Recaps

Velin judged that the war in western Nangexia Continent was nearing its end and ordered his troops moved to the Titon Kingdom before the fighting was over. On April 1, the Guidance of Fate revealed a buried War Beast Puppet that Velin could claim when the Beast God died.

• Velin reviewed the nations drawn into the war and concluded that the Order faction was close to victory.
• Velin discussed the situation with Kyle, who agreed that nations would surrender once the Angoya Empire and the Viteras United Empire fell.
• Velin ordered Kyle to obtain a troop deployment order, bring Velin’s grandfather and the Floating City to the Titon Kingdom, and transport the army through the Mesier Demiplane.
• Velin arranged for the Titon Kingdom to prepare a camp and supplies for two hundred thousand troops.
• On April 1, Velin received the Guidance of Fate and learned that a War Beast Puppet was buried beneath Burareduo, where he could claim it after the Beast God’s death.

A Sky City arrived above Titon City, while Duke Moravia summoned Velin and forced him into a combat trial to improve his skills. Velin cleared the first stage but faced a much larger challenge next.

• A Sky City stopped above Titon City, and Elsa ordered supplies for another hundred thousand soldiers sent to Visha Barracks.
• Duke Moravia teleported Velin to the Floflo Floating City and sent him into a Trial Stage, while he and Kyle discussed the White Stone Slab and Velin’s lack of combat experience.
• Velin found his abilities and equipment sealed and fought one hundred and twenty High-Gold Magic Combat Puppets, defeating them with combat techniques and spells.
• The Trial Stage restored Velin’s mana and Battle Qi, then announced that he would face three hundred and sixty High-Gold combat puppets in the first Formal Stage.
• Velin resolved not to visit Duke Moravia again unless necessary and began planning how to approach the next battle.

Velin completed the three trials and learned that the war could end within two or three years through an agreement between the Beast God and the Goddess of Life. He assembled the Fifteenth Army and prepared to march, while collecting part of the wealth and art at Cummings Manor.

• Velin completed the final trial, received a badge, and returned from the Trial Secret Realm to Duke Moravia and Kyle.
• Duke Moravia explained that the Beast God and the Goddess of Life had agreed that the five Faith States would submit to the Expeditionary Army after the Crown left the world.
• Velin and Kyle went to Visha Barracks, where Velin reviewed the assembled 233,587 soldiers of the Fifteenth Army and ordered them to march in three days.
• Velin took one-third of the unusual items and artworks from Cummings Manor, prompting German City’s faction leaders to reconsider whether they had offended him.
• Velin watched carts carrying items to Cummings Manor and regretted that the Titon Kingdom had surrendered so soon.

Velin led the Fifteenth Army into Jinslin District to recruit Titon soldiers and met with the district’s governor and nobles. He urged them to pledge loyalty to Third Princess Alebella, whose importance to Elsa he understood, though the nobles doubted she could protect them.

• Velin and Elsa agreed that the Fifteenth Army could recruit in the Titon Kingdom, and Velin set out to earn enough merit for a promotion to Count.
• Velin planned to recruit ten thousand Titon soldiers and considered borrowing Adrian to command their new army.
• After three days of marching, Velin arrived in Jinslin City, where Governor Rodney Streich and local nobles welcomed him.
• Velin asked whether Rodney and the nobles would submit to Elsa or support her chosen heir, prompting Rodney to ask Velin for guidance.
• Velin warned the nobles that resisting Elsa meant death and advised them to pledge loyalty to Third Princess Alebella.

Rodney and the counts of Jinslin District learned that the Expeditionary Army had destroyed the Prance Family, forcing them to decide whether to support Queen Elsa or Princess Alebella. Velin began recruiting for the Fifteenth Army in Jinslin, drawing thousands of professionals and even young nobles seeking a future.

