Chapter Summaries

As Isaac prepared a dangerous ritual, Rona and Ain went into Loton Fortress's commoner district to help its people. Ain transformed the filthy district into a place with flowers, food, and clean water, but the people feared that the food was their customary last meal before being sacrificed, and Filo arrived claiming she had come to help.

• Isaac decided to risk his Dimension World while setting up the ritual.
• Rona used Dragon Eye to see that demons had immobilized the fortress's soldiers with controlled demonic fel energy.
• Ain used Transformation Magic to turn the commoner district's filth into flowers, clean water, and food, exhausting itself in the process.
• Rona realized the people feared the gifts because the kingdom traditionally fed outsiders before sacrificing them alongside Artificial Humans.
• Filo arrived, admired Ain's Transformation Magic, and told Rona she had come to help.

Filo used her Apostle of God, the Hand of God, to awaken the desperate people’s faith and give them the will to seek food and water. Rona saw that the method worked, but wondered whether the people had truly been saved.

• Rona let Filo approach the people after Ain indicated that he trusted her.
• Filo explained that faith flourished when people had no hope and said she would help the people through faith without bringing in the Orthodox Church.
• Filo revealed the mechanical Hand of God and identified it as an Apostle of God connected to her revised god-creation plan.
• Filo’s magic spread the Hand of God’s influence, stirring emotion in the crowd and drawing them toward food and clean water.
• Rona felt the magic’s pull herself and wondered whether the people could really be considered saved.

Rona asked Isaac about Filo’s new followers and the terrifying Silver Mechanical Claw. Isaac explained that Filo was gathering faith, observation, and existence to pursue a path combining three kinds of power, while the claw’s nature remained unclear.

• Rona hurried back to the castle after the Silver Mechanical Claw made her feel as though she had encountered a predator, while Filo continued placing Faith Imprints on people.
• Isaac explained to Rona that Filo was seeking the concept of faith rather than pure Faith Power, which True Gods alone could accept.
• Isaac said Filo might combine faith, observation, and existence, and Rona realized that ruling Itra could help her gather faith and existence.
• Isaac doubted Filo could also follow the knight’s path because of the time and effort it demanded, but remained curious about her choice.
• Rona asked Isaac why Filo’s Magic Pet frightened her, and Isaac recalled that it seemed to be made of tentacles.

Isaac completed a ritual that altered the Itera Kingdom’s barrier to collect the dead’s souls and flesh energy and send it to Loton Fortress. After the other factions allowed the change to stand, Isaac prepared to connect the ritual to his Dimension World and sought Angel’s help to extend his Great Sword Ghosts’ duration.

• Isaac reassured Rona that Filo’s Faith Imprint was safe and that Filo would avoid harming them to protect the Terra Empire’s interests.
• Isaac finished preparing a grotesque ritual and summoned Astaroth, who fled after Isaac offered to make a deal.
• Isaac activated the ritual, sending a scarlet beam into the Itera Kingdom’s barrier and changing it to collect corpses and souls while strengthening the barrier.
• The Wizards discovered the alteration, but Noll and the lead Wizard accepted that Isaac had broken no rules, while Mensa confirmed someone on their side had done it.
• Isaac planned to connect the ritual’s energy channel to his Dimension World and release his Great Sword Ghosts, then went to find Angel so her Time Magic could keep them active through the war.

Angel used Time Reincarnation to make Isaac’s Great Sword Ghosts loop their energy structure for a month, while Astaroth’s history with Mad Witches was revealed. A week later, Isaac announced that both the Kingdom Army and Rebel Army would target them and assigned forces to conquer the Itera Kingdom, wage guerrilla warfare, and defend Loton Fortress.

• Angel cast Time Reincarnation on the Great Sword Ghosts, making their energy structures repeat each day for a month, while Astaroth explained how Mad Witches had stolen his authorities over time and space.
• Isaac and Angel each concluded that the other was too dangerous to trust closely, then went their separate ways as Isaac connected the Dimension World to the ritual.
• A week later, Smith and Remington arrived at Loton Fortress as the Rebel Army began mobilizing, and Isaac told the council that both major armies would prioritize attacking them.
• Isaac confirmed that they could still obtain Artificial Humans from the Itera Royal Family and declared that their forces would conquer and hold the Itera Kingdom.
• Isaac gave Remington command of the Artificial Human armies, assigned Smith’s Great Sword Ghosts to guerrilla warfare, and ordered Angel, Rona, and himself to defend Loton Fortress.

