Chapter Summaries

After defeating the Gale Familia, the Loki Familia imprisoned them and prepared to attack Artificial Labyrinth Knossos while searching for routes and dealing with Green Flesh. Orario was then rocked by news that Ottar had reached Lv.8, Allen Fromo Lv.7, and Bell Cranel Lv.3.

• Ista and Aisha withdrew with the foxkin woman in a cage after Riezel defeated Algana and Baje, while a Masked Figure decided not to intervene.
• Finn had the captured Gale Familia members imprisoned, and Tione and Tiona volunteered to guard them; Riezel visited Lefiya, who warned him to stay away from snakes.
• The Loki Familia gathered supplies, searched the Dungeon for entrances to Artificial Labyrinth Knossos, and enlisted the Guild to help clear Green Flesh from the discovered routes.
• Orario learned that Ottar had returned from a solo expedition and advanced to Lv.8, and that Allen Fromo had reached Lv.7.
• Orario erupted when Bell Cranel was reported to have advanced to Lv.3 after one month.

The Loki Familia reacted to Ottar reaching Lv.8 and Allen reaching Lv.7, which renewed the Freya Familia’s standing as Orario’s strongest. Riezel explained Ottar’s advancement and learned that he had defeated the Floor Master Baelor after an earlier failed challenge.

• The Loki Familia gathered at Twilight Manor to discuss the news that Ottar had risen to Lv.8 and Allen to Lv.7.
• Finn, Gareth, and Riveria assessed the Freya Familia’s advances, while the others worried that the rival Familia had reclaimed public attention.
• Riezel said Ottar had long stood at the peak of Lv.7 and suggested the Loki Familia’s growth may have pressured the Freya Familia to advance.
• Loki tried to persuade Riezel to reveal his own level, but he refused because he had only leveled up a month earlier.
• Riezel read that Allen had leveled up after a desperate fight with Ottar, while Ottar had reached Lv.8 after returning to defeat Baelor, the Floor Master of the 47th Floor.

Riezel reflected on Freya Familia’s internal rivalries after Ottar and Allen leveled up, and learned that Bell Cranel had reached Lv.3 after defeating Apollo Familia. He connected Bell’s new level to an approaching conflict with Ista Familia and decided to settle scores with them first.

• Riezel considered how Allen’s challenge and Ottar’s expedition had led them to reach Lv.7 and Lv.8, while Freya Familia’s other executives were close to leveling up.
• Riezel read that Bell Cranel had reached Lv.3 after Hestia Familia defeated Apollo Familia, whose members had attacked and framed them.
• Riezel recalled that Bell’s rise had led to trouble with Ista Familia in the original events and suspected that incident was near.
• Riezel remembered Ista Familia’s actions in the Man-made Labyrinth and its secret assistance to Gale Familia, then decided to settle scores with Ista Familia.

Riezel entered the Pleasure District and headed to Yoshiwara, drawing the Ista Familia’s attention as Ista plotted to use Haruhime against Freya and Loki. As a group confronted Riezel at Yoshiwara, he prepared for the confrontation he had come to provoke.

• Riezel walked through the Pleasure District toward Yoshiwara, and the Battle Whores recognized him and alerted Ista.
• Ista raged over her failed plans against Freya and Loki, then resolved to rely on Haruhime’s Rank Ascension plan and vowed to destroy Freya and punish Riezel.
• Tamuz told Ista that Riezel had arrived and was heading to Yoshiwara, prompting her to fear that he had come for Haruhime.
• Riezel entered Yoshiwara and approached a room, waiting for someone to come out.
• A group called for Riezel to stop, and he welcomed the confrontation as the show began.

Riezel entered the Pleasure District and confronted Aisha, who suspected he had come for Haruhime and warned him against threatening the Ista Familia. He fought off Aisha and the Battle Whores, then defended against Aisha’s magic as its blast tore through a wall.

• Aisha led the Battle Whores to confront Riezel and demanded to know why he had come to the Pleasure District.
• Aisha warned Riezel that Haruhime was the Ista Familia’s ace and that harming her would mean war, but Riezel dismissed the threat and headed for Haruhime’s room.
• Aisha attacked Riezel, but he dodged her strike and threw her through a paper door into a room.
• The Battle Whores charged Riezel, and he effortlessly dodged and knocked them aside one by one.
• Aisha returned with her Great Dao Blade, chanted her magic while attacking, and unleashed Purgatory Chaos, blasting apart part of the building.

