Chapter Summaries

The Pan-Hellenic Alliance fleet fought through waves of sea monsters as Nero, Tamamo no Mae, and Little Attila defended the Roman side. The battle remained difficult for Athens’s conventional forces, and Samael watched the stalled advance from the Argo.

• Nero, Penthesilea, and Tamamo no Mae attacked the sea monsters with sword strikes, arrows, and spells, while Nero’s amplified singing knocked Tamamo no Mae onto the lookout platform.
• Little Attila pierced a Leviathan Giant Serpent’s eyes with ice spikes, and Tamamo no Mae recovered and swallowed hundreds of sea monsters with Black Sky Cave.
• Tamamo no Mae scolded Nero for her singing, then learned that Little Attila had copied her Icy Sky technique and Nero’s Flower Scatter Sky Curtain after seeing each once.
• Tamamo no Mae declared Little Attila her disciple and carried her while continuing to support the fleet’s advance.
• Samael observed the battle through resonance magic and saw that the Athens fleet was struggling more than the Argo and the Deep Sea Fleet against the sea monsters.

The Pan-Hellenic Alliance broke through the sea monsters with help from Athens Academy’s powerful mages, then met the Persian Fleet near Hot Spring Pass. As the battle escalated, the Persians summoned radiant beings that Samael recognized as angels.

• Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Plato, and Archimedes unleashed their signature magic against the sea monsters, helping the Pan-Hellenic Alliance force a route toward Hot Spring Pass.
• Samael resisted the urge to destroy the Athenian warships and continued coordinating the battlefield.
• The Persian Fleet emerged from the sea mist and attacked the Greek fleet, prompting Themistocles to lead the allied forces against them.
• Archimedes and Heraclitus devastated dozens of Persian warships with their magic, while Athenian and Persian casters began a fierce duel.
• Nordic druids and the Deep Sea Fleet arrived, and Persian mystics summoned radiant spirits from their divine lamps.
• Samael recognized the summoned spirits as angels.

The Pan-Hellenic Alliance overwhelmed the Persian Fleet as Samael coordinated the battle, but Behemoth began advancing toward Hot Spring Pass. Samael rushed to defend the pass while Orion, Atalanta, and Heracles fought off angels and pursued the giant monsters.

• Odysseus deployed Lamias, awakened the Pan-Hellenic Alliance's mechanized forces, and led a devastating assault on the Persian Fleet.
• Samael coordinated the three-sided battle and expected the allies to break through the Persian defenses soon.
• A tremor revealed Behemoth and other giant beasts advancing across land, and Samael realized the Persians were targeting Hot Spring Pass.
• Samael summoned the Sagittarius Sacred Garments and flew toward Hot Spring Pass, passing through the Persian Fleet as angels tried to stop him.
• Orion, Atalanta, and Heracles followed Samael, shooting down angels and pursuing the diving Ziz and other mythological monsters.

Aristotle and Alexander struggled to defend Hot Spring Pass as Persian forces and the god Mithra overwhelmed the fortress. With Leonidas, Caesar, and fewer than a hundred defenders facing the final assault, a mysterious figure arrived and unleashed a colossal flaming sword that incinerated tens of thousands of Persians and diving angels.

• Aristotle used the Elemental Crown to bombard the Behemoth Beast with complex spells, then warned Alexander that the beast had likely survived.
• Mithra's fiery attack devastated the rear defenses, and a summoned meteor shattered Hot Spring Pass and exposed its defenders.
• Leonidas and Caesar regrouped fewer than a hundred survivors as Persian troops, Behemoth Beasts, and more than a thousand angels advanced on the breach.
• A crimson streak descended into the breach, and an unseen attacker invoked the Song of Despair and formed a thousand-meter flaming sword.
• The flaming sword swept across the Persian army, splitting the earth and incinerating tens of thousands of soldiers and diving angels.

Samael reunited with Leonidas and Caesar at Hot Spring Pass, where the battered defenders prepared to face Persia’s Meteor Legion. Atalanta struck the Persian archers and confronted Arash, leaving the two heroes to duel.

• Samael arrived at Hot Spring Pass and clasped hands with Leonidas as Caesar joined them.
• Theseus revealed that Athens’s army was delayed by the Persian fleet in the Chaos Sea, while the defenders vowed to hold the pass.
• Samael and the Golden Wings of the Sagittarius Sacred Garments protected the defenders as Leonidas rallied them to seal the breach.
• Leonidas recognized the Meteor Legion’s arrow attack, and Samael intercepted a blazing arrow aimed at the shield formation.
• Atalanta summoned a rain of arrows that struck the hidden Meteor Legion, then hit Arash with a third arrow after he intercepted her first two.
• Atalanta told Arash to leave the others to her and prepared to fight him.

