Chapter Summaries

Roy watched Master Artis demonstrate Words of Power and received the completed Griswold Magic Inscription Construct engraved on his Ice Dragon Leather Armor. After revealing the Dark Faceless One Legion’s presence on Pattington Plane to Great Mage Greimus, Roy hurried back toward the island to monitor the threat.

• Master Artis demonstrated how fire and lightning runes combined into Words of Power, then introduced the Griswold construct he designed for Combat Priests.
• Master Artis tested Roy’s Ice Dragon Leather and engraved the simplified Level Two Griswold construct onto the armor, warning Roy not to activate its combat and support enhancements together.
• Roy told Great Mage Greimus that he had found traces of the Dark Faceless One Legion on Pattington Plane, and Greimus promised to report the danger and send observers.
• Roy returned to Castleton, briefly visited Moira, then boarded a sailboat to Pattington Island after failing to find his legion’s supply ship.
• Roy disguised himself in a gray linen robe and sun veil to avoid being recognized among the Half-Elf passengers.

Roy waited aboard a crowded sailboat bound for Pattington Island, where a gift of Elf Biscuit to a Half-Elf girl led to accusations that he was a slave trader. As the crew prepared to leave, Silver Moon Elf guards forced the ship back to shore so Miss Christine could board.

• Roy fed seabirds and overheard Half-Elves discuss migration, jobs, and dangers on the Pattington Plane.
• Roy gave Aylin half an Elf Biscuit, and her mother accused him of being a child-selling slave trader while the crew tried to calm the crowd.
• As the ship began to pull away, two Silver Moon Elf guards ordered it back to the dock.
• Miss Christine arrived with her attendants and guards, boarded the crowded ship, and took a guarded seat on the rooftop.

Christine reunited with Roy aboard a ship bound for the Empress Ivini Islands and explained Earl Swynborne’s plan to create an Elven Council of Elders in the Pattington Plane, including Half-Elf members. Roy agreed to support the plan, and the chapter ended with him gazing out over the sea at night.

• Christine heard Half-Elves accuse a veiled passenger of being a Slave Trader and recognized Roy when his face was revealed.
• Christine called to Roy, and the Half-Elves on deck realized who he was and made way for him.
• Roy warned the Captain to protect passengers as traffic to the Pattington Plane increased, then greeted Christine aboard the ship.
• Christine told Roy that Earl Swynborne wanted to establish a twelve-member Elven Council of Elders in the Pattington Plane and include Half-Elf administrators Mulin and Tiprado.
• Christine explained that Earl Swynborne supported granting Half-Elves rights to prevent future unrest, and Roy promised his full support.
• Roy and Christine shared Orange Wine as the ship sailed into the night.

Roy met General Berkeley in Padesto City to arrange a large shipment of military supplies for Sun Island Bay, where Roy planned to build defenses against the Dark Faceless One Legion. He left aboard a supply-laden Magic Airship, prompting speculation in Padesto City about renewed fighting at Sun Island Bay.

• Roy reviewed Padesto City's military supply inventory with General Berkeley and explained that he planned to fortify Sun Island Bay against a possible landing by the Dark Faceless One Legion.
• Roy drew plans for defenses along the bay's two ridges and decided to consider transferring Highland Slaver prisoners of war to help build them.
• Roy and Berkeley finalized a supply list that included Magic Arrows, Elf Biscuits, and ten requested Whaling Ballistae.
• The next morning, Roy and his subordinates boarded a Magic Airship loaded with military supplies and departed for Sun Island Bay.
• Half-Elves in Padesto City heard that the airship was bound for Sun Island Bay and wondered whether fighting would break out there.

Roy visited Alcheza’s weakened Siren Legion and delivered magical weapons to secure cooperation against the Dark Faceless One Legion. After returning to Sun Island Bay, Roy continued building defenses as Tiprado’s workers and five thousand Highland Slavers prisoners constructed Arrow Towers along the mountain ridges.

