Chapter Summaries

Glaide tested the cautious commander defending the camp, then withdrew after learning how he responded. Sordil used Mind Talk to direct Igneel to hold the position and left for the southern front after the battle stabilized.

• Glaide sent the Western Continent dragons charging at the camp to probe the enemy commander’s response.
• Sordil contacted Igneel through Mind Talk and promised him extra chicken legs and wine if he held the camp.
• Igneel joined Metalicana and the others to defend the camp, while Glaide ordered his army to retreat after several minutes of fighting.
• Glaide concluded that the opposing commander was cautious and steady, and the Ishgar dragons celebrated their victory.
• Sordil left food and wine with Anna, told Igneel to stay at the camp, and exchanged a farewell gesture with him before heading to the southern front.

Igneel learned that Sordil had left without saying goodbye, while Sordil coordinated a canyon ambush on the southern front. The ambush devastated the enemy forces, but survivors counterattacked from the abyss as Hadessta’s troops tightened their encirclement.

• Igneel confirmed that Sordil had left, and Grandiere explained that Sordil’s hand gesture meant he would watch over and care for them.
• Sordil arrived at the southern front and ordered Hadessta’s forces to attack the enemy trapped in the canyon once Radel sealed its entrance.
• Oddek and Belserion faced Ishgar’s army and the Western Continent’s forces on an open prairie but could find no way to break the standoff.
• Radel’s earth-element dragons raised a rock wall across the canyon entrance, and Hadessta’s forces ignited the canyon before unleashing a barrage that created a massive abyss.
• Surviving enemies fired breath attacks from the abyss, and Hadessta ordered his troops to counterattack, block escape routes, and advance cautiously while shrinking the encirclement.

Sordil's forces repelled a Western Continent ambush and prepared to regroup at the Chigengster Plains, where the defeated southern and northern commanders reported to Kelsu. Meanwhile, Belserion and Oddek spotted a strange black figure in the sky and decided to alert Sordil.

• Sordil detected the Western Continent dragons underground to the southeast and warned Hadessta's army, which raised a stone wall and counterattacked when the enemy emerged.
• Hadessta's forces drove back the outnumbered, injured Western Continent dragons, then returned to camp, where Sordil told Hadessta to restore the canyon, establish camp, and join the others at the Chigengster Plains.
• Goodpes and Delsd arrived at Kelsu's headquarters after their defeats, but their synchronized speech and Kelsu's teasing sparked a quarrel that drove Kelsu into the sky in frustration.
• Belserion woke Oddek and showed him a black figure roaring in the sky, and Oddek said he would inform Sordil because he could not identify what it was doing.

Sordil received a distress call from the central front and left the southern front to gather a rescue force at the northern front. After reuniting with Igneel, Grandiere, and the others, Sordil prepared to lead them toward the central front.

• Sordil paused his healing work to tell the wounded soldiers that he had to respond to an urgent situation at the central front, and they urged him to go.
• Sordil informed Hadessta that he needed to lead the rescue squad, then teleported with Diphiya and two others to the northern front to gather reinforcements.
• Sordil met Diphiya and Mevajena on the Godesweit Mountains and explained that they needed to join Grandiere and the others before heading to the central front.
• Igneel confronted Sordil for making their previous farewell so sentimental, then accepted Sordil's roasted meat and drink instead of fighting him.
• After the group blamed him for delaying their departure, Sordil activated the Teleportation Array and told everyone to set off.

Sordil’s reinforcements arrived at Chigengster Plains, where he used his Poison Dragon abilities to monitor the enemy camp. He learned that Kelsu, Goodpes, and Delsd planned to transport supplies from their headquarters, giving him a chance to conduct armed reconnaissance behind enemy lines.

• Yelibell teased Grandiere about kissing Sordil, and the two nearly started a fight before Igneel was knocked down by their ticket-gate arms.
• Sordil’s shuttle arrived at Chigengster Plains, and Belserion described three black shadows rising from the enemy camp before falling quiet.
• Sordil switched into Poison Dragon Mode to monitor the Western Continent camp.
• Kelsu, Goodpes, and Delsd concluded that the Ishgar forces were organized and that their commander knew their movements.
• Goodpes proposed sending an elite force to carry food and water from the Western Continent to the front lines.
• Sordil realized the supply mission would let him conduct armed reconnaissance behind enemy lines.

