Recaps

Kallen visited Dark Moon Island’s mermaid theater with Laure, Richard, and Leon, but chose not to select a merfolk for himself. Ophelia learned he was alone and ordered the theater’s top courtesan sent to his room.

• Kallen and the others ate local seafood and tried Moonlight Tea at a restaurant in town.
• Laure bought the group expensive purple tickets to the mermaid theater, where Kallen watched the merfolk and read about their customs.
• Kallen decided not to use the launcher or order anyone, then realized guests in opposite rooms could see into his room.
• Panmir reported Kallen’s choice to Ophelia while Madam Qienai praised his restraint.
• Ophelia ordered Madam Qienai to send the theater’s top courtesan to Kallen’s room.

Kallen refused to take advantage of the mermaid sent to his room, then reunited with his companions and met Ophelia during her visit to Bishop Woforen. Ophelia called Kallen aside and asked what he had done that afternoon, and he admitted he had visited prostitutes.

• Kallen took the mermaid’s potion, warned her it was harmful, and told her to rest in the bathtub while he slept on the bed.
• Kallen discovered his bill had been paid and joined Richard, Leon, and Laure at the drinks bar.
• Kallen and his companions returned to the residence and found Ophelia visiting Bishop Woforen.
• Ophelia greeted Leon, then passed Kallen without speaking to him as she left with Leon and the others.
• Ophelia stopped beside an ornamental river, called Kallen over, and asked what he had done after eating seafood.
• Kallen told Ophelia that he had gone to visit prostitutes.

Kallen met with Ophelia, who discussed Dark Moon Island’s plans to build his influence and struggled with her feelings for him. That night, Neo took Kallen to search for a villa connected to the memories in his head.

• Ophelia told Kallen that General Taufman and Elder Council representatives would meet him, and she explained the island’s hopes for his growing network of connections.
• Ophelia staged an affectionate farewell with Kallen, then admitted to Panmir that she liked him and felt unsettled by his fiancée and his refusal to accept a mermaid’s services.
• Neo told Kallen that a location on Dark Moon Island had triggered a memory and proposed that they sneak out to investigate it.
• After dark, Neo and Kallen left the hotel in casual clothes and headed toward a large villa with ginkgo trees.

Neo and Kallen infiltrated General Tuffman's villa, where Kallen overheard Tuffman discussing Ophelia's feelings for Kallen and the Dark Moon Clan's ties to the Church of Light. The chapter ended when Ophelia opened the curtains and discovered Kallen hiding behind them.

• Neo and Kallen identified the villa as the residence of General Tuffman, Ophelia's uncle, and decided to sneak inside.
• Neo and Kallen used Light-Shadow Concealment to enter the villa through a cellar and wine cellar.
• Kallen became separated from Neo and hid in a study as Ophelia and Tuffman arrived to talk.
• Tuffman questioned Ophelia about her feelings for Kallen, and she said she had accepted that nothing could happen between them because Kallen had a fiancée.
• Tuffman revealed the Dark Moon Clan's secret ties to the Church of Light and told Ophelia to pray for the Dark Moon's protection before reading its scriptures.
• Ophelia prayed, opened the curtains, and found Kallen hiding behind them.

Kallen and Ophelia were transported from Dark Moon Island to a hidden island filled with deadly snakes while chasing the captain. As they searched for a way back, activating the stone stele revealed a pit of more than a thousand corpses and a message signed by Bernard.

• Ophelia recognized Kallen in disguise but let him leave the study without revealing his visit to General Taufman.
• The captain activated a teleportation formation in the villa, and Kallen and Ophelia followed him through it.
• Kallen and Ophelia arrived on a remote island, fought off pythons, and realized they were southwest of Dark Moon Island.
• Ophelia examined the stone stele while Kallen noticed that the apparent turf nearby felt like hair.
• The hair withdrew beneath the stele, exposing a corpse pit containing over a thousand bodies and a message from Bernard inviting them to sleep there forever.

Kallen and Ophelia uncovered how Bernard had betrayed and massacred the believers in Light who helped build Dark Moon Island, then found a hidden dwelling and the corpse of Phileas’s wife. They found the captain waiting by the teleportation formation, but he had lost himself and turned on Ophelia, declaring that the Dark Moon Bloodline should perish.

• Kallen and Ophelia searched the island for a way back and found a cave containing statues of Bernard and Puer and two stone coffins.
• Kallen and Ophelia discovered that one coffin held the corpse of a woman in robes of Light, whom Kallen identified as the wife of the leader of the believers in Light.
• Kallen and Ophelia found the teleportation formation on a platform facing Dark Moon Island and saw the captain waiting there in a deer head.
• The captain called out Elisa’s and Jennifer’s names, removed his deer head to reveal a bloody face, and threatened to wipe out the Dark Moon Bloodline.

