Recaps

Xuemiyya punished Kmelia for slacking off by hanging her from the Royal Palace flagpole, while Velin watched and Cassius tried to keep the spectacle discreet. Xuemiyya returned to the Cecilia Demiplane and asked how Hilda and Xisina were training.

• Velin gave Xuemiyya a Pointer, and she caught Kmelia slacking off and seized her Adventure Storybook.
• Xuemiyya offered Kmelia a choice between six months of study and half a month on a flagpole, but Kmelia chose the flagpole and then lost the chance to change her mind.
• Xuemiyya sealed Kmelia's magic, hung her from the Royal Palace flagpole, and left her a book to study.
• Cassius ordered patrols not to look up at Kmelia and cleared unauthorized people from the Royal Palace area.
• Velin asked Xuemiyya whether Kmelia was hung, and Xuemiyya confirmed it before asking about Hilda and Xisina's training.

Velin and Xuemiyya set up a palace staffing plan, then caught Trisa abandoning her studies and ordered her to copy a Magic Book three thousand times. Back in the palace, they began another bet, this time guessing how much wine Xing would offer its wives to help it copy.

• Velin explained that the Royal Palace would recruit maids from surrendered Okra Kingdom generals' descendants and talented orphans, with Hilda and Xisina training those suited to become Shadow Assassins and warriors.
• Velin and Xuemiyya returned to the Demiplane passage, then reopened it to check whether Trisa was studying or celebrating.
• Velin told Trisa she had to copy a Magic Book three thousand times by sunset the next day, while Xuemiyya gave her a gold coin.
• Trisa persuaded Xing to help copy the book by offering two bottles of wine per copy, and Xing flew off to recruit its three wives.
• Velin and Xuemiyya resumed betting in the Royal Palace bedchamber, wagering that the loser would be at the winner's mercy and asking how much wine Xing would offer its wives.

Velin ordered military intervention to keep the Kingdom of Skelly from remaining intact and prepared to seize Parambria Kingdom’s eastern provinces before Seraphitaine could attack. Later, Parambria’s ambassador met Kyle and Celeste, beginning talks about the crisis.

• Xing recruited his three wives to help copy a book in exchange for wine, while Xuemya won her bet with Velin and pounced on him for the night.
• Kyle told Velin that Parambria Kingdom had suffered major defeats in Skelly, so Velin sent four floating fleets and offered Parambria the Iron Cobalt Roarers.
• Kyle reported that Seraphitaine had gathered a million troops near the border, and Velin chose to seize five eastern provinces with more than 1.3 million troops under his father’s command.
• Velin appointed Hebrew deputy commander of the Third Corps and ordered three Aeran legions placed under him, while warning him that poor performance meant ten years of study with his elder brother.
• Velin released Kmelia from Xuemya’s restriction and told her to keep quiet, while Xuemya continued writing and resolved to punish her if she failed to memorize the book.
• The ambassador of Parambria Kingdom met with Kyle and Celeste at a manor in Okla City, and both sides moved directly to business.

Kyle pressured Ambassador Falk over Parambria’s military defeat and proposed occupying its five eastern provinces with Qixing troops. Duke Celeste offered Parambria a Sky Fleet and a legend to establish a Dawn Church nation in exchange for its future faith, leaving Ambassador Falk to report the terms to his king.

• Kyle told Ambassador Falk that Parambria’s campaign in the Kingdom of Skelly had suffered severe losses and demanded that Qixing troops take over five eastern provinces.
• Duke Celeste offered to coordinate a Sky Fleet to support Parambria’s campaign, and Kyle confirmed the offer.
• Duke Celeste required Parambria’s future nation on the ruins of the Kingdom of Skelly to follow the Dawn Church and offered to provide a legend.
• Ambassador Falk said he would report the conditions to his king and give an answer within half a month.
• After Falk left, Kyle insisted on thirty kilometer-class Floating Battleships, while Duke Celeste hoped the Pope would discount Velin’s debt to the church.

Kyle gave up on an idea involving Celeste and went to arrange the Floating Fleet’s deployment, while Damian agreed to seek Qixing Army support for the war against Skelly. Berichi negotiated agreements with Qixing and the Dawn Church, and a vast fleet later departed southeast.

• Kyle abandoned his proposal to Celeste and flew to meet Ignis to discuss sending the Floating Fleet to support Parambria.
• Damian read a secret letter from Ambassador Falk and summoned Berichi to negotiate Qixing Army support for the war against Skelly.
• Damian agreed to transfer a secluded region of five eastern provinces to Qixing within three months and sent Berichi to negotiate further support.
• On the 15th day of the 12th month of Radiant Calendar 9782, Berichi met Kyle and Celeste in Okla City, and the three parties signed three agreements.
• Half a month later, two hundred kilometer-class Floating Battleships flew over Okla City and headed southeast.

