Chapter 131

After Weg locks the two captured mages into a cell high atop a tower, Übel takes stock of her condition and works out that Neu's spell has scrambled the mana coursing through her body, dulling her senses without touching her mind or eyesight. Land, bound by enchanted rope that blocks his casting, doubts anything can be done until he recalls how Übel once parted the magically reinforced hair of Sense's duplicate. He asks whether she can still wield her blade, and she answers by cleanly slicing his bindings apart.

Climbing the same tower, Kanone berates Neu for the wreckage left by his earlier clash and questions why he moved against the pair before she arrived, a break from his usual restraint. He reasons that opponents this dangerous could not be left free. From their cell, Land maps out the cliffside marketplace far below, and as the two officers draw near, he conjures a double of himself to stall them.

Inside, the false Land begs to be released and disavows any tie to Übel, a performance that briefly fools Neu before he catches the deception and warns Kanone. She strikes the clone, Neu departs to hunt the real body, and the genuine Land drops from the ceiling to pin her with his staff. Cornered and unwilling to spare them, Kanone weighs a fight to the death, but Übel carves the tower apart with Reelseiden and points out that the tumbling debris will crush the crowd unless rescue takes priority.

Seizing the offered excuse, Kanone orders the pair to flee, and the two mages soar from the collapsing structure, with Land grumbling about her reckless methods and Übel vowing more caution ahead. As Kanone clears the rubble, Weg readies a chase, only for her to wave him off, judging both fugitives too formidable and preferring to corner them later once their intelligence is wrung out. The cover features Land and Übel.