The race against time continues in the basement of the Shibusen Institute. Medusa and Cohort are about to revive the legendary 'great devourer' that lies dormant beneath the school. Trying at all costs to thwart this diabolical plan, Maka agrees to sink into madness in order to face Crona, the damned blade. An introspective fight with an uncertain outcome then begins between the two meisters.