Recaps

Carissa woke in Buckingham Palace after Roland stole Curtana First and learned that Elizard had secretly arranged an international alliance to defend Britain. As Britain and its allies prepared to fight Roland, he appeared among them and challenged their belief that the whole world could defeat him.

• Carissa woke after being knocked unconscious and learned that Elizard had gone out riding while she recovered.
• Carissa admitted her arrogance had led to defeat, but proposed using Curtana Second to rally Britain and keep Roland occupied while the others escaped.
• The Maiden of Versailles arrived with elite forces from France and the Russian Orthodox Church, revealing that Elizard had arranged for other countries to support Britain.
• Elizard explained that she had planned the alliance in advance and urged the assembled forces to attack Roland before he could conquer the world.
• The Knight Leader and the gathered fighters rallied to Elizard's call, but Roland appeared among them and questioned whether their combined strength could surpass his.

Roland confronted the European allied army as Elizard used Britain’s national Magic Formula to reclaim Curtana’s Angel Power and rally the troops. Roland effortlessly overwhelmed the alliance with his presence, leaving most of its forces unable to move and the promised battle in ruins.

• Roland appeared before the allied army and challenged them to prove they could defeat him.
• Elizard raised the Union Jack and activated The Meaning of Unity, redistributing Curtana’s Angel Power through the people and reclaiming it as Queen.
• Roland tested the alliance’s defenses with a dimension-cutting slash, and Elizard’s Magic Formula delayed it long enough for the magicians to escape.
• Several knights charged Roland, but he released an overwhelming presence that caused many soldiers and magicians to collapse or freeze in place.
• Carissa recognized that Roland’s presence surpassed Curtana’s authority, while Roland reflected that his use of Haki had been unexpectedly effective.

Roland faced the allied army after his Haki devastated its ranks, while the Woman of the Nation's Downfall organized the survivors and Carissa retrieved Curtana Second. The Woman of the Nation's Downfall led a charge with Durandal but was swiftly beaten back, and Roland chose to fight the united forces head-on rather than end the battle instantly.

• The Woman of the Nation's Downfall took command of the surviving allied troops and sent Carissa to retrieve Curtana Second.
• Roland taunted the Woman of the Nation's Downfall and Carissa by declaring he would make them join him for five hundred rounds of X after the battle.
• The Woman of the Nation's Downfall attacked Roland with Durandal, but Aestus Estus met her blade and Roland's strength sent her flying backward.
• The allied troops caught and healed the Woman of the Nation's Downfall, then restored their formation as Carissa returned with Curtana Second.
• The allied forces united their factions and renewed their attack, while Roland rejected caution and charged them with Aestus Estus and his God-Slaying Thunderbolt.

Roland fought the allied forces alone, cutting down their troops and turning the Knight Leader’s attempt to counter his God-Slaying Thunderbolt into a devastating explosion. As the survivors watched in despair, Roland mourned the lives lost and demanded to know what they took life for.

• Roland overwhelmed Carissa and the allied knights, leaving their tactics useless against his sword strikes.
• Roland summoned a second Void Greatsword and prepared to fight with both swords.
• The Knight Leader used the Sororon Magic Formula against Roland’s God-Slaying Thunderbolt, disrupting its balance and triggering a vast explosion.
• The blast destroyed the battlefield’s Barrier and devastated the surrounding Palace and steel jungle, while the allied survivors despaired.
• Roland lamented the lives destroyed by the blast and asked the allied forces what they took life for.

After Roland’s slaughter of the European coalition, the Woman of the Nation’s Downfall conceded defeat after learning most of the fallen might still be saved. With Britain isolated, Carissa accepted Elizard’s sceptre and pledged allegiance to Roland.

• Carissa questioned the Woman of the Nation’s Downfall about surrender, and she asked Roland whether he would accept their defeat.
• Roland said he would spare the survivors and revealed that around seventy percent of the fallen were probably still alive.
• The Woman of the Nation’s Downfall surrendered on behalf of the European Coalition Forces, and the coalition members regrouped behind her and Carissa.
• Roland asked Carissa to choose between seeking vengeance for Britain and swearing allegiance to him.
• Elizard gave Carissa the Monarch’s Sceptre, and Carissa broke it before pledging allegiance to Roland.

