Chapter Summaries

Suye discussed the Persian invasion with General Faste and laid out a defense strategy for Greece, from the northern passes to Thermopylae. He revealed a mountain route around Thermopylae and warned that the Persians could also attack by sea, leaving the defense of Hunters Strait as a key concern.

• Suye showed General Faste a map of Greece and explained that Persia would likely invade through the Vale of Tempe or Pherae Pass with an enormous army.
• Suye and General Faste agreed that Greece could not hold Thessaly indefinitely, so Suye planned to lead the first battle and inflict heavy losses before retreating to Thermopylae.
• Suye told General Faste that the Greeks must defend Thermopylae, then revealed a steep mountain path on Mount Romus that could bypass the pass.
• Suye urged the construction of a fortress on Mount Romus and temporary teleportation arrays linking it to Thermopylae, and General Faste agreed to inform General Miltiades.
• Suye warned that Persia could outflank the land defenses by sailing around Hunters Strait, while General Faste said Greece's navy should be able to hold the strait.

Suye argued that Greece needed a Magic Mothership to counter Persia’s naval threats and refused to let Plato Academy fight without one. He proposed obtaining Temple Special Permission, while General Faste vowed to fight Persia himself if God of War Mountain refused to cooperate.

• Suye warned General Faste that Persia could attack Lion Harbor, Marathon Fortress, and other fronts, making the naval war crucial to Greece’s survival.
• Suye said Plato Academy would refuse conscription and move to Miletus rather than join a battle without a Magic Mothership, then sent Chancellor Laurence his position.
• Laurence replied that Plato Academy would decide within three days, and Suye threatened to persuade its best mages to leave Athens if God of War Mountain rejected the project.
• Suye proposed using Temple Special Permission to build the Magic Mothership with God of War Mountain’s cooperation, and General Faste agreed to fight Persia to the death if the plan failed.
• After General Faste left, Suye returned to his room to do homework; the next day, Pig Goblins served him lunch in the academy cafeteria.

Suye publicly pressured God of War Mountain to cooperate with the Plato Academy on building a Magic Battleship, threatening to lead Athens’s mages out of Greece if it refused. After days of escalating political conflict, God of War Mountain agreed to cooperate if the academy obtained the temple’s Special Permission, and Suye went with Faste and Laurence to make an offering.

• Suye told the dining hall that Greece needed a Magic Battleship to resist Persia and vowed to leave Athens with the mages if God of War Mountain refused to cooperate.
• Pallas and Climela warned Suye that his public challenge would provoke the nobles, but he said the threat needed to be made openly and asked Pallas to have her brother voice complaints.
• Solon and Pericles supported the Magic Battleship, while Sisyphus insulted God of War Mountain’s nobles; the next meeting grew more confrontational as Miltiades, Themistocles, Solon, and Pericles demanded cooperation.
• The Cleisthenes Family and the Pandion Family declared support for building the Magic Battleship, and meetings at God of War Mountain continued amid threats and fierce arguments.
• Faste told Suye that God of War Mountain had agreed to cooperate if the Plato Academy obtained the temple’s Special Permission.
• Suye went with Faste and Laurence to Acropolis Mountain to make an offering, where Medels asked whether they had brought Movable Type Printing.

Suye offered the technology for Movable Type Printing to Athena and received a divine oracle ordering God of War Mountain and Plato Academy to build a Magic Battleship named Athena together. As the others left the temple shaken, Suye read about Paper Making and Movable Type Printing in his Magic Book.

• Suye explained that Movable Type Printing was ready for commercial use and said he would release its technology, along with Paper Making, for free while keeping prices accessible.
• Suye offered the Movable Type Printing technology at Athena’s temple, and a divine light produced a parchment scroll on the altar.
• Medels opened the scroll and found an oracle ordering God of War Mountain and Plato Academy to build the Magic Battleship Athena together.
• Suye praised Athena, while Medels took the oracle and announced plans to read it at God of War Mountain and gather mages to build the ship.
• General Faste and Laurence praised Suye’s generosity and achievements, and Suye lowered his head to read his Magic Book.

Laurence brought Suye to an emergency meeting in the Thinking Hall, where Suye learned how the academy used the artifact and began adapting to its thought-shaped world. The chapter left Suye able to project his thoughts as a beam of light among the other attendees.

• Fast asked someone to report to the general’s residence while Laurence hurried Suye to the Thinking Hall.
• Laurence explained the Thinking Hall’s limited access, extraordinary thinking benefits, and risks to Suye on their way to the meeting.
• Laurence and Suye entered the hall, where Laurence told Suye to meditate and avoid disturbing the seated teachers.
• Suye entered the expanded Thinking Hall and accidentally transformed it into an ocean before restraining his imagination.
• Suye saw threads connected to the teachers’ minds, then followed Laurence’s guidance and projected a gray beam of thought.