• Alcheza learned that four Siren Legions were approaching and ordered Atias to prepare to receive the arriving elves.
• Roy arrived at the siren camp with Miss Tiffany and Jiezena, then offered Alcheza magical weapons in hopes of establishing trust and future cooperation.
• Alcheza gave Roy a chest of magical pearls in return, and Roy offered to send Magic Airships if the Sirens needed support against the Dark Faceless One Legion.
• Roy returned to Sun Island Bay, where Tiprado oversaw defensive construction and five thousand Highland Slavers prisoners helped build eight Arrow Towers.

Roy and the Half-Elves strengthened Sun Island Bay’s defenses as the Dark Faceless Ones conquered the Western Sea and displaced the sirens. Jiezena brought rescued sirens and Fishmen Monsters to the bay, where Roy let them shelter under strict conditions while the island prepared for an invasion.

• Sabrina reported to Roy that no Dark Faceless One warriors had appeared in the outer sea, and Roy encouraged her not to fear the coming fight.
• News arrived that the Dark Faceless One Legion had defeated the Siren Legion, seized the Western Sea, and forced Alcheza and other sirens to flee.
• Jiezena asked Roy to let Fishmen Monsters stay on Sun Island, and he agreed on the conditions that they fish outside the bay, leave the elves alone, and avoid the North Coast.
• Roy explained to Miss Tiffany that Jiezena’s forces could help defend Sun Island Bay, while five thousand Highland Slavers built Arrow Towers along its mountain ridges.
• Jiezena brought wounded, displaced Siren Warriors she had found along the Western Sea’s edge to rest on Sun Island’s coast.

Ailis’s presence accelerated the Temple Knight Order’s Holy Light recovery, leading its captains to suspect she was a Divine Envoy, while Roy prepared Sun Island Bay for the advancing Dark Faceless One Legion. The chapter leaves the battle at North Fjord underway as Siren Warriors ambush a large Faceless One force entering the fjord.

• Ailis listened to Captain Dickas teach divine magic, and the priests’ Holy Light recovered quickly while she was in the camp.
• Jerome, Flint, and Dickas concluded that Ailis might be a Divine Envoy, and she began visiting the camp daily to study divine magic.
• Roy prepared Sun Island Bay as the Dark Faceless One Legion advanced, while Jiezena brought nearly a thousand fleeing Siren Warriors to the island for treatment.
• Griffon Cavalry scouts found at least a thousand Dark Faceless One Warriors entering North Fjord, where Siren Warriors emerged from the forests and fired arrows at them.

Roy and the Griffon Cavalry helped the Sirens defeat a force of Dark Faceless Warriors at North Fjord, then Roy sought an alliance with Commander Alcheza. Alcheza signed the agreement before dying, leaving his son Atias with a notebook to use if he needed Jiezena’s help.

• Roy saw the Sirens luring Dark Faceless Warriors onto shore and led the Griffon Cavalry in an attack that crushed nearly two hundred enemies.
• The Dark Faceless One Legion withdrew from North Fjord after the elves joined the battle.
• Atias introduced Roy to his gravely injured father, Commander Alcheza, and Roy gave Alcheza diluted Tree of Life Sap.
• Alcheza signed Roy’s alliance agreement and urged Atias to lead their people somewhere safe, preferably near elven territory.
• Alcheza told Atias to give Jiezena his notebook if he needed her help, then died as Roy’s Holy Light carried away his soul.

After Lord Commander Alcheza died, Atias led most of his Siren Tribe from North Fjord to Sun Island Bay, where Jiezena accepted his people and his father’s cultivation notebook. Jiezena rallied the Sirens to defend the bay and unite against the Dark Faceless One Legion, while Roy and the Holy Knight Order’s Priests treated their wounds.

