Chapter Summaries

Brando summoned a powerful undead army to help Lian fight Pendulum Man, while Lian sacrificed the Tome of Life to resurrect her fallen forces. With their chances dwindling, Lian activated Mind Acceleration to help Brando draw the Holy Sword he needed to break through Pendulum Man’s defenses.

• Lian sent the Platinum Dragon into the Enchanted Furnace Constructs, but the Abomination fatally wounded it before it crashed to the ground.
• Brando used Graveyard Resurrection and the Eternal Orb to summon a black Spirit Puppet Holy Archangel, Ropal, and a swarm of Wind Spirit Spiders.
• Ropal attacked the Enchanted Furnace Constructs while Andriga trapped the Fallen Guards, but an Abomination threatened Ropal and Lian intervened.
• Lian sacrificed the Tome of Life, restoring her fallen forces and bringing the Platinum Dragon back at full strength, but losing her deck’s core advantage.
• Brando explained that he was waiting to draw the Holy Sword, and Lian activated Mind Acceleration to let spells trigger draws.

Brando used the Sacred Sword to attack Pendulum Man’s forces while Lian revealed that Pendulum Man had no Anruoduo’s Holy Ring left. Pendulum Man sacrificed its own body to protect the Gear Orb and summoned the Ancient Abomination Imokou, the World-Wound, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Brando attached the Sacred Sword and focused its golden flames on Pendulum Man’s Enchanted Furnace Constructs.
• Lian told Brando that Pendulum Man had used one of its two Anruoduo’s Holy Rings and that the other was in Brando’s hand.
• Pendulum Man sacrificed Fallen Guards to delay the Sacred Sword, then accelerated the Eroconian Adversity Furnace to produce more Enchanted Furnace Constructs.
• Brando and Lian launched their final assault, but Pendulum Man withdrew its magical defenses and took the attack to shield the Gear Orb.
• Pendulum Man opened the Gear Orb and summoned the Ancient Abomination Imokou, the World-Wound.

Lian used Destiny Arena to isolate Imokou, the World-Wound, and gave Brando twenty seconds to fight Pendulum Man. Brando nearly died in battle, but revealed the Golden Radiance Banner, which transformed his allied creatures and led Pendulum Man to recognize him as Turing’s apprentice.

• Lian trapped herself, her creatures, and Imokou, the World-Wound, inside Destiny Arena while Brando prepared to face Pendulum Man’s forces.
• Brando attacked with his allies, killed a demon after enduring a near-fatal strike, and tried to reach Pendulum Man with Andriga and Ropal.
• Pendulum Man summoned another demon, leaving Brando nearly out of options as he noticed Golden Radiance Banner among his remaining cards.
• Brando revealed Golden Radiance Banner, and its light transformed his summoned creatures, including turning the Wind Spirit Spiders into Wind Spirit Dragons.
• Pendulum Man recognized the banner as the Burleyman Family Banner and accused Brando of being Turing’s apprentice; Brando discovered that the card had raised his creatures’ levels and rarities.

After Pendulum Man died defending the underground hall, Eileen told Brando about her past and the Spellweaver Tricyman’s mission. Her account placed Tricyman’s arrival in Vonder during the obscure Year 540 of Okas and revealed that Tumen and Odin were alive then, leaving Brando stunned by how ancient the hall’s history was.

• Pendulum Man’s defenses collapsed after his death, and Eileen mourned the summon who had once traveled with her and Tricyman.
• Pendulum Man told Brando that it had guarded its master’s rules and hoped Brando would not disappoint it before falling silent.
• Eileen explained that she and Pendulum Man had been Tricyman’s Fate Cards, traveled across worlds with him, and helped guard the hall he built in Vonder.
• Eileen said Tricyman had arrived in Vonder in Year 540 of Okas alongside a powerful woman and that another Spellweaver, Tumen, had been alive then.
• Brando realized that Odin had also still been alive during that distant era, and Eileen confirmed that she had heard of him.

Lian led Brando to a hidden cavern where three ancient figures had been sealed in crystal, including her master, the Spellweaver Tricyman. When Brando recognized the beautiful girl among them as the Ice Queen, the first Witch King, the crystal resonated in response.

