Recaps

Charlotte fought Ishermerlun Palace while capturing its Ghost Ships, and the Holy Light Divine Kingdom shifted from a giant whale to a Great Sea Serpent to damage the palace. As Charlotte’s fleet gained the upper hand, Ishermerlun Palace devoured more than a hundred Ghost Ships and began to recover.

• Charlotte resumed the battle after resting and used the Holy Light Divine Kingdom’s giant whale form to ram Ishermerlun Palace and swallow Ghost Ships.
• Charlotte captured more Ghost Ships, organized his fleet into tactical groups, and reduced his ships’ losses while improving his efficiency.
• By the second night, Charlotte controlled more than six hundred Ghost Ships, and the Holy Light Divine Kingdom transformed into a Great Sea Serpent to attack Ishermerlun Palace.
• The Great Sea Serpent damaged Ishermerlun Palace before retreating underwater, and the Holy Light Divine Kingdom devoured the palace’s scattered fragments.
• Charlotte captured another hundred or so Ghost Ships as Ishermerlun Palace called its ships back and swallowed more than a hundred of them to restore itself.

Charlotte returned to the battle between the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and Ishermerlun Palace, where Omibella sent him to challenge the revived evil god. After Charlotte’s attack failed to penetrate Ishermerlun’s Divine Radiance, Juno explained that Omibella must give birth inside the palace to counter its death authority.

• Charlotte’s Ghost Fleet intercepted some of Ishermerlun Palace’s Ghost Ships, but the palace devoured its entire fleet and regained its full strength.
• Charlotte returned to the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and saw Omibella, Amon, Vasuki, Dapochilodo, and the King of Whales as the two palaces fought in the void.
• Omibella asked Charlotte to challenge the revived Ishermerlun, and five divine powers enlarged his body and empowered his lance.
• Charlotte’s attack failed against Ishermerlun’s Divine Radiance, and Juno Arthur explained that the evil god’s authority had to be countered rather than overcome with brute force.
• Juno told Charlotte that Omibella should give birth inside Ishermerlun Palace to break its death authority, and Charlotte questioned whether she could give birth immediately.

Charlotte fought Ishermerlun while Juno searched Ishermerlun Palace and devoured a hidden mass of flesh, weakening the evil god enough for Charlotte to wound It. Charlotte then returned to the Holy Light Divine Kingdom with his body collapsing and prayed to the Master of the Court of Fate for healing.

• Charlotte failed to find Ishermerlun’s weakness and began tearing apart Ishermerlun Palace, hurling its pieces into the Holy Light Divine Kingdom.
• Gareth joined the battle by kicking a fallen dome from Ishermerlun Palace into the sea while Juno searched the palace’s hidden passages.
• Juno found and devoured a pulsing mass of flesh beneath a fountain, causing Ishermerlun to slow down.
• Charlotte pierced Ishermerlun’s back with the Flaming Knight’s Lance, tearing open Its body before escaping Its counterattack.
• Charlotte returned to the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, but his body continued to collapse despite his efforts to heal himself.
• Charlotte prayed to the Master of the Court of Fate, offering a Joy of Destiny in exchange for a healthy body.

Charlotte recovered after the Serpent of Destiny removed the corruption from his body and filled the Blood Spirit Rhino’s remaining core slots with the powers of five Divine Creatures. He then convinced Omibella to accompany him to Ishermerlun Palace, where they landed on Ishermerlun to begin their assault.

• Charlotte calculated his remaining Joy of Destiny debt and exchanged twenty portions for permanent protection from corruption caused by bearing Holy Light Divine Kingdom power.
• The Serpent of Destiny removed the remnant Evil God power from Charlotte and caused the five Divine Creatures’ powers to fill the Blood Spirit Rhino’s remaining core slots.
• After several hours of rest, Charlotte proposed that Omibella give birth at Ishermerlun Palace to counter Ishermerlun’s authority over death, and Omibella agreed to go with him.
• Omibella carried Charlotte through Ishermerlun’s Wraith Cannon fire and landed on Ishermerlun.

