Chapter Summaries

The Loki Familia found an enemy base sealed behind an adamantite gate and mithril walls reinforced with Demon-Exorcising Stones, making both physical and magical entry difficult. As the Familia debated how to proceed before the Jewel Fetuses emerged, Riezel examined the gate and saw what lay beyond it.

• Loki, Finn, and the others concluded that remnants of the Dark Faction or people connected to the City Destroyers had built the wealthy enemy base.
• Ais and Riezel struck the wall beside the gate and exposed its mithril construction.
• Gareth said he could break through the wall, but doing so would take too much time, while Demon-Exorcising Stones would weaken magic attacks.
• Finn and Riveria warned that the Familia lacked time and information about when the enemy's plan would begin, and the others argued over whether to attack.
• Riezel touched the adamantite gate, and a transparent gleam lit up in his eyes as he saw beyond it.

Riezel used Clear World to find a weak point in the hardest metal door and destroyed it with Sun Breathing, Seventh Form: Sun Flower Thrust. He entered Artificial Labyrinth Knossos, while Thanatos and Baka watched and prepared to deal with the intruders.

• Finn asked Riezel if he could break the hardest metal door, and Riezel said he could try after finding a weak point in its structure with Clear World.
• Riezel drew Black Blade Hermit and unleashed a powerful Breathing Technique that Ais recognized as stronger than Wind Breathing.
• Riezel struck the door with Sun Breathing, Seventh Form: Sun Flower Thrust, shattering it and setting the passage beyond it ablaze.
• Thanatos praised Riezel for destroying the door, while Baka raged over the damage and demanded that they deal with him.
• Riezel entered the passage beyond the door and recognized it as Artificial Labyrinth Knossos, the hidden labyrinth built from Daedalus's designs.

The Loki Familia entered Artificial Labyrinth Knossos, where Finn and Loki realized its passages connected to the Dungeon and its hidden enemies had allies among Orario’s Familias. Finn split the group into a vanguard and a support team, and the vanguard set out with Riezel expecting the labyrinth’s dangers to test how much the stronger Familia had changed.

• Finn concluded that Knossos had taken centuries to build, while Loki and Riezel recognized it as a vast underground labyrinth connected to multiple Dungeon floors.
• Finn assigned himself, Gareth, the executives, and half of the Second Army’s elite to the vanguard, leaving Riveria to lead the support team and protect Loki.
• The Loki Familia armed and organized the vanguard, with Lefiya joining as its principal rear-guard Mage and supporters preparing to protect her.
• Riezel recalled the deadly dangers the Loki Familia had faced in Knossos before and noted that the group was stronger than it had been in the original course of events.
• The vanguard began advancing into the labyrinth.

The Loki Familia advanced through Knossos without maps or intelligence until Ais sensed her Fairy blood stirring near one route and the beastmen detected unfamiliar people along another. Finn split the group to pursue both threats, assigning Riezel to lead Ais’s team and preparing the divided Familia to press deeper into the labyrinth.

• Bete and Aki reported that monster scents were drawing the vanguard through Knossos, but Finn ordered everyone to keep moving despite the apparent trap.
• Ais sensed her Fairy blood stirring ahead, while Bete, Aki, and the other beastmen detected unfamiliar people along a different route; Finn concluded the enemy was trying to split the Familia.
• Finn divided the group, taking Gareth, Bete, Raul, and Aki down the route with unfamiliar scents and assigning Riezel to lead Ais, Tiona, Tione, and Lefiya toward the presence Ais sensed.
• Finn explained that his aching thumb warned of danger on his route and that the threat of the Jewel Fetus made greater strength necessary on Riezel’s side.
• Riezel accepted command and cast Ramul and Veil of Breath to enhance and protect both teams before they set out.

Riezel’s squad reached a vast chamber, where he intercepted Revis’s ambush as she attacked Ais. More enemies emerged and divided the Loki Familia: Frini confronted Ais, while Tiona and Tione came face-to-face with their estranged twin sisters.

• Riezel led his squad through the passages using Clear World and brought them to a cavernous chamber.
• Revis burst from a metal door and attacked Ais, but Riezel blocked her strike and began fighting her.
• Frini Jamile attacked Ais, renewing their old feud and preventing Ais from joining Riezel.
• Battle Whores and other Amazon warriors emerged to surround Lefiya and the rest of the Loki Familia.
• Algana confronted Tione, while Baje confronted Tiona, reuniting the estranged pairs of twins.