• Otales recounted how Odin unified Vonder after the wars, beginning a brutal reign that led to the War of the Saints.
• Lian offered to show Brando the secrets of the underground hall and carried Pendulum Man’s body there after he could not remove the Golden Radiance Banner from its fixed barrier.
• Lian explained how card-filtering effects could help Brando draw the Golden Radiance Banner and revealed that Pendulum Man’s Desperate Trojan Horse was a powerful filtering card.
• Lian led Brando through a cavern passage to a crystal chamber containing Tricyman, a renowned swordsman, and a beautiful girl, all sealed inside.
• Brando recognized the girl as the Ice Queen, the first Witch King, and a deep resonance sounded from within the crystal.

Trapped in the collapsed tomb, Romane met the spirit of the first Witch King, who revealed that Romane was a Fate Witch and granted her the Witch King's Mark. The Witch King vanished after passing on knowledge and a warning about the mark's role in uniting the thirteen bloodlines.

• Romane noticed a faint tremor in the tomb and asked Charles whether Brando was all right; Charles assured her that Brando was safe below.
• Romane spoke with a girl only she could see, who explained that their blood was connected and identified herself as Romane's distant ancestor.
• The girl told Romane that she was a natural-born Fate Witch, not a warlock, and that her birth constellation would become the Witch's Throne.
• The first Witch King persuaded Romane to accept her inheritance and gave her the Witch King's Mark, which could open the Witch Kingdom's treasures.
• The Witch King warned Romane that the mark would help her unite the thirteen bloodlines, then vanished from the tomb.

Brando and Lian investigated a magically contaminated passage underground, but he turned back when he recognized a seal marking a Level 300 dungeon. After learning about the dwindling Spellweaver line, Brando realized Lian planned to stay behind as his companions reached them.

• Otales sensed corrosive magic beneath the array, and Brando found that the surrounding sandstone had become contaminated with magical quartz sand.
• Brando saw the Time's Standard seal, recognized it as the entrance to a Level 300 dungeon, and decided not to go farther.
• Brando returned with Lian and learned that Spellweavers had once numbered forty-three, but he might be the only new-generation inheritor remaining.
• Lian heard Brando's companions digging toward the tomb and withdrew into the darkness instead of leaving with him.

Lian explained the Adversity Paradise deck and advised Brando on its weaknesses and what he needed to become a true Spellweaver. As the passage out opened, Brando left with the deck, while Lian stayed behind with her crystallization sickness and asked him to seek a cure.

• Lian revealed the crystals growing from her back and explained that prolonged exposure to the quartz sand caused a sickness that continued after death.
• Lian gave Brando the incomplete Adversity Paradise deck and explained its history, card combinations, and weaknesses.
• Lian described Tumen's power and advised Brando to develop his own rules, improve his card cycling, and expand his Elemental Pool.
• Brando asked Lian to leave and offered to find a cure for her sickness, but she refused and urged him to carry Adversity Paradise forward.
• Ropal arrived to report that Charles had opened a passage, and Lian said goodbye to Brando with a kiss before he departed.

Nemesis led Freya, Bresen, and the other knights on patrol near Port Ambersell while Princess Griffine prepared for negotiations with Grand Duke Anlek. After his envoy arrived late, Griffine refused to meet him and postponed the negotiations for a week, asserting the royal family’s dignity.

• Nemesis led a patrol through the forest near Feston and corrected Freya for being too nervous.
• Freya’s fellow knights laughed as Nemesis reminded them that routine patrols required vigilance.
• Griffine watched Grand Duke Anlek’s envoy arrive at the villa and reconsidered how to respond to the delayed meeting.
• Griffine told her maid to inform Anlek’s envoy that she would not meet him and would resume negotiations in Ambersell after one week.

Brando gathered his growing forces in the Fir Territory and reflected on their strength, cohesion, and shortcomings. He prepared to discuss recent events with Antitina before explaining his plans for the journey to Ambersell and testing how many of his followers shared his hopes for Eluin.

• Brando convened an emergency meeting beneath the ancient banyan trees and looked over the veterans and newcomers who had gathered.
• Antitina reflected on how Brando's fair distribution of Dragon Blood Potions had strengthened loyalty and motivation throughout the collective.
• Brando surveyed his many allies and calculated that his forces had nine Gold Rank combatants, while recognizing their lack of Element Awakening fighters.
• Brando decided to begin the meeting by asking Antitina to report on recent events before he introduced his plans for Ambersell and Eluin's future.