Charlotte helped Emilia seize control of Ishermerlun Palace as Ishermerlun weakened, and the palace transformed into a new Legendary Warship named Emilia. Charlotte left aboard the Holy Light Divine Kingdom with a successful Magic Mirror copy of Ishermerlun.

• Omibella faded away after embracing Charlotte, and Emilia appeared, claiming Ishermerlun Palace as her gift and beginning to reshape it.
• Emilia built a Serpent of Destiny Temple that resisted Ishermerlun's counterattack, while Charlotte helped her defend the palace.
• Emilia blocked Ishermerlun's trident with one finger as Charlotte called on five evil gods' power and attacked Ishermerlun with the Flaming Knight's Lance.
• Emilia's structures spread through more than half the palace, weakening Ishermerlun until his body shrank and Juno sensed Charlotte's progress.
• Ishermerlun Palace transformed into a Legendary Warship named Emilia, and Charlotte departed aboard the Holy Light Divine Kingdom with a Magic Mirror copy of Ishermerlun.

Charlotte dealt with Emilia’s attempts to eat her brothers and inspected the newly acquired Mirror Demon. Juno arrived and admitted that Emilia might be even stranger than an evil god, leaving Charlotte to face the consequences of having brought several bizarre beings into his family.

• Emilia asked to eat Gareth and then Amon, but Charlotte told her to protect her brothers instead.
• Emilia demanded that her brothers swear to protect her, and Amon borrowed twenty-five portions of Joy of Destiny to swear an oath and ask for protection.
• Charlotte found that the Mirror Demon had reduced Ishermerlun to a weakened, unintelligent Saint Rank steward.
• Juno told Charlotte that Emilia should be an evil god, but she might be something even more bizarre.

Charlotte acquired the Memory Manipulation Labyrinth Rune, then entered the fortieth labyrinth, an isolated landmass called Mosul where two armies of elite Labyrinth Guardians fought. The diary revealed that Mosul’s eighteen town lords were Evil God Candidates competing for a single position, and Charlotte was tasked with restoring order and bringing Mosul back into the world.

• Charlotte obtained the Memory Manipulation Labyrinth Rune and tested how its effects varied by the target’s strength.
• After the route reappeared, Charlotte led the fleet through seven more labyrinths and reached the Evil God Arena in the fortieth.
• Charlotte entered the arena alone and found himself on a battlefield where two armies fought without regard for casualties.
• Charlotte recognized the soldiers as elite Labyrinth Guardians and realized other labyrinth masters could turn entire populations into such troops.
• The diary identified the battlefield as Mosul, where eighteen town lords serving Agmilas fought for supremacy, and ordered Charlotte to restore order and return the landmass to the world.

Charlotte discovered that he could use Mirror Demon to summon Ishermerlun inside the Evil God Arena, giving him a powerful way to capture his rivals and claim a town. After he took control of the town, the other Evil God Candidates learned what had happened and were terrified.

• Charlotte decided to seize a town while its Evil God Candidate was away fighting, and turned the nearly empty settlement into a labyrinth.
• He found that the town’s Labyrinth Guardians were severely disabled and realized the Candidates had exhausted Mosul’s population in their struggle for victory.
• Charlotte discovered that his personal abilities were usable in the Arena and summoned Ishermerlun with Mirror Demon.
• He gave Ishermerlun a human form and invented memories, then ordered it to capture everyone alive.
• Ishermerlun compelled a returning force of soldiers to enter the town, and Charlotte converted them and their Evil God Candidate into Labyrinth Guardians.
• The other Evil God Candidates received notice that Charlotte had captured one of their own and became terrified.

Charlotte conquered and Labyrinthized Mosul, then brought it back into the world in the New Continent, where its devastated population and lack of ships left him struggling to keep the towns alive. He sent Ishermerlun to fetch the Ghost Fleet and began expanding into neighboring Black Golum, attacking Lazaro Cardenas Port.

