Chapter Summaries

Sylphy visited Eris at the Water God Style dojo, where Eris trained fiercely because she believed Allen had gone to the Sacred Land of Swords. As the Great Transfer Disaster threatened Asura’s food supply and stability, the king and Darius discussed the danger in the south and sent Sauros to investigate; the chapter ended with a white-haired man watching Darius’s estate.

• Sylphy left Boreas Mansion and found Eris driving dojo students to train while insisting Allen had gone to the Sacred Land of Swords.
• The chapter described how the Great Transfer Disaster had devastated Fittoa and northern Milbots Territory, leaving Asura’s nobles scrambling over food shortages and reconstruction.
• The king questioned Darius about threats from the north and south, and they agreed the Dragon King Kingdom could pose a danger despite the approaching winter.
• The king decided to send Sauros south to investigate Zephyros, while lamenting that Allen had disappeared before he could be tested.
• A white-haired, golden-eyed man in a coat of white dragon hide watched Darius’s estate from a nearby attic.

Orsted investigated the unprecedented changes in the Succession Conflict and identified Allen Boreas Greyrat as the source of the loop’s variables. After learning Nanahoshi was likely caught up in Allen’s summoning and releasing her, he found her desperate to return to Japan.

• Orsted reviewed Marquis Bro’s chronicle of events in Ars and circled Allen Boreas Greyrat as the source of the loop’s variables.
• Orsted questioned Marquis Bro about contact with the Human God or strange dreams, then dismissed him.
• Nanahoshi broke down over Asuran food and her worsening isolation, while Orsted told her she was free to leave.
• Nanahoshi rushed after Orsted, clung to his leg, and begged him to send her back to Japan.

Nanahoshi learned that returning to Japan might be possible through research into Summoning Magic, and Orsted directed her to Marquis Henry for help. Rudy reviewed why he trusted Allen to survive his disappearance, then woke in bed held by a widowed noblewoman.

• Nanahoshi begged Orsted to send her back to Japan, and he explained that he could introduce her to an authority on Summoning Magic after some time had passed.
• Orsted told Nanahoshi that her lack of mana would make independent research difficult, but magic circles and external assistance might offer a path home.
• Nanahoshi proposed earning money through improved food and clothing, then learned that Orsted's coat was made from silver dragon hide taken from an S-rank monster.
• Orsted directed Nanahoshi to Marquis Henry for access to books about magic, and she hurried off to find him.
• Rudy recalled Allen's past feats and concluded that he would not believe Allen was dead without seeing his corpse.
• Rudy woke in bed beside a widowed noblewoman who had held him in her arms all night.

Rudy escaped Countess Lilson after she repeatedly forced him to sleep with her, then met Derrick at the Magic University's library to discuss Princess Ariel's search-and-rescue corps. Derrick reported that he had failed to secure funding and that Ariel's support among the common people had come at the cost of growing opposition from the nobility.

• Rudy tried to leave Countess Lilson's bed, but she woke and forced him to stay, leaving him exhausted after another four hours.
• Countess Lilson told her butler to donate ten thousand gold coins to Asura Magic Academy's library, send magic stones to the royal capital, and procure more aphrodisiac.
• Countess Lilson explained that she had shifted her attention from the Boreas family to Rudeus because he was young, influential, and easier to control, while she hoped to find a way to reach Allen.
• Rudy went to the Magic University's library and reassured Derrick that he appreciated the university's support for his research institute despite the lack of funding.
• Derrick said nobles had opposed Princess Ariel's search-and-rescue corps and were petitioning the kingdom to accuse her of currying favor with commoners.
• Rudy concluded that Ariel had won public support but lost the backing of the nobility, and Derrick solemnly agreed.

Rudy defended his efforts to build Magic Stone Cars for the Great Calamity Search and Rescue Team, explaining that faster travel could save his missing family. As he prepared to leave the library, Nanahoshi cried out that she had found them, while elsewhere a desperate man begged Eris and Talhand to help find his family.

• Derrick questioned Rudy about Ariel's political maneuvering, Allen's disappearance, and Rudy's decision to develop Magic Stone Cars.
• Rudy explained that the cars could speed up the search for his missing mother and sisters, and said he had secured ten thousand gold coins and magic stones from Count Lilson.
• Rudy noticed Nanahoshi in the library and froze when she excitedly cried, "I found them!!"
• In Likasan City, a travel-worn man knelt before Eris and Talhand and begged his former Black Wolf Fang comrades to help find his family.

