Chapter Summaries

During the lockdown of Royal Capital Molinke, Shael confronted the soldiers sent to capture him and exposed the Inquisitors’ deception with a projected film. Baron Gologan and the gathered soldiers turned to support Shael, leaving the uprising poised to spread.

• Baron Gologan hid his knowledge that the king was an Inquisitor impostor and publicly repeated the claim that Shael had defected to the demons.
• After City Guard soldiers discovered traces of demons, Gologan led his troops to the South City Wall, where Shael stood surrounded by more than a thousand soldiers.
• As soldiers fired arrows at Shael, he defended himself and demanded that they stop being deceived by Holy Church Country.
• Shael projected a film showing Inquisitors replacing people in Frost Country and revealing that the king had been an impostor.
• Moved by the evidence, Gologan raised his sword for Shael, and the soldiers and watching civilians joined his cry of support.

Nogs struggled with his growing attachment to Agatha and his frustration at a war stalled by an endless blizzard. A gift from Joshua showed him that Frost Country’s capital had fallen to a human uprising, leaving the old kingdom destroyed.

• Nogs defeated another Chaos Demon in the Border Fortress sword competition, then disarmed Agatha when she challenged him.
• Nogs threatened Agatha after she asked if he was angry, but could not bring himself to execute her despite no longer needing her Source Crystal Stone.
• Nogs told Filis that the war with Frost could end only if Frost Country fell or the Border Fortress was breached.
• A messenger informed Nogs that Joshua had sent a gift, and Nogs went to the reserve warehouse to see it.
• Zennas showed Nogs a moving image of Prince Xie Yier’s forces taking Frost Country’s capital and sending its king to the Execution Platform.

Kelunduo III summoned Falosi’s nobles and foreign ambassadors to Parliament to show them a recording of an event from three days earlier. Earl of Rank watched a city collapse amid lava as a blazing dragon appeared, leaving the gathered nobles stunned by the unexplained disaster.

• Earl of Rank arrived at the Supreme Parliament Hall and found Minister Diaz, a bishop from Holy Church Country, and Frost Country’s ambassador among the attendees.
• Minister Diaz suggested that Kelunduo III had summoned the nobles to discuss amending the Chapter of Nobility.
• Kelunduo III told the assembled nobles he wanted to show them something and had a Spellcaster activate a Source Crystal Stone.
• The crystal projected a recording of a city being consumed by lava and collapsing buildings.
• A huge, flame-wreathed dragon landed among the ruins, roared, and declared itself the embodiment of power.

Kelunduo III showed Falosi’s nobles alarming images of a dragon and a lich before revealing they were advertisements for Hearthstone and announcing a documentary about Frost Country’s civil war. After the nobles watched the documentary, Kelunduo III asked which of them had been replaced by the Judges.

• Earl of Rank panicked at images of a dragon and a Lich Lord destroying cities, until Kelunduo III explained that they were part of a GG for Hearthstone.
• The advertisement showed a Hearthstone tavern near White Thorn Flower Mansion and announced a free Classic Card Pack and the upcoming Shadow of Naxxramas mode.
• Kelunduo III told the nobles that a civil war had broken out in Frost Country three days earlier and showed them a documentary about it.
• Duke Falona reacted in horror when Prince Xie Yier stabbed the king, then the nobles watched Xie Yier reveal the truth behind the civil war.
• Kelunduo III asked the nobles which of them had also been replaced by the Judges.

Joshua finished filming Avatar’s morning scenes and joined the cast to watch the latest episode of Internal Strife of Frost Country. He arranged to help Shael obtain Avatar after its release, while the cast watched the documentary continue.

• Joshua ended the morning’s filming of Avatar and went to the crowded tavern where the cast had gathered to watch Internal Strife of Frost Country.
• Three Black Swan Troupe actresses offered Joshua a seat, and Galolie told him that Luo Luona had taken a liking to him.
• The actors and Galolie turned their attention to the television as Pruke began recounting the latest developments in Frost Country.
• Joshua checked the Movie Club and read Galolie’s and Shael’s messages about wanting to see the new movie.
• Shael asked Joshua for the new movie file, and Joshua explained that she would need to watch it at a theater before offering to help her buy it after release.

