Recaps

Velin negotiated with Alaric to build a Teleportation Array in the Zeferus Territory, then traveled to Fenius City to take over his new lands. After a friendly banquet with Fenius, the silver dragon offered to recommend someone to Velin.

• Alaric agreed to build the Teleportation Array in the Zeferus Territory, with the Silver Dragon Burke Kingdom receiving seventy percent of its profits and covering construction costs.
• Alaric promised an elder skilled in spatial magic would oversee construction and a legendary silver dragon would guard the Array, while Velin offered to pay fifteen percent of the construction costs.
• Velin called Alaric Uncle, then left the palace and told Kyle he would organize the Zeferus Territory before returning home.
• Velin and Seraphina traveled to Fenius City, where General Gnarn escorted them to meet Lord Fenius.
• Velin and Fenius bonded over conversation at a banquet, and Fenius offered to recommend someone to him.

Velin accepted Fenius's recommendation of Cyrus and traveled to Pakp City to take over the Zeferus Territory. After completing the oath ceremony, Velin began familiarizing himself with the City Lord's Mansion and received Siren Zephyr's first report on the territory.

• Fenius introduced Cyrus, a young military officer, and Velin agreed to take him into his service.
• Velin left Fenius's estate with Seraphina and Cyrus, accompanied by troops sent to bolster his authority.
• Velin arrived in Pakp City, where Siren Zephyr and more than ten thousand Citizens welcomed him.
• Velin swore to protect and prosper Zeferus, formally becoming its legitimate lord.
• Velin explored the City Lord's Mansion, then heard Siren report that the territory had one city, eight towns, 213 villages and tribes, and about 48,000 people.

After learning Zeferus’s military strength, Velin planned to turn the territory into a military foothold as well as a teleportation and economic hub. A decree made him the Zeferus Dragon Knight, and tribal chiefs and settlement leaders arrived in Pakp City with gifts to pay their respects.

• Ceylon reported Zeferus’s forces to Velin, who realized the territory could field up to thirty-two thousand troops in an emergency.
• Velin decided to take full control of Zeferus within half a year and build an independent dragonized creature army under Orlando, with Cyrus handling logistics.
• Fenius proclaimed Zeferus a Dragon Knight Territory, and Daus Crick pledged the Crick Tribe’s pearl as a gift to Velin.
• Velin stayed in Pakp City for a month while local leaders prepared customary gifts.
• On March 15, the tribal chiefs and Freemen settlement leaders brought gifts to Pakp City, where Velin awaited them at the City Lord’s Mansion.

Velin accepted gifts from the Crick Tribe and secured the loyalty of the forces across Zeferus Territory before preparing to campaign against the Monster Clans in the Misty Forest. Half a month later, an army of more than ten thousand gathered at the Crick region, and Velin began a war council.

• Daus Crick presented Velin with a Tri-colored Rainbow Deer, Meric Ice Stone, and Katarina, whom Velin assigned to Seraphina for training.
• Velin asked Daus to recommend a Deputy Legion Commander for training, then ordered the territory's chiefs and stewards to gather warriors for a campaign in half a month.
• At a banquet in Pakp City, Velin told Seraphina that Katarina would stay with her and learn combat skills rather than serve as an ornament.
• Katarina studied maid etiquette, combat skills, and Mana Energy while Velin sent scouts to gather intelligence on the Misty Forest.
• Half a month later, more than ten thousand soldiers assembled at the Crick region, and Velin convened the first war council.

Velin assembled the forces answering his call, promised rewards, and organized them into camps for the coming war. After ordering three days of rest before the march, he gave Katarina a choice between becoming a Head Maid and continuing her training.

• Leaders from tribes, villages, and towns reported their forces, and Seraphina counted a total of 14,886 soldiers and logistics personnel.
• Velin promised five years of tax exemption and offered Legion recruits tax relief for their families and training under his command.
• Velin appointed Xilun deputy commander and assigned commanders and troops to five camps and a Guard Camp led by Cyrus.
• Velin ordered the army to rest and reorganize for three days before marching, and several camp leaders exchanged knowing looks.
• Velin offered Katarina a place as the fourth Head Maid of Star Moon Castle or three more months of training under Seraphina, leaving Katarina uncertain which to choose.

Velin led an army into the Misty Forest to build his prestige and claim the region around Zeferus Territory. After the Dragon Person warriors defeated the gathered monsters and beasts, Velin promoted Cyrus, appointed Xilun to oversee the region’s development, and continued the campaign to clear out survivors.