Elad rationed food as his Parambria Kingdom troops held Audrick City under siege, while Tross received new weapons and three days to capture it. As the city faced a renewed assault, the Third Detachment of the Third Floating Fleet approached, waiting for the most perilous moment to reveal the Qixing Army’s strength.

• Elad rejected an officer’s proposal to eat Skelly civilians and cut rations while ordering the collection of plants and the storage of magical beast meat.
• A royal envoy arrived at the Skelly army’s camp and told Tross that he would lose military authority if Audrick City was not captured within three days.
• The envoy gave Tross one hundred Iron Cobalt Roarers and twelve more powerful Spinning Steel Cannons, and Tross pledged to take the city or die.
• Tross ordered a temporary command center established and summoned the legion officers to a meeting.
• A Low-tier Soul Intent Spellcaster aboard one of the Third Detachment’s eight Floating Battleships watched the ground as the fleet headed toward Audrick City.

The Kingdom of Skelly launched a major assault on Audrick City, using Iron Cobalt Roarers and Spinning Steel Cannons to devastate the city and overwhelm its defenders. As a Parambria Kingdom floating fleet arrived to support the city, the Skelly commander ordered his forces to scatter and prepare to counterattack.

• Kingdom of Skelly troops charged Audrick City, pushed siege engines to its walls, and began climbing ladders under fire.
• Elad ordered the Holy Blood Shield raised, but the Skelly army’s Iron Cobalt Roarers and Spinning Steel Cannons shattered it and destroyed a third of the city district.
• Elad cut down Skelly soldiers who reached the wall as a Level 8 Knight attacked him and the battle spread into the city.
• The Third Detachment of the Third Floating Fleet descended to support the Parambria Kingdom army and opened fire on the Skelly forces.
• The Skelly commander ordered his vanguard into the city, his rear forces to scatter into the mountains, and his troops to fire their weapons at the Floating Battleships.

The low-tier Soul Intent spellcaster used the Floating Battleships to repel the Kingdom of Skelly's forces and called Galia to defeat a powerful old commander. The fleet continued its assault while the spellcaster watched Galia return through the spatial channel.

• The Kingdom of Skelly's middle-aged commander led his troops toward Audrick City as two Floating Battleships stayed behind and six headed for the army camp.
• The low-tier Soul Intent spellcaster ordered the six ships to defend themselves while seven Skelly Professionals attacked, then used the fleet's magic arrays to kill the Ninth Rank professional.
• The six remaining Level 8 Professionals fled, and the old marshal charged the Floating Battleships to protect the eighty thousand soldiers still in camp.
• The low-tier Soul Intent spellcaster opened a Spatial Beacon and summoned Galia, who killed the charging old marshal with Kastavi Disintegration.
• Galia returned to the control room and left through the spatial channel, while the low-tier Soul Intent spellcaster admired his power.

The Qixing Army’s Floating Battleships destroyed the Skelly military camp, helping Parambria hold Audrick City, though Elad’s Eighth Legion suffered devastating losses. As the Kingdom of Skelly’s northern command confronted its battlefield and political crises, General Tross proposed withdrawing and waiting for reinforcements.

• The Qixing Army’s Floating Battleships attacked and destroyed the Skelly military camp while allowing the retreating soldiers to escape.
• Elad mourned the losses in Audrick City, then ordered the surviving defenders to strengthen the city and continue holding it.
• The Qixing Army’s four Floating Fleets helped Parambria stabilize North Sea Province and Noir Province, killing more than three hundred thousand Skelly soldiers.
• At Titus Fortress, the Third Prince reviewed the heavy losses, Marshal Rox’s death, and the lack of reinforcements, then demanded that his generals advise him.
• General Tross recommended fortifying the position, clearing the countryside, withdrawing one hundred kilometers, and waiting for reinforcements.

The Third Prince of the Kingdom of Skelly ordered scorched-earth defenses as he worried about the war against the Palambrians and their allies. In Qixing, Velin learned that a young mage had solved a key problem in the Spinning Steel Cannon’s development and ordered Kyle to investigate the mage and bring them back if possible.

