Chapter Summaries

After confirming that Hitherfell was unlikely to become an enemy, Garos returned to the Barren Small World and absorbed Frenzied Flame from a meteorite, triggering uncontrolled mutations in his body. He examined the changes and began exploring whether Mutation Evolution could eventually become more controllable.

• Garos returned to Red Emperor Royal City, reassured Gordon that Hitherfell was unlikely to become their enemy, and explained that her pursuit of magic might stem from another obsession rather than Magic Addiction.
• Garos considered how far he lagged behind Destiny Rank dragons such as Hitherfell and Gold Dragon King Odhos, then assessed the meteorite fragment that had fallen into Orotara.
• Garos touched the meteorite, and its Frenzied Flame surged into him, causing his scales, spikes, and facial armor to mutate as he endured the pain and pleasure.
• After the mutation stabilized, Garos inspected his altered body and found that its irregular growth created weaknesses despite making him more aggressive and defensive.
• Garos recognized Mutation Evolution as a random, uncontrolled path distinct from his Adaptive Evolution, but decided to study it and seek ways to make its mutations more controllable.

Garos asked Seroel to help him find whole meteorites carrying the Fury Curse so he could advance his mutation, and she agreed to gather information while warning him about the risks. Elsewhere, Halduen revealed that he had pursued Seroel to use her talent to speed his ascent to Destiny Rank, and he planned to take what he wanted despite Garos’s presence.

• Garos explained to Seroel that his Fury Curse mutations were manageable and could strengthen him, then asked her to find whole meteorites.
• Seroel described the meteorites held by Elves, Orcs, and Destiny Rank Rage Beast Lords, and advised Garos that hunting a Rage Beast Lord best suited his immunity to the curse.
• Garos accepted the risks of hunting a Rage Beast Lord, and Seroel promised to gather information about the meteorites and their guardians.
• Solarton told Halduen that Garos, the Red Emperor, had arrived in Orotara and appeared close to Seroel.
• Halduen explained that he wanted Seroel’s talent to shorten his Dragon’s Slumber and help him reach Destiny Rank, not because he loved her.
• Halduen said he would change his approach and take what he wanted, declaring that Garos would not stop him.

Garos negotiated with a Nausir envoy, rejecting an alliance for the Aura Kingdom but offering to fight alone in exchange for an intact Calamity meteorite. As the Orc invasion neared, he planned to hunt the Rage Beast Lord while Nausir considered his terms, and Seroel promised limited support as the war approached.

• Seroel gave Garos intelligence on the meteorites and explained that Nausir likely wanted to recruit him because of his strength and past deeds.
• A Sun Elf envoy invited Garos to ally with Nausir, but Garos refused to involve the distant Aura Kingdom and offered to fight alone for an intact meteorite.
• Garos made the meteorite his sole acceptable payment, and the envoy agreed to report his terms to Nausir's Council without promising approval.
• Seroel warned that Orc armies were massing and urged Nausir to accept Garos's offer before the war intensified.
• Garos and Seroel discussed Nausir's slow deliberations and agreed that Garos would hunt the Rage Beast Lord while Seroel prepared the Greenwild Kingdom for war.
• Garos offered to support Seroel if she needed help, and she accepted as armies across Orotara prepared for the imminent war.

Garos found the Rage Beast Lord in the Redridge Mountain Range and destroyed it with a Dragon Aura Bomb, taking the meteorite before an Orc Demigod could recover it. On the battlefield, the Orcs withdrew after their Destiny Rank fighter was defeated, while Halduen rejected Solarton’s plan to betray the Greenwild Queen and proposed settling matters through an ancient Giant tradition.

• Garos searched the Redridge Mountain Range through distorted vision until he traced the Frenzied Flame to the dormant Rage Beast Lord.
• The Orcs attacked Nausir’s defenses, but the Greenwild Queen and Giant King Halduen defeated the Orc Destiny Rank and forced the first assault to retreat.
• Halduen asked the Greenwild Queen to help him break through Destiny Rank, but Seroel refused; Solarton then proposed ambushing her, and Halduen rejected the plan.
• Amelia suggested that Seroel rely on Garos as an ally, while Seroel judged that attacking Halduen directly was too risky.
• Garos struck the mountain with a full-power Dragon Aura Bomb, tore the meteorite from the regenerating Rage Beast Lord, and escaped through a spatial rift.
• An Orc Demigod found the destroyed Rage Beast Lord, realized the sacrifice intended for his god was lost, and then fought the Elf Immortal One in the northern war zone.

