Continues straight from the last novel, adds a few short stories to tie some loose threads, and ending on a cliffhanger when it could just have concluded a few pages earlier or later. Not a bad volume, but it felt like a filler. The main highlight is Mavis trying to get stronger despite her much different role than her mage friends, even getting a training arc separate from them, but we will only see the results of it in the next volume, so that was a bit frustrating.
An enjoyable read. However, like the previous volume, it ends on a cliffhanger. Making me purchase the next book to find out what happened in the previous one is a surefire way to make me not want to get the next volume. The author even sheepishly addresses the cliffhanger ending in his afterword. Please just stop doing this.