Chapter Summaries

Luther, Anderson, and Darkwill reached Oravi Island and met Councilor Ricciardo of the Life School of Thought. Ricciardo lifted Anderson’s Misfortune and revealed he already knew Roy King and the Dice had been taken to Bayam, then spoke with Luther alone.

• Luther arranged for most of the fleet’s crew to go ashore and traveled with Anderson and Darkwill to find Carnot the Bell-Ringer.
• Carnot led the three visitors into his room, where Councilor Ricciardo was waiting.
• Ricciardo recognized Luther as the Blood Bishop and confirmed that Anderson carried Ouroboros’s aura.
• Ricciardo took a gold coin from Anderson and lifted his Misfortune, which Luther confirmed had vanished.
• Ricciardo told Darkwill he already knew Roy King and the Dice had been taken to Bayam, and Carnot led the stunned Darkwill away to rest.
• Luther sent Anderson away and asked Ricciardo what he wanted to tell him.

Richard Gree asked Luther to rescue Roy King and a Dice from Bayam’s Governor’s Mansion if Luther happened to attack it, offering payment in advance. After leaving Oravi Island’s church district, Luther received a reply from Queen Mystic describing the Astral World and warning him about the King of the Black Throne.

• Richard Gree introduced himself as a Sequence 4 Misfortune Mage and asked Luther to bring Roy King and a Dice out of the Governor’s Mansion if Luther went to Bayam and attacked it.
• Luther hesitated over Richard’s offer of advance payment and asked for time to consider it, agreeing to respond before the next day ended.
• Luther left the church district with Anderson, who revealed that Carnot the Bell-Ringer was an artificial human, then went to find an inn while Anderson went off on his own.
• Luther noticed his bounty had risen to 150,000 pounds and found Luna waiting in his room with a letter from Queen Mystic.
• Luther read Queen Mystic’s answers about the Astral World and an Invisible Servant, along with her warning to beware the King of the Black Throne.

Luther investigated the Astral World, then tracked down Bilt Brando, the founder of the Adventurer Mutual Aid Association, to confront him over an unpaid bounty. He identified himself as Alexander Gascoigne and demanded the 9,500 pounds he was owed.

• Luther read the Queen's cautious account of the Astral World and wondered whether the illusory black sea he had encountered was connected to it.
• Luther questioned Medici about the Astral World and the true starry sky, but stopped when Medici warned him that he might not want to know.
• Luther visited the Sweet Lemon bar and learned from the bartender that its owner, Bilt Brando, was upstairs.
• Luther used his influence to disarm Bilt Brando's bodyguards and confronted him about the Adventurer Mutual Aid Association withholding his bounty.
• Luther revealed that he was Alexander Gascoigne and demanded the 9,500 pounds owed to him.

Luther received Klein’s letter revealing that Red-haired Helene was being held at Bayam’s Governor’s Mansion, where Roy King was also imprisoned, and considered whether to accept the Life School of Thought’s mission to rescue him. Klein also asked how to remove the True Creator’s mental corruption from a Beyonder Characteristic.

• After Bilt Brando paid Luther 9,500 pounds and supplied Clown Potion materials, Luther left and encountered Klein’s messenger beneath the blood-red moon.
• Luther asked the messenger what she sensed about him, and she said his body had a strange odor before disappearing.
• A Church of Storms bishop ordered Alger to follow a navy ship suspected of carrying MI9 personnel and report its movements.
• Luther read Klein’s letter and learned that Red-haired Helene was in Bayam’s Governor’s Mansion, where Roy King was being held.
• Luther considered using Faceless disguises to infiltrate the Governor’s Mansion and rescue Roy King while completing the Life School of Thought’s mission.
• Luther read Klein’s question about removing the True Creator’s mental corruption from a Beyonder Characteristic.

Luther decided to travel to Bayam, where he would pursue his grudges against the Demoness Sect and take up the Life School of Thought’s commission. Before leaving, he arranged to meet Klein and agreed to bring Darkwill along as the crew’s Apothecary.

• Luther burned Klein’s letter, decided to head to Bayam, and wrote back that Klein should meet him there and could give him the contaminated Beyonder Characteristic if other solutions failed.
• Luther summoned Klein’s messenger to deliver his reply, then told Anderson to gather the crew and prepare to sail for Bayam.
• Luther accepted Councilor Ricciardo’s commission and asked for a powerful Beyonder Item as payment.
• Councilor Ricciardo took Lucky Roulette and promised to return it in an entirely new form when Luther reached Bayam.
• Councilor Ricciardo assigned Darkwill to accompany Luther, and Darkwill reluctantly accepted after learning that this was the purpose of his visit.

