Chapter Summaries

Dick encountered Ibu in Sarleon, where insurgents had surrounded Ibu’s mansion and demanded that he hand over Susan. Ibu asked Dick to escort Susan out of the city, and Dick began by asking him to hear about what he had seen on the way there.

• Farmers tried to force Dick to join the insurgents, but they backed down after recognizing him as the Red Hair Devil.
• Dick saw insurgents gathered outside a mansion, demanding that Ibu hand over Susan, and went to the door with Tyson.
• Little Odin opened the mansion door and led Dick and Tyson inside to meet Ibu.
• Ibu explained that Duke Kinu had entrusted him with protecting Susan and that dimeritium devices prevented him from using magic to send her away.
• Dick questioned Ibu’s motives and asked whether he would let him tell about what he had seen on the way to Sarleon.

Dick explained why he wanted to take Susan and the others with him, then faced the rebels when they refused to let them leave. He demonstrated the Dawn Blade’s power by tearing apart burning ruins, leaving the rebels silent and visibly afraid.

• Dick told Ibu about a corrupt noble, Tyson’s chivalry, and a commission involving an evil spirit, explaining that he had punished a wealthy merchant’s wife for benefiting from bloodstained wealth.
• Ibu defended Susan, saying she had a kind heart and had used the duke’s money to help refugees, and Dick decided to take her with him.
• Dick told the rebels he would take Ibu, Little Odin, Susan, and his fellow witchers, but they challenged his authority to remove them.
• Dick offered the rebels a demonstration or a fight, and the lead sorcerer and rebel leader agreed to a demonstration.
• Dick drew the Dawn Blade and unleashed a whirlwind that swept away the burning ruins across the courtyard, leaving the rebels stunned.

Dick led his companions out of rebel territory and split from them at a crossroads before reaching Mist-Shrouded City. He arrived at New Island, found a monster-hunting commission, and asked a fisherman where Nazi was.

• Dick intimidated the rebels with his swordsmanship and led his group away, while the sorcerer Liweisi exchanged farewells with Ibu.
• Dick urged Little Odin to return to Odinburg and help Kebi; Little Odin stayed with the group when they reached the Vinese border the next day.
• At a crossroads, Dick parted from Little Odin, Ibu, Tyson, and Susan, who continued toward their respective destinations while he headed for Mist-Shrouded City.
• A guard captain charged Dick a silver crown for entry and gave him six salted fish as change, then recognized him as the witcher rumored to have drunk the blood of ten thousand people.
• Dick crossed the woodland route to New Island, found a commission about toad-headed monsters attacking at night, and asked a fisherman where Nazi was.

Dick visited Red Hair Chris to investigate the deep-sea monsters approaching his residence on New Island and agreed to wait for them to return. King Vinese's court sorceress Morgana arrived to assist, and she questioned whether Dick could handle the creatures alone.

• Dick asked about Nazi, learned that Red Hair's wife was Princess Ortega, and went to Red Hair Chris's residence.
• Dick introduced himself as a witcher, accepted a payment of five hundred crowns, and questioned Red Hair about the monsters.
• Red Hair told Dick that the harpoon-carrying, sea-smelling monsters had moved from the shore toward his residence.
• Dick examined the courtyard with his Witcher Senses and concluded that the monsters might return that night, so he agreed to wait for them.
• Morgana arrived to investigate the monster activity and cast doubt on Dick's ability to subdue the creatures with his sword.

Dick and Morgana prepared the mansion courtyard for a monster attack, then faced ten frog-like creatures after midnight. Dick killed the six ranged attackers, while four larger monsters remained.

• Red Hair asked Morgana to help Dick defend the mansion and make peace with intelligent monsters if possible.
• Morgana inspected Dick, then cast warning spells around the courtyard that would sense intruders and slow them down.
• Dick conserved his strength until midnight, when he sensed about ten monsters approaching.
• Ten frog-like monsters leaped into the courtyard, and the four larger ones hurled sea forks at Dick.
• Dick dodged the weapons, tested one monster's strength, then cut down the six sea-fork throwers with a sweeping strike.

