Recaps

Caroso prepared to leave for Mal Magic Academy while completing his father’s test, but strange floating comments appeared around him and revealed that people knew his future. He left Nimel to pack and tried to determine how the words had entered his magically protected room.

• Osiris told Caroso that his elder brother had died in a dungeon, tested his judgment, and ordered him to make a card before departing for Mal Magic Academy.
• Caroso began making a card and ordered Nimel to help him, reasoning that obeying him was part of Osiris’s test and planning to share his increased allowance with her.
• As Nimel prepared Caroso’s food, a stream of comments appeared, discussing Caroso, Nimel, and a game storyline in which Caroso would die.
• Caroso noticed the comments, sent Nimel to pack his luggage, and searched his room’s eighth-tier magic formation for an explanation.
• Caroso concluded that the words followed him like shadows and questioned how they could appear inside his protected room.

Caroso encountered mysterious comments from people who claimed his life was a story they had already read, and he questioned their warnings about his future. He remained skeptical but gave one commenter a chance to prove its claims by helping him create an unprecedented card.

• Caroso sent Nimel away and questioned the strange comments appearing before him.
• The commenters described Caroso's predicted rise and tragic future, including his family's deaths, betrayals, and eventual defeat.
• Caroso tested his ability to dismiss and control the comments, then asked how his father would die and who would mutilate him.
• Caroso doubted the commenters' explanation and demanded proof that they knew his world.
• A commenter offered to help Caroso make a card beyond current understanding and asked about his training, materials, and rank.

Caroso followed the Netizens’ instructions to craft a powerful Priest card, then told Nimel they would not leave that day. The chapter ended with Caroso insisting that Kolia’s rules governed Azure Wolf Province and that the airship would fly tomorrow.

• Caroso decided to trust the Netizens’ advice and began making a card with the materials they specified.
• Nimel returned and fed Caroso while helping him prepare the ingredients, though he interrupted her meal to ask for more materials.
• Caroso and Nimel completed a two-star card that could copy two cards from an opponent’s deck, and Caroso acknowledged the Netizens’ help.
• Caroso told Nimel to unpack because they were not leaving that day, then declared that he would make the airship fly tomorrow.

Caroso presented Osiris with a new kind of card and asked to delay their departure by a day so he could pursue another idea. Back in his room, he woke Nimel and sent her to meditate, then offered a reward to the commenter who had helped him make the card.

• Caroso showed Osiris his new card, and Osiris approved it and agreed to postpone the airship's departure by a day.
• Caroso found Nimel asleep at his desk and woke her, telling her to return to meditating.
• Nimel asked about Osiris's task, and Caroso told her the card had passed and promised her two hundred Magic Crystal Coins.
• Caroso explained to the bullet comments that meditation was more useful than sleep and described how Osiris's reward was divided between him and Nimel.
• Caroso asked the commenter who had helped him make the card what reward they wanted.

Caroso followed the Netizens’ instructions to prepare food for Nimel and apologize for making her abandon her task. Nimel was left shocked by his unexpected kindness and explanation.

• The Netizens told Caroso to make Nimel food she liked and bring it to her room as compensation.
• Caroso went to the kitchen, ordered a light lunch for Nimel, and carried it to her himself.
• After knocking, Caroso entered Nimel’s room and told her he had brought food because she had worked hard.
• Nimel nervously ate the meal, expecting it to be a punishment, but found it delicious.
• Caroso explained that his task was more important to him than hers and apologized, leaving Nimel staring at him as a tear fell onto her plate.

Caroso comforted Nimel and promised to explain his actions, but his unusual kindness made her fear he planned to abandon her. He questioned the Netizens about Nimel’s future as the God of Wisdom, then offered to demonstrate improved card-making as part of their cooperation.

• Caroso pulled Nimel into an awkward embrace, listened to her, and promised to explain his actions in the future.
• Caroso told Nimel to rest and said she could not take part in what came next, leaving her afraid that he would abandon her.
• Caroso asked the Netizens why Nimel became the God of Wisdom and learned that she had resisted his future rule alongside Utopia before several forces joined to kill him.
• Caroso set aside questions about his future death and proposed cooperation, offering to demonstrate how to make a better card.
• Caroso learned that the Netizens also had Pandora’s Eye, despite believing it was his family’s heirloom.

Caroso worked with the netizens to devise and create a new Priest Spell Card that copied three cards from an opponent’s deck. After completing it, he meditated to prepare for his journey, leaving the card ready for use.

• Caroso doubted the netizens’ claims that everyone had Pandora’s Eye, then asked them to help develop a Priest card with rogue-like effects.
• Caroso tested and revised the card formula through repeated failures until a combination using Demon Blood and a Prayer Rune succeeded.
• Caroso created a three-star Epic Spell Card that temporarily copied three cards from an opponent’s deck, with the copied cards usable across classes.
• Caroso thanked the netizens for working with him and promised to reward them when he grew stronger.
• With only a few hours before setting off, Caroso went to meditate instead of sleeping.

