Recaps

Tang Zheng helped Lainas overcome her curse, uncovered its source in the Great Marsh, and recruited her as a loyal knight. As he clashed with Go Gin and prepared to leave the Empire, he sent Lainas and Imina to pursue plans in the Kingdom, where assassins finally targeted Imina.

• Lainas asked Tang Zheng for guidance, and he learned Dark Wave to become a Cursed Knight before discovering that his curse power did not rot his face.
• Tang Zheng took Lainas into the Great Marsh, where they fought monsters and encountered Dugan Stone Lizard, who revealed that a curse had devastated his tribe.
• Tang Zheng followed Dugan into the Abyss, found a Mysterious Scale that raised his Cursed Knight level, and learned the Forest Gnome Tribe’s Magic Ritual before Dugan died.
• Tang Zheng controlled the curse inside Lainas and restored her face, and she later returned to swear a Knight’s Oath and serve him.
• Tang Zheng sent Lainas to the Royal Capital to challenge Gazef and directed Imina to investigate Eight Fingers, while the Blood Emperor Jircniv ordered him watched.
• Go Gin confronted Tang Zheng over Ogre-blood potions, but Tang Zheng wounded him with Dark Wave and Quick Slash before Go Gin conceded defeat.
• Tang Zheng learned that Lainas had gained Gazef’s agreement to fight and instructed her to join Princess Renner afterward, while Imina faced assassins sent by Lord Mawmvis and Tang Zheng appeared behind them.

Tang Zheng seized control of the forest around Ogre Gu, killed Hamsuke, and gathered blood and monsters for his plans. He then entered the Great Wetlands, defeated the Little Fang Tribe, and learned that its lost treasure was a Magic Cauldron.

• Tang Zheng defeated Six Arms at Eight Fingers’ headquarters, killed Zero, Diyanoch, and Mawmvis, and arranged for Imina to take control of the Security Department.
• Tang Zheng returned to the Great Forest of Tob, failed to defeat Hamsuke, then reached the Forest Rift and advanced to the Valkyrie class.
• Tang Zheng charmed Ogre Gu, gathered trolls and beasts, and gained experience while making scrolls and collecting blood.
• Tang Zheng defeated the Demon Snake of the West, Rularus Spenia Aindoren, then made him gather monsters and raise goblins under a four-year secrecy demand.
• Tang Zheng tracked down Hamsuke and killed it with the Instant-Death Curse, then gained the Body Armament totem feat in a weakened form.
• Tang Zheng traveled north into the Great Wetlands and fought off Crested Monsters while the Little Fang Tribe planned to capture him.
• Tang Zheng defeated the Little Fang Tribe’s defenders with his Flame Archangels and Barghest, then charmed the old Priest Lizardman and learned that the tribe’s lost treasure was a Magic Cauldron.

Tang Zheng wiped out the Lizardman tribes, pursued the stolen Magic Cauldron into the Great Wetlands, and defeated the Gray-robed Magic Caster and Quaiesse. He left the Twin Witches heading toward human settlements and resurrected the Gray-robed Magic Caster to continue questioning him.

• Tang Zheng learned Magic Boost, then used it to raid the Dragon Fang Tribe and capture a Priest Lizardman.
• Shasuryu Shasha and the other Lizardman leaders gathered their warriors against Tang Zheng, but his Angels defeated them, and he spared the fleeing survivors at Zaryusu Shasha’s request.
• Tang Zheng learned Wetland Elemental summoning from Crusch Lulu, then traveled to the Great Wetlands to retrieve the Magic Cauldron stolen by the Twin Witches.
• Tang Zheng reached the Twin Witches’ castle, where the Gray-robed Magic Caster appeared and revealed his experiments creating Frogman’s Eggs.
• Quaiesse, a member of the Black Scripture, joined the battle, but Tang Zheng defeated both him and the Gray-robed Magic Caster and captured the Twin Witches.
• Tang Zheng learned that the Gray-robed Magic Caster belonged to Zurrernorn and had created the Frogman’s Egg to lure Quaiesse, then acquired the Magic Cauldron and sent the Twin Witches toward human villages.
• Tang Zheng killed the Gray-robed Magic Caster, resurrected him, and knocked him unconscious again when he tried to attack.

Tang Zheng survived the volcanic region and emerged in Despair Valley, where he saved the humans from the Grey Dwarves and led a campaign against them. After defeating the Grey Dwarf army and seizing their treasury, he discovered a repaired Magic Gun whose origins suggested another Player might have reached the region.

• Tang Zheng fought an Ancient Red Dragon and a Sun Anglerfish in the Lava Zone, then transformed from a red fish and emerged in an unknown Gobi.
• Tang Zheng met Yaluer and the humans of Despair Valley, rescued them from the Grey Dwarves, and helped them defeat the invading legion, gaining the Unique Basic Class Gray Armored Knight.
• Tang Zheng learned about Despair Valley’s oases and the route through Shadow Valley, then trained Yaluer and prepared to eliminate the Grey Dwarves.
• Tang Zheng led three thousand humans to the Grey Dwarf Oasis, attacked the underground settlement, and killed Astor after identifying his weapon as a Magic Gun: Sniper Rifle.
• Tang Zheng routed the Grey Dwarves, gave Yal the Dimensional Transfer ring, and ordered the surviving craftsmen to take him to the treasury.
• Tang Zheng found that the treasury held little of value, then learned the damaged Magic Gun had been repaired with a replacement magazine and rune-inscribed iron bullets.