Chapter Summaries

Samael and Themis assessed the gods’ growing divisions and planned to draw Apollo and Artemis closer to humanity through Athens Academy. Athena argued that Zeus’s favor toward Artemis came from selfish political motives, leaving Themis to reconsider the nature of his fatherly love.

• Samael explained that Zeus was occupied with Poros, the Olympian gods disagreed over humanity, and preventing Pandora’s Box from opening remained essential.
• Samael reassured Themis that Apollo and Artemis would not expose their cooperation with humans and showed her the invitations for them to teach at Athens Academy.
• Themis doubted that Zeus’s beloved children could be won over, but Athena argued that Zeus had failed to help Leto or protect Apollo and Artemis from Python.
• Athena pointed out that Zeus’s exceptional favor toward Artemis began after she swore to remain a virgin goddess.
• Samael reminded Themis that independent goddesses could threaten Zeus’s rule, and Themis realized his favor toward Artemis served his political interests.

Samael and Themis discussed how Zeus might use Epimetheus to pressure Prometheus, and Themis agreed to move Epimetheus and his wife near Arima Cave. Themis left to prepare, while Athena insisted Samael hold her hand as they headed home.

• Athena exposed Zeus's likely motives, and Samael considered how Apollo would help prevent Artemis from loving Orion.
• Themis reflected on why Rhea had withdrawn from Olympus and agreed with Samael that Epimetheus and his wife should be moved near Arima Cave.
• Themis planned to move her temple to the Marsh Treehouse before secretly bringing Epimetheus and his wife there.
• Themis declined to stay with Samael, saying she needed to prepare and wanted to accompany Demeter and Persephone when Persephone returned.
• After Themis departed with Chiron and the Children of Typhon, Athena demanded that Samael hold her hand as they walked home.

Samael, Athena, Medusa, and Tina reached the outskirts of Mycenae, where Athena admitted she resisted calling Themis Mother because she did not want to accept the relationship. Meanwhile, Hermes delivered Zeus’s mysterious blessing to humanity, and Zeus watched it purge black mist from sleeping people while keeping his intentions hidden.

• Samael carried Athena toward Mycenae after she climbed onto his back, and Athena secretly enjoyed the ride.
• Samael asked Athena why she called Themis Aunt instead of Mother, and Athena muttered that it did not count if she did not admit it.
• Hermes returned to Olympus after delivering a shifting mass of light and shadow outside Mycenae, while Hephaestus invited him for drinks.
• Zeus watched black mist seep from sleeping humans as his blessing left them calm and glowing, though he wondered whether they could bear the precious gift.

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Samael secretly climbed the Caucasus Mountains to ask Prometheus about the growing unease surrounding humanity’s future. Prometheus blamed fate’s backlash for their changes to predetermined events, but Samael began to report other abnormalities.

• Samael crossed the Earth Guardians on the Caucasus Mountains and destroyed them by piercing their magic crystals.
• Samael reached the summit, knocked the Caucasus Eagle into the rocks, and ordered it to watch for Olympus’s movements.
• Samael met Prometheus and explained that Pandora had not appeared despite years of waiting, while humanity and its cities had prospered unusually smoothly.
• Prometheus said their changes to predetermined futures had triggered fate’s backlash because Zeus was favored by destiny and humanity’s future had not truly begun.
• Prometheus asked whether Samael had noticed any abnormalities, and Samael said that he had.

Samael and Prometheus suspected humanity’s unnatural peace and prosperity were a divine gift with a terrible price, but a red-black disaster erupted before Samael could seek answers from Gaia. As the catastrophe threatened Mycenae and the wider land, a gigantic mouth swallowed the cube at its source.