Garos absorbed the complete Frenzied Flame meteorite and mutated into the Sky-Rending Form, sacrificing strength and defense for speed and cutting power. When Halduen challenged him through a Blood Oath Duel and trapped Seroel in her Dream Domain, Garos entered the domain to face the Giant King himself.

• Garos absorbed the meteorite's Frenzied Flame, underwent a drastic mutation, and named his speed-focused body the Sky-Rending Form.
• Halduen led Legendary Giants to Greenwild Camp and invoked the Blood Oath Duel, challenging Garos for Seroel.
• Seroel rejected Halduen's claim and fought him inside her Dream Domain, but Halduen overpowered her.
• Amelia contacted Garos, who used his True Eye to locate and enter the Dream Domain.
• Garos arrived in the domain, told Seroel he would take over the duel, and faced Halduen as his opponent.

Garos fought Halduen across Seroel’s Dream Domain and, after Halduen resurrected with Rekindled from the Ashes, transformed into Shining Garos and killed him on the battlefield. Garos then killed several Orc fighters before escaping through a Space Rift, while Seroel turned her attention to the surviving Giants.

• Halduen challenged Garos, who accepted the duel as Seroel watched from the edge of her Dream Domain.
• Garos used Sky-Rending Form to outmaneuver Halduen, but Halduen endured his attacks with Unyielding Heart and unleashed the Heaven-Burning Flame.
• Garos pierced Halduen’s heart and split his body, but Halduen revived with Rekindled from the Ashes and gained further power through Revere Me as King.
• Garos transformed into Shining Garos, shattered Halduen’s defenses, and killed him after an Orc Demigod’s attack was interrupted by a streak of white light.
• Garos killed an Orc Destiny Rank, an Orc Crown Rank, and several Orc legends before opening a Space Rift and leaving the battlefield.
• Amelia called Garos fierce, Seroel praised her choice, and Seroel prepared to deal with the surviving Giants.

Gabriel Ignas explained his ambition to become a Dragon King and reform the Dragon Realm, while insisting he would stop his father if Garos ever turned to evil. Garos arrived battered and exhausted after battle, and Anjaxie urged Gabriel to act on his boast, leaving him awkwardly silent.

• Gabriel refused Anjaxie's invitation to hunt Frostfin Bream and insisted she address him by his title, the Crimson-Gold Crownhead.
• Gabriel said he wanted to surpass other dragons, follow his father's example, and become a Dragon King who would reform the Dragon Realm.
• Gabriel declared that he would stop Garos if his father ever turned to evil, while Anjaxie teased him about his claim.
• A rift opened above Gabriel, and the battle-scarred Garos appeared with a terrifying aura that frightened Anjaxie.
• Garos, weakened after his battles, devoured seawater, air, and elemental energy to recover.
• Anjaxie urged Gabriel to stop his father, but Gabriel pretended not to hear and stood awkwardly silent.

Garos recuperated in the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm after battling an Orc Demigod, reuniting with Gabriel and meeting the Silver Dragon King, Nereus Electra. Nereus revealed that the gods’ collective will had changed the world’s rules to suppress dragons’ rise to the Immortal Realm, and Garos considered whether that fate could be resisted.

• Garos reunited with Gabriel and met Anjaxie Allectra, who admitted that his changed appearance frightened her.
• Orvis welcomed Garos to the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm after Garos explained that he had provoked an Orc Demigod and needed a place to recover.
• Orvis brought Garos to the Cold Spring, where Garos began restoring his depleted life force in its healing waters.
• Nereus Electra visited Garos and explained that the gods’ collective will had altered the rules, making it much harder for dragons and other massive races to reach the Immortal Realm.
• Garos learned that Immortal Dragons were weakened by remaining in Material Planes and wondered whether the age’s suppressive course could be changed.

Garos recovered in the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm and considered allowing his body to return to its balanced form before attempting another mutation. Meanwhile, Gabriel’s companions speculated that Garos had Gold Dragon blood, and Garos arrived just as they fled; he then came to give Gabriel guidance.

