Chapter Summaries

Stark defeated the Red Mirror Dragon on his own, and the group took its treasure before returning to the village. After Stark said goodbye to the villagers, he chose to join Frieren’s party and go on a boring trip.

• Frieren explained that Eisen had struck Stark by accident after being startled by his extraordinary warrior talent, and she said Stark could handle the Red Mirror Dragon alone.
• Stark killed the Red Mirror Dragon with a powerful axe blow, then realized it was already dead when Frieren told him.
• Frieren and Fern searched the dragon’s nest for treasure, while Rienta stored the entire nest in his Personal Space.
• Fern learned a spell from the grimoire that let her see through clothes, and her comments embarrassed Stark and Rienta.
• Stark said he wanted to join Frieren’s group and go on a boring trip rather than return to Eisen.

After the checkpoint at Val barred passage north, Frieren was recognized as a member of the hero’s party, and the acting city lord allowed her companions through. The party resumed its journey toward Aurevole, while Frieren regretted losing her chance to study magic in the city.

• The guard captain stopped Rienta and his companions from entering the Northern Lands, so the party left the checkpoint and planned to rest in Val.
• Rienta, Fern, and Stark found Frieren hiding in an alley because she thought soldiers were pursuing her after she visited magic shops.
• The acting city lord apologized to Frieren and granted the party free passage, believing she had come to fight the Demon King’s Army remnants.
• Val’s residents gave Frieren and her companions a grand farewell, and Frieren recalled setting out with Himmel’s party as the city gate opened.
• The party resumed its journey toward Aurevole, while Fern and Stark revealed they had searched for a way to leave Val and had met at a dessert shop.

Frieren and her companions cleared a landslide, reached a town celebrating the Liberation Festival, and remembered Himmel’s legacy. The next morning, they continued north toward Ende, where they hoped to speak with the souls of the departed.

• Frieren accepted an old man's commission, and she and Stark cleared the landslide so the road would remain passable for travelers.
• The old man guided Frieren, Fern, Rienta, and Stark to town and explained that elves were rare and might soon become extinct.
• The group learned the town was holding its annual Liberation Festival to honor Himmel and his party, then attended the celebration around their statue.
• Frieren wondered whether the festival would continue a hundred years later, and the old man said it would last as long as the city existed.
• The next morning, Stark asked about their destination, and Frieren and Rienta explained that they were heading to Ende, called Heaven, to seek the souls of the departed.

Rienta and Frieren were arrested after confronting Lügner and Count Grausam during the demons’ peace talks. In the dungeon, Frieren explained to Stark why demons could not be trusted, while the talks continued and Rienta ended the chapter showing off his dramatic answer to her question.

• Rienta and Frieren were restrained by guards after Frieren recognized Lügner as a demon, and they were taken to the dungeon.
• Lügner and Count Grausam proceeded to Grausam’s mansion to continue the peace talks.
• Fern told Frieren that Lügner and the other demons served Aura the Guillotine, who had proposed peace talks.
• Stark asked whether ending the war through negotiations would be good, and Frieren explained that demons ate humans.
• Rienta told Fern and Stark they could enjoy the town, then declared that those unlike them must have different intentions, prompting Frieren to praise him and criticize his magical effects.

Lügner manipulated Count Grausam’s grief to secure time for the peace talks, while Draht went to kill Frieren in the dungeon. Frieren killed Draht and escaped with Rienta, who disguised them so they could find Fern and the others.

• Lügner used the story of his father’s death to persuade Grausam to consider peace talks, and Grausam sent the demons to a guest room.
• Linnie told Lügner that Draht had gone to deal with Frieren.
• Draht killed the dungeon guard and confronted Frieren, but his magical threads failed to kill her.
• Frieren blasted off Draht’s arms and killed him while Rienta used Defensive Magic.
• Rienta cleaned Frieren, then gave her a black hooded coat, and they left to find Fern and the others.

Lügner revealed his hostility when Earl Granat confronted him over the escaped mages, and he gravely wounded Granat to force him to remove the city's protective barrier. Meanwhile, Frieren and Rienta left the city to confront Aura, while Fern and Stark were left to face the demons inside.

