Chapter Summaries

Lynn and Raphael arrived at the Alchemy Research Institute and intervened as Arno and Pulsen attacked it. After Lynn disrupted the Cardinals and Raphael injured Pulsen, Arno charged Lynn, who deflected his sword strike and countered with Repulsion Fire Ring.

• Arno unleashed Apocalypse Storm at the courtyard, but Lynn blocked it with White Phosphorus Fire from Red Dragon's Breath.
• Arno suppressed the flames with God's Blessing Rain and dismissed them as nothing special, while Pulsen recognized Lynn and Raphael.
• Pulsen assigned Arno to fight the person worth a three-hundred-thousand bounty, and Lynn stunned both Cardinals with Resonance Magic.
• Raphael struck Pulsen with Disintegration Ray, destroying part of his shoulder before healing magic regenerated it.
• Arno rushed Lynn and swung his greatsword, but Lynn deflected the blow with an iron spike and unleashed Repulsion Fire Ring.

Lynn used Undying Flame to kill Cardinal Bishop Arno after luring him into believing the flames were White Phosphorus Fire. Pulsen’s attempt to extinguish the flames with divine water made them erupt, leaving the Church’s forces facing the aftermath of Arno’s death.

• Lynn overwhelmed Arno with magic missiles and a lightning storm, forcing Arno to charge into the electromagnetic field.
• Arno pierced Lynn with his greatsword, but Lynn revealed the attack had been a trap and unleashed Undying Flame.
• Arno used Earth's Protection, but the Undying Flame burned through his stone-like skin and flesh.
• Pulsen cast God's Blessing Rain to rescue Arno, causing the flames to erupt and blow Arno apart.
• Lynn mocked Pulsen for killing his colleague, while Raphael recognized the flames’ deadly reaction to water.

Edwell revealed the power of a Legend and nearly crushed Lynn and Raphael with his divine domain. As Spirit Realm Guards attacked, Lynn tapped the Magic Net’s combined computing power and reignited the Undying Flame, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Edwell arrived and dismissed Pulsen’s explanation, recognizing that the wizards had used the real Hellfire to defeat Arno.
• Raphael attacked Edwell and Pulsen with Elemental Torrent, but Edwell scattered the spell and transformed the Institute grounds into a divine domain.
• Edwell’s power forced nearly everyone to their knees and summoned Spirit Realm Guards to execute Lynn and Raphael.
• Lynn connected to the Magic Net and drew on the computing power of its users, including Harov, to restore control over the elements.
• Lynn spoke a single word and unleashed the Undying Flame, which swallowed the approaching Spirit Realm Guards.

Lynn fought Edwell with Chlorine Trifluoride and a powerful laser, but Edwell restored himself and the surrounding destruction by invoking the Divine Kingdom Projection. Lynn realized Edwell’s reality-altering words drew their power from Ella’s control over the domain.

• Lynn attacked Edwell with the Undying Flame, which consumed his defenses until Edwell raised a sacred wall that slowed the flames.
• Lynn used fourth-level Laser Magic to pierce the wall and cut Edwell in half.
• Edwell spoke a divine command that restored himself, the burned vegetation, and the damaged courtyard wall.
• Pierce recognized Edwell’s spoken commands as passages from the Bible, and Lynn deduced that the Divine Kingdom Projection let Ella control the domain and empowered Edwell’s Divine Word.

Lynn, Raphael, and their allies fought Edwell as the Undying Flame consumed the Alchemy Research Institute and weakened his Divine Kingdom Projection. Edwell summoned the legendary Gate of Heaven, drawing on immense divine power to face Lynn.

• Lynn struggled to locate Edwell as he evaded the focusing spell and turned the ground into mud that trapped Lynn.
• Raphael regained partial control of the domain and attacked Edwell with [Disintegration Ray], giving Lynn time to escape the mud.
• Lynn unleashed the Undying Flame, burning the institute and eroding the Divine Kingdom Projection while protecting Raphael, Elock, and the others behind a ring of fire.
• Edwell shielded himself and Pulsen with pure divine power as the flames overwhelmed the area and began breaching their barrier.
• Edwell invoked the Lord's judgment and summoned [Gate of Heaven], which withstood Lynn's laser; Pulsen knelt and prayed.

Lynn, Harov, and Vittorio struggled to destroy the Gate of Heaven as the True God's descent began. Lynn’s railgun cracked the gateway, but a hand emerged, and he used his last strength to kill Edwell and disrupt the spell sustaining it.

