Chapter Summaries

Roy completed the basic preparations to revive Athedia by creating a Corpse Princess and a Mare Golem, linking them with her soul and matching Holy Emblems. He planned to use the Resurrection Potion, but struggled to find key materials for the ritual and considered Life Sacrifice as a fallback.

• Roy built a Mare Golem with a Golden Horse Head and used Reverse Soul Capture to divide Athedia's controlled soul between it and the Corpse Princess.
• Roy embedded matching Rose Holy Emblems in the Corpse Princess and the Mare Golem, linking their bodies through a split Gem Life.
• Roy decided the human body might transform into a Rose Angel, while the mare body would hold Athedia's more bestial traits.
• Roy continued planning Athedia's revival but could not find materials such as the Soul-Returning Flower and the Requiem ritual.
• Roy considered using the Equivalent Exchange Formation Array and Life Sacrifice if he could not recreate the Resurrection Potion's required ritual materials.

Roy sought materials for resurrection magic and joined the defense of Fortuna City when demons attacked again. After killing the invaders with his newly strengthened Hair Ghost Witch Body, he noticed their deaths seemed to stir Tairin, then met Gacia among the gathered wizards.

• Roy considered using captured lives for Life Sacrifice and decided Nissa was too valuable to waste on it.
• Planje reported another attack, and Roy went to Fortuna City to fight and ask the other wizards about materials.
• Quasits dropped egg sacs that released blood-draining spiderlings, which overwhelmed the city’s apprentices and guards.
• Roy used his Hair Ghost Witch Body’s Iron Chains to kill the demons and found that killing them seemed to make Tairin more active.
• Roy joined the other wizards in a central building and was surprised to see Gacia there.

Roy learned that Salus had advanced to Level 3 as Benedict died, then discovered that Liam wanted to use Nisa as leverage against the Kingdom of Salé. The chapter left Roy standing up to Liam’s pressure after revealing that he had already turned Nisa into a Corpse Princess.

• Gacia told Roy that Salus had reached Level 3 and awakened a third Psionic Ability, while Benedict had died after injuries from the battle against Uller.
• Gacia suspected that royal families in several kingdoms had some way to sacrifice or transfer Abilities because they produced unusually many Ability users.
• Roy questioned Nisa about her royal bloodline, told her of Benedict’s death and Salus’s advancement, and explained that devils and demons had invaded Talin World.
• Sailen summoned Roy, and Liam ordered him to hand Nisa over as a pawn against the Kingdom of Salé.
• Roy told Liam that Nisa had died and been refined into a Corpse Princess, then resisted Liam’s Mental Pressure by revealing that he was also a Level 2 Wizard.

Roy revealed that he was a Level 2 Wizard and refused Liam’s attempt to command him, then obtained an Investigation Quest from Igor to travel to the Kingdom of Salé. He entered the kingdom seeking materials and found a town devastated by a demonic invasion, where even the lingering souls had been corrupted.

• Roy told Liam that, as a Level 2 Wizard, he could not be transferred without a superior’s order, and Liam reacted angrily to Roy’s contempt.
• Roy told Igor about the confrontation and admitted he wanted to leave on a mission rather than deepen the conflict with Liam.
• Roy asked Igor to send him to the Kingdom of Salé, and Igor issued an Investigation Quest focused on gathering intelligence about Salus.
• Roy traveled cautiously into the Kingdom of Salé, where he found a town strewn with corpses, demonic limbs, and shattered Corrupted Egg Sacs.
• Roy summoned Nisha and discussed the invasion with her before searching the ruins for Life and Soul, discovering that the lingering souls had been corrupted.

Roy harvested wandering souls from a demon assault but abandoned a contaminated magic crystal, then argued with Nissa about her country’s nobles as they passed a city absorbed in revelry. A wounded subordinate of Benedict contacted Roy and offered to surrender with important information.

• Roy left the contaminated black fog behind and traveled west to a city under attack by tens of thousands of imps.
• Roy collected more than eight hundred wandering souls in eight Soul Capturing Magic Crystals, then discarded one after demonic souls contaminated it.
• Roy and Nissa saw local nobles and officials celebrating in a nearby city, and Roy challenged Nissa’s faith in her royal family.
• A wounded subordinate of Benedict contacted Roy through a Communication Crystal and offered to surrender and share important information.

