Calculate Alex.When Mullin offers to help Claus and Lavie repair their vanship, he is recruited to join the Silvana flight deck crew as a mechanic. Claus and Lavie hears from Sophia that the Silvana is en route to Horizon Cave. The two use this rare opportunity to participate in its famous eight-hour endurance race, in which participants are randomly assigned vanships and must make them airworthy in time for the race. Before the race begins, Sophia briefs Tatiana and her navigator Alister Agrew on the true objective in the race. Dio and Lucciola momentarily appear as unwelcoming race challengers to Claus and Lavie. When the race begins, Claus and Lavie's chosen vanship refuses to start on time, forcing them to join several seconds later. Dio provokes Tatiana into a head-to-head race despite Alister's attempts to remind her of their mission. As auctioneer Giancarlo opens the black market auction, Duke Henry Knowles joins Alexander and notices his disinterest towards the initial items up for bid. However, as the final item of the auction, an artifact believed to be a gateway to the legendary Exile, is introduced, Alexander opens the bid with a surprising 10 million Claudia.