Recaps

Charlotte learned that Agmilas would force him into the Evil God Arena unless he reached the Agres Sea within twenty-eight days, then oversaw the Four-Nation negotiations over Black Phoenix. The nations partitioned the dynasty, and Emperor Brittany elevated Charlotte to Duke Charlotte Mecklen, granting him the territory he occupied along with former Nansera Territory.

• Charlotte planned to rename Black Phoenix City the City of Destiny, build nine temples, and promote Fars and the Beast God Transformation Technique as part of his assimilation policy.
• Charlotte read a new diary warning that he had twenty-eight days to reach the Agres Sea and challenge Agmilas or be thrown into the Evil God Arena.
• Charlotte appointed Vigo captain of the Dolmabahçe, entrusted the fleet to Black Dragon, and returned to Black Phoenix City for the Four-Nation conference.
• Antonio fought duels against Count Constantine and Count Lamorak, strengthening Fars's position in the negotiations.
• After more than ten days of talks, the four empires agreed to divide Black Phoenix, with Fars receiving nine of its twelve core directly governed counties.
• The representatives signed the Four-Nation Alliance Treaty and territorial agreement aboard the Dolmabahçe, and Emperor Brittany named Charlotte Duke Mecklen and granted him the territory he occupied and former Nansera Territory.

After the Four Great Empires settled their main treaties, Charlotte reorganized his duchy and prepared to travel to the Agres Sea to confront the Labyrinth Evil God Agmilas. Juno Arthur agreed to accompany him, and Charlotte’s fleet quietly departed Black Phoenix City after two days of preparations.

• Emperor Brittany, Berunhill, and Inglima’s representatives left Black Phoenix City after the treaty negotiations, while Juno Arthur remained behind for Byron.
• Charlotte divided his duchy into thirteen major districts, accepted nearly a hundred nobles into his service, and left Black Dragon and Regulus in charge.
• Charlotte sought Juno Arthur’s advice about traveling to the Agres Sea, and Juno revealed that Charlotte’s Labyrinthizations had led him to identify the destination.
• Juno explained that Charlotte would face an incarnation of Agmilas rather than the Evil God’s true body, and agreed to accompany him.
• Charlotte prepared supplies and a fleet, then quietly departed Black Phoenix City for the Agres Sea.

Charlotte sailed toward the Agres Sea aboard the Dolmabahçe with nine Saint Rank experts and a powerful fleet, intending to campaign against Agmilas. The voyage grew monotonous, but it ended with Charlotte spotting a much larger fleet bearing Black Phoenix’s crest.

• Charlotte left Black Phoenix City with Juno, Vigo, nine Saint Rank experts, and seven Magic Alchemical Warships, while leaving trusted subordinates behind to manage his territory.
• Charlotte’s fleet crossed the Sea of Giant Whales as he continued trying to break through to Saint Rank before reaching the Agres Sea.
• Charlotte transformed the Dolmabahçe’s portholes and mirrors into the Mirror World and returned to his cabin to cultivate.
• Vigo summoned Charlotte to the captain’s cabin, where Charlotte saw a fleet more than ten times larger than his own, with every ship bearing Black Phoenix’s noble crest.

Charlotte’s fleet bypassed Black Phoenix forces as he headed toward the New Continent and the mysterious coordinates. He revealed the Holy Light Divine Kingdom to Juno, who examined Omibella and explained the extreme danger of advancing from Saint Rank to Divine Rank.

• Charlotte ordered his fleet to bypass a small Black Phoenix fleet and offered its nobles amnesty, but three Saint Rank experts attacked Vigo until Juno rescued him.
• Charlotte’s fleet outpaced the Black Phoenix ships, and Kratos deterred seven Saint Rank experts from attacking when the fleet encountered a larger force.
• Charlotte confirmed Georgiadi Hadrian was heading for the New Continent and altered his route to search for the remaining treasures needed to repair the Holy Light Divine Kingdom.
• Charlotte told Juno that he possessed the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, and Juno entered the Dreamscape with him to inspect Omibella.
• Juno examined Omibella for seven or eight hours and explained that advancing from Saint Rank to Divine Rank had succeeded only nine times, producing the Nine Great Righteous Gods.

