Chapter Summaries

Lasha secretly completed the House Razahad manor’s chores, cooking, and gardening to such an astonishing standard that its residents begged to serve her. Shien fled with her, only to learn that she considered all that work effortless.

• Shien discovered that Lasha had finished the manor’s chores, prepared an exceptional breakfast, and transformed the garden while avoiding notice.
• The maids, chefs, gardeners, and even the butler crowded around Lasha and begged to serve her, but she said she only needed a master.
• Shien left House Razahad with Lasha to escape the commotion, while Aiyi watched the scene in confusion.
• Shien told Lasha not to overexert herself, and Lasha replied that she could complete that much work in an hour without effort.

Shien learned that Lasha was Magic Life created by Laisha after the assassination incident ten years ago, rather than her twin sister. The revelation left him wondering why Laisha had joined the Old Demon Faction and what she had stolen from the royal palace.

• Shien asked Lasha why she served Laisha despite looking exactly like her.
• Lasha explained that Magic Life included beings created through magic and that the demon race had a similar magical origin.
• Lasha revealed that Laisha had created her in her own image after the assassination incident ten years ago, hoping she could help fight the Old Demon Faction.
• Lasha said her low level and lack of combat ability made her useful only for everyday chores, but Laisha had never considered abandoning her.
• Shien realized Lasha had been created after Laisha joined the Old Demon Faction and wondered what had motivated Laisha's actions and theft from the royal palace.

Shien learned that Lasha could not reveal secrets about her master, Laisha, and realized she served him only because Laisha had ordered her to. When Lasha confirmed she would obey any instruction that did not affect Laisha, Shien struggled with the temptation to make an excessive request.

• Lasha refused to answer Shien's questions about Laisha because her instincts as a Magic Life prevented her from betraying her master.
• Shien recalled that Magic Life were created to be absolutely loyal and wondered whether Jacinta's twin demons and Nien were also Magic Life.
• Lasha explained that Laisha had ordered her to follow Shien before leaving, so she treated him as her temporary master and continued serving him despite his objections.
• Lasha told Shien she would obey any instruction within her abilities as long as it did not affect Laisha.
• Shien considered making a bold, excessive request after hearing Lasha's offer.

Shien visited the underground Magic Library and learned how Magic Life was created, including the limits on controlling its appearance. He left fascinated by the prospect of making Magic Life, though the restrictions kept his fantasies out of reach.

• Shien left Lasha in a secluded place and entered the royal palace without her.
• Shien decided not to visit Roxie, who was occupied with the abnormalities around the royal capital, and went to the underground Magic Library.
• Shien researched Magic Life and learned that creating it required Magic: Biological Creation and Life Creation Magic, with higher-level creations demanding greater skill.
• Shien discovered that Magic Life's appearance depended on the creator's imagination and skill, while using someone's magic power as a reference could make it resemble that person.
• Shien regretted that Magic Life could not be freely shaped to match his ideals and imagined creating a batch of attractive, powerful companions.

Shien studied Celestial Magic and Enchantment Magic, then learned that Vivian's Squad had been missing for two days and agreed to follow Aiyi to find them. He left House Razahad to investigate, while Aiyi stood stunned after he ruffled her hair.

• Shien put away the Life Creation Magic grimoire and spent the day studying his chosen magic disciplines in the royal palace library.
• Lasha brought Shien a homemade bento, then returned with him to House Razahad, where the maids and servants enthusiastically surrounded her.
• Aiyi told Shien that Vivian's Squad had not returned and that Tier's magical trace indicated she was no longer in the royal capital.
• Shien agreed to let Aiyi lead him to Vivian's Squad, ruffled her hair, and walked ahead.

