Chapter Summaries

Rienta, Frieren, and Dunkel analyzed Aetilu’s memories of Macht and discussed the danger of facing him, while Frieren became temporarily immobile from her work. After Rienta healed her, the group prepared lunch as Solitär avoided the cabin after sensing danger nearby.

• With Frieren’s help, Dunkel finished analyzing Aetilu’s memories concerning Macht, and Frieren became stiff while processing the deeper memories.
• A powerful mana reaction appeared briefly nearby, and Rienta suspected a demon had entered the rarely visited area.
• Rienta prepared lunch while Fern cared for Frieren, then used Magic That Heals Everything to restore Frieren’s ability to move.
• Frieren hurried outside with Fern when Rienta announced the meal, which included tempura and pork cutlet rice.
• Solitär sensed extraordinary danger near the cliffside cabin and chose another direction to analyze the Barrier.

Dunkel led Frieren, Fern, Rienta, and Stark into the Golden Land to meet Macht at the Gluck Estate and discuss the region. Frieren provoked Macht to test his strength, and the chapter ended with Macht asking Dunkel who Rienta was.

• Dunkel led the group to the Gluck Estate, where Macht welcomed them as guests.
• Frieren reminded Macht that they had fought six hundred years earlier, then challenged him to remember by fighting again.
• Macht and Rienta clashed with their mana until Dunkel stopped them and insisted they had come to talk.
• Macht served tea in Lord Gluck's preserved tea set while Dunkel began gathering information.
• Frieren told Macht she could not beat him one-on-one but did not consider him unbeatable.
• Macht looked at Dunkel and asked who Rienta was.

Frieren, Rienta, and their companions questioned Macht about his intentions and his treatment of humans. They left after realizing that Macht’s idea of coexistence was incompatible with theirs, but learned that his ring still restricted him and that he was a formidable mage.

• Dunkel introduced Frieren to Macht, and Rienta gave an extravagant introduction before accusing Macht of arrogance.
• Macht said he wanted to live peacefully with humans and had sought coexistence, while denying that he had lied.
• Rienta challenged Macht over the Golden Land, its expanding borders, and the humans transformed to gold in Weise.
• Macht treated killing humans as unrelated to coexistence, so Rienta ended the conversation and the group left.
• Frieren and the others concluded that the Dominion Stone Ring still restricted Macht and noted his exceptional mana and skill with Zoltraak.

Macht recalled how his desire to understand human emotions began and how it led him to seek a close bond with humans in Weise. Schlacht recruited him to fight the Hero of the South, then revealed that Grausam would erase Macht’s memory because Frieren and Lord Rienta had been peering into it.

• Macht remembered killing a village priest who called him pitiful, which first made him wonder what Malice and Guilt meant.
• Macht recalled a boy who killed his childhood friend and then displayed Guilt, inspiring Macht to seek a closer relationship with humans so he could experience it himself.
• Macht chose Weise, the largest human settlement on the Northern Plateau, as the place to pursue that goal.
• Schlacht asked Macht to fight the Hero of the South, and Macht agreed after recognizing he could not safely refuse.
• Schlacht told Macht that Grausam would erase his memory because Frieren and Lord Rienta had been peering into it, then departed after hinting at futures he had seen.

After finishing her analysis of Macht’s memories, Frieren pulled Rienta into her bedroom to discuss the effects of undoing Golden Transformation. Her deductions about the spell did not match Rienta’s experience with the Golden Land, leaving them with a mystery to resolve.

• Rienta, Stark, and Dunkel spent time in the new cliffside cabin while Fern cared for Frieren, who remained immobile as she analyzed Macht’s memories.
• Frieren finished her analysis, then unexpectedly took Rienta into her bedroom and cast Soundproofing Magic.
• Fern and Dunkel worried about the private meeting, while Stark asked Fern to make him large pieces of roast meat.
• Frieren asked Rienta about the plants and grass that had withered soon after he undid Golden Transformation in the Golden Land.
• Frieren explained that her deductions predicted things freed from the curse would remain as they had been when turned to gold, contradicting Rienta’s account.

