Chapter Summaries

Allen tested his newly enchanted Silencing Staff against Agatha at Kamar-Taj, using his portals and the artifact’s vibration function to defeat her. Agatha collapsed with the plunger stuck to her face, and Allen declared that she had enjoyed the experience.

• Allen presented his enchanted toilet plunger, the Silencing Staff, and agreed to test it against Agatha.
• The white-haired mage cast Guardian Spells on both of them before their duel began.
• Agatha fired golden arrows, but Allen knocked one aside and used portals to redirect the rest past her.
• Allen placed a portal over Agatha and brought her face in front of the Silencing Staff.
• The plunger suctioned onto Agatha’s face and vibrated until she collapsed.
• Allen pulled the plunger off Agatha and told her she seemed to have enjoyed it.

Allen passed Kamar-Taj’s assessment by demonstrating several powerful spells, then accidentally summoned SpongeBob SquarePants before sending him home. His unstructured magical experiments worried the veteran sorcerers, who feared he might summon an Evil God.

• Half the apprentices failed the assessment, while Agatha demonstrated her spells and passed.
• Allen passed by casting a portal, the Guardian Spell, and the Knowledge Spell, impressing the examining sorcerer.
• Allen used Laga Gador's Ring and a summoning array, bringing SpongeBob SquarePants from Bikini Bottom into Kamar-Taj.
• Allen reversed the summoning array and sent SpongeBob SquarePants back after realizing the technique had not worked as intended.
• The examining sorcerer reported Allen’s unusual progress to Kamar-Taj’s veteran sorcerers, who worried that his unsystematic experiments could summon an Evil God.

After Mage Griffin was killed by dark energy, Kamar-Taj sent Allen to Europa to investigate, secretly planning to test his potential. Allen brought Agatha and the Ancient One along, and the story left him arriving in Temeria as the kingdom faced a Werewolf crisis and a newly arrived Witcher.

• Kamar-Taj’s veteran mages examined Griffin’s corpse, suspected a powerful creature from the Dark Dimension, and discussed Allen’s exceptional magical talent and lack of effort.
• The veteran mages voted to send Allen to Europa to investigate Griffin’s murder, promising secret support and instructing him to use a Communication Stone if he encountered danger.
• Allen chose Agatha and the Ancient One as his companions, then dragged them off to Europa despite their reluctance.
• In Temeria, King Foltest worried that a Werewolf’s attacks and a Witcher’s disappearance with the subjects’ pooled gold might provoke rebellion.
• Foltest’s court reported that another Witcher had arrived in town.

Allen arrived in Temeria with The Ancient One and met Geralt, his hired guide, amid a crowd accusing Witchers of fraud. After King Foltest offered payment to deal with a monster at a castle, Allen agreed to investigate and claimed the supposed Werewolf was actually a Vampire Bat.

• A crowd surrounded Geralt in Temeria, accusing him of taking a commission fee without killing a Werewolf.
• Allen rode through a portal with The Ancient One, mistook Geralt for Superman, then recognized him as his Kamar-Taj contact.
• Allen promised to resolve the monster problem and frightened the crowd by threatening to turn them into Werewolves.
• King Foltest arrived and offered two thousand Gold Coins to deal with the creature hiding in a castle after it had killed more than thirty people.
• Geralt and Allen compared their contract scrolls, and Allen told Geralt there was no Werewolf, only a Vampire Bat.

Allen and the others found a Vampire Bat in a castle and carried her stone coffin to King Foltest's palace. As night fell, the creature began trying to escape, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Geralt and Agatha identified the monster as a Vampire Bat, and Allen suggested the curse was linked to the royal palace.
• Allen used a wolf howl to frighten the castle guards away, then led the others inside and found corpses with their organs removed.
• Geralt determined the Vampire Bat was hiding in a stone coffin and planned to trap her there until sunrise.
• Allen lifted the coffin and carried it through the city into King Foltest's bedchamber, demanding payment to deal with the monster.
• King Foltest insisted Allen eliminate the Vampire Bat, and the coffin shook as night fell.

