Chapter Summaries

Ang foiled a Black Mage's attempt to abduct him at the inn and captured the attacker. As he searched the man's belongings for clues, Ang discovered that the Black Mage's body reacted dangerously to Holy Light Power.

• Ang sold a hundred bottles of Healing Potions, confirmed his return trip, and reflected on the materials he had gathered for making an Enchanted Armament.
• Ang noticed Sleeping Cloud mist filling his room and pretended to remain asleep as a Black Mage entered and confirmed his identity from a parchment portrait.
• The Black Mage used a Silencing Ring and tried to carry Ang toward the balcony, but Ang seized him and broke his arm and both legs.
• Ang bound the Black Mage, removed the Silencing Ring, and tried to treat him with Holy Light Power, which caused his skin to rot when it clashed with the Dark Element in his body.
• Ang stopped the treatment and searched the unconscious Black Mage's belongings for clues before questioning him.

Ang searched the unconscious Black Mage, found a mission order targeting him and the Black Mage Association’s hidden stronghold, then disguised himself and attacked the hideout. He escaped after killing several mages and setting off a magic bomb, knowing the conflict was only beginning.

• Ang looted the Black Mage’s pouch, found a mission order to capture him alive, and learned that the Black Mage Association’s stronghold was hidden in a Guanda City general store.
• Ang killed the Black Mage, hid the body in his pouch, put on his robe, and rode a carriage to the stronghold.
• Ang entered the general store and followed a hidden passage to an Underground Space, where a mage mistook him for Ben.
• Ang killed the first mage and used a Holy Light Bullet and his Dragon Thorn Spear against the other Black Mages.
• Ang threw a fire-element magic bomb into the room and escaped through the general store as the explosion engulfed the hideout.

Ang found a new inn and decided to leave Guanda City through the teleportation gate the next day. Meanwhile, mages investigated the explosion that destroyed a Black Mage stronghold and uncovered an underground laboratory, leaving the city facing further trouble.

• Ang avoided returning to his previous inn, rented a room near the teleportation square, and resolved to leave the city the next day.
• An explosion engulfed the Black Mage stronghold behind a general store, and Ang fled through the shop while the clerk escaped into an alley.
• Horus detected intense Fire and Dark Element fluctuations and ordered Gil and other young mages to investigate.
• Gil and his companions found the ruined stronghold, identified seven dead Black Mages, and summoned more mages to extinguish the remaining fires.
• The mages uncovered an underground laboratory with dangerous Black Magic tools and incomplete experiment records, then handed the site over to the city guard.

After Ang escaped Guanda City’s inspection and prepared to teleport away, the Mage Association and city guard dismantled more Black Magic Society outposts. The Society evacuated the city and put the mysterious apprentice who exposed them on its wanted list.

• Gil ordered the city guard to investigate the exposed outpost, while Muto and Mass left to assist with the investigation and report to the Mage Association.
• Black Magic Society leaders learned that seven bodies had been found at Outpost No. 5 and ordered their members to locate the two missing people.
• Ang left his lodging, passed the Mage Association’s inspection at the teleportation plaza, and headed toward the teleportation gate.
• The city guard arrested the grocery store clerk, whose clues helped the Mage Association destroy Outposts No. 3 and No. 7 and arrest or kill several Black Mages.
• The Black Magic Society ordered its members to destroy records, evacuate Guanda City, and search for the apprentice who exposed them.
• The Mage Association seized abandoned Society materials that revealed its plans involved multiple cities, while the apprentice’s name entered the Society’s internal list.

Ang returned safely to Akreli, reconnected with academy friends, and learned that a Great Noble had ordered a hundred sets of Power Armor. As his third academic year began, he developed and successfully tested new weapon-enhancing runes, while worrying that he had received no letter from Ilsa.

• Ang returned to Akreli and visited Senior Lilithija, learning that Gao An and the others had become official first-rank mages and that Nicholas was away on a mission.
• At Ernit's Chamber of Commerce, Ernit told Ang that a Great Noble had ordered a hundred sets of Power Armor and provided ten thousand magic crystals as a deposit.
• Ang inspected the workshop materials, returned to the academy, and sent letters to his family and Ilsa, but found no reply from Ilsa.
• Ang began his third academic year and designed Flame and Hurricane Runes for Power Armor using ideas from ancient Guanda runes.
• After several failed attempts, Ang successfully tested Power Armor with both new runes, giving weapons flame damage or wind-enhanced sharpness.