Ximo revealed that the devils had manipulated Salus into sacrificing Benedict and had orchestrated massacres to open the Otherworld Gate. After Roy rescued Ximo and learned of the Salé royal family's old pact with Adebayor, he confronted Nisha with the sacrifices behind her power and wondered what ability Salus had gained from Benedict.

• Ximo told Roy that the devil behind Salus had arranged Benedict's sacrifice and helped trigger massacres that opened the Otherworld Gate.
• Roy sent Ximo to a spy hideout in Salé's royal city, then used a disguised Mushroom Demon as a decoy while Planje helped extract him.
• Ximo explained that Salé's royal family had gained power through a pact with Adebayor made generations earlier.
• Ximo said Nisha's Psionic Ability had been obtained by sacrificing at least six Level 0 and six Level 1 Heartless.
• Roy dismissed Nisha's denial by pointing out that her status and accomplishments depended on others' labor and resources, then asked what ability Salus had gained from sacrificing Benedict.

Roy investigated Simo’s account of Salus’s Sacrifice Ritual and Psionic Ability, then returned to the outskirts of Salray Royal City to prepare an attack. He rejected Nisha’s plea to spare her father and began a long-range bombardment with Mushroom Demons carrying weapons from the Mage Tower.

• Simo described Salus’s shadowy ability, which Roy suspected involved draining energy and summoning undead.
• Roy sent Simo to Igor for protection and investigation, while privately planning to seize Salus’s Sacrifice Ritual and treasury.
• Roy considered using a powerful mage weapon and the Kirik Magic Ring to control and kill Salus.
• After three days of gathering evidence, Roy sent Simo away and returned to the outskirts of Salray Royal City.
• Nisha offered to submit to Roy if he spared her father, but Roy refused her plea.
• Roy deployed Mushroom Demons with bombs and missiles and began bombarding the city from a distance.

Roy infiltrated the Royal Palace while using attacks and illusions to distract Salus’s guards, then confronted Salus outside a mysterious building. The chapter ended as Salus emerged and Roy recognized his Enchanted Weapon ability.

• Salus inspected an elaborate blood-filled Magic Array in the Royal Palace when attacks began striking the palace grounds.
• Roy used a Wizard’s Eye to direct Magic Missiles at the guards, then sent Mushroom Demons to distract a Heartless powerhouse searching for him.
• Roy entered the city under the Hypnosis Glasses’ influence and passed through the palace by posing as Salus.
• Roy discovered a building filled with strange spiritual presences and used his Hair Ghost Witch Body to break through its defenses.
• Salus countered Roy’s chains with Enchanted Weapon and emerged from the building, where Roy recognized him.

Roy fought Salus, a newly promoted Level 3 Heartless with shadow-like clones, then lured him into the wilderness and used a Level 3 Blazing Sun device to unleash a devastating explosion. Roy survived by hiding underground, but Salus was nowhere to be found afterward.

• Salus attacked Roy, but Roy dodged his strikes and evaded his attacks even after Salus activated Psionic Armor.
• Salus summoned six shadow figures that dismembered Roy, but Roy's separated body parts retreated and rejoined, revealing his regenerative abilities.
• Roy identified Salus's shadows as creatures refined through a sacrifice, then left as Salus pursued him to learn his spellcasting knowledge.
• Roy turned to fight in the wilderness and used the Kirik Magic Ring and Soul-Binding Spirit Rope to immobilize Salus.
• Roy threw the Blazing Sun magitech device at Salus and hid in a crack deep underground while it exploded.
• Roy emerged and searched the devastated area with his Spiritual Power, but could not find Salus.

Roy pursued the wounded Salus to the royal city, where he used Dadaru'er to force a negotiation. He discovered that the figure posing as Salus was actually an incarnation of the demon lord Adebayor, who revealed his plans for the Heartless king.

• Roy tracked Salus with the Soul-Binding Spirit Rope, but Salus tore free by sacrificing part of his Spiritual Entity and fled to the royal city.
• Roy arrived at the royal city with Winsbell, Planje, and the bound Nisha, then used Dadaru'er to crush the Royal Palace gates and confront Salus.
• Salus ordered the guards to withdraw and offered Roy a peace agreement, claiming he could share the secrets of the Adebayor's Sacrifice Ritual.
• Roy realized the speaker was not Salus, and the impostor revealed himself as Adebayor, a demon lord from the Eighth Layer of Hell.
• Adebayor explained that Salus had gained his powers through the demon's gifts and that he intended to use a larger sacrifice to complete his projection.

