Chapter Summaries

Tier told Shien she wanted to recover the horn that had been cut from her at birth, believing it could be the first step toward becoming stronger. After finding it nowhere among the noble houses or House Laifirut, Shien concluded it was likely in Moro’s possession, and the three left to regroup at House Bigusle.

• Shien considered why Tier had entered the Imperial Capital alone and understood her desire to face her past and become independent.
• Tier confirmed that she had searched the noble houses and House Laifirut’s vault but had not found her horn.
• Shien, Tier, and Laisha agreed that the Imperial Palace—and possibly Moro—was the remaining place to search for the horn.
• Shien took Tier’s hand and led the group toward House Bigusle, their base in the Imperial Capital.
• Laisha protested Shien’s treatment of her as a behind-the-scenes helper, then became alarmed when he told her to say goodbye to “my Lasha.”
• The three left together with the treasure stored in House Laifirut’s vault, which Shien said no one would discover.

Shien returned to House Bigusle with Tier and Laisha, where Lasha’s deliberately misleading remarks convinced Laisha that Shien had slept with her. Lasha then revealed she had used contraceptive magic potion, and Laisha dragged Shien away to fight in the mountains outside the Imperial Capital.

• Shien noticed knights and carriages moving through the Imperial Capital as the city reacted to the Emperor’s crisis, then returned to House Bigusle with Tier and Laisha.
• Laisha reunited with Lasha and loudly demanded to know whether Shien had mistreated her.
• Lasha implied that Shien had claimed her, hoping to give Laisha a reason to stay with them.
• Tier interpreted Shien’s troubled reaction as evidence that he had made a move on Lasha, while Laisha accused him of being a beast and challenged him to a duel.
• Lasha said she had used contraceptive magic potion, and Laisha used spatial transfer magic to take Shien away.
• Shien and Laisha began a fierce battle in a deep mountain outside the Imperial Capital.

Shien defeated Laisha by outlasting her, then pressed her about Lasha’s mysterious origins. Laisha revealed that Lasha was created using the Demon King’s sealed body, leaving Shien to confront the truth behind the maid’s extraordinary significance.

• Shien endured Laisha’s attacks until she exhausted her magic and collapsed.
• Shien tried to persuade Laisha to let him have Lasha, but Laisha said she did not know what to do.
• Shien asked whether Lasha’s secret was connected to the Demon King, and Laisha confirmed it.
• Laisha explained that she had created Lasha with Life Creation Magic after fleeing the royal palace and that the materials she used came from the item she had stolen.
• Laisha revealed that the stolen item was the Demon King’s body, which Hero Mitra had sealed beneath the royal palace a thousand years earlier.

Laisha revealed that Lasha’s body was the Demon King’s corpse and that she herself was a Magic Life created from the Demon King’s scattered magic power. After explaining their origins and the danger of the two of them combining, Laisha and Shien were left unsure how to handle his relationship with Lasha.

• Laisha told Shien that Lasha’s body was the Demon King’s corpse, while Lasha’s consciousness belonged to a Magic Life she had created.
• Laisha explained that she was a discarded Magic Life made from the Demon King’s magic power, later used by the Slayer Faction before she found the Demon King’s body and fled with it.
• Laisha revealed that she and Lasha had been kept apart because their powers might combine into a dangerous creature connected to the Demon King.
• Laisha worried that Shien’s involvement with Lasha could cause trouble, while Shien gave up trying to make sense of the revelations and left.
• Laisha wondered aloud where she and Lasha should go from here, then called to Clatiss without receiving an answer.

After the Emperor’s curse plunged the Imperial Capital into political turmoil, Princess Capeline returned and summoned Shien to meet her at House Bigusle. Shien brought Tier along because Capeline had come to discuss dealing with Moro.

• Shien returned to the room, agreed with Tier to wait for Moro, and left Lasha to care for Leni and Lilith.
• Nobles fought over how to govern the Empire, while Rocket entered the Imperial Palace and tried to free Harvis from house arrest; Salilo’s faction opposed him.
• Princess Capeline returned to the Imperial Capital with the Shattered Blade Knights, easing the citizens’ fears.
• Rocket secured the release of House Bigusle’s detained members, and Tilly told Shien that Capeline wanted to see him.
• Shien brought Tier and Lilith to the reception hall, where he greeted Capeline and called her their Valkyrie.

