Chapter Summaries

Roy led twelve Magic Airships carrying Siren Warriors, Griffon Cavalry, and Priests west toward Sank Island. When the fleet encountered a massive sea storm near Star Sea Island, Roy ordered the ships to slow down and descend toward its edge.

• Three thousand Siren Warriors boarded the Magic Airships at Sun Island, and Jiezena helped Olifu adjust to traveling above the sea.
• Roy and the Half-Elf crew corrected their map before the fleet passed North Fjord and continued over the Western Sea.
• The Magic Airships traveled for a day without encountering flying magical beasts, while Captain Rodehart estimated their position.
• Rodehart warned Roy that the fleet was nearing a vast cloud vortex, and Great Mage Greimus identified a sea storm beneath it.
• Roy signaled the other Magic Airships to avoid the storm's center, and the twelve ships slowed, aligned, and descended toward its edge.

Roy’s fleet weathered a sea storm and sheltered at Rang Island, where Olifu brought reinforcements from Sank Island. After unloading armor for 7,500 sirens, Jiezena prepared to lead her Siren Assault Team toward the battle ahead while Roy’s fleet remained trapped by the waves.

• Roy ordered the Magic Airships to rise through a gap that Great Mage Greimus opened in the storm clouds, then guided the fleet to shelter at Rang Island.
• Roy agreed to let Olifu swim to Sank Island for reinforcements, and she returned with 7,500 sirens.
• Olifu and the sirens unloaded 7,500 boxes of Ring-Style Siren Armor from the Magic Airships and distributed the armor underwater.
• Jiezena told Roy that the Dark Faceless One Legion and the Siren Alliance Army were fighting nearby and that she intended to lead her Siren Assault Team into battle.
• Roy warned Jiezena to retreat if the Dark Faceless One warriors proved too strong, since the storm still kept his fleet from sailing.

The Siren Alliance and the Dark Faceless One Legion fought for control of Sank Island as a sea storm battered the battlefield. Roy led the Griffon Cavalry toward the island, where they found the western shore in chaos and Siren reinforcements joining the fight.

• Jiezena and Olifu reached Sank Island with ten thousand Siren Warriors, and Olifu ordered Jiezena to flank the Dark Faceless One Legion from the west.
• Taize Xike and the other Sea Beast Priests prepared to ambush one of the six Faceless Overlords while Siren forces waited in the forest.
• Dark Faceless One Warriors landed on the beach, where Siren songs, ice lances, and armed fighters met their attack as the battle line was forced inland.
• Roy, Kaka, Grems, and Eugene flew with the Griffon Cavalry through the storm toward Sank Island, but they could not locate Jiezena's assault team.
• Roy directed the Griffon Cavalry to circle to the western shore, where they found Siren Warriors cut off and fighting Dark Faceless One reinforcements.
• Armored Siren Warriors arrived behind the isolated fighters and leapt into the struggle, while other Sirens rose among the corpses on the beach.

Roy and the Sirens fought the Dark Faceless Ones on Sank Island’s West Beach as Greimus’s Ice and Snow Domain turned the battlefield in their favor. Jiezena and Olifu confronted a Faceless Overlord, which attacked Roy and the Priests before Olifu’s Six-Armed Siren intervened.

• Jiezena reunited with Roy on the beach, where three hundred human Priests used Blessing Divine Magic to empower the armored Siren Warriors.
• Greimus summoned a Water Elemental that created an Ice and Snow Domain, letting Roy destroy immobilized Dark Faceless One Warriors while the Priests gathered Holy Light from the Sacred Tree.
• A Faceless Overlord charged ashore; Jiezena raced toward it and plunged into its body, while Olifu summoned a towering Six-Armed Siren to face it.
• The Faceless Overlord broke through the Ice Wall and attacked Roy and the Priests, whose Hammers of Judgment and Holy Shield wounded and burned its tentacle.
• As the Faceless Overlord’s tentacle struck at Roy, Olifu’s Six-Armed Siren appeared and braced against it with her weapons.

