Chapter Summaries

While Edwin's forces attacked the Alchemy Room, Roy removed his brain from his former body and transferred it into the prepared boy's body. The operation succeeded, giving Roy a new body and restoring the face he had imagined as his true one.

• Olinda and the others stayed hidden in the bunker, and Winter identified the Alchemy Room as the source of the explosions.
• Andov treated his wound and struggled with the team's inability to help in the battle.
• Edwin led his team and golems in an attack on the Alchemy Room, forcing Roy to defend its barrier against numerous spells.
• Roy removed his brain from his former body as Sailen and Athedia watched, retaining his spirit, mana, knowledge, and soul-bound powers.
• Roy's brain entered the prepared boy's body, and wizardry rebuilt its nerves and tissues.
• Roy awoke in the new body with black hair, black eyes, and a face that reflected his own image.

Roy successfully replaced his old body with a juvenile Golden Behemoth body, gaining immense potential despite its current weakness. An explosion struck the Portable Small Alchemy Laboratory just as Sailen asked how much power Roy could use immediately, leaving his answer unknown.

• Roy's new body reached a balance with the Life Energy Crystal and mercury, and he equipped his belongings after drinking a Recovery Potion.
• Roy explained that the body was a malnourished juvenile with around 30 degrees of Life Aura, but its Golden Behemoth bloodline could multiply its physique many times over.
• Roy told Sailen and Athedia that a fully developed, awakened Golden Behemoth could reach thousands of degrees of Combat Power.
• Sailen asked how much power Roy could unleash immediately, but an explosion struck the laboratory before he could answer.
• Roy ordered Sailen to store his original body and walked outside to face the people gathered there.

Roy emerged from the ruined Alchemy Room after completing his body replacement and revealed his Golden Behemoth bloodline. He overwhelmed Edwin’s warriors with his awakened strength and charged through Edwin’s layered defenses.

• Roy revealed himself to Edwin and the enemy forces as the Humanoid Angel and Bloodhoof Kailon’s damaged golem stood amid the ruins.
• Roy summoned his Star Iron Chain Spear, stored the Humanoid Angel, and awakened the Golden Behemoth bloodline in his new body.
• Roy’s battle aura surged as he rushed Edwin, but Edwin’s Veil Spell caused the first spear thrust to miss.
• Roy used Berserk Transformation and Ferocious Transformation to kill one Formal Rank warrior and pierce the older ax-wielding warrior’s heart.
• Edwin layered Mage Armor, Shield Spell, and Mana Shield around himself, but Roy shattered his shield and made him spit blood with a spear thrust.

Roy defeated Edwin and his forces, then pursued the wounded mage and killed him despite his formal surrender. Drained of energy after the final blow, Roy confirmed Edwin was dead.

• Roy shattered Edwin’s defenses, wounded him with the chain spear, and forced him to flee using Flash.
• Roy killed several of Edwin’s followers, restrained the remaining survivors with Iron Chains, and chased Edwin through the air.
• Roy caught up with the wounded Edwin on a mountaintop as his injuries from the Blackening Potion weakened him.
• Edwin declared his surrender and demanded protection under two conventions, but Roy broke through his Shield Spell and killed him with a powerful strike.
• Roy’s Life Energy and Witchcraft Energy were exhausted, and he confirmed Edwin was completely dead.

Roy recovered Edwin’s enchanted rings and learned that the dead mage belonged to a prestigious family of the Arcane Empire. After his companions captured Planje, he questioned her and discovered Edwin had been a student of Archmage Gem, the leader of the attack on Netherland.

• Roy collected Edwin’s soul, Space Ring, Intelligence Gem Ring, Blink Ring, and other magical equipment, intending to practice deciphering their locks.
• Sailen told the bunker’s occupants that the enemy mage had fled, and the group followed a safe passage out.
• Olinda and the others caught Planje in the corridors and brought her to Roy instead of killing her.
• Roy returned to his ruined residence, assessed the damage, and questioned Planje about Edwin.
• Planje identified Edwin as a 3rd Circle Evocation Mage and graduate of Lulands Magic Academy.
• Roy learned Edwin was a Noble Mage from the Renes Family and had studied under Archmage Gem.

Roy assessed the political protections surrounding Edwin’s death, then reported the quarry ambush and its heavy losses to Frosv. Frosv assigned Erant to help defend Tata Mountain and promised Roy war funds, an elite golem legion, and repair materials.

