Chapter Summaries

Seiya fought Panshilgon after defeating Katsuo, overcoming her much higher level and powerful spear attacks through his extraordinary reflexes. Panshilgon surrendered, and the others learned that Seiya’s Fatal Collar gave him 2.5 times the usual stat points when leveling.

• Panshilgon decided to challenge Seiya, believing her level 99 stats and knowledge of his fighting style gave her an advantage.
• Seiya urged Panshilgon to fight with everything she had, and she charged him with her spear.
• Panshilgon unleashed Spear Force: Breaking the Army Dance, but Seiya dodged every thrust and struck her while she was locked into the skill.
• Sun Yue showed Katsuo the Fatal Collar’s effect, and Katsuo realized Seiya’s level-up stat points made his effective base stats comparable to a much higher-level player.
• Panshilgon surrendered, admitting Seiya’s reflexes and technique made her advantages meaningless, then teased Katsuo for losing more quickly.

After Seiya joined Panshilgon's raid team, he tried to invite his childhood friend Kirito, but Kirito could not receive his message. The team prepared to level up and gather supplies before their scheduled fight with Gravekeeper Vezavimon.

• Katsuo and Sun Yue mocked each other after losing to Seiya, while Panshilgon welcomed Seiya to the team.
• Seiya asked Panshilgon to let his skilled childhood friend join the raid, and Panshilgon agreed.
• Seiya's message to Kirito failed, and Seiya realized Kirito had blocked him.
• Panshilgon explained that the raid was planned for about a week later and that Gravekeeper Vezavimon's Reversal Garden would suppress players to level 50.
• Seiya, Sun Yue, and Katsuo fished for experience monsters to raise their levels while Panshilgon gathered Revival Items.
• Seiya checked the Revival Items' prices and was stunned by their long strings of zeroes.

Seiya learned that Shangri-La Frontier's Revival Items were prohibitively expensive and discussed professional gaming with Katsuo, but he remained committed to his family's Kendo Dojo. After spending the week preparing to challenge Gravekeeper Vezavimon with Sun Yue's group, Seiya left Nao suspicious, and she turned to Asuna for help.

• Seiya discovered that Revival Items cost millions of Manny and decided he could not help Panshilgon pay for them.
• Katsuo tried to recruit Seiya as a professional player, but Seiya said he had promised his late grandfather to revive the family Kendo Dojo and offered only to make occasional guest appearances.
• Seiya expressed interest in gaming tournaments and their prize money as a way to fund the dojo.
• During the following week, Seiya focused on Shangri-La Frontier while his dojo remained deserted, and Nao began watching him closely.
• Seiya hid from Nao that he was preparing with Sun Yue's group to challenge Gravekeeper Vezavimon because he did not want Kirito to find out.
• Unable to learn what Seiya was doing, Nao called Asuna and proposed joining forces.

Nao and Asuna joined forces after suspecting Seiya was hiding a romance with supermodel Amane Towa, while Seiya remained unaware of their misunderstanding. In Shangri-La Frontier, Panshilgon prepared an enormous stock of revival items for the group’s strategy.

• Nao told Asuna that Seiya had received a call from a woman and secretly stepped away to answer it.
• Asuna questioned whether Seiya could have become close to someone so quickly, but Nao revealed that the caller was likely top model Amane Towa.
• Nao explained that Seiya had been playing with his friend every day and that Kirito had blocked him, convincing Asuna that the friend might be Towa.
• Asuna invited Nao to meet for coffee so they could investigate, and Nao left after glancing at Seiya’s closed bedroom door.
• In Shangri-La Frontier, Panshilgon discussed the strategy with Seiya and the others and distributed twelve Mermaid’s Tears and sixteen Elixirs of Life.

Seiya and his companions accepted Setsuna’s request to defeat Gravekeeper Vezavimon and free him from his past. As the new moon opened the barrier, Vezavimon appeared, and the party faced a level 200 enemy with their levels suppressed to 50.

• Panshilgon brought Seiya and the others to Setsuna, who explained her history with Vezavimon and asked them to free him.
• Seiya reassured Setsuna that they would carry her wish into the future, and the group accepted the Special Scenario, “Setsuna of Distant Days.”
• Panshilgon revealed the Asura Guild’s base to Black Wolf and other official guilds so they would attack it and stay away from the encounter.
• As the new moon arrived, the flower field vanished and Gravekeeper Vezavimon appeared before Seiya and the others.
• The system identified Vezavimon as a Special Monster and suppressed the party’s levels to 50, while Vezavimon’s level was 200.

Panshilgon’s party began a rotating battle against Gravekeeper Vezavimon, whose attacks could kill them instantly while it remained immune to all damage in its current stage. Sun Yue and Katsuo fell in turn, and Seiya chose a Life Elixir instead of a Revival Item as Katsuo lay defeated.

