Chapter Summaries

After surviving the nuclear blast, Allen led Bodrō, Fei Jie, and Hisoka into the depths of the island to find the creature controlling it. They discovered its brain-like core, which attacked them, and Allen threatened it with another nuclear bomb.

• Allen led the survivors out of the buried ruins, while most of the mercenaries and experts chose to return to the surface.
• Allen, Bodrō, Fei Jie, and Hisoka descended through the Abyssal Maw and found immense muscle tissue scorched by the nuclear blast.
• Allen warned his companions about the radiation and led them onward through the dark underground passage.
• Allen reached the island's core and saw a hemispherical, brain-like organ connected to muscles and nerves.
• The core mobilized the surrounding muscles to crush the intruders, so Allen dropped another nuclear bomb and threatened to detonate it.

Allen and the others discovered that the unknown creature could communicate and had been guided toward the human world by another person. Despite its offer to leave, Allen chose to destroy it and the Giant Worms, escaping with his companions just before the nuclear bombs obliterated the island.

• The unknown creature tried to negotiate, and Allen warned the group that it was an intelligent lifeform that might control minds.
• Bodrō let the creature attach its feelers to his temples, allowing it to speak through him while leaving his consciousness intact.
• The creature said a human had promised it more food in exchange for its memories and knowledge, and Allen explained that it had been deceived and threatened humanity.
• The creature offered to leave, but Allen refused and prepared to destroy it and the Giant Worms beneath the island.
• Allen detonated the nuclear bombs, and Fei Jie freed Bodrō while Allen, Hisoka, Fei Jie, and Bodrō escaped into the Dungeon.
• The explosions and resulting tsunami destroyed the island, the unknown creature, and the Giant Worms.

Allen and his team survived the nuclear detonation and returned with evidence of the creature they called the Island Controller, which V5 classified as an A-level threat. After V5 praised Allen and concealed the crisis from the public, he warned Sreian that the Kakin Royal Family was conspiring with Beyond and that the whole world would soon be involved.

• The mercenary captain argued that Allen had likely survived, and Allen soon returned to the airship with Hisoka, Fei Jie, and Bodrō.
• Allen gave the observer footage of the Island Controller, while Hisoka handed over photographs; the recordings showed the creature’s conversation and its claim that it had reached an agreement with a human.
• V5 sealed the evidence, classified the creature as an A-level threat, and praised Allen, while officials hid the crisis from the public as a military exercise.
• Sreian explained that Hunters at higher levels could not return to ordinary life, but Allen said he preferred the danger and excitement of the job.
• When Sreian described the mysterious person’s ties to a powerful country, Allen said the Kakin Royal Family was working with Beyond on a conspiracy that would soon involve the whole world.

Allen gathered Hisoka and Fei Jie to hunt the Chimera Ants in the NGL Autonomous Region, calling Illumi and asking him to bring Kalluto. After reaching Rocario, Hisoka slaughtered the border checkpoint guards, and Allen prepared to drive into NGL by vehicle.

• Allen told Hisoka that they were heading to NGL to hunt the Chimera Ants and called Illumi to invite him and Kalluto to join them.
• Allen explained that he felt no sympathy for enemies and intended to kill them without regret.
• Allen and his group flew to Rocario, where they faced the hostile NGL border checkpoint.
• Hisoka killed everyone at the checkpoint after Allen said its guards were likely involved in the executives’ criminal operations.
• Allen released a Bigfoot off-road vehicle from God's Wrapping Cloth to continue toward NGL.

Allen entered the NGL with Hisoka and met Illumi and Kalluto, then hired Illumi to capture Chimera Ants for Nen training and extraction. After locating Ponzu and Pokkle with his Hunting Map, Allen led the group toward them as Vilnalasath anticipated feasting on the ants.

• Hisoka explained that he had killed the border checkpoint guards and recovered Illumi's confiscated phone.
• Illumi thanked Hisoka, while Kalluto politely examined Allen with curiosity about his reputation and power.
• Allen assigned Illumi to capture and control Chimera Ants in exchange for healing potions, with Bodrō, Fei Jie, and Allen handling their Nen awakening, development, and extraction.
• Allen used Hunting Map to locate Ponzu and Pokkle, who were advancing into NGL without yet encountering the ant army.
• Allen and his companions drove toward Pokkle's team as Vilnalasath eagerly anticipated eating the Chimera Ants.