• Charlotte learned about Mosul’s eighteen warring Evil God Candidates and launched a direct assault with Ishermerlun.
• After Ishermerlun defeated the allied candidates, Charlotte occupied and Labyrinthized all eighteen towns, then restored Mosul to the world in the Christopher Region.
• Charlotte realized Mosul lacked ships and had too few surviving people to maintain its towns, so he ordered Ishermerlun to ask Teacher Juno for the Ghost Fleet.
• While waiting for Ishermerlun, Charlotte gathered several hundred capable Labyrinth Guardians and led them south into Black Golum.
• Charlotte’s forces attacked Lazaro Cardenas Port, whose residents feared an evil god was invading.

After receiving Charlotte’s letter, Juno sent the Ghost Fleet to him and entered the new route with the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and the Emilia. Charlotte seized Lazaro Cardenas Port without a fight, expanded his power across nearby cities, and Ishermerlun guided the Ghost Fleet toward the New Continent while tormented by implanted math tests.

• Ishermerlun delivered Charlotte’s letter to Juno, who handed over the Ghost Ships and then led the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and the Emilia into the new route.
• Charlotte raised a bilingual surrender banner outside Lazaro Cardenas Port, and the frightened residents pressured General Duma to seek peace.
• General Duma and the city council surrendered to Charlotte, who dissolved the city’s governing institutions, abolished taxes, and established a merchant alliance and the West Wind Knight Regiment.
• Charlotte led the new regiment in a rapid campaign through nearby cities.
• Ishermerlun guided the Ghost Fleet across the Golden Sea while struggling with the mathematics test papers Charlotte had implanted in his mind.

Charlotte expanded the West Wind Knight Regiment after three cities in the Black Golem Region surrendered, while three others formed an alliance against him. When Ishermerlun brought the Ghost Fleet to Lazaro Cardenas Port, Charlotte revealed that the fleet served him and made its crew swear loyalty.

• Charlotte took over three surrendered cities and conscripted young men while the City-State Military Alliance delayed its advance with meetings.
• Ishermerlun arrived off Lazaro Cardenas Port with more than nine hundred Ghost Ships, prompting residents to flee and Charlotte to buy their properties.
• The City-State Military Alliance halted its march after hearing that the Ghost Fleet threatened Lazaro Cardenas Port.
• General Duma offered to cover Charlotte's retreat, but Charlotte insisted they would win and prepared to face the fleet.
• Charlotte climbed atop a pile of stones, declared himself the Destined One, and called on the Ghost Fleet to submit.
• The Ghost Crewmembers knelt before Charlotte Mecklen and pledged their loyalty, shocking the West Wind Knight Regiment.

After subduing the City-State Military Alliance and taking control of the Black Golem Region, Charlotte resumed the labyrinth trial and reached the ninety-ninth labyrinth. There, he reunited with Juno and Emilia Mecklen, who were attacking Agmilas while it was weakened.

• Charlotte ordered Ishermerlun to lead Ghost Crewmembers toward the allied forces, whose three city lords chose to surrender and sent Tintin Hergé to deliver their letter.
• Charlotte accepted the surrender and had Ishermerlun take control of the Black Golem Region, where he abolished taxes, revised laws, established merchant associations, and recruited men into the West Wind Knight Regiment.
• Charlotte departed Black Golum with Ishermerlun and continued through the already-breached labyrinths, reaching the ninety-ninth.
• Charlotte found Juno and Emilia Mecklen battling Agmilas's labyrinth with the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and the Emilia.
• Juno told Charlotte that Agmilas could wield less than one percent of its power, making it the best time to slay the god.

Charlotte learned that Emilia had inherited Omibella’s pure Blood Kindred power and mastered an astonishing range of spells. While he tried to repair the weakened Holy Light Divine Kingdom, Vasuki revealed the danger and purpose of Omibella’s childbirth before Emilia angrily intervened.

