Chapter Summaries

Odessa battled the weakened Faiz with a chained statue and eventually subdued him, while Merk warned Odessa to follow their plan. Two days later, Lynn activated the Magic Net to borrow computing power from other wizards and prepared to test his new magic.

• Faiz unleashed Dragon Breath against Odessa, who used golden barriers and crimson chains to withstand the flames.
• Odessa's statue inflicted magical backlash on Faiz, but Faiz broke many of the chains and charged at him.
• Odessa returned wounded and with a cracked statue, and Merk rebuked him for acting too soon and ordered him to avoid further independent action.
• Merk said Faiz was supposed to die at someone else's hands, while Odessa answered obediently but remained cold-eyed.
• Two days later, Lynn activated Intellectual Brain overload mode and linked to the Magic Net to draw computing power from everyone except Harov.
• Lynn limited the borrowed power to fifteen percent and prepared to test the new magic he had created.

Lynn tested his new [Spatial Vibration Wave], a spell capable of threatening a Great Wizard, and prepared for the council’s arrest operation. When an invisible intruder appeared in his training room, Lynn attacked and discovered that the visitor was Aurora, apparently severed by the spell.

• Lynn tested [Spatial Vibration Wave] and found that it cut nearby combat puppets apart, distorted those farther away, and consumed most of his magic power.
• Lynn explained how [Spatial Vibration Wave] could counter Herlam’s [Deflection Field], then replenished his magic with [Heins's High-Grade Potion].
• As Lynn prepared to test the spell further before the council’s arrest operation, he sensed an invisible intruder nearby and attacked with [Spatial Vibration Wave].
• Lynn fired [Magic Barrage], drank another potion, and readied the [Corona Medal] when the intruder survived his attack.
• Aurora appeared and warned Lynn that [Vittorio's Barrier] could be used only once, while Lynn saw what looked like a severed wound across her waist and abdomen.

Lynn tested his new [Spatial Vibration Wave] against Aurora, but she easily erased its damage and hinted that the spell had missed her true target. Aurora questioned how Lynn had detected her and stayed hidden in his practice room, leaving him to continue his experiments while she wondered whether he could truly smell her.

• Aurora praised [Spatial Vibration Wave], and Lynn claimed he had built its Spell Slot using arcane formulas.
• Aurora erased the cut across her body and her clothes, then warned Lynn that powerful spells were useless if they missed their true target.
• Aurora asked how Lynn had found her, and Lynn falsely blamed her scent before changing the subject to the Magic Stone Mine.
• Aurora declined to explain why she had followed Lynn, then vanished after calling him her Brown Star.
• Lynn sensed that Aurora had remained invisible in the practice room and continued experimenting, while Aurora sealed away her scent and wondered whether he could detect it.

Lynn joined Raphael’s team in the assault on the Doomsday Cult’s manor, where the cultists put up increasingly fierce resistance. The team was struck by a blast from a High-grade Magic Crystal Cannon, leaving everyone but Raphael hurled away by the explosion.

• Raphael warned his team to stay alert and urged Lynn to prioritize his safety before the assault began.
• An explosion signaled the attack, and Raphael led his team into the burning manor, where they subdued cultists as they advanced.
• Yoland used Ice Storm to stop fireballs launched by Doomsday Cult wizards in a corridor.
• The team found more than a dozen cultists preparing a High-grade Magic Crystal Cannon, and Raphael raised Wall of Sighs to shield them.
• The cannon’s beam shattered Raphael’s barrier and exploded, hurling everyone nearby except Raphael away.

Raphael and the others fought Odessa after the Doomsday Cult’s cannon attack, and Odessa trapped them in the Doomsday Domain. As Raphael battled Odessa, Lynn spotted an invisible ambush and saved Yoland, then sensed more enemies approaching.

• The Magic Crystal Cannon malfunctioned, allowing Raphael to kill the cultists leading the attack and destroy the cannon.
• Odessa appeared, revealed himself as the Doomsday Messenger, and trapped Raphael, Lynn, and the others in the Doomsday Domain.
• Raphael cast Magic Torrent against Odessa’s imitation of Dragon’s Breath while the others retreated from the clash.
• Lynn warned Yoland of an invisible attacker, kicked him out of the dagger’s path, and burned the ambusher with Flame Touch.
• Lynn used his thermal vision to detect more than a dozen enemies closing in on the group.

