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About Plot
Levan spent most of his time on Earth in Canada
Every time he estimated something he used metric units, meaning that he is not from America but from a Commonwealth country. However, if he lived in another Commonwealth country his dream sequence/memory of his parents and his grandfather arguing about sending him to Alaska would make less sense. Epileptic Trees Warning: The reason why Donald Ceerly looked that old is partially because of his cancer
All this guessing is based on the assumption that Victoria ages at a similar rate as Donald does. So yup, not exactly based on much. The reason on why Rosette cannot pronounce things like "maw" and "smuggle" correctly is partially due to her slightly different oral and dental anatomy
I don't really think all those fangs, sharp teeth, and her long tongue would do her much favor in pronouncing words that are based around human anatomy whatsoever. Granted, how the f*** did Levan even managed to realize that her pronunciations are off? It is much easier to assume that's just part of her natural accent formed by her oral/dental structures and upbringing. Epileptic Trees Warning: The reason why Levan didn't trigger any traps is that his soul is registered as "the Pharaoh".
We have no idea how what their world's version of ancient Egypt actually believed in. But it might be possible that they have some form of belief that the spirits of the deceased will give their guidance and blessings in a more... personal way (whether they actually will or not might not be verifiable or falsifiable after their entire pantheon sans Shoshanah is wiped out). If such is true, it's possible that the Magitek IFF of those traps in Amenenofru's tomb thought that Levan's entrance is the Pharaoh returning, so they didn't trigger at all.- Yup, I know this theory is crazy. Don't dwell too much on it.
Epileptic Trees Warning: The reason why Pharaoh Amenenofru the First jumped off the boat in the Afterlife Antechamber is that the Pharaoh used his remaining life-force to give Levan a way back.
Or given they might be same soul from different worlds to begin with, whatever remained of the Pharaoh's soul fused to Levan's.- Again, a crazy theory. Don't dwell too much on it.
About Levan's fight against Prince Deron
Why did he fight that poorly? His self-diagnosis of "All that hiking may be good for cardio but not so much for the sword arm" aside, he already spent much of his stamina during the fight against the iron golem, which might have caused some strains and sprains as well. If the narration didn't miss anything important, he did not receive any treatment from Shoshanah prior to the fight with Deron. The fact that the sword Levan used in the fight is an arming sword, a one-handed sword instead of a two-handed sword that he is used to (and presumably trained with), and that the opponent wields a mace and is fully armored (a mace would be pretty good at breaking one's guard by brute force on its own, the armor would add to the weight behind the attack) does not help his odds whatsoever.- To elaborate on the "stamina" part, he would likely be quite sleep-deprived after the fight with the Iron Golem; the flight, which took a few hours, on a wyvern that can clock at around 150km/h (or 94mph for those using imperial units) while flying straight up in her human-like form (meaning that horizontal flight in her "true" wyvern form could be at least as fast, if not even faster), through frigid weather, with him desperately grasping on a rope tied around her neck would also be quite detrimental to his stamina. The fact that for them to escape the cave-in Chris need to have her way with him to unlock her transformation doesn't help whatsoever.
About what happened to Prince Deron
Most siblings wound't have an irrational fear of each other even after something life-threatening happened during an accident (hell, even most strangers wouldn't hate each other that much after a life-threatening accident); where did Deron's fear of wyverns and utter hatred toward Chris come from? Well, we know later on that Deron is used by the church, and we know pretty early on that the church loves using Tykebombs raised from demonizing non-humans, sometimes literally . Put two and two together and it is likely that after Deron lost the favor of the royal family for not carrying the dragon-curse, the church used his childhood trauma (by Chris who Does Not Know Her Own Strength at the time) to induce an irrational fear of wyverns and dragons, and later on, convincing him to usurp the throne of Domdracvaria - only in that it would be less of an war of usurpation, and more of a crusade against all dragon-kind. The reason why Domdracvarian Dragoons are prohibited from being deployed unless ordered by the Empire... is the Empire is planning to kill them.
