Chapter Summaries

Roy and the Silver Moon Elf commanders entered the Dark Land as the elves prepared to take over the Goddess of Freedom Temple’s Darkness Gate and expeditionary camp. The priests planned to leave in two days, warning the new garrison to maintain the protective shield and conceal the gate from nearby Dark Creatures.

• Legion Commander Gabreles announced that the Silver Moon Elf Guard Regiment would take over the Darkness Gate while the temple priests withdrew to search for the Goddess of Freedom.
• Roy saw strange sacred auras around portraits in the temple, then used Holy Light Power to reveal hundreds of deadly Space Fissures across the back garden.
• Gabreles led the commanders along a safe route through the fissures and through the Darkness Gate into the Dark Land.
• The commanders found a temple camp protected by a Magic Protective Shield, where priests were preparing to leave with holy water and supplies.
• Three human priests told Gabreles they would hand over the camp and depart in two days, warning the elves to maintain the shield and avoid giving Dark Creatures clues to the gate’s location.

Roy helped the priests transfer holy water and learned that the priests were leaving the Darkness Gate camp to search for the Goddess of Freedom. After Legion Commander Gabreles asked for a garrison, Roy agreed to send the Mine Guard Regiment in exchange for supplies and service conditions.

• Roy learned from an old priest that the Expeditionary Force had gone deeper into the Dark Land to search for the Goddess, while the priests were leaving the camp and heading to another base.
• The priests handed control of the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp to Legion Commander Gabreles, and he asked the Silver Moon Elf commanders which Guard Regiment would garrison it.
• Gabreles singled out Roy and asked whether the Mine Guard Regiment would take the assignment, while Commander Malthus tried to explain that the regiment supported the Second Silver Pegasus Knight Regiment.
• Roy agreed to garrison the Darkness Gate camp and requested undiluted Tree of Life Sap for his Half-Elf Warriors every two weeks.
• Gabreles agreed to Roy's requests for a six-month rotation schedule over three years and for the Half-Elf Warriors to keep any Dark Creatures they hunted.

Roy accepted the assignment to garrison the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp, planning to protect the Half-Elves while pursuing his own goals in the Dark Land. After bringing the Mine Guard Regiment to the camp, he began checking its defenses and secured an archmage’s help inspecting the sixteen Magic Towers.

• Legion Commander Gabreles assigned Roy and the Mine Guard Regiment to garrison the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp after the Silver Moon Elf commanders declined, and Roy accepted in exchange for three requests.
• Commander Malthus warned Roy to protect the Half-Elves from dark aura and report any danger, while Roy reassured him that he knew basic divine spells.
• The Mine Guard Regiment obeyed Roy’s order without complaint and prepared to cross the Darkness Gate; Viscount Philek offered to join, but Roy asked him to keep the Magic Airships’ documents in order instead.
• Roy led five thousand Half-Elf Warriors through the Darkness Gate and settled them into the Expeditionary Force Camp before checking its defenses.
• Roy asked the archmages to inspect the camp’s sixteen Magic Towers, and the vice president assigned Eroud to help and teach Roy basic maintenance.

Roy maintained the Expeditionary Force camp’s magical barrier, trained the Half-Elf Warriors, and finally ventured into the Dark Land to rescue a priest found outside the camp. He discovered that the priest was still alive.

• Roy inspected the sixteen Magic Towers with Mage Eroud and secured replacement Magic Crystal Stones from Legion Commander Gabreles to keep the barrier running.
• Roy used the sacred aura around the Holy Water Pool to help the Half-Elf Warriors and taught them the Glimmer Illumination Spell, though none learned to cast it.
• After half a month in camp, Roy grew eager to explore outside the barrier but held back to avoid exposing the camp.
• A Half-Elf patrol reported a ragged priest lying just beyond Magic Tower No. 9, and Roy decided to retrieve him himself.
• Roy passed through the magical barrier, reached the fallen priest, and found that he was still breathing.

Roy rescued a dying old priest from the Dark Creatures and learned from him how Magic Cloaks could conceal people in the Dark Land. After receiving a cloak from the archmages, Roy left the camp at night to explore beyond the valley.

