Chapter Summaries

Angel discussed Promi’s commission for a long-range weapon that could restrain the undead and agreed to search his enchanting materials for suitable runes. Promi invited Angel to visit a wizard market, where they could find runes or materials for their projects.

• Promi explained that his weapon could currently produce Holy Light only through prolonged magic input, and Angel asked about methods for dealing with the undead.
• Promi described the undead as fallen souls, and Angel summarized the three approaches of banishing, destroying, or purifying them.
• Angel found no suitable rune in the runes he remembered but promised to search his materials for one.
• Promi explained the difference between wizard markets and underground markets and invited Angel to accompany him to a wizard market.
• Angel agreed to join Promi on a future visit because he wanted to buy materials for spatial equipment.
• Angel offered David a music box with a Tranquility Rune, but David declined it.

Angel bought an old wizard robe from Promi, then wore its flamboyant purple color to win all eleven of his matches and reach the fifteenth floor. After Baroque warned him that future opponents would be tougher, Angel left Sky Tower and had Toby knock down the people tailing him.

• David offered Angel his wizard robe, but Promi sold him an old one for two magic crystals instead.
• Angel discovered that Promi's wizard robe was flamboyant purple and wore it to the next day's matches despite the ridicule it attracted.
• Angel won all eleven matches against weak opponents arranged by Sky Tower and received the fifteenth-floor information card from Baroque.
• Baroque warned Angel that the fifteenth-floor matches would be more difficult, while Melantha told him Sanders had cleared the Striped Green Velvet spores from Angel.
• Baroque and Melantha discussed Sanders, Poi, Samantha's search for Rheinmut, and the sealing of a place connected to Demon Illusion Island.
• After leaving Sky Tower, Angel led his pursuers into a secluded area and had Toby knock them all down.

Angel perfected his mental model enough to cast the level 1 Crescent Blade Barrage and expanded his magic source through a new mental channel. After steadily growing stronger, he found the undead-countering enchantment Overture of Annihilation and began examining its complex magical energy array.

• Angel used Crescent Blade Barrage to fire twenty-seven wind blades and cut the touchstone in half.
• Angel recorded the trick and used the Holographic Tablet to calculate its possible elemental arrangements.
• Angel completed a circular mental channel linked to six outward channels, increasing his magic source capacity tenfold.
• A week later, Angel could cast five level 1 tricks with a full magic source, and his combined strength with his alchemical weapons and Toby could threaten third-level wizard apprentices.
• Angel studied the Encyclopedia of Enchanting and found Overture of Annihilation, a complex six-rune magical energy array that could counter the undead.
• Angel projected the array's diagram onto paper and examined its densely packed lines.

Angel studied enchantments for ways to destroy undead, then practiced copying Overture of Annihilation and discovered that insufficient magic power would prevent him from inscribing it. After a week of training, he returned to Promi Alchemy Shop and learned Promi had been waiting for him.

• Angel searched the Encyclopedia of Enchantment—Advanced Edition for patterns to destroy undead, but found the alternatives too difficult or costly.
• Angel opened the Perfect Edition, saw a three-dimensional magic energy array, and decided not to study it until he became an advanced wizard.
• Angel enlarged Overture of Annihilation tenfold and repeatedly practiced copying its patterns until he successfully crossed a connecting pivot into the next pattern.
• Angel realized that inscribing the full array would require more sustained magic power than he could provide while also maintaining the Thermal Fusion Method and Magic Hand.
• Angel returned to Promi Alchemy Shop, where David told him that Promi had waited there for him throughout the week.

Angel reunited with David, discussed their future in alchemy, and ate with him at Butterfly Bar, where they overheard a rush of news about Sky Tower. On their return to Promi Alchemy Shop, Angel recognized Fusa and Lafitte waiting outside.

