Chapter Summaries

Darkness’s plan to use Arad and the Blood Sacrifice Ritual failed when Arad rejected him and destroyed his projection. Riezel killed Darkness, then stopped Blue’s destructive pull after the Scythe Woman revealed that her father was an elder of the Dark Relief Society.

• Darkness’s projection threatened Arad and urged him to activate the Blood Sacrifice Ritual, promising him power and freedom.
• Arad transformed into a monster, tore apart the projection, and said he had lost his freedom long ago.
• Darkness’s attempt to escape through reverse summoning failed, leaving him and the Scythe Woman as the last surviving attackers near Blue.
• Riezel pulled the blood energy from Darkness and struck him with Hundred Refinements: Blood Pierce, vaporizing him as Blue swallowed the Demon Book.
• The Scythe Woman begged Riezel to spare her and offered information, then revealed that her father was an elder of the Dark Relief Society.
• Riezel stopped Blue, and the rocks, sand, and trees drawn into the air fell back to the ground.

Riezel defeated the Dark Relief Society’s remaining forces and kept the Scythe Woman alive to question her about the Night Spirits. Renani Kinfolis revealed that the creatures had been born on the Black Land, beyond the Narnirga Great Wall, where the conditions for nurturing them existed.

• Riezel brought the exhausted Scythe Woman before him, and Belti confirmed that they were both unharmed.
• Riezel used Dia Flatol to restore some of the Scythe Woman’s stamina, then forced her to stop pretending to be unconscious.
• Riezel demanded the Scythe Woman’s name, and she reluctantly identified herself as Renani Kinfolis.
• Riezel asked how the Dark Relief Society had gathered and hidden so many Night Spirits near the Narnirga Front.
• Renani said the Night Spirits had been born on the Black Land, where the conditions for nurturing them were present.

Riezel and Belti learned that the Abyss had used the Dark Relief Society to summon and guide Night Spirits as part of a plan to breach Narnirga. Riezel realized the Society had marked the Mana Pearl to lure the Night Spirit Aggregate into attacking him, and he left Reinani fearing what he would do to her.

• Reinani explained that the Abyss gathered Night Spirits from the Black Land and planned to use them to corrode Narnirga.
• Riezel and Belti learned that an Abyss Demon Lord had devised a mark to guide the Night Spirits and a summoning ritual used by the Dark Relief Society.
• Riezel suspected that the Abyss Demon Lord behind the Society was the one who had attacked him at Orus's estate, and wondered whether it was one of the Abyss's Ten Great Kings.
• Riezel concluded that the Dark Relief Society had marked the Mana Pearl to make the Night Spirit Aggregate attack him at Narnirga.
• Riezel noted that the Society's plan had failed and its elites and the Night Spirit Aggregate had fallen to him, then asked Reinani how he should deal with her.

Riezel reunited with his companions after defeating the Dark Relief Society's trap, and Belti recounted how he had survived the Night Spirit Aggregate and killed the attackers. The group decided to imprison Renani for information, while Merlot and Naisha prepared to reprimand Riezel for going out alone.

• Merlot and Naisha rushed to Riezel, scolded him for going out alone without the Holy Sword, and recognized Renani as a member of the Dark Relief Society.
• Quellerus and the others arrived, and Belti explained the trap, the Night Spirit Aggregate, and how Riezel had defeated the attackers.
• The group reacted with alarm to the Abyss's plan to breach Narnirga, while Renani argued that people oppressed by the Source had reason to reject it.
• Belti challenged Renani's justification, and Naisha declared that Renani deserved punishment for trying to murder Riezel.
• Riezel asked the group to keep Renani alive so he could question her about the Dark Relief Society and the Abyss, and Quellerus ordered her imprisoned.
• Merlot and Naisha told Riezel they had things to say to him, and he expected to be scolded.

After agreeing to help Belti close the Abyss Gate, Riezel sought a way through the Narnirga Great Wall to reach the Black Land. Belti suggested asking Princess Lilithia for help because of her Dwarven ancestry.

• Riezel endured Merlot and Naisha's scolding, Jelinae and Silune's hurt looks, and Malfa's Sword sulking after he left them behind during the previous night's crisis.
• Belti apologized for leading Riezel into danger and asked him to accompany her; Riezel agreed, and he kept the request secret from the others.
• The next morning, Riezel learned that Quellerus was occupied with the aftermath of the Dark Relief Society's attack and could not advise him about crossing the Narnirga Great Wall.
• Riezel contacted Belti, who suggested asking the Dwarves because they had built Narnirga and would know how to cross it.
• Belti proposed seeking Princess Lilithia's help and revealed that Lilithia had Dwarven ancestry through her half-Dwarf mother and Dwarf maternal grandfather.

