Chapter Summaries

After surviving an attack by five human assassins, Roy helped Captain Loya investigate and identify the Imperial Merchants who might have ordered it. Captain Loya threatened to expel every Imperial ship from Castleton Harbour unless the merchants handed over the mastermind by morning, while Roy planned to stay in Castleton City to meet Byron.Toll.

• Byron.Toll discussed the Dark Land with Roy, then vanished as the Silver Moon Elf guards arrived and Captain Loya questioned Roy about the assassins.
• Roy told Captain Loya that Imperial Merchants had recently sought to trade Magic Herbs with him, and Captain Loya summoned nearly two hundred guards to investigate at the harbour.
• Roy, Moira, and Sabrina accompanied the guards to Deep Water Pier, where Roy failed to recognize any of the merchant Captains as the visitors who had approached him.
• Captain Loya ordered the Imperial Merchants to identify and hand over the mastermind by morning or face the expulsion of their ships and a ban on trade.
• Merchant Francis suggested the assassins had attacked Roy to disrupt the Magic Herbs trade, and Roy told Moira and Sabrina he had arranged to meet someone at a tavern the next day.

After advancing to first-rank High Priest, Roy discovered his perception and Holy Light abilities had grown stronger. He settled the Imperial Merchants’ attempted assassination through Francis, then heard Byron Phil describe the Dark Land and the dangers faced by its expeditionary force.

• Roy noticed that focusing his senses seemed to freeze time, but doing so drained the Sacred Tree’s holy light and withered its Light Flowers.
• Francis asked Roy not to pursue the Imperial Merchants who had sent assassins, and offered Floating Devices and Propulsion Devices as an apology; Roy agreed not to target their ships but refused to intervene with the harbour guard.
• Roy showed Woods how his Holy Light Art had strengthened and inspected the living tree that had fused with his ship.
• Byron Phil explained to Roy that the Dark Land had an inverted day-and-night cycle, little sacred energy, and creatures that thrived in darkness.
• Byron Phil described how the Goddess of Freedom Temple’s expedition relied on sacred relics to replenish Priests’ holy power while fighting Dark Creatures that vanished into black mist.

Roy heard Byron.Toll’s account of the grim Dark Land campaign and learned how High Priest Reed had aided the wounded before Byron’s mercenary group was forced to retreat. Byron agreed to help Roy confront the Sea Beast Priest at Sun Island Bay, and Roy’s second Magic Airship reached Padesto City as preparations for the Pattington Plane’s unsealing gathered pace.

• Byron.Toll described how supply convoys and troops became lost or overwhelmed in the Dark Land, recounting High Priest Reed’s efforts to heal and encourage the wounded at Camp Ninety-Eight.
• Roy used Divine Light Flame and Purification Art on Byron.Toll’s scar, suppressing its dark aura but failing to eliminate its final trace.
• Roy told Byron.Toll about the Sea Beast Priest blocking Sun Island Bay, and Byron agreed to accompany him to the Pattington Plane.
• Klayr stayed in Castleton because of her concert, while Woods insisted on joining Roy’s expedition to Sun Island Bay.
• Roy waited on Pattington Island as Maggs completed the second Magic Airship, then brought it and its Half-Elf crew through the Teleportation Portal to the Pattington Plane.
• The second Magic Airship docked at Padesto City, where it prepared to load provisions for Plateau City as the city’s businesses readied for the coming unsealing.

Commander Berkeley warned Roy to stay discreet as the Pattington Plane prepared to reopen, while Padesto City grew busy with merchants and Magic Herbs trading. The investigators finished their inquiry into Mine Owner Abel and left Plateau City, still determined to name Roy a primary suspect.

• Commander Berkeley cautioned Roy to make a good impression on the Investigation Team, prepare for new competition in the Magic Herbs trade, and keep a low profile because the Elven Nobles feared his influence among the Half-Elves.
• Roy met Moira, Sabrina, and Woods in Padesto City, where Magic Herbs shops and outside merchants had rapidly appeared ahead of the plane's reopening.
• Roy visited Langbo's warehouses, arranged to transport magic devices from Sun Island Bay, and discussed the planned Magic Airship freight service and the growing supply trade with the plateau.
• The Investigation Team completed its inquiry into Mine Owner Abel and concluded that Abel's lover was more likely to have killed him than Roy, but the investigators still planned to list Roy as a primary suspect.
• The three investigators left Plateau City with a small Half-Elf merchant caravan and entered the Kaltim Mountain Range, where they continued discussing Roy's possible guilt.