• David told Angel that Master Promi had taught him alchemy and that he planned to pursue synthesis rather than enchanting.
• Angel and David visited Butterfly Bar, where they ate grilled meat and learned about its membership cards and information service.
• A well-dressed man told Mad Demon Warblade Nalu that urgent news had reached him, and Nalu shoved David aside as they hurried back to Sky Tower to fight matches before the news spread.
• David identified Nalu and vowed to make his own Mechanical Wrist Crossbow after learning synthesis, while Angel offered to confront Nalu.
• Angel and David returned to Promi Alchemy Shop and saw Fusa and Lafitte waiting at the entrance.

Angel visited David’s shop as Fusa and Lafitte tried to buy a Tang saber for Black Jack, but Tesla offered more and challenged their claim to it. Kuna then spotted a tiered alchemy weapon, and Tesla immediately bid for the short sickle.

• Fusa and Lafitte visited the shop to buy the Tang saber for Black Jack, and David agreed to sell it for fifteen magic crystals.
• Tesla arrived and offered twenty magic crystals for the saber, while Fusa argued that David had already agreed to sell it to them.
• David hesitated because Tesla had been among Nalu’s companions, and Tesla mocked Fusa and Lafitte for lacking money.
• Kuna entered with Tesla and spotted a crescent-shaped light coming from a glass box on David’s worktable.
• David showed everyone the short sickle inside the box, and Kuna recognized it as a tiered alchemy weapon.
• Tesla threw down a large purse and announced that he would buy the sickle.

Angel intervened when Tesla tried to buy weapons from David's shop, returning the Tang saber to Fusa and explaining that he had the right to sell it because it belonged to him. After Promi arrived and Tesla's assumptions collapsed, Angel offered Tesla the scythe and demanded to hear his reason for buying it.

• Tesla offered David one hundred magic crystals for the scythe, and David hesitated before setting it down.
• Angel stopped Tesla from taking the scythe, then handed the Tang saber back to Fusa for fifteen magic crystals, keeping most of the payment and giving David two.
• Promi arrived and heard Tesla accuse Angel of pocketing the money; Fusa confirmed the payment, while Angel argued that Fusa had come first.
• Angel revealed that the Tang saber belonged to him, leaving Tesla embarrassed when Promi and David did not dispute the claim.
• Angel picked up the scythe, said it belonged to him too, and challenged Tesla to give a convincing reason for buying it.

Angel challenged Tesla to justify his offer for the scythe, then demanded three hundred magic crystals instead of the hundred Tesla had put down. Angel hinted that information connected to Tesla and Kuna’s boss, Warblade Nalu, would soon make the scythe worth that price, leaving them wary and unable to afford it.

• Angel told Tesla that the scythe was his and that Tesla needed to offer a price that satisfied him.
• Promi threatened Tesla with his strength after Tesla tried to intimidate Lafitte in the shop.
• Angel rejected Tesla’s hundred-magic-crystal offer and argued that market prices could change with supply, demand, and urgent need.
• Kuna tried to buy the scythe for a hundred magic crystals, but Angel refused and named a price of three hundred.
• Angel brought up Sky Tower and Tesla and Kuna’s boss, Warblade Nalu, hinting that information would soon raise the scythe’s value.
• Tesla and Kuna questioned how Angel knew about the information, while David noted that Tesla could not afford three hundred magic crystals.

Angel humiliated Tesla when another apprentice bought the scythe for 400 magic crystals, then told Promi about an undead-restraining magical energy array he had discovered. The chapter ended with Promi suggesting that magic crystals could supply energy during alchemy, though Angel questioned whether primordial magic power could be converted quickly enough.

• Tesla left after failing to buy Angel’s scythe, but Lamanbell arrived and bought it for 400 magic crystals along with other weapons.
• Lamanbell mocked Tesla and Kuna as poor trash, and Kuna dragged Tesla away while the others laughed at them.
• Angel dismissed Fusa and Lafitte’s thanks, then explained to David that he had learned about the coming Sky Tower and Purification Garden events in advance.
• Promi asked whether Angel had found a way to restrain the undead, and Angel told him about the Overture of Annihilation magical energy array.
• Angel said his lack of magic power hindered his alchemy, and Promi suggested using magic crystals as an energy source; Angel questioned how quickly their primordial magic power could be converted.