• Rodney told the six counts that the Expeditionary Army had captured the Prance Family's three Saint Mark powerhouses, and its allies had turned against it.
• The counts debated their choices, then separated to choose sides, while Rodney and Count Wilder warned each other to prepare for war.
• The next morning, Velin received gifts from local nobles and ordered Miller to recruit any professionals, authorizing the Ice Sword Camp to eliminate anyone who obstructed them.
• Generous enlistment bounties drew more than three thousand recruits to Jinslin City's North City District in under five days, with many more arriving from across the region.
• Some noble families secretly sent young direct-line children to enlist to preserve their bloodlines, and Velin chose to overlook their identities.

Velin led the Fifteenth Army into Saint Marta District, then chose to fight separately from the Titon Kingdom’s coalition and invade Recard District. Kyle’s Vanguard Army captured thirteen cities and expanded the Yalan Army to twenty thousand through brutal recruitment, with Velin allowing the methods to continue.

• Velin recruited more than seven thousand professionals in Jinslin District and placed Adrian in command of the Yalan Army.
• The Fifteenth Army entered Mailing City, where Velin learned that the population had fallen from 360,000 to just over 50,000 during the war.
• Marquis Servis offered Velin a choice between joining the Titon Kingdom’s coalition or fighting separately, and Velin chose to invade Recard District.
• Velin asked Kyle whether he could recreate the Badako Army, and Kyle agreed despite warning that the method would be cruel.
• Kyle led the Yalan Army and Blackrock Army into Recard District, captured thirteen cities, and grew the Yalan Army to 20,000 by forcibly recruiting professionals.
• Velin did not stop Kyle’s aggressive recruitment methods.

After the Storm Church’s defeat in Recard District, its forces retreated toward Milar District while the Breller expeditionary army abandoned Radley City. Adrian aided the starving survivors, and Kyle prepared a land assault as the Storm Church factions argued in Cabras City.

• After the Storm Church Protective Army suffered heavy losses, Archbishop Harold ordered its forces in Recard District to retreat east and make a last stand in Milar District.
• The Blue-haired Woman ordered the Breller Grand Duchy’s Fifth Legion to leave Radley by sea for Milar District, abandoning its plan to loot the city.
• Adrian found Radley City devastated, learned the Storm Church’s mobilizations had taken its food and wealth, and ordered relief for its remaining 23,837 residents.
• Quil resolved to rename Radley City after Adrian and sever its ties to the Storm Church.
• Kyle ordered Brian to occupy abandoned cities and Hebrew to attack the border near Milar District, then prepared to advance with the Yalan Army.
• In Cabras City, Bewes urged the Storm Church factions to prioritize victory in the war, and Rabel accused him of incompetence before Bewes called him a traitor.

The Storm Church’s Great Priest Inald claimed that the Storm God would soon return, restoring confidence among the Church’s forces, though he had privately admitted his words were a gamble. Kyle and Hebrew then began a coordinated invasion of the Milar District, and Velin advanced after its western region fell into chaos.

• Inald ended a dispute among Storm Church leaders, reviewed the Protective Army’s forces, and announced that the Storm God would soon return.
• The Blue-haired Woman questioned whether Inald’s announcement was true and ordered her subordinate to say she was unavailable to visitors.
• Kyle assigned forces to invade the Milar District from the south and north while Velin’s troops waited in the center.
• On July 1, 9758 of the Radiant Calendar, Kyle and Hebrew attacked the Milar District, and Velin held back until the Protective Army fell into chaos.
• After Shadow Assassins reported that the western Milar District had become uncontrollable, Velin ordered every unit to advance.

Velin’s forces intercepted Storm Knights fleeing the Miens Army and captured the Storm Church’s Candidate Saintess. After the battle, Foster Tonnes identified her as one of the church’s three Candidate Saintesses, though he knew no further details.

