Chapter Summaries

Seiya leveled up by fighting lizards in Shangri-La Frontier, then wandered past Novice Town of Fastia into a high-level area. He reached the Area BOSS guarding the route to Sekundir: the Three-Headed Lizard.

• Seiya defeated a Fire Lizard with the Scorching Twin Blades, leveled up, and put his attribute points into speed and strength.
• Seiya killed the remaining Earth-Digging Lizards, reached level eight, and equipped useful drops including Lizard Armor and Lizard Boots.
• Seiya followed a red-marked area on the map, unaware that he had left the beginner route and bypassed Novice Town of Fastia.
• Seiya fought monsters on the way toward Sekundir and encountered the level-ten Three-Headed Lizard, whose heads attacked independently with earth, fire, and water attacks.

After defeating the Three-Headed Lizard, Seiya gained new skills and the Lone Hero title, then encountered the Seven Supreme Species, Heavenly Tyrant Jikvirm. He chose to fight the golden Dragon and launched an aerial sword attack.

• Seiya killed the Three-Headed Lizard, reached level ten, and gained skills including Sprint, Parry, and Leap.
• Seiya earned the Lone Hero title for defeating the Area BOSS alone without taking damage, gaining a boost when fighting stronger monsters alone.
• As Seiya headed toward Novice Town, Heavenly Tyrant Jikvirm appeared above the mine and attacked him with a claw.
• Seiya dodged Jikvirm's strikes and used the Lone Hero title's attribute boost to charge at the Dragon.
• Seiya leapt over Jikvirm's sweeping claw and slashed its chest and abdomen with Storm Fang.

Seiya challenged Jikvelm, but his boosted attacks could not overcome the dragon’s defenses. After his blades shattered, Jikvelm killed him with a breath attack, leaving Seiya determined to return stronger.

• Seiya attacked Jikvelm with his Scorching Twin Blades, but they bounced off the dragon’s scales without lowering his HP.
• Seiya leaped toward Jikvelm’s eyes and used Morning Star, but a gale shield blocked his blades and Jikvelm knocked him away with a tail sweep.
• Seiya parried the tail sweep, but the impact shattered his worn-out blades and left him falling without a way to keep fighting.
• Seiya grabbed Jikvelm’s tail, used its momentum to swing back, and punched the dragon’s nose with his bare fist.
• Seiya vowed to return after gaining levels, and Jikvelm answered by vaporizing him with a breath attack that flattened the mountain mine.

After Jikvelm killed Seiya, the system revived him in Sekundir, where he discovered the dragon’s curse barred him from equipping headgear and accessories. He accepted an Ex-quest to challenge Jikvelm again, then logged out and told Kirito about his rapid progress and defeat.

• The system revived Seiya in Sekundir after Jikvelm’s Dragon Breath destroyed his equipment, and his beginner’s cap shattered when he tried to wear it.
• Seiya found that Jikvelm’s curse marked his face, prevented him from equipping headgear and accessories, and granted immunity to some abnormal effects and the power to intimidate weaker monsters.
• Seiya accepted the Ex-quest “The Overlord of the Sky” and inspected the curse’s markings at an inn.
• Seiya saved his game, logged out, and tried to call Kirito before going to sleep without reaching him.
• Kirito called Seiya the next morning, and Seiya told him he had reached level ten in four hours before a monster killed him and dropped him to level nine.

Seiya told Kirito that he had reached level ten in Shangri-La Frontier, fought Heavenly Tyrant Jikvirm, died for the first time in a virtual game, and received a curse that unlocked a special scenario. Kirito returned to the game to seek Jikvirm, while Nao planned to join Shangri-La Frontier and meet Seiya there; Seiya later turned away male students who approached his dojo for the wrong reasons.

• Seiya told Kirito that he had leveled to ten, encountered Heavenly Tyrant Jikvirm, died for the first time, and gained the Curse of the Supreme Tyrant and a special scenario.
• Kirito asked Seiya for details and his character ID, then logged back into Shangri-La Frontier to search for Jikvirm and grow stronger.
• Nao asked Seiya whether he enjoyed Shangri-La Frontier, learned he wanted to fight its Seven Supreme Species, and decided to get the game and meet him inside it.
• Seiya waited at the Wenren-style Kendo Dojo for prospective apprentices, but no genuine students came to sign up.
• Seiya sent away Nao's male classmates when he recognized that they had come to the dojo for impure reasons.

Professional gamer Yu Chenhui and Natsume Megumi visited Seiya’s kendo dojo to recruit the GGO player known as the “Golden Lion Cub,” but found it temporarily closed. Yu Chenhui decided to seek him another day and play Shangri-La Frontier, unaware that Seiya was already in the game and had encountered one of Yu Chenhui’s rivals.

