Chapter Summaries

Leon and his companions reached Irithyll of the Boreal Valley after their first clear of the Deepwater Bishop Congregation was recorded on a new stone stele. They entered the frozen city, prepared to face its enemies, and discovered that the armed figures on the stairs were only phantoms after Leon charged into them and broke his neck.

• Fingel gave Leon a handwritten Cathedral of the Deep guide and said he planned to challenge its boss again, while Leon kept quiet about his group's victory.
• Leon and his companions rushed to the dungeon portal, where they found a stele listing the first clearers and saw their names recorded for defeating the Deepwater Bishop Congregation.
• The crowd let Leon's group enter first, and they traveled through Firelink Shrine to the bonfire beyond Overlord Wolnir's arena.
• Leon fed the group grilled Warm Grass Fruit to help them withstand Irithyll's cold, then used the Small Doll to pass the barrier while the Crocodile Sunlight King roared from the bridge.
• Leon led the group toward Irithyll's cathedral and charged the armed figures on the stairs, only to pass through the phantoms and break his neck on the steps.

Leon and the Strategy Team explored Irithyll, where invisible Transparent Men and other monsters made the snowy city dangerous. After they avoided Pontiff Knight Fire Witches by taking the side alleys, they found a spirit of a boy praying to become one of Pontiff Sulyvahn’s knights.

• Leon and Malu ran through Irithyll’s harmless phantoms until Malu was attacked by an invisible Transparent Man, and Leon killed it with a sweeping magical blade.
• Leon’s team discovered more Transparent Men among the phantoms, returned to Firelink Shrine for the Kindling Secret Ritual, then came back able to detect the monsters’ footsteps.
• Leon and his companions encountered Transparent Men and frost-spewing Ice Wraiths on an avenue, while Delu enhanced the team’s defenses with fire magic.
• Three Pontiff Knight Fire Witches attacked the team with tracking pillars of fire, burning Te Er, so Leon led everyone into a side alley.
• Leon’s team found a kneeling boy’s spirit repeatedly expressing reverence for Pontiff Sulyvahn and aspiring to become his knight.

Leon and his companions fought Pontiff Knights and Fire Witches while exploring Irithyll, where they found a frightened child seeking his Dark Moon Knight Order Trainee Knight brother. After learning of a secret route around the western iron gate, they set out east and encountered a colossal beast transformed from a Pontiff Knight.

• Leon and his companions fought off Pontiff Knights in the alleys, exploiting their brittle curved swords to defeat them and escape the Fire Witches' attacks.
• Leon discovered rings and other items in boarded-up houses, then found a golden light point beyond a locked iron gate.
• Malu heard a child calling for help, and Leon rescued him from mutated hunting dogs and learned that his brother was a Dark Moon Knight Order Trainee Knight.
• The child asked Leon to find armor so he could leave his hiding place and revealed that a secret path bypassed the iron gate to the west.
• Leon and his companions explored the eastern route instead of farming armor, where a huge transformed Pontiff Knight revealed itself as Irithyll of the Boreal Valley Dorupo.

Leon and his companions fought Irithyll of the Boreal Valley Dorupo, enduring his freezing attacks and rooftop-smashing leaps before finally defeating him. They entered the warm, elegant building he had guarded and found a Silver Knight admiring a portrait of a beautiful woman.

• Leon led the group into narrow alleys to evade Dorupo's charge, then coordinated an ambush that knocked the monster down.
• Dorupo froze Te Er and retaliated against the group, forcing them to retreat onto rooftops and attack him with magic.
• Dorupo leaped onto the rooftops and smashed Leon's legs, then chased the group through the street with destructive hammer blows and Ice Mist.
• Leon waited for Dorupo to tire before the group repeatedly attacked, and a falling bell dealt the final blow that killed him.
• Leon and his companions entered a warm building at the end of the street and discovered a Silver Knight staring at a portrait of a beautiful woman.

Leon and his companions fought their way through Irithyll’s Silver Knights and discovered three valuable items, though Te Er died when Smough’s Hammer crushed him. They found a hidden passage that might lead to a bonfire, but ended the chapter hearing strange snoring below.

• Leon tried to backstab a Silver Knight but was struck by a lightning arrow from hidden archers, triggering a battle against three Silver Knights.
• Malu and the others retreated to the bridge bonfire, then returned and defeated the Silver Knights using teamwork and the terrain.
• Malu discovered three chests, which contained Goddess’s Blessing, the Lion Ring, and Smough’s Hammer.
• Te Er died when the newly revealed Smough’s Hammer crushed him, and Leon told Malu and Delu to keep the embarrassing death secret.
• Malu found a hidden underground path, and the group followed it toward firelight until they heard what sounded like snoring.

