Chapter Summaries

Yelibell and Sacred Dragon discovered that Sordil’s abandoned oxygen hoods could let their forces leave the seabed and prepare to ambush the Western Continent’s enemy. Meanwhile, the Western Continent leaders struggled to deliver Old Friend’s plan to Number Four, and Sordil awakened in an empty bedroom before hiding to wait for someone’s return.

• Yelibell identified the “fish tanks” as Sordil’s oxygen hoods, and Sacred Dragon tested them before sending scouts toward the surface.
• Kelsu, Goodpes, Shideweig, and Delsd debated how to deliver Old Friend’s items and plan to Number Four, until an azure-green giant dragon offered a possible contact.
• Kelsu excitedly shook the azure-green giant dragon unconscious, prompting Goodpes and the others to beat Kelsu while the dragon was taken for treatment.
• Sordil woke in a girl’s bedroom, searched the building, and hid in a cabinet after noticing someone approaching.
• A black-clad figure came downstairs after a heavy thud sounded from an upstairs bedroom.

Sordil was caught spying by the assassin Shadow, whose real name was Tingmei’er Aisha, and forced her to reveal what she knew about her unknown employer. After making her his subordinate, he set out with her to find her former master, while a massive Tempest continued gathering strength in the Western Continent.

• A woman in black discovered Sordil hiding in a cabinet and caught him beneath her unwashed pantsu.
• Sordil transformed into a giant dragon, stopped Shadow from escaping, and questioned her about her connection to Ice Blade and the United Front Alliance.
• Shadow revealed that her real name was Tingmei’er Aisha and that she did not know her employer’s identity or motives.
• When Sordil threatened to put her in a pot, Tingmei offered to lead him to her employer, and he made her sign a magical contract.
• Tingmei led Sordil out of the house to find her former master as a massive Tempest gathered in the Western Continent.

Sacred Dragon’s force ambushed Olibuk’s Western Continent dragons, but Yelibell realized the enemy was using them as bait for a second force. Sacred Dragon ordered Yelibell to lead the Second Brigade to escape while he stayed behind with the First Brigade.

• Sacred Dragon waited for the enemy to enter the ambush zone, then ordered the attack while Yelibell relayed his commands.
• Olibuk’s dragons formed a defensive circle and counterattacked, but Sacred Dragon’s recruits and elite troops gradually gained the advantage.
• Old Suo guided Tingmei to the cave where the master lived and hid inside her hood as she entered.
• Yelibell noticed that Olibuk’s force was holding back and overheard Talib and Montedoss discussing their plan to lure Sacred Dragon’s troops into a second ambush.
• Yelibell warned Sacred Dragon that another Western Continent force was waiting behind them, and he ordered her to escape with the Second Brigade while he held the enemy off.

Yelibell kept her forces in place after Talib dismissed Montedoss’s warning, and the ambush settled into a lull. Meanwhile, Old Suo and Tingmei reached the mysterious cave, where Old Suo confronted Old Friend and their fight shook the cave.

• Talib rejected Montedoss’s warning that Ishgar’s forces were preparing to break through, insisting they were only resting.
• Yelibell kept her troops attacking at a reduced pace and arranged shifts, until both sides rested and soldiers splashed in the sea.
• Tingmei woke Old Suo near their destination and asked him to wipe drool from her neck; he accidentally scrubbed her skin after becoming distracted by his thoughts about Old Friend.
• Tingmei led Old Suo through the cave passage, where Old Friend challenged her and Old Suo rushed ahead to confront him.
• Old Suo and Old Friend fought, and Old Friend’s dragon roar shook the cave and knocked Tingmei to the ground.

Tingmei reunited with Old Suo and watched Sordil capture and interrogate Old Friend. Above the sea, Talib and Montedoss decided to attack the remaining half of Ishgar’s army after the rest mysteriously disappeared.

• A silver-white ring transported Tingmei past the rockfall, where she discovered that the rainbow-colored wall was Old Suo’s giant body.
• Old Suo revealed that he had captured Sordil and was holding him in his hand, while Tingmei worried that Sordil might suffocate.
• Sordil remembered his purpose, transformed into Sky Dragon Mode, and healed Old Friend before questioning him.
• Old Friend refused to reveal information, so Sordil switched into Iron Dragon Mode and tortured him with devices made by Shape-Making Magic.
• Olibuk and Talib noticed that half of Ishgar’s army had disappeared, and Talib asked Montedoss what to do.
• Montedoss advised watching the remaining enemy and reporting them as their results, so Talib ordered a full-scale assault.

