Chapter Summaries

After reviewing the catastrophe’s casualties and Ieyeta Harbor’s finances, Lynn learned that the city could not afford to compensate the victims. He contributed funds to aid the South City District families and ordered the treasury to buy materials for his plans.

• Orlando reported that nine wizards had suffered severe mental trauma and showed Lynn nine failed communication rings, which Lynn kept for Raphael to study.
• Orlando told Lynn that more than thirty wizards had left Ieyeta Harbor, but Lynn refused to invite them back.
• Lynn asked whether the commoners harmed in the South City District had been settled and learned that Iyetar lacked enough money to compensate them.
• Lynn examined the financial reports and discovered that wizards paid no taxes, foreign trade supplied most of the city’s revenue, and one trade route had already been cut off.
• Lynn pledged ten thousand Magic Gold Coins for the victims and gave Orlando a list of materials to purchase with the remaining funds.

Lynn introduced chemistry, physics, and advanced mathematics as new subjects for Iyetar Academy while preparing the school for a possible war. He then unveiled plans for an Internal Combustion Engine, leaving the alchemists to develop a magic-enhanced version and Lydia fascinated by its gears.

• Lynn told Orlando that he planned to expand Iyetar Academy and recall former apprentices and Official Wizards to study chemistry, physics, and advanced mathematics.
• Orlando invited alchemists and wizards who had researched steam engines to examine Lynn’s blueprints at the academy.
• Lynn explained that the Internal Combustion Engine could be more than ten times as efficient as a steam engine and raise an airship’s speed from fifteen to over seventy kilometers per hour.
• Lynn described how the engine worked and discussed coal gas and hydrogen as possible fuels.
• The alchemists began investigating magical modifications to withstand the engine’s heat and pressure, while Lydia and the others focused on its gears.

Lynn launched the newspaper [Magic Daily] to shape public opinion and announce aid and new opportunities in Ieyeta Harbor. Its reports inspired Mary to seek work and education for her children, while many wizards registered to return to the academy, exceeding Lynn’s expectations.

• Lynn left Philip and Daren to build the first-generation magic Internal Combustion Engine while he prepared new textbooks and founded [Magic Daily].
• [Magic Daily] reported that Iyetar would compensate victims of the South City District massacre and blamed most of the tragedy on the Evil Mage Merk.
• Mary received fifty silver coins in compensation after the Soul Devouring Array killed her husband, and she bought a copy of [Magic Daily] to learn about new opportunities.
• Mary learned that workshops were hiring workers and that Iyetar Academy would expand enrollment, with a school for ordinary people planned for the future.
• Mary decided to seek workshop work and save for her children's education, while many wizards and apprentices registered to return to the academy.

Lynn reopened Iyetar Academy and taught wizards chemistry, demonstrating how hydrogen and oxygen could produce a powerful explosion. As he prepared to continue the lesson, Lydia arrived with news that the magic internal combustion engine had been built.

• Albert returned to Iyetar Academy as a student, hoping to connect with Lynn, who had become the academy's new dean.
• Lynn introduced chemistry to the gathered wizards and explained atoms, molecules, and the properties of hydrogen and oxygen.
• Lynn demonstrated hydrogen's lifting power and used a hydrogen-oxygen mixture to cause a major explosion.
• Albert and the other wizards realized chemistry could help them understand elemental magic and develop new spells.
• Lydia burst into the classroom and told Lynn that they had built the magic internal combustion engine.

Lynn and the alchemists tested their hydrogen-fueled Alchemy Internal Combustion Engine by driving a converted carriage at Iyetar Academy. The vehicle raced forward until its gears broke, throwing Philip onto the road, where he survived thanks to his Mage Shield.

• Lydia told Lynn that Philip and the alchemists were preparing the engine’s first test, and Lynn brought the classroom wizards to watch.
• Philip chose to drive the Alchemy Four-Wheeled Vehicle after Lynn declined, and a crowd of students and onlookers gathered to see it.
• The engine converted magic power into hydrogen and oxygen, ignited the mixture, and sent the vehicle speeding forward.
• Philip increased the engine’s power as the vehicle accelerated, but the gears and chain broke under the strain.
• The runaway vehicle threw Philip into the air and onto the road, but his Mage Shield protected him from injury.

Lynn’s experimental Alchemy Car reached about ninety kilometers per hour before breaking apart, impressing the wizards and exposing the limits of their materials and design. News of the vehicle spread to Greenriel, where steam-engine researchers wondered whether their planned magical revolution was already obsolete.