Juno Arthur explained to Charlotte that beings who reached divine rank, including evil gods and vampire blood progenitors, lost their ability to think and responded according to fixed patterns. After Charlotte returned from Juno’s Dreamscape, they discussed whether he might one day make Anne long-lived and how Charlotte had acquired Gareth Mosred as a Blood Servant.

• Juno Arthur told Charlotte that divine beings and vampire blood progenitors had lost their wisdom, leaving their responses patterned and unnatural.
• Juno warned Charlotte that the unfinished Holy Light Divine Kingdom and Omibella might mutate further, and that Charlotte should abandon them if they showed signs of breaking free.
• Charlotte recalled the ship’s connection to the Sea of Fury, briefly considered exploring it, then resolved to avoid danger and live peacefully with Anne.
• Charlotte returned from Juno’s Dreamscape, and Juno asked him to consider whether he would make Anne long-lived when she grew old.
• Charlotte asked Juno for advice about training his Blood Servant, and Juno recognized Gareth Mosred and heard how Charlotte had acquired him.
• Juno remarked that Charlotte and Brittany’s family were favored by the Serpent of Destiny, and Charlotte protested that he was not especially enviable.

Charlotte and three Saint Rank companions explored an uncharted island where powerful Supernatural Power was rejected and encountered strange monsters and unfamiliar wildlife. Near the island’s center, they met a group of blue-skinned giants who spoke the Sherlock Dynasty language.

• After seven or eight days of sailing, Charlotte found the island where the serpent fangs, whale tears, and ancient tree branches had been hidden.
• Charlotte landed with Agon, Gareth Mecklen, and Andreus, while Juno Arthur stayed aboard the fleet; the island’s strange force made flight difficult for those above Saint Rank.
• The group killed a hostile, one-eyed creature wearing a Sherlock Dynasty naval uniform and then saw many more creatures gathering near the cliffs.
• Charlotte and his companions pressed deeper into the island, killing a giant wolf-like Supernatural Beast and encountering other unusual wildlife.
• Near the island’s center, blue-skinned giants emerged from the forest with crude bows, and Charlotte understood their Sherlock Dynasty speech.

Charlotte and his companions befriended the Blue Giants of Solomon Island by trading metal weapons and agreed to visit their tribe. Singilina warned them about Mimic Demons, and Charlotte’s group reached the tribe’s giant tree, where he armed the curious children with firearms.

• Charlotte spoke with Singilina and offered five metal rapiers in exchange for being welcomed as guests.
• Singilina introduced herself as the chieftain’s daughter and said the Blue Sky Tribe were Solomon Island’s only inhabitants.
• Andreus asked about the monsters that had attacked them, and Singilina identified them as Mimic Demons that could imitate the Blue Giants.
• Singilina explained that transformed Mimic Demons could be identified because they had no gender, and she led the group toward the tribe.
• Charlotte and his companions reached the giant tree where hundreds of Blue Giants lived, and Charlotte gave the children Magnum Hand Shuttles and taught them to fire.

Charlotte met the last Ancient Modoro Tree, which offered its trunk to help the Blue Sky Tribe leave Solomon Island, before he discovered that the Queen Bees inside the Bag of Insects could combine into a growing consciousness. He confirmed that training this awareness with mathematics and the Blood Kindred True Word Technique could develop its abilities.

• The Ancient Modoro Tree told Charlotte that the Sherlock Dynasty had felled its kin to build Legendary Warships and offered its own trunk if he would take the Blue Sky Tribe away.
• A swarm of Queen Bees appeared above the island, and Charlotte realized they had also been used to build the Sherlock Dynasty's warships.
• Charlotte sent the Bag of Insects into the swarm, where it absorbed Queen Bees and began producing a faint consciousness that responded to his mathematical input.
• Charlotte tested the Bag of Insects with increasingly difficult calculations and discovered that the growing Queen Bee collective could think and process information.
• Charlotte fed the collective the Blood Kindred True Word Technique, and several hundred Queen Bees transformed into a black bat, proving that the trained consciousness could develop supernatural abilities.

Charlotte and the Blue Sky Tribe survived a devastating Queen Bee swarm, and he agreed to take the giants away from Solomon Island aboard his ship. As he taught them the Beast God Transformation Technique, he realized the Blue Giants might be the same kind of beings as the Ling Demons.