Caroso prepared to leave for the royal capital and Mal Magic Academy, while Nimel worried that he would abandon her. As they traveled together, Caroso told her he would not abandon her, but said she would abandon him.

• Caroso recovered from making a card, spoke with the scrolling comments, and prepared to travel to the royal capital.
• Caroso dressed, packed his belongings, and found Nimel waiting with Osiris in the living room.
• Caroso showed Osiris the card he had made with Pandora's Eye, handed over its formula, and accepted money for the trip.
• Caroso and Nimel left for the royal capital, and Nimel asked whether he would abandon her.
• Caroso reassured Nimel, then told her that she would abandon him.

Caroso reassured Nimel that he would not abandon her over a prophecy, and the two continued their journey to the royal capital. At the airport, Caroso spotted two masked people whom the bullet comments identified as their past selves.

• Nimel confessed to several past mistakes and feared Caroso would send her away, but Caroso told her he would not abandon her over a prophecy.
• Caroso and Nimel traveled in silence to the airport, where their delayed airship was preparing to depart.
• Caroso and Nimel boarded the airship in formal clothes as the bullet comments reacted to their appearance.
• The bullet comments identified two masked, silver-haired passengers as Caroso and Nimel from the past, and the pair bowed after noticing Caroso's brooch.
• Caroso recognized the two passengers as their past selves and wondered why there were only two of them.

Caroso learned that the Netizens viewed his world as a game and questioned the fairness of their exchange, while they explained that helping him brought them happiness. He and Nimel arrived at Mal Magic Academy for its entrance examination, and the Netizens considered which academy could best use their help.

• Caroso learned that the Netizens controlled one of two game characters and wanted to create a card to resurrect their loved ones while resisting his tyranny.
• Caroso worried that their exchange was unfair because he could gain practical help from them, while his card research offered them little in return.
• The Netizens told Caroso that helping him made them happy and offered to help him understand happiness, love, and life.
• Caroso and Nimel reached Cantwell and were driven to Mal Magic Academy on the day of the entrance examination.
• The Netizens discussed which academy suited Caroso and decided that the Alchemy Academy offered the most familiar characters and opportunities to help him.

Caroso arrived at Mal Magic Academy, where the God of War statue’s sword reacted to him and led the principal and a prince to suspect that Surtur had acknowledged him. After reaching the training ground with Nimel, Caroso confronted a noble student who mocked his family, and he warned that the Kolia family would one day make Horn Peak Province experience its strength.

• Caroso bowed to the statue of Surtur, and the statue’s sword cracked open with a red glow.
• The principal learned that the statue’s sword had reacted to Caroso and dismissed it as disrepair, while the prince suspected a plot by Grand Duke Kolia.
• Caroso and Nimel passed the statue of Archmage Mal and continued to the academy’s training ground.
• Caroso took Nimel to the front row, where a young noble mocked him for being a barbarian.
• Caroso challenged the boy to a duel and warned that the Kolia family would one day make Horn Peak Province experience its strength.

Caroso chose the Alchemy Academy after commenters pointed out its valuable talent, then learned from their warnings that Princess Elena was his dangerous fiancée. The placement examination began with Caroso wary of Elena and unaware whether he would pass.

• The dean directed the new students to choose an academy, and Caroso explained that he had joined the Warrior Academy only by chance before agreeing to enter the Alchemy Academy.
• Caroso said he hoped to recruit talented students for Azure Wolf Province, and Rayne Roland and Elena Roland joined him as the only other top nobles choosing alchemy.
• Rayne and Elena greeted Caroso, and Elena suggested that she and his younger sister could become friends.
• Commenters warned Caroso that Elena had betrayed Azure Wolf Province, helped his brothers sow chaos, and was his fiancée; Caroso recognized her and concealed his reaction.
• Rayne joked that Caroso would have to get past him to marry Elena, and the dean announced the start of the placement examination.

At the Alchemy Academy’s public aptitude test, Caroso’s extraordinary physical and magical potential stunned the students and faculty, while Nimel displayed S++ magic potential of her own. The principal feared that their abilities would make them targets and destabilize the kingdom, and Caroso ended by questioning Dean Kong about his and Bai’s own S++ spirit growth.

• Kong and Bai introduced themselves as the examiners, and Rayne’s test revealed S+ spirit power and strong cardmaker aptitude.
• Elena’s results showed S+ magic power, which Bai suspected had been enhanced by a necklace, along with genuine A-grade spirit.
• Caroso’s results showed S++ strength, spirit, and magic potential, astonishing Kong and the assembled students.
• Nimel’s S++ magic potential further alarmed the principal, who feared the Kolia family’s children would become targets amid rising political tensions.
• Kong urged Caroso to consider the Warrior Academy, but Caroso refused and asked whether Kong and Bai were the greatest cardmakers because they both had S++ spirit growth.

