Chapter Summaries

Nausicaä battled Master Kabo as Dorok monks attacked the conference room, while Gore escaped. After Nausicaä drove Kabo through a window, explosions rocked Mining Town’s airport, suggesting the attack was still unfolding.

• Nausicaä countered Master Kabo’s mental attack, and the clash devastated the conference room and injured the representatives.
• Gore ordered Master Kabo to kill everyone except Nausicaä and the prince of Pejite, then fled with his guards.
• Nausicaä rushed Master Kabo, and Elphias Doge helped her break through the monk soldiers’ formation.
• Master Kabo told Nausicaä the Dorok had cooperated with Gore for their people’s survival, but Nausicaä rejected his explanation and struck him through a window.
• Haideng and Nausicaä prepared to reach the guards as explosions shook Mining Town’s airport.

Por and three Blessed Warriors attacked a mine during the Conference of Nations, where Por awakened as a Golden Folk and freed the enslaved miners from their overseers. He urged the prisoners to seize their own freedom as the revolt began.

• Por received Lord Divine Tree’s order to act as the Dorok soldiers and guards left the mine.
• Por confronted the overseers, awakened as a Golden Folk, and killed the fat overseer and others with Radagon's Rings of Light.
• Por blocked the guards’ bullets with a Shield of Immutability as three Blessed Warriors joined him in killing the remaining guards.
• Por addressed the prisoners, telling them that the Erdtree had given them an opportunity but that they had to claim freedom for themselves.

A disguised Dorok airship and Dorok warrior monks attacked Mining Town, while Por helped the slave laborers turn the battle against them. The three other Blessed Warriors joined the uprising, leaving the old explorer with little chance to prove himself in combat.

• The Dharma Protector-Class Airborne Battleship destroyed the Sea of Corruption nations’ airfield and sent the marketplace into panic.
• Dorok warrior monks ambushed Pejite guards inside the Bridge, overwhelming them with attacks from the mine tunnels.
• More than a thousand slave laborers charged the warrior monks, seeking revenge for Gore’s abuses, while Por healed the wounded from a distance.
• The old man praised Por and prepared to fight, but Por pointed out that the other three Blessed Warriors had already joined the slave laborers at the front.

Nausicaä and her allies freed the mine slaves, but Gore escaped aboard a flying pot with the mysterious Master of the Kabu Tribe as a Dorok warship began bombarding Mining Town. With reinforcements absent and the town under fire, Nausicaä prepared to attack the warship herself.

• Por reported that the mine slaves had been rescued, but Gore was nowhere underground.
• Mu En warned Nausicaä that Gore had fled toward the lower levels and that the Master of the Kabu Tribe was dangerous and strange.
• Nausicaä met Makas, a former chairman of the Pejite Explorers' Association, and told him and Haideng that Gore had likely fled below.
• Gore and the Master of the Kabu Tribe escaped Mining Town aboard a hidden Dorok flying pot.
• The Dorok guardian warship bombarded Mining Town, causing destruction and panic despite the Ceramic Steel walls.
• Nausicaä told Por to lead people into the mine tunnels for shelter and declared that she would bring down the warship.

Nausicaä flew out to protect the people of Mining Town from a Dorok warship, using the Wings of the Crucible to reach the ruined camp. She then took her glider and charged toward the warship, ready to fight as a Wind Rider.

• Trudeau and Por tried to stop Nausicaä from facing the bombardment, but she said only she could save the people and trusted Lord Divine Tree to protect her.
• Nausicaä climbed to an opening in Mining Town's outer wall and saw the approaching Dorok warship preparing to attack the refugees.
• After evading the warship's fire, Nausicaä leaped from the wall and used the golden Wings of the Crucible to glide toward the temporary camp.
• Two Blessed villagers brought Nausicaä her glider, and she sent them to take shelter in the desert.
• Nausicaä launched her glider and charged at the Dorok warship.

Nausicaä evaded the Dorok protector warship’s guns and appeared before its crew as the prophesied Blue-Clad One. She broke through the bridge window and landed inside, where the startled soldiers recognized her as an intruder.