Paul reunited with former Black Wolf Fang teammates Eris and Talhand and asked them to help find his missing family after the Great Transfer. They agreed to help, and Paul began explaining who had vanished, including Allen, just as Eris showed interest in him.

• Paul knelt before Eris and Talhand and asked them to help find his family.
• Eris confronted Paul over how he had handled Black Wolf Fang's breakup, then accepted his apology and agreed to help find Zenith.
• Talhand and Eris asked Paul to explain the Great Transfer and the missing people; Paul said Ghislaine would join them later.
• Paul listed Zenith, his two children, a maid, and Allen among those who had vanished.
• Eris said she had heard about the handsome, strong young noble Allen and looked forward to meeting him, while Paul warned her not to make a move.

Isolte worried over Allen’s disappearance, while Leda and Sino discussed the likelihood that he had been caught in the disaster and encouraged Isolte to search in the Usul Territory. Leda and Sino also considered Allen’s chances of survival and postponed the Sacred Land of Swords’ challenge match for another five years.

• Isolte defended Allen against Sino’s suggestion that he was hiding behind the scenes, but Leda reminded her that Allen had often kept his plans secret.
• Leda trimmed Isolte’s bangs as Sino shared reports that Allen had been seen in the Usul Territory and that Duke Sauros might be sent there; Isolte left focused on the territory.
• After Isolte left, Leda and Sino admitted they had comforted her, assessed that Allen was likely caught up in the disaster, and agreed they still believed he could have survived.
• Leda said Isolte could go south to search for Allen and argued that he would survive even a great disaster.
• Leda said she would delay the Sacred Land of Swords’ challenge match for five years, then remarked that she would test whether Gal’s sword was still sharp.

Aisha remembered Brother Allen’s death as she returned to Ars and visited his grave and the place where he and Sister Isolte had died. After encountering Her Majesty Ariel, she revealed her hatred for Orsted and vowed to kill him.

• Aisha recalled that Brother Allen and Sister Isolte were buried together in the Erkel Family cemetery and mourned that she had not died with them.
• Aisha visited Brother Allen’s grave, while Brother Rudy avoided the cemetery and went to a brothel instead.
• Aisha remembered Brother Allen pushing her away from the temple entrance before he and Sister Isolte were killed there.
• Aisha encountered Her Majesty Ariel at the Millish Temple and recognized her lingering hostility.
• Aisha reflected on Ariel hiring her to command the Magician Order and vowed to kill Orsted for bringing down Divine Punishment.

Aisha Greyrat’s notes explained how Laplace and the Human God shaped the rise of the Asura Kingdom and the Millish Holy Empire. In the Land of Conflict, mercenaries investigating a crushed uprising discovered that a mysterious red-haired swordswoman in a maid outfit had manipulated the rebellion.

• Aisha Greyrat concluded that the Asura Kingdom and the Millish Holy Empire owed their rise to the plans of Laplace and the Human God, and considered visiting the empire.
• Two mercenary commanders rode through the Land of Conflict, discussing plans to exploit suspected Asura spies and abuse captives in Farming Town.
• The Malchiyuan Mercenary Nation had seized the remote town, forced captives to farm, and left fewer than a hundred mercenaries to guard them when its army marched south.
• The remaining mercenaries abused the captive women, prompting more than three hundred townspeople to attack them; the mercenaries crushed the revolt and burned much of the farmland.
• During interrogations, the mercenaries learned that a red-haired female swordswoman in a maid outfit had manipulated the uprising.

Aisha ambushed and killed two mercenaries who had tracked her, then returned to the wooden shack where Zenith, Lilia, and Norn were hiding. She reunited with Zenith, leaving the family able to sleep safely for another night.

• The mercenaries tracked the women to the mountain shack and discussed capturing them and the children.
• Aisha appeared on a boulder with an umbrella and tricked the two mercenaries into lowering their guard.
• Aisha killed both Intermediate Swordsmen with a Silent Casting Wind Blade spell and hid her strength behind a childish appearance.
• Aisha performed the Dance of Love in the rain and blood before walking back to the shack.
• Aisha found Lilia and Norn asleep and embraced the awake, vacant-looking Zenith.

