Recaps

After Ryley left with Vivian, Lumya gave Shien a pouch of gold that Ryley had secretly provided as personal aid for promising newcomers. Shien accepted the hundred gold coins and decided he would remember the favor and repay Ryley in the future.

• Tier led Lumya and Merika out of the guild, and Shien followed them.
• Lumya nervously offered Shien a money pouch that Ryley had secretly given her.
• Merika explained that Ryley personally supported newcomers with potential because the guild had rejected a formal subsidy system.
• Tier reasoned that Ryley had come to assess Shien and had intervened in the public reward distribution before arranging aid for him.
• Shien found at least a hundred gold coins in the pouch, accepted them, and said he would remember Ryley's favor.

Ryley and Vivian discussed Shien’s unexplained background and the risk his existence might pose to the peace among the Three Races. Ryley agreed to conceal and forge his identity after Vivian guaranteed he was trustworthy, leaving her committed to helping him.

• Vivian warned Ryley that interfering in squad compensation could damage the Guild’s relationships, but Ryley said she had prevented such trouble before.
• Ryley explained that Vivian, Tier, and the others’ unusual treatment of Shien had convinced her there was something exceptional about him.
• Vivian said Shien’s secret might threaten the balance among the Three Races and refused to reveal what she had learned.
• Ryley disclosed that her investigation had found no information on Shien and proposed hiding his records and giving him an identity from one of her sponsored orphanages.
• Ryley asked whether Vivian could guarantee Shien was not a foreign spy or Demon Race agent, and Vivian accepted responsibility for him.
• Ryley agreed to help protect Shien and said she wanted to meet him for a drink.

Shien met Tier in the woodland outside Lamigium to begin learning the Magic Sword skill. Tier explained the two requirements, leaving Shien to show whether he met them.

• Shien left Lamigium alone and met Tier in the woodland where she lived and trained.
• Tier told Shien that Lumya lived with her seven younger sisters and supported them after their parents died.
• Tier explained that learning the Magic Sword required a close-combat weapon skill at Level Five or higher and sufficient mana.
• Tier asked Shien whether he met both requirements.

Tier began teaching Shien Magic Sword by guiding him to sense and control the mana in his body. Shien effortlessly gained the qualifications to learn Mana Perception and Mana Manipulation, and the chapter ended with both skills available to him.

• Shien realized Tier might have noticed his unusual abilities and agreed to begin learning Magic Sword.
• Tier explained Mana Perception and compared it with Enemy Perception, which detected hostility rather than mana or all living beings.
• Tier told Shien to focus on the mana flowing inside his body, and Shien sensed it clearly for the first time.
• Shien gained the qualification to learn Mana Perception.
• Tier instructed Shien to move mana through his arm, pour it into his weapon, and gather it there, and Shien gained the qualification to learn Mana Manipulation.

Shien learned Mana Manipulation and Magic Sword, then raised both skills to their maximum levels while practicing with Tier. His unstable, vastly empowered Magic Sword struck the wilderness outside Lamigium, leaving the town shaken and prompting an investigation.

• Shien learned Mana Manipulation and immediately raised it to its maximum level, gaining precise control over his mana.
• Tier taught Shien to channel mana through his broadsword and concentrate it at the blade to form a Magic Sword.
• Shien poured his enormous, rapidly replenishing mana into the broadsword, causing a gigantic Blade of Magic Power to erupt and earning him the Magic Sword skill.
• Shien raised Magic Sword to its maximum level, stabilizing the weapon but greatly increasing its power, then swung the blade despite Tier's urgent warning.
• Shien's strike shook the wilderness outside Lamigium, frightening monsters and people across the region and prompting the Adventurer's Guild and the town's Knights to investigate.

After Shien unleashed the Magic Sword and split the wilderness and a distant mountain, Tier urged him to flee before Lamigium’s investigators arrived. They left together, agreeing to keep the incident secret and warning Shien not to use the skill carelessly.

• Shien saw the massive fissure and split mountain his attack had created, while his broad-bladed sword crumbled into dust.
• Shien checked on Tier, who was shaken and disheveled after trying to withstand the attack.
• Tier told Shien to leave before Lamigium’s investigators arrived and warned that he could be treated as a demon spy.
• Tier caught Shien as her legs gave way, then told him not to tell anyone, including Vivian, about what happened.
• Tier warned Shien not to use the Magic Sword around others or in crowded places until he could control its power.
• Shien and Tier hurried away from the scene.

After Shien learned several skills from Tier, he gained unexpected additional skills and rose to Lv.18. Tier left to fight a stronger monster, while Shien headed toward Lamigium to find someone who could teach him magic.

