Chapter Summaries

Roland captured Enamel City and led the human army into the Deep Tower Clan’s territory, where they attacked elephantfolk tribes instead of advancing into the Hidden Valley Clan’s heartland. The nine factions then gathered over two hundred thousand troops and marched toward Tayuan Elephant City as the Deep Tower Clan scrambled to respond.

• Sanita told Roland to break through Enamel City before the fighting between the humans and the Hidden Valley Clan turned into a real war, and Roland captured the city with elite troops and Magic Crystal Cannons.
• Belon escaped with several thousand foxfolk as Roland led his army toward the Hidden Valley Clan’s heartland, prompting the other human factions to withdraw from Sky Lake Fortress and Mordi City and follow him.
• The Deep Tower Clan’s elders discussed taking advantage of the Hidden Valley Clan’s losses, but learned that the human army had attacked their own territory instead.
• The Great Elder ordered Xiang Kui to scout the human army, Xiang Ba to inform the Behemoth Royal Family, and Xiang Gan to summon the clan leader’s troops.
• Roland’s army swept through dozens of tribes near the Deep Tower Clan’s border, killing over ten thousand elephantfolk and more than a hundred thousand ordinary Orcs.
• Roland joined forces with the other eight factions, and their army of more than two hundred thousand advanced toward Tayuan Elephant City.

The allied army reached Tayuan Elephant City and decided to attack before Beastkin Empire reinforcements could arrive. The first human assault ended in disaster as elephantmen hurled spears that pierced shields and slaughtered the advancing soldiers.

• The Deep Tower Clan gathered its forces inside Tayuan Elephant City while Roland's army devastated beastkin tribes on the way, and the clan's refusal to fight disappointed the allied leaders.
• Roland urged the nine factions to storm the city quickly, warning that reinforcements could make their position dangerous; Gustav, Vidar, and the other leaders supported his plan.
• The allied army split into two groups, and Roland's side drew the assignment to build camp and hold the line while Joshua ordered the Wayne and Richard families to lead the first attack.
• Joshua threatened to kill soldiers who refused to advance, and supervisory squads forced more than three thousand human troops toward the walls with siege equipment.
• The elephantmen unleashed volleys of short spears that pierced the human soldiers' shields, killing over half the front ranks before the attackers reached the walls.

Joshua led the five overlord-class families in a costly assault on Tayuan Elephant City, while Roland watched the battle and proposed a new tactic to Gustav. The chapter ended with Gustav intrigued by Roland’s suggestion.

• After the first attack lost nearly half its soldiers, Joshua ordered a retreat and persuaded Probu to commit the Cheles Family’s Mammoth Heavy Armor Brigade in exchange for a larger share of the spoils.
• Joshua launched a second assault with more than ten thousand troops and nearly two hundred Magic Crystal Cannons, but Xiang Kui’s Elephantkin defenders stopped the cannonballs and struck the army with catapults and spears.
• With the Mammoth Heavy Armor Brigade shielding the advance, human Sky Warriors and Earth Warriors surprised the defenders and helped soldiers climb onto the walls.
• The fighting on the walls became brutal, with the humans losing six or seven soldiers for every Elephantkin warrior they killed.
• Roland explained to Butler that Tayuan Elephant City was defended by the Deep Tower Clan’s elite First Legion, then suggested a tactic to Gustav, who called him treacherous.

The Deep Tower Clan struggled to defend Tayuan Elephant City as Roland and the pirate crews launched another assault. Gustav killed three elephant elders before drawing the elephant Great Elder away to fight Andre in the sky, leaving the siege to continue under the protection of the human Saint Domain experts.

• After suffering heavy losses, Xiang Kui agreed to have subordinate Orc tribes defend the city while the Deep Tower Clan kept warriors ready to support them.
• Roland and the three major pirate crews attacked Tayuan Elephant City with more than ten thousand troops, using cannon fire, heavy infantry, and siege equipment.
• The elephant defenders intercepted the Magic Cannonballs and bombarded the advancing humans with catapult stones, inflicting heavy casualties.
• Gustav appeared among the attackers and killed three powerful elephant elders with his battle saber.
• The elephant Great Elder pursued Gustav, and Andre joined him to keep the Saint Domain battle away from the soldiers below.
• The elephant Great Elder fought Gustav and Andre in the sky, while the human commanders took comfort that the enemy's Saint Domain experts were occupied.

