Chapter Summaries

Di Sifeier tried to reach Latro through their shared past, but his demonization made him attack her, forcing Uchiha Madara and Alustriel to intervene. Alustriel stayed behind to fight Latro while Uchiha Madara escorted the distraught Di Sifeier out of the restaurant, where she blamed herself for what had happened.

• Di Sifeier told Latro she regretted their years in the country and embraced him, asking him to go home with her.
• Latro shed black tears but then slashed at Di Sifeier, and Uchiha Madara blocked his strike while Alustriel pulled Di Sifeier away.
• Latro attacked Uchiha Madara, but Alustriel stepped in and claimed responsibility for dealing with the demonized elf.
• Alustriel insisted she could handle Latro alone, so Uchiha Madara left with Di Sifeier.
• Outside the restaurant, Di Sifeier blamed herself for not returning to the Land of the Elves sooner and for Latro encountering the Magic Stone.

Di Sifeier blamed herself for Latro’s demonization, but Uchiha Madara urged her to remain in Sun City, where its people needed her. As Alustriel and the demonized Latro fought, Alustriel raised her Spatial Domain, signaling that she was ready to end the battle.

• Di Sifeier worried about Alustriel facing the demonized Latro, while Uchiha Madara reassured her that the princess could handle him.
• Di Sifeier lamented Latro’s suffering and blamed herself, but Uchiha Madara said he was also responsible for coming to collect the Magic Stone.
• Uchiha Madara persuaded Di Sifeier to reconsider returning to Elven Land and reminded her that Sun City needed its City Lord.
• Alustriel continued fighting Latro and declared that it was time to end the battle.
• Alustriel enclosed the Royal City in a transparent white circle, which Di Sifeier identified as the princess’s Spatial Domain.

Alustriel defeated Latro while in Sword Dance, a state that left her without memories of the fight. After returning the Magic Stones, she and Di Sifeier faced the choice of returning to the elven homeland, where Di Sifeier expected punishment, or remaining in Sun City.

• Di Sifeier explained that Alustriel's Sword Dance made her emotionless and turned anyone who attacked her into prey.
• Alustriel returned and said Latro had died, though she did not remember killing him.
• Di Sifeier told Uchiha Madara she planned to return home and accept the Queen's punishment, while admitting she was unsure whether she wanted to stay in Sun City.
• Uchiha Madara encouraged Di Sifeier to follow her heart and take time to reconsider her path.
• Alustriel returned Uchiha Madara's Magic Stones and said she had examined them, while he wondered what secrets they held.

After completing their missions, Uchiha Madara chose his next destination while Alustriel and Di Sifeier warned him about the difficulties of the Southeastern Mountains. They recommended No Man’s Land instead, and Uchiha Madara decided to go there.

• Uchiha Madara said he planned to search for more Magic Stones in the Southeastern Mountains, and Di Sifeier warned him that its dwarves were famously unreasonable.
• Di Sifeier examined Uchiha Madara’s map and noted that its symbols were commonly used by Night Elves; Uchiha Madara said Xing En had given it to him.
• Alustriel suggested No Man’s Land as the best destination available and described it as Exile Land, a lawless refuge for the continent’s bastards.
• Alustriel teased Uchiha Madara as a swindler, while Di Sifeier explained that No Man’s Land’s inhabitants respected strength and that Uchiha Madara could rule there with his power.
• Uchiha Madara accepted No Man’s Land as his next destination.

Uchiha Madara agreed to travel with Alustriel toward No Man's Land, where he might find something he wanted, while she warned him not to alienate the dwarves. Alustriel and Uchiha Madara urged Di Sifeier to remain City Lord of Sun City for now rather than return to the elves to seek punishment, and Alustriel teased Madara for being eager to leave.

• Alustriel advised Uchiha Madara to visit No Man's Land and avoid using force against the dwarves, whose help he might need to gather the Magic Stones.
• Alustriel proposed that she and Uchiha Madara travel together, and they agreed to set off.
• Di Sifeier said she wanted to return to the elves and seek forgiveness, grieving over Latro's death.
• Alustriel told Di Sifeier that she should stay and lead Sun City for now, while Uchiha Madara reassured her that she had no need to cleanse her soul.
• Alustriel reminded Di Sifeier that the elves would welcome her later, then teased Uchiha Madara for wanting to leave so quickly.

