Chapter Summaries

After the battle, the ninjas discovered they had lost the ability to extract Chakra, while Neji explained that Allen had taken that power from everyone except Karin and himself. The Akatsuki members discussed Allen’s departure and decided Black Zetsu would be sealed underground forever.

• The Ninja Alliance and the revived fighters realized they could no longer extract Chakra, and Tobirama and Sasuke suspected Allen had orchestrated the outcome.
• Tsunade noticed Neji, Karin, and the Akatsuki members were missing from the battlefield.
• Nagato asked whether their plan had succeeded, and Neji confirmed Allen had killed Kaguya and Hagoromo and taken away the Chakra-extracting mediums, leaving only Neji and Karin with that power.
• Itachi and Obito said they wanted to live peacefully, while Neji told the group Allen was evolving and intended to leave the world, leaving humanity to decide its own future.
• Neji agreed to seal Black Zetsu in a buried prison at Obito’s request, condemning him to endless isolation.

After the ninja world’s old powers collapsed, Allen awoke from his transformation and learned Vilnalasath planned to integrate the Divine Tree to gather planetary energy. He tested how to summon the Dark Gate and finally opened one in a deep-sea trench, passing through it.

• The Resistance Army purged many former ninja and overthrew the noble class, while new rulers began building an order based on ability.
• Allen awoke after two months of absorbing Kaguya’s life essence and discovered he had shrunk from 1.8 meters to 1.5 meters.
• Vilnalasath transformed into a dragon egg to reorganize the Divine Tree so it could gather a planet’s energy without harming most of its inhabitants.
• Allen went to a deep-sea trench with Neji and asked him to leave if Allen had not surfaced after one day.
• Under crushing pressure, Allen’s body began failing, but an invisible force opened a Dark Gate on the seafloor, and he passed through it.

Allen discovered that he had entered the dungeon from Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? and spent weeks wandering its floors with his three Silver Giant Wolves. After hearing a scream, he sent Lupos to find its source, where a stranded party faced the Floor Master Udaios.

• Allen arrived in the dungeon, identified it from the Magic Crystals, and collected the crystals dropped by the monsters his wolves defeated.
• Allen and his three wolves traveled through the maze-like dungeon for days, fighting monsters and searching for a route to the upper floors.
• Lupos II’s Susanoo was badly corroded by a green worm’s acid, but Allen’s pet healing skill restored him.
• After another week, Allen heard a scream and sent Lupos to investigate and help anyone in danger.
• Lupos found several armed people confronting the enormous skeleton Udaios, who had apparently revived after the Loki Familia defeated it.

Allen saved an injured adventurer after his Silver Giant Wolves defeated Udaios, the Floor Master of the thirty-seventh floor. After healing her and sharing food, he asked her name and Familia, leaving her about to introduce herself.

• Udaios attacked a fleeing party, blasted a pit into the ground, and impaled a young brown-haired adventurer with bone spikes.
• Lupos sent Shadow Chakra clones and the Silver Giant Wolves to attack Udaios, and the wolves killed the Floor Master.
• Allen found the gravely injured girl, gave her a healing potion, and promised she was safe.
• Allen made a campfire and cooked food while the girl recovered, then she woke about forty minutes later.
• The girl thanked Allen, and he asked her name and which Familia she belonged to.

Allen learned that Ariel was a Level Three member of Ganesha's Familia who had been sent to capture monsters for the Monster Festival. As they traveled back to Orario together, he claimed to be a blacksmith and alchemist, leaving Ariel convinced that his wolves were responsible for their strength.

• Ariel explained that Shakti Falma had ordered her team to capture monsters, but Udaios's early resurrection had scattered them.
• Allen fed Ariel, then invited her to travel with him back to Orario.
• Ariel led Allen through the upper floors while his three wolves defeated monsters and collected their drops.
• At the eighteenth floor, Ariel asked whether Allen's skills strengthened pets, and he denied it.
• Allen told Ariel he was a blacksmith and alchemist who planned to open a shop in Orario, and she believed his story about raising a powerful Demon Wolf.