Leon and Malu found Jack Baldo sleeping beside a bonfire in Irithyll’s kitchen, where he welcomed them with soup and wine. After sharing stories and learning about the Dark Moon Covenant and the Profaned Capital, they rested by the bonfire as the dungeon neared closing.

• Leon and Malu reached the kitchen bonfire after surviving Irithyll’s Silver Knights, and Malu raised her dexterity to level sixty.
• Jack Baldo woke, thanked the group for helping him recover his armor, and gave them the White Church Aura miracle.
• Jack Baldo invited Leon, Malu, and Delu to share his special soup and Jack’s Wine, and they toasted their reunion.
• Jack Baldo told them about the Sunlight Princess Gwyneth, the Dark Moon Covenant, and his promise connected to the giant king Yhorm beneath the Underground Jail.
• Jack Baldo quickly fell asleep again, and Leon reviewed the group’s rewards before resting beside the bonfire.

Leon sold Smough's Hammer, while the battered Skyrim Strategy Team warned adventurers not to skip monsters in Irithyll. Fingel ignored the warning and found himself facing two enormous Crocodile Sunlight Kings after the smaller one summoned them.

• Leon auctioned Smough's Hammer to a Royal Palace attendant for over a thousand gold coins and abandoned his plan to boast about the Strategy Team's haul when he saw Fingel.
• The injured Skyrim Strategy Team emerged from the dungeon, and Lu Lu Wo warned that the dogs on Irithyll Bridge must be killed while Ta Mi cautioned adventurers against skipping monsters.
• Two days later, Fingel returned to Irithyll with the Guzha Squad, crossed the bridge past the Crocodile Sunlight King, and headed through the kitchen toward the lake.
• Fingel and his companions fought their way through strange water monsters and entered the lake, where Fingel found the Crocodile Sunlight King and prepared to test it in open combat.
• The Crocodile Sunlight King retreated and called up two larger kin from the water, leaving Fingel and the group facing three of the monsters.

Fingel and the Guzha Squad battled Crocodile Sunlight Kings and lake centipedes before fleeing through Irithyll of the Boreal Valley. They reached sight of a church connected to the Dark Moon Covenant, with a horde of monsters still pursuing them.

• Fingel blocked lightning attacks and Matilda used Hell March to launch him toward the Crocodile Sunlight Kings, but centipedes emerged from the lake and caught him.
• The Guzha Squad rushed to rescue Fingel, and the group defeated the monsters in a chaotic battle before reviving at the kitchen bonfire.
• The group decided to head west toward the church, escaped Dorupo, and accidentally drew a growing crowd of monsters into pursuit.
• Fingel spotted the church through the snow and offered to hold off the horde, but his companions refused to leave him, so he put away his weapon and ran with them.

Fingel discovered and joined the Dark Moon Blade covenant at Yorshka's Church, gaining tools to hunt players who had invaded others. Eager to try them out, he invaded Leon and his companions in Irithyll.

• Fingel and the Guzha Squad escaped the monster horde into Yorshka's Church, where the bonfire drove most of the monsters away.
• Fingel found a Proof of a Concord Kept beneath the altar and forged the Dark Moon Blade covenant.
• In a vision, Dark Sun Gwyndolin welcomed Fingel as a blade sworn to punish traitorous enemies of the gods and granted him a Blade of the Darkmoon Ring and a Blue Eye Orb.
• Fingel used the Blue Eye Orb immediately and vanished from the church to invade someone who had invaded others.
• Fingel encountered Leon and his companions, recognized them, and realized they were his targets.

Fingel invaded Leon under the new Dark Moon Blade covenant, but their duel ended with Leon and the Strategy Team defeating him and taking his ear. Back at Yorshka's Church, Fingel recruited others to the covenant and received encouragement from Gwyndolin, then considered telling a hidden boy about the sanctuary.

• Fingel appeared before Leon, became embarrassed when the group recognized him, and tried to deny his identity as Li Ge Fen.
• Leon and Fingel fought, with Fingel gaining the advantage until Leon used Swift Slash and Blind Spot Strike to exploit openings and wound him.
• The Strategy Team helped defeat Fingel, who returned to Yorshka's Church with one ear and a Proof of a Concord Well Kept.
• Fingel told Tus and the others that the Dark Moon Blade covenant had no downsides and let members speak with Gwyndolin, prompting them to join.
• Gwyndolin's voice appeared through a Fog Gate and praised Fingel's efforts, leaving him encouraged and wondering whether a boy hiding nearby could be brought to safety.

Leon and the Strategy Team helped the little boy find a shortcut through Irithyll, then discovered that the Special Blue Insect Pill might have come from his mutated brother. They returned to the boy’s house and found an Elite Monster wearing the mismatched equipment they had given him, which recognized Leon as its big brother.

