Recaps

Great Dragon Express began delivering auction purchases across the continent, drawing attention on Magic Net and affecting events far beyond ordinary trade. A Frost Dragon’s delivery turned the tide of a battle between two viscounts, while Geyera gathered surviving royals and dignitaries in Krieger City.

• Dragons set out along routes planned by the Book server, carrying auction goods from the busy Great Dragon Express warehouse.
• People across the southern continent posted about dragon deliveries, marveling at their speed and the sight of dragons flying over their homes.
• Two viscounts fought over territory after a river changed course, and the Baruk Family patriarch began losing the battle.
• A Frost Dragon delivered the Baruk patriarch a package, and he drank a potion that rapidly strengthened him by awakening his trace of dragon bloodline.
• In Krieger City, Geyera gathered the surviving royal families of eighteen nations and other dignitaries at the former Temple of War.

The Lava General asked the representatives of eighteen nations to make the Technology God Church their state religion and proposed that they unite as the Hill Country Community. The representatives welcomed the proposals but asked how they could be sure the community would deliver the promised rights and benefits.

• The Lava General proposed that the Technology God Church become the state religion of all eighteen nations, and their representatives agreed.
• The Lava General explained that the church had no fixed organization, that the Tech Combat Corps would provide aid when requested, and that inventors might need land for their work.
• The Lava General proposed the Hill Country Community so the nations could pool resources and develop together.
• The Lava General presented a plan for production and trade centered on steel and other resources, and the representatives were astonished by its projected benefits.
• A representative agreed to join but asked how the nations could be sure they would receive the community's promised rights and benefits.

The Lava General oversaw the founding of the Hill Country Community and learned that monsters were killing miners in Muntongs Kingdom’s Iron Ore mines. Meanwhile, the auction’s aftereffects faded as Magic Net sales and interest in Dragon continued, before a new piece of explosive news appeared.

• The Lava General reassured representatives that the Tech Combat Force would oversee the treaty and that Rost Territory would sell mining and textile machinery, then negotiated agreement terms with them.
• Representatives from eighteen nations established the Hill Country Community in Krieger City, with the Tech Combat Force as witness and arbiter of treaty violations.
• Muntongs Kingdom’s commander told the Lava General that strange creatures had killed miners in its Iron Ore mines for six months and threatened plans to develop the mines.
• The Lava General questioned the commander about the monsters and planned to investigate with armed soldiers after the ceremony.
• People on the Magic Net discussed the auction’s effects, while Audrey’s clothing sale and Master Karl’s camera accessories attracted buyers and interest in Dragon remained high.
• A new explosive piece of news appeared on the Magic Net.

The Alchemy Guild announced a continent-wide tournament to rank alchemists, drawing widespread attention and prompting other organizations to consider competitions of their own. Roger and the Magic Goddess discussed how the tournament might support their School Plan, and Roger suggested beginning in the newly established Hill Country Community.

• The Alchemy Guild announced a two-stage Strongest Alchemist Tournament, with country-level qualifiers and finals in Alchemy City livestreamed on the Magic Net.
• People across the Magic Net discussed the tournament’s rankings, fairness, and the chance to find skilled alchemists, while others speculated about whether Master Karl would enter.
• The Hunting Guild, Assassins' Guild, Artisans' Guild, and Thieves' Association considered holding similar events, though the Thieves' Association worried that fame could hinder its work.
• Roger told the Magic Goddess about the tournament while operating a newly built combat mech, and they agreed its format could inspire people to pursue alchemy.
• Roger proposed using the tournament to help launch the School Plan, but the Magic Goddess warned that nobles would resist educating people for roles above their station.
• Roger said the plan could begin in selected regions and suggested the newly established Hill Country Community.

Roger explained why the weak Hill Country Community was well suited to industrial reform, while the Magic Goddess asked whether the Magic Net could replace schools. In the Dawn Kingdom’s capital, the Great Dragon Bank launched a promotion offering free Second-Generation Magic Net Rings to new depositors, drawing crowds with its deposit and loan terms.

