Chapter Summaries

Dorothy advanced to the Top Eight, but learned that the Hearthstone Semi-finals and finals would be held at Lu'ersike Advanced Magic Academy and broadcast across Nolan. Meanwhile, Joshua visited the Purple-robed One and Ciri, whose improving illusion magic promised to make the next day's competition more spectacular.

• Dorothy defeated an elderly Dwarf to become the last contestant to enter the Semi-finals and received her eligibility letter from Joshua.
• Dorothy discovered that the remaining matches would take place at Lu'ersike Advanced Magic Academy's Magic Arena and be broadcast to Nolan, despite her wish to keep the tournament private.
• Joshua visited the Purple-robed One, who said the World Tree had eased her fatigue, while Ciri demonstrated a detailed but exhausting miniature Deathwing illusion.
• The Purple-robed One told Joshua that interest in illusion magic had increased after Avatar and offered to enhance his presentation at the next day's match with Hearthstone hero illusions.

Dorothy arrived at Lu'ersike Advanced Magic Academy’s arena for the Hearthstone tournament and discovered that her first opponent was the Gray Robe, one of Nolan’s Seven Sages. As their match began, an illusion brought the game’s legendary heroes to life on the arena floor, and Dorothy grew certain she had made the right choice by fleeing her arranged marriage.

• Joshua guided Dorothy through a hidden entrance to the arena and showed her where to take the field.
• Dorothy climbed a tower, removed her hood and mask after the audience saw her announced image, and prepared to compete for the championship.
• Dorothy learned that her opponent was Lu'ersike, the Gray Robe and headmaster of Lu'ersike Advanced Magic Academy.
• Dorothy chose her mage deck while Lu'ersike selected a druid deck, and an illusion made Jaina Proudmoore and Malfurion Stormrage appear on the arena floor.
• Dorothy played Mana Wyrm as her opening minion and decided fleeing her arranged marriage had been the right choice.

Yellow Robe watched a Hearthstone match at the Magic Arena and was baffled by the staged battles, while his apprentice Sophina became captivated by them. After Dorothy won the first match, Sophina decided she wanted to study illusion magic.

• Yellow Robe attended the crowded Hearthstone competition with Gray Robe and questioned why the summoned creatures took turns attacking instead of dodging.
• Sophina eagerly watched the match and explained that Gray Robe's golden Dr. Boom was a valuable Orange Card before an Ace Hunter shot it down.
• Jaina's Fire Imp and spells defeated the Druid, and the announcer declared Dorothy the winner of the first match.
• Yellow Robe criticized the match as an unrealistic illusion, but Sophina said it had inspired her to study illusion magic.

Dorothy defeated Gray Robe in the final match of the first Hearthstone tournament, becoming its first victor. Joshua learned that Dorothy had fled an arranged marriage to compete, while her family and the earl’s men searched for her in Nolan.

• Firelord appeared on Dorothy’s field and overwhelmed Gray Robe’s hero with a blazing attack, ending the match.
• Dorothy won the final with three wins and two losses, then left the arena as spectators called her name.
• Joshua and Ciri discussed Dorothy’s performance and her surprising skill after only a month of playing Hearthstone.
• Thousand Faces told Joshua that Dorothy had fled a marriage proposal and that her father and the earl’s men were searching for her in Nolan.
• Joshua told the Dark Elf not to stop them yet and asked her to interview Dorothy.

Freyt von Kriya directed Dorothy’s father and her fiancée to the Nolan Open Tournament after misleading them about Hearthstone. Dorothy reached the final against Frost Axe, but after a fierce fifth match she lost, and Frost Axe was crowned champion.

• Freyt von Kriya told York and Etke that Dorothy was competing in the Hearthstone Nolan Open Tournament at Lu'ersike Advanced Magic Academy, while making the game sound like tavern gambling.
• Dorothy defeated Frost Axe’s Holy Knight deck with her Hunter deck, tying the final match score after Frost Axe had taken the lead.
• Dorothy and Frost Axe entered the deciding match with Warrior decks, and Dorothy launched a lethal-looking attack with her Warsong Commander Warrior deck.
• Frost Axe survived Dorothy’s assault and counterattacked with his own army, reducing Dorothy’s hero to zero health.
• Dorothy watched Garrosh shatter as the screen displayed “Defeat,” while the crowd cheered Frost Axe’s victory.

