Chapter Summaries

Caroso resisted the dungeon’s mental magic, disguised himself as a cultist, and followed the captives to a room where he woke two outsiders before slipping away. He reached the first floor and found a diary identifying the Underworld Flower as a gift to the cultists’ Lord, while the other outsiders remained in danger.

• Caroso noticed the missing bullet comments and used a card to break free of the illusion, then bound an unconscious cultist to pass as one of the captors.
• The cultists sorted their captives into rooms, and Caroso followed the Third-tier group into a chamber where outsiders were chained to bronze chairs.
• Caroso slapped two classmates awake and left the room; Number One and Number Two broke free and prepared to fight black figures emerging from the ground.
• Caroso blended in with the cultists, rode an elevator to the first floor, and entered an empty room.
• Caroso read a diary that named the Underworld Flower as the finest gift for the cultists’ Lord, prompting the bullet commenters to recognize it.

Caroso read a diary that explained how the Underworld Flower fed on hope and despair, then burned it to reveal a second account about a doctor’s obsession with Macy. The newly revealed entries showed him becoming a missionary and repeatedly postponing his promise to save her.

• Caroso read the diary and learned that the cult planned to nourish the Underworld Flower by giving people hope before crushing it with despair.
• Caroso explained that mental spells could not keep people trapped in nightmares because they would struggle to wake themselves.
• After a commenter noticed the diary’s torn corner, Caroso burned it and uncovered hidden entries describing a doctor’s life.
• The doctor wrote that he fell in love with the nun Macy and discovered that she took part in a ritual with missionaries.
• The doctor joined the missionaries, but his diary showed him repeatedly delaying his plan to save Macy.

Caroso read a diary that revealed the church’s horrific past and exposed a trap linked to the Underworld Flower. After destroying the diary, he gained a follower card that could locate and consume Underworld Flowers, and decided to pursue the flower despite the danger.

• Caroso read the diary entries describing Macy’s influence, the murdered children, and the writer’s growing fear and confusion.
• Caroso found a card tucked into the diary, and the diary shrieked as cultists began opening doors throughout the church.
• Caroso burned the diary with Bintink’s Flaming Sword and explained that its human-skin cover had concealed information about the Underworld Flower.
• Caroso retrieved the Underworld Guide card, whose follower could seek out and eat Underworld Flowers.
• Caroso decided to go after the Underworld Flower and said he was ninety-eight percent certain he could defeat it with the new card.

Caroso fought through the cultists surrounding his room and used Guess the Card to stall them at the elevator. After winning a rare card, he destroyed the elevator doors, leaving a way forward as fighting continued upstairs.

• Caroso charged through the black-clad cultists, using Purification cards to break through their restraints and reach the elevator.
• Caroso invoked Guess the Card, trapping himself and the cultists in its domain and forcing him to choose one opponent.
• Caroso heard fighting upstairs and used the game to stall the cultists, who could not reach the other floors without the elevator.
• Caroso won three rounds and received an Evil Spirit Chains card, ending the Guess the Card domain.
• Caroso demanded the elevator be opened, then stabbed his sword through the doors and blasted a hole in them.

Caroso escaped the elevator shaft and rejoined the Outsiders, then unleashed Blade Storm to slaughter the cultists and seize control of the battle. After Nimel joined him, Caroso ordered the Outsiders to attack the elevator as more black-clad enemies emerged.

• Caroso escaped the rising elevator by breaking through its door and entering the corridor where the Outsiders fought the cultists.
• Caroso disguised himself among the gray-robed cultists, then revealed himself and used Blade Storm to kill more than twenty of them.
• Nimel ran to Caroso and told him that she had killed three cultists.
• Caroso took Nimel's hand, retreated, and ordered the Outsiders to focus their attacks on the elevator entrance.
• More black-clad figures emerged from the elevator and were struck by vines, chain lightning, and holy-light spells.

