Chapter Summaries

Lynn dealt with panic over the earthquake after testing the devastating Great Nuclear Blast Technique, which left him with only two uses and few prospects for more nuclear fuel. Lydia then brought him to see her completed Flying Machine as the council approved Hattar’s plan to counterattack the Empire.

• Lynn sent Redell’s Firearm Team to expose Imperial spies spreading rumors that the earthquake was divine punishment, then wrote an explanation of crustal movement to reassure the citizens.
• Lynn’s test of the Great Nuclear Blast Technique destroyed the underground mine, caused the earthquake felt in the Royal Capital, and revealed the blast’s lethal heat and radiation to Harov, Aurora, and Vittorio.
• Lynn calculated that his remaining uranium-235 allowed only two more nuclear blasts and hoped the council’s wizards could find and tame the magical beast that consumed radioactive elements.
• Lydia told Lynn that her Flying Machine was finished and pulled him outside to prepare for a test flight.
• The council chairmen approved Hattar’s plan to counterattack and move the fighting into Imperial territory.

Lydia test-flew the first-generation Fighter Jet, demonstrating its exceptional speed and maneuverability. Lynn and Vittorio discussed using it to deliver the Great Nuclear Blast Technique into the divine kingdom through the Gate of Heaven, while Lynn warned that deploying it elsewhere would have grave consequences.

• More than a hundred Official Wizards built a three-kilometer runway, and Lydia inspected the Fighter Jet before Lynn approved its test flight.
• Lydia piloted the Fighter Jet down the runway and into the sky, where it quickly surpassed the Alchemy Car and proved fast and nimble.
• Lynn estimated the Fighter Jet could reach around three hundred and sixty kilometers per hour, astonishing Orlando and the watching wizards.
• Vittorio suggested using the Fighter Jet with the nuclear explosion magic, but Lynn said that was a last resort and warned against using it on the Empire's people or cities.
• Lynn proposed sending the nuclear blast through the Gate of Heaven into the divine kingdom, and Vittorio cautioned that timing it would be difficult.
• Orlando and the others tried to learn about Lynn's new magic, but Lynn and the speakers kept its details secret.

Lydia tested the first-generation Fighter Jet, damaging its runway before Lynn repaired it and it landed safely. The alchemists proposed upgrades, but the jet would not be ready for the kingdom’s coming campaign, and Lynn said they would need a squadron for a war against the Empire.

• Lydia pushed the Fighter Jet to its limits, strafed the runway, and dropped incendiary bombs that set part of it ablaze.
• Lydia circled overhead until Lynn extinguished the flames and restored the runway, allowing her to land safely.
• Lynn warned Lydia about the dangers of extreme speed, while Vittorio proposed an electromagnetic catapult that Lynn rejected.
• Orlando, Vittorio, and the alchemists suggested upgrades, including Optical Camouflage and a Laser Emitter, and completed a magical improvement plan.
• Lydia lamented that the Fighter Jet would miss the upcoming battle, but Lynn said it was unnecessary for recovering the kingdom and that they would need a squadron to fight the Empire.

Marquis Yulisis learned that an army led by the new king’s allies had reached Iron City Sertod, and he weighed surrendering against resisting. The Archbishop urged him to hold the city, promising that Saintess Lucia would lead a force to defeat the invaders.

• Yulisis recalled how he had supported the Crusading Army, then panicked after learning it had been destroyed.
• Yulisis’s spies reported that an army of more than thirty thousand had left the Royal Capital, with one legion approaching Iron City.
• Yulisis rode to Sertod’s walls and saw more than ten thousand firearm soldiers and their cannons advancing toward the city.
• Yulisis considered opening the gates and surrendering, but the Archbishop told him Saintess Lucia would arrive to defeat the invaders and promised to support his claim to become King of Hadratta.

Lynn’s royal army captured Sertod with overwhelming firepower after killing the Archbishop and blasting open the city gates. Yulisis surrendered and tried to win Lynn’s favor, but other border lords immediately accused him of serving the Church and presented letters as evidence.

• Yulisis judged that the throne was dangerous bait and hoped Sertod’s walls and defenders could hold out for a day or two.
• The Archbishop led a prayer on Sertod’s walls, but Lynn’s Electromagnetic Cannons killed him and smashed open the steel gates.
• Lynn’s Armored Vehicles and Firearm Team entered Sertod, quickly overcoming the guards as civilians fled in panic.
• Lynn sent Redell and a squad to help the injured while warning them to watch for fanatics hiding in the crowd.
• Yulisis and the City Guards knelt before Lynn, and Yulisis claimed he had been coerced by the Church and had awaited the royal army’s return.
• Sir Hansen and other border lords accused Yulisis of serving the Church and offered letters as proof, revealing that they had surrendered without resisting.