• Philip asked for the test results, and Lynn calculated that the Alchemy Car had reached about ninety kilometers per hour before crashing.
• Philip and the alchemists inspected the wreck and argued over the failed engine, gears, chain, and wheels.
• Lynn identified weak materials and flawed wheel design, suggested improvements, and promised books on Fluid Dynamics.
• Lynn explained how the Internal Combustion Engine converted heat into mechanical energy and urged everyone capable of understanding it to join the research.
• The [Magic Daily] spread news of the Alchemy Car through Ieyeta Harbor and into Greenriel, alarming the Alchemy Association’s steam-engine researchers.

Lynn’s Alchemy Internal Combustion Engine powered a four-wheeled vehicle to about ninety kilometers per hour before it broke apart, and he explained the engine’s principles while directing the wizards toward improvements. News of the vehicle spread to Greenriel, alarming steam-engine researchers who feared the planned magical revolution was already being displaced.

• Philip tested the Alchemy Car, which reached about ninety kilometers per hour before a broken gear caused it to crash and fall apart.
• Lynn identified weak materials and flawed wheel design, then gave Philip and the alchemists suggestions for improving the vehicle.
• Lynn promised to compile books on Fluid Dynamics and explained how the Internal Combustion Engine converted thermal energy into mechanical energy.
• The Magic Daily publicized the Alchemy Car, and exaggerated rumors spread through Ieyeta Harbor.
• Merchant caravans carried the news to Greenriel, where the Alchemy Association’s steam-engine researchers worried their planned revolution might end before it began.

Dennis celebrated his improved steam car, then grew angry when he heard that Lynn’s Internal Combustion Engine was reportedly faster and more efficient. He arrived in Ieyeta Harbor with his steam car to investigate the rival invention.

• Dennis unveiled a steam car that could travel about forty-five kilometers per hour and carry ten tons of cargo.
• A wizard told Dennis that Lynn’s Internal Combustion Engine could reach ninety kilometers per hour and was ten times more efficient than a steam engine.
• Dennis rejected the reports as impossible and decided to take his steam car to Iyetar to inspect the new engine.
• Five days later, Dennis and his companions reached Ieyeta Harbor, where he noticed that his steam car shook badly on the road.
• Orlando welcomed Dennis and his companions, and Dennis offered him the empty seat in the steam car so he could experience it.

Dennis and the Alchemy Guild arrived in Ieyeta Harbor to assess Lynn’s Internal Combustion Engine, but Lynn first demonstrated the destructive power of gunpowder. The chapter ended with an explosion scorching the test field and leaving the visitors stunned by the weapon’s power.

• Dennis rode Orlando’s alchemy steam car and asked about the giant waterwheel irrigating farmland.
• Raphael asked about Lynn’s Internal Combustion Engine, and Orlando claimed its top speed had reached one hundred and ten kilometers per hour.
• An explosion near the Alchemy Workshop startled Dennis and the Alchemy Guild, and Orlando explained that Lynn’s team was testing gunpowder.
• Lynn welcomed Raphael and Dennis, then arranged a final experiment with gunpowder, white phosphorus, and gravel.
• Lydia fired a rocket into the wooden barrels, causing an enormous blast that destroyed the targets and set the field ablaze.

Lynn demonstrated Black Powder to the Alchemy Guild and explained that he intended to use it for mining, then showed them an Internal Combustion Engine vehicle and shared its blueprints. The chapter ended with Dennis and the other wizards reconsidering their guarded approach to alchemical knowledge after hearing Lynn advocate for exchanging ideas.

• Lynn demonstrated Black Powder's destructive power, prompting the Alchemy Guild wizards to reconsider confronting him and Lydia to suggest using it in Alchemy Cars.
• Lynn said Black Powder was intended to improve ore mining, since Iyetar's low output—especially of iron—was holding back development.
• Dennis and the other wizards rode the crude Alchemy Four-Wheeled Vehicle, saw its speed, and recognized that the Internal Combustion Engine outperformed their steam-engine work.
• Lynn gave the Alchemy Association wizards detailed Internal Combustion Engine blueprints, and they identified the machine's components and operating principle.
• Lynn told Dennis that knowledge and truth should be shared across schools, leaving Dennis and the other wizards shaken by his openness.

