Chapter Summaries

A noble young master and a middle-aged knight discussed reports that a mysterious mage escorting the “Doll” had defeated forces sent by several factions. They suspected the mage might be the famed Lightning Sword Saint Riezel Brihaut, and the knight agreed to confront him and prevent the “Doll” from reaching the Queen’s Palace.

• The noble young master showed the middle-aged knight verified intelligence that a mysterious mage with a Sword Saint attendant had wiped out nearly everyone sent to stop the “Doll.”
• The noble young master said no Tactical Class Mage named Riezel Brihaut could be found in the northern countries, but rumors from the central region described a Lightning Sword Saint with the same name.
• The middle-aged knight recalled that the Valkyrie had defeated him and another Sword Saint, then insisted he would test Riezel himself if the reports were true.
• The noble young master and the knight considered whether Riezel could have reached Queen Tistis’s Kingdom despite the distance and whether he had brought multiple Sword Saint attendants.
• The noble young master asked the knight to meet the mysterious mage and stop the “Doll” from reaching the Queen’s Palace, and the knight agreed to go.

Riezel and his companions endured repeated attacks from foreign kingdoms and Queen Tistis's nobles, leaving them baffled about Cloria's identity and why so many factions wanted her dead. As the group neared Ulvashi, Riezel resolved to keep going, while Cloria prepared to escape from the magically created fortress where they were spending the night.

• Lilith, Evie, and Riezel's companions defeated another group of attackers, and Riezel learned from the leader's memories that the Glow Kingdom had sent them.
• Evie counted the many foreign kingdoms and noble families that had attacked during their journey, and the group questioned why Cloria was being hunted by factions across Queen Tistis's Kingdom.
• Riezel decided they would continue to Ulvashi and learn the truth there, using force if necessary to reach the royal library.
• Riezel created a fortress tower with magic so the group could spend the night safely in the northern wilderness.
• Cloria recalled seeing Riezel summon the tower, then dressed and quietly left her room to run away.

Cloria fled Ulvashi into the Blizzard, fell from a cliff into a glacier, and was swept through a whirlpool into an underground cavern. Riezel found her dead and revived her with True Revival, but golden light gathered in her eyes as she awoke.

• Riezel left the Little Princess and Eulalie bound in a room and found Cloria trying to open the fortress tower’s Great Gate.
• Riezel secretly opened the gate, then followed Cloria as she walked alone into the Blizzard.
• Cloria fell from a cliff into a glacier, and Riezel dived in after her when he heard her fall into the water.
• Riezel found Cloria unconscious in a whirlpool and followed her into a dark underground cavern.
• Riezel discovered Cloria had no heartbeat or breath and used True Revival to bring her back to life.
• Cloria opened her eyes as golden light gathered within them.

Riezel fought the awakened, golden-eyed woman who had taken over Cloria’s body, as her extreme cold clashed with his fire throughout the Stalactite Cave. He defeated her with a rapid succession of fiery sword strikes, leaving her falling bloodied while he stood victorious amid the flames.

• Cloria awakened with golden eyes, transformed in appearance, and unleashed extreme cold that froze the Stalactite Cave.
• Riezel countered the cold with flames, and the two questioned each other before the woman identified herself as a power the country still needed and ordered him to leave.
• Riezel and the woman exchanged swords at tremendous speed, turning the cave into a battlefield of ice and fire.
• Riezel evaded her attack and overwhelmed her defenses with powerful flaming strikes, eventually shattering her Ice Sword.
• Riezel finished the fight with a blazing sword technique, and the wounded woman spat blood and fell as Riezel remained standing in flames.

Riezel defeated the powerful, ice-wielding woman inside the Stalactite Cave and healed her, only for her to revert to Cloria with no memory of the fight. After contacting Lilith and confirming he remained within Queen Tistis's Kingdom, Riezel found Cloria staring at murals recording the Ancient Magic Civilization's history.

• Riezel defeated the ice-wielding woman, who mentioned her Noble Bloodline and missing Inheritance Sword before collapsing.
• Riezel used Dia Flatel to heal the woman, and she transformed back into the confused Cloria.
• Cloria woke naked and learned from Riezel that they had fought, then covered herself with his coat.
• Riezel contacted Lilith, learned she had dealt with attackers at the fortress, and told her to watch over the others while he remained away.
• Riezel found Cloria examining a smooth cave wall covered in murals of the Ancient Magic Civilization.

Riezel realized the murals recorded the Tistis Tribe’s history after the Ancient Magic Civilization fell, and learned that the tribe had once inhabited the cave. Cloria’s mysterious other self, Yanifei, introduced herself, revealed Cloria was asleep, and went deeper into the cave to retrieve something she needed.