Riezel and Belti went to find Princess Lilithia, but they interrupted Percips flirting with a maid and learned Lilithia had gone out into the city. Belti left after politely advising Percips to show restraint, while Riezel suspected the prince was in love with her.

• Riezel met Belti after getting permission from Merlot and Naisha to go out, and the two headed to Lilithia's room.
• At Lilithia's door, Riezel and Belti overheard Percips speaking suggestively to a woman and decided to leave.
• Percips opened the door in disarray, then shut it after seeing Riezel and Belti and returned dressed impeccably.
• Percips told Belti that Lilithia had gone out into the city that morning.
• Belti advised Percips to exercise restraint at Duke Quellerus's residence, then led Riezel away as Percips cried out in heartbreak.

Riezel used Cursed Speech to make Lilithia's image-recording Magic Crystal return to her, following it with Belti to the battlefield outside the Garrison Zone. They found Lilithia secretly watching the investigation beneath the Narnirga Great Wall, and Riezel whisked her and Belti away when nearby investigators approached.

• Belti showed Riezel Lilithia's image-recording Magic Crystal, and Riezel learned that Lilithia's mother was a thirty-seven-year-old half-dwarf who looked like a child.
• Riezel used Cursed Speech to command the Magic Crystal to return to its owner, then carried Belti after it as it flew away.
• The Magic Crystal led Riezel and Belti out of the Garrison Zone to the devastated battlefield where investigators were examining the Narnirga Great Wall.
• Riezel and Belti found Lilithia hiding behind a shattered boulder and watching the investigators, and she caught her returning Magic Crystal.
• When nearby knights and investigators heard them, Riezel grabbed Belti and Lilithia and used high-speed movement to escape.

Riezel, Belti, and Lilithia discussed the investigation into the Dark Relief Society and Lilithia’s rivalry with Merlot before Belti asked Lilithia to arrange a meeting with the highest-ranking person in the Dwarves Garrison Zone. Lilithia revealed that person was her grandfather, leaving Riezel and Belti surprised.

• Riezel used spatial transfer magic to take Belti and Lilithia from the battlefield to grasslands several kilometers away.
• Lilithia explained that she had gone to the battlefield to steal intelligence about the Abyss Demon Lord and complained that her brother had ignored Segelros’s interests.
• Lilithia assumed Riezel wanted to leave Caledohart for Segelros and began preparing to contact her Father King, but Riezel stopped her and asked why she disliked Merlot.
• Lilithia said Merlot’s excellence and the King’s praise of her had led to stricter demands on Lilithia, and Riezel recognized the pressure behind their rivalry.
• Belti asked Lilithia to introduce them to the highest-ranking person in the Dwarves Garrison Zone, and Lilithia identified her grandfather.

Riezel traveled aboard the Sphinx toward the Dwarves Garrison Zone, intending to ask the Dwarves about something while Lilithia and the others debated how her grandfather might receive him. The group expected to arrive before dark, and Riezel hoped he would not have to use Wish Upon a Star to get what he wanted.

• The Sphinx departed the Caledohart Empire Garrison Zone with the Sky Division and Holy Sword Church priesthood aboard, while Merlot teased Lilithia about the Sphinx and Sleipnir.
• Naisha asked Riezel why he was visiting the Dwarves, and he said he had a few things to ask them.
• Naisha suggested making an official request, but Lilithia said she had already contacted her grandfather, who would welcome them.
• Merlot suggested Riezel put away the Holy Sword, but he explained that his identity would be obvious aboard the Sphinx and with Merlot and Naisha accompanying him.
• Belti reassured Riezel that Lilithia's grandfather doted on her, and Lilithia promised to have her mother pull out his beard if he caused trouble.
• Merlot estimated that they would reach the Dwarves before dark, and Riezel hoped the visit would go smoothly rather than forcing him to use Wish Upon a Star.

Riezel and his companions reached the Dwarves' Garrison Zone, discovered its entrance led to an underground city, and traveled into the mine. As they followed the tunnel, the ground shook and an enormous creature burst through the earth in front of them.

