Chapter Summaries

Garos Ignas won the final match against Kalwus and earned growing respect from the Metal Dragons, while Orvis collected his wagers. As Garos reunited with his companions, Xiano Sheffield received a divine oracle from Bahamut that strengthened his resolve to purge the Red Iron Dragon.

• Garos Ignas defeated Kalwus, urged the announcer to treat the unconscious Gold Dragon, and left the battlefield as the crowd began cheering for him.
• Orvis defended his confident wager to the other Legendary Dragons, who reluctantly handed over their stakes after failing to name a challenger who could defeat Garos.
• Nasha, Deborah, Vera, and Alberto celebrated Garos, while Brass Dragon Zafili introduced herself and bombarded him with questions before he redirected her to Alberto.
• Xiano Sheffield watched Metal Dragons warmly welcome Garos and restrained himself from challenging him because Garos had won fairly.
• Bahamut spoke directly to Xiano, praised him as his Proxy, and charged him with judging and purging evil.
• Xiano interpreted the oracle as a sacred mission and fixed his fervent gaze on Garos.

After winning the tournament, Garos accepted his prize and agreed to stay in the Radiant Dragon Realm while Orvis arranged his entry into the Eternal Tide. As Garos explored, his advice and friendly manner won over the young Metal Dragons, whose growing adoration left him unable to find any peace.

• The Legendary Brass Dragon gave Garos his prize, and Orvis promised to apply for his qualification to enter the Eternal Tide.
• Garos agreed to remain in the Radiant Dragon Realm with Nasha and Alberto as guides after Orvis assured him the Purification Faction would not attack him.
• Garos and his companions visited a Training Ground, where Deborah explained how young dragons trained and how their parents paid protection fees when elders rescued them.
• Garos advised Yujieli and other young Metal Dragons about strength and training, earning their admiration.
• Metal Dragons across the Radiant Dragon Realm began flocking to Garos with questions, and he found that even pretending to be fierce could not drive away his new fans.

Garos visited the Dragon's Rest Corridor library after Vera disguised herself as him to distract the Metal Dragons pursuing him. At the library entrance, Garos experienced a mysterious encounter with an emerald-eyed young man who spoke about time and his future, then awoke with the memory fading and entered the library with his companions.

• Garos walked along the beach with his companions while young Metal Dragons searched for him, and he rejected Nasha's suggestion to fight them.
• Vera transformed into a Red Iron Dragon resembling Garos and drew the Metal Dragons' attention by entertaining them as their idol.
• Garos left the beach with Deborah, Alberto, and the others and went to explore the Dragon's Rest Corridor library.
• Garos read an account of the Sacred Aura Era, then wandered alone toward an older, quieter part of the library.
• Garos spoke with a frail, emerald-eyed legendary dragon about history, time, and power while the dragon studied a gear mechanism.
• Garos came to himself at the library entrance with his companions, unable to recall the encounter clearly, and stepped inside.

Garos spent a peaceful few days in the Radiant Dragon Realm before Kalwus approached him, accepted his defeat, and asked to learn from him. After they exchanged contact information, Garos and his companions departed for the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm, leaving Kalwus intrigued by a mysterious event planned in Garos’s territory.

• Garos explored the Radiant Dragon Realm with Deborah, Nasha, and Alberto until Kalwus arrived in human form.
• Kalwus formally introduced himself, accepted his loss to Garos, and asked to become friends and learn combat techniques from him.
• Garos advised Kalwus to strengthen his body rather than rely too heavily on his Siphon talent, and Kalwus agreed to change his training.
• Garos learned that Kalwus’s green eyes resembled the Gold Dragon King’s and heard that the king was attempting to fuse his talents into one.
• After learning that Orvis had arranged their departure, Garos exchanged Communication Stone frequencies with Kalwus and hinted at a grand event in his territory.
• Garos, Deborah, Nasha, Alberto, and the others resumed their dragon forms and flew toward the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm.