• Katarina chose to become Star Moon Fort’s fourth Head Maid, and Velin warned her not to become a mere ornament.
• Velin marched more than ten thousand poorly trained soldiers toward the Misty Forest, where Seraphina gathered dozens of Monster Clan tribes.
• The Dragon Person warriors and dragonized creatures fought the monsters, while Seraphina killed Kobolds fleeing the battlefield.
• After ten hours of fighting, Velin’s forces won, and Velin promoted Cyrus to Deputy Legion Commander of Zeferus.
• Velin offered Xilun a post in the royal capital or the task of overseeing the region’s development, and Xilun chose to serve him.
• Velin’s units spread across the region to eliminate the remaining stragglers.

After the war, Velin established the Zeferus Legion and led it through selection, training, and reorganization. When Monster Clan forces threatened the East Lake District, Velin marched to meet them and began the legion’s first decisive battle.

• Cyrus announced the Zeferus Legion selection rules, and warriors competed for three thousand places over three days.
• Velin appointed Orlando as Legion Commander and named Redley, Patrick, and Cyrus among the Deputy Legion Commanders.
• Velin personally supervised three months of training before the army that had fought the Monster Clan was disbanded.
• Seraphina reported that more than ten thousand Monster Clan forces were gathering west of the East Lake District, and Velin ordered the legion to assemble.
• Velin led the Zeferus Legion to confront the Monster Clan army, and Seraphina’s magma attacks killed many monsters as the battle began.

Worton withdrew the Dragon Worship Cult’s probing force after judging that he and his subordinates could not defeat the West Wind Knight, while Velin’s army won and returned to Zeferus. Velin began reforms in the territory, then learned of another Dragon Worship Cult stronghold and weighed whom to tell about it.

• Worton ordered Enzo and Hughmo to withdraw once the Dragon Smoke Mist wore off, while considering using the silver dragon to eliminate Belger.
• The Gnolls and Ogres fled with Kobolds and Goblins as shields, and the Zeferus Legion pursued them to victory.
• Velin questioned Seraphina about nearby enemies, then received Les’s casualty and victory report and ordered proper burials for the fallen warriors.
• Two days later, Velin’s victorious legion returned to Zeferus, where he announced reforms to local government and ordered migration to the East Lake District.
• On July 1st, 9742, Velin learned of a Dragon Worship Cult stronghold east of Zeferus and considered how to use the discovery to benefit his priorities in the Ilia Kingdom.

Velin secured Fenius’s support for Zeferus Territory and then reported a Dragon Worship Cult stronghold hidden in Misty Forest. Fenius led an assault that exposed the nest and began a fierce battle, which continued as Velin and Seraphina charged into the fighting.

• Velin visited Fenius in Fenius City, praised Cyrus, and received Fenius’s promise not to stop tribal people and Freemen from moving to Zeferus Territory.
• Fenius gave Velin all thirteen volumes of Mite’s Travels before Velin returned to Pakp City.
• After investigating Misty Forest for a month, Velin reported a Dragon Worship Cult stronghold east of Zeferus Territory to Fenius.
• Fenius assembled Frost Dragon knights and six silver dragons, then led them to the hidden stronghold with Velin.
• Fenius’s Frost Breath shattered the valley’s camouflage and killed more than half the cultists, prompting three Dragon Worship Cult Bishops to transform into dragons and fight back.
• Velin rode Seraphina into combat against a Black Dragon cultist as the battle spread across the valley.

Velin helped defeat the Dragon Worship Cult attack, then investigated the destroyed Teleportation Array beneath the battlefield. After the cult’s leaders were killed and their bodies brought to Fenius City, Fenius recognized Velin’s gesture of giving him the credit and renewed his promise to help him for life.

• Velin and the Silver Dragons turned the battle against the Dragon Worship Cult, while Fenius ordered Magnus and Roderick to pursue two fleeing bishops and chased a Black Dragon himself.
• Velin ordered the remaining knights to search for stragglers, then used treants to uncover an underground chamber containing the remains of a Teleportation Array.
• Velin studied the destroyed array for five hours before emerging at night to find that Fenius had killed the fleeing Black Dragon and Green Dragon.
• The Frost Dragon knights carried three Dragon Worship Cult corpses to Fenius City, where the people cheered Fenius’s victory.
• Fenius asked why Velin had helped him, and Velin explained that he wanted protection from the cult; Fenius understood that Velin was giving him the credit and promised to help him for life.