Lynn recruited Dennis and the Alchemy Association to help improve the Alchemy Internal Combustion Engine as Harbor Town rapidly expanded its workshops and industry. On the anniversary of his arrival in the world, Lynn advanced from a Two-Ring Wizard to a Three-Ring Wizard.

• Lynn persuaded Dennis to join the development of the Alchemy Internal Combustion Engine, and the Alchemy Association agreed to contribute its research experience.
• Lynn planned to redirect his alchemists toward developing technologies such as muskets and cannons.
• Harbor Town’s workshops expanded, employing more than four thousand people as Lynn spent heavily on wages, factories, and new industries.
• On Moon Day, Lynn felt the magic power within him surge and break through a new limit.
• Lynn advanced from a Two-Ring Wizard to a Three-Ring Wizard and recognized that reaching the level of a Great Wizard would require a far greater transformation.

Lynn checked his strengthened magic and studied the fourth-ring High-level Projection Technique as he prepared for the outside fleets’ arrival. When merchant ships reached Iyetar Harbor, Lynn met Cody, William’s confidant, and learned about their cargo and the Holy Church’s possible activity.

• Lynn used his increased Mental Power to calm his magic and checked his status, which showed a magic scale of 92 and the newly learned High-level Projection Technique.
• Lynn considered the uses of High-level Projection Technique while worrying that the Sea of Mists had become an empty shell and left Ieyeta Harbor vulnerable.
• On the fifth day after Moon Day, Cody arrived at Iyetar Harbor with merchant ships carrying ore, magical beast leather, and rare herbs.
• Orlando introduced Cody to Lynn, who took charge of the meeting and asked about the cargo.
• Cody gave Lynn a lodestone, and Lynn recognized it as magnetite and asked about William, the voyage, and the Holy Church.

Lynn reviewed his magic status and considered using High-level Projection Technique as danger approached Ieyeta Harbor. After merchant ships arrived, he met Cody, William’s trusted confidant, and asked about the voyage and the Church’s movements.

• Lynn checked his status and reflected on learning High-level Projection Technique to prepare for the harbor’s vulnerability after Moon Day.
• Five days after Moon Day, merchant ships flying red flags arrived at Iyetar’s harbor with ore, herbs, leather, and other supplies.
• Orlando introduced Cody to Lynn, and Cody explained that William had sent the goods from the outside world.
• Cody presented Lynn with a lodestone that could attract iron objects, and Lynn recognized it as magnetite.
• Lynn asked Cody whether the voyage had gone smoothly, how William was doing, and whether the Church had made any moves.

Lynn hosted Cody, William’s trusted confidant, in Iyetar and showed him the city’s rapid advances to establish confidence in his leadership. The chapter left Lynn questioning Cody about Hadratta, a mining kingdom whose rulers exploited mine slaves and whose ore trade had secretly connected William to the Land of Wizards.

• Cody told Lynn that the mist on the voyage to Iyetar had become less dense and frightening, and Lynn attributed the change to an improved spell.
• Lynn and Orlando showed Cody and the sailors a hydrogen-powered Alchemy Car and an airship, leaving them astonished by Iyetar’s inventions and lively streets.
• Orlando revealed that Herlam had died and identified Lynn as Iyetar’s new leader, then praised Lynn’s achievements to Cody and the sailors.
• Lynn used the tour to demonstrate Iyetar’s strength while withholding sensitive technologies, then brought Cody to the dean’s office to question him.
• The chapter described Hadratta’s abundant mines, its population of nearly two million, and the mine slaves who produced ore for the nobles to sell in Victnil.
• The chapter explained that William publicly traded ore and secretly diverted some of his ships to the Land of Wizards.

Lynn considered using the succession crisis in the Kingdom of [Hadratta] to secure ore, labor, and a new battlefield for Ieyeta Harbor. He revealed a giant Sky Airship that would make regular trade with the kingdom possible, leaving Cody amazed by the wizarding invention.

• Cody told Lynn that King Bazer-Hadratta III was old and ill, his two strongest-backed princes were opposed, and the Cardinal Bishop could influence the succession.
• Lynn explained to Orlando that Ieyeta Harbor needed ore and labor and that the Kingdom of [Hadratta] could offer an opportunity to shift future conflict away from the harbor.
• Orlando reported that Dennis and the others were nearly finished modifying an airship large enough to fill the Alchemy Workshop.
• Cody spent two days in Ieyeta Harbor, marveling at its paper, glass, prosperity, and higher-paying jobs before Lynn summoned him.
• Lynn told Cody that trade with [Hadratta] would increase to monthly or even twice-monthly journeys and led him to the newly completed Sky Airship.
• Lynn showed Cody the hundred-meter airship, which could carry ten tons and travel to [Hadratta] in a day, prompting Cody to call him the greatest wizard.