Roy, Great Mage Greimus, and the Siren Alliance fought the Faceless Overlords on Sank Island, killing several as the storm weakened. Roy broke through to level twenty-one, and his fleet arrived while the remaining three Faceless Overlords were surrounded in the shallow waters.

• Great Mage Greimus and Roy helped free Miss Olifu from a Faceless Overlord, while human Priests healed her beneath the Sacred Tree.
• Taize Xike led eight Sea Beast Priests in an ambush that weakened and killed the Faceless Overlord; Jiezena emerged from its body as the Sea Eels tore it apart.
• The Sacred Tree absorbed the released darkness, and Roy and the Priests joined the Siren and Sea Beast forces in pursuing the remaining Faceless Overlords.
• After the fourth Faceless Overlord fell, Roy broke through his bottleneck and became a level twenty-one Combat Priest.
• The storm weakened and the dark clouds began to disperse as Siren and human forces suffered casualties in the ongoing battle.
• Griffon Cavalry and Roy's Magic Airship arrived, while nineteen Sea Beast Priests and many Siren Warriors surrounded the remaining three Faceless Overlords.

Roy and the Siren Alliance defeated the Dark Faceless One Legion at Sank Island, killing all six Faceless Overlords and scattering the remaining warriors. Afterward, Roy reached level twenty-one, and Taize Xike agreed to buy fifty thousand sets of Ring-Style Siren Armor as the sirens prepared to reclaim the Western Sea.

• Ten magic airships fired forty Magic Crystal Arrows at the Faceless Overlords, freezing them while Sea Beast Priests shattered their ice-covered tentacles.
• Roy and Great Mage Greimus helped repel Dark Faceless One Warriors on the beach as Siren Warriors, strengthened by human priests' blessings, counterattacked.
• Taize Xike and the Sea Beast Priests killed the Faceless Overlords, and the Dark Faceless One Warriors fled as Roy advanced to level twenty-one by absorbing Darkness Qi.
• Taize Xike embraced Roy, declared him a friend, and agreed to order fifty thousand sets of Ring-Style Siren Armor.
• A wounded Sea Beast Priest collapsed on the beach but Taize Xike said he could be saved; over the following days, Siren Warriors hunted the fleeing Faceless Warriors, while Jiezena and Olifu led ten thousand elites on a raid.

After the Siren Alliance drove the Dark Faceless One Legion from the Star Sea Islands, Roy settled the armor and crystal trades with Taize Xike and prepared to return to Sun Island Bay. Aboard the departing fleet, Roy and Jiezena discussed the Sirens’ losses and the need to reinforce their defenses against a possible counterattack.

• Taize Xike accepted sixty thousand Black Magic Cores as a down payment for Ring-Style Siren Armor, and Roy agreed to supply five thousand sets monthly and traded three thousand sets for six Advanced Black Magic Crystals.
• Roy gave Great Mage Greimus the Advanced Black Magic Crystals and agreed to help him obtain giant Magic Crystal Arrows before returning to Castleton City.
• Jiezena prepared to leave Sank Island with the Siren Assault Team, having earned recognition from the Sea Beast Priests and planning to speak with the Giant Beast again.
• Rodehart ordered the crew to prepare the Magic Airships, while Roy thanked the injured Miss Olifu and departed by griffon.
• Roy joined the fleet as it sailed toward Sun Island Bay, and Jiezena reported that 237 Siren Warriors had died in the fighting.
• Roy warned that the Dark Faceless One Legion might attack Sun Island Bay and planned to strengthen its defenses, buy more giant Magic Crystal Arrows, and retrieve the remaining Magic Airships from Pattington Island.

Roy oversaw Sun Island Bay’s defenses and discussed the Holy Knight Order and Siren Assault Team before traveling to Padesto City. There, he told Leishande he would move accumulated Magic Herbs to Kui Island, despite the risk of exhausting the regiment’s funds.

