Chapter Summaries

As the Abyss Believers overwhelmed the Sphinx’s defenders, Riezel summoned Araya to end the battle. Araya unleashed a devastating magical slaughter across the sky, culminating in a vast Flame Storm that engulfed the battlefield.

• Abyss Believers swarmed the Sphinx’s protective barrier while the Sky Division and Church priesthood fought to hold them back.
• Riezel refused to send Malfa’s Sword into battle and instead called on Araya to deal with the attackers.
• Araya appeared before the Sphinx, lured an Abyss Believer toward her, and killed him with vine-like tentacles.
• Araya bombarded the battlefield with magic, forcing Merlot and the Sky Division’s knights to retreat onto the Sphinx as her spells struck its barrier.
• Araya chanted an incantation and unleashed Flame Storm across the battlefield.

Araya unleashed her Flame Storm against the Abyss Believers, destroying them but damaging the Sphinx and terrifying its passengers. After Riezel punished her, the battleship repelled two more attacks and reached the northern front line at Narnirga.

• Araya cast a Strategic Class Flame Storm that engulfed the battlefield, killed the Abyss Believers and their Flying Monsters, and battered the Sphinx's protective barrier.
• Riezel ordered Malfa's Sword to chase Araya and punish her for endangering the battleship and its passengers.
• The Sphinx underwent repairs and continued north, later using its 111 Magic Battleship Cannons to destroy two incoming attacks.
• Riezel considered whether he could take a Floating Magic Battleship back to the Akasha Continent, then dismissed the idea.
• The Sphinx arrived at Narnirga, the destination on the northern front line of the Source World.

Riezel arrived at Narnirga and learned about the giant wall that had held back the Abyss for thousands of years. As he headed for the Caledohart garrison, a Segelros delegation prepared to greet him, prompting a tense exchange with a Caledohart officer.

• Riezel saw Narnirga and heard Naisha and Merlot explain its history and the Dwarves’ role in building it.
• Naisha explained that the Dwarves’ demands for the Holy Swords had strained their relationship with humanity.
• Riezel chose to land at the section guarded by Caledohart rather than visit the Dwarves’ section.
• At the Caledohart garrison, a middle-aged officer objected to three young Segelros representatives coming to welcome Riezel.
• A handsome Segelros representative said they wanted to protect Riezel after the attacks he had faced, worsening the officer’s mood.

Duke Quellerus prepared to receive Riezel, the newly arrived wielder of Sacred Sword Malfa, while leaders from several factions sought to meet him. Riezel leaped from the Sphinx and landed in the military town, where Quellerus and a crowd welcomed him.

• News that the Savior wielding Sacred Sword Malfa was coming to Narnirga drew factions to Quellerus, who stopped receiving visitors after suspecting some wanted to claim or recruit the Savior.
• An angelic girl from the Holy Sword Church and two Segelros siblings pressed Quellerus to let them meet the Savior, but an announcement that the Sphinx had arrived interrupted their discussion.
• Quellerus and the three visitors went out to receive Riezel as the Sphinx descended toward the military town.
• Riezel jumped from the Sphinx before it landed, and Merlot, Naisha, Jelinae, Silune, and Araya followed him down.
• Quellerus greeted Riezel with a salute as the welcoming party and assembled crowd cried out in unison.

Riezel arrived in Narnirga, where the people hailed him as the long-awaited Savior, and met members of the Segelros royal family and Bertie Raon. As Quellerus led everyone to his residence, Merlot and Lilithia resumed their rivalry while Naisha grew wary of Bertie’s devotion to Riezel.

• Riezel descended into Narnirga, and the gathered people welcomed him as the Savior they had awaited for eleven thousand years.
• Merlot introduced Quellerus Caledohart, who respectfully welcomed Riezel and invited him to a banquet at his residence.
• Percips Segelros and Lilithia Segelros introduced themselves, and Merlot and Lilithia exchanged pointed insults.
• Naisha recognized Bertie Raon, who explained that she had come to Narnirga after hearing Naisha was there and then called Riezel her awaited master.
• Quellerus led the group toward his residence, while Merlot and Lilithia continued arguing and Naisha warned Bertie to stop staring at Riezel.
• Bertie said that any wielder of a Holy Sword was her awaited master and revealed that she also belonged to the Holy Sword Church.