Pokkle and his team encountered Chimera Ants in the NGL, where the creatures killed or captured the group and shot Ponzu. Allen arrived just as Ponzu collapsed, crushing her attacker’s gun arm and preparing to save her.

• Pokkle led Ponzu, Baluda, and Pikuba into the NGL to investigate reports of giant insects and found two men killed by clawed attacks.
• Three soldier ants emerged, and Pokkle used his Nen ability to kill one before leading his team into the forest.
• A massive Chimera Ant ambushed the group, and the ants killed the team and captured Pokkle while Ponzu escaped.
• Ponzu reached a village and released message-carrying bees, but a spiny Chimera Ant shot her.
• Allen descended nearby, crushed the ant’s gun-holding arm with his impact, and greeted the unconscious Ponzu.

Allen rescued Ponzu, killed and devoured several Chimera Ants, and tested his plan to awaken their Nen before feeding them to Vilnalasath. After the group made camp, Ponzu woke and learned that her companions had been killed or taken by the ants.

• Allen healed Ponzu, awakened a soldier ant's Nen, and killed it so Vilnalasath could consume it.
• Vilnalasath estimated the ant's aura at around twelve thousand and proposed using its life essence to improve Allen's muscles; Allen told her to prioritize reaction speed and explosive power.
• Illumi arrived with four captured soldier ants, and Allen assigned Bodrō to awaken their Nen and Fei Jie to control them.
• The ants developed Nen abilities, but Allen's group killed them and fed their cocoons to Vilnalasath before leaving the massacre site to camp by a river.
• Ponzu woke at the camp, thanked Allen for saving her, and began sobbing after he told her that her companions had been killed or taken as food.

Allen reported the Chimera Ant threat to Chairman Netero and warned that a war between the Association and the ants was inevitable. He privately vowed to hunt and devour every ant, including the Queen, while Ponzu slept after losing her companions.

• Ponzu cried until exhaustion and fell asleep in the SUV as Bodrō lamented the loss of her companions.
• Allen received a radio call from Chairman Netero and confirmed that the team had reached NGL.
• Allen described the Chimera Ants’ escalating aura and estimated the strength of the soldiers, commanders, Royal Guards, and King.
• Allen warned Netero that the conflict would become a war between Nen users, while Hisoka revealed his excitement and Illumi cautioned him against acting recklessly.
• After Netero ended the call, Allen privately declared that he would hunt and devour every Chimera Ant, including the Queen.

As the group traveled deeper into the NGL Autonomous Region, Ponzu asked Allen to teach her Nen so she could avenge her dead companions, but he told her she first needed to overcome her extreme emotions. Allen then confronted a division commander and its forces, intending to awaken and devour them before dealing with their leader.

• Allen explained that the Chimera Ants threatened humanity because they could keep evolving, and said the group needed to explore the Dark Continent and uncover the world's secrets.
• Ponzu spotted flying Chimera Ants, and Illumi, Kalluto, Hisoka, Bodrō, and Fei Jie set off to pursue separate groups.
• Ponzu asked Allen for powerful Nen abilities so she could kill the Chimera Ants, but Allen refused until she could control her anger, hatred, and fear.
• Allen called out a hidden group of nearly thirty Chimera Ants led by a heavily built division commander, who identified Allen as food for the queen.
• Allen blocked the commander's bone spikes with Ken, then rushed past him and awakened, killed, and devoured the ants behind him.

Allen forced the brown bear Squadron Leader to learn Nen through torture and pressure, and the Ant developed an ability called Shuttling Gate. After the Squadron Leader used it to escape and taunt Allen, Allen caught up instantly and revealed that he had taught him Nen to take his new ability.

• Allen overwhelmed the brown bear Squadron Leader with his aura, struck him, and explained how to focus Nen for attack and defense.
• Allen threatened the Squadron Leader and tortured him while pressuring him to develop a Nen ability; Ponzu watched from inside the vehicle.
• The brown bear Squadron Leader developed Shuttling Gate, which let him create two doors and travel between them after locking onto a destination with his eyes.
• The Squadron Leader escaped several hundred meters through a door and taunted Allen, but Allen used Jet Acceleration to catch up in just over a second.
• Allen revealed that he had taught the Squadron Leader Nen to take his ability and described how Shuttling Gate could aid his own combat tactics.

