Chapter Summaries

The Wind Wolf Adventurer Group and the 47th Regiment worked together to catch Sabertooth Fish at Eucalyptus Forest Lake, but the fish grew wary and stopped taking the bait. Ang arrived with Quintina and Aisha, whose Water Mage abilities were needed to deal with the lake.

• The 47th Regiment soldiers found Sabertooth Fish in the deep lake and sent for Ang after admitting they had no experience fighting them underwater.
• The Wind Wolf Adventurer Group used rabbits and daggers to catch four Sabertooth Fish, with the soldiers helping haul them ashore.
• The group butchered the fish and preserved the meat, while the 47th Regiment learned the catching method and used Ice Rune Tablets to store its share.
• After the fish became too cautious to catch, the Wind Wolf Adventurer Group asked to preserve its meat with the Regiment's Rune Tablets, and the soldiers agreed.
• Three days later, Ang arrived at Eucalyptus Forest Lake with Quintina and Aisha, then introduced Aisha as the Water Mage who would assist with the lake.

Ang discovered a lakebed cave filled with lizardman eggs and learned the hatchlings could grow rapidly, prompting him to plan inspections of the region’s lakes. After sealing the cave with explosives and collecting the lake’s Sabertooth Fish, he prepared to continue investigating the threat.

• Ang explored the lakebed, found a cave full of lizardman eggs, and observed a hatchling grow and move freely underwater.
• Ang warned Quintina that lizardmen might mature quickly and that similar eggs could be hidden in many lakes across the region.
• Ang rewarded the captain of the Wind Wolf Adventurer Group with two sets of Basic Strength Armament for the reconnaissance findings.
• Ang blasted the underwater cave entrance shut, while Quintina and Aisha trapped and killed the Sabertooth Fish.
• Quintina and Aisha collected the dead fish and stored them in their Demon Sealing Boxes.

Ang and his companions cleared Lizardmen eggs from lakes across Amnath, then Ang organized a wider inspection campaign and reported the findings to Hubery. He left Fortress of Will planning to secure Amnath and bring the region into the Empire's territory.

• Ang found another underwater cave full of Lizardmen eggs and spent seven days inspecting lakes with Quintina and Aisha.
• Ang healed Aisha and Quintina after they returned exhausted, then sorted the magical beast materials they had collected.
• Ang assigned Quintina, Aisha, Puri, and Isi to lead forces inspecting lakes throughout Amnath while he coordinated from 47th City.
• After more than three months, Ang traveled to Fortress of Will and told Hubery that the lizardmen had hidden eggs across the land as a reserve population.
• Hubery said the Mage Association would verify Ang's findings, and Ang planned to clear Amnath and use its surrounding mountains as a defensive line.

Ang and his forces finished clearing Amnath of the Lizardmen threat, and Ang secured a second territory for development. At a council meeting, the Empire planned a route linking Amnath and Fortress of Will, while Hubery warned Ang to hold back until political tensions eased.

• Ang led Aisha and the soldiers in a final sweep, eliminating the remaining Lizardmen eggs and threats in Amnath.
• Ang proposed building a Central City and four surrounding fortresses, and the officers agreed on a development plan under the Empire's territorial regulations.
• The Wartime Council awarded Ang a second territory stretching from North Wind Port toward central Amnath.
• At Fortress of Will, the council decided to open a route from Amnath and launch a pincer attack against the lizardmen, while Marquis Brandon Morgan invited Ang to discuss his misunderstanding with Betsy.
• Hubery advised Ang to proceed with construction but avoid expanding further until the connection to Fortress of Will opened, and approved 70,000 magic crystals for the supplies Ang had used.

After receiving compensation for relinquishing his power and responsibility, Ang met with Marquis Brandon Morgan, who arranged an apology from Betsy and assured him the Black Magic Society would not target him on the Archipelago Plane. Brandon invited Ang to a ball, where Ang met his niece Helen Morgan.

• Ang collected 70,000 magic crystals and visited Brandon, who told him Betsy had been at fault in their dispute.
• Betsy apologized to Ang, who asked whether he had ties to the Black Magic Society; Brandon said nobles across the Empire had connections to it and promised Ang would be safe on the Archipelago Plane.
• Brandon invited Ang to a ball, and Ang had tailors make comfortable crimson leather armor from Fire Lizard hide.
• Ang asked the tailors to visit the 47th City to make custom clothes for his companion.
• At the ball, Brandon introduced Ang to his niece Helen Morgan and left them to talk about Ang's experience conquering Amnath.

At a ball, Ang spoke with Helen about his reputation, her family, and the powerful Kodo Roland, then healed her injured feet after their dance. When Joyce Davis approached, Ang recognized her and threatened to kill her the next time they met.