Garos and his companions were ambushed at sea by the Legendary Bronze Dragon Xiano, who tried to kill Garos in the name of purging an Evil Dragon. Garos broke through to the Legendary Realm during their brutal battle, while Orvis arrived to witness the fight and Xiano faced a revelation about the source of his own fury.

• Garos told Alberto and the others about his plan to establish a kingdom in Ser Wilderness, and Alberto considered founding the Golden Order in Garos's domain.
• A supernatural storm struck Garos's group, and Xiano used illusions, lightning, and waves to knock Garos's companions unconscious before confronting him.
• Xiano trapped Garos in his Storm Domain and heavily wounded him, while Garos unleashed his combat states and eventually released the full fury of his Wild Form.
• Alberto awakened and sent Orvis an urgent distress signal as Garos and Xiano fought on, and Garos broke through to the Legendary Realm after Xiano pierced his chest with a Storm-Thunder Spear.
• Garos and Xiano continued their savage battle until Garos tore away Xiano's wing and part of his shoulder and chest; Xiano then heard a voice reveal that the Essence of Frenzy lay beneath his Bronze Dragon bloodline, but he refused to submit.

Garos killed Bronze Dragon Xiano Sheffield after Xiano ambushed him, then collapsed from his injuries and the strain of forcing a legendary breakthrough. Orvis rescued the unconscious Garos and set out to bring him to the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm for treatment, while preparing the other dragons to report the ambush as the Dragon Realms faced political turmoil.

• Garos drained the remaining life essence from the Bronze Dragon's corpse and charged at Orvis in a state of madness.
• Orvis used Legend of the Present World to knock Garos unconscious, then rescued him from the sea and found Xiano's remains nearby.
• Orvis told the awakened dragons that Xiano had ambushed Garos and died in their fight, while Deborah and Alberto confirmed what they had seen.
• Orvis warned that Xiano's death could provoke a severe backlash from the Purification Faction and the Bronze Dragon King's supporters.
• Orvis sent Deborah and Vera to the Raging Tide Dragon Realm and ordered Alberto and Nasha to accompany him with Garos to the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm, carrying Xiano's remains as evidence.

Orvis brought the unconscious Garos to his island in the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm, where Stillness Spring healed him and he awoke with no memory of killing Xiano. As Orvis went to manage the uproar at Dragonbreath Temple, Garos fell into a long sleep to recover and forge his Legendary Realm and Traits.

• Orvis sent Alberto and Nasha to Dragonbreath Temple to publicize Xiano’s attack on Garos, while he carried Garos to his private island.
• Orvis placed Garos in Stillness Spring, woke him, and explained that Deborah and the others were safe and that Garos had killed Xiano during their battle.
• Garos concealed the Immortal Dragon Queen’s offer and worried about how the Dragon Realm would judge him, while Orvis reassured him that Xiano had attacked first and Garos’s rising value would matter.
• The elders complained that Alberto and Nasha were making a scene at Dragonbreath Temple, so Orvis left to handle the disturbance after arranging guards and protection for Garos.
• Garos fell into a deep healing sleep, during which he began shaping his Legendary Realm and awakened the Legendary Trait Colossal Strength, with Superspeed and agility beginning to take root.

After Xiano’s death, Orvis defended Garos before the Dragonbreath Temple elders, who accepted that Garos had acted in self-defense but could not agree on Xiano’s motives. The Five Great Dragon Realms argued over Garos’s fate while he recovered in Stillness Spring; five years later, powerful dragons arrived above Orvis’s island.

• Orvis brought Alberto and Nasha to the Dragonbreath Temple and reported that Xiano had ambushed Garos, who killed him while defending himself.
• The elders largely supported Garos, allowed Orvis to protect him, and began investigating how Xiano’s dragon soul had vanished.
• The Raging Tide Dragon Realm demanded that the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm hand Garos over, while the other realms debated the incident and the Radiant Dragon Realm urged restraint.
• Garos slept and grew stronger in Stillness Spring as disputes over his punishment continued across the Five Great Dragon Realms.
• Five years later, several enormous figures descended above Orvis’s island amid surging waves and oppressive Dragon Might.

