Recaps

Bikki’s convoy carried a firearms production line into Transia while Femis and her allies prepared to rescue it from a Wolfsbane ambush. When hidden vampire thralls attacked the convoy from within, the waiting force charged in with Loyal’s newly crafted firearms.

• Bikki rejected the Fire Fox Mercenary Corps captain’s offer to take over caravan security, while Liwen sensed danger ahead.
• Femis concealed her force near the border, where Kudell, Doris, Varand, players, and Winged Cavalry waited for the caravan.
• Loyal distributed prototype rifles and special goldflame ammunition, including a sniper rifle for Old Qu.
• Smoke spotted the caravan crossing into Transia and reported that its guards were attacking their own people.
• Femis identified the attackers as hidden vampire thralls, then joined Kudell in leading the charge toward the burning caravan.

Miss Biji led the Sivir knights against the ambush on the caravan, while Lord Cudell and Miss Femis joined the battle. After Cudell rescued Biji and confronted a Silver-rank vampire assassin, Femis sensed a mysterious invitation and hurried away, with Murphy following her.

• Knight Livwen warned the Sivir family knights that the caravan guards had revolted and vampires were attacking.
• Miss Biji burst from her destroyed carriage, rallied the Sivir lancers, and led a countercharge against the attackers.
• Lord Cudell and Miss Femis arrived, using their strength and battlefield-control spells to help turn the fight against the vampires and blood thralls.
• A Silver-rank vampire knocked Biji from her horse, but Cudell intervened and began attacking him while Femis prevented his escape.
• Biji recognized Cudell as her grandfather and told him she had brought her grandmother’s last love letter.
• Femis sensed a familiar psychic invitation and rushed into the night, while Murphy followed her from the battlefield.

Femis confronted her mother, Lady Cecilia, and learned that Twilight planned to use Triss in a path to godhood while claiming its ark could save them from the coming Age of Destruction. Murphy arrived as Cecilia’s forces tried to seize Femis, and Cecilia threatened that he would die that night.

• Femis entered the midnight barrier and met Lady Cecilia, who revealed that she had joined Twilight and wanted to take her daughter away to safety.
• Lady Cecilia tried to bind Femis, but Femis used Payen’s protective spell to repel her corrupted psychic power.
• Femis accused her mother of serving Chaos and demanded answers about Twilight, while Cecilia claimed she had sacrificed herself to protect Femis from the seed inside her.
• Lady Cecilia revealed that the abomination was stolen from her and Salokdar’s plan had been meant to give Femis power to survive the next age; she then summoned guards to take Femis by force.
• Murphy broke through the barrier and concluded that the Midnight Matriarch had been intended as Triss’s apotheosis relic, before Cecilia threatened him as her projection vanished.

Murphy used the Omega antivirus program’s purifying power to defeat four Chaos swordsmen, then collapsed after learning they were Gray Knights of the Old Church and encountering the Warp Shadow Original Sin. Femis carried Murphy away, while Meow Brother died after touching one of the swords.

• Murphy followed Femis and used his purifying power to destroy the four Chaos swordsmen, while Femis trapped Brother Bang and Meow King in a Maze spell.
• Murphy reached Master rank in Tombblade Guard swordsmanship, then identified one fallen enemy as Original Sin and failed a sanity check when the Warp Shadow watched him.
• Murphy told Femis to warn Natalie that the swordsmen were Gray Knights of the Old Church and not to tell Triss, then passed out.
• Femis carried Murphy and the four corpses away before Brother Bang and Meow Brother reached the wrecked camp.
• Meow Brother touched a Chaos sword, died from the Warp invasion, and warned Bro not to touch the weapons.

Happy Stick looted an abandoned camp, learned about the Old Church of Nature’s lost relics, and embraced the dying Melia Korando, binding her to his life force before he vanished. Winnie and Melia then faced “Razor” Dorothy, who recognized the Blood Eagle aura and realized someone had brought the Korando sisters into the clan.