Kallen and Ophelia fought the captain after he lost himself and attacked them. Ophelia escaped through the activated formation, while Kallen remained behind with the captain, whose flames vanished just as Kallen ran out of strength.

• The captain charged at Kallen and Ophelia, but Ophelia stabbed him with her greatsword; he exploded and then continued attacking through a rag doll and pale hands.
• Kallen and Ophelia coordinated to stop the captain’s attacks, and Kallen moved to prepare the Teleportation Array while Ophelia challenged him in close combat.
• The captain overwhelmed Ophelia, breaking through her defenses and imprisoning her, but Kallen pierced him from behind with Ophelia’s greatsword empowered by light.
• Kallen held the captain down as their fire and water powers clashed, giving Ophelia time to complete the formation and teleport away.
• Kallen’s spiritual power ran dry, but the captain’s flames suddenly dissipated, and he told Kallen to pull out the sword.

After Kallen wounded Neo, the captain revealed that he had regained control and had staged the fight to help Ophelia survive and deepen her feelings for Kallen. Neo and Kallen planned a cover story for the captain’s disappearance and Kallen’s survival, then began preparing the scene.

• Kallen confronted Neo after stabbing him, and Neo explained that he had regained consciousness during the fight and had deliberately played along to create an opportunity for Ophelia to escape.
• Neo admitted he had arranged the danger to bring Kallen and Ophelia closer, while Kallen objected to being manipulated and worried about seeing her again.
• Neo told Kallen that the formation led to another island and proposed returning to Dark Moon Island separately, leaving Kallen to be rescued.
• Neo and Kallen devised a story that Neo had tried to take over Kallen’s body but had been destroyed when Bernard and Miss Paul protected him.
• Kallen revealed that Miss Paul was still alive as his family’s cat and that he could summon her aura and phantom, so Neo agreed to include her in their staged scene.
• Neo summoned a sword of Light and prepared to give Kallen more injuries to make their cover story convincing.

Kallen waited in a cave for rescue after the captain staged his injuries, then woke in a Dark Moon Island hospital and confronted General Taufman about the island’s claims on him and Ophelia. He rejected Taufman’s offer of power and marriage, declaring that the Dark Moon was only fit to reflect Order’s shadow.

• The captain staged Kallen’s injuries and the cave scene, warned him that Ophelia might conceal how they arrived, and left him to await rescue.
• Kallen discovered scratch marks inside Jennifer’s coffin and realized Bernard had displayed her suffering as a triumph over Puer.
• Kallen slept in an empty coffin until Ophelia and a rescue party arrived, with Puer’s image appearing beside him through the captain’s magic formation.
• After receiving treatment, Kallen woke in the hospital to find General Taufman waiting and learned that Ophelia had concealed the circumstances of his arrival.
• Kallen told Taufman he rejected the Dark Moon’s faith and owed its people no deference, then refused Taufman’s proposal that he marry Ophelia and rise to power.
• Kallen recounted Puer’s regret over choosing the Family Faith System and told Taufman that the Dark Moon was only fit to reflect Order’s shadow.

Kallen recovered from his injuries on Dark Moon Island while Ophelia openly pursued him despite his engagement, then returned to the hotel for the conference. Neo discovered a signal calling Light Remnants to gather and suspected they planned to act during the conference, so he set out to infiltrate their meeting.

• Taufman accepted that Kallen intended to pursue his future with the Order God Church, then worried over the contradictions in Kallen's behavior and told himself, "Light Remnant..."
• Ophelia visited Kallen, confessed her feelings through her actions, and embraced him despite his attempts to resist; his wound reopened while she leaned against him.
• After receiving further treatment, Kallen decided to attend the conference, and Ophelia accompanied him to the Bernard Hotel in armor while warning him that Light Remnant accomplices remained at large.
• At the hotel, Kallen found Neo, who revealed he had located a gathering signal for Light Remnants and suspected they planned something during the conference.
• Neo told Kallen to attend the conference with Memphis while he infiltrated the Light Remnants' meeting, and Kallen made him promise not to offer them advice.

Kallen attended the opening of peace negotiations between the Order God Church and the defeated Reincarnation Church on Dark Moon Island. When the Reincarnation Church demanded that Order withdraw from its occupied holy lands first, the Order delegation responded with laughter.

