Chapter Summaries

After touching the Goddess's Stone Monument, Galan awoke alone in an unfamiliar field and wondered whether he had been teleported or transmigrated. Nearby, merchant Frog and mercenary Lancelot discussed the hardships of traveling through Weise before Lancelot sensed danger.

• Galan woke in a barren field, where the Goddess's Stone Monument had crumbled and Frieren and Lia were gone.
• Galan checked that his Alchemy Longsword was still with him and decided to look for people who could explain where he was.
• Merchant Frog complained to Lancelot about Weise's nobles raising passage fees and taxes and recalled Lord Guluc's son being assassinated.
• Frog refused to lower the agreed price for Lancelot's escort, insisting that merchants should honor their agreements.
• Lancelot drew his sword and said their trip had not been peaceful after all.

Lancelot and Frog’s caravan was attacked by horned, multi-tailed tiger monsters in the northern woods. As Lancelot rushed to help the mercenaries fight them, a hidden watcher began observing Frog and the caravan.

• Frog halted the caravan when a dozen strange tiger-shaped monsters emerged from the woods.
• Lancelot charged the monsters, wounded one, and killed it while keeping close to Frog.
• The monsters rushed the caravan, and the mercenaries used paired formations to hold them off.
• Frog urged Lancelot to help the mercenaries, and Lancelot ran toward the rear of the caravan.
• A pair of cunning eyes appeared in the bushes and watched the caravan.

Lancelot and his mercenaries defeated the tiger-shaped monsters, but one wounded fighter was near death without a Priest to treat him. An unfamiliar boy pushed through the crowd with a bottle of medicine and moved to give it to the injured man.

• Lancelot arrived in time to kill the monster attacking a mercenary and joined the battle.
• Lancelot and the mercenaries killed the remaining monsters, though a caravan worker died and several people were injured.
• The mercenary whose childhood friend was wounded found that the man was losing blood and nearing death.
• Lancelot realized they had no Priest, and the caravan’s medicine-skilled boy had been killed.
• An unfamiliar boy appeared, took a small bottle from his belongings, and moved to give it to the injured man.

A mysterious boy used an orange potion to save Kefa, then watched as Lancelot killed another tiger-shaped monster. Afterward, the boy asked Frog what year it was, leaving his sudden arrival unexplained.

• The boy poured some of his orange potion into Kefa's mouth, claiming it would save him, while Lancelot watched warily.
• Frog ran toward the group with a tiger-shaped monster chasing him, and Lancelot killed it before it could attack.
• Frog and Lancelot approached the boy, who effortlessly stopped Kefa from grabbing him when Kefa grew anxious about his friend not waking up.
• Frog asked the boy where he came from, and the boy admitted he did not know before asking what year it was.

Galan learned that he had traveled nearly forty-nine years into the past and arrived in the Northern Countries, leaving him unsure how to return to his own time. After saving a mercenary with his potion, he told Frog he planned to head south in search of clues about his memories.

• Galan claimed he had lost his memory, and Frog told him it was fifty-three years before Himmel the Hero's death in the Northern Countries.
• Galan realized he had traveled through time to a period before his own birth and wondered whether touching the stone stele could send him home.
• Frog questioned Galan about his origins and potion, while Galan decided to describe himself as a wanderer.
• Galan's recovery potion healed the badly wounded mercenary enough for him to wake and sit up.
• Kefa thanked Galan and apologized, and Frog asked what Galan would do next.
• Galan said he would head south to look for clues about his memories and joked that the Goddess had guided him.

Galan joined Frog’s caravan as it headed south to Äußerst, accepting the safety of traveling with a group. As he considered his dangerous future and whether to seek out Frieren or Lia, Frog tried to recruit him into a medicine business, but Galan refused to promise mass production.

• Frog invited Galan to travel with his caravan to Äußerst, and Galan accepted.
• Frog asked whether Galan could mass-produce his powerful medicine, but Galan explained that the ingredients and refining process made it impractical.
• Frog suggested that Galan open a pharmacy in Eisberg, while Galan privately worried that settling there would expose him to the organization.
• Galan thought about finding Frieren and Lia, but decided it was better not to meet Lia yet.

As the caravan crossed the snowy Offen Mountains, Galan warmed himself with soup and chatted with Frog and Lancelot. Kefa then summoned Galan to treat Xiuke, whose neglected wound had left him with a serious fever.

• Lancelot dealt with a group of monsters as the caravan neared the Offen Mountains.
• Galan sat by the fire with Frog and Lancelot, and they discussed the cold and how long it would take to reach Äußerst.
• Frog tried Galan’s wild herb soup, found it bland, and joked about wishing he had spices.
• Kefa told Galan that Xiuke had passed out with a high fever, and Galan went to examine him.
• Galan checked Xiuke’s forehead and wound and suspected the cold and poor wound care had caused the fever.