• Katsuo felt overwhelmed by Gravekeeper Vezavimon’s oppressive presence as Sun Yue charged in to begin the fight.
• Sun Yue’s attacks had no effect, and Panshilgon explained that Vezavimon could not be harmed until it reached its next stage.
• Vezavimon killed Sun Yue, and Katsuo revived him with Mermaid’s Tear as Panshilgon’s party began its planned rotation.
• Vezavimon killed Katsuo after using Thunder Chime, and Seiya switched from Mermaid’s Tear to a Life Elixir before reviving him.

Seiya evaded Vezavimon’s rapid attacks and survived a combination of Wind Break and Nyudo Cloud, while Katsuo revived and rejoined the fight. Panshilgon noted that more than three minutes had passed and Vezavimon’s second phase would begin in another two and a half minutes.

• Seiya revived Katsuo with an Elixir of Life, and Vezavimon immediately turned his attention back to Seiya.
• Katsuo fled Vezavimon’s Thunder Chime while Seiya explained why he had used the cheaper revival item first.
• Vezavimon unleashed Wind Break, but Seiya dodged the slash and kicked off Vezavimon to pull away.
• Seiya recognized Vezavimon’s Nyudo Cloud and used Moonstep to escape above its wrist and land behind him.
• Panshilgon celebrated Seiya surviving the consecutive attacks and said Vezavimon’s second phase would begin in two and a half minutes.

Seiya and the others challenged Gravekeeper Vezavimon, using special weapons from Weissash to stall him until he summoned Tactical Machine Horse Kijin. The battle turned dire when Vezavimon mounted Kijin, leaving the party facing his far more dangerous riding form.

• Seiya used The Roarer’s knockback effect to create openings and lasted until Vezavimon began his second phase.
• Vezavimon summoned Kijin, which attacked everyone with lasers and missiles while Seiya struggled against both enemies.
• Kijin’s barrage drained Seiya’s stamina, and Vezavimon killed him with Wind Break.
• Panshilgon sent Seiya a Revival Item and ordered Sun Yue to draw Vezavimon’s aggro while Katsuo tried to restrain Kijin.
• Kijin rammed Sun Yue, then Vezavimon killed Katsuo after his aggro shifted to him.
• Seiya and Panshilgon revived Sun Yue and Katsuo as Vezavimon mounted Kijin.

After Vezavimon mounted Kijin, the planned strategy failed and the party struggled against their combined attacks. Seiya argued they should keep fighting and began coordinating with Sun Yue to withstand and strike back at Kijin.

• Katsuo apologized after Kijin’s sudden appearance disrupted the plan and Vezavimon killed him.
• Mounted Vezavimon overwhelmed Sun Yue with Wind Break and Kijin’s missiles, then killed Katsuo when he took the monster’s aggro.
• Katsuo urged the party to retreat, but Panshilgon hesitated because she had promised Setsuna they would defeat Vezavimon.
• Seiya insisted they should face Vezavimon’s true second phase and endured nearly two minutes of attacks before calling for Sun Yue to switch in.
• Sun Yue parried Vezavimon’s Wind Break while Seiya struck Kijin’s head with The Roarer, denting its armor and dealing damage.

Seiya and Sun Yue used the switch tactic to survive Vezavimon’s mounted assault and damage Kijin, despite both repeatedly dying and reviving. Sun Yue explained that the party should keep switching with Seiya and focus on destroying Kijin, leaving Panshilgon and Katsuo ready to join the fight.

• Seiya struck Kijin with The Roarer, breaking its armor and knocking it and Vezavimon back.
• Vezavimon’s lightning attack forced Seiya to kick Sun Yue out of its range; Seiya died but revived with the item Sun Yue threw him.
• Sun Yue used his low-HP skills to attack Kijin’s armor break, then destroyed part of its head before Vezavimon killed him with Nyudo Cloud.
• Sun Yue revived and told Panshilgon and Katsuo to coordinate switches with Seiya and focus their attacks on Kijin.
• Panshilgon praised Sun Yue’s strategy, and Sun Yue explained that Seiya had taught him the switch tactic from fighting difficult bosses with friends.

Seiya, Sun Yue, Katsuo, and Panshilgon defeated Kijin and pushed Gravekeeper Vezavimon into his final phase, but Vezavimon immediately entered Berserk Mode. His relentless chained attacks left the group struggling to survive, with Seiya and Panshilgon’s plan to endure ten minutes looking increasingly impossible.

