Recaps

Vivian explained how the Adventurer's Guild ranked commissions and restricted who could accept them, including why mithril and obsidian commissions were rarely posted. Vivian's Squad selected three gold- and silver-class commissions and brought them to the counter for registration.

• Vivian explained that commission colors indicated difficulty and that adventurers generally could only accept commissions matching their rank.
• Vivian described how qualified parties could receive guild permission to accept commissions one rank above their members' highest rank.
• Shien asked why the board lacked mithril and obsidian commissions, and Vivian explained that those missions were rare or handled in secret.
• Vivian's Squad selected commissions to collect magical spring water, subjugate Fire Lizards, and clear Blood Sucking Vines.
• Vivian's Squad brought the three notices to the guild counter to register them.

Vivian explained how adventurers chose and combined commissions, then asked Shien whether he needed equipment before their journey. Shien said he needed a weapon, though he already carried one, and the chapter ended without revealing why he would not use it.

• Vivian explained that the three commissions followed the same route through the Mangal Mountain Range, where the squad could visit a Magic Power Source, hunt Fire Lizards, and clear Blood Sucking Vines on the way to Fressia.
• Shien learned that adventurers needed to combine commissions efficiently and understand the knowledge required to complete them.
• Vivian's Squad left the guild carrying their three commission forms, and Vivian asked Shien whether he needed equipment before they set out.
• Vivian offered to lend Shien money for equipment, but Shien said he did not need armor and wanted to get a weapon instead.
• Vivian, Tier, Lumya, and Merika asked whether the bundle Shien carried was already a weapon, and Shien replied that it was difficult to use and he would rather not use it.

Shien began his first adventure with Vivian’s squad after buying a broadsword and leaving Lamigium. During the journey, he tried to ease the tension with Tier, Lumya, and Merika, but the chapter ended with a huge rock beside the road moving slightly.

• Shien bought an ordinary broadsword for one gold coin and left Lamigium with Vivian’s squad in a rented carriage.
• With Vivian driving, Shien sat in silence with Tier, Lumya, and Merika, who remained wary and avoided speaking to him.
• Shien tried to start a conversation, but Lumya and Merika startled while Tier fixed him with a sharp stare.
• Shien said he would keep a low profile for the month and hoped they could part ways amicably afterward.
• Vivian reflected on the squad’s lingering distrust as the carriage continued north, and a huge rock beside the road moved slightly.

Shien faced his first test after joining Vivian's Squad when a Golem attacked the group. He hid most of his abilities while striking the monster and forcing it to one knee, with the fight still underway.

• Shien sensed a nearby enemy but kept quiet, while Tier soon warned Vivian and the others.
• Vivian stopped the carriage and showed Shien a Golem that had disguised itself as a roadside rock.
• Vivian assigned Shien to fight the Golem as a test, and the squad watched him approach.
• Shien concealed his skills, narrowly dodged the Golem's punch, then struck its foot with his greatsword and forced it to one knee.

Shien defeated a Golem during Vivian’s assessment, despite being a level-ten newcomer with no skills, and surprised the others with his strength. Vivian explained that his performance suggested he might have high growth potential in every aspect, then described how leveling improved abilities according to each person’s training and talents.

• Shien repeatedly struck the Golem’s knee until he broke its leg, then shattered its head with a final blow.
• Tier, Lumya, Merika, and Vivian reacted with surprise when Shien defeated the Golem.
• Vivian explained that she had expected Shien to avoid the Golem rather than defeat it, since its rocky body was difficult for a low-level adventurer to damage.
• Vivian suggested that Shien’s unusual performance might indicate high growth potential in every aspect.
• Vivian explained that leveling improved different abilities depending on a person’s training, aptitude, and talents, using herself and Merika as examples.

Vivian explained that Shien’s victory over a much higher-level Golem showed he had exceptional potential in every ability, and Shien realized this came from Heaven’s Grace maximizing his gains whenever he leveled up. After Tier and the others avoided him, Shien agreed to keep his distance, and the party continued its journey by carriage.

• Vivian explained that Shien’s victory over the Golem suggested he had unusually high growth potential in every area.
• Shien realized Heaven’s Grace maximized all his ability gains when he leveled up and considered how the Holy Sword’s level boost differed.
• Vivian told Tier, Lumya, and Merika that Shien’s potential was better than they had expected, but Tier told the group to continue onward and returned to the carriage.
• Vivian explained that Tier and the others were wary because of past unpleasant experiences, and Shien said he would keep an appropriate distance.
• The carriage resumed its journey as Vivian wondered at Shien’s decision to keep away from the others.

Shien and his party reached a road blocked by Blood Sucking Vines, and Merika burned them away with powerful magic. After witnessing her spell, Shien considered learning magic himself.

