Chapter Summaries

Roland and the pioneers established a settlement at the site of Giant Port, where a system reward brought a thousand sailors and fishermen to help the town thrive. After more than a month of construction and training, Roland quietly left with the Knight Order, leaving Giant Port to develop.

• Roland arrived at the former site of Giant Port with the pioneers and had a temporary dock built.
• Roland checked in the next morning and received a thousand sailors and fishermen as his reward.
• More than a dozen galleons arrived carrying Imperial survivors, who pledged loyalty to Roland.
• Roland arranged food and lodging for the newcomers and asked them to teach the pioneers to sail and fish.
• The settlers built a wooden town, opened stalls, and established an Adventurer's Guild as Giant Port took shape.
• After more than a month, Roland departed with the Knight Order while the busy residents continued their work.

Yun Feng and Nyx sent reinforcements toward Lion Territory after the Orc army and the Fourth Ringwraith attacked, while Roland learned of the crisis and rushed to confront the Nazgûl. Roland and Dos vanished through spatial jumps, leaving Omsk to lead the vanguard back to Flowing City.

• Yun Feng told Nyx that the Orcs and the Fourth Ringwraith had attacked Lion Territory, so Nyx sent the Wyvern Knights and ordered Caslo and Ajax to support it while Griffon Knights searched for Roland.
• Apophis Breo told Olaf that the Arm of the Protector had saved his soldiers from the Nazgûl, then ordered him to keep protective forbidden spells ready until reinforcements arrived.
• Holyn informed Roland that the Orcs from Fortress of Gundabad and the Fourth Ringwraith had attacked Lion Territory, and Caslo and Ajax immediately flew to help.
• Roland summoned Dos and used the Dragon Rider Spear, Myriad Dragon Chants, to bring forth Dos's Golden Holy Dragon form and teleport toward Lion Territory.
• Omsk tried to follow Roland but gave up and led the Lagrange vanguard knights back to Flowing City.

Roland rode Dos for the first time, but Dos’s uncontrolled space jumps left Roland sick and lost in an unknown forest. Unable to rely on Dos or the system to find their destination, Roland headed west on foot with the tiny dragon in his arms.

• Dos made rapid space jumps with Roland on his back, and Roland vomited before climbing back onto the saddle.
• Roland told Dos to fly toward the Lion Territory and then the Misty Mountains, but Dos did not know their location or where they were.
• Roland asked the system for help, received none, and told Dos to return to his original size.
• Roland identified the forest as either the Misty Mountains or Mirkwood and used the setting sun to regain his sense of direction.
• Roland chose to travel west, hoping to reach human, elf, or dwarf settlements, and began walking through the forest with Dos in his arms.

Roland fought his way through a forest full of Orcs while trying to find his location, then spent the night alone in a tree. Elsewhere, Ajax and Caslo drove off Amoras’s raid and stayed with Apophis Breo’s forces, unaware that Roland was missing.

• Roland used landmarks on a map to plan a westward route, then set out with Dos despite not knowing where they were.
• Roland ambushed an Orc and fought off waves of Orcs, including a berserk Orc Berserker, while retreating through the forest.
• As darkness fell, Roland climbed an ancient tree and sat alone beneath the moon.
• Ajax and Caslo held off Amoras and the Orcs, who fled after the brief clash.
• Apophis Breo thanked Ajax and Caslo, and they agreed to remain with his forces for several days while they watched for the Nazgûl.

Roland and Dos faced Dokger, a Sixth Tier Orc Overlord, after he tracked them through the forest. Dos unleashed his ancestral power and revealed Roland as a Golden Dragon Knight, but Dokger activated several combat enhancements and blasted Roland away, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Roland sensed a Sixth Tier pursuer approaching and decided to turn back and fight with Dos rather than flee.
• Dokger tracked Roland through the forest, identified him as a human Holy knight, and attacked with a Battle Qi Flame palm.
• Roland unleashed Golden Dragon Breath, and Dos used Dragon Saliva Impact before Roland charged Dokger with the Myriad Dragon Chants.
• Dokger recognized Roland as a Golden Dragon Knight, while Dos's magic-enhanced claws warped space and forced Dokger to retreat defensively.
• Worried that Dos's borrowed ancestral power would run out, Roland pressed the attack as Dokger activated three stages of Berserk and Overlord Body, then sent Roland flying over a hundred meters with a punch.

