Chapter Summaries

Hudson returned to the Mountain Territory, where Baron Redman handed the territory’s accumulated affairs back to him. In Beda City, Count Pierce warned his family against confronting the rising Coslo Family and urged them to wait for an opportunity.

• Hudson reunited with Baron Redman and his family, then saw how wartime steel production had transformed the Mountain Territory while damaging its environment.
• Baron Redman passed Hudson a backlog of documents and admitted he had no plans for the territory’s future, so Hudson called the administrators to a meeting.
• Hudson considered replacing managers whose loyalty was uncertain but decided that dismissals needed to be handled carefully because they had helped develop the territory.
• Count Pierce returned to Beda City exhausted and reflected that his own decisions had helped Hudson and the Coslo Family grow stronger while alienating the province’s nobles.
• Count Pierce advised Viscount Cayou and his son to avoid military conflict with Hudson and wait for him to make a mistake, then told them his Flame Lion was about to give birth.

Caesar III weighed the Alpha Kingdom’s military reforms against its strained finances, while Hudson took control of Dadir City and assigned Rook to restore it. The chapter left Rook responsible for making the troubled city prosperous within three years.

• Count Francis reported that the Alliance Council had named the Seven Grassland Nations and that Alpha had little chance of winning a throne.
• Caesar III approved small-scale magical beast breeding trials after Marquis Delgado warned that the Kingdom could not afford a large program.
• Hudson took over Dadir City and Snow Moon City, where disorder and violence had followed the flight of local officials.
• Hudson asked Rook how he would revive Dadir City, and Rook proposed restoring public confidence and bringing in new residents.
• Hudson rejected relocating his manor but entrusted Dadir City to Rook and demanded that it become prosperous within three years.

After transmigrating into the disgraced Marquis of Champion, Qin Hu realized that powerful enemies had arranged his exile and were trying to kill him in the Vanguard Camp. Facing a freezing patrol with his frail page Qin An, he decided to seek help from Centurion Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu recovered memories of his new life as the Marquis of Champion, including his fiancée Chen Ruoli's impeachment and his exile to the front lines.
• Qin Hu and Qin An went out to patrol in a blizzard while two off-duty sentries extinguished their bonfire and left them exposed to the cold.
• Qin Hu recognized that his enemies were using the army camp to torment him and vowed to survive and return to the capital for revenge.
• Qin Hu learned that he and Qin An had only twenty taels of silver and decided to use it to save Qin An and approach Centurion Li Xiaokun.

After awakening in the body of the disgraced young marquis Qin Hu, a modern soldier realized he had been framed and exiled to the front. He resolved to survive the camp’s attempts to kill him and began looking for a way to protect Qin An.

• Qin Hu recovered memories of his arrest, exile, and the conspiracy involving Chen Ruoli, Princess Chang'an, and his cousin.
• Qin Hu and Qin An were sent to patrol through a freezing blizzard after the sentries extinguished their warming fire.
• Qin Hu recognized that soldiers in the Vanguard Camp were trying to torment him and Qin An to death.
• Qin Hu learned that they had only twenty taels of silver and decided to use it to keep Qin An alive.
• Qin Hu chose Centurion Li Xiaokun, who was in charge of the Vanguard Camp, as the person to approach.

After transmigrating into the disgraced Young Marquis Qin Hu, a modern special forces soldier realized that his enemies had sent him to the front to die. He and his page Qin An struggled through a deadly winter patrol, and Qin Hu decided to seek help from the Vanguard Camp’s commander, Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu awakened in the body of the Young Marquis of Champion and recalled how Chen Ruoli had impeached him after he was accused of harassing Princess Chang'an.
• Qin Hu understood that Duke Chen and his cousin had conspired to ruin him and gain control of his family’s fortune.
• Qin Hu and Qin An went out to patrol in a blizzard while the departing sentries extinguished their warming fire and left them exposed.
• Qin An collapsed in the snow, and Qin Hu resolved to keep them both alive and eventually return to the capital for revenge.
• After learning they had only twenty taels of silver, Qin Hu decided to try bribing Centurion Li Xiaokun, commander of the Vanguard Camp.