Riezel defeated Aisha and the Battle Whores, destroying the Yoshiwara while rescuing Haruhime by teleporting her away. After confronting Ista and healing the injured Battle Whores, he vanished, while Haruhime and a white-haired boy found themselves in the Pleasure District.

• Aisha struck Riezel with Purgatory Chaos, but he deflected the spell with his sheathed Crystal Sword and emerged unharmed.
• Riezel chanted Aisha's spell and unleashed a far stronger Purgatory Chaos, collapsing the Yoshiwara and burying Aisha and the Battle Whores in the ruins.
• Ista arrived and demanded to know where Haruhime was, and Riezel said truthfully that he did not know because he had teleported her to a random location.
• Ista left to search for Haruhime, while Riezel said she did not have many days left, healed the injured Battle Whores, and disappeared.
• Haruhime trembled in an alley in the Pleasure District as a white-haired, red-eyed boy nervously walked nearby.

Riezel learned that the Ista Familia had declared war on the Hestia Familia after the latter sheltered a missing member of Ista’s Familia. Bell Cranel had been captured and was being held in the Pleasure District, leaving Riezel’s earlier actions as the cause of the conflict.

• Riezel’s days passed peacefully after his visit to the Pleasure District, and Loki praised him for causing trouble there.
• Lefiya explained that she resented rumors praising Bell Cranel by comparing him to Riezel, and Ais and Raul insisted Riezel was stronger.
• Raul told Riezel that the Ista Familia had searched for a missing member and discovered the Hestia Familia had sheltered her.
• Ista demanded the Hestia Familia hand the woman over, but the Hestia Familia refused, so the Ista Familia declared war and attacked its base.
• Raul reported that Bell Cranel had been captured and was being held in the Pleasure District.

Riezel explained why the Hestia Familia had sheltered Haruhime and went to the Pleasure District to oversee the reckoning he had set in motion against the Ista Familia. At Battle Wilderness, Freya learned that Ista had moved against Bell Cranel and prepared to act through her Familia.

• Riezel told Ais, Lefiya, and Raul that the Hestia Familia was protecting the Foxkin girl he had searched for in the Pleasure District.
• Raul revealed that the Ista Familia had captured Bell Cranel the previous day, and Riezel decided to go to the Pleasure District to see the fallout firsthand.
• Riezel left Ais and the others to head for the 18th Floor and departed despite Raul's warning about Familia conflicts.
• Freya told Hedin that Ista had crossed the line by moving against Bell Cranel, whom she considered her mate.
• Freya ordered Ottar and Allen to let the world see their power again, and they agreed.

Riezel waited outside the Ista Familia’s Goddess Palace for nightfall, then confronted Frini Jamile as Haruhime was taken toward the ritual altar. He defeated the newly Rank Ascended Lv.6 Frini and unleashed Flame Volt, marking the beginning of the war against the Ista Familia.

• Riezel arrived at the Goddess Palace and restrained two Ista Familia guards while waiting for nightfall.
• Using the Clear World, Riezel saw Haruhime being escorted to the sky garden altar for Ista’s ritual.
• Frini Jamile, now a Lv.6 through Rank Ascension, attacked Riezel from above.
• Riezel insulted Frini, then overwhelmed her with a kick and a punch, pinning her into the ground.
• Riezel cast Flame Volt, setting off an explosion that signaled the start of the war.

Ista allied herself with Ye En after Riezel defeated Frini, but the Freya Familia attacked the Pleasure District and advanced on the Goddess Palace. Freya ordered the Ista Familia defeated, while her followers stopped before Riezel at the palace gates.

• Riezel defeated Frini and exchanged hostile looks with Ista, who learned from Ye En that her follower had consumed something that would soon multiply.
• Explosions and fires spread through the Pleasure District, and Tamuz told Ista that it was under attack.
• Freya Familia adventurers overwhelmed the district, and their emblem revealed that Freya had come to attack Ista Familia.
• Freya ordered Ottar and the Freya Familia to defeat every member of Ista Familia, then led her executives toward the Goddess Palace.
• Riezel greeted Freya's group at the palace gates, and Ottar and the young catman recognized him as a formidable opponent.

Riezel encountered Freya and her executives while they were heading to confront the Ista Familia, and Freya left Allen behind to face him. Riezel and Allen renewed their old rivalry, and their duel began with a clash of sword and spear.