• Helen asked Ang whether he had taken advantage of the Empire, then revealed that Brandon had arranged for her to see whether she might like him.
• Kodo Roland toasted Ang for his military achievements in Amnath and hinted that the Military Department would soon notify him about something.
• Helen explained that Kodo was heir to the Roland Family and its Enchanted Armament Knights, then dragged Ang onto the dance floor, where he repeatedly stepped on her feet.
• Ang healed Helen's swollen feet with holy light, and she admitted that her family secretly had ties to the Black Magic Society before Joyce Davis interrupted them.
• Joyce sent Helen away and approached Ang, who warned her that he intended to kill her the next time they met.

Ang learned that the Military Department had placed Kodo Roland in charge of Amnath’s defenses and development, removing the 47th Regiment from the mission. After ordering the regiment to continue building Amnath City, Ang returned to the North Wind Territory, named Mesa and Meyers’s children Norma and Yus, and accepted the Ang surname for the family.

• Ang seized Joyce by the throat, released her, and heard that Kodo Roland would take charge of Amnath’s defenses and subsequent development.
• Ang attacked Joyce again on the balcony, warned her to stay away, then left the ball and spent a sleepless night at an inn.
• Ang told the 47th Regiment’s officers to recall every squad, remain inactive, and continue construction of Amnath City.
• Ang returned to the North Wind Territory and visited Aida, Mesa, Meyers, and their children.
• Ang named the girl Norma and the boy Yus, then agreed that they would use the Ang surname.

Ang visited Aida and his family, then discussed the family's future strength with Aisha after returning to the Archipelago Plane. He planned to clear Fire Lizards from Rosso Island and help his warriors advance, while Aisha prepared to return and speak with Aida.

• Ang used Holy Light to settle Norma and Yous, then shared wine and Fire Lizard meat with Aida and helped him absorb its power.
• Ang told Aida that the Military Department had failed to cooperate in the Archipelago Plane, and Aida vowed to grow stronger and help shoulder his burdens.
• Ang asked Aida to consider having more wives and children to secure the family's future, and Aida said he would first consult Mesa, Meyers, and Mother.
• Ang returned to the Archipelago Plane and told Aisha about Aida's response; they discussed the need for more family strength and Ang's lack of plans to have heirs.
• Ang said he would clear the Fire Lizards from Rosso Island and help Advanced Attendants become Level 1 Warriors, but he told Aisha to return and support Aida instead of joining him.

After Kodo Roland took command of Amnath, Ang was relegated to building and defending Amnath City while Kodo’s allied army took over border defense and the route to the Litchfield Plains. Ang organized the city’s construction and continued strengthening his elite troops on Rosso Island, where nearly seven hundred of his soldiers had reached Level 1 Warrior.

• Kodo Roland took over as commander of Amnath and formed an allied army of nearly three hundred thousand, while Ang became Defense Officer of Amnath City.
• Ang advised Kodo that his army should advance quickly against the lizardmen at Fortress of Will, then left as Kodo prepared the nobles for their mission.
• Quintina read the Military Department’s orders, and Ang told his officers that their force would focus on building and defending Amnath City as the allied army took over the borders and fortifications.
• Ang appointed Slok, Isi, and Puli to lead construction, with Isi using Earth Magic to speed the work on the city walls and foundations.
• Ang led the Charge Regiment on Rosso Island and stopped baiting Fire Lizards after they had hunted nearly two hundred; all three hundred Northern Barbarian warriors had become Level 1 Warriors, bringing Ang’s total to nearly seven hundred.

Ang assigned the sulfur miners to clear volcanic ash for Amnath City's construction, arranged equipment and supplies for his people, and brought Aida to the Archipelago Plane. After touring the growing city and its port, Aida accepted Ang's proposal.

• Ang halted sulfur mining on Rosso Island and ordered the miners to collect volcanic ash for cement production in Amnath City.
• Ang told Quintina to distribute Fire Lizard meat carefully, then welcomed tailors from Fortress of Will and arranged leather armor for Quintina and dresses for Mesa and Meyers.
• Aisha brought Aida through the portal to the Archipelago Plane, where Ang gave him a Mental Protection Pendant and explained why he had kept the plane's secrets from him.
• Aisha showed Aida 47th City, North Wind Port, and Amnath City, impressing him with the scale of their development.
• A week later, Aida returned to Ang and accepted his proposal.

Aida delivered Ang's letters to North Wind Territory, married three women, and Ang sent three magic apprentices on an expedition across the Archipelago Plane. Ang prepared to travel across Tasmania Continent, leaving Quintina to manage affairs, and gave an allied commander advice on destroying lizardmen eggs underwater.