• The Magic Goddess learned that the small countries of the Hill Country Community followed the Technology God Church and agreed that their weakness made them easier to reform.
• Roger said the region was naturally suited to industrial transformation, then explained why the Magic Net could not replace schools for spreading knowledge.
• The Great Dragon Bank advertised a free Second-Generation Magic Net Ring to customers who deposited three Golden Dragon Coins.
• A gardener learned that he could withdraw his deposit whenever he wished and became interested in earning interest and getting a Magic Net Ring for his child.
• Merchants questioned the bank’s deposit and loan terms, then rushed toward the Great Dragon Merchants' Guild, especially those already connected to Rost Territory.

Louis Auguste borrowed 200,000 Golden Dragon Coins from the Great Dragon Bank to start a film and television company making dramas for Magic Net Videos. After securing the funds, he saw crowds of citizens depositing savings and merchants applying for loans, and recognized the scale of the new era.

• The Great Dragon Bank drew crowds of citizens and merchants after the auction strengthened public trust in it.
• Louis Auguste told a bank attendant that he wanted a loan to establish a film and television company for Magic Net Videos.
• The disguised Golden Princess offered Louis an 8% interest rate for his first year and a loan of up to 200,000 Golden Dragon Coins secured by his theater shares.
• Louis completed the paperwork and received 200,000 Golden Dragon Coins in his account.
• Louis left the VIP room and saw citizens opening accounts and merchants waiting for loan approvals at the busy bank.

Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg persuaded the Dragon Island Elder Council to keep accepting deposits and issuing loans despite the risks, trusting that customers would soon place more money in Great Dragon Bank. Ten days later, deposits and loans had soared, and Roger and the Magic Goddess saw the bank’s growth driving Magic Net use and the Magitech Industry forward.

• The Golden Dragon asked whether Great Dragon Bank should tighten its loan terms after merchants borrowed 80 million gold coins in a day while deposits remained below 300 million.
• Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg insisted that the bank keep lending, explaining that the Technology God wanted small and medium-sized merchants to join the Magitech Device revolution.
• Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg told the council to continue taking deposits, issuing loans, and delivering packages, reminding the dragons that their original goal was to expand Dragonkind in service of the Technology God.
• Great Dragon Bank’s customer count reached five million after ten days, with 4.2 million depositors holding more than 620 million gold coins and total loans reaching 450 million.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess discussed the surge in Magic Net users and faith, while Roger said the circulation of borrowed gold would accelerate the Magitech Industry.

Roger discussed using loans and a new Magic Net function to accelerate Magitech Industrialization. Meanwhile, the Lava General led Battle Priests to Foster Iron Mine to investigate a monster that had attacked miners, and they prepared to descend into the mine.

• Roger explained that loans could help merchants and nobles expand businesses and invest in Magitech Science.
• Roger told the Magic Goddess he had another plan to accelerate Magitech Industrialization and proposed adding a new Magic Net function.
• The Lava General arrived at Foster Iron Mine with one thousand Technology God Church Battle Priests and ordered the mine manager to take him to the mining area.
• The Lava General learned that only eight miners who had encountered the monster had survived, then chose fifty Battle Priests to accompany him underground.
• The mine manager explained that the monster had appeared only in newly excavated depths and showed the Lava General the Monkey Car used to descend.

The Lava General inspected a dangerous mining area after miners were attacked and learned that poor conditions and abandoned tunnels made it hazardous to work there. As he searched the latest attack site for clues, another exploration team discovered a rich deposit of high-quality Iron Ore.

• The Lava General questioned the mining area manager about the mine’s smoky air and deadly working conditions, then promised to find a solution.
• The manager warned the Lava General that the mine was a maze of tunnels, including abandoned excavations, and led him toward the latest attack site.
• The Lava General examined the cavern where a monster had eaten a miner’s legs and vanished with the others in his group.
• A lean-looking explorer discovered a large deposit of extremely high-quality Iron Ore, and the scholar with the team ordered further excavation.

Jerry and the miners became trapped underground after the mine began cracking and collapsing, then faced a monstrous creature that seemed to receive their prayers. Just as the creature swallowed Jerry, black-armored strangers broke through a wall and warned the survivors that their god had come to collect blood offerings.

• The mine shook and cracks spread, so the knight dragged Jerry away from the collapsing passage despite Jerry's protests about leaving the iron ore.
• The cracks forced the miners along a single route until they reached a natural cavern, where Jerry insisted on digging back while the scholar and knight urged the others to prepare for danger.
• The scholar led the group in a prayer to the God of Foster Iron Mine, and Jerry calmed down and joined the chanting.
• A wormlike creature with rings of sharp teeth emerged through the opening and swallowed Jerry, while the miners realized their prayers seemed to be going to the monster.
• Dozens of black-armored people broke through a wall and told the miners that their god had come to collect blood offerings.