Jiezena and Lord Commander Latimore each waited for the other to die, hoping to claim the Deep Sea Magic Beast beneath Sun Island and gain power. When Latimore trapped Jiezena and tried to take her body with a Soul Contract, she broke free and confronted him.

• Jiezena watched the elf army secure the North Coast and decided to wait for Latimore to die so she could claim the Deep Sea Magic Beast.
• Latimore told the Siren Captains that Jiezena was waiting for his death and revealed his plan to try undead necromantic spells again.
• Latimore summoned Jiezena, who went to the Cold Pond cave despite suspecting a trap.
• Latimore used a hidden Magic Rune Array to bind Jiezena and attempted to exchange their souls with a Soul Contract Scroll.
• Jiezena chanted alongside Latimore, shattered the chains, and rose free.

Jiezena escaped the Cold Pond cave but was pursued by Lord Commander Latimore, the Siren Captains, and a Deep Sea Magic Beast. As Latimore seized a Siren Captain’s body and Jiezena was dragged toward shore, Miss Tiffany intervened and freed her into the sea.

• Jiezena broke free of Lord Commander Latimore and fought past the four Siren Captains to escape the Cold Pond cave.
• Lord Commander Latimore summoned the Deep Sea Magic Beast, whose tentacles pursued Jiezena across Sun Island.
• Latimore transferred his soul into a Siren Captain’s body and joined the pursuit of Jiezena.
• The Deep Sea Magic Beast struck Jiezena onto the beach, then trapped her in a tentacle and dragged her toward Lord Commander Latimore.
• Miss Tiffany cut the tentacle with her magic dagger and froze the water with a Magic Scroll, causing it to release Jiezena into the sea.

Miss Tiffany rescued the wounded Jiezena from Sun Island and fled north as Lord Commander Latimore pursued them atop a giant sea beast. Roy’s magic airship arrived over Sun Island Bay, where he spotted the sea beast and a siren aboard it.

• Lord Commander Latimore’s struggle to escape Sun Island coincided with a deep sea giant beast tearing free from the seabed and throwing the island into chaos.
• Miss Tiffany carried Jiezena north under Water Transformation, treated her wounds, and gave her Life Potion after she lost consciousness.
• Lord Commander Latimore joined the giant sea beast and ordered it to pursue Jiezena toward the North Coast so he could take over her body.
• Roy’s magic airship descended over Sun Island Bay, and he ordered the crew to circle Sun Island after seeing the island in ruins.
• Griffon Cavalry reported a giant sea beast offshore with a siren standing on its head, leaving Roy puzzled that the Sea Beast Priest had left the island.

Roy and the Half-Elves prepared to face Lord Commander Latimore as his deep sea magic beast advanced on the North Coast. Miss Tiffany rescued the badly injured Jiezena, who revealed Latimore’s undead magic, his stolen body, and the limits on his current power.

• Roy spotted Lord Commander Latimore riding a colossal deep sea magic beast toward the North Coast and ordered the magic airship to hurry to the harbor.
• Roy reached the seawall, learned Miss Tiffany had infiltrated Sun Island Bay, and ordered the Half-Elf Warriors to prepare for battle.
• Miss Tiffany returned with the wounded Jiezena, and Roy used Holy Light Art to heal her and help her wake.
• Jiezena explained that Latimore had once been a peak Second Rank Sea Beast Priest, had preserved himself with undead magic, and now sought to steal her body.
• Jiezena warned Roy that Latimore’s stolen body limited his power, but his deep sea magic beast remained dangerous.

The Half-Elves rushed to launch their ship as Lord Commander Latimore and the Deep Sea Magic Beast attacked with a gigantic tidal wave. Byron.Toll pierced the beast with three arrows, and Moira beheaded Lord Commander Latimore as the battle continued.