Luther recruited Darkwill as the ship’s doctor and set sail for Bayam with his crew. In Backlund, Fors learned that Dorian Gray’s former student Lewis Wien had betrayed the Abraham Family and become an Aurora Order Oracle.

• Ricciardo arranged for Darkwill to join Luther’s crew as its doctor, and Darkwill reluctantly accepted.
• Walter told Luther that Uruk had been kidnapped by the Naturism Sect, but Anderson had rescued him and dealt with the group.
• Luther rallied his exhausted crew, introduced Darkwill as their new ship’s doctor, and ordered them to sail for Bayam.
• Luther tasked Darkwill with treating the crew and returned to the captain’s cabin with Luna to prepare her Potion.
• Fors met Dorian Gray at the Hat Trick Inn, where he revealed that Lewis Wien had betrayed the Abraham Family and become one of the Aurora Order’s twenty-two Oracles.

Philia watched the fleet speed toward Bayam while Luther gave Luna the Clown Potion, which increased her speed and control but did not let her speak. Meanwhile, Colin Iliad led the City of Silver exploration team into the ruined Afternoon Town.

• Philia asked helmsman Rube how long the fleet would take to reach Blue Mountain Island and delivered him a box of Lielangqi.
• The fleet’s sailors trained aboard the captured warship to learn how to operate its cannons as they continued toward Bayam.
• Luther gave Luna the Clown Potion, and Luna’s Spirituality surged as she gained extraordinary speed and bodily control.
• Luther sent Luna outside to play, then rested in the captain’s cabin to prepare for the coming battle.
• Colin Iliad led Derrick, Elder Lovia, and the exploration team into the ruined Afternoon Town.

Luther and Klein confirmed that Red-haired Helene was staying at the Governor’s Mansion and that Roy King was imprisoned in its dungeon. After learning that several powerful Beyonders protected Bayam, Luther agreed to consult [Hanged Man] before deciding how to proceed.

• Luther met Klein in Bayam with Anderson, who recognized him as Gehrman Sparrow and was unnerved by his threatening persona.
• Luther sent Anderson to scout the Governor’s Mansion, and Klein resumed his original appearance after Anderson left.
• Klein reported that Red-haired Helene was staying in a second-floor guest room and that Roy King was guarded in the dungeon.
• Klein shared a rough layout of the Governor’s Mansion and warned Luther that Admiral Amyrius, Qonas, and Jahn Kottman were powerful Beyonders in Bayam.
• Luther decided to discuss their plan with [Hanged Man], who was also on the island.

Alger met with World and Luther Above the Gray Fog to discuss their plan to infiltrate Bayam’s Governor’s Mansion despite the powerful Beyonders guarding it. They decided to lure the Sea King away by summoning a thunderstorm in the name of Kalvetua, with Mr. Fool’s apparent approval.

• Alger received World’s request to meet Above the Gray Fog during a sermon at the Church of Storms, then agreed after returning home.
• World and Luther told Alger they planned to infiltrate Bayam’s Governor’s Mansion, where two Sequence 4s and a Sequence 3 Sea King posed a threat.
• Alger warned that the Sea King was especially powerful in his own waters, while admitting he lacked access to information about the Sea King’s plans.
• World proposed drawing the Sea King away from Bayam, and Klein suggested using a ritual to pray to Kalvetua for a thunderstorm.
• Klein staged Mr. Fool’s permission for the plan, and Alger and Luther thanked him.

Luther planned an operation to locate someone in Bayam, while Leonard investigated the people connected to Sherlock Moriarty. The chapter left Leonard preparing to search their dreams and Luther recruiting his crew to help him infiltrate the Governor's Mansion.

• Luther and Klein discussed drawing Sea King away while they searched for someone, and Alger provided Luther with military intelligence about Bayam.
• Soest briefed the Red Gloves about Mr. X and the Aurora Order's renewed activity, and Leonard learned that Mr. X had escaped a raid by the Mandated Punishers.
• Leonard studied his investigation board and a wanted poster for the Blood Bishop, then decided to investigate people connected to Sherlock Moriarty by exploring their dreams.
• Luther told Anderson, Walter, Rube, and Darkwill that he planned to infiltrate Bayam's Governor's Mansion and might need their help creating chaos at the port.