Lava General destroyed the God of Foster Iron Mine, a monster summoned by the miners’ prayers, and rejected the mine supervisor’s demand to burn the worshippers. He took responsibility for managing Foster Iron Mine until reforms meant its miners no longer needed to pray to evil gods.

• The mine supervisor urged Lava General to burn the miners for secretly worshipping the God of Foster Iron Mine, but Lava General told him not to dictate how he did his job.
• Lava General combined his Legendary Mage power, Fifth Sequence Tech Combat Divine Arts, and magitech exoskeleton to attack the monster with lava.
• The God of Foster Iron Mine shrank under Lava General’s assault and vanished, leaving the cavern damaged but otherwise back to normal.
• The mine supervisor said the worshippers should be killed but their families spared, and the miners looked at him with faint gratitude.
• Lava General blamed the need for worship on the mine’s management and Muntongs Kingdom’s iron ore industry, then took charge of Foster Iron Mine until its reforms were complete.

The Lava General took control of Foster Iron Mine and began planning sweeping reforms after exposing the God of Foster Iron Mine as a monster. He ordered the managers to modernize mining and prepare roads, transport, factories, and Tube Buildings for the workers.

• The mine district managers agreed to let the Lava General take control, and he told them to send the frightened witnesses home so news of the monster would spread and discourage worship.
• The Lava General left the mine district with the managers and decided he no longer needed to manufacture a larger conflict to force cooperation.
• The Lava General explained plans to improve mining methods, tunnels, safety, ventilation, roof management, and underground transport, leaving the mine manager astonished by the potential gains.
• The Lava General ordered the managers to prepare better roads and an Ultra-High-Speed Hover Train, and to commission the Golden Merchants' Guild to buy cement from Rost Territory.
• The Lava General showed the managers a blueprint for five-story Tube Buildings and ordered them to build housing for the workers.

Delin the Archmage livestreamed his revenge on the people who had ambushed and robbed him, using Forbidden Magic to destroy their strongholds while attracting millions of viewers. After five days of hunting, he continued his campaign and left viewers eager to learn his magic.

• Delin the Archmage explained that his enemies had attacked his magic tower and stolen his savings, then said he would give each of them a Forbidden Magic.
• Viewers praised Delin the Archmage and flooded his livestream with gifts as its audience grew to nearly eight hundred thousand.
• Delin the Archmage showed viewers the burned forest and ruined castle left by his meteor shower, while privately planning how to profit from the spoils and livestream.
• Delin the Archmage used different Forbidden Magics against more enemies, including destroying a City-State Alliance city lord's manor with a meteorite.
• Delin the Archmage continued his revenge livestream for five days, drawing more than five million visitors and reaching one million eight hundred thousand concurrent viewers.

Archmage Delin tracked down the friend who had betrayed him and found him fighting a mysterious mage from the Tulip Kingdom. After killing his former friend, Delin announced that he would teach magic in the livestream instead of investigating the kingdom’s secret.

• Archmage Delin raced north toward the coast, where viewers speculated that he was heading for the sealed Tulip Kingdom.
• Delin found his former friend, a mustached earth mage, losing a battle against a black-clad water mage who claimed to come from the Tulip Kingdom.
• The mustached mage begged Delin for help and warned that the Tulip Kingdom was a scam, but Delin said he did not believe him or intend to visit it.
• At the black-clad mage’s request, Delin agreed to kill his former friend, then struck him with a spell that pierced his chest.
• Delin told the viewers that his revenge was over and offered to teach them magic in the livestream.

Archmage Delin returned to his family territory and promised to teach magic in daily livestreams. He revealed Eternal Flame, a passive spell that enhanced all fire-element magic with persistent, nearly indestructible flames and used no mana once learned, leaving viewers and powerful mages astonished.

• Archmage Delin announced that he would return to his family territory and teach magic during daily livestreams.
• Archmage Delin reached his hometown as the livestream audience grew to 2.4 million viewers.
• Archmage Delin explained that he had mastered 12,000 spells and created nearly 800, including the three-element Forbidden Magic Meteorfall.
• Archmage Delin introduced Eternal Flame as an assistance spell that enhanced fire-element magic with persistent, difficult-to-extinguish flames.
• Archmage Delin explained that Eternal Flame became a passive ability requiring no mana after its Spell Model was constructed, and the livestream viewers erupted with excitement.