After surviving an encounter with Udaios, Allen emerged from the dungeon with Ariel and went with her to exchange magic stones for Valis before heading to The Primal Goddess tavern. There, Ariel revealed that Allen had saved her from the Floor Master, leaving the gathered adventurers wondering who he was.

• Allen emerged from the dungeon beneath the Tower of Babel and asked Ariel to help him exchange his smaller magic stones at the Guild.
• Allen used Magical Wrapping Cloth to shrink the bags of Valis, then went with Ariel to The Primal Goddess tavern.
• Ariel told Chloe that Udaios had respawned early and that Allen had saved her, then ordered a feast for Allen and the three Silver Giant Wolves.
• The adventurers in the tavern stared at Allen and speculated about his identity after hearing he had defeated Udaios.

Allen’s defeat of Udaios drew attention at The Primal Goddess, where Finn questioned him and learned he would not reveal his Familia. Back at the Loki Familia residence, Loki judged Allen’s unknown origins suspicious and worth investigating.

• Adventurers at The Primal Goddess discussed Allen’s Ragnaros Sword and the strength of Lupos and his descendants.
• Finn asked Ariel whether her party had encountered Udaios, and she confirmed that Allen’s companion Lupos had defeated it.
• Allen told Finn to call him Allen, claimed he was a blacksmith and alchemist, and kept his Familia confidential.
• Finn tested Lupos with his magic power, but Lupos showed only disdain before Finn left the tavern.
• Finn told the Loki Familia that Udaios had revived and been defeated by Allen, who was not registered with the Guild and had concealed his Familia.
• Loki said Allen’s identity and origins were suspicious and that he was worth investigating.

After restoring a rundown house and turning it into a shop, Allen spent time making weapons and enchanted goods before finally attracting Loki and Ais Wallenstein as his first customers. Ais found a sword suited to her, while Allen suspected Loki had come to investigate his origins.

• Allen bought a rundown house between the Seventh and Eighth Districts and renovated it with Earth Release and Wood Release.
• Allen studied his Commercial Skills notes in the Dungeon and spent about ten days preparing weapons, armor, and other goods for his shop.
• Allen opened the shop, but no customers came for more than two weeks because of its remote location and the neighborhood's poverty.
• Loki and Ais Wallenstein visited the shop, and both noticed that the weapons enhanced their abilities.
• Allen showed Ais a wind- and lightning-infused Mithril longsword, priced it at thirty million Lifa, and warned her about its limits and repair requirements.
• Ais asked about the sword's repair and special ability, while Allen watched Loki and suspected she was investigating his origins.

Loki and Ais bought a powerful, skill-synergizing sword and a variety of mysterious potions from Allen’s shop. At the Twilight Manor, Ais demonstrated the sword’s effects, and Loki turned the Familia’s attention to testing the potions.

• Ais bought Allen’s sword for thirty million lifa, and Loki used his offer of a discount to buy a large selection of potions and a Travelers Backpack.
• Loki returned to the Twilight Manor with Ais and told Finn she had found nothing suspicious, then ordered thirty-six million lifa sent to Allen.
• Ais activated Wind Spirit Dash, and the sword amplified her wind magic while its lightning further enhanced her abilities.
• Finn praised the sword’s fit with Ais and suggested buying more weapons from Allen’s shop for the Familia’s squads.
• Loki arranged the potions on the table and focused on testing them, hoping to secure an advantage before other gods learned about Allen.

Allen used Ais Wallenstein’s interest in his sword to attract attention to his shop and pondered how magic power and adventurer growth worked. When adventurers barged in chasing a hidden fugitive, Allen unleashed his Silver Giant Wolves and left the intruders beaten and begging for mercy.

• Allen recalled that he had crafted Ais Wallenstein’s sword to draw the Loki Familia’s attention and promote his shop.
• Allen wondered how magic power worked and how adventurers gained strength and levels.
• A hooded figure hid in Allen’s shop as several adventurers stormed in, accusing them of being a thief and scammer.
• Allen ordered his three Silver Giant Wolves to throw the adventurers out after they threatened him and searched his shop.
• Lupos repelled a magical attack, while the wolves beat the intruders, bit off one man’s arm, and forced the others to beg for mercy.