• Linnie sensed that Draht's mana had vanished, and Lügner concluded that the elf mage had killed him.
• Earl Granat confronted Lügner about the escaped mages, but Lügner killed the guards and gravely wounded Granat, demanding that he remove the city's protective barrier.
• Fern and Stark met Frieren and Rienta, who explained the situation; Frieren urged Fern and Stark to handle the demons in the city and left with Rienta.
• Frieren and Rienta flew toward Aura's mana signature, and Rienta admitted that he wanted to see Frieren fight at full strength.
• Frieren said Aura was not worth using her full strength on and urged Rienta to hurry.

Stark entered the earl’s manor to rescue Earl Granat while Fern waited outside for a chance to attack. When Lügner and Linnie caught Stark in the room, Fern blasted Lügner with offensive magic, leaving Linnie between her and the wounded demon as Stark prepared to take Granat away.

• Fern and Stark agreed that Stark would rescue Earl Granat while Fern stayed hidden and waited for an opening.
• Stark tried to free Granat, who gave him the family crest and urged him to warn the city, but Stark chose to fight when Lügner and Linnie returned.
• Stark attacked Lügner with his axe, and Lügner countered with blood manipulation that wounded and restrained him.
• Fern struck Lügner with offensive magic after he sensed her mana, and she signaled Stark to take Granat away.
• Linnie stepped in front of Lügner, who asked Fern what magic she had used, and Fern called it ordinary offensive magic.

Fern and Stark rescued Count Grausam from Lügner and Linnie, while Frieren and Rienta confronted Aura outside the city. Frieren severed Aura’s control over her puppets and, after Aura dismissed Himmel’s wishes because he was dead, prepared to fight her.

• Fern used modified Man-Killing Magic to injure Lügner, and Stark carried Count Grausam out of the manor as Fern and Linnie covered their retreat.
• Lügner recognized Fern’s magic as a technique linked to Frieren the Slayer and ordered Linnie to pursue Stark.
• At the church, Count Grausam thanked Fern and Stark, pardoned their companions, and explained that Aura’s Scales of Obedience defeated opponents by comparing their mana.
• Grausam explained that strong will could resist Aura’s magic, but that Aura had processed her puppets to remove this weakness.
• Frieren and Rienta found Aura and her puppet legion; Frieren dispelled Aura’s control over the puppets instead of destroying them.
• Aura asked why Frieren spared the puppets, then said Himmel was dead; Frieren responded that demons could be killed without mercy.

Stark and Fern left the church to confront the demons, but Linnie and Lügner ambushed them on the city wall. Fern broke free and challenged Lügner while Stark, badly wounded, resumed his fight with Linnie below.

• Stark insisted on leaving the church with Fern to fight the demons, and they climbed onto the city wall.
• Fern sensed demonic magic in the blood on her robe, but Linnie pinned her with a bloody spear while attacking Stark from behind.
• Stark fought Linnie and realized she was imitating his master Eisen’s moves, while Lügner questioned Fern about Frieren and Lady Aura.
• Fern freed herself, attacked Lügner with fast magic, and identified his heart as his weakness.
• After Stark nearly collapsed, Linnie turned away to watch the fight above, but Stark rose and challenged her again.

Fern and Stark defeated Lügner and Linnie, while Frieren overcame Aura by revealing the immense mana she had long suppressed. The battle ended with Aura compelled to kill herself, and Frieren immediately began planning Rienta’s training.

• Fern overwhelmed Lügner with rapid offensive spells, while Stark risked a final attack and cut Linnie in half with his Sky-Splitting Strike.
• Fern used the opening created by Linnie's death to strike Lügner with Demon-Slaying Magic and deliver the finishing blow.
• Outside the city, Frieren dismantled Aura’s Headless Puppet Army as Rienta supported her with defensive magic.
• Aura used the Scales of Obedience against Frieren, confident her mana would prevail, but Frieren explained that she had suppressed her mana for most of her life.
• Frieren released her full mana, far exceeding Aura’s, and commanded Aura to kill herself.
• Frieren comforted Rienta, then told him his training in mana suppression would begin immediately.

After the battle, Frieren’s party returned to the city, where Count Grausam found his son among the fallen and thanked Frieren for respecting the heroes’ remains. Frieren chose a grimoire as her reward, and the group reunited with Rienta as the city prepared to celebrate.