• The Third Prince of the Kingdom of Skelly ordered civilians relocated and roads, grain, mines, and forests destroyed across North Sea Province and Noir Province.
• Velin inspected a captured Spinning Steel Cannon and questioned two Aeran prisoners about its origins.
• A prisoner said a Level 4 Mage under thirty had solved the problem of channeling magic power from a Holy Blood Crystal into the cannon.
• Kyle told Velin that two Shadow Squads were deployed in the Kingdom of Skelly, and Velin ordered them to investigate the Royal Capital’s Third Magitech Engineering Institute and capture the mage if possible.
• Velin ordered Kyle to verify the prisoners’ statements from their souls and assign them as mine overseers if their accounts were true.

Velin received a task to create a misunderstanding between Celeste and Sia Sylvanas in exchange for a Legend’s promise to stay for a hundred years. He and Xuemya planned to use an illusion, and Velin decided to consult Kyle about setting a trap for Celeste.

• Kyle searched the two men’s memories, confirmed their account, and ordered them sent to the Jedi Daya Magic Crystal Mine.
• Velin ordered Lucas to return to Qixing Territory, then went to train as he prepared to advance toward Legend.
• On April 1st, 9803, Velin learned that Sia Sylvanas would pass through the Sixth Teleportation Array Island in three years and that he should arrange a misunderstanding with Celeste.
• Velin discussed using [Reincarnation - Void] to draw Celeste’s consciousness into an illusion with Xuemya, then resolved to ask Kyle for help.
• Celeste sensed an ominous feeling while playing chess with Kyle, but the two finished their game and parted for the night.

Velin and Kyle plotted to pair Celeste with a chosen one of the God of Opera and Art by trapping them in a shared Reality Illusion. Celeste sensed that someone might be scheming against him, but he could not identify the cause and left his chamber for a walk.

• Velin told Kyle that a chosen one of the God of Opera and Art would pass through the Sixth Teleportation Array Island in three years, and that they wanted her to stay and fill a missing Legendary position.
• Velin and Kyle agreed to arrange a romance between the chosen one and Celeste, deciding to exploit Celeste's trust in his friends.
• Velin planned for Kyle to get Celeste drunk on the Sixth Teleportation Array Island while Velin invited the chosen one to experience his songs and secretly sent both their consciousnesses into a Reality Illusion.
• Kyle suggested Drakotas, a wine that could induce a Legendary's dream, and promised to brew it using a special method in half a year.
• Celeste felt that someone might be plotting against him, considered whether the Pope was using him for a plan, and left his secret chamber to clear his mind.

Velin welcomed Kalaya, Lucas, and Fiona to Qixing West District, where he entrusted Lucas with leading a well-funded Magic Engineering Research Institute. Xuemiyya asked Kalaya to discipline Kmelia, and the chapter ended with the institute established and a delegation from the Kingdom of Skelly arriving in the province.

• Velin and Xuemiyya greeted Kalaya, Lucas, and Fiona at Sixth Teleportation Array Island.
• Velin took Lucas to Qixing West District and offered him leadership of a Magic Engineering Research Institute, with funding and staff.
• Xuemiyya asked Kalaya to educate and discipline Kmelia, and Kalaya agreed.
• The Floating Ship Star Moon arrived in Okla City, and the Magic Engineering Research Institute was established outside the city several days later.
• Kmelia began studying under Kalaya, and two months later a delegation from the Kingdom of Skelly arrived in Windy Breath Province under military escort.

The Kingdom of Skelly’s delegation reached Okla City under military escort, where Celia Buria received Ambassador Sigmund on behalf of the city. Velin and Xuemya planned to push the delegation out, while Sigmund privately considered the desperate terms his kingdom might offer.

• General Sakari’s Eleventh Corps escort handed the delegation over to the Star Moon Knights’ Second Regiment, Third Company at the outpost.
• The delegation traveled through Qixing West District, where its members remarked on the changed landscape and speculated about the region’s military plans.
• At Okla City’s West Gate, Celia Buria greeted Ambassador Sigmund and led the delegation to its prepared lodgings.
• Velin and Xuemya discussed driving the delegation away and considered letting the Palambrians kill them if they refused to leave.
• Sigmund concluded that Celia’s reception meant Okla City did not want negotiations, but he could not abandon his special mission.
• Sigmund reflected on his kingdom’s losses in the aerial battle and wondered whether ceding half its territory and offering something else could win support for Parambria Kingdom.

Sigmund offered Velin half of the Kingdom of Skelly and maps to a Godhead in exchange for abandoning the Parambria Kingdom, but Velin refused and gave him terms to take back to his king. After Sigmund left, Velin slipped away from his duties, and Xuemiyya arrived with news about the Super Giant Magic Crystal Mine.

