Chapter Summaries

Ang rejected the Lizardmen’s demand to return occupied land and suspended trade after their legendary powerhouse Gewalong returned and ordered humans expelled from Lizardman territory. Suspecting the Lizardmen had backing from hostile nobles, Ang sought information from Hansen on the God-Demon Battlefield and secretly retrieved Hansen’s reply before returning to the Sola Plane.

• Ang refused the Lizardman envoy’s demand for land and suspended the trade agreement.
• Gewalong ordered humans out of Lizardman territory, prompting merchants and adventurers to flee and gather in Amnath City.
• Ang told Quintina he suspected the Lizardmen were testing him and visited Putt at Fortress of Will.
• Putt urged Ang to investigate what the Lizardmen had done on the God-Demon Battlefield, hinting that nobles supported their actions.
• Ang secretly delivered a letter to Hansen and later stole Hansen’s sealed reply before it could be sent.

Ang learned that the Northern Council had softened toward the lizardmen after Gewalong saved a Rodriguez family expert, then reinforced Volgograd’s border and confronted Gewalong. The chapter ended with Ang grievously wounding the Lizardman Legend in a duel and declaring him unimpressive.

• Ang told Quintina and the others how Gewalong’s rescue of a Rodriguez family expert had earned the lizardmen tacit approval from the Empire and Northern Council.
• Ang sent a thousand Flame Swordsmen to Volgograd’s northern border and ordered Slock to watch the lizardmen’s attempts to destroy the mounds of heads.
• Ang sent Torei and Seren back to Amnath City to prepare for a trial where they could face Demons and develop their momentum.
• Flame Swordsmen ambushed and slaughtered a lizardman squad that tried to destroy the mounds of heads outside Volgograd.
• Gewalong arrived with Lizardman Great Warriors, and Ang killed several of them with Spatial Blades after they roared at him.
• Ang countered Gewalong’s gravity domain with his Slowing Domain, severed Gewalong’s right arm, and mocked the wounded Legend.

Ang defeated Gewalong and his Lizardman forces, though he knew he had not yet reached the true legendary realm. News of the battle frightened the nobles on the Archipelago Plane, while the lizardmen unexpectedly withdrew from northern Volgograd.

• Gewalong summoned Earth Elemental Giants, but Ang raised six stronger, armored giants and attacked him with the Despair Greatsword.
• Ang’s giants destroyed Gewalong’s summons and slaughtered the Lizardman Great Warriors, forcing Gewalong to flee while Ang chose not to pursue him.
• Ang explained that he needed to unite the six elements into Chaos Power to reach the legendary realm, and that he still lacked several rare materials for his Enchanted Armament.
• Slock asked whether Ang had become a legendary powerhouse, and Ang denied it; Putt and the nobles later reacted with shock as news of Ang’s victory spread.
• The lizardmen suppressed reports of Gewalong’s defeat, while many noble families began abandoning their holdings on the Archipelago Plane.
• Half a month after the battle, the lizardmen withdrew from the northern border of Volgograd instead of launching a counterattack.

The Lizardmen leaders debated how to respond to Ang’s growing power, with Gusa and Lanzong urging reconciliation and warning that the World Tree might be his target. They settled on secretly hiring humans to assassinate him, while Ang discussed his relatives’ training and future with Quintina.

• Gewalong, Therese, Kzir, Lanzong, and Gusa argued over the threat Ang posed and whether the Lizardmen should fight him or reconcile.
• Gusa defended reconciliation by pointing to the empire’s military strength, while Lanzong warned that Ang might target the World Tree.
• Gewalong proposed hiring powerful humans to assassinate Ang, and the Lizardmen leaders began considering ways to arrange it secretly.
• Quintina congratulated Ang for defeating a Lizardman Legend and told him that Torei and Sellen had gone to the Sola Plane and Linya was nearing a breakthrough.
• Ang assigned Norma to serve as his personal guard and Yus to assist Ade, explaining to Quintina that he wanted his nephews to avoid noble habits.
• Quintina asked Ang when they would have a child, and Ang responded with a tender gesture instead of words.