• Nausicaä used her glider and the wind to dodge the warship’s shells and machine-gun fire.
• Nausicaä fired the glider’s plasma engine to surge through the gunfire and reach the warship.
• Nausicaä released the glider, grabbed her weapons, and survived an explosion above the deck with golden wings of light.
• Dorok monk-officials and soldiers recognized Nausicaä as the Blue-Clad One from their prophecy.
• Nausicaä folded her wings, crashed through the bridge window, and landed inside as the crew shouted that there was an intruder.

Nausicaä defeated the Dorok monk soldiers on the warship’s bridge and forced Master Kabo to stop the bombardment of Mining Town. When she tried to take him hostage to secure the Dorok’s withdrawal, Master Kabo unleashed a surge of mental power.

• Nausicaä used her Ceramic Steel longsword and Crucible tail to incapacitate the monk soldiers on the bridge.
• Nausicaä threatened to destroy the control equipment unless the monk-officers stopped the bombardment.
• Master Kabo arrived and ordered the bombardment suspended.
• Nausicaä urged Master Kabo to leave, but he refused, saying the Dorok’s survival was at stake.
• Nausicaä swiftly placed her sword against Master Kabo’s neck to take him hostage.
• Master Kabo released powerful mental energy, manifesting black curses around him.

Nausicaä and Mu En fought the corrupted Master Kabo, whose black spiritual power was made from resentful, cursed souls. Nausicaä used the Law of Regression to destroy the shadow and free its victims, while Mu En realized the Valley of the Wind’s toxins were likely another kind of order.

• Master Kabo’s black shadow seized Nausicaä, but she broke free and fought back as it repeatedly reformed.
• Mu En told Nausicaä to use the Law of Regression, and its golden light made the black shadow burst apart and freed its trapped souls.
• Nausicaä completed the incantation, unleashing a powerful wave of golden light that erased the remaining shadow from Master Kabo.
• The freed souls swept through the airship, knocking the Dorok warriors and monk officials unconscious, while Nausicaä absorbed some of their ownerless spiritual power.
• Mu En recognized that the black power resembled the Valley of the Wind’s toxins and concluded that the toxins were likely another order.

Nausicaä defeated Master Kabo’s soul, but he vanished after hinting that the Dorok were pursuing power to prevent another sea of flames. In Mining Town, the refugees learned the warship was no longer a threat, while Haideng suspected the town’s missing guards had been sent on another mission.

• Nausicaä absorbed purified spiritual power and realized she might now be able to reach the Knight Level, but she confronted the weakened Master Kabo instead of attempting a breakthrough.
• Master Kabo warned Nausicaä that her ally would act soon, then revealed he was only a soul and vanished through the Bridge wall.
• Mu En suspected Master Kabo had been stalling for time and that the Dorok were pursuing the power behind a coming sea of flames.
• In Mining Town, Por and Trudeau told Asbel that Nausicaä was still fighting a powerful enemy, while Haideng questioned why the town’s guards were missing.
• Por announced that Nausicaä had defeated Master Kabo and that the Dorok warship was no longer a threat, but the group still needed to bring down the damaged Bridge and capture its soldiers.

A hidden Dorok warship rose from beneath the Mining Town, revealing Gore’s concealed weapon and leaving the town’s people stranded amid the ruins. Haideng realized the warship was heading northwest toward Pejite, where the real war was about to begin.

• Makas saw a mysterious apparition plunge into the Mining Town’s central platform, and the site began to shake violently.
• The central platform rose as the ground split apart, revealing a massive Dorok warship hidden beneath the town.
• Por relayed Nausicaä’s message that Gore was not aboard the decoy warship, and Haideng concluded Gore had used the town to conceal his ultimate weapon.
• The giant warship lifted off and flew northwest without attacking the people below.
• Haideng recognized that Gore’s target was Pejite and warned that the real war was about to begin.

After Gore’s bombardment devastated Mining Town, Haideng urged the gathered representatives to join the rescue efforts, where the Valley of the Wind’s Blessed healed and aided survivors. As despair mounted among those trapped and injured, a winged messenger descended and answered the prayers of the survivors in the name of the Erdtree.