• Lynn gathered the chaotic energy in the Undying Flame to charge an Electromagnetic Railgun while Edwell supported the opening Gate of Heaven.
• Harov arrived and used Blade of Time and Space to cut through the Divine Kingdom Projection and strike the gateway as Vittorio tried to force it closed.
• Lynn fired the Super—Electromagnetic Railgun, cracking one-third of the bronze gateway but failing to destroy it.
• A pale hand reached out from the gateway, while Pulsen called for the True God's judgment.
• Lynn attacked Edwell and Pulsen from behind with a blade of flames and atomic beams, and the Undying Flame engulfed Edwell.

Lynn, Harov, and Vittorio failed to stop Ella from unleashing a divine domain that froze and extinguished the Undying Flame, but Edwell’s death ended the Gate of Heaven’s power and expelled her. The wizards survived, and Pulsen was left in their hands for interrogation.

• Edwell was consumed by the Undying Flame, causing the Gate of Heaven to begin collapsing.
• Vittorio bound the gate with alchemical chains, while Harov tried to tear it apart and Lynn sent the flames toward Ella.
• Ella halted the chains, force, and flames with Divine Light, freezing the area and extinguishing the Undying Flame.
• Ella’s domain froze Raphael and nearly overwhelmed Lynn, but the Divine Light vanished when Edwell’s death ended the gate’s power and expelled her.
• Vittorio and Harov survived the frost and realized how far Ella surpassed them, while Pulsen was left behind.
• Harov severed Pulsen’s hands and feet with the Blade of Time and Space, keeping him alive to obtain intelligence.

After Lynn defeated Ella with the Magic Net’s immense power, he suffered severe magical and mental exhaustion, while Vittorio treated him and Raphael with legendary potions. The Undying Flame continued spreading beyond the courtyard, and Lynn warned Harov and Vittorio against using water before suggesting they stop the movement of elements to extinguish it.

• Lynn ended his Magic Net connection and nearly collapsed, so Vittorio gave him potions and warned him not to use magic while he recovered.
• Lynn explained that the Magic Net’s processing boost had overwhelmed his mind, and Harov rescued the frozen Raphael.
• Vittorio used Water of Life to save Raphael while Harov and Vittorio faced the Undying Flame spreading beyond the courtyard.
• Lynn warned Harov and Vittorio that water would make the fire explode and release toxic fumes, then suggested stopping the movement of elements to extinguish it.

Lynn, Harov, and Vittorio stopped the Undying Flame and prepared to fight the Holy Church coalition, but they realized Aurora had not arrived and decided to search for her after the battle. At the Royal Capital, Ham heard the counterattack horn as the exhausted defenders opened the gates, while the coalition believed its forces inside had already secured victory.

• Harov and Vittorio spent over half an hour stopping the Undying Flame while Lynn subdued guards brainwashed by [Ella].
• Lynn asked why Harov had been delayed, and Harov asked whether Aurora had arrived; Lynn confirmed that scouts had not seen her.
• Harov and Vittorio suggested Aurora could survive on her own, and Harov chose to defeat the coalition before sending a search party.
• Ham continued firing artillery through the night as the coalition attacked the Royal Capital and the defenders grew exhausted.
• A Cardinal Bishop sensed divine magic vanish inside the city and assumed Edwell's forces had defeated the defenders there.
• Ham heard the agreed counterattack horn as the artillery stopped and the city gates opened.

Lynn’s forces used Alchemy Armored Vehicles, machine guns, and airships to crush the Holy See’s Crusading Army after it attacked the Royal Capital. The victory left the city devastated and heavily wounded, while Lynn uncovered how the Divine Punishment Army had entered and sent airships to search for Aurora and the others.

• Gerk led the Knights in a charge toward the city, but Alchemy Armored Vehicles met them with cannon fire and machine guns, killing Gerk and many of his men.
• Airships attacked the Crusading Army with White Phosphorus Fire, turning the battle into a rout as the Bishops realized Edwell had been defeated.
• The pursuit lasted most of the day; more than thirty thousand survivors surrendered, while over seventy thousand were estimated dead.
• Ham and the exhausted defenders collapsed after the battle, and the Royal Capital celebrated a costly victory that had caused over ten thousand recorded casualties and widespread destruction.
• Lynn learned that the First Prince had secretly commissioned a passage from the slums to the forest outside the city, then ordered it destroyed and buried.
• Lynn dispatched the Sky Airship pilots to scout the enemy and search the Sea of Mists for the missing Aurora and her companions.