Antitina reported that Tonigell was recovering and taking in refugees, while Brando warned his followers that his trip to Ambersell would lead them into a kingdom-wide war. He prepared to leave to prevent Princess Griffine from falling into a trap, with Tonigell’s people stirred by the promise of supporting her and earning rewards.

• Antitina reported that Tonigell’s food supplies, port, mines, and trade were developing, though the territory lacked workers and needed to prepare for war.
• Brando agreed to shelter elderly refugees and children after Antitina described how local nobles were taking only strong laborers and women.
• Brando warned the assembly that Tonigell would face a major war and said he planned to stop Princess Griffine from falling into a trap at Ambersell.
• A member of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Group questioned why Tonigell should fight for the princess, and Brando explained that her recognition gave the territory its moral foundation.
• Caglis rallied the assembly by suggesting that supporting Princess Griffine could earn Brando a duchy and the others noble titles, and the group pledged its support.
• Charles approached Brando to report that the ship to Ambersell was ready, and Brando prepared to depart.

Griffine refused Anlek’s demand to take Haruze with him, while Brando and his companions sailed from Gris toward Ambersell aboard the Far Land. The crowded voyage left Antitina reflecting on her father and brought Brando’s force closer to the political struggle over Griffine’s marriage.

• Griffine told Magdal that Anlek wanted Haruze to go with him, but she would not agree and believed there was still room to negotiate.
• Brando sailed west across the Sea of Flashes on the Far Land with Antitina, Roman, Caglis, Charles, Qian, Mephisto, and the others bound for Ambersell.
• Antitina endured the rough voyage and told Brando that seeing the sea helped her understand her father’s desire to explore, though she still resented his absence.
• Brando reassured Antitina that her father had cared for her, even if he had struggled to express it.
• Captain James praised Caglis and the young White Lion Guard officer, while Brando explained that he had brought the young soldiers to train through the coming trials.

Brando and the crew of the Far Land discovered that humanoid sea creatures had surrounded the ship on the route to Ambersell. After a song frightened the sailors, Brando identified the attackers as merfolk acting with the Naga tribe, leaving the crew braced for an attack.

• Caglis and a White Lion officer reported strange noises from outside the Far Land’s hold, and the crew used a sound-sensitive crystal chain to detect creatures beside the ship.
• Brando cut the rope before a creature could drag a sailor overboard and identified the attackers as humanoid beings.
• Sharks surfaced around the ship, and the sailors and White Lion officers armed themselves as the alarm sounded.
• A captivating song frightened the sailors, so James ordered everyone to put in earplugs.
• Brando resisted the song and told the captain that the creatures were merfolk allied with the Naga tribe.

The Far Land was attacked by Naga and merfolk in the Sea of Flashes, but Brando’s holy water saved two sailors and the White Lion Legion’s officers drove off the raiders. The Naga fled after losing more than a dozen warriors, leaving Brando and Captain James puzzled by their sudden retreat.

• Captain James raised the Far Land’s arrow screens as merfolk sang and Naga hurled spears at the ship.
• Brando gave Medisa holy water for two mortally wounded sailors, whose injuries healed and whose lives were saved.
• The White Lion Legion’s officers joined the fight with enchanted crossbows and killed more than a dozen Naga.
• The Naga retreated after the officers’ attack, surprising Brando and Captain James.

Brando and the crew of the Far Land faced an adult Sea Demon Whale sent by the Naga, while Mephisto revealed himself as a Sword Saint and forced the threat into a standoff. The Naga approached to negotiate, and Brando recognized someone among them.

• A vast Sea Demon Whale surfaced near the Far Land after the Naga disappeared beneath the sea.
• Brando identified the creature and asked Mephisto to make the Naga retreat without a costly battle.
• Mephisto unleashed his Grey Domain, and the Sea Demon Whale halted rather than challenge him.
• Several Naga emerged from the water and asked which royal family the supposed prince aboard belonged to.
• Antitina giggled at the question, then blushed when Brando looked at her.
• The Naga approached the ship seeking peace, and Brando privately thought he had expected to find them.

