Chapter Summaries

Angel met Dorian Abraham to ask about the Fourth Epoch’s Witch Family, the Tamara Family, and the Abraham Family. Dorian described their intertwined history and the Abraham bloodline curse, while Angel suspected he was hiding the family’s true circumstances.

• Angel met Dorian Abraham and asked him about the Witch Family as payment for helping Fors kill an Aurora Order Oracle.
• Dorian explained that the Witch Family had once been a secretive organization that married into the Abraham and Tamara families before transforming after it began worshiping the Primordial Demoness.
• Dorian said the Tamara Family had changed its coat of arms during the Fourth Epoch and that its surviving traces might include the Gnostic Society.
• Dorian showed Angel the Tamara and Abraham family emblems, and Angel connected the Abraham emblem to the Door Pathway and Mr. Door’s curse.
• Dorian said the Abraham family suffered full-moon ravings and had only two Angel-level beings left, but Angel noticed his behavior seemed unnatural and suspected he was lying.

Angel questioned Dorian Gray Abraham about the Abraham and Tamara Families, while Klein dealt with the aftermath of supernatural disturbances at Bodo Port and resumed his voyage. The chapter ended as a sudden storm struck the ship after a suspicious Intis man appeared at the pier, leaving Klein uneasy.

• Angel inferred that the Abraham Family might have no living Angels or Saints, but let Dorian's claims about its strength stand and asked how to find the Tamaras.
• Dorian described the Tamara Family's distinctive appearance and history, and Angel suspected that Clarice might have Tamara ancestry.
• Angel told Dorian to contact her through Fors Wall, then left through a mirror; Dorian revealed a bracelet he had used to maintain an escape route.
• Klein recounted helping the City of Silver, triggering a supernatural disturbance in the Berserk Sea, and answering the Tarot Club's prayers before returning to his passenger ship.
• Klein noticed a heavily disguised passenger aboard but chose not to intervene as the ship departed.
• A rugged Intis man on the pier stared at Klein's ship, then a violent storm engulfed the port and surrounding waters, prompting Klein to suspect trouble.

Klein witnessed a Hunter Demigod pursue a decoy onto his ship, then recognized Ince Zangwill at a later port. Angel received a prayer reporting Ince’s location, while Audrey’s investigation into Lily Granger and the siblings Benson and Melissa stalled when Susie questioned her behavior.

• Klein watched the Hunter Demigod board the passenger ship, seize a disguised decoy, and leave after learning the fugitive had paid the man to impersonate him.
• Klein later spotted Ince Zangwill disembarking at another port and memorized his face.
• Angel received a message through the Gray Fog placing Ince Zangwill near Midway Island in the Berserk Sea, then withdrew to her bedroom and waited.
• Audrey reviewed her research into Lily Granger, Cole Granger, Benson, and Melissa, then decided to ask Susie for help.
• Susie spoke to Audrey and told her that she had not been like her old self lately.

Audrey realized the Mystical Item Lies had amplified her curiosity about Miss Empress and removed it after Susie challenged her behavior. Above the Gray Fog, Klein told Angel he had found Ince Zangwill’s trail, and they decided to track him without alerting the Church yet.

• Susie pointed out that Audrey was violating her own principles by investigating Miss Empress, then used Soothing to help her regain her composure.
• Audrey removed Lies and recognized that its negative effect had intensified her desire to uncover Miss Empress’s secrets; Susie confirmed she had worn it continuously for days.
• Klein told Angel that Ince Zangwill had hidden aboard a passenger ship after misleading a Hunter Demigod and was likely heading toward the Southern Continent.
• Klein explained that Leonard had warned him not to alert the Church because Ince and 0-08 might learn they were pursuing him.
• Angel and Klein agreed to continue tracking Ince themselves until the final stage.

Klein and Angel concluded that Ince Zangwill wanted the Church of Evernight to pursue him to the Southern Continent, while Audrey sought Mr. Fool’s help after realizing she might have been influenced to investigate Empress. The Fool confirmed that Audrey was no longer hypnotized and warned her not to act against a Tarot Club member again.

• Angel proposed using The Travels of Grosell to help her confront Ince Zangwill, but Klein explained that 0-08 would detect and sabotage any plan against them.
• Klein and Angel reasoned that Ince Zangwill had deliberately made his journey to the Southern Continent noticeable to lure the Church of Evernight after him.
• After Archbishop Saint Anthony visited the Hall family, Audrey recognized that the Church was guarding her family against Spectators and other infiltrators.
• Audrey prayed to Mr. Fool to determine whether suggestion or hypnosis remained on her, then learned from Susie that the dog was ready to advance as a Psychiatrist.
• Klein heard Audrey’s prayer, divined that no hypnosis remained on her, and sent her a message warning her not to take action against a Tarot Club member again.