• Velin ordered the Silver Wolf Knights to capture the approaching Storm Knights alive as they pursued a fleeing group.
• Rorik sent his eldest son Simon and thirty Storm Knights to delay the Silver Wolf Knights, but they were killed by Silver Blades.
• Rorik’s remaining knights tried to protect the Candidate Saintess, while some prepared to kill her rather than let her fall into enemy hands.
• A Silver Wolf Knight used his companion’s Giant Form and lightning to rescue the Candidate Saintess before the Storm Knights could kill her, and Velin’s forces slew the survivors.
• Foster Tonnes introduced himself to Velin as captain of the Third Brigade of the Tonnes Army Knight Order and identified the captive as one of the Storm Church’s three Candidate Saintesses.

Kyle used the Storm Church’s Candidate Saintess and captured clergy to undermine Cabras City’s defenders and draw out their Holy Seal professionals. As Inald ordered a rescue, Kyle had the Saintess’s clothes torn, leaving the Storm Church’s leaders enraged and humiliated.

• Velin ordered a knight to deliver the Storm Church’s Candidate Saintess to the Blackrock Army, and Miller learned that Kyle planned to execute her to break the defenders’ morale.
• Kyle imprisoned the Saintess outside Cabras City and later surrounded the city with more than a hundred thousand troops.
• Kyle ordered the public beheading of successive groups of Storm Church clergy before Cabras City’s walls.
• Kyle brought the Candidate Saintess forward to bait the city’s Holy Seal professionals, and Inald assembled them and resolved to rescue her.
• Kyle ordered guards to tear off the Saintess’s outer garment, and Inald demanded that his forces bring her back.

Velin and Kyle’s forces fought the Holy Seal professionals, with Kyle sending some enemies to Velin while Kolkrath struggled against five attackers. Velin’s Qilin Giant Beast overwhelmed the Storm Priest’s beasts, and after the priest corrupted himself with Crimson Aura, the Death Knight charged at him as he stood frozen.

• Barrett, Michael Yang, and Yarlin sealed the battlefield and took three Arcane Masters and eight Holy Seal powerhouses into a temporary foreign space.
• Kyle sent Kolkrath to fight five Holy Seal professionals, then dispatched an avatar to help him while another maintained a barrier.
• Kyle teleported three more Holy Seal professionals to Velin, who summoned the Life Knight and Death Knight and sent them to fight two of the attackers.
• Velin summoned a Qilin Giant Beast with the Greenwood Staff, and it scattered the Storm Priest’s three Storm Beasts.
• The Storm Priest swallowed a crystal containing Crimson Aura, transforming as the Life Knight and Death Knight returned with the heads of two fallen Holy Seal Knights.
• The Life Knight placed one head atop the Qilin Giant Beast, then returned to Velin as the Death Knight charged the frozen Crimson Storm Priest.

Velin’s forces defeated the Storm Church’s defenders and executed the Candidate Saintess, while Great Priest Inald prepared a desperate plan to preserve the church. Inald raised his granddaughter Sabrina to the ninth seal, and the Storm God’s Godhead took her away as Inald died.

• Velin’s death knight devoured the Crimson Storm Priest, and Velin rode the Qilin Giant Beast toward Cabras City.
• Kyle executed a captured Storm Priest, and Velin ordered the Candidate Saintess’s execution after sunlight was restored over the battlefield.
• The Candidate Saintess was beheaded, prompting cheers among Velin’s army and despair and suicides among Storm Church believers in Cabras City.
• Ronald returned to the temple, entrusted Sabrina with reviving the Storm Church, and took her to a secret chamber.
• Inald used the altar to raise Sabrina’s rank to the ninth seal, and the Storm God’s Godhead carried her through a rift before Inald disintegrated and died.

The God of Mermaids and Songstresses retaliated for the Storm God's missing Godhead by destroying much of Milar District, while the Goddess of Life rescued Velin's army and transported it to the Breller Grand Duchy. The survivors regrouped near the Arland Kingdom as new reports of an invading army reached Rabber District.

