Chapter Summaries

At a banquet, Bagaman tried to court Yuri and provoke Riezel, then challenged Riezel to a magical contest to test the claim that he had mastered magic Above Strategic Class. Riezel had not yet answered the challenge when the chapter ended.

• Bagaman spoke attentively with Yuri while deliberately ignoring Riezel, and the guests watched to see how Riezel would react.
• Riezel calmly denied being jealous, while Orto joked with him and revealed that Bagaman had asked him to help win Yuri over.
• Bagaman insulted Orto for becoming too familiar with Riezel, but Riezel turned the remark back on Bagaman by telling Yuri to restrain herself.
• Bagaman questioned whether Riezel truly possessed magic Above Strategic Class, and Riezel asked what Bagaman would do if such magic existed.
• Bagaman admitted he wanted to test Riezel's abilities and challenged him to a contest using magic.

Riezel accepted Bagaman’s challenge to a magic contest and created a barrier so they could fight safely inside the banquet hall. As the spectators gathered outside, Master Nibod judged Riezel more likely to win, and the contest began.

• Bagaman challenged Riezel to a contest using Combat Class Magic, hoping to prove his own superiority and win Yuri’s favor.
• Riezel accepted the challenge and chose to hold it inside the venue rather than move outside.
• Riezel cast Dimension: Severance, creating a barrier that isolated him and Bagaman from the spectators and protected the hall.
• Master Nibod praised the barrier’s strength, and Ferras Yakremis asked him who he thought would win.
• Master Nibod predicted Riezel had the advantage, citing magic he had personally seen Riezel use, and the contest began.

Bagaman armed himself with an extensive collection of magical equipment before challenging Riezel to a magic contest, while Riezel answered with only four floating Magic Mirrors. The duel began when Bagaman unleashed Fire Dragons at Riezel.

• Spectators gathered outside the Dimension: Severance barrier as Riezel and Bagaman prepared to duel, while the Royal Scions watched from the sidelines.
• Bagaman tore open his formalwear and equipped himself with a robe, rings, magical items, and the Staff of the Holy Seer, drawing disapproval from Yuri and others.
• Riezel cast Sacred Vocation: Mirror, creating four Magic Mirrors around himself, and invited Bagaman to attack.
• Bagaman raised the Staff of the Holy Seer, chanted a spell, and sent multiple Fire Dragons charging toward Riezel.

Riezel defeated Bagaman Murajit in a magic duel by countering his fire spells and resisting his other attacks. He left Bagaman unconscious and completely stripped of his magical equipment.

• Bagaman unleashed a barrage of fire dragons, but Riezel absorbed them with his Magic Mirror and sent them back at him.
• Bagaman used a Scroll to unleash Raging Flame Storm from above, but Riezel's Fire Attribute Nullification left him unharmed.
• Riezel dispelled Bagaman's defenses and struck him with three enhanced Fireballs, then began casting Crimson Nova.
• Bagaman erased the spell and attacked with six stored spells, but Riezel avoided or resisted every one.
• Riezel used High-Tier Item Destruction to destroy Bagaman's equipment and clothes, leaving Bagaman to faint in humiliation.

Riezel defeated Bagaman in a magical duel, and the spectators came to regard him as a mage as formidable as he was a swordsman. The royal succession election began with Riezel holding ten votes, and he faced a sizable pile of trouble over the following week.

• Riezel defeated Bagaman and destroyed nearly all his magic equipment, leaving him exposed before the assembled nobles and royals.
• Riezel's victory convinced onlookers that his magical ability rivaled his swordsmanship, while rumors spread that he was a Strategic Class Mage with hidden talents.
• Isis introduced the participants in the royal succession election, including First Prince Kuhart and Seventh Prince Boyer.
• The Ginas Kingdom opened its succession election, and Riezel and Yuri each received voting rights worth ten votes.
• The banquet ended, and Riezel found himself facing a sizable pile of trouble during the week before the votes were counted.

As the Ginas Kingdom’s royal candidates competed for the throne, Riezel considered supporting Kuhart until Saint Nidor visited and revealed that he had already secured enough votes to win. Saint Nidor left declaring that he would become the next king, even without Riezel and Yuri’s support.

