Chapter Summaries

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.

Rienta, Frieren, Fern, and Stark completed their commission at the Holy Snow Crystal vein, where Frieren recalled Himmel’s hopes for people to enjoy the scenery. They learned Xiu De wanted to protect his hometown’s view rather than mine the vein, then shopped at the Adventurer Market, where Fern caught Frieren and Rienta buying overpriced Magic Tools.

• Frieren admired the Holy Snow Crystal vein and remembered Himmel saying its beauty made defeating the Demon King worthwhile.
• Rienta mined one large Holy Snow Crystal and left the rest of the vein untouched before the group set up the Anti-Person Barrier.
• Xiu De gave Frieren the warming-spell Grimoire as payment and explained that he had commissioned the Barrier to preserve his hometown’s scenery.
• Fern and Stark talked by the bonfire about protecting their hometowns and preserving precious memories, and Fern said she encouraged Stark because Frieren would do the same.
• Frieren and Rienta went shopping at the Adventurer Market, where Fern confronted them for buying expensive Magic Tools.

Rienta and his companions accepted Lernen’s personal commission after Frieren learned it came with a Grimoire, then traveled to the Barrier around the Golden Land. There, Frieren discovered that the new Barrier administrator was Dunkel, whose hometown lay within the golden region.

• A squirrel familiar delivered Lernen’s letter and a Grimoire to Rienta, and Frieren initially refused the commission because she hated Lernen.
• Fern mentioned the Grimoire offered as payment, prompting Frieren to agree to take the commission despite Rienta, Stark, and Fern’s reluctance.
• At the Barrier, the party saw the golden city of Weise and Frieren explained that Macht had turned it to gold fifty years earlier.
• Frieren revealed that the commission was to help the Barrier administrator, Dunkel, who had taken the post because his hometown was inside the Golden Land.

Dunkel explained how the [Golden Land] had swallowed his hometown, and Frieren refused his commission, revealing that Macht had defeated her before. As Dunkel reflected on his long absence from his wife’s grave, he began to explain why he had never returned until now.

• Dunkel told Frieren and the others that the [Golden Land] was still expanding and had swallowed his northern hometown a few years earlier.
• Dunkel said he had visited his wife’s grave, and Frieren asked whether that had satisfied him; he remained silent because returning had not felt like enough.
• Frieren declined the commission, gave the Grimoire to Rienta to return, and said they would not interfere in Dunkel’s battle with Macht.
• Frieren revealed that Macht had defeated her before and said the safest plan was to keep him confined until his lifespan ran out.
• Dunkel agreed that Frieren was right and explained that, after his wife died, he kept postponing a return until his duties and position prevented him from leaving.

Dunkel explained that he had become the barrier’s administrator to escape memories of his wife, but finding their hometown unchanged made him face how precious their shared past remained. His story moved Frieren, Fern, and Stark to support helping him, while Frieren recalled how Himmel encouraged her to cherish happy memories of her master.

• Dunkel told Rienta that he had returned to his hometown hoping its transformation would help him forget his wife and their life together.
• Dunkel revealed that the Golden Land had preserved the places tied to his memories, leaving him alone with the unchanged past.
• Frieren, Fern, and Stark were moved by Dunkel’s story, making Rienta feel unable to refuse the commission.
• Frieren remembered creating a field of flowers with Himmel, Heiter, and Eisen, and explained that the magic reminded her of her deceased master.
• Himmel told Frieren that she was remembering happy times and urged her to cherish those memories.

Rienta brought the group into the cabin for tea after noticing Fern was distressed by the Golden Land, and they discussed how its absence of detectable mana affected mages. When Frieren asked why Rienta seemed unaffected, he demonstrated Projection Magic and created weapons for Fern and Frieren.

• Rienta invited everyone into Dunkel's cabin and used Hot Tea Magic to serve them tea.
• Fern explained that Mana Detection perceived the Golden Land as a vast lump of gold with no mana signature, which made mages uncomfortable.
• Stark guessed that Rienta was unaffected because he was a cook and priest, so Rienta hit him on the head.
• Frieren asked Rienta why he was unaffected by the Golden Land, and he demonstrated Projection Magic by creating a saber for Fern and the Green Duckweed Sword for Frieren.