Roy learned that Adebayor had secretly manipulated Salus and the Kingdom of Salé, then traded the ritual information and the harvested Life and Soul for Nisa and his unpaid ransom. After discovering a new alchemical talent among the souls, Roy prepared to leave the world through the Teleportation Array.

• Adebayor explained that he had honored the wishes of Salus and his ancestors while turning their favors into debts, and Roy agreed to trade without signing a contract.
• Adebayor gave Roy the information on Adebayor's Sacrifice Ritual and the Life and Soul Salus had obtained.
• Roy's Phantom Panel revealed that he had acquired the Bronze-grade alchemical talent Brotherhood of Sincerity from the harvested souls.
• Roy brought Nisa before Adebayor, who recognized her and understood Roy's role in Benedict's failed ransom and punishment.
• Roy demanded his unpaid ransom and Nisa, and Adebayor agreed; Winsbell and Planje escorted Nisa out while Roy planned to return to his castle and leave the world.

Roy returned to Fortuna City with intelligence about the Kingdom of Salé and earned a Level 2 reward from the wizard alliance. He obtained the Requiem ritual materials needed to revive Athedia, along with a damaged artifact that could amplify the ritual, and learned that his application to return had been approved.

• Roy returned to Fortuna City and told Nisha that the Kingdom of Salé’s rulers had been hidden while devils organized the kingdom’s alliance against the wizards.
• Igor informed Roy that his intelligence had earned him a Level 2 reward, and Roy requested Requiem materials or a Soul-Returning Flower potion.
• Igor said Soul-Returning Flowers were unavailable but arranged for Roy to copy an improved version of the Requiem ritual art from the Xijilun Witch Tower.
• Roy obtained the Requiem materials and the damaged Echo of Homesickness artifact, which could amplify the ritual.
• Igor told Roy that his teacher had helped get his application approved, allowing Roy to return.

Roy returned to the Witch Tower, officially registered as a Level 2 Free Wizard, and brought Nissa into his service. He then refined a Resurrection Potion for Athedia, leaving her revival as his next goal.

• Roy entered the fifth-floor Tower Space, registered his Secret Rune, and officially began his career as a Level 2 Free Wizard.
• Roy set his Mage Mansion's coordinates at his assigned chamber and agreed to let Nissa work for him under her own conditions.
• Nissa questioned how Salus had been led to ally with demons, and Roy encouraged her to seek answers through her travels.
• Planje compared Nissa's father to her own Matriarch, then left without explaining further.
• Roy used a Magical Alchemical Item to refine a pseudo Resurrection Potion that could restore life and the soul under limited conditions.

Roy resurrected Athedia with a potion and the soul-soothing music of the Echo of Homesickness, leaving her alive in a human body while her horse body remained temporarily paralyzed. After catching up with contacts across worlds, Roy received a message from Una of the Clay Artisan Guild asking to meet him.

• Roy discovered that his Animate Witchcraft had gained a trait related to creating life and prepared a Resurrection Potion for Athedia.
• Roy used the Echo of Homesickness to play Requiem as Athedia took the potion, and she woke up alive.
• Athedia adjusted to her human body while her horse body remained unable to stand, its legs twitching in response to her movements.
• Roy contacted Frosv and learned that Bodeka and Lunnia had distinguished themselves in Netherland, while he regretted being unable to recruit Gacia.
• Roy answered messages from Aliftia and Nuchimok, then received a meeting request from Una, an envoy of the Clay Artisan Guild.

Roy met Una, a veteran Level 2 Wizard representing the Clay Artisan Guild, and agreed to join and exchange a flesh-creation formula. The meeting ended with Una offering treasure boxes and a magic book, while Roy’s request for Level 3 materials remained subject to the formula’s value.

• Roy recalled his earlier dealings with the Clay Artisan Guild and agreed to meet Una at the Witch Tower.
• Una introduced herself and invited Roy to join the guild, explaining that it exchanged witchcraft and ideals without requiring missions.
• Una revealed that the guild had traced Roy’s work to a Mushroom Demon puppet he had sold as a Combat Puppet.
• Una asked Roy to trade a flesh-creation formula for an equivalent formula or materials, and Roy agreed while asking for Level 3 materials.
• Una said the value of Roy’s formula would determine whether he could receive Level 3 materials, then had her attendants bring out two treasure boxes and a magic book.

