Chapter Summaries

Jeff led the prisoners in a jailbreak at Parrham Island Prison, while Warden Prut ordered the guards to let some escape and called for military reinforcements. After the prison sent a distress signal, Instructor Nora and several instructors boarded a ship from Pattington Island to aid the prison, leaving Roy and Sabrina behind.

• Jeff and his sailors escaped the Confinement Rooms, freed prisoners from the underground cells, and broke through the prison gate.
• Warden Prut ordered the guards to let the prisoners who had reached the outer gates go, cut the suspension bridge, and send a distress signal.
• Instructor Nora told Roy, Sabrina, Christine, and Ji Jilu to remain in Pattington Town while she and Gru, Virgil, Elinore, and Scarlett went to aid the prison.
• Roy and Sabrina followed the instructors to the docks, where Nora asked them to look after Christine and Ji Jilu.
• Instructor Nora and the other instructors boarded a crowded cargo ship carrying reinforcements to Prison Island.

Roy and Sabrina stayed at the inn while Instructor Nora sailed with the Elf Warriors to rescue Parraram Island, where the prison uprising had left the prisoners stranded. After Ms. Nancy urged Sabrina to choose her path, Roy and Sabrina went after Christine and Ji Jilu, while wounded sailors on Parraram Island uncovered a small boat and prepared to escape.

• Instructor Nora sailed toward Parraram Island with Elf Warriors, and Ms. Nancy assured Roy and Sabrina that the instructors could handle the danger.
• Ms. Nancy advised Sabrina to become a Sword Dancer, and Sabrina resolved to make her choice; she could not see a clear future for Roy beyond holy light.
• Christine and Ji Jilu left the inn to visit the beach despite Sabrina's warning, and Roy eventually agreed to go with her to look for them.
• Prison guards held the square tower while the prisoners remained trapped on Parraram Island without boats to reach the Elf Continent.
• Benjamin showed Jeff and the wounded sailors a hidden Flying Fish Boat that could carry only ten people, and Jeff prepared to use it to escape before the Silver Moon Elf regular army arrived.

Benjamin, Jeff, Abbott, and the Golden Tangerine’s crew escaped Prison Island aboard a Flying Fish Boat and slipped past an elven rescue ship by posing as fishermen. On Pattington Island, Sabrina showed Roy how she could form a Sword Dancer’s presence, leaving her ready to advance once she reached level ten.

• Benjamin warned the escapees that a ship was approaching, and Jeff told the sailors to hide beneath the Flying Fish Boat while he, Benjamin, and Abbott handled the encounter.
• Nora and the elven instructors passed the disguised fugitives, then realized too late that the boat had no fishing gear and its passengers might be prisoners.
• The rescue ship reached Prison Island, where Nora and the instructors disembarked to pursue the escaped prisoners.
• Roy and Sabrina searched Pattington Island for Christine and Ji Jilu, then Sabrina asked Roy what he thought about her becoming a Sword Dancer.
• Sabrina summoned the phantom of a massive black blade and formed her presence, preparing to become a first-rank Sword Dancer when she reached level ten.

Roy and Sabrina searched for Christine and Ji Jilu with help from an elven boy who tracked them through trees and crows. They discovered that a group of humans had captured the two Silver Moon Elves, then came upon two sailors near the shore as the elven boy prepared his magic.

• Roy and Sabrina returned to the inn, then set out again when Christine and Ji Jilu still had not come back.
• An elven boy offered to help and used trees and summoned crows to track the missing Silver Moon Elves.
• The elven boy learned that Christine and Ji Jilu had avoided Roy and Sabrina before pointing them east along the beach.
• The group found a wrecked Flying Fish Boat and learned that humans, including a Half-Elf, had taken Christine and Ji Jilu into the forest.
• The elven boy led Roy and Sabrina toward the abductors, and they spotted two sailors collecting shellfish near the shore.
• The elven boy summoned a hidden flowering vine while Sabrina crept forward with her Heavy Sword and Roy readied his Holy Scepter and Round Shield.

Roy, Sabrina, and the young elf tracked escaped prisoners to a forest camp where Christine and Ji Jilu were held captive. When Jeff dragged Christine away and began tearing at her dress, Roy and his companions moved to intervene, and Roy launched the Hammer of Punishment at him.

• Sabrina and Roy ambushed two escaped sailors on the shore, and the young elf bound and hoisted them into a tree.
• The young elf discovered that twenty-nine prisoners guarded a forest camp where Christine and Ji Jilu were being held.
• Roy argued they should return to town for help, but Sabrina persuaded him to get closer and look for a chance to rescue the captives.
• Jeff dragged Christine away from the camp despite Benjamin's objection and tore the strap of her dress in the woods.
• Sabrina crawled out of hiding as the young elf sent vines toward Jeff, and Roy summoned and hurled the Hammer of Punishment at him.