Lynn used Glowstone powder to expose the Doomsday Cultists hiding with Shadow Magic, while Raphael fought Odessa. Odessa summoned a falling silver moon with Doomsday Judgment, but Lynn cut it apart with Spatial Vibration Wave.

• Lynn trapped the group and the hidden Doomsday Cultists inside ice walls, then used their attack on a vial to spread Glowstone powder and reveal them.
• Yoland, Kevin, and the others counterattacked the exposed cultists as Raphael fought Odessa.
• Odessa pierced Raphael's right arm with a crimson chain, then invoked Doomsday Judgment and summoned a falling silver moon.
• Aurora urged Lynn to use his strongest magic and warned him that the silver moon was not real.
• Lynn used Spatial Vibration Wave to slice the enormous silver moon apart.

Lynn shattered Odessa’s silver-moon illusion and helped Raphael’s group survive the cultist’s attacks by identifying the real threats. The chapter ended with Lynn striking at Odessa while a flash bomb left him temporarily blinded.

• Lynn cut apart the enormous silver moon, then explained that it was a magical illusion rather than proof he had reached the Legendary realm.
• Odessa summoned a crimson tide of fiends, and Lynn used an enhanced [Spatial Vibration Wave] to reveal which ones were real.
• Odessa evaded Lynn’s wave and attacked with illusions, but Aurora identified his real body and Raphael blocked its attack.
• Raphael’s [Iron Sand Storm] concealed explosive spheres that blinded Odessa, and Lynn unleashed [Spatial Vibration Wave] at him.

Lynn and Raphael defeated Odessa’s attack in the Doomsday Domain, but the broken evil-god statue and a surge of magic near the Corona Tower revealed that the cult’s real target might still be in danger. Meanwhile, Rol uncovered a connection between Kashimo and the Doomsday Cult before discovering signs of trouble at the tower.

• Lynn’s overlapping [Spatial Vibration Wave] spells shattered Odessa’s [Sacred Protection], severed parts of Odessa’s limbs, and destroyed the statue he carried.
• Raphael forced a potion down Odessa’s throat to keep him alive and demanded that he explain the Doomsday Cult, while Lynn identified Odessa’s defense as a divine spell.
• Lynn used [Mage Hand] to examine the statue, and Aurora identified it as a vessel for an evil god’s power; a powerful surge from the Corona Tower then suggested the cult’s real target was there.
• Twenty minutes earlier, Rol found records linking Kashimo to the Psionics School and the Doomsday Cult, then hurried toward a blood smell near the Corona Tower.

Rol reunited with August inside Corona Tower and learned that his teacher was actually the psionic wizard Merk, who planned to turn Greenriel into a divine kingdom and become a new god of magic. The revelation left Rol helpless before Merk’s scheme.

• Rol reported to August that enemies had infiltrated the Magic Council and that a traitor had disabled Corona Tower’s defenses.
• August praised Lynn’s deductions, then led Rol and the others to the central control room.
• August opened the room by deceiving its magical lock with Faiz’s identity and passed through its elemental defenses.
• August told Rol that psionic magic could lead to godhood and accused the Legendary Wizards of suppressing it to protect their power.
• August declared that Greenriel would become a divine kingdom and that he would become the second god of magic.
• Merk revealed that he had taken August’s body after faking his death, and Rol collapsed in shock.

August revealed himself as the force behind the Doomsday Cult, seized the Magic Core, and used its power to spread his divine kingdom through Corona Tower and beyond. As Raphael, Sanchez, and the other wizards confronted him, August declared that he intended to transform Greenriel into a divine kingdom and become a god.

• August exposed the truth to Rol and bound him as a believer.
• August broke the crystal around the Magic Core and took the artifact created by Vittorio.
• August invoked the descent of his divine kingdom, and the crimson domain spread across Corona Tower and into the surrounding area.
• Raphael, Yoland, Lynn, Sanchez, and the others entered Corona Tower and saw the red light spreading through the city.
• August appeared before the wizards, admitted his plan to transform Greenriel into a divine kingdom, and offered Raphael and Sanchez positions as Cardinal Bishops if they accepted his faith.

August attacked Raphael, Lynn, and the others in Corona Tower after demanding their faith, overwhelming Sanchez and summoning a horde of Vengeful Spirits. Lynn protected the group with the Corona Medal’s barrier, but August began casting Finger of Destruction against it.

