Recaps

Kazak brought Charles to Velin’s castle to apologize, and Velin accepted their gifts and ended the dispute. Velin then traveled with Kyle toward West River Province, planning to pursue new business opportunities before the coming war.

• Kazak and Charles surrendered their weapons, presented Cloud Silk Fabric, and asked Velin to forgive Charles.
• Velin accepted the gifts and declared the dispute over, while Kyle kept the gratuity Kazak had given him.
• Velin planned a return to West River Province to establish a Manor, sell Ice Blue Potion, and retrieve a Stranger’s book from Rando City.
• Velin learned that the Kingdom of Kuber and the Isle Half-elf Kingdom would fight the Third Ice Island War and considered selling potions to profit from it.
• Velin and Kyle paid seven hundred Gold Coins and entered the Teleportation Array with other nobles traveling to West River Province.

Velin returned to Windsor Castle with Kyle and explained the prosperity of Eagle Territory on the way. After reuniting with his father, Angus, he offered him a Golden Apple Tree that could improve cultivation talent, while concealing the important details of how he obtained it.

• Velin helped Kyle recover after they used a Teleportation Array, then rode with him through West River Province toward Eagle Territory.
• Velin told Kyle that Eagle Territory had no serfs and offered commoners free aptitude tests and access to academies.
• Angus learned that Velin was returning, reviewed reports on his children, and told Elisa the news.
• Velin arrived at Windsor Castle, left Kyle to wait, and went to see Angus in his study.
• Velin gave Angus a Golden Apple Tree and explained that its fruit could improve cultivation talent, while withholding key details about its origin.

Velin returned to his family’s estate, where Angus agreed to grant him a manor and three reasonable requests. Angus told Velin how the Sand Mountain Campaign had left him with lasting injuries, then led him into the basement of Secondary Castle No. 6.

• Angus agreed to give Velin a manor in a mid-level mana energy environment and grant him three requests within reasonable limits.
• Velin told Angus that Madmonchi Colombo had sent his regards, then asked why Angus had not advanced beyond High-Gold.
• Angus recounted how his legion covered the retreat at the Sand Mountain Campaign, where he was seriously wounded and fewer than a thousand Iliyans survived.
• Angus explained that the reported Human Allied Forces victory concealed the losses and that his injuries had mostly recovered, leaving him close to a breakthrough.
• Velin shared a warm dinner with Angus and Elisa, then returned to Secondary Castle No. 7.
• The next morning, Angus led Velin through a guarded entrance into the basement of Secondary Castle No. 6.

Angus brought Velin to the Ex Family’s secret plantation, where Velin planted the Golden Apple Tree in the heart of its Magic Crystal Mine. Alro welcomed the tree as a new member of the plantation, and Angus and Velin returned to Windsor Castle after discussing Alro’s age and frail appearance.

• Angus took Velin through a Teleportation Array to White Rock Plantation and explained its value and secrecy.
• Angus introduced Velin to Alro Ex, who gave Velin several glowing Seeds before finishing his conversation with the plants.
• Alro led Angus and Velin to the mine’s Mana-rich core, where Velin planted the Golden Apple Tree.
• Alro communicated with the Golden Apple Tree and welcomed it to its new home at White Rock Plantation.
• Angus told Velin that Alro was 222 years old and had looked frail for more than thirty years because his mindset had grown old.
• Angus and Velin returned to Windsor Castle through the Teleportation Array.

Velin chose Moonwater Manor as his private property, planted two Glowing Grapes there, and set out to visit the Blood Moon Count in Tangks Province. Roccus gained a chance for his son Anthony to train as a Knight Squire at Windsor Castle, while Velin arrived at the West River Province Capital and teleported to Tangks Province.

• Angus gave Velin information on eligible manors, and Velin selected Moonwater Manor before asking for connections to the Kingdom of Kuber's military.
• Velin spent a week with his mother, then traveled to Moonwater Manor and officially took ownership of it.
• Velin told Butler Roccus to keep managing the manor as before and ordered him to clear twenty mu of land.
• Velin planted two Glowing Grapes and promised Roccus a recommendation for Anthony to receive Knight Squire training at Windsor Castle if the plants were cared for properly.
• After watching the Glowing Grapes grow for a week, Velin left for Tangks Province to visit the Blood Moon Count and pursue a trade route for Ice Blue Potion.
• Velin paid seven hundred Gold Coins to use the Teleportation Array from the West River Province Capital to Tangks Province.