• Roy declined to use the Griffon Cavalry to transport weapons to Sun Island Bay’s arrow towers and kept their focus on training with the Magic Airships.
• Commander Jerome explained how Roy and Ailis helped the Priests regain Holy Light Power, and Roy promised to visit the Grimm Empire with him after the war.
• Roy told Jiezena he would leave the Gray Dwarf Bandits on nearby islands as a buffer against the Naga Sea Clan, and promised to equip the expanded Siren Assault Team with armor.
• Roy flew to Padesto City and told Leishande he would take Magic Herbs to Kui Island, while Leishande warned that thirty-nine warehouses were nearly full and the regiment was running out of funds.

Roy brought a small shipment of Padesto City's magic herbs to Kui Island, reviewed its defenses, and prepared to travel to Castleton Port. He then sailed to Queen Island, where Earl Swynborne summoned him.

• Roy arrived at Kui Island with three magic airships carrying herbs and received Captain Timothy's detailed plan to attack the surrounding Gray Dwarf Bandit islands.
• Roy met Sabrina as she set out on patrol and reunited with Moira, who asked him to visit Jillian for her and Sabrina.
• Roy told Moira he planned to go to Castleton Port and close the Alchemy Workshop, then agreed to visit Jillian.
• Roy ordered the airships to destroy Gray Dwarf Bandit ships rather than occupy islands, aiming to make Kui Island safer while developing it.
• Roy and Greimus traveled to the Empress Ivini Islands aboard three airships transformed into Three-Masted Sailboats, and Roy sent Earl Swynborne a letter at Queen Island's dock.
• A Silver Moon Elf guard returned and told Roy that Earl Swynborne requested his presence.

Roy visited the ailing Earl Swynborne on Queen Island, received permission to sail to Castleton City, and was authorized to bring stranded Half-Elves to Kui Island. He then reached Pattington Island and found the town crowded with Half-Elves living in tents.

• Roy met Silver Moon Elves on Queen Island and learned that Earl Swynborne was seriously ill.
• Roy healed Earl Swynborne with Holy Light Power, and the Earl granted him a passage permit and permission to take willing Half-Elves to Kui Island.
• Roy reassured Christine that he was not becoming a pirate before leaving Queen Island with his three Magic Airships.
• Roy sailed to Pattington Island, where he found the shipyard's converted Magic Airships safely docked in Sheltered Fjord.
• Roy entered Pattington Town and saw Half-Elves crowded into tents throughout the streets.

Roy returned to Pattington Island and offered stranded Half-Elves passage to either his new settlement on Kui Island or Castleton City. After transporting 6,400 people, he left nearly ten thousand still waiting on the island and arrived at Castleton Harbour with eleven Magic Airships.

• Roy visited Nancy, described his successes on Kui Island, and heard her warn him to prepare for a long campaign against the Gray Dwarf Bandits.
• At Sheltered Fjord, Roy told the stranded Half-Elves they could travel with him to Kui Island or return to Castleton City, and asked them to gather at the dock the next morning.
• Roy confirmed that all eight Magic Airships had been modified and invited the Dwarven Artisans to travel with him and meet Darwin.
• Roy’s ships carried 6,400 Half-Elves away from Pattington Island, while nearly ten thousand remained behind and hoped he would return for them.
• Roy arrived at Castleton Harbour at night with eleven Magic Airships and felt the harbor had the scent of home.

Roy returned to Castleton Harbour with Half-Elves rescued from Pattington and assured the dockworkers that the Dark Legion had been defeated, promising to return for those left behind. He settled future trade with Darwin at Kui Island, paid the final balance for the Magic Airship modifications with Black Magic Crystals, and left for the night.

• Roy told the Half-Elf dockworkers that Pattington was stable, the Dark Faceless One Legion had been defeated, and he would bring a fleet back to collect those who wanted to leave.
• Darwin greeted Roy and explained that the Grimm Empire’s wars had made Magic Herbs scarce and put his trading business at risk.
• Roy gave Darwin nautical charts and designated Kui Island as their future trading location, assuring him the area was protected from Gray Dwarf Bandits.
• Roy paid Darwin the final balance for the Floating Device order with five chests of Black Magic Crystals and departed, agreeing to meet him at Kui Island.