• Sphinx arrived at the Dwarves' Garrison Zone, which Merlot explained was a vast mine protecting an underground city.
• Riezel, Merlot, Naisha, Jelinae, Silune, Lilithia, and Belti set out to enter the mine, while Luan and Andre stayed aboard Sphinx.
• Riezel used spatial magic to bring the group directly to the cave entrance, where they passed through a barrier and continued down a seemingly endless tunnel.
• The tunnel began to shake, causing Belti, Lilithia, Jelinae, and Silune to stumble as Riezel caught and steadied them.
• Riezel saw a huge creature burrowing beneath the group, and it burst through the tunnel floor with a dragon-like roar.

Riezel and his companions encountered an unusually powerful Earth Dragon in the mine, but Belti befriended it and recognized it as their guide to the Dwarves. The Earth Dragon carried them deep underground, where they emerged into a vast cavern and saw the Dwarves’ Underground City surrounded by magma.

• Riezel identified the creature that emerged from the tunnel as an Earth Dragon powerful enough to threaten Lv.8 beings.
• Belti approached the Earth Dragon, calmed it, and determined that it had been sent by the Dwarves as their guide.
• The Earth Dragon lay down, and Riezel used Immoral Game to transfer the group onto its back.
• The Earth Dragon burrowed rapidly underground, carrying the group through the earth while its magic kept them from being buried or suffocated.
• The Earth Dragon broke into a vast cavern, revealing a magma lake and an ancient Underground City at its center.

Riezel and his companions reached the Dwarves’ underground city, built over magma, where Lilithia reunited with her grandfather, Malfoy Rizalit. Malfoy welcomed them and led them through the city, where Riezel discovered that the Dwarves casually displayed weapons of at least Divine Artifact Grade.

• Riezel and his companions arrived at the magma-surrounded underground city in the earth dragon.
• Malfoy Rizalit greeted Lilithia, who refused his embrace because he smelled of sweat and alcohol.
• Malfoy recognized Riezel as the wielder chosen by Sacred Sword Malfa and introduced himself as an administrator of the dwarven city.
• Malfoy led Riezel and the others into the city so they could discuss Riezel’s questions.
• Riezel saw dwarves forging powerful weapons and realized that the weapons displayed throughout the streets were all at least Divine Artifact Grade.

Riezel visited the Dwarves’ garrison district with Merlot, Naisha, and the others, where the Dwarves focused on the Sacred Sword Malfa he carried. After immobilizing those who approached, he went with Malfo to his workshop and asked how to cross Narnirga.

• Riezel and his companions were amazed by the Artifact-grade weapons piled along the streets of the Dwarves’ city.
• Malfo tried to stop his fellow Dwarves from approaching Riezel and demanding the Holy Sword back.
• Riezel used “Do Not Move” to temporarily immobilize the approaching Dwarves, then followed Malfo to his residence.
• Malfo served the group Fire Wine, and Riezel drank a cup without showing discomfort.
• Riezel asked Malfo how to cross Narnirga.

Riezel asked Malfo how to cross Narnirga and argued that the empire that built the Great Wall must have left a way through for the savior it awaited. Malfo revealed the Dwarves’ guarded secret: an ancient teleportation circle that could send Riezel into the Black Land.

• Riezel asked Malfo for a way to cross Narnirga and explained why he believed the empire had left a passage through the Great Wall.
• Malfo listened to Riezel’s argument about the empire’s hope for the wielder of Sacred Sword Moslo, then led him and the others into the Dwarves’ restricted magma region.
• Malfo explained that Dwarf commanders had guarded an amulet for generations while waiting for the empire’s savior, and warned that the defenses could sink the Underground City beneath the magma.
• Malfo placed the amulet in the groove at the center of an ancient altar, activating a Magic Circle.
• Malfo revealed that the Magic Circle was the only teleportation route across Narnirga and would send anyone who powered it into the Black Land.

Riezel explained that he had to enter the Black Land to uncover answers about the wielder of Sacred Sword Moslo and the future of his world and Source. Though Merlot and Naisha feared for his safety, they persuaded him to let them join the expedition, and Riezel agreed to go with them.

• Merlot asked why Riezel wanted to enter the dangerous Black Land, and he said he needed to investigate matters tied to Sacred Sword Moslo and the future of his world and Source.
• Naisha warned that the Abyss-filled Black Land was more dangerous than anything they had faced, but Riezel insisted that confronting the Abyss required taking risks.
• Riezel reassured Merlot, Naisha, Jelinae, and Silune that he could protect himself and retreat to the Akasha Continent if necessary.
• Merlot and Naisha refused to wait behind and argued that their knowledge, authority, and hidden means could help the expedition.
• Belti supported their plan, and Riezel agreed to let Merlot and Naisha accompany him into the Black Land.