• Juno told Charlotte that Emilia had an exceptionally pure Blood Kindred lineage and greater talent for the Blood Kindred True Word Technique than he did.
• Emilia reunited with Charlotte and revealed she had mastered all 261 Blood Kindred True Word Technique spells as well as Bloody Glory.
• Emilia brought Charlotte into the extraordinary world, where he found Omibella’s power faint and the Agmilas Labyrinth in decline.
• Vasuki coiled around Charlotte and explained that beings like Omibella faced great danger in childbirth, while suggesting Omibella’s children had helped her control the Holy Light Divine Kingdom.
• Vasuki offered to teach Charlotte, but Emilia furiously shouted for her to get away from her father.

Emilia, Juno, and Charlotte battled Agmilas as the labyrinth was shattered and its fragments were consumed and polluted by the Divine Creatures. Charlotte fought off the labyrinth’s corruption with Bloody Glory, while Emilia led her Undead Army across the remaining fragment.

• Emilia summoned a giant lightning beast that struck Agmilas, flipping the labyrinth over, while Juno blasted its shifting corridors with a Greater Prophecy Technique.
• Juno told Charlotte to control the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, then entered the labyrinth; Agmilas flipped back and extinguished the battered lightning beast.
• As Emilia and Juno’s battle intensified, Charlotte hurled the Flaming Knight’s Lance into a fissure, splitting Agmilas in two.
• The Holy Light Divine Kingdom seized one fragment and began feasting on it, while a tiny figure polluted it with countless eyeballs, causing Charlotte to suffer strange mutations.
• Charlotte used Bloody Glory and the Blood Feast Meditation Technique to consume the pollution and purify his spirituality.
• Emilia split her palace into Ghost Ships, sent them crashing into the other fragment, and led an Undead Army to pollute it with her power.

After Agmilas fell, Charlotte gained the Labyrinth Evil God's divine authority and revoked the qualifications of every candidate tainted by Agmilas. Thirteen days later, the Emilia finished digesting the labyrinth fragments, and three evil runes appeared on Charlotte's back.

• Juno told Charlotte that Agmilas had been divided among three evil gods and that the Labyrinth Evil God had fallen forever.
• Charlotte returned to the real world with Juno, saw Agmilas's remains, and decided to leave the Ghost Fleet on the New Continent to guard Mosul and Black Golum.
• Charlotte's diary granted him temporary authority over 685 labyrinths and 1,500 labyrinth cities after he successfully challenged Agmilas.
• Charlotte revoked the qualifications of all evil god preselection candidates and Evil God Candidates, ending Agmilas's lingering influence over them.
• After thirteen days, the Emilia reappeared, and three evil runes lit up on Charlotte's back as a silver snake's tail circled them.

Charlotte learned that three Evil Gods of the Agres Sea hated him, then sailed home aboard the reborn Emilia after inspecting Agmilas’s islands and labyrinths. He reunited with Kratos’s fleet at a mysterious island, where the Saint Ranks marveled at Emilia.

• Charlotte discovered that Ipgil, Xiloxian, and Nairo regarded him as a mortal enemy, while Juno Arthur said he had blocked their brands from sensing him.
• The three Evil Gods were branded with “Charlot Mecklenburg’s Brand” and cursed Charlotte as he prepared to spread faith in the Serpent of Destiny across the Agres Sea.
• Charlotte left the Agres Sea aboard the Emilia and inspected its islands and labyrinths, planning to develop the region after returning home.
• Charlotte’s two Legendary Warships crossed a storm, and his messages revealed that Kratos’s fleet was anchored nearby rather than having returned to Duke Mecklen’s Territory.
• Charlotte reached a previously unseen island, where Kratos and several Saint Ranks welcomed him and questioned him about the Emilia.

Kratos and Juno explained that a storm kept trapping their fleet near King Ivona, the Divine Creature beneath Charlotte’s ship, and Juno revealed how they had slain Agmilas. As the reunited crews celebrated, an evil mist closed around them, and Juno sensed that a newly ascended God Rank monster was responsible.

