Chapter Summaries

Loki discovered that Riezel had secretly reached Lv.7, but chose not to learn the secrets behind his growth so she would not risk losing control. She urged him to conceal his level and strive to surpass the vanished Zeus and Hera Familias’ strongest adventurers.

• Loki panicked after seeing Riezel’s Ability Value and shook him as she demanded to know how he had reached Lv.7.
• Riezel offered to explain his secrets, but Loki warned that learning about the unknown could tempt her to betray her Familia and asked him not to tell her.
• Riezel agreed to keep his secrets hidden, and Loki told him to continue presenting himself as Lv.5.
• Loki explained that Zeus Familia and Hera Familia had once reached Lv.8 and Lv.9 before their fall fifteen years ago.
• Loki encouraged Riezel to surpass the current strongest adventurers and catch up to those former legends, and Riezel promised he would.

Riezel revealed his hidden treasures and used the Hero's Ring to absorb his excess power, lowering himself to Lv.5 so he could conceal his true strength. He set the ring to absorb power as it recovered, planning to reveal his growth gradually before returning to the Dungeon the next day.

• Riezel released the concealment effect on his accessories and examined the secret treasures he had brought from Eulalie's Tomb.
• Remembering Loki's warning about hiding his Lv.7 status, Riezel decided to use the Hero's Ring to keep his strength from drawing attention.
• Riezel activated the Hero's Ring and absorbed his power until his strength fell to the level he had just after reaching Lv.5.
• Riezel confirmed that the ring stored and amplified his power, while his own strength would take about twenty-four hours to recover.
• Riezel set the Hero's Ring to absorb power whenever he recovered beyond his Lv.5 limit, planning to announce another Level Up in a month or two.
• Riezel concealed his accessories again and went to bed, intending to explore the Dungeon the next day.

Riezel trained Ais in Wind Breathing before joining the Loki Familia for breakfast, where Tiona revealed that Orario was calling him its strongest Magic Swordsman. The Familia discussed the rumor, and Riezel questioned how it could overlook Freya Familia’s renowned Black and White Knights.

• Riezel coached Ais in Wind Breathing and sparred with her until the breakfast bells rang.
• Riezel told Ais that advanced Breathing Techniques could improve stamina and help control blood flow, and she resolved to remember his advice.
• Riezel and Ais joined Finn, Riveria, Gareth, Tiona, Tione, and Lefiya for breakfast while Loki remained absent.
• Tiona told Riezel that word had spread across Orario calling him its strongest Magic Swordsman, and Tione confirmed the rumor was widely known.
• Riezel questioned the title because Freya Familia’s Black and White Knights were also powerful Magic Swordsmen.

The Loki Familia accepted Riezel’s new title as Orario’s Strongest Magic Swordsman, believing his swordsmanship and magic matched or surpassed the Black and White Knights. After discussing their plans for the day, Riezel secretly headed to the Dungeon to test whether facing powerful enemies while remaining Lv.5 could earn him Great Achievements and a future level-up.

• Riveria explained that Riezel’s combination of swordsmanship and magical firepower made him a more complete Magic Swordsman than the Black and White Knights, and Finn endorsed the title.
• Gareth and the others celebrated that the Loki Familia now had three members recognized as number ones, while Bete vowed to take the Goddess’s Chariot’s title after reaching Lv.6.
• Riezel accepted the title because it could benefit the Familia and privately considered how soon he might surpass Orario’s sole Lv.7, the Bringer of Calamity.
• The Familia members shared their plans: Lefiya would study and practice Parallel Chant, Tiona and Tione would visit the Dungeon, Ais would practice Wind Breathing, and Bete had already left.
• Riezel decided to remain at Lv.5 while challenging dangerous enemies in hopes of accumulating Great Achievements and high-grade Experience Points.
• Riezel finished eating, left the Familia headquarters alone, and went to the Dungeon.

Riezel pushed his abilities to their limits by fighting deep in the Dungeon while keeping his strength sealed at Lv.5 to earn High-grade Experience Points. After exchanging his Magic Stones at the Guild, he heard reports of a spreading monster outbreak on the 24th Floor and realized the crisis was beginning.

• Riezel secretly used a Gate to reach the 50th Floor and fought deeper in the Dungeon, sometimes reaching the 58th Floor despite returning battered each day.
• Riezel raised all his abilities to SSS within a week, then fed his growth to the Hero's Ring to remain at Lv.5 and pursue High-grade Experience Points by overcoming dangers beyond his level.
• Riezel continued exploring the 58th Floor daily, believing he could still grow and eventually Level Up.
• Riezel went to the Guild Exchange Office late at night to sell the Magic Stones he had collected in the Dungeon.
• A human adventurer warned a Guild employee that an abnormal wave of monsters was spreading across the 24th Floor and demanded that First Class Adventurers intervene.
• Riezel collected his money, recognized that the crisis was about to begin, and left the Guild Headquarters.