• Riezel studied the murals and connected the Tistis Tribe’s history to the survivors of the Ancient Magic Civilization and the founding of Queen Tistis’s Kingdom.
• Cloria explained that the murals showed the Tistis Tribe’s ancestors settling in the northern polar region and the First Queen meeting Zinia Kingdom.
• Riezel concluded the murals were only a few centuries old and wondered who made them and what the site was.
• Cloria transformed into Yanifei, who said Cloria was asleep and allowed Riezel to know her true name because he was strong.
• Yanifei refused to explain her identity until Riezel could defeat her at full strength, then headed further into the cave to obtain what slumbered there.

Riezel and Yanifei explored the abandoned former homeland of the Tistis Tribe, where Yanifei explained that she had guided Cloria there to reclaim something. Yanifei challenged Riezel to face her again once she recovered her strength and found the Inheritance Sword, leaving him determined to defeat her and uncover the remaining mysteries.

• Riezel followed Yanifei from the Stalactite Cave into the deserted Snow Village and learned that the Tistis Tribe had moved to Ulvashi centuries earlier.
• Riezel deduced that Yanifei had awakened within Cloria and deliberately guided her to the tribal lands to reclaim something.
• Yanifei admitted she had attacked Riezel to subdue him and learn about the power he had used to restore Cloria.
• Yanifei said she would fight Riezel again after reclaiming the Inheritance Sword and recovering her full strength, and challenged him not to disappoint her.
• Riezel recalled that the Inheritance Sword was Queen Tistis's Kingdom's National Divine Artifact and wondered how it had come into the Ice Maiden's hands.

Yanifei explained why the Tistis Tribe remained small: its powerful bloodline produced few children, and a curse from the Swamp Beast King shortened the lives of its members. She led Riezel to a blood-scented pool in the cemetery and entered it, where the water began flowing into her body.

• Riezel questioned why the Tistis Tribe had so few people despite its history stretching back eleven thousand years, and Yanifei explained that its bloodline produced very few descendants.
• Yanifei revealed that Reinayl and Tistis had each received a holy sword and exceptional bloodline, and that Tistis’s bloodline made reproduction difficult.
• Yanifei explained that the Swamp Beast King cursed Tistis after the family defeated it, contaminating their Life Essence and shortening their lives, especially for those with purer bloodlines.
• Riezel suggested the First Queen had integrated the Tistis Tribe into the Queen's Kingdom to dilute the cursed bloodline, and Yanifei dismissed the value of living long without shining on the battlefield.
• Yanifei led Riezel to a blood-scented pool at the cemetery’s deepest point, removed her coat, and stepped into the water.
• The pool began to boil and its water flowed into Yanifei’s body, which Riezel watched through the Clear World.

Riezel watched Yanifei undergo a Bloodline Awakening and confirmed that she belonged to the Tistis Family’s extraordinary bloodline. After he subdued an ancient Alchemy Beast and accepted Yanifei’s offer to take control of it, the two left the graveyard together.

• Riezel observed Yanifei’s rapidly increasing magic power and recognized that she was undergoing Bloodline Awakening, like Liz had before.
• An autonomous Golden Giant Lion Alchemy Beast attacked Riezel, who evaded it until Yanifei warned him that its rampage was damaging the graveyard.
• Riezel struck the beast into the ground and used Time Stagnation to freeze it.
• Yanifei explained the Alchemy Beast’s origins and offered it to Riezel as spoils of war, and he agreed to take it for study.
• Yanifei altered the beast’s Magic Circles to bring it under control, put on Riezel’s coat, and left the graveyard with Riezel and the Alchemy Beast following her.

Riezel and Yanifei escaped the glacier and agreed to travel to Ulvashi, while Yanifei revealed that Cloria might no longer have a purpose now that she had awakened. They returned to High Tower Fortress, where Yanifei noticed Lilith’s unusual nature and headed for the top floor, leaving Riezel to anticipate the trouble awaiting them in Ulvashi.

• Riezel and Yanifei emerged from the glacier, and Yanifei agreed to accompany him to Ulvashi and the Queen’s Palace.
• Riezel asked what would happen to Cloria, and Yanifei said Cloria’s purpose had ended with her awakening.
• Yanifei promised to challenge Riezel again after recovering her strength and reclaiming the Inheritance Sword, then questioned him about Liz and Eulalie’s unusual qualities.
• Riezel warned Yanifei not to harm anyone traveling with him, and they returned to High Tower Fortress with the Alchemy Beast.
• Lilith confronted Yanifei in the fortress hall, but Riezel stopped Yanifei from attacking her and sent Lilith away.
• Yanifei went to occupy the fortress’s top-floor room while Riezel returned to his room and expected an uproar in Ulvashi.