Roy and the Druid Boy pursued the prisoners who had taken Ji Jilu while Sabrina led Christine toward Pattington Town for help. Roy found Abbott holding Ji Jilu hostage and approached him, determined not to let him escape.

• Roy killed Jeff after rescuing Christine, then sent Sabrina and Christine to town to summon the guards.
• The prisoners split up to flee, and several of them ran toward the docks, where the Elven Guards blocked their way.
• Roy and the Druid Boy kept watch on the men holding Ji Jilu and followed Benjamin and Abbott into the forest.
• Roy discovered Abbott had a dagger pressed to Ji Jilu's throat and slowly approached, demanding that Abbott surrender.

Roy and the young elf fought Abbott and the mage, who fled on a Magic Broom after a Brown Bear and a flowering vine disrupted their attack. Roy treated the injured survivors and returned to the docks with the Elven Guards, where he told Sabrina about encountering Abbott.

• Abbott and the mage attacked Roy and Ji Jilu, while a Brown Bear charged the mage and a flowering vine disrupted Abbott.
• Roy and the young elf fought back, but Abbott and the mage escaped on a Magic Broom, leaving Ji Jilu unconscious.
• The Brown Bear returned to human form, and Roy bandaged Ji Jilu's neck and used Minor Healing on the young elf.
• Roy launched a Magic Signal Flare, and Sabrina, Christine, and the Elven Guards arrived and asked which way the attackers had fled.
• Roy carried Ji Jilu back to the docks with help from Sabrina and Christine, then told Sabrina he had encountered Abbott.

Roy and Sabrina rescued Christine and Ji Jilu from the prisoners on Pattington Island and returned to the inn, where Ji Jilu remained withdrawn after his ordeal. While soaking in a hot spring, Roy advanced to level-six Novice Priest, then shared food with Sabrina and told Ms. Nancy about the prisoners and Woods.

• Roy learned that the young elf who helped them was named Woods, thanked him, and promised to treat him to fish.
• Roy, Sabrina, Christine, and Ji Jilu returned to the inn, where Ms. Nancy offered Christine and Ji Jilu remedies for their injuries.
• Roy soaked in the inn's hot spring, and the Holy Light Tree sapling grew a sixth root as he advanced to level-six Novice Priest.
• Roy fell asleep in the bathtub, woke to Sabrina knocking, and joined her for Ms. Nancy's apple pie and fruit tea.
• Roy and Sabrina told Ms. Nancy about the prisoners' infiltration, Christine and Ji Jilu's capture, and Woods's plan to go to the Pattington Plane.

After Roy and Sabrina rescued Christine and Ji Jilu from escaped prisoners, Instructor Nora reprimanded them for acting without first seeking help. Miss Scarlett acknowledged their success and explained that their families’ powerful ties to the Elf Academy meant the instructors had to compromise, leaving Roy and Sabrina to consider the consequences of their actions.

• Christine recovered from the kidnapping while Ms. Nancy criticized the Silver Moon Elf nobles, and Ji Jilu remained shut in his room.
• Instructor Gru returned and told Roy that the prisoners on Prison Island had been dealt with, though the prison riot was still being contained.
• Instructor Nora questioned Roy about Christine and Ji Jilu’s kidnapping, and Roy explained that he and Sabrina had helped them escape before the Elven Guards pursued the prisoners.
• The next day, Instructor Nora threatened to revoke Roy and Sabrina’s Adventure Group membership and scolded them for confronting dangerous prisoners without first seeking help.
• Miss Scarlett asked Roy how he had befriended Woods, then agreed with Nora’s criticism while praising Roy and Sabrina for rescuing Christine and Ji Jilu and notifying the guards.
• Miss Scarlett revealed that Christine’s and Ji Jilu’s families had elders who were Elf Academy Trustees, so the instructors had to compromise.

Roy healed the injured instructors as Nora prepared the Adventure Group to leave Pattington Island for the Pattington Plane. Ji Jilu chose to stay behind, while Abbott remained hidden on the island and pondered his failed attempt to free Priest Theodore.

