Chapter Summaries

Kels showed a Fairy Folk representative Rost Territory’s mass-produced goods and Magitech Machinery, then explained the production devices and lines the company was willing to sell. After hours of negotiations, the representative convened the High Council to discuss cooperation with Rost Territory.

• Kels showed the Fairy Folk representative identical everyday utensils and explained that Rost Territory could produce them in large quantities at low prices.
• The representative inspected goods in the trucks and recognized that traditional manufacturers would struggle to compete with them.
• Kels introduced Magitech Machinery and explained that Rost Territory mainly sold production devices and most production lines, while keeping some high-impact lines for itself.
• Kels and the representative spent several hours clarifying the proposed cooperation and its terms.
• The representative convened the High Council and asked its members what they thought of cooperating with Rost Territory.

Viscount Rost oversaw the first training camp for former Griffin Knights and Giant Eagle Knights chosen as reserves for the Flying Tech Battle Priests. The trainees began studying Magitech theory and aerial tactics before they could fly the Dragon Rider Type-1s.

• Rost Territory agreed to the Western Continent races' trade terms, and its goods began entering their territories.
• Viscount Rost traveled to a camp near the Eagle Nest Mountains, close to the Technology God Church's border with the Dawn Kingdom's Westlands.
• Margaret Torres inspected the young Tech Battle Priest reserves, all of whom had previously served as Griffin Knights or Giant Eagle Knights.
• Viscount Rost introduced the Dragon Rider Type-1s and explained the trainees' Magitech theory and flight-simulator training.
• The trainees began their first lesson on specialized flight terminology and aerial combat tactics.

The Flight Tech Battle Priests completed their training and began flying Dragon Knight Type-1 Aircraft, while Viscount Rost and Nidhogg watched. Rost hinted that the aircraft and new force were meant for a threat beyond the monsters north of Watcher's Wall, then asked Nidhogg about the Tulip Kingdom.

• The instructor announced that the Flight Tech Battle Priests had mastered the Dragon Knight Type-1 and would begin training with real aircraft.
• The trainees swore to protect the scarce aircraft, and Margaret led them into the sky for their first flights.
• Viscount Rost watched the trainees fly with Nidhogg, who questioned whether Rost had brought him there to show off the aircraft or propose a business deal.
• Nidhogg praised Margaret's flying, and Rost said the force was not needed just to fight the monsters north of Watcher's Wall.
• Rost asked Nidhogg about the Tulip Kingdom, which Nidhogg said was Lady Dream's domain and forbidden to Dragons.

Viscount Rost told Nidhogg, the Destruction Black Dragon, that the Technology God Church’s main forces were in the Tulip Kingdom, a dangerous world beyond a gateway, and explained the plan to build a stronger Magitech army. Nidhogg decided to help combine Dragon Tongue Magic with Magitech Devices, leaving Viscount Rost eager to learn the Dragons’ runes.

• Viscount Rost revealed that many priests sent north of Watcher's Wall had secretly been deployed to the Tulip Kingdom, where the Technology God Church had concentrated its main forces.
• Nidhogg, the Destruction Black Dragon, considered going through the gateway but hesitated after learning that Lady Dream had died there and other gods had suffered disastrous fates.
• Viscount Rost explained that Magitech Devices would help mortals fight the Enforcers and monsters while the gods faced threats such as the Pain Mother.
• Nidhogg proposed integrating Dragon Tongue Magic into Magitech Devices and offered to send experts in the magic to Rost Academy.
• Viscount Rost welcomed the opportunity to study Dragon runes, and Nidhogg said he had one condition.

Rost Academy’s acquisition of the Dragon-Speech Runes sparked excitement among its researchers and a frenzy of interest across the magic net. Viscount Rost’s plan to expand the Magic Academy gained momentum, and the Dragon Knight Type-1 Aircraft officially entered the battlefield.

• After Nidhogg sent the Dragon-Speech Runes to Rost Academy, its magic and magitech researchers found new ways to improve spells, weapons, and the Sky Fortress.
• Students and magic-net users reacted with astonishment as news spread that Rost Academy had persuaded the dragons to share their runes.
• The publicity drew attention to Rost Academy’s challenge to the old, restrictive ways of studying magic, including apprenticeship, family inheritance, and expensive deals with mages.
• Viscount Rost expected the runes to attract many instructors and students, including powerful mages seeking a chance to advance, while also helping address limits in magitech.
• As attention remained fixed on the Dragon-Speech Runes, the Dragon Knight Type-1 Aircraft officially entered the battlefield.