• Frieren tried to leave when she encountered Fern and the others, but Count Grausam stopped her and said he would not pursue what had happened before.
• Count Grausam searched the battlefield and found his son, while Rienta healed Fern and Stark and Frieren praised Fern and Stark for defeating Lügner and the others.
• The party returned to the city and learned that its residents planned a festival after the Demon King’s Army disappeared.
• At the Earl’s Estate, Frieren chose a grimoire by Flamme as her reward, and Stark fainted after mistaking an attendant with an axe for a threat.
• Count Grausam invited the group to enjoy the festival, and Fern carried Stark away with Flight Magic as the celebration began.

After receiving a mysterious reward from Schlacht the Omniscient, Rienta gained longevity and began wondering what it meant to become the King of Darkness. Once the celebration ended, Frieren's party set out for Äußerst to deal with the First-Class Mage checkpoint, as winter began in the Northern Lands.

• Rienta visited the damaged city wall, became trapped as red moonlight gathered around him, and absorbed it after about ten minutes.
• Rienta read Schlacht the Omniscient's letter, which said he had foreseen Rienta becoming the King of Darkness, and received longevity as the reward for the Demons anchor.
• Rienta returned to the inn, pondered his new lifespan and Schlacht's prediction, and eventually fell asleep beside Stark.
• After the three-day festivities and a memorial ceremony, Frieren's party prepared to leave, and Count Grausam explained that a First-Class Mage had to lead travelers through the Northern Plateau checkpoint.
• Fern pointed out that they could take the First-Class Mage exam in Äußerst, and Count Grausam wished the group a safe journey.
• As the party left the city, the first snow began to fall, and Frieren warned that winter in the Northern Lands had killed more people than the Demon King's Army.

A blizzard stranded Rienta and his companions near Mount Schvia, where they found shelter with Kraft, an elf Monk. Rienta prepared a hot pot for everyone, and the group settled in for the night as the storm continued.

• Rienta carried delirious Stark through the blizzard to a shelter Frieren remembered at the foot of Mount Schvia.
• Frieren, Fern, and Rienta found Kraft exercising shirtless inside, and learned he was an elf Monk who could not use magic.
• Rienta and Fern prepared a hot pot, and Frieren, Kraft, and Rienta ate while Stark joined in unconsciously in his dreams.
• After dinner, Kraft offered to watch over Stark, and they slept in each other's arms while Rienta gave Frieren and Fern the spare bedding.
• Rienta returned to his partitioned space, looking forward to Stark's reaction when he woke up.

Stark woke beside Kraft in the shelter, and the group weathered a six-month blizzard in the Shuvia Mountains. After the storm ended, Kraft gave Frieren a pendant for Fern and explained that he believed in the Goddess because he hoped someone would remember and praise him in Heaven.

• Stark woke beside Kraft, mistook the situation, and learned that the monk had warmed him through the night.
• Rienta and Kraft brought supplies to the shelter while Fern prepared buns and porridge for the hungry group.
• The group endured the six-month blizzard, hunting in the mountains when their supplies ran out, while Fern learned to cook from Rienta.
• After the blizzard ended, Kraft gave Frieren a carved pendant for Fern and told her he believed the Goddess existed so his deeds might be remembered in Heaven.
• Frieren called Kraft's belief wishful thinking, and Kraft asked whether she thought Heaven was wishful thinking too.

After bidding farewell to Kraft, Frieren and her companions crossed Mount Schvia and reached Sword Village, where the village chief asked Frieren to honor her old promise and deal with the Mountain Lord. The group agreed to handle the monsters the next day.

• Kraft left after telling Frieren they would meet again in a few centuries, and Frieren's group resumed their journey across Mount Schvia.
• A blizzard made Frieren fall asleep, so Fern carried her as the group searched for the village Frieren had mentioned.
• The group reached Sword Village, where the young forty-ninth village chief welcomed them and explained that the Mountain Lord had damaged houses around the village.
• Stark told Fern that Sword Village guarded the Hero's Sword and repeated the legend that only a hero who could defeat the Calamity That Destroys the World could draw it.
• The village chief reminded Frieren that she had promised to return and fulfill her duty of subjugating monsters, and Frieren agreed to deal with the Mountain Lord the next day.