Rienta questioned Frieren about the logic behind her magic for dispelling Golden Transformation, then accepted her decision to conceal his ability and help dispel the Golden Land. Later, he completed a Grimoire of the spell while Stark exercised and cooked a meal for everyone; elsewhere, Macht met Solitär, who showed him unusual creature skeletons and explained convergent evolution.

• Rienta challenged Frieren’s explanation of how Golden Transformation affected living creatures, and Frieren told him that this was a world of magic.
• Rienta affirmed that he was Frieren’s disciple and Fern’s older brother, and Frieren agreed to handle dispelling the Golden Land while telling others that Rienta lacked enough mana to do it all.
• Rienta wrote Frieren’s spell into a Grimoire he called Dispel Magic while Stark continued his strenuous workout.
• Rienta prepared fried pork cutlet with omurice and soup, and Frieren, Fern, Dunkel, and Stark gathered to eat.
• Macht met Solitär on the coast, and she took him to her specimen-filled house and explained how convergent evolution could make different creatures look alike.

Solitär studied the Barrier trapping Macht and decided to use Dark Aura, the power fused with her mana, to speed up her efforts to break it. After merging with Dark Aura, she gained immense power and declared she could deal with the Barrier in a week.

• Solitär told Macht she had come to help him and probed the Barrier, but found its composite human magic too complex to break quickly.
• Macht watched Solitär's attempt, then returned to the Gluck Family estate, trusting she would eventually succeed.
• Solitär recalled that Dark Aura had influenced her will and given her mana the ability to conceal its aura from Detection Magic.
• Solitär allowed Dark Aura to merge with her will, transforming her into an armored form with greater mana and mental power.
• Solitär faced the Barrier and said that in her new state, she could deal with it in a week.

Solitär destroyed the Large-Scale Composite Barrier and helped the Golden Land begin spreading again, prompting Rienta’s group to split up and confront the emerging threats. As Macht headed toward the approaching mages, Solitär revealed that embracing the darkness had given her human emotions.

• Solitär used her understanding of the Barrier’s magic to crack and destroy the Large-Scale Composite Barrier.
• Rienta, Fern, Frieren, Dunkel, and Stark sensed the Barrier’s destruction and the arrival of a powerful mana signature, while the Golden Land began expanding.
• Rienta split the group, sending himself, Fern, and Stark after the newly appeared Demon while Frieren and Dunkel went to face Macht.
• Solitär met Macht in Weise and urged him to continue experimenting on whether Demons and humans could coexist.
• Macht walked toward the approaching group, and Solitär told him that embracing the darkness had given her human emotions.

Rienta, Fern, and Stark encountered the great Demon Solitär, whose overwhelming mana and interest in human magic made her a formidable threat. After Rienta and Fern attacked her, Solitär turned her attention to them, and a sword she launched at Fern forced Rienta to intervene.

• Solitär approached Rienta, Fern, and Stark and claimed she wanted to talk, but Fern and Rienta recognized her as an unknown great Demon with immense mana.
• Fern explained Frieren’s warnings about great Demons, while Stark worried that they would not escape and Rienta judged Solitär stronger than any Demon he had faced.
• Solitär falsely claimed she had never killed anyone, but the trio sensed the stench of corpses on her.
• Rienta and Fern attacked Solitär, who survived behind shattered Defensive Magic and praised their abilities.
• Solitär questioned Rienta and Fern about their magic and personal lives, then launched a tapered longsword at Fern as she shifted to attack.
• Rienta summoned the Green Duckweed Sword and struck Solitär’s incoming blade.

Rienta and Stark fought Solitär while she questioned them, and Rienta’s blunt insult only made her more intrigued. Meanwhile, Dunkel confronted Macht over his plan to leave and kill those who knew him, and the chapter ended as Frieren attacked Macht while the Golden Land continued to spread.

• Solitär surrounded Rienta and his companions with conical longswords and threatened them, but Stark charged her with his Poleaxe.
• Rienta used his summoned weapons to fend off Solitär’s swords and cast Rho Aias on Stark as Solitär kept asking about him and his magic.
• Macht told Dunkel he planned to leave and kill everyone in the area who knew him before restarting his experiment elsewhere.
• Dunkel challenged Macht, saying he had prepared for their fight, and summoned Katosvia as Macht released a torrent of mana.
• Frieren attacked Macht with Demon-Slaying Magic as the Golden Land spread and the two demons finished speaking.