Margaret led more than fifty Dragon Knight Type-1 Aircraft across the Watcher’s Wall and into the Northlands for their first battlefield operation. After reaching their assigned target, the Flight Tech Battle Priests dropped Hellfire on a gathering of White Walkers, unleashing a massive wave of flames.

• Margaret reassured her nervous Flight Tech Battle Priests as their aircraft approached the Watcher’s Wall and the Northlands.
• A speaker welcomed the squad to the battlefield and ordered them to follow their maps and attack the White Walkers.
• Margaret ordered the more than fifty Dragon Knight Type-1 Aircraft to cross the Watcher’s Wall and fly to their assigned location.
• Margaret surveyed the White Walkers below and ordered the aircraft into Combat formation C to lock on to their targets.
• Margaret ordered the squad to drop Hellfire, and the explosions engulfed the White Walkers’ gathering point in flames.

Intelligent White Walkers planned to use traps, but Margaret led an aerial surprise attack that devastated their gathering point. Dragon Knight Type-1 Aircraft pursued the fleeing White Walkers and destroyed one, leaving livestream viewers stunned by the Technology God Church’s flying weapons.

• Intelligent White Walkers discussed avoiding direct clashes and laying traps, but one sensed danger in the sky.
• Margaret’s forces dropped Hellfire payloads from above, engulfing the White Walker gathering point and leaving a few survivors.
• Margaret ordered Dragon Knight Type-1 Aircraft to pursue three suspected intelligent White Walkers while the others searched for larger groups.
• A Dragon Knight Type-1 Aircraft blasted one fleeing White Walker to dust with a powerful beam.
• Livestream viewers reacted in amazement to the aerial attack and the Technology God Church’s aircraft.

Margaret’s Dragon Knight Type-1 Aircraft destroyed a White Walker gathering point, demonstrating the power of the Technology God Church’s new flying Magitech Devices. After the Flight Tech Battle Priests landed to rest, Wolf General and Viscount Rost discussed their deployment and training, while leaders of other nations began hearing about the aircraft.

• Margaret confirmed that the Dragon Knight Type-1 Aircraft had eliminated every target and ordered the unit to return to base.
• The aircraft landed at a new outpost, where Margaret introduced herself to the commander and her Flight Tech Battle Priests accepted food and a campsite.
• A Flight Tech Battle Priest said the unit had enough energy to raid another gathering point.
• Wolf General told Viscount Rost that the air-to-ground operation had gone smoothly and praised the Flight Tech Battle Priests’ impact.
• Viscount Rost urged Wolf General to train the pilots alongside ground forces and develop new tactics instead of relying on them to advance quickly.
• Leaders of many nations were awakened with news of the Technology God Church’s new Magitech Device, and Gray Fortress’s emperor asked whether it could reshape the battlefield.

The emperor of the Graycastle Empire confronted Viscount Rost about the Technology God Church’s growing power and its rapid development of weapons. Viscount Rost admitted that the church might truly be racing against a threat, leaving the emperor with a new concern about what was pursuing them.

• The emperor watched the Technology God Church’s influence and military strength grow, and felt the Graycastle Empire’s control slipping away.
• At dawn, the emperor called Viscount Rost and asked what the Technology God Church wanted.
• Viscount Rost explained that the church sought to improve life through technology, while the emperor objected that its actions were changing the balance of power.
• Viscount Rost promised that the church’s forces would not attack anyone unless attacked, but the emperor questioned why they kept developing stronger weapons.
• Viscount Rost admitted that something might really be chasing the church and decided to tell the emperor the truth.

Viscount Rost told the Gray Fortress Emperor that the Technology God Church was preparing for threats from another world and needed the Graycastle Empire as a stable rear. The Emperor agreed to send a Shadow to the Tulip Kingdom to verify the danger and consider industrial reforms, then summoned the Shadow who had heard their conversation.

• Viscount Rost explained that an unknown force in the Tulip Kingdom had caused three gods to die, vanish, or go mad, prompting the Technology God Church to strengthen its military and civilian magitech.
• Viscount Rost said the Church was sending priests to the Tulip Kingdom because a catastrophe could strike and assured the Gray Fortress Emperor that a stable Graycastle Empire would benefit them.
• Viscount Rost invited the Emperor to send people to observe the Tulip Kingdom but warned that no one could travel to the other world.
• The Gray Fortress Emperor agreed to send a Shadow to the Tulip Kingdom and said the Graycastle Empire would cooperate with industrial reforms while remaining wary of the Dawn Kingdom.
• After ending the video call, the Gray Fortress Emperor asked whether his Shadow had heard the conversation, and a figure emerged from the shadows.