• Seiya closed his kendo dojo temporarily and returned upstairs to play Shangri-La Frontier.
• Yu Chenhui and Natsume Megumi arrived at the dojo, identified it as the Golden Lion Cub’s home, and found its door closed.
• Megumi showed Yu Chenhui the dojo’s enrollment poster, and he assumed Seiya was struggling financially and working a side job.
• Yu Chenhui told Megumi that the Golden Lion Cub’s reflexes and concentration rivaled Silvia Goldberg’s and said he wanted to recruit him for their team.
• Yu Chenhui and Megumi left, and Yu Chenhui planned to play Shangri-La Frontier, unaware Seiya was already there and had encountered Sun Yue or Pencil Warrior in Rabbit Kingdom.

Seiya accepted Kirito’s friend request and discussed why Kirito had failed to trigger Heavenly Tyrant Jikvirm’s storyline. While preparing to meet Kirito in Sekundir, Seiya was invited by Rabik to the Rabbit Country and accepted a new unique storyline, leaving Kirito stunned by Seiya’s message.

• Kirito told Seiya that copying his actions had not triggered a special storyline or brought out Heavenly Tyrant Jikvirm.
• Seiya suggested that Kirito’s higher level or the timing might explain the failure, and Kirito decided not to lose levels trying again.
• Kirito told Seiya he would come to Sekundir after defeating an Area BOSS, and Seiya agreed to party up after upgrading his equipment.
• Seiya encountered Rabik in an alley, learned she had come to invite the one with the Fatal Soul to Rabitts, and accepted the unique storyline.
• Seiya messaged Kirito that he had taken care of a minor matter, leaving Kirito dumbfounded while he fought the Three-Headed Lizard.

Kirito struggled with jealousy after Seiya triggered another unique scenario, while Nao’s decision to start playing Shangri-La Frontier made him blame her for missed opportunities. In Rabbit Country, Seiya met another invited player, Sun Yue, and learned they had both been marked by a Seven Supreme Species.

• Kirito nearly died fighting the Three-Headed Lizard after Seiya’s message revealed he had triggered the Rabbit Country scenario.
• Nao woke Kirito so she could start playing Shangri-La Frontier, and Kirito blamed her for distracting him from meeting Seiya.
• Seiya and Birak arrived at an estate in Rabitts and met Emil and Sun Yue, another player invited to meet Weissash.
• Emil sensed that Seiya’s Fatal Soul was even more astonishing than Sun Yue’s, and Sun Yue asked Seiya about his facial marks.
• Seiya explained that Heavenly Tyrant Jikvirm had marked him and prevented him from equipping headgear or accessories, while Sun Yue said Night Raid Lycaon had done the same to him.

Weissash explained that Sun Yue and Seiya’s curses marked them as different kinds of targets for the Seven Supreme Species: Lycaon regarded Sun Yue as prey, while Jikvirm recognized Seiya as a potential opponent. He offered them a trial that unlocked an Ex-quest, leaving Sun Yue frustrated by Lycaon’s judgment and curious about Seiya’s encounter with Jikvirm.

• Seiya and Sun Yue discussed their Fatal Souls before Weissash, leader of the Fatal Rabbits, approached them.
• Weissash explained that Sun Yue’s Lycaon Curse was a first-tier mark that made him prey, while Seiya’s deeper Jikvirm curse gave him the right to challenge the Sky Overlord.
• Seiya said he had punched Jikvirm in the face before he was killed, astonishing Emil and Rabik.
• Weissash offered Seiya and Sun Yue a trial in exchange for the right to enter and leave Rabitts freely and receive its aid, triggering the Ex-quest “The Fatal Rabbit’s Ballad 1.”
• Sun Yue learned that Seiya had triggered another Ex-level storyline and realized his own curse had not unlocked Lycaon’s storyline because Lycaon viewed him only as prey.
• Sun Yue resented Night Raid Lycaon’s judgment and wondered what Seiya had done to earn Jikvirm’s recognition as an opponent.

Seiya and Sun Yue accepted Weissash's trial and received Fatal equipment from Birak before entering the Fatal Arena. The first wave's level 65 Many-Dogs overwhelmed them, but Seiya's skillful evasion and counterattacks left Sun Yue astonished.

• Weissash brought Seiya and Sun Yue to an Arena and set a five-death limit for each wave of their joint trial.
• Seiya asked Birak to forge him a sword and a Grappling Hook Gauntlet, while Sun Yue chose Dual Blades.
• Birak equipped them with Fatal gear, and the pair entered the Fatal Arena to face ten waves of monsters.
• The first wave's Many-Dogs multiplied into ten attackers and pressed the underleveled players with coordinated attacks.
• Many-Dogs killed Sun Yue, but after reviving he saw Seiya calmly dodging and counterattacking the pack.