• Leon and the others gave the little boy Fire Witch armor and Pontiff Knight equipment, which let him leave the house to search for his brother.
• The boy refused the Strategy Team’s offer of an escort, gave them a Special Blue Insect Pill and a map to a hidden shortcut, and asked them not to explore too deeply into Irithyll.
• The team followed the map through a cemetery, where they fought a weakened, beast-like Battle Knight and found another Special Blue Insect Pill.
• Malu realized the defeated Battle Knight might have been the boy’s brother, so the team hurried back toward the boy’s house.
• A small Elite Monster wearing the mismatched equipment appeared outside the boy’s door and called Leon “Big brother.”

The adventurers defeated Sulyvahn's Undead, who had been the little boy, and Fingel learned a miracle that could return him to a bonfire. Fearing for the boy in his own world, Fingel hurried to Yorshka's Church, but found it empty after discovering a child's corpse near the Crocodile Sunlight King.

• Malu and Leon fought Sulyvahn's Undead, and Malu dealt the final blow as the monster called out to his big brother and turned to ash.
• Fingel joined the fight, learned the little boy had transformed, and helped defeat the Undead; the adventurers speculated that the boy's equipment and imitation Pontiff's Left Eye had triggered the change.
• Fingel worried that the boy in his world might be in danger, returned to his companions, and led them toward Yorshka's Church.
• Fingel found the escaped Crocodile Sunlight King eating a small, mangled corpse near the church and killed the beast in a single flurry of strikes.
• Fingel picked up a miracle page for Road Home, burned the corpse, and hurried to the church, where he found no footprints in the snow and no one inside.

Fingel and Leon repeatedly tried to save the little boy in Irithyll, but each attempt ended in his death or transformation despite their changing tactics. After failing to find a happy ending, they decided to recruit more adventurers, and the Hasawi Squad and the Strategy Team launched an event to search for one.

• Fingel resolved to save the little boy after blaming himself for letting the Crocodile Sunlight King escape, and he and Leon agreed to review their failures together.
• Fingel searched the lake for the other Crocodile Sunlight Kings while Leon sought armor sets, then Bei Er Tuo offered equipment in exchange for the test results.
• Fingel and Leon tried escorting the boy to the church and changing his armor, but he repeatedly died or transformed, including into a Pontiff Knight, Fire Witch, Battle Knight, and Jailer.
• After several days of failed attempts, Fingel decided they needed more people to test possible solutions.
• The Hasawi Squad and the Strategy Team launched an event inviting veteran adventurers to explore Irithyll and help find the little boy's happy ending.

Adventurers flocked to Irithyll to join Gwyndolin’s Dark Moon Blade Covenant, whose hunters punished invaders, while teams and volunteers helped more people reach the city. The rescue effort for the little boy remained stalled, and Lu Lu Wo emerged from Irithyll’s Underground Jail after being invaded more than twenty times in one day.

• Gong Qiying placed Blue and White Cipher Rings throughout the areas, allowing hunters to answer invasion requests and victims to summon help.
• The Dark Moon Blade Covenant became popular, and adventurers entering Irithyll collected ears to unlock more of Gwyndolin’s encouraging voice lines.
• Mei Erjia led elves from Bede City in helping adventurers clear difficult areas, and the number reaching Irithyll rose past three hundred.
• Adventurers’ efforts to rescue the little boy stalled because they could not clear every monster along his route to the church.
• Dark Moon Blade hunters targeted frequent invaders, provoking revenge and fights in the surface world while the Soul-Sucking Ghosts suffered heavy losses.
• Lu Lu Wo staggered out of Irithyll’s Underground Jail and said she had been invaded more than twenty times that day.

Lu Lu Wo reunited with Bei Er Tuo, shared what she had learned about Irithyll Underground Jail, and planned to use its secrets to provoke the growing Dark Moon Blade covenant. She decided to let Iliphis’s Light Eagle Legion face Irithyll’s likely final boss while she rested, as Iliphis and Serena continued their public date in the royal capital.

• Lu Lu Wo told Bei Er Tuo that Fingel’s invasion had scattered her team and exposed them to the life-draining Irithyll Jailers, then showed him a recording of one.
• Lu Lu Wo reported the Underground Jail’s map, traps, and monsters, and revealed that Yorshka had been imprisoned there, suggesting Gwyndolin might have been imprisoned too.
• Lu Lu Wo chose to keep the information secret until the Dark Moon Blade covenant grew more popular, planning to release it and spur adventurers to attack Pontiff Sulyvahn.
• Lu Lu Wo decided to leave the Underground Jail and have Iliphis’s Light Eagle Legion face Irithyll’s likely final boss, while planning to plant Image Stones to record Iliphis’s humiliation.
• Iliphis and Serena performed as a loving couple during a public date, though Serena privately resented him and spotted an opportunity to irritate him.