The Alchemists' Guild partnered with the Technology God Church to broadcast its continent-wide Alchemist Competition, hoping to attract public attention. Nidhogg questioned Viscount Rost about why he had become involved in an event that seemed unrelated to the Technology God Church.

• Magic Net users discussed how Flying Magitech Devices might affect everyday transportation and accepted that the Technology God Church was already too powerful to challenge.
• The Alchemists' Guild announced that its upcoming competition would be projected in major cities with the Technology God Church's support.
• The Guild's president realized that the competition would draw little attention without the Church's help, especially since most Magic Net users were not mages.
• Nidhogg asked Viscount Rost why he was getting involved in the Alchemists' Guild's competition.

Viscount Rost persuaded Nidhogg that alchemy and magitech shared roots, then explained why the Alchemists' Guild competition could benefit alchemists and the Technology God Church. He argued that Magitech Devices could turn ordinary magical effects into useful products for everyone, leaving Nidhogg to consider the difference.

• Viscount Rost argued that alchemical creations and Magitech Devices had similar principles, and Nidhogg eventually acknowledged their resemblance.
• Viscount Rost outlined his plans to cooperate with the Alchemist Order, install Virtual Reality Projection in major cities, gather rare materials, and recruit promising alchemists for the Technology God Church.
• Viscount Rost described the financial struggles of many alchemists and said inventors could earn money by developing Magitech Devices for mass production.
• Nidhogg questioned why alchemists lacking creativity would suddenly create popular Magitech Devices, and Viscount Rost argued that such devices served ordinary people rather than only mages.
• Viscount Rost used a house-cleaning device as an example, explaining that people might buy a Magitech Device that worked without their magic even if the task took a long time.

Viscount Rost examined Graycastle’s proposed currency and trade agreement, recognizing that the Empire wanted his support to stabilize its paper money. He flew to the capital to negotiate directly with the Graycastle Emperor, leaving the Alchemist Competition preparations in the hands of his assistant.

• Viscount Rost argued to Nidhogg that recruiting alchemists into Magitech research would benefit the churches, the Alchemist Order, businesses, and ordinary people.
• Projection equipment began operating across the continent, drawing widespread attention to the Alchemist Competition.
• A young assistant brought Viscount Rost Graycastle’s trade agreement, and Rost explained that the Empire needed the Great Dragon Bank’s support to protect its paper currency.
• Viscount Rost agreed to negotiate the details, assigned his assistant to receive representatives from the churches, and set out for Graycastle’s capital with Nidhogg.
• Viscount Rost arrived before the Graycastle Emperor within hours and said the urgent matter should be settled quickly because time was limited.

The Emperor of Graycastle discussed the threat revealed by the Tulip Kingdom incident and negotiated with Viscount Rost over currency exchange and trade. Rost agreed to the Emperor’s proposed arrangement only if his people could invest in the Graycastle Empire and buy land, leaving the Emperor weighing the risks against the benefits.

• The Emperor of Graycastle concluded that the Tulip Kingdom incident demanded a rapid increase in the world’s strength and raised the possibility that interdimensional criminals had been deliberately sent to prepare an invasion.
• Viscount Rost questioned the proposed currency exchange window and argued that Dragon Gold Coins could be spent anywhere while Graycastle paper currency could only be used in Graycastle.
• The Emperor of Graycastle argued that the Graycastle Empire’s vast population and consumer market would make its currency valuable to Viscount Rost’s people.
• Viscount Rost accepted the proposed terms in principle but demanded investment rights in the Graycastle Empire and permission to purchase land.
• The Emperor of Graycastle considered the risk that Rost’s industries would monopolize the market against the potential gains from accessing advanced technology.

The Graycastle Emperor considered Viscount Rost’s proposal to attract foreign investment and technology, while protecting the empire’s interests through currency controls. Meanwhile, healers gathered in Rost Territory for a wager, where Master Ragewind encountered the Elven Kingdom’s second elder, who confronted him about his debts.

• Viscount Rost urged the Graycastle Emperor to open the empire to foreign investment so it could gain technology, money, and management experience.
• The Graycastle Emperor agreed that trading market access for investment was necessary but said the details needed careful study.
• High-ranking healing priests, skilled doctors, and other healing experts gathered in Rost Territory and were amazed by what they saw.
• A priest from the Church of Light recognized Master Ragewind, who said he had come because of an interesting wager.
• The Elven Kingdom’s second elder found Ragewind and told him not to run, saying they could settle his old debts after the important matter.

Master Ragewind questioned the Elves' Second Elder about Viscount Rost's plan to unite competing healing methods and improve survival across the world. The Elder admitted he did not know whether the plan could work, but said the Elves had come because it might be an opportunity or a threat.