Audrey learned that Hvin Rambis had hypnotized her into investigating Christine and resolved to strike back, while Angel reflected on her Despair Potion and combat abilities. The chapter ended with Alger telling Mr. Fool that the Rose School members around Sharff the Artisan could be dealt with that night, and Angel eagerly preparing to act.

• Audrey received Mr. Fool’s warning not to harm Tarot Club members and learned that her Hypnosis had been removed before the meeting.
• Audrey traced the Hypnosis to her meeting with Stephen Hampres and concluded that Hvin Rambis had manipulated her into investigating Christine.
• Audrey resolved to retaliate against Hvin Rambis after Mr. Fool and Susie helped her escape the Hypnosis and Lies.
• Angel considered her progress digesting the Despair Potion and reviewed the Mystical Items that could help her fight powerful opponents.
• Alger told Mr. Fool that he had learned about Rose School members around Sharff the Artisan and proposed acting that night, delighting Angel.

Angel and Alger investigated Sharff’s ties to the Rose School and discovered that the Artisan was cooperating with its members. When Alger confronted Sharff, a terrifying disease struck the house, but the sequence 5 Wraith remained unaccounted for.

• Alger told Angel that Sharff had defected from the Church of Steam and that three Rose School members, including a likely Wraith, lived in his basement.
• Angel verified Alger’s account with a Magic Mirror Divination, then ordered him to prepare to leave.
• Alger visited Sharff and pretended to ask about the progress of an item while Sharff tried to learn about a Puppet Beyonder characteristic.
• Sharff began coughing as his body showed signs of a mysterious disease, and Alger knocked a possible cure from his hand.
• Two Rose School members crawled out of a trapdoor with the same disease, while Alger remained wary of the Wraith in the basement.

Alger and Angel defeated the Rose School ambushers and captured the Artisan Sharff, while Angel discovered a strange doll radiating a faint aura linked to the Mother Tree of Desire. Sharff admitted he had joined the Primordial Moon’s followers and revealed they had an unfinished plan requiring an Artisan’s help as a blood-red moon shone outside.

• Alger used lightning to expose and trap the Wraith, while Angel’s intervention stopped him from escaping through a window.
• Alger’s lightning killed the Wraith, and Angel found a straw doll beneath him that emitted a faint dark red aura before giving it to Alger to sacrifice later.
• Angel questioned Sharff and learned that the Rose School had recruited him by curing his chronic problem after first weakening him with disease.
• Sharff revealed that he had offered to investigate the Puppet Beyonder Characteristic and that the Rose School wanted him to leave Bayam and make Mystical Items for them.
• Sharff said the Rose School had an important plan requiring an Artisan’s help, then described dreaming of an alluring Blood Moon as the crimson moonlight outside deepened.

Angel and Alger arranged to move Sharff away from the Rose School and discovered that his blood connected him to Roselle's family. Anne identified him as a likely descendant of Ciel Gustav and ordered Angel to bring him to Blue Mountain Island.

• Angel stopped questioning Sharff about his dream and decided he could not safely remain where the Rose School might find him.
• Angel and Alger agreed to relocate Sharff to a nearby island and have him make Mystical Items for them.
• Sharff gave Angel some of his blood, and she asked Alger to inspect his Mystical Items and their effects.
• Anne contacted Angel and sensed a connection between Sharff's blood and Roselle.
• Angel identified Ciel Gustav as the likely ancestor, and Anne told her to bring Sharff to the western side of Blue Mountain Island.

Angel and Alger divided Sharff’s Mystical Items and the Beyonder characteristics from the defeated Rose School members. Angel exposed Sharff’s hidden tracking decoy and took him to a Ghost Ship, where Anne appeared to meet them.

• Alger introduced Sharff’s nine Mystical Items, and Angel assigned the three reserved items to their owners before dividing the rest among herself, Alger, and Sharff.
• Alger chose the Gargoyle Glasses and Venomous Blade, while Angel selected three items for sale and claimed the Wraith characteristic; Alger took the Werewolf and Vampire characteristics.
• Angel changed her plan to take Sharff aboard a Ghost Ship, then used invisible threads to uncover a blood-colored figurine he had hidden to misdirect tracking or curses.
• Angel warned Sharff that he could resist and die or come quietly, and Sharff stopped resisting.
• Angel burned the corpses and brought Sharff through the Mirror World to a beach, where a huge black warship approached.
• Anne appeared beside Angel and asked whether Sharff was the Artisan she had mentioned.

