Wages of War

Full Recap
When Magma decides to go on patrol to see is he can get any new information on Portia, Hunter immediately invites himself along. Once the pair arrives in Cross Town, their task proves harder than they thought.

While at an inn, Hunter spots a young Invectid girl. When he starts shouting at her to leave, he is shocked to discover that the Invectid is a welcome resident of the town. Magma invites her to join them, and explains that she is a peaceful Invectid by the name of Katy. Hunter is surprised to learn that not all Invectids approve of the war, and apologizes for his rude behavior.

The next morning, the Spider Riders are awoken by an attack by led by Grasshop and Aqune. Demanding the return of Katy, Grasshop unleashes a deadly Battle Bug upon Cross Town which captures Katy and grows in strength the more Katy pleads for it to stop attacking the town. Things get worse when Grasshop remembers that he forgot to properly install the device that enables the Battle Bug to differentiate between friend and foe.

Hunter gets Grasshop to tell him the machines weakness is it's antenna. But when he cuts them off he discovers that both have to be severed at the exact same time, or else the will simply regenerate. The machine attacks Aqune and Portia, who Magma and Brutus shield. Aqune is confused, do to still wearing her mask. Magma clarifies that they protected Portia, not her. However Aqune sees Hunter trying to attack the Battle Bug again, and this time teams up with Hunter to beat the bug and save the town.

With the Battle Bug destroyed, Hunter manages to save Katy, with help from his armor. Safe now, Katy thanks Aqune for her assistance just before she and Portia leave.

Featured Characters

 * Hunter Steele
 * Magma
 * Katydid
 * Battle Spider Shadow
 * Battle Spider Brutus
 * Battle Spider Portia
 * Buguese
 * Grasshop
 * Aqune

Trivia

 * Hunter acquires a new ability thanks to the Oracle Key in this episode: The ability to shoot a sticky web from his armor.