• Kallen and the captain exchanged teasing remarks before Neo assembled the squad to escort Bishop Woforen to the conference building.
• Neo ordered the squad to relax outside the venue, and Order clerics contrasted their casual manner with the solemn Reincarnation Church delegation.
• Bishop Woforen, Kallen, Memphis, and Leon entered the grand hall, where Cardinal Bishop Kreid led the Order delegation and Gatekeeper Romir Simorson led the Reincarnation delegation.
• Clan Leader Vina declared Dark Moon Island neutral and opened the meeting, after which representatives of other churches joined as observers.
• The Reincarnation Church demanded that Order withdraw unconditionally from its occupied holy lands, and the Order delegation burst into laughter.

Neo infiltrated a secret gathering of Light Remnants on Dark Moon Island and learned they planned to raid the Ancient Marsh Pool to awaken Duolons. Recognizing their plan would fail without the Contract Conch, Neo revealed that it was buried in Bernard's Graveyard and urged them to attack there instead.

• Neo followed hidden marks through Dark Moon Island and passed a test at a merfolk establishment to gain access to a secret Light Remnant gathering.
• Neo met a masked man at the gathering and learned that Light Remnants were being hunted after an attempted assassination of General Taufman.
• Mr. Sebas announced that the Light Remnants planned to exploit the island's weakened guard and awaken Duolons at the Ancient Marsh Pool.
• Neo realized that awakening Duolons required the Contract Conch, which was buried with Bernard, and shouted that the group should attack Bernard's Graveyard.

Kallen watched the Order God Church pressure the defeated Reincarnation Church into accepting a preliminary peace agreement, then learned that Neo had helped the Light Remnants plan to raid Bernard’s tomb. Neo revealed that Miss Paul had asked Kallen to demolish the grave, and he ended by recalling Bernard and Jennifer’s connection to her.

• Bishop Woforen declared negotiations over until Reincarnation agreed to hear Order’s demands, and Cardinal Kreid warned that the war could resume.
• Woforen presented eighteen demands, and the churches reached a preliminary agreement on a sacred site, reparations, student exchanges, trial places, and revised mythology.
• Kallen returned to the courtyard with Memphis while Woforen, Leon, and Laure rode back in a carriage.
• Neo told Kallen he had met with the Light Remnants, explained how they could awaken Duolons using Bernard’s Contract Conch, and admitted he had planned their raid on Bernard’s tomb.
• Neo said he would warn Dark Moon about the plot, then revealed that Miss Paul had asked Kallen to demolish Bernard’s grave.
• Neo recounted how Jennifer introduced him to Bernard and said Jennifer had called Miss Paul the best friend she had ever had.

Kallen and the captain planned to retrieve the Contract Conch from Bernard’s tomb, while Kallen later joined Peige and Fanny at a private hot spring. Ophelia arrived to speak with him, but after drinking water from the cabinet she collapsed, warning that the poison had been meant for Kallen.

• Kallen and the captain decided to act at the Palace of Remembrance after the Light Remnants drew the Dark Moon Clan’s attention, with Kallen recruiting Memphis and the captain seeking help from Reincarnation Church Clerics.
• Kallen went to the private hot spring with Peige and Fanny, and Ophelia arrived after the women left them alone together.
• Ophelia and Kallen awkwardly discussed the negotiations, then joked together as she sat beside the pool.
• Ophelia drank water from a glass, spat black blood, and warned Kallen that the poison was intended for him.

Kallen saved Ophelia from a contaminating toxin by using his blood to expel its insect source, then uncovered an assassination attempt aimed at him. The Dark Moon Clan identified Prince Dante as the supposed mastermind, and General Taufman executed him before kicking his head to Kallen.

• Four disguised attendants attacked Kallen and Ophelia, but Kallen killed them or stopped them from surviving to be questioned.
• Ophelia’s condition worsened as a contaminating toxin spread through her, so Kallen had her drink his blood; a pollution insect emerged from her mouth and burst after entering his wound.
• Ophelia ordered the incident investigated, and Kallen found an insect egg hidden in the base of her glass.
• The captain awakened an attacker’s corpse and tortured him until he named Prince Dante as the one who ordered the attack.
• Clan Leader Wiener confronted Dante, who denied ordering the poisoning but admitted his feelings for Ophelia; General Taufman beheaded him and kicked his head to Kallen.

Taufman exposed Elder Majo’s plot to assassinate Kallen and moved against the princes and conspirators, leaving Dark Moon Island’s power struggle violently transformed. Vina and Taufman later revealed that the poison had been a Curse Insect intended to test Kallen’s bloodline, but Ophelia had not been contaminated.