Tirskura, the Amazons’ War Country, was introduced as a powerful nation ruled by the Gale Familia, and Tiona and Tione’s former teachers and rivals Algana and Baje confronted them. The two Lv.6 twins overwhelmed Tiona and Tione, leaving both sisters badly injured as the fight continued.

• The chapter described Orario’s strength and identified Tirskura as a formidable homeland of the Amazons.
• Tione demanded to know why Algana and Baje had come, while Tiona and Tione recognized their childhood companions.
• Algana attacked Tione, and Baje engaged Tiona in fierce hand-to-hand combat.
• The Loki Familia watched as Algana and Baje steadily suppressed the sisters, who had only recently reached Lv.6.
• Algana and Baje knocked Tiona and Tione down, leaving both sisters injured while the battle continued.

Ais fought Frini while Tiona and Tione lay gravely wounded, but Haruhime’s Treasure Hammer raised Frini’s strength to Lv. 6 and Sharle’s Curse sealed Ais’s magic. Ais was left badly injured and unable to rise, with the battle still underway.

• Frini called for Aisha to bring out Haruhime while Ais overwhelmed her with a storm of slashes.
• Sharle brought Haruhime in a cage, and Haruhime cast Treasure Hammer on Frini.
• The spell boosted Frini to Lv. 6, letting her overpower Ais and drive her into a desperate defense.
• Ais began chanting Tempest, but Sharle’s prepared Curse sealed her magic.
• Frini charged into Ais and sent her crashing to the ground, leaving her coughing blood and unable to get up.

Riezel fought Revis, whose strength had grown dramatically after consuming countless magic stones, and gained the advantage after casting Tempest. When he noticed the Loki Familia’s fighters were near defeat, Revis attacked to keep him occupied, but Riezel said it was too early to consider the battle lost.

• Revis revealed she had consumed countless monsters’ magic stones, including Olivas’s, to defeat Riezel and bring Aria before “her.”
• Riezel endured Revis’s relentless sword assault, then cast Tempest and countered with Wind Breathing techniques and a kick that sent her crashing into a wall.
• Revis questioned how Riezel could use Aria’s wind, and Riezel taunted her before moving in to attack again.
• Lefiya cried out as Ais, Tiona, and Tione fell, while Tirskura’s warriors overwhelmed the Loki Familia’s remaining fighters.
• Revis attacked Riezel to prevent him from helping the others, but he said he had never intended to go help them and insisted the battle was not yet lost.

Ais, Tiona, and Tione recovered from Frini’s and the Gale Familia’s attacks with Riezel’s protective magic and fought back. Baje revealed that Gale had sent the Amazons to perform the War Country’s ritual against Tiona and Tione, leaving the sisters to face their former teachers in Knossos.

• Frini taunted the injured Ais, but Ais suddenly struck her and used enhanced speed to batter Frini’s armor.
• Tiona and Tione stood again as Veil of Breath and Ramul protected them, and Tione fought Algana at close range.
• Tiona fought Baje while pleading that she did not want to fight her former teacher.
• Tiona and Tione’s history in the War Country emerged: Algana and Baje had trained them before the sisters left for Orario.
• Baje explained that Gale had ordered the Gale Familia to cooperate with the Ista Familia and perform the ritual against the now-Level 6 sisters, then demanded that Tiona fight or die.

Gale and Ista watched the Loki Familia turn the battle around, but Ista ordered Thanatos to unleash the Taurus of the Heavens against Riezel’s group. As Baka activated the labyrinth’s controls, Riezel continued cutting Revis down and declared that it was time to finish the fight.

• Gale delighted in Tiona and Tione’s renewed fight against Algana and Baje while Ista grew frustrated at the Loki Familia’s counterattack.
• Lefiya and the Loki Familia’s other members used magic and coordinated attacks to overwhelm their opponents.
• Thanatos told Ista that the underground forces still had methods to use, including the Taurus of the Heavens.
• Ista ordered the Taurus of the Heavens released against Riezel’s group, and Baka activated the labyrinth controls.
• Riezel’s wind-wrapped Crystal Sword repeatedly slashed Revis, and he said it was time to end the fight.