• The Sirens mourned Lord Commander Alcheza, and Atias prepared to lead the tribe away from North Fjord after his death.
• Atias decided to take the Sirens to Sun Island Bay, while Roy and the Holy Knight Order’s Priests purified Darkness Qi from the wounded.
• Dark Faceless Ones pursued the migrating Sirens, but the Griffon Cavalry watched over them as Roy saw a massive battle far across the Western Sea.
• Jiezena welcomed Atias and his people, and Atias gave her Lord Commander Alcheza’s Notebook of Experience.
• Jiezena addressed the Sirens at Sun Island Bay, called for them to resist the Dark Faceless One Legion and seek an alliance with the Half-Elves, and the Sirens vowed to drive the Legion from the Western Sea.
• Priests from the Holy Knight Order arrived by sailboat and began treating the Sirens’ wounds.

Roy and Sabrina learned that a Faceless Overlord and a giant narwhal had nearly destroyed each other, then shared a kiss before Roy went to reassure the sirens on Sun Island. As the sirens settled in and received treatment, Lia continued her assignment with the Dark Moon Elf squad guarding Roy.

• Sabrina reported that a nearly twenty-meter Faceless Warrior had fought a gigantic narwhal, and Roy concluded they had likely both been gravely wounded.
• Roy apologized to Sabrina for bringing her into danger and explained the childhood incident when he had lifted her skirt to hide from a Night Blade Leopard; they kissed on the arrow tower.
• An Orderly Walker told Roy that Jiezena wanted him to reassure the sirens, so Roy and Sabrina went to meet them.
• A Dark Moon Elf squad quietly resumed following Roy, and Lia stayed with the squad to learn from its assassins.
• More than five thousand sirens began building shelters on Sun Island, while Priests from the Holy Knight Order treated the wounded using a coordinated system that impressed Ailis.

Roy prepared Sun Island Bay for war against the Faceless Legion, gathering troops, weapons, and supplies before Faceless scouting squads appeared offshore. He joined Jiezena to assess the threat and planned an air-and-sea attack, while she rallied the Siren Warriors to confront the enemy.

• Roy equipped Sun Island Bay with supplies, Arrow Towers, Whaling Ballistas, nine Magic Airships, and nearly two thousand Griffon Cavalry, while offering Half-Elves help to evacuate.
• Woods arrived from Padesto City to support Roy, who told him the defenses included seventy Arrow Towers.
• A Half-Elf adjutant reported Faceless scouting squads in the outer waters, and Roy ordered Griffon Cavalry air support before flying to the front with Kaka.
• Roy saw Griffon Cavalry observing Faceless Warriors offshore as water columns threatened the air patrols.
• Jiezena returned ashore with Siren Warriors and told Roy that the Faceless Legion that captured North Fjord had reached the area.
• Roy offered Griffon Cavalry support so Jiezena could lure the Faceless Warriors to the surface, and she urged the Siren Warriors to face them and discover their weaknesses.

Jiezena led thirteen Siren Warriors into the sea to ambush a Faceless scouting squad, while Jerome and the Priests strengthened them with Blessing Divine Magic. After the Sirens defeated the seven Faceless Warriors, Jiezena returned to the shore confident that they could defend Sun Island Bay.

• A young Siren Warrior stepped forward, encouraging others to volunteer, and Jiezena selected thirteen experienced fighters for the mission.
• Jerome and five Priests cast Blessing Divine Magic on Jiezena and the Siren Warriors before they entered the sea.
• Jiezena's squad encountered seven Faceless Warriors near Arc Mountain Ridge, and her Song of Aging weakened the attackers as the battle began.
• Empowered by the blessings, the Sirens fought back, and Jiezena killed Faceless Warriors by driving Ice Cones into their heads.
• The Sirens defeated the scouting squad in about half an hour, and Jiezena returned to the shore confident in defending Sun Island Bay.

Roy and Jiezena joined forces to defend Sun Island Bay against the advancing Dark Faceless One Legion. After a fierce night-long battle, the Faceless Warriors withdrew at dawn, leaving both sides exhausted.