Ang demonstrated new Flame and Hurricane Power Armor to Ernit, then completed a large order that earned him nearly 30,000 magic crystals and made the enchanted designs popular among nobles. Ang and Ernit agreed to expand the workshop while Ang researched additional rune effects.

• Ang brought the Flame and Hurricane Power Armor to Ernit, whose guards tested their fiery attacks and wind blades.
• Ang spent more than twenty days completing an order of 100 Basic Strength Armaments and five each of Flame and Hurricane Armaments.
• Ang delivered the armaments to Ernit and earned nearly 30,000 magic crystals after expenses and profit-sharing.
• Nobles eagerly sought the new armaments, while Ernit set higher retail prices for the Flame and Hurricane versions.
• Ang explained that his designs allowed damaged runes to be replaced without reforging the armament.
• Ernit agreed to invest in workshop expansion and pursue larger customers, while Ang planned to develop more enchantment types.

Ang helped Ernit expand and reorganize the workshop, which stabilized production and strengthened Ernit's Chamber of Commerce in the Enchanted Armament market. The chapter ends with Ang investigating the unexplained shutdown of the Teleportation Array to the Guanda Plane and preparing for possible trouble.

• Ernit expanded the workshop and recruited ten runemasters, whom Ang trained to engrave Basic Strength Armaments.
• Ang kept the base-material formula secret with a specially designed feed hopper, while the workshop standardized production and left him to make Flame Armaments and Hurricane Armaments.
• Ang proposed giving the runemasters shares in the workshop, and Ernit restructured the Chamber of Commerce despite objections from old partners.
• After two months, the workshop could produce 150 sets of Basic Strength Armaments monthly, and Ernit's Chamber of Commerce gained the Great Nobles' trust as imitation products fell short.
• Ang learned that the Teleportation Array between the Guanda Plane and the Empire had shut down, began investigating, and prepared for possible unrest.

Ang advised Ernit to protect and strengthen the Enchanted Armament business by pursuing noble status rather than expanding too quickly. With the Empire’s investiture ceremony approaching, Ang planned a five-month journey across the provinces to prepare to become a Rank 1 Mage.

• Ang warned Ernit that the workshop should not pursue military contracts before it had a lasting competitive advantage and stable products.
• Ang told Ernit that gaining noble status was necessary to protect his family’s business and secure its future.
• Ang left Ernit considering how to raise his family’s standing while he prepared to move beyond Akreli.
• Ang resolved to become a Rank 1 Mage within half a year so he could qualify for the Empire’s upcoming investiture period.
• Ang planned a five-month journey through the Wilderland Empire to study magic, gain combat experience, and gather materials and resources.

Ang traveled across the Wilderland Empire in a rune-powered hovercar, exploring its regions, meeting locals, and encountering magical beasts and adventurers. He reached eastern Manitoba Province and began exploring the Endless Sea.

• Ang left Akreli in his self-built hovercar and traveled the Empire at a relaxed pace, stopping to learn about local customs and take simple Adventurer's Guild missions.
• In Agnis Province, Ang explored the icefields, collected rare ice crystal plants, rescued injured adventurers from an Icefield Bear, and subdued bandits who tried to rob him.
• Ang joined Fornak Province's Harvest Festival, then visited Lasgas Province, where he learned desert rune techniques and bought local materials.
• In Babitt Province, Ang explored an ancient ruin with an adventurer team and gained inspiration from its preserved rune knowledge; in Pulitzer Province, he discovered rare Flame Grass.
• Ang arrived on the coast of eastern Manitoba Province and used his hovercar to glide out over the waves of the Endless Sea.

Ang reflected on his travels and family while resting on a beach, then experienced a vision of strange world-bubbles and a mysterious being watching him from a divine realm. He returned to his body having advanced to Rank 1 Mage, tested his greatly increased powers, and set his sights on exploring the realms beyond the stars.