After Ais mastered Wind Breathing, she and Riezel decided to explore the Dungeon together, where hidden forces were beginning to take notice of them. The chapter ended with a Black Shadow choosing Riezel Brihaut and Ais Wallenstein as candidates for an unknown purpose.

• Loki and Finn reprimanded Riezel for staying away from Twilight Manor too long, and he later watched Ais practice Wind Breathing in the courtyard.
• Riezel praised Ais’s mastery of Wind Breathing and told her he would stop training and sparring with her because she was ready for Lv. 6 abilities.
• Ais decided to return to the Dungeon, and Riezel invited her to explore it with him so they could venture deeper.
• At breakfast, Tiona and Lefiya asked to join them, but Riezel refused and left with Ais.
• A Black Shadow watched Riezel Brihaut and Ais Wallenstein enter the Dungeon, then selected them as good candidates.

Riezel and Ais encountered a mysterious sorcerer in the Dungeon, who asked them to investigate and suppress a Monster Riot on the 24th Floor. Riezel recognized the request as a secret Guild commission, but questioned why they had been chosen.

• Ais collected the small magic stones from monsters on the 10th Floor, explaining that Riveria had taught her to avoid leaving them for low-level adventurers to fight over.
• Riezel sensed someone hiding in the mist, and he and Ais confronted a black-robed figure who called themself a sorcerer.
• The sorcerer asked them to accept a request, and Riezel connected it to reports of a deadly abnormal situation on the 24th Floor.
• Riezel explained that the Guild had not publicly announced the incident, leading Ais to ask whether the sorcerer worked for the Guild.
• The sorcerer confirmed they were working for the Guild and asked Riezel and Ais to investigate and suppress the Monster Riot in exchange for generous compensation.
• Riezel asked why the Guild had chosen them.

A Guild sorcerer explained that monster surges on the 30th and 24th Floors were likely being manipulated, and recruited Riezel and Ais because of their strength and Riezel’s encounter with suspicious Man-eating Flowers. Riezel accepted the commission in exchange for Grimoires, and the pair set off for the 18th Floor while Ais remained uneasy about the sorcerer.

• The Mysterious Sorcerer revealed that a Lv.4 Ganesha Familia adventurer had been murdered in town after retrieving an item connected to a monster surge on the 30th Floor, suggesting human involvement.
• The sorcerer explained that Riezel’s encounter with powerful Man-eating Flowers made him a valuable recruit for investigating the similar incident on the 24th Floor.
• Riezel asked what had happened to the retrieved item, then negotiated for at least two Grimoires as part of the reward.
• Riezel accepted the commission, and the sorcerer directed him and Ais to meet assistants at a tavern in Rivera Town.
• Ais voiced a bad feeling about the suspicious sorcerer, but Riezel reassured her, and they headed for the 18th Floor.

Riezel and Ais traveled to Rivera Town on the 18th Floor and went to a secluded tavern at the Mysterious Sorcerer’s request. There, Riezel approached a mysterious woman in a white hood whose aqua-blue hair caught Ais’s attention.

• Riezel and Ais found that Floor Master Goliath was absent from its chamber and defeated the ordinary monsters blocking their way to the 18th Floor.
• Riezel and Ais crossed the forest, grassland, and lake to reach Rivera Town, where adventurers recognized them as famous First Class Adventurers.
• Riezel observed Rivera Town’s costly supplies and wary merchants as he and Ais searched for the tavern specified by the Mysterious Sorcerer.
• Riezel and Ais entered the Golden Cellar Pavilion, silencing its patrons with their arrival.
• Ais noticed a hooded woman with aqua-blue hair, and Riezel approached her and said they should get acquainted.

Riezel and Ais met Asfi Al Andromeda and her Hermes Familia adventurers at a tavern on the 18th Floor, confirming they had been summoned to investigate the monster surge. Asfi reported that the disturbance seemed artificially caused and might originate in the Food Stockpile on the 24th Floor.

• The tavern's adventurers tensed when Riezel approached Asfi, and Asfi ordered them to put away their weapons.
• Riezel introduced himself, and Asfi revealed her identity as the Universal Maker and captain of the Hermes Familia.
• Ais recognized Asfi, who explained that the tavern's adventurers were her subordinates.
• Riezel and Asfi confirmed that the Hermes Familia had accepted the Mysterious Sorcerer's request to investigate the abnormal situation on the 24th Floor.
• Asfi said the monster surge seemed like artificial interference and that its source might be the Food Stockpile.

