Vol. 5The Nether Sea and Winterhold

Caroso fought through the dungeon’s wars, lost his memories, and returned from the Nether Sea as Teresa and the National Salvation Alliance challenged Isli’s rule. The fighting at Winterhold left Caroso wounded, and he returned to the Flying Dutchman as Tig announced his marriage.

  • Caroso infiltrated the dungeon’s factions, gathered an undead army, and entered the Brave Warrior Trial with Teresa as Nimel investigated an ancient magic array.
  • Tom challenged Leona to a card duel after she demanded that he marry her.
  • Caroso and Bai joined the war over the elves, and Anwen accepted Vareesa’s explanation for betraying the Forest of Elves.
  • Caroso noticed red light from the dead flowing toward him as the exhausted armies fought through the night.
  • Caroso destroyed the God of Wisdom with the Law of Death, then woke without his memories on the Nether Sea and was cast into its depths by Tig Sparrow.
  • Teresa took over Caroso’s work while Presia faced Emperor Orsay’s death and Isli’s political maneuvers.
  • Caroso returned from the Nether Sea as Teresa and the National Salvation Alliance confronted Isli at Winterhold, where he was wounded in the fighting.
  • He returned to the Flying Dutchman, where Tig announced that Caroso was getting married.
Chapters 401–500 Read from Ch. 401

Arc 17The Underground Graveyard

Caroso and his companions infiltrated the dungeon’s factions, escaped the Forest of Elves, and gathered an undead army while Nimel investigated an ancient magic array. The arc ended with Caroso and Teresa entering the Brave Warrior Trial as Tom faced Leona in a card duel.

  • Caroso brought Bai, Teresa, and Krumen into the dungeon to rescue Pander’s people and seek the Proof of Eternal Life.
  • Nimel entered the dungeon and joined Jaina at the Temple of Wisdom, while the other participants took up roles in rival churches.
  • Caroso learned that the dungeon recreated a historical siege and accepted Zoltan’s mission to infiltrate Barrington in exchange for the Proof of Eternal Life.
  • Bai defeated Tom at cards, and Caroso recruited him before leading the group toward the underground neutral forces.
  • Caroso’s group escaped Messiah’s pursuit into Hell, where they subdued undead and evaded Malfurion while secretly agreeing to cooperate with him later.
  • Nimel and Jaina discovered an ancient magic array, while Caroso and Teresa spent five days gathering powerful undead forces.
  • Caroso and Teresa entered the Brave Warrior Trial, and Bai taught Tom how to make and bind cards.
  • Leona confronted Tom and demanded that he marry her, so Tom challenged her to a card duel.
Chapters 401–42525 summaries Read

Arc 18The Battle for the Elves

Caroso and Bai emerged from the trials, then joined a sprawling war in which factions fought over territory and the elves’ allegiance. As the exhausted armies reached a crisis, Vareesa showed Anwen why she had betrayed the Forest of Elves, and Anwen accepted her explanation.

  • Caroso defeated the Corrupted Card and received Obelisk the Tormentor, while Bai cleared her trial and later created the ninth-rank White Desert card.
  • Caroso and Bai joined Teresa in a campaign against Dawn City, but Gabri repelled their attack before Caroso and Varian began cooperating with Anduin.
  • Teresa defeated Uther, and Vareesa and Malfurion defected from the Forest of Elves after Vareesa killed Messiah to stop her from attacking Caroso.
  • Nimel accepted Vareesa and Malfurion into the Church of the God of Wisdom, and the rival factions turned their armies against Anwen and the elves.
  • Caroso, Varian, Gabri, Nimel, and Anwen’s forces fought through the night until the battlefield was nearly spent, while Caroso noticed red light from the dead flowing toward him.
  • Anwen charged Vareesa, but Nimel restrained her, and Vareesa showed Anwen the elves’ future and explained that she had acted to protect their people.
  • Anwen accepted Vareesa’s explanation and asked her to make sure she did not die with hatred.
Chapters 426–45025 summaries Read

Arc 19The Nether Sea Awakening

Caroso and Bai defeated the God of Wisdom, but the collapsing dungeon scattered them from their allies and left Caroso without his memories. After Teresa took over his work and Presia weathered Emperor Orsay’s death, Caroso and Bai awoke in the Nether Sea, where pirate Tig Sparrow cast Caroso into its depths.

  • Caroso and the other challengers turned against the God of Wisdom, and Caroso destroyed Him with the Law of Death before the dungeon collapsed and Tom rescued Caroso, Bai, and Nimel.
  • Nimel returned to Presia alive, while Teresa assumed Caroso’s identity and carried on his work, and Kong learned that Bai and Caroso had supposedly died.
  • Emperor Orsay died, and Isli used a Puppet Stone to present him as alive while he dealt with his brothers and attended an international conference.
  • Kong fought Xulos after demanding answers from the Church of the God of Wisdom, but Isli carried the unconscious Kong away as Hercules blocked the Church’s investigation.
  • Caroso woke without his memories beside Bai on the Nether Sea shore, where Tig ordered his pirates to seize them.
  • Caroso fought Tig and his pirates while Bai used her card to capture them, but Tig subdued Caroso and took them aboard his ship.
  • Tig dropped Caroso into the Nether Sea and kept Bai aboard, believing Caroso would have to survive the depths to prove himself as Tig Sparrow’s descendant.
  • Caroso fought undead soul fragments with the Flame Magic Sword’s phantom, then began devouring them when exhaustion and hunger overcame him.
Chapters 451–47525 summaries Read

Arc 20The Road to Winterhold

Caroso returned from the Nether Sea as Teresa and the National Salvation Alliance challenged Isli’s rule in Presia. The conflict erupted at Winterhold, and Caroso later returned to the Flying Dutchman as Tig announced that he was getting married.

  • Caroso restored his soul in the Nether Sea, accepted the Death God’s deal, and fought his way back to the Flying Dutchman, where he reunited with Bai and learned the ring might keep him trapped as the Death God’s messenger.
  • Teresa witnessed the misery caused by Isli’s new taxes, while Presian students and noble children formed the National Salvation Alliance and demanded political reforms.
  • Teresa raced to Winter City as the Alliance confronted Isli, but their attack on Winterhold was crushed before a fissure opened and a sea monster fell into the conflict.
  • Caroso arrived amid the battle, and Teresa tried to halt the fighting as Isli’s forces attacked the monster and clashed with the people gathered outside Winterhold.
  • Teresa helped the nobles flee while Bai revealed Osiris’s Sky Dragon, but Caroso was wounded by Xulos and Isli deployed his forces against them.
  • Teresa led survivors toward the shore, where a shaman told her that Grand Duke Osiris had sent people to receive her and explain the situation in Presia.
  • Caroso returned to the Flying Dutchman with a chest wound, and Tig announced to the startled pirates that Caroso was getting married.
  • Caroso reassured Bai that he had not meant his suggestion of a fake marriage as she feared, and the next morning Bai remained asleep while the viewers teased Caroso about the night before.
Chapters 476–50025 summaries Read
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