Roy joined the Clay Artisan Guild and traded his Beastified Evil Spirit, Hound Spirit Soul Recipe for the Star Soul Gem and Codex of Elements, agreeing to share his research with Una. Back at the Mage Mansion, he watched Athedia train and considered her future enhancements and the value of cultivating ties with the guild.

• Roy appraised the Star Soul Gem, Heart of Machinery, and Codex of Elements, then asked Una to trade him the Star Soul Gem and Codex of Elements for his Hound Spirit Soul Recipe and other goods.
• Una agreed to let Roy take both treasures in exchange for his recipe and his cooperation in researching and sharing the results.
• Una asked Roy whether he had any other Soul Recipes, but he denied having more.
• Roy returned to the Mage Mansion and watched Athedia practice walking and balancing in her One Soul, Two Bodies state.
• Roy considered ways to strengthen Athedia and decided that maintaining connections with the Clay Artisan Guild could benefit him.

Roy learned about Una’s mastery of mechanical dolls and discovered that the ancient alchemist Cartalro’s work carried Aesthetic Value. Researching Cartalro’s life, Roy realized that Cartalro may have sought the formula for the Rose Angel’s soul, and that Kafka’s Humanoid Angel was its predecessor.

• Roy and Una discussed alchemy and dollcraft, and Una showed him a mechanical maid covered in Cartalro’s Skin.
• Roy appraised the skin with Hermes' Eye, learned it was a Level 2 alchemical product with Aesthetic Value, and declined Una’s expensive custom commission.
• Roy searched the library for information about Cartalro and learned that the ancient alchemist had devoted himself to creating dolls after his sister Lorif died following a disfiguring fire.
• Roy suspected Cartalro had pursued the formula for the Rose Angel’s soul and found that Kafka had created the Humanoid Angel, the Rose Angel’s predecessor.

After advancing to Rank Two, Roy planned his witchcraft research and created the Treasure Sacrifice Ritual to turn useless enchanted items into valuable alchemical creations. The ritual transformed a scavenged golden cup into a jeweled chalice that produced restorative Magic Spring Water.

• Roy reviewed Cartalro’s knowledge and asked Maiden’s Skull to gather information about him and search for mysteries useful to witchcraft.
• Roy used Sulfur-Mercury Theory, radium salt, and his talent to refine gold while helping Athedia with her training.
• Roy devised the Treasure Sacrifice Ritual by combining Adebayor’s Sacrifice Ritual, the Formation Array, and the Brotherhood of Sincerity.
• Roy activated the ritual and sacrificed many weak enchanted objects, stripping them of their spiritual properties.
• The ritual transformed a golden cup into a jeweled chalice that produced one portion of Mana-restoring Magic Spring Water each day.

Roy refined the Treasure Sacrifice Ritual into a portable Alchemy Magic Box and prepared Furia to advance as an alchemy assistant. After testing a diluted Uranium Energy Potion on himself, he began preparing to leave the Witch Tower and travel to other worlds.

• Roy discovered Magic Spring Water and gave Domi a synthesized Pearl Necklace after sacrificing her jewelry.
• Roy concluded the Treasure Sacrifice Ritual improved items by minor stages within the same rank, then built a compact Alchemy Magic Box.
• On October 15, Roy gave Furia the Alchemy Magic Box, but Domi claimed it before Furia took it back to test.
• Roy ordered Furia to train her Spiritual Power and prepared Diluted Uranium Energy Potion to strengthen her mind and body.
• After drinking the potion, Roy's mental domain reached the Advanced Apprentice stage and his physical constitution reached five degrees.
• Roy began preparing to leave the Witch Tower after nearly two months there.

Roy chose Diovis, the primitive Black Witch World, as his destination to improve his witchcraft and prepare for the next stage of his growth. After planning his studies and obtaining approval to travel, he departed for the Cross-Plane Teleportation Array with Athedia and Nisha.

• Maiden's Skull and Intelligent Brain Sailen recommended Diovis to Roy for its sophisticated witchcraft, resources, and rituals involving Life and Soul, and Roy chose the world.
• Roy planned to broaden his witchcraft, pursue Mage Body Modification and Transformation spells, and raise his Talent Witchcraft 'Animate' to Level 2.
• The Red Skirt Ghost delivered Roy's approved Letters of Marque for traveling to Diovis.
• Roy left Winsbell, Planje, and Furia at the mansion and entered the Cross-Plane Teleportation Array with Athedia and Nisha.