Alustriel let Di Sifeier remain in Sun City and returned the elven hero’s sword to her, promising she would always be recognized by the elves. As Uchiha Madara and Alustriel prepared to leave for the Exile Land, they discussed Alustriel’s political plans and the punishment for betraying the elves.

• Alustriel urged Di Sifeier to visit home someday, and Di Sifeier chose to stay in Sun City until she had settled its affairs.
• Alustriel returned the jeweled sword to Di Sifeier and declared that she would always be a hero of the elves.
• Di Sifeier offered to prepare supplies and a riding animal, while Uchiha Madara and Alustriel agreed to wait at the north gate before heading to the Exile Land.
• Uchiha Madara praised Alustriel for allowing Di Sifeier to stay, and Alustriel explained that keeping a human city under elven control could benefit her people.
• Alustriel said she did not want to become Elf Queen and believed her younger sister was better suited to lead the elves.
• Alustriel explained that elves who betray their people are banished and disowned, a punishment Uchiha Madara dismissed as too painless.

Uchiha Madara and Alustriel reached the closed city gate at night and waited for passes so they could leave. They decided it would be inappropriate for either of them to fetch the passes, leaving the city lord to bring them.

• Alustriel and Uchiha Madara discussed humanity's lack of faith and the demon race's ability to bewitch people.
• A guard stopped Uchiha Madara and Alustriel at the city gate and focused his attention on Alustriel.
• Alustriel explained that they were waiting for passes and the guard agreed to let them wait.
• Uchiha Madara and Alustriel realized that asking Di Sifeier to bring their passes was inappropriate, but ruled out going to see her themselves.
• The guard recognized Alustriel as the beautiful young lady who had arrived that day and praised her appearance.

Isaral brought Uchiha Madara and Alustriel two Hippopotamus Beasts loaded with food and drinks for their journey. After Isaral confronted Madara about tying up a girl in the rear garden, Madara admitted it and asked Isaral to apologize to her before the pair set off.

• Isaral arrived and explained that she had come in place of the city lord to deliver the requested travel mounts.
• Uchiha Madara doubted the Hippopotamus Beasts were fast, and Isaral assured him they were swift and enduring.
• Isaral accused Uchiha Madara of tying up a girl in the rear garden, and he admitted he had done it while asking her where the dungeon was.
• Alustriel criticized Uchiha Madara for trapping the girl, and he asked Isaral to apologize to her on his behalf.
• Isaral provided food and drinks loaded onto the Hippopotamus Beasts, declined to give the pair travel money, and urged them to leave.

Uchiha Madara and Alustriel left Sun City and discussed the consequences of their recent journey and Ci Enyiwu’s influence over Madara’s path. Alustriel suggested that Madara might find allies as he traveled, while Elminster argued that Ci Enyiwu could be helping him rather than acting as an enemy.

• Alustriel and Uchiha Madara said goodbye to Isaral and rode out of Sun City.
• Alustriel and Madara argued about his role in their dealings with the city and the fate of the two elves they had sought.
• Alustriel told Madara that Xing En’s gift of an important map showed he already had someone supporting him.
• Madara said he felt Ci Enyiwu was controlling events and treating him like a chess piece, but Alustriel said she knew little about Ci Enyiwu.
• Elminster suggested that Ci Enyiwu might be Madara’s friend because she had been helping him.

Uchiha Madara and Alustriel discussed whether the Royal City's diviner, Xilin, might be demonized and tied to the Magic Stones. As they traveled slowly on giant hippopotamuses, they joked about Isaral's treatment of them before Alustriel spotted blue-green flames ahead.

• Alustriel recommended that Uchiha Madara consult Xilin if he wanted to learn about his future.
• Alustriel wondered whether Xilin's grotesque appearance meant he was demonized, and Uchiha Madara rejected the idea that his devotion to the continent could survive demonization.
• Uchiha Madara complained that their giant hippopotamuses were moving too slowly, and Alustriel suggested Isaral had given them the slowest animals as punishment.
• Alustriel reminded Uchiha Madara that his actions in the Royal City had earned him poor treatment, and he admitted he had brought it upon himself.
• Alustriel spotted a cluster of blue-green flames in the distance as they continued along the mountain road.