Roy completed a Magic Herbs trade with Imperial Merchant Darwin and prepared to leave Castleton with Woods and the Half-Elves. When the full ships could not accommodate the growing crowd of Half-Elves seeking passage, Roy promised to find a way to take them all.

• Roy exchanged three shiploads of Magic Herbs with Darwin for fifteen crates of ordinary Magic Crystal Stones and told him future trades would take place on Qui Island.
• Roy visited Klayr, explained that he was leaving Castleton, and handed him responsibility for the Magic Herbs Trading Company and Alchemy Workshop.
• Roy and Klayr went to the Alchemy Workshop, where Roy asked Woods to leave with him, and Woods agreed.
• Roy, Klayr, and Woods reached Castleton Harbour and found Rodehart struggling to hold back Half-Elves who wanted to board the already-full ships.
• Roy quieted the crowd and promised to take every Half-Elf with him, even if he had to rent Medium Sailboats.

Roy arranged ships to evacuate the stranded Half-Elves from Castleton Harbour and asked Ms. Jillian to join Moira and Sabrina on the Pattington Plane, but she chose to stay. That night, the Black Pearl finally reached the sea and left the harbour under tow as Roy waved goodbye to Castleton.

• Roy rented eight Imperial Merchant ships from Darwin to transport the stranded Half-Elves to Kui Island and agreed to keep trading Magic Herbs.
• Roy invited Ms. Jillian to move to the Pattington Plane, but she refused and warned him to treat Moira and Sabrina well before blessing their relationship.
• Roy and Woods repaired and prepared the Black Pearl, then dug silt from beneath its hull before the tide rose.
• The Half-Elves boarded the Imperial Merchant ships while Silver Moon Elf guards watched from the docks.
• An Imperial Merchant ship towed the Black Pearl into the sea, and Roy waved goodbye to Castleton Harbour.

Roy led a fleet carrying nearly twenty thousand Half-Elves from the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom to Kui Island, evading a new flight ban and reaching the island after a difficult voyage. The Half-Elves came ashore and were welcomed as the Imperial Merchants began loading Magic Herbs for the return trip.

• Roy sailed from Castleton Harbour with eleven Magic Airships, the Black Pearl, and eight Imperial Merchants, towing the unrepaired ship toward Kui Island.
• Roy avoided docking at Pattington Island and took a southwest route after arranging for the Half-Elves on Kui Island to prepare housing and supplies.
• Great Mage Greimus caught up with Roy and revealed that the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom had issued a no-fly decree, then brought giant magic crossbow bolts for Kui Island.
• Roy refused to entrust the Half-Elves' transport to Imperial Merchants without a trustworthy Half-Elf overseeing them, fearing some merchants might traffic them.
• After fourteen days at sea, the fleet reached Kui Island, where nearly twenty thousand Half-Elves disembarked, received apples, and rested among the trees.
• Roy had the Half-Elf guards load Magic Herbs onto the Magic Airships while the Imperial Merchants began loading their own cargo.

Roy returned to Kui Island with the Black Pearl and thousands of Half-Elves, reuniting with Moira and Sabrina as the island’s settlement and defenses took shape. He asked the newly arrived Half-Elves to choose whether to stay on Kui Island or pass through the Teleportation Portal to the Pattington Plane.

• Eight Imperial Merchant ships arrived near Kui Island while the Half-Elves already there built homes and the island’s defenses expanded.
• Moira, Sabrina, and Miss Tiffany spotted Roy’s fleet, and Tiffany swam out to greet him aboard the Black Pearl.
• Roy docked the Black Pearl, reunited with Moira and Sabrina, and told them Ms. Jillian had chosen to remain in Castleton.
• Captain Timothy and Roy oversaw the transfer of Half-Elves and Magic Herbs while keeping the Imperial Merchants off the island.
• Roy addressed the Half-Elves and asked them to decide whether to stay on Kui Island or enter the Teleportation Portal to the Pattington Plane.