• The royal candidates campaigned, bribed nobles, and made assassination attempts against Saint Nidor, Kuhart, and Boyer, but their factions protected them and executed the plotters.
• Candidates crowded Franzer Villa to solicit Riezel’s support with promises, and Kuhart and Boyer separately explained why they wanted the throne.
• Riezel found Kuhart’s wish to protect the kingdom more convincing than Boyer’s desire to prove himself, and he leaned toward voting for Kuhart.
• Saint Nidor visited Riezel and Yuri, thanked them for saving him and his family, and offered to repay their kindness.
• Saint Nidor named nobles and other supporters who had pledged to him, said he would win even without Riezel and Yuri’s votes, and declared himself the next king.

Saint Nidor explained how he had secured support for the throne and visited Riezel to learn whether he would oppose his accession. Riezel agreed not to become his enemy as long as Saint Nidor did not provoke him, leaving Saint Nidor and Yuri hopeful for a peaceful reign.

• Saint Nidor told Riezel and Yuri that he had reclaimed the Ginas surname and won support from major noble families and members of the Royal Faction.
• Riezel explained that Hermulin’s death, the Shadow Sword Saint’s fall, and Sorok’s treason had weakened the Royal Faction and made Saint Nidor the likely next king.
• Saint Nidor said Redson Elieman had not opposed him because he also belonged to the royal bloodline.
• Saint Nidor asked Riezel whether he would become his enemy, and Riezel said he had no interest in the kingdom’s future but warned Saint Nidor not to provoke him.
• Yuri offered to support Saint Nidor if he treated the kingdom and its people well, and the three discussed the future until evening.
• Yuri called Saint Nidor a good king after he left, while Riezel accepted that his reign could make life in the kingdom more comfortable.

Saint Nidor became king and stabilized the Ginas Kingdom, while Riezel accepted the Crimson Dragon Medal and chose an earth dragon egg from the treasury. Riezel then negotiated with his prisoners Evie and Leo, securing their agreement to guide him and Liz to the Hidden World and its High Priest.

• Saint Nidor ascended the throne, rewarded his supporters, and punished nobles who had opposed him, ending the kingdom's internal turmoil.
• Yuri received permission to choose an Ancient Secret Treasure and recruit Kingdom Knight Order guards, while Riezel accepted the Crimson Dragon Medal and its privileges instead of a noble title.
• Riezel and Yuri visited the Kingdom's Treasury, where Yuri chose a Grimoire of Control Magic and Riezel took an earth dragon egg to use for a future summoning.
• Riezel and Liz visited Evie and Leo in the Franzer Villa dungeon and offered them freedom in exchange for guiding them to the Hidden World and introducing them to the Temple's High Priest.
• Evie agreed to the contract, freeing herself and Leo and committing them to accompany Riezel and Liz.

After receiving word that his summoned creature had reached Queen Tistis's Kingdom, Riezel departed with Liz, Eulalie, Lilith, Leo, and Evie. Yuri watched him leave, resolved to wait until he had uncovered his secrets and was ready to settle down with her.

• Saint Nidor began reforming the Ginas Kingdom, while Yuri restored the Franzer Family's knight order with little interference.
• Riezel learned that his summoned creature had reached the borders of Queen Tistis's Kingdom and decided to leave.
• Riezel and his companions said goodbye to Yuri, the Franzer Family, and Luna, who tearfully urged Liz to take care of herself.
• Riezel opened a Gate to Queen Tistis's Kingdom, and Liz, Eulalie, Lilith, Leo, and Evie followed him through.
• Anri recalled Yuri saying she would wait for Riezel until he solved his secrets and was ready to settle down, then wished her sister happiness.

Riezel and his companions arrived in Queen Tistis's Kingdom and headed for the border city of Mitt to gather information about the country and the Kasafegeer Mountains. They found Mitt under attack by the Luke Kingdom's forces.

• Riezel used a Gate of Darkness to bring the group to Queen Tistis's Kingdom's snowy northern border and cast Ice Resistance on everyone.
• Evie identified Mitt as the nearest city and explained that the Luke Kingdom had repeatedly clashed with Queen Tistis's Kingdom along its border.
• Riezel decided the group should go to Mitt to learn more about the country's situation and find a route toward Ulvashi and the Kasafegeer Mountains.
• Liz found Mitt on the map, and Riezel and Lilith used magic to help the group travel through the snow to the city.
• Riezel's group arrived to find the Luke Kingdom's soldiers and mages attacking Mitt's walls.

