Through painstaking research, Lina Inverse has found the root of all evil in the world... and it all has to do with the mysterious metal known as Orihalcon. Thieves, bandits, and mages from everywhere want to get their hands on this mystical element, and only Lina and her swordsman companion Gourry stand between the powerful substance and the certain destruction of the world. Can our heroes find out all of the secrets of Orihalcon - before they are destroyed by the greedy forces which surround them? And who... or what... is the mysterious blue-skinned sorcerer known only as Zelgadis?