Dunkel chose Curse-Reversing Magic to face Macht, and Serie gave him a Grimoire containing the spell despite having to relearn it herself. Later, Dunkel insisted on fighting Macht alone, and their battle began with both recalling their years of training.

• Dunkel requested Curse-Reversing Magic as his Privilege, and Serie created a Grimoire containing the spell for him.
• Sense warned Serie that transferring the magic would cost her a way to counter curses, but Serie said she could relearn it and explained the spell's limitations to Dunkel.
• Dunkel told Frieren he wanted to deal with Macht himself, and Frieren agreed to respect his decision.
• Macht dodged Dunkel's arrows of light, struck at him with his blade, and fired Zoltraak, damaging Dunkel's Defensive Magic.
• Dunkel and Macht recalled their combat training as Dunkel unleashed a torrent of Ordinary Offensive Magic.

Macht’s fight with Dunkel and Frieren turned against him when they used Curse-Reversing Magic to counter his gold-transmutation spell. On the other battlefield, Rienta, Fern, and Stark kept Solitär occupied, but her flirtatious questions left the fight at a stalemate.

• Dunkel trapped Macht in a flaming tornado, then struck him from behind with a mana beam that forced Macht to block with his cloak.
• Macht cast the Magic That Turns All Things to Gold at Dunkel and Frieren, but their Curse-Reversing Magic left them unaffected and turned Macht’s lower body to gold.
• Dunkel told Macht he knew the transformation could be reversed and asked him to continue fighting.
• Rienta, Fern, and Stark battled Solitär with blades, mana beams, and axe strikes, but neither side gained the advantage.
• Solitär questioned and flirted with Rienta throughout the fight while learning the names and abilities of her opponents.

Rienta fought Solitär while trying to resist her mind-influencing ability, and he pierced her heart with the Green Duckweed Sword before her mana blast sent him flying. Solitär transformed into light armor and approached him, leaving Rienta stunned that she could match his dramatic magic effects.

• Rienta told Stark and Fern to retreat after realizing Solitär's influence was affecting them, and they withdrew from the battlefield.
• Rienta resisted thoughts about Serie, used [Intangibility], and pierced Solitär's heart with the Green Duckweed Sword.
• Solitär's mana burst knocked Rienta back, and her wound began to heal as she demanded to know how his magic worked.
• Rienta guessed Solitär had concentrated her mana, recreated his weapons with [Projection Magic] and [Special Effects Magic], and began compressing his mana.
• Solitär transformed her dress into light armor and approached Rienta, who asked, "You can transform too?"

Himmel, Eisen, and Heiter helped Frieren find a way to survive and break Beze’s Barrier, while Dunkel’s attempt to fight Macht alone ended with him being turned to gold. Macht was left confused about the backup plan he had assumed Dunkel possessed.

• Frieren told Himmel that Beze’s Barrier was beyond her ability to break, but Himmel’s sword strike created a small crack and Eisen joined in to attack it.
• Frieren began analyzing the Barrier, while Heiter revealed that his spell could sustain the party without air or supplies for about two months.
• Macht continued casting Magic That Turns All Things to Gold as Dunkel maintained Curse-Reversing Magic, and Dunkel mistook Frieren’s retreat for a deliberate backup plan.
• Dunkel’s mana dwindled, and he flew toward Frieren asking for help just before Macht’s magic turned him into a golden statue.
• Macht watched Dunkel crash into the ground and wondered why he had run instead of using the backup plan Macht had expected.

Dunkel dreamed of speaking with Lecktirei, who urged him to keep fighting after he admitted he had lost to Macht. Meanwhile, Rienta, Fern, and Stark battled Solitär, and Rienta grew worried that Fern’s mana and Stark’s stamina would run out before they could defeat her.

• Dunkel realized his reunion with Lecktirei was a dream and recalled learning of her death on the night he received his medal.
• Dunkel told Lecktirei that he had lost to Macht, but she reminded him that he had never given up after losing to him before.
• Fern wounded Solitär with a compressed mana beam, and Rienta healed his mind before attacking her at close range.
• Stark arrived and joined the fight, while Rienta attacked Solitär and watched over Stark as Fern continued firing from a distance.
• Solitär defended herself against the three attackers and rapidly healed her minor injuries, leaving Rienta concerned that Fern and Stark could not keep fighting much longer.

