Recaps

Luther and Anderson attacked the King of Immortality’s pirate ship, where Luther confronted its second mate, Kircheis, who recognized him as the Blood Bishop. Luther’s power overwhelmed Kircheis’s curse, and as Kircheis prepared to fight back, Luther vanished from where he had stood.

• Luther brought Anderson down onto the pirate ship’s deck, where Luther’s crimson attack instantly killed the pirates surrounding them.
• Anderson identified the ship’s leader as Kircheis, the King of Immortality’s second mate, and named his 9,500-pound bounty.
• Kircheis recognized Luther as the Blood Bishop and tried to persuade him to join the King of Immortality, but Luther attacked him with a spear of scarlet flames.
• Kircheis transformed into a Devil and cursed Luther, but Luther’s Language of Foulness caused Kircheis to scream and lose control of his fireballs.
• Kircheis recovered, summoned a magma greatsword, and prepared to fight, but Luther vanished and appeared to him as an illusory figure.

Anderson killed the pirates aboard the ship while Luther forced Kircheis to kill himself, then questioned Kircheis’s soul about the blood crystals found on the corpses. Kircheis revealed that the crystals came from the Death Announcer, which corrupted its crew and had a cooperative relationship with Agalito.

• Anderson used his Hunter abilities to kill the pirates attacking him.
• Kircheis’s Devil form was forced to decapitate itself, and Luther appeared beside its corpse.
• Luther and Anderson found blood crystals on Kircheis and the dead pirates.
• Luther pulled Kircheis’s soul from the corpse and demanded to know what the crystals were.
• Kircheis revealed that the Death Announcer corrupted its crew and worked with Agalito, shocking Anderson.

Luther and Anderson looted a pirate ship after Luther Grazed Kircheis, but found almost no money. In the galley, Luther discovered a message asking for help that pointed to the trapped Aurora Order saint, and he set sail to trace its sender.

• Luther released the Devil Dog's soul, Grazed Kircheis, and fixed three of Kircheis's abilities at Sequence 5 strength.
• Luther and Anderson searched the pirate ship and found only a few dozen pounds, food, and other supplies.
• Luther found three unusual fingers hidden inside a fish, which fused to spell “Help!”
• Luther recognized the fingers as a message from a likely trapped Aurora Order saint and used their spiritual imprint to trace the sender.
• Luther and Anderson took the supplies and bounty corpses, burned the black-sailed ship, and sailed toward the sender's location.

At the Tarot Club meeting, Luther arranged purchases of potion ingredients and requested records about the Second Epoch, while the members discussed unrest in Backlund. The meeting ended with Klein planning a private Transmigrators' Gathering to tell Luther about a terrifying discovery connected to him.

• Audrey bought Elder Tree and Mirror Dragon Blood from Emlyn, and Luther agreed to buy Grigel's Shadow Trace.
• Luther asked for information about the Ancient Gods and the Creator, and Derrick and Emlyn agreed to gather historical records for him.
• World asked the two women in Backlund to purchase a telegraph machine for him.
• Audrey warned that MI9's searches and arrests had made Backlund dangerous, while Alger said the sea had been peaceful.
• Klein recalled a perilous night at Bansy Harbor and a terrifying discovery related to Luther, then planned to arrange a private Transmigrators' Gathering.

Luther told the Tarot Club that he had killed Kircheis the Massacrer, second mate of King of Immortality Agalito, and suggested Agalito’s Fountain of Youth story was a scam. After the gathering, Klein privately told Luther about his dangerous visit to Bansy Harbor, whose ancient name was Binsy, prompting Luther to recall the Red Angel Evil Spirit’s advice about searching there for Medici’s descendants.

• Luther asked Alger and Klein for help collecting the bounty on Kircheis, but both declined because they were at sea.
• Luther described killing Kircheis and explained that Agalito might be a Sequence 4 Demon who used the Fountain of Youth legend to deceive people.
• Audrey remembered Cons Lee and resolved to grow stronger so she could protect her family.
• After the Tarot gathering ended, Klein and Luther remained Above the Gray Fog for a private conversation.
• Klein told Luther that Bansy Harbor was dangerous and had once been called Binsy, making Luther recall the Red Angel Evil Spirit’s lead about Medici’s descendants.

