Chapter Summaries

Roy and Klayr visited the Inscription Workshop, where Hayeier helped them obtain a Spirit Gathering Magic Inscription Construct and arrange for Magician Scarlett to attach it to Roy’s Thick Leather Armor. After warning Roy about the armor’s limitations and magical carrying capacity, Scarlett learned that he could already activate a construct.

• Hayeier welcomed Roy and Klayr to the Inscription Workshop and took them to collect the Spirit Gathering construct.
• Hayeier selected a Spirit Gathering inscription made from level-three Sea Magic Beast hide, and Klayr handed it over for Roy’s armor.
• Hayeier arranged for Magician Scarlett to attach the construct, and she recognized Roy when he arrived with Klayr.
• Scarlett attached the Spirit Gathering construct to the lower abdomen of Roy’s Thick Leather Armor and explained how to protect and repair it.
• Roy asked about adding more constructs, and Scarlett explained the armor’s carrying-capacity requirement before Roy confirmed that he could activate a construct.

Roy tested the Spirit Gathering inscription, learned how to sell his Nightmare Vine for a better price, and earned a fortune from its valuable pollen. He returned to the Inscription Workshop to ask Magician Scarlett to help him buy more Magic Inscription Constructs for protection against Abbott.

• Roy tested the Spirit Gathering inscription and asked Magician Scarlett about increasing his magical capacity and selling Nightmare Vine.
• Magician Scarlett explained that Nightmare Vine powder could be sold for Magic Crystal Stones and advised Roy to have it processed before selling it.
• Roy took his vines to a Potion Shop, where the Boss offered to process them and buy half the powder at market price.
• The Potion Shop workers discovered the vines were flowering and collected their valuable buds and pollen, earning Roy three hundred and twenty-seven Magic Crystal Stones.
• Roy returned to the Inscription Workshop and asked Magician Scarlett to help him buy four or five more Magic Inscription Constructs.

Roy bought seven beginner Magic Inscription Constructs and had Scarlett attach them to his Thick Leather Armor, discovering that he could activate them all at once. After returning to the temple, he found High Priest Reed waiting and agreed to begin studying Hammer of Judgment the next day.

• Roy chose seven Magic Inscription Constructs and paid Guli three hundred and ten Magic Crystal Stones for them.
• Roy told Scarlett that his carrying capacity was unusually high and asked her to attach the constructs to his Thick Leather Armor.
• Scarlett finished enchanting Roy's armor, and Roy activated its enhancements alongside Strength Blessing.
• Roy left the Inscription Workshop and returned to the temple, where he found High Priest Reed in the Study Room.
• High Priest Reed told Roy to start learning Hammer of Judgment the next day, and Roy agreed.

Roy searched for Abbott at the stranded Black Pearl, wrote Viesel a long account of events in Castleton, and learned the divine spell Hammer of Judgment. The chapter ended with the reappearance of Miss Tiffany, who waved to Roy from the Black Pearl after vanishing for more than three months.

• Roy searched the beach and the Black Pearl for Abbott, but received no answer and failed to notice someone watching him from a crack in the rocks.
• Roy wrote Viesel a lengthy letter about recent events in Castleton and prepared it to mail to St. Margaret Port.
• Moira sensed someone spying near her home, and Sabrina spotted a cloaked figure fleeing down Brown Street but chose not to pursue him.
• Sabrina warned Roy that the harbor docks seemed unsettled, and Roy continued attending classes and studying with High Priest Reed.
• High Priest Reed taught Roy the divine spell Hammer of Judgment, whose complicated runes left Roy confused.
• Roy returned to West Beach and saw Miss Tiffany waving to him from the deck of the Black Pearl.

Roy told Tiffany that Jasper had been murdered, took her to visit Jasper’s grave, and agreed to let her stay aboard the Black Pearl. Meanwhile, Abbott and Benjamin argued over their plans for the ship and the Golden Key.

• Roy told Tiffany that Jasper had been killed, and she asked Roy to take her to his grave.
• Tiffany mourned Jasper at the West Suburb Graveyard, then demanded to know who had killed him and vowed to take revenge.
• Roy told Tiffany that Abbott was the most suspicious and explained the conflict between Abbott and Jasper over their treasure plan.
• Tiffany asked to stay aboard the Black Pearl, and Roy agreed.
• Aboard the Mothra, Benjamin argued that Abbott should focus on taking the Black Pearl, while Abbott insisted that they needed the Golden Key too.