Luther prepared to infiltrate the Governor’s Mansion while Klein used the Sea God’s Scepter to draw Sea King Jahn Kottman away from Bayam. Kottman pursued the storm toward the horizon, leaving Luther to enter the mansion as the operation began.

• Luther gave Walter intelligence on Bayam’s naval signals and ordered the Sailors to prepare for the operation.
• Darkwill returned Lucky Roulette, now enhanced with a Sequence 5 Beyonder Characteristic, and Luther studied its new effects before heading to Bayam.
• Klein used the Sea God’s Scepter above the Gray Fog to summon a storm and draw prayers from Kalvetua’s believers.
• Luther watched Jahn Kottman race toward the storm and silently worried about Klein before slipping into the Governor’s Mansion.
• Klein spotted Kottman approaching and moved the thunderclouds away from Bayam to lead him farther away.

Luther infiltrated the Bayam Governor's Mansion to find Roy King in the dungeon, where the prisoners' suffering stirred his Black Knight's degenerate intent. He overcame an ambush and demonstrated the enhanced power of the Lucky Roulette, leaving the prisoners and Roy King still to be reached.

• After the sea King's departure caused chaos in the mansion, Luther entered and headed for the dungeon before searching for Roy King and Red-haired Helene.
• M used her abilities to make the guards step aside, and Luther's shadow broke the Beyonder prohibition at the dungeon entrance.
• Luther sensed the prisoners' suffering and struggled against the degenerate intent urging him to turn them into fallen ones.
• Ernie and other Beyonders prepared an ambush, but Luther shot them down with the Lucky Roulette before Ernie could issue an Edict.
• Luther considered the Lucky Roulette's upgrades, including its enhanced power, accuracy, Luck, and ability to inflict powerful Misfortune.

Luther rescued Roy King from the Governor's Mansion dungeon and retrieved the Dice from the Governor's safe, then went to find Red-haired Helene. There, he discovered Feysac's Princess Sophia Einhorn instead, while Klein learned that the real Helene was hiding at the Intis Embassy in Bayam, and a blast of wind struck the room.

• Luther freed Roy King, healed him, and released the other prisoners under Hypnosis before leading Roy to the Governor's study.
• Luther cut open the safe, and Roy recovered the Dice while Luther took the valuables.
• Klein learned from Karat that Red-haired Helene was hiding in the Intis Embassy in Bayam and that the red-haired woman in the Governor's Mansion was someone else.
• Luther found Sophia Einhorn in the guest room, and she asked him to help her escape because she was trapped there.
• Luther pulled Roy aside as a powerful blast of wind tore through the door.

Luther fought a third Sequence 4 Demigod at the Governor’s Mansion and prepared to escape with Roy King, but Medici persuaded him to take Sophia Einhorn as well. At the harbor, Anderson’s ship passed as reinforcements and received the signal to attack.

• A Demon Hunter Demigod arrived at the Governor’s Mansion and clashed with Luther, who realized there were three Demigods on the island.
• Sophia Einhorn asked Luther to take her aboard, but he initially refused and began preparing to leave with Roy King.
• Medici offered to reveal what was inside Luther’s head if Luther took Sophia, and Luther accepted the bargain.
• Luther transformed into an armored Black Knight and sent a flesh-and-blood firework into the sky as a signal.
• Anderson’s crew deceived the harbor signal platform, docked their ironclad warship, and opened fire after Anderson saw Luther’s signal.

Anderson's Blood Pirates seized Blue Mountain Island's harbor and raised their black flag, while Alger stopped local resistance fighters from rushing into the chaos. The chapter left Admiral Amyrius furious at the pirate takeover.

• Anderson led the Blood Pirates in destroying the harbor's coastal guns and routing the defenders.
• Anderson burned the Loen colonial flag and raised the Blood Pirates' black flag over Blue Mountain Island.
• Edmonton urged Karat and the resistance fighters to join the pirates' attack, but Karat warned that the timing was wrong because Jahn Kottman remained on the island.
• Alger and the Church of Storms blocked Edmonton's group from leaving the slum, and Edmonton eventually ordered the fighters to retreat.
• Alger told his subordinates to watch the resistance fighters and prevent the situation from escalating.
• Admiral Amyrius watched the black flag fly over the island and seethed with anger.

Cynthia prayed to the Great Mother Tree of Desire for Amyrius’s safety as Luther and Medici fought a Feysac Demon Hunter outside the Governor's Mansion. Luther and Medici wounded the Demon Hunter, and Deputy Director Qonas and Admiral Amyrius arrived above the square.

