Chapter Summaries

Linde defeated the students’ coordinated attack, praised their teamwork, and advised them on how to improve. After class, he used True Sight to discover that Villar’s seemingly black soul was the rare Patience trait, which absorbed magical energy and resisted magic completely.

• Linde used Dispel to destroy the students’ Great Kindness attack, and the three surrendered.
• Linde praised Wang Hao, Milakov, and Grace, then pointed out how each could improve their combat skills.
• Linde brought Villar to Carlret after class to ask about her unprecedented black soul, but Carlret and the other teachers had no answers.
• Linde used True Sight and learned that Villar’s soul was Patience, a colorless trait that absorbed magical energy and had 100% magic resistance.

Linde tried to train Villar with magic, but her immunity and unexpected talent turned the lesson into a chase. Chara took control of Frisk’s body and spent the afternoon teaching Villar spells, leaving Linde determined to give her even more homework.

• Linde used True Sight to examine Frisk’s soul, saw an unreadable result, and stopped when the skill caused pain in his eyes.
• Linde launched a barrage of projectiles at Villar, who panicked, dodged, and begged him to stop; his Bind spell was absorbed because she was immune to magic.
• As Villar fled, she released Linde’s Bind spell back at him and immobilized him.
• Frisk gave control of her body to Chara, who used the Key of Time to slow Villar and chased her after she escaped inside a Bind barrier.
• Chara returned to Linde, took control of Fried’s body, and spent half a day hitting Villar with spells until she learned them.
• Linde, Frisk, and Chara recognized Villar’s magical talent, and Linde decided to double her homework.

Yukari Yakumo planned to leave some of her power in another universe to draw in alternate versions of herself, while several groups began preparing their own plans. The Temmies rallied to face a waking dragon, and Toby sensed the universe stirring before returning to sleep.

• In a distant city-state, two robed men celebrated Lairak's absence and prepared to begin their grand plan.
• Yukari Yakumo told Ran Yakumo she would leave part of her power in another universe to attract other versions of herself, assuring Ran that this world posed no danger.
• Escaped Demon Clan members gathered in secret, confirmed they had not been followed by Linde and Frisk, and discussed putting their plan into motion.
• On Europa Continent, a bespectacled Temmie announced that the dragon was waking and urged the Temmies to unite against it.
• A massive black shadow flashed through a nearby volcanic crater, while Toby sensed the undercurrents and went back to sleep.

Zhao Ye told Linde that he was leaving to join the campaign against the Qin Kingdom, while Linde discussed human conflict and learned how the monster kingdoms were founded. With the Nine Provinces Kingdoms at war and summer vacation underway, Linde asked Carlret to take them to see his kingdom.

• Zhao Ye told Linde that their kingdoms were joining forces against the Qin Kingdom, and Linde wished him a safe return.
• Linde, Carlret, and Frisk discussed why humans fought and how monsters differed from them; Chara flew out to accuse Linde of taking a dig at her.
• Carlret explained that the Three Great Monster Kingdoms were founded by the families of ancient monster heroes and remained closely connected.
• Linde decided to visit other places during summer vacation and asked Carlret to take them to see his kingdom.

Two months later, Linde and Frisk explored Maims City with Carlret, hoping to find Toby and return to the Underground. When they heard a Temmie announce a bounty on a dragon, Linde decided to investigate and set off for Dragon Volcano despite Frisk's warnings.

• Carlret led Linde and Frisk through the crowded streets of Maims City, where the human children felt out of place among the monsters.
• Frisk told Linde that she missed Mom, and Linde promised they would find Toby and return to the Underground to see her.
• Carlret asked Linde where he wanted to go, but Linde admitted he had no plan and suggested they wander around.
• A Temmie called out for help and posted bounty notices warning that a dragon would defeat them.
• Frisk warned Linde that dragons were dangerous, but Linde insisted their group could handle it and declared they would go to Dragon Volcano.

After joining Linde’s group to fight the dragon, Carlret traveled with them to Ancient Temmie Village, where the Temmies had been fleeing repeated attacks from the Volcano Dragon. The village’s horned monster attacked Linde and Frisk after learning they were human, but Linde restrained him with Bind.

• Carlret agreed to join Linde and the others in taking down the dragon, and the Temmie led them toward his village.
• The chapter recounted how the Temmies studied ancient records and sent a squad to challenge the Volcano Dragon, after which the dragon began attacking Temmies near the mountain.
• Linde, Frisk, Carlret, and the Temmie arrived at Ancient Temmie Village and learned that its residents repeatedly took shelter from the dragon.
• A horned monster emerged from the inn, recognized Frisk and Linde as humans, and attacked them with magic infused with determination.
• Frisk used the Artifact to slow time, allowing Linde to evade the barrage and restrain the monster with Bind.

After the Barrier broke, Asgore used Toby’s pages to revive the six human children, and the monsters built a new life in Monster City on the surface. Three months later, Toby sensed a powerful force coming from the Book of Prophecy.