Riezel visited the Caledohart garrison residence under heavy guard, where Percips tried to persuade him to visit Segelros and its Holy Sword. After a lavish luncheon, Lilithia presented another gift on behalf of Segelros’s king.

• Percips told Riezel about Dilam, Segelros’s Holy Sword, and invited him to visit the imperial capital, while Quellerus warned him not to poach Caledohart’s savior.
• Riezel ended the exchange when they reached the guarded residence and joined Quellerus’s prepared luncheon.
• Riezel ate magical dishes that increased his Magic Flow, and Merlot explained they had not been ready earlier because of the complicated preparation.
• Lilithia approached Riezel with a box and said Segelros’s king had entrusted her and Percips with a gift for him.

Lilithia gave Riezel a rare Holy Sword Rune from Segelros, and he learned how it could store and wield Holy Sword Power. After fusing it into his hand and charging it with Malfa's Sword, Riezel discovered it could also turn that power into magic and send it to himself or others; he planned to return home the next day.

• Lilithia presented Riezel with an emblem engraved with the three great Holy Swords, which Quellerus identified as a Holy Sword Rune.
• Percips explained that the rune had been created accidentally by the former empires and Holy Sword Churches, while Merlot said only thirteen had ever existed and Segelros had given Riezel an exceptionally rare treasure.
• Riezel used Appraisal Magic to learn that the rune could fuse into his body, then pressed it against the back of his left hand.
• Riezel called to Malfa, and Malfa's Sword sent its Holy Sword Power into the rune, charging its patterns with vivid crimson light.
• Riezel discovered that the rune could release stored power or convert it into magic to strengthen himself or others, including through their connections, and decided he would return home the next day.

Riezel discovered that his Holy Sword Rune could function like a vastly more powerful version of Command Spells, then received a trove of extravagant gifts from nations, races, and powerful individuals. As he prepared to refuse the gifts, Araya began eyeing him as a promising source of magical treasure.

• Riezel tested the Holy Sword Rune, filling it with Holy Sword Power and estimating that it could fuel hundreds of commands with effects beyond those of ordinary Command Spells.
• Riezel accepted Lilithia and Percips's Holy Sword Rune as a token of their country's sincerity and asked them to thank their Father King.
• Quellerus revealed that representatives of nations, races, and powerful individuals had sent Riezel a collection of priceless gifts, which knights brought into the room.
• Riezel was stunned by the quantity and value of the treasures, while Lilithia and Percips regretted not arranging private gifts from their own council members.
• Araya became fascinated by the magical power in the treasures and considered becoming Riezel's retainer so she could receive some.
• Riezel prepared to find an excuse to refuse the gifts, then felt a chill as Araya fixed her gaze on him.

Riezel accepted the gifts offered in Narnirga and stayed overnight at Quellerus's residence, postponing the reason for his visit until the next day. Belti privately arranged to meet him, while Lilithia and Percips were kept from following him and Belti left on her own.

• Riezel accepted the gifts and agreed to stay at Quellerus's residence for the night.
• Lilithia and Percips chose to stay too, and Belti asked Quellerus for permission to remain overnight.
• Belti contacted Riezel telepathically and arranged a private meeting with him at a time and place she specified.
• Merlot stopped Lilithia and Percips from following Riezel so he could rest, and Percips persuaded Lilithia to stay behind.
• Belti declined to accompany Percips and Lilithia, then left; Percips watched her go while Lilithia silently resolved not to lose to Merlot.

Riezel asked Naisha and Merlot about Bertie Raon, a legendary Saintess of the Segelros Empire known for healing people, avoiding harm, and predicting disasters despite lacking combat and precognitive magic. Intrigued by her seemingly supernatural abilities, Riezel looked forward to meeting her privately.

• Riezel asked Naisha whether she knew Bertie Raon, and Naisha admitted that Bertie made her feel pressured.
• Naisha explained that she and Bertie had both been Saintesses of the Holy Sword Church, and recounted how Naisha had earned her title by saving a city from a blood sacrifice.
• Naisha described Bertie's remarkable life, from healing villagers as a child to traveling the Source and helping people wherever she went.
• Merlot recounted Bertie's seemingly accurate predictions of disasters, while noting that the Segelros Church said Bertie had never learned precognitive or offensive magic.
• Riezel considered whether Bertie had a special ability like Shalti's and wondered if she might truly be an angel.
• Riezel grew curious about what Bertie wanted to discuss with him in private.

