In addition, Gaz's remains, which possessed incredible magical energy, were divided up and granted to each of the Eight Heroes, who used their shares for various reasons.

While out foraging in the forest, Toru encounters Chaika Trabant, a white-haired Wizard (魔法師, Wizādo) who travels with a coffin.

After saving her from a man-eating unicorn, Toru, along with his sister Akari, are hired by Chaika to gather the scattered remains of Arthur Gaz.

Meanwhile, the six nations sends the Kleeman Agency's Gillette Corps to hunt down Chaika to obstruct their quest in order to prevent another war.

5 While Trabant wishes to collect the remains of her father to give them a proper burial, Bohdan intends to enact revenge upon the Eight Heroes by killing them.Ep.

Shinta Sakayama launched a manga adaptation of the light novels in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in 2011,[24] and the series ran until December 2014.

[39] For the first season, the opening theme song was "Darakena" ("Laden") by Iori Nomizu and the ending theme song was "Kairaku Genri" (快楽原理, "Pleasure Principle") by Coffin Princess, consisting of Chika Anzai, Saeko Zōgō, and Yui Makino.

For the second season, the opening theme song was "Shikkoku o Nuritsubuse" (漆黒を塗りつぶせ, "Paint It Jet-Black") by Iori Nomizu and the ending theme song was "Watashi wa Omae no Naka ni Iru" (ワタシハオマエノナカニイル, "I Exist Within You") by Coffin Princess, consisting of Chika Anzai, Saeko Zōgō, and Iori Nomizu.

An OVA was bundled with the limited edition of the twelfth and final volume of the original novels, released on March 1, 2015.