Galan remembered that Ice Pillar Cherry could be used to make medicine for Shock, but he did not know where to find one. After learning that the trees grew in deep hollows, he set out into the snowy mountains with Frog and Lancelot, while sensing a strange scent in the wind.

• Galan recalled Frieren's recipe and realized Ice Pillar Cherry could provide the medicine needed to treat Shock.
• Galan asked the caravan and mercenaries about the tree, and an older hand said it often grew in deep hollows such as snow-filled valleys and basins.
• Frog volunteered to search with Galan, and Lancelot insisted on joining them.
• Galan warned that leaving the camp could be dangerous, but Frog trusted the caravan's men and led them toward the mountains.
• As they left, Galan caught a faint scent that seemed out of place in the snowy mountains.

Lancelot, Galan, and Frog searched the snowy mountains for an icicle cherry until they encountered Serie, the greatest mage in the world. Lancelot attacked her on instinct, but Serie stopped his sword with Defensive Magic.

• Lancelot led the group through deep snow while Frog complained to Galan about the cold.
• Lancelot reached the top of a slope and found no sign of an icicle cherry.
• Lancelot spotted a lightly dressed, barefoot golden-haired woman across the mountain, and Galan recognized her as Serie.
• Serie vanished and appeared directly in front of Galan, prompting Lancelot to kick Frog away and draw his sword.
• Lancelot slashed at Serie, but her Defensive Magic stopped his sword and left him stunned.

Serie subdued Lancelot and discovered that Galan had traveled back from the future, then offered to help him return. Galan asked to add a condition, leaving Serie waiting to hear what he wanted.

• Serie's killing intent broke Lancelot's Defensive Magic and knocked him unconscious, then she told Galan that he was unharmed.
• Serie used her Perception Magic to recognize that Galan was an unstable presence who had come from the future and pressed him to explain how.
• Galan said he had touched a Goddess's Stone Monument near Singer Town while traveling with Frieren and had awakened in the past.
• Serie used Lie Detection Magic to confirm Galan's account and learned he had come from about forty-nine years in the future.
• Serie offered to help Galan return because she was interested in his time travel and the Goddess's magic, and Galan asked her to agree to one more condition.

Serie used her promised favor to heal Xiuke, then told Galan she would meet him in Äußerst after investigating the strange disturbance in time. Before leaving, she branded him with a tracking spell and warned him not to interfere with people connected to the future.

• Serie criticized Galan for spending her favor on healing Xiuke, then cured him with her own Healing Magic.
• Serie explained that she had followed traces of a strange disturbance in time and realized Galan was traveling to Äußerst.
• Serie told Galan she would meet him in Äußerst and branded his forehead with a spell that would let her track him.
• Serie warned Galan that contacting people connected to the future could make him disappear from the world, then left the tent.

After recovering Xiuke and Frog, Galan’s caravan continued toward Äußerst but lost its ration carriage and stopped at Snow Village for supplies. The village chief offered food in exchange for help defeating the Snow Monsters threatening the village, and Frog accepted, leaving Lancelot to handle the fight.

• Lancelot worried that he had drawn his sword on Serie, and Galan reassured him before telling him to check on Xiuke and Frog.
• Xiuke woke fully recovered, and Frog eventually woke after sleeping off Lancelot’s kick.
• Galan’s caravan packed up and resumed its journey, but a carriage carrying rations had fallen off a cliff, forcing them to seek supplies.
• Frog asked the village chief for food and offered twice the usual price, but the chief required the caravan to defeat the Snow Monsters nearby.
• Frog accepted the condition and turned to Lancelot, saying they would count on him again.

Galan joined Lancelot and six Mercenary Group members on an expedition to find the Snow Monsters in the snowy mountains. After Galan sensed faint magic in a mountain hollow, Lancelot kept the group alert, and Galan suddenly swung his saber behind him.

• Frog stayed behind to manage the caravan while Lancelot and Galan set out to hunt the Snow Monsters.
• Lancelot assembled six experienced mercenaries, including Kefa, and warned Galan not to take unnecessary risks.
• The group struggled through the fierce snowstorm until they reached a sheltered hollow in the mountains.
• Galan sensed faint magic nearby, but Kefa could not detect anything, so Lancelot ordered everyone to stay on guard.
• Galan thanked Lancelot for trusting his warning, drew his saber, and swung it behind Lancelot.

Galan exposed and killed a snow monster disguised as snow, then revealed that more had been surrounding the mercenaries. As the snow monsters attacked with enormous rolling snowballs, Galan reached a new sword technique and split one apart with a powerful slash.