• Taufman presented Dante’s head guard as evidence that Elder Majo had arranged the assassination attempt and planned to frame Dante.
• Taufman took Vina’s Clan Leader Token, ordered the Third Prince to accompany them, and had Dante’s head brought along as they went to confront the First Prince.
• Taufman killed the First Prince and confronted Elder Majo, while two elders intervened and Taufman joined the fight before Kallen and Ophelia left.
• Ophelia leaned on Kallen at the hotel, apologized, and asked him not to blame her family; Kallen wondered whether she had guessed who administered the poison.
• Vina and Taufman discussed their plan to purge the Elder Council and revealed that the Curse Insect could kill people with Dark Moon blood, but Ophelia had not been contaminated.

Vina and Taufman analyzed the failed Curse Insects and concluded that Phileas might now serve Kallen, while fearing that Ophelia had broken the curse by drinking Kallen’s blood. Kallen and Neo discussed the coming ceremony at the Palace of Remembrance, where Neo planned to publicly proclaim the return of Light.

• Vina and Taufman suspected Phileas had manipulated events as Kallen’s servant and agreed not to question Ophelia or interfere with her relationship with Kallen.
• Vina feared Ophelia would reveal that Kallen’s blood had broken the curse, and he and Taufman decided to keep the possibility secret and leave the young couple alone.
• Kallen told Neo that the insects were Curse Insects created from Phileas’s hatred of the Dark Moon Clan and said he did not regret saving Ophelia with his blood.
• Neo said the clan leader and general might honor Kallen for surviving the curse, then confirmed he would proceed with his plan at the Palace of Remembrance.
• Neo declared that Duolons would announce Light’s return before the Orthodox Churches, while Kallen and Neo traded good-night remarks and went to rest.

Kallen stayed with Ophelia while she recovered, and Bishop Woforen discussed the dangerous Gate of Reincarnation and the church’s plans for Leon and Laure. At the Palace of Remembrance, Taufman met the captain after a failed Light Remnant attack, and the captain proposed searching Duolons for the Phileas Family’s hidden treasures.

• Kallen stayed in the hotel with Ophelia while she slept, then shared a meal and a walk with her after she woke.
• Bishop Woforen told Leon and Laure that he would nominate them for the Gate of Reincarnation assessment, and Leon agreed to invite Kallen and Neo to dinner.
• Taufman learned that the Dark Moon warriors had crushed the Light Remnants’ attack on the Palace of Remembrance and ordered the guards to remain on alert.
• The captain met Taufman at the palace and suggested they both keep their identities secret while claiming allegiance to the Light.
• The captain told Taufman that Duolons carried the Phileas Family’s legacy, possibly including divine artifacts, and Taufman agreed to investigate.

Neo and Taufman lured pursuing Reincarnation Church members toward the Palace of Remembrance, where Mr. Eisen's planted formation exploded and triggered a battle between them and the Dark Moon guards. In the confusion, Neo and Taufman prepared to slip inside and take the Contract Conch.

• Mr. Eisen followed his note's instructions, setting up a formation and burying himself beneath a grass-covered patch until he heard the trigger phrase.
• Pat went to a private room, drugged himself, and tormented a mermaid before Neo stole his wallet and fled, injuring Pat and one of his pursuers along the way.
• Neo and Taufman escaped in a carriage, drawing Reincarnation Church members after them and heading toward the Palace of Remembrance.
• Neo and Taufman hid in a flower bed as Dark Moon guards moved to block their pursuers, and they planned to enter the Palace and take the Contract Conch during a fight.
• When the Dark Moon guard chief called the area restricted, Mr. Eisen triggered his formation, blasting Reincarnation clerics and causing both sides to attack.

Neo’s attempt to open Bernard’s coffin was interrupted by Taufman, but the captain escaped and sounded the Contract Conch without holding it. As Kallen and Ophelia sat by the Ancient Marsh Pool, the ground suddenly roared and the mountain collapsed.

• Neo tricked Taufman with a nest of ladybugs and slipped away to the Palace of Remembrance, where he dismantled the barrier protecting Bernard’s coffin.
• Taufman attacked Neo as the coffin opened, and an Evil Spirit infected Taufman, forcing him to cut off his right arm and seal it.
• Taufman refused to let Neo awaken Duolons, while Neo retreated using a Concealment Spell Art scroll as Dark Moon Guards arrived.
• Neo returned and sounded the Contract Conch by making vibrations travel through the open coffin, then told the Ancient Marsh Pool, “It’s time to wake up, old friend.”
• Kallen and Ophelia sat together at the Ancient Marsh Pool, where Ophelia spoke of her feelings for Kallen before a roar shook the ground and the mountain collapsed.