Roland led the allied forces in a fierce assault on Tayuan Elephant City, breaking through its walls and driving the Deep Tower Clan toward defeat. As the Elephantkin elders began to withdraw, the Great Elder ordered three of them to use the Ghost Scepter and summon the Behemoth.

• Roland ordered the allied Sky Warriors, Earth Warriors, mages, and Magic Crystal Cannons to attack Tayuan Elephant City, overwhelming the Deep Tower Clan’s defenders.
• Human Earth Warriors opened the city gates, and Roland sent the Magical Beast Knights inside, where they clashed with the Elephantkin First Legion.
• Roland agreed to Joshua’s proposal to attack from both sides, and the five great families joined the assault until the city walls fell and the allied Orcs fled.
• Xiang Kui refused to retreat despite the losses, but the Elephantkin Great Elder ordered Xiang Yuan, Xiang Beng, and Xiang Fei to use the Ghost Scepter and summon the Behemoth.

The Deep Tower Clan summoned a Saint Domain-level ghost Behemoth by sacrificing three elders, and it tore through Tayuan Elephant City as the Human Allied Forces struggled to contain it. With the Mage Regiment and Sky Warriors barely suppressing the beast, the elephantkin Great Elder ordered the clan to retreat, leaving the Humans to face the rampaging threat.

• Three elephantkin elders sacrificed themselves to summon a ghost Behemoth, which emerged as the Deep Tower Clan’s defenses collapsed.
• Andre identified the Behemoth as a Blood Sacrifice summon and ordered the Sky Warriors to hold it while the Mage Regiment attacked with magic.
• The Behemoth killed a Sky Warrior with one punch, then resisted the Sky Warriors’ battle qi until the mages’ slowing spells reduced its speed.
• The Behemoth charged toward the Mage Regiment, but Human soldiers formed a defensive line while two Archmages struck it with Level 14 spells.
• The mages and Sky Warriors barely suppressed the Behemoth, and the elephantkin Great Elder ordered Xiang Kui to lead the Deep Tower Clan out of Tayuan Elephant City.

A berserk Ghost Behemoth rampaged through Tayuan Elephant City, forcing Roland and the allied leaders to commit their reserve spell scrolls to stop it. After the high-level scrolls failed to kill it, Roland rallied the mages to finish it with a barrage of lower-level spells, and the Behemoth finally dissipated.

• The Ghost Behemoth burned its Soul Power, grew to more than thirty meters tall, and began slaughtering soldiers across the battlefield.
• Andre ordered the troops to scatter, but Roland, Joshua, and Ulysses refused to abandon the army and called on the factions to contribute their reserves.
• The eight major factions supplied more than twenty high-level spell scrolls, and the Mage Regiment unleashed them against the Behemoth.
• The Behemoth survived the high-level attacks and charged the Mage Regiment again, prompting Roland to order the mages to use their remaining scrolls.
• Thousands of spells struck the Behemoth until it turned into black smoke and dissipated.

After Tayuan Elephant City fell, Roland comforted the human legions and helped keep the uneasy alliance together while the factions counted the Deep Tower Clan’s enormous spoils. The alliance’s unity remained fragile, and the chapter ended with the factions learning that the Ghost Scepter had lost the Behemoth soul that made it a strategic treasure.

• The battle’s aftermath revealed catastrophic losses for the Deep Tower Clan and heavy human casualties, many caused by the Ghost Behemoth.
• Roland entered Tayuan Elephant City, learned the Loyal Lion Legion and Black Knight Legion’s losses, and personally went to console both legions.
• The allied forces searched the city and recovered vast stores of resources, while the nine overlord-level factions grew wary of one another over the spoils.
• Roland warned the factions that infighting could provoke the Hidden Valley Clan and jeopardize the alliance, which he needed to retain his logistics position and continue trading.
• Leslie announced the spoils’ estimated values and identified the Ghost Scepter as a Level 18 treasure whose Behemoth soul had vanished.

