Chapter Summaries

Archmage Delin reached Dragon Island and asked the Great Dragon Bank for a loan so he could recover and bid at the auction. After receiving 1.25 million gold coins against his magic tower and territory, he stayed with the Elder Council and watched the Fountain of Life auction, which had not yet drawn serious bids.

• Archmage Delin found a Green Dragon hunting and asked it to take him to the Elder Council.
• Archmage Delin offered his magic tower and territory as collateral for a loan from the Great Dragon Bank.
• A Silver Dragon approved a loan of 1.25 million gold coins, bringing Archmage Delin's balance to 1.5 million Dragon Gold Coins.
• The Silver Dragon invited Archmage Delin to stay at the Elder Council while he recovered.
• Archmage Delin checked the Magic Net and saw that the Fountain of Life auction price was still 180,000 gold coins, so he waited and looked for other treasures.

Roger and the Magic Goddess discussed the influx of Legendary worshippers and the wealth deposited in Great Dragon Bank. In the mortal world, Wool Ryan's father beat him for spending 150,000 gold coins, but Ryan proposed using Magic Net Videos to sell the Shepherd Order's backlogged wool products.

• Roger and the Magic Goddess noted that more than forty Legendary figures had begun praying to them and that Great Dragon Bank had collected over three hundred million Golden Dragon Coins.
• The Shepherd Pope whipped Wool Ryan for giving away 150,000 gold coins and missing the chance to spend it at the auction.
• The Shepherd Pope admitted that he had spoiled Ryan, then resigned himself to the Shepherd Order missing out on the auction.
• Wool Ryan proposed selling the order's backlogged wool through Magic Net Videos storefronts to restore its funds.

Wool Ryan persuaded the Shepherd Pope to let him promote the Wool Guild’s products through a Magic Net stream, betting that viewers and direct shipping would help sell their inventory. His stream drew attention as planned, and he began presenting himself as an abused rich man while promising viewers benefits.

• Wool Ryan explained that the Wool Guild could sell wool products directly online and let customers choose their own shipping speed and cost.
• Wool Ryan convinced the Shepherd Pope to fund Second-Generation Magic Net Rings and give him one chance to prove his plan.
• Wool Ryan prepared his subordinates to boost the stream with comments, likes, and coordinated participation, then had craftsmen cover him in fake wounds.
• Wool Ryan started the stream, and Shepherd Church members filled the chat with scripted reactions as viewers were drawn in through online promotions.
• Wool Ryan told viewers that his father had punished him for donating money and promised to give away Wool Guild products as benefits.

Wool Ryan used his position as the Shepherd Order’s heir to sell wool felt cheaply through a livestream, presenting the discounts as revenge against his father. The buyers rushed to place orders, while Roger watched the spectacle in the Divine Kingdom and joked with the Magic Goddess about the church’s wealth and reputation.

• Wool Ryan revealed that the Wool Guild belonged to the Shepherd Order and listed ten thousand pieces of wool felt for three gold coins each.
• Buyers ordered the discounted wool felt, encouraged by livestream comments and the low shipping costs.
• A lackey pleaded with Wool Ryan to stop selling at a loss, but Wool Ryan loudly criticized his father and announced he would list fifty thousand wool sweaters.
• The Shepherd Pope watched in stunned silence as Wool Ryan and the lackey appeared to struggle over the sales.
• Roger told the Magic Goddess that a church with an heir like Wool Ryan could become the richest in the mortal world, though its reputation might suffer.

Roger explained how Wool Ryan’s staged livestream and bargain prices had cleared the Wool Guild’s stock and drawn a huge audience. Wool Ryan then listed the remaining inventory as his furious father attacked the church, leaving viewers scrambling to buy before the stream ended.

• Roger explained that Wool Ryan had built a convincing wastrel persona and used staged comments and a scripted feud to promote his stream.
• After the first batch of wool products sold out, Wool Ryan listed another fifty thousand items and urged viewers to buy them.
• Wool Ryan’s staff and clergy continued encouraging the viewers as sales surged and the guild’s warehouse stock rapidly dwindled.
• With the audience topping 200,000, Wool Ryan claimed his father was coming to stop the sale and began listing the rest of the warehouse inventory.
• Explosions sounded as Wool Ryan warned that his father was breaking through the church’s defenses and viewers rushed to grab the remaining goods.