Riezel, Ais, and the Hermes Familia planned to investigate the 24th Floor’s Food Stockpiles after learning that one was likely tied to a monster surge. Riezel chose the northern stockpile by intuition, exposed the Hermes Familia’s hidden levels, and set out with Ais to handle combat while Asfi’s group investigated the cause.

• Asfi explained that a suspicious item found at the 30th Floor’s Food Stockpile had been linked to a past monster surge, suggesting the 24th Floor’s surge had the same cause.
• Asfi described the three Food Stockpiles on the 24th Floor, and Riezel chose the northern one, claiming he was following his intuition.
• Ais worried that the Hermes Familia might be outmatched on the dangerous 24th Floor, but Riezel revealed that its members had falsified their levels and that Asfi was actually Lv.4.
• Riezel assigned himself and Ais to handle combat while Asfi and the Hermes Familia investigated the Food Stockpile’s cause, and the group prepared to leave for the 24th Floor.

The Hermes Familia faced a massive monster surge on the Dungeon’s 24th Floor, where Asfi’s team struggled to hold a defensive line. Ais and Riezel charged into the horde, and Riezel unleashed powerful magic as Asfi watched in shock.

• Asfi led the Hermes Familia into a shield formation as a huge mixed horde of monsters charged through the Great Tree Labyrinth.
• Asfi called on the Cunning Swordsman and Sword Princess for support, and Riezel and Ais rushed over the shield wall into the monsters.
• Ais cut down the attacking monsters with her Silver Sabre and Despair Sword.
• Riezel darted through the horde, striking monsters while chanting Arcing Ray.
• Riezel fired Arcing Ray into the densest part of the horde, causing a tremendous explosion as Asfi watched.

Asfi witnessed Riezel and Ais effortlessly slaughter monster hordes and accepted that Riezel deserved to be called Orario’s strongest Magic Swordsman. The group reached the northern Food Stockpile on the 24th Floor and found the cause of the monster surge, leaving them speechless.

• Asfi watched Riezel display extraordinary swordsmanship, parallel chanting, and magic powerful enough to devastate a Dungeon corridor, and concluded he surpassed the Black and White Knights.
• Riezel and Ais finished the battle, and Asfi said that the title Cunning Swordsman did not suit him.
• Ais told Riezel that Finn had asked Loki to change his title at the next Assembly of Gods, which was about fifteen days away.
• Riezel, Ais, and the Hermes Familia continued toward the northern Food Stockpile, quickly defeating the monster hordes they encountered, including a Tree Dragon.
• The seventeen members of the group reached the edge of the 24th Floor near the northern Food Stockpile, saw the cause of the monster surge, and lost the power to speak.

Riezel and the Hermes Familia discovered that a living flesh wall had blocked the 24th Floor’s northern Food Stockpile, causing starving monsters to gather and migrate. After Ais nearly approached the wall in a strange, uneasy state, Riezel burned it away with magic that required no incantation, and the group entered the passage as a pale flower watched them.

• Riezel, Ais, Asfi, and the Hermes Familia found a foul-smelling flesh wall sealing the route to the northern Food Stockpile.
• Riezel and Asfi deduced that the blockage had trapped hungry monsters, causing the monster surge and migrations on the 24th Floor.
• Asfi concluded that the abnormal wall was likely created through human interference, and Ais felt an inexplicable urge to approach it and draw her sword.
• Riezel stopped Ais and proposed that the group enter the Food Stockpile to investigate the situation.
• Riezel cast Fireball without an incantation and burned the flesh wall away, astonishing Ais, Asfi, and the Hermes Familia.
• Riezel led the group through the ashes as a pale flower watched them and a pair of eyes opened beyond it.

Revis and the White-Robed Man watched adventurers enter the passage to the Food Stockpile, and the young man leading them noticed their surveillance. Revis went to meet him while the White-Robed Man sent Black Shadows to attack the intruders, remaining behind to guard the jewel on the Great Quartz Pillar.

• Revis and the White-Robed Man saw the adventurers destroy the flesh wall and head toward the Food Stockpile.
• The White-Robed Man identified Ais Wallenstein as the Sword Princess and warned Revis that the Loki Familia and Freya Familia were dangerous enemies.
• The young man leading the group looked directly toward the Water Membrane’s hidden watchers, and Revis and the White-Robed Man realized they had been discovered.
• Revis left to meet the young man and ordered the White-Robed Man to deal with the adventurers and Ais.
• The White-Robed Man summoned the Black Shadows and sent them to capture and devour the intruders while he stayed beside the jewel on the Great Quartz Pillar.