• Happy Stick found Meow Brother’s gear beside a sword that killed anyone who touched it, then looted high-grade supplies and a booklet about the Old Church of Nature’s lost relics.
• Happy Stick and Meow Brother agreed to search for the relics together, but Happy Stick followed cries for help and found Winnie Korando with her dying sister, Melia Korando.
• Winnie told Happy Stick that her father, Korando, was dead and begged him to save Melia by renewing her bloodline contract with an elder’s embrace.
• Happy Stick embraced Melia with his crimson psychic energy, reviving her, but he immediately weakened, vanished in a ball of light, and left his equipment behind.
• Melia sensed that Happy Stick was still alive and far away, but “Razor” Dorothy arrived and prepared to attack the sisters until Winnie claimed they were now members of the Blood Eagle Clan.
• Dorothy sensed the sisters’ Blood Eagle aura and realized someone had violated the family code by bringing them into the clan.

After an unfinished vampire Embrace killed Brother Fa in the game, he dreamed the life of Melia Colando and learned that he and Meow Brother had disrupted the developers’ test area. Alpha suspended Brother Fa’s access for a week and arranged medical monitoring, while Brother Fa persuaded him to consider keeping Meow Brother offline too.

• Brother Fa woke in real life after his game character died during the Embrace, and he and Meow Brother speculated that they had crossed into an unfinished test area.
• Brother Fa dreamed through Melia Colando’s life and awoke convinced the experience had been more than an ordinary dream.
• Brother Fa complained to assistant Xiaocui, who explained that the unfinished Bloodline Pact had shared Melia’s AI-written memories through the helmet.
• Alpha told Brother Fa that his interference had contaminated a test and could force the developers to delete the Colando sisters and the Wolfsbane Remnants storyline.
• Alpha suspended Brother Fa’s login for a week and arranged monitoring; Brother Fa asked him to keep Meow Brother offline for the same period so he would have company.

After Murphy survived Cecilia’s Warp attack, he and Triss discussed Happy Stick’s accidental bloodline pact with Melia Colando and decided to monitor them before allowing player vampires to attempt the ritual. Back in the real world, Alpha Company sent medical staff to examine Happy Stick, while Loyalty and Border City Wanderer secretly watched, hoping the visit might open a path to cooperation with Alpha.

• Murphy recovered from the Warp’s contamination, sent Femis to check the caravan battlefield, and told Triss that Madam Cecilia was a vessel for a Warp shadow.
• Triss assured Murphy that Happy Stick’s dream of Melia Colando’s life would not harm his real body, and they agreed to observe the pair before making bloodline pacts available to other players.
• Triss explained that Happy Stick had used the symbolic blood given to vampire players to form a pact and save Melia, though he had died after giving her too much vitality.
• Happy Stick posted about the incident and his seven-day game suspension, then let Alpha Company medical specialists into his home for an examination.
• Loyalty and Border City Wanderer watched the examination through a hidden camera as Loyalty described it as a necessary response and a possible chance to establish cooperation with Alpha.

After learning that the powerful department had investigated the players, Murphy decided to reveal that he knew about their presence and sent them a message of goodwill through a quest. The officials debated the meaning of his message and planned to bring in specialists to determine whether Transia was real.

• Happy Stick and Meow Brother received home visits from the Alpha Medical Team, then agreed to spend their seven-day game suspension climbing Mount Lu.
• Murphy discovered that Happy Stick and Meow Brother had publicly described their game exploit, and warned Happy Stick that the Colando sisters' quests would become exclusive and difficult.
• Murphy inferred that a powerful department was monitoring the testers, summoned Lady Adele, and promised Kuder that Biji would be protected from vampires in Transia.
• Ziwei the Great, Jiewei Chike, and Paid Leave Skiver found a Blood Vulture key and triggered a quest message from the True Otherworld development team asking them to keep the virtual and real worlds separate.
• Loyal Brother and Rogue Brother interpreted the message as possible goodwill from the developers, and Loyal Brother decided to consult specialists about whether Transia was real.

Murphy learned that the fallen Chaos swordsmen had been Grey Knights, and Natalie explained how the church might weaken them with sacred relics. After the bodies were purified, Natalie agreed to pursue the recovery of holy blades and support reconciliation with the mountain folk, while the whereabouts of Avalon’s Holy Grail remained unknown.

