Cal Mira Island Arc

The Cal Mira Island Arc is the tenth arc of the Light Novel and the ninth arc of the Web Novel of The Rising of the Shield Hero.

Synopsis
With word that the Cal Mira activation event is about to begin, Naofumi and his party head to the archipelago in order to power-up. Along the way they meet new friends and enemies.

Summary
Hearing from the queen that there is an event at Cal Mira Archipelago which will boost experience gain, Naofumi and his party head to the docks go to the area. However, on the way Raphtalia asks to go by her home village which was destroyed during the first wave. While there they meet L'Arc and Therese who are two adventurers also going to Cal Mira.

After arriving in Cal Mira, Naofumi and his party get a tour with the Earl of Habenburg while the other heroes recover from their seasickness. Naofumi also finds a magical tablet which teaches him a powerful buff spell. The next day Naofumi and his party start levelling up across the islands. Eventually, they party up with L'Arc and Therese and work well with them. During their levelling up, L'Arc is revealed to have a weapon very similar to the Legendary Weapons but Naofumi doesn't ask about it. Eventually, Naofumi and his party level up to a point where they are hardly gaining experience so they decide to enjoy the islands instead.

When swimming in the ocean, Filo finds an underwater dragon hourglass which states that there will be a wave at the archipelago in only a few days. Naofumi warns the heroes and the queen and everyone prepares to defend against the wave. During the fight against the wave, L'Arc and Therese prove to be incredibly powerful and even defeat the wave boss in a single hit. However, once they defeated the boss, they turn on Naofumi. Apparently, they must kill all Legendary Heroes of Raphtalia's World to save their own world. Surprisingly, L'Arc proves to be an honourable and extremely competent fighter. The two groups seem evenly matched until Glass arrives to back up L'Arc and Therese. Naofumi seems cornered until Rishia and the queen back him up. They detonate a barrel of rucolu fruit which instantly intoxicates anyone in the area - except for Naofumi who is immune to intoxication. Seeing that Glass is intoxicated and unable to fight, the three other-worlders retreat through the wave. After the fight, it becomes clear the the other three heroes are incredibly weak.

In the aftermath of the wave, Naofumi decides that he needs another party member. One day he finds Motoyasu trying to calm a trying Rishia. It seems that Itsuki became jealous of Rishia for becoming useful in the Cal Mira wave and his party members framed her for doing something she didn't do. She was ejected from the party. Seeing the correlation with his own story, Naofumi tries to confront Itsuki but the Bow Hero wouldn't apologies and let her back in his party. Rishia nearly kills herself until she is saved by Filo. Naofumi offers to make her stronger and invites her into his own party.

Volume 5

 * Chapter 5: Gravestones
 * Chapter 6: Cal Mira
 * Chapter 7: The Tavern
 * Chapter 8: Karma
 * Chapter 9: Island Days
 * Chapter 10: The Water Temple
 * Chapter 11: Inter-dimensional Whale
 * Chapter 12: L'Arc Berg
 * Chapter 13: Soul-Healing Water
 * Epilogue: The Problem We Face

Volume 6

 * Prologue: Cal Mira Superstitions
 * Chapter 1: The Seven Star Heroes
 * Chapter 2: An Unhappy Girl
 * Chapter 3: Framed Again

Web Novel

 * Chapter 82: Grave Visit
 * Chapter 83: Magic Lore
 * Chapter 84: Cal Mira Island Jinx – Origin Story
 * Chapter 85: The Companions of the Spear Hero
 * Chapter 86: Murmurs
 * Chapter 87: The Spear Hero & My Companions
 * Chapter 88: Intuition and Analysis
 * Chapter 89: The Birth of Cal Mira Island Sports
 * Chapter 90: The Significance of Personnel Exchange
 * Chapter 91: The Companions of the Sword Hero
 * Chapter 92: The Sword Hero & My Companions
 * Chapter 93: Tavern
 * Chapter 94: The Companions of the Bow Hero
 * Chapter 95: The Disease of Justice
 * Chapter 96: The Bow Hero & My Companions
 * Chapter 97: Lies
 * Chapter 98: Evaluation Session
 * Chapter 99: Cal Mira Island Jinx
 * Chapter 100: Hot Springs
 * Chapter 101: The Conference of Heroes (Part 1)
 * Chapter 102: The Conference of Heroes (Part 2)
 * Chapter 103: The Conference of Heroes (Part 3)
 * Chapter 104: 1/4
 * Chapter 105: Weapon Copy
 * Chapter 106: Days on Cal Mira Island
 * Chapter 107: Cal Mira Island End
 * Chapter 108: False Accusations, Again
 * Chapter 109: The Reason for Rejection
 * Chapter 110: A Girl Full of Joy

Character Introductions

 * L'Arc Berg Sickle (light novel)
 * Therese Alexanderite (light novel)
 * Elena Haven
 * Sweed
 * Earl of Habenburg