• Asgore found the missing pages about soul revival magic and began following their instructions to revive the six children.
• The monsters transformed a human city into Monster City and settled into life on the surface.
• Toriel and Asgore grew closer after the children returned, while the revived children and other monsters resumed their lives among the community.
• Toby sensed a powerful force descending on the world and traced it to the Book of Prophecy.

The Book of Prophecy explained that Linde and the others had traveled into the past of a parallel universe and asked Toby to help change its future. Toby used the Artifact room to connect with their location, then lured Papyrus there, where Papyrus discovered a human.

• The Book of Prophecy told Toby that the travelers had disrupted a parallel universe's past and that its future was still uncertain.
• The Book of Prophecy explained that the Artifact room could connect to the Artifact across time and space, and Toby used his power to reveal Linde and the others' location.
• When Toby could not send an attack through the passage, the Book of Prophecy suggested that someone else might fit; Toby stole one of Papyrus's bones and ran off.
• Papyrus chased Toby in his sports car, then pursued him on foot after they reached Mount Ebott.
• Toby led Papyrus to the Artifact room, where Papyrus saw a human.

The monsters watched Linde explain magic and battle three children, while puzzling over his reference to the Demon Clan. Linde won the sparring match, and Toriel’s healing spell passed through the screen to reach him unnoticed.

• Linde described magic as a form of combat created by the Demon Clan, leaving the monsters confused because they had never heard of it.
• Asgore decided to ask Semi or Gorson about the Demon Clan, while the monsters continued watching the screen.
• Linde began a one-against-three sparring match, drawing excited reactions from Papyrus, Asgore, Alphys, Undyne, and Toriel as Sans fell asleep.
• Toriel cast a Healing Spell when Linde nearly got hit by a bullet from the giant Great Kindness.
• Linde won the match, and Toriel’s spell passed through the screen and struck the ground near him, though no one noticed.

Linde and Frisk discovered that the Artifact could transmit magical power from the monsters watching them across time and space. After the monsters helped stop the humanoid monster, Linde questioned him about his human and monster heritage.

• The humanoid monster broke free and lunged at Linde, but a fireball struck him before he could attack.
• Linde realized the Artifact had connected to the monsters in the other time, allowing their magic to reach him.
• Gaster explained that magic could pass from the monsters’ side through the Artifact, and the monsters celebrated their ability to help.
• Linde subdued the humanoid monster, who apologized for mistaking them for other humans.
• Linde asked the humanoid monster if he was half human and half monster.

Linde healed Yogg and asked him to help the group, while Frisk clarified that she had meant to set conditions before Linde interrupted. The children exchanged messages with the monsters through the Artifact, and Yogg wondered whether they could help him and whether he could succeed for his mother.

• Linde asked the silent humanoid monster his name, and he replied that he was Yogg.
• Linde healed Yogg and asked him to get along with the group, then said they needed his help.
• Frisk explained to Linde that she had intended to set three conditions for Yogg.
• Linde and Frisk realized the monsters were watching through the Artifact and sent them a message.
• Papyrus arranged bones into a line of English, and the monsters sent the children a message promising to wait for their return.
• Yogg looked at an orb and the stars, wondering whether the children could help him and whether he could do it for his mother.

Frisk visited Yogg to ask why he hated humans, and he told her about the attack that destroyed his hometown and killed his mother twenty years earlier. After Frisk left, Yogg agreed to join them in finding the dragon, while a red figure passed through the nearby forest.

• Frisk wondered whether Yogg had secretly played the role of a Boss Monster in the battle against the Great Dragon, then went to his house to ask about his hatred of humans.
• Yogg showed Frisk a painting of his family and recounted how a White Mask man stabbed his mother while a White-Haired Woman watched and the town’s monsters were trapped in a sphere of light.
• Yogg’s mother told him to live on and entrusted him with the world’s future before a burst of light knocked him unconscious.
• Yogg woke to find the town razed and its other residents gone, leaving Frisk with unanswered questions about the attack and his survival.
• Yogg agreed to go with Frisk to find the dragon, as a red figure flashed through the nearby forest.

Linde and the group climbed the wrong volcano before reaching the dragon’s mountain. They arrived at the summit and finally saw the enormous dragon.

• Linde climbed the wrong volcanic peak, and Yogg and Carlret pointed out the dragon’s mountain beside it.
• Linde complained about the exhausting climb, and Frisk chilled him with her icy glare before beating him.
• Undyne remarked that Frisk had beaten Linde more than thirty times in two months, while Toriel observed that Frisk never hit him very hard.
• Linde and the group reached the correct summit, where a massive dragon appeared and blotted out the sun.

Linde and Frisk transformed their bodies into magic to withstand the dragon’s roar. Once Linde lowered the dragon’s voice, they discovered it had only been trying to find someone to talk to.