• Sigmund presented the Kingdom of Skelly's offer of half its territory and information about a Godhead to Velin.
• Velin refused to abandon the Parambria Kingdom for the offer and told Sigmund that neither an intact Kingdom of Skelly nor an overly powerful Bria Duchy served his interests.
• Sigmund bowed and left the hall to report Velin's terms to his king.
• Velin finished his official business, then vanished from the palace to visit Kyle or attend to other pursuits.
• Xuemiyya arrived with a document, found Velin gone, and decided to tell him the good news when the Super Giant Magic Crystal Mine was operating.

Kyle and Celeste played chess while Velin watched, and Kyle explained that his lord had begun training harder after Master Odor left. In Okla City, Falk investigated the Kingdom of Skelly’s departure and concluded that the Qixing Army was balancing the influence of three churches across three territories.

• Velin arrived while Kyle and Celeste played chess, then settled nearby to read and fell asleep.
• Kyle told Celeste that his lord was working hard because Master Odor had left and he feared being unable to escape danger.
• Falk learned that the Kingdom of Skelly’s envoy group was packing to leave Okla City and questioned what their departure meant.
• Falk reviewed reports about the war and the Qixing Army, then suspected that the army had promised not to strengthen the Buria Family.
• Falk studied his collected intelligence and concluded that the Qixing Army planned to balance the Dawn Church, the Church of Life, and a third church across three duchies.

Kyle learned that Falk had deduced the Qixing Army’s strategy and selected Shadow Assassins for a new assignment. After reading Falk’s report, Damian Bria chose to compromise again for the Buria Family, and Kolovian executed Pope Oberich as Parambria began destroying the Holy Blood Church.

• Falk inferred the Qixing Army’s limits on Parambria’s expansion and secretly sent his conclusions to Damian Bria.
• Kyle praised Falk’s insight, selected one hundred and fifty Shadow Assassins, and sent their names to Hilda.
• Damian studied Falk’s coded letter, then decided to compromise again to ensure the Buria Family’s survival.
• Damian issued a Royal Decree, and Kolovian led troops to the Holy Blood Cathedral.
• After Oberich finished praying, Kolovian beheaded him and ordered the soldiers to destroy the false god’s statues and scriptures.

Angus prepared the Third Corps to defend the Parambria Kingdom’s eastern provinces against the Seraphitain Kingdom’s Expeditionary Force. The Seraphitain king ordered commander Landier to display strength while minimizing casualties, as he sought to preserve his kingdom amid growing turmoil across the continent.

• After the Seraphitain Kingdom announced its expedition, Angus summoned the Third Corps’ legion commanders to a military conference.
• Doxius briefed the commanders on the enemy’s estimated strength and identified North Lensa Province and South Lensa Province as likely attack routes.
• Angus assigned forces to defend North Lensa Province, South Lensa Province, and the other eastern provinces, and urged his commanders to inflict heavy losses on the enemy.
• After the meeting, Angus sent a letter to Okla City through the Griffin Knight battalion.
• The Seraphitain king told Landier to make a show of force, keep casualties low, and use troops from other countries for dangerous missions.
• The king reflected on the wars and invasions across the continent and resolved to preserve the Seraphitain Kingdom as best he could.

The king of the Kingdom of Skelly weighed whether to purge the Holy Blood Church and accepted that he needed to negotiate with the Parambria Kingdom first. In North Sea Province, Obed Strom and Elvis Bria met under Ignis’s witness and agreed the war should end because both kingdoms would serve under the same banner.

• The king of the Kingdom of Skelly summoned Obed Strom and Valosa Moros to discuss Damian Bria’s alliance with the Heretics and the threat it posed.
• Valosa Moros urged the king to negotiate with the Parambria Kingdom before purging the Holy Blood Church, warning that Skelly could otherwise face threats within and without.
• Obed Strom advised offering the six shattered provinces and two neighboring provinces, totaling 2.93 million square kilometers, to the Parambria Kingdom.
• The king assigned Obed to handle negotiations and ordered Valosa to keep the army unified and pure before the purge began.
• In early February of 9804, Obed Strom and Elvis Bria met secretly in North Sea Province under Ignis’s witness and agreed the war should not continue.

Ignis finalized the Briar-Skelli Territorial Accord, ending the war and extending the Qixing Army’s influence while the Dawn Church took root in the transferred lands. Months later, Kyle told Celeste that Dawn congregations overseas risked splitting into rival sects, and Celeste agreed to leave the next day to intervene.