Seiya and Sun Yue fought the coordinated Many-Dogs in the Arena, with Seiya’s skill impressing Sun Yue and Emil. They defeated the pack by targeting its commander, but the system counted the Many-Dogs as a single monster.

• Sun Yue watched Seiya evade and counter the Many-Dogs, praised his abilities, and became eager to challenge himself against him.
• Seiya identified a Many-Dog lurking behind the pack as its commander and asked Sun Yue to kill it while he drew the others away.
• Seiya took the attention of nine Many-Dogs, giving Sun Yue time to use his skills and attack the commander with his Fatal Knives.
• The commander called the other Many-Dogs back to defend it, but Seiya kept killing them as they rushed toward Sun Yue.
• Sun Yue killed the commander, and Seiya finished off the remaining Many-Dogs; both gained experience, though the system counted the pack as one monster.

Seiya and Sun Yue cleared the first nine rounds of Weissash’s Fatal Arena, gaining levels and benefiting from their Fatal Collars. The final trial pitted them against a level 120 Obsessive Tree Demon, and Sun Yue launched a coordinated attack after his first strike was blocked.

• Seiya and Sun Yue defeated the Arena’s first nine monsters, improving their coordination as Seiya rose from level 10 to 20 and Sun Yue from level 29 to 32.
• Seiya recognized that the Fatal Collar’s boosted level-up attributes could compensate for the equipment restrictions imposed by Jikvelm and Lycaon’s Curse.
• Sun Yue assumed the final round would be easy, but Weissash explained that they only had to survive for ten minutes and brought in the chained Obsessive Tree Demon.
• Seiya and Sun Yue appraised the monster and discovered it was level 120, far beyond the highest player level they knew.
• The Obsessive Tree Demon attacked with powerful, instant magic, and Sun Yue used his skills to charge through its attacks before his feint was blocked by the monster’s floating chains.
• Sun Yue followed with a combined attack using Super Acceleration, Flowing Steps, and Leap, calling out Heaven’s Punishment.

Seiya and Sun Yue struggled to survive the Obsessive Tree Demon's relentless magic after discovering it was immune to physical attacks. Seiya proposed using the monster's own magic against it, and Sun Yue understood the plan as they prepared to turn the fight around.

• Seiya's Heaven's Punishment struck the Obsessive Tree Demon, but the attack dealt no damage, and he realized the monster negated physical attacks.
• Seiya warned Sun Yue about the immunity while they dodged the monster's chains, roots, and area spells.
• Sun Yue proposed using his Plunder skill to steal the monster's staff and stop its attacks.
• Seiya suggested that they use the Obsessive Tree Demon's magic against it, and Sun Yue excitedly understood the idea.

Seiya and Sun Yue changed tactics to turn the Obsessive Tree Demon’s own magic against it, bringing the Level 120 monster to the brink of defeat. With its staff knocked away and the demon still airborne, they left its fall to decide the fight.

• Seiya and Sun Yue stopped keeping their distance and lured the Obsessive Tree Demon’s tracking fireballs and thunderstorm into hitting it.
• Sun Yue baited a fireball into the demon, then Seiya dragged the thunderstorm into it, making its HP drop sharply.
• When the demon switched to nontracking magic, Seiya used his hook chain to hurl it into its own spell and drive its HP into the danger zone.
• The demon severed Seiya’s chain, but Seiya realized it was airborne and urged Sun Yue to use Plunder to stop it from cushioning its fall with magic.
• Seiya launched Sun Yue into the air, and Sun Yue kicked the demon’s staff out of its hand.

Seiya and Sun Yue defeated the Obsessive Tree Demon through teamwork and earned a huge amount of experience. Rabbit Boss Weissash rewarded them by removing their Fatal Collars and granting them honorary citizenship in Rabbit Country Rabitts, leaving them free to use its advanced shops and resources.

• Sun Yue kicked away the Obsessive Tree Demon's staff and drove it into the ground, where fall damage depleted its remaining health and defeated it.
• Seiya and Sun Yue gained several levels, and Sun Yue praised Seiya's calculations before they agreed that their victory had depended on both of them.
• Sun Yue sent Seiya a friend request, which Seiya accepted as he considered him a potential ally against the Seven Supreme Species.
• Weissash offered each of them a reasonable reward, and Seiya requested the Fatal Collar; Sun Yue followed his lead and made the same request.
• Weissash removed their Fatal Collars and gave Seiya and Sun Yue the title of Rabbit Country Rabitts Honorary Citizen.
• Seiya and Sun Yue spent their remaining Mani replenishing their skills at Elk's shop.

After returning to Sekundir with Birak disguised as a cloak, Seiya met Kirito, whose envy flared when he learned Seiya was level 30 and had triggered another special storyline. Kirito logged off and rode to Seiya’s house, while Seiya prepared to send Birak back to Rabitts and continue training the next day.