• Nora and the other instructors returned from searching Pattington Island with injuries, and Roy healed Nora and Eleanor with Minor Healing.
• Nora announced that the group would stop searching for escaped prisoners and travel to the Pattington Plane the next morning.
• Roy, Sabrina, and Christine chose to continue the expedition, while Ji Jilu decided to remain in Pattington Town and wait for his family.
• Roy treated the remaining instructors and prepared Nora and Scarlett's bathtub with Holy Light to help protect their wounds.
• Abbott hid in a volcanic cave with Benjamin, recalled Priest Theodore refusing to escape from prison, and studied nautical charts.

Roy and his companions traveled through a Teleportation Portal from Pattington Town to Padesto, a lush forest town on the Pattington Plane. After exploring its square and market, Instructor Nora led the group to a treehouse inn to find rooms.

• Roy and the others left the inn, and Ji Jilu stayed behind, withdrawn after his recent ordeal, while Christine appeared more mature and began wearing Light Leather Armor and carrying a Battle Shortbow.
• The group reached Pattington Town's Teleportation Portal, where Roy and Sabrina felt nervous, and Instructor Nora reassured them before they entered.
• Roy emerged in Padesto, where Nora explained the plane's three suns, long days, short nights, and dense forests.
• Nora led the group through Padesto's mountaintop square and forest, while Roy browsed the Free Market and tried to buy a Scorpion-tailed Lion King tooth.
• Nora bought fruit and brought the group to a large treehouse inn, where she asked a Silver Moon Elf maid for eight rooms on the same tree.

Roy and Sabrina settled into the treehouse inn in Padesto before Instructor Nora took them to the local Adventurers Guild to learn about exploring the Pattington Plane. The guild supplied Nora with a resource map and a recommended guide, who arrived to meet her.

• Roy found Sabrina on the terrace, and they shared unusual local fruit while talking about exploring the plane.
• Instructor Virgil knocked at Sabrina’s door but left after receiving no answer.
• At dinner, Instructor Nora told Roy and Sabrina she would take them to the Adventurers Guild.
• Nora bought a map of the Pattington Plane marked with resources and asked the guild to recommend a guide.
• A guide arrived at the guild and sat down with Nora.

Instructor Nora hired Majeri to guide the group across the Griffon Bulwark and planned to begin the expedition in two days. Meanwhile, Roy, Sabrina, and Christine explored Padesto City, where Christine recognized a useful insect-repelling ointment.

• Dominic warned Nora that griffons guarded the southern barrier, while Ron revealed his limited guiding experience and was dismissed.
• Majeri told Nora about his failed attempts to cross the Griffon Bulwark, and Nora hired him for the expedition.
• Nora planned to prepare climbing ropes and iron-chain nets before the group set out in two days for a journey expected to last about fifty days.
• Roy and Sabrina invited Christine to explore Padesto City with them while Nora and Scarlett researched the Bulwark and Eleanor and Virgil visited the Thieves Guild.
• Christine browsed adventurer shops with Roy and Sabrina and recommended Green Grass Ointment as protection against mosquitoes and insects.

Roy spotted Benjamin in Padesto City but lost him again, then reported the human mage to the local Magic Guild with Sabrina’s help. Meanwhile, Instructor Nora gathered information about the dangerous Griffon Bulwark expedition and kept the plan, leaving the group set to depart with Guide Majeri the next morning.

• Roy bought gifts for Ms. Belinda and Moira, then spotted Benjamin outside the Magic Weapon Shop and failed to catch him.
• Roy agreed to Christine’s suggestion to report Benjamin to the Padesto Magic Guild, where Sabrina drew a portrait from Roy’s description and the Enforcement Team circulated the information.
• Instructor Nora gathered warnings about Griffon Bulwark, while Instructor Eleanor learned that the group could rest in a village at the mountain’s foot.
• Instructor Virgil voiced concern about the expedition, but Instructor Nora kept the plan and told everyone to meet Guide Majeri at the Adventurers Guild the next morning.

Guide Majeri led Instructor Nora’s Adventure Group with leader Sindji’s caravan toward Griffon Bulwark, teaching them how to travel through the forest and warning Roy about dangerous griffons. After reaching a village, Majeri took the group to search for two Blue Ice Deer said to frequent a misty hillside pond.

• Majeri arranged for the Adventure Group to travel with Sindji’s caravan, and the group rented horses to keep pace.
• The caravan crossed a damp, mushroom-filled forest, where Roy learned about choosing routes and campsites.
• Sindji warned Roy that griffons near Griffon Bulwark were dangerous, difficult to hunt, and had recently attacked elves.
• Majeri planned to search for Blue Ice Deer while the caravan stayed in Tines Village for a day.
• The group reached the hillside near the village, where Majeri explained that two Blue Ice Deer had appeared by a misty Cold Pond but fled whenever they saw elves.