Aisha and her family continued hiding from mercenaries in the Land of Conflict while Lilia tried to keep everyone safe. After seeing Perugius’s Sky Fortress and thinking of Allen, Aisha used her Summoning Magic “Listening” and heard a whale-like cry through Melna’s mana core.

• Zenith comforted Aisha after the child returned from killing someone, and both fell asleep beside Lilia and Norn.
• Lilia brought home a mountain pheasant, and she and Aisha prepared it while planning to move their hiding place.
• Lilia told Aisha about Perugius and the Sky Fortress drifting above them.
• Aisha used her self-created Summoning Magic, “Listening,” to connect to Melna and listen for Allen.
• Aisha heard a loud, whale-like cry through the mana thread instead of Allen’s voice.

Aisha’s Listening spell was overwhelmed by a God-tier Summoning spell near Melna and forcibly severed, leaving her terrified that Allen had been killed. Beneath the sea, Allen opened his eyes.

• Four ship horns sounded, and powerful mana fluctuations near Melna caused Aisha intense pain as she struggled to maintain Listening.
• Lilia embraced Aisha and tried to comfort her, while Aisha reasoned that a God-tier spell was disrupting the connection.
• Aisha’s mana link to Melna snapped, and she realized the spell was God-tier Summoning Magic like the one she had used.
• Aisha recognized that Perugius’s Sky Fortress had already been summoned, feared Allen and Melna were dead, and failed to reconnect to Melna’s magic circle.
• Under the dark waters near the Archipelago, Allen opened his eyes.

Allen awoke imprisoned inside Laplace’s underwater creation, where he discovered that the Sea Fish Race empress Klaim had a merfolk form with golden scales and dragon-like pupils. After fighting Klaim, he surveyed the surrounding cages and found himself among monstrous prisoners, with Lokkishi, Melna, and Lef missing.

• Allen realized the ship had been swallowed into Laplace’s creation by the Sea Fish Race’s Summoning Magic and that he was now trapped in a prison beneath the sea.
• Allen awoke buried in sludge inside a bone-barred cage and found that Lokkishi, Melna, and Lef were nowhere beside him.
• Allen sensed Klaim hiding in the sludge and fought her, overpowering her with Flow Arcana and Dragon Saint Battle Qi.
• Allen pinned Klaim against the bars and saw her human-like upper body, golden fish tail, golden pupils, and lack of the black scale armor she had worn before.
• Allen looked beyond his cage and saw many monstrous prisoners in nearby cages, but no humans or sign of his companions.

Allen and Cole tried to escape the water prison, where the other prisoners mocked them and an octopus named Ertpus revealed Cole’s history and accused her of betraying the sea beast race. Cole began to cry, and Allen challenged Ertpus after it stopped insulting her.

• Allen used Cole to try to break the bone bars, but their combined strength failed.
• Allen killed several sea beasts when their laughter grew louder, and the prisoners responded with even more noise.
• Ertpus emerged from the mud and taunted Cole, revealing that she was a mermaid chosen as a figurehead and accusing her of serving the dragon who killed Lord Leviathan.
• Cole angrily confronted Ertpus, but she began crying as it continued its accusations.
• Allen asked Ertpus why it had stopped cursing, and it called Cole’s tears human tears.

Allen recognized that Octopus Bro wanted him to help Cole reclaim the throne and promised escape in return. Instead, Allen destroyed Cole’s face, used her healing nerves to break the Sea God bone bars, and escaped his cage, leaving the prisoners clamoring for rescue as he demanded to know where his companions were.

• Octopus Bro explained that the Sea God had died, accused Cole of serving Laplace, and described how she had lost the throne and been imprisoned.
• Allen deduced that Octopus Bro wanted him to help Cole reclaim the throne and oppose Laplace, while offering to help him escape the Bone Prison.
• Allen comforted Cole, then suddenly smashed her face against the bone railing and used her healing nerves as a rope.
• Allen twisted the rope around the Sea God bone bars until they deformed, then stepped out of his cage as the prisoners begged him to free them.
• Allen told Octopus Bro that the initiative was in his hands and demanded to know where his companions were.

Allen interrogated Octopus about his missing companions, repeatedly killed and watched Cole regenerate, then learned the companions were likely taken by rebel ministers to study a Transfer Magic Circle. The chapter ended with Octopus identifying the circle’s destination as the royal capital, Arkham.