After transmigrating into the disgraced Young Marquis Qin Hu, a former special forces soldier realizes his exile to the front was part of a plot to kill him. Freezing on night patrol with his frail page Qin An, he decides to save them by approaching centurion Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu recalled how Duke Chen, Chen Ruoli, and Princess Chang'an had helped frame him, leading to his exile in Youzhou.
• Qin Hu and Qin An went out to patrol in a brutal snowstorm, while the outgoing sentries extinguished their warming fire.
• Qin Hu recognized that the poorly defended camp and the soldiers' cruelty were part of an effort to torment him to death.
• Qin Hu learned that they had only twenty taels of silver left and resolved to use it to keep Qin An alive.
• Qin Hu decided to seek help by bribing Li Xiaokun, the centurion in charge of the Vanguard Camp.

After awakening as Qin Hu, the disgraced Young Marquis exiled to the front, Qin Hu realized his enemies were trying to kill him through hardship in the Vanguard Camp. He resolved to survive with Qin An and planned to approach the centurion Li Xiaokun for help.

• Qin Hu recovered his memories and realized he had been framed and exiled after Princess Chang'an accused him and Chen Ruoli impeached him.
• Qin Hu and Qin An went out into a freezing snowstorm to patrol after the relieved sentries extinguished their fire and left them exposed.
• Qin Hu concluded that his enemies in the camp meant to freeze him to death and vowed to survive and return to the capital for revenge.
• Qin Hu learned that Qin An had only twenty taels of silver and decided to use what they had to secure their survival.
• Qin Hu identified centurion Li Xiaokun, who was in charge of the Vanguard Camp, as the person he would approach.

After transmigrating into the disgraced Young Marquis Qin Hu, a modern special forces soldier realizes that powerful enemies have conspired to have him killed in the army. As Qin Hu and his pageboy Qin An struggle through a freezing night, he decides to use his remaining silver to seek help from centurion Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu recalled how Chen Ruoli accused him of seventy-two crimes after he was framed for molesting Princess Chang'an, leading to his exile in Youzhou.
• Qin Hu and Qin An went out to patrol in a snowstorm while two returning sentries put out their warming fire and left them exposed to the cold.
• Qin Hu realized the soldiers were helping his enemies torment him and vowed to survive and return to the capital for revenge.
• Qin Hu learned that Qin An had only twenty taels of silver left and decided to use it to seek help from centurion Li Xiaokun.

After waking in the Great Yu Dynasty as Young Marquis Qin Hu, a framed and exiled former wastrel, Qin Hu faced deliberate abuse in the army camp and resolved to survive and return to the capital. He decided to use his remaining silver to seek help from centurion Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu recovered memories of being framed by Chen Ruoli and Princess Chang'an, then exiled to serve at the front.
• Qin Hu and Qin An went out on a freezing night patrol after other sentries extinguished their warming fire.
• Qin Hu realized the camp's soldiers were tormenting him and Qin An in an effort to kill them.
• Qin Hu learned that Qin An had only twenty taels of silver left and decided to use it to protect him.
• Qin Hu identified centurion Li Xiaokun as the person he would try to bribe.

After transmigrating into the disgraced Young Marquis Qin Hu, a modern special forces soldier, Qin Hu realized he had been framed and exiled to the front. Facing deadly mistreatment in the Vanguard Camp, he decided to secure Qin An’s survival by seeking help from centurion Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu awakened in a military camp and learned he had inherited the title of Marquis of Champion in the Great Yu Dynasty.
• Qin Hu recalled how Chen Ruoli had impeached him after he was accused of molesting Princess Chang'an, leading to his exile to Youzhou.
• Qin Hu and Qin An were sent to patrol in a freezing snowstorm after the other sentries extinguished their warming fire.
• Qin Hu recognized that soldiers in the camp were trying to torment him and Qin An, and vowed to survive and return to the capital for revenge.
• Qin Hu learned that Qin An had only twenty taels of silver and decided to approach centurion Li Xiaokun for help.