• The Queen Bee cloud drove off Charlotte’s Bag of Insects, unleashed several powerful attacks around the Ancient Modoro Tree, then vanished.
• Singilina told Charlotte that Solomon Island held many dangers and asked him to take the remaining Blue Sky Tribe away.
• Charlotte promised the tribe passage on his ship and offered to teach them the Beast God Transformation Technique so they could appear human.
• Charlotte handed out illustrations and taught the Blue Giants the transformation technique, while Andreus and Agon discussed its potential to reduce conflict between humans and beastfolk.
• Singilina and an elderly Blue Giant transformed quickly, leading Charlotte to suspect the Blue Giants were Ling Demons with an innate talent for transformation.

Georgiadi Hadrian scouted Charlotte’s fleet while Charlotte helped the Blue Sky Tribe and discovered the Ancient Modoro Tree was willing to leave Solomon Island. Charlotte transferred the tree into the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and prepared to take the tribe aboard, unaware that Georgiadi Hadrian was nearby.

• Georgiadi Hadrian considered how to split Charlotte’s fleet, then saw strange monsters flee into the ground and grew wary of Solomon Island.
• Charlotte and Andreus taught the Blue Giants about secret cultivation arts while Charlotte learned that the Ancient Modoro Tree wished to die and did not resist being moved.
• Charlotte brought out the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and asked the Ancient Modoro Tree to join it without being cut down.
• The Ancient Modoro Tree transferred into the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, leaving a decayed trunk behind, and Charlotte invited the Blue Giants aboard.
• Chief Angelina ordered the Blue Sky Tribe to board the ship, and the children eagerly explored its deck and Labyrinth Guardians.

Charlotte removed the Ancient Modoro Tree from Solomon Island and discovered that it had produced both the Blue Giants and the Ling Demons. As Charlotte’s group investigated the darkness beneath the tree’s roots, Georgiadi Hadrian approached, and Juno sent Drusilla to bring them back with his gun.

• Charlotte wondered where to find the two remaining items, then led his followers onward as strange auras appeared around the Blue Sky Tribe’s abandoned settlement.
• After the Ancient Modoro Tree vanished, Ling Demons poured from underground, and Georgiadi Hadrian arrived and slaughtered the creatures he found there.
• Charlotte and his companions hid from Georgiadi Hadrian, then returned to inspect the dead Ling Demons and concluded that the tree had produced both them and the Blue Giants.
• When Andreus noticed a dark opening beneath the tree’s former roots, Charlotte sent twelve Mirror Shadows down to investigate.
• Aboard the Dolmabahçe, Juno Arthur detected Georgiadi Hadrian and gave Drusilla his gun before sending her to bring Charlotte and his group back.

Charlotte and the others discovered a blue giant among the ling demons beneath the Ancient Modoro Tree, then followed Drusilla and Gareth into the underground labyrinth. After both vanished from their senses, Charlotte and his companions pursued them through a path of drained flesh sacs.

• Juno gave Drusilla the Saint Rank pistol Blood Demon and told her to return safely.
• Charlotte used a Magic Mirror to discover countless ling demons underground, including a juvenile blue giant inside an enormous flesh sac.
• Drusilla arrived, jumped into the pit, and prompted Agon to suggest that she might come from the Sherlock Era.
• Gareth jumped into the cavern, and Charlotte followed with Agon and Andreus after warning them to stay close.
• Charlotte found the ling demons along one route drained of vitality and followed their trail after Drusilla and Gareth disappeared.

Charlotte followed Whispers of Destiny away from the battle between Drusilla and Gareth and discovered a strange, empty pool that his Golden Ring identified as the Tears of the King of Whales. The ring absorbed the water and gained new images, while Charlotte’s companions reflected on the island’s dangers.

• Gareth confronted Drusilla, claiming he had regained the strength of a Commander of Ten Thousand Knights, and the two fought without either gaining an advantage.
• Charlotte found the cavern where Drusilla and Gareth had fought and realized Gareth had recovered the strength of the Twenty-second Order.
• Whispers of Destiny guided Charlotte away from the pursuit and through an unfamiliar passage, with Agon and Andreus following him.
• Charlotte reached a hidden valley and touched its unnaturally clear pool, causing another Golden Ring to draw in the water.
• Charlotte recognized the water as the Tears of the King of Whales and saw that the Golden Ring now depicted the Ancient Modoro Tree, a whale, and a little boy alongside Omibella.