• Shien asked Tier to teach him Pierce, Acceleration, and Close-Quarters Evasion, and she taught him all three.
• While learning, Shien also acquired Armor Break, Free Movement, and Instantaneous Shift, along with the skills he had requested.
• Shien raised all nine of his skills to maximum level and discovered that his level had jumped to Lv.18.
• Tier explained that training could cause someone to level up and suggested the earlier Magic Sword might have contributed as well.
• Tier went off to fight a monster stronger than herself, while Shien turned toward Lamigium to seek out a magic teacher.

After causing a powerful disturbance while practicing Magic Sword, Shien returned to Lamigium and saw the fear and concern it had caused among the townspeople. A mana-rich stranger confronted him and showed him a portrait of someone Shien knew.

• Shien returned to Lamigium and denied seeing anything unusual when guards questioned him about the earthquake and loud noise.
• Shien heard townspeople speculate about the disturbance and felt guilty for frightening them with his Magic Sword practice.
• Shien resolved to study Magic Sword more carefully so he could control its power and avoid causing another disaster.
• Shien sensed an approaching man with immense mana, who stopped him and asked whether he had seen the person depicted on a parchment portrait.

Shien confronted a man who was searching for a woman whose mana remained on him, then attacked him when he turned to leave. Shien defeated the man with a mana-charged punch, leaving him unconscious in a crater.

• The man showed Shien a portrait and demanded to know where Shien had encountered the woman.
• Shien admitted he had fought the woman but said he did not know where she was, then insulted the man.
• The man warned Shien and prepared to leave, but Shien kicked him from behind and repeatedly punched him.
• The man unleashed a surge of mana, and Shien concentrated mana into his fist using the Magic Sword technique.
• Shien's punch drove the man into the ground, where he lost consciousness.

Shien explained the destruction in the street to the Knights by claiming he had used a party member’s Magic Item, and Vivian’s reputation persuaded their captain to accept his account. The Knights identified the unconscious man as a likely major criminal and asked Shien to remain in Lamigium while they investigated, leaving him concerned about the portrait they had found.

• The Knights arrived at the crater, and their captain questioned Shien about the fight and the damage.
• Shien claimed a suspicious man had accosted him and said he had caused the destruction with a Magic Item from his party.
• Shien named Vivian as his party’s captain, and the knight captain recognized her and became less suspicious.
• The Knights found the portrait on the unconscious man and identified him as a likely major criminal wanted by the kingdom.
• The knight captain thanked Shien, said the lord might reward him, and ordered him to stay in Lamigium while the Knights took the man away.
• Shien watched the Knights leave and recalled the person in the portrait as his smile faded.

Shien went to the Adventurer's Guild, where Vivian confronted him about subduing a suspicious person and the story he gave the Knights. Tier backed up his excuse, and Vivian revealed that the person he subdued was probably a member of the Old Demon Faction.

• Shien overheard adventurers discussing the destruction in the wilderness and their theory that a powerful Magic Sword had caused it.
• Vivian questioned Shien about claiming that a senior in his squad had given him a Magic Item that helped him subdue a suspicious person.
• Shien clarified that he had not said Vivian gave him the item and pointed to Tier as the senior who had provided it.
• Tier reluctantly confirmed Shien's story, while Lumya and Merika expressed surprise.
• Vivian said the identity of the person Shien subdued had been nearly confirmed and revealed that the person was probably a member of the Old Demon Faction.

Shien learned that the Old Demon Faction had sent Kilian to Lamigium to find the person in a portrait, while the guild and Knights suspected the faction had caused the recent strange phenomena. Vivian covered for Shien by telling the Knights that Guildmaster Ryley had given him the powerful Magic Item, but her explanation drew Ryley’s curiosity.

• Vivian explained that the Old Demon Faction wanted demonkind to return to its original state and strongly opposed humans and the God Race.
• Merika and Lumya wondered whether the Old Demon Faction had caused the strange phenomena in Lamigium, and Vivian revealed that the authorities suspected them because they did not know Shien had been training nearby.
• Vivian identified the infiltrator as Kilian, a former attendant of the Dragon Demon’s Tyrant Dragon, who had helped mastermind the royal capital assassinations ten years earlier.
• Vivian told Shien that the Knights had questioned her about the Magic Item he claimed had subdued Kilian, and Shien panicked when he realized his boast had attracted attention.
• Vivian said she had told the Knights that Ryley gave Shien the Magic Item, and she noted that Ryley had become curious about him.

Vivian told her squad that Ryley had commissioned them to find the person targeted by the Old Demon Faction in Lamigium. Tier revealed she had a clue, leaving Shien alarmed when he saw what she produced.