• Allen demanded to know where his companions were, and Cole regenerated after he had blown apart her head.
• Allen cut Cole into pieces and threw her body outside the Bone Prison, then she regenerated again and attacked him.
• Allen stopped Cole and told her she had no reason to feel wronged after trying to kill him first.
• Octopus translated Cole’s claim that she had sought revenge and later wanted Allen’s help, but Allen dismissed her explanation and demanded news of his companions.
• Octopus said the rebel ministers had likely taken Allen’s companions to study a Transfer Magic Circle, and Cole and Octopus identified its destination as Arkham.

Allen tested Octopus Bro’s translations and discovered that Cole had proposed ruling the Abyssal Sea together, while Octopus Bro had concealed her words to manipulate him. Allen rejected the proposal and challenged Octopus Bro’s attempts to enlist him, but the octopus argued that Allen would need Cole’s knowledge to reach Arkham and escape.

• Allen used Cole’s reaction to his imitation of Merfolk speech to suspect Octopus Bro had been altering her translations.
• Allen repeated Cole’s earlier words with “Abyssal Sea” changed to “Arkham,” prompting Cole to cling to him affectionately.
• Under Allen’s pressure, Octopus Bro admitted that Cole had proposed that Allen stay, become her partner, and rule the Abyssal Sea with her.
• Allen struck Cole’s fishtail and warned her not to call his companions monkeys, then accused Octopus Bro of trying to manipulate him into helping Cole.
• Octopus Bro said Allen would need to reach Arkham to save his companions or escape, and claimed Cole’s knowledge of the royal capital made her useful.

Allen challenged Cole’s belief that bearing his children would let her pass on the ability to take human form, and Cole admitted she had pursued him because she felt they were kindred spirits. Her lonely confession ended with Allen asking if she was sick in the head.

• Octopus Bro accused Cole of pursuing Allen for his strength, while Allen explained how Octopus Bro’s words could manipulate their feelings toward each other.
• Allen questioned whether the ability granted by Laplace’s Reincarnation Art could be inherited through blood, surprising Octopus Bro and prompting Cole to speak.
• Cole admitted she did not know whether the ability could be inherited and said she had used that as an excuse to seek a kindred spirit.
• Cole explained that she felt lonely and burdened by her duty to preserve the Sea Race, and that she saw Allen as someone who understood her despite their conflict.
• Allen listened to Cole’s confession and asked whether she was sick in the head.

Allen and Cole left the Bone Prison after Y'thlps gave them a translation squid and pointed them toward the feeding inlet, but Y'thlps had been deceiving them as part of a royalist plan. When Y'thlps and its guards freed the prisoners and headed to open the gate, Allen returned and killed the octopus before it could carry out its scheme.

• Y'thlps gave Allen and Cole a split-body squid that translated between Human Language and Sea Human Language, then described the Bone Prison's exits and urged them to return to Arkham.
• Allen recognized that Y'thlps had its own reason for directing them toward the feeding inlet, and Cole left with Allen while Y'thlps sank into the mud.
• After Allen and Cole departed, Y'thlps emerged, used the Sea God Orb to free the prisoners, and led the Empress's Imperial Guard to kill the real prisoners and approach the prison gate.
• Y'thlps revealed that it had deceived Allen and Cole, planned to use Allen as bait against the rebels, and intended to help the Empress regain control of Arkham.
• As Y'thlps opened the gate, Allen appeared above the passage and used his silver-blooded attack to slice the octopus apart.

Allen escaped the feeding hole with Cole and reached a hidden vantage point overlooking R'lyeh, where he recognized Leviathan’s heart and the Magic Absorption Stone canopy’s role in blocking sight. He deduced that Cole had concealed the real Sea God Orb and confronted her, demanding to know how many times she could survive dying and returning to life.

• Allen learned that Cole had prepared her people for an apocalypse foretold by a Divine Oracle and had made herself eat human food instead of Sea God's Flowing Radiance.
• Cole wrapped her tail around Allen and swam him up a sludge-filled waterway, and they emerged beneath a canopy of Magic Absorption Stones.
• Allen recognized Leviathan’s heart suspended above the sludge sea and saw R'lyeh’s heavily guarded Bone Prison and its Sea Fish Race soldiers.
• Allen concluded that the canopy blocked Clairvoyance and that the Sea God Orb Cole claimed was with the prison guard was actually with the octopus.
• Allen accused Cole of deceiving him and warned that escaping through the prison gate would kill many R'lyeh soldiers, then asked how many times her healing ability could bring her back to life.