• Roy learned that Archinila’s conventions protected high-status Spellcasters and nobles, but remained confident that surviving and demonstrating his value mattered most.
• Roy’s group inventoried the attackers’ captured scrolls, supplies, weapons, and robes, while Roy planned to turn the slain Apprentice Mages and Edwin into golems.
• Erant arrived after the battle, heard Roy’s account of the ambush and Edwin’s death, and was surprised by Roy’s transformation and use of the Behemoth Bloodline.
• Roy and Erant reported the attack to Frosv, who identified the quarry as the true target and ordered Erant to remain at Tata Mountain to strengthen its defenses.
• Frosv promised Roy war funds and a Knight Guard golem legion, while Roy stayed behind and counted the casualties, damage, and repair needs.

Roy dismantled Edwin’s equipment, found a Blink Ring, and gained knowledge of spatial equipment manufacturing while studying the Space Ring. Far away, Archmage Gem learned Edwin was dead and agreed to support Valentina’s plan to seek revenge, while ordering a mage to keep her in check.

• Roy used Hermes’ Eye, Luck’s Favor, Inspiration, and Skilled Worker to improve his success at appraising and recycling magical equipment.
• Roy unlocked Edwin’s Blink Ring and discovered it could cast Dimensional Leap once per day.
• Roy damaged the Space Ring’s formation, losing several spatial slots and their contents, but triggered Inspiration and gained the Spatial Equipment Manufacturing Skill.
• An Apprentice Mage reported Edwin’s confirmed death to Archmage Gem, who grieved and asked how the operation had failed.
• Valentina, Edwin’s fiancée, asked Archmage Gem to help her avenge Edwin, and he agreed to support her.
• Archmage Gem sent a trusted middle-aged mage to assist Valentina and stop her from acting impulsively, then murmured Roy’s name.

Roy strengthened the camp's defenses and discovered how to refine a Talent Gem from the Arcane Empire warriors' equipment and essence. After crafting it into a ring and testing its effects, he visited Planje in prison.

• Roy ordered Andov and the others to rebuild the camp, requisition livestock for Flesh Fossils, and improve the guard posts and Defense Deployment.
• Roy studied and dismantled the Arcane Empire warriors' gear, gaining insight into making scrolls and magic arrays.
• Roy extracted a Bronze-tier Charge Strike Talent Seed and decided to craft it into a ring rather than add it to the Destiny Disk System.
• Roy tested the Talent Gem's enhancement by dashing and striking a target, then compared its effects with those of the Blink Ring.
• Roy went to the prison and found Planje immobilized inside thick flesh armor.

Roy tried to recruit the Dark Elf Planje, reassured Athedia, and discussed Sailen’s recovery after her Brain Transplant. After meditating with a Clarity Potion, he discovered a new destiny chart and realized that his Soul Foundation had grown.

• Roy offered Planje freedom in exchange for proving her value and pledging loyalty, and she asked for water, rest, and time to consider.
• Roy explained to Athedia why a Dark Elf’s stealth skills would be useful and praised her work as his follower.
• Roy checked on Sailen, discussed the effects of the Brain Transplant with her, and urged her to rest.
• Roy drank a Clarity Potion and meditated to digest his gains from battle and gain control of his body.
• Roy saw a new bear-shaped constellation whose revealed abilities included Bloodline Awakening and Ferocious Transformation, and realized his Soul Foundation had increased.

After replacing his body, Roy discovered that his soul had gained another Soul Shadow and successfully inscribed Level 1 Animate onto the Golden Behemoth’s shadow. He struggled to control Animate’s Living Energy, then began exploring his body’s newfound elasticity and transformation.

• Roy found that his strengthened body had improved his Soul Foundation and gained a Golden Behemoth-like Soul Shadow, which he suspected was connected to his Alchemy Talent.
• Roy failed to inscribe Level 1 Animate onto his main natal constellation but successfully inscribed it onto the Golden Behemoth’s Soul Shadow.
• After meditating until dawn, Roy emerged with uncontrolled Living Energy that made his body soft, elastic, and difficult to control.
• Roy experimented with controlling the Living Energy, shifting his body between soft and rigid states without harming himself.
• Roy stretched his waist into a long, human-serpent shape and laughed as he celebrated Animate’s possibilities.