Rienta, Frieren, Fern, and Stark cleared the monsters around Sword Village and discovered the truth about the Hero's Sword, which Himmel had never drawn. Rienta stopped the sword after easily pulling it partway free, then the group left the village and resumed their journey to Äußerst.

• Rienta and Frieren joined forces with Fern, Stark, and the village chief to clear monsters that were gathering at a cave, while the chief explained that Himmel's status as a hero had kept the village from requesting extermination.
• Stark leaped into the monster horde under Rienta's Rho Aias, and Frieren and Fern helped defeat the creatures, including the Mountain Lord.
• At the cave, Frieren revealed that Himmel had failed to draw the Hero's Sword but defeated the Demon King without it.
• Rienta asked to try the sword and pulled it partway from the stone before stopping, while the panel displayed a reward of "Goddess's Blessing."
• After the blizzard ended, Frieren, Rienta, Fern, and Stark said goodbye to the villagers and set out for Äußerst.

Frieren, Fern, and Rienta tried to find birthday gifts for Stark, while Fern went looking for him in town. After Fern asked what he wanted, Stark revealed that he had never received a birthday gift before because his family and master had died.

• Frieren showed Fern a potion that dissolved clothes as her planned gift for Stark, and Fern poured it over her before leaving.
• Fern asked Rienta what gift he planned to give Stark, and Rienta said he was considering longevity noodles.
• Frieren visited Rienta and said she planned to make Stark an extra-large hamburger steak.
• Fern found Stark at sunset after he had spent the day doing side quests, and overheard him comment on the clouds.
• Fern walked with Stark and asked what he wanted for his birthday, and Stark said he had never received a birthday gift from his late family or master.

Stark recalled abandoning his brother Stoltz during the demons’ attack, but Fern reassured him that she trusted him and invited him to choose a present. At the birthday dinner, Frieren’s oversized hamburger steak reminded Stark of his brother’s affection, and Stark received a white cape from Rienta that he decided to save until he felt stronger.

• Stark remembered that Stoltz had patiently trained him and secretly made him an oversized hamburger steak for every birthday, while Stark had fled alone when demons attacked their village.
• Fern told Stark that the warrior she knew had never run away and said she, Frieren, and Rienta would not let him flee.
• Rienta gave Stark a white, gold-patterned cape, and Frieren served an oversized hamburger steak made from Eisen’s recipe.
• Frieren explained that the hamburger steak was a birthday present and a reward for a hardworking warrior, prompting Stark to remember Stoltz’s birthday meals.
• Stark told Frieren that the hamburger steak was delicious, while Fern warned her not to use the clothes-dissolving potion on her again.
• Stark thanked Rienta for the cape but put it away, saying he would wear it when he was stronger, then revealed that Fern had given him a bracelet.

After Stark was bitten by a venomous snake, Rienta took the group back to Sein’s village, where they discovered that Sein had the same healing talent. Rienta approached Sein outside the church and demonstrated Magic That Heals Everything.

• Frieren rescued Sein from a swamp after finally remembering the spell to pull him out.
• Rienta and the others escorted Sein to his village, then continued their journey without joining its harvest festival.
• Stark picked berries and was bitten by a snake, so Rienta removed the venom and said Stark needed to rest.
• The group returned to the village, where Sein examined Stark and confirmed that Rienta had healed him effectively.
• Frieren told the priest that her disciple Rienta shared Sein’s healing talent.
• Rienta caught up with Sein outside the church and cast Magic That Heals Everything, surprising him.

Rienta learned why the Priest and Sein had argued, then found Sein at a gambling den and discovered Sein had already decided to become an adventurer. After Stark recovered, Frieren prepared to leave for the Large Town to celebrate Rienta and Fern’s approaching birthdays.

• The Priest told Rienta that he had urged Sein to become an adventurer and had struck him after Sein refused to leave him alone in the village.
• Rienta found Sein at a gambling den and treated him to wine while planning how to persuade him to leave.
• Sein told Rienta he had already decided to become an adventurer and would first ask around for news about the Gorilla.
• Rienta joked that Frieren’s age made her Sein’s type, and Sein warned him not to make that suggestion to Frieren.
• Frieren checked that Stark had recovered and prepared to lead the group toward the Large Town for Rienta and Fern’s upcoming birthdays.