Suye learned to control Thinking Lines in the Thinking Hall and absorbed the knowledge of a Magic Battleship. He designed a stronger metal version, then entered the Thinking Orb and found the academy mages discussing the wooden ship.

• Laurence taught Suye how to control Thinking Lines and use them to communicate through thought.
• Laurence shared the Magic Battleship's design and construction knowledge with Suye, who absorbed it in the Thinking Hall.
• Suye recognized the wooden ship's weaknesses and designed a metal Magic Battleship, adding a statue of Athena atop its Magic Tower.
• Suye entered the Thinking Orb and saw the academy mages collectively discussing a wooden Aircraft Carrier at Lion Harbor.
• Suye restrained his thoughts and kept his distance from the mages' discussion, which flooded the space with information.

Suye adapted to the Thinking Orb and proposed replacing the wooden Magic Battleship with a metal one, claiming he had designed a version that could float. The mages summoned his imagined ship for mental verification, and Laurence began the test.

• Suye entered the Thinking Orb, learned to manage its torrents of information, and eventually joined the mages' discussion in real time.
• Suye suggested building the Magic Battleship entirely from metal and argued that a hollow metal hull could float while offering greater strength and defense.
• Suye told Laurence and the other mages that he had imagined an improved Metal Magic Battleship, prompting them to request a mental verification.
• An unseen Academy Legend Master enabled the verification, and Suye manifested a massive black Metal Magic Giant Ship beside the wooden one.
• Laurence raised a Wooden Staff and began testing whether Suye's Metal Magic Giant Ship could float.

Suye's Magic Iron Battleship passed mental verification, prompting the mages to find a way to build it for the coming Greco-Persian War. With Aristotle offering iron ore and Wang Dachui able to refine and fuse the metal, Laurence organized a new design for the Athena, which the mages planned to make famous in battle.

• The Magic Iron Battleship floated successfully during mental verification, astounding the mages and showing that Suye's design could exist in reality.
• The mages considered using bronze but rejected it as too weak, while Suye said he could refine enough iron if they could supply the ore.
• Niedern pointed out that Wang Dachui's Metal Overlord power could refine iron, fuse metal pieces, and correct weaknesses in the ship's construction.
• Aristotle offered enough iron ore from his Divine Power Plane for ten ships, and Laurence proposed building the first Magic Iron Battleship using the Athena's existing Magic Tower design.
• Laurence said the first ship would temporarily be named the Athena, with a second ship to be named the Suye, and declared that the mages would complete it in time for the Greco-Persian War.

Suye and the mages completed an intense exchange of knowledge and finalized plans for building the Athena, while the academy rewarded Suye with a permanent Private Mansion. News of Suye’s new paper and Movable Type Printing spread worldwide, and he later opened the Magic Council’s Councilor Reception Room.

• Suye absorbed extensive magical knowledge during the Thinking Hall exchange, and Laurence ended the session when a Gold Mage disappeared from the group.
• Laurence assigned tasks for the Athena project, including having Suye and Aristotle mine and smelt metal, and Suye declined compensation for his contribution.
• Laurence arranged a permanent Private Mansion for Suye, who recorded the knowledge from the exchange before attending classes.
• Plato Academy and the Temple of the Goddess of Wisdom announced Suye’s new paper, Movable Type Printing, and mass-produced Magic Printing Presses, prompting debate and praise across the world.
• Suye connected to the Magic Council through his Magic Book and selected the Councilor Reception Room.

Suye read a debate over whether he should be nominated for Outstanding Mage, then joined a Thinking Hall meeting about the Magic Battleship. He arrived with Wang Dachui, who had secretly taken Divine Metal while refining Aristotle’s materials, and Aristotle confronted them.

• Suye read the World Reception Room’s discussion of his Outstanding Mage nomination and found that most mages supported him while others worried the honor could make him a Witch Hunt target.
• Suye learned that God of War Mountain would fund half the Magic Battleship’s construction costs and received Niedern’s instructions for the Thinking Hall meeting.
• Suye summoned Wang Dachui, who admitted he had taken a small amount of magical metal while helping Aristotle refine materials.
• Wang Dachui arrived so overloaded with metal that he collapsed, then told Suye Aristotle had a Super Giant Divine Power Plane.
• Aristotle appeared behind Wang Dachui, knocked him unconscious, and told Suye that his servant seemed dissatisfied with him.

Suye helped Wang Dachui and the mages plan and build the Magic Iron Battleship while using Thinking Hall to deepen his understanding of magic. After Parmenides nominated him for Outstanding Mage, Suye received widespread acclaim and a flood of congratulatory letters.

