Chapter Summaries

Leonard used the Calamity charm to devastate Kisma, but Kisma escaped and was later captured in the Mirror World by an unseen Trick Sorcerer. The World’s marionette returned as Kisma to heal Shermane, then left Leonard with a Tarot Card as Shermane awakened.

• Leonard struck Kisma with the Calamity charm, reducing his body to powder, but Pallez said Kisma had escaped badly injured.
• Leonard found Shermane gravely wounded by the Spirit Flesh Blade, and Pallez began transferring her injury.
• Kisma fled to the East Borough, where a Trick Sorcerer trapped him in the Mirror World and made him a marionette.
• The World’s marionette returned as Kisma, transferred Shermane’s wound to a Paper Figurine Substitute, and left behind a Tarot Card depicting The World.
• Shermane awakened and asked Leonard to move his hand from her chest, while Angel watched them and departed.

Angel and Klein discussed the danger surrounding Kisma, whose connection to Ouroboros made him too risky to keep. When Klein tried to dispose of the marionette, Zarathus redirected his teleportation to a beach and took control of Kisma, trapping Klein.

• Angel told Klein that Leonard and Shermane had survived, then explained that Ouroboros's power had protected Kisma and interfered with Pallez.
• Angel warned Klein that Kisma's ties to Ouroboros and the True Creator made the marionette dangerous, and Klein agreed to abandon him.
• Klein teleported to the outskirts to release Kisma, but Zarathus grafted the destination onto a distant beach.
• Zarathus took control of Kisma and seized Klein's Creeping Hunger, leaving Klein unable to escape.

Klein fled Zarathus through the History Void, where Zarathus pursued him in his Mythical Creature Form. Klein escaped back to the Physical World, while Zarathus found himself trapped in the Mirror World before its master, the Essence of Calamity in the Mirror.

• Klein used Mirror Substitution and a fish marionette to escape Zarathus’s initial control, but Zarathus’s sea-creature marionettes soon threatened to turn him into a puppet.
• Klein entered the History Void and raced through historical fragments as Zarathus pursued him with tentacles and transparent worms.
• Fugen Hounds attacked Zarathus’s Mythical Creature Form, giving Klein a chance to return to the Physical World and close the History Void behind him.
• Zarathus emerged on an island in the Berserk Sea, realized he was in the Mirror World, and summoned Historical Projections of Roselle Gustav and William Augustus I for protection.
• The Essence of Calamity in the Mirror appeared before Zarathus, and the Demoness he tried to summon refused to oppose her.

Klein spoke with Angel’s self-aware Mirror Person, who revealed that he needed to become a Miracle Invoker and gave him a way to reach the Forsaken Land of the Gods. Meanwhile, Angel defeated Zarathus in the Mirror World, and the chapter ended with Klein recognizing the real Angel beside him.

• Klein confirmed Zarathus’s marionettes had disappeared, and Angel’s Mirror Person explained that she was guarding him while Angel fought Zarathus in the Mirror World.
• Zarathus filled the Mirror World with historical marionettes, while William Augustus and Roselle Gustav joined the fight against Angel.
• Angel used the Mirror World to redirect Zarathus’s attacks, then destroyed a mirror substitute and burned away the marionettes through their Spirit Body Threads.
• Angel challenged Zarathus to see how long he could endure, while the Mirror Person told Klein to pursue the Miracle Invoker advancement and warned him that resurrection’s borrowed miracles would need repayment.
• The Mirror Person said Klein could reach the Forsaken Land of the Gods by becoming a corpse, and Zarathus’s charred body briefly appeared before vanishing.
• Klein asked whether the Mirror Person was the only one who knew his secret, then recognized the Angel he knew when she showed concern for him.

Klein and Angel defeated Zarathus's Historical Void Image and recovered the Beyonder characteristics it had taken, then discussed what Zarathus's attack revealed about their protection. Angel showed that she suspected Klein was the Fool but chose not to press him, while Klein turned to planning how to enter the Forsaken Land of the Gods and reach his next advancement.

• Klein reunited with Angel after she switched places with her Mirror Person, and they collected the Beyonder characteristics left behind when Zarathus's Historical Void Image dissipated.
• Angel judged that Zarathus had been probing the condition of the Evernight Goddess and the protection Klein received, and noted that the Fool had not helped them during the attack.
• Klein nearly told Angel that he was the Fool, but Angel offered an explanation for the Fool's absence and chose to let Klein reveal the truth when he was ready.
• Klein and Angel discussed whether Klein could use resurrection to become a corpse and enter the Forsaken Land of the Gods, and agreed to seek guidance from the Goddess and the Mirror Person.
• After Angel departed, Klein went above the gray fog and wondered whether advancing to Miracle Invoker was his only safe path forward.

