Graf Granat's Domain/Events

All the events in and surrounding Graf Granat's Domain!

Chapter 14
Twenty-eight years after the Hero Himmel’s passing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark are in Graf Granat’s Domain. As the trio walks into town, Frieren senses some demons and tries to kill them, but she is stopped by sentinels. The demons, led by Lord Lügner, are supposedly messengers of peace, however, Frieren calls them incomprehensible wild beasts that mimic human voices. She is then thrown into the mansion dungeon. Fern and Stark investigate and find out Aura the Guillotine, a great demon who served the Demon King as one of the Seven Sages of Destruction, has requested peace after being long at war with the town. Frieren states that it is futile to negotiate with demons, as they only use words as a means of deception rather than communication. She decides to break out of the dungeon once the disorder starts. Meanwhile, Lügner wonders where he has seen Frieren before and smiles as she is the only one in town who knows the true nature of demons.

Chapter 15
Right after the events of the previous chapter, Graf Granat leads Lügner to his son’s room and is about to kill him, as vengeance for his son. However, Granat empathises with Lügner when he tells him that his father was also killed by the humans. This was actually a lie in order to placate the Graf. Lügner tells the demon girl, Linie, that the true goal is to get him to release the defensive barrier surrounding the town so that Aura’s army can destroy it. Meanwhile, the demon boy, Draht, goes to the dungeon to try to assassinate Frieren. He fails, and she is able to kill him easily, remarking that this is the first one to start.

Chapter 16
Right after the events of the previous chapter, Frieren exits the dungeon and finds the sentinel dead. Meanwhile, Fern and Stark are having lunch and decide to go appeal to Graf Granat for Frieren’s release from prison and then defeat the demons. Meanwhile, Lügner finds out Draht was killed. Graf Granat confronts Lügner and suspects that Draht had killed the sentinel. Now that his plan had failed, Lügner reveals his true colors and kills the guards and injures Graf Granat, not killing him so he can lift the protective barrier on the town. As Fern and Stark head to the Graf’s estate, Fern spots Frieren stealthily walking in a black cloak. Frieren tells them what happened in the dungeon, and says that she will leave the town, leaving Fern and Stark to deal with the demons in town, despite Stark’s pleas. Frieren senses Aura the Guillotine from a distance and decides to quickly finish her off.

Chapter 17
Right After the events of the previous chapter, Stark and Fern are infiltrating the mansion of Graf Granat. Inside the mansion, in another room, Lügner is explaining to a tied up Graf Granat what magic is too a demon. They hone their skills on one particular type of magic - like how qual dedicated his life to his killing magic - making their magic superior to that of a human. He comments on the Barrier erected by the Great Mage Flamme, and detests it because it was erected by a prodigy, which he claims leads to lacking beauty that can only come from enhancement. He then asks Graf Granat for the magic that can control the barrier, which is implied to exist because of the demons being able to enter the town when they could not previously. They then leave the room to let him think about it, warning him that not cooperating will lead to torture, they then try and search for the grimoire that has it.

Stark enters the room a while after the demons leave, and tries to free Graf Granat but it is unsuccessful because before that he could, the demons re-enter the room. Stark tries to fight them but fails and gets beaten down, but gave an opening to Fern to attack.Fern attacks and catches the demons off guard, they try and ask where she learned this magic from, which Fern guesses is trying to stall time and prepares to attack. Before she could, Stark says they have to retreat since Graf Granat is injured, and they withdraw. The demons will pursue after Lügner's bleeding stops, Linnie thinks she can handle them herself, so Lügner doesn't need to be involved. Lügner does not let Linnie do it, since he thinks that the magic that Fern used is from Frieren the slayer, the mage that has led the most demons to their graves, so Linnie would likely die in a confrontation.

Chapter 18
Right after the events of the last chapter, Fern, Stark, and Graf Granat are hiding in a house. Graf Granat is being treated for his injuries inside by a doctor. He thanks them for their help and realizes that Frieren was correct in her judgment. He absolves Frieren of her punishment and she can now re-enter the town and defeat demons. He then comments on how imprudent he was at Frieren due to him not knowing who she was, because the Granat family owes a lot to the Hero Party for their help in repelling a demon army lead by Aura the Guillotine.

Outside the town, Frieren confronts Aura the Guillotine and her undead army. Frieren is surrounded by Aura's undead army and gets attacked by one suit of armor. Since the last time they have faced off, Aura has become more skilled in her magic, controlling more undead than she used to. This magic disgusts and angers Frieren, who can see suits of armor belonging to some of her comrades.

Still hiding out in the house, Graf Granat is explaining Aura's magic to Fern and Stark. Aura's magic is called The Scales of Obedience, one of the primary reasons why she has not been defeated yet. Aura places her and her target's souls onto the scales and weigh their mana, the one with greater mana can command the lesser one until they turn to dust. With Aura's tremendous supply of mana, this magic never fails. The only proven way to combat this without a bigger supply of mana is to have an iron will, but even that is only to an extent. This no longer works since she beheads her enemies, making them lose their will.

Outside, Frieren is being attacked by the undead army. She dodges and casts a powerful anti-magic breaking Aura's grip on bodies. Aura is confused why Frieren would take such an indirect measure, since the last time they fought, Frieren just blew them away. Frieren's reasoning is that Himmel got angry afterward. Aura gets even more confused since Himmel is no longer there. Frieren is glad to hear that, so she can now slay the demons without mercy.