Aymond considered the lizardmen’s offer to help him rise to power in exchange for Ang’s assassination, then leaked their plan to nobles hostile to Ang. The lizardmen and the nobles arranged to pursue the assassination through human intermediaries, and Ang learned that the Black Magic Society had received a contract for an Archmage.

• A lizardman envoy offered Aymond gifts and promised land, magic crystals, and support in return for help killing Ang and becoming ruler of the Archipelago Plane.
• Aymond decided not to take the risk alone and secretly told nobles who opposed Ang about the lizardmen’s assassination plan.
• More than fourteen nobles contacted the lizardmen, while Gusa, Gewalong, Therese, and the other legends agreed to use human agents rather than attack Ang directly.
• The nobles began contacting the Black Magic Society, and someone in Sava City requested an assassination mission from Candice.
• Candice reported the mission to Ang, who told her to watch how it developed.

Candice handled the Northern Council nobles’ request to hire a Legend while the lizardmen and nobles raised the stakes for an assassination. The Black Magic Society’s elder Amel agreed to hunt Count Ang after learning he was a Holy Light Mage.

• Candice told a Northern Council noble that hiring a Legend would take time and suggested he consider an Archmage instead.
• Gewalong, Gusa, and Therese decided the human nobles should pay more for the lizardmen’s cooperation.
• Marquis Aymond gathered masked nobles, who chose rare materials as payment to secure the Black Magic Society’s help.
• The Black Magic Society’s leaders referred the unnamed assassination request to Amel, who decided to accept it after learning Count Ang was the target.
• Amel promised the noble representative she would kill Count Ang and told him to prepare the payment.

Amel Costa met Count Ang at a noble ball and arranged to visit his residence, concealing her plan to kill him. Ang brought her to his guarded warehouse after refusing to show her his Magic Workshop, leaving Amel wary about what he intended to reveal.

• Candice sent Ang a secret letter reporting that an imperial noble had offered Dusk Silver Crystal to the Black Magic Society as payment for a target.
• Ang attended a noble ball with Norma, where Amel Costa introduced herself and persuaded him to invite her to the Governor's Mansion.
• Amel flirted with Ang at the ball, but he insisted that she visit during the day, and she agreed to come three days later.
• Amel visited the Governor's Mansion alone, toured the residence, and sampled the elven cuisine Ang had prepared for her.
• When Amel asked to see Ang's Magic Workshop, he refused and instead led her to his guarded warehouse, where she sensed danger and wondered what he planned to show her.

Ang exposed Amel as an Archmage of the Black Magic Society, subdued and killed her in the Magic Prison, then disguised himself as her to hide his role. After meeting Candice in Sava City, he learned the identity of the person behind the attempt on his life and prepared to take revenge.

• Ang lured Amel into the Magic Prison, where its restraints weakened her magic, then used his Slowing Domain and an anti-magic rope to capture her.
• Ang learned Amel was an Archmage of the Black Magic Society, broke her limbs, and killed her after transforming into her.
• Ang disposed of Amel's body with the Nightmare King and concluded that someone had hired the Black Magic Society to target him.
• Ang listed his possible enemies, suspected the lizardmen and Northern Council nobles, and decided to seek out Candice.
• Ang met Candice in Sava City, learned the identity of the mastermind, and vowed to kill them himself.

The Black Magic Society investigated lost contact with Tanaster Province and the Elder, while Ang infiltrated Count Sachi's estate to steal the Dusk Silver Crystal and question him. Sachi revealed Marquis Aymond's involvement before Ang killed him, and the next day the estate discovered his ashes.