• Ang drove to a quiet beach, cooked dinner, and reflected on how travel had changed his outlook and why he pursued his goals for his family.
• Ang's consciousness rose beyond the world and passed through floating bubbles toward the stars he understood as divine realms.
• Ang entered a space of light, where an immense pair of eyes noticed him, and he severed his connection to escape back to the beach.
• Ang discovered that he had become a Rank 1 Mage and tested spells whose power and casting speed far exceeded his previous abilities.
• Ang considered whether the vision had caused his breakthrough and resolved that Rank 1 Mage was only the beginning of his journey.

Ang captured a level-three Flamingo to obtain its soul for his future Enchanted Armament, then escaped the furious flock and later dissected the beast for valuable materials. His notes revealed that the Flamingo had both fire and wind attributes, leaving him with a rich haul for his magical crafting.

• Ang spotted a flock of Flamingos at a coastal cliff and waited for several days until a level-three Flamingo flew alone into the forest.
• Ang trapped the Flamingo with a capture net, froze it, stunned it with a mental shock spell, killed it with his dagger, and drew its soul into a Soul Stone.
• Ang hid as the flock attacked the forest in search of the culprit, then avoided examining the corpse until he had traveled to a safer place.
• Ang dissected the Flamingo and collected its fiery feathers, cyan hide, bones, and blood for use as magical materials.
• Ang recorded the Flamingo's features and the dissection process in his notebook, noting its unusual combination of fire and wind elements.

Ang forged an Enchanted Armament using flamingo patterns and successfully imbued it with the flamingo’s soul. He tested its fire-and-wind abilities and found that it enhanced his strength, agility, spells, and spear attacks.

• Ang designed a Rune Array inspired by the flamingo’s markings and assembled an armament with flamingo-wing structures.
• Ang enchanted the armament with flamingo materials and used a Magic Solvent Pool to complete its foundational enchantment.
• Ang used a Guanda altar to imbue the armament with the flamingo’s soul, overcoming the soul’s resistance and stabilizing it with a nourishing formation.
• Ang activated the armament with a magic crystal and discovered that it enhanced his physical abilities and empowered his fire spells with Wind Element.
• Ang tested the armament alongside his Dragon Thorn Spear and found that its wind-assisted attacks were faster and more precise.

Ang completed Agile No. 1 and returned to Akreli after six months of travel, where he registered and earned official recognition as a Rank 1 Mage. He prepared to attend his investiture ceremony and govern his future fief.

• Ang named his new Enchanted Armament Agile No. 1 and imagined future upgrades that could give it independent awareness.
• Ang flew the old man's joy toward Akreli, planning to complete his mage registration and attend his investiture ceremony.
• After returning to Akreli, Ang learned that the Plane Portal to the Guanda Plane had reopened after a Black Magic Society rebellion.
• Ang completed his academy promotion procedures and passed the Magic Guild's tests, receiving an official mage badge.
• Ang bought a Magic Book and a journal of recent imperial developments, then returned to his residence to prepare for his investiture and plan his fief.

Ang reunited with Gao An, Lulugood, and Angeli, who told him Bonage had died fighting the Abyssal Race in a Plane War. Before his investiture, Ang also met with academy friends and announced that he planned to build and manage his own territory.

• Ang welcomed Gao An, Lulugood, and Angeli back to Akreli and learned that Bonage had been killed during a mission against the Abyssal Race.
• Ang and his friends remembered Bonage and raised a toast to his glory, their friendship, and their future.
• Ang learned that Nicholas had advanced to Archmage but was away on a mission, then accepted Lilithija's invitation to a gathering.
• At the gathering, Hepburn described her surgery research, while the others shared their plans after the investiture.
• Ang told his friends he intended to build and personally manage a territory, despite the dangers of remote lands.

Ang learned more about Qatar’s noble background and rejected the Mage Associations he visited before receiving the empire’s Third-class Baron title. After the investiture, he considered whether to develop territory on a newly conquered plane promoted by Duke Donnie Serik.