Dick and Morgana defeated the monsters attacking Red Hair’s residence, and Dick learned that Ortega claimed her husband had killed the Siren princess Nazi. At a celebratory banquet the next evening, a gnome scholar named Stein introduced himself to Dick.

• Morgana hurled corpses at the attacking monsters, and Dick finished them off, earning Energy Points and completing the protection commission.
• Chris Red Hair praised Dick and Morgana, offered Dick a five-hundred-crown fee, and invited them to stay for a banquet.
• Dick asked Chris about the Siren princess Nazi, but Chris denied knowing of her; Ortega then revealed that Nazi had tried to steal her husband and that he had killed the Siren.
• At the banquet, Dick kept to himself while Morgana was surrounded by nobles and merchants.
• Stein, a gnome research scientist and Oxenfurt University graduate, sat beside Dick and introduced himself.

Dick spoke with Stein about his submarine and the possibility of exploring the Deep-Sea World, then learned that Red Hair had other information about the Siren princess. Red Hair admitted that he had killed Nazi with his own hands, leaving Dick to ask when it happened.

• Stein told Dick about his experimental submarine, which could remain underwater for two days, and Dick considered borrowing it to search for the Deep-Sea World.
• Dick and Stein spent the banquet discussing science, technology, and the Panda Continent until Morgana left and the banquet ended.
• Red Hair summoned Dick to his study to share more information about the Siren princess Nazi.
• Ortega interrupted Red Hair and demanded that he explain the matter to Dick, threatening to tell her father if it was not settled.
• Red Hair confessed that he had killed Nazi shortly after marrying Ortega, whom King Vinese had entrusted to him.

Dick discovered that Red Hair Chris had hidden the Siren Princess Nazi in an underground tank and freed her. He carried Nazi toward the sea so she could return home.

• Ortega told Dick that Chris had killed the Siren Princess and fed her fish tail to New Island's commoners.
• Dick followed Red Hair's lingering scent and Witcher Senses through a secret passage beneath the manor.
• Dick found Nazi in an underground fish tank, freed her, and helped her dress.
• Nazi told Dick that Chris had kept her in the tank for five years and asked him to take her home.
• Dick carried Nazi through another passage, and she saw the sea again.

Dick rescued Nazi from Princess Ortega’s soldiers with help from Stein and Morgana, then escaped with them in a submarine. As they traveled toward Atlantis, Nazi described her homeland and its history, including her abdication in favor of her younger sister, Nami.

• Stein arrived in a submarine with Morgana to protect Dick and Nazi after Ortega learned the Siren was alive.
• Dick fought off Ortega’s crossbow bolts, carried Nazi into the submarine, and exchanged a wave with Chris before escaping.
• Stein piloted the submarine underwater, while Morgana explained that her contract with Venice had ended.
• Nazi told Dick and Morgana that Atlantis had once prospered under the Sea God’s descendants before declining after the War of the Gods.
• Nazi revealed that she had abdicated in favor of her younger sister, Nami, and believed Nami now ruled Atlantis.

Dick and his companions were attacked by frogman warriors while traveling through the deep sea, and Dick fought them off outside the submarine. Nazi then guided the submarine to a hidden portal, and they entered it in a burst of white light.

• Nazi guided the submarine toward a year-round magical portal, but hundreds of frogman warriors approached and attacked them.
• Dick and the others realized the frogmen were targeting them, and Morgana assured them she could protect the submarine as Dick prepared to go outside.
• Dick emerged from the submarine and slaughtered the attacking frogmen after activating Blood of Madness.
• Dick returned to the submarine, and Nazi marveled at his strength and compared him to Sparta, Atlantis's fishman grand commander.
• Nazi spotted the portal beside an enormous conch, and Stein piloted the submarine into the bright opening.

