Chapter Summaries

Ang fought off Heidni's warriors and refused to accept orders to hunt a Tier 3 Foul Spirit, then battled Heidni when he tried to force him. The fight escalated into a group attack, and Ang killed Smo by using his body to intercept Heidni's sword.

• Ang defeated two Great Warriors, then fought Alvis with his Dragon Thorn Spear until Heidni ordered them to stop.
• Heidni ordered Ang to help hunt a Tier 3 Foul Spirit, but Ang refused and argued that his assigned mission was already complete.
• Heidni offered Ang a Holy Light Mage inheritance, but Ang rejected it and challenged Heidni to fight.
• Ang and Heidni fought for nearly a hundred exchanges, with Ang adapting to Heidni's attacks and neither gaining a decisive advantage.
• Heidni ordered Alvis, Smo, and the others to kill Ang, but Huake and the others withdrew instead of joining the attack.
• Ang struck Smo into the air and sent him into Heidni's path, where Heidni's sword severed Smo's head.

Ang forced Alvis to pay his forty Merit Points, then escaped the cave after Heidni’s group abandoned him and collapsed the stone house. Lost in the mountains with the Tier 3 Foul Spirit still asleep in the Magma Lake, Ang hid in the cave to wait for Heidni’s group to return so he could leave with them.

• Ang fought off Walker and the other soldiers, who deliberately held back, then demanded and received forty Merit Points from Alvis before the group left the Slowing Domain.
• Ang showed Heidni a recording of him killing Smo, and Heidni’s group teleported away before Samantha’s stone house collapsed, leaving Ang trapped in the cave.
• Ang took Smo’s Enchanted Armament and threw the corpse into the Magma Lake, where the Tier 3 Foul Spirit briefly opened its eyes and frightened him into fleeing.
• Ang blasted open the cave entrance with five High-Explosion Magic Bombs and killed the Chaos Demon Spiders waiting outside with Breakwind, collecting their magic cores and materials.
• Ang failed to find his way through the mountains or contact anyone with his communication disc, so he returned to the cave and hid in a concealed space under his Cloak of Concealment, planning to escape when Heidni’s group came back.

After Heidni ordered Walker and his team to return to the Magma Lake, Alvis secretly recruited Abel, a zealous Holy Light Archmage, to heal them. Abel then confronted the cloaked Pier, sensing evil in him and offering to purify it, while Pier warned her to stay away.

• Heidni kicked Ang for suggesting they recruit a legendary powerhouse, then ordered Walker and the others to prepare for another mission against the Tier 3 Foul Spirit.
• Walker and his team questioned Ang's identity and their escape from the Blackrock Mountain Range, while Pier revealed that Ang remained in the cave.
• Alvis searched the God-Demon Battlefield and secretly brought Abel, a Holy Light Archmage from Sumini Island, to Byron Fortress.
• Abel healed the team's injuries and preached her distinct Way of Holy Light, prompting Walker and the others to pay her in Merit Points and change the subject.
• Abel approached Pier and offered to purify the evil she sensed in him, but Pier told her to leave or be treated as an enemy.

Abel joined Alvis’s group and used Holy Light to subdue An and torment Pier while preparing for their return to the Magma Lake. There, she broke through the Tier 3 Foul Spirit’s barrier, allowing Heidni’s team to begin their assault.

• Alvis gave Abel a Magic Book and three days to prepare, and she claimed she could master its contents in that time.
• Abel touched An with Holy Light, making him weep and then follow her as a devoted servant, before she spent three days chanting beside Pier.
• Alvis and Heidni led the group through a Magic Teleportation Scroll to the Magma Lake, where Heidni assigned roles for confronting the Tier 3 Foul Spirit.
• Abel gave most of the group a powerful Holy Light Blessing, while Samantha and Pier refused it, and Samantha raised stone pillars across the lava.
• Heidni’s attacks stalled against the Foul Spirit’s barrier, so Abel used Holy Light Illumination to break through it and scorch the creature’s horn.
• Heidni ordered the group to attack, and they bombarded the exposed Tier 3 Foul Spirit with Combat Techniques.