• Samael told Prometheus that humanity had enjoyed unusual peace, abundant harvests, and freedom from disease, and Prometheus warned that these blessings might bring a terrible backlash.
• Prometheus suggested asking Gaia for an answer, so Samael planned to return and call for a Great Sacrifice.
• Sinister red-black clouds spread across the land, corrupting humans and unleashing sickness, while divine barriers and the Children of Typhon’s allies worked to contain the disaster.
• Samael transformed into a Wyvern and flew toward the disaster’s core as red-black mist converged above Mycenae into a floating cube.
• Athena and Medusa protected Mycenae as a torrent of red-black mud battered the city walls and the cube began forming a humanoid figure.
• As the earth split and meteors fell, a gigantic mouth swept through the sky and swallowed the cube.

After discovering that Pandora’s Box contained the gods’ malice as well as humanity’s evil, Samael absorbed the spreading corruption to save Greece. Zeus struck Samael down, and the Origin Goddess shielded him from the next barrage while Athena and Medusa prepared to intervene.

• Samael realized Pandora’s Box had been opened from within by Pandora, a weapon born from humanity’s evils, calamities, and the gods’ malice toward humans.
• Samael understood that unchecked human arrogance and selfishness had prompted the gods to destroy humanity, and that the accumulated evil could not be allowed to spread.
• Samael summoned the Seven Deadly Sins’ power and drew the black mist from Greece’s settlements and the fallen people into himself, clearing the Black Mud.
• Zeus struck Samael with lightning, splitting his back and sending him crashing to the ground.
• The Origin Goddess shielded Samael from Zeus’s next lightning attack, while Athena and Medusa prepared to rush to his aid.

Samael fled toward the Sea of Oceanus with Tina while Athena stayed behind to confront Zeus, and Gaia awakened in response to the gods’ conflict. Pandora’s Box overwhelmed Samael, leaving him unconscious as he and Tina drifted at sea until Tina spotted an island.

• Zeus found the other gods unwilling to help him and went alone to Mycenae to eliminate the threat.
• Medusa used her power to create Pegasus, and Athena rode the divine beast to face Zeus while the Great Sacrifice began.
• Samael asked Athena to protect Medusa and humanity, then flew toward the Sea of Oceanus carrying Tina.
• As human prayers gathered, Gaia rose from the earth and confronted Zeus while Athena’s forces held his army back.
• Samael’s body was overwhelmed by the evil within Pandora’s Box, so he formed a closed loop with his body and fell unconscious in the sea.
• After drifting for an unknown time, Tina woke and spotted a lone island beneath the waves.

Harpy and Tina lived together on an island, where Harpy grew tired of their fish-based meals and Tina released a swordfish she had caught. At midnight, the pink-haired girl accidentally cracked Tina’s treasured stone and discovered that it concealed a giant black snake, which startled Harpy with its sudden appearance.

• Harpy complained that she was tired of eating fish and tried to persuade Tina to stay on the island for a few more days.
• Tina caught a swordfish, but she returned it to the sea after Harpy refused it.
• Harpy ate five bowls of the pink-haired girl's wheat porridge, while Tina slept on the enormous black stone in a cave.
• At midnight, the pink-haired girl examined the stone, accidentally cracked it, and found scales and shed skin among the fragments.
• A giant black snake appeared above the girl, and Harpy screamed, “Help! The bird is dead!”

Samael woke on Ayu Island and frightened Circe by pretending he would eat her, before revealing that he was joking. After Harpy and Tina reunited with him and they shared a meal, Circe relaxed enough to join them.

• Circe told Samael that she was a powerful Witch, but he teased her by threatening to eat her and ordering her to gulp.
• Samael tapped Circe on the head and laughed when she mistook his teasing for a real threat.
• Harpy recognized Samael, greeted him joyfully, and persuaded him to make a feast with her and Tina.
• Samael asked Circe what she wanted to eat, but she fled in terror when she saw his grin.
• Samael, Harpy, and Tina gathered ingredients and cooked a late-night meal, drawing Circe from beneath her blankets to eat.
• After they explained what had happened, Samael watched Harpy devour the food and decided her reunion had been driven by hunger.

