Recaps

Richard advanced from his studies of Dragon Alchemy and body enhancement into the war against the Fire Lizards, while Harash and Azuhan built Morik Shield to hunt Black Wizards. After a rescue mission became a Fire Lizard ambush, Richard captured and interrogated a survivor, but his squad’s vehicles were spotted and patrols closed in.

• Richard defeated Hath, rescued Bone in an abandoned Nightmare Territory, and struck a bargain with Pyramid to obtain a Nightmare Artifact that strengthened his rule-based abilities.
• Richard studied Anna’s golem and worked on his Rune research before Vladimir assigned him as a technical advisor to Clear Frost’s planar war.
• The Floating City entered the Fire Lizard world, and Richard joined the fighting as the wizards attacked and captured Kafra City.
• Richard dissected Fire Lizards and Imperial Dragon Warriors, implanted a Physique Strengthening Gland, and advanced his Dragon Transformation Battle Body.
• Richard identified the Fire Lizards as Dragon Bloodlines and studied Dragon Alchemy in their scimitars, while Harash recognized that Marshal Donar was steering the campaign toward the Linksa Empire.
• Azuhan and Akara established Morik Shield to target Black Wizards, and Richard joined Squad Thirteen on a mission to extract a wizard behind enemy lines.
• Morik Shield killed the Black Wizard and ambushed the rescue squad, but Richard used the Spell Support Vehicles to bombard the attackers before capturing a wounded Silver Horn Fire Lizard.
• Richard forced Cliff to reveal how the distress signal and detection instruments worked, then the squad’s vehicles were spotted by a Fire Lizard patrol and prepared to break through.

Richard escaped the Red Soil Plain through the Magma Sea, joined the wizards’ failed raid on the Dragon Beast Breeding Base, and returned with Precursor technology. As the war widened and the Fire Lizard Kings confronted the Great Wizards, Richard’s convoy fought on the front while the conflict left the Linksa Empire vulnerable.

• Richard escaped the Fire Lizard force through the Magma Sea, found a Precursor Crystal, and discovered a mutagenic blue flame that had altered the Giant Flame Lizard.
• Richard joined Theodore’s raid on the Dragon Beast Breeding Base, where Sacred Guards killed several wizards and Richard salvaged relic technology from destroyed armor.
• Richard returned to wizard territory, optimized Spell Support Vehicles with Vladimir, and proposed using a puppet kingdom to turn Fire Lizard refugees into military strength.
• The Fire Lizards launched a major counterattack, and Richard’s convoy used thousands of fireballs to rescue retreating wizards and support the defensive line.
• At Position Nineteen, Morik and Linksa confronted Great Wizard Hellfire while Minal fought Great Wizard Clear Frost, and the Fire Lizard Kings fused through Dragon Alchemy to challenge Hellfire.
• Great Wizard Hellfire defeated Morik and Linksa, but the Crystal Tower destroyed his body and he escaped with Great Wizard Clear Frost as Minal withdrew.
• The wizards moved to occupy the Linksa Empire while Minal planned to seize the Morik Empire, and Ulysses entered a ten-year slumber after warning Richard about Hellfire’s scheme.

Richard exploited the Crimson Sun World expedition to recruit Fire Lizard alchemists, secure a mine, and bring the surviving tribe under his protection. He returned to the wizard academies with valuable resources and began arranging a long-distance teleportation link to the New World.

• Richard found the dead Fire Lizard researcher’s work and learned that his people called themselves the Free Ones, then captured several Alchemy Masters and forced them to work in his secret realm.
• Richard secured the Crimson Sun Gold Pattern Stone mine, where Crawly agreed to a Soul Contract so Richard could save Logar, and Richard recruited the Fire Lizard alchemists to build a workshop.
• Morik escaped the Great Wizards’ trap, but Harash led the remaining Fire Lizards into a final battle while Azuhan sent the kindling aboard the New World Fleet.
• Richard found the stranded Fire Lizard vessel, persuaded its captain and crew to sign Soul Contracts, and sailed it back to the Fire Lizard headquarters.
• Azuhan prepared to self-destruct when Richard offered cooperation, but Makal and the Fire Lizard alchemists vouched for the contract, and Akara agreed to sign it herself.
• Richard took the Dragon Curse Holy Coffin and organized the Fire Lizards to work in alchemy, hunting, and agriculture, then secured an extensive fief in the Crimson Sun World.
• Richard returned to the academies and revealed his Spell Support Vehicle orders and Crimson Sun Gold Pattern Stone contract, while Gerald became Vice Dean of Black Tower Wizard Academy.
• Gerald introduced Richard to Leo, who showed them two Spatial Beacons that could be used to create Teleportation Arrays.

Richard built the Mechanist armor, secured Bob’s rise to leadership of the Nine Stars Merchant Guild, and prepared his Fire Lizard allies for the Academy War. In the Mirror World, he led attacks and an infiltration against Meteorite Wizard Academy, leaving his team fleeing into the forest with a Third-Ring Wizard in pursuit.

• Richard completed the Mechanist armor project with the Fire Lizard Artisans and later equipped Makal and three Fire Lizards in additional suits.
• Richard helped Bob defeat his rivals in the Nine Stars Merchant Guild and gained access to the guild’s sales channels and resources.
• Richard acquired the Star Wraith Power Core and had the Fire Lizards build three more armor sets for the coming war.
• Richard returned to Black Tower Wizard Academy as the Academy War began, and the World Guardian drew the wizards into the Mirror World.
• Gerald and Alex assigned Richard to an elite harassing force, and Richard used a Chimera Pouch of Dragon Beasts to travel toward Meteorite Wizard Academy.
• Richard and the Fire Lizards ambushed Meteorite patrols, gathered equipment and research notes, and forced Meteorite leaders to consider recalling wizards to counter infiltrators.
• Richard joined Anka’s team and infiltrated Meteorite Wizard Academy, where they planted bombs in its communications tower before a Chimera detected them.
• Richard ordered Makal to clear a path as the team scattered into the forest, with a Third-Ring Wizard pursuing them along Kayan’s route.