• The First Black Robe ordered someone to contact Tanaster Province, and the Second Black Robe was dispatched to investigate the missing Elder.
• Ang infiltrated Count Sachi's estate during a ball and used Space Magic to steal the Dusk Silver Crystal, magic materials, and scrolls from the vault.
• Ang confronted Sachi in his room and asked about the nobles' hiring of the Black Magic Society's Archmages.
• Sachi blamed Marquis Aymond and said the lizardmen had approached the nobles, who had acted as intermediaries.
• Ang killed Sachi with a fireball and left the estate.
• The next morning, servants found Sachi missing and a pile of ashes in his room.

Ang infiltrated Marquis Aymond’s estate in Vilishan City and captured a Black Mage who had come to ask about Archmage Amel. After forcing the mage to sign a magical contract, Ang learned that Amel’s disappearance worried the Black Magic Society and confirmed that she was dead; the mage left the city under Ang’s orders to report monthly.

• News of Sachi’s disappearance unsettled the Northern Council’s hostile nobles and threw the Black Magic Society into confusion as it also lost track of Ang and Archmage Amel.
• Ang disguised himself as a servant and entered Marquis Aymond’s estate, where he noticed a Black Mage who had tried to meet Aymond and secretly marked him for tracking.
• Ang followed the Black Mage to an inn, abducted him, and questioned him in an abandoned courtyard about his visit to Aymond.
• The Black Mage said he had come on behalf of the Black Magic Society to learn where Archmage Amel had gone, and Ang forced him to sign a binding magical contract.
• Ang told the Black Mage that Amel was dead and ordered him to report the Black Magic Society’s situation every month before the frightened mage left Vilishan City.

After killing Aymond, Ang repelled Prince Ak’s envoys and weathered an investigation into Amel’s disappearance. Preston then explained Amel’s family grievances and Prince Ak’s fiefs, leaving Ang with a clearer picture of the political conflict and Preston’s promise of support.

• The Black Robes learned that Amel might be dead, and the First Black Robe told them to prepare to leave the Empire.
• Ang returned to Amnath City after killing Aymond and two Great Warriors, then told Quintina to focus on the Lizardman Legend.
• Seven of Prince Ak’s Great Warriors came to investigate Amel’s disappearance and tried to take Ang away, but Ang used Eight-armed Form and Slowing Domain to defeat them.
• Prince Ak’s investigators found no breakthrough, and suspicion of Ang gradually faded as clues suggested Amel had left through Will Fortress.
• Preston visited Ang and explained Amel’s hostility toward his father, the division between their families, and the history of Akreli and Aktoobe.
• Preston assured Ang that Prince Ak would not violate Imperial law and promised to stand up for him if he did.

Ang hunted a Spirit Wind Eagle in the Dampier Highlands to obtain Wind Whisper Feathers for his plans to create the World Tree. After a fierce battle, he tore off two of the eagle’s tail feathers, and the wounded creature escaped into the storm.

• Quintina told Ang that Emperor Alfred’s health had been poor, and Ang returned with her to the Governor’s Mansion more cautiously.
• Four months after returning from the God-Demon Battlefield, Ang traveled to the Dampier Highlands to hunt a Spirit Wind Eagle for its feathers.
• After searching for three days, Ang found an unusually powerful Spirit Wind Eagle that was approaching the strength of a Level 6 Magical Beast and could attack with its soul.
• The Spirit Wind Eagle shattered Ang’s first shield and broke through his Ice Walls, but Ang trapped it in a torrent and wounded it with Ice Spikes.
• Ang froze the eagle, used his Slowing Domain to restrain it, and tore off two tail feathers before the creature broke free and escaped.

Ang drove off the Spirit Wind Eagle and secured its two tail feathers, then traveled to meet the merfolk and negotiate for a Tide Whisper Tear. The merfolk demanded a marriage alliance in exchange, but Ang refused and offered Tier 2 Black Magic Crystals instead.