• Kratos told Charlotte that every attempt to sail away from the island ended with the fleet returning after a storm, and Juno identified King Ivona as the most powerful Divine Creature in the Sea of Giant Whales.
• Juno recounted how he and his allies had killed Agmilas, shocking the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and frightening Vigo when he realized what lay beneath them.
• Andreus suggested holding a ball, Charlotte agreed, and the two Legendary Warships joined the fleet while the crews celebrated.
• Charlotte joined Juno aboard the Swan Lake, where Juno explained the Blood Kindred ranks and said he sought God Rank without losing himself.
• A growing mist surrounded the celebrating fleet, and Juno concluded that a newly ascended God Rank monster was trapping them.

Charlotte and Juno discovered that two Divine Creatures were behind the mist and storm, while Golden Goat Herolf suspected they were the transformed Pirate King Rance Nassau and pirate Turgenev. Charlotte led the fleet through the storm, and after seven or eight days it escaped into clear skies.

• Charlotte and Juno concluded that one evil god controlling the storm had trapped another that controlled the mist.
• Charlotte used the power of his Labyrinthized fleet to spread mist and sensed a vast watery Divine Creature beneath the sea.
• Golden Goat Herolf suspected the storm was the remains of Pirate King Rance Nassau, while the mist creature might be Turgenev, captain of the Mist.
• Charlotte ordered the fleet to force its way out, and Emilia took the lead as the ships pushed through the storm.
• After seven or eight days, the fleet escaped the storm and reached a normal route beneath a clear blue sky.

Charlotte’s fleet escaped a storm-borne Divine Creature and sailed back to Cappadocia, where he learned the city had grown prosperous under Cruz and Seaman. Still unable to advance to Saint Rank, Charlotte planned to visit Menilman on Saint Michael’s Island before continuing home to Fars.

• Juno and Emilia shattered the storm surrounding the pursuing Divine Creature, and Charlotte wounded it before it retreated.
• Charlotte ordered the fleet to sail home, condensed two more Bloody Vortexes, and remained unable to reach Saint Rank.
• Charlotte led the fleet to Cappadocia, leaving the Ghost Fleet behind and pushing ahead with a smaller force.
• Cruz and Seaman welcomed Charlotte and reported that Cappadocia had grown to a prosperous city of three hundred thousand people.
• Charlotte learned that Menilman was on Saint Michael’s Island and decided to visit her the next day.

Charlotte resolved Cappadocia’s prisoner problem by sending thousands of his opponents to the Agres Sea Islands and ordered Seaman to establish a base there with one hundred Ghost Ships. He then arrived at Saint Michael’s Island, where Senior Menilman welcomed him after reaching the Twenty-third Order, and Charlotte invited her aboard to hear Andreus recount the fleet’s adventures.

• Charlotte sent the imprisoned opponents from Cappadocia to the Agres Sea Islands to help develop the land.
• Charlotte ordered Seaman to establish a base in the Agres Sea Islands and promised him one hundred Ghost Ships for shipping routes.
• Charlotte left Cappadocia and sailed to Saint Michael’s Island with his fleet.
• Senior Menilman welcomed Charlotte and revealed that she had advanced to the Twenty-third Order.
• Charlotte invited Senior Menilman into his cabin and had Andreus recount the fleet’s recent adventures.

Charlotte learned that New Continent forces had seized most of Duke Mecklen's Territory and were threatening Black Phoenix City, where Anne and his other companions were gathered. He sailed for the city with Menilman and her warships, determined to reclaim his home.

• Menilman told Charlotte that rebellions and renewed conflicts had left the Four Great Empires unable to intervene in Duke Mecklen's Territory.
• Menilman explained that the New Continent Council, with at least twenty Saint Ranks and tens of thousands of soldiers, had occupied most of the territory and was besieging Black Phoenix City.
• Charlotte learned that Anne, May Guillaume, and Sophia Garland were in Black Phoenix City and decided to go there immediately.
• Menilman joined Charlotte with three Magic Alchemical Warships, and his fleet set sail for Black Phoenix City.
• Black Phoenix City remained under fierce attack despite its Saint Rank defenders, reinforcements from the Four Great Empires, Duchess Mesu, and the Fars navy.