Allen used a firearm to drive off adventurers who had caused trouble in his shop, then sold out his stock of guns and ammunition to eager customers. The hooded small figure from earlier thanked him after the crowd left.

• Allen shot one troublemaker in the leg and forced the group to apologize for their behavior in his shop.
• Allen fired beside the troublemaker’s face, warned the group not to return, and let them leave with their injuries.
• An adventurer asked whether Allen’s firearm was for sale, and Allen invited the gathered crowd into his shop.
• The adventurers bought all of Allen’s firearms, bullets, and gunpowder within minutes.
• The small hooded figure emerged and thanked Allen for helping them.

Allen recognized Liliruca Arde as the Pallum girl who had been exploiting adventurers for the Sumo Familia, but decided not to interfere in its affairs. Loki and Finn then negotiated with Allen to secure priority access to his potions, leaving the Loki Familia as his ally and buyer for one-third of his supply.

• Allen questioned the disguised Liliruca Arde about angering a group of adventurers, warned her not to cause trouble again, and let her go.
• An old shopkeeper explained that Liliruca had been exploited by the Sumo Familia after her parents died, and Allen recognized her ability to disguise herself.
• Allen decided not to intervene in the Sumo Familia's affairs and began closing his shop.
• Loki arrived with Finn and chests of Lifa, offering payment for earlier goods and demanding all of Allen's potions and priority purchase rights.
• Finn offered the Loki Familia's support and access to rare Dungeon materials and knowledge in exchange for an agreement.
• Allen agreed to make the Loki Familia an ally and grant it priority access to one-third of his potion supply.

After the Loki Familia bought much of Allen’s magical stock, he hired the hungry Hestia as his shop assistant and took her to dinner. Their meal was interrupted when Loki arrived and mocked Hestia for her poverty and lack of Familia members.

• The Loki Familia bought nearly half the goods in Allen’s shop, spending a large amount of Lifa on its best magical equipment.
• Allen wondered how to spend his growing fortune before Lupos alerted him to someone’s rumbling stomach outside.
• Allen found Hestia reading his recruitment notice and offered her a shop-assistant job paying one hundred thousand Lifa a month; she eagerly accepted.
• Allen invited Hestia to dinner at The Primal Goddess tavern, where she ordered several dishes and wine.
• Loki and several Loki Familia members entered the tavern, and Loki mocked Hestia for supposedly being kicked out of Hephaestus’s home.
• Hestia claimed she was preparing to establish her own Familia, but her stomach rumbled and undermined her proud reply.

Allen shared a meal with Hestia and Loki, then asked the Loki Familia to help gather materials and books for his work. Loki agreed to provide them before the expedition and invited Allen to join; he left the possibility open.

• Hestia and Loki fought after Loki mocked Hestia's attempt to recruit members for her Familia, until Tiona pulled Loki away.
• Allen clarified that Hestia was a clerk he had recruited, and Chloe served food that Hestia and Loki devoured in a contest.
• Allen gave Riveria a list of magic swords, Grimoires, forging notes, potion formulas, and books on magical theory, and she promised to gather them within half a month.
• Loki agreed to secure the items that required cooperation from other Familias, and Riveria promised they would be delivered before the expedition.
• Loki invited Allen to join the Loki Familia's expedition, and Allen said he would decide later before raising a glass to their partnership.

Freya learned of Allen’s strength and exceptional soul and decided to visit his shop, while Allen left Hestia in charge of it. The next morning, Freya arrived looking for Allen, and Hestia redirected her suspicions toward Loki.

• A Freya Familia member reported that Allen had defeated Udaios, opened a shop, and sold the Loki Familia a large quantity of equipment and potions.
• Freya became fascinated by Allen’s soul and planned to visit his shop the next day.
• Allen showed Hestia her new workplace, hired her to sell his goods, and replenished the shop’s stock overnight.
• Freya entered the shop shortly after it opened and asked Hestia where Allen was.
• Hestia said she did not know and suggested that Allen was close to Loki, redirecting Freya’s attention.