• Garos recovered in the lake, noticed his mutated form was reverting, and decided to wait before spending Mutation Value on another mutation.
• Gabriel’s fellow Metal Dragons questioned him about Garos’s strength and private life, then wondered whether Garos had Gold Dragon blood.
• Gabriel recalled that Garos’s scales had briefly appeared golden, prompting the dragons to claim that Garos was a Metal Dragon at heart.
• Garos descended onto the hillside, causing the Metal Dragons to scatter, and told Gabriel he had come to offer guidance.
• Gabriel praised the Brass Dragon for staying behind, but the Brass Dragon admitted he had been too weak in the knees to run before fleeing.

Garos trained Gabriel brutally in the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm before returning to the Cold Sacred Lake, where he entered a dream and spoke with Seroel about the aftermath of the battle in Orotara. He decided to delay returning to Orotara while awaiting the Elves’ response and dealing with matters in Atlant, then demanded that Seroel repay him by giving herself to him.

• Garos put Gabriel through a punishing combat lesson, teaching him to improve his Spell-Annihilating Claw until Gabriel passed out.
• Orvis warned Garos that his actions in Orotara had drawn the attention of Demigods and Immortal Ones, reminded him that he had family, and directed him to the Cold Sacred Lake to meet the Silver Dragon King.
• Gabriel pretended to be unconscious until Garos left, then admitted to Orvis that Alberto had taught him to play dead.
• At the Cold Sacred Lake, Garos entered a dream and met Seroel, who told him that Halduen’s death had devastated the Giants and that the Elves were weighing their attitude toward Garos.
• Seroel explained that the Elves might favor Garos despite his killing Halduen, while Garos said he would wait for Nausir’s willingness to cooperate and for the Orcs to become too occupied to pursue him before returning to Orotara.
• Garos asked Seroel how she would thank him for dealing with Halduen, then demanded that she give herself to him, and she allowed him to draw her into his embrace.

Lamorien emerged from the blood cocoon as a Destiny Rank Storm Dragon and accepted the Dragon Queen’s mission to spread her faith and collect Blood Tax. He refused to attack Garos, but agreed to first establish the Queen’s temples in his own kingdom and later seek Garos’s consent, leaving the threat of conflict unresolved.

• Lamorien broke out of the blood cocoon and discovered he had become a powerful Storm Dragon with command over the skies.
• The Dragon Queen ordered Lamorien to build temples, spread her faith, collect Blood Tax, and destroy Garos Ignas if he refused to submit.
• Lamorien refused to attack Garos, arguing that Garos’s rule had restored the Dragon Race’s standing and could lead it to greatness.
• The Dragon Queen allowed Lamorien to approach Garos about establishing temples in the Aura Kingdom, warning that continued refusal would carry a price.
• Lamorien swore to establish temples and collect Blood Tax in his own kingdom before traveling to Aura and defending the Dragon Queen’s majesty if Garos rejected her demand.
• Lamorien burst through the mountain and flew over Braketon Kingdom as its dragons celebrated his transformation and its humanoid subjects trembled.

Garos recovered in the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm and spoke with Nereus Alectra about the realm’s future, the trials of twilight, and the dragon gods. After returning to his kingdom, he learned that Lamorien had become a Destiny Rank storm dragon and an apostle of the Chromatic Dragon Queen, leaving Garos to await the Raging Tide Dragon Realm’s response.

• Garos recovered in the Cold Sacred Spring and promised to aid the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm in return for future access to its holy grounds.
• Nereus Alectra described her struggle against twilight, rejected returning her soul to Bahamut’s Divine Kingdom, and warned Garos about the dragon gods and the Purification Faction.
• Garos returned to the Red Emperor Royal City and learned that his Star-Self Dragon clone had dissipated after the strain of his battle with the Giant King.
• Gordon told Garos that Lamorien had advanced to Destiny Rank, transformed into a storm dragon, and submitted to the Chromatic Dragon Queen as her apostle.
• Garos chose to wait for more information and observe Lamorien’s actions and the Raging Tide Dragon Realm’s response.

