Warning: Mild spoilers for Chapter 123 below.
Chapter 123 primarily serves as the calm before the storm. Following the revelation of the “Phantoms” manipulating the Eastern Empire, this chapter focuses on the war council.
Key Highlights:
Why this chapter matters: It transitions the arc from reaction (dealing with the invaders) to action (taking the fight to the enemy).
Kawakami’s art in Chapter 123 uses:
The anticipation for Chapter 124 suggests that the story is reaching an interesting point. Readers might be expecting:
Warning: Avoid illegal aggregator sites. They often upload garbled machine-translations or fake chapters. Plus, the official release supports Fuse (author) and Mitz Vah (artist). Warning: Mild spoilers for Chapter 123 below
If you cannot wait to read next chapter 124, you have another option: the light novel. Chapter 123 of the manga roughly corresponds to the beginning of Light Novel Volume 11, Chapter 2. The light novel is far ahead, so picking it up will give you the entire resolution of this war arc. However, the manga adds visual flair and subtle character moments that the novel lacks. Our advice? Do both. Read the manga for the art, then the light novel for the full story.