Caroso and Teresa Alekseyevna led their group in a coordinated assault on the cultists emerging from the elevator, quickly overwhelming them. As the battle turned in their favor, two Mal Magic Academy members considered attacking Caroso, and a warrior’s blade suddenly continued toward him.

• Teresa Alekseyevna introduced herself to Caroso and rallied the group to attack the cultists in the elevator.
• Caroso and Teresa fought side by side, protecting each other and cutting down the cultists.
• Two Mal Magic Academy members considered attacking Caroso but held back when Teresa’s subordinates watched them.
• A warrior cut down a cultist behind Caroso, but his sweeping blade kept moving toward Caroso.

Teresa killed a warrior who attacked Caroso, then joined him in defeating the cultists. After Caroso shared what he had learned about the living Underworld Flower, he prepared to seek it out alone, but a warning announced that the laboratory’s master had been alarmed and would now unleash its true power.

• Teresa killed a warrior who had attacked Caroso and continued fighting despite a serious shoulder injury.
• Teresa’s group and Caroso defeated the cultists, and priests restored some of Caroso’s mana.
• Caroso told Teresa and Nimel about infiltrating the cultists and warned them that the Underworld Flower was alive, controlled poison men, and used mental attacks.
• Caroso said he would search for the Underworld Flower alone, while Teresa urged him to stay with her team.
• A warning appeared that someone had alarmed the laboratory’s master, and the cultists’ corpses sank into the ground.

Caroso and Nimel searched the laboratory for a route to the Underworld Flower, where Caroso discovered a card-making workbench and materials that could be used to create a card. The chapter ended with the barrage identifying a replacement recipe for a cursed card and urging Caroso to print it.

• Teresa calmed the panicking group, defended Caroso, and assigned him and Nimel to handle the Underworld Flower while she dealt with the director.
• Teresa gave Caroso a map, and he and Nimel entered the elevator to reach the laboratory above.
• Caroso broke through a reinforced wall and found poison people stored in jars, along with a card-making workbench.
• Caroso named the workbench's materials aloud, prompting the barrage to identify a Death Knight card recipe.
• After Caroso found he lacked the cards for that recipe, a viewer suggested replacing a Vengeful Spirit Stone with a copper block to make another cursed card.

Caroso and Nimel opened a machine containing a Poisoned One, and Caroso prepared to make two cards from its mechanical arm. Meanwhile, Teresa held the first floor against the cultists and barred anyone from going up to support Caroso.

• Caroso explained that Elemental Mages’ strength depended on knowing ancient languages and communicating with elemental spirits, while Nimel deciphered the machine’s writing.
• Nimel opened the tank, and Caroso shielded her from the poisonous mist with his flaming sword until the Poisoned One evaporated, leaving a mechanical arm.
• Caroso asked Nimel to stand guard while he made two cards on the spot.
• Teresa led the fight against the cultists on the first floor, organizing the group and sending a ten-person squad to guard the elevator.
• When warriors asked to help Caroso, Teresa ordered them to fight, leave, or die, and insisted that Caroso had said he needed only Nimel.

Caroso crafted cards while Nimel held back the poisoned men, honoring their promise to keep the monsters from reaching the lower floors. After the cards were completed, Caroso grabbed the Sword of Flames and rushed to help Nimel.

• The poisoned men broke out of their glass tanks, and Caroso ordered Nimel to guard the elevator while he finished crafting a card.
• Nimel fought off the poisoned men with spells and staff strikes as more monsters overwhelmed the area.
• Caroso continued crafting while the Sword of Flames defended him and Nimel used area attacks to ease the pressure on him.
• Two cards were completed, and Caroso stored one, grabbed the Sword of Flames, and charged toward Nimel.

Caroso rescued Nimel from the poison men, then made her reflect on her performance and comforted her when she felt discouraged. They opened the laboratory doors and entered a corridor lined with jars containing darker poison people, heading deeper into the lab.