Roy discovered that Animate Body could silently enhance his own body with Witchcraft Energy, revealing what he considered the true form of a first-level Witch Body. The next day, he prepared supplies for his Behemoth body and unveiled upgraded armor and Flowing Light Wings.

• Roy silently cast Animate Body on himself, adding about one hundred degrees of Witchcraft Energy and crushing Enchanted Marble with his enhanced strength.
• On January 20, Roy ordered Athedia and Sailen to prepare potions, nutrients, and special rations for fighting mages and sustaining his new body.
• Sailen taught Athedia how to make Salt of the Beasts and explained Roy's changed nutritional needs and taste for sweets.
• Roy donned redesigned silver-white armor woven with Radiant Gold threads and attached newly crafted Flowing Light Wings.
• Roy closed his faceplate, appearing as a Platinum Demon before Sailen and Athedia.

Roy buried the fallen, accepted Planje’s loyalty, and began strengthening the quarry’s defenses. Meanwhile, Valentina and Hughes established a base outside Scatu City and entered a Mage Mansion.

• Roy approved Stowson’s tombstones and held a simple burial for the fallen, then reassured Andov, Olinda, and the others.
• Gord told Roy that the Golem Legion had arrived from the royal capital, and Roy inspected and redeployed it.
• Planje pledged loyalty to Roy, who appointed her Head of Secret Agents and gave her specially forged armor.
• Planje advised Roy on improving the quarry’s defenses, and Roy approved separating the workers’ activity areas for safer evacuation.
• Valentina and Hughes brought their group to a barren hill outside Scatu City, where Valentina opened a Mage Mansion and divided the group between guarding outside and entering it.

Valentina and Hughes planned an expensive counterattack against Roy, while Roy and his companions learned how the Arcane System relied on wealth, supplies, and industrial production. The chapter ended with Roy recognizing the Spellcasters of Archinila as Capitalist Mages.

• Valentina used supply records and Prophecy Spell to infer that Edwin's enemies had strong defenses and formidable close-combat abilities.
• Valentina and Hughes planned to counter Roy with costly protective scrolls, restraining spells, and long-range bombardment from the Technological World.
• Roy questioned the captive Apprentice Mages Bowen and Huffman about the Arcane System as Andov, Olinda, Damo, and Elandt listened.
• Bowen and Huffman explained the Arcane System's revolutions and how Spellcasters used wealth, knowledge, and industrial resources to obtain power.
• Roy realized that the Arcane System's power depended heavily on money and thought of its practitioners as Capitalist Mages.

Roy discussed the costs and uses of magic tools with the Apprentice Mages, then continued studying Animate Witchcraft and discovered it could improve alchemy and accelerate his body's recovery. The chapter ended with Roy successfully reattaching his severed middle finger.

• Roy explained to Olinda and the Apprentice Mages that developing magic tools could help wizards prepare for threats from other worlds, while Bowen and Erland warned him about the high costs and dangers of the Arcane Domain.
• Roy asked Andov to learn from the Apprentice Mages and encouraged Olinda to try mastering Fireball.
• Roy opened a compartment in Edwin's Space Ring and found a box of thirty-six unused Magic Missiles, though another compartment held only spare clothes and footwear.
• Roy tested Animate Witchcraft by animating a rope and using the energy to make Animate Potion, which improved the preparation and performance of Flesh Fossil.
• Roy used Cellular Vitality to heal a cut, then tore off and reattached the middle finger of his left hand, restoring it perfectly.

Roy explored how his Animate Body could reconnect severed limbs and began developing Super Regeneration with Damo’s guidance. As Roy tested the ability at the quarry, Valentina and her Apprentice Mages arrived nearby and started establishing a position.

• Roy realized his activated nerves and flesh could reconnect severed limbs, and he wondered how far Animate Witchcraft might eventually let him recover.
• Damo explained that Animate Witchcraft could be used for healing and advised Roy to pursue Super Regeneration, while warning him about a friend who had suffered severe mutations from an Animate Potion.
• Roy tested his recovery in the quarry by healing wounds and regrowing two severed fingers, but found that the process consumed Life Energy and required further work to become faster and safer.
• Valentina and her Apprentice Mages appeared on a hill more than ten kilometers from the quarry and began setting up a simple Magic Array.