Iliphis took Serena out to strengthen their public image but was drawn into a humiliatingly popular hair-washing massage before Elsa and Sally helped him escape. After hearing about Pontiff Sulyvahn and noticing Elsa’s attachment to the Skyrim Strategy Team, Iliphis prepared to lead an expedition into Zane Dungeon and began considering how to deal with the team.

• Iliphis reflected on the Fallen Devil Egg, his defeats in Zane Dungeon, and his plans to marry Serena while accompanying her around the royal city.
• Serena persuaded Iliphis to try a Gulu-inspired hair-washing massage, and the onlookers spread word of his devotion to her.
• Elsa and Sally arrived with a report about Pontiff Sulyvahn, giving Iliphis an excuse to leave Serena and avoid a back-stepping service.
• Iliphis decided to lead the Light Eagle Legion into Zane Dungeon in a few days and asked Elsa about her time with the Skyrim Strategy Team.
• Elsa refused Iliphis’s suggestion to recruit the team, while Iliphis privately began thinking of them as a threat to his hold over her.

Lu Lu Wo organized a Meteor Shower outing to help the Skyrim Strategy Team bond, but an ambush struck the gathering outside Bede City. The chapter ended with Lu Lu Wo taking an enchanted crossbow bolt and its explosion separating her from the team.

• Lu Lu Wo visited Gong Qiying’s shop, bought supplies, and asked how to help her team’s newcomers grow closer.
• Gong Qiying suggested watching the Meteor Shower, and two suspicious figures overheard Lu Lu Wo’s plans and reported them to their group leader.
• Lu Lu Wo led Bei Er Tuo, Ta Mi, and the rest of the team away from the crowded Royal City to a cliff outside Bede City.
• The team ate, drank, and listened to Lu Lu Wo’s long speech while Ta Mi discovered he had brought a package full of Lure Skulls instead of party games.
• An enchanted crossbow bolt pierced Lu Lu Wo’s chest, and she kicked Ta Mi away before the bolt exploded.

The Skyrim Strategy Team was ambushed by a force of bizarre beastmen and nearly killed before Lu Lu Wo used Lure Skulls to create an opening. A Black Shadow Man then defeated the team, but Lu Lu Wo’s signal summoned Da Er and the Farron Guard as the chapter ended.

• An enchanted-arrow ambush struck the Skyrim Strategy Team, and Bei Er Tuo left the Magic Shield to rescue the injured Lu Lu Wo.
• Grotesque beastmen overwhelmed the unarmed team, drove them to the cliff, and began tearing into Ta Mi.
• Lu Lu Wo scattered Lure Skulls, distracting the beastmen and letting the team flee, but a Black Shadow Man wounded her and severed the others’ tendons.
• The Black Shadow Man revealed that Iliphis wanted Elsa corrupted and planned to use the team’s deaths to stir her negative emotions.
• Lu Lu Wo launched a firework and called for the Farron Guard, and Da Er appeared with a Farron Greatsword aimed at the Black Shadow Man.

Da Er and the Farron Guards defeated the Black Shadow Man and his beastmen attackers, though the enemies left no one alive to question. Lu Lu Wo was left injured and exhausted, with no idea what the attackers had wanted.

• Da Er repeatedly parried the Black Shadow Man’s attacks and cut him down, while the assassin’s subordinates broke free and charged at the group.
• Da Er fired a Soul Arrow into the sky, summoning the Farron Guards, who joined the fight and attacked the beastmen.
• The Black Shadow Man created duplicates and fled, but Da Er destroyed the clones and caught up with him.
• Da Er blasted the Black Shadow Man with Normal Attack Magic, destroying him and the tiny fragment he tried to use to escape.
• The Farron Guards defeated the beastmen, but the survivors self-destructed before Lu Lu Wo could interrogate them.

After an unidentified attack, Lu Lu Wo provoked the unseen enemy with a gruesome video and moved the Skyrim Strategy Team to Lake Liurnia for safety. Iliphis grew furious at her taunt and, after Elsa rushed to comfort the team, ordered Sally to enter Irithyll.

• Lu Lu Wo and the Farron Guards failed to identify the attackers, and Da Er advised her to report the assault to Earl Ka Rong.
• Lu Lu Wo filmed herself desecrating the orc corpses and released the video as a provocation aimed at the attack’s mastermind.
• Lu Lu Wo led the Skyrim Strategy Team to a house beside a bonfire in Lake Liurnia, where she planned to stay safe from further attacks.
• Iliphis watched the video and raged, but he hesitated to attack Lu Lu Wo because she could revive at a bonfire.
• Elsa hurried to offer the Skyrim Strategy Team her sympathies, foiling Iliphis’s plan to use their deaths to upset her.
• Iliphis summoned Sally and ordered him to enter Irithyll the next day.