Wool Ryan sold 1.2 million wool products through Magic Net Videos, while he and the Shepherd Pope staged a public beating to hide the Shepherd Church’s profits. After learning how much they had earned, the Shepherd Pope offered to hand Wool Ryan control of the Church and Wool Guild, but Wool Ryan insisted on keeping his wastrel image and discussed financing the delayed payments with a mortgage loan.

• Wool Ryan sold more than a million wool products in minutes, and the Shepherd Pope appeared on the livestream to attack him before the screen went black.
• Roger revealed to the Magic Goddess that Wool Ryan, the Shepherd Pope, and their people were staging the beating while the Shepherd Church sold its stock at a large profit.
• After the livestream ended, Wool Ryan told the Shepherd Pope that the sale brought in four million gold coins and over two million more profit than expected.
• The Shepherd Pope praised Wool Ryan and offered to pass him the Shepherd Pope position and the Wool Guild, but Wool Ryan said he needed to maintain his wastrel image.
• The Shepherd Pope told Wool Ryan that Great Dragon Bank would lend against the orders while the auction payments were still pending.

Master Karl began selling his alchemical creations on the Magic Net after Wool Ryan’s success, while Audrey and Megan planned to sell Rost Territory goods through livestreams. Viscount Rost proposed expanding their idea into a network of livestream rooms staffed by Love and Beauty Church clerics.

• Master Karl uploaded a video demonstrating his Automatic Cleaning Magitech Device and listed his inventions for sale on the Magic Net.
• Several of Master Karl’s Magitech Devices sold, and he decided to list his filming stand and fill lights after fans asked about them.
• Audrey proposed selling Rost Territory goods online, and Megan suggested starting with clothing.
• Audrey and Megan messaged Viscount Rost about their plan, and he replied with a proposal to set up livestream rooms where clerics sold different kinds of local products.

Viscount Rost saw Wool Ryan’s success as a way to sell Rost Territory’s products through popular Magic Net personalities and planned to improve logistics with Super-High-Speed Trains. Meanwhile, the Fountain of Life auction surged toward its deadline, leaving Archmage Delin afraid that the price would exceed his funds.

• Viscount Rost proposed using popular Magic Net personalities to promote and sell products from Rost Territory, and Audrey agreed to revise the designs for the plan.
• Viscount Rost reviewed delivery options and concluded that Super-High-Speed Trains could accelerate the Magitech Industry.
• The Fountain of Life auction rose to six hundred thousand gold coins under a bid from Meteor Volcano Sakaski, prompting speculation about who could challenge him.
• An unidentified bidder raised the price to eight hundred thousand gold coins, and the bids continued climbing as the deadline approached.
• Archmage Meteorfall Delin watched the price rise toward his limit of one million five hundred thousand gold coins and prayed that it would stop.

Archmage Delin won the Fountain of Life for 1.5 million gold coins, and the auction’s prices climbed far beyond expectations. As the auction ended with 240 million gold coins in sales, Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg prepared to expand Dragonkind’s banking and transport ventures.

• Archmage Delin made a final bid of 1.5 million gold coins and won the Fountain of Life, staking his entire fortune.
• Magic Net spectators marveled at the winning price and realized the auction’s long bidding periods let buyers gather funds, driving prices sharply upward.
• Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg and the Elder Council discussed the auction’s success, their nearly 400 million gold coins in deposits, and a proposed 50-million-coin loan to Viscount Rost for a new Southlands transportation venture.
• Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg agreed to consider lending to Viscount Rost at ten percent interest and saw the auction as a way to establish Great Dragon Express and Great Dragon Bank.
• The auction ended at six in the evening with a total transaction value of 240 million gold coins.

After seeing the Magic Net Auction Forum discuss the recent auction and demand for affordable goods, the Alchemy Guild president planned to use Magic Net Videos to promote the guild and sell alchemical products. He proposed a continent-wide Alchemy Competition, leaving the guild’s executives to organize competitions that would attract viewers and customers.

• Magic Net users discussed the auction’s enormous sales, compound interest at the Great Dragon Bank, and the need for affordable goods for ordinary customers.
• The Alchemy Guild president summoned headquarters management to discuss the new Magic Net Videos feature and proposed creating a department to promote the guild and sell members’ products through a storefront.
• The president argued that the guild could serve the large market for mid- and low-end alchemical goods, while executives debated how to attract viewers.
• The president proposed a continent-wide Alchemy Competition with city, regional, national, and continental stages, livestreamed by guild branches and featuring impressive titles for champions.

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.