• Roy dragged the wounded old priest through the Dark Creatures and into the Expeditionary Force Camp, then used holy water, Purification Art, and a Healing Potion to keep him alive.
• The old priest awakened, explained that his Seventh Search Squad had returned from searching for the Goddess of Freedom, and asked to rest before traveling to the Isnais Expeditionary Force Camp.
• During his two-day recovery, the old priest told Roy that Magic Cloaks concealed a wearer's aura from ordinary Dark Creatures at night, then departed for Isnais.
• Roy guided Half-Elf Warriors in learning the Glimmer Illumination Spell and requested Magic Cloaks from Legion Commander Gabreles.
• The archmages repairing the Darkness Gate gave Roy a magic-amplifying cloak, and he wore it to leave the camp at night without attracting the Dark Creatures.

Roy hunted Dark Creatures outside the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp, discovering that their soul aura nourished his Holy Light Tree and that advanced creatures sometimes yielded soul crystals. After five days of hunting, he had grown stronger and gathered over a hundred crystals, but the nearby slopes were nearly cleared, and Captain Timothy opposed his plan to venture farther alone.

• Roy used Glimmer Illumination Spell to lure Dark Creatures and purified hundreds, collecting a small number of soul crystals while absorbing nourishing soul aura.
• Roy returned to camp before the Dark Land’s daytime brought a surge of active Dark Creatures, and showed Captain Timothy the crystals he had gathered.
• Magister Eroud identified Roy’s finds as soul crystal fragments, a magical material favored by necromancers.
• Roy trained Half-Elf Warriors at the pool as more of them learned Glimmer Illumination Spell, then spent five days hunting Dark Creatures beyond camp.
• Roy’s physique and Holy Light Tree grew rapidly, and he accumulated over a hundred soul crystals as the nearby slopes became depleted.
• Captain Timothy objected when Roy planned to hunt farther away alone because the regiment still lacked additional Magic Cloaks.

Roy hunted high-level dark creatures near the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp until a white-mist undead wielding a black scythe ambushed him. The creature wounded Roy and continued attacking even after his Sacred Tree and divine magic struck back.

• Roy traveled to a dirt slope nearly ten kilometers from the camp and drew dark creatures with Divine Light, killing them with Purification Art for soul crystals.
• A white-mist undead with a skeletal frame and black scythe crept toward Roy while he was focused on hunting.
• When Roy's Divine Light went out, the undead attacked from behind, but Roy blocked its scythe with the Hammer of Judgment Book and blasted it with a holy light bullet.
• The wounded undead healed itself by killing nearby dark creatures, then used sudden disappearances to strike Roy repeatedly.
• The Sacred Tree's phantom shielded Roy from a scythe blow, but the creature cut his shoulder again before Roy summoned a divine silver hammer from the Hammer of Judgment Book.
• Roy's silver hammer struck the white-mist undead and dispersed much of its body, but it kept swinging its scythe at him.

Roy used Tiffany’s Ice Burst Art scroll to freeze the scythe-wielding White Mist, then destroyed it with his Holy Scepter and gained a soul crystal. Exhausted and stranded on a stone as darkness fell, he faced the danger of the Dark Creatures gathering around him.

• Roy fled the White Mist, drank potions, and discovered he had wandered far from the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp.
• Roy found Tiffany’s Ice Burst Art scroll and decided to use it against the White Mist.
• Three Demon Hunters hiding nearby watched as Roy baited the White Mist into a point-blank Holy Light Bullet and stunned it with the Hammer of Sanction.
• Roy cast Ice Burst Art to freeze the White Mist, then struck it with his Holy Scepter and shattered the demonic soul within it.
• The White Mist burned away, leaving a soul crystal, while Roy collapsed, drained of Holy Light Power, as the Dark Creatures grew active around him.

Roy was rescued by Evele, Stand, and Luo Lai Paji after killing a Dark Scythe, then carried to the Wanderer Camp while injured. At the camp, he learned that its residents might have killed him if they had recognized him as an enemy, and Stand revealed they wanted him to help their unconscious companion Raine.