After transmigrating into the disgraced Young Marquis Qin Hu, a former special forces soldier realized that his fiancée and political enemies had framed him and arranged for him to die in the army. Freezing on patrol with his servant Qin An, Qin Hu resolved to survive and considered bribing Centurion Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu woke in a military camp, absorbed his predecessor’s memories, and learned he had been exiled to serve on the front lines after being accused of molesting Princess Chang'an.
• Qin Hu concluded that Duke Chen, Chen Ruoli, and Princess Chang'an had colluded to ruin him for their own interests.
• Qin Hu and Qin An went out into a freezing snowstorm to stand watch, while two relieving sentries extinguished their warming fire and returned to their tent.
• Qin Hu recognized that the camp’s soldiers were mistreating them and that Qin An was close to dying from exhaustion and cold.
• Qin Hu asked Qin An for his remaining money and decided to seek help by bribing Centurion Li Xiaokun.

After transmigrating into the disgraced Young Marquis Qin Hu, a former special forces soldier realized that powerful enemies had framed him and were trying to kill him during his military exile. Stranded in a freezing camp with Qin An, he decided to seek help from Centurion Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu awoke in the Great Yu Dynasty as the exiled Marquis of Champion and recalled how Chen Ruoli had accused him of numerous crimes after a palace banquet.
• Qin Hu concluded that Duke Chen, Princess Chang'an, and others had colluded to bring about his downfall and claim the Marquis of Champion's wealth.
• Qin Hu and Qin An went out to patrol in a blizzard, while the relieved sentries extinguished their fire and left them exposed to the cold.
• Qin An told Qin Hu that they had only twenty taels of silver left, and Qin Hu resolved to use the money to keep him alive.
• Qin Hu decided that Centurion Li Xiaokun, the Vanguard Camp's top man, was the person he needed to approach.

After transmigrating into the disgraced Young Marquis Qin Hu, he realized powerful enemies had framed him and were trying to kill him in the army. Stranded on a freezing night patrol with his frail page Qin An, he decided to seek help from Centurion Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu awakened in the Great Yu Dynasty as the new Marquis of Champion and recalled how Chen Ruoli had impeached him after he was accused of molesting Princess Chang'an.
• Qin Hu understood that the Chen family and others had conspired to exile him to the front, where the Vanguard Camp was tormenting him.
• Qin Hu and Qin An went out to patrol in a bitter snowstorm after the off-duty sentries put out their fire.
• Qin An feared they would not survive, and Qin Hu resolved to save him and find a way to endure their treatment.
• Qin Hu asked Qin An how much money they had and decided to approach Centurion Li Xiaokun for help.

Qin Hu, a modern special forces soldier reborn as the disgraced Young Marquis Qin Hu, realized that powerful enemies had framed him and were trying to kill him in the Vanguard Camp. He decided to keep himself and Qin An alive by seeking help from Centurion Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu awoke in the Great Yu Dynasty as a soldier and recovered memories of his exile after Chen Ruoli and others framed him.
• Qin Hu and Qin An were forced to patrol through a freezing storm while the relieved sentries extinguished their fire and left them exposed.
• Qin Hu concluded that people in the camp were helping his enemies kill him and vowed to survive and return to the capital for revenge.
• Qin Hu learned that Qin An had only twenty taels of silver and decided to use the money to approach Centurion Li Xiaokun.

Qin Hu, a modern special forces soldier reborn as the disgraced Marquis of Champion, realized his enemies had arranged for him to die in the army camp. After he and Qin An were forced into a freezing night patrol, Qin Hu decided to find a way to protect them and seek help from Centurion Li Xiaokun.

• Qin Hu woke in a military tent and recovered memories of his transmigration and the conspiracy that had exiled him to the front.
• Qin Hu recalled that Chen Ruoli had accused him of crimes after he was framed for molesting Princess Chang'an, leading to his exile in Youzhou.
• Qin Hu and Qin An went out to patrol in a brutal snowstorm after the relieved sentries extinguished their warming fire.
• Qin An weakened from the cold, and Qin Hu resolved to keep him alive and eventually return to the capital to settle accounts with his enemies.
• Qin Hu learned that they had no banknotes and only twenty taels of silver, then decided to approach Centurion Li Xiaokun for help.

After awakening in the body of the disgraced Young Marquis Qin Hu, a modern special forces soldier realized that powerful enemies had framed him and sent him to die in the Vanguard Camp. As a freezing night watch began, he resolved to survive and identified Centurion Li Xiaokun as his next possible ally.