Roy and the instructors searched the Mist Jungle near Tines Village for Blue Ice Deer, but their outing turned into a battle when six Goat-headed Monsters appeared. The chapter ended with Roy facing one of the monsters after its club left his shield arm numb.

• Guide Majeri led the group from Tines Village to the Cold Pond, explaining the forest's plants and the Blue Ice Deer that had been seen there.
• Instructor Nora split the group into two teams to search the misty forest, and Instructor Eleanor's team found Magic Herbs but no deer.
• Instructor Eleanor's team returned to the entrance and waited by a bonfire until Instructor Gru spotted six Goat-headed Monsters carrying a dead wild boar.
• Instructor Gru killed the first monster with an arrow, and Instructor Eleanor, Instructor Virgil, and Roy attacked the remaining five.
• A Goat-headed Monster struck Roy's shield with its Wooden Stick, numbing his arm, and Roy raised his scepter to parry its next blow.

Roy and the instructors fought Goat-headed Monsters near the Mist Jungle, then discussed his combat training and the danger the creatures posed to Tines Village. The group returned to the village without finding the Blue Ice Deer, unaware that one had watched them leave the forest.

• Virgil, Eleanor, Gru, and Roy killed six Goat-headed Monsters and buried them with a wild boar.
• Virgil advised Roy to use sharp weapons, while Eleanor urged him to overcome his nervousness and consider learning Archery Body Art.
• Roy said he wanted to become a Combat Priest, leaving the instructors unsure how to advise him.
• Nora's group returned without finding clues about the Blue Ice Deer, and Majeri confirmed that the Goat-headed Monsters had once been driven north from Padesto.
• Majeri agreed to warn Tines Village about the surviving Goat-headed Monsters, while Eleanor reported finding no useful clues in the Mist Jungle.
• A male Blue Ice Deer watched the Adventure Group leave the forest, then returned to the Mist Jungle as the group reached Tines Village.

Instructor Nora and Majeri visited Tines Village to learn about crossing Griffon Bulwark, where griffons made the mountain passes nearly impossible to traverse. After the village youths challenged the Adventure Group, Sabrina and Christine demonstrated their skills, and Nora urged the villagers to pursue formal training.

• Majeri told Nora and Roy that Tines Village was struggling as magical beasts grew scarce, and Uncle Adeji explained that griffons guarded the mountain passes across Griffon Bulwark.
• Nora refused the village youths’ request to join the Adventure Group, saying only capable Elf Warriors could travel with them, and invited them to challenge the group’s specialists.
• Sabrina defeated a muscular young Half-Elf in a single exchange, disarming him and leaving him unable to attack.
• Christine outshot Abe by splitting the arrow he had lodged in the target’s bullseye, silencing the watching villagers.
• Nora told the Tines Village elves that the students had improved through academy training and encouraged them to learn systematically.

Roy joined the caravan’s journey south from Tines Village after taking his first night-watch shift, while Instructor Nora warned the village elves about Goat-headed Monsters near Mist Jungle. At a streamside camp, Roy went upstream to bathe and unexpectedly encountered young Half-Elves from Tines Village behind a waterfall.

• Instructor Nora warned Tines Village’s young elves about signs of Goat-headed Monsters near Mist Jungle, and they admitted they had previously found hoofprints.
• Roy volunteered for the first half of the night watch, then lay awake reflecting on the divisions and hardships among the elves and Half-Elves.
• The caravan left Tines Village, and Instructor Eleanor spotted young elves following them through the jungle.
• After the caravan camped beside a stream, Roy went upstream to wash and saw several young Half-Elves emerge from behind a waterfall.

Roy directed young Half-Elf hunters to Instructor Nora, who refused to recruit them because the Adventure Group only accepted Castleton Elf Academy teachers and students. The group hunted four Wind Foxes, then reached Tiger Leap Gorge and waited for the caravan, with Harpies known to inhabit the cliffs nearby.

• Roy told the Half-Elf hunters to ask Instructor Nora about joining, and Nora turned them away because they were not from the academy.
• Guide Majeri proposed splitting from the caravan to hunt Wind Foxes before meeting it at Tiger Leap Gorge, and Nora approved the plan.
• Instructor Gru and the group hunted a Wind Fox; Roy blocked its wind blade, Magician Scarlett froze it, and Christine killed it with an arrow before it could counterattack.
• Instructor Nora and the instructors reviewed the hunt, and the Adventure Group caught four Wind Foxes in one day, with Gru killing three of them.
• Guide Majeri led the Adventure Group to Tiger Leap Gorge, where they waited for the caravan and learned that Harpies nested among the cliffs.