Sacred Dragon led the dragons and Dragon Slayer Mages through the Western Continent’s encirclement, but the mages betrayed them underwater, forcing Acnologia to abandon his hope of coexistence. After the bloody clash, the surviving dragons flew toward Montes Sacretaa.

• Sacred Dragon ordered his group to dive into the sea and escape the Western Continent’s encirclement, and Olibuk sent pursuers after them.
• Sacred Dragon planned to return to the outskirts of the encirclement and ambush the scattered Western Continent forces.
• The Dragon Slayer Mages attacked Sacred Dragon and the dragons, then Muir Haven explained that their families were being held hostage and argued that dragons could threaten humanity.
• Acnologia ordered the dragons to kill the Dragon Slayer Mages, and the sea was left empty except for crimson water.
• More than twenty dragons flew toward the Montes Sacretaa Dragon Clan Secret Realm instead of Peterburg City.

Yelibell explained that she had delayed the withdrawal to fool the enemy commander and use their rivalry to keep a rival strategist from interfering. She prepared a secret means of escape, but the Sacred Dragon ordered her to take troops and seek aid while he and the First Brigade held their position; meanwhile, the Sage Dragon and the others discovered Yelibell’s exhausted troops had returned to Peterburg City without Aku or the Sacred Dragon.

• Yelibell told the Sacred Dragon that the enemy commander believed their forces were resting and was suppressing the strategist who had seen through their plan.
• Yelibell reminded the Sacred Dragon that their secret weapon could help the Second Brigade escape enemy surveillance, but he insisted that he and the First Brigade stay behind while she took troops to seek aid.
• Yelibell accepted the Sacred Dragon’s order and began arranging the withdrawal plan.
• The Sage Dragon saw a silver-white light curtain rise over the Lord Mayor’s Residence and flew there, while Irene, Diphiya, and the others rushed to join him.
• The Sage Dragon found Yelibell and exhausted soldiers but no sign of Aku, the Sacred Dragon, or the First Brigade; Yelibell asked him to wait until Irene and the others arrived and promised to explain what had happened.

Irene and the others gathered at the Lord Mayor’s residence and learned that Aku and the Sacred Dragon were trapped by the enemy, but their rescue was obstructed by the exhausted Space Magic Crystals. As the western Evil Dragons attacked the city, Old Suo continued trying to make his captive talk, and Tingmei devised a new plan with Sordil’s help.

• Yelibell reported that the Sacred Dragon and Aku had been left surrounded, and Irene persuaded the Sage Dragon not to blame her.
• The Sage Dragon offered to lead a brigade to rescue them, but Yelibell revealed that the Space Magic Crystals needed for teleportation had run out.
• Kurelle arrived with news that the western Evil Dragons had begun attacking the city.
• Old Suo asked Tingmei how to break his captive’s silence, and Tingmei secretly contacted Sordil to devise a new interrogation plan.

Sordil questioned Old Friend and discovered that talk of returning from the dead stirred his emotions, suggesting Old Friend had died before. While Tingmei helped Sordil investigate a mysterious golden-haired noblewoman, her portrait began to reveal that woman’s identity.

• Old Friend traded sarcastic remarks with Sordil, who probed why Old Friend hated him and noticed his reaction to the idea that he had died once before.
• Sordil contacted Tingmei and learned that Old Friend had appeared a year earlier, rarely left his cave, and seemed to prefer food from the western continent.
• Tingmei recalled meeting a cloaked golden-haired noblewoman in the passageway and described her as a wealthy woman based on her perfume and appearance.
• Sordil taught Tingmei to draw with magic power, and she spent half an hour producing an increasingly lifelike portrait while Old Friend was ignored.
• As Tingmei’s portrait took shape, the woman whose identity it revealed became unable to remain pleased.

Sordil exposed Old Friend as Arthur, who had survived through Soul Transference, but Arthur detonated himself before Sordil could learn more. Tingmei revealed that Arthur had sent intelligence to Agent Number Four at Montes Sacretaa, and Sordil ended the chapter discovering the Secret Cabinet had been emptied.

• Tingmei sketched the Golden-Haired Noblewoman, and Sordil identified her as Leshia Fonair, queen of the Kingdom of Tsuyioru Xiu.
• Sordil deduced that Old Friend was Arthur Gebilie, and Arthur admitted he had used Soul Transference to return from death.
• Arthur warned that Sordil's friends and family would soon join him, then exploded before Sordil could question him further.
• Tingmei revealed that Arthur had sent word about the Western Continent reinforcements and directed dragons to deliver Secret Cabinet Number Four's contents to Agent Number Four at Montes Sacretaa.
• Sordil collapsed Arcana Mountain's cave in anger, then dug through the rubble to find the Secret Cabinet completely empty.