• Nimel ran out of cards and fell into the elevator shaft, but Caroso caught her and brought her back to safety.
• Caroso and Nimel defeated the poison men, and Caroso told Nimel to review the battle and meditate.
• Caroso explained that he had treated the fight as a trial because Nimel should have been able to hold off the poison men, and he recalled his family's harsh training and his sister's death in a dungeon.
• Caroso comforted Nimel when she worried about her remaining magic power, and she embraced him.
• Nimel opened the laboratory doors, and she followed Caroso down a corridor lined with jars of darker poison people.

Caroso and Nimel confronted the Underworld Flower and six child poison-men, and Caroso discovered the flower was a follower-like card creature that could not play cards. Caroso defeated it with Silence, Frenzy, and two Devourers, leaving Nimel to confirm the battle was over.

• Caroso recognized that the Underworld Flower was imitating his mother's voice, while Nimel heard Caroso's voice instead.
• Caroso silenced the six flying poison-men and used Frenzy to control one of them, preventing the Underworld Flower from attacking freely.
• Caroso concluded that the Underworld Flower was a card-like follower unable to play cards, then summoned a Devourer.
• Caroso summoned a second Devourer, and the two creatures devoured the Underworld Flower and its controlled poison-man.
• The remaining poison-men stopped moving, and Nimel asked whether the fight was over; Caroso confirmed it was.

Caroso and Nimel cleared the hidden room by using a special Priest spell and Caroso’s card-making skills. They found legendary materials and equipment, and Caroso agreed to use the robe to build a connection with Teresa, while Nimel concealed that she simply did not want to wear it.

• Caroso explained how the right cards and strategy let them defeat the Underworld Flower, and Nimel searched the remains for loot.
• Nimel found two Underworld Flower seeds and a bloodstained Priest Robe, all legendary third-tier materials or equipment.
• Caroso took the seeds and promised to make one for each of them, then said he could alter the robe into a Mage equipment card for Nimel.
• Nimel urged Caroso to use the robe to strengthen his ties with Teresa, and he agreed that establishing a connection with her was worthwhile.
• Caroso noticed Nimel’s secret relief but chose not to call her out.

Teresa and her allies held off the dean while Caroso fought the cultists elsewhere in the dungeon. Caroso returned victorious, and he and Teresa killed the dean before their side finished off the remaining enemies.

• Teresa fought the dean while directing the survivors to hold their ground and wait for Caroso.
• The dean’s followers emerged as the cavern wall opened, but Caroso’s two Devourers knocked the poison giants down.
• Caroso arrived and stabbed the dean at the same time Teresa pierced his abdomen, killing him.
• Caroso and Teresa’s allies defeated the remaining enemies in under two minutes.
• Caroso gave Teresa his robe as thanks for the slash she had dealt earlier, leaving Nimel puzzled and the other survivors envious.

Caroso and Nimel returned from the Fallen Laboratory dungeon, where 89 of 120 challengers survived and Caroso earned an S++ rating. After refusing the headmaster’s offer of credits and scholarships, Caroso left with Nimel, still puzzled by the strange subtitles that had appeared inside the dungeon.

• Caroso emerged from the dungeon with an S-rank reward, while Nimel had received an A-rank reward, and the principal’s healers restored the survivors’ injuries and magic power.
• The Vice Principal told the principal that 89 challengers survived, including 16 academy students, setting a new survival record for the dungeon tier.
• The principal praised the survivors and asked them to share what had happened in exchange for credits and scholarships.
• Caroso declined to explain the dungeon immediately and refused the headmaster’s offer of credits, saying he did not need them.
• Nimel joined Caroso as they left, while Caroso wondered about the unusual subtitles that had appeared during the dungeon.

Caroso learned that the dungeon’s mysterious subtitles had appeared to the Netizens but not to him, and decided to postpone investigating them until he was stronger. He returned to school, where Bai announced a card-making competition with a legendary revolver and personal training from Professor Alita Salazar as prizes.