Ophelia and Kallen escaped Duolons as the awakened giant turtle’s peaceful light gave way to rage over Phileas’s betrayal, and it began advancing toward Dark Moon Island’s towns. As the churches prepared to respond, Neo watched the beast approach and apologized to the fleeing townspeople, saying the light could no longer be seen.

• Kallen pulled Ophelia away from Duolons’s head and carried her through the air as the giant turtle rose from the earth and awakened.
• Duolons sensed Phileas’s curse, turned blood-red, and began destroying everything in its path as it moved toward the towns.
• Ophelia urged Kallen to stop Duolons from reaching the towns, and Kallen reassured her that the Order God Church would intervene.
• Gatekeeper Romir watched Duolons with Xiding and Peide, while Taufman abandoned his pursuit of the captain to protect the towns.
• Neo appeared on a hillside, conducted an eerie piece as Duolons approached, and apologized to the fleeing townspeople because the light could no longer be seen.

Duolons charged toward Dark Moon Island’s town, while Taufman and the elders risked their lives to reach its head and set up a formation. As Taufman soothed the beast with the power of light, Neo used Phileas’s spiritual imprint to warn Duolons that Taufman had betrayed the light.

• Kallen and Ophelia watched as Taufman gathered the Dark Moon Elders and guards to stop Duolons before it reached the town.
• Taufman led the elders through Duolons’s blood mist and onto its body, where they faced flying scales and sweeping whiskers as they escorted Qimal toward its head.
• Qimal began setting up a destructive formation on Duolons’s head while the Dark Moon Army formed ranks and the Order God Church waited nearby instead of intervening.
• Taufman released the power of light against Duolons’s head, calming its movements as Qimal continued building the formation.
• Neo activated Phileas’s spiritual imprint on Duolons’s shell and warned the beast that Taufman had betrayed the light.

Taufman and Elder Qimal's formation only briefly stopped Duolons, while Phileas revealed that the dying beast had become a massive source of pollution. As Duolons reached the town's outskirts, it halted, and Phileas said it could not bear to destroy the island it had once helped build.

• Taufman ordered Elder Qimal to activate the unfinished formation, and its blast injured them and stopped Duolons temporarily.
• Ophelia and Kallen confronted the captain, whose phantom revealed his revenge plan and kept them from leaving by threatening to detonate insect nests.
• Duolons's magma attack devastated the Dark Moon Army, and Cardinal Kreid ordered Bishop Rodina to reorganize the island's defenses as the army retreated.
• The Order God Church prepared to stop Duolons, but its decaying body and accumulated death energy made attacking it risk spreading catastrophic pollution across the island.
• Phileas revealed that Duolons had been near death when he sealed it and had awakened it so it could see the island again; after breaking through the final defenses, Duolons stopped at the town's outskirts.

Duolons wept and turned away from Dark Moon Island, while Neo confronted the truth about his struggle with Phileas and let the giant turtle leave with its pollution. Neo remained on shore as Phileas departed with their companions, ending with Neo watching him praise the Light.

• Duolons stopped at the town and shed tears, while Taufman sensed the grief in the rain and the spirits of Phileas’s companions appeared around him.
• Phileas told Neo that he had died long ago and that Neo had been fighting his own memories and guilt, but Neo rejected the explanation and urged Duolons to advance.
• Phileas took control of Neo’s body, drew an Evil Spirit out of Taufman, and transferred it to Duolons before Taufman left the turtle with Qimal.
• Neo sent Duolons back out to sea, while Kreid ordered Rodina to monitor the beast and expose Bernard’s betrayal to Dark Moon Island.
• Phileas explained to Neo that he had chosen to follow the Light despite retaining his hatred, then said goodbye and left with his companions as Duolons sailed away.
• Neo watched Phileas standing on Duolons’s head and praising the Light, then remarked that he no longer feared losing himself because he was already lost.

Neo summoned the Anavas ancestor, who insisted that Phileas was only another part of Neo and that Neo himself had abandoned revenge. Kallen took Bernard’s corpse to the Stone Stele for a revenge ceremony, but discovered the corpses in the pit had lost their Spiritual Power and apparently set out on a new voyage.

• Neo summoned the Anavas ancestor with a bloodline ritual, and the ancestor claimed Phileas had never existed as a separate consciousness.
• Neo insisted Phileas existed and said Snake Island could prove it.
• Kallen stole Bernard’s corpse from the Palace of Remembrance and brought it to the Bernard Hotel.
• Kallen recruited Mr. Eisen and Richard to help transport Bernard through a teleportation array to the Stone Stele.
• Kallen found that the corpses in the Corpse Pit had lost their Spiritual Power and concluded they had set out on a new long voyage.