Roy helped thousands of Half-Elves choose between staying on Kui Island and moving to Padesto, then escorted Imperial Merchant ships through a Gray Dwarf ambush. After defeating the pirates, he questioned a captive about the Dwarf King's treasure.

• Around nine thousand Half-Elves chose to remain on Kui Island, while nearly eleven thousand left for Padesto City, and Roy told Captain Rodehart to explain the island's benefits to those who stayed.
• The eight Imperial Merchant ships departed Kui Island for Qiyan Port, and Gray Dwarf Bandits ambushed them at sea.
• Roy's six Magic Airships and the Griffon Cavalry attacked the Gray Dwarf ships, routing the pirates and protecting the merchant ships.
• Roy thanked Imperial Merchant Darwin and returned to his Magic Airship, where he questioned a captured Gray Dwarf Bandit about the Dwarf King's treasure and whether it belonged to Relf.

Roy interrogated the Gray Dwarf Bandits about the Dwarf Treasure and learned about their migration, a sunken fleet carrying their technology, and their alliances with the Naga Sea Clan. As the captives began to reveal why the Gray Dwarves targeted the Empress Ivini Islands, one of them violently silenced the speaker before he could disclose the treasure’s likely location.

• The Red Beard Gray Dwarf told Roy that Relf had arranged for Naga shamans to sink ships carrying Gray Dwarf technology, but only Relf knew where the wrecks lay.
• Roy ordered the raid to end and returned with the captives to Kui Island, planning to investigate Relf’s treasure map and question Miss Tiffany.
• A Gray Dwarf told Roy that the bandits had driven the Naga Sea Clan from the area by capturing them as slaves, while another revealed their alliance against the Naga Sea Clan of the Seven Realms Sea.
• Roy asked why the Gray Dwarves were targeting the Empress Ivini Islands, and a captive began to say the Dwarf Treasure was likely there.
• Another Gray Dwarf smashed the speaker’s jaw before he could finish, leaving Roy without the rest of the revelation.

Roy returned to Kui Island and used the wealth from trading Magic Herbs to fund plans for free elementary schools across Padesto City. The chapter ended with Roy and Leishande reflecting on how the Half-Elves had built a homeland and now sought a better life.

• Roy sent a hundred crates of Magic Crystal Stones to Padesto City and planned to circulate the wealth by improving the city's residential districts.
• Roy and Leishande inspected a site for an elementary school, and Roy set out plans for free lessons, meals, teachers, and safe classrooms for Half-Elf children.
• Roy told Leishande that the Half-Elves' needs had changed, and that they now pursued a better life on the Pattington Plane.
• Leishande reflected on the Half-Elves' transformation from persecuted refugees into a growing people with their own territory, army, and city.
• Roy's Magic Crystal Stones eased the Trading Company's cash shortage and helped fund the planned schools.

Roy questioned the shackled Gray Dwarf Doyle about the Dwarf Treasure and showed him Captain Relf’s Treasure Map. Doyle revealed that the map depicted underwater terrain, then considered seizing Roy and escaping with it.

• Roy waited at Padesto City’s Air Port Dock and received Doyle when a Magic Airship brought him there in shackles.
• Roy took Doyle to the Third Conference Room, where he showed him Relf’s Treasure Map and pressed him for information about the Dwarf Treasure.
• Doyle explained that Relf had intercepted a fleet carrying Dwarven technology, while some ships reached Galuo Island, others fell to the Naga Sea Clan, and Relf vanished with the rest.
• Doyle recognized clues on the map and explained that its landmarks represented seabed terrain rather than ordinary islands and sea routes.
• As Roy leaned in to study the map, Doyle considered strangling him and escaping with it.