Shien and Aiyi arrived at the sealed entrance to Arutol Canyon, where the kingdom’s Knights were clashing with adventurers seeking to investigate the monsters’ abnormal behavior. Shien presented his Royal Token and learned that the Guild’s investigation commission had promised access, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• The kingdom’s Knights sealed Arutol Canyon under Princess Roxielusty’s orders as monsters in the area grew violent.
• Shien and Aiyi arrived after Aiyi sensed her magic power reacting from inside the canyon.
• Shien presented his Royal Token and said Princess Roxielusty had sent him to investigate.
• Adventurers appealed to Shien, arguing that the Guild’s commission authorized them to enter the canyon.
• A knight claimed the adventurers had tried to force their way in, but the adventurers said the Knights were blocking the Guild’s investigation.

Shien faced Falpiweng Galuoli and the four vice commanders of the Kingdom Knights after they arrived to investigate the commotion. When the commanders recognized him, Shien confirmed his identity, leaving the encounter tense.

• Falpiweng Galuoli arrived with the four vice commanders of the Kingdom Knights, silencing the crowd.
• Shien recognized the commanders as powerful members of House Galuoli and noted the family's control over the Kingdom Knights.
• A local knight explained that Shien was an envoy from Her Highness, and Falpiweng questioned him.
• Kifgus and Katli appeared to recognize Shien, Rysseg reacted with hostility, and Lana looked unsettled.
• Shien calmly confirmed, "That's right, it's me."

Shien confronted House Galuoli’s knights over their blockade of Arutol Canyon and insisted on investigating the anomaly at the Princess’s request. When Rysseg drew his sword, Shien kicked him away.

• Falpiweng recognized Shien and apologized, while Rysseg mocked him for supposedly visiting the canyon to pick flowers for the Princess.
• Shien insulted Rysseg by offering him a foul Sisi Flower, then asked Falpiweng to let him investigate the canyon.
• Falpiweng and the vice captains tried to discourage Shien from entering, but Shien challenged their reasoning and asked whether they feared the Old Demon Faction.
• Shien told Rysseg to shut up and called him a brainless monkey, prompting Rysseg to draw his sword.
• Shien kicked Rysseg away before he could attack.

Shien kicked Rysseg after the Kingdom Knights tried to stop him from entering the gorge, forcing Falpiweng to back down. Shien and Aiyi entered the gorge to check on Vivian and the others while the adventurers clashed with the knights again.

• Shien kicked Rysseg after Rysseg drew his sword, prompting Falpiweng and the knights to prepare to retaliate.
• Falpiweng stopped the knights and admitted fault, then allowed Shien to enter the gorge.
• Rysseg threatened Shien before leaving with Falpiweng, Kifgus, Katli, Lana, and the Kingdom Knights.
• Aiyi praised Shien’s directness and criticized the hypocrisy of past Heroes.
• Shien led Aiyi into the gorge, while the knights stopped the adventurers from following.

After Shien humiliated Rysseg, House Galuoli feared he would uncover their secret arrangements inside Arutol Canyon. Falpiweng ordered his secretly cultivated Black Knight Faction and Rysseg’s parents to enter the canyon and eliminate Shien.

• Rysseg demanded that Falpiweng retaliate against Shien, but Falpiweng refused to openly oppose someone favored by Roxie and carrying a Royal Token.
• Kifgus and Katli blamed their son Rysseg for provoking Shien and putting House Galuoli in a difficult position.
• Lana warned that Shien might discover House Galuoli’s arrangements in Arutol Canyon and expose the house to destruction.
• Falpiweng ordered the people inside the canyon to kill Shien and sent in House Galuoli’s Black Knight Faction.
• Falpiweng sent Kifgus and Katli into the canyon as well, and dark figures entered under cover of night.

Shien and Aiyi fought off the strangely frenzied monsters in Arutol Canyon and suspected that the half-man, half-centipede monster had driven them to desperation. Aiyi agreed to deal with the source of the abnormality, but as she and Shien prepared to argue, they sensed a disturbance and a surge of magic power.