• Shien and his party arrived at a northern road blocked by Blood Sucking Vines.
• Vivian explained that the dangerous plants fed on blood and said they would clear them with fire.
• Merika cast Heaven Fire, engulfing the Blood Sucking Vines in flames until they were reduced to ash.
• Vivian, Tier, and Lumya praised Merika, who relaxed and smiled among her companions.
• Shien watched Merika's magic and decided he should find an opportunity to learn magic.

Shien and Vivian’s party finished destroying the Blood Sucking Vine and traveled to the Mangal Mountain Range, where they planned to camp before entering. Vivian explained why the women were wary of male adventurers, then stunned Shien by saying the Demon King had already been defeated.

• Shien and the others dug up the Blood Sucking Vine roots and burned them under Vivian’s direction.
• Vivian led the party to the Mangal Mountain Range, where they decided to camp until morning.
• Tier, Lumya, and Merika hesitated at the thought of camping, and Vivian explained that male adventurers had previously troubled them during camps.
• Vivian told Shien that she had formed a party of female adventurers to help protect them from unwanted attention.
• Shien asked whether Vivian wanted a Hero to defeat the Demon King, and Vivian replied that the Demon King had already been defeated.

Shien learned from Vivian that the Demon King had been defeated a thousand years ago and that the Hero who ended the war founded the Kingdom of Mithra. Vivian explained that Heroes were no longer summoned because their return could shatter peace among the Three Races, leaving Shien to confront the truth that his own appearance could reignite war.

• Shien reacted with shock when Vivian said the Demon King had been defeated long ago and asked her to explain the history.
• Vivian recounted how the strongest Hero joined the God Race and other peoples to defeat the Demon King and end the ancient war.
• Vivian explained that Supreme God Omnis divided the world into the Human, Divine, and Demon Realms after the war, and the Hero founded the Kingdom of Mithra.
• Vivian told Shien that the God Race sealed the Hero Summon ritual after the founding King died and that Heroes had not appeared again.
• Vivian warned that a new Hero could threaten the peace among the Three Races and bring war back.

After Shien walked away from Vivian's Squad, Vivian and the others discussed his unusual nature and the special feelings he inspired in Vivian and Merika. Vivian suspected he had a blessing from the highest god and sent Tier to secretly protect him, while worrying that her guess about him might unsettle the world.

• Shien left the campfire for a walk after falling silent, leaving Vivian worried and the others curious about what had happened.
• Vivian admitted that Shien had caught her attention because she sensed he was hiding a major secret and might possess a blessing more advanced than the Princess's.
• Merika revealed that Shien inspired an unusual sense of closeness in her, which surprised Vivian, Tier, and Lumya.
• Vivian and Tier ruled out Shien being a member of the God Race, whose members were all Goddesses, and Vivian wondered what he might really be.
• Vivian decided to treat Shien like an ordinary newcomer for now and asked Tier to follow him secretly and protect him.

Shien learned that the Demon King had been defeated over a thousand years ago, leaving him questioning why the Goddess revived and summoned him as a Hero. As he considered the danger his existence posed to the peace between the Three Races, an unknown voice agreed that the world no longer needed a Hero.

• Shien reflected on how he had become an adventurer to gather information, establish an identity, and eventually find and defeat the Demon King.
• Shien considered that the Goddess might have deceived him for a hidden purpose, though he also wondered whether the Demon King or the threat of another war had returned.
• Shien recalled Vivian's certainty that another Hero could not appear without destabilizing the relations between the Three Races.
• An unknown voice spoke from the dim forest, telling Shien that the world no longer needed a Hero.

Shien encountered Laisha again, and she revealed that she knew he was the New Hero and wanted to test his abilities. After resisting her Gravity Magic without drawing the Holy Sword, Shien charged at her with Limit Break activated.

• Shien recognized Laisha from their previous meeting and learned she had been following him after overhearing his thoughts.
• Laisha identified Shien as the New Hero and pointed out that he lacked information about the God Race and the Three Races.
• Laisha said she wanted to test Shien rather than fight him out of hostility, then attacked him with Gravity Magic.
• Shien resisted the gravity, activated Limit Break (Evolve), and launched himself toward Laisha.

Shien and Laisha fought fiercely in the forest, with Shien avoiding her invisible gravity attacks and Laisha countering his sword strikes with Gravity Magic. Laisha urged him to draw the Holy Sword, but Shien refused.