Allen subdued the Vampire Bat and forced King Foltest to approach her, but Sorcerer Ostrite interrupted. Allen accused Ostrite of cursing Foltest’s daughter, and the accusation left the king demanding answers as The Ancient One went to search for evidence.

• Allen and Geralt restrained the Vampire Bat, and Allen beat her until she stopped resisting.
• Allen chained the Vampire Bat to a pillar and threatened Foltest into approaching her, but Ostrite arrived before Foltest could proceed.
• Allen accused Ostrite of cursing Foltest’s daughter, stunning both Ostrite and Foltest.
• Ostrite denied the accusation and called Allen an enemy spy, while Foltest demanded to know whether it was true.
• Allen sent The Ancient One to find evidence, and Agatha warned Ostrite not to interfere as he questioned their identities.

Allen uncovered Ostrite’s role in the princess’s death and the Vampire Bat’s curse, then found a dark magic book that suggested the sorcerer had further secrets. When Allen forced Truth Serum on Ostrite, the Truth Shackles triggered and erased his soul before he could reveal them.

• Allen found Ostrite’s diary, and Foltest learned that Ostrite had used a Bewitching Potion and a curse to cause the princess’s execution and turn her unborn child into a Vampire Bat.
• Allen and Foltest decided to claim Ostrite had died while fighting a Werewolf, bypassing the Brotherhood of Sorcerers’ rules.
• Agatha found the Book of Satorak among Ostrite’s possessions, prompting Allen to suspect he had hidden dealings.
• Allen questioned and tortured Ostrite, then gave him a homemade Truth Serum when he refused to confess.
• Ostrite began to reveal his secret, but blood poured from his face as the Truth Shackles triggered and erased his soul.

After leaving Temeria, Allen’s group traveled toward Oak Grove Abbey while Allen studied a dark grimoire and attempted a sacrifice ritual to gain Setrak’s favor. The ritual pulled Allen’s soul from his body, and the Ancient One and Agatha realized he needed help.

• Two black-robed mages entered Foltest’s palace, questioned him about the curse, and erased the memories of Foltest and his daughter.
• Allen’s group gathered around a campfire and planned to travel to Oak Grove Abbey in the Principality of Princeton.
• Geralt explained the region’s religious customs, and Allen studied the grimoire’s Crimson Chains and Crimson Fear spells.
• Allen decided to sacrifice himself to Setrak and cast the ritual while the others rested.
• Allen’s soul left his body, and Agatha told the Ancient One to crush the Communication Stone and summon the mages.

Allen met Cyttorak in the multidimensional realm and talked the demon god into accepting him, though Cyttorak soon regretted it and ended their connection. Back in his body, Allen bragged to Agatha and The Ancient One about making Cyttorak his lackey.

• Allen encountered Cyttorak and flattered him while insisting that he wanted to serve as his lackey.
• Cyttorak accepted Allen, then cut off their connection after Allen outlined plans to conquer worlds and make Infinity Gem furnishings for him.
• Cyttorak feared Allen's plans might awaken the First Firmament and bring about his death.
• Allen returned to his body, where The Ancient One explained that the sorcerers had been searching the multidimensional realm for him.
• Allen claimed to Agatha that Cyttorak had begged to follow him, then asked Agatha to worship him and promised to help defeat the Scarlet Witch.

Allen demonstrated his unusually powerful, unconventional use of Dark Magic before traveling with the others to Oak Grove Abbey to ask about Mage Griffin. He bribed the abbess into letting them stay, but told The Ancient One that he suspected something was wrong at the abbey.

• Allen showed the veteran mages how he controlled Crimson Chains with his butt, then learned that Laga Gador's Ring could prevent Dark Magic's backlash.
• The veteran mages traded Allen's dark magic book for an advanced one and gave him a Communication Stone.
• Allen, Agatha, and The Ancient One arrived at Oak Grove Abbey and asked the abbess about Mage Griffin's visit.
• Allen picked up a discarded rag doll, then scattered Gold Coins until the abbess agreed to provide the group with rooms.
• After settling in, Allen told The Ancient One that his orphanage experience made him think the abbey was strange.

