Book excerpt: With the behemoth defeated, it’s now time to hand out rewards. Unfortunately, it seems like Ernie will get nothing for all his efforts—but luckily, that isn’t the case for long. After a meeting with the king himself, Ernie discovers a new path that will help him clear the final hurdle in the way of his ultimate goal: the ether reactor! Now determined to innovate the silhouette knights, Ernie goes to the drawing board. It doesn’t take very long at all for ideas to come spilling out of his brain, and after months of testing and trial and error, he and his comrades come up with a signature prototype! But monsters aren’t the only thing Fremmevilla has to worry about. What could be lurking in the shadows, ready to strike on the eve of Ernie’s hard-won accomplishment?