Klein and Luther exchanged information about Bansy Harbor and the Sonia Sea, then arranged to share secrets after future Tarot Club gatherings. Back underground, Luther confronted M about his growing suspicion, and she suddenly plunged her hand into her chest.

• Klein told Luther that Bansy Harbor’s ancient Weather God cult and its name, Binsy, suggested a connection to Medici’s bloodline, and Luther decided to explore it later.
• Luther revealed that he had visited God War Ruins in the Sonia Sea and told Klein that Mermaids lived there, giving Klein a lead for his advancement.
• Klein proposed that he and Luther exchange secret information after each gathering, and the Fool approved the arrangement.
• Klein said his new identity was Gehrman Sparrow, while Luther introduced himself as Alexander Gascoigne.
• After the gathering, Luther questioned M about the Virtual Personality’s late return and accused her of being opaque and possibly deceptive.
• M acknowledged Luther’s suspicion and plunged her hand into her own chest.

M gave Luther her heart, allowing him to destroy her personality if he believed she had betrayed him, and Luther cautiously accepted it. After the Tarot Club memories returned, Luther found an abandoned Aurora Order ship whose bloody clues suggested its crew had been driven to madness, then ordered Anderson to continue toward their destination.

• M pulled her heart from her chest and offered it to Luther as proof of her trust; Luna's divination confirmed it was genuine, and Luther accepted it as a mark on his wrist.
• The Virtual Personality returned from the Tarot Club and filled Luther's mind with memories, including news about Grigel's Shadow Trace, Medici, and Binsy Town.
• Anderson spotted a bloodstained, empty sailing ship, and Luther recognized the True Creator's emblem and the Aurora Order's presence.
• Luther found dried blood, strange ritual objects, and the message, "Help! There's another person in my head!" on the ship, then sank it.
• Luther told Anderson that the ship confirmed their direction and ordered him to keep sailing; Anderson reluctantly ordered the puppets, "Hard to port!"

Luther reached a fog-shrouded island and entered the Black Knight’s dream to learn more about it. He discovered that the trapped man, Leomaster, had led a pilgrimage to the island, but their conversation was interrupted when the Black Knight burst in.

• Luther found the fog-covered island where the bloodied owner of the finger was located and kept the ship at a distance from its corpse-strewn shore.
• Luther traded with Moon for Grigel's Shadow Trace, then entered the Black Knight’s dream after nightfall.
• Luther found Leomaster hiding in a storage room and learned that he had come on a pilgrimage with a religious group that worshipped the original Creator.
• Leomaster revealed that his companions had called the black knight the Saint of Darkness just before the knight blasted open the door.

Luther battled the Saint of Darkness in a dream and discovered that the knight shared Leomaster’s face. After waking and returning to the dreamscape, he concluded that the island split people into opposing personalities, leaving the connection between Leomaster and the Saint of Darkness exposed.

• The Saint of Darkness attacked Luther and Leomaster, but Luther used Flaming Jump to get them out of danger.
• Luther confronted the Saint of Darkness, stabbed himself with Pain, and used the resulting pain to disrupt the dreamscape.
• Luther struck the Saint of Darkness’s helmet with the Sword of Lava, breaking it and revealing a face identical to Leomaster’s.
• The dream collapsed and Luther woke, then used meditation to return to the dreamscape, where he encountered Anderson beside a mural.
• Luther reasoned that the island split people into opposing personalities and that Leomaster was both the Saint of Darkness and the prison’s Black Knight jailer.

Luther pieced together how Leomaster’s pilgrimage had ended in madness and considered ways to reach him safely on Mist Island. Before he could act, the King of the Black Throne’s hidden flagship appeared beside the ship.

• Luther deduced that Leomaster’s pilgrimage party had been driven mad by the Catastrophe on Mist Island, leaving Leomaster alone to send distress signals.
• Luther considered using his Phantom Tide, asking the Queen for help, or luring Leomaster aboard, and planned to confront the Black Knight through a dream.
• Anderson suddenly stabbed Luther and attacked him with fireballs, but claimed he had not controlled his own actions.
• Luther restrained Anderson and noticed the King of the Black Throne’s flagship reflected in Anderson’s eyes, though the ship was invisible to him.
• The flagship appeared in the real world, with the King of the Black Throne seated at its bow.