• Ang protected himself with four Ice Giants as the wounded Spirit Wind Eagle abandoned its attack, then stored its two tail feathers in the Demon Sealing Box.
• Ang left the Dampier Highlands and later received Preston’s letter asking him to discuss the Tide Whisper Tear with the merfolk.
• Ang traveled alone to the merfolk’s meeting place on a floating sheet of ice west of Volgograd and met their representative, Shaven.
• Shaven said the merfolk wanted a marriage alliance with Ang in exchange for the Tide Whisper Tear and introduced a merfolk princess as the proposed bride.
• Ang rejected the marriage alliance and offered to trade Tier 2 Black Magic Crystals for the Tide Whisper Tear, while the princess reacted angrily.

Ang negotiated with Shaven and Lufiel for the Tide Whisper Tear, agreeing to a conditional marriage alliance and bringing the two merfolk with him toward Volgograd. After learning that their Ocean Priest had foretold the merfolk would benefit from joining him, Ang remained skeptical of the prophecy.

• Ang proposed that Shaven and Lufiel both join the marriage agreement, and they accepted after he made the marriage void if neither side developed feelings and agreed to pay Tier 2 Black Magic Crystals for the Tide Whisper Tear.
• Ang and the merfolk signed a Magic Contract, but he realized afterward that they had not set a time limit; Shaven refused to change the completed contract and gave him the Tide Whisper Tear.
• Shaven and Lufiel left the other merfolk behind and traveled with Ang, swimming through the sea while he flew overhead on his Magic Broom.
• Ang, Shaven, and Lufiel reached the coast west of Volgograd, rested, and shared a meal.
• Lufiel told Ang that the Ocean Priest had predicted the merfolk would benefit from being with him, and Ang doubted the prophet's revelations.

Ang questioned Shaven and Lufiel about merfolk politics, then brought the two princesses to Amnath City to begin their life among humans. Their arrival at the Governor's Mansion sparked a tense confrontation with Quintina over their claim that they were Ang's fiancées.

• Ang learned that merfolk had subdued many mermen and that some fought alongside them against the Sea Monster Race, then explained that he needed the Tide Whisper Tear to forge his Enchanted Armament.
• Shaven and Lufiel struggled to sleep in their tents and slipped into Ang's tent, where he found them asleep in his arms the next morning.
• Ang taught Shaven and Lufiel basic human routines, and they traveled by tram to Amnath City, marveling at the human world along the way.
• At the Governor's Mansion, Shaven and Lufiel called themselves Ang's fiancées, and Quintina warned Ang about Natiya before insisting that she was his real fiancée.
• The Governor's Mansion residents gathered around Shaven and Lufiel, and Aisha teased Ang about his good fortune.

Ang returned to Lake Grace Volcano to obtain a Crimson Flame Heart Core, then discovered Gewalong building a teleportation array to summon creatures from the Abyssal Prison. Ang attacked and killed a newly arrived Tier 3 Foul Spirit, and Gewalong prepared to fight him.

• Ang learned that Linya had successfully broken through to become a Level 2 Great Warrior after she and Natiya returned from the Dampier Highlands, where a powerful magical beast had attacked travelers.
• Natiya warned Ang that the merfolk's claim that Lufiel and Shaven were his fiancées might have a deeper purpose tied to the gods behind the Ocean Priests.
• Ang traveled alone to Lake Grace Volcano, killed a Flame Demon Lion, and obtained its Crimson Flame Heart Core before spotting Gewalong flying nearby.
• Ang followed Gewalong into the volcanic cavern and watched him construct a teleportation array that opened a passage to the Abyssal Prison, summoning Four-armed Foul Spirits and a Tier 3 Foul Spirit.
• Ang used his Slowing Domain and Holy Light Spears to slaughter the summoned spirits, then killed the Tier 3 Foul Spirit with his Despair Greatsword.
• Gewalong reacted with rage and activated his Gravity Domain as he prepared to fight Ang.