Velin and Kyle entered the Blood Moon Territory, where Velin learned how the Ex family's support and traditions allowed its lands to prosper. They reached Blood Moon City and approached Blood Moon Castle, where Velin saw one of Count Miyali's Gold-grade Dragon Riders and vowed to build a flying knight order of his own.

• At the border outpost, Velin presented his Ex Family crest and received a red travel permit from a knight who explained that many serfs and Freemen fled to the Blood Moon Territory.
• Velin told Kyle that family backing, access to resources, low taxes, and strong traditions let the Ex family support commoners while developing capable recruits.
• Velin and Kyle traveled through welcoming towns and arrived in Blood Moon City, where they headed toward Blood Moon Castle.
• Velin saw a Gold-grade knight riding a Winged Dragon and said he would build a flying knight order once he gained enough strength.

Velin arrived at Blood Moon Castle and met his uncle Delgos, the Mystic Fairy Verit, and his grandaunt Miyali and granduncle Vitris. After witnessing Miyali and Vitris tease each other, Velin toured the castle with Miyali and Derrigos.

• Delgos welcomed Velin to Blood Moon Castle and escorted him inside.
• Verit took Velin's Ice Blue Magic Potion in exchange for a sweet fruit and gave him another as a reward.
• Velin found Miyali and Vitris sparring, then introduced himself to his grandaunt and granduncle.
• Vitris offered to take Velin somewhere fun, but Miyali warned him not to lead Velin astray, and Derrigos said he had arranged for the city's entertainment establishments to close if Vitris visited.
• Miyali and Derrigos ignored Vitris's protest and took Velin on a tour of the castle.

Velin visited Blood Moon Castle and learned that the Kube Kingdom’s military had secretly arranged a trade for supplies, giving him a chance to sell his own goods at a trading fair. At the fair, a Kube noble questioned whether Velin’s Ice Blue Magic Potion worked, and a potion maker began testing it.

• Velin toured Blood Moon Castle with Miyali and told her he had come to trade with the Kube Kingdom’s military before war broke out with the Is Half-Elf Kingdom.
• Miyali revealed that the Kube Kingdom’s military had already contacted the family to buy military supplies, and she invited Velin to attend a trading fair with Derrigos.
• Velin spent the following week at the castle, then followed Derrigos to an underground musical theater for the secret fair on June 3.
• Carrol reported that nobles and Shadow Knights had arrived, and Derrigos warned Velin to keep the deal secret and begin negotiations at ten times his target price.
• The trading fair opened, and Velin watched the Kube representatives bargain with Ilia Kingdom nobles before a young Kube noble asked about his Ice Blue Magic Potion.
• The young noble sent for a potion maker, who began testing the Ice Blue Magic Potion after Velin agreed.

Velin fulfilled the Blood Moon noble’s order for ten thousand bottles of Ice Blue Magic Potion and was taken by Vitris to Summer Dream Lake, a famed destination for nobles seeking love. He arrived in the bustling town, learned its history from Mayor Fiona, and set off to explore on his own.

• Velin agreed to sell ten thousand bottles of Ice Blue Magic Potion to a young noble for three hundred thousand Gold Coins and later retrieved the potions with Kyle.
• Vitris secretly took Velin on a wyvern to Summer Dream Lake, while Miyali learned of his trip and planned to deal with him when she returned.
• Vitris left Velin with Mayor Fiona Dorons, who explained how Miyali had developed Summer Dream Lake into a renowned Love Holy Land.
• Velin asked Fiona to let him explore alone, then stopped at a roadside stall and asked the price of an ordinary Cat Mask.

Velin attended the Summer Dream Festival at Summer Dream Lake with his great-uncle Vitris and befriended a silver-haired masked girl whose name he never learned. After returning to Blood Moon Castle, Velin saw Vitris suffer the consequences of a visit with Count Miyali.

• Velin bought a Cat Mask, explored Summer Dream Lake, and briefly bumped into a silver-haired masked girl.
• The silver-haired girl sat with Velin, and they talked about their families, home provinces, marriage expectations, and her missing uncle.
• When her bracelet alerted her that her uncle had appeared, the girl left after promising to tell Velin her name if they met again.
• Vitris joined Velin, who said he had made a stranger friend, and took him back to Blood Moon Castle after dawn.
• Velin noticed Vitris had dark circles days later, and Vitris revealed that Miyali's Battle Qi had attached to his eyes.
• Miyali confronted Vitris, who tried to flee, but she caught him with Moon Shadow Dance and punched him as the nearby guards continued their patrols.

