Light Novel Volume 4/Synopsis

Prologue - On The Run
Motoyasu and his harem chase after Naofumi, Raphtalia, Filo, and Melty. Raphtalia creates an illusion to hide them while Filo leads Motoyasu's party away. Frustrated at not being able to find Naofumi and Melty, Malty sets the whole mountainside on fire to smoke them out. Melty starts a rainstorm and then successfully runs away with Naofumi's party.

Chapter One - Demi-Human Adventurer Town
With Naofumi's group successfully escaping Motoyasu, they try to figure out where they could go from here. Melty suggests that they hide with a nearby wealthy family she knows who used to advocate for demi-humans. They were mostly killed during the wave and forcibly removed from their lands by the king. Naofumi initially declines but after being rejected out of fear by the demi-human population, Van Reichnott introduces himself as welcomes them to his home. Van Reichnott, nicknamed "Nice Guy", fed Naofumi's party but Naofumi still didn't trust him. Naofumi's party slept but had shifts keeping watching over each other.

Chapter Two - Noblemen
At dusk, a nearby noble arrived at Nice Guy's residence with a large group of soldiers. A maid warned Naofumi that this man is trying to search for them and he has already captured Nice Guy to interrogate him. The maid shows Naofumi and Raphtalia to a secret hiding place just in time. The soldiers tear apart Nice Guy's place until Melty confronts the soldiers and the nobleman. Upon seeing the nobleman, Raphtalia is barely able to hold herself back. When the soldiers left with Melty and Nice Guy, Naofumi used his slave curse on Filo to find her. The three decide to go to the nobleman's mansion to save Melty. Raphtalia reveals that this nobleman brutally held her and her friends as slaves.

At the nobleman's mansion, blackmailed a couple of guards with poison to reveal where Melty was kept. They found her, with the nobleman's knife at her throat. Naofumi uses Air Strike Shield to release the nobleman's grip on Melty. To get revenge for her slavery and the brutality the nobleman had inflicted on his slaves, Raphtalia confronts him. The nobleman was strong and experienced in battle. He was able to steal Raphtalia's sword but Raphtalia pushed him out the window.

After the battle, Raphtalia leads everyone to the basement where the slaves are kept. She found the remains of her friend Rifana. In the back of the room, Nice Guy found Keel - alive but in a bad position. Keel at first didn't recognize Raphtalia but Raphtalia proved her identity by reminiscing. Naofumi heals Keel and Melty starts to realize how rotten some of her country is. They then left the basement. Back in the courtyard, the nobleman unseals the giant dragon dinosaur.