Shien met with Capeline and learned that she had accepted Harvis's deal despite her reservations, because her faction faced a dangerous political and military disadvantage. Capeline had also lost the Replica Sacred Sword, leaving Shien baffled that a Holy Sword could be lost.

• Shien arrived with Tier and Lilith, and Capeline and the female knights reacted awkwardly to him after their recent encounter.
• Rocket confirmed that he supported Harvis and Capeline against the Imperial Consort, while Capeline acknowledged Lilith's identity.
• Capeline told Shien that Harvis had persuaded her to accept the deal, despite her concerns about its terms.
• Capeline explained that her faction faced fewer supporting nobles and knights, an uncertain Emperor, and possible hidden aid from the Old Demon Faction to the Imperial Consort.
• Capeline revealed that the Poisonous Consort had taken her Replica Sacred Sword, threatening her strength and standing with the people.
• Shien wondered how Capeline could have lost a Holy Sword, believing it should have returned on its own.

Capeline told Shien that Moro’s actions against her would lead the Empire’s factions into open conflict, and explained how her blessing from Artemis could make her testimony credible. The decisive battle would begin when Moro returned and Capeline publicly accused her.

• Capeline explained that losing the Replica Sacred Sword had weakened her and that she had agreed to cooperate with Shien against Moro.
• Capeline said her return had alarmed nobles who knew Moro had captured and abused her, making war between their factions likely.
• Capeline revealed that she was the Blessing Bearer of Artemis and could invoke a fair judgment that prevented her from lying.
• Tier confirmed that Capeline’s testimony in that state could not be falsified, while Capeline clarified that she needed evidence or firsthand experience to judge Moro.
• Capeline said Moro would return soon, and she would accuse her publicly, beginning the decisive battle.

Moro returned to the Imperial Palace and ordered her faction to prepare for a direct confrontation with Capeline in the Royal Hall the next day. She also secretly tasked a young nobleman with using an imitation weapon against Capellin Ragna and Tier Elbain.

• Moro arrived in the Emperor's bedchamber, where nobles welcomed her as the Imperial Consort while the Emperor babbled madly.
• Salilo reported the failed schemes, House Laifirut's fall, Capeline's return with the Shattered Blade Knights, and the mysterious expert's attack on Moro's facility.
• Moro dismissed Capeline as the main threat and said she had encountered a true god-given miracle.
• Moro ordered Salilo and the nobles to gather their forces at the Imperial Palace and prepare for Capeline and her allies to come to the Royal Hall the next day.
• Moro told a young nobleman hiding in the shadows to wait for an opportunity and use an imitation weapon to surprise Capellin Ragna and Tier Elbain.

Capeline, Rocket, and Shien prepared to confront Moro as the Imperial Capital filled with troops and the threat of civil war. Shien’s force set out for the Imperial Palace, while Lasha stayed behind to watch over the still-unconscious Laini.

• Capeline and Rocket learned that knights had assembled throughout the Imperial Palace, and Rocket concluded that Moro was preparing for war.
• Capeline resolved to expose Moro, and Rocket agreed to remain by her side as they prepared to depart.
• Shien told Lasha to stay behind and watch Laini, then left with Tier and the drowsy Lilith.
• Laisha appeared after Shien left and reproached Lasha for letting him kiss her, while Lasha silently reflected on their unavoidable connection.
• Shien joined Capeline, Rocket, Tilly, and the knights outside House Bigusle, and their force set out for the Imperial Palace with Shien’s group in a carriage.

Capeline and Salilo faced off with their forces outside the Imperial Palace, each accusing the other of treason. The standoff shifted when the mysterious powerhouse who destroyed House Laifirut arrived in a House Bigusle carriage and challenged Salilo to recognize him.

• Salilo led the Empire Knights in blocking Capeline and her allies from entering the Imperial Palace, while Geno followed nervously at his side.
• Capeline accused Salilo of treason for obstructing her attempt to expose the Imperial Consort, and Salilo insisted she could enter alone while the others stayed behind.
• Salilo warned Capeline that Prince Harvis and her mother were inside the palace, but she remained defiant.
• A House Bigusle carriage rolled through the mounted knights, and its driver asked Salilo if he could recognize him without his cloak.
• Salilo realized the carriage's driver was the mysterious powerhouse who had destroyed House Laifirut.

Shien forced Salilo to let Capeline and him enter the Imperial Palace, then teleported tens of thousands of soldiers past its barrier. As the armies prepared to clash and Capeline’s group rushed toward the Royal Hall, Shien sensed a strange magic power inside the palace and went to investigate.