• Galan stabbed a snow monster hiding at Lancelot’s feet, and the mercenaries saw it take shape.
• Lancelot trusted Galan’s intentions, and Galan destroyed the pinned monster as it tried to attack him.
• Galan sensed more snow monsters nearby, and enormous snowballs began rolling down the surrounding mountains toward the mercenaries.
• Galan warned the mercenaries that the snowballs were monsters; several were knocked aside before the creatures formed bodies and charged.
• Lancelot shouted to Galan as a snowball rushed toward him, but Galan opened his eyes and cut it in two with a wave of sword qi.

Galan’s breakthrough helped him and Lancelot’s group defeat the snow monsters, but the survivors gathered into a towering Snow Giant. Galan stood with Lancelot to face it and protect Snow Village.

• Galan and Lancelot led the mercenaries in killing the snow monsters as their weakness became clear.
• Lancelot praised Galan’s strength, and Galan realized his breakthrough had greatly improved his abilities.
• A wounded mercenary warned Lancelot and Galan about a huge creature, and Lancelot cut an ice spike in half to save him.
• The snow monsters merged into a seven-meter Snow Giant, which continued growing as more creatures joined it.
• Galan and Lancelot decided they could not leave the Snow Giant to threaten the village, and Lancelot ordered the others to withdraw.

Lancelot and Galan fought the snow giant after the others carried the wounded mercenary to safety. They left the giant defeated, its body dissolving into mana particles across the snow.

• The men carried the wounded mercenary away so Lancelot would not have to divide his attention.
• Galan and Lancelot attacked the snow giant, with Galan cutting away one of its legs and Lancelot striking at its head.
• The snow giant raised an ice wall to block Lancelot’s sword qi and sent spikes through the snow to attack Galan.
• Lancelot broke through the ice wall and climbed onto the giant’s shoulder, but its reinforced neck stopped his sword from reaching its head.
• Galan leaped onto the giant’s other shoulder and severed its head while it focused on Lancelot.
• The snow giant dissolved into mana particles.

Serie returned to the palace in Äußerst and discussed her plan to establish the Continental Magic Association with her disciple. She dismissed his worries about the Empire and its Shadow Warriors, then left the city unsettled by unleashing her mana.

• Serie returned to the palace and met her elderly disciple, who asked whether she had decided how to establish the Continental Magic Association.
• Serie said she had a rough plan and would proceed even without the Empire's support.
• Her disciple warned that the Empire might oppose her and send its Shadow Warriors, but Serie declared that nobody could stop her.
• Serie unleashed her mana, frightening people throughout Äußerst and drawing their attention toward the palace.
• Serie asked her disciple whether he could imagine anyone killing her, and he said he could not before asking her to stop unsettling the city.

Serie rejected her disciple’s plea to intervene in the war against the Demon King's Army, insisting that conflict drove magical progress. She transformed the palace hall into soil and flowers, then reflected on the first human disciple who had loved the spell that created them.

• Serie withdrew her mana and told her elderly disciple not to worry about her safety or kneel before her.
• Her disciple reported renewed Demons and remnants of the Demon King's Army, then asked Serie to defeat the Demon King and bring peace.
• Serie refused to intervene, explaining that war encouraged the development of magic and that she would only prevent humanity from being slaughtered.
• Serie dismissed her disciple’s suggestion to place a statue in the hall and said the hall still felt empty.
• Serie used Soil-Creating Magic to cover the hall’s floor with soil, then filled it with flowers using the magic that creates a field of flowers.
• Serie touched the flowers and wondered why her first human disciple had loved the spell she considered boring.

As the group left the snowy mountains with supplies from Snow Village, Frog explained why the village had so few residents and why it could spare the food. Galan reflected on time and aging, while Lancelot fell asleep during the journey out.

• Frog told Lancelot and Galan that Snow Village's young people had left to find better opportunities, and many later brought their families after them.
• Frog explained that the village had enough food to last until spring despite what the travelers had taken.
• Galan thought about Snow Village eventually becoming empty and reflected on the decades of aging that separated him from his companions' future.
• Galan asked Frog what he might be like when he was old, and Frog teased Lancelot as he nodded off.
• Frog drove the group toward the edge of the snowy mountains, glad that the village chief's shorter route had saved them several days.

Solitär and the Sword Demon Nolz slaughtered a village, then discussed her warning that Serie in Äußerst could kill him. Solitär left, but Nolz went toward Äußerst anyway, apparently intent on challenging Serie.

• Nolz cut down the soldiers who charged him as Solitär maimed and killed the others with summoned greatswords.
• After the village fell silent, Nolz asked Solitär why she would not travel farther west with him.
• Solitär warned Nolz that Serie, a mage from the Mythical Era in Äußerst, was beyond his power and that challenging her would mean certain death.
• Nolz said he understood, but Solitär sensed his fighting spirit and departed toward the forest.
• Nolz watched Solitär disappear, then headed toward Äußerst.