Dick and his companions reached Poseidonia, the capital of Atlantis, where Nazi introduced them to the underwater city. Fishmen commander Sparta refused to let the humans stay unless Dick passed the Sea God's trial, which would allow the entire group to remain.

• Dick spent 1,200 Energy Points to upgrade Magic Trap so it could affect corporeal monsters and deal heavy damage.
• Nazi led Dick, Stein, and Morgana out of the submarine and identified Poseidonia's palace, temple, Sea God statue, and protective dome.
• Sparta arrived with his guards and refused Nazi's request to let her human friends stay in Atlantis.
• Sparta insulted Stein and Morgana, then recognized Dick's strength and said the humans could stay if Dick passed the Sea God's trial.

Dick accepted the Sea God's Trial for its promised blessing and passed the first challenge by hurling a giant boulder over the hill and leaping over a massive wave. He reached the second challenge, a crossing of scattered planks over shark-infested water, and had to find a way across without help.

• Dick accepted the Sea God's Trial despite Nazi's warning, and Sparta sent him into the trial grounds.
• Dick pushed the enormous boulder, transformed into a giant, and threw it beyond the hilltop to pass the first challenge.
• A huge wave crashed down on Dick, but he leaped and used Piercing Cold Shockwave to clear it and land safely.
• Sparta instructed Dick to climb to the summit, where he found scattered planks over shark-filled water.
• Dick saw that the planks did not span the crossing, and Sparta explained that the trial had been designed for undersea creatures.

Dick crossed the shark-filled trial and reached the opposite bank, winning Stein a wager with Lao Ba. He then faced a Tide Giant in the final trial, and Stein and Lao Ba placed another bet as Nazi worried over Dick’s danger.

• Stein challenged the octopus fishman, and Lao Ba wagered his freshly caught fish that Dick would fail.
• Dick cut down or dodged the sharks, used Signs to propel himself over the swarm, and reached the opposite bank.
• Stein claimed his winnings, while Lao Ba predicted Dick would lose to the next trial’s opponents.
• Sparta warned Dick about the final trial, but Dick refused to surrender and encountered a six-meter-tall Tide Giant.
• Nazi questioned Sparta about the monster, and Morgana learned how dangerous the Tide Giant was.
• Stein and Lao Ba wagered again, agreeing that the loser would serve as the winner’s servant or experimental material for three days.

Dick defeated the Tide Giant in the fourth trial and returned to the square, where his three fishman-related talents merged into Fishman Body. The new talent increased his constitution through School of the Lynx Witcher.

• Dick dodged the Tide Giant’s attacks, found a weakness beneath its ribs, and wounded it while avoiding its slowing magic.
• The Tide Giant unleashed Heaven and Earth Destruction, but Dick evaded the spikes and attacked its ears and neck.
• Dick strangled the Tide Giant with its own chain, then beheaded it with White Heat after it tried to attack him again.
• Dick returned to the square and discovered that his trial rewards had merged into Fishman Body, raising his School of the Lynx Witcher constitution to six times its previous level.

After returning to the Deep-Sea World, Dick met Slark, Sparta’s younger brother, who challenged him to a sparring match for Siren coins. Dick accepted, and the two took their positions outside the Siren Palace.

• Sparta warned Dick not to break the Deep-Sea World’s rules, assigned guards to protect Nazi, and departed.
• Stein reminded Lao Ba that he had lost their bet and made him follow the group to the palace.
• Nazi explained that the temple and Siren Palace stood on opposite sides of the city to honor High Priestess Medusa.
• Slark greeted Nazi, introduced himself to Dick, and offered his Siren coins if Dick could defeat him in a spar.
• Dick accepted Slark’s challenge, while Stein teased Lao Ba by proposing another bet.

Dick fought the little fishman, who used Energy Transfer to drain his opponent’s strength and agility, until Nazi stopped the duel. Nazi then led Dick and the others through the Siren Imperial Palace, where they arrived before a siren seated on a coral throne.