• Ang gave Aida letters from Slock, Puri, and others to deliver to unmarried sisters of senior officers in North Wind Territory.
• Aida delivered the letters, and three officers' sisters agreed to marry him; weeks later, Aisha officiated at his wedding.
• Ang sent Georgie, Ade, and Gesang to explore the Archipelago Plane with three Level 1 Enchanted Armament Warriors, while Toford and Yasi assisted Isi.
• Ang decided to travel across Tasmania Continent alone and asked Quintina to remain in charge of Amnath City and 47th City.
• Quintina spent the night and following two days with Ang before he emerged to meet an allied commander.
• Ang told the commander that fire magic or fire phosphorus bombs could destroy lizardmen eggs underwater.

Ang traveled from 47th City through Amnath to Valagajudi, where he observed lizardfolk struggling to survive among powerful Magical Beasts. After disguising himself with Shapeshifting and approaching a tribe, he accidentally triggered an unexpected response and faced the tribe’s leader, leaving him unsure how to proceed.

• Quintina watched Ang leave 47th City alone, and he traveled along the coast toward Valagajudi.
• Ang observed a Thornfang Beast preying on a lizardfolk tribe and saw that lizardfolk in Valagajudi lived low in the food chain.
• Ang used Shapeshifting to resemble a lizardfolk and approached a small tribe beside a river.
• Two lizardfolk inspected Ang, noticed he had no tail, and one offered him a fish before making a gesture that confused him.
• A lizardfolk returned with the tribe, whose leader in Magical Beast Hide armor approached and led the others in kneeling before Ang.

Ang communicated with the Water Viper Tribe’s leader, Seka, through soul energy and was welcomed as a Divine Emissary. He settled in the tribe’s largest treehouse, where he learned Seka considered himself the tribe’s only intelligent lizardman, then rested for the night.

• Ang discovered that he could speak to Seka through soul energy, and Seka identified him as a Divine Emissary of the Water Viper Tribe.
• Seka welcomed Ang and had four lizardmen carry him on a magical beast skull to the tribe’s largest treehouse.
• Ang used the Water Therapy Technique to ease the strain on the four carriers as the tribe’s residents knelt in reverence.
• Seka said the four guards had no names because they lacked intelligence and that he was the Water Viper Tribe’s only intelligent lizardman.
• Ang realized a lizardman had mistaken his earlier hiss for a mating signal, ordered Seka to release the lizardman, and told it to stay away from him.
• Ang spread Hellhound Hide inside the treehouse and fell asleep as night came.

Ang spent several days learning about the Water Viper Tribe, its customs, history, and relationship with other Lizardmen tribes. After discovering its enormous egg chamber and hearing Seka describe other Divine Emissaries, Ang prepared to leave, still wondering about the connection between humans and Lizardmen.

• Ang explored the Water Viper Tribe and learned from Seka that its members mostly fished, gathered food, and had little contact with other tribes.
• Ang gathered magical herbs and learned that the Water Viper Tribe had no direct connection to the Swamp Scale Tribe in Amnath.
• Ang gradually learned the Lizardmen's language through conversations with Seka.
• Seka showed Ang an underground chamber holding nearly ten thousand Lizardmen eggs and said he himself was different from the tribe's other members.
• Ang learned about nearby Mountain, Cave, and Wetland Lizardmen tribes and heard that previous Divine Emissaries had looked down on the Water Viper Tribe.
• Ang thanked Seka and left the tribe, thinking about the possible connection between Lizardmen and humans.

Ang traveled to the Milaginbi Mountains and entered the Mountain Ridge Tribe under the alias Lalau. After meeting its warrior Longya, he explored the tribe and began assessing its people and surroundings.

• Ang reached the Milaginbi Mountains after traveling for more than a month and followed a river upstream into the range.
• Ang disguised himself as a light-yellow Mountain Lizardman and introduced himself to the Mountain Ridge Tribe's guards as Lalau from the Barkley Plateau.
• Ang met Longya, who invited him into the tribe after Ang offered to help without relying on their protection.
• Ang invoked divine guidance when Longya asked how he had crossed the dangers, earning Longya's awe and recognition.
• Ang learned that the Mountain Ridge Tribe was the only tribe left on the nearby mountain and that powerful Magical Beasts threatened its people.
• Ang explored the orderly tribe, estimated it held more than ten thousand Lizardmen, and stopped to look at a mist-shrouded peak.

Ang investigated the Mountain Ridge Tribe, learned how its people cultivated Fine Cassava, and joined Longya’s hunting party. After Ang demonstrated his strength by killing a White-maned Sheep-Ox, the Lizardmen praised him, while he recognized the tribe’s potential military threat.