Charlotte, Agon, and Andreus found a dead Ancient Sherlockian warrior whose note described one-eyed monsters that might take on memories, then learned how dangerous the Great Sea Serpent Mother Sugi was. They returned to the cavern to catch up with Gareth, as Drusilla grew increasingly uneasy about his rising strength and considered Solomon Island her chance to gain power.

• Agon pulled a long-dead Ancient Sherlockian warrior from the drained pool, and Charlotte translated a note about transferring memories into one-eyed monsters.
• Charlotte told Agon and Andreus he still needed Sugi's venomous fang, and Agon explained that Sugi was a powerful descendant of the Dragon God who lived in the Sea of Fury.
• Andreus suggested that an evil god might have helped someone obtain Sugi's fang, and Charlotte agreed to search for it but said he could give up if the obstacles proved too difficult.
• Charlotte, Agon, and Andreus left the valley and returned to the cavern, where Charlotte suggested they catch up with Gareth.
• Gareth and Drusilla fought repeatedly, and Drusilla grew anxious as Gareth became stronger while she saw Solomon Island as her opportunity to gain power and freedom from Juno Arthur.

Charlotte’s group lost Gareth’s trail while searching the cavern passages, then encountered Flandy’s Black Phoenix party on the way back to their ship. Charlotte learned that Georgiadi Hadrian had found a giant beast’s tooth that was probably the Great Sea Serpent Mother Sugi’s tooth, leaving him to weigh the prize against the cost of a conflict.

• Charlotte, Andreus, and Agon abandoned their search through the collapsed passages and headed back to their ship for the night.
• Charlotte sensed movement in the darkness, fired Withered Rose, and confronted four Black Phoenix people with Andreus’s help.
• Flandy explained that his party needed supplies and told Charlotte they had found a Sherlockian Style ancient castle near their landing site.
• Flandy revealed that Georgiadi Hadrian had taken a giant beast’s tooth from the castle, and Charlotte suspected it was the Great Sea Serpent Mother Sugi’s tooth.
• Charlotte considered whether recovering the tooth justified risking another battle, then parted amicably from Flandy’s party, which returned to its ship.

After returning to the Dolmabahçe, Charlotte discussed the threat from Georgiadi Hadrian with Juno and the Saint Ranks, then learned that Drusilla was the last princess of the Ancient Sherlock Kingdom. The chapter left Charlotte wondering whether Solomon Island concealed two missing Ancient Magic Warships, while Andreus invited him to visit the Blue Sky Tribe.

• Charlotte told Juno and his subordinates what had happened on the island, and the Saint Ranks debated whether to negotiate with Georgiadi Hadrian or prepare for a fight.
• Charlotte decided to remain vigilant, postpone exploring Solomon Island, and send Georgiadi Hadrian a message through the Labyrinth Guardians that they would stay off the island until his fleet left.
• After returning to his room, Charlotte learned from Doria that Drusilla was the last princess of the Ancient Sherlock Kingdom and that Juno believed Solomon Island had been a secret Sherlock Dynasty base.
• Doria explained that two second-generation Legendary Warships had gone missing, and Charlotte wondered whether they were hidden on the island.
• Andreus asked Charlotte to visit the hungry Blue Sky Tribe, but Charlotte declined and told him to go comfort them himself.

Charlotte learned that Georgiadi Hadrian intended to fight, gathered his officers to prepare, and discovered from Amon that Dapochilodo was an ancient evil tree whose Ling Demons could preserve other beings’ consciousness. The chapter ended with the Holy Light Divine Kingdom urgently demanding that Charlotte remove Dapochilodo before it spread further.