After the fall of the Dover Strait, Carissa and Limeia assessed how Roland’s victory and the Blue Dream Company’s technology were transforming Britain. Roland then demanded that countries transfer sovereignty to his company, anticipating resistance and welcoming the prospect of a third world war, while Carissa and the Woman of the Nation's Downfall resumed their rivalry over him.

• Carissa and Limeia concluded that Roland’s measured defeat of the allied fleet had made his power impossible for the world to dismiss.
• Carissa recognized that Britain was becoming dependent on the Blue Dream Company’s technology and prosperity, and she found herself increasingly drawn to Roland.
• The Woman of the Nation's Downfall challenged Roland’s demand that every country transfer sovereignty to the Blue Dream Company, warning that powerful interests could provoke unrest or war.
• Roland said he welcomed a third world war because it would strip his opponents of their value.
• Carissa entered and traded barbs with the Woman of the Nation's Downfall, who provoked her by turning her attention back to Roland.

The Roman Orthodox Church and nations around the world submitted to Blue Dream Company after Roland’s forces crushed their resistance. Roland allowed some rebels to remain because the resulting chaos would reveal certain troublemakers.

• Matthew Lis argued that the weakened Roman Orthodox Church had to obey Blue Dream Company, while Peter Yugodis demanded resistance and the papacy.
• Peter called on armed priests to attack Matthew, but Agnese's Forces had already incapacitated them and surrounded the cathedral.
• Agnes ordered the Cardinals to surrender; Matthew and the others complied, while Peter was killed by an Energy Cannon.
• Blue Dream Company's troops defeated rebel forces across the world, and nations began accepting its rule as World War III ended.
• The Woman of the Nation's Downfall asked Roland why he tolerated remaining rebels, and Roland said the chaos would expose troublemakers.

Roland identified Gremlin’s plan to build a system powered by magnetic fields and anticipated that the group would target the Dark Matter Production Machine. Gremlin stole it, but an unknown figure intervened and left a cryptic note, leaving Roland to suspect Ollerus.

• Roland explained that Gremlin was a loose organization of powerful magicians connected to Othinus and her promise to grant their wishes.
• By comparing Gremlin’s missions with Norse mythology, Roland deduced that they were gathering a volcanic power source, a blueprint, and Yafei to build a magnetic-field-powered system.
• Roland concluded that Gremlin’s final target would be Teitoku Kakine’s Dark Matter Production Machine, which the Blue Dream Company had recovered.
• Misaki Shokuhou told Roland that Gremlin attacked the facility and escaped with the machine after an eyepatched blonde girl appeared and helped them flee.
• Misaki reported that the complex had been flattened and that a note signed “Good Samaritan Passing By” apologized for the damage and promised to punish the thieves.
• Roland suspected that Ollerus was behind the intervention.

Othinus tested Dark Matter as a base for the Spear of the Main God and grew wary of its mysterious magnetic field power. Ollerus and Sylvia reached Gremlin’s Ship Graveyard, ready to fight to stop her plan.

• Othinus combined Dark Matter with the cores taken from the iron birds and confirmed that the material could support both esper abilities and magnetic field power.
• As Teitoku Kakine began restoring his body, Othinus compressed him into a ball and returned him to the refrigerator, then considered how to deal with Ollerus and Roland.
• Ollerus and Sylvia hurried toward Gremlin’s stronghold, and Sylvia urged Ollerus to stay calm and avoid alerting their enemies.
• Ollerus told Sylvia that he had left a clue for the Blue Dream Company because he believed Roland could serve as insurance if circumstances changed.
• A tremor revealed the Ship Graveyard, and Ollerus prepared Sylvia for a fight to the death.

Roland reached Othinus’s hidden Ship Graveyard and found Ollerus and Gremlin’s members gathered near the ritual to forge the Spear of the Main God. After declaring both Othinus and Ollerus targets, he became the threat that pushed the opposing sides toward an uneasy alliance as Thor prepared to fight.

• Roland entered the Ship Graveyard after Othinus opened its gate, then descended through the wreckage without being hindered by its misdirection magic.
• Roland found Ollerus and Sylvia facing Gremlin’s members in a steel battlefield, where Thor revealed his excitement at meeting a powerful opponent.
• Marian tried to learn Roland’s name, but Kagari Kihara identified him as the leader of the Blue Dream Company and warned that he opposed Gremlin.
• Roland declared that both Othinus and Ollerus were targets he intended to eliminate, alarming Gremlin’s members.
• Marian realized Thor and Sylvia had been stalling so Roland’s arrival would force Gremlin and Ollerus’s side to confront him together.
• Thor admitted he had used the situation to pursue a battle and charged forward, announcing himself as Thor, god of thunder.