• Jiezena agreed to ally with Roy, who promised divine blessings for the Siren Warriors and planned air and naval support for their battles.
• Roy fortified Sun Island Bay as the surrounding sea filled with Faceless Warriors, and Jiezena narrowly escaped being surrounded during a scouting ambush.
• After nightfall, the Faceless Warriors attacked the bay, but holy light pillars stopped their advance until they forced through the defenses and clashed with the Siren Warriors.
• Faceless Warriors landed on the beach, where Half-Elf guards froze hundreds with Magic Crystal Arrows while the Griffon Cavalry and fishmen attacked others in the shallows.
• Jiezena, Atias, and more than three thousand blessed Siren Warriors fought through the night with support from priests, Magic Airships, and Roy's forces.
• At dawn, a deep sound from the Outer Sea prompted the Faceless Warriors to withdraw, while the exhausted Siren Warriors could not pursue them.

After the Sirens held Sun Island Bay against repeated Faceless Legion attacks, their numbers grew and the battlefield stabilized. Roy returned to Plateau City, where he discussed its military administration, growing prisoner population, and abandoned mines with Mulin.

• At dawn, Jiezena told Roy about the Sirens’ losses and how the Priests’ blessings and elven weapons had helped them defeat the Faceless Warriors.
• Over the next half month, Roy held the Sirens at Sun Island Bay’s narrow entrance while defenses on Arc Mountain Ridge stopped the Faceless Legion from infiltrating the bay.
• Jiezena advanced to Second Rank, and Sirens fleeing defeated tribes gathered at Sun Island Bay, increasing the defenders’ numbers from three thousand to more than eight thousand.
• Roy’s Mine Guard soldiers returned to Plateau City, while Highland Slavers remained behind to build defenses; meanwhile, Christine’s Padesto council granted seats to Roy, Mulin, Leishande, and Commander Tiprado as Half-Elves.
• After returning to Plateau City, Roy learned that its Prisoner of War Camp held twenty-two thousand Highland Slavers and told Mulin to ask Commander Helik about the prisoners being sent south.
• Mulin told Roy that the Kaltim mines were vacant and that the Nikoba mines had been badly damaged, and Roy decided not to reclaim the Kaltim mines yet.

Roy traveled to Padesto City and learned that the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion was struggling against Gray Dwarf Bandits because Silver Moon Elf nobles withheld reinforcements over Earl Swynborne’s policies. He promised to send forces to the Empress Ivini Islands, then received an appointment letter naming him a member of the Elven Council of Elders.

• Roy considered recruiting Commander Helik for Sun Island Bay but decided the Silver Moon Elf nobles would object.
• Roy traveled from Plateau City to Padesto City and met General Berkeley to discuss the war in the Empress Ivini Islands.
• Berkeley explained that the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion faced the Gray Dwarf Bandits without reinforcements because nobles opposed Earl Swynborne’s policies toward Half-Elves.
• Roy offered to send forces to the Empress Ivini Islands and ordered Magic Airships recalled for the operation.
• Roy visited the Elven Council of Elders’ temporary office and received an appointment letter naming him a council member.

Roy attended a trial in Padesto City and warned Half-Elves against breaking the law, saying repeat offenders would be expelled or sent to the battlefield. As opinions about his warning spread, Magic Airships carrying Half-Elf guard warriors arrived in the city and flew through the Teleportation Portal toward Pattington Island.

• Christine welcomed Roy to Padesto City and invited him to attend a trial with the Elven Council of Elders.
• Christine sentenced four young Half-Elves to one year of detention for robbing and beating a Silver Moon Elf merchant.
• Roy warned the four offenders and the gathered elves that repeat offenses could lead to expulsion or battlefield service.
• Christine told Roy that punishment was meant to encourage offenders to change, and Roy left the Hall of Judgment.
• Roy's warning spread through Padesto City, prompting conflicting reactions among the Half-Elves.
• Fully armed Magic Airships arrived in Padesto City, and eight ships carrying Half-Elf guard warriors flew through the Teleportation Portal toward Pattington Island.

Roy brought eight magic airships from the Pattington Plane to Queen Island as the Gray Dwarf Bandits attacked the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion. With the harbour battle near collapse, Roy’s airships began striking the invading fleet.