• Qin Hu recalled how Chen Ruoli had accused him of crimes after he was framed for molesting Princess Chang'an, leading to his exile to Youzhou.
• Qin Hu and Qin An were forced to patrol through a fierce snowstorm while two sentries extinguished their warming fire and returned to their tent.
• Qin Hu realized the camp's soldiers were helping his enemies kill him and vowed to survive and return to the capital for revenge.
• Qin Hu learned that Qin An had only twenty taels of silver and decided to use it to save him.
• Qin Hu chose Centurion Li Xiaokun, the man in charge of the Vanguard Camp, as the person he might bribe.

Hudson investigated an attack on the migrant convoy while struggling with potion-making, then learned that Melissa was pregnant. Meanwhile, Kevin discovered that his organization’s attack had accidentally struck its own people and concealed the failure.

• Hudson, Kane, and Rudolf discussed the convoy attack and concluded that they lacked enough information to identify the mastermind.
• Hudson kept experimenting with potion-making, and Melissa teased him about repeatedly blowing up his pill furnace.
• Hudson examined Melissa after she became nauseated and told her she was pregnant, bringing joy to Mountain Territory.
• Kevin returned to Beda City wounded and ordered his people to hide the failed operation and protect the organization’s information.
• Kevin considered how to reconnect with spies in Mountain Territory after their contact methods failed, while avoiding any move that might expose them.

Hudson faced a growing fiscal crisis as the collapse of the steel market widened the Mountain Territory’s deficit, though he reassured his officials and prioritized salt production and air power over building a navy. By December, the kingdom’s steel industry had entered a severe downturn, with small processors and mine owners beginning to fail.

• Count Pierce cursed the Northern Nobles and the Church for failing to disrupt the migration, while Schäfer urged him to exploit the conflict between them and Hudson.
• Jacob reported that falling iron-product prices had sharply increased the Mountain Territory’s deficit, and Hudson reassured his officials that other industries and future projects would restore growth.
• Rudolf warned Hudson that a fleet would be costly and difficult to staff, so Hudson said the territory would focus on salt-making, its magical beast legion, and air power.
• In December, collapsing demand and panic selling spread the steel crisis into the Southeast Province, halving the Mountain Territory’s iron-product shipments repeatedly.
• Small and medium-sized processors and mine owners began to fail as Alpha Kingdom’s steel industry entered a severe downturn.

The economic crisis pushed Alpha Kingdom’s nobles to use war bonds to pay their taxes, leaving Caesar III to confront a challenge to royal authority and the military budget. In Moxi Duchy, George responded to the growing debt danger by ordering more bonds issued before creditors could shift their holdings and trigger a collapse.

• Hudson cut production in Mountain Territory as steel prices plunged and the crisis spread through related industries.
• Caesar III learned that 4.5 million gold coins of the kingdom’s autumn taxes had been paid in war bonds and reprimanded Crown Prince Caesar for failing to prevent it.
• Caesar III concluded that the great nobles were using the crisis to pressure the kingdom over the magical beast corps and its military budget.
• George ordered Moxi Duchy’s collected war bonds destroyed after most of its tax revenue arrived in bonds rather than gold.
• Count Renato warned George that nobles were quietly selling bonds, while Chancellor Herczeg urged him to negotiate lower interest rates.
• George rejected negotiations and ordered Moxi Duchy to issue more bonds until the major powers had sold their holdings.

Hudson weighed Melissa’s warning about the great nobles’ political maneuvering while overseeing the Magical Beast incubation project. The new breeding results included a Black Mountain Leopard laying eggs, leaving the mages to investigate how the unusual offspring could be hatched.

• Melissa told Hudson that the great nobles’ use of war bonds to offset taxes signaled a coordinated political move and warned that he might have to choose a faction.
• Hudson considered the danger of relying on old noble tactics, then decided it was best to do nothing until the situation became clearer.
• At the incubation base, Mage Robert explained that potions could make Sub-Dragon Beast hatchlings the same species but would limit them to the third tier.
• Viscount Racquel proposed distributing eggs directly so each power could choose its own hatching method, and most representatives supported him.
• The pregnant Magical Beasts began laying eggs, with griffons producing fewer than expected; Hudson then learned that a Black Mountain Leopard had laid two eggs.
• Tom said mages had gathered to study the leopard eggs, while Hudson wondered how mammalian Magical Beasts would incubate their eggs.