Allen killed a brown bear Squadron leader, learned that the ant's cocoon contained 160,000 aura, and considered how Chimera Ant rank affected strength. Illumi, Kalluto, Bodrō, and Fei Jie returned with captured ants, and Allen prepared them for Nen training while keeping his newly acquired ability secret.

• The brown bear Squadron leader tried to flee through the Shuttling Gate, but Allen caught and crippled him before questioning him about the Chimera Ant Queen and the future King.
• Allen killed the Squadron leader and fed him to the Red Dragon, whose cocoon contained 160,000 aura.
• Allen reflected on the Chimera Ant hierarchy and praised Morel's achievements during the subjugation campaign.
• Illumi and Kalluto returned with captured soldier ants and an Officer, while Bodrō and Fei Jie brought back the other squad that had gone to seize villagers.
• Allen told the group to help the captured ants develop Nen and explained why he collected abilities, while keeping his latest acquisition secret.

Allen’s team waited for Hisoka, who returned after teaching a Chimera Ant squadron leader Nen and deliberately letting it escape. Hisoka promised to help capture Ant leaders in exchange for a chance to fight stronger prey, while Allen warned him not to endanger the team again.

• Allen’s team discussed the threat of Chimera Ants learning Nen while waiting for Hisoka to return.
• Allen noted that Pokkle’s marker remained on the Hunting Map and decided he would rescue him only if it did not put the team at undue risk.
• Hisoka returned and admitted that he had taught a squadron leader Nen, then let enemy reinforcements rescue it.
• Illumi accused Hisoka of deliberately making future hunts more difficult, and Hisoka promised to help capture more Ant leaders.
• Allen asked about the Ant’s ability, and Hisoka described a Nen-powered projectile ability and requested a division commander as future prey.
• Allen agreed on the condition that Hisoka keep his promise and warned he would kick him out if he endangered the team again.

Allen’s guerrilla campaign against the Chimera Ants raised his aura capacity to about 1.2 million and greatly enhanced his physical abilities. After explaining how he created the Red Dragon to Kalluto, Allen withdrew from the ants’ territory to regroup and prepare to meet Chairman Netero’s Subjugation Team.

• As Chimera Ant Nen users multiplied, Allen’s team used guerrilla attacks on patrols and relocated after each strike.
• By mid-May, Allen had devoured more than two thousand cocoons, boosting his aura capacity past one million and enhancing his speed and strength.
• Kalluto asked how Allen had created the Red Dragon, and Allen described the resolve and rare mediums behind it.
• Illumi warned Kalluto against copying others’ Nen abilities or seeking the power of the person he had in mind.
• Allen led the team out of the Chimera Ants’ territory to rest, protect Ponzu, report intelligence, and meet Netero’s Subjugation Team.

Killua escaped the Chimera Ant nest with unconscious Gon after Kite lost an arm to Neferpitou, then met Netero, Morel, and Nobu at the border. Allen arrived with his group and confirmed that the ants had rapidly learned Nen, leaving the Hunters confronted with the scale of the threat.

• Killua carried unconscious Gon to the border after obeying Kite’s order to retreat from Neferpitou, who had severed Kite’s arm.
• Killua called for help, and Netero, Morel, and Nobu arrived with a support team.
• Morel and Nobu criticized or consoled Killua, while Killua warned them that the enemy’s aura was terrifyingly powerful.
• Allen’s vehicle broke through the border barrier, and his group killed the armed Staff Members who tried to stop them.
• Allen told Netero that many Chimera Ants had learned Nen, including nearly all squadron leaders and all division commanders.

Allen revealed that the Chimera Ant Royal Guards rivaled his aura and the unborn King would be far stronger, warning Netero’s team of the danger. As the group headed for safety to recover, Allen struck a deal with Killua to help him and Gon grow stronger in exchange for Killua’s unconditional fulfillment of a future request.

• Allen released his Nen to demonstrate his strength, leaving Nobu trembling and Morel barely able to stand, then warned that the Royal Guards matched his aura and the King would be more than three times stronger.
• Allen confirmed that he had seen at least two Royal Guards, and Netero invited him to help reduce the number of enemies after his team recovered.
• Netero said he would go ahead to prevent the disaster from spreading and cautioned Allen to remain humble about the Dark Continent.
• Allen collected the Growth-Enhancing Medicine from Killua, who asked him to help Gon and himself grow stronger quickly.
• Allen made Killua promise to fulfill a future request without delay or refusal, and Killua agreed without remembering Alluka and Nanika.
• Allen and his companions set off toward a safer rear area alongside Netero’s group.