Joshua learned that Frost Owl, the future king of the Frost Country, hoped to meet him in Nolan, then agreed to meet Kelunduo III after the king summoned Falosi's nobles over the Inquisitors. Joshua arrived at parliament and intervened as Kelunduo questioned a cardinal from the Holy Church Country.

• Frost Owl asked Joshua whether the Kindler of the Flame was close to the films' creators, then quickly apologized and said she hoped to visit Nolan and thank him.
• Joshua welcomed the future king's planned visit as a diplomatic opportunity and replied that he looked forward to meeting him in Nolan.
• Mrs. Si told Joshua that Kelunduo III had convened parliament and wanted to meet him, so Joshua paused filming and went with her to Falosi.
• At parliament, Kelunduo III interrogated a Holy Church Country cardinal about the Hall of Inquisition while Earl of Rank watched.
• Joshua entered parliament and told Kelunduo III that the cardinal might genuinely know nothing.

Joshua helped Kelunduo III end an assembly after the cardinal accused him of using illusions, then returned to the Demon Realm. There, Ciri practiced illusion magic by creating a battleship and a Magic Automaton, and Kelunduo III arrived through the Teleportation Portal.

• Joshua told Kelunduo III that a diplomat would not know the Hall of Inquisition's secrets and recommended a Magic Network book about the Judges.
• Kelunduo III ended the assembly, and the cardinal accused Joshua of using illusions before leaving under the Knight Captains' escort.
• Joshua returned to the Demon Realm through Zennas's Teleportation Portal and found Ciri struggling to create an illusion of a Steel Battleship.
• Ciri created an illusion of a Magic Automaton despite the Purple-robed One's objections, and Kelunduo III arrived through the Teleportation Portal.

Kelunduo III visited the Avatar film set, praised the work of the Purple-robed One and Joshua, then discovered Heretic Inquisitor's Diary in the Immovable Library. He asked Joshua for permission to publish the online diary as a physical book, and Joshua agreed to consult its author.

• Kelunduo III toured the Avatar set and greeted the Purple-robed One, praising her illusions and recalling her lectures in Nolan.
• The Purple-robed One and Kelunduo III praised Joshua's worldbuilding and the contributions of the Falosi and Nolan actors.
• Joshua directed Kelunduo III to Heretic Inquisitor's Diary in the Immovable Library, and Kelunduo III read its recent entries.
• Kelunduo III asked Joshua whether he could publish Heretic Inquisitor's Diary as a real book.
• Joshua agreed to ask the author, Sister Skertan, about publication and began to address identifying inquisitors.

Joshua gave Kelunduo III a Banshee recording that could help identify Inquisitors, and they discussed releasing Avatar beyond Falosi. After Kelunduo returned home, Thousand Faces sent Joshua photos of Frost Country’s new king being crowned, while Joshua considered making a Magic Network version of Hearthstone.

• Kelunduo III listened to Joshua’s enhanced Banshee record and agreed to have his tax officer discuss selling records in Falosi.
• Joshua and Kelunduo III discussed Avatar’s imminent completion and plans to present it in Falosi and abroad, and Kelunduo asked for a small role in the film.
• Kelunduo III returned to Falosi with the recording, intending to identify Inquisitors, while Thousand Faces sent Joshua a photo of Frost Country’s coronation ceremony.
• Thousand Faces told Joshua that the figure in the photo was the new king, and Joshua promised a vacation reward when the Dark Elf returned.
• Joshua discussed making a limited-test version of Hearthstone for the Magic Network, and Ciri asked to try it.

Shael was crowned king of Frost Country and declared that he would continue fighting the Inquisitors and quell unrest. Afterward, he asked the Dark Elf Thousand Faces to bring movies from Nolan so he could open a theater in Frost Country.

• Shael was crowned king of Frost Country and urged his subjects to keep fighting the Inquisitors.
• At a banquet, Shael met the Dark Elf Thousand Faces on a battlement and described his plans to deal with Frost Country’s eight great families and the Frost Wolf Clan.
• Shael told Thousand Faces that he wanted to visit Nolan and watch new movies.
• Thousand Faces explained how Shael could buy a movie and open a theater in Frost Country.
• Shael asked Thousand Faces to bring movies from Nolan, and Thousand Faces said the trip would take about half a month due to a commercial secret.