• Roy treated the injured Jiezena and argued with Miss Tiffany, who warned that the Deep Sea Magic Beast would attack with a tidal wave.
• Half-Elf crewmen installed the Floating Devices, and the crowded Three-Masted Sailboat began rising as Elf Warriors boarded it.
• Lord Commander Latimore sent the Deep Sea Magic Beast and nearly a thousand Toadfish Cavalry against the Magic Airship, and the wave swept the ship toward the northern forest.
• Sabrina used her Dance of Radiance while Woods attacked a tentacle, and Roy charged Lord Commander Latimore with Moira beside him.
• Byron.Toll split the incoming tide and shot three arrows through the Deep Sea Magic Beast, making its body shrivel.
• Roy's Silver Hammer punched through Lord Commander Latimore's chest, and Moira appeared beside him and cut off his head.

Roy’s allies defeated Lord Commander Latimore and the Deep Sea Magic Beast, while Roy advanced after absorbing Latimore’s soul stone. As the Magic Airship descended, Roy negotiated with Jiezena over the beast and the Sun Island fishmen, demanding a future favor and a share of their catch.

• Byron.Toll pierced the Deep Sea Magic Beast with an arrow, while Roy stunned Lord Commander Latimore with the Hammer of Sanction and Moira beheaded him.
• Roy absorbed the soul stone from Lord Commander Latimore and broke through to a higher level as Kaka caught him on a griffon.
• Kaka and Little Eugene rescued Roy and Moira, and the Toadfish Cavalry began retreating after Latimore’s death.
• Miss Tiffany explained that the wounded Deep Sea Magic Beast could recover from even a small fragment, so Roy ordered the Magic Airship to descend and deal with it.
• Jiezena asked to take the Deep Sea Magic Beast away in exchange for leaving Sun Island Bay with the fishmen and Toadfish Cavalry.
• Roy countered by demanding Jiezena’s unconditional help once in the future and twenty percent of the fishmen’s Outer Sea catch.

After the battle for Sun Island Bay, Jiezena subdued the Deep Sea Magic Beast and left the bay with it and the surviving Toadfish Cavalry. Roy’s group claimed the bay, while Byron.Toll accepted his payment and departed after warning Roy to avoid the Dark Land.

• Roy prevented Byron.Toll from killing the Deep Sea Magic Beast and let Jiezena handle it.
• Jiezena forced the weakened Deep Sea Magic Beast to accept a master-servant contract, then left Sun Island Bay with it and the Toadfish Cavalry.
• The Griffon Cavalry returned after the Sun Island fishmen and Toadfish Cavalry departed, and Miss Tiffany explained that the other Siren Captains had fled.
• Roy told Kaka that Jiezena had been suitable for dealing with the aftermath and said the bay now belonged to the Half-Elves.
• Roy paid Byron.Toll with a chest of Magic Crystal Stones, and Byron.Toll left after warning him not to go to the Dark Land.

Roy left Sun Island Bay under Half-Elf control and traveled to Padesto City as trade and migration surged after the Teleportation Portal reopened. He arrived intending to apply for aviation authorization and establish Northern Aviation to manage the Magic Airships and Air Port Docks.

• Byron.Toll left Sun Island Bay with Magic Crystal Stones to explore Blackwater Swamp and seek dragonfly bee stingers.
• Roy sent the Griffon Cavalry Regiment and Assassin Squad to the Pagisto Plateau, while Commander Tiprado stayed behind with one hundred Griffon Cavalry to clear and explore Sun Island.
• Roy and the Half-Elves planned a stone harbor pier for Sun Island Bay, and the Magic Airships left three days later for Plateau City with Roy and the others aboard.
• At the beginning of the new year, the reopened Teleportation Portal brought merchants and other elves to Padesto City, causing a boom in trade and housing demand as city authorities tightened security and imposed taxes.
• Three investigators returned to Padesto City after losing their luggage in a Headhunter ambush and enduring hostility from Half-Elf merchants.
• Roy arrived at the Silver Pegasus Military Department to check in and apply for aviation authorization, planning to place the airships and docks under a department called Northern Aviation.