• Laisha attacked Shien with invisible gravity waves, but his Evasion and instincts helped him dodge them and charge at her.
• Laisha blocked Shien's sword with a turbulent gravity current and explained that her Unique Skill let her cast magic without chanting.
• Shien threw his pack and then his sword at Laisha, while she dodged by manipulating gravity and continued firing at him.
• Shien evaded Laisha's barrage, retrieved his sword, and traded attacks with her, but neither could overcome the other.
• Laisha challenged Shien to use the Holy Sword, and he refused.

Laisha escalated her fight with Shien, using lethal Space Magic to try to force him to draw the Holy Sword. Shien emerged unharmed and revealed that his maxed-out resistances made magic ineffective, leaving Laisha's attack unable to hurt him.

• Laisha grew hostile and warned Shien that she would fight with the intent to kill unless he used the Holy Sword.
• Laisha used Space Magic to immobilize Shien, then erased the space around him.
• Shien reappeared unharmed and told Laisha that magic did not work on him.
• Shien said he did not need the Holy Sword to withstand Laisha, though he conceded he might need it to defeat her.

Laisha realized Shien had resisted her Space Erasure and concluded that his Holy Sword or Unique Skill had protected him. She ended their fight and invited him to meet her in Lamigium, but Shien buried the invitation and left, unaware that a black-robed girl retrieved it.

• Laisha suspected Shien had a resistance skill after he withstood her advanced Space Erasure, then decided his Holy Sword or Unique Skill had protected him.
• Laisha withdrew her magic and ended the fight, admitting that neither of them could easily deal with the other.
• Laisha tossed Shien an invitation and told him to visit her in Lamigium, but he let it fall to the ground.
• Shien buried the invitation in dirt and left, deciding that meeting Laisha would bring trouble.
• After Shien departed, a black-robed girl appeared and retrieved the invitation.

After returning to camp, Shien told Vivian he planned to become stronger by learning skills and pursuing the adventurer path, using the Adventurer's Guild to gather information about the world. He spent the night watch asking Vivian questions before returning to his tent to sleep.

• Shien returned to camp and reassured Vivian that he was all right, though his Hero identity still troubled him.
• Shien decided to improve his strength, make becoming a full-fledged adventurer his goal, and focus on learning skills.
• Vivian offered to help Shien and encouraged him to ask whenever he faced difficulties.
• Tier returned from her patrol, gave Shien a seemingly complicated glance, and went to the tents.
• Shien kept watch with Vivian and asked her about the world until Lumya and Merika took over, then he went to sleep in his own tent.

Vivian led Shien and the others into the Mangal Mountain Range to collect spring water and hunt Fire Lizards, explaining how Magic Power Sources formed along the way. Shien ended the discussion by asking whether consuming too much magic power and then life force could really not kill someone.

• Vivian woke Shien at dawn and gathered the group to enter the Mangal Mountain Range.
• Vivian reviewed their remaining tasks and planned a route to a medium-sized Magic Power Source while avoiding the large source and dangerous monsters near it.
• Shien asked what a Magic Power Source was, and Vivian explained how magic power gathered and materialized into a spring.
• Shien asked whether people could die after using up their magic power and then consuming their life force.

Shien learned how vitality and magic power were connected, while Vivian explained how Magic Power Sources formed and attracted monsters. The party entered the Mangal Mountain Range to lure Fire Lizards to a Magic Power Source and take their hide membranes after the monsters fought.

• Vivian explained that vitality sustained life, could be replenished, and was converted into magic power, whose depletion could cause fatigue or fainting.
• Vivian told Shien that Magic Power Sources formed when the world's vitality became concentrated magic power, and that monsters gathered around them.
• Vivian explained that the Magic Power Source could attract a group of level thirty-to-forty Fire Lizards, allowing the party to wait for monsters to fight and collect the Fire Lizards' hide membranes afterward.
• Shien called Vivian devious, then said he liked her plan, while Tier, Lumya, and Merika reacted.
• Vivian put away the map, and the party packed their luggage, left the carriage in the forest, and entered the Mangal Mountain Range.

Vivian's Squad reached the spring and began collecting water, while Merika unexpectedly opened up to Shien. Vivian suggested that someone else in the squad might also have started letting down their guard around him, leaving Shien worried he was winning people over without realizing it.

• Vivian's Squad reached their destination after a tiring march, with Lumya helping the exhausted Merika along the way.
• Shien asked Merika about magic that could strengthen the body, and she explained that she had trained only in fire and ice magic.
• Merika blushed after answering Shien, and Vivian sent her ahead to collect spring water while Lumya and Tier followed to protect her.
• Vivian teased Shien about Merika and suggested someone else might already have let down their guard around him.
• Shien wondered if he was unintentionally winning over the women in the squad, then hurried after Vivian when she called him.

Vivian's Squad collected spring water from a Magic Power Source, but a pack of Lizardmen interrupted them. As the battle began, Vivian introduced her teammates' abilities and ranks, then announced that the squad's strongest member was about to be revealed.