• Master Ragewind learned that the Elves' Second Elder had come after receiving an invitation describing Viscount Rost's healing proposal.
• Master Ragewind questioned how the plan could protect druids', churches', and alchemists' interests when healing also secured their income and influence.
• The Elves' Second Elder explained that Viscount Rost's past impact made the proposal worth considering, even if it failed.
• The Elves' Second Elder said the Dwarf Elf had warned that the plan might become either an opportunity or a nightmare for the Elves.
• Master Ragewind recognized the Dwarf Elf as the former druid behind the Golden Merchants' Guild and its mass-produced Druid Potions.
• The Elves' Second Elder said the Dwarf Elf had no inside information and had only guessed based on his understanding of Viscount Rost and the Technology God Church.

Master Ragewind and the Elves' second elder discussed Viscount Rost’s plan to reduce mortality and the gamble it posed for the churches, while outsiders in Rost Territory argued over treatments and learned that local law applied to everyone. Viscount Rost and the Gray Fortress Emperor signed a detailed trade agreement, and the Emperor asked whether something big was happening in Rost Territory.

• Master Ragewind told the Elves' second elder that Viscount Rost’s plan could drastically reduce mortality among intelligent races and give the churches a chance to become its core.
• The Elves' second elder pointed out that Master Ragewind had already come to Rost Territory, prompting him to reconsider staying uninvolved.
• Outsiders gathered in a theater argued over witch doctors, other medical practitioners, and holy water while local residents discussed their dispute.
• A resident of Rost Territory told the outsiders that everyone had to obey local laws, regardless of who had invited them.
• Viscount Rost and the Gray Fortress Emperor signed a comprehensive trade agreement governing investment, factories, land purchases, and currency exchange.
• The Gray Fortress Emperor asked Viscount Rost whether something big was happening after hearing that many people had gathered in Rost Territory.

Viscount Rost explained to the Graycastle Emperor that his project in Rost Territory aimed to reduce deaths among ordinary people by addressing disease and improving access to healthcare. He then traveled back with Nidhogg, the Destruction Black Dragon, whose support as a financier was essential to the plan.

• Viscount Rost described how poverty and disease caused most ordinary people to die young, especially infants and children.
• The Graycastle Emperor realized that ordinary people lacked the medical care available to nobles and asked whether this was why Viscount Rost had gathered powerful church leaders and mages.
• Viscount Rost said his plan would address the problem over several years and could help raise Graycastle's population beyond 180 million.
• After meeting the Graycastle Emperor, Viscount Rost arranged to return to Rost Territory with Nidhogg, the Destruction Black Dragon.
• Nidhogg questioned the plan's impact, and Viscount Rost explained that Nidhogg would provide funding through low-interest loans.

Viscount Rost gathered healers from across the continent to recruit them for a plan to improve public health through mass-produced medicine. After promising substantial funding, compensation, and lasting recognition, he addressed their concerns about patients using the wrong medicines and introduced a second plan.

• Viscount Rost welcomed the healers gathered in the Grand Hall, with Nidhogg attending in human form, and promised that joining his plan would help them achieve their aims.
• Viscount Rost argued that widespread illness and early death could be changed, prompting the healers to question how such a goal could be achieved.
• Viscount Rost proposed mass-producing Holy Water, Druid Potions, and ordinary herbal medicines, backed by one hundred million Dragon Gold Coins from his companies.
• Viscount Rost offered participants generous compensation and public recognition, drawing the interest of church representatives who saw the medicines as a way to spread their faith.
• Viscount Rost acknowledged concerns that patients might take the wrong medicine and announced that he would present a second plan to address the problem.

Viscount Rost proposed training barefoot doctors with symptom-focused guidebooks so basic care and medicine could reach ordinary people across the continent. He outlined four recruitment channels and argued the program would help patients without threatening established doctors’ livelihoods.

• Viscount Rost described a practical guidebook that would tell barefoot doctors how to respond to symptoms, choose medicines, and monitor patients.
• Viscount Rost argued that even with a higher misdiagnosis rate, barefoot doctors would improve ordinary people’s chances of survival and give them a path to become official doctors.
• The medical professionals in the hall gradually accepted that the program would serve people who would not otherwise seek their help, while expanding the market for medicines and medical books.
• Viscount Rost named medical families as the first source of barefoot doctors, pointing to family members with medical knowledge who had not become physicians.
• Viscount Rost proposed recruiting clergy from healing churches and suggested churches could arrange consultations in chapels while selling medicine through nearby pharmacies.
• Viscount Rost identified short-term training and self-study as the other recruitment channels, while noting that low literacy would make the program harder to spread.