• Haideng rebuked the representatives for thinking of escape and surrender instead of helping the people buried in the ruins.
• The Valley of the Wind’s Blessed lifted rubble, opened escape routes, and healed injured survivors, inspiring others to join the rescue.
• Representatives from the nations mobilized their guards, while merchants, travelers, and residents worked to search the wreckage.
• Rescuers encountered devastating scenes across Bridge Mine, and the Blessed struggled to help the many trapped and injured people.
• A blue-clad messenger with golden feathered wings appeared above Mining Town, declared that the Erdtree had heard the prayers, and cast Erdtree Heal.

Nausicaä used power borrowed from the Erdtree and the Crucible to heal Mining Town’s survivors and empower them to rescue everyone trapped in the rubble. After the rescue, she called on the survivors to prepare for war against Gore and began discussions about forming an alliance.

• Nausicaä reached Knight Level, used Divine Descent, and spread Erdtree Heal across Mining Town.
• Nausicaä granted Crucible power to survivors and rescuers, who lifted rubble and freed the trapped people.
• The rescue ended with no one dying from delayed aid or severe injuries, and survivors thanked Nausicaä and the Erdtree.
• Nausicaä urged the survivors to clear the ruins, count their losses, and prepare to settle their blood debt with Gore.
• Nausicaä told Haideng that she had only borrowed the Erdtree’s authority, then proposed that the nations form the Allied Forces of the Sea of Corruption Nations.

Nausicaä persuaded the delegates to form a coalition against Gore and proposed using their gunships to create an opening for her to board his warship. The delegates agreed to mobilize their forces at Mining Town, while Nausicaä’s authority over the alliance grew.

• Nausicaä proposed a coalition to resist Gore’s rebellion and attack on Pejite, and no delegate dared oppose her.
• Nausicaä said she would bring down Gore’s warship by boarding it, and proposed that the nations send gunships to draw its anti-aircraft fire.
• Haideng raised the problem of communicating with distant nations, and Nausicaä explained that the Dorok behind Gore would likely remain in Pejite for several days.
• The delegates tacitly approved Nausicaä’s plan to gather gunships at Mining Town and make it the coalition’s front-line base.
• Nausicaä announced that she would gather her god-blessed warriors to spearhead the attack, and the delegates increasingly accepted her as the alliance’s leader.

The Golden Sect, led by Kamlin and supported by Meila and Wawar, transformed Pejite City's refugee shantytown by defeating its gangs, organizing relief and work, and beginning to rebuild the area as an outer city. As the refugees gained order and hope, the Erdtree summoned all Blessed Warriors because war was about to begin.

• The Golden Sect purged the gangs exploiting refugees outside Pejite City and established order, medical aid, and paid work.
• Kamlin and Meila organized relief expeditions into the Sea of Corruption, while Wawar enforced strict discipline in the Mercenary Corps of the Wind.
• Mu En granted blessings to faithful recruits, enabling the Blessed Warriors to defeat the remaining gangs and expand the Golden Sect's influence.
• Kamlin began rebuilding the shantytown as Pejite City's outer city, replacing tents and shacks with wooden houses and planned streets.
• The Erdtree ordered all Blessed Warriors to assemble as war approached.

Mu En judged that the threat of the Doroks and Torumekia seizing the Giant God Warrior made his gradual plan too slow, so he moved to unite Eftal and secure the Endure Battleship. As Nausicaä’s forces approached Pejite, allied gunboats launched a surprise attack, and the battle began.

• Mu En assessed the military imbalance between his Blessed Warriors and the Dorok Principalities and Torumekian Empire, then decided to unite the nations around the Sea of Corruption and obtain a weapon powerful enough to deter both.
• Nausicaä briefed the Champions aboard the captured Dorok warship: Por, Kamlin, and Wawar would lead a boarding assault to seize the Endure Battleship, while Yupa would lead a ground team to locate the Giant God Warrior.
• The Champions accepted their assignments, determined to bring Eftal under the Erdtree’s order.
• Nausicaä spotted Pejite on the horizon as ancient gunboats bearing the nations’ flags attacked the Dorok warship by surprise.