Allen noticed that the convent’s children had dolls despite the convent’s poverty, suspecting something was wrong, but chose to wait and see. He repeatedly gave Gold Coins to the convent and its children, leaving Agatha frustrated and the nuns debating whether to accept his gifts.

• Allen pointed to the children’s dolls as an inconsistency in the convent and decided to wait before investigating further.
• Allen demonstrated what he claimed was the difference between being mentally ill and being an idiot, frightening The Ancient One.
• At dinner, Allen praised the meal faintly, asked for hot pot the next day, and handed Gold Coins to the convent’s children and staff.
• Allen regretted giving away 244 Gold Coins, while Agatha worried they would go bankrupt before leaving the convent.
• The next morning, Allen announced another round of Gold Coins, and Dean Shire told Dean Tina and Shaya to accept his generosity.

Allen followed Dean Shire into the woods and discovered that a monster was holding children in a tree hollow. After Allen chased the monster back to the monastery, Geralt went to investigate, and Dean Shire recognized the captured creature.

• Allen watched Dean Shire lead Nyssa to a tree hollow, where Nyssa found trapped children and skeletal remains before the monster drove her into terrified silence.
• Allen used Ekron's Form to frighten the monster into fleeing, but Agatha mistook his incarnations for attackers and shot one, ending the spell.
• Agatha and Geralt confronted the fleeing monster and Allen, who restrained the creature with Crimson Chains and said she ate children.
• Geralt went into the woods to check the tree hollow as the deans and nuns brought the children outside.
• Dean Shire saw the captured monster and reacted with alarm.

Allen captured a Forgotten Lich that had been abducting children and making people forget them. The rescued children exposed Dean Shire as the lich’s accomplice, and Agatha explained that Shire had traded children for a longer life.

• Allen refused to hand the mud-covered, bound Forgotten Lich to Dean Shire and ran off with it.
• Geralt returned with more than a dozen rescued children and reported finding the remains of murdered children in the lich’s lair.
• Agatha explained that Forgotten Liches stole children and used forgetting spells to erase them from people’s memories.
• Allen said he had detected a missing child by comparing the number of Gold Coins he distributed at two different times.
• Allen accused Dean Shire of being the lich’s accomplice, and the rescued children identified her.
• Agatha explained that Dean Shire had signed a Blood Curse with the Forgotten Lich to prolong her life by feeding it children.

After the Forgotten Lich’s death ended the curse, Allen’s group continued to Red Wine Barrel Town, where Agatha unexpectedly encountered her mother, Ivana. Agatha fled to the inn, but her family’s Coven was staying there too, leaving her to face Ivana while Allen’s antics made the reunion even more awkward.

• Geralt killed the Forgotten Lich, causing Dean Shire’s ailments to return and leading to her death; the nuns recovered their memories, and Allen’s group left Oak Grove Abbey.
• Two evil mages inspected the exposed lair and decided to ambush Allen’s group at their next destination.
• Allen and his companions traveled to Red Wine Barrel Town, and the Ancient One explained that Mage Griffin had been delivering a letter to a Church Inquisition knight whose daughter was a nun at the abbey.
• Agatha recognized Ivana’s voice in town and ran to the inn after Ivana confronted her.
• At the inn, Agatha found Ivana’s Coven; Allen joked that Agatha was carrying his child, provoking Ivana’s fury before Agatha told him to leave.

Allen relaxed in a bath at the inn until a ghoul tried to kill him, and Geralt, Agatha, and The Ancient One arrived to intervene. When Geralt warned that monsters had surrounded the town, Allen rushed out eager to fight, while Ivana urged Agatha to leave with her because the attack might be a trap.

• After parting from Agatha on bad terms, Allen booked a private room and enjoyed a hot bath.
• A ghoul disguised as an inn attendant approached Allen and tried to strangle him, but Geralt, Agatha, and The Ancient One burst in.
• Geralt identified the attendant as a ghoul and beheaded her, then warned Allen that monsters filled the area outside.
• Allen grabbed the Tetanus Blade and charged out of the inn to fight the monsters.
• Ivana tried to stop Allen and urged Agatha to leave with her, warning that an evil force had enveloped the town and might be a trap.

