Recaps

Dunkel set out alone toward the Barrier sealing the Golden Land, while Rienta’s party learned that a village on the Northern Plateau had been attacked by a flight of dragons. Rienta volunteered to subjugate them, but Fern and Stark tried to stop him.

• Dunkel dismissed his knight escort at the forest’s edge and continued on foot, remembering his late wife Lecktirei and his last visit decades earlier.
• Rienta, Frieren, Fern, and Stark arrived at a damaged village where the chief explained that dragons had attacked it.
• Frieren recalled that she and Himmel had once faced a whole flight of dragons, alarming Fern and Stark while Rienta grew excited at the prospect of treasure and magical materials.
• The village chief confirmed the dragons had nested nearby and asked the party to subjugate them.
• Rienta eagerly accepted the request, but Fern and Stark pulled him aside and warned him that confronting a flight of dragons was too dangerous.

Frieren agreed to help the village against a group of dragons after the chief offered a Grimoire as payment. Rienta used Tracking Magic to locate the dragons, and the four set out toward the forest while the chief watched them leave, unsure whether he had done the right thing.

• Frieren told the chief that the village could not be saved and advised the villagers to move, but he said it was their home.
• Fern and Stark persuaded Frieren to accept the commission, and she asked the chief what he could offer as payment.
• The chief offered [Magic That Prevents You from Biting Your Tongue When Saying Tongue Twisters], and Frieren accepted it.
• Rienta used Tracking Magic on the claw marks left on a wall and found the direction the dragons had gone.
• Frieren, Fern, Stark, and Rienta left for the forest as the chief and his grandchildren watched them go.

Rienta and the others reached a canyon filled with dragons and prepared to subjugate them, while Rienta became preoccupied with a familiar palace in the canyon. Stark drew the dragons into battle as Rienta waited for a chance to investigate the building.

• Rienta followed [Tracking Magic] through the forest and mountains until he and Frieren, Fern, and Stark reached the dragons' canyon.
• Frieren judged that the dragons were weaker than the Red Mirror Dragon but could overwhelm the group if they surrounded them, so she planned to draw them together and attack.
• A dragon spotted the group, and Stark charged into the canyon while Rienta used magic to protect him and prepared nearly a thousand blades.
• Stark fought the dragons alone, taking them down with his Poleaxe as Rienta watched for an opportunity to act.
• Rienta focused on the palace-like building in the canyon, which looked familiar to him and seemed like a possible focus of the commission.

Stark, Frieren, Fern, and Rienta defeated a flock of dragons and discovered the palace called Divine Capital Prefecture, where Rienta recognized the Fire Demon, Heiterge. Heiterge trapped them in a dungeon and resurrected the dragons as invulnerable skeletons, then revealed that he knew Rienta understood this was not a game.

• Stark fought off the dragons until Frieren, Fern, and Rienta helped him finish the flock.
• Rienta and the others found the palace bearing the plaque “Divine Capital Prefecture,” and Heiterge emerged from inside.
• Rienta told Frieren, Fern, and Stark what he knew about Divine Capital, then they surrounded Heiterge.
• Heiterge filled the canyon with black flames and announced that the [Fire Demon] limited-time dungeon had begun.
• The black flames resurrected the slain dragons as skeletal monsters, and the group's attacks passed through them without effect.
• Rienta confronted Heiterge and said this was not a game, prompting Heiterge to confirm that Rienta knew the truth.

Rienta and his companions faced Heiterge and a horde of resurrected bone dragons beneath a barrier. After explaining the health bars and assigning roles, Rienta launched a torrent of swords at the enemies while his companions prepared to help.

• Heiterge conjured health bars over himself and the bone dragons, revealing that the dragons had 10,000 health each and he had one million health plus a second bar.
• Rienta asked Frieren to analyze the barrier, and she agreed while secretly studying the black flames that had resurrected the dragons.
• Rienta warned the party not to lower their guard until the dragons' health bars were empty and assigned Stark, Frieren, and Fern roles in the fight.
• Rienta began the battle by unleashing a torrent of projected swords across the canyon, striking the bone dragons and Heiterge's fiery dragon-head defense.
• Stark asked Fern whether all mages could be so powerful, and Frieren explained the conditions that had allowed Rienta to build up his attack.

