Chapter Summaries

Frieren shared the gold from the silver deposit with Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark, then the group answered an urgent call for help in the Lufen Region. At the devastated village, they joined Genau and Methode to investigate the demons’ attack and began searching for where the demons were hiding.

• Norm paid for the silver deposit, and Frieren divided the five thousand gold coins among herself, Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark, giving Dugu Qing an extra share for repaying her debt.
• After the group resumed its journey and ran out of supplies, Dugu Qing made spicy strips for everyone.
• Fern received an urgent aid request about demons who had burned a village in the Lufen Region, and the group set out to help.
• Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark reached the ruined village, found no survivors, and entered its church.
• Genau arrived carrying his gravely injured childhood friend, while Methode gathered the victims’ bodies and joined him at the church.
• The group examined the evidence, inferred that a powerful demon used a four-sword style, and used Genau’s map to plan a search of possible hiding places.

Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Methode shared food and discussed their plans while searching for the Demon. After Genau and Stark stayed behind to guard the bodies in the village, the others set off for the abandoned fortress to the north.

• Dugu Qing shared Latiao with Methode, who praised his cooking and asked how he had angered Serie by choosing Hair-Cleansing Magic.
• Methode spoke admiringly of Serie and Frieren, while Fern grew jealous of her attention toward Dugu Qing and packed away the remaining Latiao.
• Frieren called a strategy meeting, and Methode shared what she knew about the Demon; the group decided to track it to the abandoned fortress in the north.
• Genau offered to guard the bodies until the Knights of Norm arrived, and Stark chose to stay in the village with him.
• Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Methode headed for the fortress, and Frieren warned them to limit long-range detection so the Demon would not notice them.

Methode traded a Spatial Ring for permission to stroke Dugu Qing’s head, but an ambush soon separated the group in a mist-filled forest. Frieren left Fern to fight the green male Demon, and Fern defeated him after Methode cleared the fog, while Methode battled Zorida.

• Methode gave Dugu Qing a Spatial Ring with one cubic meter of storage in exchange for stroking his head, then asked to hug him before enemies interrupted them.
• A mist-shrouded attack separated Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Methode, while a green figure targeted Methode.
• Frieren told Fern to fight the male Demon in green, and Dugu Qing and Frieren watched from above as Fern defended herself and unleashed a barrage of magic.
• Methode fought Zorida and cast a spell to clear the forest fog, giving Fern a clearer view of her opponent.
• Fern struck the male Demon in the chest with Ordinary Attack Magic after he tried to exhaust her mana.

Fern and Methode defeated the Demons they faced, but a steel bird rescued the wounded Zorida and brought her to Little Aura, who revealed her plan to rebuild the Demon empire. Back in the disaster-struck village, Stark and Genau heard an unknown creature approaching.

• Fern helped Methode wound Zorida with a long-range Mana Bullet, but a giant steel bird shielded Zorida from Methode’s attack and carried her north.
• Methode and Fern stopped their pursuit and returned to Frieren and Dugu Qing, who had been playing chess.
• The steel bird brought Zorida to the Lin En Ducal Territory, where Little Aura introduced herself as Aura’s daughter and ordered Zorida to serve her.
• Little Aura told Zorida she planned to control the major ducal territories and rebuild the Demon empire, and Zorida pledged her loyalty.
• In the village, Stark and Genau discussed Revolte’s four-sword fighting style before hearing a snake-like tail scrape rapidly across the ground.

Stark fought Revolte while Frieren, Dugu Qing, Fern, and Methode watched and offered limited support, giving Stark a chance to gain experience. After Revolte exploited a girl’s betrayal to wound Genau, Stark protected him, and Dugu Qing’s sword strike finally split Revolte in two.

• Stark charged Revolte and fought to keep the four-sworded Demon away from Genau.
• Frieren stopped Fern from joining the battle, and Methode limited her assistance so Stark could gain experience.
• Genau wounded Revolte with a barrage of feather blades, but Revolte counterattacked and sent Genau crashing to the ground.
• A girl appeared and tricked Genau into protecting her from Revolte’s sword, then stabbed him; Genau killed her with a black wing.
• Revolte rose and attacked Genau, but Stark blocked the blow and stood between them.
• Dugu Qing’s taunt drew Revolte’s attention, and a streak of sword light from Dugu Qing split Revolte in two.