• Evele introduced herself and invited the injured Roy to the Wanderer Camp, while Stand and Luo Lai Paji helped clear a path through the Dark Creatures.
• Stand carried Roy through the Dark Land at night and warned him not to tell strangers he was traveling alone; he explained that their squad wanted a Priest to help their injured companion.
• Stand and his companions brought Roy to the Wanderer Camp, where he paid a soul crystal to stay the night and learned the camp was protected by the lingering aura of a slain Dark Lord.
• Stand told the camp residents that Roy was a Priest and explained that his squad needed him to wake their shield warrior, Raine.
• Evele and Luo Lai Paji explained that the residents had inspected Roy to see whether he was an enemy they could kill while he was weak.

Roy visited Old Pike, the Old Priest of Wanderer Camp, hoping to learn whether he knew High Priest Reed. Old Pike did not know Reed, but Roy stayed to help treat an injured Demon Hunter and learned that danger could come from people inside the camp as well as from Dark Creatures.

• Roy examined the Dwarf Warrior and found that Purification Art could cure his Darkness Qi contamination, but he waited for his Holy Light Power to recover before treating him.
• Evele showed Roy Old Pike's clinic, where Roy asked whether the old elf knew High Priest Reed; Old Pike said he had served with the first Expeditionary Force and did not know him.
• A burly Demon Hunter brought in Hans, who had been clawed by a Shadow Demon, and promised Old Pike double the usual medical fee for treatment.
• Old Pike treated Hans with medicinal liquid and warned Roy to be wary of the powerful Demon Hunters in Wanderer Camp.
• Roy thanked Old Pike and left, remembering his advice to stay vigilant and earn the camp's respect.

Roy healed the Dwarf Warrior, repaid his debt to Evele and the others, and prepared to return to the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp. Before leaving the Wanderer Camp, he bid farewell to its residents and left gifts for the Dwarf Warrior and Old Pike.

• Several Wood Elf Warriors invited Roy to join their Demon Hunter Squad, but a confrontation ended when a human man warned them that Roy was one of Old Pike's people.
• Roy spent the night in the Dwarf Warrior's tent and, in the morning, used Holy Light to dispel the Darkness Qi from the sleeping dwarf.
• Roy browsed the Wanderer Camp market, found the goods expensive or fake, and returned without buying anything.
• Roy declined the Dwarf Warrior's offer of a drink and said that the dwarf should thank his friends, who had saved Roy.
• Roy bid farewell to Old Pike, left Elf Biscuits for the Dwarf Warrior, and gave Old Pike a cup of holy water.
• Roy left the Wanderer Camp and headed toward the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp.

Roy returned to the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp after a grueling journey through the Dark Land, only to find the Mine Guard Regiment preparing to search for him. Legion Commander Gabreles arrived to inspect the camp and demanded an explanation from Roy as the chapter ended.

• At Wanderer Camp, Evele, Luo Lai Paji, Stand, and the Dwarf Warrior discussed Roy's strength and trustworthiness after he left for the Dark Land.
• When Roy failed to return, Captain Timothy tried to keep the Mine Guard Regiment at camp, but the Half-Elf officers persuaded him to lead the warriors out to search for Roy.
• Legion Commander Gabreles arrived at the Expeditionary Force Camp with Silver Moon Elf captains and criticized its defenses, while the Half-Elf Warriors ignored his demands as they prepared to leave.
• Captain Timothy spotted Roy approaching and led the Dark Moon Elf Warriors to meet him; Roy returned to camp exhausted and battered but smiling.
• Roy saw Gabreles waiting with the Silver Moon Elf captains, reported in, and was asked why the Mine Guard Regiment had been preparing to leave the camp.

Roy defended the Mine Guard Regiment’s expedition into the Dark Land and planned to build elite hunting squads, while Legion Commander Gabreles struggled to gain control over the forces at the Darkness Gate. Roy ended by suggesting that Timothy could equip assassins with magical bone blades bought at Wanderer Camp.

