Chapter Summaries

After Team Two won the hunt, Athena questioned Chiron's penalty for Little Nine's excessive force, and Chiron and Themis explained why hunters should kill for need while respecting life and preserving nature. The lesson ended with Themis recalling that gods had both rights and obligations, while Harpy dreaded another speech before lunch.

• Samael, Chiron, and Themis judged the teams' prey, penalized Hydra for crushing a pregnant doe, and awarded victory to Team Two.
• Athena challenged Chiron's decision to value restraint toward prey over destructive power and combat ability.
• Chiron explained that necessary hunting could sustain life, but wanton slaughter and needless suffering showed disrespect for nature.
• Themis said hunters should preserve young and pregnant animals, avoid overexploitation, and restrain their power to protect their territory.
• Themis concluded that gods were born with rights and carried obligations, while Harpy hoped the speeches would end so they could eat.

Samael encouraged the monster students to act with kindness when they could but fight without restraint when their lives were at stake, then told a mocking story about the gods that drew the attention of Themis and Chiron. The students demanded their usual after-meal entertainment, and Chiron attacked Samael in a pankration match.

• Samael taught the monster students to judge kindness, reverence for nature, and self-defense according to the situation, and promised to cover for them if they fought for their lives.
• When Anna doubted that monsters could ever surpass the gods, Samael told a story about a wolf who left Mount Othrys calling the gods terrifying for killing and eating so many beings.
• The Gorgon Sisters and Athena reflected on whether the gods were nobler than the wolf, while the other students laughed at Samael's story.
• Themis and Chiron questioned Samael about his tale's claims involving Cronus and Mount Othrys, and Samael insisted it was only a legend.
• The students chanted for pankration after the meal, and Chiron lunged at Samael, attacking with his hands and hooves.

Samael and Chiron fought a brutal pankration match, which Samael won after using his extensive martial arts training. As Chiron recovered, Athena stepped forward and asked Samael to spar, and Themis approved another match.

• Samael and Chiron exchanged savage blows while the onlookers cheered and watched.
• Samael called the fight a draw, but Chiron conceded and offered him a jar of wine; Themis awarded Samael the laurel crown.
• Samael recalled that Leonidas and Kukulkan had taught him fighting techniques that helped him overcome Chiron.
• Athena asked Samael for guidance in a match, and Themis approved her request.

Samael taught Athena fighting techniques, but she surprised him by choking him from behind and demanding he keep her company that night. A Nymphs then reported a poisonous dragon, and Samael sent the students to deal with it before Themis’s remark left him facing a looming consequence.

• Samael taught Athena jabs and other fighting techniques, then agreed to let her practice on him.
• Athena caught Samael in a naked choke and whispered that she would release him if he kept her company that night.
• Samael broke free and threw Athena off, and she retreated to the stands after conceding.
• A Nymphs reported that a poisonous dragon had polluted the water and destroyed her mushrooms, so Samael sent the two student groups to hunt it.
• Samael agreed with Themis that the children had grown up and made an awkward comment about their figures, then looked up at the descending starlight in alarm.

Samael escaped Themis's attempted trial for indecency by teasing her, then played chess with her while the students approached a poisonous dragon's pool. The students found the dragon resting amid deadly poison, while Chiron watched over their expedition.

• Themis summoned the Starry Sky Court and accused Samael of indecency, but Samael invoked the presumption of innocence and claimed he had been forced by Athena.
• Themis warned Samael to keep his relationship with Athena proper, and Samael flirted with her until she dismissed the court and agreed to meet him the next night.
• Samael and Themis played chess while the students traveled toward the pool, with Chiron secretly following to support them.
• The students reached the pool and found poisonous mist corroding the surrounding vegetation; the Nymph nearly collapsed after breathing it in.
• The students saw a nearly hundred-meter poisonous dragon resting beside the pool.

Athena and Medusa led the Children of Typhon in a coordinated assault on a mature two-headed venom dragon. Athena killed it with a spear strike, while Medusa used her scythe to sever its remaining head, leaving Athena resentful that Medusa had received the weapon instead of her.