Klein learned that the Goddess considered the Forsaken Land of the Gods his only path forward, while Angel discovered a way to take him there by killing and carrying him through the passage. In Backlund, Leonard gave the authorities a carefully altered account of the night’s battles and began introducing the Tarot Club from an outsider’s perspective.

• Klein prayed to the Goddess for guidance about advancing and entering the Forsaken Land of the Gods, and received information about Cottar but no answer about Amon.
• Angel met her Mirror Person, who explained that Klein could enter the Forsaken Land of the Gods if Angel killed him at Sona Island and carried his corpse through the passage so he could resurrect.
• Audrey returned to the Sodela Palace ball after fighting the Mystic Saint and reflected on controlling her dragon form and hiding her changed dress.
• Leonard checked on the Red Gloves, then reported to a meeting of the Three Great Churches and the military.
• Leonard described the World, Hermit, and Justice tarot cards found at the battle sites, then began explaining the Tarot Club as an outsider would.

Leonard was assigned to investigate the Tarot Club after the churches and military learned of its actions, then discovered that Angel had already rescued Shermane. At an impromptu Tarot Club meeting, Klein revealed the spoils from the successful hunt for the Mystic Saint and Saint Tenebrous, and began distributing them.

• Leonard told the church and military leaders that Gehrman Sparrow was likely the Tarot Club member called the World, and proposed that the group had been opposing the True Creator.
• Archbishop Anthony ordered Leonard to lead an intelligence investigation of the Tarot Club without confronting it, and the officials adopted that name for the organization.
• Leonard learned that Archbishop Anthony and Angel had taken Shermane from behind Chanis Gate, then received Klein's request for an impromptu Tarot Club meeting.
• Klein explained that the Mystic Saint hunt had succeeded and that Saint Tenebrous had also died while attacking Leonard, adding his spoils to the distribution.
• Klein gave Cattleya secret knowledge and let her choose first; she selected Butis's Secrets Sorcerer characteristic and additional ingredients, and Audrey chose another characteristic.

The Tarot Club distributed the spoils from the hunt for the Mystic Saint, with members choosing Beyonder characteristics, artifacts, and other rewards according to their needs. After the meeting ended, Angel stayed behind with Klein and asked how he planned to die.

• Audrey chose the Black Knight characteristic and asked Cattleya to turn it into a healing Mystical Item, while Leonard chose the Spirit Warlock characteristic and a Faceless characteristic.
• Fors chose Butis's head, then accepted the Disciplinary Paladin characteristic for Xio and additional Star Worms and gems; Xio chose Butis's Traveler's Backpack.
• Angel took the Shaman King and Hypnotist characteristics and two Star Worms, leaving the Box of the Great Old Ones for Klein to return to the Abraham Family in a transaction.
• Leonard warned the Backlund members to conceal their movements, then left for East Borough; Angel remained with Klein in the gray-fog palace.
• Angel asked Klein whether he had decided how he was going to die, and Klein reacted with surprise.

Klein and Angel settled on smuggling Klein into the Forsaken Land of the Gods as a corpse after ruling out the Box of the Great Old Ones. Meanwhile, Leonard visited Shermane, and Fors brought Dorian the remains of Butis and revealed that Gehrman Sparrow was with her.

• Klein rejected using the Box of the Great Old Ones to enter the Forsaken Land of the Gods and agreed to let Angel carry his corpse there.
• Leonard visited Shermane in the East Borough and heard a moan from her bedroom.
• Angel saw Leonard and Shermane together through the Mirror World and returned home, where Klein told her the Abraham Family had agreed to the trade.
• Fors showed Dorian Butis's crushed head and said they had recovered the Box of the Great Old Ones.
• Fors pulled Gehrman Sparrow out of the air in front of a startled Dorian.

Klein completed his bargain with Dorian Abraham for the Staff of the Stars and prepared to enter the Forsaken Land of the Gods in search of a way to advance. On Sona Island, Angel helped him die in her embrace so he could begin the journey.

• Dorian Abraham thanked Gehrman Sparrow for resolving the Abraham Family curse and offered a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact in exchange for the Box of the Great Old Ones.
• Klein chose the Staff of the Stars over the Scroll of God and agreed to transfer the Box first, trusting Dorian to sacrifice the Staff to Mr. Fool afterward.
• Fors and Dorian ended their meeting, and Dorian learned that Fors had truly become a Traveler.
• Klein and Angel arrived at the abandoned village on Sona Island, where Klein agreed to use Angel's method to enter the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• Angel embraced and kissed Klein, soothing him as his heartbeat stopped and he died as he had chosen.