Riezel decided to intervene in the Luke Kingdom’s assault on Mitt to protect its civilians and gain favor with Queen Tistis’s Kingdom. As Lilith went to act, the battle’s commander, Dilles Kazan, confronted Mitt’s last standing defender, Shuen Fati, and demanded that he hand over someone he had hidden.

• Evie identified the attacking force as the Luke Kingdom’s army, and Riezel judged that it was close to capturing Mitt.
• Riezel chose to help Mitt’s civilians, and Lilith vanished to carry out his command.
• Shuen Fati continued fighting alone after his soldiers fell and the city’s defenses collapsed.
• Dilles Kazan confronted Shuen, dismissed his accusations about Luke’s raids, and demanded that he reveal the person he had hidden.

Lilith slaughtered the Luke Kingdom army attacking Mitt and told Shuen that her master wanted to see him. Shuen followed her to a group of unfamiliar young people, where their leader assured him they were not his enemies.

• Shuen refused to tell Dilles where the person he sought was, and Dilles ordered his soldiers to attack.
• Lilith arrived on the battlefield and killed the Luke Kingdom soldiers, including Dilles, with her claw attacks.
• Shuen recognized Lilith as a Sword Saint unaffiliated with Queen Tistis's Kingdom and feared her power.
• Lilith told Shuen that her master wanted to see him, and he followed her across the battlefield.
• Shuen met a group of unfamiliar young people, and the young man at their front said they were not his enemies.

After helping Shuen Fati repel Luke Kingdom’s attack on Mitt, Riezel entered the damaged city and used wide-area healing magic to treat the wounded. He declined to resurrect the dead, then accepted Shuen’s invitation and met Mitt’s mayor, Laifei Beryl.

• Riezel introduced himself to Shuen Fati, who explained that he was the Beryl Family’s chief knight and Mitt’s military commander.
• Shuen thanked Riezel and invited his group into Mitt, and Riezel agreed to go with him.
• Riezel cast Dia Flatel across the ruined area, healing the wounded as the survivors marveled at his magic.
• Grieving relatives asked Riezel to resurrect the dead, but he refused to reveal his Resurrection Magic and let Shuen’s guards usher them away.
• Shuen escorted Riezel’s group to the mayoral residence, where Mayor Laifei Beryl welcomed them.

After Riezel’s group saved Mitt from the invading Luke Kingdom, Mayor Lyra Beryl thanked them and discussed their request to meet the Tistis royal family. Riezel decided to travel to Ulvashi himself, while Lyra prepared to contact the royal family and considered whether she could entrust another person to his group.

• Lyra Beryl received Riezel and his companions, thanked them for saving Mitt, and offered hospitality and a reward.
• Riezel asked Lyra to arrange a meeting with someone from the Tistis Family, and she warned him that the divided royal factions might draw him into their conflict.
• Riezel said he would not tolerate anyone involving his group in political schemes, leaving Lyra and Shuen concerned about how the royal family might respond.
• Lyra agreed to report Riezel’s request and arrange supplies, but Riezel rejected the wait for a royal escort and decided to travel to Ulvashi himself.
• Lyra considered entrusting another person to Riezel’s group and decided to speak with that person first.

Riezel learned from Laifei that the northern Forbidden Zone was covered by a deadly Blizzard, while Evie and Leo explained the Hidden World’s history and their High Priest’s prophecy. After Liz grew hungry, the group went to find a place to rest before continuing to Ulvashi, unaware that Laifei would soon bring someone important to Riezel.

• Laifei told Riezel that Queen Tistis's Kingdom had no Kasafegeer Mountains, but its far north held a Forbidden Zone where a Sword Saint had vanished in an enormous Blizzard.
• Riezel questioned Evie and Leo about entering the Hidden World, and they explained that the Temple had no confirmed records of outsiders entering and relied on a secret treasure to observe the continent.
• Evie and Leo said the High Priest had foreseen their mission succeeding and their safe return, and Riezel accepted that they had been sent because of her prophecy.
• Liz's stomach growled, so Riezel led the group to find an inn or restaurant while they waited for Laifei to prepare supplies and a detailed route to Ulvashi.
• Riezel decided to travel north using summoned creatures as mounts and did not know that Laifei would soon bring an important person to meet him.

