Recaps

Arthur gathered followers, strengthened his powers, and began investigating the conspiracy surrounding the Blood Marquis while political plots converged around Bette Territory. Malinda confirmed that the Old Lion had arrived in South Los, leaving Arthur to weigh the coming conflict and await the demigods’ replies.

• Arthur bound Miha and Yilo to serve him for three hundred years, then used Mikhailo’s Severing to restore Abel, who became a legendary ring with new Blood Slave powers.
• Mr. Gwen and Toran brought a hundred tested followers to Arthur, who appeared with Nidhogg and granted them mystic arts through Abel.
• Arthur arrived in Pult Harbor with the Marquis of Einhaas, gained XP from several fiefs and the deaths of Imora and Heber, and learned that Greisa Hamlet was plotting against him.
• Greisa manipulated Depro, Diliven, Peggy, and Hayes into competing schemes over Rondohart Port, while Hayes signed a Contract transferring the port to Greisa under pressure.
• Arthur gave the Marquis of Einhaas and Count Bernaken clues about a conspiracy, including South Los and Earta Square, and sought their help investigating the Blood Marquis’s possible contingency.
• Hayes, Jimte, and Carral set plans in motion around midnight, while Arthur learned that Carral intended to make him appear as a hero during an attack on Little Lion’s properties.
• Arthur read Malinda’s note confirming the Old Lion’s arrival in South Los, considered possible allies, and burned the message.
• Arthur introduced Lady Anna as Miha and Yilo’s housekeeping instructor, gave the sisters South Los Nursery Rhymes as a codebook, and asked what they thought of the matter after they reported contacting suitable demigods.

Arthur maneuvered the South Los Countess into a bargain while the Bette brothers’ succession fight drew Count Bette and Little Lion into a deadly confrontation. Arthur claimed the Thief’s Interstice and forced Count Bette to eliminate Greisa, but Count Bette ended the arc by declaring war on the Inner Bay.

• Arthur stopped Miha from taking the backlash of revealing the conspiracy and arranged for Lady Anna to teach the sisters household skills.
• Malinda feared Old Lion would seize South Los, but Arthur invited her to meet and persuaded her to halt her planned attacks while he negotiated with the Countess.
• Arthur bargained with the Countess for tax exemptions, mystic items, and access to the family library, then introduced Malinda to Miha and Yilo.
• Arthur delayed the Eastern’s departure and redirected it away from Rondohart Port as the Bette brothers’ succession conflict escalated.
• Depro, Diliven, and Peggy fought on Swook Street, while Little Lion confronted Alvis and then battled Count Bette, who sought the truth about the Blood Clan.
• Arthur used Fuginn to claim the Thief’s Interstice, passed its trial, and stole Little Lion’s Parasitic Revival before realizing Count Bette’s immortality came from a mystic item.
• Arthur stole Abdul’s Respect from Greisa, discovered Holward’s Masterpiece inside, and ordered Count Bette to kill Greisa, who left behind a crystal key.
• Count Bette killed Depro and Diliven after they rejected him as an impostor, then blamed Greisa and the Inner Bay and declared war.

Arthur set Count Bette’s war against the Inner Bay in motion while Barro Hamlet prepared to seize power and the city erupted into violence. Pistrie survived a series of betrayals and battles, and his Spirituality completed its third surge.

• Arthur used [Ringing Art] and [Bluff] to spur Count Bette’s soldiers toward war, then ordered the Count to advance on the Inner Bay and sailed there himself.
• Arthur told the Countess of South Los that Count Bette had killed Greisa Hamlet, but warned her that Greisa’s death did not resolve South Los’s crisis or defeat the Old Lion.
• Carral killed Joel Coleman after revealing that Joel had lost his Swordheart, then fled with Jimte to hide near St. Joan’s Girls’ Academy.
• Jennifer welcomed Ailier, Renee, Donna, Jo Lily, and Junis into The Invisible as apprentices, while Anna brought Jimte and Carral into contact with Cassandra Credos’s organization.
• Barro Hamlet learned that Count Bette and the territories of South Los, West Berlin, and Einhaas had declared war on the Inner Bay, and he began preparing to exploit the conflict against his elder brother.
• Dill Buck warned Arthur that the Golden Lion Family prophecy named him the Child of Prophecy and urged him to avoid the Inner Bay, but Arthur revealed that he was already there.
• Pistrie escaped Barro’s pursuers with help from Del’s boss, but a Mystical Side attacker killed her and other factions fought over Pistrie as his Spirituality surged.
• Del’s boss’s ally told Pistrie she had saved him for Del and Tita’s sake, then fought the Raven Feather member as Pistrie’s Spirituality completed its third surge and a sharp crack sounded inside his body.

Arthur recruited Pistrie Hamlet, uncovered the gold mine beneath the Lion Palace, and maneuvered rival factions toward a confrontation. As a march against Barro Hamlet approached, Arthur and Malinda confessed their feelings, and he learned the pendant’s hidden ability was linked to Rainbow Island.

• Pistrie Hamlet absorbed the Fairy Eye and Great Dragon skeleton’s dust, gained strength and hidden knowledge, and killed several fleeing faction members before an overwhelming force struck the Theophat Psychic Order member pursuing him.
• Arthur met the fleeing Pistrie by the Inner River, fed him fish, and persuaded him to consider revenge against Diodone and a bid to become lord.
• Arthur identified himself to Pistrie, introduced Sean, Bont, and Potteriman as allies, and secured Pistrie’s agreement to work with him.
• Potteriman told Arthur that the gold mine lay beneath the Lion Palace, and Arthur deduced that the Old Lion had hidden it behind false locations.
• Arthur asked Potteriman to fight to the death in a staged display, then told the Countess of South Los to declare war on the Old Lion in her own name.
• Arthur encountered Rui Xiu Smith and Rachel’s troubles with pirates, while Mr. Smith accused Death of stirring up the Inner Bay crisis and agreed to help Arthur once.
• Arthur learned that Cassandra had founded The Invisible and planned a march against Barro Hamlet, then ordered his Fighters to kill anyone who obstructed it.
• Pistrie allied with Diodone against Uncle Barro and told him about the coming march, while Arthur and Malinda confessed their feelings and she gave him a pendant linked to Rainbow Island.