Minister Diaz received an invitation to the premiere of Avatar and an appointment as ambassador to Steel Country, where he was tasked with introducing Falosi film. Haunted by his failed attempt to promote theater there and his late wife Muna’s memory, he set off for the premiere while wondering how to refuse the King’s command.

• After the Supervisory Knight Order inspected Minister Diaz’s estate, all three hundred members of his household were declared real, not Judicators.
• Minister Diaz read Kelunduo III’s invitation to Avatar’s premiere at Falosi Central Theater and reflected on his doubts about film and the future of stage plays.
• A royal messenger delivered Diaz’s appointment as diplomatic ambassador to Steel Country and conveyed Kelunduo III’s request that he bring the film to its people.
• Diaz remembered how Steel Country had scorned his and Muna’s Pathfinder Troupe, and he grew bitter as the King’s order revived those painful memories.
• Diaz left for the premiere with his daughter Luo Luona, who had a minor role in Avatar, while he considered how to refuse the assignment.

At the Falosi Central Theater, Kelunduo III explained to Minister Diaz why he had accepted films despite mourning the decline of traditional stage plays. As the film began, Diaz became absorbed by its realistic images and the revelation of a colossal craft drifting through space, while the audience wondered what new plane it was approaching.

• Kelunduo III told Minister Diaz that films had surpassed stage plays in expression and reach, but that he would not let Falosi fall behind other nations.
• Kelunduo III said stage plays would endure in Falosi's memories and that films could win recognition in the Steel Country.
• Minister Diaz set aside his doubts about his assignment and began taking notes on the film's appeal to audiences in the Steel Country.
• The film showed a misty primeval forest before shifting to a man waking from cryogenic sleep inside a metal craft.
• The male lead's narration revealed that the frozen passengers were searching outer space for a new home, and the audience watched the craft drift toward a blue sphere.

Minister Diaz recognized that Avatar’s convincing Magic Mechanical Devices would captivate audiences in Steel Country, while Joshua and the Purple-robed One watched the film and discussed Pandora. After the screening, Mrs. Si revealed that Sage Melors had created the illusions, prompting the nobles to rise and pay their respects.

• Minister Diaz found his pen, saw the Magic Mechanical Devices in Avatar, and told Kelunduo III that the film would seize Steel Country’s audience with a single shot.
• Joshua and the Purple-robed One discussed Pandora, and Melors said she hoped Ciri would live to see the future depicted in the film.
• Audience members questioned Mrs. Si about whether Avatar’s world and its inhabitants were real, so she explained that Sage Melors had created many scenes through illusions.
• Mrs. Si pointed out Melors in the audience, and Melors rose and revealed herself as the cast list displayed her name.
• The nobles and Conservative Faction playwriting masters stood to honor Melors while Joshua and Ciri remained seated.

After the premiere of "Avatar," Joshua discussed its effect on the Blackwood Elves’ World Tree with Elder Saifaan and attended a ball hosted by Kelunduo III. The king honored Joshua and asked him to set a price for screening his films throughout Falosi, leaving Joshua to introduce the idea of box office.

• Elder Saifaan told Joshua that the audience’s feelings toward the Na’vi had provided faint nourishment for the Blackwood Elves’ Sacred Tree.
• Joshua left Elder Saifaan to meet Kelunduo III, while Elder Saifaan reflected that the Elven Poem’s savior was a demon.
• At Kelunduo III’s ball, Joshua met Minister Diaz, whom the king planned to send as an ambassador to the Steel Country to promote "Avatar."
• Kelunduo III awarded Joshua the Saint Kelo Xilan Medal and made him an honorary viscount of Falosi.
• Kelunduo III asked Joshua to name a price for screening his films throughout Falosi, and Joshua asked whether Madam Si had explained the concept of box office.

Joshua secured a resource deal with Falosi to screen his films and discussed King Kelunduo III’s enthusiasm for the Text Messages council feature with Mrs. Si. He arrived at the portal to the Demon Realm, where Falosi merchants were beginning to show interest in trade.

• Joshua reviewed the contract for Falosi to screen his films and accepted resources instead of a share of ticket sales.
• Joshua told Mrs. Si that he had refused Kelunduo III’s offer to establish an Alchemy Workshop because the Demon Realm could obtain the knowledge in Nolan.
• Mrs. Si showed Joshua the Falosi Parliament council, where Kelunduo III was rapidly sending messages and issuing orders.
• Joshua told Mrs. Si that he would have the resources ready in a week, then entered the portal to the Demon Realm.
• Joshua arrived at the Avatar film set, where merchants were already asking about traveling to the Demon Realm to trade.