• The dragon’s roar sent Linde and Frisk flying and ruptured their eardrums, but Linde healed them with magic.
• The dragon roared again and shattered Linde’s energy shield, prompting him to consider transforming their bodies into magic.
• Linde and Frisk cast the Magic Spirit Transformation Formula and became beings made of magic, allowing them to endure the dragon’s roar.
• Linde lowered the volume of the dragon’s voice, and the group heard the dragon complain that everyone fled whenever it tried to talk.
• The dragon thought it had gone deaf when it could no longer hear its own voice and cried out in despair.

Linde, Frisk, Yogg, and Carlret subdued the Great Dragon after realizing it had not deliberately attacked the Temmies. After the exhausted group won, Lairak appeared, took the dragon through a doorway, and hinted that Yogg would learn the truth and might one day join her side.

• Linde tried to shrink the Great Dragon, but it panicked and knocked him away with its tail.
• Linde, Yogg, Frisk, and Carlret combined their magic to restrain the Great Dragon and weaken it until it shrank to about six meters tall.
• Lairak appeared through a doorway and took the subdued Great Dragon away.
• Yogg recognized Lairak and accused her, while she said he would understand the truth someday and might become her ally.
• Lairak left after warning that she and the children might meet again as enemies.

After setting aside their doubts, the group parted ways, with Yogg determined to investigate the mysterious organization. Asgore, Toriel, Gaster, and Sans discussed how killing could grant either violent or valiant power, while the children in another timeline returned to the Magic Academy and resumed daily life.

• Frisk asked whether the war was nearly over and whether they could return to school, and Carlret agreed that they might soon go back.
• Yogg declared that he would investigate the mysterious organization, then the others went their separate ways.
• Asgore wondered why Lairak had not been corrupted by killing, and Toriel admitted she did not know.
• Gaster and Sans recognized that killing for a righteous cause could grant pure strength through Exemplary Points and Level Of Valiant Efficacy, unlike killing for a selfish goal.
• The children in the other timeline used magic to return to the Magic Academy and spent time with the students.

After returning to the academy, Frisk and Linde checked whether the students had finished their homework and patrolled for anyone still working on it. Linde caught Villar doing her homework, let her go after she admitted her mistake, and reminded her to attend training before dinner.

• Frisk greeted the students and asked whether they had finished their homework.
• Linde postponed collecting the homework until that night and announced that he and Frisk would record anyone caught finishing it in class.
• Villar argued that Grace had also been doing homework, but Linde explained that Grace had completed his assigned experiments instead.
• Villar admitted she was at fault, and Linde let her leave after telling her to finish her homework and come to training before dinner.
• Frisk joined Linde in punishing students who had not handed in their homework.

Linde, Frisk, and Carlret became famous for their role in slaying the Great Dragon, and their sudden popularity disrupted their teaching schedules. Linde later traded copies of his magical insights to a merchant for a large amount of gold.

• Linde, Frisk, and Carlret gained fame among mages after rumors spread that they had slain the Great Dragon, while Yogg insisted that reports leave him out.
• Mages flocked to visit the three heroes, disrupting their usual routines and teaching duties.
• Linde demanded proof when a man claimed to be a mage seeking his insights.
• The man demonstrated his supposed magical prowess by revealing a bag filled with gold coins, and Linde took the payment.
• Linde gave the merchant one copy of his insights, then supplied four more copies in exchange for an additional two million gold.

Toby widened the passage to the monsters’ world, but an unseen barrier stopped Toriel from crossing as vines crept inside unnoticed. In a secret chamber, Linde created a conscious clone named Lin Ye and left him alone.

• Toby poured power into the passage until it glowed enough to send someone through.
• Toriel tried to enter first but hit an invisible barrier, while vines slipped into the passage unseen.
• Linde used fusion magic and Soul Formula Incantations to split his soul and create another body.
• Linde gave the conscious clone the name Lin Ye and left the chamber.
• Lin Ye opened his eyes after Linde had gone.

As early winter arrived, Linde reflected on his time in this world and his reliance on Soul Formulas after giving his magic to Lin Ye. When magical beetles attacked his alarm network, Linde and Frisk drove them off, while their exchange revealed that opponents were challenging the legitimacy of Soul Formulas.

• Linde looked out at the onset of winter and wondered about his age and birthday after more than half a year in this world.
• Frisk brought Linde a thirteenth reminder to submit his end-of-term practical exam plan and teased him about his experiments.
• Linde and Frisk noticed the alarm network activate and found magical puppets etching ancient script into ice crystals outside the window.
• Linde destroyed the beetles with an Ice Spell Card while Frisk explained that the attackers were likely warning them against using Soul Formulas.
• Linde demonstrated a spell formed from a Spell Card, and Frisk punched him after he nearly set her alight.
• The last magical beetle burst into icy mist inside the Soul Formula barrier as winter settled in.