Roy witnessed three investigators angrily complain to the Silver Pegasus Military Department about being attacked by headhunters on the Pagisto Plateau, then left to meet Langbo and discuss his Magic Herbs trade. The chapter left him on his way to the warehouse, still planning to establish a Magic Airship management department and raise the herbs’ purchase price for gatherers.

• The three investigators complained to a receptionist that headhunters had attacked them on the Pagisto Plateau, and she told them the area was still under development.
• Roy recognized the investigators as the Silver Moon Elves sent to investigate mine owner Abir’s death and listened as a senior official calmed their dispute.
• The investigators demanded to meet General Camp.Fred, and the official offered to arrange an appointment or send them to the Empress Ivini Islands.
• Roy learned that the Council of Elders’ investigation into him was already known around the Silver Pegasus Military Department.
• Roy left to meet Langbo at the warehouse and planned to raise the purchase price of Elementary Magic Herbs to match market rates.

Padesto City struggled to accommodate a huge influx of Half-Elves, while Roy arranged trade deals and supplies for Commander Helik. The chapter left Roy heading to inspect the Magic Airship modifications before its planned voyage to Plateau City.

• Silver Moon Elf receptionists praised Roy for his actions against Highland Slavers and suspected that someone had reported him to the investigators.
• Moira, Sabrina, Miss Tiffany, and Woods found Central Square packed with newly arrived Half-Elves and joined the long queue for the Teleportation Portal to Pattington Island.
• Roy told Langbo to negotiate sales of Magic Metal, stockpile Mithril Ingots, and prepare fifteen hundred crates of fruit for delivery to the Gazan Ancestral Land.
• Roy said the Magic Airship would depart for Plateau City the day after tomorrow and left to inspect its modifications on Pattington Island.

Moira, Sabrina, Miss Tiffany, and Woods crossed into Pattington Island amid a crush of Half-Elves, while Roy arrived separately and watched the island’s third Magic Airship complete a successful test flight. When military officials asked to borrow one of his Three-Masted Sailboats to reach Queen Ivini Island, Roy readily agreed.

• Moira, Sabrina, Miss Tiffany, and Woods passed through the Teleportation Portal and found Pattington Town and the island’s beaches crowded with Half-Elves.
• Moira told Sabrina she felt unable to keep up with Roy’s rapid rise from guide to governor of the Pagisto Plateau.
• Roy used his status as commander to pass the long queue at Padesto City’s portal, prompting a Silver Moon Elf to protest the special treatment.
• Four Dwarf Apprentices successfully test-flew the third Magic Airship while three investigators sought a ship to travel to the Empress Ivini Islands.
• Braid asked Roy to lend a Three-Masted Sailboat for a trip to Queen Ivini Island, and Roy agreed to provide a crew as well.

Roy lent a sailboat to Silver Moon Elf investigators despite resenting their insults, while Half-Elves crowded onto Pattington Island seeking a new life. During a visit to Ms. Nancy, she warned Roy that the influx and old tensions could destabilize the Pattington Plane and lead to the portal being sealed again.

• Roy lent Three-Masted Sailboat No. 7 to a Silver Pegasus Military Department official and three investigators bound for the Empress Ivini Islands, then let the ship sail despite worsening weather forecasts.
• Woods advised stranded Elf Academy students about the dangers and distances of gathering Magic Herbs in the Pattington Plane.
• Roy took Moira, Sabrina, and Miss Tiffany to visit Ms. Nancy at her family inn after failing to find Woods.
• Ms. Nancy explained that Half-Elves were fleeing Silver Moon Elf oppression and warned that the sudden influx into Padesto City could bring hidden conflicts to a head.
• Ms. Nancy urged Roy to ease the Half-Elves' frustrations, warning that unrest might cause the Pattington Plane to be sealed off again.

Roy worried that Padesto City’s new freedom for Half-Elves could turn into unrest, then promised Moira he would take her with him if he sailed beyond the sea. Meanwhile, three investigators reached the Empress Ivini Islands and found Earl McCauley unwilling to help pursue Roy without evidence.