After dinner, Riezel mistakenly locked Araya in the Demon Taming Bracelet when she tried to please him, then secretly left his room at night. Beneath the Narnirga Great Wall, he met Saintess Belti, who thanked him for trusting her and coming alone.

• Percips explained that Saintess Belti ate very little, and Merlot described her remarkable healing record and influential connections.
• Riezel mistook Araya's attempts to imitate Jelinae and Silune for another attempt to pursue him, so he sealed her in the Demon Taming Bracelet.
• At midnight, Riezel used sleep magic on Jelinae and Silune, changed into casual clothes, and teleported out of the garrison zone.
• Riezel traveled through the forest to the Narnirga Great Wall, where he found Belti waiting beneath the moon.
• Belti approached Riezel, bowed, and thanked him for trusting her and meeting her alone.

Riezel met Belti alone in the wilderness, where she explained that her foresight helped her avoid danger, though she still insisted everyone was good. Belti then revealed she knew Riezel intended to cross the battle line into the former territory of the Empire destroyed by the Abyss, a place he hoped might hold clues to a connection between that Empire's fall and the destruction of the Ancient Magic Civilization.

• Riezel reassured Belti that he did not mind meeting her alone, then questioned how she could travel safely through the wilderness.
• Riezel tested Belti by pretending he might harm her, but she trusted him because she would have foreseen such a disaster.
• Belti explained that she could foresee disasters, and Riezel reasoned that she used her ability to avoid dangerous encounters.
• Riezel asked Belti why she had summoned him, and she requested that he call her by her name without an honorific.
• Belti asked whether Riezel had come to Narnirga to cross the battle line into the former Empire occupied by the Abyss.
• Riezel reflected that he had come to investigate whether the Empire's destruction was connected to the Ancient Magic Civilization's downfall.

Riezel learned that Belti had foreseen him entering the Abyss-occupied territory and asked to accompany him so she could close the Abyss Gate. As Belti awaited his answer, Riezel sensed a dark presence in the forest, while a group of black-robed figures prepared to begin their plan.

• Riezel explained why he suspected the disasters in the Great Source World and the Akasha Continent were connected, and why he intended to enter the former territory of the Caledohart Empire.
• Belti revealed that she had foreseen Riezel being swallowed by an Abyss invasion and asked to accompany him, claiming she could close the Abyss Gate.
• Riezel recognized Belti's courage and considered her request, but sensed a darkness moving in the forest and told her to step back.
• A black-robed figure watched a crystal ball turn black, declared that the fish had taken the bait, and announced the start of round two.

Riezel and Belti encountered a rare Night Spirit, a Semi-Immortal monster that could corrupt magic and seize control of what it infected. Riezel combined Red and Blue to blast it apart, but the chapter ended as the black rain it left behind made the ground bulge.

• A Night Spirit attacked Riezel, and Belti identified it as a rare monster born from filth.
• Riezel realized the Mana Pearl he carried had likely attracted the Night Spirit and repelled its attacks with Infinity, Blue, and Red.
• The Night Spirit corrupted Riezel's Blue vortex, nearly pulling Belti into it as Belti explained its parasitic powers.
• Riezel fused Red with the corrupted Blue, tearing through space and scattering the Night Spirit as black rain.
• Riezel carried Belti clear of the black rain, but the soaked ground began to tremble and bulge upward.

Riezel battled the Night Spirit after it transformed into a Stone Giant, then discovered that Sukuna’s soul-targeting slash could injure it. Belti became more convinced that Riezel could face the Abyss Gate and resolved to witness that moment.

• The Night Spirit took over the earth and became a towering Stone Giant, which attacked Riezel and Belti.
• Riezel evaded the Stone Giant’s blows, smashed its back with a cursed-energy-enhanced punch, and bound it with the Great Serpent shikigami.
• The Night Spirit tried to parasitize the Great Serpent, so Riezel dispelled the shikigami; Belti warned him that only sealing or mental attacks could stop Night Spirits.
• Riezel struck the Night Spirit with Sukuna’s Dismantle: Soul Severing Blade, cutting apart its body and leaving it motionless.
• Belti recognized that Riezel’s soul-targeting attack had worked and resolved to witness him completely resolve the Abyss Gate.

Riezel and Belti were attacked by a vast Black Sea that flooded the forest and trapped them inside barriers, while Riezel fought back and charged toward its waves. At the garrison, Quellerus and the others discovered Riezel was missing, but Sacred Sword Malfa remained in his room.