Caroso passed the entrance assessment and joined Blank’s elite S-class at the Alchemy Academy, where Elena visited him with cake and quickly drew him into a study session. As the Netizens recognized Elena’s calculated advances, Caroso remained unaware of how her approach might affect him.

• Caroso reassured Kong that he would keep Kong’s secret and joined the Netizens in planning to use their unlimited materials for experiments.
• Caroso completed the assessment and was admitted to the Alchemy Academy’s S class, which Blank personally taught.
• Caroso moved into his dormitory, reviewed his textbooks, and answered a knock from Elena.
• Elena congratulated Caroso with cake, declared them friends, and praised him while comparing him favorably to Rayne.
• Elena sat on Caroso’s bed, asked him to explain a book about demon blood and priest cards, and watched as he finished the cake.
• The Netizens discussed Elena’s manipulative flirting and wondered whether the straight-laced Caroso would fall for it.

Elena asked Caroso about Demon Blood and learned his views on the Church, light, and darkness as he tutored her. After Elena left, Caroso realized he was developing feelings for her, while the Netizens debated whether she was deliberately flirting with him.

• Elena asked Caroso why Demon Blood appeared in priest decks, and he explained how light and darkness interacted.
• Caroso described the Goddess of Dawn Church’s influence and argued that holy light restricted priests and paladins from reaching Primal Light.
• Caroso explained that Demon Blood could stabilize priest cards and provoke light’s power, then seriously corrected the textbook with Elena for two hours.
• When the dinner bell rang, Elena invited Caroso to eat, touched his forehead, and left to meet her older brother’s new friends.
• Caroso watched Elena leave and found himself attracted to her, while the Netizens debated whether she was a calculating flirt.

Caroso listened to the netizens’ advice and agreed to study a stronger deck before the academy’s first combat lesson. At the cafeteria, he ignored rumors about his aptitude and approached Elena to ask for her help.

• Caroso reviewed the academy schedule and learned that classes would begin with an actual combat lesson in three days.
• The netizens urged Caroso to prepare a powerful deck, and he agreed after they reminded him that his growth period was dangerous.
• Caroso went to the cafeteria, where Rayne, Elena, and several others were eating together.
• Other students discussed Caroso’s S++ potential ratings and accused him of cheating, but he resolved to answer the rumors with his actions.
• Elena welcomed Caroso and blushed when he said they were friends, while the netizens warned him not to get involved with her.
• Caroso declined the empty seat offered by the young man beside Elena and told Elena that he needed her help.

Caroso asked Elena for help finding card-making materials and assistants, but Karei Quint interrupted and drew Caroso’s suspicion after the comments identified him as the man who would later gouge out Caroso’s eyes. Caroso challenged Karei to a duel at the arena, and both accepted under the school’s rules.

• Caroso asked Elena to help him find card-making materials and assistants, and she agreed.
• Karei Quint interrupted them, introduced himself as a fourth-tier warrior, and the comments identified him as Caroso’s future enemy.
• Caroso threw a white glove at Karei and challenged him to a duel.
• Karei accepted and explained the special rules for a challenge between fighters of different tiers.
• Rayne tried to stop the duel, while Elena hid behind Caroso, but Caroso and Karei agreed to fight at the arena.

Caroso challenged Karei to a duel and used cards to summon the same Epic equipment set Karei wore. After ten minutes of fighting, Caroso’s sword broke, and he summoned the dwarf phantom again as Karei prepared to finish him.

• Caroso refused Nimel’s offer to duel in his place and entered the arena against Karei.
• Caroso concealed that seven of the cards he held belonged to Karei, while Karei equipped a three-card Epic set.
• Caroso summoned the same armor, boots, and rapier as Karei, then charged and traded blows with him.
• Karei adapted to Caroso’s attacks and fought back, believing his superior magic gave him the advantage.
• After Caroso’s sword broke, he summoned the dwarf phantom again as Karei pointed his sword at him.

Caroso defeated Karei by overwhelming him with copied equipment, leaving Karei furious and demanding an inspection of the arena. The Vice Principal confirmed the duel was fair, and Caroso left for the cafeteria with Nimel following.

• Caroso continued fighting Karei, replacing his shattered swords with more copied weapons until he broke Karei’s sword and armor.
• Caroso knocked Karei down and relentlessly struck him until Karei’s armor shattered, then held a sword to his throat and asked if he still wanted to fight.
• Karei admitted defeat through tears and protested that the match was unfair, while Elena and Rayne quietly praised Caroso.
• When the ten-minute limit expired, Caroso dispelled his copied equipment, and Karei demanded that the magic array be inspected.
• The Vice Principal declared the duel fair and said Karei had lost through carelessness.
• Caroso called Karei “Not bad,” saluted the Vice Principal, and walked toward the cafeteria with Nimel following.