• Roy told Gabreles that the Mine Guard Regiment had cleared Dark Creatures to protect the camp and reminded him that he had promised to let them hunt; Gabreles could not stop the operation and gave no firm answer about the requested Magic Cloaks.
• Gabreles urged the Silver Moon Elf commanders to send their regiments into the Dark Land, but they refused, leaving the Mine Guard Regiment as the only force guarding the camp.
• Gabreles reflected on his lack of direct-command troops and planned to form his own battle regiment, while pressure mounted over the Mine Guard Regiment’s deployment and the failing Darkness Gate sealing process.
• Roy recounted his dangerous battle with a Dark Scythe to the Mine Guard Regiment and promised that future hunts would be organized through an elite hunting team rather than undertaken by him alone.
• Timothy examined the Dark Scythe’s bone blade and considered using such weapons for his concealed Dark Moon Elf assassins; Roy suggested buying magical bone blades at Wanderer Camp.

Roy led two hundred Dark Moon Elf Warriors on a series of hunts in the Dark Land, gathering nearly ten thousand soul crystals before returning to Wanderer Camp to buy black bone scythes. There, he found his acquaintances absent and joined Old Pike in treating wounded Demon Hunters.

• Roy led Captain Timothy and two hundred Dark Moon Elf Warriors through the Dark Land, using holy light and the elves’ ambushes to clear Dark Creatures without encountering any Dark Scythes.
• After several hunts over two weeks, Roy accumulated nearly ten thousand soul crystals and decided to travel to Wanderer Camp to buy black bone scythes.
• Roy reached Wanderer Camp near nightfall, while Timothy followed his instructions to enter the camp and offer a soul crystal at a campfire; the other warriors waited outside.
• Roy found that Evele, Stand, and Luo Lai Paji were away, then visited Old Pike, whose tent was crowded with injured Demon Hunters.
• Old Pike gave Roy scissors and ordered him to help treat a severely wounded Elf Warrior; Roy cut away infected flesh, secretly used holy light to remove Darkness Qi, and gave the patient a Healing Potion.

Roy treated wounded Demon Hunters alongside Old Pike, then bought more than a hundred Dark Scythe Bone Blades at Wanderer Camp’s market. After learning that Demon Hunters planned to rob him, Roy chose to confront them with his hidden Dark Moon Elf Warriors and set out to meet their ambush.

• Roy treated Darkness Qi-corroded wounds and learned Old Pike’s methods for purifying injuries while demonstrating how he gathered Holy Light Power.
• Roy visited Wanderer Camp’s Free Market and bought more than one hundred and twenty Dark Scythe Bone Blades for fifty soul crystals each to forge weapons for the Dark Moon Elf Warriors.
• Demon Hunters in Wanderer Camp plotted to rob Roy, sending Rangers to track him while their main force moved ahead to block his path.
• Two Elf Rangers warned Roy about the robbery plan and urged him to return to Wanderer Camp, but Roy thanked them and revealed that he had a large force with him.
• Roy told Captain Timothy that he wanted to expose the camp’s malicious Demon Hunters, then led his forces toward a hollow between the hills to await the ambushers.

Roy gave the Demon Hunters who planned to ambush him a chance to turn back, but they attacked anyway, and the Dark Moon Elf Warriors slaughtered them. Roy and his escort headed toward the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp as Dark Creatures swarmed the battlefield, while the Wanderer Camp learned of the failed ambush.

• Roy changed course to avoid the hollow where the Demon Hunters waited, explaining to Captain Timothy that he wanted to give them a chance to reconsider.
• The Demon Hunters launched signal flares, emerged from hiding, and fired Wind Arrows at Roy, but the arrows veered away before reaching him.
• Two hundred Dark Moon Elf Warriors ambushed the Demon Hunters and killed them, while Roy watched from the slope.
• Captain Timothy led the Dark Moon Elf Warriors around the gathering Dark Creatures as they escorted Roy toward the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp.
• News of the ambush spread through the Wanderer Camp, and Old Pike complained that the Demon Hunters he had treated had turned against him.

Roy returned to the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp with Dark Moon Elf Warriors, then went back to Gorfito Canyon to report and meet with his allies. He left Viscount Philek investigating whether Dark Magical Beast materials could be sold on the Elf Continent, while Philek’s transport business still needed official approval and a well-connected noble.