• Medusa ordered Stheno and Euryale to suppress the venom dragon’s senses, and they put one of its heads to sleep with their evil eyes.
• Athena advanced toward the dragon, but its second head ambushed her, revealing that the monster had two heads.
• The Children of Typhon attacked from all sides with claws, magic, and poison-resistant fighters while Anna’s snakes shielded the group from the dragon’s divine venom.
• Athena drove her spear through the dragon’s heart as Medusa’s scythe severed its remaining head.
• Athena looked at Medusa’s scythe and resented that Medusa had received it instead of her.

The Children of Typhon defeated a venom dragon, but a black-haired giant emerged from the pool and attacked Medusa. As the group fought and fled, he called them his unfilial children, leaving his identity and the danger unresolved.

• The Children of Typhon killed the venom dragon after Athena and Medusa coordinated the assault, while Chiron watched from the forest.
• When Medusa approached the pool, black mist spread and venomous pythons attacked her; Athena’s lightning spear gave her time to strike back.
• Ladon, the Sphinx, Stheno, Euryale, Hydra, and the Colchian Dragon joined the defense as Athena and Medusa bickered while preparing for danger.
• A voice from the pool warned the group not to leave, and Medusa threw Athena to safety before ordering the Children of Typhon to run.
• Medusa charged the pool and a black-haired giant caught her scythe, but Athena and the others blasted his dragon heads apart; he called them his unfilial children.

Medusa recognized Typhon as a monstrous threat whose future rise would bring war against Olympus and destruction to the world. Gaia’s attempts to balance the other Origin Gods had helped create Typhon, leaving her surrounded by treacherous male gods.

• Medusa identified Typhon as the father of monsters and recalled how he would steal Zeus’s Thunderbolt Scepter and defeat the Olympians.
• Zeus recovered the Thunderbolt Scepter through Cadmus’s deception, then joined the returning Olympians to defeat Typhon and seal him beneath Mount Etna.
• Gaia’s history revealed how Uranus, Pontus, and the Titans fought over divine authority, while Gaia created Echidna to counterbalance their ambitions.
• Tartarus helped Gaia create Typhon, but Gaia realized the monster was meant to destroy the gods and rule the world.
• Gaia concluded that Uranus, Pontus, and Tartarus were all unreliable.

Gaia’s refusal to take sides allowed Typhon to grow powerful, and he attacked the Children of Typhon in the marsh to devour Medusa and Athena. As Typhon closed in on the two, a golden-white Comet Arrow struck him and interrupted the attack.

• Gaia withdrew from the conflict between Olympus and Typhon, while Typhon secretly gathered strength to conquer Olympus and devour its divine authorities.
• Typhon ordered Hydra, the Colchian Dragon, and his other followers to seize Medusa and Athena, but the Children of Typhon stood with them.
• Medusa and Athena led the defense against Typhon’s hundreds of heads, but his storm breath and near-immortal body overwhelmed the group.
• Athena and Medusa shielded their wounded brothers and sisters, leaving themselves exposed as Typhon prepared to swallow them.
• A golden-white Comet Arrow split into hundreds of meteors and struck Typhon, knocking him back.

Chiron faced Typhon alone so Athena, Medusa, and the wounded Children of Typhon could retreat. He endured Typhon’s attacks and used a carefully aimed arrow to break through the storm barrier, bringing down a barrage of starlight as Typhon unleashed a final assault.

• Chiron stepped out to protect his students and sent Athena, Medusa, and the wounded Children of Typhon away from the fight.
• Chiron fought off Typhon’s dragon heads with divine protection and agility, but Typhon’s storm breath badly wounded him while his immortality slowly healed him.
• Chiron charged and fired a powerful arrow that pierced one of Typhon’s heads and broke through the storm barrier.
• Chiron summoned the stars to bombard Typhon’s hundred heads, stunning them and disrupting his attack.
• Typhon hurled his gathered aether clusters at Chiron as Athena and Medusa rushed toward their teacher.

Samael and Themis arrived in time to help Chiron, Athena, and Medusa withstand Typhon, and their coordinated rescue forced the King of Monsters to reconsider his attack. As Typhon demanded that they hand over the children, Samael implied that Athena’s presence was tied to a hidden Olympus connection.

