Chapter Summaries

Prince Raymond attended the Angelia Kingdom’s surrender ceremony, then secretly met Freya, who warned that the Lampari Kingdom was falling behind the empires in aviation. Raymond suspected Queen Servini’s resentment toward Xu Yi was holding back development, and wondered whether Freya had a way to resolve it.

• Prince Raymond represented the Lampari Kingdom at the Angelia Kingdom’s surrender ceremony, where the surrender agreement was signed despite several ministers’ objections.
• After the ceremony, Prince Raymond left the capital and met Freya beside a river outside the West City Gate.
• Freya teased Prince Raymond about his family and marriage before urging him to discuss the Lampari Kingdom’s lack of investment in aviation.
• Freya warned that the Candel Empire and Malo Empire were advancing their satellite programs, putting the Lampari Kingdom at risk of falling behind.
• Prince Raymond admitted Queen Servini’s apparent resistance to aviation might stem from resentment toward Xu Yi, and wondered whether Freya had a solution.

Freya offered Prince Raymond a secret satellite-sharing arrangement, and Queen Servini later abdicated in favor of her son. After Servini visited Xu Yi at his secluded island home, she confronted him about missing their son Raymond’s wedding.

• Freya proposed that the Xinfei Merchant Guild share satellite signals with the Lampari Kingdom, and Prince Raymond said he would first consult Queen Servini.
• A Lampari merchant guild secretly agreed to lease six satellites and receive help launching two of its own.
• Queen Servini abdicated after thirty-nine years on the throne and passed power to Prince Raymond, later withdrawing from public life.
• Servini traveled to Xu Yi’s remote island home after years without seeing him, and they recalled how long they had been apart.
• Servini reproached Xu Yi for missing Raymond’s wedding, and Xu Yi stared at her in shock when she asked whether he had skipped his own son’s wedding.

Servini reunited with Xu Yi and explained that she had abdicated the Lampari throne after Freya’s remarks prompted her to reconsider her responsibilities. As Raymond and Freya took on the continent’s tangled affairs, war and rapid military magic-technology development continued across the Sains Continent.

• Servini told Xu Yi she had feared he would not acknowledge Raymond as their son, and they discussed their estrangement and the possibility of being friends again.
• Stille joined them, and Servini said she had long prepared Raymond to rule before handing him the throne.
• Servini revealed that Freya’s criticism of her stubbornness and Raymond’s frustrations had helped spur her abdication.
• Servini warned Xu Yi that Freya had no intention of settling into a quiet life, and he agreed that the continent’s situation made that unlikely.
• The chapter described ongoing resistance in the conquered Angelia Kingdom, the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom’s stalemate with its opponents, and the Candel and Malo Empires’ spreading war.
• The continent’s conflicts slowed general magic-industry growth but accelerated military magic machinery and research, with the war’s outcome still uncertain.

Great Mage Le Mans arrived on the Demoncloud Continent with his family after fleeing the fall of the Chino Kingdom, hoping to work for the Xinfei Merchant Guild. Welcomed into a comfortable new life, he learned that the guild’s first astronauts had returned safely and realized he could pursue his research there.

• Great Mage Le Mans disembarked with his wife and children and discovered that the Chino Kingdom had fallen to the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom, leaving him no desire to return or serve it.
• After losing his Magic Communication Box, Great Mage Le Mans heard a public announcement and reunited with his Xinfei Merchant Guild reception representative at the passenger service center.
• The representative drove Great Mage Le Mans and his family through the prosperous harbor district and settled them in a fully furnished villa.
• Great Mage Le Mans asked about the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s manned spaceflight experiment, and the representative told him that the first astronauts had returned safely two days earlier.
• Great Mage Le Mans concluded that moving to the Demoncloud Continent was the right choice because he could apply his expertise in the mana environment of outer space.

Xu Yi persuaded Cassandra to consider returning to Alice to investigate its teleportation array, while Great Mage Le Mans settled happily into his work and family life at the Xinfei Merchant Guild. Cassandra agreed to consider the trip after Xu Yi promised her a role in Dragon Race Legend Season Three.

• Xu Yi and Cassandra observed the planet and discussed how dragons had made the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s space program easier, including plans for a space station.
• Xu Yi suggested building a base on the moon, which Cassandra called Alice, and explained that he wanted to study its teleportation array.
• Cassandra fled when Xu Yi asked her to return to Alice for experiments, then stopped and asked whether President Xu would keep his promise of a role in Dragon Race Legend Season Three.
• Great Mage Le Mans enjoyed his research work at the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s Aviation Research Institute and felt fulfilled in his new life.
• Great Mage Le Mans’s wife and children settled into the guild’s community, with the children attending its schools and his wife no longer wanting to return to the Sains Continent.