Riezel led Ais and the Hermes Familia through a flesh-lined passage toward the Food Stockpile, using a three-clawed crow spell to guide them. Man-eating Flowers ambushed the group, and as Ais and Asfi organized the fight, an explosive sound erupted behind the horde.

• Riezel dismissed Ais's concerns about the pale flower and led the group farther into the green passage, saying the ones behind the anomaly would reveal themselves.
• Riezel summoned a three-clawed crow that guided the party through the branching passages toward the center.
• Man-eating Flowers emerged from the darkness and crushed the crow, forcing Ais and Asfi's group to prepare for battle.
• Ais warned the adventurers that the flowers resisted blunt attacks, reacted to magic, and could be killed by destroying the magic stones in their heads.
• Ais and the Hermes Familia fought back with sharp weapons as Riezel charged toward the monsters, and an explosive sound rang out behind the horde.

Riezel pursued and fought a powerful opponent while Ais and the Hermes Familia battled the Man-eating Flower Monsters. After blasting the enemy with an enhanced Fireball, Riezel forced the injured red-haired Revis to emerge from the flames, where she admitted she had underestimated him.

• Riezel leaped over the Man-eating Flower Monsters and attacked a powerful, unidentified swordswoman, while Ais recognized his strength and moved to help.
• The Man-eating Flower Monsters turned on Ais, and Asfi used an Explosive Potion while the Hermes Familia fought to hold them back.
• Riezel cornered his opponent against the flesh wall, knocked her greatsword aside, kicked her, and launched an enhanced Fireball at her.
• The opponent punched the Fireball, causing a blast that burned nearby monsters and the living passage walls.
• Riezel warned his opponent to emerge from the flames, and the injured red-haired Revis appeared, admitted she had underestimated him, and drew Man-eating Flower Monsters around herself.

Revis and Riezel fought fiercely after Revis recovered from her wounds and drew a weapon from the Dungeon. As their battle intensified, Ais joined the fight by unleashing Wind Breathing, Fifth Form: Autumn Mountain Gale against the Man-eating Flowers.

• Revis rapidly healed her injuries while the Man-eating Flowers protected her, shocking Ais, Asfi, and the Hermes Familia.
• Riezel identified Revis as a fighter with strength around Lv.6, and Revis summoned a Crimson Greatsword from the fleshy Dungeon wall.
• Revis attacked Riezel, but he repeatedly intercepted her powerful strikes with precise swordsmanship as they fought up the wall.
• Riezel and Revis escalated their duel into a brutal exchange of sword strikes, punches, and kicks that blasted apart the passage wall.
• Ais used Wind Breathing, Fifth Form: Autumn Mountain Gale, to cut through the Man-eating Flowers surrounding her.

Riezel and Ais wounded Revis, who revealed her extraordinary toughness before retreating through the green passage. As Riezel pursued her, Revis sent Man-eating Flower Monsters and robed followers to stop him, and the followers exploded in flames that engulfed the passage.

• Ais swept away the Man-eating Flower Monsters around her while Riezel struck Revis and severed her left arm; Ais followed with five wind blades that battered Revis into a wall.
• Riezel warned Ais and Asfi that Revis might not be human, citing her abnormal strength, regeneration, and tough skin.
• Revis emerged from the rubble, healed through her wounds, and fled after deciding the odds were against her.
• Revis summoned Man-eating Flower Monsters to block Riezel, but he charged through them and continued pursuing her as Ais and the Hermes Familia fought behind him.
• Riezel spotted robed figures dropping from the passage walls and cut toward them with wind blades; the figures prayed, exploded, and engulfed Riezel and the surrounding Man-eating Flowers in flames.

Riezel and Ais fought through the Man-eating Flower Monsters and robed suicide attackers while Asfi and the Hermes Familia held the passage. They reached the cavern where Revis and the White-Robed Man were preparing to take the unfinished fetus, but arrived as the White-Robed Man reached for the jewel.

• The robed attackers revealed Flame Stones strapped to their bodies and ignited them as bombs, while Man-eating Flower Monsters trapped the Hermes Familia.
• Riezel and Ais used Wind Breathing’s Vajra Heavenly Typhoon to cut down and repel the suicide attackers, then knocked their burning bodies away from the group.
• Asfi hurled Explosive Potions at the Man-eating Flower Monsters, and the Hermes Familia held the creatures back so Riezel and Ais could advance toward the Food Stockpile.
• Revis told the White-Robed Man that Riezel and Ais were both Lv.6 adventurers and ordered him to take the fetus and leave before they arrived.
• The White-Robed Man reached to remove the jewel from the Great Quartz Pillar, but Riezel and Ais swept into the cavern.