Rienta and Stark attacked Heiterge after Frieren and Fern destroyed the remaining Bone Dragons, but Heiterge revealed a power that could freeze time and greatly increase his speed. He sent both fighters crashing into the ground and restored his black-flame dragon head, leaving Frieren and Fern facing the renewed threat.

• Rienta’s blade storm devastated the canyon and reduced the Bone Dragons to fewer than ten, but Heiterge healed his wounds and began regenerating his health.
• Rienta charged Heiterge with Stark while Frieren and Fern attacked the remaining Bone Dragons with [Ordinary Offensive Magic].
• Heiterge blocked Rienta and Stark’s attacks, then spoke of the [Rabbit] and froze everyone in the canyon while Rienta’s thoughts remained active.
• After time resumed, Heiterge used the [Rabbit]’s power to kick Rienta and strike Stark with his tail, sending both crashing into the ground.
• Heiterge restored the black-flame dragon head as Frieren and Fern’s spells arrived, and craters formed beside them where Rienta and Stark landed.

Rienta, Stark, Frieren, and Fern regrouped against Heiterge, whose memories as Demon Xiaolong had revealed that he was trapped inside the Fire Demon Dungeon as its boss. Frieren turned the black flames against Heiterge with Hellfire, but overlapping voices challenged her attack.

• Rienta healed himself and Stark after Heiterge sent them flying, and Fern noted that Heiterge seemed to know Rienta well.
• Frieren planned a coordinated attack, with herself and Fern leading while Rienta and Stark moved in close to create openings.
• Heiterge recalled recovering memories of his life as Demon Xiaolong, Honoroy ordering him to establish the Fire Demon Barrier, and Rienta telling him to remain the Dungeon boss.
• Frieren cast Hellfire, transformed the black dragon head into crimson flames, and sent it spiraling toward Heiterge.
• Two overlapping voices from within the flames challenged Frieren, asking whether she dared use fire against the Fire Demon.

Frieren, Fern, Stark, and Rienta attacked Heiterge together, but his health stopped falling and his body began to recover. Rienta suspected Heiterge was entering another form and prepared to use Domain magic, ending with the opening words of a chant.

• Rienta realized Heiterge had two souls, Shendu and Demon Xiao Long, and credited Frieren with exposing the weakness using Hellfire.
• Frieren, Fern, Stark, and Rienta launched a coordinated assault that nearly depleted Heiterge’s health.
• Rienta noticed Heiterge’s health had locked and his damaged body was recovering, so Frieren told Fern to stop attacking.
• Rienta told the others that Heiterge would probably change into another form and said he could handle it.
• Rienta raised a longsword with Telekinesis and began his chant: “I am the bone of my sword.”

Heiterge recalled his death at Qual’s hands and his revival after a mysterious young man asked his name. In the canyon, Rienta’s chant transported him and Heiterge into Rienta’s Domain Magic, where Heiterge asked whether the Hero of the South had sent him.

• Heiterge remembered how Qual’s Man-Killing Magic destroyed his expeditionary force and left him dying before a young man asked his name.
• Rienta activated Magic Array Patterns linked to the swords and blades in the canyon, and he and Heiterge vanished as the black flames and Barrier Magic disappeared.
• Frieren recognized that Rienta had cast Domain Magic and reassured Fern that he was all right.
• Inside the domain, Heiterge and Demon Xiao Long shared their knowledge, and Heiterge asked Rienta who he was and whether the Hero of the South had sent him.

Rienta fought Shendu, who possessed Heiterge, inside his Domain Magic and defeated him. Heiterge's soul was drawn into a Magic Array Pattern, and Rienta returned to Frieren, Fern, and Stark in the canyon.

• Shendu suppressed Heiterge's consciousness and tried to bargain with Rienta, then attacked when Rienta refused to believe him.
• Shendu empowered Heiterge with weakened abilities from the Twelve Talismans, and Rienta realized they resembled his own magic.
• Rienta sent an endless barrage of magically enhanced blades and swords at Heiterge until his soul emerged from the body.
• A Magic Array Pattern sucked in Heiterge's soul, and Rienta dismissed his Domain Magic.
• Rienta rejoined Frieren, Fern, and Stark, and Fern told him not to face such a dangerous enemy alone again.