• Caroso discussed the dungeon subtitles with the Netizens, compared their account with his own, and reviewed the world’s eras and the history of dungeons.
• Caroso concluded that the mysterious voice might have been warning the raiders to stay united, but chose to wait before pursuing the truth.
• Caroso opened his dungeon spoils and found a fourth-tier legendary sword, then considered the Netizens’ suggestion to make a pistol or Gunblade card.
• Caroso returned to school, greeted Elena and Rayne, and was reminded by Bai to submit his placement test paper.
• Bai announced that the card-making competition winner would receive Twilight Chrome and a card formula, along with personal instruction from Professor Alita Salazar.
• Caroso wondered what the Netizens meant when they called Alita a six-star Card Maker.

Bai told Caroso that students from two schools would visit for an exchange, then taught a lesson on concealing card-making methods. After class, Caroso recounted how he had infiltrated the enemy dungeon and crafted cards there, leaving the Vice Principal and Bai struck by how smoothly everything had gone.

• Bai announced that students from two schools would come for an exchange and said their opponents were strong, while Elena insisted that Caroso could help them compete.
• Bai taught the class about disguising materials and magic arrays to prevent others from copying card-making techniques, and Caroso described additional ways to conceal arrays.
• The Vice Principal asked Caroso to explain the previous day's events, and Caroso described infiltrating the enemy, exposing the diary's disguise, and fighting his way through the dungeon.
• Caroso told the Vice Principal and Bai that he had recognized the dungeon materials, crafted cards, and copied a formula that he would keep to himself.
• The Vice Principal and Bai found Caroso's account plausible but were surprised by how smoothly he had managed everything.

Caroso took three days off from the academy and traveled to Azure Wolf Province with Krumen, who feared he wanted to take advantage of her. They arrived at his home, where Osiris was surprised to see him.

• Caroso asked Bai for three days off, and Bai approved while reminding him about the upcoming exchange events.
• Caroso asked Krumen to book tickets for Azure Wolf Province and travel with him, saying he needed a personal butler and wanted to keep the trip confidential.
• Krumen worried that Caroso had romantic or sexual intentions, but he explained that he needed her help at home.
• At the airport, Krumen claimed she had female health problems, while Caroso remained confused about what she meant.
• Caroso and Krumen traveled to Azure Wolf Province, where Osiris asked Caroso why he had returned.

Caroso returned to Azure Wolf Province with Krumen and showed Osiris a valuable card obtained in a dungeon. Osiris rewarded him with command of the Sixth Army’s Seventeenth Division, and Caroso rejected the royal family’s proposed marriage to Elena Roland before preparing to return to school.

• Caroso introduced Krumen to Osiris and asked her to gather mechanical tools and learn the province’s procurement procedures for special card-making materials.
• Osiris praised Caroso for his actions at school, then examined the card Caroso had found in a dungeon and told him to use it boldly.
• Osiris gave Caroso a seal granting him command of the Sixth Army’s Seventeenth Division as a reward for the card.
• Osiris told Caroso that the royal family wanted him to marry Elena Roland, and Caroso firmly objected.
• Osiris agreed to call off the marriage and arranged for his private plane to take Caroso back the next day.

Grand Duke Kolia negotiated a deal with the Perus King to produce Azure Wolf Province’s Hand of Greed card, while Caroso considered how to build his own strength and returned to school. The chapter left Caroso arriving as a helicopter approached and someone called his name.

• Grand Duke Kolia recounted how he had secured and stabilized Azure Wolf Province before agreeing to cooperate with the King on the card deal.
• Caroso decided that he needed to improve himself, expand the card business, and earn the loyalty of the division assigned to him.
• Krumen returned to the royal capital with Caroso, and he showed her his Hand of Greed card.
• Caroso arrived at school and found students gathered on the field as a helicopter approached and someone called out to him.