Angel, Anne, and Bernadette discovered that Sharff was being corrupted by an evil God, while Cattleya received orders to protect him from moonlight. Klein arrived in Gura In City and set out to evade the military tails following him.

• Anne brought Sharff aboard Queen Anne's Revenge, where he eagerly explored the unmanned ghost ship as it sailed out to sea.
• Anne told Angel that Sharff was a descendant of Emperor Roselle and that she sensed an evil God's influence on him.
• Bernadette confirmed Sharff's corruption, and Angel used Audrey's Star Ring Headdress to see a crimson figure growing inside him.
• Cattleya received a letter from the Queen, turned the Future toward Bayam, and ordered Frank to keep Sharff alive and away from moonlight.
• Klein arrived in Gura In City in East Balam, noticed two military tails following him, and headed toward the city to evade them.

Klein arrived in Gura In City and used his Faceless abilities to shake off the military personnel following him before investigating a cry for help. Meanwhile, Ince Zangwill reached Arlester Harbor and planned to satisfy the evil spirit within him before meeting the Numinous Episcopate’s Pale Hand in Gura In City.

• Klein walked through Gura In City while considering how to find a new marionette and evade the two military personnel tailing him.
• Klein lost his pursuers in a crowded bar by changing his appearance and leaving through another street.
• Klein heard a terrified woman cry out from a secluded alley and went to investigate.
• Ince Zangwill landed at Arlester Harbor and argued with the evil spirit inside him over praying to an evil god.
• Ince Zangwill wrote that he would hunt Hunter pathway Beyonder Characteristics before going to Gura In City to meet the Numinous Episcopate’s Pale Hand.

Angel wrote to Klein about the Bayam cultists, Sharff Zhu En’s ancestry, and the Wraith characteristic, which she sold to Reinette. At a Backlund salon, Audrey apologized for investigating Angel and identified Hvin Rambis and Hampres as suspects behind the manipulation surrounding her.

• Angel wrote Klein about the cultists, Sharff Zhu En’s likely descent from Ciel Gustav, and Madam Vilma’s expected birth.
• Angel sold the Wraith Beyonder Characteristic to Reinette for five thousand gold coins after learning Reinette wanted the money for a future possibility.
• Angel attended Viscount Glaint’s musical salon, where guests discussed Baron Cinderas’s new devotion and donations to the Church of Storms.
• Angel met Audrey privately, and Audrey confessed to investigating her connection to Lily Granger and her possible exposure to a Mystical Item or Spectator suggestion.
• Audrey named Hvin Rambis and Hampres as likely figures behind the manipulation, and Angel resolved to remember them as threats.

Angel and Audrey discussed how to deal with Hvin Rambis and Stephen Hampres, while Trissy arranged for Shermane to attract Viscount Stratford’s attention. Xio recognized Shermane at the theater, and Klein received the coordinates of Calderon City through the Magician’s prayer.

• Angel questioned Hvin Rambis’s motives, and Audrey suspected he had acted on the royal family’s orders while testing her loyalty.
• Trissy instructed Shermane to attend a play and let Viscount Stratford notice her without approaching him.
• Viscount Stratford arrived at the theater with bodyguards, noticed Shermane, and instructed one of his men.
• Xio Derecha recognized Shermane while surveilling Stratford and wondered who was targeting the viscount.
• Klein considered seeking another Marionette, then received a prayer that revealed the coordinates of Calderon City.

Angel crossed the Mirror World and the Berserk Sea to reach Klein in Gura In City, where they discussed the dangers of Calderon City and agreed to plan an expedition. The chapter ended with Angel asking Klein to explain his plan for exploring the ancient divine kingdom.

• Angel read Klein's letter, canceled her appointments, and traveled south through the Mirror World toward East Balam.
• Angel accidentally entered the Spirit World above the Berserk Sea, saw Death's lingering power and its deadly storms, then found a safe route back to the Mirror World.
• Angel arrived in Gura In City and reunited with Klein, who explained that Enzo avoided looking at him because of his strange fate-related special quality.
• Klein told Angel he had obtained Calderon City's coordinates and confirmed that the Spirit World Marauder near its outskirts posed a manageable threat to Sequence 5 Beyonders.
• Klein revealed that he had also contacted Azik, Reinette, and Sharron to join the expedition, and Angel asked him to explain his plan.

Klein and Angel prepared to hunt Hell Admiral Ludwell and claim his Death Ring, but Azik arrived and joined them after sealing Creeping Hunger. Despite Klein and Angel warning him about a terrible prophetic dream, Azik insisted on continuing his search for the final answer, and the four set out across the Berserk Sea.