Sordil and Tingmei discovered that Leshia had emptied the secret cabinets, then confronted the King and Queen of Cuiyi'aorshu. After killing them, Sordil teleported with Tingmei to the Kingdom of Tsuyioru Xiu, where he acted as if he belonged in the Chancellor’s residence.

• Tingmei realized someone had removed the items from the secret cabinets, and Old Suo concluded Leshia had taken them after Tingmei left.
• Sordil and Tingmei arrived in Philiers, where Leshia argued with Belmod Lanlos about resisting Sordil before Sordil and Old Suo entered the bedchamber.
• Sordil killed Belmod with an invisible steel needle and destroyed Leshia with Void Burst after she said Belmod no longer had to endure humiliation.
• Sordil teleported with Tingmei to the Chancellor’s study in the Kingdom of Tsuyioru Xiu, where servants and maids respectfully greeted them.
• Tingmei asked whether Sordil was the Chancellor, but he refused to answer and strode down the corridor.

Sordil arranged the aftermath of the Queen and Belmod’s deaths, set Gould up to become king, and staged a dragon attack on the royal palace. As he continued managing the upheaval in Philiers, two people elsewhere moved closer to a fated meeting, while Sordil remained unaware of the power awaiting him.

• Sordil told the Prime Minister that the Queen’s surrenderist allies and Belmod had been dealt with, then ordered him to prepare for Gould’s succession and introduced Tingmei Aisha as his helper.
• At Silver Moon Bar, Sordil introduced Tingmei to Silver Moon and her subordinates, then left them to wait for Black Robe and Bill.
• Sordil transformed into Montedoss and destroyed the royal palace with Dragon Breath, making the King and Queen’s deaths appear to result from a dragon attack.
• Sordil informed Gould that he had killed Belmod and Leshia, ordered him to follow the succession plan, and left after Gould agreed.
• As Sordil handled the fallout in Philiers, two people bound by fate drew closer, while the narration noted that Sordil had yet to discover the power left to him.

Dak Dolgred recalled growing up in the Dragon Clan Secret Realm, befriending Acnologia, and losing him after he left to fight the Evil Dragons. A boy woke from the memory and fled from pursuing dragons, but he and another figure fell into a foul ditch and vanished as the dragons argued over where to search.

• Dak Dolgred described how soldiers invaded the secret realm when he was a child, killed his parents, and were defeated by a snow-white dragon who saved him.
• Dak Dolgred befriended the dragon, later identified as Acnologia, and rejoined the other people in the secret realm.
• Acnologia returned from patrol wounded after rescuing merchants from Evil Dragons, then left to investigate the threat and never returned.
• The dragons left to fight the Evil Dragons attacking Ishgar, while Dak Dolgred stayed behind and longed for Acnologia's return.
• A boy woke from a recurring dream, saw dragons pursuing him, and collided with a black shadow before they both disappeared into a foul ditch.
• The pursuing dragons failed to find the boy, argued over who was at fault, and agreed to search without reporting to Lord Sacred Dragon.

Doctor and Zeref escaped the Evil Dragons and agreed to travel together to Peterburg City, where Doctor planned to take the Dragon Slayer Mage recruitment test. Zeref promised to develop Dragon Slayer Magic and teach it to Doctor, though he admitted he had no sense of direction.

• Doctor and Zeref emerged from a leaf-covered pool after the Evil Dragons left, then headed toward a nearby forest.
• Doctor demanded that Zeref accept him as a disciple and teach him magic, and Zeref agreed in exchange for directions.
• Doctor revealed that Irene had developed Dragon Slayer Magic and that the Dragon Slayer Mage Corps was in Peterburg City under Prince Sordil's command.
• Zeref laughed at hearing that Irene had developed the magic, then offered to go with Doctor and teach him if he succeeded in developing Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Doctor and Zeref introduced themselves and set off together for Peterburg City.

After the royal palace was destroyed, Sordil helped stabilize the kingdom and moved his allies to Peterburg City, where he was summoned to join Yelibell and the Second Brigade. As Sordil and the others headed toward the sea, a mysterious figure entered Peterburg City and a dark mass approached its walls.

• The nobles chose Gould as king after Montedoss killed the King and queen, and General Oddek led the Western Border Army away to hunt the Western Continent’s evil dragons.
• Sordil left Tingmei and Diphiya in Philiers to maintain order, then moved everyone from Fostadu to Peterburg City for safety.
• In Peterburg City, Heradi reported that Kiginst’s forces had confronted the defenders but withdrawn without causing casualties.
• Sordil reunited with his allies in the council hall, where they teased him about his delay and his relationship with Irene.
• At Kaldiz’s urging, Sordil went to the Teleportation Array and departed with Yelibell and the Second Brigade.
• A mysterious figure slipped into Peterburg City as a dark, mountain-like mass approached its walls.