Rienta and his companions received a Grimoire as a reward after returning safely from defeating the dragons, and Frieren explained why she accepted payment by recalling Himmel’s views on rewards. The chapter then shifted to the Hero Party sheltering from rain, where Himmel realized his journal was missing.

• The village chief welcomed Rienta and his three companions back, relieved that all four had returned and the dragons were defeated.
• The village chief gave Frieren the Grimoire of [Magic That Prevents You from Biting Your Tongue While Saying Tongue Twisters] as their reward.
• On the road, Frieren told Fern and Stark that Himmel had taught her to accept rewards so neither side would owe the other a favor, though she admitted she wanted to try the spell.
• Rienta and Stark argued about whether Rho Aias could protect against dragons after Stark said he would rather have a spell that stopped dragons from biting him.
• At Codoria Lake, the Hero Party waited out heavy rain, and Himmel searched for his missing journal while Frieren, Heiter, and Eisen asked what was wrong.

Rienta and Xierhai spent the week-long blizzard drinking tea and discussing Codoria Lake, which remained unfrozen despite the severe weather. When Frieren’s group returned with groceries, Rienta recited a poem praising the snowfall, leaving Stark and Xierhai confused as the group prepared for him to cook.

• Rienta drank tea with Xierhai and wondered why Codoria Lake had not frozen during the week-long blizzard.
• Frieren suggested that a powerful grimoire might lie beneath the lake, and Rienta considered investigating it when the storm ended.
• Frieren, Fern, and Stark returned with ingredients, and Xierhai explained that his boat could not sail in the storm.
• Rienta stored the ingredients and recited a poem about the snow as an auspicious sight.
• Frieren praised Rienta, while Stark asked what he meant and Rienta prepared to explain the poem.

Rienta and his companions returned to their rented house and learned that the blizzard could keep them stranded by Codoria Lake for months. As they settled in, Rienta served Hot Tea Magic, while Xierhai discovered that his teapot and cup had vanished and rushed after them.

• Rienta and his companions left Xierhai’s lakeside cabin and discussed Codoria Lake’s dangerous weather and the difficulty of crossing it.
• Frieren explained that the group would have to wait months for the blizzard to pass because crossing the lake or mountain ranges was too dangerous.
• Frieren declared that the trading port was perfect for passing the time, then regretted her enthusiasm when Fern gave her a reproachful look.
• Rienta led Fern to the kitchen to prepare dinner, and Stark asked him for four servings of Hot Tea Magic.
• Xierhai found his teapot and After the Rain, the Sky Turns Azure cup missing and hurried toward Rienta’s rented house.

Rienta and Fern prepared experimental dishes while Xierhai came to explain that he had mistaken Rienta’s magical tea set for the valuable set Rienta had mentioned. After Frieren and Stark realized the mix-up, they called Rienta out to face Xierhai.

• Rienta made crab-stuffed oranges, while Fern invented a dish that Rienta recognized as stargazy pie.
• Xierhai nervously visited Frieren and Stark because he feared he could not afford the tea set he thought had been damaged or borrowed.
• Stark served Xierhai tea in the same cup, and Frieren explained that the tea set came from Rienta’s [Hot Tea Magic].
• Xierhai explained his misunderstanding, and Frieren and Stark realized he had mistaken a magical creation for the valuable tea set Rienta had described.
• Frieren called Rienta out of the kitchen, and he emerged holding a spatula, confused to find Xierhai waiting.

Rienta and his companions shared a meal featuring his Crab-Stuffed Orange and Fern’s experimental Stargazy Pie, then spent the winter in Trade Port City. When they prepared to leave after the blizzard ended, Xierhai reminded Rienta about the Abandoned Monastery in Codoria Lake and Himmel’s autobiography.

• Rienta served Crab-Stuffed Orange and Fern’s Stargazy Pie, and the group sampled both dishes during dinner.
• Rienta encouraged Fern to keep improving her Stargazy Pie, while Frieren and Stark ate the rest of the meal.
• Rienta spent the winter developing magic and ice fishing, Stark trained, Fern studied magic, and Frieren bought nearly every Grimoire in Trade Port City.
• After winter ended, Fern led the group to the Lakeside Cottage, where Xierhai agreed to let them set sail.
• Xierhai stopped Rienta and asked whether he remembered the Abandoned Monastery in the lake and Himmel’s autobiography.

