After the school festival... a big mission commences in the Outer World. Having fended off Elise’s sudden attack, Alus manages to protect the campus festival. As the festival continues, Single Digit Magicmaster Lettie secretly visits the Institute. Of all things, she brings with her the mission to reclaim Vanalis, a place with a dark history. Alus and Loki immediately head out after the festival, but...?

Unexpected enemies appear one after another! Will Vanalis ever be reclaimed? Vanalis is frozen over an unknown hand. The mysterious “snow” that blocks mana and a new species of Fiend throw Alus and the others for a loop! What’s more, the Fiends begin doing something completely unprecedented...working together! Will they be able to accomplish Lettie’s long-cherished goal? What will Alus and the others see in this intensely cold land as they take on a battle never before experienced by humankind? This is the climax of the Vanalis reclamation arc!

After defeating Dante, Alus returns to the Institute, where he meets an unexpected visitor from the Trojan Prison. Tesfia and Alice, both wounded in the battle against the escaped prisoners, resolve to face a new trial bestowed upon them by Alus. The noble faction under Major General Morwald awaits their chance to strike back at Alus’s superior, Governor-General Berwick. And the mysterious and beautiful Magicmaster Noir makes an appearance!

On the night before the Friendship Magical Tournament, Alus receives another mission. Peaceful times for Alus and his friends come to an end, as Tesfia is forced to consider an engagement. Meanwhile, Alus has to face off against a strange attacker that suddenly appears at the Institute. At a conference of the rulers of the seven nations, even Alpha’s beautiful ruler, Cicelnia, approaches Alus. When Alus is suddenly appointed to guard Cicelnia, he meets the other nations’ rulers and the Single Digits that guard them. An uneasy atmosphere pervades the conference, as the nations vie for power. With the Friendship Magical Tournament looming on the horizon—trouble stirs!

The Institute’s festival begins! But a mysterious visitor also appears... Having eliminated the strongest Fiend, the Devourer, what awaits Alus when he returns is the Institute’s festival! The Institute is in the midst of these festivities when Alus finds himself bewildered by a visit from a mysterious younger student, Noir, and also gets dragged into a pseudo-date with Felinella. To complicate matters even more, a fearsome intruder shows up at the festival’s signature mock battles, and the situation immediately turns dangerous.

As the Friendship Magical Tournament continues, best friends Tesfia Fable and Alice Tilake face off against each other. And the fated showdown between Loki and Fillic finally arrives. Who will become the ultimate victor of this chaotic tournament as the curtains rise on the final stage? Meanwhile, Alus and Lettie embark on a new mission and are faced with an unseen threat against humankind! As the rulers of the seven nations tremble in fear at the second coming of calamity, a new darkness begins to stir. When Alus confronts Elise of the criminal organization Kurama, the story takes off!

Alus’s secret past is finally revealed! And...turmoil at the Institute? On their way home from Vanalis, Alus finally tells Loki about his hidden past. She is shocked as she listens to his story about his time in the Special Fiend Attack Unit and the unit’s sudden end... Meanwhile, at the Second Magical Institute, Tesfia and Lilisha clash and duel each other with their honor as nobility on the line. In the midst of it, a strange boy appears before Alus...?! The unsettling shadow of the three major noble families descends upon Alus and the others, causing a huge disruption in their fates.

The deadliest Fiend versus the strongest Magicmaster! What is this collision that shakes the whole world? Deep in the Outer World, the most ferocious enemy appears... the Devourer! Alus and Lettie face down the fierce darkness that devoured the army of the nation of Balmes, only to have it turn its fangs on them! While the two go up against humanity’s greatest threat, Loki thinks of Alus on the battleground, and faces a challenge of her own. Find out what happens next in the latest volume of The Greatest Magicmaster’s Retirement Plan!