After the allied factions captured Tayuan Elephant City, Roland oversaw negotiations over the spoils, worth roughly thirty-one million gold coins. Once they deducted war expenses, Gustav insisted that the Storm Pirates, Roland, and the Cavendish Family each receive twenty percent, leaving Roland’s share intact despite Probu’s objections.

• Leslie announced that the campaign’s spoils were worth approximately thirty-one million gold coins, prompting the faction leaders to argue over their shares.
• Joseph fought Count Eliot after Eliot proposed excluding the Mandy Family from the spoils and stripping its status as a hegemon.
• Roland stopped the fight and had Leslie report 4.68 million gold coins in war supplies, which the factions agreed to reimburse.
• Gustav declared that the Storm Pirates, Roland, and the Cavendish Family would each receive an exclusive twenty percent of the spoils.
• Probu challenged Roland’s entitlement to a twenty percent share, but Gustav defended Roland’s contributions and silenced him.

Roland divided the spoils from the victory over the Deep Tower Clan and sent the allied factions to sweep its territory before Beastkin Empire reinforcements arrived. The clan’s destruction brought Roland praise from the Human Alliance, while the Autran Kingdom’s nobles suffered heavy losses and failed to claim an equal share of his gains.

• Roland persuaded the factions to increase the Cheles Family’s share to nine percent, while the Spirit Slaying Pirates, Blood Skull Pirates, Neil Family, and Alton Family each received seven percent and the Mandy Family received three percent.
• Roland directed the nine factions to sweep the Deep Tower Clan’s territory for Military Merit and warned them to finish within seven days; he also used Hidden Valley Clan intelligence to help the Mandy Family choose a wealthy route.
• Roland and Leslie agreed to give subordinate factions two million gold coins from the spoils, and Roland sent O'Neal to distribute the money with smaller shares for factions that had disrespected him.
• Seven days later, news spread that the allied army had nearly destroyed the Deep Tower Clan, and the Human Alliance sent Roland a letter of commendation.
• Sanita led the Hidden Valley Clan in a flank attack that killed nearly eighty thousand troops from the Autran Kingdom nobles’ army, forcing them to retreat from the Bloodfang Clan.
• The Autran Kingdom nobles petitioned the Human Alliance for an equal division of spoils and Military Merit, but the Alliance reprimanded them and demanded they meet their Military Merit requirements or face punishment.

Xiangtan appealed to Emperor Behemoth Durontan to investigate the Hidden Valley Clan for allegedly aiding the humans against the Deep Tower Clan, but he could provide no evidence. Durontan revealed that a large human mage force was approaching the Northern Great Plains and ordered the Hidden Valley Clan to explain itself, leaving the empire’s response unresolved.

• Xiangtan asked Durontan to investigate and punish the Hidden Valley Clan, accusing it of colluding with humans and helping destroy the Deep Tower Clan.
• Samantha challenged Xiangtan’s claims for lack of evidence, while a Bloodfang tigerkin testified that the Hidden Valley Clan had joined the counterattack against the human noble army.
• Durontan dismissed the gathered leaders without declaring a judgment, and Gern then warned him that the Hidden Valley Clan had long profited from smuggling with humans.
• Durontan asked Gern about the encircled human troops on the Northern Great Plains and revealed that a ten-thousand-strong mage regiment led by two Legendary Mages was approaching.
• Durontan told Gern to send a message to the Hidden Valley Clan, warning that Sallyte would have to provide an explanation.

The Human Allied Forces launched a massive assault south of Morog City to relieve Raphael’s starving western army, while the Beastkin Empire met them with its prepared elite forces. The battle escalated into clashes between renowned legions and opposing mage and priest forces, leaving the southern battlefield devastated.

