Chapter Summaries

After recovering quickly from his battle with Doni, Noah learned to be more cautious about risking his Blazes and was brought to Rome by the Sword King. Doni summoned Italy’s Sorcery Societies and dragged Noah to meet the first society head to arrive.

• Noah learned that his Blazes were transformed weapons rather than manifestations of his soul, which explained his quick recovery after Doni destroyed two of them.
• Noah recognized that Doni was likely stronger than him and resolved to use his Blazes more cautiously.
• Noah, Doni, and Andre arrived at Rome Fiumicino Airport after Andre briefed Noah on the world and Doni slept through the flight.
• Doni told Andre that he had summoned Italy’s Sorcery Societies to Rome, then refused to let Noah leave and dragged him along.
• Noah, Doni, and Andre reached a hotel room where the people from the first arriving Sorcery Society were staying.

Noah accompanied Doni and Andre to meet Paul Brantree and Erica Brantree, whose appearance and proud manner reminded Noah of Lilith. Doni demanded information about a god before the other Sorcery Societies had arrived.

• Paul Brantree and Erica Brantree greeted Doni and Andre when they arrived at the suite.
• Andre introduced Noah to Paul and Erica, noting Erica’s rank as a Great Knight.
• Noah said Erica reminded him of his friend Lilith, and Erica challenged him to test her sword and sorcery.
• Noah tried to leave, but Doni stopped him and asked Paul whether the other Sorcery Societies had arrived.
• Doni decided not to wait for the others and demanded that Paul provide information about a god as soon as possible.

Doni ordered Paul, Erica, and Andre to gather information on powerful Heretic Gods, revealing that he wanted Noah to slay one and become a Godslayer so they could fight on equal terms. Noah punched Doni and left, while Doni chased after him.

• Doni demanded information about powerful Heretic Gods, and Paul, Erica, and Andre urged him to wait rather than provoke one.
• Doni agreed to wait while they gathered information, then said the search was for Noah’s sake.
• Doni explained that he wanted Noah to slay a god and become a Godslayer so they could fight fairly.
• Noah punched Doni in the abdomen, apologized, and walked out of the room.
• Doni clutched his stomach and chased after Noah, leaving Erica, Paul, and Andre worried about the trouble ahead.

While soaking in a Roman hotel bath, Doni urged Noah to slay a god and become a Godslayer so they could fight again as equals. Noah accepted that he wanted revenge and that killing a god might be the only way to close the gap between them.

• Noah tried to leave the hotel, but Doni threatened to cut the building in half while searching for him, forcing Noah to give up on escaping.
• Doni told Noah he had arranged for him to battle any god they heard about, while Noah doubted he could actually kill one.
• Doni said his intuition told him Noah would succeed and reminded him that he still had three unused Authorities besides the Demon Sword.
• Noah admitted that he wanted to fight and defeat Doni, but recognized that he needed a god's Authority to have a chance.
• Noah conceded that Doni had won the argument, and Doni welcomed the prospect of Noah becoming a fellow Godslayer.

After three days of training with Doni, Noah had grown better at evading the godslayer’s devastating magic sword, though a graze still left him in pain. Erica and Lilliana approached him, and Lilliana announced that there was news of a god.

• Noah recalled how Doni’s magic sword had grazed his arm during their training and considered how the sparring had improved his ability to face powerful opponents.
• Erica Blandelli and Lilliana Kranjcar met Noah as he returned to his room.
• Lilliana introduced herself as a Great Knight of Bronze Black Cross, and Erica explained that she and Lilliana were childhood friends and rivals.
• Lilliana told Noah that she had come to inform him there was news of a god.

Noah agreed to face a Heretic God despite the others’ doubts, while Doni refused to intervene unless Noah failed. After learning the god appeared as a boy searching near ruins and coasts, Noah discovered it was on Sardinia, where he and Doni had been three days earlier.

• Noah entered the hotel room as Paul, Andre, Erica, and Lilliana tried to persuade Doni not to let him challenge a god.
• Noah confirmed he would face the Heretic God and said Doni could act if he failed, but Doni insisted Noah would win.
• Paul and Lilliana reported that a boy-shaped god had appeared, seemingly searching for something and able to vanish as a gust of wind.
• Erica said the god appeared near ruins and along the coast, and Paul revealed its location was Sardinia.
• Noah, Doni, and Andre froze and laughed bitterly when they realized they had been on Sardinia three days earlier.

Three days after arriving in this world, Noah returned to Sardinia with Erica and Lilliana to confront the Heretic God. They headed for ruins the god had visited, hoping Lilliana’s Spirit Sight would reveal where it had gone.

• Noah arrived on Sardinia with Erica and Lilliana, who had followed him to witness his challenge and help deal with the Heretic God.
• Lilliana said she would assist Noah, while Erica proposed they could act as companions and rivals at the same time.
• Erica and Lilliana explained that the Heretic God had taken the form of a youth and wind and had visited several ruins on the island.
• Lilliana planned to use Spirit Sight at the ruins to try to determine where the god had gone.
• Noah agreed to head for the ruins with Erica and Lilliana.

Noah, Erica, and Lilliana investigated ancient ruins in Sardinia, where Lilliana used her spiritual sight to identify the wandering god as Verethragna, a Persian War God who embodied victory. The chapter ended with Lilliana revealing that Verethragna was preparing to summon another god.

• Noah, Erica, and Lilliana reached Sardinia's ruins and searched for clues about the god wandering the island.
• Lilliana explored the ruins and experienced a vision that revealed fragments about the god's identity.
• The three left the ruins and went to an inn, where Lilliana explained that the god was an undefeated Persian War God tied to Mithra.
• Erica named the god Verethragna, and Lilliana warned that he was preparing to summon another god.

Noah learned that Verethragna planned to awaken Melqart, risking a catastrophic battle, and resolved to find the War God before that happened. At dawn, Noah trained with his Knight Sword in a plaza, where Lilliana approached and asked to spar with him.

• Lilliana explained that Verethragna was searching Sardinia for the sleeping god Melqart, whom he hoped to awaken and fight.
• Erica and Lilliana warned Noah that the clash between Verethragna and Melqart could devastate Sardinia, but Noah insisted they find Verethragna and adapt from there.
• Noah went to bed, planning to begin their search the next day.
• At dawn, Noah summoned his Knight Sword and practiced, recognizing that he would have to rely on his weapons and skill against gods.
• Lilliana found Noah training and asked him to spar with her.

Lilliana challenged Noah to a sword spar to test the skill that Salvatore praised. Noah easily countered her attacks, and Lilliana admitted defeat.

• Lilliana asked Noah to spar with her, and he agreed.
• Lilliana summoned Silver Greatsword and charged Noah with a thrust.
• Noah precisely deflected her saber and sent her staggering backward.
• Lilliana attacked again, but Noah drew her toward him and repelled her slash with a powerful strike.
• Lilliana stopped the spar and admitted she had lost.

Noah and Lilliana talked after their sparring match, and Lilliana learned more about Noah’s swordsmanship and his resolve to challenge the War God. Their conversation was interrupted when a sudden storm darkened the sky and thunder rolled over the street.

• Noah offered Lilliana a cold drink, and she blushed and panicked after accidentally touching his hand.
• Lilliana described how Erica’s carefree habits had tested her patience, and Noah sympathized with her.
• Lilliana asked about Noah’s technique that had drawn her Silver Greatsword toward him, and Noah explained that it was a sword technique rather than magic.
• Lilliana warned Noah that swordsmanship alone might not be enough to defeat the War God, but Noah said he would still challenge the god because he believed he could survive.
• A sudden peal of thunder sounded as dark clouds and lightning swept across the sky.

Noah, Erica, and Lilliana sensed a god’s immense power gathering in the storm and flew to the coast, where they found two deities facing off. Though Erica and Lilliana were overwhelmed by the gods’ pressure, they refused to retreat, and Noah prepared to begin the battle.

• Noah and Lilliana recognized that the unnatural storm was caused by divine power and located the god near the coast.
• Erica joined Noah and Lilliana, declaring that it was time for the duel.
• Noah, Erica, and Lilliana flew through the storm toward the coast, with Lilliana carrying Erica using Witchcraft.
• The three saw a giant and a beautiful youth confronting each other above the sea, and the pressure from the two deities halted their approach.
• Noah gave Erica and Lilliana one last chance to retreat, but both declared they would stay by their companions.
• Noah opened his eyes and announced that they would begin slaying a god.

Noah challenged Verethragna and Melqart, drawing the gods away from Sardinia to fight on terrain of his choosing. Lilliana and Erica followed, determined to witness the battle.

• Verethragna and Melqart prepared to fight when Noah appeared and asked to join their battle.
• Noah resisted the gods’ auras and challenged them, declaring that he sought victory rather than a contest of status or strength.
• Verethragna accepted Noah’s challenge, and Noah flew away to choose favorable terrain for their fight.
• Verethragna pursued Noah, while Melqart followed in anger at being left behind.
• Lilliana and Erica decided to follow the gods and witness the battle.

Noah lured Verethragna and Melqart to an uninhabited island, where Verethragna pursued him and Melqart attacked. Beo emerged to protect Noah and transformed into a giant beast to face Melqart.