The Empire's First Fleet was battered by the wizards' faster, longer-ranged ships as it tried to reach the Land of Wizards. With more warships sinking and another barrage imminent, Cardinal Bishop Sirid urged Chief Judge Joshua to act.

• The wizards repeatedly bombarded the First Fleet from beyond the range of its fire-oil throwers, sinking a damaged ship and forcing the Empire's Priests to maintain exhausting divine protections.
• Sirid recalled how the First Fleet had encountered the smaller wizard fleet, tried to close in for boarding combat, and lost over thirty warships before abandoning the pursuit.
• The wizards turned back to harass the First Fleet, exploiting their speed and cannon range to destroy dozens more ships while the Empire could neither catch nor outrun them.
• Sirid's attempt to fly toward the wizard ships failed when their Magic Crystal Cannons nearly killed a Cardinal Bishop.
• The wizards' fleet emerged from the mist, revealing more than a hundred vessels and four enormous steel warships, and Sirid asked Chief Judge Joshua to make his move before the next barrage.

Aurora and Tick’s ironclad fleet had been destroying the Church’s expeditionary ships across the Sea of Mists, but the Imperial fleet had deliberately lured them into an ambush. Aurora ordered a western breakout as the enemy surrounded them and both sides unleashed their weapons.

• Tick’s ironclad warship sank another sailing ship while Aurora’s fleet continued its long-range bombardment.
• Aurora recalled that the Church’s fleet had originally numbered over three hundred ships and realized its apparent losses were suspiciously high.
• The Imperial fleet turned around, used divine arts to accelerate, and revealed two hidden fleets closing in through the fog.
• Aurora ordered her ships to break through toward the west, where the enemy formation was thinnest.
• The ironclads fired without restraint as the Priests and Bishops used divine arts to withstand the barrage and counterattack.

Aurora and the wizards’ fleet fought off the enemy’s sail battleships and repelled Chief Judge Joshua’s legendary wave attack. When fifty Sky Airships arrived, Joshua ordered the fleet to retreat.

• The wizards’ fleet exchanged cannon fire with the enemy and fought back burning-oil projectiles as sail battleships closed in.
• The Priests and Bishops attacked with divine arrows, damaging an alchemy ship and setting it ablaze.
• Aurora used a laser beam to destroy the Cardinal Bishop’s ship and cut through the nearby sail battleships, while the fleet sank those that remained.
• Chief Judge Joshua summoned enormous waves with a legendary divine spell, but the wizards froze them into a wall of ice and a laser beam damaged his flagship.
• Fifty Sky Airships arrived, and Joshua ordered the enemy fleet to retreat.

Aurora returned to the Royal Capital after delaying the Imperial fleet and reported that the Church could locate the Land of Wizards and had a Legendary caster capable of using the Divine Descent Technique. The Council discussed the Land of Wizards’ weakened defenses and the need for faster communication before turning to how to counter the Church’s terrifying spell.

• Aurora learned that the Royal Capital’s battle had ended and chose to track the retreating Imperial fleet rather than pursue it while her forces lacked ammunition and rest.
• Aurora reached the Royal Capital, where Lynn had sent wizards to repair damaged homes and aid civilians after the battle.
• Aurora personally recounted the sea battle to the Council, revealing that the Church had found a way to locate the Land of Wizards.
• Harov, Vittorio, and the other wizards recognized that the Land of Wizards was dangerously underdefended, with only Altoc remaining as a Legendary figure.
• Vittorio called for a new long-range communication spell, and the Council shifted its discussion to countering the Church’s Divine Descent Technique.

Aurora asked Harov and Vittorio about the false god Ella, and they revealed that her Divine Descent had overwhelmed them until Lynn killed its caster, Edwell. Vittorio then shared that the Gate of Heaven likely cost a Legend’s life, easing the council’s fears as they debated whether to retreat or continue the Magic Kingdom plan.

• Harov and Vittorio told Aurora that Edwell’s incomplete Divine Descent had unleashed a spell they could barely withstand, and Lynn’s ambush had saved them.
• Wizards in the council meeting argued over retreating to the Land of Wizards after hearing how powerful Ella was.
• Lynn warned that the Holy See had found a way to locate the Land of Wizards and said retreat would leave them waiting to be attacked.
• Lynn argued that the Gate of Heaven could not be used freely, and Aurora agreed with his suspicion.
• Vittorio reported that Pulsen’s memories suggested the Gate of Heaven required a Legend as its price and could not be sustained for long.
• The council grew less fearful after Vittorio explained that using the spell would cost the Holy See one of its top combatants.