Lynn’s forces took Sertod City, redistributed noble wealth and land, and imposed strict order while preparing to reclaim more territory before the Church’s army arrived. After establishing a local security force and leaving troops and wizards behind, Lynn asked Raphael about the progress of the two Speakers’ legions.

• Yulisis surrendered, allowing Lynn to occupy Sertod, a vital source of iron ore.
• Lynn’s soldiers confiscated noble estates and distributed land and wealth to commoners, while Lynn explained how spending could help circulate money and grow the economy.
• Lynn ordered the arrested noble youths sent away, and Count Hansen ignored their accusations against him and the other nobles.
• Lynn’s forces executed nobles guilty of heinous crimes, punished others, and arrested and shot gangs and local tyrants, gaining preliminary control of Iron City in three days.
• Lynn left three wizards, two hundred musketeers, and a two-thousand-man Security Team in the city before preparing to move on.
• Lynn asked Raphael whether the two Speakers’ campaigns were progressing smoothly and relied on wireless communication to keep the separate legions in contact.

Lynn’s forces received a message that Harov’s legion had suffered a crushing defeat at Mister Territory and needed immediate reinforcements. Lynn and Aurora suspected an imperial legion had appeared there by surprise, leaving the reason for the defeat unknown.

• Lynn learned that Harov had entered Mister Territory as the kingdom’s forces reclaimed territory elsewhere.
• Raphael received an Electromagnetic Wave message and began decoding it with the codebook.
• Lynn translated the message as a report of a crushing defeat at Mister Territory and an urgent request for reinforcements.
• Raphael suspected a legendary divine caster had defeated Harov’s legion, but Lynn doubted the Church had used Divine Descent Technique.
• Aurora proposed that an imperial crusading legion had appeared in Mister Territory undetected and launched a surprise attack.

Lynn projected his power through the Magic Net to investigate the crisis at Mister Territory, where Harov’s forces were being overwhelmed by a surprise attack from the Secas Empire and the Church. The wizard army’s formation collapsed, leaving retreat as its only option.

• Aurora rushed toward Mister Territory, while Lynn prepared to project his power there through a Ring of Secret Magic.
• Lynn’s intellectual brain located Coordinate No. 043, 159 kilometers away, and he began the projection.
• Silver-armored knights charged Mister Territory’s defenders, but fireballs, autocannons, and Electromagnetic Cannons cut down many attackers and armored giants.
• Thousands of Divine Punishment Cavalry struck the wizard army from behind, destroying its rear artillery positions before the airships and detection wizards could respond.
• Harov tore apart two armored giants with Force Field Magic but could not stop the army’s formation from collapsing, forcing the defenders to retreat.

As the Church's army threatened to overwhelm Harov and the retreating wizards, Lynn arrived as a magical incarnation and asked Harov's forces to split the battlefield and cover his spell. Harov and the others retreated after their counterattack, while Lynn prepared to draw on the blazing sun; Lucia noticed that its light was dimming.

• Sanchez urged Harov to leave elite forces behind to cover the retreat, but Harov said only he could hold back the Church's massive army.
• Lynn appeared as an incarnation and told Harov that reinforcements were hours away and his projection could cast only one Fourth-ring Magic spell.
• Lynn asked Harov to separate the enemy from the wizards, and Harov split the battlefield with a Legendary Spell while Sanchez and the others unleashed a barrage of magic.
• The Church's clerics shielded their troops, but Harov ordered one final volley before the wizards retreated and left the fight to Lynn.
• Concealed by Polarization Magic, Lynn prepared to cast beneath the blazing sun, while Lucia noticed the sunlight growing dimmer.

Lynn unleashed the Legendary Spell Sunlight Shower, devastating the Imperial Crusading Army before Lucia located and destroyed the Ring of Secret Magic anchoring his projection. As Lynn’s magical body collapsed, he identified Lucia as the Church’s Saintess.

• Lynn focused the sunlight over the battlefield into a pillar of light that killed thousands of Imperial soldiers and even overwhelmed the Divine Punishment Knights.
• Joshua fired Arrows of Judgment and shattered the enormous concentrating mirror, but its fragments transformed into smaller mirrors that scattered laser beams across the battlefield.
• Lucia sensed Lynn’s hiding place and crushed his projected body, damaging the Ring of Secret Magic that anchored him.
• Before the ring broke, Lynn redirected a laser toward Lucia, who reflected it back and shattered the ring.
• As his magical body collapsed, Lynn recognized Lucia as the Church’s Saintess.

