Chapter Summaries

Orsaga’s mutated Demonic Beasts destroyed the defensive line’s walls and barrier, allowing the Land of Pollution to flood inside. Henry Muer ordered an evacuation and fought the monsters as he realized the abyssal Demonic Beasts could mass-produce powerful creatures.

• The giant serpent-like monsters smashed the defensive structures, and toxic gas and harmful substances poured into the defensive line.
• Henry Muer ordered the demigods and racial representatives to evacuate the uninfected Soldiers through the Teleportation Array.
• The powerhouses obeyed and began preparing to retreat, while Henry Muer lamented that the line had fallen far sooner than expected.
• Henry Muer attacked one of the monsters and heavily wounded it, then saw more than a thousand similar creatures rampaging through the defensive line.
• Henry Muer realized the abyssal Demonic Beasts had spawned a swarm of near-Legendary monsters in days, while Orsaga had used energy stored at the underground barrier nodes to create them.

Orsaga watched the defensive line collapse without interfering, while Henry Muer and Allison led the retreat amid a chaotic battle between the natives, plague-born monsters, and Abyssal Demonic Beasts. Henry triggered the line’s final destruction, devastating the Demon Tide, and Orsaga’s true body flew toward the rear in search of more excitement.

• Orsaga decided to let the natives retreat and the monsters fight without his intervention, while Henry Muer stayed alert for an attack that never came.
• Abyssal Demonic Beasts poured into the defensive line and clashed with both the natives and Orsaga’s monsters, turning the area into a destructive three-sided melee.
• Allison ordered the soldiers to withdraw to the teleportation point, and Henry Muer watched them escape.
• Henry Muer activated the defensive line’s final destruction, wiping out its remaining residents and inflicting millions of deaths and injuries on the Demonic Beasts.
• Orsaga let his avatar perish in the blast, then flew toward the rear of the defensive line to find more excitement.

After the defensive line fell, Allison and the others sent their intelligence to the kingdoms and entered quarantine while the kingdoms rushed to unite and reinforce the front. Orsaga crossed into Miling World, then slipped into the Broom Kingdom in Human Form, heading toward a nearby city.

• Allison and the others received Henry and Muer's final arrangements, sent their Abyssal Demonic Beast intelligence to the kingdoms, and entered quarantine.
• Dozens of kingdoms learned that the defensive line had fallen, signed treaties, and dispatched resources and elite forces to the front.
• Orsaga flew across the ruined defensive line, collected a few fading souls, and passed other lone Demons fleeing toward remote regions.
• Orsaga crossed over a thousand kilometers to the sea, dove deep underwater, and changed into Human Form.
• Orsaga emerged near the coast of the Broom Kingdom, bypassed its surveillance barrier with his Exoskeleton—Scarlet Talent Ability, and headed toward a nearby city.

Orsaga wandered through the forest, killed a Wind Element Magic Wolf, and eventually came upon Kevin being robbed by bandits. He ate one of the scattered valuables while the bandits noticed him and turned their weapons toward him.

• Orsaga strolled through the forest and let a Wind Element Magic Wolf strike him with a Wind Blade, which failed to harm him.
• Orsaga froze the wolf in midair, removed its skull, drained its blood, and drank the blood before continuing onward.
• After traveling another hundred kilometers, Orsaga spotted sentient beings and approached them to ask for directions.
• Kevin, badly wounded and pursued by bandits, was cornered after they hacked open his wooden box and scattered its valuable contents.
• As a bandit prepared to attack Kevin, Orsaga appeared behind the group and casually ate a valuable fruit from the ground.
• The bandits spotted Orsaga, raised their weapons, and demanded to know who he was.

Orsaga asked a group of bandits for directions to the nearest city, but they attacked him after Kevin revealed their identities. Orsaga took control of the bandits and ordered them to torture Kevin and then fight one another as he left.