Sordil explained how his scorched-earth strategy would cut off the enemy’s supplies and wagered that he could get behind their lines to place a Teleportation Array. He revealed that his secret trump card was Transformation Magic, which let him become an exact copy of Yelibell, leaving the group astonished.

• Sordil told Diphiya and the others that the enemy’s decision to move supplies matched his expectations and would lead to another victory.
• Yelibell warned that the enemy’s supply route was behind them, and Igneel proposed using Sordil’s Teleportation Arrays to ambush the convoy.
• Yelibell pointed out that they could not teleport to a place where they had not already set up an array, so Sordil wagered that he could reach the enemy rear and place one.
• Yelibell accepted the wager after a silent standoff with Sordil and pressure from the spectators.
• Sordil enclosed the group in a Space Barrier, transformed into an identical copy of Yelibell, and explained that his Transformation Magic could copy another person’s voice, abilities, and personality.

Sordil assembled a reconnaissance team to infiltrate enemy territory and intercept Western Continent supplies, using Transformation Magic to conceal their identities. The group reached the Principality of Galacore and chose its battle-scarred remnant as an unexpected ambush site.

• Sordil demonstrated Transformation Magic, collected his wager from Yelibell, and proposed using disguises to scout and intercept enemy supplies.
• Sordil chose Lindel, Diphiya, Murellia, and Mevajena for the mission, then led them toward the Western Continent by teleportation and flight.
• Sordil's team reached a peninsula near the Principality of Babaronza and planned to swim to Galacore after nightfall.
• Three days after the military meeting, the group found that Galacore had been reduced to a small, jagged island, which Mevajena identified as damage from battle.
• Diphiya and the others suggested choosing another location, but Sordil decided the Western Continent's forces would not expect an ambush at Galacore.

Sordil and his allies prepared to ambush the dragon supply convoy while Montedoss delivered Kelsu’s request for food and water to Shideweig and Olibuk. As the convoy set out, Sordil’s group tracked it to the sea and waited for it to arrive.

• Diphiya stopped Sordil from drawing a Teleportation Array before they knew the enemy’s route, and Sordil left with Lindel to scout.
• Montedoss led a food-and-water convoy across the sea while Deshed complained about the humiliating assignment; a purple figure spotted them and vowed to welcome them later.
• Montedoss told Shideweig and Olibuk that Ishgar’s Fortify-and-Scorch Plan and ambushes had crushed the dragon forces, prompting them to gather supplies and warn Kelsu to resolve the conflict quickly.
• Sordil told Igneel he had marked the convoy and could track it, then alerted the waiting group that their guests had arrived.

Sordil and the Bandit Squad ambushed Montedoss's supply convoy at sea, destroying its cargo and fighting the convoy's dragons. Sordil's forces gained the upper hand, while Igneel took on Montedoss and Sordil continued cutting down the other enemies.

• Montedoss led his group toward the island with most of the supplies magically transported, while Sordil and Igneel followed underwater with the Bandit Squad.
• Montedoss sensed danger and stopped the convoy, but more than ten colored breaths surrounded them and detonated an explosion that scattered their supplies.
• Sordil and Grandiere enhanced their allies with Augmented Magic, and more than twenty dragons began fighting above the sea.
• Igneel stayed behind to fight Montedoss one-on-one while Sordil went to assist the others.
• Sordil killed Deshed with successive attacks, then helped Grandiere defeat her opponent with a pincer assault.

Sordil killed two dragons during the battle, then avoided Diphiya's anger with Grandiere's help. Montedoss escaped while the enemy's strange force was absorbed by Sordil, and the story left Kelsu waiting anxiously for the missing transport unit as he prepared to send reinforcements.

• Sordil pierced a yellow dragon's head with an arrow, survived its counterattack, and finished it with a punch.
• Sordil used his black spear to kill a blue dragon, while the others finished their fights and Grandiere hurried to him.
• Diphiya confronted Sordil over patting her head, but Grandiere persuaded her to spare him and keep him in line.
• A strange force swept the fighters backward, but Sordil absorbed it; Montedoss escaped toward the Western Continent, and Sordil urged Igneel to focus on collecting supplies.
• Kelsu learned that Montedoss and the transport unit had not returned, so he agreed with Goodpes and his companion to organize another team for reinforcements.

Montedoss escaped his attackers but collapsed from exhausting his magic, while the search for his missing supply team revealed that the others had been killed and their provisions taken. Olibuk and Shideweig learned the enemy was trying to cut off aid to Kelsu in Ishgar, and Shideweig rushed to recall the newly dispatched supplies.