Rienta explained that his [Projection Magic] created ordinary objects without mana, while Macht’s [Magic That Turns All Things to Gold] was an unusually powerful [curse]. After Frieren said they likely could not defeat Macht, Rienta wondered whether [Magic That Heals Everything] and the Noble Horse could remove the curse as an external force.

• Rienta let Dunkel examine the Candle-Clasping Blade, then showed that it cut a piece from the table despite having no mana response.
• Frieren explained that Rienta used composite magic and that his [Projection Magic] and Macht’s [Golden Land] could both create real objects without mana.
• Frieren described Macht’s [Magic That Turns All Things to Gold] as a curse that even Goddess magic had never undone, and said Defensive Magic could not block or dodge it.
• Frieren told Dunkel she did not think they could defeat Macht without bringing Serie along.
• Rienta considered whether [Magic That Heals Everything], perhaps combined with the [Goddess's Blessing], could counter the curse, since the Noble Horse could remove external forces.

On the carriage back to Äußerst, Lernen told Aetilu why he was determined to help Dunkel return to the hometown swallowed by the Golden Land. He planned to rely on Frieren and her disciples to save the region, despite his uneasy history with Rienta’s group.

• Aetilu complained that investigating the Golden Land had been exhausting, and Lernen thanked her for helping gather information that could save Dunkel’s hometown.
• Lernen explained that he and Dunkel had worked together at the imperial court, where Dunkel stood up for him after he lost his position.
• Lernen recalled Dunkel’s love for his late wife Qiqi and said Dunkel had avoided returning home for fifty years until the Golden Land swallowed it.
• Lernen admitted he had delayed repaying Dunkel for decades and resolved to help him now, while time remained.
• Lernen said he had asked Frieren and her disciples to help Dunkel, and Aetilu questioned whether the reward he had offered Rienta’s group was sufficient.

After Dunkel concluded that Macht could not be defeated, Rienta left the group and entered the Golden Land to test his theory about Macht’s curse. He restored a golden plant with healing magic, but it turned gold again when he stopped the spell.

• Dunkel said that Macht could not be defeated, though their side would not lose either.
• Rienta left the cabin and flew to the Barrier to investigate the Golden Land himself.
• Rienta found that his intangibility let him pass through the Barrier and examined a golden plant.
• Rienta confirmed that the plant resisted intense flames despite appearing to be gold.
• Rienta restored the plant with Magic That Heals Everything and Goddess's Blessing, but it turned gold again after he ended the spell.

Rienta dispelled Macht’s Golden Transformation curse and joined the others for dinner while Dunkel left to negotiate with Macht. Rienta and Fern grilled skewers for the group, who gathered to eat as Dunkel’s return remained uncertain.

• Rienta used [Magic That Heals Everything] to turn the golden flowers and grass green again.
• Frieren explained that Aetilu had read Macht’s memories, despite the immense difficulty and pain involved.
• Rienta invited everyone to eat, but Dunkel left to negotiate with Macht as he did every day.
• Rienta and Fern prepared and grilled a large assortment of meat and vegetable skewers.
• Frieren, Stark, Fern, and Rienta gathered around the table and began eating the skewers.

During a skewer feast, Rienta revealed that he had lifted the Golden Land’s curse from several plants, though they withered soon after. Dunkel thanked him and promised him his lifetime collection of Grimoires, while Frieren looked forward to studying them.

• Rienta asked Dunkel whether he still intended to negotiate with the Demons, then offered to lift the curse on the Golden Land.
• Rienta explained that he had entered the Barrier and restored several cursed plants, but they quickly withered.
• Frieren asked how long lifting the curse took and what it cost, and Rienta said about a second and almost nothing.
• Dunkel thanked Rienta and promised to send him all the Grimoires he had collected throughout his life.
• Frieren praised Rienta and happily anticipated studying the Grimoires during their upcoming rest.