Samael reflected on the divine struggle and the century he had slept while carrying Pandora’s Box, then brought the box out to confront the Daughter of Calamity forming inside it. Though he struck Pandora with Fate Tablet magic, her gaze enthralled Samael, Circe, and Harpy, and she embraced him as darkness swallowed his consciousness.

• Samael estimated that he had been unconscious for at least a century and realized Pandora’s Box was stirring inside him.
• Samael rushed outside, transformed into his serpent form, and expelled Pandora’s Box into a lake of red-black mire.
• As Pandora emerged from the box, Samael hurled a divine-script spear and used Destiny: Severance to blast apart her cocoon and wound her.
• Pandora rose from the mire and bewitched Circe and Harpy, while Samael recognized her as his wife before falling under her spell.
• Pandora embraced Samael and declared that she would eat him as his consciousness sank into darkness.

Samael separated Pandora from the magic box and revealed that she was the first incarnation of The Evil of This World, whom he had indirectly created. He subdued the newborn Daughter of Calamity and prepared to train her.

• After more than twenty minutes passed without being digested, Samael woke and slapped away Pandora when she tried to touch his cheek.
• Pandora repeatedly challenged Samael, but he struck her into a crater and bound her with luminous chains of law.
• Samael told Pandora she was the Daughter of Calamity and that he was her creator, prompting her to call him her father and apologize.
• Samael saw through Pandora's attempt to trick him into freeing her, tightened her restraints, and bound her more securely when she lunged at him.
• Harpy and Circe mocked the bound Pandora while Samael recalled the magic box into his mouth and prepared to train her.

Pandora was punished again after her failed rebellion against Tina and began plotting to win Samael’s trust by exploiting his attachment to Anastasia and Irisviel. Meanwhile, Samael and Tina entered the Sea of Imaginary Numbers to contact their allies for help, and Shamhat agreed to join his plan.

• Pandora recalled how Tina repeatedly defeated her escape attempts and resolved to earn Samael’s trust before striking back.
• Pandora considered using Samael’s interest in Anastasia and Irisviel as a way to break through his defenses, but the Binding Chains whipped her again.
• Samael stopped Tina from checking on Pandora and began working with her to enter the Sea of Imaginary Numbers.
• Samael contacted Ereshkigal, Ishtar, Gilgamesh, and Enkidu, confirmed Tina was safe, and asked them for help with the plan.
• Shamhat heard Samael’s proposal and offered to join him.

Samael prepared to leave Tina on Ayu Island while he went ashore, trusting her to watch over the island and Pandora. Before departing, he stayed with Tina, whose recovered memories and affection for him led to a tender night together.

• Siduri pulled back Shamhat, while the high priestess questioned the risk of the plan; Samael said he would go ashore alone and leave Tina on Ayu Island.
• Tina told the others she could protect herself, and the long-distance communication between the World Bubbles ended.
• Samael carried the tired Tina to bed and explained that the ocean suited her better, she needed to watch Pandora, and she had a role in the plan against Zeus.
• Tina asked Samael to stay the night, but he initially refused and tried to sleep separately; after his bed broke, he joined her beneath the blanket.
• Samael asked whether Tina remembered Mesopotamia, and Tina confirmed she did.
• Tina climbed onto Samael, told him she wanted to look at him forever, and kissed him.

Samael left Ayu Island with Circe the Witch, while Harpy stayed behind and Pandora remained to write his name as punishment. Days later, as Samael and Circe approached land, an attacker fired a silver arrow at them, and Samael dove toward the ambusher.

• Harpy chose to stay on Ayu Island and asked Samael to take Circe to the mainland.
• Samael told Pandora to write his name a thousand times each day, then added another thousand when she asked about changing her name.
• Pandora secretly took note of Samael's reaction to the names Anastasia and Irisviel and decided the information was worth the copying punishment.
• Several days later, Samael flew toward land in Wyvern form with Circe hanging from his claws, while she complained about his earlier examination of her dragon scales.
• A silver arrow narrowly missed Samael's wing, and he pulled Circe into a dive toward the hidden attacker.