• Shien killed the charging werewolves with his Holy Sword and an explosion enchantment, while Aiyi vaporized the monsters attacking her with Dragon Breath.
• Shien and Aiyi noticed that the werewolves ignored their own deaths and kept attacking, and Aiyi said they were terrified and driven into a corner.
• Shien suspected the half-man, half-centipede monster was responsible, and Aiyi said she would resolve the source of the abnormality but leave the rest to him.
• Shien teased Aiyi for acting like a willful child, and they stopped to glare at each other before their argument could become a duel.
• Shien and Aiyi sensed a faint disturbance, stopped fooling around, and felt magic power surge forth.

As magic surged through Arutol Canyon and the monsters cried out in terror, Aiyi explained that a thousand-year plot to create a Seventh Demonoid had reached its final stage. She revealed that the ritual underway, Demon Refining, sacrificed demons and monsters to help complete the Demonoid, leaving Shien aware of the danger but without a stated plan to stop it.

• Shien and Aiyi sensed strange magic gathering in Arutol Canyon and realized a ritual had begun.
• Shien pressed Aiyi to explain the ritual, and she identified the half-human, half-centipede creature he had encountered as a Demonoid.
• Aiyi explained that some demons had spent a thousand years trying to create a Seventh Demonoid after the Demon King’s defeat.
• Aiyi said the Seventh Demonoid’s larva used a ritual to drive nearby demons and monsters into a frenzy, making them slaughter and absorb one another.
• Aiyi described how the surviving creature would be devoured by the larva, helping it become part of the Seventh Demonoid’s main body.

Shien learned that the Primal Demon was overseeing the Demon Lord creation plan and that House Galuoli had likely joined forces with the Old Demon Faction to host the ritual. After deciding to retaliate because they had endangered people close to him, Shien and Aiyi headed deeper into the gorge.

• Shien questioned why Nien had summoned a Hero for a Demon Lord whose creation was uncertain and wondered whether she was hiding something from him.
• Aiyi identified the force overseeing the Demon Lord and Demon King creation plans as the Primal Demon, and explained that the Slayer Faction was a separate Old Demon Faction.
• Aiyi warned Shien that the Primal Demon likely supplied Demonoid Larvae to other groups, and that a human force—probably House Galuoli—had hosted the ritual.
• Shien decided House Galuoli would pay for dragging people close to him into the ritual, and declared that he would kill them all.
• Shien and Aiyi moved deeper into the gorge as powerful magic surged around them.

Shien and Aiyi advanced through Arutol Canyon as the Demon Refining Ritual turned monsters into increasingly powerful abominations. At the canyon’s deepest point, a group led by a hostile old man worked to create a perfect sacrifice while struggling to kill House Elbain’s sinner.

• The Demon Refining Ritual drove the canyon’s monsters to kill and devour one another, transforming them into stronger, grotesque creatures.
• Aiyi crushed monsters that attacked her and told Shien the ritual could not affect her because she was a complete specimen.
• Shien continued deeper with Aiyi, privately deciding he would still want to pet her even if he knew how dangerous she was.
• At a lake, nobles watched a gigantic monster resist becoming Demon Refined as it fought off the abominations attacking it.
• The old man ordered knights to lure more monsters to the creature and learned that House Elbain’s sinner was hard to kill because the kingdom’s guardian deity protected her.

Vasco ordered Georido to pursue Tier and kill her, driven by his desire to avenge his dead wife and child. Meanwhile, Shien and Aiyi advanced into Arutol Canyon’s inner region to find Vivian and the others, but hostile forces attacked them.

• Vasco recalled how House Galuoli and allied nobles had joined the Demon Refining plan to kill Tier, whom they blamed for their past losses.
• Vasco ordered Georido to take more men after Tier, kill the women, and show no mercy to the royal envoy.
• Shien and Aiyi entered the inner region of Arutol Canyon and sensed that they were nearing the ritual’s center.
• Aiyi told Shien that Vivian and the others were moving near the canyon’s depths, so Shien prepared to hurry toward them.
• Hostile mana entered Shien’s perception, and Aiyi called the attackers insolent ants as Shien raised Jacinta’s wand.
• The attackers unleashed countless spells at Shien and Aiyi.

