Recaps

Charlotte defeated Agmilas, expanded his influence across the Agres Sea, and returned to find the New Continent Council besieging Black Phoenix City. He joined the defense and began crushing the invaders, while Emilia started eating Montblanc.

• Charlotte defeated Agmilas with Juno and Emilia, gained authority over hundreds of labyrinths, and ended Agmilas’s influence over its candidates.
• Charlotte’s fleet escaped a supernatural storm, then reached Cappadocia, where he arranged for Seaman to establish a base in the Agres Sea Islands.
• Senior Menilman told Charlotte that the New Continent Council had occupied most of Duke Mecklen’s Territory and was besieging Black Phoenix City, so Charlotte sailed there at once.
• Anne and her allies withdrew to Black Phoenix City, organized its defense, and refused Montblanc’s demands to surrender.
• Charlotte arrived with the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and Emilia, accepted Montblanc’s duel, and ordered Emilia to devour the enemies outside the city.
• Charlotte and his allies fought the Council’s Saint Ranks, while Avish offered cities and a non-aggression pact in exchange for Montblanc as Emilia began eating him.

Charlotte defeated the New Continent Council’s forces, reclaimed much of the territory, and then turned to the rebellion in Strasbourg. He manipulated the succession crisis after Morgan’s death, while the sudden appearance of Wood Brandon revealed a new connection to the Vangogh Clan.

• Charlotte defeated the New Continent Council’s fleet, captured its remaining leaders, and divided warships and Saint Ranks among his allies.
• Charlotte renamed Black Phoenix City Mecklenburg and led the West Wind Knight Regiment to reclaim districts, including Doviliat Port, while the fighting spread across the territory.
• Charlotte confronted Idhæra at Arcadia Port and agreed with Romios to settle their contest through duels and prisoner exchanges.
• Charlotte developed Hot Spring Mountain, then traveled with Anne and his allies to Machu Picchu to prepare for the Strasbourg rebellion.
• Charlotte captured Magion Axel and learned that Morgan Axel’s supporters had gathered a powerful force in Strasbourg, prompting him to plan Morgan’s assassination and blame Wood Brandon.
• Charlotte infiltrated Strasbourg, but Morgan was shot dead before he could act, and rumors soon blamed Wood Brandon for the murder.
• Charlotte negotiated with Emperor McLean Brittany, promised to suppress the rebellion, and secured his agreement to marry Anne after the war.
• Charlotte spread novels accusing Wood Brandon of Morgan’s assassination, while Strasbourg descended into political chaos and seven Axels vied for the throne.
• Charlotte recognized Wood Brandon when the old man emerged from a Magic Mirror, and Wood Brandon revealed that he belonged to the Vangogh Clan.

Charlotte defeated Wood Brandon, suppressed the Axel rebellion, and secured a settlement with the New Continent Council before turning to the evil gods threatening several nations. He and four companions infiltrated the Mason Kingdom and discovered that its New Continent rulers intended to conquer the Old Continent.

• Charlotte pursued Wood Brandon through the Mirror World, escaped his hounds, and met Zimmerman’s Mirror Shadow, whose memories were then overwhelmed by an evil god’s power.
• Charlotte and his allies suppressed the Axel rebellion, then negotiated a settlement that made South Seraph a free territory under Duke Mecklen’s nominal rule.
• The Serpent of Destiny warned Charlotte about an illusory era created by evil gods, and Charlotte gave his allies Dawn of Destiny to prepare them for the danger.
• Charlotte advanced to the Twentieth Order, reunited with Anne, and recruited William Triton to develop his Land Dreadnought and Centurion inventions under Duke Mecklen’s supervision.
• Charlotte sailed to the Mason Kingdom, encountered the plant-controlled Tree God Emissary, and learned that Dapochilodo’s stolen true body was connected to the spreading plant threat.
• After reports of wars across the Old Continent, Charlotte led Romios, Cresto, Menilman, and Princess Mei toward the Mason Kingdom disguised as beastfolk.
• The group entered Manise and found residents repeating fixed routines while plants sustained them, then discovered that New Continent immigrants still controlled their evil gods.
• More than a dozen immigrants emerged and declared their intention to conquer Old Continent nations and exterminate their people, while Charlotte and his companions listened.

Charlotte fought Zimmerman, gained knowledge and power from the Emerald Scroll, and helped organize the Old Continent’s defenses as the invasion grew. The arc left Charlotte facing an unexpected visitor after learning that enormous creatures and evil gods were advancing toward the continent.

• Charlotte and Menilman confronted Zimmerman at the royal palace, and Charlotte joined the battle after Menilman cleaved the young Zimmerman in two.
• Charlotte deduced that Zimmerman needed another devastating war to become a god, then advanced to the Twenty-first Order and used Magic Mirrors to hinder him.
• Charlotte found the sleeping girl Zimmerman in Manise and took the Emerald Scroll, then entered the Great Library of Emerald and absorbed its knowledge.
• Charlotte learned from Mani about God Rank and helped Hermes manifest the authority of the God of Gambling and Games through newly devised card games.
• Charlotte redesigned Bloody Glory to cultivate vampires and sent reinforcements to Modova as immigrant armies threatened the Old Continent.
• Charlotte organized refugee settlements and led allied forces against the Tree God Emissaries, whose advance his Saint Ranks and troops stopped in the Gandis Mountains.
• Charlotte went to Sherr City, where Juno and Borozhe had fought Zimmerman, and later learned from Julian and Ban Lamorak that the evil gods were approaching in force.
• Charlotte discussed the coming invasion with Brunhild, Julian, and Ban Lamorak, then returned to the Fars military encampment, where an unexpected visitor arrived the next morning.