Archmage Delin taught Eternal Flame to millions of livestream viewers, provoking debate among mage factions about the spread of free magic. After earning enough from tips to clear his debts, he began recording lessons he planned to sell as courses.

• Archmage Delin explained Eternal Flame's principles and runes while viewers took notes and considered specializing in fire magic.
• Elders in Black Bone Forest and other mage factions argued over whether Delin's free lessons threatened their system, but hesitated to confront him because of his power.
• Delin ended the livestream and announced he would teach more magical knowledge at nine the next morning.
• Delin checked his tips and discovered he had earned enough to settle his debts, then withdrew the money.
• Delin began recording lessons on magic classifications, attributes, runes, and Spell Models so he could sell his knowledge as courses.

Archmage Delin began selling a basic magic course for ten gold coins through his storefront after noticing gaps in his viewers’ foundational knowledge. His inexpensive lessons drew eager buyers and alarmed magic factions, and the chapter ended with more than fifty thousand purchases already made.

• Archmage Delin announced that he had recorded basic magic courses and listed the first volume, , for ten gold coins.
• Viewers, including low-level mages and ordinary non-mages, rushed to buy the course and praised its price and access to Archmage Delin’s guidance.
• Legendary experts and magic factions worried that Archmage Delin’s cheap lessons would undermine their ability to recruit and charge newcomers.
• Members of Black Bone Forest argued about the course’s low price and its likely effect on their recruitment.
• A speaker in Black Bone Forest revealed that more than fifty thousand people had already bought Archmage Delin’s course within minutes.

Archmage Delin’s ten-gold-coin magic course attracted huge sales, prompting the Black Bone Forest mages to recognize its lasting profits. Corrosion King proposed that Black Bone Forest and its teachers begin selling courses online under rules for sharing income from faction magic.

• Mages of all ranks, including students from major factions, purchased Archmage Delin’s course because it was cheap and promised rare knowledge.
• Black Bone Forest administrators watched sales rise from fifty thousand orders to ninety thousand in minutes and estimated the total might eventually reach five hundred thousand.
• A mage pointed out that the course required almost no ongoing investment and could keep earning money for generations.
• Corrosion King proposed creating online accounts for Black Bone Forest and its teachers, with half the income from faction magic going to Black Bone Forest.
• The mages in the meeting room supported the plan to sell courses online and share revenue.

Archmage Delin’s low-order magic courses sold rapidly, inspiring figures across the continent to consider selling courses of their own. The Elf Great Elder urged Master Ragewind to teach Druid skills to keep pace with mages, while the Alchemy Guild president planned courses of his own.

• Archmage Delin’s courses sold 170,000 copies in their first hour, earning 1.7 million gold coins and prompting Magic Net users to discuss selling courses.
• The Elf Great Elder asked Master Ragewind to create Druid courses and promote them, while also demanding that he repay his gambling debt.
• Master Ragewind decided he could earn money from courses without repaying his debts, then moved to a nearby forest to demonstrate Druid skills.
• The president of the Alchemy Guild realized alchemists could sell courses, including lessons on spotting overpriced magical creations, and planned to release one during the Continental Alchemy Tournament.
• The Magic Goddess’s expression changed within the Divine Kingdom, and Roger asked her what was wrong.

Roger arranged an emergency Magic Net Courses feature after learning that Archmage Delin’s lessons could reach vast numbers of mages. The Magic Goddess then detected an unfamiliar power boosting a mage in the Tulip Kingdom, leading Roger to suspect an invasion from beyond the planet and decide to investigate.

• The Magic Goddess sensed that the Magic Net could greatly increase the number of mortal mages, and Roger explained that Archmage Delin had begun selling courses.
• Roger summoned Book and instructed him to add a Courses channel with paid lesson series, categories, and access for users who had already bought Delin’s videos.
• The Magic Goddess showed Roger a video of a black-robed mage in the Tulip Kingdom and said an unknown power was strengthening his magic.
• The Magic Goddess speculated that power from beyond the planet might be connected to Lady Dream’s death or have infiltrated the Tulip Kingdom afterward.
• Roger decided that he and the Magic Goddess needed to travel to the Tulip Kingdom as soon as possible.