Atalanta mistook Samael for a dangerous magical beast and shot him down while trying to rescue Circe. After realizing her mistake, she treated his wound and took responsibility for keeping him and Circe safe in the wilderness, unaware that Samael was conscious.

• Atalanta shot Samael with a rune-enchanted arrow, sending him crashing into the forest.
• Atalanta found Circe and offered comfort, but Circe hurried toward the crash site after calling Samael her teacher.
• Atalanta reached the unconscious-looking Samael first and treated his wound while Circe secretly realized he was awake.
• Atalanta decided the group should camp nearby and carried Samael while leading Circe through the forest.
• Atalanta apologized to Circe and introduced herself as a follower of Artemis, as Samael appeared to twitch an eyelid.

Samael recovered from his injuries while winning Atalanta’s trust with a fabricated tale of his past. After learning she was headed to the Calydonian Hunt, he persuaded her to let him and Circe join, leaving him poised to meet the gathered Greek heroes.

• Samael pretended to be an Orphic Cult follower, and Atalanta apologized for mistaking him for a beast abducting Circe and promised to care for them.
• Samael told Atalanta a story about his travels from the Peloponnese to Ayu Island, and she became absorbed in his adventures and tended to him as he healed.
• Atalanta explained that she had accepted an oracle to join the Calydonian Hunt, organized to slay the monstrous boar Artemis had sent against Calydon.
• Samael declared that he and Circe should take part in the hunt, and Atalanta agreed to bring them along once his injuries had healed.
• After Atalanta left to keep watch, Samael considered the famous Greek heroes who would join the hunt and saw it as the ideal opening for his plans.

Samael, Atalanta, and Circe settled in a Calydonian city-state to wait for the Calydonian Hunt, while Samael investigated what had happened after he swallowed Pandora’s Box. He pieced together how Themis, Athena, and Medusa helped save Olympus from Typhon and formed a council to protect the order between gods and humans.

• Atalanta found lodging while Samael and Circe bought supplies and gathered information in the city-state.
• Samael reviewed how he swallowed Pandora’s Box, how Gaia forced Zeus to swear an oath, and how Zeus later abandoned Olympus for Crete.
• Typhon attacked Olympus while Zeus was away, and Themis, Athena, and Medusa rallied to resist his forces until Zeus returned and led the gods to victory.
• Zeus rewarded Athena with the offices of wisdom and war, but Athena rejected a place among the Twelve Olympians and later formed a council with Themis and Medusa.
• Ares and Poseidon challenged the council, but Athena and Themis defeated them, allowing Athens to flourish.

Samael reflected on Athens’s rise and decided to travel to Calydon with Atalanta, where he hoped to meet the coming heroes and prepare a worthy gift. After sharing food with Circe, he led her to find supplies while Atalanta sold her furs and herbs and looked for lodging.

• Samael considered how Athena’s achievements had helped establish the Council of Mount of the God of War and the Athens Academy, making Athens a center of Greek influence.
• Samael rode with Atalanta toward Calydon, planning to meet the heroes who would soon become famous and prepare a meeting gift.
• Circe ate all the food at the table, so Samael ordered another serving and invited her to share it.
• Samael ordered extra food for Atalanta, paid the attendant, and took Circe toward the fur and herb markets.
• Atalanta sold her furs and herbs for enough money to rent a place, then saw Samael and Circe approaching with food.

Samael helped Atalanta settle into their new home, then reflected on the Children of Typhon and Heracles’s arrival in Calydon. That night, he sensed a long-awaited connection and reached out to Themis.

• Atalanta finished her meal after securing a house, and Samael and Circe cleaned the courtyard before going to buy groceries.
• Samael explained that he covered the house expenses to spare Atalanta’s limited savings, then returned with Circe and prepared a lavish dinner.
• After dinner, Samael recalled how the Children of Typhon had found peaceful lives and realized Heracles had come to Calydon after Hera’s curse drove him mad.
• Samael sensed a connection in the night, used magic crystals and a Magic Formation to answer it, and greeted Themis.