Riezel defeated Revis after enduring her final desperate attack with defensive magic, then cut her down and destroyed the Colorful Magic Stone inside her. Revis turned to ash, leaving her Black Greatsword behind.

• Riezel explained that Revis was not truly the strongest and warned that she would never reach Ais while he stood in her way.
• Revis charged at Riezel, but he reopened her wounds with Open Wound Damage and repeatedly struck her with Flame Volt.
• Despite her grievous injuries, Revis reached Riezel and unleashed a final powerful slash with her Black Greatsword.
• Riezel used Radiant Golden Crimson Body to nullify Revis's slash, then cut her down with his Wind-powered Crystal Longsword.
• Revis's Colorful Magic Stone shattered, and she turned to ash as her Black Greatsword fell to the floor.

Riezel disabled Haruhime and drove back the enemies at the passage while Ais prepared to finish Frini. Just as he moved to help Tiona and Tione, a colossal monster burst through the floor and attacked.

• A colossal being broke free of its chains and headed toward the familiar magic power it associated with Aria.
• Ais shattered Frini’s armor and defeated her, but Frini demanded that Haruhime cast Rank Ascension again as its effects wore off.
• Riezel kicked Sharle unconscious, struck Aisha with a fear effect and a punch, and put Haruhime into a deep sleep so she could not cast her magic.
• Riezel told Ais to finish Frini, then rushed to help Tiona and Tione as Algana and Baje activated their magic and turned the fight into a stalemate.
• A vicious aura locked onto Riezel, who teleported away just before a massive Black Shadow erupted through the floor.

Taurus of the Heavens erupted into the battlefield and attacked Riezel and the adventurers while the Filthy Fairy Clone called for Aria. After Riezel intercepted its lightning attack on Ais, he faced the monster again.

• Taurus of the Heavens burst into Knossos, and its shockwave sent the fighters crashing into the walls.
• The Filthy Fairy Clone called for Aria and charged at Riezel, who was driven through a wall by the impact.
• Algana and Baje blocked Tiona and Tione while Aisha retreated with the Ista Familia’s Battle Whores and Haruhime’s cage.
• Ais activated Tempest and drew the Fairy Clone’s attention, but it cast Thunderbolt Arrow at her with a Super High-Speed Chant.
• Riezel reappeared beside Ais and used Magic Disintegration to destroy the lightning attack.

Riezel unleashed powerful ice and fire magic against the Fairy Clone, then used extreme speed and a barrage of sword strikes to take her on alone. He ordered Ais and the others to evacuate as he continued attacking the monster.

• Riezel froze the charging giant bull with Fimbul's Winter.
• Riezel followed with Volley Fire Javelins, engulfing the giant bull and Fairy Clone in flames.
• When Ais and Lefiya tried to reach him, Riezel ordered them to take the others and leave.
• Riezel wounded the Fairy Clone with a Godspeed slash and declared that only he could handle her.
• Riezel combined Wind Breathing, Wind Spirit Sprint, and Thunder Breathing to slash the giant bull repeatedly at extreme speed.
• Ais led the others in withdrawing from the burning battlefield while Riezel stayed to fight.

Riezel overwhelmed the Taurus of the Heavens, shocking Ista and Thanatos as they watched. After Kali’s warriors began fighting the Loki Familia, Baje asked Tiona to tell her Riezel’s name.

• Riezel used speed, magic, and sword strikes to suppress the Taurus of the Heavens while the Fairy Clone struggled to hit him.
• Ista demanded an explanation from Thanatos, who argued that Riezel was far more abnormal than the monster was weak.
• Thanatos explained that the Taurus-type Fairy Clone relied on raw strength and lacked the tactics and defenses of the Plant-type Fairy Clone.
• Ista envied Loki for having Riezel, while Kali wished he belonged to her War Country.
• Algana attacked Tione, and Baje began fighting Tiona before pausing to ask who the brave warrior was.
• Baje asked Tiona to tell her Riezel’s name.

Tione and Tiona fought Algana and Baje while the Loki Familia split up to pursue the Ista Familia. Ais and her group were trapped by War Country warriors, monsters, and Knossos’s mechanisms, leaving Lefiya to prepare a destructive spell to break through.