• Klein identified Hell Admiral Ludwell as a likely Marionette target and used a cufflink to locate his damaged flagship near Bodo Port.
• Klein and Angel prepared their equipment and planned to capture Ludwell, while Klein used mushrooms to suppress Creeping Hunger’s unruly effects.
• Azik arrived and stopped Klein’s attempt to enter the Spirit World, then agreed to accompany Klein and Angel to take Ludwell’s Death Ring.
• Azik sealed Creeping Hunger with an illusory bronze gate, suppressing its bloodlust and praise of the True Creator.
• Azik said his journey to recover his memories should end soon, but Klein and Angel failed to dissuade him despite Klein describing a disturbing prophetic dream.
• Klein, Angel, Azik, and Enzo entered the Spirit World and headed across the Berserk Sea toward Azik’s final answer.

Angel, Klein, and Azik reached Ludwell’s flagship, where Azik’s Death Consul authority made the Hell Admiral surrender and submit to becoming Klein’s Marionette for a year. Angel then evacuated the living pirates and destroyed the ship with a Calamity Charm before leaving through the Spirit World.

• Azik transported Angel, Klein, and Enzo through the Spirit World to Ludwell’s flagship, where Angel and Klein prepared for a fight.
• Ludwell recognized Azik as the Death Consul, knelt before him, and revealed that the Numinous Episcopate’s Artificial Death plan had not received a response from its prayers and rituals.
• Azik put on Ludwell’s black ring, overwhelmed the pirates with his death aura, and ordered Ludwell to become Klein’s Marionette for one year.
• Ludwell obeyed, became Klein’s Marionette, and took his place beside Klein, Angel, and Enzo.
• Angel warned the living pirates to abandon the ship, then used her Calamity Charm to destroy the Black Tulip as Azik took her into the Spirit World.

Azik led Angel and Klein into a mausoleum in the Berserk Sea, where he confronted memories of his past as the Death Consul and entered the black fog in search of the truth. Meanwhile, Anthony discovered that Sealed Artifact 0-17 had vanished, and Daly heard a strange call in Gura In City as Leonard looked toward the darkened Berserk Sea.

• Azik took the copper whistle and led Angel, Klein, and two marionettes deep into the Berserk Sea, following the ring’s call toward the place where Death had fallen.
• Anthony found that Sealed Artifact 0-17, the Angel of Secrecy, had disappeared from Chanis Gate and restored the remaining seals.
• Angel, Klein, and Azik arrived in a mausoleum filled with coffins and black fog, where Azik recalled his lives as the Death Consul and his repeated resurrections.
• Klein and Angel urged Azik to see his later lives as part of himself and as anchors against madness, but Azik chose to enter the fog to find the truth.
• Azik told Angel and Klein to close their eyes, then walked into the depths of the mausoleum as they hid behind coffins and sensed the rising aura of death.
• In Gura In City, Daly heard a call demanding her submission, and Leonard looked toward the pitch-black Berserk Sea.

Azik recovered the truth that his soul had been split by his father, Salinger, and struggled against the Feathered Serpent that sought to reunite with him. Angel intervened with a petrification attack, but the Feathered Serpent quickly healed, leaving Azik close to merging with it and Angel on the verge of losing control.

• Azik regained the memories of Salinger splitting his soul, with one half becoming the Feathered Serpent known as Artificial Death.
• Azik resisted the Feathered Serpent's pull, refusing to become a cold and inhuman Death, but his body began changing as the golden firebird ornament emerged.
• Angel heard Azik's cries and decided to look despite the danger, while Klein held her hand and stayed behind the stone coffin.
• Angel used Ice Mirrors and her Magic Mirror to view the Feathered Serpent, suffering a loss of sanity and entering an incomplete Mythical Creature Form.
• Angel used a Petrification Charm through the mirror and petrified part of the Feathered Serpent, but black mist rapidly healed it as it continued approaching Azik.

Angel and Klein tried to stop the Feathered Serpent from absorbing Azik, but the Mother of the Sky intervened and offered Azik three choices. Azik chose to preserve his memories and remain in his current state, then left the mausoleum with Angel and Klein.

• Angel prepared to use a final Betrayal Charm, but Klein stopped her and proposed using a Luck Stealer Charm to redirect the Feathered Serpent's target from Azik to himself.
• Angel supported Klein's plan and helped him aim the Charm at Azik as the Feathered Serpent drew closer to absorbing him.
• The mausoleum's disturbances abruptly stopped, and the Mother of the Sky offered Azik three choices: accept Salinger's rebirth, recover his other half of the soul, or remain as he was.
• Azik chose to keep his warm memories and remain in his current state, enduring severe pain as the choice took effect.
• Azik rejoined Angel and Klein, and the three left the mausoleum through the Spirit World while the Mother of the Sky appeared in the depths behind them.