Isaac and his allies prepared to meet an attack, then confronted three Sanctum fighters who claimed they had come to stop an evil plot in Itra. As Rona fought their leader, Isaac recognized the blond mage’s Privilege Magic and realized what the attackers were targeting.

• Remington wondered why Isaac had entrusted him with an army, and Filo told him Isaac simply did not consider him a threat.
• Isaac reassured Rona that Angel’s ability to alter the past would let them detect approaching enemies, and Angel left after growing irritated by their conversation.
• Isaac and his allies overheard three Theocracy fighters planning to destroy an Evil God ritual, so Isaac attacked them with a fireball.
• The burly Temple Knight charged Isaac, but Rona intercepted him in her half-dragon form and blasted him with dragon flame.
• The blond Temple Mage cast Divine Adjudication, and Isaac recognized the Privilege Magic before realizing the attackers’ true target.

Isaac and his allies defeated the Theocracy’s assault and several later enemy waves, then waited at Loton Fortress while Filo and Smith began their campaigns across the Itera Kingdom. A month later, with the fortress still quiet and the kingdom changing rapidly, Isaac modified his hands with Deep Sea Demonic Dragon scales as he prepared for the coming storm.

• Isaac used his Ultimate Magic Cannon to kill Kayn and the burly Theocracy fighter, while Angel stole the blue-haired woman’s time and defeated her.
• Isaac sent Rona south and Angel east to face incoming enemies, then annihilated a northern adventurer crowd himself.
• Isaac and the two women repelled further waves of enemies, and Loton Fortress remained peaceful for a month.
• Filo and Remington conquered almost half the Itera Kingdom, while Smith led two thousand Greatsword Ogres through the kingdom.
• Isaac replaced the skin on his hands with Deep Sea Demonic Dragon scales to improve his spellcasting.

Isaac faced a large group of Second Tier fighters approaching the fortress and overwhelmed them with a relentless barrage of Magic Cannons. The attackers failed to reach the fortress or disrupt its ritual, while Arcane Masters watched the battle from a nearby hill.

• Isaac sensed at least thirty enemies approaching from the east and told Rona and Angel to defend the fortress while he confronted them.
• Isaac formed three Magic Cannons at once and began firing on the advancing fighters.
• The fighters scattered, then grouped together to raise barriers against the repeated blasts, but their defenses began to collapse.
• Some attackers hoped to reach the fortress and destroy its ritual, but they found no chance to cast a spell and considered retreating.
• Several Arcane Masters in Blue Wizard Robes watched Isaac's bombardment from a nearby hill in amazement.

Soren Robert abandoned his attempt to seize Isaac’s fortress after losing the battle, while Isaac’s group remained on defense and Filo’s expanding campaign faced mounting military and manpower shortages. Filo returned to Loton Fortress to discuss bringing in an outside army.

• Soren Robert, who had used God Seed contracts to gain power, withdrew with his companions after deciding they could not withstand Isaac’s assault.
• Isaac and Hamon returned to Loton Fortress, where Angel reported that unseen watchers had observed the fortress but never attacked.
• Isaac questioned whether Angel’s changes to history had prevented an assault, then told the group to continue focusing on defense.
• Filo struggled to defend her expanding territory because her Artificial Human army lacked supernatural fighters and she had too few living people to govern the kingdom.
• Filo decided to discuss bringing in an army from outside and set off for Loton Fortress after informing Remington.

Isaac and Filo discussed how to govern the Itra Kingdom without attracting outside attention, settling on magic puppets for security and local subjects for administration. The plan depended on Isaac making a deal with an Outer God and on supplies and faith keeping the kingdom stable.