• Charlotte quietly released the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, then summoned a Labyrinth Guardian to deliver Georgiadi Hadrian a document while he continued cultivating.
• Charlotte received the messenger back with only the Guardian’s beast head and learned that Georgiadi Hadrian would not reconcile and had brought dozens of Saint Rank experts.
• Charlotte convened a war meeting and tried to reclaim the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, but his officers were distracted by their time aboard it.
• Charlotte’s diary opened to the Holy Kingdom of Light Voyage Log, where Amon warned that Dapochilodo was reproducing Ling Demons and explained its origins and the difference between Ling Demons and Great Ling Demons.
• Charlotte considered using Ling Demons to preserve the lives of injured or dying soldiers, while the Holy Light Divine Kingdom pleaded with him to remove Dapochilodo.

Charlotte led his fleet away from Solomon Island before Georgiadi Hadrian could trap them, and both fleets fled a massive black tide as the island sank. Charlotte headed for the Agres Sea while Drusilla and Gareth caught up with Georgiadi Hadrian’s fleet.

• Kratos warned Charlotte that Georgiadi Hadrian could trap his ships in the canyon, so Charlotte ordered the fleet to leave Solomon Island.
• Georgiadi Hadrian’s fleet arrived and opened fire, but Charlotte fled toward the Agres Sea instead of fighting.
• A black tide of undead surged from Solomon Island as the island sank, forcing both fleets to race away.
• Charlotte lost sight of Georgiadi Hadrian’s fleet and continued toward the Agres Sea, while Georgiadi examined the enormous tooth he had taken.
• Drusilla caught up with Georgiadi Hadrian’s ship, and Gareth boarded it, killed a sailor, and disguised himself in the man’s clothes.

Drusilla found Gareth aboard Georgiadi Hadrian's fleet and tried to recruit him to escape to the New Continent, but he rejected her offer. Meanwhile, Charlotte reached the Agres Sea and prepared to use Labyrinth Power to find the Agmilas Labyrinth.

• Drusilla disguised herself in stolen clothes, found Gareth, and proposed that they flee together and establish a power in the New Continent.
• Gareth told Drusilla he had already been a noble with real power, and she left, deciding she might kill him.
• Charlotte's fleet reached the Agres Sea without being caught by Georgiadi Hadrian's fleet, and his diary recorded that he was about to enter the Agmilas Labyrinth.
• Charlotte infused seabirds with Labyrinth Power and released them to help locate the labyrinth.

Charlotte led his fleet through the dangerous Agres Sea, searching for the true Agmilas Labyrinth. After the Serpent of Destiny cleared the fog and revealed the first labyrinth, the Golden Goat Palace, Charlotte chose Old Goat and Andreus to explore it with him.

• Charlotte released seabirds to guide the fleet away from the Christopher Route and toward Agmilas.
• Charlotte sent Golden Goat Herolf’s warships ahead through the fog while the fleet slowed and kept watch for reefs.
• Charlotte prayed to the Serpent of Destiny, which drew the fog skyward and revealed the island palace of the Golden Goat Palace.
• Charlotte learned that he had reached Agmilas’s true labyrinth and called the Saint Ranks aboard the Dolmabahçe.
• Old Goat and Andreus volunteered to explore the first labyrinth with Charlotte.

Charlotte cleared Golden Goat Palace by replacing Agmilas’s devoted Ling Demon believers with followers who believed in him, gaining control of the Labyrinth Rune and a new route through the Agres Sea. Meanwhile, Gareth stole Great Sea Serpent Mother Sugi’s fang from Georgiadi Hadrian’s fleet, and Drusilla followed him toward Charlotte’s group after wavering over whether to leave Juno.

• Charlotte learned that Golden Goat Palace’s believers were Ling Demons and decided to kill them so their faith could be replaced.
• Golden Goat Herolf, Andreus, and Charlotte killed the Ling Demons, then Andreus and Golden Goat Herolf agreed to believe in Charlotte.
• Golden Goat Palace’s statues transformed into images of Charlotte, and he gained the Labyrinth Rune, which gave him power to labyrinthize cities and undo Labyrinthization.
• Charlotte labyrinthized Golden Goat Palace, revealing a new sea route, then set out with Golden Goat Herolf and Andreus to continue the challenge.
• Gareth stole Great Sea Serpent Mother Sugi’s fang from Georgiadi Hadrian’s flagship, while Drusilla helped him escape and then followed Juno’s direction toward Charlotte.
• Georgiadi Hadrian learned the fang was stolen but dismissed the loss and ordered his fleet to continue toward the New Continent.