Xierhai asked Frieren and her companions to retrieve Himmel the Hero’s lost autobiography from an abandoned monastery on Codoria Lake, and Frieren accepted. After hearing rumors of a Golden Land, Frieren suspected it was connected to Macht; at the monastery, Rienta broke the Barrier protecting it.

• Xierhai asked Frieren’s group to retrieve Himmel’s autobiography from the island monastery, offering a Grimoire of Fishing Magic as payment, and Frieren agreed.
• As the group crossed Codoria Lake, Xierhai described rumors of a Golden Land, and Rienta became eager to claim it.
• Frieren recognized the description of the Golden Land as matching Macht, one of the Seven Sages of Destruction.
• At the island monastery, Frieren and Fern examined its weakening Barrier while Xierhai explained that it had been erected to protect valuable books after a Magical Beast attack.
• After Frieren gave her approval, Rienta used Boundary-Breaking Magic to make the monastery’s Barrier vanish.

Rienta and Frieren searched the abandoned monastery for Hero Himmel’s Autobiography, finding it in a book repository behind the church. Frieren read its memories of their journey, then found the remaining pages blank and left with a faint smile.

• Rienta and the others searched the ruined monastery while wondering what had happened to its former monks.
• Rienta found a book repository hidden beyond a weed-covered fountain and waited there for Frieren and the others.
• Frieren entered the repository, spotted Himmel’s autobiography beneath his statue, and picked it up.
• Frieren read Himmel’s accounts of their ordinary travels together, but the pages after the final entry were blank.
• Frieren looked at Himmel’s statue and told Fern the book contained trivial stories about everyday life on their journey.

Frieren gave Xierhai Himmel’s autobiography, and the travelers continued across the lake. When Stark accidentally provoked a Kraken, Rienta disappeared and left Stark to fight it; after Stark defeated the beast, Rienta cooked it for everyone as they sailed toward the opposite shore.

• Frieren handed Xierhai Himmel’s autobiography, but Xierhai told her to keep it because it mattered to her.
• Rienta gathered the library books into his Personal Space, and the group set out by boat for the opposite shore.
• Stark struck a heroic pose and provoked a Kraken that rose from beneath the boat.
• The Kraken repeatedly dunked Frieren while Fern urged Stark to handle the beast, and Stark discovered Rienta had vanished.
• Half an hour later, Stark had defeated the Kraken, and Rienta served grilled octopus aboard the boat.

Frieren and her companions reached Toya Gorge to visit Gain, a dwarf who had spent two hundred years building a bridge across it. After a giant Bird-Shaped Magical Beast attacked the bridge, Gain asked Frieren to clear out the beasts nesting nearby, offering her pancake magic and breakfast as a reward.

• Frieren explained Toya Gorge’s immense depth as the party traveled upstream toward her acquaintance Gain.
• The party found Gain beside his completed wooden bridge, which he had built by hand over two hundred years.
• A giant Bird-Shaped Magical Beast attacked Frieren on the bridge, and Rienta and Fern defeated it with magic.
• Gain explained that a flock of the beasts had driven off a merchant caravan and kept his bridge from being used.
• Gain asked Frieren to destroy the beasts’ nearby nest, and she accepted in exchange for pancake-flipping magic and breakfast.

Rienta, Frieren, Fern, and Stark cleared the Bird-Shaped Magical Beasts from Toya Gorge, allowing Gain’s bridge to be used. Gain revealed that he had spent two hundred years rebuilding his village, and the chapter ended with the group joining its celebration.

• Rienta carried Stark past the dangerous gorge trail with Telekinesis after Stark offended Frieren and Fern.
• Frieren told the group how Himmel had funded Gain’s bridge after learning that a bridge might have saved Gain’s village from a Demon attack.
• Rienta, Frieren, and Fern attacked the Bird-Shaped Magical Beasts’ nest while Stark protected the group, and they killed the flock.
• The group returned to the completed bridge, where Gain thanked them and gave Frieren the promised pancake-making Grimoire.
• Gain led the group to a nearby village, where villagers welcomed them and prepared a celebration.
• Gain told Frieren that two hundred years had been enough time to build a new village, and Frieren understood what he meant.