Uchiha Madara and Alustriel approached ominous blue-green flames and discovered a necromancer performing a ritual with two walking corpses. They hid behind a boulder as Alustriel identified the figure in the magic circle.

• Uchiha Madara and Alustriel argued about the strange flames and whether they should investigate them.
• Alustriel sensed a deathly aura from the flames and urged Uchiha Madara to hurry toward them.
• Uchiha Madara and Alustriel dismounted from the slow hippos and crept toward the flames on foot.
• Alustriel pulled Uchiha Madara behind a boulder when they saw two decayed people standing near a magic circle and a seated man.
• Uchiha Madara asked how the dead people could still move, and Alustriel explained that the man in the circle was a necromancer.

Uchiha Madara and Alustriel argued over the difference between dark magic and necromancy before confronting a necromancer named Dales. After Dales recognized Alustriel as an elf, she killed him with a swift sword strike.

• Alustriel blamed the return of evil forces on Uchiha Madara's arrival, while he denied being responsible.
• Uchiha Madara and Alustriel discussed necromancy and dark magic as they watched a man perform a ritual with two undead beings.
• Two skeletons attacked them, and Uchiha Madara and Alustriel blocked their blades.
• The man identified himself as Dales and warned Alustriel about traveling toward No Man's Land.
• Dales recognized Alustriel as an elf, and she declared him her enemy before cutting off his head.

Dales Yi and Alustriel argued over the elves’ hostility toward necromancers, while Uchiha Madara tried to keep them from fighting. The confrontation escalated when Dales Yi revealed the Demon Codex, and Alustriel demanded to know how he had obtained it.

• Dales Yi reappeared behind Uchiha Madara and Alustriel after using the Substitution Technique, then challenged Alustriel for attacking him without cause.
• Alustriel declared that necromancers deserved death, and Dales Yi defended his use of corpses and insisted that he had done nothing evil.
• Alustriel summoned Ten Thousand Swords and explained that necromancers had stolen heroes’ corpses to create evil spirits and commit atrocities.
• Uchiha Madara argued that Alustriel should not judge Dales Yi solely by the actions of other necromancers, but Alustriel refused to back down.
• Dales Yi revealed the Demon Codex, shocking Alustriel, who demanded to know how he had obtained it and who he really was.

Alustriel confronted Dales over the Demon Codex and attacked him, but he defended himself with magic before Uchiha Madara trapped him. Dales revealed the Demon Codex’s importance to necromancers and summoned a figure from ghost fire as the confrontation continued.

• Alustriel attacked Dales with a barrage of silver-white swords, but he blocked them with a wall of bones summoned from the Demon Codex.
• Alustriel cut through the bone wall, and Dales tried to escape with bone wings.
• Uchiha Madara trapped Dales inside a towering wooden enclosure and stopped his escape.
• Alustriel questioned Dales about the Demon Codex, and he said necromancers would never disappear while it existed.
• Dales dismissed Alustriel’s threat and tore another page from the Demon Codex, summoning a figure from ghost fire.

Dales revealed that his necromancy had summoned a demon undead and opened a portal for a bone dragon, while Alustriel prepared to fight him. Uchiha Madara questioned whether the summoned dead retained their former consciousness, leaving Dales unsure how to respond.

• Dales explained that the masked demon had died and been corrupted by dark magic before he summoned her to serve him.
• Alustriel challenged Dales over his treatment of the dead, but he insisted the Demon Codex made him unbeatable and offered to let her and Uchiha Madara leave.
• A dragon roared from a black hole where Dales's magic array had been, and Dales revealed that he had summoned a bone dragon as a test.
• Alustriel accused Dales of endangering the Elzeran Continent and readied herself to fight as a bony claw emerged from the portal.
• Uchiha Madara asked whether people summoned by Dales retained the consciousness they had in life, and Dales looked bewildered.