Albert tested firearms against Middle Floor monsters, while Allen observed how adventurers used the unfamiliar weapons and considered whether Divine Blessings could adapt to them. Back at his shop, Allen found Hestia and Freya in a tense standoff and rejected Freya’s attempt to charm him.

• Albert used a hunting gun to kill a charging Hellhound and praised firearms as powerful weapons for low-level adventurers.
• Albert noticed that many other adventurers who had bought firearms were also fighting monsters with them on the Middle Floors.
• Allen watched the adventurers and wondered whether Divine Blessings could develop skills suited to firearms.
• After confirming that firearms and explosives could harm monsters below the twentieth floor, Allen returned to his shop.
• Allen found Hestia and Freya arguing while Ottar and other Familia members guarded against the three Silver Giant Wolves.
• Freya tried to charm Allen, but he rejected her and drove her back with spiritual pressure.

Allen resisted Freya’s charm and explained that he would not join a Familia until he understood the secret of Divine Blessings. Hestia described how divine blood and magic power helped adventurers grow stronger, then tried to recruit Allen as the leader of her Familia.

• Freya failed to charm Allen and left the shop with Ottar and several members of her Familia.
• Allen praised Lupos and the other wolves for defending the shop, while Second looked forward to Third’s pregnancy and the wolf pack gaining a new member.
• Hestia guessed that Allen had not joined a Familia and invited him to join hers, but Allen refused.
• Allen said he would not accept a Divine Blessing until he understood its secret, and Hestia explained how divine blood, monster magic power, and great deeds contributed to adventurers’ growth.
• Hestia offered Allen the position of Familia leader, hoping his strength and crafting skills would help her recruit members and avoid hard work.

Allen challenged Hestia to recruit and train a member herself before he would consider joining her Familia. After days without interest, Hestia recruited Bell Cranel, while Allen anticipated the turmoil his arrival would bring to Orario.

• Allen told Hestia to recruit at least one member through her own efforts before asking him to join.
• Hestia posted a recruitment notice outside the shop, but seven or eight days passed without anyone showing interest.
• Allen advised Hestia to recruit people rejected by other Familias and train them herself.
• Bell Cranel entered and asked to join the Hestia Familia because every other Familia had rejected him.
• Hestia took Bell upstairs, while Allen anticipated coming conflicts in Orario and Lupos stared toward a dark alley.

Bell became Hestia Familia’s first and only member, and Allen gave him an enchanted sword for his first Dungeon expedition. Finn brought Allen the books and magic sword he had requested and invited him to join the Loki Familia’s expedition the next day, which Allen accepted.

• Bell greeted Allen before heading to the Dungeon for the first time as an adventurer.
• Allen lent Bell a Frost-enchanted Phantom Blade worth one million Lifa, and Bell left for the Dungeon.
• Hestia asked Allen why he had given Bell such a valuable weapon, and Allen explained that his reputation would deter anyone from targeting him.
• Finn delivered the books and sheathed magic sword Allen had requested and invited him to join the Loki Familia’s expedition.
• Allen accepted Finn’s invitation and took the materials upstairs to study magic power.

Allen joined the Loki Familia expedition as it set out for the Dungeon, while considering whether to accept Hestia’s offer to join her Familia so he could receive a divine blessing. The expedition advanced rapidly to the twentieth floor without stopping to rest.

• Bete complained that Allen had arrived late, and Allen showed up at eight forty-five with two Silver Giant Wolves and Bell.
• Allen introduced Bell as a new member of the Hestia Familia, and Bell entered the Dungeon’s first floor with the Phantom Blade.
• Finn asked whether Allen had given Bell the sword, and Loki questioned Allen about the weapon and whether he might join Hestia’s Familia.
• Allen explained that he preferred smaller Familias and privately considered Hestia’s blessing as a way to use magic.
• Loki gave the expedition her blessing, and Finn led the Loki Familia into the Dungeon.
• The expedition reached the twentieth floor within a few hours and passed through the eighteenth-floor safe zone without resting.