Velin prepared to leave the Zeferus Territory, returned to Salnarda, and reunited with Kyle and Aljettah, where he met An, a Half-Dragon assassin who swore loyalty to him. After setting out for home with his companions, he crossed into the Axi Magic Kingdom and entered Crescent Province.

• Velin entrusted Zeferus's governance to Siren, arranged duties for the regional governors, and asked Katarina whether she wanted to return home with him.
• Katarina visited her grandfather and explained that she had chosen to become Velin's Head Maid.
• On January 13, 9743, Velin left Zeferus with Seraphina and Katarina and reunited with Kyle and Aljettah in Salnarda.
• Kyle introduced An, whose True Name was Anxia and who was a Silver Intermediate Cursed Assassin from a Half-Dragon tribe.
• Velin planned to settle accounts with a swindler, met the king, and then departed Salnarda with his companions five days later.
• After crossing the Moon Elf Kingdom and the Imana Half-elf Duchy, Velin crossed into the Axi Magic Kingdom and entered Crescent Province.

Velin searched Crescent City for the swindler who had sold him a fake map, waiting at the tavern and questioning its bartender. Kyle eventually spotted the disguised mage, and Velin had him compelled to leave the city so he could confront him outside.

• Velin and Kyle waited at the tavern, where Velin overheard adventurers complain about buying a fake map from a female swindler.
• Kyle questioned the bartender, but learned nothing and concluded that the map seller might use different identities.
• Velin returned to the tavern each day, determined to find the swindler.
• Velin and Kyle followed an adventure team to an alley, where Kyle sensed an intelligence dealer knocking the adventurers unconscious.
• Kyle spotted the swindler disguised as a middle-aged mage in a nearby shop and used his magic to compel the mage to leave the city.
• Velin hired a carriage out of Crescent City to meet the swindler outside.

Velin captured Zenobia, the swindler who had sold him a fake map, and discovered that she was a woman with the ability to change her appearance. Kyle transformed her into an angelic vassal, and she returned with Velin and Kyle to Crescent City under the codename Sin.

• Velin trapped the swindler in a village warehouse, sealed her magic, and beat her while Kyle watched.
• Velin's attack broke the swindler's disguise, and Kyle identified her as a woman.
• Kyle questioned the mage and learned that she was named Zenobia and could change her form without magic.
• Velin agreed to Kyle's request to make Zenobia his vassal, and Kyle inscribed Heavenly Script into her soul.
• Kyle transformed Zenobia into an angel, and she swore to atone to Velin before he gave her the codename Sin.
• Sin folded away her wings and followed Velin and Kyle back to Crescent City.

Velin toured the Ilia Kingdom’s Royal Capital with his companions and unexpectedly reunited with his parents. At Moon Shadow Manor, he revealed that he had spent the past two years traveling across several kingdoms and duchies and had arranged for a Teleportation Array linking Qixing Territory to the Silver Dragon Burke Kingdom.

• Velin entered Ilia City through the passage for high nobles, bought a city map, and planned a half-month tour with his companions.
• Elisa spotted Velin in the North City District, so she and Angus decided to find him the next morning.
• Velin encountered his parents outside his inn and went with them and his companions to Moon Shadow Manor.
• Angus asked Velin how Qixing Territory was being governed, and Velin admitted he had not returned there for two years.
• Velin recounted his travels and announced that King Alarick Salnarda had agreed to build a Teleportation Array connecting the Silver Dragon Burke Kingdom to Qixing Territory, shocking Angus and Elisa.

Velin settled the Teleportation Array arrangement with his parents, then followed Guidance of Fate to find Zelia, a young man preparing to die. He stopped Zelia and began asking why he thought Velin had not come to help him.

• Velin told Angus he was also a Dragon Knight and offered Qixing Territory's twenty-percent share of the Teleportation Array, while Angus agreed to negotiate the family's share and cover construction costs.
• Velin postponed visiting Krell and traveled with Kyle to House No. 87 on Thirty-Sixth Street to find a young man marked by Guidance of Fate.
• Kyle learned that the young man was named Zelia, whose father Selvin had died in the war against the Dwarves, and that Zelia had been expelled from the Fourth Mage Academy amid rumors of a frame-up.
• Two days later, Velin and Kyle returned to Zelia's house and found him preparing to stab himself with a short sword.
• Kyle restrained Zelia, and Velin took the sword from him before asking why Zelia assumed he had not come to help.