Brando recognized Sanir, commander of the Grey Fin Naga, and used a story about Sanir’s father to turn a tense encounter into a friendly exchange. Sanir promised safe passage, but Brando stayed to ask another question.

• Brando waited for the Grey Fin Naga’s leader to emerge, then recognized the amber-eyed Sanir as their commander.
• Brando addressed Sanir by name and invoked a merchant ship that had rescued Sanir’s father twenty years earlier.
• Sanir confirmed his father had told him about the rescue, and Brando claimed a connection to the merchant and the Highland Wizard.
• Sanir apologized for the attack and promised the Grey Fin Naga would let Brando’s ship pass safely.
• Brando thanked Sanir but announced he had another question, surprising Captain James and the sailors.

Brando offered the Grey Fin Naga a precious bottle of Number One Holy Water in exchange for their friendship and protection, hoping to aid their war and secure future trade. Sanir accepted the gift and pledged to protect Brando’s merchant ships, then departed with Jenny to test the medicine.

• Brando questioned Sanir and Jenny about their troubles and offered to trade goods or invest in the Grey Fin Naga’s war.
• Sanir asked whether Brando had medicinal herbs, and Brando gave him a bottle of Number One Holy Water.
• Jenny recognized the medicine and told Sanir it was valuable enough to buy half the Sea of Flashes.
• Sanir promised that the Grey Fin Naga would protect merchant ships sailing under Brando’s banner and regard Brando as a friend if the medicine proved genuine.
• Sanir and Jenny dove into the sea to test the holy water, while the remaining Nagas escorted Brando’s ship.

High Priest Wood and Priest Icahn discussed Eluin’s political turmoil as a ship returned to Ambersell, while the Port Authority panicked over reports of a Sea Demon Whale. Brando’s ship reached the port with the whale escorting it, leaving him and his companions trying to conceal the spectacle.

• Wood warned Icahn that the Lionmen of Toquenin and the Earth Sanctuary threatened Eluin, and cautioned him against favoring the princess.
• A ship returning from Rubik entered Ambersell as the storm season approached, and Wood and Icahn reflected on wealth and the dangers of sailing.
• Junon Oparis heard from Palien that a Sea Demon Whale was approaching the port and hurried to investigate rather than flee.
• Brando explained Ambersell’s magical defenses to his companions as the Sea Demon Whale waved at them and dove beneath the sea.
• Antitina questioned how Brando had won the naga’s loyalty, while Brando and Captain James agreed to keep the whale’s escort quiet.

Brando arrived in Ambersell with his companions and learned that the negotiations between the Regent Princess and Grand Duke Anlek had stalled ahead of the nobles' council. He decided he wanted to attend the council, but Su warned that doing so would not be easy.

• The Far Land docked at Ambersell, where Su greeted Brando and Roman and reported that she had arranged lodging, carriages, and a farmhouse for the group.
• Brando sent the White Lion Legion's young men into the city while he and the others traveled through Ambersell's busy exchanges, Petrel Fortress, and Golden Plaza.
• A security stop prompted Su to explain that the Temple had tightened checks because the Toquenin lionfolk were stirring in the north.
• Su told Brando that the first round of negotiations had broken down, talks between the Regent Princess and Grand Duke Anlek had made limited progress, and the nobles' next meeting would follow the nobles' council.
• Brando asked Su how he could attend the nobles' council, and she replied that it would not be easy.

Brando went to the Andefuller Grand Sanctuary to advance into the Templar Knight class, using a recommendation from Tulamann. He avoided drawing the high priest Wood into the ceremony and prepared to undergo the rite with an elderly priest.

• Brando entrusted Su with the noble conference infiltration matter and traveled to the sanctuary with Antitina and Qian.
• Brando presented Tulamann’s letter of recommendation to the sanctuary guards, who escorted him to the rear hall.
• An elderly priest questioned Brando about his connection to Tulamann, then accepted his explanation and the letter.
• The elderly priest said Wood had gone out and offered to perform Brando’s advancement rite himself.
• Brando agreed to the elderly priest’s offer and left Antitina and Qian waiting outside the meditation chamber.