Luther confronted Barros Hopkins at the fog-shrouded island, resisted his attempt to trap him in a dream, and escaped into the mist after feigning that he had thrown away the black key. The key returned to Luther, leaving him alone as he ventured deeper into the island.

• Barros Hopkins approached Luther's vessel and used [Weaving] to trap Anderson in a Nightmare, but Luther resisted the dream with his illusory Tide.
• Barros asked Luther to return the black key, and Luther refused, accusing him of fearing the Tide.
• Bernadette's Dawn appeared and fired an enchanted shot at Barros's flagship as Luther anticipated an imminent attack.
• Luther showed Barros the black key, threw it into the sea, and transformed into a fireball to flee into the island's mist.
• Barros searched for the key with the minds of fish, while it returned to Luther, who stored it and walked deeper into the mist.

Luther crossed the fog-covered ruins of the island and found that its Mirror was made of mind-corrupting fog. Following the three fingers through the Mirror, he reached the Saint of Darkness, Leomaster, and watched him take form.

• Luther carried Luna with him while advancing toward Leomaster under Phantom Tide’s protection.
• Luther followed the Black Knight’s sword marks through the ruins and discovered a vast Mirror formed from fog that tried to corrupt his mind.
• Luther tested the Mirror with a fireball and used Flaming Jump to cross it without touching its surface.
• The three fingers throbbed, burst into blood, and drew a mass of shadow into the shape of the black knight Leomaster.
• Luther and Leomaster finally met in reality.

Luther disguised himself as Mr. A and tried to exploit Leomaster’s fractured mind while secretly infecting him with a disease. Leomaster exposed Luther as a blasphemer and attacked him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Luther disguised himself as Mr. A and claimed he had come to rescue Leomaster with the Saint’s missing finger.
• Luther secretly used a Grazed Demoness of Affliction to spread a disease through Leomaster.
• Leomaster questioned why Luther was unaffected by the island’s madness, and Luther claimed a Grazed Dreamwalker stabilized his mind.
• Luther offered to merge Leomaster’s split personalities, and Leomaster pretended to lower his mental defenses.
• Leomaster announced that the Lord had identified Luther as a blasphemer and stabbed at him with a newly formed greatsword.

Luther fought Leomaster, using the mutated “Pain” and the “Abyss” Card to enhance himself and exploit the Saint of Darkness’s conflicting personalities. After repeatedly attacking Leomaster’s mind, Luther saw the plaza turn black as Leomaster’s shadow spread across it.

• Luther escaped Leomaster’s greatsword strike, sent Luna away, and stabbed himself with the mutated “Pain,” inflicting agony on both himself and Leomaster.
• Luther absorbed the “Abyss” Card and transformed into a powerful Devil.
• Luther clashed weapons with Leomaster, then used a filthy curse to interrupt the Saint of Darkness and create distance.
• Luther used Desire Control and Impact to intensify Leomaster’s conflicting emotions and worsen his mental agony.
• Leomaster’s shadow spread across the plaza, filling the fog with a heavy, fallen aura.

Luther and Leomaster fought in the plaza’s shadows, with Luther provoking the Saint of Darkness while trying to survive his attacks. Both were badly weakened and forced to recover, leaving the fight poised for a decisive final exchange.

• Leomaster used Shadow Dominion, but Luther’s shadow held it back with the accumulated resentment of the Degenerates he had swallowed.
• Luther attacked Leomaster’s faith to worsen his mental state, and Leomaster charged at him in a fury.
• Leomaster Grazed a Marionettist and slowed Luther, interrupting his Flaming Jump and slashing him with his greatsword.
• Luther escaped the killing blow with a Paper Figurine Substitute, but his wound spread with Corrosion and the Tide in his mind was heavily damaged.
• Leomaster’s Disease symptoms erupted, forcing him to pause and heal while Luther treated his wound, and both prepared for the fight to resume.