After Dugu Qing and his companions defeated the Demons, they continued north toward Aureole and helped a devastated village by slaying the dragons attacking it. Frieren accepted a Grimoire as their reward, and Dugu Qing explained why Himmel had always accepted payment when helping people.

• Dugu Qing killed Revolte, healed Stark, and helped the group recover before they left the ruined village.
• The Knights of Norm arrived to bury their fallen comrades, and Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark set out farther north.
• In the Dura Sea Region, Fern and the others gave money to villagers whose homes had been destroyed by dragons.
• Frieren tracked the dragons to a canyon, where Stark drew their attention while Frieren, Dugu Qing, and Fern killed the wyverns with magic.
• The village chief rewarded Frieren with a Grimoire, and Dugu Qing explained that accepting rewards kept people from feeling indebted.

Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark waited out a harsh winter at Kri Doa Lake, then crossed the lake after it thawed. At a deserted monastery, Frieren found Himmel’s lost diary and revisited memories of their old adventures, but discovered it ended halfway through their journey.

• Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark tried to persuade the old captain to sail during a blizzard, but he refused because the lake was dangerous.
• Dugu Qing invited Frieren and Fern to build snowmen while Stark watched from the inn.
• After the snow cleared and the lake thawed, the old captain agreed to ferry the group in exchange for help finding Himmel’s lost autobiography.
• The old captain told the group that a fleet was heading north toward a newly discovered Golden Land, prompting Frieren to recall her encounter with Macht.
• Frieren dispelled the barrier at a deserted monastery, where the group found a statue of Himmel and his diary beneath it.
• Frieren read the diary and relived memories of Himmel, Heiter, and Eisen, then realized the diary stopped halfway through their journey.

Frieren and her companions continued toward the Golden Land, where a fortune-teller revealed the legend of Aureole and its location inside the Demon King's Castle. The old man declined Frieren's offer to carry a message to his beloved in Aureole, and he left without joining their quest.

• The old captain gave Frieren Himmel's diary, and the group crossed the lake by boat.
• A Kraken attacked Frieren, but Dugu Qing destroyed it with the Clear Radiance Sword.
• The group reached a port village and heard rumors about a white-haired fortune-teller on Eight-Way Street.
• Frieren and her companions visited the fortune-teller, who said Aureole lay on Bright Mountain inside the Demon King's Castle.
• The old man told them he had once tried and failed to reach the Ascension Stairway to see his departed beloved, then refused Frieren's offer to pass along a message.

Frieren's Party reached Toia Great Valley, helped Gern eliminate the demon birds threatening his newly completed bridge, and continued north after receiving a pancake-flipping Grimoire. In Shumar Snowfield, they sheltered from a blizzard and discovered their food was nearly gone.

• Frieren led the party to the bridge Gern had spent more than a century building, and Gern explained how Himmel's encouragement had helped him finish it.
• Gern asked Frieren's Party to clear out demon birds in exchange for a Grimoire, and Frieren accepted the job.
• Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark fought the demon birds, with Stark killing the last one using a Heavenly Light Slash.
• Gern thanked the party, gave Frieren the Grimoire, and hosted them in the rebuilt village before they continued north.
• In Shumar Snowfield, Fern complained that Stark had eaten most of their food as the party sheltered from a blizzard.

Frieren and the group reached an adventurers’ camp to find food and supplies, then Stark took a high-paying commission to recover the cost of the camp’s inflated prices. They left to clear monsters from a mineral vein and set up an anti-human barrier for the client, whose plan was to claim the site while preparing to mine it.

• Frieren spotted an adventurers’ camp and led Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark there in search of food.
• Dugu Qing balked at the camp’s expensive bread, while Frieren explained that adventurers paid higher prices for supplies in the snowfield.
• Stark worried about spending his gold, but Dugu Qing and Frieren encouraged him to stop fixating on the cost, and the group ate beef noodles.
• The group bought supplies at inflated prices, and Stark persuaded Dugu Qing to join him in taking commissions to recover their spending.
• Stark accepted a lucrative job to defeat monsters at a mineral vein and cast an anti-human barrier, and Frieren led the group to the site.

Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark defeated an azure wolf and its pack, then protected the Holy Snow Vein with a barrier. After accepting a new request from Laiern in exchange for a Grimoire, they reached a cliff overlooking a vast golden city.