• The God of Mermaids and Songstresses traced the Storm God's Godhead, failed to find it, and hurled a meteor at Milar District.
• Kyle and Velin evacuated the Fifteenth Army and other forces, while the meteor struck Milar District and killed tens of millions of Titon people.
• A Legendary Heroic Spirit delivered a Divine Artifact from its god, and the God of Mermaids and Songstresses agreed to stop interfering in land affairs.
• Velin's army arrived in Rabber District, where Velin ordered Hebrew to scout the region and Kyle predicted they would help block the Apfeng Kingdom's advance.
• The Goddess of Life rescued her followers in Milar District, while the Storm God's Protective Army suffered a collapse of faith.
• The governor of Rabber District learned from General Task that an Army of Other Gods numbering at least 100,000 had appeared in Miyami Province.

The Governor of Rabber District learned that his forces could muster only about twenty thousand troops and tasked General Task with preparing the district’s defenses while requesting reinforcements. Velin chose to split his army, sending the main force toward Haina District while Hebrew remained in Rabber District to prepare for a later invasion.

• General Task told the Governor of Rabber District that he could gather around twenty thousand troops and advised him to fortify the city, delay the enemy, and request reinforcements.
• The Governor of Rabber District gave Task authority to requisition personnel and supplies, then decided to write to Shirogane to ask for elite soldiers.
• Hebrew recommended attacking Miyami Province in Rabber District, while General Devonshire urged Velin to seize Haina District first and coordinate with the Titon Kingdom against Rabber District.
• Velin decided to send the main force of the Fifteenth Army to Haina District and leave Hebrew in command of the Thousand Forts Army in Rabber District.
• Velin placed Barrett with Hebrew for support, assigned the Ice Bear Knight Order to Devonshire, and led the army toward the Arland Kingdom the next morning.

Velin’s Fifteenth Army captured territory in the Haina District and established the Haina Army as Arland’s defenses collapsed. After the governor fled with most of his forces, Raphael chose to surrender Haina City, while only two thousand defenders remained.

• Velin’s forces captured three count’s territories, recruited professionals, and formed the Haina Army under Carlisle.
• The governor of Haina learned that the Inars Defense Line had fallen and that reinforcements could not reach him.
• The governor left eight thousand soldiers to garrison Haina City and led 130,000 men north, joined by nobles and their troops.
• Raphael told the remaining officers that he would surrender Haina City in three days and let them leave or stay.
• Half the defenders deserted by the next morning, and only two thousand remained by afternoon.
• At dawn, Raphael ordered his personal guards to help him put on his armor.

Raphael led Haina City’s remaining garrison out to surrender to the Blackrock Army, whose commanders initially suspected a trap before confirming the city was safe. After learning why Raphael had surrendered, Velin assigned him and his soldiers to Dexhil’s Haina Army and added Raphael to the Halo Plan list.

• Raphael led 1,326 soldiers out of Haina City and planted a white flag as the Blackrock Army’s vanguard approached.
• Fray arrived with the Blackrock Army and ordered Minard to confiscate the defenders’ weapons while troops checked the city for ambushes.
• Minard confirmed Haina City was safe, heard Raphael’s explanation, and arranged for the surrendered garrison to be settled.
• Kyle reported the surrender to Velin, who assigned Raphael and his soldiers to Dexhil’s Haina Army and ordered Raphael added to the Halo Plan list.

The Ilia Kingdom Expeditionary Army continued taking territory in Haina District while the Woodland Free Alliance sought to persuade Arland nobles to surrender. A young officer in the Expeditionary Army seized Megariga Town, then prepared to confront an approaching force.

• A red-haired Apfeng Kingdom viscount considered avoiding conflict with the Ilia Kingdom Expeditionary Army as he marched toward Haina District.
• An eight-hundred-man force entered Megariga Town, and its young officer ordered troops to secure the town and attack Baron Megariga’s castle.
• The officer and his soldiers stormed the castle, killed its defenders, and detained Baron Megariga’s household.
• The officer began arranging a trial, but a soldier reported that a large force was approaching, so he ordered his men to prepare for it.
• The officer sent troops to Megariga Town’s eastern exit and had the Expeditionary Army’s banner raised above the town.