Luther bargained with Medici for help against Leomaster, promising to visit Bansy Harbor and threatening Medici’s descendants if he refused. He then used the Red Priest Card of Blasphemy to reach the power of a Sequence 4 Hunter and launched a Flame Spear at Leomaster.

• Luther asked Medici to lend him power, offering to keep him free and threatening to scour him with the Tide and expose Bansy Harbor if he refused.
• Medici agreed to cooperate on the condition that Luther visit Bansy Harbor during his journey.
• As Leomaster charged with his black greatsword, Luther stabbed the Red Priest Card of Blasphemy into his chest and accommodated it.
• Luther’s power surged to at least Sequence 4, and he formed an azure Flame Spear after using his Reaper ability to find Leomaster’s weakness.
• Luther hurled the Flame Spear at Leomaster.

Luther killed Leomaster with a Flame Spear, but the Mirror split off a second Luther after the Tide’s protection vanished. Luther pursued his unstable double through the fog as M warned that his mental state was deteriorating.

• Luther’s Flame Spear pierced Leomaster, destroyed his armor, and killed the Saint of Darkness.
• The Tide inside Luther vanished, and he tried to take Leomaster’s corpse before the fog closed in again.
• A vast Mirror split Luther’s personality and produced a gloomy double with the same abilities.
• The double shot himself, regenerated, and fled through the fog using Flaming Jump.
• M warned Luther that his personality had split again, and Luther caught up with the double and demanded to know why he was running.

Luther confronted a split-off version of himself that could no longer endure the pain of his life, and M warned that killing the avatar would damage his humanity. Luther devoured him despite his pleas, then awoke in the foggy square beside Leomaster’s corpse with the Mirror still intact.

• Luther’s avatar explained that he had tried to flee because constant suffering and the deaths of those he cared about had left him wanting to end his existence.
• M told Luther that the avatar embodied a vivid part of his humanity and advised him to devour it rather than destroy it.
• The avatar fled, but Luther caught him and began merging him into himself as M warned that stopping could cause a mental breakdown.
• The avatar begged Cecilia to save him, provoking Luther to crush his jaw and rage at him before devouring him completely.
• Luther awoke in the foggy square beside Leomaster’s corpse and saw that his reflection in the Mirror had not split apart again.

Luther escaped the vanished Mist Island with the black key bound to him, while Barros Hopkins abruptly withdrew from the sea battle. Aboard the Dawn, Bernadette identified the key as belonging to Roselle’s Black Throne and asked Luther to let her inspect the ship if he found it.

• Luther emerged from Mist Island onto a reef beside Leomaster’s corpse as the island dissolved, and Luna joined him.
• Bernadette warned Luther to leave, but Barros Hopkins began addressing him before an enormous rabbit interrupted with urgent news.
• Barros ended the battle and departed aboard the Black Throne’s Flagship, while Luther collapsed on the reef and was rescued by Dawn and Anderson.
• Luther explained to Bernadette that the black key had bound itself to him, and Anderson confirmed that it had happened by accident.
• Bernadette revealed that the key belonged to Roselle’s Black Throne, a Ghost Ship built during the Fourth Epoch, and asked to inspect it if Luther found it.

Luther learned about the Solomon Empire Ghost Ship and the sea kings’ flagships, then claimed Leomaster’s Black Knight Beyonder Characteristic as payment for the Black Throne. After resting aboard the Dawn, he began preparing the Sequence 4 Potion.

• Bernadette explained that the Solomon Empire Ghost Ship could sail through the Spirit World and described the special abilities of several sea kings’ flagships.
• Bernadette revealed that Barros Hopkins led the Psychology Alchemists and that his ship sailed through the sea of the Collective Subconscious.
• Luther took Leomaster’s Black Knight Beyonder Characteristic and offered the remaining characteristics as payment for the Black Throne.
• The Dawn left the God War Ruins, and Luther began preparing his Potion with the Shadow Knight Black Fluid and Grigel’s Shadow Trace.