• After defeating the first Night Spirit, Riezel sensed another threat and watched darkness conceal the two moons.
• A torrent of black water descended over the forest, and Riezel rescued Belti as the Black Sea swallowed the ground.
• Riezel struck the waves with his slashes, but the Black Sea resisted his soul-severing attack and barriers sealed the area around them.
• Belti urged Riezel to retreat, but he pointed out they were trapped and charged toward the advancing waves with her in his arms.
• At the garrison, Quellerus, Merlot, Naisha, and the others learned that Riezel had vanished from his room while Sacred Sword Malfa remained behind.

Riezel discovered that the Black Sea was made up of countless Night Spirits and fought back with Nue’s lightning as Bertie watched. Darkness and nearly thirty Dark Relief Society members then appeared, revealing that they had trapped Riezel and Bertie inside a barrier intended to be their grave.

• Merlot, Naisha, and the others suspected Riezel had left with Bertie, then hurried with the knights toward the forest outside the garrison when Quellerus warned that Riezel might be in danger.
• Riezel rode atop Nue with Bertie and used lightning to blast the monstrous beasts and waves surging from the Black Sea.
• Riezel explained that the Black Sea was formed from many Night Spirits, after his techniques affected only some of the separate souls within it.
• Riezel addressed someone hidden nearby, and Darkness appeared with nearly thirty Dark Relief Society powerhouses, including the Scythe Woman.
• Darkness told Riezel that the barrier blocked escape and declared that the Society had prepared the place as his grave.

Belti explained why she trusted Riezel to overcome the Dark Relief Society’s trap, even as the group sealed magic within the barrier and launched a coordinated attack. Riezel used his ability to manipulate distance to turn the attackers against one another, leaving Darkness and the Scythe Woman stunned.

• The Scythe Woman taunted Belti, but Belti calmly said she had not foreseen a disaster and trusted Riezel to break the trap without risk.
• Darkness ordered the Dark Relief Society to attack, and its members spread into formation and sealed the Magic Flow inside the barrier.
• Darkness explained that the group had prepared the Black Sea and barrier to counter Riezel’s defenses, then sent its fighters and Tactical Class Magic users against him.
• Nue blasted apart the Black Sea’s waterspouts with lightning as the Abyss Believers charged Riezel.
• Riezel snapped his fingers and manipulated distance, making the attackers’ weapons strike their own allies and killing the rear-line mages.
• A scythe pierced Darkness’s abdomen, while the Scythe Woman stared at the reversal in shock.

Riezel used Immoral Game to disrupt the Dark Relief Society’s attackers, then unleashed his full power and slaughtered their experts. The surviving Abyss Believers hesitated to attack as he continued advancing through their demonic fire.

• Riezel repeatedly swapped the positions of Belti, Black Sea, and the Scythe Woman, forcing the Abyss Believers to halt their attacks to avoid striking one another.
• Riezel activated Unrestricted and killed more than twenty Dark Relief Society experts, gathering their blood into a pool above his head.
• Black Sea, the Scythe Woman, and the surviving Abyss Believers charged Riezel but restrained their attacks, afraid of his position-swapping ability.
• Riezel used Sun Breathing: Second Form - Azure Sky to repel the attackers, while Black Sea’s demonic shadows engulfed him without getting past Infinity.
• Riezel formed the Blood Pool into crimson spears, dispersed the demonic shadows, and walked through the Black Fire as he fixed his gaze on the Abyss Believers.

Riezel used an enormous Blue to dispel the black vapor and drag the Black Sea and the Dark Relief Society’s fleeing Abyss Believers toward it. As the attackers were pulled in, Black Shadow sent his consciousness to Orus, where he urged Arad Xavier to begin a Blood Sacrifice Ritual, but Arad questioned his urgency.

• Black Shadow and the Scythe Woman led the Abyss Believers in a retreat as the barrier vanished and black vapor swallowed the battlefield.
• Riezel unleashed a massive Blue that absorbed the black vapor and pulled the Black Sea and the fleeing Abyss Believers toward the sky.
• Several Abyss Believers were sucked into Blue, while Black Shadow sent his consciousness to Orus.
• In Orus, Black Shadow urged Arad Xavier to begin the Blood Sacrifice Ritual before the preparations were complete.
• Arad Xavier asked Black Shadow what he was so anxious about.