Heidni’s group fought the Tier 3 Foul Spirit Tutdath at the Magma Lake, while Ang killed An and took his place in secret. After Tutdath’s horn exploded and threw the warriors into the magma, Ang absorbed holy power, then kicked the corrupted Samantha into the lake, leaving Maddy wary beside him.

• Heidni bound Tutdath with a Chain of Imprisonment, and Abel’s Holy Light Spear opened its defenses for the group’s attacks.
• Maddy froze Tutdath briefly with an arrow, but the Demon broke free, killed four warriors, and wounded Alvis before Huake pulled him away from the magma.
• Ang killed An, took his Enchanted Armament, used Shapeshifting to impersonate him, and stood beside Maddy unnoticed.
• Abel invoked Holy Light Prayer, merged with a figure from the Divine Realm, and struck Tutdath with three Pillars of Holy Light.
• Tutdath exploded his horn, blasting the warriors into the Magma Lake; Ang destroyed a holy-light afterimage and absorbed its power, advancing his holy magic to the peak of Archmage.
• Ang watched Heidni beg for help, then kicked the convulsing Samantha into the magma as Maddy silently tightened his grip on his bow.

Ang and Maddy escaped the collapsing cave, and Maddy returned home after completing his service on the God-Demon Battlefield. Ang flew back to Fokas Fortress, carrying his spoils and a weakened Light Elf as he considered the obstacles ahead in his growth.

• Ang recovered Heidni's Magic Waist Pouch, the Demon Tutdath's Black Magic Crystal, and its broken Half-Demon Horn, then healed Abel's Light Elf with holy light.
• Ang used Heidni's fixed-point teleportation scroll to take Maddy to Byron Fortress, then destroyed the cave with magic bombs; Maddy suspected that An's body housed Ang's soul.
• Maddy returned to Ferens Fortress and applied to go home, and his captain approved his departure from the God-Demon Battlefield.
• Ang avoided using his own identity token and flew from Byron Fortress toward Fokas Fortress, stopping briefly at fortresses along the way.
• After half a month of travel, Ang arrived near Fokas Fortress with his spoils, and his holy light magic power at the peak of Archmage.

Ang returned to Indy Mountain Pass, rescued Forts No. 3 and No. 4 from a massive beast attack, and agreed to become commander after learning Red had died defending the fort. As he comforted Quintina, Ang reflected on the gods’ and demons’ pursuit of Chaos Power and prepared for the danger his role in disrupting their balance might bring.

• Ang flew back to Indy Mountain Pass and destroyed most of the magical beasts attacking Forts No. 3 and No. 4 with Holy Light Arrows.
• Ang reunited with Quintina and the soldiers, then healed the wounded and learned that Red had died defending Fort No. 3.
• Hansen told Ang that no one had accepted command of Indy Mountain Pass and proposed him for the position; Ang agreed if Fokas Fortress approved.
• Ang showed Quintina the Light Elf who had voluntarily contracted with him after his former master died during the mission.
• Ang recalled that an angel had possessed him and concluded that gods and demons used the battlefield to harvest souls while pursuing Chaos Power.
• Ang resolved to use his prospective command to protect Quintina and prepare for the investigation or pursuit that might follow.

Ang took command of Indy Mountain Pass, destroyed Demon-held Blue Bridge Fortress, and turned its ruins into a deadly blockade. After Fokas Fortress assigned him responsibility for the Blue Bridge line and sent reinforcements, the Demons abandoned that route and gathered at Baker Fortress.

• Ang received his appointment as commander and reorganized Indy Mountain Pass's defenses, leading successful strikes against Demons and magical beasts.
• Ang led more than two hundred warriors to Blue Bridge Fortress and used magical catapults to bombard its outer walls with Holy Light Bullets.
• Ang's forces breached the damaged fortress, killed its remaining Demons, destroyed its magical arrays, and collapsed the structures with Earth Magic.
• Fitz assigned Ang responsibility for the Abyssal Prison advance along the Blue Bridge line, and Fokas Fortress sent one hundred Great Warriors as reinforcements.
• Ang's forces destroyed Demons attempting to cross the exposed ruins, forcing them to abandon the route and gather at Baker Fortress.