• Ang failed to find a path to the mist-covered peak and learned the Lizardmen avoided discussing it.
• A young Lizardman girl showed Ang the Fine Cassava fields and explained how the tribe grew and harvested the crop.
• Ang learned that the Mountain Ridge Lizardmen looked down on the Lizardmen of the Valagaju Cliff Lands as inferior.
• Longya invited Ang to join the hunting party, and nearly a hundred Lizardman Warriors set out with him the next morning.
• The hunting party attacked a herd of White-maned Sheep-Ox, and Ang killed one with his Shapeshifting claws.
• Longya and the Lizardman Warriors praised Ang as a good hunter, while Ang judged their coordinated hunting methods to be formidable.

Ang traveled with the Mountain Ridge Tribe, gained the lizardmen’s respect after killing an Earth-Digging Beast, and learned about their rituals and their enemies, the Rock Ridge Tribe. He decided that his next journey might take him to the Rock Ridge Tribe to uncover its secrets.

• Ang watched the Mountain Ridge Tribe process the White-maned Sheep-Ox and was impressed by their craftsmanship and use of fire.
• Ang killed an Earth-Digging Beast by striking its vulnerable neck joint, and Longya told him that only the Great Elder among the tribe could wield Divine Power.
• The hunting party returned with its dead, and Ang learned that the Mountain Ridge Tribe burned its fallen and scattered their ashes across the hunting grounds.
• Ang asked Longya about other lizardmen tribes and learned that the Rock Ridge Tribe were longstanding enemies known as Blood-Eaters.
• Ang decided to seek out the Rock Ridge Tribe and discover what lay hidden in the mountains.

Ang found the hidden path to Misty Mountain Peak and met Longshan, the Great Elder of the Mountain Ridge Tribe, who revealed that he guarded the tribe against the Blood-Eaters. Longshan explained the Rock Ridge Tribe’s threat and warned Ang that the Blood-Eaters’ only weakness was their thirst for blood, leaving Ang with a vague plan as he descended.

• Ang followed the path revealed by sunlight through the mist and reached the summit, where he found Longshan in a stone house.
• Longshan recognized Ang as Lalau from Barkley Plateau and said he lived on the mountain to protect the Mountain Ridge Tribe from danger.
• Longshan showed Ang the land where an ancient curse periodically awakened the Blood-Eaters, and Ang pretended to see what Longshan indicated.
• Ang questioned whether Longshan had chosen his duty, and Longshan said protecting the tribe was worthwhile even if it did not make him happy.
• Longshan explained that the Rock Ridge Tribe used forbidden blood sacrifices to empower Blood-Eaters and warned Ang that their only weakness was their thirst for blood.
• Ang remembered Longshan’s warning, formed a vague plan, and began descending the mountain.

Ang traveled from the Mountain Ridge Tribe toward the Rock Ridge Tribe to observe its lizardmen, but his disguise failed and he was forced to fight his way out. He escaped by broom and marked the territory as dangerous, resolving to return only when he was stronger and could investigate the lizardmen’s secret.

• Ang harvested nearly a hundred Fine Cassava stalks and left the Mountain Ridge Tribe for the Rock Ridge Tribe.
• Ang surveyed the barren region, noted its high-quality basalt, and spent seven days observing the Rock Ridge Lizardmen hunting and eating other lizardmen.
• Ang used Shapeshifting to disguise himself and joined a Rock Ridge Lizardman patrol, but the tribe’s inhabitants detected the human scent in his blood.
• Ang fought off the Rock Ridge Lizardmen with his flaming sword and magic bombs, then escaped their encirclement on the Magic Broom.
• Ang flew west beyond the tribe’s territory, marked the dangerous area on his map, and decided to return after growing stronger and uncovering the lizardmen’s secret.

Ang escaped the Rock Ridge Lizardmen by exhausting and scattering them, then hid in a valley to develop Dark Magic and craft a crude wand. After a week of gathering materials and preparing spells, he set out to attack the lizardmen again.

• Ang flew above the pursuing Rock Ridge Lizardmen, wore them down through a night of circling, and used his last two magic bombs to scatter them before escaping.
• Ang hid in a valley and decided to use Dark Magic against the lizardmen after realizing his magic bombs were gone and ordinary elemental spells would be ineffective.
• Ang tested Life Absorption, Corrosive Rain, and Flesh Separation on a mountain rat, confirming the spells worked but finding the first spell weak against a low-level creature.
• Ang engraved runes onto a Rune Tablet and embedded magic crystals to make a crude dark wand that could cast Corrosive Rain and Flesh Separation.
• Ang spent seven days gathering dark spell materials and preparing supplies, then announced that he was ready to attack the Rock Ridge Lizardmen.