Anne Brittany defended Black Phoenix City against the New Continent Council after its forces seized Charlotte Mecklen’s territory. As the city held out under siege, a fleet appeared from the sea.

• New Continent forces invaded Charlotte Mecklen’s territory, and Anastasia, Dobbin, and the West Wind Knight Regiment retreated in an orderly fashion.
• Anne Brittany brought Nanny Karen, Kreil Brittany, and Abner Soumei to aid the defense, evacuated supplies, and withdrew the remaining troops to Black Phoenix City.
• Anne gathered support from Charlotte’s allies, while Sophia Garland commanded the fleet and Princess Mei Guillaume and Adora Mesu helped defend the city.
• Montblanc demanded Black Phoenix City’s surrender and threatened its people, but Anne forbade her forces from taking his bait and vowed to make the invaders pay when Charlotte returned.
• Montblanc and another New Continent Council leader discussed claiming the women in the city as spoils, then a fleet sailed toward Black Phoenix City.

Charlotte arrived at Black Phoenix City with a powerful fleet, while the defenders mistook his ships for an enemy force and feared the city was doomed. After Montblanc offered him a duel and threatened to claim the women of Black Phoenix City, Charlotte accepted and rose into the air.

• Sophia told Anne she loved Charlotte and urged her to flee with Mesu while Sophia stayed to resist the overwhelming fleet.
• Black Dragon recognized one of the approaching ships as the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, and someone identified another as the Dolmabahçe.
• Charlotte ordered the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and Emilia to lead the fleet through the New Continent Alliance ships, forcing them to move aside.
• Juno told Charlotte that two New Continent Saint Rank experts were discussing how to divide up Anne, and Charlotte's anger grew as Montblanc confirmed the threat.
• Montblanc challenged Charlotte to a duel, offering to return Duke Mecklen's Territory if Charlotte won and demanding the city's women if he lost.
• Charlotte accepted Montblanc's challenge and rose into the air.

Charlotte killed three New Continent Saint Rankers who ambushed him, then ordered Emilia to devour the enemy forces outside the city and leave no survivors. Emilia’s kick sent Montblanc onto a ship where Gareth confronted him, and Montblanc learned that only Emilia could let him leave.

• Charlotte used his enhanced speed and secret arts to kill three New Continent Saint Rankers who attacked him.
• Charlotte told Emilia to use the city as the boundary, eat the enemies outside it, and leave no survivors.
• Emilia kicked Montblanc onto a ship, where a strange force prevented him from taking off.
• Gareth fought Montblanc and identified himself as Charlotte Mecklen’s eldest son.
• Montblanc asked Emilia to let him leave, while she offered Gareth a piece of her food and disparaged the Twenty-third Order.

Charlotte and his Saint Rank allies turned the battle against the New Continent Council, while Avish and Merchel tried to negotiate a ceasefire. The chapter ended with Avish offering fifty cities and a non-aggression pact just as Emilia began eating Montblanc.

• Charlotte struck down one New Continent Saint Rank expert and forced several others back before his allies joined the fight.
• Charlotte restored his Bloody Glory, strengthened his Agility Technique and Blazing Roaring Bullet, and learned to fly freely.
• Avish and Merchel joined the battle, but Kratos engaged Avish while Menilman and Cresto fought Merchel.
• After learning that Charlotte had returned with powerful allies and Montblanc had been trapped, Avish offered to withdraw in exchange for Montblanc, but Charlotte refused to answer.
• Merchel warned Avish that the Council risked being wiped out, so Avish offered fifty cities and a non-aggression pact.
• Emilia began eating Montblanc as Avish made his offer.