Charlotte restored the Holy Light Divine Kingdom by fulfilling its requirements with Great Sea Serpent Mother Sugi's tooth, transforming the Legendary Warship and drawing its inhabitants into a chaotic reunion. As Charlotte and Juno prepared to explore the ship, they spotted a towering palace on the sea.

• Gareth returned to the Dolmabahçe with Great Sea Serpent Mother Sugi's tooth, and Charlotte welcomed him without asking why he had left.
• At Andreus's urging, Charlotte released the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and threw Sugi's tooth into it, completing the ship's restoration and causing Omibella to merge with its hull.
• Charlotte sensed the ship's bond with him deepen as his companions and officers gathered aboard to inspect its changes.
• Juno caught Drusilla in the sea, but let her leave; Drusilla returned to the deck and went with Doria to Juno's cabin.
• Charlotte invited Juno to explore the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, but they both noticed a towering palace upon the sea.

Charlotte’s fleet encountered a vast Ghost Fleet emerging from the Agres Sea and fought it while a sea palace began moving like a mobile fortress. Juno Arthur’s Great Prophecy destroyed dozens of Ghost Ships, but the battle continued as the fleet tried to avoid the advancing labyrinth.

• Charlotte recognized the rising vessels as Ghost Ships, ordered his fleet to prepare for battle, and entrusted Juno Arthur with the Holy Light Divine Kingdom.
• Drusilla brought a Legendary Warship to the surface, and Juno noted that Zimmerman had once commanded three Legendary Warships.
• Juno used the Blood Kindred Great Prophecy to destroy more than seventy Ghost Ships, while an ordinary Ancient Magic Warship resisted most of the attack.
• Charlotte’s fleet charged and fired on the Ghost Fleet, and Juno bypassed the Ancient Magic Warship to destroy another seventy or eighty ships.
• A palace began moving across the sea, forcing the fleet to clear its path; Charlotte had Golden Goat Herolf take command of Vigo’s warship and asked Juno what to do next.

Charlotte withdrew his fleet from the seemingly endless Ghost Fleet and took the Holy Light Divine Kingdom back into battle alone. The ship devoured the Ghost Ships, then vanished with the fleet and Ishermerlun Palace in a sudden mist.

• Charlotte ordered the fleet to retreat after its ammunition ran low, and Juno used the Blood Kindred Great Prophecy to clear a path through the Ghost Fleet.
• Charlotte left the other warships behind and returned to the Ghost Fleet aboard the Holy Light Divine Kingdom with Juno.
• The Holy Light Divine Kingdom opened giant mouths and began devouring the Ghost Ships, while Amon told Charlotte that Omibella had become pregnant again and was out of control.
• Several Ghost Ships rammed the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, which split open more mouths and consumed them.
• Resto, Asplos, Herolf, Qiudro, Agon, Gareth Mecklen, Andreas Constantine, Vigo, Drusilla, and the others watched as mist swallowed the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, the Ghost Fleet, and Ishermerlun Palace.

Charlotte was pulled into a strange palace where Omibella and the other Divine Creatures demanded that he fight the Ghost Fleet instead of hiding behind them. He charged into battle, destroying Ghost Ships and fighting their crew as the Holy Light Divine Kingdom swallowed the resulting black smoke.

• Charlotte maneuvered the Holy Light Divine Kingdom near the Ghost Fleet while noticing that more Great Ling Demons had appeared aboard it.
• Omibella pulled Charlotte into a strange palace in the void, where he recognized her, Amon, Great Sea Serpent Mother Sugi, Ancient Modoro Tree Dapochilodo, and the King of Whales.
• Omibella accused Charlotte of cowardice and demanded that he protect them by fighting; Charlotte agreed and was sent out of the palace.
• Charlotte transformed Blood Spirit Rhino into a flaming Knight's Lance, charged a Ghost Ship, and destroyed it with a single strike.
• Charlotte fought a Saint Rank Ghost Crewmember and helped destroy him after a pure white feather pierced his chest.
• The Holy Light Divine Kingdom swallowed the black smoke from the destroyed Ghost Ship and crew member, and Charlotte leaped onto another Ghost Ship.