Roy studied how using Animate Witch Body could accelerate aging, while Olinda explained her progress with a Magic Missile scroll. When mages began bombarding the quarry from three distant positions, Roy flew toward one of them, leaving the quarry exposed to a possible diversion.

• Roy considered the bodily cost of repeated regeneration and decided he could avoid serious harm by replacing his body before it affected his soul or Spirit Domain.
• Olinda told Roy she had figured out how to construct a Magic Missile scroll using Witchcraft Energy and Arrow Shot Technique.
• Several artillery shells modified from Alchemical Bombs struck the quarry, destroying buildings and sending people scrambling for cover.
• Roy saw that the enemy was firing from three positions more than ten kilometers away and worried they might be drawing him away from the quarry.
• Roy awakened his bloodline, unleashed Witchcraft Energy through his Flowing Light Wings, and sped toward one of the enemy positions.

Roy pursued the artillery positions and discovered they were part of a trap set by Valentina and Hughes. After disabling the last position, Roy was ambushed by Apprentice Mages and summoned monsters, while Hughes weakened him with a 4th-circle spell.

• Roy found Position 1 abandoned after its crew retreated through a concealed tunnel, then headed for the remaining artillery.
• Valentina and Hughes watched Roy approach and agreed to proceed with their plan, aiming to kill him while protecting the Apprentice Mage casting Monster Summoning.
• Roy left Pipit at Position 3, used Animate Body to restore his energy, and disabled Position 2.
• Warriors and Apprentice Mages attacked Roy with spells and a Battle Qi Slash, but his Aegis Stone shield protected him from the barrage.
• Roy killed two Apprentice Mages with his Star Iron Chain Spear as three summoned monsters surrounded him.
• Hughes cast 4th-circle Weakening Spell on Roy, suppressing his Golden Behemoth body and reducing his basic physique from 30 degrees to 15.

Roy was weakened and blinded by Valentina’s Sensory Deprivation spell, but he killed the monsters attacking him and used his hair and layered armor to endure the assault. Valentina immobilized him with black tentacles, and a giant construct struck him with a Magic Missile, engulfing him in Demonic Flame.

• Roy discovered that an unknown spell had greatly reduced his physical strength, Mental Strength, and Witchcraft Energy.
• Valentina used Sensory Deprivation to blind and deafen Roy while monsters and ranged attacks injured him.
• Roy used his Hair Ghost Witch Body to locate and kill the two remaining monsters despite his impaired senses.
• Roy stacked Layered Armor Technique to withstand the barrage, but Valentina bound him with Efa Black Tentacles.
• A giant peregrine falcon-shaped construct launched a Magic Missile at Roy, and its Demonic Flame engulfed him.

Roy survived a devastating magical blast by having the Humanoid Angel shield him, then regenerated most of his body and killed the warriors sent to finish him. Valentina arrived as Roy stood recovered on the mountain, and the confrontation continued.

• Errant and the others saw a huge explosion destroy part of the mountain and feared for Roy.
• Valentina ordered a follow-up attack after her group emerged from their shelters.
• The Humanoid Angel appeared carrying Roy, whose body had been nearly destroyed by the blast.
• Roy used Super Regeneration to restore his body and killed the warriors who attacked him.
• Valentina found her warriors dead and faced the nearly recovered Roy on the mountain.

Valentina attacked Roy to avenge Edwin, but Roy effortlessly killed the Apprentice Warriors sent against him before Hughes ordered a retreat. Roy collapsed after reuniting with Athedia, Sailen, and Errant, while Valentina mourned the future she had lost and Hughes worried about reporting their failed expedition to Archmage Gem.

• Roy recovered with reserve blood mercury as Hughes warned him that the Humanoid Angel had survived the explosion and the others approached.
• Valentina swore to kill Roy for Edwin, ignored Hughes's plea to stay rational, and ordered the Apprentice Warriors to attack.
• Roy killed the charging warriors with his chain spear, battle aura, and hair, forcing Hughes to order a retreat as Athedia, Sailen, and Errant arrived.
• Roy collapsed from apparent overuse of his Living Energy, and Athedia, Sailen, and Errant carried him back to safety.
• Valentina wept over Edwin and the future she had imagined with him, while Hughes worried about the losses and how to report the outcome to Archmage Gem.