• Ignis witnessed the signing of the accord, which set out territorial transfers, military supplies, trade rules, and a joint campaign against the God of Holy Blood.
• Ignis declared the war over, promised Qixing Army oversight, and told the ambassadors their families would be protected beneath the Qixing Flag.
• Skelly troops withdrew from Xilamu Province, and Parambria forces took over as Dawn missionaries converted the population through coercion and punishment.
• On October 18, Radiant Calendar 9804, Kyle showed Celeste evidence that priests of the Dawn had appeared across the sea and warned that their churches could split into rival sects.
• Celeste dismissed Kyle’s warning at first, then said he would leave the next day to address the growing divisions.

Velin learned that undersea pirates had devastated a transport fleet and arranged to seek help from the Hainas Mermaid Kingdom. The pirates prepared to raid again after waiting for the humans to lower their guard.

• Velin reviewed Kyle’s report about twelve wild Dawn Priests and considered whether Celeste had neglected his duties.
• Hilda informed Velin that pirates had attacked the 37th Transport Sea Ship Fleet, killing over a thousand people and sinking thirteen transport ships.
• Velin summoned Kyle, who offered to deal with the pirates, but Velin instead planned to borrow an army from the Hainas Mermaid Kingdom and reinforce the islands’ defenses.
• The Sand-ized Merman leader ordered his forces to gather strength and wait two months before launching another raid.

Celeste traveled to Zerik City to teach Valzaz how to establish the Dawn Church and train its clergy, only to discover that the God of Dawn was supervising his work. He left to gather the other unaffiliated Dawn Priests, resigned to teaching them properly until the pope sent replacements.

• Celeste arrived in Zerik City disguised as a Dawn Priest and entered a church where Valzaz was praying.
• Valzaz recognized Celeste as the Holy Knight and greeted him after receiving a divine oracle; Celeste revealed his true appearance.
• Celeste taught Valzaz how to build a church and promised to return in half a month to teach him the Dawn Scriptures.
• When the Dawn Power on Valzaz's soul began to disperse, Celeste realized the God of Dawn's supervision had ended and departed.
• Celeste headed to find the other unaffiliated Dawn Priests, grumbling about the supervisor before deciding to treat the work as training.

Lavia and Alerian traveled by sea to the royal capital of the Hainas Mermaid Kingdom, where Lavia presented his document to the local authorities. The Archon set off to seek an audience with the king, leaving Lavia and his companions at a manor.

• Lavia and Alerian boarded a warship with Ovia, Krell, and Lahael and traveled beneath the sea toward the royal capital.
• Alerian asked Lavia when they would marry, but he admitted he was unsure; Krell urged him not to keep refusing her.
• Alerian caught a High-rank Gold Blue Sea Lion and brought it aboard, and Lavia praised her.
• After two days, the ship reached Land City, where Lavia showed the port officials his document and explained his purpose.
• The Archon of Land City's Seventh District verified the document and flew off to seek an audience with the king while officials escorted Lavia and his companions to a manor.

Lavia and his delegation secured Theolis’s agreement to lend 60,000 troops to fight the fishman pirates and guard the Sixth Teleportation Array Island. After returning to Land City, the group split up, and Lavia agreed to visit Seven-Colored Lake with Alerian.

• Lavia introduced his delegation to Theolis and reported that the Moon Knight’s campaign on the New Continent was going smoothly.
• Lavia asked Theolis for 60,000 troops to defeat the fishman pirates near the Sixth Teleportation Array Island, and Theolis agreed.
• Lavia requested that the troops remain on the island afterward to protect the maritime route, and Theolis agreed to provide their supplies and military expenses.
• Theolis said the army would be ready within seven days and summoned Zorack after Lavia’s delegation departed.
• Back in Land City, Ovia, Krell, and Lahael decided to go out together while Lavia recorded the meeting.
• Alerian persuaded Lavia to accompany her to Seven-Colored Lake, and he agreed.

Theolis ordered Zorack to lead the Ice Thorn Legion against the murloc pirates, with Ambassador Lavia accompanying the force. After traveling by sea ship through the teleportation network, the legion and Lavia’s group reached the Fifth Teleportation Array Island and continued toward the Sixth.

• Theolis showed Zorack a memory orb and ordered him to assemble the Ice Thorn Legion to destroy the pirates.
• Seven days later, Zorack met Ambassador Lavia at Land City's Seventh District and led 237 special Sea Ships out to sea.
• Zorack explained that the ships could fly briefly but were built as defensive troop transports, and Krell asked to see the kingdom's Floating Battleships someday.
• The Ice Thorn Legion arrived at the Fifth Teleportation Array Island, prompting its garrison to raise an alert before confirming the ships were not a threat.
• The legion's ships were teleported to the Fifth Island, and Lavia and the other four entered the array to travel to the Sixth Teleportation Array Island.