Great Mage Le Mans reunited with his old friend Zeborto, who had fled the Candel Empire’s Southern Province with his family after workers’ uprising engulfed the region. Le Mans welcomed him to the Demoncloud Continent and urged him to join the Xinfei Merchant Guild.

• Great Mage Le Mans strolled by the docks with his wife, who decided not to open a flower shop and instead stay home with their children.
• Le Mans spotted someone he recognized among the refugees arriving by ship and called out for Zeborto, who flew over to him.
• Le Mans and his wife met Zeborto and his family at a nearby coffeehouse and asked why they had fled the Candel Empire.
• Zeborto explained that a factory workers’ strike had grown into an armed uprising that seized the Southern Province’s capital, while the Governor’s Mansion failed to intervene and imperial troops were bogged down.
• Le Mans welcomed Zeborto to the Demoncloud Continent and invited him to join the Xinfei Merchant Guild, and Zeborto accepted that he had few other choices.

As the Candel Empire fell into revolt, military defeat, and provincial secession, Freya asked Xu Yi whether the Xinfei Merchant Guild should intervene, but he left the decision to her. Xu Yi then tested the Abyssal Demon Race teleportation array by traveling from a small island near Space Island to Alice, where Cassandra welcomed him.

• Zeborto learned that workers' riots had spread through the Candel Empire, Duke Rocky had died, the Malo Empire had nearly destroyed two legions, and three provinces had declared independence.
• Freya asked Xu Yi whether the Xinfei Merchant Guild should support the Candel Empire Royal Family, and Xu Yi told her to decide based on what benefited her and the guild.
• Akali told Xu Yi that Cassandra's mana signal from Alice had activated the relic, and the researchers prepared a test to teleport a living person.
• Xu Yi told Elder Lysania to wait for confirmation, then entered the teleportation array as Akali activated it.
• Xu Yi arrived on Alice, where Cassandra greeted him.

Xu Yi arrived on Alice and discovered that Cassandra had found a second Abyssal Demon Race Teleportation Array, separate from the one near their arrival point. Unwilling to risk traveling through it without knowing where it led, Xu Yi sent a Mana Signal Generator through to test whether its destination was safe.

• Xu Yi arrived on Alice, saw Cassandra relaxing in an illusion of a spring meadow, and learned the scenery concealed the moon’s barren surface and the ruins of a lunar base.
• Cassandra showed Xu Yi Sains Planet in the sky and led him several kilometers away to a second Teleportation Array she had recently discovered.
• Cassandra activated the array while Xu Yi examined its mana patterns, and they sensed that it could transport them somewhere far beyond Sains Planet.
• Xu Yi and Cassandra agreed they could not risk traveling through the unknown array because they might not be able to return.
• Xu Yi placed a Mana Signal Generator in the array and activated it, sending the device to an unknown destination so they could test for a signal from the other end.

Xu Yi sent Akali, Elder Lysania, and their teams to study the Abyssal Demon Race’s lunar base and teleportation array on Alice. Meanwhile, as civil unrest threatened the Candel Empire, the Xinfei Merchant Guild refused to intervene, offered civilian relief, and defended itself against accusations that it had fueled the wars for profit.

• Xu Yi agreed to let Akali lead a research group to Alice, where Elder Lysania and Azshara Tribe elves would help investigate the lunar base and teleportation array.
• Workers rioted and provinces declared independence, pushing the Candel Empire into a crisis more severe than the invasion decades earlier.
• Freya said the Xinfei Merchant Guild would not interfere in the Candel Empire’s domestic affairs but would join other organizations to help civilians escape the fighting.
• Newspapers accused the Xinfei Merchant Guild of instigating the wars and using them to recruit talented workers for the Demoncloud Continent.
• The Xinfei Merchant Guild released figures showing that its sales and revenue had fallen sharply during the wars, quieting many accusations but leaving its motives unclear.

The Malo Empire conquered the Candel Empire, forcing its emperor to flee to the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s Main Base and ask Freya for help. Freya challenged his bargaining power and asked what he knew about the Stantin Duchy’s political system, prompting him to guess that she meant the National Assembly.

• The Xinfei Merchant Guild continued trading through war zones, drawing refugees and skilled workers seeking safety.
• The Malo Empire launched a full-scale offensive, seized Wimbledon City, and occupied or lost control of all thirty-seven Candel provinces.
• The Candel Emperor fled the capital aboard a mana airship and went to the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s Main Base to seek Freya’s aid.
• The Candel Emperor offered favorable treatment if Freya helped restore his empire, but she pointed out that the guild could profit by cooperating with the Malo Empire instead.
• The Candel Emperor admitted he had little leverage and asked what terms would persuade Freya to help him.
• Freya asked whether he understood the Stantin Duchy’s political system, and he identified the National Assembly.