• August restrained Sanchez with scarlet chains and nearly killed him with Finger of Death, but Raphael and Lynn interrupted his attack and freed Sanchez.
• August broke Sanchez’s arm and crushed his chest, leaving him unconscious or badly injured.
• Aurora told Lynn to stall August for a few minutes, but August summoned Vengeful Spirits to attack the group.
• The Vengeful Spirits’ Soul Shriek prevented the group from casting spells, so Lynn activated Vittorio’s Barrier from the Corona Medal to shield them.
• August dismissed the barrier as a minor inconvenience and unleashed his Legendary Spell, Finger of Destruction.

August breached Vittorio's Barrier with Finger of Destruction, but Aurora's mirror magic reflected the attack and bought Lynn time before her incarnation shattered. Using the magic Aurora left behind, Lynn faced August with an Electromagnetic Railgun, and the projectile struck him at immense speed.

• August cast Finger of Destruction, breaking Vittorio's Barrier and sending its beam toward Lynn as Vengeful Spirits rushed in.
• Aurora stepped in front of Lynn and used Mirror Shift—Heaven and Earth to reflect August's spell, destroying the Vengeful Spirits in its path.
• Aurora's incarnation collapsed into a shattered mirror, leaving Lynn the True Mirror rune and asking him for one minute.
• Lynn activated the rune, gained power comparable to a Legendary Wizard, and formed a magnetic field around an iron ball.
• Lynn fired the Electromagnetic Railgun at August, sending the iron ball streaking toward him at nearly seven thousand meters per second.

Lynn used a spell resembling an electromagnetic railgun to nearly destroy August, but August regenerated and claimed he was invincible inside his domain. Harov, Aurora, and Vittorio arrived before August could finish his threat, leaving him surrounded by the Legendary Wizards.

• Lynn deflected August's attack with an electromagnetic railgun, blasting away half his body, but August survived and sent rubble flying at the group.
• Lynn used the last of Aurora's granted magic to destroy the rubble, while August rapidly regenerated and admitted he had once considered taking Lynn's body.
• August claimed he was indestructible within his expanding divine domain and threatened that the Legendary Wizards had been swept into spatial turbulence.
• Harov broke into Corona Tower and confronted August, then Aurora and Vittorio arrived and surrounded him.
• Vittorio asked Lynn about the lightning and magnetic-field magic, and Lynn explained that he had developed it with scholars from the Secret Magic Society and used Aurora's assistance to test it.

Vittorio used his control of the [Magic Core] to collapse August’s Doomsday Domain and seal him inside the crystal. Harov then told Lynn and the others to restore order in Greenriel City before seeking explanations.

• August discovered that his body had transformed into a half-demon monster, and Kashimo revealed that only one god could exist in the world before Vittorio silenced him.
• Aurora explained that August’s power came from a fallen evil god, while Harov asked Vittorio to handle August away from Greenriel City.
• August unleashed his power, but Vittorio used Elemental Disorder to take control of the [Magic Core], causing the Doomsday Domain to collapse.
• Vittorio removed the [Magic Core] from August and sealed him inside it with silver chains as August tried to reclaim it.
• Harov asked Lynn and the others to organize people and restore order in Greenriel City.

After August’s attack left Greenriel City in chaos and Faiz dead, Harov and the councilors learned that August had been the Evil Mage Merk and that Odessa was Kashimo, likely a member of the Church. The chapter ended with Vittorio suggesting that Kashimo’s real goal had been to dispel the [Mist of Lost], the barrier protecting the Land of Wizards from the Secas Empire.

• Harov and the other chairmen restored order in Greenriel City, while August was imprisoned inside the Magic Core and Rol was shackled and interrogated.
• At a meeting in the ruined Corona Tower, Harov asked Rol to explain what had happened, and Rol revealed that August had been Merk in disguise.
• Harov identified Odessa as Kashimo, Merk’s former right-hand man, and suspected that Kashimo belonged to the Church.
• Lynn asked what Kashimo had been trying to accomplish, and Vittorio said he had likely tried to dispel the [Mist of Lost].

After the [Mist of Lost] was damaged, Harov and the other councilors prepared for a possible war and ordered a trial fleet of Sky Airships. Lynn then asked what evil gods were, and Vittorio traced magic back to the first Psionic Wizards and their dangerous experiments with souls.