• Dugu Qing killed the azure wolf king, and the Knights of Norm cavalry helped drive off the remaining wolves.
• Frieren placed a barrier around the Holy Snow Vein after learning the client wanted to preserve its beauty, and the client paid her the promised gold coins.
• Dugu Qing, Fern, Stark, and Frieren continued their journey with too few supplies, eating hard black bread in the Weise Region.
• Fern received a personal request from Laiern along with a Grimoire, and Frieren agreed to take the task.
• The group followed a golden light to a cliff and saw a vast city whose walls, palaces, and streets gleamed like gold.

Denken revealed that he planned to enter the Golden Land and kill Macht to restore Weise and honor his wife’s memory. Frieren initially withdrew from the dangerous task, but she changed her mind and agreed to help Denken, leading the group to the caretaker’s cabin to discuss a strategy.

• Frieren explained that Macht had turned Weise and its people to gold fifty years earlier, while Denken revealed his ties to the city and his decision to confront Macht.
• Frieren decided to abandon the task because Macht had once defeated her, and the others began to leave despite Denken’s resolve to face him alone.
• Remembering Himmel and the happiness of shared memories, Frieren stopped and agreed to help Denken.
• Dugu Qing prepared to study Divine Heavenly Might Magic and said he would protect Frieren and Fern, then added Stark after Stark demanded to be included.
• Denken led Frieren, Dugu Qing, Stark, and Fern to the caretaker’s cabin.

Denken revealed Macht’s memories, including his binding by Glück and the tragedy that turned Weise to gold, giving Frieren information to study his magic. Frieren, Denken, Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark left the cabin to meet Macht in the Golden Land.

• Fern searched the Golden Land with Detection Magic but found no traces of mana, and Frieren explained that Macht’s gold-turning curse could not be defended against or dodged.
• Denken projected memories showing Glück binding Macht with the Ring of Control and ordering him to obey Weise’s people and end his own life if he felt malice toward them.
• Denken explained that Macht had sought to understand human emotions, committed atrocities in pursuit of guilt, and eventually turned all of Weise to gold without experiencing the feelings he sought.
• Denken shared Macht’s memories with Frieren so she could analyze his magic, then agreed to let her accompany him to speak with Macht.
• Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark joined Frieren and Denken as they entered the Golden Land and passed the gold-covered remains of adventurers.

Denken’s group met Macht in Weise, where Frieren confirmed she could not yet defeat him and resolved to spend two months deconstructing Diagoldze. The next day, Frieren began the work with Fern caring for her, while Stark amused himself by playing with her unresponsive body.

• Macht welcomed Denken, Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark into the town hall, but Frieren challenged him over their battle six hundred years earlier.
• Denken stopped Fern and Stark from starting a fight, and Macht served the group tea while insisting he wanted peaceful coexistence with humans.
• Dugu Qing challenged Macht’s idea of coexistence, and Frieren ended the conversation before the disagreement escalated.
• Back at the cabin, Frieren told Denken that their chances against Macht were low, but she might unravel Diagoldze in two months; Fern agreed to care for her.
• Dugu Qing suggested Macht sought human emotions to escape loneliness, but declined Frieren’s invitation to help deconstruct the spell.
• The next day, Fern cared for Frieren as she worked, while Stark pinched her cheeks and played with her before Fern tied her hair into two ponytails.

Solitair, a Demon who studied human magic, spent nearly two months deciphering the barrier around the Golden Land before Dugu Qing confronted her. Solitair overwhelmed him with her magic and struck his shoulder, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Dugu Qing sensed a powerful magical aura outside the Golden Land and searched the forest, but Solitair concealed herself from him.
• Solitair studied the barrier and concluded that she could unravel it in about two months.
• Dugu Qing, Fern, Frieren, Stark, and Denken shared a meal, then moved to a nearby village as their supplies dwindled.
• After fifty-eight days, Frieren told Dugu Qing that she was close to finishing her analysis of Macht's memories and Diagoldze.
• Solitair found a way through the barrier, and Dugu Qing tracked her down and attacked her with his sword.
• Solitair restrained Dugu Qing with her overwhelming magic and struck his shoulder with a conjured sword.