Roy confronted Abbott at the 187th Street intersection, where a hidden mage ambushed him with fire magic. Roy survived with help from an ice barrier and Katie Werner, but Abbott escaped on a Magic Broom with the mage.

• Abbott spotted Roy at Deep Water Dock and followed him with Benjamin the mage, planning to seize the Golden Key.
• Roy recognized Abbott in the Fish Market and chased him into a secluded street, where he demanded to know whether Abbott had killed Jasper.
• Benjamin the mage attacked Roy with fireballs, but Roy’s shield and armor helped him survive; the Night Blade Leopard failed to stop the mage.
• A hidden spellcaster raised an Ice Wall to blunt a Great Fireball, and Roy charged Abbott as the nearby residents gathered.
• Abbott struck Roy with a holy Light Hammer and tried to cut his throat, but Katie Werner knocked his dagger away with a slingshot.
• Abbott escaped with the cloaked mage on a Magic Broom as a Half-Elf archer’s arrow missed him.

After Abbott attacked Roy with help from an unknown fire-based mage, Roy recovered from his burns and teamed up with Tiffany to seek the truth and avenge Jasper. At combat training, Roy noticed a copper-covered textbook and told Klayr he had an idea.

• Roy survived the Great Fireball, treated his burns at Duke's Grocery Store, and learned that Abbott had escaped with the fire-based mage.
• Tiffany proposed working with Roy to investigate Jasper's death, and Roy agreed to join forces with her.
• Moira told Roy that Sabrina had promised to help him against Abbott.
• Instructor Nora refused to replace Roy's ruined shield and advised him to find a sturdier one.
• Roy noticed the copper-covered textbook a Silver Moon Elf girl used to block a rotten pear and told Klayr he had an idea.

Roy sought a magical shield and investigated the number of Fire-based Mages in Castleton while the Goddess of Freedom Temple continued to empty ahead of its dissolution. A storm scattered Benjamin and Abbott’s expedition, and Tiffany remained aboard the Black Pearl as she searched for Abbott and weighed whether to return home.

• Roy learned that enchanted spellbooks were far beyond his means, asked Scarlett about Fire-based Mages, and bought a Crescent Small Shield for five Magic Crystal Stones.
• Roy distributed holy water to a dwindling congregation, struggled to learn Hammer of Judgment, and learned that Reed planned to leave for Gorfito and give him the temple’s books.
• Benjamin and Abbott recruited thirty-six Half-Elf fishermen and set out with six Flying Fish Boats, but a storm scattered the boats and capsized theirs.
• Benjamin rescued Abbott onto a Magic Broom, and they took shelter on a reef island after flying through the storm.
• Tiffany continued searching for Abbott aboard the Black Pearl and told Roy she thought Abbott might have left Castleton Port.
• Roy reassured Tiffany that Abbott would likely return and advised her to wait for the weather to clear before looking around.

Tiffany settled aboard the Black Pearl and searched for Abbott while Roy continued his studies and prepared for Elf Academy’s final exams. Roy passed Instructor Nora’s wood-chopping test, while Klayr barely passed and another student was caught using a strength potion.

• Tiffany grieved Jasper’s death, explored the Black Pearl, and began learning Elven Language after her search for Abbott went nowhere.
• Roy practiced the Hammer of Judgment prayer, sparred with Moira and Sabrina, and prepared for three final exams.
• Roy and Klayr arrived at Instructor Nora’s surprise physical fitness test and saw that students had to chop logs, run an obstacle course, and cling to a pillar.
• Roy split his log in two minutes and passed the strength test, then shared his wood-chopping technique with Klayr, who barely passed.
• Instructor Nora caught a Silver Moon Elf student who had taken Lion King Strength Potion and told him to return next year.

Roy and Klayr completed their physical fitness and martial arts exams, and Roy passed his remaining finals at Elf Academy. As the holiday approached, Roy invited Sabrina to the academy ball, while Ms. Belinda prepared to travel to Buenos to discuss exhibiting her Linglong Ball.

• Roy and Klayr completed the obstacle course and slippery-pillar endurance test, then passed their Elementary Martial Arts assessment.
• Roy took his Modern Elf History and Elf Continent Geography exams, while Klayr finished four courses and invited Roy to find dance partners for the academy ball.
• Roy invited Sabrina to be his dance partner, and she readily agreed.
• Roy passed all three of his final examinations and learned that Ms. Belinda had been invited to exhibit her Linglong Ball at the Bruno Art Gallery in Buenos.
• Ms. Belinda invited Roy to travel to Buenos with her, but Roy declined because he had plans to attend the academy ball with Sabrina.