Velin saved a despairing young man by letting him experience death and having Kyle heal him, then gave him half a month to decide whether to join him. Velin reunited with Krell and followed him to Poem of Flowers Manor to meet influential young people.

• The young man stabbed himself with Velin’s Short Sword, and Kyle sealed his will and healed his heart while Velin left him to recover.
• The young man woke, accepted Velin’s explanation that God wanted him to live, and was told to stay or leave before Velin returned in half a month.
• Velin brought Kyle to the Floating Fleet Base, where Krell took half a month’s leave after learning that his old friend had arrived.
• Velin and Krell exchanged greetings and went to Poem of Flowers Manor, where Krell explained that its guests could help Velin acquire property in the royal capital.
• A noblewoman approached Krell with a smile after he led Velin and Kyle into the Manor’s side hall.

Velin visited Poem of Flowers Manor with Krell and Kyle, met Babula and other nobles, and spent several days exploring the royal capital. After Krell reunited with his fiancée Italia, Velin said farewell to him and set out with Kyle to find Aljettah and the others.

• Krell brought Velin and Kyle to Garden No. 3, where he fought a match and won two rounds against Babula Asterix.
• Velin met Babula, who offered to help him acquire property or lend him money if he needed it.
• Krell guided Velin and Kyle around the capital for seven days, visiting famous and unusual places.
• Italia found Krell, and he reconciled with his fiancée by hugging her, after which she joined their group.
• Two days later, Velin bid Krell farewell and left with Kyle to look for Aljettah and the others.

Velin brought Zelia to the South City District and offered him a choice between returning to the Mage Academy or studying under a Soul Intent Arcanist; Zelia chose the academy. Velin secured a letter of introduction from his mother and took Zelia to meet First Mage Academy headmaster Tadius.

• Velin and Kyle returned to House No. 87, where Zelia pledged his life to Velin.
• Velin offered Zelia a choice between continuing his studies at the Mage Academy or returning to Velin's territory to learn from a Soul Intent Arcanist, and Zelia chose the academy.
• Velin took Zelia to Moon Shadow Manor, where his mother Elisa wrote a letter of introduction to Tadius of the First Mage Academy.
• Velin, Kyle, and Zelia entered the First Mage Academy and were escorted by Isabelle to Tadius's office.

Velin brought Zelia to First Mage Academy, where Tadius arranged his enrollment and assigned him a teacher. Zelia began his studies in Tarien's class while Velin stayed behind to watch Tadius and Kyle play.

• Velin presented Elisa's letter to Tadius, who agreed to enroll Zelia and named himself his guarantor.
• Tadius instructed Isabelle to place Zelia in First Year Class Three, provide a second-tier living allowance, and list Angus Ex and Elisa Ex as his recommenders.
• Isabelle took Zelia to Ilia Building, where Hector completed his registration and assigned him a residence, Magic Puppets, and trained maids.
• Isabelle escorted Zelia to Tarien's classroom and asked Tarien to guide him; Zelia followed his new teacher inside.
• Velin remained in Tadius's office and watched Tadius and Kyle play against each other.

After returning to Qixing Territory, Velin convened his administrators and military commanders to address growing monster threats and review the territory’s finances, reserves, and development. The meeting left Qixing Territory prepared to muster troops and sustain itself with a substantial surplus and food stockpile.

• Tarius offered Kyle a visiting professorship at the Mage Academy, but Kyle refused.
• Aljettah told Velin he had found a brewing recipe and planned to profit from it after returning home.
• Velin returned to Qixing Territory and ordered six commanders to gather their troops at West Wind Town in half a month to address the growing monster clans near the borders.
• Belder reported that the completed Kurisk-Cadro-Qixing Highway would be followed by a trade-agreement signing with Count Rassel in August, and that Qixing Territory had earned a net income of six million Gold Coins.
• Randolph presented the Transcendent Resources figures, and Velin decided to appoint him administrator of West Wind County with forty Silver Wolf Knights under his command.
• Mike reported that Qixing Territory held 800,000 tons of grain, enough to feed 900,000 people for six years, and Velin spent the day and night addressing issues and revising policies.

Velin inspected Star Moon Fort’s forces and griffons before assembling 18,000 troops to march against the Monster Clans invading Qixing Territory. He led the central army toward the Graylight Wasteland, while recognizing that expanding the garrison would eventually let his Standing Army focus on war and training.