Allen fought undead in Red Wine Barrel Town, where a magic-prohibition array trapped the group and prevented him from using magic. After Ivana teleported the others to safety, Allen appeared before the necromancers and pretended to be a follower of Cyttorak to infiltrate their organization.

• Allen discovered that an anti-magic domain prevented him from casting spells as he fought the undead in Red Wine Barrel Town.
• Ivana maintained a White Magic Domain while Agatha, Geralt, and the Ancient One searched for Allen and found that their Communication Stone could not reach the outside world.
• Ivana teleported the group away, leaving the necromancers to believe Allen had vanished or been killed.
• Allen appeared before the necromancers and claimed he was an undercover agent of Cyttorak.
• Allen used Crimson Fear and his Crimson Chains to convince the necromancers that he practiced Dark Magic, and they lowered their guard while considering whether to recruit him.

Allen joined the Hermes Church after convincing its leaders that he shared their revolutionary ideals, and began a month-long observation period. Meanwhile, Kamar-Taj’s mages traced his disappearance to powerful magical interference but learned that his life was not in danger.

• Allen told the Hermes Church elders that he wanted to overthrow the established order and build a society where everyone could practice magic, earning a trial period despite his extreme rhetoric.
• Allen defended necromancers and proposed using the undead for labor, moving the three accompanying necromancers and surprising the elders.
• Jiawen explained that Allen had joined the Hermes Church, an organization preparing for the Final Day, and said he would learn more later.
• Kamar-Taj’s veteran mages investigated Allen’s disappearance in Red Wine Barrel Town and used a time-reversal spell to trace him before his figure vanished.
• A diviner determined that Allen was alive but that powerful magical interference prevented them from locating him.

The Hermes Church’s council discovered that Allen, the natural-born mage sought by Kamar-Taj, had joined their organization and decided to keep him close while trying to bind him to them. Allen studied the Church’s magical collection, then began experimenting with a new category of spells.

• The Hermes Church’s leaders learned that Allen was Kamar-Taj’s missing Sorcerer Supreme candidate and agreed to hide him, nurture him, and give him emotional ties to prevent him from leaving.
• Allen lost interest in the Church’s disorganized magical collection after three days and decided to create new magic.
• The thirteen families sent their young female mages, including Jarna, to seduce Allen, but Allen confused and offended them before leaving the dining hall.
• Allen summoned a puppy-like hellhound and examined it as part of his research into magical creatures.
• Allen decided to create an entirely new category of spells.

Allen tested his newly devised spells and accidentally worsened Hellhound’s injuries while trying to heal him. After the female mages fled from him in terror, Senaxi Spencer visited Allen at night, where he greeted her with an unsettling offer to examine her body.

• Allen described three new spells and tried to heal the dying Hellhound, but his priest magic burned the dark creature.
• Allen stitched Hellhound’s wounds, prepared health potions, and treated him while three female mages watched in alarm.
• Allen approached the women with a cleaver to show off his spells, and they fled screaming while he wondered what was wrong with them.
• Allen returned the cleaver and gave Hellhound a health potion, which helped the bandaged creature recover.
• Senaxi Spencer visited Allen at night and introduced herself as a new transfer to Silent Castle.
• Allen welcomed Senaxi and said he would examine her body.

Senaxi tried to charm Allen with pink powder, but he sneezed it out and accidentally transferred its effects to the Hellhound. The Hellhound chased Senaxi until she escaped to her room and gave it the antidote, while Allen turned his attention to the dog.

• Senaxi followed Allen's sham physical examination, doing squats and push-ups until she collapsed.
• Senaxi sprayed Allen with Charm Powder, intending to make him fall hopelessly in love with her.
• Allen rubbed the Hellhound against his face and sneezed, expelling the Charm Powder onto the dog.
• The charmed Hellhound chased Senaxi through the halls as the other female mages mocked her.
• Senaxi fled to her room and gave the Hellhound the antidote, while Allen approached the frightened dog with a bold idea.