Vol. 39The Road to Dark Corner

Angel followed clues from the Mountain Folk and the Dark Corner, freed Abigail and Luliana, and uncovered a route into the dangerous realm. He gathered allies to plan an expedition but delayed entering until he had prepared.

  • Angel helped Gleipnir gather offerings for the Carnival Night Clown and traced Ululu’s past to Zuniga, who had been trapped in the Dark Corner while searching for the Mountain Kingdom.
  • Angel told Zuniga that Mountain Folk might be in Modern City, and Zuniga began searching for them by displaying their emblem and coded hints.
  • Angel completed the Time Radio task and entered the Lightless Expanse with Gleipnir, where he freed Abigail Barbosa from a seal.
  • Angel investigated the former Noble Knight’s villa and learned from Lizi that Xiadia might have been an Underground District spy, Arina had been planted at Prada Media Company, and records on Alfred Royst had stopped five years earlier.
  • Angel uncovered Zoe’s secret connection to Alfred, restored the Halloween party, and gained Style Eye, Potential Eye, and abilities from the Time Radio he named Hertz.
  • Angel reached Hidden Waters, resisted the Underwater Church’s lure, and found Alfred’s warning beside a panel that controlled a mechanism restraining the half-human, half-doll.
  • Angel defeated Origin, freed Luliana, and helped her restore Doros in a new body, then learned how the Sacred Eye Prayer Convergence Formation opened the Dark Corner entrance.
  • Angel studied the realm’s dangers and gathered allies to plan an expedition, which he intended to undertake after preparing.
Chapters 3803–3902 Read from ch. 3803

Arc 153The Mountain King’s Clue

Angel gathered offerings for the Carnival Night Clown and helped Gleipnir investigate Star Worm’s quests, while he traced Ululu’s troubled past to Zuniga. After learning Zuniga was a former king trapped in the Dark Corner, Angel revealed that surviving Mountain Folk might be in Modern City, and Zuniga began searching for them.

  • Angel accepted Kalien’s mission to dismantle two special book pages, then helped Gleipnir complete Anna’s clothing challenge by suggesting she feature the Clown Emperor.
  • Angel and Gleipnir gathered possible ritual offerings for the Carnival Night Clown, including competition recordings, face paint, fabric, and carnival oil wax.
  • Angel investigated Ululu’s past for Star Worm’s quest and learned from Wuluoluo and Silusha that Ululu had injured Wuluoluo and locked their dog Supa in a basement.
  • Angel found Ululu’s letter and learned that Zuniga had listened to her troubles as a child, then recognized him as the witness who helped her recover.
  • Angel met Zuniga, who tested his abilities and explained how he had become trapped in the Dark Corner while searching for the vanished Mountain Kingdom and its Throne.
  • Angel told Zuniga that the Great Will’s quest suggested some Mountain Folk had escaped the Dark Corner and were in Modern City.
  • Zuniga decided to search for the Mountain Folk by displaying their emblem and coded hints across the city, while Angel explained how Challengers could obtain quests and Fashion Demonic Beasts.
Chapters 3803–3827 Summaries Read

Arc 154The Lightless Expanse

Angel completed the Time Radio task, prepared a ritual with Gleipnir, and entered the Lightless Expanse, where he uncovered Abigail Barbosa’s connection to Pai Pai and released her from a seal. He then investigated the former Noble Knight’s villa and learned that the missing skeletons and an old spy operation might hold further clues.