• Filo explained that Isaac’s ritual and tighter surveillance had made it impossible to gather enough people inside Itra, while bringing in outsiders would expose their plans.
• Isaac proposed using Filo’s golems and magic puppets for security, but Filo said her forces were too few and needed people or Tower Spirits to control them.
• Isaac suggested animating the magic puppets through an Outer God, and Filo said she could produce more using her portable production line and Itra’s mineral resources.
• Isaac proposed selecting administrative personnel from Itra’s subjects and relying on faith to keep the kingdom stable for several years.
• Filo doubted that Itra’s people could govern themselves, while Isaac believed faith, improved living conditions, and adequate supplies could sustain the territory.

Isaac chose the Eternal Secret Star Master as his trading partner so he could obtain the ability to animate magic puppets and useful Forbidden Knowledge. After he devised a heavily modified ritual, Filo recognized its target and original form, leaving her astonished by Isaac’s skill.

• Filo left Isaac’s room and stayed at Loton Fortress to find a place for the Magic Puppet Production Line.
• Isaac selected the Eternal Secret Star Master and used the Golden Finger to create a new trade ritual with an extensive materials list.
• Filo received Isaac’s list after setting up the puppet factory and was struck by how far his knowledge surpassed hers.
• Isaac prepared the ritual materials and studied the Forbidden Knowledge he hoped to acquire.
• The next day, Filo brought the materials, watched Isaac assemble the ritual, and recognized both its trading target and its original version.

Isaac activated his optimized ritual and drew the attention of the Eternal Secret Star Master, while Arcanists suspected a Terra Empire Mad Witch was behind the trade. Confronted with the choice of eternal life or forbidden knowledge, Isaac rejected both and focused on obtaining the ability to animate magical puppets.

• Isaac activated his ritual with complete focus, while Filo watched in frustration and could not use his optimized version.
• The Eternal Secret Star Master's gaze followed the ritual, and Arcanists monitoring the war detected an Outer God.
• The Arcanists suspected Terra Empire Mad Witches Isaac and his companion were conducting the blood sacrifice, but Mensa told them to wait and see.
• The ritual transported Isaac into a starry space, where he saw the Eternal Secret Star Master and its three Artificial Stars.
• The Eternal Secret Star Master offered Isaac a choice between eternal life and forbidden knowledge, but he wanted only the ability to animate magical puppets.

Isaac used a ritual to request the power to animate dead objects while secretly stealing Authority from the Eternal Secret Star Master. He escaped the Mysterious Void with enough Authority to condense it, leaving the furious Outer God behind.

• Isaac thanked the Eternal Secret Star Master and asked for the ability to animate magical puppets.
• Isaac spotted Authority in the Mysterious Void and directed the ritual’s power toward it, drawing the Eternal Secret Star Master’s attention.
• Isaac gained the upper hand by wielding ten times the ritual power normally available for a second-rank ritual.
• The Eternal Secret Star Master split His attention between resisting Isaac’s theft and granting his request.
• Isaac decided he had taken enough Authority and withdrew from the Mysterious Void, leaving the Eternal Secret Star Master dumbfounded.

The Eternal Secret Star Master failed to counterattack after Isaac abruptly withdrew, but the ritual still granted Isaac the Secret Star Heart spell and the Analysis Authority. Isaac recognized Analysis as a rare form of Pseudo-Omniscience and left determined to exploit the Eternal Secret Star Master again.

• Isaac abruptly withdrew from the Mysterious Void, leaving the Eternal Secret Star Master furious and unable to retaliate.
• The Eternal Secret Star Master completed the ritual and granted Isaac the Secret Star Heart spell, which could animate constructs with greater intelligence and potential.
• Isaac examined his gains and discovered that he had acquired the Analysis Authority, also known as Pseudo-Omniscience.
• Isaac recognized that Analysis could reveal the essence of things through gradual analysis and was especially valuable to witches.
• The Eternal Secret Star Master added Isaac to his kill list, while Isaac decided the Eternal Secret Star Master would remain on his fleece list.

Isaac successfully gained Authority Analysis and used it to bring Filo’s Silver Knight puppet to life. The newly awakened knight swore loyalty to Isaac, leaving Filo visibly displeased.

• Isaac reassured Filo that his ritual had succeeded and resolved to gather the Energy Cores needed for another ritual.
• Filo summoned a Silver Knight puppet and asked Isaac to test his new authority on it.
• Isaac used Hamon to form a heart of ghostly blue flames and press it into the Silver Knight’s chest.
• The Silver Knight awakened, knelt before Isaac, and called him its master, prompting Filo to darken her expression.