Neferpitou captured Kite, who was hypnotized and turned into Biter’s combat-training puppet, while Netero, Morel, and Nobu struggled to contain the Nen-trained Chimera Ant army. Forced to retreat before Biter and Youpi, Netero waited for Allen’s team and accepted that the mission could be his final battle.

• Neferpitou brought the badly wounded Kite to Pouf, and Biter chose to turn him into a puppet for combat training rather than send him to the Queen as food.
• Pouf hypnotized Kite with Nen scales, and Biter took control of him before a squadron leader healed his injuries.
• Netero, Morel, and Nobu watched the ant nest, then used smoke puppets and Nobu’s ability to kill hundreds of soldier ants and more than a dozen squadron leaders over a day or two.
• Biter and Youpi began patrolling the forest, forcing Netero’s team to halt their attacks and retreat to a cave twenty kilometers from the nest.
• Netero told Morel and Nobu to wait for Allen’s team, while privately resolving to take the King down even if it cost him his life.

Allen brought Gon and Killua into his Dungeon to train them against monsters, where time passed ten times faster than outside. After warning them that the accelerated growth would use up their future time, he teased the embarrassed pair about acting like a married couple.

• Gon begged Allen to teach him how to grow stronger quickly and swore to keep the Dungeon secret.
• Allen took Gon, Killua, Fei Jie, and Bodrō to Blackrock Spire and explained that ten days inside equaled one day outside.
• Killua and Gon began fighting Orcs, while Fei Jie got angry when Killua called her an auntie and went to vent her anger upstairs.
• Allen guided Gon and Killua through the Dungeon until they ran out of aura near the suspension bridge.
• Allen explained that time spent training in the Dungeon accelerated their growth and used up their future time, then teased Gon and Killua about being like a married couple.

After 140 days of brutal training in the game world, Gon and Killua returned with vastly increased aura reserves, but Allen warned them that they still could not face the Chimera Ant Royal Guards. Allen then left with Illumi, Hisoka, and Kalluto for NGL while Gon and Killua remained unqualified to join the Subjugation Team.

• Allen put Gon and Killua through 140 days of near-death training, raising both their aura reserves above sixty thousand.
• Gon and Killua celebrated their strength and vowed to face powerful enemies, but Allen warned that they were still far below the Royal Guards and must not approach them.
• Illumi, Hisoka, and Kalluto arrived, and Illumi questioned how Allen had tripled Gon and Killua's Nen in two weeks.
• Kalluto asked whether Gon and Killua would join the group, and Allen said they had not yet earned the right to take part in the war.
• Killua explained that Gon and he still needed to defeat two people and collect their half-boards before qualifying for the Subjugation Team, so Allen departed for NGL with his team.

Allen’s team crossed into NGL and found the country devastated by the Chimera Ants. Allen confronted the transformed drug lord Zaiyilo, who tried to buy his freedom, but Allen declared he would kill him.

• Killua and Gon agreed to find Chairman Netero’s contact and catch up with Allen to save Kite, while lamenting their brutal training.
• Allen’s team traveled through NGL, where they found abandoned villages, corpses, and signs that the country’s leadership had collapsed.
• Hisoka spotted someone in the forest, and Allen went to investigate while the rest of the team stopped by the road.
• The hooded man fired a submachine gun at Allen, but an invisible barrier stopped the bullets.
• Allen identified the man as Zaiyilo, the transformed drug lord responsible for NGL’s suffering, and rejected his offer of ten billion Jenny.
• Allen released his Nen and told Zaiyilo that no one would let him leave the forest alive.

Allen attacked Zaiyilo, the reincarnated Chimera Ant who retained his memories and murderous intent, and discovered that his black liquid Nen ability rapidly aged and destroyed anything it touched. Allen marked Zaiyilo and used explosive, tracking arrows to knock him down, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Allen rejected Zaiyilo's attempt to negotiate and struck him hard enough to shatter his kidney.
• Zaiyilo offered Allen his bank accounts, then summoned black liquid that swallowed Allen's arrowheads and reduced them to dust.
• Zaiyilo split the liquid and sent droplets at Allen, who dodged and saw the black rain turn trees, soil, and stones to dust.
• Allen placed a red X mark on Zaiyilo and fired tracking arrows into the sky.
• Zaiyilo blocked the arrows with the black liquid, but explosions behind him blasted apart a tree and hurled him several meters away.