Oryx and Heracles joined the defense of Hot Spring Pass, while Medea, Circe, and the Colchian Dragon disrupted the Persian mystics. As the defenders gained reinforcements, Samael turned to face four enemies charging to surround him.

• Oryx fought one Behemoth in a brutal contest of strength, while Heracles stopped the other and hurled it into the sea.
• The Persian army regrouped and advanced on Hot Spring Pass, led by Divine Blood Heroes and mystics who unleashed powerful attacks.
• An unknown ally pierced the mystics’ gathering Aether Tide and bombarded them with Aether Light Flows.
• A strange scent transformed many mystics into piglets, and Dragon Tooth Soldiers rose from the ground to attack the disorganized spellcasters.
• Medea, Circe, and the Colchian Dragon appeared above the battlefield and prepared to attack the remaining mystics.
• Samael raised the Flame Demon Sword and faced four figures charging out of the dust to encircle him.

Samael defeated King David at Hot Spring Pass but spared him, then ordered Orpheus to play as he confronted a hidden assassin. The assassin revealed himself as Cain, and Samael attacked him.

• King David used his harp, divine protection, and sling against Samael, but Samael destroyed his defenses and weapons.
• Samael struck King David with the flat of his sword and spared him, remarking that he owed his survival to Solomon.
• Orpheus arrived, and Samael ordered him to keep King David from interfering by playing “Gods Enter Valhalla.”
• Samael sensed an assassin hiding in his shadow and struck him with the Flame Demon Sword.
• The injured assassin rose from the trench, and Samael identified him as Cain before attacking again.

Martha arrived to save Cain and confronted Samael and Horo, revealing her faith in the plan to unite humanity through the Tower of Babel. Horo and Martha began a serious fight while Cerberus attacked Tarasque.

• Martha sent Tarasque crashing aside and punched Samael, but Horo's intervention left Samael coughing blood.
• Samael identified Martha as the Iron Fist Saintess and explained her inheritance of Jacob's Divine Fist, also called Moses' Sea Splitting Fist.
• Martha said the Tower of Babel would let her Lord remake the world and unite its peoples, and she prepared to force Samael to repent when he refused.
• Horo rushed to fight Martha, who pulled back her punch after noticing the flaxen-haired girl nearby; the girl met the reduced blow and made Martha spit blood.
• Tarasque tried to help Martha, but Cerberus knocked it down and dragged it away while Horo and Martha charged at each other.

Samael fought off a Demon Pillar and recognized the escaping Professor Lev as Flauros, then abandoned the pursuit to rescue the collapsing battlefield at Hot Spring Pass. Wielding Laevateinn, he slaughtered the Immortals and Ifrits, but the sword’s power drove him into a bloodthirsty frenzy as he turned toward the Persian army.

• A Demon Pillar emerged to shield the wounded Cain and attacked Samael with tendrils and Magic Beams, but Samael burned through its assault.
• The Demon Pillar dragged Cain underground and escaped with him; Samael identified the fleeing Professor Lev as Flauros, a Demon Pillar linked to intelligence.
• Hearing Leonidas and Caesar behind him as Hot Spring Pass neared collapse, Samael unleashed nine explosions against the Immortals and mammoth riders.
• Samael cut down fleeing Ifrits and absorbed their aether, while Laevateinn grew stronger and black mist filled the air with curses.
• Overcome by hunger and excitement, Samael turned his burning gaze toward the Persian army and prepared to attack.

Rin’s Dzusqara clashed with Samael’s Laevatein, but the demonic sword overwhelmed the battlefield and began controlling Samael. Scathach and Skadi restrained him until he severed his own arm to separate himself from Laevatein, which they sealed away in the Shadow Realm.

• Rin attacked Samael with Dzusqara, and Samael countered with Laevatein’s devastating sword strike.
• A black-armored knight used Stream of Steel to deflect Samael’s attack away from the Persian army, but the sword’s blast split the earth and the sea.
• Scathach restrained Samael with Scarlet Demon Spears and urged him to drop Laevatein, but the sword pierced his arm and forced itself back into his hand.
• Skadi joined Scathach and froze Samael’s arm and Laevatein inside a Divine Cage as the two goddesses struggled to contain the sword’s flames.
• Samael regained clarity, severed his own arm to free himself from Laevatein, and Scathach and Skadi sealed the sword in an ice casket in the Shadow Realm.
• Samael’s arm regenerated, and he realized Laevatein had gradually drawn him into releasing its power and cursed Loki for the sword’s corruption.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The protagonist experiences seasonal cold, nasal inflammation, and headache.
• They decide to go to bed early to rest and recover.

