troops.