• Vivian explained how Merika used special equipment to extract and preserve the Magic Power Source's spring water.
• Tier spotted a group of twenty-two Lizardmen approaching, and the squad stopped collecting water to prepare for battle.
• Lumya charged a Lizardman, knocked its sword away with her gauntlets, and sent it flying with a punch.
• Merika burned the airborne Lizardman to ashes with her fire magic.
• Vivian knocked another Lizardman away with her tower shield and told Shien about her defensive skills and fifth-rank status.
• Vivian announced that the squad's strongest member and one of Lamigium's foremost geniuses was about to be introduced as a petite figure flashed past.

Tier demonstrated her exceptional combat ability by slaughtering the Lizardmen, while Vivian explained her skills and reputation as Lamigium’s youngest genius. Tier revealed that she had also learned Magic Sword, leaving Shien impressed by her strength and potential.

• Tier rushed into the Lizardmen and killed them with her Dual Blades while dodging their attacks.
• Vivian explained that Tier was a Level Fifty-Nine guerrilla fighter who had trained several combat skills to high levels.
• Tier charged a shield-bearing Lizardman and cut through both it and its shield with Magic Sword.
• Vivian revealed that Tier had learned Magic Sword three months earlier and trained it to Level Two.

After the Lizardmen fell, Shien tried to get Tier to teach him her Magic Sword technique, but his awkward hints backfired. Tier offered to teach him after they returned to Lamigium, leaving Vivian to suggest that Tier had begun to lower her guard around him.

• Tier, Lumya, and Merika defeated the Lizardmen, and Tier compared her skill to an unnamed Princess.
• Vivian said the Princess could only be defeated by beings on the level of the Three Great Goddesses or Six Great Demon Lords.
• Shien awkwardly hinted that he wanted to learn Tier's Magic Sword technique, then denied it when Tier asked him directly.
• Tier told Shien she could teach him and asked him to find her after they returned to Lamigium.
• Vivian told Shien that Tier had already begun to lower her guard around him.

Vivian's Squad collected spring water from the Magic Power Source and let the monsters fight over it, then harvested the corpses for valuable materials. With their haul loaded, they left the Mangal Mountain Range for Lamigium, where Shien looked forward to learning skills and magic.

• Vivian's Squad watched as monsters, including the Fire Lizards, fought over the Magic Power Source until a level-sixty-two rhinoceros monster killed the others and drank the spring water.
• Vivian explained that the Magic Power Source would refill overnight and that the squad had collected the water during its activation phase to avoid fighting dangerous monsters.
• Vivian led the squad in dismantling the monster corpses and taught Shien how to identify, preserve, and carry valuable materials.
• Low-level monsters approached, but Lumya and Merika defeated them while Vivian decided not to use them as practice opponents for Shien.
• Vivian drove the carriage away from the Mangal Mountain Range toward Lamigium as Shien anticipated learning Magic Sword skills and magic.

Vivian’s Squad returned to the Adventurer’s Guild, turned in their requests and extra monster materials, and earned one hundred gold coins to split among the five members. Just as Vivian handed Shien his share, someone snatched the pouch and suggested he buy everyone drinks.

• Shien returned to the Adventurer’s Guild with Vivian’s Squad and heard other adventurers gossip about the group and their rookie.
• Vivian’s Squad turned in spring water, Fire Lizard hides, and confirmation that they had cleared Blood Sucking Vines, completing three requests for forty gold coins.
• Vivian asked the guild employee about demand for other monster materials, and Tier explained how the squad could turn in extra materials to fulfill additional requests.
• Vivian returned with Lumya and Merika and announced that extra materials had earned sixty more gold coins, bringing the total reward to one hundred gold coins.
• Vivian divided the reward into twenty gold coins for each member, but an unidentified person snatched Shien’s pouch and suggested he use it to buy everyone a drink.

Ryley Razahad, the Lamigium Adventurer's Guildmaster and Vivian's longtime friend, intervened when Vivian tried to give Shien an equal share of the squad's reward. Shien accepted one gold coin instead, and Ryley left him with an approving impression of her.

• Ryley appeared in the Guild hall, took the reward pouch, and introduced herself to Shien as the Guildmaster of the Lamigium Adventurer's Guild.
• Vivian greeted Ryley warmly, and Tier told Shien that the two had been close friends for at least ten years and that Ryley had arranged for him to join Vivian's Squad.
• Ryley challenged Vivian's decision to give Shien an equal share, and Shien agreed that taking less was fair given his limited contribution.
• Ryley advised Vivian to separate kindness from Guild business, then gave Shien one gold coin and praised his potential.