Given the fact that the dragon-kind is pretty much the only heavy-flyers among monsters as of now, it's possible that the Empire (or at least the church) decided that the dragoons are no longer useful assets to their war against the demon lord; and when combined with the xenophobic nature of the church, and the fact that all current dragon-kind are monster-girls that mate with humans to breed their young, I don't really think that the church is going to keep those "unholy unions between a son of man and another being" alive. Prince Deron supplied the church the perfect pawn: he is a heir to the Domdracvairan throne, felt jealous towards his sister for she is the heir apparent and he isn't, and had a life-threatening incident with wyverns in his childhood - the only thing the church need would be to get close to him and feed him with propaganda on the "evils" of Domdracvaria and the dragon-kind in general and then convince him that he should do something about the "problems" of Domdracvaria. Due to the changes brought by the demon lord, if Deron's attempted usurpation never happened, the following rulers of Domdracvaria would all be all females.
The royal dragon-ring permanently turns the wearer into a dragon when the power is unleashed, yet the world setting don't really seem to allow male dragons to exist - not anymore, at least to say. Even the elves had a rapid reduction in the amount of males born (while Orcs, Goblins, and the Lizard Folk are all female-only species now), so it is more than likely that dragons, which are considered "monsters" to begin with, would most likely be an all-female-race by now. Thus it is very likely that only princesses of Domdracvaria ever receive the royal ring and become heirs apparent of Domdracvaria. Granted, now the only remaining member of the royal family is a fully-fledged dragon, so well, whether the theory is true or not can never be proven or disproven now... Minte did't age much during the past 40 years... because she spent most of the time under stasis
Given that Minte is already a Winter Soldier Expy, it's possible that, just like Bucky, she was put under stasis between her missions so that the church's mind control spells do not wear off. Notice that Victoria (the spider-lady in Volume 1) did age as time passes, so it is more than likely that Minte was put under some form of stasis between her missions. The trains in the empire uses stirling engines of some kind.
Shoshanah gave this analysis to the mechanisms of the trains of their world:"Agitating the flame spirits housed within causes the flames to swell and contract then displace the air by alternating rapidly between hot and cold. The pressure causing a piston to move a flywheel. Which then turns to power the wheels below it."
Although Levan assumed that the system is some form of steam engine simplified by magic, in our world, there IS one type of engine that shifts air around its cylinder and produce power by heating and cooling air - the stirling engine
. This might also explain why those trains can be started quickly yet not instantaneously: there's no water to boil, yet the engine still need to heat up for the machine to work. Part of the rivalries between Rosette and Shoshanah comes from the fact that both can heal Levan's minor injuries.
If Chapter 70 is of any indication, Rosette can easily heal Levan's injuries after she threw a rock at him and struck him square in the head (and breaking the rock in the process). This might also be how Rose planned their "Training Sessions" to be: Striking him down, have her way with him, and heal him in the process. Granted, Shoshanah would still be the to go-to person for any more serious injuries or injuries to anyone else (having actual medical knowledge helps, and knowing where the injury is would surely also help), but it is likely that the two have part of their rivalry coming from their different methods: one uses proper healing magic, the other just lends him her regeneration powers. Put that on top of Shoshanah's utter resentment towards Rosette for her being a Blood Knight and a Lad-ette, and Rosette being VERY clingy... Yup, that's not a good team dynamic... Rosette can, whether consciously or not, make certain modifications to Levan's physiology to mirror the natural toughness of her own.
There can be only one explanation on how that rock flying at him broke in half on contact with his head... Given Shoshanah's healing spells are mostly about, well, healing, there wouldn't be too many other explanations on what made him that tough. That said, if Chapter 106 is of any indication, as quoted from Ba'el: , it seems that toughness without innate Healing Factor seems to be slow down healing process. Not sure whether Rosette knows this, or if she would ever care even if she knew that, though... Epileptic Trees Warning: The reason why he is tougher yer harder to heal is because he is slowly turning into an incubus (although one that is independent from the demon lord, retains his rational thought, and can take a swim in holy water with no ill effect)
If the effects of him tanking a holy disintegration spell cast to kill minor deities is of any indication, it is possible that after he was doused with the corrupting energy in the demon realm of Springbrook (or by the "natural" induction of corrupted mana from his harem), he was slowly turning in to an incubus. However, given that his mind was not corrupted at all during his journey, it is safe to assume that he won't turn crazy anytime soon. If this theory is true, it would also explain why he is harder to heal: the healer in the group is Shoshanah, but his corrupted physiology would interfere with Shoshanah's healing so it would make her healing less effective.- Once again, a crazy theory. Whatever.