• Old Eugene and Mother Marianne confirmed that the four Chaos swordsmen were fallen Grey Knights and described the order’s secret history and its vulnerability to corruption.
• Murphy asked how others could fight fallen Grey Knights, and Natalie explained that Avalon’s Holy Grail, holy blades, and the Grey Knights’ sword Arbiter could weaken or destroy them.
• Murphy said his warrior had found records of seven holy blades and that the Shadow Elves of the Eternal Rift were collecting them, and Natalie accepted responsibility for recovering the relics.
• Natalie burned the four corpses with Avalon’s purifying flames, and Old Eugene prayed farewell to the fallen Grey Knights.
• Murphy asked about Countess Sheryl’s reason for inviting Natalie to the mountain folk’s oath ceremony, and Natalie said she supported reconciliation between the mountain folk and the Avalon Church.
• Natalie said the Forest Holy Grail might help restore the church’s severed power structure and expressed hope that new White Knights would rise in Transia.

Murphy accompanied the caravan toward the Andmar Hills, where a new armory would be built, and spoke with Femis about her powers and plans for recruiting warriors. He then met Bikki and her childhood friend Liwen, learned that the Astral Dragon was watching through Liwen, and agreed to take Bikki to meet Mirian after his duties.

• Femis explained that using her Bloodstained Seed of Life made her hear Avalon, and said she would avoid the outing while she sorted through what she had learned from her mother.
• Murphy asked Femis to capture Wolfsbane remnants in the Andmar Hills so they could be recruited or used as gladiators, and she agreed while describing plans for her Transian Psychic Society.
• Murphy met Bikki and Liwen, whose jade-green eyes revealed her connection to the Astral Dragon, and learned that she had come to Transia to observe events for her god.
• Bikki asked to meet Mirian because her fiancé Fraser was smitten with her, and Murphy agreed to take her there after requiring her to leave weapons behind and behave respectfully.
• Bikki accidentally rendered Liwen unconscious while playfully pinning her, then gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as Liwen secretly signaled Murphy.

Frostfang, Dolores, and a group of players entered the ruined Sykemel family tomb to retrieve the Wooden Grail needed to renew the Winged Hussars’ pact with the ancestral forest. They found the grail and left the first Count’s treasures untouched for now, though the players began plotting how to return for them.

• Countess Sharon sent Dolores and Frostfang to recover the Wooden Grail from the tomb of the first Count Sykemel, while Murphy warned their player companions not to take anything else.
• Frostfang guided the group through the trapped, collapsed passage, where they found dead Plantagenet scouts and suspected a hidden faction in the Pioneer Legion had damaged the tomb.
• Dolores used Countess Sharon’s family crest to persuade five ghostly war dogs to let the group pass into the burial chamber.
• The group saw the first Count’s weapons and armor but heeded Frostfang’s warning not to loot them, then found the Wooden Grail of Avalon beside the coffin.
• Frostfang appraised the grail and learned it could let mountain folk seek the forest spirit’s blessing and could help qualified people become Grail Knights.
• As the group prepared to leave, members of the Big Bird Goes Round and Round crew discussed luring other players into the tomb to take the treasure while they avoided the blame.

Murphy and the mountain folk discovered that their Wooden Grail was an ancient sacred relic, and its ritual revealed a shared heritage between their faith and the Avalon Church. Natalie refused to drink from it, but Knight Varland took the Grail’s power by swearing to protect the mountain forests, leaving Murphy lamenting the wasted holy water.

• Dorothy and the Blood Rat Gang recovered the Wooden Grail from the first Earl’s tomb, and Murphy identified it as an Avalon relic tied to the Mother of the Forest.
• Natalie and the others discussed the Grail’s origins and Kudell recounted how a mysterious grail had healed him and made him a Sworn Guardian.
• The mountain folk performed their forest ritual, awakening the runes on an ancient stone and prompting Natalie’s great oak holy blade to resonate.
• Murphy urged Natalie to drink from the Wooden Grail and become a bridge between the faiths, but Natalie refused and passed it to Knight Varland instead.
• Knight Varland swore to defend the mountain forests and drank the Grail’s holy water, while Kudell revealed that one cup could have blessed ten people.

Natalie gave up becoming a Grail Knight so that Warland could receive the Mother of the Forest’s blessing and protect the mountain folk. Murphy accepted the Western Koli Woods as a territory but appointed Sharon to govern it, then learned that new residents in Batason had added to his population.