Roy attended the Elf Academy dance with Sabrina, where they reunited with Klayr, Sherry, Edith, and Phyllis. After Hayeier performed for the crowd, Klayr urged Roy to join him in playing a piece.

• Roy and Sabrina arrived at Heroes Square and entered the dance together.
• Klayr and Sherry greeted Roy, and Sherry thanked him with a cheek kiss.
• Sabrina went to greet a group of Half-Elves while Roy and Klayr found a quieter spot.
• Edith and Phyllis joined Roy and Klayr, and Phyllis offered to find Roy a female companion.
• Hayeier performed a piece on the piano, then Klayr invited Roy to play with him.

Roy attended the End-of-Term Ball with Sabrina, met her Half-Elf friends, and watched Princess Ophelia address the students. As Princess Ophelia passed him, she recognized Roy and called his name, drawing every elf’s attention.

• Roy persuaded Klayr to wait longer before confronting Hayeier, then joined Sabrina and met her Half-Elf friends at the ball.
• Sabrina told her friends that she planned to spend the holiday on a planar journey, while Roy said he likely would leave Castleton City too.
• Princess Ophelia arrived at the ball, delivered a speech, and embraced Edith after praising her progress.
• Roy bowed as Princess Ophelia passed, but she stopped, looked at him, and called his name before the surrounding elves.

Roy attended Elf Academy’s End-of-Term Ball, where Princess Ophelia unexpectedly asked him to dance and praised his role in saving the Nautilus. He later danced with Sabrina while Klayr stole the crowd’s attention with his performances, leaving the ball as Elf Academy’s most popular student of the year.

• Princess Ophelia asked Roy to dance, and he nervously joined her on the Dance Floor as Klayr began playing the organ.
• Princess Ophelia told Roy that his actions during the Nightmare Vine incident had helped prevent disaster, then left the ball after Klayr finished his song.
• Klayr teased Roy about dancing with Princess Ophelia, and Roy invited Sabrina to dance while Klayr took Sherry onto the Dance Floor.
• Roy and Sabrina danced together as Klayr performed for the other students and drew a crowd.
• Klayr interrupted a later dance with his violin performance of “Bernice” and was voted Elf Academy’s most popular student of the year.

Roy registered with the Adventurers Guild and prepared to leave Castleton with instructor Nora’s Adventure Group for an expedition to another plane. As he headed out on Thursday morning, he encountered Sabrina leaving in leather armor with a Heavy Sword.

• Instructor Nora took Roy to the Adventurers Guild, where he registered as a Novice Priest and she paid his membership fee.
• Roy learned that Adventure Groups explored and hunted, while escort, garrison, and rescue commissions belonged to the Mercenary Guild.
• Roy asked Moira to visit his ship once a week while he was away, and she agreed to try.
• Roy packed for the expedition and left a note for Ms. Belinda saying he expected to be gone six to eight weeks.
• Instructor Nora and Magician Scarlett arrived at Castleton Harbour, where their group planned to sail to Ellington Island before traveling to another plane.
• Roy left home and met Sabrina, who was also setting out early with a Heavy Sword on her back.

Roy joined Instructor Nora’s Adventure Group as they sailed from Castleton toward a transit station, while Benjamin and Abbott reached Parraram Island to pursue a plan involving the prison’s criminals. Abbott posed as a Priest to gain entry to the prison and was told to wait while a guard fetched the Captain.

• Sabrina revealed that she was a member of Instructor Nora’s Adventure Group and escorted Roy to Castleton Port.
• Roy met the other group members, including Christine, Ji Jilu, and the exhausted Magician Scarlett, before boarding the ship with them.
• The ship sailed from Deep Water Dock toward the Outer Sea as Roy watched from the Ship Building’s roof.
• Benjamin and Abbott arrived at Parraram Island, where Benjamin proposed recruiting prisoners to crew their ship and sending Abbott into the prison as a Priest.
• Abbott dressed as a Novice Priest, displayed holy light at the prison gates, and persuaded a guard to fetch the Captain.