• Shien restrained Salilo and refused to leave the rest of the group outside, then teleported tens of thousands of soldiers into the Imperial Palace as the knights attacked.
• Salilo ordered the Imperial knights to defend the Royal Hall, kicked Geno aside, and decided to replace him as heir after the battle.
• Rocket and Tilly blocked Salilo’s path into the palace with their forces.
• Capeline and the Shattered Blade Knights charged toward the Royal Hall, while Shien sent Lilith into the sky and kept Yulin on standby.
• Shien sensed a concealed, strange magic power inside the Imperial Palace and vanished to find its source.

Capeline and the Shattered Blade Knights fought through the Imperial Palace toward the Royal Hall, while Shien effortlessly disabled a group of powerful experts. The group reached the Royal Hall and charged inside.

• Capeline led the Shattered Blade Knights through the Imperial Palace, cutting down the forces trying to stop them.
• The Shattered Blade Knights fought in formation, and Tier helped clear their path through the encirclement.
• High-level experts blocked the group, but Shien used Enchantment: Imprisonment and Enchantment: Slumber to seal their magic and put them to sleep.
• Capeline recognized Shien's growing strength and resolved to train and challenge him again after the crisis ended.
• Shien teleported toward the Royal Hall, and Capeline and the others arrived and charged inside.

Shien, Capeline, and Tier confronted Moro in the Imperial Palace's Audience Hall, where the Poisonous Consort revealed her hatred of Heroes and recognized Shien's true identity. Moro's death aura erupted as her level rose to 100, revealing that she was a Limit-tier powerhouse.

• Capeline led Shien, Tier, and the Shattered Blade Knights into the Royal Hall and confronted Moro, whom she blamed for her family's suffering and her imprisonment.
• Moro mocked Capeline and welcomed Shien, saying she had watched him and had seen the Holy Sword's light during the Cosmos incident.
• Shien warned Capeline not to approach Moro, while Moro declared her loathing of Heroes and wished to kill them all.
• Moro's death aura surged, her level became visible and rose to 100, and the skills Necromancy and Death Great Spirit Body appeared.

Moro revealed that she was the High Priest’s first Great Spirit Body, had seized control of her creator, and hated the Hero for destroying Ereii. She explained that the Hero’s destruction of Ereii’s Magic Power Source unleashed a disaster that killed its people, and he left without saving them.

• Moro’s deathly energy swept through the Royal Hall, and Shien used Disperse to protect Tier, Capeline, and the Shattered Blade Knights, though nearby soldiers and knights died when the energy touched them.
• Moro unleashed a stronger form of deathly energy and explained that she had gathered it by draining the Empire’s buried dead.
• Moro told Shien that she was the first Great Spirit Body, had escaped the High Priest’s control, and had forced the High Priest to serve her for the past ten years.
• Shien asked Moro why she hated the Hero, and Moro asked whether he knew of Ereii, a country destroyed a thousand years earlier.
• Tier explained that Ereii had been a small country destroyed before the final war between the gods, humans, and demons.
• Moro said the Hero had severed Ereii’s Magic Power Source to stop a demonic ritual, causing it to go berserk; he then left to fight the demons without saving the people, including Moro.

Moro revealed that an Imperial prince helped the demons destroy Ereii, explaining her hatred of the Empire and Heroes as she unleashed her strongest necromantic magic against Shien and the others. Shien confronted Moro and prepared to settle the score with her.

• Shien challenged Moro's hatred of the Empire, and Moro revealed that an Imperial prince had invited the demons into Ereii, leading Capeline to confirm the imperial family's hidden connection to its destruction.
• Moro declared that she would destroy the Heroes, the Kingdom of Mithra, and the Ragna Empire, then unleashed Grand Astarte against Shien.
• Shien tried to disperse Moro's deathly storm, but it split into vengeful spirits that rotted the Royal Hall, threatened the Shattered Blade Knights, and raised corpses as undead.
• Capeline and Tier fought the spirits with Magic Swords while discovering that the spirits could corrode magic and drain life.
• Moro intercepted a surprise attack from Shien, who said he sympathized with her suffering but would not let her harm him or his companions, then challenged her to settle the score.

Shien and Moro fought in the Royal Hall while Capeline, Tier, and the Shattered Blade Knights battled the wraiths. Warren Laifirut appeared and confronted Tier, revealing he intended to make her his final duplicate with Devour Hand Self-Division, and he wielded Capeline’s stolen Replica Sacred Sword.