Kelsu’s faction secured General Xizhalansa’s conditional support for a surprise attack on Peterburg City, while Zeref sensed a hostile dragon approaching the town where he and the Doctor were staying. After learning of the planned attack, Old Suo canceled the rescue mission and prepared to teleport his team away.

• Hit reported that General Xizhalansa would help Kelsu only if the Sage Dragon, Irene, and the others were spared, and Kelsu wrote him a guarantee.
• Kelsu, Goodpes, Shideweig, and Delsd agreed to accept Xizhalansa’s condition while leaving themselves room to claim any deaths were accidental.
• Hit told his Boss that Xizhalansa had agreed conditionally, and the Boss predicted the General’s terms before sending Hit to deliver the letter.
• After another failed experiment, Zeref sensed a hostile giant dragon approaching and asked the Doctor to evacuate the townspeople while he prepared to fight.
• Old Suo learned that Xizhalansa had joined Kelsu’s plan to attack Peterburg City that night, canceled the rescue operation, and began preparing a teleportation array.

Sordil and Yelibell returned to Peterburg City after Xizhalansa helped the enemy attack it, while Irene and the Sage Dragon fought to defend the city. Zeref died battling Acnologia, but a Black Mist attack then killed Acnologia as he pursued the fleeing doctor and residents.

• Sordil told Yelibell that Xizhalansa had betrayed them and led her and the soldiers to support the defenders of Peterburg City.
• Xizhalansa claimed he had acted to eliminate hidden dangers, but Kelsu and Delsd joined him in attacking Belserion.
• Irene learned Heradi had rescued all the civilians and persuaded him to accompany her back to the battlefield.
• Zeref tried to stop Acnologia from harming the doctor, but Acnologia broke through his defenses and killed him.
• Acnologia pursued the doctor and the fleeing residents, but a human on his head released Black Mist that killed him.

Sordil rushed to Peterburg City to protect Irene, arriving just in time to save her from a dragon attack. After defeating two dragons, he found Irene and Heradi asleep and was dragged along when Irene remembered the battle was still underway and hurried to rescue Belserion and the others.

• Sordil left the search-and-rescue mission to Yelibell and flew toward the Lord Mayor's Manor because he was worried about Irene.
• Heradi tried to protect Irene from a dragon, but Sordil arrived and stopped the attack before it could hit her.
• Sordil kicked Heradi for bringing Irene to the battlefield, then agreed to forgive him after Irene explained she had insisted on coming.
• Sordil defeated two giant dragons with a rebounded breath attack and Black Mist greatswords.
• Sordil found Irene and Heradi asleep, and Irene soon remembered the battle and hurried off with him to save Belserion and the others.

Yelibell realized that the attacks on the sea, Peterburg City, and Asia City were parts of a coordinated Western Continent trap. As forces converged on the battlefield, Glaide prepared to exploit the conflict while Kelsu's allies grew suspicious of him.

• Yelibell spotted approaching black clouds, ordered her subordinates to continue their mission, and flew to investigate.
• Talib reported that the southern front was going as planned, and Kelsu and Talib joined the fight against the Sage Dragon.
• Hit told Glaide that Kelsu's forces had clashed with Sordil's group and Asia City's garrison was being driven toward Peterburg City; Glaide revealed his plan to conquer both continents and sent Hit to inspect the encirclement.
• Kelsu, Goodpes, and Shideweig agreed that Glaide might betray their plan, so they sent Shideweig and Xizhalansa to confront him.
• Wattster and Gilkunis told Yelibell that Western Continent dragons had besieged Asia City and driven its defenders toward Peterburg City, leading Yelibell to recognize the attacks as one enormous trap.

Yelibell warned Sordil that the enemy was trying to eliminate their forces by driving reinforcements toward the central battlefield, and Irene devised a plan to rotate the exhausted troops. Sordil arrived as the Sage Dragon fell unconscious after defending against Kelsu and the others, and he launched a furious counterattack.

• Yelibell realized the enemy was trying to wipe out their forces and contacted Sordil with the warning.
• Sordil agreed with Yelibell's assessment, and Irene proposed dividing the reinforcements into resting and fighting groups that could rotate.
• Sordil sent Irene's plan to Yelibell and continued toward the battlefield with Irene and Heradi.
• Kelsu and the others battered the Sage Dragon, who refused to surrender unless they left Ishgar and stopped harming humans.
• Sordil arrived as the Sage Dragon lost consciousness, then unleashed a barrage of Dragon Slayer Secret Arts against Kelsu and the others.