After five years of training in Stillness Spring, Garos emerged as a formidable legendary dragon and confronted the elders who had come to seize him over Xiano’s death. He defended his actions and challenged Finel to a life-or-death duel, and the Raging Tide dragons departed; afterward, Old Gold Dragon asked how many traits Garos had shaped.

• Kelton, Finel, and two other legendary dragons from the Raging Tide Dragon Realm demanded that Orvis surrender Garos, but Orvis and Aestrid refused.
• Finel accused Orvis’s family of sheltering a murderer, and Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm elders arrived to prevent the confrontation from escalating.
• Garos emerged from Stillness Spring, where he had awakened a month earlier and spent five years consolidating his legendary breakthrough.
• Garos told Finel that Xiano had attacked him first and challenged her to a witnessed duel, while the bronze and Sea Emperor dragons urged her to stand down.
• Finel and the other Raging Tide dragons left, and Garos told Old Gold Dragon that he had shaped about five or six traits.

Garos remained in the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm to master his new powers, discovering that he had awakened two domains and twelve Legendary Traits. Two months later, the Radiant Dragon King’s decree cleared him of blame, and Garos prepared to return to the wilderness and found his kingdom.

• Garos chose to stay in the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm, and Orvis offered him the chance to give his Eternal Tide visit to another dragon.
• A dark-gold Ancient Dragon explained how Garos could earn additional Eternal Tide slots, while Orvis predicted that the Dragon Kings would resolve the dispute.
• Garos explored his Flame and Steel Domains and reviewed the twelve Legendary Traits he had awakened.
• The dispute over Garos intensified between the Inclusivist and Purification Factions as news spread through the Five Great Dragon Realms.
• Two months later, the Radiant Dragon King decreed that Siano Sheffield had attacked Garos and that no dragon could retaliate against him.
• Garos welcomed the decree and prepared to return to the wilderness to found his kingdom.

Garos left the Dragon Realm for the Ser Wilderness to found his kingdom, while Alberto and Nasha joined him. He departed with Orvis's blessing and promise of counsel, carrying the support of the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm into his next journey.

• Garos told Orvis that he was leaving to found his kingdom in the Ser Wilderness, and thanked him for his protection.
• Alberto and Nasha confirmed they would accompany Garos and take the territories and roles he had promised them.
• Garos gave Orvis the giant-made Legendary battle axe Earthshaker, which Orvis eagerly accepted for his collection.
• Orvis warned Garos of the dangers of founding a kingdom and offered to advise him if he faced trouble.
• Garos set out toward the Atlant Continent with Alberto and Nasha, beginning his return to the wilderness.

Garos returned to the Ser Wilderness and announced that the Molten Iron Tribe would become the Aura Kingdom, with its founding ceremony planned for one month later. He left his followers preparing for the ceremony and ordered them to keep his Legendary Realm advancement secret.

• Garos returned to the Ser Wilderness, where Sorog, Samantha, and Zolaya welcomed him and reported that the tribe was stable.
• Sorog warned Garos of rising tensions between the Frost Giants and Barbarians, and Garos ordered close surveillance of the Permafrost Tundra as he planned to bring it under his kingdom's control.
• Garos ordered the lords and important Kin Leaders to gather at the Dragonspine Mountains and told Sorog not to reveal that he had reached the Legendary Realm.
• Ten days later, Garos announced that the Molten Iron Tribe would end and declared that he would establish the Aura Kingdom in a month's time.
• Garos proclaimed that the kingdom would claim the entire wilderness and warned that anyone who tried to disrupt its founding would pay with blood and their life.

Garos’s announcement of Aura Kingdom prompted the Southern Kingdoms to weigh the opportunities and dangers of a unified northern power. As its capital and dragon lairs rose in the Fertile Plains, Garos explained to Sorog why he had chosen the ambitious name Aura, while the kingdom’s founding ceremony approached.