• Velin learned that Flora’s training had raised Star Moon Fort’s garrison strength to 236 Bronze Warriors and five Silver Warriors.
• Velin visited Xing and his griffon family, learned that Little Snow and Little Rain were pregnant again, and checked on his other magical beasts.
• At West Wind Town, Velin reviewed the assembled 18,000 warriors as the commanders of six camps saluted him.
• Velin ordered the army to set out and marched toward the Graylight Wasteland, leading the central army while the Seventh Camp and Eighth Battalion guarded the supplies.
• Velin told Kyle that he planned to expand the garrison in the future so the Standing Army could focus on fighting and training.

Black Dragon Cosmo arrived among the Monster Clans, defeated the Two-Headed Ogre, and forced the surviving chiefs to submit. After learning that the Human Army was invading, Cosmo ordered the clans to follow him to war, an order that would soon be his last.

• Goblin mage, Kobold chief Rogue, Gnoll chief Taqui, and the Two-Headed Ogre debated how to respond to Qixing Territory's army.
• Black Dragon Cosmo appeared and demanded that the Monster Clans submit, but the Two-Headed Ogre attacked him with a curse.
• Cosmo killed the Goblin chiefs caught by the curse and used acid breath against the surrounding Kobolds and Goblins.
• The Two-Headed Ogre fought Cosmo for half an hour before snapping its scepter and vanishing; Cosmo then slaughtered the Ogres nearby.
• Rogue, Taqui, and the Goblin mage submitted to Cosmo, who declared himself ruler of the land.
• After Rogue warned Cosmo that the Human Army was invading, Cosmo ordered the Monster Clans to follow him to war.

Velin’s army confronted more than thirty thousand Monster Clans led by the Black Dragon Cosmo, while Velin’s aide Kyle quickly subdued the dragon. The battle left the Monster Clan forces in disarray, and Cosmo was captured alive for Velin’s intended use.

• Velin’s army continued clearing the Graylight Wasteland, and Cassius reported that the Monster Clans were gathering or migrating away.
• Cosmo gathered more than thirty thousand Monster Clans and marched east toward the human army, while Rogue secretly prepared an escape route.
• Velin learned that a Monster Clan army was approaching and ordered his troops to advance faster.
• At the stream valley, Cosmo transformed into a dragon and challenged Velin’s twelve thousand soldiers, while Rogue fled as the battle began.
• Kyle seized Cosmo in midair, and Velin ordered the army to attack the Monster Clans and told Kyle to keep the dragon alive.

Velin tamed the black dragon Cosmo by making him surrender his treasure and serve as Starlight City's carriage driver. After Qixing Territory's army devastated the Monster Clan forces, Velin learned about a mysterious pool beneath the lake and heard a proposal to clear the remaining enemy tribes.

• Velin and Kyle used spells and pressure to make Cosmo abandon his resistance and agree to serve as Velin's second mount.
• Cosmo surrendered his treasure, which Velin had him swallow again, then transformed into a sturdy black horse and regained his magic.
• Qixing Territory's army routed the Monster Clan troops, with fewer than two thousand monsters escaping alive.
• Cosmo told Velin why he had come, sparking Velin's interest in a mysterious pool beneath the lake.
• The Seventh Camp and Eighth Battalion relieved the battle-worn units, and soldiers collected the heads of Bronze-rank and higher Monster Clan members as proof of War Merit.
• At the military meeting, Cassius requested permission to eliminate the remaining Monster Clan tribes near Luming County, and Velin called Greg, Isius, and Imogen forward.

Velin led Kyle and Cosmo through a Flower Path to investigate the pink spring beneath the lake, where Kyle’s energy clone glimpsed a misty swamp before contact was severed. Guard Midiya volunteered to enter the spring, and Velin promised him a command if he returned—or an apprenticeship for his child if he did not.

• Cassius took command of the southern expeditionary army while Velin led six thousand troops west to the lake Cosmo had identified.
• Velin used the Greenwood Staff and Kyle’s aid to build an eight-kilometer Flower Path from shore to the lakebed spring.
• Kyle sent an energy clone into the pink spring, but it vanished after revealing a misty swamp surrounded by shadowy figures.
• Velin refused Kyle’s offer to investigate and asked Cosmo about the scene, but Cosmo had never seen it.
• Midiya volunteered to enter the spring, and Velin promised to make him commander of the Ninth Battalion if he returned or arrange an apprenticeship for his child if he did not.
• Midiya jumped into the pink spring.