• Orsaga asked the armed group for information about nearby cities, and their leader directed him toward Mitese in the Broom Kingdom.
• Orsaga turned to leave without helping Kevin, who called out that he was a procurement captain for the Zila Merchant Association and identified the group as the Gasser Bandit Group.
• The Gasser Bandit Group attacked Orsaga to keep their identities secret, but he immobilized them with his mental power.
• Orsaga took control of the bandits and ordered them to chop Kevin ten thousand times each, then strangle one another until only one remained.
• Orsaga tossed aside the fruit core and left.

Orsaga left the forest road and approached a city, where his imposing presence drew attention from the crowd and gate Soldiers. After paying the entry fee with a gold coin, he entered the city, while Glen and the others watched him go.

• Orsaga joined the crowd heading toward the city and made no effort to hide his unusual appearance or bearing.
• Glen and the gate Soldiers finished their briefing, and Glen mocked Tel, who had been transferred to the front lines to fight Abyssal monsters.
• The city gates opened, and the crowd surged in as the Soldiers collected entry fees and maintained order.
• Glen noticed Orsaga approaching, and the crowd parted to make way for him.
• Orsaga tossed Glen and the other Soldiers a gold coin as his entry fee and walked into the city.

Orsaga explored Mitese, observing its diverse population and the uneasy history that had brought the city’s races together. He reflected that the abyssal invasion had forced old enemies to cooperate, and called the invaders peace envoys.

• Orsaga wandered through Mitese and bought breakfast after finding the early-morning streets dull.
• While eating, Orsaga observed that humans made up only about half the city’s population and that different races lived together in relative order.
• Orsaga recalled that the abyssal invasion had devastated the native races and forced them to join forces against the Demonic Beasts.
• Orsaga considered how the gods had intervened to forge cooperation among the factions after their rivalries nearly ruined the war effort.
• Orsaga sighed and called the Demonic Beasts from the Bottomless Abyss peace envoys.

Orsaga visited Brook’s shop to buy detailed maps of the nearby countries, while Brook mistook him for a powerful magic beast and eagerly tried to curry favor. After paying far more than the maps were worth, Orsaga left with what he needed to travel behind enemy lines.

• Brook opened his shop and nearly fainted when he saw Orsaga standing at the entrance.
• Brook welcomed Orsaga inside and offered to give him merchandise for free.
• Orsaga asked Brook for detailed maps of each nearby country.
• Brook fetched the maps, and Orsaga stored them in his private space and paid with a pile of gold coins.
• Orsaga left the shop, and Brook watched him go, wishing he could be as carefree.

Orsaga explored the bustling city while studying his map, then caught a young demon trying to pick his pocket and forced him to slap himself in public. A bystander challenged Orsaga’s harsh response but backed down when his companions stopped him, and Orsaga left without starting a fight.

• Orsaga examined his detailed map as he walked through the crowded streets and surveyed the locals.
• Orsaga caught a little demon trying to steal from him and ordered him to slap himself and leave.
• The little demon panicked, fell to his knees, and slapped himself repeatedly while the crowd watched.
• A young man criticized Orsaga for humiliating the thief, but Orsaga dismissed him and kept walking.
• The young man’s companions stopped him from confronting Orsaga, and he later warned the little demon not to provoke dangerous people again.

Orsaga discovered the grand auction notice and decided to attend that evening while spending the day gathering information around Mitese City. After the City Guards ignored him, he abandoned his plan to start a massacre, though his leaked killing intent frightened people across the city.

• Orsaga read the notice for Harun Auction House's annual grand auction and decided to attend that evening.
• Orsaga wandered through Mitese City to investigate its people, travel patterns, and medical conditions.
• City Guard patrols ignored Orsaga because they mistook his conspicuous confidence for the bearing of someone powerful and dangerous.
• Orsaga gave up on provoking the guards into a fight, but a trace of his malice spread through the city and alarmed residents and professionals.
• The City Guards coordinated with the city's barrier to investigate, suspecting that Orsaga's killing intent meant a mass murder had occurred.