Lynn told the council that the Secret Magic Society was divided over the war and unlikely to send a unified force, though its leaders might be interested in Ella. He urged the kingdom to hold the Royal Capital, rebuild its logistics and ammunition supply, and rely on machine guns while he sought a way to defeat the false god through quantum magic.

• Lynn concluded that matching Ella’s control over atoms was futile and that defeating her would require developing magic in the Quantum Domain.
• Harov asked what the Secret Magic Society thought of the war, and Lynn explained that its members were divided and generally preferred to wait and see.
• Aurora questioned Lynn about giving the Ring of Secret Magic to Harov, and Lynn assured her and Vittorio that they might be invited to a future gathering.
• The council debated whether to defend the Royal Capital or retake lost territory, and Lynn persuaded them to hold their position while restoring logistics and ammunition production.
• Lynn pointed to the machine guns’ slaughter of hundreds of Divine Punishment Army soldiers as evidence that a steady ammunition supply could give the kingdom the initiative.

While recovering from the backlash of his battle magic, Lynn reviewed Lydia’s Flying Machine design and explained how aerodynamics could make it more capable. He left Lydia with a refined blueprint, though the machine still needed further development before it could reach her predicted speed.

• Lynn rested under the academy wizards’ close care after the backlash from casting Undying Flame and Laser Magic nearly left him brain-dead.
• Lydia presented Lynn with her revised Flying Machine design and asked whether it could fly.
• Lynn judged that the machine could get airborne but warned that its shape and materials would prevent it from safely reaching two hundred kilometers per hour.
• Lynn explained streamlined design to Lydia and modified the blueprint to improve the Flying Machine’s shape.

Lynn and Lydia tested how curved wingtips improved a paper airplane’s flight, then worked on a new Flying Machine intended to become a trump card in aerial combat. After recovering his ability to cast spells, Lynn asked 071 why he could already mobilize the computing power of Legendary Wizards.

• Lydia asked Lynn what the Flying Machine’s tailplane and upturned wingtips were for, and he explained their purposes.
• Lynn demonstrated that upturned paper-airplane wings improved flight distance, and Lydia tested the design herself.
• Lynn and Lydia discussed the materials for a new Flying Machine that Lynn hoped would strengthen their aerial combat capabilities.
• Lynn spent two days recovering at the manor while the Church remained quiet and their scouts saw no preparations for another large invasion.
• After ten days, Lynn’s brain pain disappeared and his ability to cast spells returned.
• Lynn asked 071 why he could mobilize Harov’s computing power despite only recently becoming a Great Wizard.

Lynn used the intelligent brain to compare Harov, Edwell, and Ella, then prepared two Rings of Secret Magic for the Legendary symposium. Before the midnight gathering, Harov warned Aurora and Vittorio that the Secret Magic Society’s approach to becoming Legends might differ from theirs.

• The intelligent brain reported that Harov’s Mental Power matched Anthony’s, while Edwell and Ella surpassed Lynn in life and mental levels.
• Lynn considered how Edwell’s powers relied on Divine Word and an expanded divine kingdom domain, then decided to seek information from the Legendary Speakers.
• Lynn gave Elock two Rings of Secret Magic to deliver to the Speakers and told him his injuries would take four or five days to heal.
• Harov gathered Aurora and Vittorio at the royal palace and advised them not to reveal their ignorance during the symposium.
• Vittorio admitted through his reaction that he had failed to decipher the Ring of Secret Magic’s changing communication frequency.
• Harov said he suspected the Secret Magic Society became Legends by a different method.

Aurora, Vittorio, and Harov entered the Secret Magic Society’s microcosm and met its four legendary members, including Einstein, Newton, Curie, and Bohr. After Newton demonstrated a supernova, Bohr began a discussion about atoms.

• Aurora, Vittorio, and Harov activated their rings at midnight and entered the microcosm, where they saw stars and celestial bodies orbiting a massive star.
• Einstein, Curie, Newton, and Bohr appeared and introduced themselves to Aurora and Vittorio.
• Harov recognized Newton as the man he had previously failed to identify during an earlier gathering.
• Newton began the discussion by making the star beneath them collapse and explode as a supernova.
• Bohr announced that he would speak about atoms.