Sheffield argued with Nereus over his campaign to purify Evil Dragons, then rejected Tiamat’s attempts to tempt him and ordered his followers to stop attacking the Helmode Dragon Brood. A year later, Garos learned that the Lord of Thunder had imposed Tiamat’s worship and Blood Tax across the Western States, and sent Reinhart to test the Storm Dragon’s strength.

• Sheffield refused Nereus’s plea to spare dragonkin, insisting that Evil Dragons were born evil and must be purified, while Nereus warned that his extremism could divide the Dragon Race.
• Sheffield admitted he had torn the Evil Dragon inheritance from his own soul, rejected Tiamat’s offer to close the Salo Abyss, and ordered his followers to cease attacking the Helmode Dragon Brood after learning the Lord of Thunder had reached Destiny Rank.
• A year later, Garos trained his strength in Sky-Rending Form and learned from Reinhart that the Lord of Thunder had conquered the Western States, forced worship of Tiamat, and demanded wealth and living sacrifices as Blood Tax.
• Garos allowed Reinhart to draw his sword against the Lord of Thunder to gather intelligence, warning him to retreat and seek aid if the fight became too dangerous.

Reinhart traveled to the Helmode Dragon Brood’s royal city, challenged the newly transformed Lord of Thunder, and confirmed his overwhelming mastery of storms before escaping. Garos interpreted Lamorien’s decision to spare Reinhart as a possible signal and chose to undermine the Helmode Dragon Brood by supporting western resistance rather than starting a direct war.

• Reinhart saw the devastation and chained laborers under the Helmode Dragon Brood, then approached the Temple and told the Lord of Thunder he had come to meet him.
• The Lord of Thunder demanded that Reinhart kneel, but Reinhart refused and challenged him; they fought in the clouds, and Reinhart lost after landing only one wound.
• Afra bombarded Garos with spells as part of his training, and Garos told her to bring her magic tower next time and continue developing a healing sanctuary.
• Reinhart reported that Lamorien had become a true Storm Dragon and had spared him when he retreated, leading Garos to suspect Lamorien was sending a message rather than revealing a weakness.
• After the Communication Artifact lit up and shattered without either dragon speaking, Garos told Reinhart that Aura would secretly supply weapons, gold, intelligence, and scrolls to western resistance groups instead of fighting the Helmode Dragon Brood directly.

Garos explained how Lamorien’s brutal Blood Tax had driven the Western States into years of rebellion, then traveled to Orotara to fight for Nausir. He arrived over the Blackstone Wasteland and devastated the Kantum Empire legion with Dragon Aura Bombs, leaving the Elf warriors stunned.

• Garos told Gordon that Lamorien’s tyranny had trapped the Helmode Dragon Brood in an eight-year cycle of rebellion and suppression.
• Garos described how he would disguise the Blood Tax as a sacred honor and use local representatives to divide the oppressed.
• Garos prepared to travel to Orotara after Nausir agreed to hire him in exchange for a meteorite, and Gordon took responsibility for watching Lamorien.
• Seroel sent Garos the battlefield coordinates as the Kantum Empire legion advanced on the Elf position at Blackstone Wasteland.
• Garos emerged from a spatial rift and bombarded the Orc legion with Dragon Aura Bombs, breaking its defenses and halting its charge.
• The Elf warriors watched in stunned silence as Garos’s first attack devastated the Orc legion.

Garos devastated the Kantum Orc legion, forcing the Scarlet War Chieftain Baroum to retreat, then met the Elf Elarian to discuss the war and receive his meteorite deposit. He left for the Greenwild Kingdom, where Seroel welcomed him with a sea of flowers she had planted for him.

• Garos's Dragon Aura Bomb shattered the Orc formation and severely wounded Baroum, who tried one more attack before deciding to withdraw his surviving troops.
• Elarian proposed pursuing Baroum, but Garos declined, saying his outburst had left him weak; they discussed the Orcs' possible plans and Nausir's preparations for a counterattack.
• Elarian gave Garos a Rage Meteorite sealed inside a Space Crystal, and he said he would return if the war resumed or Nausir needed to discuss strategy.
• Garos used Tear Space Teleportation to travel to the Greenwild Kingdom after Seroel invited him to her location.
• Seroel showed Garos the flower fields she had planted for him, and Garos laughed at her explanation.