Orsaga planned to spread low-fatality diseases across the world so he could profit from them, then went to a crowded auction and bought an entry qualification at a lavish price. He entered the auction house after no one dared challenge his 1,700-gold-coin bid.

• Orsaga planned to create and spread dozens of ordinary-looking diseases, using them to profit from infected people across the world.
• Orsaga arrived at a huge auction gathering and learned that only five thousand people could enter and bid, while the rest watched through magical screens.
• Orsaga bid 1,000 gold coins for an entry qualification, stunning the bidders and auction house employee.
• An appraiser valued Orsaga's Molde Crystal at about 1,700 gold coins, and Orsaga used its full value to win the entry qualification.
• An auction house attendant led Orsaga inside as the crowd watched.

Orsaga entered the auction venue and drew attention with his effortless charm, while local dignitaries and a young woman wondered about his identity. The auction began with the hosts presenting a magical coronet called Serene Will.

• Orsaga surveyed the wealthy attendees and mingled with several beautiful women, appearing to be a carefree playboy.
• Richard asked his companion who Orsaga was, but neither man recognized him.
• A tall young woman ordered a middle-aged man to investigate Orsaga's background, though Orsaga remained unconcerned.
• After the admission bidding ended, Hara and Telsi opened the Harun Auction House auction.
• Hara and Telsi presented Serene Will, a coronet that blocked mental spells below Legendary Rank and provided protection against one Legendary Rank attack each day.

Orsaga offered the two women at his sides a gift at the auction, and the woman on his left won the Lady's Coronet with his backing. He paid with a bag of gemstones worth more than the price and left the other woman jealous.

• Orsaga told the two women that each could buy one item at the auction as his gift.
• The woman on Orsaga's left bid against the nobles and won the Lady's Coronet for 132,000 gold coins.
• Orsaga paid with gemstones that the auction maid valued at about 160,000 gold coins and told her to keep the extra for his future purchases.
• Orsaga placed the Lady's Coronet on the winning woman's head while the other woman hid her jealousy by flattering her.

Orsaga ignored the bidders’ disapproval as he bought jewelry for the two women beside him and waited for an item that interested him. When a mysterious rusted copper shard appeared, he recognized traces of power and won it for 120,000 gold coins.

• A young woman resented Orsaga for spending a Legendary Rank item on a beautiful woman, while he ignored her and the other bidders’ insults.
• Orsaga paid for a pair of Legendary Rank jade earrings, placed them on one woman, and let her embrace him.
• When the other woman asked whether he wanted to buy anything, Orsaga said the item he sought had not appeared yet.
• The auction host presented a rusted copper shard found in ancient ruins, saying it might come from a divine artifact but had no known practical use.
• Orsaga bid 120,000 gold coins for the shard after another bidder backed down.

Orsaga bought a copper fragment containing a high-quality Remnant Soul and swallowed it whole, despite the shock of the people around him. As he digested the soul, he absorbed its essence and memories, gaining new material to refine the evolution process that World Consciousness had interrupted.

• Orsaga sensed a half-dead Soul Fragment inside the copper fragment and bought it for its residual value.
• Orsaga swallowed the fragment without chewing, astonishing the two women beside him and the people nearby.
• Orsaga reassured the women that his stomach was only causing a little commotion, while the Remnant Soul thrashed inside him.
• Orsaga used his corrosive gastric fluid to dissolve the Remnant Soul, which kept roaring the name Glent.
• Orsaga absorbed the soul's essence and scattered memories, gaining new points of comparison to improve his interrupted evolution plan.

Orsaga absorbed a fallen god’s soul and bronze fragment, then spotted a hidden evil-god summoning ritual inside the statue Elsa’s Prayer. He won the statue at auction for 350,000 gold coins, leaving its true purpose concealed from everyone else.