Velin ordered Dexhil to retake Baili Town after the Woodland Free Alliance seized it and devastated the Yalan Army’s Third Camp. Dexhil reached the town with tens of thousands of troops and began the attack, while Gersol’s reckless occupation left his own side vulnerable.

• The red-haired youth and the young officer agreed to separate their forces around Mekajia Town and wait for negotiations.
• A messenger reported that the Yalan Army’s Third Camp had suffered devastating losses at Baili Town, and Velin ordered Dexhil to recapture it.
• Velin told Kyle he would destroy the Church of Harvest’s troops in Baili Town but would not let the conflict escalate without cause.
• Gersol refused Uncle Rex’s warning to leave Baili Town, insisting that revealing his identity would protect him.
• Dexhil received intelligence about Baili Town and ordered General Ilif and the Miens Army to attack before sunset.

Ilius’s forces captured Baili Town after defeating the Woodland Free Alliance troops, and Devonshire ordered the prisoners taken away while the town was rebuilt as a city. In Silviri City, Velin rejected Gersol’s demand for noble treatment and had him locked in a livestock shed, intending a harsher punishment later.

• Ilius attacked Baili Town from three directions, and Gersol retreated into Stone Castle’s inner keep before surrendering with his surviving guards.
• The Fifteenth Army captured Baili Town, killing over four thousand Woodland Free Alliance troops and taking more than three thousand prisoner.
• Devonshire ordered Gersol and his trusted guards sent to Silviri City and the other prisoners handed over to General Adrian.
• Devonshire ordered the armies to dismantle Baili Town and build a city, while a force of nearly thirty thousand Woodland Free Alliance troops withdrew and reported the defeat.
• Velin refused Gersol’s demand for noble treatment, pressed him into the floor, and ordered him locked in a livestock shed.

After Baili Town fell and Sir Gexor’s eight thousand troops were wiped out, Marshal Edgar suspended the offensive and ordered an investigation into the Church of Life’s forces. Lisa sought Olga’s help for her captured brother, while Miller asked the Duke of Moravia to support Velin; the Duke told him to wait until he found the Saintess and could involve a Legendary from the North Ixi Kingdom Expeditionary Army.

• A messenger reported to Marshal Edgar that Baili Town had fallen and Sir Gexor’s eight thousand troops had been wiped out.
• Edgar ordered Viscount Bunester to remain restrained, suspended the attack on the Larkia District, and directed the generals to investigate the Church of Life’s forces in the Haina District.
• Lisa asked Olga for help, and Olga advised her to distance the Anqiluo family from Gersol and blame his actions on disobeying orders.
• Olga comforted Lisa as she cried herself to sleep, then left her resting in the tent.
• Miller told the Duke of Moravia about Velin’s success in gaining leverage over the Church of Harvest and asked for support.
• The Duke told Miller to tell Velin to hold steady until he found the Saintess and could bring in a Legendary from the North Ixi Kingdom Expeditionary Army, then teleported Miller back to Xing.

Velin received Hebrew’s report of his military victories and growing army in Brera, then sent him a message of praise and warning. Meanwhile, an Apfeng Kingdom delegation arrived at Megariga Town seeking passage into Haina District, where a young officer prepared to bar their way.

• Xing finished her meal and carried Miller away from Floating City, and Miller returned to Srivili City two days later.
• Velin read Hebrew’s letter describing the Thousand Forts Army’s expansion, its conquests in Rabber District, and his decision to retreat after Brera’s forces grew dangerous.
• Velin praised Hebrew’s independent command but warned him not to become arrogant, and Kyle sent the reply to Rabber District.
• An Apfeng Kingdom delegation arrived outside Megariga Town seeking entry into Haina District, and the young officer assembled more than seven hundred troops to meet them.
• The young officer identified Marquis Kakarima as the delegation’s commander and told him that Velin had forbidden the delegation from entering Haina District.