• Natalie chose to help Warland become a Grail Knight, and the Mother of the Forest’s holy water transformed him into the giant Woodland Saint Warland, Heart of the Woods.
• Kudell explained the shared powers of Grail Knights as Murphy inspected Warland’s new status and discussed Natalie’s choice with Mother Marianne and Old Eugene.
• Sharon presented Murphy with the mountain-folk registry, making the Ancestral Woods a Transian administrative unit with 72,454 residents and 146 settlements.
• Murphy returned the registry and appointed Sharon Leader of the Mountain Folk, while asking her to help resettle mountain-folk refugees from Sax.
• A notice reported 6,519 new residents in Batason, and Murphy celebrated the additional population.

Madam Water and the Silvermoon group planned to use the Batashin Merchant Guild to bring refugees back to Transia, while student players devised schemes to gather people from East Prussia and the Kato region for the census event. The groups set out with competing approaches to earning Construction Points and securing valuable black-market rewards.

• Madam Water received the Great Census event notice, which offered Construction Points and rewards for finding refugees and escorting them to Scarlet Castle.
• Little Ashina reported the black-market shop’s valuable goods, including rare weapons and manuals, and the group discussed the limits of searching West Creek themselves.
• Madam Water proposed asking Lady Palen and the Batashin Merchant Guild to help bring Transians living abroad back home, and she ordered the Silvermoon group to prepare for the trip.
• Niu Niu proposed leading students to East Prussia to recruit homeless people with food, while A-Cha suggested also targeting the Kato region and its Wolfsbane-controlled settlements.
• Border Town Wanderer planned to use gnoll brutes to stir up trouble and seize people, while Purple Star Master suggested invoking the Avalon Church and Jiewei Chike proposed hiring workers and provoking conflict between vampire clans.

Melia Corlando awoke blind and revealed to Murphy that she had dreamed of another world, sharing a mysterious connection with Happy Stick. Murphy spared her and Winnie under new identities, then left for Batashin City to manage a dangerous group of prisoners.

• Melia woke blind, embraced her sleeping sister Winnie, and deduced that Bixi belonged to the Sivelle family and was engaged to Lord Fraser of the Carpe family.
• Murphy admitted responsibility for the Corlando family's downfall and offered Melia and Winnie new identities if she told him about her dream.
• Melia confessed that she had seen another world through the perspective of a strange man, and Murphy warned her to keep their connection secret.
• Murphy ordered Dorothy to prepare the Bloodrat Gang to help Adele screen incoming refugees and instructed Sharon to watch over the Corlando sisters.
• Murphy flew with Kudell toward Batashin City, explaining that Nordtov had mixed dangerous prisoners into the arriving group and that he intended to give them a second chance under Transian rules.
• Murphy and Kudell discussed using force to restrain unruly prisoners, then Murphy complained that Maxim's secret relationship with Lady Leonia conflicted with the Blood Knight's rules.

Madam Shui used charm magic to rob a group of Northerner criminals who tried to abduct her, triggering a bloody clash at the Silvermoon Pride headquarters. Maxim later refused to let a Northerner officer search Batasin and made clear that Transia would handle the prisoners from then on.

• A scar-faced prisoner and his three underlings planned to settle in Batasin and expand the Snegov Family's influence after their escorts left.
• The men tried to abduct Madam Shui, but she used human charm spells to make them pay for food and give her their gold and a letter about moving Mafia family members to Transia.
• The prisoners stormed the Silvermoon Pride headquarters to accuse Madam Shui of stealing their money, and Little Akena and Lumina fought them off.
• Madam Shui took up her Soul-Reaping Scythe and prayed that the slaughter would serve Transia's cause, while Lumina called Sister Pomegranate for help.
• A Northerner officer asked Maxim to search for thirty missing prisoners, but Maxim returned twenty-three corpses and revealed that the other seven had been blown apart.
• Maxim told the officer that Transia had taken responsibility for the prisoners and warned that Transians could settle matters with their fists as well.

Maxim and Murphy devised a system to sort the Nordtov criminals into useful fighters and laborers, offering prisoners a path to redemption through work or victory in the Fight Club. Maxim then confronted the prisoners after stopping an attempted escape and announced their labor terms and the chance to earn wealth, power, and freedom in Transia.