Angel killed Klein and carried his corpse through a ritual into the Forsaken Land of the Gods, where Klein used his Miracle Invoker power to resurrect. Reunited, they left the giant-like village and entered the darkness with their lantern oil running low.

• Angel froze Klein's corpse, completed a blood rune formation in the mill basement, and transported them both to the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• Above the gray fog, Klein realized he could return his spirit body to his corpse and resurrect through the power of miracles, though this was his third revival.
• Angel carried Klein's corpse into an abandoned village, kissed him, and watched him awaken.
• Klein identified the altar's inscriptions and discussed the village's resemblance to a place on Sona Island with Angel.
• Klein conserved their real lantern by creating a temporary Historical Image, and he and Angel climbed into the darkness.

Klein and Angel explored a ruined village in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, where Klein gained insight that helped digest his potion and they identified the powers sealing the land. Angel returned to Sona Island, but a wave of profound darkness suddenly surged toward her in the Mirror World.

• Klein and Angel examined the giant-built village, and Klein’s knowledge of its history stirred his Scholar of Yore potion.
• Angel led Klein to a burial ground of headless giant skeletons, where his divination revealed that the Spirit World was weak and Angel found the Mirror World disconnected from the outside.
• Angel identified powers linked to the Lord of Storms, Amanises, and the True Creator, while Klein concluded that Amon and the True Creator’s followers were his main likely threats.
• Angel buried the remains again, parted from Klein, and left him with her charms and the promise that she could periodically send him a historical image.
• Angel returned through the runes to the Berserk Sea, but a surge of darkness rushed toward her inside the Mirror World.

Klein explored the Forsaken Land of the Gods and planned to find the City of Silver, hunt the Demonic Wolf, and investigate the East Continent’s edge. Meanwhile, Angel fought a Blue Witch empowered by the Primordial Demoness, and the chapter ended just as the divine descent abruptly stopped.

• Klein left the giants’ village, turned nearby monsters into marionettes, and reviewed his plans for surviving and exploring the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• Klein resolved to contact the City of Silver, verify the Demonic Wolf Cottar’s whereabouts, investigate the eastern edge of the land, and guard against Amon and the True Creator.
• Angel found herself trapped in the Mirror World as a Blue Witch using the Sapphire Ring launched an apocalyptic attack against her.
• Angel deployed her Reaper soldiers and used her Hunter and Demoness abilities to destroy the Blue Witch’s mirror substitutions and wound her main body.
• The Blue Witch activated the Mirror Killer and prepared to attack Angel through her reflection, but her connection to the Primordial Demoness ended before she could strike.

Angel defeated the black-haired Catastrophe Demoness in the Mirror World, but the enemy’s shattered sapphire released the Primordial Demoness’s power and brought destruction to Sona Island’s harbor. After saving the harbor’s inhabitants by transporting them away, Angel heard a warning from Katarina that the Demoness Sect’s Blue Witch might soon attack her.

• Angel realized the black-haired Demoness had lost her divine descent and used her Mirror World control and Hunter boon to destroy the enemy’s mirror substitutes.
• The black-haired Demoness crushed her Sapphire Ring, releasing the Primordial Demoness’s power and collapsing the Special Mirror World.
• Angel escaped to the Physical World as the black-haired Demoness fled, but the released power swept toward Sona Island’s harbor.
• Angel used her mirror abilities to transport the harbor’s inhabitants to safety, while the harbor and nearby villages were erased by the descending Apocalypse.
• Survivors recognized Angel as the Empress Traversing the Five Seas, and she sensed her potion digesting before entering the Mirror World.
• Katarina warned Angel that the Demoness Sect’s Blue Witch had received a mission and might attack her with a Sealed Artifact capable of harming a Mirror Person.

Angel investigated Katarina’s warning and recovered the Reaper Legion’s remains, while Leonard learned that Daly might advance and considered pursuing his own advancement during the war. The chapter ended with Angel sending supplies to Klein through Mr. Fool and being confronted by a headless figure.

• Angel concluded that the Blue Witch’s ambush had likely been a probe, received Katarina’s warning, and failed to trace the White Saint after she severed her prayer connection.
• Angel returned to search for the Reaper Legion’s remains, a Sequence 3 Sealed Artifact.
• Leonard learned that the Church had approved Daly’s attempt to advance and wondered whether the Evernight Goddess was taking control of the Death pathway.
• Leonard asked Pallez about advancing during the war, and Pallez proposed capturing spirit bodies after the Jacob Family site exploration.
• Angel prayed to Mr. Fool to send food and supplies to Klein in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, then encountered a headless figure in a court gown.