Luther prepared and drank the Black Knight Potion, enduring a transformation in which his Flesh and spirit were stained by Degeneration and pulled toward the Shadow World. With the degenerate souls supporting him and Divinity gathering his consciousness, he completed his advancement and emerged as a Black Knight.

• Luther added his blood and the Black Knight Beyonder Characteristic precipitated by Leomaster to the Potion, then drank it.
• Luther's body collapsed into Flesh and shadow as his consciousness began sinking into the Shadow World.
• The souls of those who had undergone Degeneration caught Luther and helped him escape the darkness.
• Luther's Flesh and spirit split and transformed as Divinity gathered his scattered consciousness and integrated with the Divinity in his body.
• Luther re-formed as a Black Knight aboard the Dawn, and Bernadette congratulated him.

Luther advanced to Sequence 4, becoming a Black Knight, and learned the abilities of his new pathway. After leaving the God War Ruins, he chose to remain at sea to digest his Potion and pursue several plans, while Anderson joined him on Storcatt Island.

• Bernadette explained that Luther’s Divinity had made him emotionally detached, and he recalled painful memories to restore his humanity.
• Luther learned that his Black Knight abilities included stronger Grazing, shadow armor, the Blade of Flesh and Spirit, and Fallen Shadow.
• The Dawn returned to the waters near Toscarter Island, where Luther decided not to return to Backlund yet and planned to stay at sea.
• Bernadette gave Luther a way to summon her messenger so he could report any trace of the Black Throne.
• Luther and Anderson disembarked at Storcatt Island as the Dawn sailed back into the Sonia Sea.

After reaching Toscarter Island, Luther and Anderson brought the bodies of three wanted pirates to the Adventurer Mutual Aid Association to claim bounties. Anderson arrived first and stunned the association’s members by identifying the corpses, including slaughterer Kircheis.

• Luther and Anderson sailed into Toscarter Island’s harbor after watching the Dawn sink.
• Luther asked Anderson where they could cash in bounties, and Anderson recommended the Adventurer Mutual Aid Association.
• Luther had his Flesh Puppets bring the preserved corpses of slaughterer Kircheis and his two subordinates onto the deck, then sent Anderson to collect the bounty.
• Anderson dragged the corpses through the harbor, drawing a crowd that recognized them as pirates linked to the King of Immortality.
• Anderson entered the Adventurer Mutual Aid Association and showed the corpses to Jante and the gathered adventurers.
• Anderson identified the bodies as 'Butcher' Damian, 'Mad Dog' Bennett, and slaughterer Kircheis, leaving the room stunned.

Anderson learned that Blood Bishop was a notorious criminal and warned Luther that the name had been exposed, but Luther was unconcerned. Luther then asked Anderson to tell him everything he knew about the seven pirate admirals and four pirate kings.

• Jante praised Anderson for bringing in Kircheis, but Anderson clarified that he had killed the other two men and claimed Blood Bishop killed Kircheis before retracting the claim as a joke.
• Anderson learned at a bar that Blood Bishop was wanted for attacking the king and bombarding the royal palace, with a bounty of 120,000 pounds.
• Anderson spotted Blood Bishop's wanted poster and hurried back to the inn, fearing that the Church might connect the blood-red crystals to the Shepherd Pathway and expose him and Gascoigne.
• Anderson told Luther that he had revealed the name Blood Bishop to the Adventurer Mutual Aid Association, but Luther said he did not mind and registered under the name Alexander Gascoigne.
• Luther asked Anderson to explain everything he knew about the seven pirate admirals and the four pirate kings.

Luther questioned Anderson about the pirate kings and generals, then decided to target Vice Admiral of Ailment Tracy and recruit a pirate crew. He invited Anderson to become his first mate, but Anderson asked for time to consider.

• Anderson described the territories, conduct, and powers of the pirate kings, then listed the seven pirate generals.
• Anderson identified Tracy as the newest pirate general, and Luther suspected she was a Demoness of Affliction.
• Luther decided to make trouble for Tracy and investigate the force behind her as part of his plans for revenge.
• Luther invited Anderson to join his planned fleet as first mate and explained that it would target pirates and Loen officials, not civilians.
• Anderson asked for time to consider the offer, and Luther agreed not to force him.