Pejite’s king and royal forces faced a coup backed by the Dorok army, whose Endure Battleship devastated the city and drove resistance underground. As fighting continued in the ruins, allied aircraft from the nations of the Sea of Corruption arrived over Pejite.

• Pejite’s merchant associations launched a revolt against the king while three Dorok battleships attacked the city from the sky.
• Rebel forces seized key locations, destroyed battleships attempting to take off, and helped the Endure Battleship overwhelm Pejite’s defenses.
• The Endure Battleship bombarded the royal palace, and the king escaped through a secret passage into the underground ruins.
• By the following dusk, Dorok warrior monks and rebels controlled much of the city, while royal guards and workers fought them through the tunnels.
• Aircraft carrying the flags of the nations of the Sea of Corruption appeared over Pejite as allied forces arrived.

Five allied gunboats drew the invincible warship’s defenses into a fierce dogfight while Nausicaä and the Blessed Warriors prepared to board it from above. Inside the ship, Gore confronted the Dorok over Pejite’s destruction before an intrusion alarm revealed that the airborne assault had begun.

• Five allied gunboats evaded the invincible warship’s fire and attacked it to avenge Pejite.
• Nausicaä, Por, Kamlin, Wawar, and the Blessed Warriors prepared an airborne assault from the captured Guardian warship.
• Nausicaä led the warriors to the hatch and ordered them to begin the attack.
• Gore accused Master Kabo and the Dorok of destroying Pejite’s central dome without permission, while suspecting they wanted to search the ruins.
• An intrusion alarm sounded, and Gore ordered the crew to repel an enemy attack from above.

Nausicaä and the Blessed Warriors launched an airborne assault on the Dorok warship and rapidly overwhelmed its defenders. Nausicaä reached Master Kabo in the command room, but found him already dead.

• The Blessed Warriors descended onto the warship as an allied gunboat was shot down over Pejite.
• Nausicaä kicked open a hatch, and the Warriors fought through the Dorok defenders before splitting up to seize the ship.
• Por, Wawar, and Kamlin advanced through the warship while Nausicaä’s overwhelming strength let her race ahead toward Master Kabo.
• Nausicaä broke through the defenders on the staircase and entered the command room, where she prepared to strike Master Kabo.
• Nausicaä discovered that Master Kabo had already stopped breathing.

Nausicaä and Mu En captured Master Kabo’s soul after he tried to possess her, then learned he had started the war to destroy the Giant God Warrior. Though the allied forces had seized the Dorok warship, Master Kabo revealed that his final plan would unleash the Sea of Corruption’s insects on Pejite and bury the underground ruins.

• After Master Kabo died, his soul emerged from a priest and attacked Nausicaä, but Mu En trapped it with the Erdtree’s golden branches.
• Nausicaä confronted Master Kabo’s captive soul and learned he wanted to destroy the Giant God Warrior before anyone could use it.
• Master Kabo admitted he had ordered Gore to attack Pejite, and Nausicaä condemned him for starting a war that killed civilians.
• Kamlin’s group reported that the allies had secured the Bridge, while Por and Wawar reported that they had taken control of the warship and its ammunition depot.
• Master Kabo warned that his final plan would bring the Sea of Corruption’s insects to Pejite, bury the underground passages, and kill the city’s residents and both armies.

Yupa’s squad infiltrated the Pejite ruins, where they discovered a Dorok laboratory holding a living Ohmu larva. After escaping the alerted soldiers, they learned that the Pejite King’s Army was nearby and set out to join the king.

• Yupa split the Mercenary Corps of the Wind into groups to search the ruins and spread word of the allied army.
• Yupa and Ashta’s squad attacked Dorok guards at a secret underground entrance and forced a monk official to reveal that the passage led to an unknown marked area.
• Yupa’s squad followed the map through the ruins and found a Dorok laboratory containing a living Ohmu larva in an incubation tank.
• Ashta accidentally made a noise, alerting the guards, and Yupa led the squad through the tunnels to escape their pursuers.
• A message revealed that the Pejite King’s Army and the king were stationed in Ruin No. 3, so Yupa’s squad headed to regroup with them.