Yanifei recognized Liz and Eulalie as descendants of an ancient bloodline and challenged them, but Eulalie attacked first and fought her across the snowy plain. As Yanifei pressed her assault, Eulalie drew a black magic sword and unleashed a devastating strike.

• Yanifei recognized Liz and Eulalie as descendants of a clan tied to the Ancient Magic Civilization and challenged them to fight and become her attendants.
• Yanifei released a deadly chill that immobilized Evie and Leo, while Lilith tensed and Moslo's Sword trembled.
• Eulalie burst through the carriage wall with Yanifei in her grasp, flung her into the snow, and began fighting her.
• Yanifei attacked Eulalie with an Ice Sword and freezing magic, while Eulalie deflected her strikes with her hands.
• Riezel judged that Yanifei was close to Lv.9, but Eulalie drew a black magic sword and struck the ground with a massive sword light.

Yanifei and Eulalie unleashed their power in a clash that pushed Yanifei into her full strength, but Riezel intervened before they could decide the victor. Yanifei agreed to stop fighting and challenged Riezel, Eulalie, and Liz to battle her later as the group continued toward Ulvashi.

• Eulalie's sword strike split the snowy wilderness with a devastating shockwave, injuring Yanifei and scattering the others.
• Yanifei awakened her bloodline to reach Lv. 9, formed Ice Armor, and urged Eulalie to use the full power and techniques of her clan.
• Eulalie poured immense magic power into the Shadow Sword as Yanifei prepared a decisive attack, but Riezel stepped between them and stopped the fight.
• Riezel reminded Yanifei of her plans for the country and warned her not to harm anyone else; Liz also asked her to let the conflict go.
• Yanifei lowered her sword, promised to fight Riezel and Eulalie after reclaiming the Inheritance Sword, and challenged Liz as well.
• Riezel led Liz and Eulalie back toward the Dragon Carriage and continued with the group toward Ulvashi.

After witnessing Eulalie and Yanifei's battle, Krauser Ogman realized the awakened Doll and Riezel's group posed a threat beyond what he could handle. Riezel intercepted Krauser before he could report back, and confronted him about whether he had come to attack them.

• Krauser Ogman watched Eulalie and Yanifei fight and concluded that the situation in Queen Tistis's Kingdom had become dangerous.
• As Krauser prepared to carry his intelligence away, Riezel appeared and blocked his attack, catching the Flame-Shaped Sword between two fingers.
• Riezel used Detection Magic and the Multi-Winged Beast's watch to explain how he had found Krauser, then questioned his identity and allegiance.
• Krauser identified himself as one of Queen Tistis's Seven Sword Saints, and Riezel recognized him as a Sword Saint who had lost to the Valkyrie.
• Riezel asked why Krauser had left his seclusion and whether he had come to attack Riezel's group.

Riezel defeated Krauser in a brutal fight and demanded to know why he kept attacking Cloria. Krauser refused to betray the people behind the attacks, leaving Riezel to decide whether to kill him despite the political consequences.

• Riezel endured Krauser's sword assault, then overwhelmed him with body techniques and beat him into the snow.
• Riezel questioned Krauser about the repeated attacks on Cloria, and Krauser revealed that Cloria was a Doll meant to contain another consciousness.
• Riezel identified that consciousness as Yanifei, but Krauser said he had never learned her true name.
• Krauser refused to reveal who was behind the attacks and told Riezel to kill him, while admitting he wanted revenge on a woman.
• Riezel weighed whether to kill Krauser, knowing that doing so could provoke Queen Tistis's Kingdom.

Riezel spared Krauser and returned to the Dragon Carriage, where Yanifei explained that the Kasafegeer Mountains and the Hidden World lay beyond the northern Blizzard. She revealed that Reinayl’s holy sword, Moslo’s Sword, might be the key to crossing it as the carriage reached Ulvashi.

• Riezel resisted killing Krauser, failed to keep him under mental control, and left him unconscious in the frozen wilderness.
• Riezel rejoined Liz, Eulalie, and the others in the Dragon Carriage and said Krauser had likely been their last attacker.
• Yanifei offered to make Riezel and his companions rulers of the Queen’s Kingdom, but they refused and confirmed they sought the Kasafegeer Mountains.
• Yanifei said she had reached the northern Blizzard before but had been unable to cross it, and explained that the Tistis ancestors believed a key was needed to find the mountains and enter the Hidden World.
• Riezel and Yanifei suspected that Liz’s Moslo’s Sword, the holy sword held by Reinayl, was the key, and the Dragon Carriage entered the territory around Ulvashi.

