윈필 왕국 제2의 항만 도시 라우즈번. 뇨히라를 떠난 후로 처음 오게 된 대도시에 신이 난 현랑의 딸 뮤리. 그리고 교회 개혁의 사명에 가슴을 불태우는 콜. 그러나 막상 두 사람을 기다리고 있던 것은 무장한 세금 징수인이었다. 하이랜드의 기지로 궁지에서 탈출한 두 사람은 ‘여명의 추기경’이라 찬사받는 콜의 활약이 오히려 왕국과 교회 간의 대립에 박차를 가하고 있다는 사실을 알게 되는데….
Vol 5 felt like it took an ETERNITY to come out. The wait, as always, was worth it. Though It's 4 stars because I felt the Knights of Kruza weren't nearly as interesting as anything written before. ESPECIALLY considering in this volume an absolutely massive bombshell has been dropped that, in reality, This sort of worldbuilding is exactly the type of thing that keeps me reading. My beloved S&W universe getting more lore... Not to mention Col & Myuri one upping the OGs in their marks in the world. Bliss.
Not the best of the series, many elements seemed thrown in kinda randomly, only to build up into nothing. In the end, there wasn't that much evolution from most characters. At least Col and Myuri can finally put a word on their relationship but we still have to see how it plays out.