Riezel's group settled into a luxury inn in Mitt, where Leo and Evie remained wary of challenging Riezel and Lilith. Riezel left Liz and Eulalie in their room to meet Mayor Lyra Beryl, who arrived late at night with Shuen and another person.

• Riezel secured a room with Liz and Eulalie, leaving Evie and Leo frustrated as Lilith watched Leo for signs of another duel.
• The chapter recounted how Lilith had defeated Leo with teleportation, spells, and debuffs, while Leo resolved to seek a secret treasure that could counter Interference System magic.
• Riezel was preparing to spend the night with Liz and Eulalie when Lilith contacted him to report that Lyra Beryl had come to visit.
• Riezel told Liz and Eulalie to wait for him, then went to the sitting room to meet Lyra Beryl.
• Lyra Beryl arrived with Shuen and another person, surprising Riezel.

Laifei asked Riezel to escort a silent, unusually important girl to Ulvashi, warning that the journey could bring attacks from the Luke Kingdom and others. Riezel accepted after Laifei promised the girl could help him meet the Queen and enter the royal library, where he hoped to find records about the First Queen.

• Riezel noticed the girl's noble air and scrutinized her with Clear World, but she remained silent.
• Laifei told Riezel that his supplies and route maps would be ready the next day, then asked him to take the girl to Ulvashi.
• Laifei revealed that the Luke Kingdom's invasion was largely motivated by the girl and warned that other enemies might target her too.
• Riezel refused the escort request until Laifei offered access to Queen Tistis's royal library and its records about the First Queen.
• Riezel accepted the request, while the girl remained silent and despondent.

Riezel prepared a custom Dragon Carriage pulled by two summoned Subspecies Frost Dragons for the journey from Mitt to Ulvashi. After the group loaded supplies and set out, the carriage raced north into the frozen wilderness.

• Riezel summoned two Level 66 Subspecies Frost Dragons and built an enchanted, spacious carriage designed to travel through snow and Blizzards.
• Lilith suggested using teleportation or sending the dragons ahead, but Riezel chose to travel with the group at a leisurely pace.
• Lilith gathered everyone, and Evie, Liz, Leo, Laifei, Shuen, and the mysterious girl reacted with shock to the Dragon Carriage.
• Laifei asked whether the carriage could withstand a Blizzard, and Riezel reassured him before accepting the supplies and the girl's care.
• Laifei's knights loaded the supplies, and Riezel's group departed Mitt in the Dragon Carriage, heading north.

During the journey to Ulvashi, Cloria revealed that she was not royalty but a tool with no one to rely on, while Riezel discovered her face was disguised. As the group discussed her identity, enemies ambushed their Dragon Carriage with a barrage of rune-inscribed arrows.

• Cloria introduced herself as Cloria Mischet and denied being part of Queen Tistis's Kingdom's royal family.
• Cloria said she was a tool activated when the country needed her and did not know whether she wanted to go to Ulvashi.
• Riezel revealed that he could see through Cloria's fake face, and Cloria responded resentfully that she had not chosen her appearance.
• Lilith sensed approaching enemies, and Riezel told the others they had come after the group soon after leaving Mitt.
• Several minutes earlier, an ambush leader positioned his people in the snow and ordered them to fire rune-inscribed arrows at the approaching Dragon Carriage.

Riezel, Leo, and Lilith crushed an ambush against the Dragon Carriage and learned that the attackers had been sent by the Farnad family, a powerful military noble house in Queen Tistis's Kingdom. Cloria remained silent about why the family wanted her stopped, and the carriage continued toward Ulvashi with the mystery unresolved.

• Riezel used magic to turn aside the attackers' arrows, while Leo and Lilith slaughtered the ambushers.
• Riezel kicked the leader into the snow, then used Charm of the Human Race to make him reveal that the Farnad family had ordered the attack.
• Cloria explained that Farnad was a powerful marquis family whose head served as deputy commander of the Queen's Knight Order.
• Riezel asked whether Farnad wanted to stop Cloria from reaching Ulvashi or the Queen's Palace, but Cloria refused to explain.
• Riezel stopped Leo from pressuring Cloria and continued the journey toward Ulvashi.