Chagum, Balsa, Tanda, and Torogai travel to Tomi Village in the hope of learning the ancient story of the water spirit. Shuga and the hunters, after realizing that Balsa is aware of the water spirit inside Chagum, prepare their journey to Tomi Village as well. Chagum and company locate the village and meet the village headmaster named Soya. He invites them to his house, where a girl named Nimka explains the ancient story told by her grandmother. Chagum is horrified to learn that the guardian of the spirit must die in the hands of a mythical Egg Eater for the spirit to be born.