Recaps

Fran conquered Antir, developed her Territory Mage powers, and built the Radiant Sect while the Alliance and Sean investigated the region. After Sean challenged her secrecy, Fran sought divine help and advanced her Transmutation Mage rank with deep-sea materials.

• Sean seized Lorinvik’s government to monitor the prophecy and ordered an inventory of the Royal Palace archive while Derrick tried to delay Prince Darian.
• Fran’s forces captured Flying Eagle City, and Fran revealed to Elan that her conquest was an experiment in turning Territory Resonance into a Territory Blessing.
• Fran captured three more towns and became a Territory Mage, while Theodore remained on the throne as his power weakened.
• Fran’s army broke into the Royal Capital, and she killed Theodore before claiming the city for her forces.
• Fran expanded the Radiant Sect and her territory while Sean followed prophecies toward Darian and the Lord of Shadows’ believers.
• Aila’s priests killed Darian, and Sean traced them to Fran, but she refused to reveal the deity behind her experiment.
• Fran advanced as a Radiant Priest, Territory Mage, and Specialized Mage while Sean investigated the deaths of Antir’s lords and confronted her in White Flower City.
• Fran declined the Lord of Radiance’s offer to become Third Order, accepted Divine Power, and used Deep Sea Merman bones to raise her Transmutation Mage rank to Two Stars.

Fran killed Sean, secured The Alliance’s recognition of Antir and her Territory Mage research, then traveled to Number Nine Floating City. There she assumed Philly’s identity to enter the Champion Mage Challenge while advancing her research and helping improve the Mana Communication System.

• Fran reached Second Order, arranged to trade Sean Astrology School spells for information, then lured him to Horn Pass and killed him before restoring his body to disguise the death.
• Fran asked Elan to adopt the Territory Mage Profession, then submitted her territory research to Iris and arranged an Alliance inspection of Antir.
• At Number Nine Floating City, Iris told Fran to use the name Lai, make a public impression, and attend social events while staying alert to recruitment and attacks.
• Fran offered Forrest Sharp thirty thousand gold coins to learn about the Mana Communication System, and he recognized her as the author of Mathematical Analysis of Fireball.
• Fran chose Philly as the identity she would use to enter the Champion Mage Challenge, took Philly’s identification documents, and submitted Alchemy School papers for a qualifying competition.
• Fran proposed mechanical keys and a more efficient encoding scheme for the Mana Communication System, then assigned Philly and Asher to test the new system.
• Camilla told Oliver that Fran had refused the family’s invitations and support but continued teaching Philly, while Rost discovered a highly rated paper bearing the Felistin surname.

Fran’s papers won two Gold Hourglass awards, bringing attention to her and Philly as Fran entered the Champion Mage Challenge and built new alliances. She advanced as an Esoteric Lore Alchemist while helping Iris investigate a secret project and arranging the Felistin Family’s support for a communication network.

• Gregory struggled to honor Fran and Philly’s paper with a Gold Hourglass award, but the committee posted both of Fran’s papers as winners and Fran registered for the Champion Mage preliminaries.
• Fran began the Magic Duel tournament and defeated Jasper 3–0 with repeated Greater Fireballs, then continued winning matches as competitors learned to fear her fast casting.
• Iris questioned Fran’s connection to the Felistin Family and prepared her to meet high-order mages, while Fran sold Iris the Personal Terminal system and accepted an order to help investigate a secret project involving the Cult of the Sky Dragon.
• Philly discovered that Fran had listed her as coauthor on two award-winning papers, read her mathematical contribution, and saw Oinrich praise the second paper despite being unable to refute it.
• Fran bought advancement methods from Ivan and Alwen, then tested a strange coating with Iris and the Lord of Radiance, connecting its reaction to a possible plan against the Sky Dragon.
• Fran defeated Edmund 3–0, but her rising points made it difficult to find opponents, so she reviewed possible professions and prepared to pursue Esoteric Lore Alchemist.
• Fran assembled a Deity-detection sensor for Iris and proposed a paid messaging and calling network to Forrest, then secured the Felistin Family’s help with the project while planning to replace them after the Champion Mage Challenge.
• Fran recorded concealed knowledge, advanced to Esoteric Lore Alchemist (Two Stars), and discovered that Knowledge Control made readers pay a price, and meanwhile, Xiya arrived at Number Nine Floating City and lost a Gold Coin that fell and shattered below.

Fran advanced through the Champion Mage Challenge while helping Iris inspect the Floating City’s power systems and uncovering sabotage in the Mage Tower. As the Alliance prepared a secret operation against the Cult of the Sky Dragon and political restrictions threatened mage families, Fran returned to the booming communication terminal project and sought Philly’s attention.

• Fran submitted applications to build her equipment throughout Number Nine Floating City, then attended the Transmutation School exchange, where she agreed to publish her paper and gained access to some of its knowledge.
• Iris recruited Fran to help coordinate inspections of the Floating City’s power system, and Fran used her inscription expertise to organize the work and improve the mages’ progress.
• Fran defeated Warren three-nil and continued winning duels without losing a round, while planning new combat techniques and advancement paths for herself and Anna.
• At the Silver Dragon Dinner, Fran discussed Antir with the gathered mages, while Kieran Burns later sought Oliver’s help with a Mana Telecommunications System for broadcasting the Champion Mage Challenge.
• Oinrich revealed plans to attack the Cult of the Sky Dragon’s floating islands with Number Nine Floating City, and the Alliance introduced rules giving the Battle Mage Corps Commanders’ Council authority over Territory Mage projects.
• Fran discovered altered inscriptions in the power department and exposed Owen’s associates when their sabotage damaged an activation module, prompting Iris to have the Mage Tower guards remove the accused mages.
• Caleb arranged a duel between Fran and Lynn, but their investigation into Fran’s record produced doubtful reports and the apprentices tracking her lost sight of her at the Mage Tower.
• Fran returned to the Mana Telecommunications System project, found that nearly two thousand terminals had sold and Philly’s workload had eased, then knocked on Philly’s desk to get her attention.