• Riezel met Freya, who expressed her interest in him and invited him to a tea party, but he declined and urged her to hurry after Bell Cranel.
• Riezel explained that he had defeated Frini Jamile, then stepped aside so the Freya Familia could continue toward the Goddess Palace.
• Allen refused to go with Freya and the others, choosing instead to stay and keep watch over Riezel; Freya allowed him to remain.
• After Freya and the other executives departed, Allen challenged Riezel over the defeat he had suffered when Riezel was Lv. 4.
• Riezel and Allen unleashed their killing intent and began fighting, their sword and spear colliding.

As the Freya Familia ravaged the Pleasure District, the Loki Familia sent Gareth, Tiona, and Tione to support Riezel. Riezel faced Allen in a fierce duel, blocking the City Fastest’s attacks and forcing him back with his breathing techniques.

• News of the Freya Familia’s assault on the Pleasure District reached the Guild, the Ganesha Familia, and the Loki Familia, who sent forces to stop the destruction.
• Finn learned that Riezel was in the Pleasure District and ordered Gareth to take Tiona, Tione, and other Loki Familia members to support him.
• Gareth and the group set out for the Pleasure District while the Freya Familia continued attacking its residents and destroying buildings.
• Riezel and Allen crashed through buildings as they fought, then exchanged rapid sword and spear strikes in the street.
• Riezel used Black Wind Mist and Moonlight Calamity Vortex to repel Allen’s attacks and knock him into rubble.

Riezel struggled to keep pace with Allen’s overwhelming speed, then used the tracking magic Sacred Rite: Aurora to corner him while preparing an Area Annihilation spell. Allen began chanting a previously unseen magic, Granze Fromm, as Riezel’s spell neared completion.

• Riezel switched between Wind Breathing, Moon Breathing, and Thunder Breathing to fight Allen at close range without falling behind.
• Allen and Riezel traded rapid spear and sword strikes until the ground collapsed beneath them and blasted them apart.
• Riezel cast Flame Volt and then Sacred Rite: Aurora, whose tracking auroras pursued Allen as he tried to evade them.
• Riezel controlled the auroras to surround Allen and began chanting an Area Annihilation Magic.
• Allen started chanting his previously unused magic, Granze Fromm.

Riezel and Allen unleashed their ultimate speed-based attacks and fought a devastating battle through the Pleasure District. Their final clash left the earth trembling, with neither fighter’s fate revealed.

• Allen activated Granze Fromm, transforming into a pale silver chariot of light and charging at Riezel.
• Riezel used Lost Truth to alter Wind Spirit Sprint into Thunder Spirit Calamity, then combined it with Thunder Breathing to match Allen’s speed.
• Riezel and Allen repeatedly collided across the burning Pleasure District, destroying buildings and endangering everyone caught in their paths.
• Riezel struck Allen with Thunderclap and Flash: Divine Speed, wounding him, but Allen accelerated further and charged again.
• Riezel met Allen’s final charge with golden lightning and used Thunder Breathing: Seventh Form—Fire Thunder God; after their strike, the earth trembled.

Riezel defeated Allen and watched the conflict at the Goddess Palace near its end, then explained why Ista had planned to use Haruhime’s sorcery to empower her Familia. He decided Haruhime belonged with the Hestia Familia, but as he prepared to leave, an enormous Black Shadow engulfed him.

• Riezel defeated Allen with a single sword strike, warned Freya not to provoke him, and left Allen dying in the crater.
• Riezel returned to the ruined Goddess Palace and saw Ottar’s group had subdued Ista Familia members while Bell Cranel fought Aisha at the altar.
• Riezel explained that Ista intended to seal Haruhime’s soul in a Killing Stone so the Ista Familia could use Treasure Hammer’s Rank Ascension.
• Riezel decided Haruhime would be better protected and cared for by the Hestia Familia than by the Loki Familia.
• Riezel turned to leave after completing his objective, but a twisted Black Shadow appeared behind him and engulfed him.

Frini became a regenerating aberration after the Jewel Fetus parasitized her, and Riezel fought to stop her as she grew more powerful. After her magic unleashed a devastating inferno and her wounds kept healing, Gareth, Tiona, and Tione arrived to cut down her tentacles.