Dugu Qing created Sun God Magic by forcing his mana to imitate atomic fusion, then used its immense power to defeat Solitair. As he prepared to finish her, Solitair begged him for mercy.

• Solitair wounded Dugu Qing and restrained him with viscous mana while taunting him.
• Dugu Qing drew inspiration from the sun and began simulating atomic fusion with his mana, enduring severe pain and injuries.
• Denken warned Fern that a powerful demon had appeared and confronted Dugu Qing; Fern rushed to help, while Stark stayed behind to protect Frieren.
• Dugu Qing's mana surged beyond Solitair's, and he broke free of her restraints and struck her down with a powerful slap.
• Dugu Qing healed himself with the Holy Scripture and named his new spell Sun God Magic.
• Solitair praised Dugu Qing's magic and pleaded for mercy as he approached with a Mana Bullet.

Dugu Qing killed Solitair with Sun God Magic but was left unable to fight, and Macht used Solitair’s analysis to break free of the Golden Land. As Macht approached, the group began evacuating the villagers, only for him to appear in their path.

• Solitair begged Dugu Qing for mercy, but he pierced her chest, and she vanished into smoke.
• Dugu Qing’s Sun God Magic left him physically and mentally exhausted, so Fern carried him back to the Spring Breeze Inn with Denken guarding them.
• Dugu Qing told the group how he defeated Solitair and explained that Sun God Magic would leave him unable to fight for an extended period.
• Macht broke the Golden Land’s barrier using Solitair’s analysis and vowed to avenge her by killing Dugu Qing.
• Denken, Fern, Stark, Dugu Qing, and Frieren arranged for the villagers to evacuate, but Macht descended in front of them.

Denken tried to stop Macht while Fern and Stark fled with Dugu Qing and Frieren, but Macht caught up with them and turned Stark to gold. As Macht prepared to attack, Fern and Dugu Qing joined hands and unleashed a brilliant cherry-red aura.

• Denken sent Fern, Stark, Dugu Qing, and Frieren away in the carriage, then confronted Macht and tried to hold him back.
• Denken returned Macht's Diagoldze with Serie's Curse-Returning Magic, but Macht overwhelmed him with pure mana and left him unconscious.
• Macht caught the carriage in the forest, and Fern and Stark stood between him and the weakened Dugu Qing.
• Macht turned Stark into a golden statue and threatened Dugu Qing, while Fern refused to abandon him.
• Fern and Dugu Qing clasped hands, and their mana surged together in a brilliant cherry-red light as Macht raised his hand to attack.

Fern and Dugu Qing combined their power to overwhelm Macht, but Dugu Qing’s injuries forced Fern to retreat with him as Frieren intervened. After deciphering Diagoldze and rejecting Macht’s plea for coexistence, Frieren weakened him, and Fern struck the final blow, killing him.

• Fern and Dugu Qing joined their mana and knocked Macht down with a powerful attack.
• Dugu Qing coughed up blood and lost control of his mana, allowing Macht to recover and threaten them.
• Frieren arrived in time to block Macht’s attack on Fern and sent Fern away with Dugu Qing.
• Frieren revealed that she had deciphered Diagoldze, rejected Macht’s argument for coexistence, and overwhelmed him with her mana.
• Fern returned to the battle and pierced Macht’s chest with Ordinary Attack Magic, killing him.

Frieren restored the Golden Land, and the group recovered in Weise before resuming their journey. While gathering greens, Dugu Qing discovered the Steel Witch Alde preparing to build an army and become the next Demon King, but she became enamored with him instead of attacking.

• Frieren dispelled Macht's transformation across the Golden Land and freed Stark, while Fern and Dugu Qing attributed their victory to their friendship.
• Frieren and the others brought Dugu Qing and the unconscious Denken to Weise's church, where a monk healed their injuries; Denken awoke three days later.
• Glück thanked Frieren and Dugu Qing with a Grimoire and a Spatial Ring, and the group spent a weekend shopping and resting in Weise before setting out again.
• As Dugu Qing recovered mana on the road, he wandered away from camp and found Alde overseeing robots and a spaceship while ordering them to mine steel for her plan to become the next Demon King.
• Alde spotted Dugu Qing after he stepped on a fallen leaf, flew down to confront him, then became captivated by his appearance and asked him to be her lover.