Rienta and his companions detoured into Schumar Snowfield to find Holy Snow Crystal after Frieren recalled the mineral and its connection to the past. They reached an adventurers’ camp, where Rienta proposed resting before searching, and the chapter ended with Stark confused by a private exchange between Rienta, Frieren, and Fern.

• Rienta and his companions crossed Schumar Snowfield toward its center because Frieren had mentioned Holy Snow Crystal and its memories of Himmel.
• The group reached a camp of Holy Snow Crystal miners and visited its market, where Frieren explained that wealthy miners drove up prices.
• Rienta decided they should avoid the overpriced local goods, rest for one day, and then search for Holy Snow Crystal.
• Frieren tried to persuade the group to rest longer, but Fern stopped her, and Rienta suggested staying longer in the next large town instead.
• Rienta whispered something to Fern, who blushed and agreed, while Frieren understood his look and Stark remained baffled by their exchange.

Xiu De hired Rienta's group to clear Magical Beasts from a hidden mineral deposit and set up an Anti-Person Barrier, offering ten Larsi Gold Coins and a family Grimoire. The party reached the site after a long journey, where Frieren's attack prompted a huge wolf-shaped Magical Beast to leap behind them.

• Xiu De showed Rienta's group a map and asked them to clear the Magical Beasts near a mineral deposit and set up an Anti-Person Barrier.
• When Rienta asked for a Grimoire instead of payment, Xiu De offered [Magic That Warms You Up], and Frieren accepted the job.
• Rienta returned Xiu De's purse of ten Larsi Gold Coins, and Xiu De warned the party that the Magical Beasts were strong.
• Frieren led Rienta, Fern, and Stark to the job site, explaining that the barrier would reserve the deposit for future mining.
• After walking for a day and night, the group spotted a huge, three-tailed wolf-shaped Magical Beast, and Frieren warned them not to underestimate it.
• Frieren fired a beam of mana at the beast, but it dodged and landed behind the group with a roar.

Stark, Fern, Frieren, and Rienta fought a fast wolf-shaped Magical Beast that could read their mana reactions. Fern’s enormous beam of mana destroyed the beast and the boulder it had climbed onto, ending the battle.

• Stark charged the wolf-shaped Magical Beast while Fern attacked with Ordinary Offensive Magic, but the beast dodged their attacks.
• Stark used Double Sky-Splitting Strike to wound the wolf’s head, and Fern told him to run as the beast pursued him.
• Frieren and Fern fired barrages of mana beams while Stark drew the wolf into position.
• Fern unleashed a massive beam that engulfed the wolf and the boulder, and Rienta used Rho Aias to block the resulting wind and snow.

Rienta, Frieren, Fern, and Stark were surrounded by a growing pack of wolf-shaped Magical Beasts after defeating their leader. Rienta held the pack in place so Frieren could destroy it with [Lightning of Destruction], leaving the group free to finish their commission and enjoy a late-night snack.

• Frieren explained that the wolf-shaped Magical Beasts had gathered after sensing their leader's mana weaken, while Stark suggested fleeing the encircling pack.
• Rienta charged into the wolves and used [Telekinesis] to hold them still, cutting down more than ten with his weapons.
• Frieren rose into the air and formed enormous Magic Array Patterns, asking Rienta to hold the remaining wolves in place.
• Rienta restrained every Magical Beast within two hundred meters, and Frieren unleashed [Lightning of Destruction] until the pack was wiped out.
• Rienta called out that the wolves were already gone, and Frieren stopped her attack and descended onto the devastated snowfield.

After Rienta and his companions defeated the Magical Beasts, Norm Knights arrived to thank them and continue their patrol. The group camped, enjoyed a late-night barbecue, and woke late for a noodle brunch, with Rienta ultimately making Stark the knife-shaved noodles he had requested.

• Norm Knights arrived at the devastated snowfield, and their captain thanked Frieren and the others for defeating the Magical Beasts before riding off with his patrol.
• Stark praised the knights for patrolling the frontier, while Frieren reflected that the Northern Plateau was changing.
• Rienta suggested finding a campsite before cooking, and Frieren led the group to a spot where they held a two-hour barbecue.
• Fern woke Frieren near noon, and Rienta and Fern prepared a meal of noodles and assorted toppings.
• Rienta asked everyone what noodles they wanted, then served Stark knife-shaved noodles despite initially denying his request.