Uchiha Madara and Alustriel confronted Dales as he summoned a bone dragon, while a demon woman attacked Alustriel. The bone dragon proved too powerful for Madara to control, and he faced it as it advanced toward him.

• Dales warned Alustriel and Uchiha Madara that the Demon Codex could kill them, but Madara chose to stay and help Alustriel.
• Dales began the fight, and the demon woman attacked Alustriel, who dodged her and struck toward Dales before the woman knocked her sword aside.
• The bone dragon emerged from the magic circle, and Madara failed to control it with his ocular power.
• Dales and Madara exchanged threats as the bone dragon walked toward Madara.

Uchiha Madara watched Dales’s Demon Codex and its summoned bone dragon while battling it with Wood Style, hoping to force Dales to reveal the artifact’s abilities. The wooden humanoid fell behind, but Madara remained confident as the fight continued.

• Uchiha Madara used Wood Style: Wood Human Technique to create a wooden humanoid that charged the bone dragon.
• Dales claimed the Demon Codex could destroy the Elzeran Continent, but Uchiha Madara dismissed his confidence and questioned whether a divine artifact could surpass the world that birthed it.
• Uchiha Madara held back to observe the Demon Codex, while Alustriel fought the demon woman without seeming troubled.
• The bone dragon bit and hurled the wooden humanoid, gaining the advantage through its great strength.
• Dales explained that the bone dragon retained the power of a real dragon and that an intact dragon would have defeated the wooden humanoid even faster.
• Dales wondered why Uchiha Madara remained relaxed despite the Demon Codex’s fearsome reputation.

Dales relied on the Demon Codex and a bone dragon to threaten Uchiha Madara and Alustriel, while Alustriel revealed she had defeated the demon woman. As Uchiha Madara’s Wood Human neared destruction, Dales tore a page from the Codex to summon something stronger, and Alustriel warned that Madara was close to losing.

• Dales tried to reassure Uchiha Madara that losing to the Demon Codex would not be shameful, but Madara teased him for seeming worried.
• Alustriel returned and said the demon woman had disappeared after she killed her, prompting Dales to realize Alustriel had defeated her.
• Alustriel threatened to kill Dales after he showed all his abilities, while Madara pointed out that Dales’s bone dragon was defeating his Wood Human.
• Alustriel explained that the bone dragon was not summoned from the Demon Codex, and Dales declared that his next creature would be his strongest yet.
• Dales tore a page from the rapidly flipping Demon Codex as Madara and Alustriel debated who would face what came next.
• Alustriel warned Madara that his Wood Human was nearly destroyed while the bone dragon remained unharmed.

Dales summoned a Demon King from the Demon Codex, prompting Alustriel to question the book’s origins and whether it was alive or had been collecting people. As Dales refused to let her inspect it, Alustriel decided to investigate for herself and entered her Sword Dance state.

• Uchiha Madara used Wood Dragon Technique to restrain the bone dragon while Alustriel faced a dark space opening on her side.
• A Demon King emerged from the Demon Codex, and Alustriel recognized the ring on his hand as a token worn by Demon Kings.
• Alustriel questioned whether someone had been adding people to the Demon Codex or whether the book collected them on its own, but Dales said he did not know.
• Alustriel asked to see the Demon Codex, but Dales refused and tried to persuade her to reconsider fighting him.
• Alustriel said she would investigate the Demon Codex herself and expanded a circular field around her, entering her Sword Dance state.

Alustriel entered her sword-dance state and fought Dalesi Yi’s summoned Demon King of the demonkin to a standstill. Uchiha Madara watched their battle as the bone dragon broke free from his restraints.

• Alustriel abruptly attacked Dalesi Yi, but the Demon King blocked her sword at the last moment.
• Alustriel and the Demon King exchanged relentless attacks, leaving Dalesi Yi astonished by her strength and questioning whether he could conquer the Elzeran Continent.
• Uchiha Madara told Dalesi Yi that Alustriel was fighting at full strength and explained that she relied entirely on instinct.
• Uchiha Madara said his Wood Dragon Technique and Wood Human were keeping the bone dragon restrained while he watched the fight.
• The bone dragon broke free from the Wood Dragon Technique, and Uchiha Madara remarked on the strength of the dragons of the Elzeran Continent.