• Lothern Kingdom recognized Aura Kingdom’s sovereignty and announced it would send a delegation to the founding ceremony, prompting other Southern Kingdoms to respond or assess their options.
• The Southern Kingdoms weighed the benefits of safer trade and stable order against Aura’s potential control of resources, military growth, and threat to their northern borders.
• Garos surveyed the rapidly rising capital and dragon lairs on the Fertile Plains, including the palace being built for him on a high peak.
• Sorog reported that construction was progressing quickly and questioned whether naming the kingdom Aura was too bold.
• Garos told Sorog that the name would signal strength, warn against complacency, and recall the Dragon Race’s glorious past, though he privately remembered choosing it in the excitement of his recent power.

Laetitia joined Garos’s coming kingdom, while Gordon agreed to remain in Lothern and attend the founding ceremony as its envoy. In Theo Kingdom, Marquis Marcus gave two mysterious legendary figures access to records of Garos’s battle with Kellos, setting their plans against the Red Iron Dragon in motion.

• Laetitia relinquished her independent status and asked to serve in Garos’s kingdom, and Garos welcomed her decision.
• Gordon told Garos and Sorog that he had approval to attend the founding ceremony and wanted to stay in the Wilderness, but agreed to remain in Lothern after Garos urged him to serve the Dragonflight there.
• Garos asked Gordon to find out whether Lothern’s intelligence archives held information about Alya, the “Lucky Messenger.”
• Marquis Marcus considered Theo Kingdom’s response to the rising Molten Iron Kingdom and concluded that he should let other forces test Garos first.
• Two cloaked legendary figures entered Marcus’s study and requested the records of Kellos’s battle with Garos.
• Marcus agreed to provide the classified battle records, believing the strangers might hinder or kill Garos without implicating him.

Garos Ignas prepared to rule the newly built Crimson Flame Royal City as envoys from the Southern Kingdoms gathered for his coronation. Witnessed by four Metal Dragons from three Dragon Realms, Garos was crowned and declared the founding of Aura Kingdom, setting the dragon kingdom on the world stage.

• Garos reflected on whether his kingdom would endure, and Deborah reassured him as they watched Crimson Flame Royal City take shape.
• Elina and Gordon led the Lothern Kingdom delegation into the city, where envoys saw the disciplined forces assembled along the road to the coronation platform.
• Marquis Butler and Marquis Marcus arrived with envoys aligned with Rybos, creating tension with the Lothern delegation as Elina considered Rybos's interest in the Ignas Dragon Court.
• Garos arrived at the coronation platform, where Deborah Stanitor, Alberto Aurelius, Nasha Aurelius, and Kalwus Velaperion publicly witnessed his coronation on behalf of three Dragon Realms.
• Samantha and Sorog placed the crown on Garos, who declared the founding of Aura Kingdom and received the cheers of his people and the assembled envoys.

Garos completed the Aura Kingdom’s investiture and used the founding banquet to set a firm tone with foreign envoys, forcing Marquis Marcus to drink concentrated Black Oil after he made a veiled threat. Two Grey-Robed Legendary figures secretly killed Marcus and resolved to recruit reinforcements and the Legendary weapon Ashen Delight for an attempt to capture Garos.

• Garos appointed Sorog Ignas Regent and War Prince, Samantha Ignas Chief Alchemist and Governor of Industry, and other dragon lords and kin leaders to govern the Aura Kingdom.
• Garos hosted a banquet, where Marquis Butler of the Rybos Kingdom proposed closer cooperation and Garos gave him a noncommittal response.
• Marquis Marcus of the Theo Kingdom called for peace but hinted at consequences; Garos made him drink concentrated Black Oil until he collapsed.
• Two Grey-Robed Legendary figures used a hidden magical mark to kill Marcus and discussed summoning two allies and obtaining Ashen Delight to weaken Garos.
• The Grey-Robed figures invoked the Dragon-Binding Oath and declared that Garos belonged to them.