Roland and Dos fought Dokger, a Sixth Tier Orc, until Dos reverted to a sleeping hatchling and Roland escaped with a spatial leap. Dokger and Langgedo tracked them down, cornered Roland, and prepared to kill him before the dragon race learned of the encounter.

• Roland linked himself to Dos and attacked Dokger while Dos unleashed powerful Draconic Magic, badly injuring the Orc.
• Dos’s ancestral-power transformation ended, so Roland used a spatial leap to escape while carrying the sleeping hatchling.
• Dokger told Langgedo that Roland was a Third Tier Dragon Knight with a Golden Dragon hatchling and urged him to hunt them down.
• Langgedo found Roland’s spatial anchor, and the two Sixth Tier Orcs followed him through a spatial gate.
• Roland ran into Dokger and Langgedo, but Dokger blocked his escape with a greatsword and Langgedo searched for his dragon.

Roland used a Forbidden Spell to hold off two sixth-tier Orcs and sent Dos away through a spatial gate, sacrificing his chance to escape. As the shield shattered, Roland ignited his life force and faced the charging Orcs.

• Roland cast the Arm of the Protector and drank potions while Dokger and Langgedo attacked the shield.
• Roland learned Dos could not call on his ancestors and sent him through a spatial gate, erasing the anchor point that had let the Orcs track them.
• Roland declared his royal titles and invoked the Sacred Covenant, reaching the fourth tier as golden flames engulfed him.
• The Arm of the Protector shattered, and Dokger and Langgedo charged Roland.

Roland burned his life force with Sacrifice and fatally wounded Dokger, but Langgedo escaped with him, leaving Roland to die alone. Nyx awoke to find their paired Bauhinia Pendant shattered, and Yun Feng and Valfay rushed out in response.

• Roland fought Langgedo and Dokger recklessly with Sacrifice, using the Myriad Dragon Chants to keep them from escaping or killing him quickly.
• Roland concealed the Dragon-slaying Sword beneath his spear attacks and drove it into Dokger’s abdomen, but Dokger severed Roland’s arm and threw the sword through his chest.
• Langgedo stopped Dokger’s bleeding and fled through a spatial rift with him, leaving Roland behind as his life force burned out.
• Roland died at dawn while thinking of Nyx and lamenting that he would not see the day’s sun.
• Nyx woke in distress and found the paired Bauhinia Pendant shattered, while Yun Feng recognized it and roared Omsk’s name.
• Adilai stayed beside Nyx as Yun Feng flew from the castle and Valfay followed him.

Anthony Dos and Thunder Dragon Kurt found Roland dead in the Misty Mountains, then discovered he had been the king and an Imperial Elector. Dos vowed to investigate his murder and find his sister, while Kurt suspected a conspiracy.

• Dos and Kurt arrived at the battlefield and found Roland's corpse, his severed arm, and no sign of his dragon.
• Dos honored Roland and sensed that Dokger and Langgedo's Battle Qi remained in his body.
• Dos uncovered Roland's crest and armor, recognized him as the king and an Imperial Elector, and wept over his death.
• Kurt searched the area and found no other traces of battle, then questioned how Roland had died alone without his dragon.
• Dos explained that an Elector Count could inherit the throne, and Kurt urged him to find his sister and prepare for possible civil war or conspiracy.
• Dos decided to take Roland's body with him and investigate what had happened.

After Roland’s death, Yun Feng and the others learned that the paired Bauhinia Pendant had shattered and sent out a search for him. In a mysterious golden realm, a phantom offered Roland a way back through the sacred rings, and golden light began shining from his corpse.

• Anthony Dos wrapped Roland’s corpse and belongings, secured him on the Dragon Saddle, and set out to discover what had happened.
• Yun Feng learned that the two Dragon Knights were not with Roland and revealed that Princess Nyx’s paired Bauhinia Pendant had shattered, leading the others to fear Roland had died.
• Omsk ordered the Dragon Knights to be notified and all Sky Knights sent to search for Roland.
• Roland awoke in a chaotic realm before a golden phantom, which asked whether his sacrifice had been worth it.
• The golden phantom told Roland that the way back lay beside him and urged him to return through the sacred rings.
• Golden light began to shine from Roland’s corpse.

Roland met the Dragon God and thirty-one former emperors of Lagrange in a vision after his death, learning that his ancestry, Dragon Knight status, and Holy Rings had brought him before them. Their power began restoring his body, leaving Anthony Dos and Kote watching his skeleton glow as his severed arm reattached.