After losing the Hearthstone final, Dorothy faced her father and her former fiancé, Etke, who tried to take her home. With Frost Axe and Sage Lu'ersike protecting her, she chose to return to the Magic Arena and accept the honor waiting for her.

• Dorothy left the venue after her defeat and wondered whether she could still obtain the World Tree Leaf from Frost Axe.
• Dorothy's father and Etke confronted her, and her father tried to excuse her broken engagement by claiming she had come to Nolan to study.
• Dorothy admitted she had come to compete in Hearthstone and defended the game when Etke called it cheap.
• Frost Axe and six Dwarves intervened when Dorothy's father raised his hand and Etke's knights attacked; Lu'ersike then disarmed Master Lars and ordered Etke to leave.
• Lu'ersike told Dorothy that she had earned respect despite losing, and Dorothy went with him and the Dwarves back to the Magic Arena to accept her honor.

Joshua visited Dorothy to discuss the struggling Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild, while Ciri accompanied him for an illusion exam. Dorothy, who had come to Nolan hoping to save the guild, learned that Joshua intended to acquire it.

• Joshua assigned Madam Ma Linna to select sites for two new Hearthstone branches and went to meet a business contact.
• White Thorn Flower Jazz arrived at the Hearthstone tavern to visit Madam Ma Linna, and Joshua left him to go upstairs.
• Ciri told Joshua that she was taking an extracurricular exam by keeping an illusion of Deathwing operating, and Joshua drove with her to Dorothy's temporary residence.
• Dorothy considered how to save the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild after becoming popular as the tournament runner-up and moving to a new inn to avoid Earl Cruz's son.
• Joshua visited Dorothy with Ciri and said he intended to acquire the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild, placing a glowing crystal on the table.

Joshua offered Dorothy a chance to revive the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild by having her run an Internet Cafe that rented access to the Magic Network. Dorothy accepted the prospect, and Joshua prepared to take her to begin the deal.

• Joshua learned that Dorothy had come to Nolan hoping to win the World Tree's Leaf and restore her guild's reputation, but she had finished second.
• Joshua explained that renting out Magic Network access would be more practical than selling World Tree's Leaves in Ossenburg.
• Joshua offered to purchase the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild, lend it a World Tree crystal, and employ Dorothy as its manager.
• Joshua described selling limited Magic Network access as an Internet Cafe, and Dorothy saw how it could attract visitors from Ossenburg and revive the guild.
• Dorothy considered adding food and drinks to the business, and Joshua asked her to accompany him in the carriage.

Joshua brought Gray Robe and Ciri to Ossenburg to help Dorothy’s struggling Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild secure the World Tree crystal. Gray Robe discovered ancient Elven Runes beneath the guild and built a barrier around the crystal, leaving it protected in the basement as Joshua told Dorothy it was time to start working.

• Joshua, Ciri, and Gray Robe arrived in Ossenburg, where the city’s air of powdered Source Crystal Stone made Ciri and Deathwing cough.
• Dorothy returned to the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild and learned that most of the staff had left after rumors spread that Lord Etke planned to tear down the shop.
• Dorothy led Joshua and Gray Robe to the guild’s basement, where Gray Robe recognized ancient Elven Runes that had once formed part of a Defense Barrier.
• Dorothy told Gray Robe that her grandfather had spoken of receiving his first fortune through the Gift of the Angels and mentioned a mirror she had used as a child.
• Gray Robe spent three hours building a Defense Barrier in the basement, and Joshua placed the World Tree crystal in its protected stone pillar.
• Joshua told Dorothy it was time for her to start working.

Earl Cruz investigated why the Gray Robe had protected Dorothy and found her dismantling the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild. The Gray Robe visited the guild, where Dorothy revealed that a merchant from Nolan wanted to acquire it.