• Suye brought Wang Dachui into Thinking Hall, where Wang impressed the mages with his abilities as they discussed the Magic Iron Battleship.
• Suye devoted himself to studying Basic Magic Study in Thinking Hall and left when the session ended.
• Laurence led the mages to the Magic Shipyard, where Wang Dachui assembled the battleship's seamless hull in one day.
• Suye struggled to study outside Thinking Hall, and Laurence told him he would have to wait several days for his next session.
• Suye read the Magic Council's praise of his battleship work and discovered that Parmenides had nominated him for this year's Outstanding Mage.
• Suye received many congratulatory Magic Letters and replied to them one by one.

Suye used the Thinking Hall to strengthen his magical foundations and began searching for a personal direction in Magic Creation, discovering the possibility of three-dimensional Magic Arrays. As he devoted himself to research, Persian forces advanced toward Thessaly and Greek armies gathered to oppose them.

• The Supernova Chamber of Commerce sold out its papermaking and Movable Type Printing machines, then offered merchants across countries low-cost access and technical support without agency fees.
• Suye entered the Thinking Hall, completed a rudimentary Creation System, improved his Magic Array diagrams, and learned the Gold spells he had not yet mastered.
• Suye drew a three-dimensional cube on a Magic Leaf and began exploring how three-dimensional forms could be incorporated into Magic Arrays.
• Suye passed his Magic Creation examination and set aside other activities to pursue his own research direction.
• The Persian Army advanced toward Thessaly as Greek forces gathered in Vale of Tempe and Pherae Pass, where their numbers reached two hundred thousand and continued to rise.

Suye and Aristotle’s work on syllogisms earned public recognition from the legendary Thales, while Euclid faced fierce criticism for his axiomatization article. Suye continued experimenting with Magic Creation, then opened the Magic Council’s World Reception Room for his classmates after hearing that Plato had praised Euclid’s work.

• Thales praised Suye and Aristotle’s work on syllogisms, drawing a flood of admirers to the World Reception Room.
• Aristotle and Suye replied to Thales, and Suye’s playful message eased the feverish discussion.
• Euclid published an article on axiomatization and announced plans to complete a first draft of Elements of Geometry, prompting widespread criticism from magicians, especially the Pythagorean School.
• Euclid asked Suye to defend axiomatization, but Suye said he trusted the work and would correct it if it proved wrong.
• Suye used Mana Liquid to restore damaged Magic Leaves and tested Magic Hand, which exploded after twenty seconds despite lasting two seconds longer than before.
• After hearing that Plato had praised Euclid’s method, Suye let his classmates gather around his Magic Book to view the World Reception Room.

Suye’s axiomatization drew praise from Plato and other legendary masters, while Niedern urged the class to learn from Suye’s methods. Suye refined his plans for Three-dimensional Creation but realized he lacked time and faced mounting threats, leaving him weighing steady study against the need to advance quickly.

• The students read Plato’s praise of Euclid’s axiomatization, then saw Thales, Democritus, Eudoxus, and other legendary masters commend its importance and acknowledge Suye’s role.
• Niedern told the class that Suye might become an Outstanding Mage and urged them to learn from his study methods rather than envy his honors.
• Suye studied Magic Hand, concluded that Three-dimensional Creation had transformed it into Magic Fist, and decided to apply the method to Fireball Technique.
• Suye assessed his own abilities and found that his limited time studying magic was his greatest weakness.
• Suye considered studying steadily for years but recognized that the approaching Greco-Persian War, signs of divine conflict, changes in Athens, and the gathering of legendary masters demanded faster progress.

Suye and Niedern decided to publish Three-dimensional Creation and teach the Three-dimensional Painting Method to mages across the world. The first lesson caused a global sensation, and Suye ended the chapter overwhelmed by the flood of letters from mages.

• Suye told Niedern he intended to make Three-dimensional Creation public, and Niedern warned him that nobles would resent its rapid benefits to mages.
• Suye and Niedern decided to call the method sketching and to teach it through dynamic lessons rather than a book alone.
• As the Persian Army advanced through Greece, Greek resistance grew, while construction of the Magic Iron Battleship proceeded smoothly under Wang Dachui.
• The Magic Council published Suye's article on three-dimensional magic array diagrams, drawing the attention of magical organizations and powerful mages around the world.
• After the Magic Council adjusted its transmission system, mages watched Suye teach perspective in the first lesson of the Three-dimensional Painting Method.
• Suye finished the lesson and announced that he would teach hatching next, then his Magic Mailbox overflowed with letters.

Suye continued developing the three-dimensional painting method and strengthened the New Fireball Technique, then discovered that Legend Masters across the world were praising his innovation. The chapter ended with the Ice Queen inviting him to Icewind Valley and jokingly proposing that they have a child who would become the God of Magic.