• Vivian explained that Ryley was contacting the Adventurer's Guild headquarters and coordinating with Beren Mulau about the danger posed by the Old Demon Faction.
• Tier and Vivian described Lamigium's defenses and noted that Beren was only level sixty-eight, while Kilian was a level seventy-seven demon expert.
• Vivian announced that Ryley had assigned the squad to find the Old Demon Faction's target and investigate why she had come to Lamigium.
• Lumya and Merika questioned how the small squad could find the target, and Tier said she had a clue.
• Tier took an item from beneath her robe, and Shien recognized it and feared he was in trouble.

Vivian's Squad followed Tier's clue to a dilapidated district in Lamigium, where Vivian concluded they had reached the right place. On the way, Shien learned Tier had witnessed his hidden strength and suspected Vivian had also noticed something, though neither had revealed his identity.

• Vivian's Squad entered a deserted, rundown part of Lamigium to investigate Tier's lead on the Old Demon Faction's target.
• Shien asked Tier how she had connected the address to their target, and Tier explained that the man had admitted fleeing to Lamigium.
• Shien realized Tier had watched him outside camp and discovered his true strength when Vivian had asked her to protect him.
• Tier told Shien she had kept his identity secret and believed Vivian had not exposed it either.
• Vivian's Squad stopped when Vivian recognized that they had reached the right place.

Vivian's Squad found a powerful concealed barrier over the road and realized it might have been created with rare Space Magic. As the squad hesitated over how to reach the person behind it, Shien decided to repay Vivian's kindness and shouted at the barrier.

• Vivian, Merika, and Tier identified a concealed barrier with several effects blocking the road ahead.
• Shien warned that the barrier might use spatial magic and could not safely be cut through with the Magic Sword.
• Tier and Merika explained that Space Magic was extremely rare, prompting Vivian's Squad to consider retreating and making a plan.
• Vivian insisted that the squad needed to speak with the person behind the barrier, and Shien decided to help her.
• Shien shouted, “Water meter inspection—!” toward the barrier.

Shien and Vivian’s Squad discovered a hidden mansion protected by Space Magic and met a maid who claimed that Laisha was inside. After the mansion’s magic sent Vivian, Tier, Lumya, and Merika back to the Adventurer’s Guild, Shien learned that Laisha wanted to see him alone.

• Shien’s shout caused the hidden garden and mansion to appear where the decrepit road had been.
• Lasha introduced herself as a maid and said that Lady Laisha was inside Hanamaru Mansion.
• Shien agreed to enter the mansion, and Vivian, Tier, Lumya, and Merika followed him.
• Space magic suddenly transported the four women back to the Adventurer’s Guild, leaving Shien behind.
• Shien flared with dark mana, but Lasha told him that Laisha wanted to see only him, and his anger stopped.

Shien confronted Lasha, then was brought to Laisha’s reception room, where he learned that the mansion had once belonged to the Demon Lord. Over tea, Laisha confirmed that the Old Demon Faction was searching for her.

• Shien acquired and learned the pressurization skill before leaving the garden.
• Laisha teleported Shien and Lasha into her reception room and revealed that she had stolen the former Demon Lord’s residence.
• Shien sat down and tasted Lasha’s tea, which Laisha praised as the best in the Three Realms.
• Shien asked whether Laisha was the person the Old Demon Faction sought, and her silence confirmed it.

Shien questioned Laisha about why the Old Demon Faction was pursuing her and learned that they wanted something she had stolen, not her residence. Laisha revealed she had stayed in Lamigium because Shien was the new Hero, then asked him to work with her.

• Shien suspected the Old Demon Faction was chasing Laisha over the Demon King's residence, but Laisha said they wanted something else she had stolen.
• Shien reluctantly admitted he might need to get involved because Vivian and her companions were concerned about the danger to the town and kingdom.
• Shien jokingly suggested killing Laisha and giving her stolen goods to the Old Demon Faction, prompting her to protest that they should cooperate against it.
• Shien asked why Laisha remained in Lamigium despite being able to escape with her Space Magic.
• Laisha told Shien she had stayed after learning he was the new Hero, even after the Old Demon Faction infiltrated Lamigium.
• Laisha asked Shien to work together with her.

Shien tried to leave when Laisha asked him to cooperate, but agreed to hear her out after she warned that the Old Demon Faction could endanger Lamigium, the country, and the world. Laisha explained that she wanted to join forces with Shien to destroy the Old Demon Faction’s main force, which was likely to come to Lamigium to rescue Kilian and seize what she possessed.

• Laisha asked Shien to cooperate, but he tried to walk away rather than get involved.
• Laisha grabbed Shien and warned him that the thing in her possession could bring serious trouble if it fell into the Old Demon Faction’s hands.
• Shien made Laisha let go, then agreed to listen before deciding whether he would cooperate.
• Lasha served tea as Laisha told Shien that the Old Demon Faction would likely come to Lamigium to rescue Kilian.
• Laisha said she wanted to join Shien in destroying the Old Demon Faction’s main force.