• Lars told Earl Cruz that the Gray Robe had protected Dorothy and explained her connection to the Hearthstone Open Tournament.
• Earl Cruz left for the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild after a scout reported Dorothy’s location, and York followed in fear for his daughter.
• Earl Cruz found Dorothy removing the guild’s furnishings and asked about her relationship with the Gray Robe.
• The Gray Robe appeared and said he had come to inspect the merchant guild at someone’s request.
• Dorothy told York that a merchant from Nolan wished to acquire the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild.

York worried that Joshua had acquired the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild because he was interested in Dorothy, but Dorothy denied wanting to marry him. Joshua then examined a mysterious magical slab with Gray Robe and prepared to help Dorothy turn the guild hall into the world’s first Internet Cafe.

• York asked Dorothy whether Joshua was interested in her, but she insisted they were only partners and said Joshua already liked someone else.
• Ciri sensed an inexplicable danger, while Joshua finished reviewing the guild’s records and contracts with Minister Diaz.
• Joshua activated a mirrored relic with gray magic, revealing a blue interface, and Gray Robe invited him to visit his Mage Tower.
• Dorothy returned and agreed to begin renovating the hall, and Joshua offered to provide design sketches and accessories for the Internet Cafe.

Etke discovered that the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild had opened an internet cafe where he could reconnect to Nolan’s Magic Web. Dorothy managed the busy all-night business and then joined her friends in Minecraft for another End Realm expedition.

• After the teleportation portal to Nolan closed, Etke asked Ossenburg’s Spellcasters how to access the Magic Web, and apprentice Jie Xi told him about an internet cafe.
• Etke followed Jie Xi to the Silver Crest Flower Merchant Guild, where Dorothy charged him five Diluer to activate his connection.
• Etke sat at a rune-equipped table, enabled its keyboard and mouse, and began using the Magic Web with a full-strength signal.
• At one in the morning, Dorothy handed the front desk over to Anniela after the attendants had served the cafe’s late-night customers.
• Dorothy checked her messages, joined Foya and the others in Minecraft, and set out with their party to hunt a dragon in the End Realm.

Joshua visited Gray Robe's Mage Tower, where he discussed the relic with Gray Robe and offered Xie Li'er a contract to publish her diary as a physical book. Xie Li'er agreed to try, signing the contract and preparing to meet her readers.

• Gray Robe judged that the activated relic spread magic power to send a message or summon companions.
• Xie Li'er complained that Kai Xiu had eaten her fish and explained that she wanted to leave the Mage Tower because the owls disturbed her.
• Joshua offered Xie Li'er and Dinesha publishing contracts, explaining that the Falosi Royal Library would publish Xie Li'er's diary and that the king was one of her readers.
• Joshua told Xie Li'er he would arrange a Signing Event, and she agreed to publish her diary and signed the contract.

Xie Li'er tried to comfort Dinesha about her homesickness and told her that her novel would be published. Meanwhile, Joshua planned to turn the Immovable Library into a dedicated Magic Web website, envisioning many more kinds of sites in the future.

• Xie Li'er found Dinesha praying in the Mage Tower and questioned her continued faith in the Holy Church Country.
• Dinesha recalled being saved by an elk she believed was an Avatar of Mornical and spoke of the people and places she missed in the Holy City.
• Xie Li'er suppressed her anger at the Tribunal of Judgment and gave Dinesha a contract to publish her novel as a physical book.
• Joshua told Ciri he planned to separate the Immovable Library from the Spellcaster Forum and make it a website for writing and storing books.
• Joshua described future Magic Web websites for viewing art and recordings and buying goods.

Messiah returned to Nolan to persuade Xie Li'er and Dinesha to join Herolia’s side, but found them occupied with a book-signing event at the magic academy. Xie Li'er postponed her answer as readers gathered around Dinesha and customers began approaching her table.

• Messiah arrived in Nolan with a Holy Army subordinate to bring Xie Li'er and Dinesha back to Herolia’s side.
• Messiah warned her subordinate not to act rashly because Nolan’s residents distrusted the Holy Army.
• Xie Li'er texted Messiah that she would give her answer at Lu'ersike Advanced Magic Academy’s library.
• Messiah found Xie Li'er selling her self-published diary at a signing event while Dinesha attracted a crowd of readers.
• Xie Li'er put off answering Messiah’s invitation, and two elderly Spellcasters approached her table asking for the author.