• Anthony Dos uncovered Roland's body and found two Holy Rings radiating immense power, while Kote sensed that their energy was draconic in origin.
• Roland recognized the golden phantom as the Dragon God, who explained that Roland could meet him because he was descended from the Dragon God, was a Dragon Knight, and possessed Holy Rings.
• The Dragon God told Roland that a Dragon Rider Holy Ring could draw on the nine Holy Rings to revive him, but Roland lamented that he possessed only the Ring of Glory and the Ring of Mercy.
• Thirty-one former emperors of Lagrange appeared and blessed Roland, urging him to return and live before they and the Dragon God faded away.
• The Holy Rings released brilliant light around Roland, transforming his flesh into golden energy and restoring his severed right arm as fine golden patterns spread over his skeleton.

Roland revived through a burst of golden, divine power, convincing Kurt that the Lagrange royal family carried the Dragon God's bloodline. As Anthony Dos and Kurt welcomed Roland back, Dos gathered dragonkind in the forest and prepared to lead them to his Knight.

• Kurt pulled Anthony Dos away from Roland's glowing bones, sensing the power of a god.
• Golden light restored Roland's flesh, and Kurt recognized the Dragon God's power in him and knelt in reverence.
• Dos frightened a Giant Claw Bear with his roar and Dragon Breath, then attracted Dragon Blood Beasts to his side.
• A Blade Wing Ground Dragon, a Wind Element Two-legged Wyvern, and other dragonkind pledged loyalty to Dos, who decided to lead them to save his Knight.
• Roland sat up after the light faded, and Anthony Dos and Kurt knelt and greeted him as the inheritor of the Dragon God's bloodline.

After Roland was resurrected, Dos Antony introduced himself and praised Roland’s battle against two Sixth Tier Professionals. Roland then tried to locate his missing dragon, while Dos was already searching for Roland’s killer with the King Slayer’s Proof.

• Roland asked Dos Antony who he was, and Dos knelt to greet him as the Elector Count before supporting him when his legs gave way.
• Dos praised Roland for fighting two Sixth Tier Professionals, and Roland accepted the flattery with pride.
• Roland asked where Dos had found him and whether his dragon was there, but Dos had not seen Roland’s dragon.
• Kote reminded Roland and Dos that Dragon Rider Contracts could sense locations and Dragon Flutes could summon dragons.
• Roland discovered that he had no Dragon Flute, and Kote guessed that Roland had contracted with a young dragon.
• Dos defended the honor of Elector Counts, while Roland decided not to reveal the truth; elsewhere, Dos used the King Slayer’s Proof to search for Roland’s murderer.

Dos led a horde of dragons into the Orc kingdom to avenge Roland, whose Dragon Rider Contract had suddenly reconnected with him. The dragons invaded the underground city, where the Orcs and their four Sixth Tier fighters fought back.

• Dos gathered more than twenty dragons and led them in destroying Orc settlements as they followed the scent of Langgedo and Dokger.
• Dos sensed Roland’s return through their Dragon Rider Contract but continued his revenge, ordering the dragons to burn and break into the Orcs’ underground tunnels.
• The dragons entered the underground kingdom and attacked the Orcs, while Langgedo realized they had come to fight to the death.
• The Orcs charged the dragons, and their four Sixth Tier Professionals unleashed their trump cards.
• Dos confronted Langgedo and Dokger as the dragon horde battled the four Sixth Tier Orcs amid collapsing underground structures.

Dos and the dragons devastated the Orc kingdom after learning that Langgedo had killed Dos’s knight, then pursued the fleeing Orcs. The Orc King and his survivors realized the attack was tied to Langgedo’s secret, but Dos remained determined to hunt them down.

• The dragons overwhelmed the Orcs, and a Golden Dragon crushed the gravely wounded Dokger beneath its foreclaw.
• Dos recognized Langgedo as one of the Orcs who had killed his knight and destroyed the underground city in a furious strike.
• The Orc King and the other surviving Orcs escaped through space, abandoning their kingdom and comrades.
• Langgedo explained to the survivors that the dragons were avenging the knight he had killed, and the Orc King decided to lie low.
• Dos gathered his wounded dragons and continued tracking the fleeing Orcs by following the king-slayer blood curse on Langgedo.