• Montedoss, weakened from fleeing, collapsed after hearing the Western Continent patrol’s warning, and the patrol took him to Olibuk.
• Kelsu sent a blue dragon and his team to find Montedoss or bring back supplies within five days, warning them that failure would cost them their heads.
• Olibuk and Shideweig decided to gather replacement supplies and inform Kelsu while Montedoss recovered.
• The blue dragon’s search party found Deshed’s body at sea, and the blue dragon sent two subordinates to report the discovery to Kelsu.
• Montedoss told Olibuk that an elite force had killed his companions and stolen the supplies while they were heading to Ishgar.
• Olibuk warned Shideweig that the enemy intended to starve Kelsu’s forces, so Shideweig hurried to recall the newly dispatched supply team.

Belserion and Acnologia welcomed Sordil and Igneel back with supplies stolen from the Western Continent’s transport unit, while Kelsu learned that Deshed had been killed and feared for the rest of the team. In the Kingdom of Donagunov, Irene heard that Sordil had returned and was reunited with him.

• Sordil and Igneel arrived at the Teleportation Array with food and water they had intercepted from the Western Continent’s forces, and Belserion and Acnologia helped unload it.
• Kelsu received Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi, who brought Deshed’s corpse and reported that Zakro was still searching the sea.
• Kelsu recognized Deshed and ordered Xiao Qi to tell Zakro to abandon the search and seek help from the Western Continent.
• Anna teased Irene by saying their teacher had returned, and Irene sprang up asking where Sordil was.
• Sordil appeared behind Irene, who recognized his voice and looked up at him in tears.

Sordil returned to Irene after more than half a month away, and they reunited before he explained that he had risked entering the Western Continent to stop enemy supplies from reaching Ishgar. He left again to deliver food to the soldiers at Fostadu, promising Irene he would return before dinner.

• Irene reunited with Sordil and reproached him for disappearing after their wedding, while Anna interrupted their reunion because she was hungry.
• Sordil revealed that he had secretly gone to the Western Continent to obtain ingredients, and Irene punched him for breaking his promise to avoid risks.
• Sordil explained that he had intercepted enemy provisions to prevent their forces from gaining a foothold in Ishgar, and Irene forgave him.
• Sordil gave Irene the ingredients for the palace chefs and told her he would return after delivering supplies to his men at Fostadu.
• Sordil arrived at the Teleportation Cave in the Cuyis Tree Sea, stumbled on the damaged ground, and flew toward Fostadu.

Sordil returned to Fostadu in his dragon form, reunited with Seraf, and flew to the Kingdom of Donagunov with Carl. During Fostadu’s welcome feast, Seraf drunkenly revealed details of Sordil’s past missions to Yeruzisi, who rushed to report what he had heard.

• Sordil arrived at Fostadu in his original dragon form, and the people recognized him and gathered around him.
• Seraf hurried to find Sordil but got lost circling the crowd, so Sordil promised a dinner with Queen Irene to anyone who found Seraf.
• The crowd located Seraf, and Sordil gave him ingredients for a feast before leaving with Carl for the Kingdom of Donagunov.
• At the feast, Seraf bragged about his history with Sordil and revealed information about Sordil’s operations in Moens Canyon, the Kingdom of Tsuyioru Xiu, and Philiers.
• Yeruzisi overheard Seraf’s disclosures and left for the group’s intelligence drop point.

Belmod learned that General Oddek might really be Prince Sordil in disguise and that the Western Continent was already at war with the United Front Alliance. He ordered an investigation into two intelligence factions suspected of serving Sordil.

• A shadow reported to Belmod that No. 13 had learned General Oddek was Prince Sordil in disguise after hearing Seraf Orn reveal the secret at a banquet in Fostadu.
• The shadow explained that No. 13 could not verify the claim because Seraf had declared him a defector and ordered him killed on sight.
• The shadow listed suspicious events involving Oddek and Sordil, including Oddek's safe return to West City and Sordil's failure to kill him in Donagunov.
• Belmod learned that the United Front Alliance and the Western Continent's dragons had been fighting for half a month, and that Queen Irene had forbidden the chancellor from informing him.
• The shadow suspected the Silver Moon Society and Drunken Sky Snow were factions Sordil had established in Philiers, and Belmod ordered a secret investigation into them.

After recovering, Belmod learned about Sordil’s role in the war against the Western Continent and grew convinced that Sordil might also be General Oddek. He decided the kingdom should use the war to keep Sordil too occupied to threaten them.