• Raphael told Phillips that his western army had suffered nearly five hundred thousand casualties, run out of provisions, and could last at most seven more days; he agreed to lead a counterattack when the humans attacked in three days.
• Three days later, the Human Allied Forces advanced south of Morog City, where the Beastkin Empire’s prepared troops resisted them in a costly battle.
• Atticus led the Hell Knight Order in a charge against the Beastkin Empire’s Elephantkin Titan Legion, and the two elite forces collided.
• The Dawn Legion fought more than two hundred thousand Wolf Cavalry in the Red Hills, where the Dawn Legion began to fall behind but the Wolf Cavalry could not break through quickly.
• More than ten thousand human mages joined the battlefield, and eight thousand Orc Priests and Legendary Beastkin priests revealed themselves to oppose them.
• The human and Beastkin spellcasters unleashed a vast magical confrontation that left the southern battlefield deeply scarred and the ground across dozens of square kilometers sunk by an average of three meters.

Roland learned that the Ghost Scepter could not yet support Nuwa’s proposed potion-making system, then heard Leslie’s report on the costly stalemate between the Human Allied Forces and the Beastkin Empire. Although both armies had withdrawn, the humans planned to build a fortress on the Northern Great Plains, ensuring the war would continue.

• Roland considered using the Ghost Scepter to let Nuwa assist with potion-making, but Nuwa said he lacked the Mental Power and the scepter required blood sacrifices.
• Leslie told Roland that the Human Allied Forces and the Beastkin Empire had fought a massive battle, suffering heavy losses without either side winning.
• Leslie reported that the human cavalry had been defeated, eight thousand beastkin priests had thwarted the human mages, and the western-front troops had retreated into the Monster Mountain Range.
• Leslie said Raphael died while leading 50,000 troops to cover the retreat, and Roland recognized that the sacrifice would protect Raphael’s family from blame.
• Leslie revealed that the humans were building a huge city on the Northern Great Plains, and Roland welcomed the prospect of a prolonged war.

Roland’s forces returned from raiding Deep Tower Clan territory with over one hundred thousand Military Merit, and Roland explored selling some of it to noble families. Gustav then revealed that the Storm Pirates’ true goal was to destroy the Cavendish Family and offered to support Roland’s bid to monopolize the Azure Sea Region in exchange for his help.

• O'Neal reported the raid’s casualties, captives, and spoils, while Leslie confirmed that Roland had accumulated 101,000 Military Merit.
• Roland asked Leslie to seek better offers for his Military Merit, and Leslie said he would consider trading it for high-grade equipment, scrolls, or potions.
• Gustav and Ulysses visited Roland, and Gustav proposed that they form a Pledge Alliance backed by a Magic Counter-Contract.
• Gustav revealed that the Storm Pirates planned to abandon their public alliance and attack the Cavendish Family’s headquarters to drive them from the Cloudy Waves Sea Region.
• Roland asked what he would gain for helping, and Gustav offered the Storm Pirates’ support in monopolizing the Azure Sea Region.

Roland agreed to form a Pledge Alliance with Gustav and Ulysses to help the Storm Pirates deal with the Cavendish Family, binding both sides with a Level 18 Soul Contract. After they left, Roland told Leslie he had accepted because refusing would have driven the Storm Pirates to ally with the Cavendish Family against his territory.

• Roland accepted Gustav's offer to form a Pledge Alliance, on the condition that neither side harm the other's interests during their operation against the Cavendish Family.
• Gustav produced a Level 18 Soul Contract Magic Document and wrote four terms covering mutual aid, honest cooperation, and a ten-year alliance.
• Roland signed the contract, and its golden Soul Power entered his and Gustav's minds; Nuwa failed to isolate or destroy it.
• Gustav urged Roland to grow stronger before the Truce Order ended, and he and Ulysses soon left.
• Leslie warned Roland about the danger of facing the Cavendish Family and Andre, but Roland explained that refusing Gustav would have made the Storm Pirates ally with the Cavendish Family against his region.

Gustav and Ulysses discussed Roland’s growing power, while Roland secretly met Sanita and received more than a thousand Earth Giants. Sanita then asked Roland to secretly transport two thousand priests behind the Terra Kingdom Noble Alliance, leaving Roland to consider a risky plan that could also advance his own ambitions.