After completing a lucrative potion sale, Velin left Blood Moon Territory and traveled to Kurze Province to find the Stranger’s book. His search for a map in the provincial capital led the Security Team to suspect him of being a spy, and he was taken in while his family crest was appraised.

• Velin received three hundred Gold Notes for delivering ten thousand bottles of Ice Blue Potion and said farewell to Miyali’s family before leaving Blood Moon Castle.
• Velin arrived in Tangks Province, sent Kyle back to Kadlo Province, and traveled alone to Kurze Province.
• Velin crossed the provincial capital, observed its fervent support for the royal family, and entered a shop to ask for a map to Rando City.
• The merchant reported Velin to the Security Team, and Captain Wells confronted him and confiscated his Knight Sword.
• Velin showed Wells the Ex Family Crest and agreed to go to the Security Department while the crest was taken for appraisal.

After the guards confirmed Velin’s noble identity, they apologized and gave him a map and travel pass, allowing him to continue to Rando City. He bought a house there and later discovered that the one-armed seller had secretly left money to help his son attend Mage Academy.

• Wells had Old William verify Velin’s Family Crest and learned that Velin was the fifth son of Earl Eagle Angus and related to Duke Moravia.
• Wells apologized to Velin, returned his crest, and gave him a detailed map and travel pass as compensation for the guards’ mistake.
• Velin rode for three days to Rando City and found the house Old Thor had told him about.
• Velin paid the one-armed owner one hundred Gold Coins for the house and received its land deed and house deed.
• The one-armed man left five Gold Coins for Dol and departed after hearing Dol ask when his father would return and his mother promise to send him to Mage Academy.

Velin uncovered a hidden chamber beneath his house and triggered a recording left by a Stranger from his homeland. The Stranger explained the two items stored there, and Velin was left with the chance to claim them.

• Velin searched and excavated beneath his house for three days before breaking through a layer of rock casing with his Knight Sword.
• Velin entered a vast underground chamber and approached a Rock Pillar holding a book and a strange object inside a Seven-Colored Bubble.
• A Soul Body tested Velin with questions about his previous life, and a recording of a young man appeared after Velin failed to answer the third question.
• The Stranger explained that the book was his Druid's Book, containing magical knowledge and plant-cultivation experience.
• The Stranger said the other object was a Seed disguised as a fake key, which would take about three hundred years to bear fruit and could help its first living bearer become a legend.

Velin returned to Lake of Praying Stars after retrieving the Druid's Book and Key-shaped Seed, finding his territory transformed by rapid growth and development. He planned to seek a title promotion, expand his lands, and prepare for a future war with the Dwarf Kingdom.

• Velin left the cave with the Druid's Book and Key-shaped Seed, then buried his house deeds and a letter before departing Rando City.
• Velin traveled through Cadro Province, passed dozens of famine-stricken bandit groups, and returned to his territory after five days.
• Velin reached Star Prayer Town and learned that Belder was away in Orlando Town, so he ordered Belder to meet him at the castle.
• Kyle reported that Lake of Praying Stars had tripled in population, bringing the people under Velin's command to nearly eighty thousand.
• Velin learned that most new arrivals were serfs from bankrupt Pioneers and decided to pursue a title promotion, claim more land, and prepare for war with the Dwarf Kingdom.

Velin investigated three suspicious settlers in Star Prayer Town and concluded that they were likely disguises of the same young silver dragon, though he chose not to confront him. In August, Lake of Star Prayer celebrated its first harvest, and news arrived that the kingdom was preparing a retaliatory campaign against the Gray Mang Wasteland.

• Velin learned that a young silver dragon had settled in Star Prayer Town and asked Belder to investigate.
• Belder reported three suspicious settlers, and Velin visited them while disguised, suspecting Jetta, Arl, and Aljettah were one person.
• Velin and Belder left Aljettah’s tavern without confronting the silver dragon, who realized he had been discovered.
• Velin and the silver dragon left each other undisturbed for nearly half a month.
• Lake of Star Prayer gathered its first harvest in August, easing grain shortages and encouraging the new freemen.
• Velin received word from the kingdom’s 16th Knight Order that a large retaliatory campaign against the Gray Mang Wasteland was imminent.