• Algana declared that she wanted to take Riezel to her homeland and bear his children, provoking Tione to attack her again.
• Baje silently challenged Tiona, who vowed to protect Riezel and Ais before charging into battle.
• Ais, Lefiya, and the others pursued the Ista Familia through a separate passage from Tiona and Tione.
• Ais’s group fought the War Country warriors, then Toka activated Knossos’s traps and unleashed swarms of Colorful Monsters.
• Toka lowered metal doors to trap Ais and her companions, so Ais called on Lefiya, who began casting a powerful spell to destroy the passage.

Finn's group was overwhelmed by Valeta's curses, traps, and Ye En's assault, while Ais's group fled through Knossos under attack. Riezel defeated the Taurus-type Fairy Clone with a flaming sword technique and raced to rejoin his companions.

• Valeta trapped Finn's group in Slayer's Curse and sent suicide fighters, monsters, and cursed-weapon assassins against them.
• Ye En, a Level 7 creature serving Erini, nearly defeated the weakened Finn and Gareth, forcing Finn's group to retreat as Valeta pursued them.
• Thanatos had Toka activate Knossos's traps while Ais led Lefiya and the others through a running battle against pursuing Colorful Monsters.
• Riezel unleashed Sun Breathing's Thirteenth Form, Secret Art: Blooming Radiance, and killed the Taurus-type Fairy Clone.
• Riezel sheathed his sword and hurried toward his companions.

As Loki’s support group waited for the missing advance party, Loki decided to send scouts and investigate the labyrinth’s creator while trusting Finn’s group and the “Unreasonable Individual.” Trapped in Knossos and beset by endless monsters, Riezel killed them with his magic and sword, then broke through the floor to descend toward the enemy leader.

• Loki and Riveria concluded that the advance party had exceeded its return time and that Knossos might rival the Dungeon’s Upper Floors.
• Loki sensed that Finn and the others were still alive, ordered quick beastfolk to scout, and sent others to the Guild to research Daedalus.
• Loki reassured Riveria that the advance party could rely on its strength and on the family’s Unreasonable Individual.
• In a sealed corridor, Riezel fought off waves of Colorful Monsters with wind techniques and explosive landmine spells.
• Riezel used Banshee’s Wail to kill the monsters, then shattered the floor with Azure Sky and descended toward the enemy leader.

As Riezel tore through Artificial Labyrinth Knossos toward the Hall of the Labyrinth Master, Thanatos decided to confront him before he could reach the 10th Floor. Ista and Kali joined him, with Ista intent on winning Riezel over, while Thanatos wondered whether she had underestimated the unknown.

• Toka broke down as Riezel continued destroying the labyrinth, and Ista realized he could eventually reach the 9th Floor Hall of the Labyrinth Master.
• Thanatos decided to meet Riezel because his advance threatened the Dark Faction’s control and might expose what lay on the 10th Floor.
• Kali and Ista refused Thanatos’s offer to join the Dark Faction, but Ista chose to accompany him after deciding she wanted to make Riezel hers.
• Kali agreed that her warriors Algana and Baje could bear Riezel’s children if Ista won him, and Ista insisted she would approach him first.
• Ista left the hall, confident her charm would win Riezel, while Thanatos wondered whether she had forgotten the lower world’s unknown dangers.

Riezel followed the divine aura through Knossos to a ruined temple, where Thanatos, Gale, and Ista confronted him. After discussing the ancient dragon Níðhöggr and the Six Faerie Rings, Riezel challenged Thanatos’s understanding of Erini and accused him of being used by the other underground leaders.

• Riezel found that the monsters and metal doors had stopped appearing, then followed the divine aura into a temple-like hall.
• Riezel recognized the mural of the Six Faerie Rings and identified the dragon as Níðhöggr.
• Thanatos explained that Níðhöggr had once been a Monster King before the six Great Fairies destroyed it.
• Thanatos tried to test Riezel by revealing Erini’s role in uniting the underground forces, but Riezel said he knew more about Erini than Thanatos did.
• Riezel pointed out that Erini and the Filthy Fairy had stayed hidden while Thanatos handled matters openly, and asked whether he was their tool.