Vol. 5Aura Kingdom’s Rise

Garos founded and expanded Aura Kingdom through battles and diplomacy, then entered a decades-long slumber. He awakened to a changed world and found Galkro ready to protect and expand the realm.

  • Garos killed Kellos in a duel and forced the Theo Kingdom’s legion to surrender.
  • Garos broke through to the Legendary Realm while fighting Xiano, then tore away Xiano’s wing and part of his shoulder and chest.
  • Garos returned to the Ser Wilderness and founded Aura Kingdom with support from its people and Dragon Realm envoys.
  • Garos demanded three Advanced Spirit-Matter Crystals from Rybos before considering closer ties, suspecting a connection to the Lothern Saint-King.
  • Garos led Aura’s assault on Dragonbreaker Pass, killed Percival and other defenders, and captured Rodrigo as Theo surrendered.
  • Garos approved Sorog’s efforts to shape public opinion and discussed treaty restrictions on Theo’s weapons and legendary fighters.
  • Garos held a challenge tournament, adopted Salia, and entered a long slumber in the Dragonspine Mountains.
  • Garos awakened after more than fifty years with new powers, and Galkro pledged to protect and expand his father’s realm.
Chapters 409–517 Read from ch. 409

Arc 17The King’s Rise

Garos defeated Kellos and Grom, unified the Ser Wilderness, and won the Dragon Realm tournament, securing a path to the Eternal Tide. As he prepared to found a kingdom, Xiano attacked him, and their battle drove Garos into the Legendary Realm.

  • Garos challenged Kellos to a duel and killed the Legendary Sword Saint, forcing the Theo Kingdom’s legion to surrender.
  • Orvis invited Garos to represent the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm in the young-dragon competition, and Garos accepted in exchange for the prizes and entry to the Eternal Tide.
  • Garos allied with Elina and Lothern, then led the Molten Iron Tribe’s dragons against the Mountain King and killed Grom before he could reach the Legendary Realm.
  • Garos and his allies unified the Ser Wilderness, secured the northeastern leyline core and Abyssal Rift, and negotiated the release of Theo soldiers and trade agreements with Lothern.
  • Garos defeated Kalwus in the tournament final, won the championship prize, and earned Orvis’s promise to seek his qualification for the Eternal Tide.
  • Garos met the frail legendary dragon in the Dragon’s Rest Corridor library, then later befriended Kalwus and flew toward the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm.
  • Garos told his companions he planned to found a kingdom in the Ser Wilderness, but Xiano attacked them with a supernatural storm and trapped Garos in his Storm Domain.
  • Garos fought Xiano through his combat states and Wild Form, broke through to the Legendary Realm after Xiano pierced his chest, and tore away Xiano’s wing and part of his shoulder and chest.
Chapters 409–435 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Founding of Aura Kingdom

Garos survived the Dragon Realm’s dispute over Xiano’s death, founded Aura Kingdom, and expanded it by defeating the Frost Giants and confronting Alya. As tensions among the kingdoms rose, Garos investigated the mystery of Advanced Spirit-Matter Crystals and received news that the newly Legendary Beskar had occupied an Aura outpost.

  • Orvis protected Garos after he killed Xiano in self-defense, and the Radiant Dragon King later ruled that Xiano had attacked first and forbade retaliation against Garos.
  • Garos returned to the Ser Wilderness, declared the founding of Aura Kingdom, and was crowned with support from his people and envoys from the Dragon Realms.
  • Garos defeated four Legendary Dragon Worship Cult attackers, then Woruk, the Everfrost King, as Aura Kingdom expanded across the Permafrost Tundra.
  • Garos welcomed Iseramathus to his kingdom and confronted Alya over the Hall of Heroes, defeating her after she trapped him in the Ring of Desperation.
  • After Alya’s death, Garos accepted Mien Nelson’s loyalty and ordered protection for Mien’s family, while the Goddess of Luck Church condemned Aura Kingdom.
  • Garos demanded three Advanced Spirit-Matter Crystals from Rybos before considering closer ties, suspecting the crystals were connected to the Lothern Saint-King.
  • Beskar awakened as a Legendary White Dragon and occupied an Aura Kingdom outpost in the Permafrost Tundra.
Chapters 436–462 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Fall of Theo

Garos drew Beskar into Aura, waged a war against the Theo Kingdom, and captured its capital province after defeating its defenders. The arc ended with peace negotiations underway and Aura using food distribution and propaganda to consolidate its new territory.

  • Garos defeated Beskar, welcomed him into Aura, and assigned him to guard the kingdom’s southern border.
  • Garos prepared Aura for war against Theo, while fighting spread across the border and Theo used its Sky-Eye Satellite to turn the tide.
  • Garos captured the Satellite, and Aura’s forces drove Theo’s armies from the borderlands.
  • Garos led Aura’s assault on Dragonbreaker Pass, broke through its defenses, killed Percival and other defenders, and captured Rodrigo as Theo surrendered.
  • Garos chose to seek peace terms instead of advancing farther, while Sorog proposed combining the Satellite with the Hall of Heroes for the Temple Project.
  • Theo’s King Oliver ordered Aris Province to surrender, and Aura took Iris City without a battle as peace negotiations began.
  • Caleb saw Aura’s food distribution in Iris City, then joined the Propaganda Department as a writer praising Ignas and Aura.
  • Garos approved Sorog’s efforts to shape public opinion and discussed treaty restrictions that would limit Theo’s weapons and legendary fighters.
Chapters 463–487 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Dragon’s Long Slumber

Garos strengthened Aura through war, diplomacy, and the training of his heirs before entering a decades-long slumber. He awakened with new powers as the kingdom and the wider world had changed, and Galkro prepared to prove himself in the challenges ahead.

  • Garos sent Kalu to reinforce O'Brien, helping Lothern break Ribos’s defenses and win the battle for Quinn Heights.
  • Garos transformed Elvie into Dragonkin, agreed to aid Iseramathus’s ritual for Ennus, and considered how the growing number of Legendary dragons could protect Aura.
  • Garos secured the Nolton Treaty with Theo and arranged secret cooperation with the Helmode Dragon Brood after rejecting a public alliance.
  • Garos’s children arrived at court, where he tested Galkro, taught the hatchlings about family, and sent them to train at Tressie’s academy under the same rules as the other students.
  • Garos held a challenge tournament, adopted Salia after she impressed him, and entered a long slumber in the Dragonspine Mountains.
  • During Garos’s sleep, Vera gained the Ancestral Land’s recognition, Elvie defeated Reinhart in a duel, Sanctum defended Aura from the Sahuagin, and the wider world underwent major upheavals.
  • Garos awakened after more than fifty years and discovered new traits and powerful abilities, including a True Eye attack that could strike anything he could see.
  • Garos returned to the Royal Court, where Galkro showed the marks of his training and pledged to protect and expand his father’s realm.
Chapters 489–517 Summaries Read
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