• Capeline led the Shattered Blade Knights in retreating to the entrance, where they and Tier fought off Moro’s undead and wraiths while Capeline’s blessing purified the spirits she struck.
• Tier spotted a figure sneaking toward her and dodged its sword attack before recognizing the attacker as Warren Laifirut.
• Warren told Tier that he had survived Shien’s attack by switching places with a duplicate called a tentacle.
• Tier explained Warren’s Devour Hand Self-Division, and Warren described its limits and how many of his duplicates he had lost.
• Warren declared that he would kill Tier and preserve her as his final tentacle, then raised Capeline’s stolen Replica Sacred Sword.

Warren revealed that he could wield the Replica Sacred Sword by switching his main body with a split body carrying House Laifirut’s Hero bloodline, then attacked Tier. Capeline was forced to fight her mind-controlled brother Harvis while Shien and Moro continued their battle in the Royal Hall.

• Warren explained that he had made one of his split bodies, descended from House Laifirut, his main body, giving him the bloodline needed to wield the Replica Sacred Sword.
• Warren charged at Tier, who resolved to defeat the last bloodline of House Laifirut and met him in battle.
• Harvis appeared before Capeline wielding Thunderstorm, and she realized Moro had turned him into a half-human, half-corpse puppet.
• Harvis’s lightning attacks overwhelmed Capeline and cracked her Knight Sword, leaving her at a severe disadvantage.
• Shien dispersed Moro’s vengeful spirits with Enchantment Magic and attacked her with the Holy Sword, but Moro’s deathly aura stopped his blade.

Shien fought Moro in the Imperial Palace and revealed a powerful ability called Cycle of Fate without unsealing the Holy Sword. As Moro summoned seven Demonoid Larvae into the Royal Hall, Tier, Capeline, and the Shattered Blade Knights remained in danger.

• Shien evaded Moro's black waves and recognized her as the strongest opponent below the Transcendent Class he had encountered.
• Moro revealed that she had no Unique Skill and hinted that a hidden source of trouble was about to arrive.
• Shien saw Tier, Capeline, and the Shattered Blade Knights being overwhelmed, so he awakened Cycle of Fate and more than doubled his power.
• Moro realized Shien had reached beyond ordinary Limit-tier strength without unsealing the Holy Sword.
• Moro summoned the Demonoid Larva Legion, and seven grotesque Demonoid Larvae burst into the Royal Hall.

Shien battled Moro and her eleven undead Legendary-tier Demonoid Larvae in the Royal Hall, injuring Moro with the Holy Sword before the hall collapsed. As Shien sensed a growing threat and moved to confront Moro, Yulin arrived to hold off the Larvae.

• Moro animated and empowered eleven Demonoid Larvae, but Shien reflected their Dragon Breath and charged at her.
• Shien used Annihilation and Teleportation to evade Moro's deathly energy, then severed her head and hand with the Holy Sword.
• Moro regenerated her wounds and destroyed the Royal Hall, while Shien shielded Tier, Capeline, and the female knights from much of the impact.
• Shien escaped the Demonoid Larvae's encirclement and rushed toward Moro as she rose into the sky.
• Yulin descended in dragon form and stopped the Demonoid Larvae with a blast of Dragon Breath.

Moro revealed that she had spent years preparing a sacrificial ritual to manifest the Branch of Flourishing, and forced Warren to help create a duplicate of Tier Elbain. As Yulin and the Legendary-tier Demonoid Larvae arrived, Shien was kept busy defending the Imperial Palace while Moro began sacrificing Warren to complete her plan.

• Yulin descended on the Imperial Palace with eleven Legendary-tier Demonoid Larvae, shocking Rocket, Salilo, Tilly, and Geno.
• Moro attacked the entire Imperial Palace with death energy, forcing Shien to counter it with Enchantment: Annihilation instead of teleporting to her.
• Moro ordered Warren to use Tier Elbain's horn and his Devour Hand Self-Division to create a duplicate, proposing to fake the condition that Warren had killed Tier.
• When Warren tried to resist, Moro disarmed him and explained that she had prepared a sacrificial ritual across the Empire to awaken the Branch of Flourishing.
• Moro revealed that she needed a Goddess of Fate's Blessing Bearer as a sacrifice, and began pouring lethal death energy into Warren after deciding Tier could no longer serve.