The second story arc of Lord Marksman and Vanadis, which covers Volume 2 of the original light novels, and Episodes 4, 5 and the first half of Episode 6.
Continuing from the previous volume, Tigrevurmud Vorn and Eleonora Viltaria have saved Brune with Titta in tow, but Brune's civil war has begun. With his son Zion dead, Duke Felix Aaron Thenardier decides to up the stakes by having another war maiden, Ludmila Lourie of Olmütz, and the Seven Chains Assassins (or Serrash) stop Tigre and his allies. Meanwhile, Elen meets with King Viktor Arthur Volk Estes Tur Zhcted regarding her cause. However, Elen soon encounters Mila, and she learns from fellow war maiden Sofya Obertas of Polesia that Mila's family has had ties with Thenardier for many years. On top of that, Mila is interested in Tigre, which irritates Elen. With tensions brewing between Leitmeritz and Olmütz, the war maidens must settle their differences once and for all.
Volume 2 contains particular-to-this-volume examples of:
- Adapted Out: Due to the anime being a Compressed Adaptation, scenes that were originally in the light novels such as Tigre's subjugation of the Belfort Bandits were left out.
- Anti-Villain: The only reason Mila cooperates with the Thenardiers is that she is dispatched to fight against Elen on his behalf. She comes out of this and becomes a heroine once she finds out Tigre’s sincerity at the end of Volume 2.
- Big Damn Heroes: Tigre rescues Mila just in time from being killed by the last Serrash assassin during her fight at the Tatra Mountains.
- Big Door: The large, armed door at Mila's Fortress in Olmütz. Elen and Tigre knock it down to fight the Olmütz army in the climactic battle.
- Bittersweet Ending: Mila pulls a Heel–Face Turn, the Serrash assassins are dead, Territoire is saved and the feud between Leitmeritz and Olmütz is over, but Ganelon and Thenardier are still out there and Brune is still having its civil war.
- Character Death: The Serrash assassins and Donalbein.
- Cranial Eruption: Both Elen and Mila get these from Sofya to stop their arguing.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Elen fights off a group of bandits threatening Territoire and the Serrash assassins, ends up on the receiving end of Mila’s ambush in Olmütz, and finally, she has her army infiltrate the Tatra Fortress.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Elen starts to get really jealous of Tigre befriending Mila.
- Defector from Decadence: When Thenardier sends the Serrash assassins after Mila, she defects from him at the end of the volume.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Mila is hostile towards Tigre at first. When Tigre reveals his true intentions to keep Alsace safe, Mila eases up on him and even bids him farewell towards the end of the volume.
- Early-Bird Cameo: In episode 4, Tina and Liza are present at Elen's audience with Viktor.
- Establishing Character Moment:
- Sofy is introduced during Elen's meeting with King Viktor as she leaps to Elen's defense.
- Mila's introduction involves her arguing with Elen after her meeting with Viktor before Sofy calms them down.
- Heel–Face Turn: After spending most of the volume on Thenardier's side, Mila finally turns on him after realizing Tigre's true intentions, later becoming one of his closest allies.
- Heel Realization: Mila admits to Tigre that working with Thenardier to uphold her family ties has made her sad. She ends up ditching Thenardier by the volume's end.
- Idiot Ball: Elen impulsively uses her Ley Admos on the gates to Mila's fortress and almost gets killed for it. Tigre calls her out on it.
- I Gave My Word: At the end of the volume, Tigre kills the last Serrash assassin attempting to kill Mila as thanks for her tea.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Mila uses her Shero Zam Kafa to kill most of the Serrash assassins this way. The only survivor makes his way into Elen's battle at the Tatra Mountains.
- Instant Ice: Just Add Cold!: In the climactic battle at the end of the volume, Mila uses her Eisberg technique to freeze the citadel's moat.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Mila when Tigre walks in on her in the hot springs.
- Mila again when she and the others are cornered by the Serrash assassins.
- Elen's reaction when her Ley Admos technique alerts Mila's soldiers to her presence, followed by Mila when Elen finally infiltrates the citadel in Olmütz.
- Mila has a moment of panic when the Serrash assassin is about to kill her and Elen and after she deduces that Urs is actually Tigre seconds later.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Mila in this volume works for Thenardier, up until her Heel–Face Turn at the end.
- Rule of Seven: The Seven Chains Assassins consists of seven assassins dispatched by Thenardier to kill Tigre and his allies.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Mila breaks ties with Thenardier when she declares neutrality in Brune's civil war.
- Slippy-Slidey Ice World: Olmütz is a snowy land with snowcapped mountains.
- Spikes of Doom: Mila creates icicles to kill the Serrash assassins.
- Storming the Castle: Elen and Tigre lead the assault on the Tatra Mountains' citadel.
- Underestimating Badassery: Mila tells Tigre that he has no chance against Thenardier during their trip to the hot springs. Later on, when she encounters Tigre (as Urs), she doubts his archery skills, but realizes her mistake once she sees Tigre shooting his arrow at a tree.
- Unwanted Rescue: When she is rescued by Tigre from the Serrash assassin, Mila slaps him for it.
- Unwitting Pawn: Everything Mila did was allowed to happen by Thenardier until her Heel–Face Turn.
- What the Hell, Hero?:
- At the start of the assault on the Tatra Mountains, Tigre calls Elen out for using her Ley Admos to alert Mila's army to her presence after he rescues her.
- Mila gives an earful to Tigre after rescuing her towards the end of the volume for lying about his identity and for rescuing her when she could have been killed by the Serrash assassin.
- The Worf Effect: When Leitmeritz invades Olmütz, Elen's army is wiped out by Mila's forces.