After leaving the founding feast, Garos tested his Colossal Beast Form and discovered that it could grow even more powerful when combined with his other forms. Meanwhile, Sorog rejected Rybos’s attempt to win him over, and two Legendary beings arrived in the Wilderness with Ashen Delight.

• Garos left the feast to Sorog, who rebuffed Marquis Butler’s attempt to separate Aura Kingdom from Lothern through personal promises and flattery.
• Sorog assured Elina that Aura Kingdom valued its established cooperation with Lothern, while Samantha frightened Marquis Butler away when he tried to approach her.
• Garos tested Colossal Beast Form, combining it with Exhilarated State, Bloodburst State, and Red Lotus Form to grow to about fifty meters.
• Garos recognized the form’s increased vitality, strength, and defense, and began training to master it despite its heavy energy and stamina costs.
• Two Legendary beings arrived in the Wilderness carrying Ashen Delight.

After the Lothern delegation departed, Garos toured his kingdom and was ambushed by four legendary members of the Dragon Worship Cult, who tried to force him onto the path of becoming a Dracolich. Garos killed all four and flew back toward the Crimson Flame Royal City, vowing to remember the Path of Scales.

• Samantha defeated Gordon in a body-only duel, while Kalwus judged her combat experience decisive.
• Gordon and the Lothern delegation departed, and Kalwus returned to the Dragon Realm to prepare for his legendary slumber.
• A month later, Garos began inspecting his kingdom and was trapped in a Mirror Dimension by four legendary Dragon Worship Cult members.
• Garos used his dual domains and combat traits to kill the armored warrior and bald giant, then survived Malcolm's collapsing Mirror Dimension.
• Garos killed Malcolm and Bettis after escaping the Mirror Dimension, then flew toward the Crimson Flame Royal City.

Garos reviewed his victory over four Dragon Worship Cult legends, ordered an investigation and invited Alya to the Aura Kingdom, while rumors of his strength spread. In the Raging Tide Dragon Realm, Tiamat tried to turn Sheffield against the Gold Dragon King, and although Sheffield refused, resentment took root in him as Tiamat pursued her wider schemes.

• Garos ordered Zolaya to investigate Dragon Worship Cult infiltrators and instructed Sorog to help root out the cultists in his territory.
• Garos recognized his weak perception and ordered Sorog to invite Alya to the Aura Kingdom to discuss cooperation, while leaving news of his victory to spread naturally.
• The story of Garos killing four legendary attackers spread across the wilderness, strengthening the Aura Kingdom's reputation and drawing the attention of powerful forces.
• Tiamat urged Sheffield to kill the weakened Gold Dragon King and seize his place, but Sheffield condemned her and refused to join her.
• After Tiamat's voice faded, Sheffield questioned whether the Radiant Dragon King's judgment of Xiano had been fair, while Tiamat continued weaving schemes around the Metal Dragons and the Path of Scales.

The Aura Kingdom absorbed a great wave of immigrants, including powerful magical-creature clans fleeing the Theo Kingdom, while Garos and Sorog prepared for the resulting tensions and discussed Lothern’s support. Sorog also reported that Bishop Alya was away on a mission, leaving the Goddess of Luck Church to offer another bishop for talks.

• Sorog received a Golden-Plumed Griffin leader, who explained that humans in the Theo Kingdom repeatedly hunted Griffins and took their eggs, and welcomed the flock into the Aura Kingdom without immediately granting it lordship.
• The Aura Kingdom received other migrants, including an Eight-Snake Leopard clan, humans, and many intelligent races, as its registration officials processed and settled them.
• Garos told Sorog to screen incoming humans for Theo Kingdom spies and strengthen border defenses, while Sorog warned that Theo would not ignore its population losses.
• Sorog described how Lothern’s experts were helping develop roads, construction, manufacturing, and alchemy, and Garos explained that Lothern sought to use the Aura Kingdom to contain Theo.
• Sorog reported that the Goddess of Luck Church had agreed to discuss cooperation but that Bishop Alya was away on a mission to the Orotara Continent, so Garos suspected her journey was linked to her luck.