Riezel, Melo Caledoheart, Naisha Felismera, and Bertie Raon teleported beyond the Narnirga Great Wall into the Black Land. They encountered enormous and horrifying Abyss Creatures, and Riezel realized their journey would be dangerous.

• Malfo gave Riezel a map booklet and a golden teleportation talisman, and gave Melo, Naisha, and Bertie talismans to resist Abyss Aura.
• Riezel set out with Melo, Naisha, and Bertie, while Malfo stayed behind with Lilithia, Jelinae, Silune, and Araya.
• The four linked their magic power and used the one-way Teleportation Magic Circle to arrive beneath the Narnirga Great Wall.
• Riezel and the three women sheltered in the wall's shadow as a colossal jellyfish-like creature and a swarm of smaller beings passed overhead.
• Riezel and his companions witnessed a scorpion-like creature, rotting giants, multiheaded beasts, and enormous eyeballs clinging to the Great Wall.

Riezel and the others discussed how to cross the dangerous Black Land to reach Mistergo, where the Abyss Gate and the last traces of Moslo’s Sword lay. Riezel made an Underground Shelter for the girls and set off alone to reach the city and return for them by teleportation.

• Riezel and the others avoided Giant Worms by hovering above the black sand, then discussed how to reach Mistergo.
• Naisha used a magic map to locate the group in a former mountainous marshland and show that Mistergo lay to the east.
• Riezel rejected sending summons or traveling openly and proposed flying to Mistergo alone before teleporting back for the others.
• Merlot, Naisha, and Belti objected, but Riezel persuaded them that traveling alone would be safer and faster.
• Riezel cast Underground Shelter, left the girls inside, and flew toward Mistergo.

Riezel raced toward Mistergo but repeatedly stopped to fight the Abyss Creatures in his path, using his cursed techniques and magic to slaughter them. By the time he continued onward, his journey had been severely delayed.

• Riezel used Blue's high-speed movement to rapidly close the distance to Mistergo, but encountered a vast swarm of fly-like Abyss Creatures.
• Riezel charged into the swarm and slaughtered the creatures with a Storm of Slashes, gathering their blood into a sphere above his head.
• A colossal creature engulfed Riezel in a fog of tiny Abyss Creatures, which he destroyed with three enhanced Nuclear Explosions.
• Riezel used Blue to pull in the fog and swapped the colossal creature into the vortex with Immoral Game, then combined Red and Blue to destroy it with Hollow: Purple.
• Riezel continued toward Mistergo, fighting or killing every Abyss Creature he encountered with his cursed techniques and magic.
• Riezel became so immersed in the battles that he failed to notice how badly his travel plan had been delayed.

Merlot, Naisha, and Belti waited anxiously in the Underground Shelter after Riezel failed to return from Mistergo within a day. He finally arrived badly bloodied, claimed he was unharmed, and left the girls alarmed as the chapter revealed that he really had been injured.

• Naisha worried that Riezel might have encountered a strange danger in the Abyss, while Merlot and Belti tried to reassure her.
• After nearly thirty hours without Riezel, Naisha and Merlot decided to go search for him and told Belti to stay behind.
• Riezel appeared at the living room door before they could leave, covered in blood and with his robes damaged.
• The girls rushed to treat Riezel, but he stopped them and claimed the blood came from Abyss Creatures he had defeated.
• Riezel's explanation was false: he had actually been injured after getting carried away in battle.

Riezel returned from a dangerous Abyss expedition after killing a massive black serpent that nearly killed him, and his abilities had grown considerably. Merlot, Naisha, and Belti insisted he undergo an examination, and the chapter ended as someone joined him in the bath.

• Riezel encountered a black serpent whose self-inflicted wounds were shared with nearby creatures, and he used Demon Subjugation Kitchen Shrine to kill it before Phoenix Flame resurrected him.
• Riezel returned to the shelter and updated his Ability Value, finding that his basic abilities and Development Abilities had increased after his battles.
• Merlot, Naisha, and Belti doubted Riezel's claim that he was unharmed because the Supreme Holy Sword Church was badly damaged, and Belti insisted on examining him.
• Riezel agreed to Belti's examination and later went to the underground bath to soak.
• A shy voice announced that someone was coming in, and Riezel saw a beautiful figure approach through the steam.