Claverly, the powerful leader of Lamask Province’s Workers’ Federation, met with Xinfei Merchant Guild Director Maddur Xiaoboyue to discuss the province’s future but failed to offer a workable plan. He left believing the guild might support his bid to govern, while Xiaoboyue crossed his name off a list and contacted the next candidate.

• Claverly arrived at the Xinfei Merchant Guild branch, pleased that Director Maddur Xiaoboyue welcomed him personally.
• Xiaoboyue asked Claverly how he planned to govern Lamask Province, and Claverly offered a basic plan to restore services and meet people’s needs.
• Xiaoboyue said Claverly was unprepared to discuss the province’s future and revealed that the guild had already drawn up detailed plans.
• Claverly angrily left without attacking Xiaoboyue, warning his men that the Xinfei Merchant Guild could easily defeat them.
• Claverly decided to summon the adviser who had previously guided him, while Xiaoboyue crossed Claverly’s name off his list and told a subordinate to contact the next person.

Grand Duke Rostov and President Montiel brought Duke Weilang a proposal to replace the Candel Empire with a federation of self-governing provinces, backed by the Xinfei Merchant Guild. Weilang saw little chance of the plan succeeding without proof of the guild’s commitment, and Montiel promised the guild would take concrete action.

• Duke Weilang welcomed Grand Duke Rostov and President Montiel to the Merinda Province Governor's Mansion.
• Grand Duke Rostov explained that the emperor had reached a preliminary cooperation agreement with the Xinfei Merchant Guild and wanted to establish a federal nation from the former provinces.
• Duke Weilang read the proposal to abolish the imperial system and create the Candel Federal United States, with Prince Frank potentially serving as president.
• Duke Weilang recognized President Xu’s influence in the proposal but said he saw no prospect of success without evidence of the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s sincerity.
• President Montiel promised that the guild would take appropriate action to prove its commitment, and he and Grand Duke Rostov departed.

The Lampari Kingdom defeated the Malo Empire in Kamal Province with superior military magic machinery, then oversaw the province’s transformation into the Kamal Autonomous Territory with an elected parliament and government. Other former Candel Empire provinces began adopting similar reforms, while the wider continent remained focused on the conflict between Lampari and Malo.

• The Lampari Kingdom invaded Kamal Province, clashed with local forces and Malo troops, and seized territory after defeating the unprepared Malo forces.
• The Lampari Kingdom’s two corps defeated three Malo corps in April, using superior mana cannons, tanks, and combat airships to win control of the battlefield.
• The Lampari Kingdom continued its advance and took all of Kamal Province within a month and a half.
• Duke Noipela announced that Kamal Province would become the Kamal Autonomous Territory, with open elections and a National Parliament overseeing its government and lord.
• The Kamal National Assembly formed within three months and elected Duke Noipela as the territory’s first lord.
• Three southern provinces and then two more provinces announced plans to become autonomous territories and restructure their governments.

General Dardaniel worried that his outmatched corps could not hold the mountain pass against the Lampari Kingdom, especially as the Malo Empire’s equipment and supplies deteriorated. The Lampari army remained camped below, leaving Dardaniel uncertain about its plans and increasingly frustrated with his own military’s readiness.

• General Dardaniel watched the Lampari Kingdom army’s camp and considered the Malo Empire’s inability to restore air supremacy without violating the Mage Peace Pact.
• Dardaniel saw another group of Lampari cargo Mana Airships deliver supplies and wondered why the enemy had waited two days without attacking.
• Dardaniel called Hannicher, who suggested the Lampari Kingdom was coordinating with the Xinfei Merchant Guild and former Candel forces, and urged him to trust President Xu Yi’s reasons.
• Dardaniel received a combat readiness report detailing failed Mana Cannons, ineffective shells, faulty Mana Repeating Guns, a damaged Mana Tank, and missing eggs.
• Dardaniel blamed the Malo Empire’s Logistics Office for shortchanging his corps, while recognizing that the failures were making the pass harder to defend.

General Dardaniel struggled to defend his mountain position as the Lampari Kingdom’s superior military machinery and a communications failure left his corps vulnerable. Count Lian Ke destroyed the position’s shield with Musi No. 1 missiles and ordered a full assault.

• General Dardaniel recalled how the Lampari Kingdom’s Mana Repeating Guns outperformed his corps’ weapons and worried that the enemy was waiting to attack his position.
• The Military Department refused Dardaniel’s request for supplies, and magical communications across his camp stopped working.
• Lampari Kingdom artillery struck the camp, but Dardaniel’s Rock-Class Mana Protection System initially blocked the shells.
• A powerful strike from the southwest overwhelmed the shield and engulfed the corps headquarters in fire.
• Count Lian Ke revealed that three Musi No. 1 Medium-Long-Range Mana Missiles had destroyed the shield and ordered his corps to take the position before sunset.