• Vittorio said the Magic Core and alchemy array that maintained the [Mist of Lost] were badly damaged, while Harov warned that the Church might be preparing for war.
• The council rejected a plan to patrol the Sea of Mists with hundreds of Alchemy Ships and discussed prewar preparations.
• Harov asked Lynn to build fifty Sky Airships at one thousand Magic Gold Coins each, and the alchemists proposed modifications.
• Lynn asked Harov what evil gods were, and Vittorio explained that the first wizards were Psionicists who used Mental Power to influence the material world.
• Vittorio said that Psionic Wizards once strengthened their Mental Power by devouring spiritual entities, but the resulting soul contamination drove many insane.
• Vittorio explained that some wizards sought gentler methods, and Ella found that devout faith could connect their minds.

Lynn learned that psionic power could corrupt a user's soul, while the Church and the wizards remained locked in conflict over power and faith. After Greenriel celebrated its victory, Lynn prepared to return to Iyetar, leaving Tick eager to continue studying calculus with him.

• Vittorio explained that psionic power could alter its users and that even the Church's revered figure might not have escaped soul contamination.
• Harov explained that etheric substance was not a soul and described its relatively safe, limited use in potions.
• Harov asked Lynn about the Secret Magic Society's willingness to oppose the Church, but Lynn made no promises and said he might contact a few colleagues.
• Greenriel celebrated the capture of Kashimo and the delay of August, awarding most of Lynn's team Morning Star Medals and nominating Lynn for a Silver Moon Medal.
• The council approved Lynn's request to exchange his spent Corona Medal for a replacement, and he resigned before leaving for Iyetar.
• Tick regretted Lynn's departure because he had relied on Lynn to answer questions about calculus and curve equations.

Lynn left Greenriel with Aurora’s gift of an illusion-magic book and traveled back toward Iyetar aboard an airship. During a storm, he led the airship above the clouds, where the passengers watched lightning below and Lynn explained that everyone had lightning within them.

• Aurora gave Lynn the refurbished [Corona Medal] and a book on illusion magic, but postponed answering his questions about the spell formula and Brown Star.
• Lynn departed Greenriel aboard the airship with Philip and the others, bound for Iyetar.
• When a storm approached, Lynn told Lydia to fly the airship above the clouds instead of landing.
• The airship passed through the cloud layer safely and rose above the storm, where Lydia, Philip, and the apprentices watched lightning below.
• Lynn told Philip that the [Electromagnetic Railgun] used the Magnetic Field and said that everyone had lightning within them.

Lynn demonstrated static electricity to Philip, Lydia, and the others, then explained how technology could harness electricity without magic. With the Church potentially threatening the Land of Wizards, he decided that technology and expanded education were essential for preparing Ieyeta Harbor for war.

• Lynn rubbed a glass ball and attracted scraps of paper with static electricity, prompting Lydia and the others to try it themselves.
• Lynn explained that friction transferred electric charge, though Philip and the others were confused by his explanation of atoms and electrons.
• Daren asked whether halflings could use electricity, and Lynn said knowledge and tools could let anyone harness it, potentially even to build an Electromagnetic Railgun.
• Lynn considered the Church's possible arrival and concluded that technology could strengthen the Land of Wizards' war readiness faster than training more wizards.
• Lynn decided they needed to develop technologies, address material shortages, and summon graduated Wizard Apprentices and Official Wizards back for further education.

Lynn returned to Ieyeta Harbor to a jubilant welcome and took over as Dean of the Iyetar School. In his new office, he learned that the South City District tragedy had left the school with far fewer wizards and apprentices than expected.

• Crowds hailed Lynn as Iyetar's Star of Magic, admiring his Corona Medal and celebrating his achievements in Greenriel.
• Philip, Kevin, and the Iyetar School's Official Wizards announced that Lynn would become Dean, giving him control of the school and the harbor city.
• After the celebratory banquet, Lynn entered the Dean's office and used magic to clear away its accumulated dust.
• Orlando brought Lynn records showing that the school had about 1,100 Wizard Apprentices and 260 Official Wizards remaining.
• Orlando explained that the South City District tragedy had killed 141 Wizard Apprentices, fifteen Official Wizards, and more than 1,700 civilians.