Shien weighed Laisha’s proposal to join forces against the Old Demon Faction, while Laisha and Lasha argued that the faction threatened the town and the wider world. He asked what Laisha had stolen, and she told him to ask Vivian about her identity and past.

• Laisha proposed that she and Shien work together to weaken the Old Demon Faction, but Shien challenged her motives and suggested she simply flee.
• Laisha explained that the Old Demon Faction would threaten the Human Realm if it recovered what she carried, while Shien said he felt little connection to this world.
• Lasha reminded Shien of Kilian’s actions and warned that the Old Demon Faction’s hatred and violence could endanger the kingdom and the world.
• Laisha argued that Heroes had to resist threats to their world and said the God Race’s secret summoning of Shien suggested a major event was coming.
• Shien asked what Laisha had stolen, and Laisha told him to ask Vivian about her identity and past.

Shien considered Laisha’s proposal to destroy the Old Demon Faction’s main force and weighed the risks against his own abilities. Laisha explained how Unique Skills shaped a person’s strength, leaving Shien alert to the possibility that their enemies might possess one.

• Shien reconsidered Laisha’s identity and realized the people pursuing her might already know who she was.
• Shien decided that secretly destroying the Old Demon Faction and blaming the deed on Laisha could prevent a later attack on Lamigium.
• Shien asked whether he and Laisha could defeat the Old Demon Faction’s main force, and Laisha argued that their abilities would let them attack and retreat safely.
• Laisha explained that Unique Skills could dramatically alter a person’s power and warned Shien not to underestimate them in future battles.
• Shien pondered Laisha’s explanation about Unique Skills.

Shien agreed to help Laisha destroy the Old Demon Faction and received a magical parchment for communicating with her. He returned to the Adventurer’s Guild, where Vivian and the others were waiting, and Vivian led him upstairs to talk.

• Lasha gave Shien a linked parchment and explained that Laisha would use it to alert him if the Old Demon Faction appeared in Lamigium.
• Shien and Lasha discussed the Old Demon Faction’s likely attempt to rescue Kilian before the kingdom took him to the royal capital.
• Lasha said she could not fight and asked Shien to look after Laisha, then left him outside Hanamaru Mansion.
• Shien joked to himself about avoiding romantic clichés as he left for the Adventurer’s Guild.
• Vivian, Lumya, Merika, and Tier welcomed Shien back, and Vivian led him upstairs to talk.

Vivian revealed that Laisha was one of the three Old Demon Faction masterminds behind the royal capital assassination ten years earlier. Laisha had stolen a dangerous relic from the royal castle and gone into hiding, leaving Shien concerned about the danger surrounding her.

• Shien told Vivian's Squad that Laisha had refused to explain her identity and had sent him back to ask Vivian.
• Vivian explained that Kilian and Bedo had led the Old Demon Faction attack on the royal capital alongside a young woman.
• Vivian revealed that the young woman had infiltrated the royal castle, stolen a dangerous item left from the war a thousand years earlier, and escaped without killing anyone.
• Vivian said Laisha had left the Old Demon Faction and that both the faction and the Kingdom of Mithra were pursuing her, while the King had ordered that she be handled with extreme caution.
• Shien realized Laisha herself had once belonged to the faction she had called evil.

After telling Vivian and the others about his conversation with Laisha, Shien avoided revealing their plan to destroy the Old Demon Faction’s main force. With the squad’s adventures suspended and their members on standby in Lamigium, Shien headed to the guild library to learn more about the world.

• Shien told Vivian and the others that Laisha had been avoiding the Old Demon Faction because she did not want the item she stole to be misused, but he concealed their cooperation against the faction.
• Vivian decided to speak with Ryley and temporarily suspend the squad’s commissions while everyone stayed in Lamigium on standby.
• Tier, Lumya, and Merika agreed to remain in town, and Vivian told Shien that his adventurer assessment would continue while he studied.
• Vivian told Shien about the library on the guild’s third floor, where adventurers could consult books on useful subjects.
• Shien went to the library, admired its size, and began using a Magic Item catalog to locate books.

Shien researched Omnipotens’s history in the Adventurer's Guild library and learned how the God Race and Demon Race originated. He then read about God's Blessings, but the chapter left the effects of his Supreme God's Blessing unexplained.

• Shien found a book explaining that Omnis and Clatiss were the first beings in Omnipotens and the origins of the God Race and Demon Race.
• Shien read that Mitra had defeated Clatiss a thousand years earlier with help from Omnis and the other races, after which Omnis divided the world and withdrew to the Divine Realm.
• Shien turned his attention to his Special Skill, Supreme God's Blessing, and searched the library for information about blessings.
• Shien read that God's Blessings were protections bestowed by gods, with effects that varied according to the god's duty and the recipient's talents.