Marquis Kakarima’s delegation was kept outside Megariga Town as Velin tightened the border defenses and waited for his grandfather before negotiations could begin. Meanwhile, the Church of Life’s Legends planned to demand extensive compensation from the Church of Harvest, and the Floating City departed the royal capital.

• Marquis Kakarima used his power to knock the young officer down, but the officer refused to yield and later accepted a healing potion from the red-haired youth.
• The young officer ordered his subordinate to report only that the delegation had arrived in Megariga Town and to conceal the confrontation.
• Velin ordered strict defenses along the Haina District and Billion District border, keeping the Apfeng Kingdom delegation outside until his grandfather arrived.
• Duke Moravia and the other Legends proposed raising Kalundin’s status and granting his relatives a duchy as part of their demands against the Church of Harvest; Saintess Anastasia said the Goddess had issued no divine oracle.
• Duke Moravia entered coordinates into the Floating City, which vanished from above the royal capital as Queen Elisa watched.

Velin learned about the Legendary figures aboard his grandfather’s Floating City and received gifts before returning to Silviri City to prepare for the western campaign. As Velin’s forces advanced toward Rabber District, the Titon Kingdom Navy defeated the Breller Grand Duchy’s Third Fleet, and its commander ordered the captured Xiloyang mutilated.

• Duke of Moravia warned Velin about the other Legendaries aboard the Floating City, advised him to reveal little during negotiations, and promised him a share of the spoils.
• Velin asked Duke of Moravia to have the Anqiluo family execute its own members, then met the other Legendaries and received gifts.
• Velin returned to Silviri City, while Marquis Kakarima and his delegation were recalled after the conflict escalated.
• On October 22, 9758, Velin left more than eighty thousand Blackrock Army and Miens Army troops in Haina District and led two hundred thousand soldiers west to occupy Rabber District.
• On October 25, the Titon Kingdom Navy destroyed the Breller Grand Duchy’s Third Fleet, captured its commander Shirogane, and seized more than ten warships.
• Clement ordered his guards to chop off the limbs of the captured Xiloyang and hang him from the stern.

Clement received Velin Ex’s military orders and arranged to land at Kakol City on November 6 to coordinate an attack on the Rabber District capital. Meanwhile, Velin placed Hebrew in charge of the campaign as the generals gathered to review his battle plans.

• Clement ordered surrendered Brera prisoners assigned to the vanguard and those unwilling to surrender thrown into the sea, while Xiloyang’s relatives were also condemned.
• A Silver Intermediate Knight arrived aboard a Mutated Griffon and delivered Velin Ex’s military orders to Clement after his identity was verified.
• Clement told the messenger that his forces would land at Kakol City on November 6 and coordinate with the Expeditionary Army’s assault on the Rabber District capital.
• Clement ordered the fleet to set sail toward Rama Island to take over the docks of the Grand Duchy of Brera’s Third Fleet.
• Velin appointed Hebrew to command the attack on the Rabber District capital while he and Kyle attended the military conference as observers.
• Hebrew presented the generals with plans for combat, routes, supplies, and Magic Energy Cannon deployment.

After five days of siege warfare, the Fifteenth Army captured Tarxi City, though Tax escaped and Leon was killed. Velin praised Hebrew and promoted him to Deputy Army Commander to lead the continuing campaign.

• With Tarxi City’s defenders depleted, Tax ordered them to resist while secretly escaping through a tunnel with his confidants.
• The Haina Army breached Tarxi City, and Leon charged the attackers before being beheaded; surviving defenders fled toward the tunnel.
• The next morning, Velin arrived at Tarxi City, where Hebrew welcomed him after the Fifteenth Army took control.
• Velin promoted Hebrew to Deputy Army Commander and left him to lead the army as the campaign continued.
• Kyle calculated that Velin’s vacation had lasted 253 days, with 103 days remaining before their agreement ended.