The hill rumbles to shake off all the sand covering it. It is not a hill at all, but a gigantic octopus! When the sand settles the mighty bulk of the octopus is revealed. What is even more astonishing is that his body and long tentacles are decorated by long strings of pearls! He is called Otto and asks Yano to turn back and abandon his quest. Yano finds out that Otto is quite a vain octopus, so his mind can be changed with a few compliments about his pearls. Otto immediately changes his tone and tells Yano that he has met the figures travelling in the black cloud, they even gave him a dewdrop in return if he stops Yano and Sizzle on their journey. Yano tricks Otto by telling him that the oysters would give pearls in return of the dewdrop. He is trying to trade the dewdrop for pearls, but the oyster colony gets angry about it. Olivia realises Yano‛s trick, so she is taking part in it by telling Otto that she wants to trade. She bites Otto when he tries to get the pearl from her mouth. The other oysters also join and banish Otto. Yano gets Otto‛s dewdrop.