Character Developments

• The protagonist shows self-care and responsibility for their health by choosing to rest early.

Significant Themes

• Health and well-being: The protagonist's decision to prioritize rest and recovery highlights the importance of taking care of one's health.

Character Interactions

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After suppressing Laevateinn’s backlash, Samael and the others faced a new threat at Hot Spring Pass: Abaddon’s Locust Demon Army, which devoured everything in its path. Samael ordered the pass sealed so they could destroy the insects before they spread.

• Samael recalled how Laevateinn’s power had eroded him until Scathach and Skadi helped suppress it, after which he locked the sword in The Black Room and regenerated his limbs.
• The battered Persian army retreated as a horn sounded and meteors struck Tanbei Gorge, sending a spreading black mist toward Hot Spring Pass.
• Skadi froze the mist and revealed fist-sized demonic insects trapped inside the ice, while the devastated landscape showed that the swarm had eaten its vegetation.
• Samael recognized the insects as Abaddon’s Locust Demon Army, summoned by the Doomsday Horn to create famine and punish humanity.
• As the insects broke free and devoured the land, Samael ordered the pass blocked and the Locust Demon Army destroyed, and he, Scathach, and Skadi fought together at the breach.

Scathach, Samael, and Skadi fought back the locust demons as Samael ordered a coordinated effort to reinforce Hot Spring Pass, seal Tanbei Gorge, and encircle the Persian army. With reinforcements arriving and the plan advancing, Samael prepared to make one final arrangement after the Great Altar was completed.

• Scathach summoned the Shadow Realm gates to swallow millions of locust demons, then destroyed much of the remaining swarm with Gae Bolg.
• Scathach reported that the Pan-Hellenic forces had won at sea but had not yet broken through the Persian blockade, and that the Egyptian fleet had not appeared.
• Samael ordered Odysseus to command the naval blockade and directed the Amazon Warriors, Athenian infantry, and Viking Warships to reinforce Hot Spring Pass.
• Samael sent Anna and the Argo to establish a Great Altar and seal the bottomless pit in Tanbei Gorge, while planning to trap the Persian army on land and sea.
• Pan-Hellenic reinforcements arrived at Hot Spring Pass and began clearing locust demons, restoring defenses, and preparing the Great Altar as the Persian army became increasingly isolated.
• Samael declared that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse posed no threat to his kingdom and decided to make a final arrangement after the Great Altar was completed.

Samael concealed the severity of his injuries until he was alone, where Tamamo no Mae ambushed him and pretended to threaten his life. She revealed that she had actually been trying to make him cough up stagnant blood and help him recover, leaving Samael to realize she had fooled him.

• Samael treated Scathach's burned arm while teasing her, and Skadi grew jealous of their easy rapport.
• Samael sent Scathach and Skadi to the Argo, then went alone to inspect the mountain path.
• After collapsing in the forest, Samael vomited black Reverse Blood and lost consciousness as a shadowy figure approached.
• Tamamo no Mae pinned Samael down and taunted him, claiming she intended to devour his soul.
• Tamamo no Mae struck Samael in the chest, then changed back into human form and helped him cough up stagnant blood.
• Samael realized Tamamo no Mae had staged the threat and played him.

Tamamo no Mae admitted she still wanted to eat Samael, explaining that she cultivated chosen souls with genuine affection before consuming them. Samael realized her feelings had always kept her from eating her past targets, but she tried to seduce him into becoming her first meal before three familiar figures appeared.

• Tamamo no Mae cornered Samael and confessed that she wanted to eat him, though she had saved him because her love for him was genuine.
• Tamamo no Mae explained that she nurtured souls with sincere feelings so they would become delicious, while Samael recalled her habit of raising her chosen targets like fruit.
• Samael asked Tamamo no Mae how many times she had succeeded, and her reaction revealed that she had never eaten any of her past targets.
• Tamamo no Mae tried to seduce Samael by promising to relieve his burdens and lead him toward happiness before eating him.
• Three familiar figures appeared through rippling air, interrupting Tamamo no Mae and Samael as they drew close.