Ang rebuilt Blue Bridge Fortress as a fortified mountain pass and equipped it with a magical wall and patrols, redirecting the demons toward Baker Fortress. As Baker’s defenders requested support, Preston learned that Ang had reclaimed Blue Bridge and recognized his old friend’s name.

• Ang ordered Dana and Puli to patrol between Indy Mountain Pass and Blue Bridge, while Hansen secured a hundred warhorses for the patrol unit.
• Ang and Isi built a fifty-meter magical wall across the pass, and Ang carved a fixed-direction Holy Light Spear formation into it.
• Ang explained that the wall’s metallic surface strengthened its runes, then urged Hansen to report its automatic attack system to Fokas Fortress to obtain more supplies.
• Dana and Puli’s patrols cleared demons and beasts from the area, while the demons shifted their pressure toward Baker Fortress.
• Martin and Uriah discussed requesting help from Blue Bridge, and Preston learned that Ang had rebuilt the fortress and recalled their friendship from the Archipelago Plane.
• Ang carved the final holy light rune into the wall as its formation neared completion.

Preston brought Martin’s request for reinforcements to Ang, who agreed to help capture Baker Fortress in exchange for Empire support rebuilding Blue Bridge Fortress. Ang led his forces to Baker Fortress and opened a breach in its southeastern wall, beginning the assault.

• Preston flew to Blue Bridge Fortress with Martin’s plea for help, and Ang agreed to support the attack after Preston promised materials for reconstruction.
• Ang finished basic defenses at Blue Bridge Fortress, left a hundred elite soldiers behind, and marched the rest of his force toward Baker Fortress.
• Ang and Martin agreed to capture Baker Fortress intact by advancing carefully and reducing the Demons’ numbers.
• Ang used the Wave Technique to shake apart Baker Fortress’s southeastern wall and create a breach.
• Martin drew his sword and ordered the troops to prepare to advance.

Ang helped Martin’s forces reclaim Baker Fortress and watched the victory spur a wider human counteroffensive along the First Defensive Line. After reinforcements arrived and new Demonic attacks began, Ang returned to Blue Bridge Fortress with plans to continue its construction.

• Ang, Dana, Preston, and Martin’s warriors fought through Baker Fortress, using holy magic and coordinated formations to defeat the Demons and reclaim the fortress by daybreak.
• Ang urged Martin to request reinforcements, and Commander Fitz sent five hundred elite warriors from Fokas Fortress to Baker Fortress.
• A new wave of Demons approached Baker Fortress, while Ang repaired the southeastern wall and left its section without a Defense Magic Array.
• News arrived that humans were reclaiming other fortresses along the First Defensive Line, and Ang discussed modern fortress design and the possibility of establishing an empire with Preston.
• Ang returned to Blue Bridge Fortress with a thousand Tier 2 Black Magic Crystals as construction continued and Fokas Fortress sent five hundred more Great Warriors to garrison Baker Fortress.

Ang completed the reconstruction of Blue Bridge Fortress, turning it into a self-sustaining war fortress that helped the empire reclaim the western battlefield. The fortress’s brief calm ended when envoys from the Zosbylon United Kingdom questioned Ang about a mission with Alvis, who had died; after they departed, Ang suspected their visit was more than routine.

• Ang explained that Blue Bridge Fortress would lure corrupted magical beasts into its defenses, and he completed its four-tower defensive array after half a month of construction.
• Ang showed Preston the fortress’s defensive systems and explained how its dual energy sources could sustain it through a prolonged siege.
• The Wilderland Empire launched a clearing operation, reclaimed the western side of the God-Demon Battlefield, and inspired warriors to hunt magical beasts.
• Joan and six other envoys from the Zosbylon United Kingdom questioned Ang about his mission with Alvis and confirmed that Alvis had died.
• Ang showed Joan’s delegation the Merit Points he had received as payment for the mission, and they verified his records before leaving.
• Ang watched the envoys depart and suspected that their investigation was not routine.