Lynn used a remotely controlled avatar to unleash a sun-powered spell that devastated the Crusading Army and gave Harov’s retreating forces time to escape. The story left the Holy Church tending to its wounded and taking an interest in Lynn, while he returned to the wizards and confirmed that Harov was safe.

• After the caster vanished, Lucia used Rain of Grace to heal the surviving Imperial soldiers and gather the dead into the divine kingdom; she counted more than four thousand dead and tens of thousands wounded.
• Lucia called off the pursuit and learned from Joshua that the brown-haired wizard was Lynn, the Star of Magic, then examined a firearm left on the battlefield.
• Harov escaped with the Firearm Team, and he explained to Sanchez that Lynn’s spell had focused the sun’s power rather than exceeded Fourth-ring Magic.
• Lynn returned his consciousness to his body, told Raphael and the other wizards that Harov was safe, and recounted how he had delayed the Crusading Army with an avatar.

After Lynn repelled the Holy See’s assault, he hurried to Mister Territory with reinforcements and reunited with Harov’s battered forces. The army prepared to hold its captured town as Lynn remained confident that they could eventually defeat the Holy See.

• Lynn explained that [Sunlight Shower] was difficult to use again and ordered Raphael and the others to leave Iron City for Mister Territory.
• Lynn and Raphael traveled by airship with part of the force while Redell and two Great Wizards led the rest by land.
• Communications reports confirmed that the kingdom’s border patrol airships remained intact and that Harov’s forces had retreated to a captured Imperial town.
• Sanchez thanked Lynn for saving the force and reported that 1,200 had been killed, more than 3,700 wounded, and many weapons lost.
• Lynn reassured Sanchez that captured cannons and Armored Vehicles had been melted down and that their weapons would continue to advance faster than the enemy’s.
• Joanne wondered when the war would end, and Elock and Lynn expressed confidence that the Holy See would eventually be defeated.

After the Church’s surprise attack exposed the council’s vulnerability, Lynn identified the Chief Judge Joshua and Saintess Lucia as its two legendary fighters. The wizards debated how to draw them out, and Lynn began studying a map after learning Mister Territory was just over ten kilometers from the oil-producing region.

• Harov accepted responsibility for the wizards’ crushing defeat, while Vittorio and Aurora discussed how the Church had concealed its approaching army.
• Lynn suggested the Church might have used a Divine Kingdom Domain to hide its forces.
• Lynn revealed images of Joshua and Lucia, and the wizards recognized them as the two legendary figures who had fought him.
• Harov proposed an open battlefield and a plan to lure out Joshua or Lucia, while Raphael suggested tunneling into the oil city for a decapitation strike.
• Lynn asked Vittorio how far the oil-producing region was, then examined a map of Mister Territory as an idea took shape.

Joshua, Lucia, and Sirid examined captured firearms and learned that the council’s weapons were difficult to reproduce but easy for ordinary recruits to use. Joshua warned that the wizards had also developed a rapid-firing weapon capable of killing even a Bishop, leaving the Empire facing a far greater threat than the captured firearms suggested.

• Joshua and Lucia inspected a captured firearm and found that its seamless steel barrel could not be reproduced reliably by ordinary craftsmen.
• Lucia learned that the captured firearm users were former poor commoners who had joined the Firearm Team for generous pay and family benefits, leaving them fiercely loyal to the council.
• Sirid dismissed firearms as too slow to load, but Joshua explained that recruits could learn to use them in hours and that their shots could pierce armor and kill Knights.
• Joshua revealed reports of a mobile iron box fitted with a firearm that could fire dozens of pellets per second and tear apart even a Bishop.

Lucia summoned and subdued a Lava Fire Dragon, then gave Sirid a gemstone to control it so the Crusading Army could use it against the Wizard Council’s airships. After confirming the soldiers had recovered, Lucia ordered the army to depart that night.

• Sirid feared the wizards’ weapons would grow more powerful, but Joshua explained that the retreating army had been left as bait for the wizards’ main force.
• Lucia entered a divine spell array in Mister Territory’s cathedral square, where the Bishops summoned a Lava Fire Dragon from another world.
• Lucia stopped the dragon’s breath and subdued it with divine spell chains.
• Lucia gave Sirid a dragon-shaped gemstone that let him command the Lava Fire Dragon, which he recognized as a counter to the wizards’ airships.
• Joshua reported that the soldiers had recovered from their fear of magical arts, and Lucia ordered the army to depart that night.