• Roy’s eight magic airships passed Pattington Island and reached Queen Island after flying through the wind stream layer.
• The Gray Dwarf Bandits launched a massive assault, using cannon fire and shielded troops to overwhelm the Silver Moon Elf fleet and land at Queen Island’s harbour.
• Earl Swynborne rejected his officers’ calls to evacuate as the Silver Pegasus Knights and Silver Moon Elf guards struggled to hold the dock.
• Roy arrived with the magic airships and ordered them to descend while the Half-Elf Warriors targeted the Gray Dwarf ships with whaling ballistas.
• The airships fired Magic Burst Arrows at the Three-Masted Sailboats, setting off bursts of fire over the invading fleet.

Roy’s magic airships helped the Silver Moon Elves defeat and capture the Gray Dwarf Bandits attacking Queen Island, though the harbor was consumed by fire. Afterward, Roy received permission to pursue the fleeing fleet and regained operating rights to the silver mines in the Kaltim Mountain Range.

• Roy led eight magic airships in burning the Gray Dwarf Bandits’ ships and attacking the bandits trapped at Queen Island’s docks.
• The Silver Moon Elves and Roy’s forces killed thousands of Gray Dwarf Bandits until the survivors surrendered, yielding twenty-seven thousand prisoners and nearly eight thousand wounded.
• Roy arrived at the Tree of Life and told Earl Swynborne that the fighting at Sun Island Bay had stabilized, with the Siren Legion bearing the main burden against the Dark Faceless One Legion.
• Earl Swynborne approved Roy’s request to pursue the fleeing Gray Dwarf fleet and told him to coordinate with the two Silver Pegasus Knight Orders already in pursuit.
• Earl McCauley granted Roy operating rights to the silver mines in the Kaltim Mountain Range, and Roy accepted.

Roy’s eight Magic Airships joined the exhausted Silver Pegasus Knights in pursuit of the Gray Dwarf fleet, while Earl Swynborne explained his plan to encourage Half-Elves to settle on the Pattington Plane rather than compete for land in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. The airships caught up with the fleeing ships and gave the knights a place to rest and fresh supplies.

• Roy led eight Magic Airships northwest to support the Silver Pegasus Knights and pursue the Gray Dwarf Bandits’ fleet.
• Earl Swynborne and Earl McCauley discussed the growing Half-Elf population, the threat of future conflict, and Swynborne’s plan to make the Pattington Plane a home Half-Elves would choose to settle.
• Earl McCauley asked whether the Dark Legion might use the Pattington Plane to attack the Elf Continent, and Swynborne left the question unanswered.
• Roy’s airships descended over the Gray Dwarf fleet after the Silver Pegasus Knights had pursued it for a day and a night.
• Roy invited the exhausted knights aboard, provided food and rest, and revealed crates of magical Short Flying Spears for their next attacks.

Roy captured thirty-three Three-Masted Sailboats and nearly twenty thousand Gray Dwarf Bandits after pursuing them with Silver Pegasus Knights, then returned to Queen Island with the prisoners. Earl Swynborne offered Roy all the captured ships on the condition that he take responsibility for settling every Gray Dwarf prisoner, and Roy agreed to bring them to the Pagisto Plateau.

• Roy used Magic Crystal Arrows and supplied two Silver Pegasus Knight Orders as they pursued and subdued the Gray Dwarf Bandits aboard thirty-three Three-Masted Sailboats.
• Roy's forces boarded the disabled ships, accepted the Gray Dwarves' surrender, and spent nearly three days incorporating the captured fleet and its prisoners.
• Roy returned to Queen Island with the captured ships and nearly twenty thousand prisoners, while more than thirty thousand Gray Dwarf prisoners were already gathered on the beach.
• Roy met Earl Swynborne, who offered him all thirty-three Three-Masted Sailboats if he took every Gray Dwarf prisoner to the Pattington Plane.
• Roy agreed to transport the prisoners to the Pagisto Plateau.