Roger and the Magic Goddess decided to finish the mech before investigating the signal connected to the Tulip Kingdom. Meanwhile, the Magic Net introduced paid courses, prompting Mage factions to see course-selling as a major opportunity.

• Roger delayed investigating the Tulip Kingdom until the mech was complete, and he and the Magic Goddess continued strengthening it.
• The Magic Net launched a course service with payment options, teacher credentials, student services, and study plans.
• Users debated the update and compared online courses with the dangerous demands Mage Apprentices faced from their teachers.
• Major Mage factions recognized course-selling as a path to influence, while the Corrosion King ordered Black Bone Forest teachers to publish courses within three days.

As Magic Net Video classrooms spread, the lord of Epic City gathered leading Writing Church believers to develop standards for works that could awaken divine arts and teach them for a fee. The Corrosion King watched Black Bone Forest’s 320 courses get buried among thousands of offerings and was bewildered when the Hunting God Church pope’s donkey-hoof course drew buyers.

• Magical powers, churches, guilds, and other groups began producing Magic Net Video courses after recognizing their potential.
• The lord of Epic City proposed that Writing Church believers establish standards for works that could make writers believers and unlock divine arts.
• The lord of Epic City saw paid classrooms as a way to teach those standards without violating the churches’ unspoken rules against freely promoting their power systems.
• The Corrosion King found that Black Bone Forest’s more than 320 courses were dwarfed by over 8,000 courses on Magic Net Video, including more than 5,000 magic-related ones.
• The Corrosion King was stunned to see that the Hunting God Church pope had released a donkey-hoof care course that more than a hundred people had bought.

The Corrosion King discovered that courses were becoming a lucrative trend, but his expensive Corrosion Magic course had sold only three copies. Meanwhile, Viscount Rost met with the Agriculture Goddess and Nature God in the Technology Laboratory and asked why they had summoned him.

• The Corrosion King saw extraordinary individuals on the Magic Net celebrating their course sales and realized the trend would keep growing.
• The Corrosion King checked his own sales and found that his ten-thousand-gold-coin Corrosion Magic course had sold only three copies.
• Black Bone Forest's second-in-command advised the Corrosion King to divide his course into stages and lower the entry price.
• Viscount Rost went to the Technology Laboratory after the Agriculture Goddess and Nature God summoned him.
• After discussing the progress of their seeds and Druid Potion in the Southlands, Viscount Rost asked the gods why they had called him.

The Agriculture Goddess showed Viscount Rost a fast-growing pig breed with four extra ribs and proposed that the Agriculture Church invest breeding pigs in his farms. The Nature God revealed a low-cost animal potion to improve newborn animals’ survival, giving Rost another product to introduce to the mortal world.

• The Agriculture Goddess told Viscount Rost that the new pigs reached over 200 jin in 180 days, ate little feed, and had no obvious drawback beyond four extra ribs.
• The Agriculture Goddess said she had cultivated one thousand breeding pigs and wanted the Agriculture Church to invest them in Rost’s farms.
• Viscount Rost proposed establishing ten large farms through the Dawn Southlands Development Company to supply meat and breed pigs for export.
• The Agriculture Goddess asked Rost to publicize that the pigs came from her, and Rost agreed.
• The Nature God revealed Nature Animal One, a potion that reduced newborn animals’ mortality and supported their growth for three to five copper coins per bottle.

Nature God promised Animal One would sharply reduce livestock disease deaths, while Agriculture Goddess asked Rost for ideas on crops and livestock to develop. Rost then assessed his tight budget and decided to seek funding from the Agricultural Divine Society for the breeding farms.

• Nature God told Rost that Animal One could reduce livestock and poultry mortality to 3%–5%, and Rost promised to make the treatment known.
• Rost advised Agriculture Goddess to focus on high-producing laying hens and dairy cows, and to develop high-yield grain suitable for livestock feed.
• Agriculture Goddess left to redirect her experiments, while Nature God promised the Elven Kingdom would continue supporting Rost.
• Rost considered the progress of the other gods at the Institute of the Gods, then returned to reviewing the costs of his projects.
• Rost worried that his funds might not cover the Super-High-Speed Train, factories, and farms, and decided to seek investment from the Agricultural Divine Society.