Messiah watched Xie Li'er’s successful signing event and realized she had little chance of persuading the inquisitor to return to the Holy City. Joshua then offered to teach Messiah as his afternoon lesson began.

• Xie Li'er’s diary readers revealed that they knew she was an inquisitor, and Messiah watched them warily.
• Joshua told Messiah that he had organized the signing event and that Xie Li'er was his contractor under a daily diary-update agreement.
• Joshua asked why Messiah wanted Xie Li'er to return to the Holy City, and Messiah saw Xie Li'er enjoying her fame and earning substantial money in Nolan.
• Messiah struggled to find a reason to recruit Xie Li'er, and Joshua offered to teach her when it was time for his lesson.

Messiah attended Joshua’s lesson on the Magic Net with Desireless One, who revealed that the Tribunal of Judgment was pushing the Holy Church Country toward conflict with the world. She learned that her mentor hoped she would return to the Holy City and help protect Herolia.

• Messiah questioned Desireless One about why he had stayed in Nolan, and he brought her into Joshua’s class on websites.
• Desireless One asked Messiah what she thought of the Magic Net, and she admitted that she found it useful but distrusted its demonic creator.
• Desireless One told Messiah that the Tribunal of Judgment’s actions were turning the Holy Church Country against the world and that only a few archbishops could be trusted.
• Messiah asked whether Desireless One wanted her to remain in Nolan, and he said he hoped she would return to the Holy City.
• Desireless One told Messiah to use her Third Eye to identify enemies and protect Herolia, who would handle her becoming an idol or helping build the Magic Net.

Joshua rescued Tylinn from a crowd of adoring fans at the library and explained how famous she had become. He proposed a concert at Nolan’s Magic Arena to showcase her singing and help the World Tree grow, and Tylinn agreed to practice.

• Messiah found Xie Li'er safe while a crowd gathered around Tylinn in the library hall.
• Joshua carried Tylinn away from the fans and explained that people admired her stories and wanted her autograph.
• Tylinn told Joshua she had come to see Sister Dinesha’s works, and Joshua advised her to wear a disguise when going out.
• Joshua proposed arranging a concert for Tylinn at the Magic Arena, and she said she would need practice.
• Joshua promised to write new songs for Tylinn and arrange a private meeting with Sister Dinesha.

Joshua agreed to buy Frost Owl two books by Sister Dinesha, then Shael discovered that masked elves had awakened the frost dragon and told it that its sister had been reborn among the Frost Elves. The dragon flew off toward ancient ruins to find her.

• Frost Owl asked Joshua to buy copies of Sister Dinesha’s books, and Joshua agreed.
• Shael used Frost Spirit to discover masked spellcasters purifying the frost dragon in a snowy cave.
• The awakened dragon told the elves that the sacred tree Enlosi had withered and the gray fog had swallowed its people.
• A radiant white bird revealed that the dragon’s sister had been reborn in a young Frost Elf girl.
• The white bird’s servant offered to guide the dragon to ancient ruins, and the dragon set off after learning humans and Dwarves occupied them.

Elder Sindonal, Arl, and the ice dragon reached the outskirts of a human city where they sensed the sacred tree Enlosi, and Sindonal resolved to enter the city and rescue it. In Nolan, Joshua and Ciri watched Tylinn rehearse for her upcoming concert and prepared for the competition in two days.

• After three days of flight, the ice dragon warned Elder Sindonal that they were nearing the ruins now occupied by humans and Dwarves.
• Elder Sindonal reminded Arl not to cause trouble, while she hid the tool she had been using to scratch at the dragon's scales.
• The group spotted a brilliantly lit city and sensed that the sacred tree Enlosi was inside it.
• The exhausted ice dragon landed in a forest and transformed into a Frost Elf, and Elder Sindonal urged the group to go to the city and rescue the tree.
• At Falosi Manor, Joshua and Ciri watched Tylinn finish rehearsing with the Bone Duke's orchestra and praised her performance.
• Ciri gave Tylinn hot milk, and Joshua said they would wait for the competition to begin the day after tomorrow.