• Suye and Niedern discussed how sketching and the three-dimensional painting method could transform art and magic, and Niedern praised Suye as someone who had opened a new world.
• Suye worked through the night on three-dimensional creation and increased the New Fireball Technique's basic power by about thirty percent.
• Suye arrived in class to find his students waiting eagerly, then opened the World Reception Room and saw Legend Masters filling its first three pages with posts about his work.
• Plato, Thales, Parmenides, and Democritus praised Suye, and Democritus announced that Suye would be the first author of his book on reductionism.
• The students read the Ice Queen's invitation for Suye to visit Icewind Valley and have a child destined to become the God of Magic, while Suye privately called her lecherous.

Suye’s Three-dimensional Painting Method helped Milon advance to Legend, establishing Suye as the founder of a new path in magic. As the Magic Council circulated Suye’s lessons, he worried that an unprepared grassland lesson recording might reveal even more disruptive ideas.

• Suye teased Pallas about pursuing him, and the class laughed as she blushed and clenched her fists.
• The students read Milon’s announcement thanking Suye for helping him advance to Legend through the Three-dimensional Painting Method.
• Milon explained that the method had led him to create Three-dimensional Magic Array Diagrams and predicted major improvements to magic.
• Suye and his classmates took notes on Milon’s insights, and Suye predicted the method would soon reshape magical education.
• Teacher Niedern changed class to studying the Legend Masters and announced that Suye’s grassland-lesson Magic Image had been uploaded to the libraries.
• Suye asked who had secretly recorded his grassland lesson, and Niedern left without answering.

Suye’s unprecedented achievements made him the first alternate candidate for Cabinet Councilor, while the Persian advance brought the war to the defenses at Vale of Tempe and Pherae Pass. The chapter ended with Suye and the academy’s mages fearing that Pherae Pass was being deliberately abandoned and demanding an explanation from Laurence.

• Suye’s contributions pushed his Magic Council rating beyond that of an ordinary or senior councilor, and he became the first alternate candidate for Cabinet Councilor.
• Euclid alerted Suye to his new status, and mages in the World Reception Room praised his work and speculated that he might soon become a Vice Speaker.
• Suye studied Three-dimensional Magic Array research, completed his homework and magical training, and received an urgent message from Laurence.
• Laurence told the academy’s mages that the Persian Army had occupied Olusson City and might advance on either Vale of Tempe or Pherae Pass.
• Laurence revealed that the Greek Allied Forces had transferred 150,000 troops from Pherae Pass to Vale of Tempe, leaving only 150,000 at the pass despite General Miltiades’s presence there.
• Gregory accused the allied forces of abandoning Pherae Pass, and Suye demanded that Laurence explain what was happening.

Suye and the mages of Plato Academy realized that Allied Forces Headquarters had left Pherae Pass dangerously exposed, likely to destroy the academy’s forces and make General Miltiades a scapegoat. Suye agreed to send the forces under his command to Pherae Pass, then prepared to depart with a Temple Knight escort while waiting alone outside the academy gates.

• Laurence and Suye concluded that the Persian Army would attack Pherae Pass and that Allied Forces Headquarters had deliberately weakened its defenses to target Miltiades and Plato Academy.
• Gregory volunteered to go to Pherae Pass, but Laurence told the mages that Suye could determine the outcome of the battle and Suye agreed to send his forces there without revealing their plans.
• Suye told Laurence he needed to leave and confirmed that the people under his command would follow his orders; Laurence began searching for an escort.
• Suye and Medels agreed that two Temple Knight squads would escort him after midnight, and Suye gathered potions, magical tools, and Saint Realm Magic Artifacts for the campaign.
• Suye waited outside Plato Academy, reading biographies while occasionally looking toward the gates, but no one came out to see him.

Suye prepared to leave Plato Academy for the Greco-Persian War with Medels and the Temple Knight Order. Euclid and two academy teachers joined the journey, and the chapter left Rockett explaining his puppets while Suye traveled with the group.

• Suye left Plato Academy with Medels and the Temple Knight Order in their Magic Carriages.
• Euclid arrived at the last moment, saying he would protect Suye while continuing to compile Elements of Geometry.
• Kabazan and Rockett joined the group, and Medels forbade them from discussing their mission before reaching their destination.
• Rockett told Suye that Master Milon intended to give him his first Three-Dimensional Array Diagram Magic Source Badge and invited him to join the Puppet Association.
• Suye agreed to let the puppeteers study his Miracle Servant later, then asked Rockett about the puppets on his shoulders.
• Rockett began describing the Sword of the God of War and the Shield of the Sea.