Roy traveled by ship with Sabrina, Instructor Virgil, Christine, Ji Jilu, Instructor Nora, and Magician Scarlett toward Pattington Island. At Parrham Island Prison, Warden Prut sent Warden Kels to meet a Priest who could purify wandering souls in the Torture Chambers.

• Roy watched the sailors grill fish while Sabrina sat beside him and reflected on how he had grown and how he longed for the distant sea.
• Instructor Virgil offered Sabrina berries, while Christine watched them with jealousy and grew irritated with Ji Jilu following her.
• Instructor Nora revealed that the ship was headed for Pattington Plane, and Magician Scarlett complained before falling asleep on Nora’s shoulder.
• Warden Prut learned that a Priest who knew divine magic had arrived and ordered his assistant to arrange for the Warden to receive him.
• Warden Kels hurried to the prison gates with guards to meet the Priest and seek help purifying the wandering souls in the Torture Chambers.

Abbott entered Parrham Island Prison to investigate reports of hauntings and used Purification Art to drive away its dead souls, secretly hiding a package in one confinement room. He left with five Magic Crystal Stones, while Roy's ship arrived at Pattington Island.

• Warden Kels led Abbott into the underground prison and explained that guards suffered nightmares and signs of strangulation in the Torture Chamber.
• Abbott found a dead Wood Elf's soul in a Confinement Room and purified it with Purification Art.
• Abbott cleared ten Confinement Rooms, secretly hid a package in the seventh, and stopped when he claimed his Holy Power was exhausted.
• Warden Kels arranged Abbott's departure, and Abbott received five Magic Crystal Stones as payment.
• Roy, Sabrina, and Instructor Nora arrived at Pattington Island and disembarked near Pattington Town, built inside a mountain fissure.

Instructor Nora brought the Elf Academy Adventure Group to Pattington Town, where a disrupted Teleportation Portal left travelers stranded for two days. The group settled into a hot spring inn, but Ji Jilu’s insults and demands strained relations with the Half-Elf innkeeper and Instructor Nora.

• Instructor Nora hired carriages to take the group from the pier into Pattington Town, where they found the Teleportation Portal closed amid a heavy shipment of supplies.
• The group learned the portal would remain unusable for about two days and went with Instructor Nora to a hot spring inn she knew.
• At the inn, Nancy warned the group to avoid conflicts with stranded travelers and showed them to their rooms.
• Instructor Nora assigned Roy to share a room with Ji Jilu, but Instructor Gru offered to room with Roy instead, leaving Ji Jilu to share with Virgil.
• Ji Jilu rejected Nancy’s offer of breakfast, prompting Nancy to refuse breakfast for the whole group, and Instructor Nora warned that she could expel members who failed to cooperate in the Pattington Plane.

Roy and Sabrina spent the afternoon fishing and grilling seafood on the beach, where they met a young druid who gave Roy a silver Acorn Seed. Meanwhile, Abbott hid a package in the seventh Confinement Room, leaving Benjamin to handle what came next.

• Roy and Sabrina got permission from Instructor Nora to walk to the seaside and cook fish, while Instructor Virgil waited in vain for Sabrina.
• Roy caught Stone Sea Bream and gathered oysters and sea snails as Sabrina prepared a bonfire on the beach.
• A Brown Bear approached their meal and transformed into an elf boy, who introduced himself as a druid and ate Roy's grilled fish.
• The druid tried a sea snail, disliked it, then gave Roy a silver Acorn Seed before leaving for the Pattington Plane.
• Roy and Sabrina returned to the inn, while Abbott told Benjamin that he had hidden the package in the seventh Confinement Room.

Roy and Sabrina explored Pattington Island while Benjamin told Jeff that he had hidden a package in Number Seven Solitary Confinement for the prisoners to retrieve. The chapter left Jeff frightened by the dangerous plan as Roy and Sabrina returned from a hike after spotting Parrham Prison Island.

• Ms. Nancy welcomed Roy and Sabrina, described Pattington Island, and told them about its local fish and customs.
• Benjamin learned from Abbott about Parrham Island Prison and told Jeff he had hidden a package in Number Seven Solitary Confinement.
• Jeff pleaded with Benjamin to find another way to free the prisoners, but Benjamin left after saying he had done all he could.
• Roy and Sabrina hiked up the volcano outside Pattington Town and spotted Parrham Prison Island in the distance.
• Roy suggested forming an Adventure Group someday, and Sabrina hesitated to say she wanted to join him.