• Seiya kept Vezavimon occupied while Sun Yue and the others rotated in to deal burst damage, die, and get revived.
• Panshilgon destroyed Kijin with her long-legged Panshilgon, and Vezavimon entered his final phase half a minute later.
• Panshilgon interrupted Vezavimon’s battlefield-wide instant-death roar by smashing Saintess' Holy Water onto him.
• Vezavimon entered Berserk Mode immediately, then chained Wind Break, Thunder Chime, Great Time Transformation, and Nyudo Cloud, killing Sun Yue and Katsuo.
• Panshilgon admitted she had only guessed that the group needed to survive ten minutes, and Vezavimon killed Sun Yue and Katsuo again after unleashing Fire Shattering Dragon and Ash Blizzard.

Seiya and the others drained Vezavimon’s HP, but he kept fighting because his Sunny Day had not ceased. With Revival Items running low, Panshilgon concluded that they needed to stop or withstand the attack and used her final trump card to empower Seiya for a direct clash.

• Vezavimon’s attacks killed Seiya and the others repeatedly, but holy water and his final phase let them damage his armor and empty his HP Bar.
• Vezavimon refused to fall, declaring that he would not die while his Sunny Day continued.
• Sun Yue called on Panshilgon to find a way to defeat Vezavimon, and Seiya proposed that they block Sunny Day by striking its weapon with enough power to break its durability.
• Panshilgon asked whether Seiya, Sun Yue, or Katsuo had the highest attributes, and they chose Seiya because his Fatal Collar gave him the advantage.
• Panshilgon spent her remaining thirty million Mani on the Scales of Cost and received three hundred temporary attribute points to strengthen one teammate.

Seiya defeated Gravekeeper Vezavimon by using the Slayer’s stored damage and a lucky fivefold multiplier to break Sunny Day. Vezavimon and Setsuna then disappeared, and Seiya’s party received notice that they had completed the special storyline.

• Panshilgon allocated Seiya’s 300 stat points evenly between strength and luck.
• Seiya drew Vezavimon’s aggro and prepared to meet Sunny Day with the Slayer and several buffs.
• Seiya’s Blood Slaughter triggered a fivefold damage multiplier, broke Vezavimon’s sword, and defeated him.
• Seiya supported Vezavimon as he approached Setsuna’s gravestone, and Vezavimon shattered and vanished.
• Setsuna thanked Seiya and the others, spoke with Panshilgon, and disappeared as the party completed the special storyline and received rewards.

Seiya, Sun Yue, Katsuo, and Panshilgon defeated Gravekeeper Vezavimon, triggering Shangri-La Frontier’s first server-wide announcement for a cleared Unique Monster. The four gained access to the Gravekeeper’s storage depot, while the announcement brought them a flood of attention from other players.

• A server-wide announcement revealed that Seiya, Sun Yue, Katsuo, and Panshilgon had defeated Gravekeeper Vezavimon and advanced the world scenario.
• Kirito and players across Shangri-La Frontier were stunned that four players had cleared one of the Seven Supreme Species.
• Panshilgon decided to continue exploring Shangri-La Frontier and search for Bahamut to carry out Setsuna’s wish.
• Seiya explained that he played to advertise his family’s Kendo Dojo, while Panshilgon offered to join the dojo and recruit him to her side.
• Seiya and Sun Yue were overwhelmed by friend requests, and Katsuo reminded everyone to check the battle’s loot.
• The four received the Storage Key Supply Depot and bracelet-like marks that let them enter Vezavimon’s depot by spending mana.

After defeating Gravekeeper Vezavimon, Seiya and his companions found most of their rewards unusable and logged off to rest. Kirito confronted Seiya over clearing the unique monster without him, then begged to join any future raids.

• Panshilgon, Katsuo, Sun Yue, and Seiya inspected their rewards and found that most of the items required much higher levels or a missing energy source.
• Seiya suggested they log off, and Panshilgon deposited her valuables with him before leaving to avoid being targeted by the former Asura Guild.
• Seiya waited at the Wenren Residence, expecting Kirito to arrive after failing to reach him in the game.
• Kirito demanded to know how Seiya had encountered and defeated Gravekeeper Vezavimon before Kirito could trigger his storyline.
• Seiya explained that Kirito had blocked his messages, and Kirito awkwardly admitted it before asking to join any upcoming unique monster raids.

After Seiya and his friends conquered Gravekeeper Vezavimon, they became famous across Shangri-La Frontier, while Seiya discovered that others were exploiting his character’s popularity to open dojos. At Utopia Company, the executives discussed how the conquest had disrupted their planned game progression.