• Orsaga watched the memories of a common-born man who discovered supernatural power, became a professional, and eventually ascended to godhood.
• Orsaga swallowed the shattered God Soul and bronze fragment, absorbing them as nourishment and ending the god’s chance of returning.
• Orsaga ignored more than ten auction items, while a powerful noble bought a Legendary Rank knight’s sword for 330,000 gold coins.
• The hosts introduced Elsa’s Prayer as a crystal statue that increased nearby energy and repelled Demonic Beasts and evil creatures.
• Orsaga recognized a dormant evil-god Summoning Ritual hidden inside Elsa’s Prayer and began bidding on it.
• Orsaga outbid the woman who had tried to investigate him and purchased Elsa’s Prayer for 350,000 gold coins.

After humiliating Sarah at an auction, Orsaga spent several dozen days indulging in the company of women while Sarah investigated him. When Sarah finally visited him in Mitese, Orsaga sent their companions away and waited to hear what she wanted.

• Orsaga stored the auctioned statue, mocked Sarah with his victory, and left the auction with two women.
• Sarah crushed her wineglass and ordered her agents to investigate Orsaga's background.
• Several dozen days later, Sarah and her guards visited Orsaga at an inn, where his uncontrolled power briefly threatened to hypnotize them.
• Orsaga dismissed the female elf and Sarah's guards, then raised a barrier so Sarah could speak to him alone.
• Sarah recalled that a noble who had tried to test Orsaga after the auction had been killed so horribly that corpse collectors needed two days to piece him together.

Sarah tried to obtain the crystal statue from Orsaga by inventing a story about a hidden demigod treasure, but Orsaga saw through her intentions and demanded ten thousand Soul Crystals in exchange. Sarah hesitated, and Orsaga let her decide later while remaining in the city.

• Sarah told Orsaga that a secret treasure was hidden in the crystal statue and offered to share its benefits if he gave it to her.
• Orsaga rejected Sarah's proposal, and Sarah prepared to reveal more about the treasure.
• Orsaga stated that he knew Sarah wanted the statue and suggested she could have it if she met his requirements.
• Sarah denied knowing about the Evil God Summoning Ritual, but Orsaga demanded ten thousand Soul Crystals for the statue.
• Orsaga told Sarah she could find him in the city once she had decided, then later explained to the female elf that exchanging a useless object for something useful made him happy.

Sarah reported that Orsaga had discovered the summoning ritual hidden in the statue and demanded 10,000 Soul Crystals for it. After guessing that Orsaga was a mutated giant dragon seeking to purify his bloodline, the evil god reluctantly agreed to pay.

• Sarah told her master that Orsaga had detected the summoning ritual inside the statue.
• Sarah revealed that Orsaga had offered to return the statue in exchange for 10,000 Soul Crystals.
• The evil god injured Sarah in a burst of rage, then questioned her about Orsaga’s appearance and behavior.
• The evil god mistook Orsaga for a mutated giant dragon who wanted Soul Crystals to purify his bloodline.
• The evil god reluctantly agreed to Orsaga’s price because the statue was needed to enter the war-torn Miling World safely.

Sarah exchanged a spatial ring filled with immense wealth for the evil god’s summoning statue, and Orsaga honored the deal. After destroying the ring and absorbing its Soul Crystals, Orsaga invited the female elf to join him at a merchant association banquet.

• Sarah gave Orsaga the spatial ring containing the agreed supplies, and he verified its contents.
• Orsaga returned the crystal statue to Sarah, who put it away and left the inn room.
• Orsaga crushed the spatial ring, contained the resulting spatial currents, and absorbed the Soul Crystals inside.
• Orsaga stored most of the resulting Evolution Points because advancing further risked provoking the World Consciousness.
• Orsaga invited the female elf to accompany him to a merchant association banquet, and she expressed disbelief that he was only Legendary Rank.