Roland reunited with Dos, who had survived and gathered dragons to help him take revenge in the Orc Kingdom. Dos learned that Dragon Island had lost its royal bloodline and that he was its last Dragon Emperor, while Roland realized he could not force the gathered dragons to become human partners.

• Roland, Dos Antony, and Kote followed the contract toward Dos while Kote rejoiced at carrying a Golden Dragon Knight.
• Dos sensed a powerful young dragon approaching and ordered the gathered dragons to quiet down as they prepared to protect him.
• Roland and Dos reunited in the air, and Dos caught Roland as he glided toward him.
• Kote introduced himself and Dos Antony, then told Dos that Dragon Island had no royal bloodline and that its clan leaders ruled jointly.
• Dos said he had gathered the dragons to help him take revenge, while Roland considered recruiting them and Dos warned him that dragons could not be forced into contracts.

Dos hunted the three surviving Orcs with Roland and the dragons, while Dos Antony and Kurt intercepted them ahead of the group. Dos Antony attacked the Orcs, and a bolt of purple lightning struck as the battle continued.

• Dos told Roland that the Orc kingdom had been destroyed and that three sixth-tier Orcs had escaped, then used the Kingslayer's curse to track them.
• Dos sent Kurt and Dos Antony ahead to block the Orcs' route while he led the dragons through the mountains.
• The Orc king and the surviving Langgedo fled north toward the Fortress of Gundabad, believing it would protect them from the dragons.
• Dos Antony and Kurt ambushed the Orcs, but a sixth-tier earth-element warrior deflected Dos Antony's Axe-Spear with his shield.
• A dragon claw struck the shield-bearing Orc and sent him flying, then a thick bolt of purple lightning descended from the heavens.

Roland and the dragons fought the three powerful Orcs, but the Sixth Tier warriors proved difficult to defeat even while surrounded. Roland withdrew to recover and used Holy Shield Ailiyar to send a thousand phantom duplicates charging at the Orcs.

• Kurt shielded Dos Antony from lightning, while the Orcs’ attacks revealed that Langgedo could use Infinite Sword Saint and nearly kill Dos.
• Roland survived after his Sacrifice was stopped and joined the fight, while the Golden Dragon’s Dragon Breath battered Langgedo.
• Dos used Void Claw to wound the earth-element Overlord, who healed himself with Breath of the Earth.
• Roland rode Dos into battle against the Orc King, then withdrew when the Sixth Tier warriors proved too strong.
• Roland activated Holy Shield Ailiyar and sent a thousand phantom duplicates forward to disrupt the Orcs and buy time.

As the battle against the Orcs dragged on and Dos’s borrowed strength began to fade, Roland tried to awaken Myriad Dragon Chants. Inside the divine artifact, he met the remnant soul of Osbaia, learned the fate of Dos’s father, and declared that he was ready to accept the lance’s power and responsibility.

• Dos told Roland that his strength was ebbing and that killing the Orc sixth-rankers would be difficult.
• Dos urged Roland to unlock Myriad Dragon Chants, so Roland left the battle and tried to communicate with the lance.
• Roland was drawn into a silvery-white space, where Osbaia recognized him as a Dragon Knight and examined his contract.
• Roland identified Osbaia as the Dragon Rider commander and told him that his partner, Mair, had died alongside the Balrogs, leaving Dos as the survivor.
• Osbaia warned Roland that Myriad Dragon Chants carried both power and responsibility, and Roland said he had made up his mind to keep fighting.

Osbaia recognized Roland as the rightful wielder of Myriad Dragon Chants and unsealed the lance’s true power. Roland entered the battle, where one swing of the lance instantly killed the Orc King, a Sixth Tier Sword Saint.

• Osbaia stripped Roland’s control over his divine artifacts, then discovered his blessings and Human Emperor marks and declared him suited to wield Myriad Dragon Chants.
• Osbaia warned Roland about the lance’s fierce power, urged him to stay true to himself, and revealed that his remnant soul had fused with the lance.
• Roland returned to the battle and had Myriad Dragon Chants draw Dragon Power from both him and Dos, causing Dos to shrink and Roland to fall from the sky.
• Roland charged the Orc King alone, and the Orc King broke Roland’s lance with his axe while trying to capture him.
• Myriad Dragon Chants unleashed dragon phantoms as Roland blocked the Orc King’s attack, cutting through his weapon and killing him with a single swing.