• Kirito resolved to stick close to Seiya so he could join future unique-monster fights, while Seiya told him that conquering Gravekeeper Vezavimon had depended on luck and a wealthy sponsor.
• Nao explained that Shangri-La Frontier had over thirty million registered players, making Seiya and the other first-clear players famous after the server-wide announcement.
• Seiya learned that dozens of dojos had begun using the Wenren name and became angry that others were profiting from his character’s fame.
• Tsugukuri Soshi, Tenchi Tsumu, and Mokuto Yejing gathered at Utopia Company to discuss how Gravekeeper Vezavimon’s defeat had disrupted their intended progression.
• Tsugukuri Soshi argued that the unique monsters had been made too easy and said the game should have used her original settings.

Shangri-La Frontier’s three administrators debated how Gravekeeper Vezavimon had been defeated, while Tsugukuri Soshi became interested in the players responsible. Seiya’s group reunited with Panshilgon at an inn, and Sun Yue arrived with a frightened Emil.

• Tenchi Tsumu defended her difficulty adjustments, while Mokuto Yejing mediated between her and Tsugukuri Soshi.
• Mokuto explained that Wenren Kendo Dojo, Sun Yue, Katsuo, and Panshilgon had conquered Gravekeeper Vezavimon through the intended highest-difficulty method.
• Tsugukuri Soshi looked up the players’ data and discovered they had also encountered Jikvelm, Lycaon, and Weissash, prompting Tenchi Tsumu to warn her against retaliating.
• Katsuo teased Panshilgon about her reduced level when Seiya’s group met her at the inn.
• Birak said they had seen people chasing Emil, and Sun Yue soon arrived carrying a frightened Emil.

Panshilgon proposed forming a guild to uncover Shangri-La Frontier’s secrets by conquering the Seven Supreme Species, and Sun Yue, Katsuo, and Seiya agreed to join. Traveling Wolves was formed, then Panshilgon arranged its first diplomatic meeting, where SF-Zoo’s Animaria eagerly pounced on Emil and Birak.

• Sun Yue complained that crowds had singled him out after the victory over Gravekeeper Vezavimon, while Katsuo and Seiya explained why they were less recognizable.
• Panshilgon said she had changed her mind about quitting Shangri-La Frontier and asked the others to form a guild dedicated to conquering unique monsters.
• Sun Yue and Katsuo agreed to join, and Seiya accepted on the condition that the guild could recruit suitable allies.
• Panshilgon, Sun Yue, Katsuo, and Seiya officially formed the guild Traveling Wolves.
• Panshilgon summoned the leaders of Black Wolf, Library, and SF-Zoo for the guild’s first diplomatic meeting, where Animaria pounced on Emil and Birak, causing Emil to faint and Birak to ready her forging hammer.

Panshilgon brought Traveling Wolves together with Black Wolf and SF-Zoo to negotiate an exchange of information about unique scenarios. After hearing about Seiya’s strength and achievements, the guild leaders offered clues about lifting Sun Yue’s curse, and Seiya asked whether the same could be done for Jikvirm’s mark.

• Panshilgon introduced Professor, Katsuo, Sun Yue, and Seiya to the leaders of Black Wolf and SF-Zoo, highlighting Seiya’s strength and unique scenario achievements.
• Panshilgon asked what Black Wolf and SF-Zoo could offer in exchange for information about unique monsters.
• The SF-Zoo president said the guild only wanted to learn how to reach Rabbit Country Rabitts.
• Sika-100 offered to explain how Sun Yue could remove Lycaon’s Curse in exchange for details about his encounter with Night Raid Lycaon.
• Seiya asked whether Black Wolf’s method could also remove Heavenly Tyrant Jikvirm’s mark, which caused NPCs to fear him.

Seiya and Sun Yue explained how their encounters with Unique Monsters may have earned them Fatal Souls, while the guild leaders discussed exchanging information and challenging the Supreme Species. The meeting ended with the SF-Zoo president accepting that Seiya’s encounter with Jikvirm was too extreme to offer a practical path forward.

• Seka-0 explained that a first-stage Unique Monster curse usually did not trigger a Unique Scenario, and Sun Yue awkwardly asked about her Lycaon curse before apologizing.
• Panshilgon proposed that Traveling Wolves share Unique Monster information and cooperate in challenges, while the SF-Zoo president offered Jikvirm’s fixed spawn area in exchange for instructions on entering Rabitts.
• Seiya explained that he and Sun Yue had obtained Fatal Souls by surviving extreme encounters with Unique Monsters.
• Sun Yue said he fought Lycaon for ten minutes at level 20 without taking damage, leaving the Black Wolf guild leader and the SF-Zoo president stunned.
• Seiya said he fought Jikvirm for half an hour at around level 10, struck its reverse scale without damaging it, and was killed by its Dragon Breath.
• The SF-Zoo president judged Seiya’s Jikvirm encounter too difficult to reproduce and decided that challenging Lycaon seemed more practical.