Thor unleashed Gremlin’s resources to challenge Roland, then shifted from Thunder God Mode to his Almighty Magic Formula, which promised guaranteed evasion and victory. Roland’s power overmatched the formula, and he killed Thor by piercing his chest with a palm.

• Thor drew on the Ship Graveyard’s generators to amplify his lightning attack, while Marian kept Gremlin from interfering.
• Thor’s light blades failed to harm Roland, who recognized his magnetic field power and said Thor could help supply data for Hell.
• Thor revealed his Almighty mode, which shifted the world to guarantee his safety and the most advantageous position.
• Thor activated his formula against Roland, but every attempt to secure victory brought Roland’s palm closer to him.
• Roland pierced Thor’s chest with his hand, killing him.

Roland explained that Thor’s victory-based Magic Formula had turned against him because Roland embodied victory, then defeated him and attacked Gremlin. Marian unleashed the Sword of War to stop Roland, but he appeared before her and seized the blade while the rest of Gremlin lay defeated.

• Thor’s Magic Formula brought him into contact with Roland, whose arm pierced his chest when the world made victory lead to Roland.
• Roland explained that his essence as victory itself had countered Thor’s Magic Formula, then knocked Thor unconscious.
• Marian urged Gremlin to buy time for the Spear of the Main God, and Kagari Kihara attacked Roland with his Magic Formula.
• Roland vanished and pierced Kagari Kihara’s chest before his attack could trap him.
• Marian drew the Sword of War and prepared to unleash apocalyptic calamities, but Roland appeared beside her, pinched the blade, and revealed that Gremlin had already fallen.

Roland took control of the Sword of War and used its destruction to unleash calamities from countless mythologies. As the temple and surrounding world collapsed into darkness, he revealed a ferocious dragon-like power that swallowed the calamities and prepared to consume everything.

• Marian realized Roland had subdued her and taken control of the Sword of War, while he explained his plan to advance toward the Cross Church's One True God by incorporating the Old Testament God's power.
• Roland asked Marian if she wanted to see the end of the world, then shattered the Sword of War and unleashed its accumulated calamities.
• The Sword of War's destabilized power summoned gods, monsters, and apocalyptic forces that tore apart the Ship Graveyard temple and threatened to overwhelm Marian.
• Roland healed Marian with Magnetic Field Power and stopped her from killing herself as the calamities surged around them.
• Roland's power transformed the gathered calamities into a vast dragon-like destruction, and he closed its jaws around the collapsing world.

Sylvia escaped the collapsing Ship Graveyard but was caught by Roland before she could warn Ollerus. After defeating her and sparing her, Roland revealed his affection for everyone and asked her to become his friend.

• Sylvia fled through the collapsing Ship Graveyard, intending to reach Ollerus and warn him about Roland.
• Roland appeared in Sylvia’s path with the Gremlin members and Thor, and told her that resisting was pointless.
• Sylvia attacked Roland with her rope-based Magic Formula, but Roland used {The World} to turn her own Angel Power against her.
• Gabriel released Sylvia after Roland reprimanded the Archangel for nearly killing her.
• Roland told Sylvia he loved everyone equally and promised to give Ollerus a happy ending if they learned to obey.
• Roland gently asked Sylvia to be his friend, leaving her frightened and unable to respond.

Ollerus fought Othinus to stop her from completing the Spear of the Main God, but Roland arrived as a newly ascended Demon God and attacked them both. Roland left Ollerus pinned to the ground, declaring him too dangerous.

• Ollerus and Othinus clashed while Othinus assessed the failed ritual and the danger to Gremlin’s plan to forge the Spear of the Main God.
• Ollerus escalated their battle to destroy the unfinished spear, but a blast sent him flying before he could finish.
• Roland descended over the Ship Graveyard and told Ollerus he had crossed the line by trying to end the war without him.
• Othinus recognized Roland as a new Demon God and questioned whether he had deceived her during their meeting a year earlier; Roland said he intended to deal with both her and Ollerus.
• Ollerus tried to persuade Roland to join him against Othinus, but Roland brushed aside his defenses and slammed him into the ground.
• Roland pinned Ollerus down and explained that he attacked because Ollerus was too dangerous.