Garos and Seroel discussed the rising threats in Atlant, including the Destiny Storm Dragon and the Deep Frost Tyrant, while Seroel described her takeover of much of the Giant Royal Court. After agreeing to send descendants to the new territory, Garos granted Seroel’s wish for offspring.

• Seroel teased Garos about his appearance and asked whether he could regain his Sky-Rending Form, and Garos said he could not yet transform back.
• Seroel warned Garos that the Destiny Storm Dragon might eventually confront him and revealed that the Deep Frost Tyrant, Claude, had reached Destiny Rank and could join Cantum against Nausir.
• Garos welcomed the prospect of fighting Claude to measure himself against a true Destiny Dragon, while Seroel cautioned him about the tyrant’s unpredictable behavior.
• Seroel explained that she had used dreams to divide the Giant Royal Court and had taken about one-third of its territory, then offered Garos an exclave for his descendants.
• Garos accepted the territory and agreed to send descendants there, and he granted Seroel’s request for offspring.

Baroum and Kilrog prepared to fight over Baroum’s retreat until Saltoya intervened and revealed that the Ancient Chromium Dragon Claude would help fight Nausir and Atlant. Meanwhile, Garos released the Cursed Meteorite, transformed into the Ashen Annihilation Form, and tested its overwhelming energy attacks before learning that the next wave of war was about to begin.

• Kilrog mocked Baroum for retreating from Garos, and the two war chieftains agreed to settle their dispute in a fight.
• Saltoya stopped Baroum and Kilrog and introduced Claude, who eagerly anticipated eating Nausir’s Elves and Red Emperor Pale Star.
• Garos shattered the spatial crystal containing the Cursed Meteorite and endured a painful transformation into the Ashen Annihilation Form.
• Garos discovered that his new form had weaker physical defenses but could absorb elemental energy and unleash vastly faster, more destructive Dragon Breath.
• Garos devastated his Small World while testing his powers, then received word from Elarian that the next wave of war was about to erupt.

Garos Ignas arrived at the allied war council in a newly transformed Dark Red Iron Dragon form, and the leaders planned a coordinated counterattack against the Orc tribes. Garos rejected Elarian’s cautious advice and insisted on leading the assault himself as the armies prepared to march in three days.

• Elarian, Talamond, and Veylan discussed Garos’s past victories over the Orcs and prepared to meet with the allied leaders.
• Garos emerged from a rift in his transformed dragon form, startling the assembled legends and prompting Veylan to suspect the meteorite and Fury Curse were involved.
• Elarian announced a coordinated counterattack against the Blood Skull, Broken Bone, and Blacktooth tribes, with the Blackstone Wasteland as the main battlefield.
• Talamond, Elarian, and Veylan outlined their roles in the coming battle, while Elarian urged Garos to observe the Orcs’ countermeasures before striking.
• Garos insisted on fighting at the front in his own way, and Talamond supported him; Elarian accepted his choice and promised to support him.
• Elarian set the army’s departure for dawn in three days, and Garos circled above the camp before the battle began.

Nausir’s allied legions met the Orc army in the Blackstone Wasteland, where Garos’s Ashen Annihilation Form shattered the Bloodskull Wall and defeated the Deep Frost Tyrant, Claude. The battle ended with Garos unleashing devastating Dragon Breath and Dragon Aura Bombs across the Orc formation, while the allied forces watched from a distance.

• Elarian led Nausir’s legion south as the Elves sang their war song, while Saltoya rallied the Orcs and raised the Bloodskull Wall.
• Garos attacked the Bloodskull Wall with Ashen Annihilation Breath, then grew two additional heads and shattered the defense with three simultaneous streams of Dragon Breath.
• Baroum and Kilrog charged Garos as Elarian, Talamond, and Veylan supported him, and the legions’ Legendary fighters clashed around them.
• Claude revealed himself as the Deep Frost Tyrant and charged Garos, but Garos overcame his ice and devouring powers in close combat, then battered him with Dragon Aura Bombs and Dragon Breath until he fell.
• Garos destroyed the Bloodskull Wall and devastated the Orc formation with a storm of Dragon Aura Bombs and Dragon Breath, leaving the allied legions too stunned to advance.