Angel received Bernadette’s report about Nast Solomon’s followers and the School of Truth, then considered the Demoness Sect’s plans and her options for defeating its members. In the Forsaken Land of the Gods, Klein finally spotted the City of Silver as night fell.

• Reinette delivered Bernadette’s report to Angel, who learned that Nast’s followers were working with the School of Truth and that its leader might be a Tamara descendant.
• Angel replied to Bernadette and Anne, warning Bernadette about corruption and asking Anne to watch for a connection between Goredolf and Amon’s main body.
• Angel summoned Alicia Tamara’s messenger to request a meeting and reflected on the Demoness Sect’s silence, its rival factions, and the difficulty of preventing demonesses from resurrecting.
• Klein prepared to rest as night approached in the Forsaken Land of the Gods and saw the City of Silver illuminated by the final lightning bolt.

Klein used Derrick to contact the City of Silver and secretly entered the city disguised as an expedition member. After finding three of Amon’s avatars inside, he spotted Luvia Tiffany near the Twin Towers, leaving his infiltration in immediate danger.

• Klein contacted Derrick through the gray fog and instructed him to quietly approach Colin Iliad with news of an outside visitor.
• Derrick told Colin that someone who shared the City of Silver’s faith had arrived from the world beyond the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• Klein searched the city from above the gray fog and discovered three Amon avatars among its residents.
• Klein dismissed his marionettes, disguised himself as a returning expedition member, and passed through the city gate unnoticed.
• Klein approached the Twin Towers and saw Luvia Tiffany watching from a high window.

Klein met Chief Colin Iliad in the City of Silver, proved his connection to the Fool, and asked for help with his search and the Amon's Avatars hiding in the city. After Klein left, Angel summoned him to create a diversion in Intis, then met Alicia Tamara and asked about the School of Truth.

• Klein disguised himself as Ginoed to enter the City of Silver, then revealed his identity to Colin Iliad and demonstrated the Fool's power.
• Klein told Colin that the Giant King's Court was the only viable route out of the Forsaken Land of the Gods and offered to help face Sastiel in exchange for books, maps, and assistance dealing with Amon's Avatars.
• Klein identified three parasitized residents and asked Colin to record their names but wait for his signal before acting.
• Klein's Historical Image vanished before Colin could answer, and Klein declined to send another projection into the City of Silver.
• Angel summoned Klein in Sivellas County and asked him to make a disturbance near an Intis army camp to mislead Amon and Zarathus.
• Angel met Alicia Tamara at the Blue Mountain Inn and asked whether she knew anything about the School of Truth.

Angel learned that the School of Truth was a recent organization worshiping an unstable mist and tied to a schism within the Tamara Family. Alicia revealed that its members sought Roselle’s hidden mausoleum, clues to Fallen Heaven beneath Trier, and a Magic Wishing Lamp.

• Alicia explained that the School of Truth worshiped the gray, chaotic nature of the world and had adopted its name within the past decade, though its worship dated back to the late Fourth Epoch.
• Angel connected the School’s unstable mist to the Son of Chaos and its cooperation with followers of the Great Mother.
• Alicia described the Tamara Family’s history, including its Justiciar heritage, its shift toward the Apprentice pathway, and its first schism with branches tied to the Abraham and Witch Families.
• Alicia revealed that Tamaras who remained on the Justiciar pathway split from the family after embracing the School of Truth’s beliefs and operating in Intis.
• Alicia said the School sought Emperor Roselle’s hidden mausoleum, clues to Fallen Heaven beneath Trier, and a Magic Wishing Lamp.

Angel learned more about the School of Truth’s goals and its strange power before an explosion drew her attention to Klein’s staged fight with an Intis demigod. Klein returned to the Forsaken Land of the Gods and sought Leonard’s help in learning how to evade Amon’s avatars, while Leonard heard that Pallez had secured a Fate Trojan Horse characteristic and a Sealed Artifact.

• Yalixiya told Angel that the School of Truth sought the Magic Wishing Lamp and Roselle’s mausoleums, recruited Tamara family members in Intis, and wielded an unfamiliar power that operated in gray areas.
• Angel suspected the School of Truth’s unknown power might be a boon granted by an Outer Deity, but an explosion outside the hotel interrupted her conversation with Yalixiya.
• Klein used his marionettes to attack an Iron-Blooded Knight in the forest, then let the demigod escape so the attack would serve as testimony that a Trick Sorcerer or Scholar of Yore had struck.
• Klein returned to the Forsaken Land of the Gods, worried that Amon’s avatars in the City of Silver could expose his presence, and decided to ask Leonard to consult Pallez.
• Pallez told Leonard that the Jacob Family operation had ended and that he had taken the Fate Trojan Horse characteristic and a Sealed Artifact suitable for Leonard.