Joshua told Cecily about his negotiations with Falosi and handed her the trade contracts, then learned that their father had withdrawn to the altar while Ashing spread through the royal city. The chapter left Joshua considering whether the World Tree could help as his reporter returned to the Demon Realm.

• Cecily confronted Joshua for going to Falosi without telling her and asked what had happened there.
• Joshua gave Cecily the trade contracts and explained that Falosi's king had offered goods in exchange for two to three hundred Source Crystal Stones containing films.
• Cecily agreed to take over the trade negotiations with the King of Falosi.
• Cecily told Joshua that their father had remained at the altar and that Ashing and monster transformations had appeared in the royal city.
• Joshua suggested the World Tree might heal the Ashing and said he would ask Tylinn for advice after returning to Nolan.
• A crow called outside the tavern as Joshua's reporter returned to the Demon Realm.

Joshua told Cecily that he had helped Prince Xie Yier overthrow Frost Country’s old rulers and hoped the new king would end the war with demonkind. A week later, Minister Diaz arrived in Ossenburg to meet the city lord, finding the city caught up in its gladiator competition and the theater ruins occupied by three waiting knights.

• Joshua offered Thousand Faces wine and asked whether she would rest before returning to Frost Country, but she said she could not get used to taking it easy.
• Cecily learned that Joshua had helped Prince Xie Yier use the Magic Net to expose the Tribunal of Judgment’s schemes and launch a rebellion in Frost Country.
• Joshua told Cecily that Frost Country’s new king might be less hostile toward demonkind, but Cecily left without answering and returned to the royal city.
• Joshua sent Thousand Faces to check on Princess Foya, and she transformed into a crow and flew away.
• A week later, Minister Diaz arrived in Ossenburg, where he saw pollution and crowds lining up for the Sacred Hilmk Gladiator competition.
• Minister Diaz entered an abandoned theater to meet the city lord and found three armored knights waiting inside.

Minister Diaz began restoring the abandoned Explorer Theater and discovered that the Black Gold Box meant for the city's lord was missing. In Ossenburg, Dorothy's failing trading house struggled with the consequences of selling Magic Web terminals, until her own terminal finally connected to the network.

• Minister Diaz inspected the ruined Explorer Theater, rejected the offer to turn it into a manor, and ordered his attendants to clean it.
• Minister Diaz found a Na'vi poster and discovered that the Black Gold Box he had prepared for the city's lord was missing from the luggage.
• Dorothy bought a black wooden box from Old Knack despite suspecting it was stolen, then refused her father's demand that she attend Earl Cruz's ball.
• Dorothy recalled that her father's trading house had collapsed after selling Source Crystal Stones as Magic Web devices that let buyers speak with everyone in the world.
• Dorothy opened the Magic Web interface, and her Spellcaster Forum suddenly displayed a colorful window after the network connection prompt disappeared.

Dorothy discovered that a black wooden box improved her Magic Web connection and used it to explore a forum post about the game Super Mario. She registered for the games section and began playing, staying in the warehouse beside the box.

• Dorothy opened a forum post about hidden locations in Super Mario but repeatedly lost her connection.
• She found that the Magic Web signal strengthened when she stood near a black wooden box in the trading company's warehouse.
• Dorothy read the post, registered on the Spellcaster Forum, and entered its games section.
• She started Super Mario and controlled a blocky character, then asked attendant Moka to bring her Black Leaf Grass Juice.

Dorothy spent the afternoon playing games on the Magic Web until her father, Linton Rodcolin, interrupted her and ordered her to attend Earl Cruz's ball. She won a chance to test Minecraft but had to leave for the ball before she could try it.

• The attendants worried about Dorothy acting strangely in the warehouse until Linton Rodcolin arrived and went inside.
• Dorothy lost her final life in Snow Bros when Linton startled her, then agreed to attend Earl Cruz's ball.
• Dorothy chose a conservative gown and wondered if there was another way to save the merchant association besides her father's marriage plans.
• Dorothy received a Minecraft tester qualification after pressing the Draw button on the Magic Web.
• Dorothy's connection was lost when she prepared to try Minecraft, so she put on her dress and headed to the ball.