After rumors spread that Heidni had died, Ang continued hunting magical beasts near Blue Bridge Fortress until a Black Mage tried to attack him in his room. He learned the Fakes Family had sent the man to capture him, then left him hanging beyond the northern wall, where a rock lizard devoured him.

• Joan and the Archmage returned to Byron Fortress without evidence against Ang, and news spread that Heidni had vanished after an ambush in the Blackrock Mountain Range.
• Ang dismissed the soldiers’ rumors, hunted nearby magical beasts, and organized a controlled system for luring and killing them.
• A Black Mage named Church entered Ang’s room and tried to cast Sleep Talk, but Ang caught him and disabled his magic with an anti-magic array.
• Church confessed that the Fakes Family had sent him to capture Ang for questioning over Heidni’s death.
• Ang sewed Church’s mouth shut, suspended him outside the northern wall, and ordered the soldiers to wait until a rock lizard devoured him.

After Habakkuk Fakes arrived at Blue Bridge Fortress to investigate Ang’s connection to Heidni’s death, Ang confronted him and fought off Habakkuk’s force. The chapter left Habakkuk defeated and his warriors’ attack scattered among Ang’s summoned stone spears.

• Quintina learned that Ang had been ambushed by a Black Mage and comforted him after he confirmed his involvement in the Heidni affair.
• Habakkuk Fakes arrived at Blue Bridge Fortress with nineteen warriors and demanded that Ang come with him for questioning.
• Ang left the fortress gate and challenged Habakkuk, who attacked him with his Sabertooth Tiger.
• Ang used stone magic to injure and kill Habakkuk’s mount, then struck Habakkuk with ice, a kick, and his Dragon Thorn Spear.
• Habakkuk’s warriors charged Ang, but he raised rune-embedded stone spears that wounded their warhorses and threw the riders into disarray.
• Ang left Habakkuk badly injured on the ground, while Isi recognized the Penetration Runes in the stone spears.

Ang defeated Habakkuk and taught the warriors how to enhance magic with runes. He expected the Fakes Family might seek official action against him and hoped their next private attack would provide more Black Scale Warhorses.

• Ang sent Habakkuk and the surviving Great Warriors away, then healed five injured Black Scale Warhorses and saved a Sabertooth Tiger for Dana.
• Ang explained that runes added while forming magic arrays could strengthen spells, then demonstrated how to use piercing and sharpness runes.
• The warriors practiced rune-enhanced magic as Ang taught them to slow down and carefully construct their spells.
• Ang told Quintina that the Fakes Family might pursue the matter through official channels, possibly by having an Archmage interrogate him.
• Ang said he hoped the Fakes Family would attack privately again so he could acquire Black Scale Warhorses for breeding.

Habakkuk urged Joan to help pursue Ang, and Joan secured a formal investigation by Grand Judge Melville. At Blue Bridge Fortress, Melville began questioning Ang about Heidni’s death, and the golden scales showed no sign that Ang had lied.

• Habakkuk summoned Joan to Fokas Fortress, accused Ang of causing his injuries, and pressed her to avenge Heidni.
• Joan agreed to report Ang to the family and contact Demon, while Habakkuk sought to use the case to secure Heidni’s place and protect her standing in the Fakes Family.
• Joan obtained a formal investigation request from a legendary powerhouse, and Ang demanded four Level 4 Black Scale Warhorses as compensation for the damage to his reputation.
• Joan and Habakkuk brought Grand Judge Melville to Blue Bridge Fortress, where he began questioning Ang about Heidni’s death.
• Ang denied involvement and said he had not witnessed Heidni’s death, and Melville’s golden scales remained steady.

Ang faced Joan and Habakkuk’s questions about Heidni’s death, then revealed that he had witnessed the fatal mission from a distance. He claimed the team died when a Tier 3 Foul Spirit’s Demonic Power exploded, and Melville confirmed Ang was telling the truth.