Samael’s plan to lure Mithra from the Persian army failed when Tamamo no Mae stumbled into his trap instead. After her punch aggravated his genuine injuries, the goddesses discovered a deadly curse spreading across his body, and Samael fell asleep after asking them to guard Hot Spring Pass.

• Skadi, Scathach, and Medusa revealed they had been watching Tamamo no Mae’s declarations to Samael, while Anna threatened the fox.
• Samael explained that he had staged their separation and used his real injuries as bait to draw out Mithra or Marduk, with the goddesses and other allies hidden nearby.
• Tamamo no Mae realized Samael had tricked her, accused him of exploiting her feelings, and punched him in the chest, worsening his injuries.
• The goddesses gathered around Samael and discovered that cursed, flame-like markings were spreading across his body.
• Samael asked the others to guard Hot Spring Pass until he woke, then fell asleep in Tamamo no Mae’s arms without catching the newly descended god in the Persian army.

Samael woke after a day of recovery to find Martha bound beside him, a setup Horo had arranged, and learned that the defenders had driven the Persian Fleet back to Tanbei Gorge. He discovered that the Great Altar was channeling faith to heal him and set out to inspect Hot Spring Pass’s defenses.

• Samael woke up cuddling the bound Martha, who angrily threatened him, while Horo and Harpy entered the room.
• Horo admitted she had tied Martha up and put her in Samael’s bed, then asked when he would steal Thor’s sheep for her again.
• Harpy reported that the Persian Fleet had been cleared from the Chaos Sea and had retreated into Tanbei Gorge, while the Deep Sea Fleet blockaded the sea.
• Harpy explained that the Mother Goddess had reopened the Arima Caves and raised a Great Altar at Hot Spring Pass to answer the defenders’ prayers.
• Samael realized the faith flowing from the altar was replenishing his body and shielding him from Angra Mainyu’s curse.
• Samael sent Horo and Harpy out and prepared to inspect Hot Spring Pass’s defenses.

After Martha was captured, Samael used a potion to suppress her strength and assigned Horo to watch over her while he inspected Hot Spring Pass. Martha abandoned thoughts of escape and stayed close to Horo, unaware that the Wise Wolf planned to make her dependent so she could keep eating sheep.

• Samael confirmed the potion’s instructions with Harpy, then injected Martha with a dose to block aether transmission and suppress her muscles.
• Samael told Horo to watch Martha, give her another injection every four hours, and bring her to the temple that night so he could discuss the war with her.
• Martha recovered enough to walk around Hot Spring Pass with Horo and secretly considered escaping to rejoin her army.
• Horo warned Martha that other Greek soldiers might treat her as spoils of war, prompting Martha to stay close to her for protection.
• Horo privately planned to deepen Martha’s fear of the soldiers and her dependence on Horo so she could keep sheep nearby, while Samael sneezed during his inspection.

Samael inspected the strengthened Hot Spring Pass defenses and reflected on Athens Academy’s role in cultivating independent thinkers. He then reunited with Daphne, who had brought the Combat Nymphs to help him.

• Samael and Harpy inspected the expanded troops, metal fortress, and new weapons at Hot Spring Pass.
• Samael reflected on the Academy’s educational ideals and Athena’s efforts to foster wisdom and independent thought.
• Samael saw Valkyries, Amazon patrols, and Combat Nymphs forming a layered defense around the pass.
• A blonde girl flew into Samael’s arms, and Harpy helped him recognize her as Daphne.
• Daphne explained that she led the Combat Nymphs Artemis had left behind, and that they had come to help Samael.

Samael watched Greece’s forces defeat the Persian spirits and then witnessed a silver-haired girl beat the Colchian Dragon and recover stolen treasure from its throat. As the Greeks reclaimed their belongings, Hydra and Cerberus began fighting near Hot Spring Pass, leaving Samael embarrassed by the chaos among his allies.

• Samael shared stolen snacks with Daphne and Harpy while Greece’s aerial forces overwhelmed the Persian spirits.
• A silver-haired girl battered the Colchian Dragon unconscious, searched its throat and stomach, and retrieved Heart of the Earth pieces and Athena’s Bronze.
• Greeks recognized their stolen belongings among the treasure the girl had recovered, and Samael inwardly urged them to punish the dragon.
• Cerberus urinated near Hydra’s resting place, prompting the enraged Hydra to chase and fight him as the garrison established a Magic Barrier.