Riezel and his companions entered Ulvashi in a conspicuous Dragon Carriage and headed for the Queen’s Palace, where a Valkyrie waited for him. After slashing at her teasing brother, she set out to meet Riezel and declared that nobody could touch him before she defeated him.

• Evie presented the Beryl Family pass, and the city guards let the Dragon Carriage enter Ulvashi despite their concerns about its beasts.
• The Dragon Carriage caused a stir among Ulvashi’s citizens as it traveled toward the Queen’s Palace.
• Riezel, Yanifei, Lilith, Liz, Evie, and Leo discussed their conspicuous arrival as Yanifei reflected on returning to the city she had helped build.
• The Valkyrie sensed Riezel’s arrival and said she had been waiting for him.
• The Valkyrie repeatedly slashed at the man who called her “Ice Maiden,” then left to meet Riezel and warned that nobody could touch him before she defeated him.

Riezel, Liz, and their companions entered the Queen's Palace with the legendary Doll, alarming the rival factions and drawing the attention of the royal heirs. Yanifei led them toward the Queen's bedchamber, saying she would return there before receiving them.

• A Noble Young Master learned that the Doll had reached Ulvashi and suspected that Riezel Brihaut had defeated Krauser Ogman, then decided to meet the arrivals.
• A princess discussed the Doll and Riezel Brihaut with her maid, resolved to watch the situation, and considered winning Riezel over if he supported the Queen.
• The Prince Faction, the Princess Faction, and neighboring nations reacted to news that Riezel and the Doll had entered the Queen's Palace.
• Riezel led Liz and the others into the palace, where nobody came to welcome or guide them.
• Yanifei pointed out the Queen's bedchamber and said she would return there before receiving the group.

Yanifei entered the Queen’s bedchamber with Riezel’s group, overwhelming the guards and frightening the Noble Young Master into retreat. At the Queen’s inner doors, her personal guards Anna and Rena said the Queen could not meet her, and Yanifei demanded that she come out.

• Yanifei’s kingly aura froze the Queen’s guards as she walked into the bedchamber with Riezel’s group.
• The Knight Captain ordered a message sent to the Queen’s Knight Order commander, who instructed the guards to leave Yanifei alone and said she would meet them personally.
• The Noble Young Master witnessed Yanifei’s power, abandoned his attempt to confront Riezel’s group, and left to make long-term plans.
• Yanifei criticized the past Queens for neglecting the kingdom and led the group deeper into the bedchamber to meet the current Queen.
• Anna and Rena, the Queen’s twin personal guards from the Arterloo Family, said the Queen could not come out to meet Yanifei.
• Yanifei warned the twins that she would overlook their first disrespect and demanded that the current Queen come see her.

Riezel and Yanifei discovered that the Queen of Queen Tistis's Kingdom had been incapacitated by a powerful Curse, and Yanifei announced that she would reclaim the throne. After settling in the palace, Riezel received an invitation from the kingdom's Valkyrie, Chalti Shimaraffs.

• Riezel stopped Yanifei from executing the Arterloo sisters and asked to see the Queen.
• Riezel and Yanifei discovered that the Queen had been cursed and learned she had been incapacitated for six years, destabilizing the kingdom.
• Yanifei promised to uncover the Curse's cause, reclaim control of the country, and use the royal library the next day.
• The Arterloo sisters arranged palace lodgings for Riezel's group, while Yanifei took a chamber used by former Queens.
• Riezel received an invitation signed by Chalti Shimaraffs, the kingdom's Valkyrie.

Riezel met Shalti at her private training ground after she summoned him alone, and challenged her identity as the wielder of the Tistis royal Inheritance Sword. Shalti denied being a princess and revealed that she was a Generational Heir whose bloodline had undergone Atavism.

• Riezel arrived alone at the private training ground inside the Queen's Palace, expecting a possible fight or trap.
• Riezel watched Shalti practice and recognized the skill and chilling power in her sword swings.
• Riezel confronted Shalti about her Ice Maiden identity and her right to wield the Inheritance Sword, suggesting she was a princess of the Queen's Kingdom.
• Shalti explained that she came from an obscure collateral branch of the Tistis Family and was not a royal princess.
• Shalti revealed that she was a rare Generational Heir whose bloodline had undergone Atavism.