• Frini transformed into a giant aberration, and Riezel recognized that the Jewel Fetus had parasitized her.
• The Aberrant Giant attacked Riezel, who dodged its blows and discovered that it rapidly regenerated and continued growing.
• Riezel bombarded the Aberrant Giant with Sacred Rite: Aurora, then tried to freeze it with Ecstasy: Fimbul's Winter.
• A voice inside the Aberrant Giant cast Flame Storm, engulfing the Goddess Palace and its surroundings in a destructive inferno, but Riezel survived behind a magic shield.
• Riezel repeatedly slashed the Aberrant Giant with Thunderclap and Flash: Eightfold, but its regeneration prevented him from defeating it.
• Gareth, Tiona, and Tione arrived and severed the Aberrant Giant's tentacles.

Riezel and the Loki Familia fought the regenerating Aberrant Giant and learned that only a devastating attack could destroy it without leaving flesh behind. The Freya Familia arrived and prepared a coordinated strike, ending with Riezel and the city’s strongest set to attack the monster from opposite sides.

• Riezel explained that the Aberrant Giant’s multiplying flesh could spread across Orario and that it had to be completely destroyed in one attack.
• Hedin arrived with the Freya Familia, and the Black Elf and Golden Flame Four Warriors toppled the giant away from the Goddess Palace.
• Hedin asked Riezel to join a second attacker in striking the giant from opposite sides so their attacks would contain the destruction to the Pleasure District.
• The Pigman Warrior appeared behind the giant, drew his greatsword, and challenged Riezel to see whose strike was stronger.

Hedin, Hogni, the Dwarf Quadruplets, Tione, and Tiona battered the Aberrant Giant while Ottar and Riezel prepared their strongest attacks. Ottar activated Beastification and his strength-boosting magic, and Riezel transformed his Wind into flame before unleashing a Sun Breathing technique.

• Hedin blasted one of the Aberrant Giant’s arms away with Valiant and Pitiful Undead Soldier.
• Hogni followed with Dain’s Flame, tearing open the giant’s flank, while the Dwarf Quadruplets coordinated their attacks against it.
• Tione and Tiona joined the assault, and Gareth watched Ottar and Riezel.
• Ottar activated Beastification and cast Hildis Vini, entering his strongest state.
• Riezel used Lost Truth and Flame Spirit Burning Gauze to transform Wind into flame, drew a black blade, and began Sun Breathing’s Sixth Form, Scorching Bone Flame Sun.

The Loki Familia stopped the Fairy Clone’s spell while Tione’s Jörmungandr bound the Aberrant Giant, allowing the blazing boy and the transformed boar man to strike it together. Their attacks annihilated the giant and leveled the surrounding area as a god’s repatriation marked the war’s end.

• The Fairy Clone began chanting powerful earth magic, but Tione’s Jörmungandr bound the Aberrant Giant and triggered its forced stop.
• Gareth, Tione, and Tiona attacked the immobilized giant while the blazing boy and the transformed boar man prepared their strikes.
• The boy and the boar man unleashed opposing attacks that collided against the Aberrant Giant in a devastating blast.
• A pillar of Holy Light rose from the Goddess Palace, signaling that another god had been repatriated and the war had ended.
• The Aberrant Giant was completely annihilated, and the boy struggled to shield the unconscious Aisha and Haruhime from the shockwave.

After the Ista Familia was disbanded, Riezel escaped punishment and confirmed Haruhime had found a happier life in the Hestia Familia. As Orario prepared for the Man-made Labyrinth Conquest Battle, an attack by the Ragiah Kingdom became a profitable farce, and Finn told Riezel that the expedition lacked enough personnel.

• The Guild fined the Freya Familia and questioned Loki and Finn, who concealed Riezel’s earlier involvement in the Pleasure District’s destruction and credited him for helping defeat the Aberrant Giant.
• Riezel failed to find the person who had transformed Frini, then learned that the remaining Ista Familia members had joined different factions and that Haruhime had joined the Hestia Familia.
• Riezel visited Haruhime and saw her leave shopping with her childhood friend, smiling happily, before he quietly departed.
• As Orario recovered, the Loki Familia prepared to conquer the Man-made Labyrinth while Ganesha Familia guarded Daedalus Road, and the Ragiah Kingdom attacked the city.
• The Guild sent Loki Familia members, including Gareth, Tiona, and Tione, to fight Ragiah’s forces, while Riezel declined to join and continued preparing for the labyrinth expedition.
• Finn summoned Riezel to the captain’s office and revealed that the Man-made Labyrinth conquest still lacked enough personnel.