• Amyrius ordered Lueran to wipe out the pirates at the harbor, then headed toward the Governor's Mansion.
• Cynthia took a pendant from her vanity and prayed to the Great Mother Tree of Desire to protect Amyrius.
• Luther transformed into a black-armored knight and faced the silver-armored Demon Hunter as Medici and Fallen Shadow emerged from his shadow.
• Fallen Shadow ignored the Demon Hunter and attacked Sophia Einhorn, so Luther recalled it while Medici engaged the opponent with flames.
• The Demon Hunter charged Medici with blades coated to harm undead spirits, but Luther used Flaming Jump to strike from behind.
• The Demon Hunter blocked Luther's greatsword, but Medici pierced his abdomen with flaming hands as Qonas and Amyrius arrived above the square.

Luther and Medici fought the Demigods at the plaza while a warning arrived that Sea King was returning and Jahn Kottman had grown suspicious. Amyrius and Qonas blocked Luther's escape, so Luther began using his strongest weapons to end the battle quickly.

• Medici burned off his arms to escape the Demon Hunter Demigod's grasp, and the Demon Hunter unleashed Light Storm before fleeing when Medici blocked his path to Sophia Einhorn.
• Luther received a warning that Jahn Kottman had discovered the anomaly on Blue Mountain Island, then used shadow to remove Roy King and Sophia Einhorn from the plaza.
• Amyrius attacked Luther with his Death Declaration, and Qonas joined him by firing Rivell's Desperate Scream to keep Luther from escaping.
• Luther ordered Medici to attack the two Demigods, then used Flaming Jump and drew Lucky Roulette and Pain to finish the fight quickly.

Luther used Pain and the Ouroboros revolver to overwhelm Amyrius and Qonas, while Amyrius’s attempt to deprive him of Grazing caused Amyrius to lose control. Qonas fled into the sky, but Luther intercepted him and fired a cursed bullet that struck Qonas’s Concerto of Light and Shadow.

• Luther stabbed himself with Pain, forcing Amyrius and Qonas to share his agony as Amyrius’s Exile sent them crashing onto the plaza.
• Amyrius tried to deprive Luther of Grazing, but the law he sent into Luther triggered a maddening backlash that left Amyrius convulsing.
• Qonas exploited the rules to fly away toward the sea King, but Luther pursued him with a spear of fire.
• Luther shot himself in the head five times with the silver-white revolver, inflicting amplified pain on Qonas and forcing him to distort its effect.
• Qonas fired Rivell’s Desperate Scream as Luther fired the revolver’s last cursed bullet, which curved into Qonas’s pocket and struck Concerto of Light and Shadow.

Luther killed Qonas Kilgor by letting the Fallen Shadow consume him and using Hypnosis to stop his resistance. When Sea King Jahn Kottman approached, Luther abandoned the chance to capture the recovering naval admiral and fled toward the harbor.

• Qonas's Concerto of Light and Shadow redirected Rivell's Desperate Scream bullets, leaving him vulnerable to Luther's Fallen Shadow.
• Qonas's Chaos failed against the Monster, and the Concerto altered his Amplification so it intensified Degeneration instead of the revolver's recoil.
• As Degeneration overwhelmed him, Qonas tried to transform into his Mythical Creature form, but Luther hypnotized him into ceasing resistance.
• The Fallen Shadow consumed Qonas and revealed his corpse, which Luther swallowed for later; he decided he had no time to Graze him.
• Luther spotted Sea King Jahn Kottman approaching and flew toward the harbor, leaving the recovering naval admiral behind.

Anderson’s crew plundered the harbor on Blue Mountain Island while Luther defeated Lueran, acquired Qonas’s Lawyer pathway abilities, and escaped Sea King with the fleet. The chapter ended with Sea King arriving too late and finding the Black Flag still flying over the devastated harbor.

• Philia and the other sailors hauled weapons, ammunition, coal, and supplies onto the pirate ships as the fleet bombarded the harbor.
• Anderson fought Lueran, whose Bribery ability weakened Anderson’s powers until Anderson countered it, and Walter arrived with reinforcements.
• Luther arrived and knocked Lueran aside, then ordered everyone to board and abandon the remaining supplies before Sea King reached them.
• Luther used Grazing on Qonas, took his Lawyer pathway abilities, and burned Qonas’s corpse.
• Luther drew the four or five ships into his shadow and escaped through an invisible door just before Sea King’s lightning struck.
• Sea King reached the devastated harbor and found the Black Flag flying over the square.