After defeating Karei, Caroso ate with Nimel and ordered her to stop settling for poor meals, then discussed his self-made card with Elena and Rayne. The chapter ended with Karei watching their closeness and growing suspicious of Caroso and Elena.

• Karei blamed Caroso for humiliating him and vowed to win back his pride and gouge out Caroso’s eyes.
• Caroso told Nimel he had dueled Karei because he disliked the look of him, then said he would win even without using a prepared set of cards.
• Caroso bought Nimel a better meal and ordered her to eat with him and let him pay from then on.
• Elena and Rayne visited Caroso with materials, and Caroso clarified that he needed a list of materials for his work.
• Caroso revealed that he had created the card he used and proposed cooperating with Elena, while Karei watched and became suspicious.

Caroso offered Rayne a partnership to mass-produce and sell a priest card that copied an opponent’s card, explaining its restrictions and the formula’s broader value. Rayne left to consult his family, while Caroso resolved to compensate the people whose card-making knowledge he had used without permission.

• Caroso showed Rayne and Elena his card, which copied an opponent’s card for ten minutes, and explained how its limits shaped his fight with Karei.
• Rayne and Elena realized the card’s importance lay in its formula, which could inspire new developments in priest cards.
• Caroso proposed that Rayne provide card makers, an alchemy workshop, and sales while Caroso supplied the formula for seventy percent of the profits.
• Rayne said he needed to discuss the deal with his family, and Elena apologized to Caroso after trying to negotiate a lower share.
• After Rayne and Elena left, Caroso told the barrage he had given the formula to his father and would compensate the people whose card-making knowledge he had used.

Caroso used a staged cafeteria encounter to spread word of his priest card and his partnership with Rayne, turning the card into a hot topic across the academy. Rayne’s uncle cautioned him about the risks of pursuing the card’s research, while buyers began contacting Rayne before the card had even gone on sale.

• Caroso followed the advice to promote the card by letting cafeteria workers and a student discover it and pass the secret along.
• The card’s effects and Caroso’s partnership with Rayne spread throughout the academy overnight, upsetting Karei when he learned why Caroso had defeated him.
• Rayne told his uncle that acquiring the card could support further research, but his uncle warned that Azure Wolf Province might already be developing follow-up technology.
• Rayne’s uncle took over the negotiations, and Rayne’s magic stone quickly filled with requests from people wanting to buy the card.

Rayne agreed to Caroso’s proposal to produce and sell the card, and they began preparing a contract that protected Caroso’s formula. As Caroso reviewed Rayne’s materials list, the voices in his mind discussed powerful items and card-making tools that left him bewildered.

• Rayne arrived with Elena and asked Caroso to sign a contract and provide the formula.
• Caroso reviewed Rayne’s contract and required it to guarantee that the formula would not leak for at least three months.
• Rayne left to prepare a revised contract, while Caroso summoned a lawyer through his communication magic stone.
• Caroso examined Rayne’s materials list as the voices in his mind discussed rare items and powerful card-making equipment.
• Caroso was startled by the extraordinary items the voices mentioned and wondered what they used to make cards.

Rayne and Caroso signed a contract exchanging a card formula, and Rayne arranged for Krumen Hill to help Caroso obtain materials and set up a laboratory. Caroso hired Krumen despite the viewers warning that she was a notorious profiteer, and she saw the job as a chance to earn a higher salary and bring in business.

• Rayne returned with a revised contract, and a lawyer checked it before Rayne and Caroso signed.
• Caroso gave Rayne the card-making formula, which Rayne praised for its unconventional material order.
• Rayne offered Caroso an assistant and left with Elena while Caroso waited to meet her.
• Krumen Hill presented her résumé, revealing that she was a Tier 4 mechanic and butler seeking an annual salary of 120 Magic Crystal Coins.
• Despite the viewers' warnings about Krumen's prices, Caroso hired her, and Krumen welcomed the prospect of earning more and gaining business from Caroso.

Caroso hired Krumen and cardmaker assistants, then spent the day buying materials while Netizens sent Krumen on exhausting errands. The next morning, Caroso began making several cards with Nimel and two assistants, and one card he created was Hand of Greed.

• Caroso hired Krumen to find cardmaker assistants and a studio, and they exchanged contact information.
• Netizens urged Caroso to send Krumen on repeated errands for materials, leaving her exhausted by nightfall.
• Krumen accepted the workload as part of her job, and Caroso told her to remain available the next day.
• Caroso and Nimel went to the laboratory with two cardmaker assistants and began preparing materials for several cards.
• Caroso drew the cards and created a three-star Blue Rare spell called Hand of Greed, which randomly drew two cards from the reserve deck.