Board Thread:4. General Discussion/@comment-38828666-20190716211620/@comment-37511812-20190717223845

So, here's the deal. This website uses the web novel which is free. In the past, they were hosted on the author's personal page on a certain website. However, a few years later, a company called alphapolis bought the rights and started to release the series in a series of volumes that were for all intents and purposes, a final draft of the story. This edited version is known as the light novel and what you bought. However, as you have noticed, it's a little different and that includes the days during which certain events transpire. The light novel is the version that the manga is based off of as well. If you play the mobile game, you'll find a unit by the name of Hermit. As im sure you're aware, that simply does not exist in the originally draft and was added by the author and/or editors upon serialization.

Alphapolis also used to host the author's web novel on their site but only for the days that simply were not yet released in volume format. After those days were released, the original web novel version was removed. Eventually, it caught up and that whyh the raws on our site are different from the ones you buy. IIRC, the dark continent days are identical between the web novel and the light novel it's just that they are numbered diffrerentlybut don't quote me on that. The author periodically updates the site with the 10 new days of web novel so you can check there for releases at the bottom of the page.

Sorry if that was very confusing. In summary, the light novel (the one you buy) is the final edit of the author's web novel (the free one at the bottom of the same page). We use the web novel since that one is free, comes out first, and makes it possible to avoid copyright issues. Thanks for all your edits to the wiki and especially the novel and we hope that you can continue to contribute when you can. Please don't hesitate to let us know if you need anything else.