• Little Ashina, Lumina, Sister Pomegranate, and Madam Water left Batasin with a carriage of Transian refugees bound for Crimson Fort.
• Maxim proposed sending the armed blood thralls to work or military service and using the remaining criminals to build defenses at the Filthy Swamp.
• Murphy suggested recruiting capable prisoners through the Fight Club, while Kudell advised letting prisoners prove themselves by volunteering for selection.
• Maxim established a system in which prisoners who won more than three Fight Club matches could serve as auxiliaries, while others could earn freedom through labor points.
• After Nordtov soldiers withdrew, escaping convicts were driven back into camp by vampires and People's Army veterans, and Maxim warned them against desertion.
• Maxim told the prisoners they would work on fortifications until they earned five thousand labor points and could pursue status and freedom through the Fight Club.

Maxim secured the surrender of the prisoners and confronted Colonel Flanders McKent about whether the returning armed blood thralls would serve Transia’s new order. Flanders accepted the new Blood Eagle Clan’s terms and disbanded the Third Brigade, leaving its soldiers to choose new roles in Transia.

• Maxim’s vampires and the threat of Murphy’s forces persuaded the captured thugs to surrender and submit to questioning.
• Maxim met Colonel Flanders McKent, who described the Third Brigade’s losses, forced labor, and revolt against Thorn Clan recruiters.
• Maxim told Flanders that the new Blood Eagle Clan required loyalty to Transia rather than blind devotion to vampires.
• Flanders said his men would not resist and would serve beneath the Blood Eagle banner if allowed.
• Maxim offered to select some soldiers for the new army, find others civilian roles, and give Flanders the choice of becoming a vampire or serving as a military adviser.
• Flanders returned Maxim’s salute and ordered the Third Brigade disbanded.

Murphy left Maxim in charge of building the People's Army and settling prisoners, while advising him to think carefully about his feelings for Lainia. Meanwhile, players found a way to bring Avalon Church refugees into Transia—and others began organizing slave-catching squads to exploit the refugee quest.

• Maxim reported that most of the Third Brigade's surviving soldiers were level-headed, and Murphy authorized him to decide whether to recruit Colonel Flanders and manage the returning blood thralls and northern prisoners.
• Murphy offered to help Maxim recruit warriors to draft military regulations and serve as shock troops, then warned him that Lainia's Blood Oath Knight tradition forbade lovers.
• Maxim admitted that he and Lainia liked each other, but he remained uncertain about pursuing a relationship with her.
• Border Town Wanderer brought hundreds of Avalon Church followers from villages near the Plantagenet border to Morland Village, where Good Job at Everything registered them for the construction quest.
• Wanderer told Good Job at Everything that more Avalon followers could follow, and said other players had already gone to the East Prussia border to run slave-catching squads.

Murphy responded to Mirian’s warning that his warriors were abducting outsiders by restricting raids in East Prussia while allowing recruitment in the Cato region. He and Triss began planning to secure a strategic border area and redirect the warriors with a Transian Boxing Brawl.

• Mirian reported that warriors had registered 5,784 people, including outsiders lured from Cato and people seized in East Prussia, and warned that their raids risked provoking war.
• Murphy forbade the warriors from trafficking people in East Prussia and Caphovka but defended their recruitment efforts in Cato as politically manageable.
• Mirian proposed sending talented children to Chardo Craftsman University and arranging trade with halfling merchants; Murphy approved funding the trip and assigned Professor Malcolm and Lady Palen to lead it.
• Murphy and Triss discussed gaining control of the Cato border area by incorporating it into the Black Calamity’s defensive line with help from Major Fraser and the Capet family.
• Murphy decided to rein in the warriors’ slave-catching plans by diverting their attention with the first Transian Boxing Brawl.

Players argued over whether to capture people across Transia’s borders for construction points, until Meow Brother explained that combat players lacked efficient ways to earn them. Alpha announced the dev team would adjust the quest and warned that further raids could provoke the Pioneer Legion; a hotfix then introduced a suspiciously named boxing championship as a new source of points.