Roland confronted Ollerus and Othinus, refusing to ally with Ollerus because he considered him a threat to his plans. As the battle escalated, Roland used black hole power to redirect Ollerus's attack and prepared to unleash a Black Hole Storm.

• Roland explained that he could not tolerate Ollerus interfering with his plans and attacked him with the Holy Right.
• Othinus launched a spear at Roland, who used Ollerus as a shield and countered with his Electric Eyes.
• Roland and Othinus clashed, while Ollerus took the impact of their attacks and revealed the Northern Europe Throne.
• Ollerus used the Northern Europe Throne to pour Demon God power into Roland, but Roland formed a black hole with Nine Hundred and Ninety Trillion Magnetic Field Rotation.
• Roland redirected Ollerus's attack through the black hole and announced that he would unleash a Black Hole Storm.

Roland overwhelmed Ollerus with a Black Hole Storm and used Fairy-ification to strip away his Demon God constitution, while Othinus revealed that she had secretly forged another Spear of the Main God and restored herself to perfection. As Othinus prepared to unleash her power, Roland declared that he would become a Demon God himself.

• Roland trapped Ollerus in a Black Hole Storm that drained his Demon God power and prevented him from controlling his Magic Formula.
• Roland struck Ollerus with Fairy-ification, removing his Demon God constitution and leaving him unable to fight.
• Othinus destroyed the Black Hole Storm and revealed the Spear of the Main God emerging from beneath her eyepatch, proving she had secretly forged a replacement.
• Roland explained that Othinus had used Gremlin as a public decoy while pursuing the spear's true forging in secret.
• Ollerus warned that a perfect Demon God could not be opposed, but Roland stepped forward and said he would become a Demon God.

Roland revealed himself as a Demon God and explained why he had waited to confront Othinus, but she rejected negotiations and issued an ultimatum. Roland chose to fight and immediately attacked the world itself, setting off a battle that left Ollerus hurtling toward the city as the universe faced destruction.

• Roland manifested as a Demon God, alarming Othinus and Ollerus, and explained that he had waited because fighting sooner would have destroyed the world and exposed his secret.
• Othinus refused to negotiate, arguing that Demon Gods could not accept another creator's world, and gave Roland an ultimatum to abandon his world or fight her.
• Roland rejected Othinus's ultimatum and punched toward the far end of the universe, triggering a sound of destruction that chilled Othinus.
• Roland tossed Ollerus toward the city, then invited Othinus to fight as she summoned the Spear of the Main God and swung it.
• Ollerus watched the two Demon Gods bring about the universe's destruction and despair over his fate.

Roland destroyed the world and revealed that he could restore it, forcing Othinus to defend the remaining Milky Way Galaxy. He overwhelmed her with relentless attacks, and after Othinus threw the Spear of the Main God, Roland invoked his Word Spirit and declared victory.

• Othinus preserved the Milky Way Galaxy as a glass marble when Roland destroyed the world, and Roland deduced that she was protecting Imagine Breaker on Earth.
• Roland explained that he could restore the world from outside it, then launched a full-strength World-Saving Demon-Slaying Fist at Othinus.
• Othinus took Roland's universe-destroying blows head-on to protect the surviving world as he taunted her and kept attacking.
• Othinus switched to a two-handed grip and threw the Spear of the Main God at Roland to create an opening.
• Roland let the spear pierce him, then used his Word Spirit to summon victory and proclaimed that he had won.

Roland defeated Othinus by sealing the Spear of the Main God and breaking her route to certain victory, but she restored her perfect Demon God power through Fairy-ification. After Roland returned her spear, Othinus's body began to crack, and he said her purity was too low.

• Roland unleashed golden light and Wisdom Swords, and Othinus recognized that he wielded Authorities from both monotheism and polytheism.
• Othinus threw the Spear of the Main God, but Roland's Word Spirit Swords sealed it and stripped away her path to guaranteed success.
• Roland taunted Othinus about her arrogance and her loss of her own world, driving her into a furious attack.
• Othinus used an improved Fairy-ification spell on herself 2.07 million times and regained perfect Demon God power.
• Roland crushed the golden light holding the sealed spear, and Othinus suddenly found the weapon back in her grasp.
• As Othinus prepared to swing, cracks spread across her arm, and Roland told her that her purity was too low.