Isaac and Filo negotiated over the cost of the living magic puppet army, agreeing that Isaac would pay half the materials’ cost. After examining the newly awakened Silver Knight, Isaac discovered its exceptional potential and a Mystique attribute that could make it a powerful artillery platform.

• Filo realized that the magic puppets awakened by Isaac belonged to him, leaving her worried that she would lose the army she needed to seize the Itera Kingdom.
• Isaac offered to pay for the puppets, and Filo agreed to accept half the material cost because she needed the army more than he did.
• Filo said she would need a few days to produce enough low-level magic puppets before they could begin awakening them.
• Isaac dismissed the others and considered how the Silver Knight could help him study advancement and artificial Authorities.
• The Silver Knight displayed its detailed status data, revealing peak Tier 2 parameters and a Mithril Body with the Mystique attribute at maximum spell effect.

Isaac used Authority Analysis to study gravity magic and advance his research into Privilege Magic: Crushing Gravity Hell. After working through the night, he completed the spell by morning.

• Isaac discovered that the Silver Knight’s magical talent and mithril body made him a potential core for a powerful Wizard Corps, which Isaac considered proposing to his older brother and the others as a mercenary venture.
• Isaac activated Authority Analysis on his unfinished Crushing Gravity Hell draft and learned that he needed more gravity-related samples to complete it.
• Isaac analyzed two Magic Books and instantly learned their three Gravity Magic spells, gaining detailed information to use in his own research.
• Isaac spent the night deducing Crushing Gravity Hell while Hamon lit a wall lamp for him.
• By morning, Isaac had completed Privilege Magic: Crushing Gravity Hell.

Isaac tested his newly created Privilege Magic, Crushing Gravity Hell, and learned that it could unleash powerful conceptual gravity but required a long casting time and consumed most of his Magic Power. He left the training ground planning to rely on the Privilege technique to prepare the spell in advance, while Rona faced the prospect of being forced to study.

• Isaac found Silver Knight and Rona sparring and questioned Rona about her lack of spell study and interest in close combat.
• Isaac decided to make Rona understand the importance of knowledge and privately considered trapping her in a maze until she memorized books.
• Isaac prepared training targets and spent three minutes casting Privilege Magic: Crushing Gravity Hell, which crushed the ground targets and forced the airborne ones down.
• Isaac assessed the spell’s drawbacks: its long casting time, enormous Magic Power cost, and limited potential for optimization.
• Isaac considered using Privilege to prepare Privilege Magic in advance or borrow an uncast spell during battle.

Isaac learned Privilege, the casting technique that let him store and overdraft spells by borrowing the God of Credit’s authority, then planned a new Privilege Magic based on Truth and Trial to make Rona learn. The chapter left Rona at the training ground, suddenly fearing that Isaac was devising magic to force her to study.

• Isaac tested Crushing Gravity Hell, then used Analysis to learn Privilege from the Flesh Cult’s casting manual.
• Isaac realized Privilege borrowed the God of Credit’s authority and speculated that the god had become a True God to protect himself from threats.
• Isaac abandoned his thoughts of researching how to corrupt gods and began planning new Privilege Magic while recovering his mana.
• Isaac decided to develop a spell using the authorities of Truth and Trial to make Rona gain knowledge through trials.
• Rona regained her senses at the training ground, felt a bad premonition, and worried that Isaac was creating magic to force her to study.

Isaac completed Lona’s Learning Time, a Privilege Magic that sent Lona into a book-filled labyrinth to finish three learning tasks. After sending her in, he returned to researching combat magic and began developing a movement spell that imitated the authority of Electromagnetic Force.

• Isaac finished Lona’s Learning Time and went to the training grounds to find Lona sparring with the Silver Knight.
• Isaac immobilized Lona and sent her into the labyrinth, where she had to study two assigned topics and choose a third task from a bookshelf.
• Angel witnessed Isaac’s Privilege Magic and Privilege, judged his talent remarkable, and decided to avoid getting close to him.
• Isaac returned to his study and assessed his current ability to store or borrow seven Privilege Magic spells.
• Isaac began researching a short-range movement Privilege Magic based on the authority of Electromagnetic Force.