Chris was not captured in Chapter 108... Because she flew there
If she went along with the teleportation she'd likely be captured like everyone else or have already busted everyone else out. It's not impossible for Shoshanah and Ba'el to have used some sort of spell similar to the one they've used early on in Volume 6 to help her pinpoint their location after their transit - or in case of being overwhelmed and captured.- Jossed, she was teleported along with the rest of the team (sans Levan) - the others are captured when Chris was scouting the surrounding forest the third day after their teleportation. Chris was on the run from their potential captors ever since. (As for why the hell Chris is scouting an area with thick foliage instead of Minte who is much better at ground-based reconnaissance and stealth, the answer isn't exactly clear)
Duke Macro will be revived one day as an undead
Yaleria is a necrocracy after all, and Princess Hyria (an undead herself) is romantically involved with him. Although we aren't exactly sure how necromancy in this world works, but if it's possible to revive males, Duke Macro might be one of them. The fact that being undead in this setting is pretty much a "get immortality free" card might also help. Also, because it would be sweet to see a good ending somewhere in that messed-up world, and an Eternal Love might as well be a good ending. We'll see Levan with an actual firearm, or some Magitek ranged weapon later on
As the only time he showed his marksmanship was with a repeating crossbow, and yet there's a mentioning of his good ol' Colt 1911 (which, along with a few rounds, were transported with his apartment room when he arrived in this world). Granted, having Rosette anywhere near loose gunpowder wouldn't end well for anyone involved (sans Rosette herself), but it would be cool to see him either getting his old weapon back, or using some sort of ranged magitek weapons that existed in this world. Prince Damien's war train, "the Dreadnought", will engage in an epic battle
Because it would be cool to see an armored behemoth plowing through obstacles, gunning down anything that tried to shoot back with its turrets, while harmlessly deflecting anything thrown at it. Levan and Prince Damien will meet each other somewhere near, or inside, the Free Ports
The Free Ports is where Levan and Rose is headed towards, and also where Prince Damien and his family is escaping to. And given Damien is adored by the populace and does NOT discriminate against non-humans, it's likely for those two to become friends with each other. The fact that Levan is only one step away from being the Prince Consort of Domdracvaria would probably also help. Epileptic Trees Warning: What if Laven is the "Almighty God" that the church worships
Think about it for a second. We know almost nothing about Lavens past with the only hints being Lavens own flashbacks during his dreams. The Dreams Laven has that aren't based during his childhood don't exactly paint the most happy picture of Lavens life so far. They have shown however that Laven was very intelligent and well learned. Perhaps he was well learned enough that he could either create or discover the three gems spoken of during the story so far. One of them allowed the Monster Lord to overturn the entire planets current order and make so that she has to hold back in order to make sure she doesn't accidently destroy her species only source of men the empire. What if someone had all three of those gems, such a being could easily be described as an almighty god. Considering how much Laven seemed to dislike the world after his experiences with his father and his last girlfriend it could be conceivable that Laven might have wanted the world be be more like his childhood fantasies with Knights and monsters fighting in heroic battles as mighty gods support the hero's in their fights. How he got in his current situation could be explained as him being betrayed at some point by some of his own divine creations somehow loosing his memories in the process. It would explain why he's so resistant to magic with his body being used to having so much raw spiritual, demonic and divine energies flowing through it the efforts of Lavens entire harems combined demonic energy just might seem trivial. Meta. Epileptic Trees Abound, Be Warned!
The wyverns' combat tactics is basically what happens if one takes "identify as an attack helicopter" meme seriously
I know this is just a joke, but... the wyverns (especially in their "true" form) are pretty much that world's version of attack helicopters. Their speed matches up with a helicopter, their fire-breath is pretty much their world's stand-in for chin turrets (basically what happens when you replace the gatling gun with a flamethrower), and their fireball isn't too different from a rocket or a napalm bomb, so whatever.