Velin received offers from Madmonk, his elder brother Isis, and his Third Uncle Bamond to help him join the military operation and earn merit. He chose to join the Sailop Legion's logistics unit through his own efforts, then prepared to settle his Peerage advancement and the Silver Dragon matter before the troops assembled.

• Madmonk offered Velin a place in the Sailop Legion's logistics transport unit, where he could earn military merit.
• Calons arrived on Isis's behalf and invited Velin to take command of a five-thousand-man battalion in the Dany Legion.
• Velin declined Isis's offer, explaining that he wanted to build his own connections and achieve advancement through his own efforts.
• Velin wrote a reply accepting Madmonk's offer and sent it with Kyle to be delivered.
• Bamond wrote to Velin offering help through the Sailop Legion, and Velin decided to discuss it with his uncle when they met.

Velin continued learning Druid magic and managing his estate, then invited Aljettah to visit his castle. The chapter ended with Velin halting his unsuccessful effort to cultivate high-yield Sweet Grass.

• Velin practiced the Thorn Spell and used the Immersive Game Helmet to improve his command skills, losing all thirty thousand soldiers in a virtual battle.
• Kyle delivered Randolph's report that the Black-skinned Meat Pigs were breeding well and that eight were ready for slaughter; Velin ordered the boars separated and two hundred jin of pork sent to his castle.
• Velin wrote an invitation for Aljettah, and Belder delivered it to the Adventurer's Tavern owner, who agreed to visit in five days.
• Velin inspected the Sweet Grass crop, learned that its fourth generation still produced too little juice, and suspended the cultivation plan.

Velin hosted Aljettah for a private banquet and befriended the silver dragon, who offered to help in future crises for a fee. After Aljettah left, Velin considered using their friendship to make contact with the Silver Dragon Burke Kingdom, though he knew he needed greater strength and their trust first.

• Velin welcomed Aljettah to his castle and received a book of the silver dragon’s insights into cultivating plants as a gift.
• Velin and Aljettah shared grilled food and talked about Aljettah’s preference for peace and his choice to settle in the Lake of Star Prayer.
• Aljettah declared Velin his friend and offered to help with future crises in exchange for payment.
• Velin guessed that Aljettah came from the Silver Dragon Burke Kingdom and considered using their friendship to establish contact and build a Teleportation Array.
• Velin joked about giving Kyle more duties, then sent him to train at the Training Ground.

Velin prepared Lake of Star Prayer for a baronial promotion and learned of rare flowers that could help repair the soul, but the coming war made retrieving them dangerous. Meanwhile, Captain Lester and four companions entered the territory in disguise to assess Velin before the official inspection.

• Velin reviewed the revised promotion rules and tasked Belder with completing a Life Church and tightening public security before the kingdom's review team arrived.
• Velin received a Guidance of Fate revealing Mutated Moonlight Flowers in a cave west of Lake of Star Prayer and decided to wait for a safer chance to retrieve them.
• Captain Lester led four disguised outsiders into Lake of Star Prayer to investigate Velin before the review team arrived, warning them not to cause trouble.
• After entering Star Prayer Town, the five split up, and Lester gathered information at the Adventurer's Tavern, where townspeople praised the Life Church, Velin, and Belder.

Lester and the other Review Officers arrived at Lake of Praying Stars to assess Velin’s Pioneer territory, and Velin welcomed Lester with wine and frank conversation. Lester revealed that the King had tightened the Pioneer Promotion to Baron rules after nobles fled last year’s monster attacks, leaving Velin reassured about the changes.

• Lester gathered information in a tavern and learned from the other four Review Officers that they only needed to wait for the main review party and follow procedure.
• The Review Team arrived at Star Prayer Town, where Belder told Velin that Lester had been drinking in taverns and investigating the territory.
• Velin welcomed Lester, who assigned the other four supervisors to inspect Lake of Praying Stars and recorded Velin’s strength as High-Silver Knight without testing him.
• Velin invited Lester to the Adventurer's Tavern, where Lester explained that the King had punished nobles who fled last year’s monster attacks and changed the Pioneer Promotion to Baron rules.
• Lester predicted that few noble descendants would return west to pioneer for the next ten years, then declined Velin’s offer to work for him and continued drinking with him.

After Lester and Velin exchanged information and finished the assessment, the Review Team approved Velin’s promotion. Velin selected his banner, crest, territory name, and tax method, becoming a Baron once the filing was completed.