• Players clashed on the forums over plans to capture people in East Prussia and the Kato region, while Lumina condemned the scheme and Bricklayer said refugee housing was ready.
• Meow King told the players that the dispute stemmed from combat players having fewer ways than administrative and manufacturing players to earn construction points.
• Alpha confirmed the dev team had received feedback and warned that more raids could strain Transia’s peace with the Pioneer Legion and risk a military conflict.
• One Punch Blows Up the Galaxy revealed that mountain-dweller guides could lead players to refugee groups in West Ke, though hiring them required building a reputation with the Winged Cavalry.
• Wanderer Xiao Wang announced a hotfix that added the First Transian Boxing Championship, called “If You're a Man, Step Into the Fight Club,” as a new way for combat players to earn construction points.

Murphy’s update redirected players from unauthorized slave-catching toward a Transia boxing championship and legal recruitment options, while adding new mountain-folk and Winged Cavalry gameplay. As residents and players signed up, Mirian arranged for Murphy to appear in the opening match, leaving him wondering who his opponent would be.

• The development team announced the boxing championship, restricted Construction Point rewards for refugees from East Prussia and Kafhoka, and introduced mountain-folk recruitment and new Winged Cavalry equipment.
• Players debated the changes on the forum, discussing the championship, recruiting refugees in other regions, and buying tomb maps from the Blood Rat Gang.
• Murphy reviewed the update and reflected that he needed to design quests more carefully after players’ slave-catching had caused diplomatic concerns.
• An Administration Office civil servant reported that many residents had signed up for the championship, and Murphy scheduled its first match for two days later.
• The civil servant told Murphy that Mirian wanted him to take part in the opening match and had already arranged his opponent.

Countess Sharon and Valand planned to use Murphy’s boxing tournament to connect the mountain folk with Transia’s heroes and recruit help for the dangers beneath Sico City. In Battasin, Maxim began selecting prisoners for the tournament, while Turner prepared to honor his oath under the guidance of Master Yuri and the God of the North Wind.

• Sharon decided to bring mountain warriors and forest goods to Scarlet Castle so the mountain folk could meet Transia’s heroes and attract help to West Sico.
• Valand agreed to select young fighters for the tournament and explained that the Wood Grail would remain in the ancestral forest; he also discussed Sharon’s ancestor, Sico Merle, and his own struggle with the Grail’s influence.
• Maxim announced prizes for prisoners who advanced in the tournament, including gold, a commercial property, and the right to form a guild, prompting the Northerners to organize for the selection.
• Master Yuri reminded Turner that he had come to fulfill an oath, not to spread his god’s faith or seek violence for its own sake.
• Turner thanked Master Yuri and vowed to use his strength wisely while completing his mission in Transia.

Scarlet Castle held a boxing championship that drew Transian locals, northern warriors, players, and prominent guests. Murphy entered the opening bout against Sir Valand, whose strange, gentle demeanor revealed that the Woodlands Grail had left his personality confused, and prepared to correct him with his Personality Correction Fist.

• Scarlet Castle's boxing championship gained an eager crowd as local pride and resentment toward the northern competitors intensified.
• Niu Niu spoke with Amber about the tournament, accepted her nature-blessed bandages, and agreed to accompany her on a scouting mission to the Filthy Swamp.
• Lin Beigou opened the tournament with a comic introduction, while guests and Blood Rat Gang members gathered to watch.
• Murphy entered the ring for the opening bout and found himself facing the three-meter-tall Sir Valand, whom Countess Sharon had persuaded to compete.
• Murphy used a detection spell and discovered that the Woodlands Grail had caused Sir Valand's personality confusion, so he prepared to use his Personality Correction Fist.

Murphy fought Sir Varan in the boxing championship’s opening match, using his Warp-suppressing power to break the Grail-induced delusion controlling the Griffin Knight. After Varan recovered, he revealed that Avalon had sent the Grail’s message through him and offered Murphy the scattered light containing its secret.

• Grand Duchess Triss warned Sharon that the Grail’s Warp-connected influence could distort Varan’s mind, while Sharon explained how Murphy’s power could suppress it.
• Murphy and Varan traded powerful blows in the ruined ring as spectators marveled at their distinct fighting styles.
• Murphy’s purifying Night Claws disrupted Varan’s Grail-induced delusion and overwhelmed his attacks.
• Murphy stopped his claws short of Varan’s heart, and Varan recovered enough to thank him for ending the calling.
• Varan said Avalon had intended Murphy to receive the Grail’s message and held out scattered light containing the secret of the Grail.