The Lampari Kingdom's long-range mana missiles sparked a continent-wide arms race after Xinfei Magic Industry Weekly explained how they worked. King Raymond and Freya discussed the upcoming Candel Federal United States elections and their long-term plans for the former Candel Empire.

• The Lampari Kingdom used long-range mana missiles to destroy a Malo Empire defense system and capture a strategic pass, revealing the weapon's power.
• The Malo Empire and the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom demonstrated their own missiles, and Xinfei Magic Industry Weekly explained that the technology built on satellite-launching mana rockets and precision guidance.
• Several countries announced they had developed long-range mana missiles, prompting questions about why the Xinfei Merchant Guild had shared information that could erase the Lampari Kingdom's advantage.
• King Raymond told Freya that he had stationed troops in the north and expected the Candel Federal United States' elections to proceed without Malo Empire interference.
• Freya asked whether Raymond regretted choosing to establish the Candel Federal United States rather than annex the Candel Empire, and he said the Lampari Kingdom was not ready to absorb it.
• Freya recalled Xu's reasons for rejecting an imperial throne, then suggested that she and Raymond had time to build an empire, and Raymond smiled without replying.

Xu Yi and the Xinfei Merchant Guild prepared to test an Alice teleportation array that could send people to an unknown destination. As the experiment began, an unexpected figure rushed into the array and vanished with the two Azshara Tribe elves.

• Xu Yi confirmed that the astronauts and test organisms were safe after the spacecraft reached the space station.
• Xu Yi and Lucian traveled to the Lunar Base on Alice, where Akali and Elder Lysania prepared a teleportation experiment.
• Two Azshara Tribe elves entered the array to search for their ancestors, despite the risks of the unknown destination.
• Akali ordered the researchers to activate the array after its spatial displacement reached 99%.
• Just as the researcher pressed the activation button, an unidentified figure rushed into the array and disappeared with the two elves.

Lucian risked entering the Teleportation Array and made contact from the other side, where he and two Azshara Tribe elves were stranded without a way back. While Xu Yi and his allies arranged to supply them and study the array, the former Candel Empire’s territories united as the Candel Federal United States under Frank Candel.

• The Xinfei Merchant Guild discovered Lucian was missing, then received a communication signal from him through the Teleportation Array.
• Lucian confirmed that he and the two elves were safe on the other side, but they could not activate their array to return.
• Xu Yi ordered Akali to send supplies and equipment so the three could establish a research base, while Elder Lysania agreed to wait for a way back.
• Over the next two years, most former Candel Empire provinces became autonomous territories, and allied forces retook Wimbledon City from the Malo Empire.
• Representatives from twenty-seven provinces founded the Candel Federal United States and chose Frank Candel as its first president.

The Malo Empire’s mobilization turned the war against the Lampari Kingdom, driving its forces out of the northern provinces of the former Candel Empire. A Malo Empire airship battalion then mistakenly bombed a Xinfei Merchant Guild refugee camp, killing thousands of refugees and over a hundred Guild Guards, leaving the Guild’s response uncertain.

• The Malo Empire expanded its military production and began pushing the Lampari Kingdom’s overstretched army into repeated defeats and retreats.
• On July 6, 3833, the Malo Empire Air Force’s Third Mana Airship Battalion mistakenly dropped its bombs on a refugee camp instead of a Lampari Kingdom logistics base.
• The bombing killed or wounded more than half of the camp’s five thousand refugees, killed many aid workers, and claimed over a hundred Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps members.
• News of the attack provoked outrage across the Sains Continent because the Xinfei Merchant Guild had long stayed out of wars and avoided interfering in disputes between nations.

Fivenn tried to persuade Duke Masalan and Duke Yodel to secure a ceasefire, but Masalan rejected the proposal and challenged the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s strength. The talks ended without agreement, leaving Yodel uncertain whether the guild could help the Lampari Kingdom.

• Fivenn proposed that the Lampari Kingdom and Malo Empire end the war and sign a ceasefire agreement.
• Duke Masalan accused the Xinfei Merchant Guild of intervening only because the Lampari Kingdom was losing, while Duke Yodel disputed his claim.
• Duke Masalan insulted the guild and implied its influence came from President Freya’s family, prompting Duke Yodel to draw his Mana Pistol and the guards to aim their guns.
• Fivenn explained that the guild sought a ceasefire because the refugee camp incident had cost it guards, staff, and its reputation as a protector.
• Duke Masalan refused the ceasefire and left after warning President Freya not to overestimate the guild’s strength.
• Duke Yodel questioned whether the Xinfei Merchant Guild could still support the Lampari Kingdom, while Fivenn promised to continue pursuing a ceasefire.