Lynn showed Cody and the others the Invisible Sky Fortress, arranged a trade of glassware, and asked Laud to gather intelligence in Hadratta and watch William. The chapter left Laud facing a dangerous assignment to investigate William and replace him if he showed improper intentions.

• Philip demonstrated that Polarization Magic and Invisible Beast juice could conceal the airship, which Dennis named the Invisible Sky Fortress.
• Lynn offered Cody glassware in several grades, explaining that defective pieces could be sold cheaply while flawless ones commanded higher prices.
• Lynn told Cody that only fifteen representatives could travel with the shipment and asked him to choose them before the next day.
• Laud complained that Lynn had left him waiting for months while his followers dispersed into workshops and mining.
• Lynn tasked Laud with gathering intelligence in Hadratta and monitoring William, with instructions to replace him if he showed improper intentions.

Lynn prepared Laud to infiltrate William’s organization in Hadratta, gave him a magical ring and funds, and watched his airship depart. Back in Iyetar, Lynn worried about a delayed shipment from Victnil, but Lydia reported that the workshop had completed the musket he described.

• Lynn told Laud he had arranged support for infiltrating William’s organization, gave him the Ring of Secret Magic and five hundred Empire Gold Coins, and ordered him to depart with his men the next day.
• Lynn studied Cody’s map of Hadratta and resolved to replace William if he turned against him despite Lynn’s offer of profitable trade.
• The next morning, Lynn, Philip, Dennis, and others watched the airship leave Iyetar.
• Lynn asked Orlando about Victnil’s overdue cargo ship, but Orlando had no way to contact its owner, and Lynn chose not to send anyone to investigate recklessly.
• Lydia arrived at the magic workshop carrying a musket and told Lynn that the workshop had made it.

Lynn tested the flintlock gun Lydia and the others had made, demonstrating how easily an ordinary guard could learn to use it. Lydia then fired a rune-engraved explosive bullet at Kevin’s Mage Shield, which shattered under the impact, leaving the group faced with a weapon that could threaten wizards.

• Lynn examined Lydia’s flintlock gun and took the group to the training grounds to test its power.
• Lynn taught a guard to load and fire the gun, and the guard hit a wooden dummy despite being startled by the recoil.
• Dennis and the others saw the gun’s speed and power, and Kevin volunteered to test it against his Mage Shield.
• Lydia loaded a specially made bullet engraved with an Explosion Rune and fired it at Kevin.
• Kevin’s Mage Shield cracked under the lead bullet, then the explosive fragments pierced the barrier in less than half a second.

Lynn and the others demonstrated a magically enhanced flintlock gun, and Kevin recognized that it could let ordinary people threaten wizards. The chapter ended with Lynn proposing standardized, specialized production that could equip the Land of Wizards with guns quickly.

• Lydia fired an Explosive Round at Kevin, whose skin remained unharmed despite the blast.
• Kevin warned that the gun could threaten an Official Wizard, though its slow reloading and loud report were serious drawbacks.
• Raphael asked how quickly guns could be produced as the council faced the threat of a large-scale war with the Church.
• Philip explained that making the seamless barrel was difficult, while Lynn said an Internal Combustion Engine could bore steel tubes for it.
• Lynn estimated that a workshop of fifteen hundred people could produce five hundred guns a month through standardized production and divided labor.

Lynn explained how division of labor and standardized parts could speed up firearm production, then ordered a large workshop and Firearm Team while planning magical machines to maintain food production. Meanwhile, Cody returned to William with news of Iyetar Harbor’s new ruler and Herlam’s death, leaving William shocked.

• Lynn explained that specialized workers and standardized components would make firearms faster and safer to produce.
• Lynn ordered Orlando to announce a Flintlock Gun workshop recruiting fifteen hundred workers and a Firearm Team targeting three thousand men.
• Lynn told Orlando to develop alchemical machines that could automatically plow, sow, and harvest using Internal Combustion Engine technology.
• Cody returned to William with glass and paper from Iyetar and reported that a young male wizard ruled Ieyeta Harbor and Herlam had died.
• William rose in shock when Cody told him Herlam was dead.