• Gustav and Ulysses learned that O'Neal received four Master Potions each month and agreed to strengthen their relationship with Roland.
• Roland secretly traveled with Leslie and Monk to meet Sanita, who showed him more than a thousand Earth Giants.
• Sanita explained that the Behemoth Royal Family demanded an explanation from the Hidden Valley Clan, possibly over its military achievements.
• Sanita asked Roland to transport two thousand priests by sea behind the Terra Kingdom Noble Alliance, but Roland explained that blockades, inspections, and alliance rules made it difficult.
• Roland promised to consider the request and returned to Enamel City with Leslie and Monk.

Roland decided to help the Hidden Valley Clan undermine the Terra Kingdom Noble Alliance despite Leslie’s concerns about the consequences for humanity. After Leslie suggested involving the region’s other powers, Roland secured the Storm Pirates’ support and called a secret meeting of the nine powers, which ended with them agreeing to cooperate.

• Roland rejected Leslie’s warnings and insisted that helping the Hidden Valley Clan and weakening the Terra Kingdom Noble Alliance would benefit them.
• Leslie pointed out that the Cavendish Family, the Storm Pirates, and six other local powers also opposed the Three Great Kingdoms’ nobles, and advised Roland to approach the Storm Pirates.
• Roland promised Leslie to repay his debts and agreed to visit Gustav the following morning.
• Roland and Leslie met Gustav and Ulysses, and Roland explained Sanita’s plan; the two Storm Pirates immediately pledged their support.
• Roland invited the other seven hegemonic powers to a secret meeting, and the nine powers departed in high spirits after agreeing on their course of action.

Rudif inspected a Terra Kingdom supply convoy and discovered it was carrying more than two thousand foxkin girls, but Zane’s threat forced him to back down. The girls were illusions concealing priests from the Hidden Valley Clan, whose covert transport plan devised with Roland had so far succeeded.

• Rudif boarded Zane’s convoy and ordered its holds inspected despite Zane’s offer of ten thousand gold coins.
• Rudif found cages of foxkin girls aboard the ships and learned the fleet carried more than two thousand of them.
• Zane invoked the backing of Terra Kingdom’s noble class, and Rudif withdrew, vowing to target the kingdom’s supply lines instead.
• After Rudif left, the illusion faded to reveal that Salite and the other foxkin priests had disguised themselves as enslaved girls.
• Salite learned from Sanita that the other ships had also passed inspection safely, while Sanita reflected on the plan she had arranged with Roland.

Marquis Ansel’s banquet to unite the Terra Kingdom’s eastern nobles was interrupted when the Augrema Clan launched a full-scale assault with its elite Lionkin. As the human front began to collapse, Ansel and the three counts agreed to counterattack.

• Marquis Ansel proposed an alliance to seize the Azure Sea Region, and the nobles looked to Counts Cyril, Amand, and Kurt before answering.
• Ansel learned that the Augrema Clan had mobilized its entire army and ordered the human forces to hold the camp and prepare their magical weapons.
• More than thirty thousand armored Lionkin attacked the human line, inflicting heavy casualties and threatening to break through.
• Cyril, Amand, and Kurt questioned the Augrema Clan’s sudden decision to commit its elite troops, and Ansel urged a fierce counterattack.

The Terra Kingdom Noble Alliance was ambushed by the Augrema Clan and Hidden Valley Clan, whose Great Chaos Spell shattered the human army and left only a few thousand survivors. Afterward, Terra Kingdom King Phillips ordered an investigation into the Cindy Family’s role, while Inspector General Jay arrested Rudif and the Human Alliance began hunting for those responsible.

• Ansel’s forces fought off the Lionkin assault until disguised ships carrying Hidden Valley Clan priests arrived and three Lionkin Saint Domain experts engaged the human champions.
• The priests cast the Level 19 Great Chaos Spell, driving many human soldiers to attack their comrades and letting the Lionkin break through the center.
• Ansel ordered his own forces to retreat before the other allied groups fled as well, turning the retreat into a rout that nearly destroyed the army of more than two hundred thousand.
• Phillips learned that the Cindy Family’s fleet had secretly carried the priests, but the family had already been wiped out, so he ordered further inquiries and demanded answers from the Human Alliance.
• Inspector General Jay confronted Rudif over the failed inspection and took him into custody as the Human Alliance launched a sweeping investigation.