The Holy See's army launched a surprise attack on Mister Territory, breaking its walls and sweeping into the city with little resistance. Joshua and Lucia learned that the wizards had fled north toward the Empire's fire oil, leaving the army to pursue the threat.

• Joshua watched Lucia blast open Mister Territory's wall and gates, ending the Illusory Realm and enabling the Divine Punishment Knights to storm the city.
• The Crusading Army found almost no resistance, and Joshua questioned the captured guard leader about the wizards' whereabouts.
• The guard leader said the wizards had left fifteen minutes earlier in a flying house and headed north.
• Lucia and the Bishops realized the wizards were not retreating west toward their kingdom, while Joshua identified the northern destination as the Empire's fire oil.
• Lucia suspected the Wizard Council had discovered a new use for fire oil and was seeking it to influence the war.

Lynn’s open scheme drew the Church’s forces away from the city by making them believe the wizards were after the Empire’s fire oil. After the Church pursued them, Lynn’s airship party learned the plan had worked and prepared to choose the battlefield.

• The Divine Punishment Cavalry discovered that the city’s defenses were a bluff, and Lucia realized the magic power she had sensed came from the manor.
• The manor exploded after detecting intruders, destroying the elite soldiers who had entered it, and Joshua discovered that the Guard Captain had never been cursed.
• Lucia ordered Redell to pursue the wizards’ airships and slow them down, while the Crusading Army marched north from the city.
• Redell and Ham watched the Church’s forces leave, then Anthony sent an electromagnetic message to Lynn’s airship.
• Harov explained that Lynn had used fire oil to lure the Church into pursuit, and Lynn noted that the enemy had moved faster than expected.

Sirid pursued the airship formation aboard the Lava Fire Dragon and overwhelmed its defenses, while Lynn used the [Spatial Vibration Wave] to divert one Dragon Breath attack. With airships burning and the formation scattering, Yali and Sanchez received a signal as they struggled to find a way to fight back.

• Harov reassured the others that their plan still gave them a strong chance of victory, but Lynn spotted the pursuing enemy as the Lava Fire Dragon approached.
• The airship gunners and wizards attacked the dragon, but it dodged their fire and destroyed their spells with Dragon Breath.
• Lynn split the dragon's Dragon Breath with the [Spatial Vibration Wave], but Sirid rode the Lava Fire Dragon around the protected airship and attacked the formation.
• Sirid set one airship ablaze and smashed another, prompting Raphael to order the airships to scatter.
• Yali asked Sanchez whether they would stand by, and the device receiving electromagnetic signals suddenly lit up.

Lynn’s airships and Lydia’s Fighter Jet attacked the Church’s forces, but the Lava Fire Dragon’s scales resisted their weapons. The Fighter Jets routed the Griffin Knights while Lydia charged the dragon at full speed.

• Under Lynn’s command, the airships turned and struck Sirid’s Lava Fire Dragon with lightning and lasers, damaging its scales but failing to bring it down.
• Sirid flew above the airships, exploiting their inability to attack targets overhead, as Griffin Knights arrived and climbed to attack the gasbags.
• Lydia’s Fighter Jet and three other stealth jets joined the battle and ambushed the Griffin Knights with autocannon and machine-gun fire.
• Lydia fired at the Lava Fire Dragon, but its scales deflected the shells, so she accelerated and charged directly toward it.

Lydia used a fighter jet’s laser and autocannon to badly wound Sirid’s Lava Fire Dragon, but Sirid redirected it toward the Sky Airships while it could still fight. Lydia pursued and tried to draw its attention as Sirid continued destroying the airships and preventing the enemy from reaching the fire oil.

• Lydia flew past the Lava Fire Dragon and cut a long, deep wound into its body with the fighter jet’s laser.
• Lydia circled the dragon, evaded its Dragon Breath, and repeatedly attacked its wounds with the autocannon and laser.
• After several minutes, the dragon was covered in wounds, but Lydia had used most of her ammunition and much of the laser’s energy.
• Sirid used the Dragon-shaped Gem to stop the dragon’s aimless attacks and direct it toward the remaining Sky Airships.
• Lydia followed and taunted the dragon, but Sirid ignored her and kept pursuing the airships while the dragon still had strength.