Ang destroyed Gewalong’s teleportation array, killed him and the Tier 3 Demon trying to emerge, then secured the Rock Marrow Crystal. After arranging to obtain the last material for his Enchanted Armament, Ang returned to Amnath City and told Quintina that he had killed the missing Lizardman Legend, leaving the Empire facing the Lizardmen’s threat of war.

• Ang destroyed the unstable teleportation array, severed the horned Tier 3 Demon’s head with Spatial Cut, and killed Gewalong before claiming their loot, including the Rock Marrow Crystal.
• Ang collapsed the lava cave to conceal its secrets, then spent seven days checking Lake Grace Volcano for other teleportation arrays before returning to Amnath City.
• Ang visited Hansen on the God-Demon Battlefield and learned that a Radiant Crystal could be obtained from the Zosbylon United Kingdom for one hundred Tier 2 Black Magic Crystals; Hansen said it would take three days.
• Ang briefly visited Dana and Gweny in the Sola Plane, then returned to Amnath City, where Quintina told him the Lizardmen were searching for a missing Legend and had threatened to break the Truce Agreement.
• Ang told Quintina that he had killed the missing Lizardman Legend at Lake Grace Volcano, leaving her stunned.

Ang learned that the lizardmen had summoned Foul Spirits from the Abyssal Prison and ordered preparations for war against them. He forged two Enchanted Armament sets and began transforming them with Chaos Power and elemental energy, leaving them in the midst of a powerful transformation.

• Ang told Quintina that a Lizardman Legend had summoned more than twenty Four-armed Foul Spirits and a Tier 3 Foul Spirit, and Quintina agreed that the lizardmen could no longer be trusted.
• Ang told Quintina to prepare the squads and their magic scrolls for a future war with the lizardmen.
• Ang forged two Enchanted Armament bases, then took a chest of Radiant Crystal from Hansen's room at Blue Bridge Fortress.
• Ang fused six special materials in an enchantment array, used the resulting Chaos Power to complete both Enchanted Armament sets, and found the second set had better compatibility.
• Ang drew power from the six Elemental Planes and sent elemental torrents into the two sets, which began absorbing the energy and transforming.

Ang completed a liquid Enchanted Armament infused with Chaos Power, then used it to defeat a Tier 3 Foul Spirit and wipe out the Demons that attacked him. The mountain hollow was left cleared of enemies, with Ang standing victorious in his new armor.

• The first Enchanted Armament shattered, and its fragments merged into the second, strengthening it as the elemental vortex continued for four days.
• The completed Enchanted Armament enveloped Ang as armor just as a Tier 3 Foul Spirit and a horde of Demons surrounded the mountain hollow.
• Ang turned the Demons’ throwing spears back on them with a hurricane, then challenged the Tier 3 Foul Spirit and rejected its offer to join the Seeds of the Abyssal Prison.
• Ang used his Slowing Domain and Despair Greatsword to sever the Tier 3 Foul Spirit’s limbs and split it in two.
• Ang pursued the fleeing Demons with Chaos-powered Holy Light Spears and burned them to charred remains.

Ang survived an attack by a Tier 4 Foul Spirit on the God-Demon Battlefield and escaped with help from a silver-white fighter. He returned to Amnath City, where his companions realized he had become a Legendary expert.

• After defeating the last Demon, Ang blocked a deadly dark spear but was overwhelmed by a Tier 4 Foul Spirit’s power of laws.
• A silver lance struck the Foul Spirit’s spear, giving Ang time to escape with a Magic Teleportation Array scroll.
• The silver-white fighter confronted the Foul Spirit at Fokas Fortress, and both powerful figures withdrew as Commander Fitz ordered reinforcements.
• Ang teleported through Weil Fortress and the battlefield hall to Fortress of Will, then bought a ticket to Amnath City and vowed to settle the score.
• The Demons intensified their attacks along the First Defense Line, prompting urgent requests for aid.
• Ang arrived at the Governor’s Mansion and embraced and kissed his companions, and Natiya noticed that he had become a Legendary expert.