• Belmod returned to court and asked the chancellor for news, learning that Sordil and Grandiere had married on the same day as Oddek and Irene.
• The chancellor explained that Belserion had ordered Grandiere’s kidnapping and that Sordil had stormed the palace to rescue her before both sides settled the matter peacefully.
• Belmod learned that Sordil had destroyed a Western Continent reconnaissance unit and devised a Magic Array strategy to move forces between three fronts.
• The chancellor told Belmod that he had sent the Western Border Army to support the alliance, and agreed that Sordil might be Oddek in disguise.
• Belmod rejected the idea of letting the Western Continent kill Sordil and proposed using the war to keep Sordil and his allies occupied.

Belmod devised a way to aid the Western Continent’s evil dragons, while Sordil prepared to deal with Seraf’s failure to protect his secrets. Sordil healed Seraf after injuring him and punished him by demanding his continued loyalty.

• Belmod learned that Sordil had destroyed the Western Continent’s relief party and stolen its food supplies, then whispered a plan to the chancellor.
• At Fostadu, Murellia apologized for failing to stop the black-robed spy, and Sordil comforted her before Mevajena teased him.
• Anna interrupted the group and reminded Sordil that Seraf was waiting, so Sordil hurried out with her.
• Seraf begged Sordil to punish him for leaking secrets and tried to stab himself, but Sordil used Space Magic to stop him, knocked him down, and healed his injuries.
• Sordil declared that Seraf’s punishment was to hold no grudge over his injuries and remain loyal to him, and Seraf thanked him.

Sordil healed Seraf, assigned defenses for Fostadu, and left with Anna while Seraf remained to guard the city. At the Western Continent camp, Kelsu and the other leaders received a long-awaited grain shipment from Zakro, who said Montedoss and Feldroka had helped him bring it back.

• Seraf told Sordil his injuries had healed, and Sordil ended the Healing Magic before leading everyone back to the council hall.
• Sordil ordered Mevajena and Murellia to watch the Wundest Guild and King Belmod, and instructed Seraf to secure Fostadu and contact him in an emergency.
• Sordil left Fostadu with Anna and the others, leaving Seraf in charge of the city's defenses.
• Kelsu, Delsd, and Goodpes worried that their starving troops had no food while the relief grain convoy was missing.
• A messenger announced that Zakro and Montedoss had returned with food, and Kelsu and the other leaders hurried to the camp gate to receive them.
• Zakro reported that Montedoss and Feldroka had helped him bring back the grain, and Kelsu led them to his tent to hear the details.

Zakro and Montedoss reported that an elite dragon unit had ambushed the supply convoy, prompting Kelsu and the others to plan a response while arranging for more provisions. At Dragunov, Acnologia warned Sordil that dragons carrying bundles had arrived at the Western Continent camp, and Sordil left to investigate.

• Zakro told Kelsu that he had found Montedoss’s dead squad members, discovered wreckage, and later escorted provisions back with Montedoss and Feldroka.
• Montedoss explained that a dozen or more dragons wearing transparent head spheres had ambushed his convoy, killed his men, and left him to escape to the Western Continent.
• Kelsu promised to avenge the fallen and protect the supply route after hearing Montedoss’s account.
• Feldroka warned that the provisions would last only ten days, and Kelsu and Goodpes devised a plan to send another convoy despite the threat.
• Sordil questioned Belmod’s silence at the Dragunov palace until Acnologia arrived and reported that dragons carrying bundles had entered the enemy camp.
• Sordil agreed to return to the central battlefield with Acnologia to investigate the new movement.

Belserion accidentally knocked Sordil and Acnologia unconscious with his shout, and Sordil later woke in the central battlefield camp. After learning what had happened, Sordil set out with Murellia to see if they could wake Acnologia.

• Belserion shouted at Sordil, leaving him foaming at the mouth, and Acnologia collapsed after Belserion shouted at him too.
• Mevajena and Murellia carried the unconscious Sordil away, leaving Acnologia behind in the tent.
• Sordil woke the next morning and mistakenly believed that Mevajena and Murellia had been captured by the enemy.
• Mevajena punched Sordil into the dirt after he claimed that Heaven would prove his sanity by making her marry him.
• Murellia told Sordil that Belserion's bad breath had knocked him out and that Acnologia had suffered even worse.
• Sordil and Murellia went to see if Healing Magic could wake Acnologia.