• Roy returned to the Expeditionary Force Camp with two hundred Dark Moon Elf Warriors and gave Captain Timothy Dark Scythe Bone Blades to distribute by rank and merit.
• Roy returned to Gorfito Canyon to report, learned Legion Commander Gabreles had gone to Murayaki Port, and heard that Malthus had raised the forces’ situation with military headquarters.
• Roy learned that mercenaries were waiting for Darkness Gate passes to search the Dark Land for their missing comrades and saw two Half-Elf Warriors repel the canyon’s purple mist with Holy Light.
• Roy met Viscount Philek aboard the Magic Airships, approved his proposed transport business in principle, and warned him to secure permits and open proper channels.
• Roy gave Philek Dark Magical Beast materials and asked him to investigate whether they could be sold in the magical market on the Elf Continent.

Roy arranged a trade venture for Dark Magical Beast materials with Viscount Philek, then returned to the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp and responded to Commander Berkeley’s concerns about a missing Half-Elf freedom organization. He later entered Wanderer Camp, where Old Pike questioned him about the Demon Hunters who had disappeared after targeting his possessions.

• Roy showed Viscount Philek samples of Dark Magical Beast materials and urged him to use a trusted agent to establish a trading company and gather merchant demand and prices.
• Roy read Commander Berkeley’s letter about the suspended murder case, the Pattington Plane’s growth, and the disappearance of the Half-Elf freedom organization, then asked Mulin to have Leishande investigate it.
• Roy wrote letters to Mulin, Moira, Sabrina, and Xavier, then told Half-Elf Warriors they could learn Purification Art once they had enough Holy Power.
• Roy hunted high-level Dark Creatures and returned to Wanderer Camp with two hundred Dark Moon Elf Warriors hidden nearby, noticing that the Demon Hunters there avoided his gaze.
• Roy helped Old Pike treat patients, and Old Pike asked about the Demon Hunters who had targeted Roy’s possessions before Roy explained that his companions had overwhelmed them.

Roy returned to Wanderer Camp to trade Soul Crystals for Tree of Life Sap with Old Pike and purchase Dark Magical Beast materials. After a group of armed elves helped carry away his goods, the Demon Hunters realized Roy had powerful allies and decided to leave him alone.

• Roy reassured Old Pike that he had come to buy Dark Magical Beast materials, then gave him two barrels of holy water.
• Roy traded Old Pike five hundred Soul Crystals for fifty cups of diluted Tree of Life Sap, and Old Pike warned him how dangerous the sap made him appear.
• Roy bought a large variety of Dark Magical Beast materials from camp merchants at prices based on half the average of their quotes.
• A group of armed elves arrived with two flatbed carts, loaded Roy's purchases, and left the camp with him.
• The Demon Hunters concluded that Roy had powerful allies, resolved not to provoke him, and planned to ask Evele about him when she returned.

Six elven Grand Mages discovered that the Darkness Gate was powered by an aging, imprisoned Fallen Angel and drained Liches, and they discussed replacing its magical power before it failed. Meanwhile, Roy transported Dark Magical Beast materials from the Dark Land to Murayaki City, where they sold well, and left Viscount Philek to manage the trade.

• The six Grand Mages opened a hidden stone gate beneath the Darkness Gate and found a Fallen Angel chained to a Magic Power Core, with sixteen Liches bound to nearby monuments.
• The Grand Mages learned that the Fallen Angel and Liches were nearly depleted, threatening the Darkness Gate and potentially both connected planes, so they discussed replacing the power sources with Magic Crystal Stones and Soul Crystals.
• Roy led Half-Elf Warriors through the Goddess of Freedom Temple to collect supplies, while their ominous appearance made Silver Moon Elf Warriors give them a wide berth.
• Roy and the Half-Elf Warriors carried Dark Magical Beast materials to Murayaki City, where Viscount Philek found eager buyers and learned the goods were in demand among magic scholars.
• Roy told Viscount Philek to accept Magic Crystal Stones or Tree of Life Sap as payment for the batch reserved by Murayaki City's Magic Guild.