• Birak used mimicry to disguise herself as a cloak so she could accompany Seiya into Sekundir without attracting attention.
• Seiya encountered Kirito in Sekundir and noticed his deliberately aged character model and facial scar.
• Kirito confronted Seiya about the Fatal Rabbit storyline and was stunned to see Seiya at level 30 while he was only level 18.
• Seiya told Kirito he had triggered the storyline and gained levels by chance, worsening Kirito’s envy.
• Kirito logged off and rode his motorcycle to Seiya’s house, while Seiya told Birak to return to Rabitts for the night.

Panshilgon recruited Sun Yue and Katsuo to help defeat Gravekeeper Vezavimon and free Setsuna, but Sun Yue warned them that the Seven Supreme Species were overwhelmingly powerful. He revealed that Seiya had impressed him more than any player he had met, leaving Katsuo unable to recognize the name.

• Panshilgon told Sun Yue and Katsuo that Asura Guild had refused to challenge Gravekeeper Vezavimon, so she planned to seek their help instead.
• Sun Yue and Katsuo questioned Panshilgon’s information and doubted that the three of them could defeat one of the Seven Supreme Species.
• Sun Yue warned them about the power of the Supreme Species, describing how Heavenly Tyrant Jikvirm had effortlessly killed a player he considered exceptionally skilled.
• Panshilgon and Katsuo asked Sun Yue about the impressive player, and he identified him as Seiya.
• Katsuo failed to recognize Seiya’s name, unaware that he knew Seiya’s GGO alias, Golden Lion Cub.

Panshilgon recruited Sun Yue and Katsuo to prepare for a raid against Gravekeeper Vezavimon, explaining its level-suppressing mechanics and asking them to bring along Seiya and another promising player. The group planned to prepare over the next week, with Panshilgon intending to assess Seiya before risking her resources on the raid.

• Katsuo and Panshilgon said they did not recognize Seiya's name, and Sun Yue and Katsuo teased Panshilgon about changing IDs to avoid recognition for her outrageous behavior in games.
• Panshilgon explained that Gravekeeper Vezavimon's Reversal Garden suppressed everyone to Lv. 50, making a small party of six or seven and Revival Items essential.
• Panshilgon asked Sun Yue to invite Seiya and Katsuo to bring another promising player, saying she had prepared for the raid but still feared failure with only the three of them.
• Katsuo agreed to consider finding his prospective recruit, while Sun Yue said Seiya was offline but would likely accept the challenge when he returned.
• Panshilgon told Sun Yue and Katsuo to reach Lv. 50 within a week and said she would provide a leveling spot, while reserving judgment on Seiya's strength until she met him.

Kirito learned that obtaining Rabitts' Fatal Collar might require courting death, while Seiya's success left him determined to pursue the reward alone. Seiya then accepted Sun Yue's invitation to discuss a raid against Gravekeeper Vezavimon and arrived at a meeting place where Panshilgon's red name made him suspect a trap.

• Seiya explained that a Fatal Soul might come from repeatedly courting death, leading Kirito to plan a reckless attempt to reach Rabitts and obtain the Fatal Collar.
• Kirito rejected Seiya's invitation to grind and temporarily blocked his messages so Seiya's luck and achievements would not distract him.
• Nao sent Seiya a friend request, but after he said he was busy, she suspected Kirito was keeping him from her and logged off to confront him.
• Sun Yue invited Seiya to meet an elite group with information about Gravekeeper Vezavimon, one of the Seven Supreme Species, and Seiya agreed.
• Seiya met Sun Yue at an underground lake and noticed Panshilgon's name glowing red, making him suspect Sun Yue had lured him into a trap.

Seiya met Katsuo and Panshilgon while preparing to raid Gravekeeper Vezavimon, and Katsuo recognized him as the legendary Gun Gale Online player called the Golden Lion Cub. After Panshilgon proposed a friendly spar to assess their abilities, Katsuo challenged Seiya and was defeated.

• Sun Yue introduced Seiya to Katsuo and Panshilgon, and Katsuo recognized the Wenren Kendo Dojo name and asked whether Seiya was the Golden Lion Cub.
• Seiya confirmed that he owned his family dojo, while Katsuo explained that the Golden Lion Cub had once defeated Gun Gale Online's professional players and vanished after the Bullet of Bullets tournament.
• Katsuo revealed that he was Yu Chenhui, a professional fighting-game player known as Kei, and Sun Yue and Panshilgon learned why Katsuo wanted to recruit Seiya.
• Panshilgon suggested a friendly spar so the group could learn one another's abilities before raiding Gravekeeper Vezavimon, and Katsuo eagerly accepted.
• Katsuo and Seiya clashed in the underground cavern for over ten minutes before Katsuo collapsed from exhaustion.