• Melville lifted Ang’s Magic Contract, but Ang refused to explain the mission until Joan offered payment for his answer.
• Hudson arrived and paid Ang one thousand Tier 2 Black Magic Crystals; Ang struck him with the empty case and briefly choked him before Melville ordered him to stop.
• Ang revealed that he had been present when Heidni died, and Melville confirmed he was not lying.
• Ang explained that he had left the mission after disagreeing with Alvis and waited alone in the Blackrock Mountain Range for the team to return.
• Ang said the team was swept into the Magma Lake and killed when a Tier 3 Foul Spirit’s Demonic Power self-destructed, and Melville confirmed the account was true.

After Melville left Blue Bridge Fortress, Ang drove Joan, Habakkuk, and Hudson away, then rewarded his followers with Black Magic Crystals. On the ride back, the three survivors formed an alliance to pursue the Byron Fortress commander position and learned that Heidni had hunted the Tier 3 Foul Spirit to obtain its Law Seed.

• Joan attacked Ang with a wind blade, so Ang crippled her casting arm and struck her out of the hall before Habakkuk and Hudson departed with her.
• Ang distributed one thousand Tier 2 Black Magic Crystals among his fourteen subordinates and insisted that Aisha continue joining battlefield missions.
• On the road, Habakkuk attacked Hudson after Hudson mocked his prospects, but Joan stopped the fight and Hudson healed himself.
• Joan, Habakkuk, and Hudson agreed to work together to help Habakkuk compete for command of Byron Fortress, with Joan hoping he could later take Ang under his command.
• Habakkuk revealed that Heidni had sought the Tier 3 Foul Spirit’s attribute-free Slowdown Law Seed, which humans could refine and fuse with.

Ang learned that the Fakes Family had spread rumors claiming he possessed Tutdath’s Demon's Horn and Law Seed, stirring suspicion and potential danger across the God-Demon Battlefield. To prevent the rumors from undermining future reinforcements, he issued a public statement denying contact with the Demons and inviting an official investigation, while a mysterious gray-cloaked warrior explained its strategic purpose to a crowd in Fokas Fortress.

• Ang and Quintina discussed whether their troubles were truly over, and Ang said their opponents would likely resort to secret schemes.
• Habakkuk, Joan, and Hudson arranged to spread a rumor that Ang had obtained Tutdath’s Demon's Horn and the Law Seed of Deceleration, hoping to draw the Demons against him.
• Damodi told Dax about the rumor, and Dax decided he might have to personally reclaim the Law Seed if Ang had it.
• As rumors spread that Ang had colluded with the Demons, Quintina warned that suspicion could keep other forces from sending reinforcements to Blue Bridge Fortress.
• Ang sent Hansen to Fokas Fortress with a letter and a public statement denying contact with any Demon force and inviting the Tribunal Court to question him.
• Commander Fitz told his staff to reply that Fokas Fortress was uninvolved, while a gray-cloaked warrior explained to onlookers that Ang’s statement removed excuses to refuse future reinforcements.

Ang and Blue Bridge Fortress defended against a massive Demon assault led by Dax and Damodi, using Holy Light Spears to devastate the vanguard before Dax reached the wall. The chapter ended with Ang and Dax locked in a fierce fight, each recognizing the other as a formidable opponent.

• Joan told Habakkuk and Hudson that their rumors had isolated Blue Bridge Fortress, and they learned that Dax and Damodi were leading Demons toward it.
• Ang sealed the Demon's Horn inside an Anti-Magic Field, then ordered the fortress to prepare when a force of more than four thousand Demons approached.
• Ang rallied the defenders and gave the Light Elf's Divine Blessing to them before the Demons charged the northern wall.
• Ang activated the Holy Light Spear arrays and empowered their shots with Piercing Runes, killing at least a thousand Demons and frightening the rest.
• Dax exploited the arrays' pause to climb the wall, where Ang wounded him with the Dragon Thorn Spear and engaged him in a close fight.