Shien and Aiyi were attacked by spellcasters and Black Knights, but Shien fought off the assault while a hidden figure killed the commanders and mages. The chapter left the enemy force decimated, with Shien still standing.

• Shien used his staff to dispel a barrage of spells aimed at him and Aiyi.
• The attackers redirected their magic to collapse the canyon, burying Aiyi as Shien retreated clear of the destruction.
• Black Knights surrounded Shien, while hidden mages shielded them from his explosive magic.
• Shien used the Holy Sword to evade the Black Knights and cut down dozens of them with Magic Sword-enhanced slashes.
• A petite figure appeared before the two commanders on the cliff and killed them by suppressing them with her aura.

After Shien and Aiyi defeated the Black Knights, they discovered that Kifgus and Katli had led the attack and that House Galuoli was tied to the Demon Refining Ritual. Shien flew above the canyon and unleashed a meteor shower on the camp outside it, leaving the camp in chaos as the meteorites struck.

• Shien found that Aiyi had killed the remaining Black Knights and brought back the corpses of Kifgus and Katli.
• Shien identified the two men as the masterminds and suspected House Galuoli was connected to the Primal Demons and the Demon Refining Ritual.
• Shien used Float and Far Sight to locate the camp outside Arutol Canyon, where the knights had not yet discovered the canyon’s abnormality.
• Shien cast Auroras Meteoric and sent a shower of meteorites toward the camp.
• The knights panicked and tried to flee, but the meteorites crashed into the camp.

A meteor shower devastated the canyon camp, killing Falpiweng, Lana, Rysseg, and much of House Galuoli’s fighting force. As Falpiweng died, he realized Shien had caused the disaster in revenge for the people they had harmed.

• Meteors struck the camp, crushing knights and destroying the grounds as Falpiweng watched in despair.
• A meteorite killed Lana, and falling rock crushed Rysseg as he tried to flee.
• Falpiweng recalled his ambition to seize control of the Royal Knights with the Primal Demon’s help and marry Rysseg to Princess Roxielusty.
• A mocking voice identified itself as Shien, and Falpiweng realized the disaster was revenge for crossing him.
• A massive meteorite struck Falpiweng and became his tombstone.

Shien destroyed House Galuoli’s camp with advanced Celestial Magic, then explained to Aiyi why he expected to avoid repercussions. The chapter ended with Shien heading down to deal with the remaining enemies while Aiyi chased him through the air.

• Shien watched Falpiweng die beneath his meteor shower as Aiyi appeared beside him and praised his advanced Celestial Magic.
• Aiyi warned that killing Kingdom Knights and influential nobles could bring consequences, and Shien gave three reasons he expected to remain safe.
• Shien explained that he had spared the knights and adventurers at the canyon entrance so they could report suspicious details about House Galuoli.
• Shien joked that Aiyi should protect him or he would attack the Demon Realm with Celestial Magic, then pinched her cheek.
• Shien descended to clear out the remaining enemies, and Aiyi chased him through the air above the ruined canyon.

After Tier and Vivian’s squad escaped a three-day pursuit and took shelter in a cave, Tier worried that her companions had suffered because of her. Vivian vowed to protect everyone and said the Hero would come, leaving Tier determined to hold out until he arrived.

• Tier woke in a cave beside the exhausted Vivian, Lumya, and Merika and remembered that nobles had trapped them in Arutol Canyon.
• Tier blamed herself for putting her companions in danger, but Vivian insisted they faced the danger together and comforted her.
• Tier thanked Vivian for protecting the squad through three days of fighting and urged her to leave Tier behind if necessary.
• Vivian refused to abandon Tier and vowed to bring the squad safely back to the royal capital.
• Vivian said the Hero would come, and Tier resolved to hold on until he arrived, even if she had to use “that move.”