• Samael seized Medusa’s Scythe of Time and severed several of Typhon’s heads while Themis and the stars blocked his counterattack.
• Typhon struggled to expel Samael’s foreign divinities and poison, then realized Chiron’s arrow had marked the group’s location and summoned the reinforcements.
• Chiron, Samael, and Themis reunited with Athena and Medusa, explaining that their forty-five-minute lesson rule had alerted them to the danger.
• Typhon returned to human form and offered to spare the educators if they handed over the children, claiming he only wanted to purify their bloodlines.
• Samael agreed that Typhon could take Medusa as her father, then challenged his attempt to take Athena and hinted at her connection to someone from Olympus.

Typhon fled after Samael revealed that Olympus had been alerted, and Athena helped Chiron haul the defeated Children of Typhon back to Arima Cave. Samael left Themis to meet Zeus and Hera, trusting that the bargaining chip he had prepared would keep her safe.

• Typhon prepared to fight, but fled into the underworld when Samael said Themis had already sent word to Olympus and thunder announced Zeus’s approach.
• Athena learned that Samael had truly notified Olympus, then helped him load the defeated Children of Typhon onto Chiron for transport to Arima Cave.
• Samael explained that Themis had invited Zeus and Hera as guests, and warned Athena to keep her distance from Zeus.
• Samael worried about leaving Themis behind, but she assured him Zeus would not harm her and promised to signal if anything went wrong.
• Themis restored the ruined battlefield with her divine power, then headed toward the treehouse while worrying that her friendship with Hera might not protect her from Zeus.

Samael and their companions surprised Athena with a birthday banquet after Themis returned safely from negotiations. Athena received gifts from the gathered Nymphs, monsters, and elders, then demanded a present from Samael and insisted he put her to sleep that night, while Tina joined in.

• Themis returned unharmed with dozens of Nymphs, and Samael welcomed her to the cave for the planned gathering.
• Samael, Themis, Echidna, Chiron, Tina, and the others prepared a feast and woke Athena from her magically induced sleep with a birthday surprise.
• Athena and Medusa bickered over the birthday cake until Samael separated them, and the guests began presenting Athena with gifts.
• Echidna gave Athena a regenerative golden fruit, Chiron gave her a bow and arrows, Themis gave her bronze armor, and Tina performed a song.
• Samael gave Athena the Goatskin Divine Shield left by her birth mother, and Athena asked him for his own gift and reminded him of his promise to put her to sleep.
• Tina clung to Samael's other arm and asked to be put to sleep too, leaving Samael surrounded by both women.

After Samael and Tina escorted the Serpent Mother away, Athena played chess with Themis and heard the story of her birth. Athena accepted that Zeus and Metis were her biological parents but affirmed that Samael was the father who mattered to her, then teased Themis about being less important to him.

• Athena and Themis began a chess game after the banquet guests left the cave.
• Themis tried to tell Athena about her origins, but Athena revealed she already knew Zeus and Metis were her biological parents.
• Themis recounted how Zeus and Metis had treated Athena, and Athena said she felt little obligation to Zeus and might repay Metis if Metis wanted her help.
• Athena recalled how Samael had raised and protected her, and said she had no reason to resent him even if he had used her as a bargaining chip.
• Athena whispered that Samael's choice to send Themis to negotiate rather than reveal Athena's existence meant he valued Athena more.

Samael struggled with guilt over his growing attachment to Athena, but Tina comforted him as he cared for her. Meanwhile, Athena reassured Themis that her chess losses to Samael were deliberate, and Themis recognized how exceptional Athena had become.

• Samael admitted to Tina that he felt guilty for straying from his plan and for putting everyone at risk to protect Athena, and Tina comforted him.
• Samael combed Tina’s hair and offered to clean her ears while Tina clung to him, shaken by a vision of a lonely figure approaching.
• Themis told Athena she had risked herself to protect her and that Samael’s concern for Medusa could not be changed by provocation.
• Athena revealed that she had been able to beat Samael since she was eight but pretended to struggle so he would keep playing chess with her.
• Themis realized Athena had surpassed her and reflected that only Samael might be able to keep the brilliant child in line.

