New World Arc

The New World arc is the twelfth arc of the Light Novel of The Rising of the Shield Hero. This arc does not exist in the Web Novel.

Synopsis
Naofumi and his party have chased the villain Kyo back to his home world. However, they have all been separated. How will the party be able to unite and survive in this strange new world?

Summary
Naofumi, Raphtalia, Filo and Rishia jump through the inter-dimensional portal to chase after Kyo. However, Kyo set a trap within the portal and the party got separated. Naofumi and Rishia woke up in an abandoned dungeon to find that their levels have been reset. Exploring the area, they are saved by the friendly Kizuna, the Legendary Hunting Tool Hero of Glass' World. It turns out that they all are in the Infinite Labyrinth which apparently has no way of escape. However, with his game knowledge, Naofumi exploits the magical laws of the area which allows all three of them to leave.

Leaving the Infinite Labyrinth, they find themselves in enemy territory. However, they are able to make some money using materials from Raphtalia's World and they find their way to a Dragon Hourglass which allows Kizuna to teleport all of them to her country. Kizuna has apparently been gone for a long time and she is joyfully welcomed back. However, when she introduces Naofumi, the country's leaders become suspicious of him since they had previous sent L'Arc, Therese and Glass to destroy his world. Regardless, Kizuna then introduces Naofumi to Ethnobalt who helps him create the shikigami named Raph-chan in order to search for Raphtalia.

During their search for Raphtalia, Raph-chan leads them to a circus where they find Filo unwillingly on display. They rescue her a night and find that in this world, she has a different monster form. Continuing their travels, they hear that the Vassal Katana has been "stolen". They run into Raphtalia, L'Arc, Glass and Therese who are being chased by Trash II and his harem. Apparently, while he was trying to remove the Katana like the sword in the stone, the katana suddenly chose Raphtalia as its new wielder. Together, the Heroes then defeat the "genius" who had been chasing them. With Kizuna on Naofumi's side, she scolds L'Arc, Therese and Glass for trying to destroy his world. The heroes from both Raphtalia's World and Glass' World then agree to try to work together.

In preparation in confronting Kyo, they group level up. However, one day they are all attacked by Yomogi and Trash II's harem including Tsugumi. They convince Yomogi to help them investigate Kyo to "help prove his innocence" and they rescue Tsugumi and her companions from the Guardian Beast flesh and Legendary Weapon copies they had been merged with. The Heroes then travel to Kyo's laboratory which is guarded by a magic fog and Guardian Beast copies. While exploring the area, they find terrifying human experiments including the body of the previous Vassal Mirror wielder Albert. They eventually find Kyo and the Heroes fight him and his hoard of experiments. The battle goes back and forth until most of Kyo's experiments are defeated but the Heroes are Glass' World are teleported away. In a last-ditch effort, Naofumi uses Sacrifice-class magic to greatly boost their stats and they are able to defeat him. They then destroy Kyo's soul and prevent him from reincarnating.

In the aftermath of the battle, Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Filo have their stats significantly reduced thanks to the sacrifice-class magic but they are able to stop the Vassal Book country from their campaign to take over the world. Naofumi's party says farewell to Kizuna's party and they travel back to their own world.

Volume 8

 * Prologue: The Never-Ending Labyrinth
 * Chapter 1: The Hunting Hero
 * Chapter 2: Escape
 * Chapter 3: The Unknown World
 * Chapter 4: Selling Drop Items
 * Chapter 5: Sales Demonstration
 * Chapter 6: Otherworldly Equipment
 * Chapter 7: The Legend of the Waves
 * Chapter 8: On the Way to the Hunting Hero's House
 * Chapter 9: Shikigami
 * Chapter 10: The Katana of the Vassal Weapons
 * Chapter 11: Rescuing the Angel
 * Chapter 12: Humming Fairy
 * Chapter 13: The Hunting Hero's Skills
 * Chapter 14: Return Dragon Vein
 * Chapter 15: The Katana's Choice
 * Chapter 16: No Incantations
 * Chapter 17: Blood Flower Strike
 * Epilogue: Together Again

Volume 9

 * Prologue: The Waves of Another World
 * Chapter 1: Otherworldly Techniques
 * Chapter 2: Quick Draw
 * Chapter 3: Lure
 * Chapter 4: Like a Charging Wild Boar
 * Chapter 5: Together, With Conditions
 * Chapter 6: The Reformed
 * Chapter 7: Barbaroi Armor
 * Chapter 8: Two Swords
 * Chapter 9: Kyo's Laboratory
 * Chapter 10: When Trust is Lost
 * Chapter 11: Sacrifice Aura
 * Chapter 12: A Heavy Price to Pay
 * Epilogue: Kizuna Between Worlds

Character Introductions

 * Kizuna Kazayama
 * Trash II
 * Tsugumi
 * Yomogi Emarl
 * Ethnobalt
 * Chris
 * Raph-chan