AN UNEXPECTED ALLIANCEWhile searching the Divine Voice’s miniature garden world, Ngai Forest, for a way back home, Illusia, Allo, and Treant run into a hero of the past: Mia. Mia decides to join their ranks, and with her on their side, Illusia finally feels ready to take on Hectoncheires—the L-rank monster that guards the Sky-Piercing Spire—once again. And if they can take him down, Illusia can finally get the power he needs to defeat the Divine Voice. But it turns out that Hecatoncheires isn’t the only thing standing in Illusia’s way, because as he and his friends make their up the spire, betrayal rears its ugly head, and the real battle begins… Necoco is a Japanese writer best known for light novel series Disciple of the Lich and Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling, as well as manga series Boushoku-Hi no Ken. NAJI Yanagida is a Japanese artist best known for the light novel illustrations in Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling.