Chapter Summaries

After waking from three days unconscious, Noah discovered that slaying Verethragna and Melqart had given him ten unrestricted incarnations and made his sorcery independent of the Magic Foundation. Erica and Lilliana greeted him as the seventh King, and he prepared to meet Salvatore, eager to settle their score.

• Noah realized his new Authority let him use ten powerful incarnations without restrictions and that he could strengthen his sorcery through his own power.
• Erica and Lilliana entered Noah’s room, knelt, and saluted him as the seventh King; Noah accepted their submission and the responsibility it represented.
• Lilliana told Noah he had been unconscious for exactly three days and that they had reported his victory to their Sorcery Societies.
• Erica said Salvatore had asked them to contact him as soon as Noah awoke, and Noah decided it was time to recoup the principal and interest.

After becoming a Godslayer, Noah accepted Doni’s invitation to fight and traveled to Rome despite Erica and Lilliana’s concerns about the damage. Before he could meet Doni, Erica and Lilliana told him that the former chairman of the Greenwich Council of Sages wanted to see him.

• Noah told Doni that his victories over Verethragna and Melqart had depended partly on luck, and Doni urged him to come to Rome for their promised duel.
• Erica and Lilliana warned Noah that a fight between two Godslayers could cause enormous damage, but Noah said he would not fight in a populated place.
• After confirming that he had suffered no lasting injuries, Noah left Sardinia with Erica and Lilliana and arrived in Rome that night.
• As Noah headed toward Doni’s hotel, Lilliana stopped him and Erica explained that the Greenwich Council of Sages’ former chairman wished to meet him.

Noah met Alice, the former chairwoman of the Council of Sages, who appeared in Rome as a spirit-body duplicate because her real body was unwell and remained in London. Alice explained that she wanted to meet Noah out of curiosity and to discuss his upcoming duel with Doni.

• Erica told Noah that the Council of Sages studied Godslayers and that its influential former chairwoman, the Princess, had come to Rome.
• Noah, Erica, and Lilliana arrived at a hotel and met Alice Louise Of Nafar, who greeted Noah as a King.
• Noah recognized that Alice was not physically present, and Alice explained that she was a spirit body while her real self slept in London.
• Alice said she had come to see the King who had slain two highest-ranking Heretic Gods before becoming a Godslayer, then revealed that her second reason concerned his duel with Doni.

Alice warned Noah that the One, reincarnated earth goddesses who could briefly become Heretic Gods, had come to Rome and might target him during his duel with Doni. Noah refused to cancel the duel, leaving the threat unresolved as he prepared to retaliate if they attacked him.

• Alice urged Noah to cancel his duel with Doni to prevent destruction in Rome, but Noah questioned why she had intervened personally.
• Noah pressed Alice about her real purpose, and she revealed that people she called the One had arrived in Rome after he became a Godslayer.
• Alice explained that the One were reincarnated earth goddesses who could sacrifice their lives to regain their former power as Heretic Gods.
• Noah decided not to change his plans despite the warning and said the One would face retaliation if they targeted him.

After Alice failed to persuade Noah to cancel his duel with Doni, she warned him that the mysterious The One and the Black Prince might also threaten him in Italy. Noah’s discussion with Erica and Lilliana was interrupted when Doni arrived, and the two Godslayers began their duel.

• Alice told Noah that The One had ties to the Black Prince and urged him to abandon his duel with Doni, but Noah refused.
• Alice warned Noah that the Black Prince might come to Italy, while Erica spoke of her ambition to inherit her uncle Paul's Crimson Devil title.
• Erica and Lilliana recognized Doni's approaching Cursed Power and hurried to evacuate people nearby.
• Doni arrived at the hotel, drew his Knight Sword, and began chanting the Words of Power for his invincible blade.
• Noah and Doni chanted their respective Words of Power, then their waves of Cursed Power collided.

Noah discovered that combat instinctively taught him to use his fused Authorities, and he unleashed the devastating Tempest incarnation against Doni. Doni cut through the tornado, but Noah made it explode, leaving their duel underway amid a powerful shockwave.

• Noah learned that Godslayers developed and mastered their Authorities through battle, while his own abilities also strengthened when he was not using them.
• As Doni charged, Noah entered a combat state and instinctively gained knowledge of how to use all ten of his incarnations.
• Noah invoked Tempest, summoning a tornado that struck Doni’s former position, tore up the ground, and began destroying nearby buildings.
• The tornado caught Doni, who chanted Words of Power and sliced the storm in two with his sword.
• Noah invoked another Authority, stopped the divided tornado, and caused it to explode into a shockwave of wind.

Noah unleashed the storm incarnation against Doni, creating a massive tornado that devastated the surrounding area, though Doni survived by using his Steel Blessing Authority. Noah then invoked Phoenix to gain Godspeed, but his first attack overshot Doni because he could not control his incredible speed.

• Noah’s tornado exploded into devastating shockwaves, leaving a huge crater, and he worried that Erica and Lilliana might not have evacuated everyone.
• Doni emerged unharmed from the rubble, protected by nearly a hundred Runic characters, and explained that his Steel Blessing Authority made his body extraordinarily heavy and hard.
• Doni challenged Noah to force him to use another Authority and charged with his magic sword.
• Noah invoked Phoenix and gained Godspeed, dodging Doni’s sword strike and rushing in to attack.
• Noah’s punch missed Doni because his excessive speed made it difficult to aim accurately.

Noah tested his Phoenix incarnation’s Godspeed against Doni, but Doni’s extraordinary eyesight let him predict Noah’s movements. Noah switched to the Giant incarnation and struck Doni into the ground, leaving him buried in a vast crater as Noah wondered whether he needed to dig him out.

• Noah used Godspeed to attack Doni, but overshot him and struggled to control his movements.
• Doni explained that his trained eyesight let him track even Noah’s incredible speed and thrust his sword into Noah’s path.
• Noah dodged Doni’s sword, then used Godspeed to move behind him before switching to the Giant incarnation.
• Noah struck Doni with the Giant incarnation’s immense strength, expanding the crater and burying him underground.
• Noah suspected Doni had survived the blow and jumped into the pit to find him before he suffocated.

An orthodox Witch named Guinevere, Princess Alice, and Black Prince Alec observed Noah’s overwhelming victory over Doni and discussed the newborn seventh Godslayer. Guinevere left determined to resurrect the one she believed could end all Godslayers, while Alice watched Noah’s crater and worried about the cleanup.

• Guinevere used Witch’s Eye from a distant rooftop to observe Noah defeat Doni and wondered at his power.
• Princess Alice appeared and greeted Guinevere, who said she had avoided meeting the new King openly because Alec might have prepared a trap.
• Alec arrived through his Lightning Flash Authority and explained that preparing for Guinevere in advance was the proper way to treat an enemy.
• Alice asked whether the seventh Godslayer satisfied Guinevere, and Guinevere said that seven Kings meant the end of the world and that a destined nemesis of Godslayers had to be resurrected.
• Guinevere vanished into darkness, Alec departed as lightning, and Alice lamented the damage left behind by Noah’s battle.

Noah and Doni discussed the enormous destruction their battle had caused in Rome, while Erica and Lilliana reacted to the scale of the losses. Doni explained how he had survived Noah’s attack, then questioned how Noah possessed three Authorities despite defeating only two gods.

• News reports said a meteorite had devastated central Rome, causing estimated losses exceeding fifteen billion euros but no casualties because residents had been evacuated.
• Erica pointed out the losses, and Lilliana blamed herself for failing to stop the disaster’s cause, while Noah felt awkward about his role in it.
• Doni cheerfully ate and drank despite the destruction, prompting Noah to wonder why his punch had not killed him.
• Doni explained that he had used Rampaging Divine Wine, an Authority taken from Dionysus, to send mystical powers out of control and survive Noah’s attack with Steel Blessing.
• Doni praised Noah for adapting to the Phoenix Incarnation’s weakness and asked how Noah had three Authorities after defeating only two gods.

Erica and Lilliana speculated that Noah had gained multiple incarnations from Verethragna and Melqart, while Noah concealed that he possessed a single Authority without the restrictions they assumed. After Doni abandoned the idea of fighting him again, he invited Noah to join him in some mysterious plan, making Erica and Lilliana wary.

• Erica and Lilliana concluded that Noah's tornado, Godspeed, and monstrous strength came from Melqart and Verethragna's powers, and guessed that using them involved restrictions.
• Noah privately reflected that he had merged the gods' powers into one Authority and faced none of the restrictions they imagined, but he confirmed that he still had many incarnations left unused.
• Doni eagerly asked Noah to fight again and reveal his remaining incarnations, but Lilliana scolded him for causing more destruction and threatened to have Lord Andre take him back.
• Doni decided to save their rivalry's outcome for another time and asked Noah to join him in some fun, prompting Erica and Lilliana to suspect he was plotting trouble.

Noah returned to the hotel with Doni, Erica, and Lilliana, where Italy’s sorcerers welcomed him as the seventh King. Paul and Andre saluted Noah and asked him to show restraint while he remained in Italy.

• Doni took Noah back to the hotel, while Erica and Lilliana kept watch to stop Doni from drawing him into more trouble.
• The Italian Sorcery Society leaders greeted Doni and Noah as Kings when they arrived.
• Andre confronted Doni for tying him up and throwing him into a toilet stall so he could pursue Noah.
• Paul praised Erica and Lilliana for their part in the events and formally greeted Noah as the seventh King.
• Paul and the other sorcerers acknowledged Noah’s strength and asked him to avoid causing further damage in Italy.

Noah left the hotel in Italy to avoid being drawn into Doni’s plans and pursue his search for the World Shards. As he wandered without knowing where to look, he spotted a young girl and instinctively prepared for combat.

• Noah left his room late at night, and Erica and Lilliana confronted him outside the hotel.
• Noah told Erica and Lilliana he would leave rather than be monitored or dragged into Doni’s schemes.
• Noah explained that he had already achieved his goal of gaining enough strength to face Hades and now needed to find the World Shards.
• Noah said goodbye to Erica and Lilliana and walked away from the hotel.
• While wandering the streets, Noah saw a young girl approaching and his body automatically entered a combat-ready state.

Noah encountered an incomplete Heretic Goddess who challenged him to fight, and he used his Phoenix incarnation to carry her away from the crowded street. The chapter ended as Noah hurled her into the ground.

• Noah met a silver-haired girl whom he alone could perceive and recognized her as a Heretic God.
• The Goddess identified Noah as a Godslayer and challenged him to battle, revealing that she lacked the serpent and was incomplete.
• When the Goddess threatened to use her Death Incantation on the nearby pedestrians, Noah refused to let her fight there.
• Noah invoked his Phoenix incarnation, seized the Goddess by the throat, and sped into the sky with her.
• Noah threw the Goddess toward the ground, and a heavy impact rang out.

Noah Dreyar confronted a Heretic God who identified herself as Athena, but she postponed their battle until she recovered her complete trinity form and reclaimed the lost snake. After Athena vanished, Noah wondered what she meant and detected another presence nearby.

• Noah brought the girl to the crater left by his battle with Doni and challenged her to leave the area.
• The girl welcomed the prospect of fighting Noah, but stopped when she sensed something in the night sky.
• After learning Noah's name, the girl revealed that she was Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and War, and withdrew to recover her complete trinity form and reclaim the snake.
• Noah considered Athena's identity and her cryptic references to the snake and trinity form.
• Noah detected a presence with his sensing ability and vanished using the Phoenix incarnation.

Noah tracked Athena’s aura to a restaurant in the city, but lost the trail after sunrise and concluded she was searching for a snake. He noticed two suspicious mages enter the restaurant under concealment magic and began watching them.

• Noah ate breakfast at a restaurant and reflected on how his past with Aoko had gotten him used to black coffee.
• Noah said Athena was nearby but had vanished from his senses after sunrise, and suspected she had left to search for the snake she had mentioned.
• Noah reasoned that Athena was incomplete and that defeating her would not be difficult given his own immense strength.
• Two Black Robed Figures entered the restaurant and used magic to avoid notice and control the waitress.
• Noah recognized the figures as mages and began observing them suspiciously.

Noah followed two evil sorcerers to a hidden ruin that their society was excavating in hopes of drawing forth a Heretic God. After he shattered the barriers concealing the site and faced the gathered sorcerers, Erica and Lilliana arrived to defend him.

• Noah overheard two black-robed sorcerers discuss excavating a ruin that was gathering Cursed Power and might summon a Heretic God.
• The sorcerers left the restaurant and used jumping magic to reach a remote wilderness, where they disappeared behind several barriers.
• Noah tracked them, identified the concealment, repelling, and isolation barriers, and broke through them with his Godslayer resistance.
• Noah discovered a rocky excavation site and an open underground passage guarded by a large group of black-robed sorcerers.
• The sorcerers ordered their companions to kill Noah, but Erica and Lilliana landed before him and confronted them.

Erica and Lilliana arrived to help Noah and swiftly defeated a large group of evil magicians. Afterward, they admitted they had tracked him and asked to follow him as his protectors, leaving Noah to decide whether to accept them.

• Erica and Lilliana appeared before Noah and declared that they would deal with the evil magicians themselves.
• Lilliana used magic to sink the magicians into the ground while Erica summoned a steel lion to attack them.
• Erica and Lilliana defeated the magicians in less than ten minutes, and Erica reclaimed Lion King's Heart.
• Erica and Lilliana told Noah that they had tracked him and intended to keep watch over him.
• Erica and Lilliana knelt and asked Noah to let them follow and protect him, leaving him to consider their request.

Noah learned from Erica and Lilliana that Athena’s search for a snake could restore her identity as a Triple Goddess. They explained that Athena’s ancient forms joined the divinities of earth, darkness, and wisdom, and the chapter ended as they introduced her connection to birds.

• Noah told Erica and Lilliana how he had followed Athena to the ruins and encountered the evil sorcerers there.
• Noah, Erica, and Lilliana speculated that a Sorcery Society might have hidden the ruins to excavate them later.
• Erica and Lilliana explained that Athena could regain her trinity if she found the snake, making her a powerful threat even to a King.
• Erica identified Athena’s ancient forms as Athena, Metis, and Medusa, and explained that her trinity encompassed earth, darkness, and wisdom.
• Noah questioned how birds related to Athena, and Erica and Lilliana began revealing the rest of her identity.

Lilliana and Erica explained that Athena had once been a supreme queen and earth-and-underworld goddess whose snake essence was stripped away as her myths were rewritten. Noah’s power awakened around a golden sword, giving him confidence that he could defeat Athena if she recovered her snake, and the group headed into the ruins to search for it.

• Lilliana explained that Athena’s ancient form combined the snake and bird as symbols of the earth and underworld, making her a supreme goddess.
• Erica concluded that recovering her lost snake would restore Athena as a queen among the highest-ranking Deities.
• Noah realized Athena had lost her earth-goddess authority and that the snake’s return would greatly increase her power.
• A symbol among Noah’s ten incarnations lit up, and golden light shone from his hand as he sensed a sword capable of cutting Athena’s snake.
• Erica and Lilliana discussed their roles in helping Noah, and Noah led them toward the ruins to search for the snake.