  • Angel learned from Zuniga that a Time Radio had partially possessed Ululu, then completed the task by identifying the creature and received a fragment and a list of possible ritual sites.
  • Angel and Gleipnir prepared the Cross Cellar in Eighth Town for the ritual while Kaushike investigated the missing Time Radio puzzle piece connected to Star Worm.
  • Angel and Gleipnir opened a door to the Lightless Expanse, where Gleipnir encountered the Carnival Night Clown and Angel discovered that Abigail Barbosa was sealed there.
  • Gleipnir learned that Abigail had come to the waking world under a wager with Pai Pai, and Angel entered the Lightless Expanse to help her return to Prada Media Company.
  • Angel dismantled the seal, freeing Abigail as the Lightless Expanse faded, then went to search the former Noble Knight’s villa near Clear Water Canal.
  • Angel found no clues at the villa, while Zuniga joined him and Lizi searched Fashion Guild records and investigated the fifteen skeletons hidden at Tina Entertainment.
  • Lizi told Angel that Xiadia might have been a spy from the Underground District and revealed that Arina had been planted at Prada Media Company.
  • Lizi received records on Alfred Royst and told Angel that information about the former Noble Knight had stopped being updated five years earlier.
Chapters 3828–3852 Summaries Read

Arc 155The Hidden Waters

Angel uncovered Zoe’s secret connection to Alfred, helped restore the Halloween party, and gained new abilities from the Fashion Magic Book. He then reached Hidden Waters, where he followed Alfred’s clues toward the half-human, half-doll trapped beneath the Underwater Church.

  • Angel traced Alfred’s disappearance to people connected to the Dark Corner, identified Vera Montclair as the likely Dark King, and learned that Zoe had been Alfred’s secret lover and had guided him toward the Dark Corner.
  • Angel and Zuniga visited Sharp Arts Theater and learned that Zoe secretly owned it, while Angel prepared to pursue the Underwater Church and advanced the Prada Media restoration quest.
  • Angel completed Danni’s Miss Halloween mission by using costumes and illusions to draw students into the party, then tried to borrow Kang Mu’s luck at Moonlight Lake.
  • Angel unlocked Style Eye and Potential Eye, discovered Kang Mu’s strong Fate potential, and drew three Time Radio abilities before naming the radio Hertz.
  • Angel used Hertz to uncover fragments of Kang Mu’s past and recordings connected to a ring and Selina’s time capsule, while warning that the ring did not prove what had happened to Xialin.
  • Angel and Laplace planned to establish a station on the Dream Crystal Plain for Star Worm, and Angel hypnotized Kaushike to learn about Fushehui’s Time Radio.
  • Angel traveled to Companion Star Lake, found the entrance to Hidden Waters, and reached the underwater ruins near the church.
  • Angel scavenged supplies, resisted the church’s hallucination-inducing lure, and found Alfred’s warning beside a panel, concluding that three panels controlled a mechanism restraining the half-human, half-doll.
Chapters 3853–3877 Summaries Read

Arc 156The Dark Corner Expedition

Angel freed Luliana from Origin, restored Doros in a new body, and uncovered the route into Dark Corner. After studying the realm’s dangers, he gathered his allies to plan an expedition, which he intended to undertake after making preparations.

  • Angel entered the Underwater Church, learned Doros had killed and resurrected Luliana, and worked with Turing to open the investigator’s suitcase and restore its recording wristband.
  • Angel discovered the Cage mission and defeated Origin by using a chain of illusion explosions, then pulled the Ether Core from its body.
  • Angel edited the Human-Machine’s commands to free Luliana and preserve her consciousness, then helped her restore Doros in a new body.
  • Luliana and Doros explained that the Sacred Eye Prayer Convergence Formation opened the Dark Corner entrance, and Angel earned a Faith Marker and Fashion Cage as hidden rewards.
  • Angel placed a Faith Marker at the church’s surviving faith reception port and used a Faith Crystal to activate the formation, but found that Dark Corner had not become a Wonderland.
  • Angel read the Dark Corner Guide and learned that the realm was part of the real world, restricted log-out, imposed severe death penalties, and required an expedition from the Dream Crystal Plain.
  • Angel summoned Laplace, Gabriel, Gray Porcelain, Rabbit Girl, Gleipnir, and Luigi to a meeting and revealed the planned expedition into Dark Corner.
  • Angel said he intended to explore Dark Corner after preparing, and Gleipnir suggested that Laplace and the Time Doppelgängers lead because they could recover from death more safely.
Chapters 3878–3902 Summaries Read
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