Rienta recovered from his daze and healed Fern and Stark, then turned the fight against Solitär. He began developing a decisive new magic as red lightning appeared around his weapons.

• Rienta stopped fighting, leaving Stark and Fern to defend him as Solitär attacked.
• Solitär wounded Fern and Stark with her mana-scattering magic and sent tapered longswords toward them.
• Rienta regained his focus, healed Fern, and revived Stark with Magic That Heals Everything.
• Rienta summoned Green Duckweed Swords and Candle-Clasping Blades, forcing Solitär to defend against their stronger attacks.
• Rienta decided not to run and formed a red-lightning Magic Array Pattern that produced a glowing blade and sword in his hands.

Rienta compressed his mana and launched a surprise attack on Solitär, while Frieren confronted Macht over his attempt to achieve coexistence with humans. The chapter ended as Macht summoned his trident and gathered the Gold Fragments for a full-strength battle against Frieren.

• Rienta realized the [Primordial Source] restored mana according to its fivefold recovery rate regardless of whether it was compressed, then used magic to clear his distracting thoughts.
• Rienta activated [High-Speed Movement Magic] and [Telekinesis], rushed Solitär, and emerged from the dust holding the Green Duckweed Sword and the Candle-Clasping Blade.
• Frieren told Macht that his pursuit of coexistence would lead to humanity's extinction and declared that his retribution had come.
• Macht remembered the lord of the Gluck Family warning him about retribution and felt pleased that his experiment might have succeeded.
• Macht summoned his trident, gathered a torrent of Gold Fragments, and challenged Frieren, who prepared to face him as the Great Mage.

Frieren defeated Macht and reversed the Golden Land, while Rienta and the others arrived to find Macht still alive and gravely wounded. Macht wandered through Weise and encountered the Gluck Family lord, finally facing the retribution he had expected.

• Frieren realized Macht’s gold attacks relied on high density and continued fighting him with several spells until Macht sensed Solitär’s mana disappear.
• Rienta, Fern, and Stark headed toward Frieren’s battlefield and saw the golden city and trees return to normal.
• Rienta healed Dunkel, who recognized him, and explained how much time had passed before bringing him to Weise.
• Rienta detected Macht stumbling through the city with his chest pierced as the restored residents worried about him.
• Macht reflected on Solitär’s death and his own impending death, then met the gray-haired Gluck Family lord where he had chosen to turn Weise to gold.
• Macht knelt before the lord and admitted that his retribution had come.

Dunkel killed Macht after the lord of the Gluck Family said goodbye to his old friend. In Weise, the city revived after the golden transformation was dispelled, and Rienta tried to keep Frieren and Fern from ending their shopping trip too soon.

• The lord of the Gluck Family lit cigarettes for himself and Macht, and the two old friends spoke about Macht’s failure to understand humans.
• The lord of the Gluck Family walked away from Macht and asked Dunkel to make his death quick.
• Dunkel struck Macht with Ordinary Offensive Magic, leaving only ashes and the Dominion Stone Ring behind.
• Rienta helped Frieren and the others recover in Weise, where the people returned to life after the golden transformation was dispelled.
• Rienta sent Stark and Fern to shop until sunset, then went into a magic shop to buy Grimoires for himself.

Rienta, Frieren, and Serie reunited in Weise, where Rienta fled the courtyard after Serie teased him. He and Fern prepared dinner while Stark nervously avoided spending time with the two powerful elf mages, leaving the group gathered around a feast.

• The Gluck Family lord gave Rienta and his companions a house, and Rienta learned that Frieren had bought a Dark Dragon's Horn without knowing what it was for.
• Serie arrived in the courtyard and teased Rienta, who poured her tea before hurrying off to find Fern and Stark.
• Rienta found Fern and Stark shopping at the market, and Fern urged them to return quickly because she worried about leaving Frieren and Serie alone together.
• Back at the house, Rienta asked Fern to help cook and Stark to keep Frieren and Serie company, but Stark fled into the kitchen instead.
• Rienta chased Stark out of the kitchen after finding several problems with his preparation, and he and Fern made a large dinner for everyone.