• Velin and Lester drank together, then Lester pretended to be drunk to end their conversation without drawing suspicion.
• Lester met with the other four Review Team members and accepted the reported population figure of twenty thousand while ordering Ente to finish the territorial survey quickly.
• On the fourth day, Lester announced that Velin had passed the promotion assessment and outlined the rights and obligations of a Baron.
• Velin presented a red banner bearing crossed swords and a star, chose the Ex Family Crest, and named his territory Lake of Star Prayer.
• Velin chose material taxation, agreeing to pay three thousand Gold Coins or equivalent materials each year after his three-year exemption.
• Lester completed the filing documents and left with the Review Team, while Velin’s status changed from Pioneer to Baron.

Velin celebrated Qixing Territory’s founding by granting its people a seven-day holiday, which became the annual Star Prayer Week and inspired a growing local tradition. After the festivities, a priest named Lavia arrived in Star Prayer Town, and Belder learned that the burly clergyman had become a priest after being expelled from paladin training for beating up his classmates.

• Velin declared a seven-day holiday to mark Qixing Territory’s founding, and the people around Lake of Praying Stars joined the celebrations.
• Belder recorded the holiday customs in Star Prayer Week's Grace, including the seven days named Star Prayer, Flowers, Music, Life, Gratitude, Bathing, and Velin.
• Velin visited Eunice and his Rock Lizards, reassured Eunice that he would keep his promise, and learned that a priest had arrived.
• Belder questioned Priest Lavia about his background, and Lavia explained that he had transferred from paladin training after beating up all his classmates.
• Lavia told Belder that Mass Heal was the divine spell he was best at.

Velin welcomed Priest Lavia to the Life Church in Qixing Territory and gave him land to farm. Later, Velin sent Iden and five other warriors into Colorado in the Underdark to gather intelligence, while Anastasia sensed the teleportation fluctuations and returned to meditation.

• Lavia promised Velin he would not interfere in the lord's decisions and asked for land to farm, so Velin allocated one hundred acres to the Life Church.
• Velin showed Lavia around the church, and Lavia prayed before settling in and tending the land behind it.
• After half a month of monitoring Lavia without finding anything unusual, Velin ordered surveillance withdrawn and prepared a Vanguard Squad to explore Colorado.
• Velin instructed the six warriors to gather intelligence, protect the Teleportation Array's location, and return alive; he also asked Belder to investigate Iden's wife, Marilyn.
• Iden led the squad into the underground passage, and Velin ordered the Earthen Fort secured after they disappeared inside.
• Anastasia sensed the teleportation fluctuations from the Ice Castle, briefly looked toward their source, and resumed meditating.

Iden’s six-man squad explored the Underdark and witnessed deadly conflicts among its inhabitants and monsters. After mapping nearby passages and narrowly avoiding discovery, Iden ended the mission and led the squad back through the Teleportation Array.

• Iden led his squad through the Teleportation Array, leaving Half and Kulu to guard it while the other four explored the tunnels.
• Iden and his team witnessed a huge snake kill Gray Dwarves, then saw giant spiders attack the Gray Dwarves and drive off their Goblin captives.
• Iden ordered the team to retreat and explore nearby passages, and over six days they observed numerous conflicts and nearly encountered a group of Dark Elves.
• The squad sealed the cave entrance and recorded fifteen accessible routes leading to underground caverns, identifying passage No. 9 as the most dangerous.
• Iden decided to end the mission to protect the Teleportation Array from discovery, then led all six squad members back to the surface.

Iden and the Vanguard Squad returned safely from their reconnaissance of the Underdark, and Iden presented their findings to Velin and Belder. Velin assigned Iden to study under Belder for a year, while the cave entrance was sealed and Iden returned to Star Prayer Town to reunite with his family.

• Iden reported the Underdark reconnaissance findings and explained that he had ended the mission to avoid risking the teleportation node.
• Belder praised Iden’s judgment, and Velin ordered Iden to study under Belder for a year so he could develop as a troop commander.
• Velin ordered the cave entrance sealed and a company stationed nearby to observe it.
• Belder gave Iden a week off, and Iden exchanged farewells with the Vanguard Squad before riding to Star Prayer Town.
• Iden returned home, met Adona, and reunited with his wife and two young daughters.
• Velin told Kyle to spend more time with Iden, then resumed handling official affairs.