Themis and Samael amused themselves by keeping Athena in Tina’s bath longer, and Athena later chased Tina around the bathhouse before asking Samael for a bedtime story. Athena rejected his suggestions and insisted on hearing a version of Saint Seiya in which Saori could fight through the Sacred Mountain herself.

• Themis gave Samael flower dew and suggested that Tina keep Athena soaking for another hour, and Samael agreed.
• Athena endured Tina’s extended bath treatment, then chased her adoptive mother through the bathhouse after being teased.
• Samael heard the pair giggling, and they emerged from the bathhouse half an hour late, wrapped in towels.
• Athena climbed into bed and claimed her promised bedtime story after winning their earlier contest.
• Athena rejected Samael’s story suggestions and demanded Saint Seiya Saori, insisting that Saori could fight through the Sacred Mountain alone.

Samael gave Medusa a private birthday celebration by using Spirit Communication to reconnect her with friends in Uruk and the underworld. Medusa delighted in seeing them again and ended the night absorbed in their company, briefly forgetting her troubled future.

• Samael slipped out after Athena and Tina fell asleep and met Medusa outside to wish her a happy birthday.
• Samael led Medusa through hidden tunnels to a private chamber and activated a Spirit Communication pillar.
• Siduri and Ereshkigal greeted Medusa, while Ishtar, Gilgamesh, and Enkidu also appeared to offer their wishes.
• Medusa saw friends and familiar souls in Paradise Lost and eagerly chatted with them, setting aside her worries for the moment.

Samael hosted a Spirit Communication gathering for friends from two World Bubbles, where Ishtar explained how the underworld had become overwhelmed with souls and Gilgamesh was working himself to exhaustion. The gathering ended with Ishtar boasting about Semiramis and the Assyrian Empire, prompting Samael to wonder whether he recognized her.

• Samael brought fruit and crystal dew to the Spirit Communication gathering and noticed Gilgamesh was still buried under baskets of Clay Tablets.
• Enkidu and Shamhat defended Gilgamesh’s diligence, while Siduri explained that his vacation meant working from home.
• Ishtar described how wars and the decline of mystery had sent vast numbers of souls to the underworld, leaving Gilgamesh, Ereshkigal, and the others overwhelmed with work.
• Ishtar announced that Semiramis had recently risen to power in the Assyrian Empire and boasted about the Ishtar Gate built in her name.
• Samael questioned Ishtar’s motives and wondered whether Semiramis was someone he knew.

Samael connected the Holy Grail to Marduk and suspected that the King of Kings had influenced Israel’s founding. The Underworld’s gods considered attacking Israel, but Gilgamesh stopped them and left them kneeling in reprimand.

• Samael connected the Holy Grail to Uruk’s Great Cup, Goetia’s seven Grails, and the future Holy Grail War, then suspected Marduk’s hand in their origins.
• Samael asked Gilgamesh whether any earthly people believed in one god, and Gilgamesh named the Jews of Israel.
• Samael warned the Underworld that Marduk might have orchestrated Israel’s establishment, alarming Ishtar, Ereshkigal, Enkidu, and Gilgamesh.
• Gilgamesh suggested that Marduk had tamed the Israelites and their story of escaping Egypt and returning to the Promised Land.
• Ishtar, Ereshkigal, and Enkidu proposed ways to destroy Israel, while Siduri and Shamhat watched in dismay.
• Gilgamesh struck the three troublemakers with a clay tablet and ordered them to reflect on their actions.

Samael argued that the Underworld should let humans settle their own conflicts and counter Marduk by supporting a human proxy against Israel. He chose Semiramis as that proxy and instructed Ishtar to help her defend her throne with magic and protective structures.

• Samael explained that Israel was unlikely to be a serious threat and that human wars should be decided by humans rather than the gods.
• Samael proposed a proxy war, urging the Underworld to keep Marduk occupied without provoking a war among the gods.
• Samael selected Semiramis as their proxy and told Ishtar to protect her rule and teach her magic.
• Ishtar asked how to help Semiramis, and Samael recommended Bashum as a summon and magical workshops disguised as gardens in the royal palace.