• Ang discovered that Qatar was the first heir of a Great Noble family, and Qatar offered to advise him on managing a territory.
• Ang visited several Mage Associations in Akreli, but told Lilithija he preferred independent magical research over joining an organization.
• Ang attended the three-day investiture ceremony and received the silver badge of a Third-class Baron.
• Ang learned that Duke Donnie Serik had been elevated from marquis to duke after leading a campaign on a newly conquered plane.
• Ang heard that Duke Donnie was recruiting magical nobles to help develop the plane and decided to investigate its conditions before considering it for his territory.

Ang investigated the Archipelago Plane before choosing a territory, weighing its Mithril Ore and development potential against its dangers. After hearing adventurer Joan’s firsthand account, he remained interested but had not made his decision.

• After the investiture ceremony, Ang gathered intelligence about the Archipelago Plane, learning of its rich resources, dangerous mainland, and stalled Imperial advance.
• Ang decided to consult adventurers and Territorial Administration officials while comparing the plane with safer territory options.
• Ang met Joan, a returning adventurer, who described deadly sea travel between islands and the Empire’s struggle against the Lizardfolk.
• Joan explained that newcomers would likely receive poor or dangerous territories and would have to fight the Lizardfolk to claim better land.
• Ang thanked and paid Joan, then continued weighing the Archipelago Plane’s opportunities against its risks.

Ang weighed four possible territories and, after seeking his friends’ opinions and drawing lots, chose Pat City. He began planning its future, accepting that its success would depend on his own effort and wisdom.

• Ang compared the advantages and disadvantages of the Archipelago Plane, the Panta Plane, Turtanbu, and Pat City.
• Ang showed his detailed analysis to Qatar and his friends, who offered perspectives but no definite answer.
• Lilithija suggested that Ang draw lots, and he prepared slips naming the four candidate territories alongside blank slips.
• Ang drew Pat City and the Archipelago Plane as his final options, then chose Pat City as the one he felt fated to take.
• Ang began planning how to develop Pat City, valuing its proximity to his hometown despite its limited resources.

Ang claimed an undeveloped territory near Pat City, then left Akreli and returned to Tan'anster to begin a new life. He arrived at his family home in Oak Bay Village after nearly thirty days of travel.

• Ang accepted the wasteland territory forty kilometers north of Pat City and received official confirmation documents, with six months to report its initial development.
• Ang decided to return to Tan'anster, transferred his shares in Ernit's Enchanted Armament workshop to Ernit, and said goodbye to his friends in Akreli.
• Ang departed Akreli alone aboard the Old Man's Joy and flew north toward Tan'anster.
• Ang reached Tan'anster in less than thirty days and skipped a planned stop in the city so he could head directly to River Bay City.
• Ang landed the Old Man's Joy on the platform atop his house in Oak Bay Village and looked over the familiar village.

Ang returned to Tree Village and reunited with his parents, using magic to harvest their barley and prepare the field. After learning that refugees and departing workers had left the village struggling, he promised his parents that their lives would improve.

• Ang found his parents laboring in the barley field and reunited with them after three years away.
• Ang used a Wind Blade and telekinesis to harvest the barley, then used magic to turn the soil as his parents watched in amazement.
• Ang explained to his parents that magic depended on sensing and controlling magic power, and answered their questions as they walked home.
• Ang learned that refugee children were being cared for in the village and that many local young people had left for River Bay City to find work.
• Ang assured his parents that his return would help improve their lives, and his mother invited him home for a celebratory meal.

Ang returned home with his self-built hovercraft, reunited Aisha and Aida with their family, and revealed that he had become a baron. He persuaded his parents and siblings to move with him to his territory in Pat City, though he planned to prepare the territory before bringing them there.

• Ang showed his parents his hovercraft, took them for a flight over the village, and then flew to River Bay City to find Aisha and Aida.
• Ang reunited with Aisha and Aida, then brought them home aboard the hovercraft for a family dinner.
• Ang showed his family his imperial territory document and explained that he had become a baron with land in Pat City.
• Ang proposed moving the whole family to Pat City, and his parents agreed after he promised they could share in a better life.
• Ang told his family he would prepare the territory first and return to bring them there.