• Noah flew to an uninhabited island to keep the gods’ battle away from people.
• Verethragna and Melqart arrived, and Verethragna chased Noah in the form of a gale.
• Melqart attacked Noah with his club while Verethragna pursued him.
• Beo burst from Noah’s arm and knocked Melqart’s club aside.
• Beo expanded into a colossal beast and charged at Melqart.

Noah and Beo faced Melqart and Verethragna, with Beo battling Melqart while Noah challenged Verethragna to a sword fight. Verethragna parried Noah’s opening strike and counterattacked, leaving their blades locked in a clash.

• Beo charged Melqart, and the two fought fiercely, churning the sea with their collisions.
• Verethragna used his youth incarnation’s authority to part the waves before they reached him.
• Noah challenged Verethragna with his Knight Sword, and Verethragna summoned a divine sword from sand.
• Noah reinforced himself and his equipment with sorcery, then rushed in and struck at Verethragna.
• Verethragna dodged Noah’s blow, knocked his Knight Sword aside, and thrust at his chest.
• Noah twisted out of balance and met the thrust with a slash, bringing their swords together.

Noah used the Knight Sword’s power to steal Verethragna’s strength and turn the battle in his favor. As Beo pinned Melqart down, Noah began casting a spell that enclosed the deserted island in pillars of light.

• Noah enchanted and hurled the Knight Sword at Verethragna, who caught it after Noah used it to shorten the distance.
• Noah chanted the Knight Sword’s true name, causing it to absorb Verethragna’s power and return to Noah’s hand.
• Noah called Beo, who struck Melqart and sent him crashing into Verethragna on the beach.
• Beo restrained Melqart while Noah flew above the deserted island and began casting a spell.
• Pillars of light rose around the island and enclosed it.

Noah trapped the deserted island in Fairy Sphere and unleashed his full Shatter Magic, destroying the island and space within it. Verethragna and Melqart were swept into the resulting spatial rift, but both resisted the currents and began forcing their way out.

• Melqart struggled against Beo while Verethragna emerged from his body as a gale.
• Noah activated Fairy Sphere to contain the island and whatever happened inside it.
• Noah poured his Shatter Magic into the sphere, shattering the island, Beo, and the space within its bounds.
• Verethragna and Melqart were caught in the spatial currents and dragged into the rift.
• Melqart transformed into lightning and Verethragna into wind, and both pushed against the currents to escape.

Noah used the White Horse incarnation he had stolen from Verethragna to defeat Verethragna and Melqart amid the spatial turbulence. Their powers flooded into him and clashed with the powers within his body, leaving him unconscious as he fell toward the sea.

• Noah maintained Fairy Sphere while Verethragna and Melqart struggled through the spatial turbulence to escape.
• Noah released the White Horse incarnation with Black Razor King, unleashing its solar flames against Verethragna and Melqart.
• The flames and spatial turbulence overwhelmed Verethragna and Melqart, who acknowledged their defeat and urged Noah to grow stronger.
• Verethragna and Melqart disappeared, and their powers poured into Noah and clashed with his magic, weapons, and Beo.
• Noah lost consciousness as his Death Transformation Wings vanished, and two soft bodies caught him while he fell toward the sea.

Noah awoke in a gray space and met Pandora, who explained that her rebirth ritual had made him a Godslayer. Pandora revealed that Noah had absorbed all of Verethragna’s and Melqart’s powers, causing an unknown change, before he lost consciousness and was sent back to his world.

• Noah woke beside a girl who introduced herself as Pandora and claimed to be his mother.
• Pandora explained that Noah had become a Godslayer after killing Verethragna and Melqart.
• Pandora praised Noah for defeating both Gods by shattering space and striking them in spatial turbulence.
• Pandora said Noah’s body had absorbed all the powers of both Gods, an unprecedented result that had caused an unknown change.
• Pandora said Noah would probably remember their meeting after returning to his world, then Noah lost consciousness.

After waking in his Sardinia hotel room, Noah discovered that his body and powers had changed after absorbing Verethragna and Melqart. His strength had greatly increased, but his abilities had been reorganized into a new Authority that he would need time to understand.

• Noah woke in his hotel room and realized Erica and Lilliana had rescued him after the battle.
• Noah discovered his body had become far tougher and was now immune to magic and magecraft that did not affect gods.
• Noah sensed that Verethragna's, Melqart's, and his own powers had fused into a new Authority with ten incarnations.
• Noah learned what each incarnation could do, including summoning Golden Wolf Beo and sealing an opponent's abilities with Warrior.
• Noah realized that most of his former powers now required activating their corresponding incarnations and decided he needed time to explore them.