Chapter Summaries

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.

Charlotte Mecklen gained a new Bloody Rune while fighting Ghost Ships, then was summoned to the Holy Light Divine Kingdom’s mysterious realm and returned with Juno’s help. Trapped in the labyrinth and unable to withdraw, he asked Juno whether they should confront Ishermerlun Palace.

• After destroying Ghost Ships and Saint Rank Ghost Crewmembers, Charlotte gained the Blood Flame Demonic Gun ability but continued fighting with the Flaming Knight's Lance.
• Charlotte avoided a powerful ghostly elephant-man’s blows, but his bullets could not penetrate its Bloodthirsty Battle Qi, so he leaped from the Ghost Ship.
• Charlotte was pulled into the Holy Light Divine Kingdom’s mysterious realm, where Omibella praised him and King of Whales swallowed the elephant-man whole.
• Amon gestured toward a gap, and Charlotte used it to return to the ship, where Juno explained that evil gods had summoned him and that he had behaved normally.
• Juno told Charlotte that the Labyrinth Power prevented them from withdrawing, and Charlotte proposed confronting Ishermerlun Palace head-on.

Charlotte drove the Holy Light Divine Kingdom through Ishermerlun Palace, which vanished before impact, and he gained eight new Labyrinth Runes. Juno explained that Charlotte had triggered one of Agmilas's patterns, forcing the evil god to leave behind Labyrinth Abilities when it summoned the palace away.

• Charlotte ordered the Holy Light Divine Kingdom to smash through Ghost Ships and charge Ishermerlun Palace.
• Ishermerlun Palace turned insubstantial, allowing the Holy Light Divine Kingdom to pass through it without a collision.
• Charlotte gained eight Labyrinth Runes, including Mind Channel, Labyrinth Guardian, Mist, Capture, False Labyrinth, Corrosion, Time Concealment, and the Book of Ages.
• Charlotte asked Juno why Ishermerlun Palace had disappeared and why he had gained new Labyrinth Abilities.
• Juno said Charlotte had triggered one of Agmilas's patterns, causing the evil god to summon the palace away and leave behind Labyrinth Abilities.

Charlotte seized hundreds of Ghost Ships and all eleven Ancient Magic Warships, using his Saint Rank subordinates to speed up the takeover before the rest sank. He resumed sailing through a newly revealed route and entered the third labyrinth.

• Charlotte turned Ghost Ships and their crews into Labyrinth Guardians, earning more uses of Labyrinthization and Mind Channels as he expanded his fleet.
• After Charlotte controlled over a hundred ships, he lifted the fog blockade, and Juno explained the situation to the fleet’s Saint Ranks, who joined the takeover.
• Charlotte’s subordinates helped him capture the eleven Ancient Magic Warships, though more than half of the Ghost Fleet sank before he could claim it.
• Charlotte sent the fleet onward along the new route, while Juno transferred to the Swan Lake and Kratos took command of the Holy Light Divine Kingdom.
• Georgiadi Hadrian encountered Charlotte’s fleet, heard that Charlotte had captured the Ghost Ships, and watched the fleet vanish again before continuing his own voyage.
• Charlotte entered a hidden route, where the third labyrinth appeared before him.

Charlotte arrived at Pale City to challenge the third labyrinth, the Golden Temple, and learned he had to replace its worship of Agmilas with faith in a righteous god. He offered the city’s youths Centimes to join the Serpent of Destiny’s faith, and Tang Ding asked whether the new believers would also receive monthly payments.

• Charlotte reached Golden Island with Kratos and Agon and learned that the Golden Temple had once belonged to Ranududu, the God of Gold and Wealth.
• Charlotte entered Pale City and learned from the diary that he had to drive out Agmilas’s believers and establish a righteous god’s faith there.
• Charlotte exchanged Gold Ecus for ancient Sherlock Dynasty Centimes and shared the coins among the youths who guided him.
• Charlotte offered Tang Ding and the other youths monthly Centimes for believing in the Serpent of Destiny and additional payment for recruiting believers.
• Tang Ding asked whether the people he recruited would also receive monthly faith money.

Charlotte used centimes and lessons in Transcendence arts to gather children around the Serpent of Destiny, hoping to build faith peacefully in Pale City. He arranged to establish temples and traded a Ghost Ship for land and official permission to preach publicly, leaving his followers to inspect the properties.

• Charlotte paid children to listen to his preaching and taught them the Beast God Transformation Technique and Bloodthirsty Battle Qi as they brought more companions.
• Charlotte told Agon that he preferred spending money to waging war and asked Kratos to buy land for temples to the Serpent of Destiny.
• The next day, Kratos brought a wealthy merchant who offered five properties in exchange for a seagoing ship and a document permitting Charlotte to preach publicly.
• Charlotte agreed to the merchant's terms, sent a Ghost Ship to shore, and had Kratos and Tang Ding inspect the properties.