• Roy reflected on Ms. Nancy’s concerns that rising Half-Elf resentment could threaten Padesto City despite its recent prosperity.
• Roy asked Moira whether she would be sad if he sailed beyond the sea, and she insisted on going with him; Roy agreed they would travel together.
• Moira and Sabrina swam with Miss Tiffany before a storm drove them aboard a Three-Masted Sailboat, where Woods greeted them in the rain.
• Three investigators endured a stormy voyage to the Empress Ivini Islands and arrived exhausted, where Earl McCauley welcomed them and gave them Tree of Life Sap.
• Earl McCauley refused to provide evidence against Roy, citing Roy’s standing among the Half-Elves and his military contributions, and warned the investigators not to damage the Silver Moon Elf nobility’s reputation.

Earl McCauley learned that the clergy had abandoned Gorfito and that the passage to the Dark Land was sealed from the inside, then accepted orders for his Second Silver Pegasus Knight Regiment to join the blockade. Meanwhile, Roy’s third Magic Airship launched from Pattington Island, carrying hopes of improving trade and food supplies between the Pattington Plane and the cities.

• An adjutant summoned Earl McCauley to a meeting after telling him that something had happened in Gorfito.
• Earl Swynborne told the Silver Pegasus commanders that the Goddess of Freedom Temple’s clergy had disappeared into the Dark Land and left Gorfito undefended.
• Earl Swynborne ordered the Second Silver Pegasus Knight Regiment to prepare to reinforce the Gorfito blockade within three days, and Earl McCauley volunteered his regiment as the first wave.
• Earl Swynborne warned Earl McCauley that the Silver Pegasus Legion’s interests and the prosperity of the Pattington Plane came first, while the investigators had found no evidence.
• Roy watched the third Magic Airship launch from Pattington Island and explained that its routes and Sun Island Bay’s fisheries could improve food supplies and reshape the seafood market.
• The Magic Airship crossed into Pattington Island and descended toward the Teleportation Portal as the Half-Elf crew cheered.

Roy addressed protesting merchants in Padesto City, promising that the Magic Airship route would open to ordinary citizens after ten safe flights and explaining trade on the Pagisto Plateau. Chief Kemp Fred then summoned Roy and issued new regulations that cut military supplies, rejected Roy’s infantry legion proposal, and sought military control over operating mines; Roy challenged the move and suggested that any mine managers be sent with military protection.

• Roy found merchants protesting outside the Air Port Dock and, with Woods calming the crowd, answered their questions about airship service, plateau goods, and shortages.
• Roy promised to open the Magic Airship route to ordinary citizens after ten incident-free flights and welcomed merchants to trade on the Pagisto Plateau.
• Chief Kemp Fred summoned Roy and gave him regulations cutting the Mine Guard Regiment’s supplies by thirty percent, rejecting an infantry legion, and proposing military-appointed managers for operating mines.
• Roy reminded Kemp Fred that Earl Swynborne had appointed him to manage the mines and said that military mine managers could be sent to undeveloped northern mines with a Mine Guard Army unit for protection.

Roy met with Commander Berkeley, who advised him to concede some authority over the Pagisto Plateau mines and give up his Rampart Town magistrate post to avoid drawing more scrutiny. Roy returned to Plateau City, where Mulin asked Sabrina to teach newly recruited Half-Elf Warriors for a month.

• Roy refused to hand over the operating mines to Chief Kemp Fred and decided he could offer abandoned mines near the Kaltim Mountain Range instead.
• Commander Berkeley explained why the mines had become profitable, warned Roy that the military department and investigators were watching him, and urged him to relinquish the Rampart Town magistrate post.
• Commander Berkeley revealed that he hoped to become Chief of Logistics Department and asked Roy to wait on the plateau until Kemp Fred's term ended.
• Roy traveled to Plateau City with Moira, Sabrina, Miss Tiffany, and Woods, and discussed the city's security, construction, and prisoner management with Mulin.
• Mulin told Roy that food shortages persisted in the Gazan Ancestral Land and asked Sabrina to teach Elementary Martial Arts Classes to newly recruited Half-Elf Warriors; Sabrina agreed to stay for about a month.