• Dick dodged the little fishman’s attacks, but the fishman used his blood to activate Energy Transfer and began stealing Dick’s strength and agility.
• Nazi interrupted the fight and ordered the little fishman to stop, then explained how his secret art worked.
• Dick sheathed his sword and told the little fishman they could fight again another time before entering the palace with Nazi and the others.
• Nazi explained that the palace’s beautiful serpents were deep-sea creatures, distinct from the mutated female snake demons and female sea demons found on land.
• Dick and the others entered the palace’s resplendent interior and saw a siren resembling Nazi sitting on a coral throne.

Nazi reunited with her sister Nami in the Deep-Sea World, where Dick learned about the Sirens’ rule and their power over deep-sea creatures. The next morning, he found Stein and Morgana conducting experiments on Lao Ba, who begged to be released.

• Nazi and Nami embraced after seven years apart, and Sparta explained that Nami was protected by a magic bubble because of an illness.
• Nami hosted a banquet for Nazi and her human companions, where Nazi teased Dick about spending the night with a snake woman.
• Dick learned that female Sirens inherited the Sea God’s power to command deep-sea creatures, while male Sirens did not.
• The next morning, Dick learned that Nami and Nazi had left to inspect cities attacked by villains and that Stein and Morgana were working in a laboratory.
• Dick found Stein drawing blood from the restrained octopus fishman Lao Ba, who pleaded for mercy as Stein prepared another syringe.

Dick learned that Morgana was Vigo’s mother and heard how Vigo had humiliated her after revealing their relationship. He urged her to reunite with Vigo by apologizing and helping him pursue his ambitions, while Stein prepared to resume experimenting on Lao Ba.

• Stein explained that Lao Ba’s rapid healing could help him develop a regeneration potion, and Dick asked him to pause the experiment so Lao Ba could rest.
• Dick recognized that Morgana’s concern for Vigo suggested she was his mother, and Morgana confirmed the relationship.
• Morgana recounted how Vigo had publicly condemned her for abandoning him and threatened her not to seek him out.
• Morgana apologized to Dick for her earlier behavior and explained that she did not know who Vigo’s father was.
• Dick advised Morgana to join Vigo, sincerely apologize, and use her expertise to help him; she was moved to tears.
• Stein warned Morgana to rest before the experiment resumed, saying emotional fatigue could affect her intelligent brain.

Dick went to the temple to seek Medusa, but learned she would be occupied for several days. After discovering he could travel through portals, he joined an arm-wrestling contest against the undefeated Niuniu and offered his Dawn Sword as a wager, until the sword pleaded with him not to sell it.

• Dick explored the palace, then visited Medusa's temple and was told she would be unavailable for a few days.
• Dick tried to advertise his demon-hunting services in the city square, but a fishman guard told him disputes in the capital belonged to the guards and that he could travel to other cities through portals.
• Dick joined a crowd watching Niuniu win his eighteenth consecutive arm-wrestling match and agreed to challenge him.
• The coral-hatted fishman organized bets, and Dick agreed to give him half his winnings if he won.
• Dick wagered his Dawn Sword against Niuniu's pouch of fifty Siren coins, but the sword's voice begged him not to sell it.

Dick won a hand-wrestling match in the Deep-Sea World’s capital, then traveled to a remote village to find work. There, Guoguo asked him to investigate his mother’s murder, but Guoguo’s sister Alps distrusted him and ordered him to leave.

• Dick defeated Niuniu at arm wrestling and collected the winnings from Niuniu and the fishman in the coral cowboy hat.
• Dick used the portal to travel to the remote village of Cape.
• Dick called out in the village square offering help, but the fishmen dispersed once their curiosity about him faded.
• Guoguo secretly approached Dick and asked for help after telling him that his mother had been killed.
• Guoguo led Dick to his home, where Alps warned Dick away and demanded that he leave.