Roland explained how Othinus’s attempt to regain her power had let Fairy-ification undermine her Demon God constitution, and revealed that he had deliberately led her into the trap. With Othinus dying and powerless, he declared that he would save her.

• Othinus’s body began breaking apart as Roland told her she was already dead and explained that Fairy-ification could collapse a Demon God’s constitution.
• Roland revealed that Othinus had weakened herself by pursuing success and failure together, and that her impatience had made her underestimate Fairy-ification.
• Othinus realized Roland had deliberately shown her Fairy-ification from the beginning and tried to grab his throat, but she was too weak to stop him.
• Roland told Othinus that he had risked everything because she was weak, and she collapsed as her remaining power and life faded.
• Roland gently touched Othinus’s cheek and told her that the time had come for him to save her.

Roland defeated Othinus, understood that her wish to restore the original world concealed a longing for someone who could share her loneliness, and refused to let her die. He made her his Contract Spirit and stopped time for three thousand years so they could grow closer.

• Othinus questioned Roland's offer to save her, but he explained that her true wish was to find someone who understood her isolation.
• Othinus stayed silent despite Roland's understanding, unwilling to risk rejection by reaching out to her former enemy.
• Roland urged Othinus to trust their encounter, then kissed her and held her as her dying body recovered.
• Othinus realized she had become Roland's Contract Spirit and warned that other Demon Gods might trace her defeat back to him.
• Roland stopped time for three thousand years and declared that he would use the long stretch to make Othinus his.

Roland and Othinus retraced the lake where she had begun her path to becoming a Demon God, and their time together deepened their understanding and bond. After Othinus’s assimilation into Roland succeeded, they set out to return home, knowing the other Demon Gods awaited them.

• Roland and Othinus visited Lake Mimir, where Othinus explained that restoring her sacrificed eye would undo her ascension to Demon God.
• Roland asked whether Othinus had any other goals, and she said she was satisfied after spending so much time with him.
• Othinus’s past fear and guilt over destroying worlds faded as Roland accepted her without asking her to seek forgiveness.
• Roland’s assimilation of Othinus succeeded, giving him her memories, power, knowledge, and a deeper understanding of how purple Contract Spirits could endure independently.
• Roland warned that other Demon Gods were waiting for them, and he took Othinus’s hand and said it was time to go home.

Roland returned to Blue Dream Company with Othinus and learned that Kihara Noukan had appeared near the Windowless Building, bringing his plan to surpass the Demon Gods close to launch. He and Othinus entered the building to seek intelligence from Aleister, who revealed that he had already destroyed the Demon Gods’ Hidden World.

• Misaki Shokuhou welcomed Roland and met Othinus, whom Roland described as a trustworthy ally and another proof of his existence.
• Misaki told Roland that Kihara Noukan had appeared near the Windowless Building, so Roland ordered her to prepare Blue Dream Company’s final plan for launch.
• Roland and Othinus agreed to stand together as Roland prepared to gather intelligence before confronting the Demon Gods.
• Roland shifted the universe’s orientation to bypass the Windowless Building’s defenses and entered its dark miniature world with Othinus.
• Aleister revealed that the darkness was a replica of the Hidden World, where the Demon Gods could hide, and claimed he had already blown it up himself.

Aleister revealed that he had destroyed the Hidden World and gathered data on True Gremlin, then proposed exploiting the Demon Gods’ rivalries to draw them into Roland’s trap. Aiwass became Roland’s contractor, forcing the Demon Gods to adjust their plans as the chapter ended with her declaring that the world had gone mad.

• Othinus considered the difficulty of destroying the Hidden World and suspected Aleister had arranged the earlier leak about her spear’s final material.
• Roland and Aleister discussed how their competing interests had led them to cooperate, with Aleister revealing he had obtained the parameters of every member of True Gremlin.
• Aleister explained that the Demon Gods’ conflicting relationships could be exploited to divide them and draw them into the present world.
• Roland warned that the Demon Gods’ power and resolve made Aleister’s plan dangerous, but Aleister said he had prepared a contingency.
• Aiwass left Aleister and contracted with Roland, causing her power as the core of the Material World to flow toward him.
• Aiwass declared that the Demon Gods would have to abandon their previous plan and adapt to Roland’s, proclaiming that the world had gone mad.