Recaps

Richard investigated the Iron Ring, explored the nature of magic, and gathered materials to test his theories about Wandering Energy Elements. His experiments suggested a direct path to spellcasting that might lead him toward becoming an Apocalypse Wizard.

• Richard concluded that the Iron Ring opened into a separate storage space and could absorb attacks, but reserved the risky defense for emergencies.
• Othello resurrected Somen and told him that Supervisor Thor was looking for him.
• Richard arrived in Emerald Gold City with Pandora, met Prince Gelo, and warned him that becoming a Wizard might make his life bitter.
• Richard studied Wandering Energy Elements and proposed that they were superheavy elements powered by energy projected from stars.
• Richard helped Gelo improve his soul projection and gathered Cobalt Ore and a ruby to make Cobalt Blue Glass.
• Malun transformed after receiving his reward and vowed to regain his strength and take revenge on the White Stone Tower.
• Richard used Cobalt Blue Glass in a flame test and concluded that the crimson flame belonged to an unknown element.
• Richard proposed casting spells directly with Wandering Energy Elements and wondered whether to pursue the path of an Apocalypse Wizard.

Richard investigated Hua Er’s death while Gelo pursued a place at White Stone Tower and fought to buy an Exemption Certificate. Richard later revealed he had more certificates and helped Gelo board the ship, where Gelo confronted Pompe Morton over a suspected theft.

• Richard tested his new Flame Barrage and Meteor Flame Burst, then learned from Gelo that a White Stone Tower wizard had arrived in Emerald Gold City.
• At Hua Er’s talent test, Richard concealed his abilities and was declared talentless, while Gelo received an extremely low-grade result and Anthony Myers qualified to join White Stone Tower.
• A Black-Robed Man killed Hua Er and turned him to stone, and Richard examined the scene before spotting the attacker across the street.
• As rival forces fought over a caravan carrying Exemption Certificates, Siver and Demi recruited the surviving worker, Martin Luther King, after his talent awakened.
• At the auction, Gelo lost the first two certificates but won the third for 20,000 gold coins, while Richard bought several curiosities, including a strange Silver-White Ring.
• Richard refused Gelo’s offer of the certificate and urged him to choose his own path, but Gelo secretly followed Richard to the ship and decided to pursue becoming a Wizard.
• Richard gave Gelo an Exemption Certificate and boarded with him and Pandora, explaining that he had more certificates and that they served as valuable payment to Wizards.
• Aboard the ship, Gelo accused Pompe Morton of stealing his family’s certificate, but Morton denied it and challenged Gelo’s authority as a prince before a loud bang rang out.

Richard survived the pirates’ attack, discovered a potion that sharpened his reactions, and continued developing his magical abilities. As the ship entered a storm, Dempsey declared the approaching Sirens the next test.

• Pandora stopped Gelo and Morton’s fight, and Martin Luther King punished Morton before the ship sailed toward the giant vessel.
• Richard and the other students faced a pirate assault after the Wizards disappeared, and Richard fought while hiding the extent of his abilities.
• Dempsey revealed that the pirate attack had been an elimination test, and Richard found the recipe for One-Eye’s Frenzy Potion and a hidden extract.
• Richard tested the potion ingredients on animals and himself, discovering that his Unknown Potion accelerated reactions and gave him an advantage in close combat.
• Richard and Nancy practiced swordsmanship, and Nancy told him she was a princess who had awakened her Wizard talent to avoid becoming a hostage bride.
• Richard engraved Wind Brute Force onto his Silver-White Ring and overheard Dempsey insist that another elimination test begin within three days.
• Death Knell Birds and fleeing fish warned of danger, and Dempsey declared the approaching Sirens the next test as a storm struck the ship.

Richard and the students survived the Siren tests and a battle with an Ancient Giant Squid, while Richard secretly recovered a mysterious Drift Bottle from its tentacle. A series of murders led the Black-Robed Man to confront the White Stone Tower Wizards, and after killing three of them, he met Richard and revealed his face.

• Richard and the students fought off ordinary and Elite Sirens, then watched Dempsey kill the Siren Leader and declare the test over.
• A Giant Squid attacked the ship, and the Wizards drove it off, and Richard secretly took a glass Drift Bottle from its severed tentacle.
• Richard discovered the bottle's strange patterns and hallucinogenic seal, while a Black-Robed Man appeared near the wounded squid and vowed revenge on the White Stone Tower.
• As sailors and students were murdered aboard the ship, Richard linked black powder at the crime scenes to the Black-Robed Man, while Porter organized patrols.
• The Black-Robed Man killed Sherry, Parker, Darnell, and Garth, then appeared before Siver, Louis, Quinton, and Dempsey and declared his revenge.
• The four Wizards fought the Black-Robed Man at sea, and Dempsey returned alone, wounded, and saying the attacker had been killed.
• Richard found the Black-Robed Man in his cabin, learned he had spared him partly because he liked him, and watched him remove his hood as Richard recognized his iris.