Promi explained how an Energy Stabilizer separated pure magic power from raw magic power, and Angel weighed whether to use one for an expensive alchemical project. Promi, Angel, and David prepared to attend the midyear auction at Dusk Deep Well, where Promi hoped to find a weapon capable of restraining undead.

• Promi explained that an Energy Stabilizer separated pure magic power from unstable raw magic power, but could not speed up a wizard’s cultivation.
• Promi estimated that casting one level-0 trick would consume the pure magic power from two or three magic crystals, and Angel calculated his alchemical project could cost around 600 crystals.
• Promi said an Energy Stabilizer had many uses and could cost less than 200 magic crystals in Sky Mechanical City, though he could not make one himself.
• Promi said he planned to search for an undead-restraining weapon at the midyear grand auction at Dusk Deep Well, and Angel decided to go with him.
• Promi told David to join them and buy a disposable spatial pouch, and David volunteered to purchase their airship tickets with his recent earnings.
• Angel discussed alchemical techniques and compounding with Promi while David went to buy the tickets.

Angel visited the Cavern Wilderness to look for Serum and Nausicaa, learned from Orlando that they had gone on a mission, and heard that Nausicaa often visited the underground market. He went to Sky Tower to check her match results but found it overwhelmed with contestants, then heard a familiar voice as he was leaving.

• Angel left Promi Alchemy Shop and went to the Cavern Wilderness to invite Serum and Nausicaa to Dusk Deep Well, but found their room empty.
• Angel visited Orlando, woke him with a foul-smelling sock, and learned that Serum and Nausicaa had gone on a mission while Nausicaa regularly visited the underground market.
• Orlando talked at length about his closest friend Lofigue and said he would go to the Dusk Deep Well auction area to see him.
• Angel went to Sky Tower to check Nausicaa's match results but could not reach the staff through the crowd of contestants drawn by news of the Purification Garden.
• Angel decided to return to Sky Tower another day, then heard someone say, "Fate guides us to meet..."

Angel met Hobson Xilai, a prophecy-branch apprentice who had identified him through a Guiding Token and believed fate had led him to the owner of Toby. After agreeing to be friends, Angel left to seek work at the mission hall, where watching a witch fly past made him consider buying a flying vehicle.

• White Bear recognized Angel as Milk Baron and said fate had guided him to meet the person connected to Toby.
• Angel learned that White Bear was Hobson Xilai, a fate-studies apprentice who had tracked him with a Guiding Token and the Fate Guidance spell.
• Angel told Hobson that Toby's owner was elsewhere and asked him not to use Fate Guidance on him again.
• Angel agreed to be Hobson's friend, then left the underground market without finding news of Nausicaa.
• Angel headed to the mission hall to look for work that could earn money before the Dusk Deep Well auction.
• On the vine bus, Angel watched a young apprentice admire a witch's broom and began considering getting a flying vehicle.

Angel visited the Mission Hall to choose alchemy tasks, hoping to earn more than 3,000 magic crystals in ten days. After the attendant revealed that Angel needed to pay deposits, a white-robed young man approached him about a mission for ranked alchemical weapons.

• Angel explored the central district and studied how apprentices accepted missions in the Mission Hall.
• Angel saw that alchemy tasks and alchemical weapons offered high rewards, then selected seven missions he believed he could complete.
• Angel read notices about the Purification Garden opening and the second Frost Moon Passage before presenting his Bone Card at a counter.
• The attendant told Angel he needed to pay deposits and advance some material costs because his mission record was empty.
• A white-robed young man admitted people were watching Angel's selections because alchemists were in demand, and Angel acknowledged he was an alchemist.
• The young man asked Angel whether he would consider Mission No. 5428.

Angel accepted seven alchemy tasks and agreed to make Bobota a heavy chain inscribed with a Silencing Magic Sigil, using the Blood Soul Altar. After learning that Angel was Sanders's disciple, Bobota decided he could not harm him for now.

• Angel accepted seven tasks and received three spatial pouches containing materials from employers.
• Bobota led Angel to a private reception room to discuss his custom weapon commission.
• Angel agreed to make Bobota a heavy, silencing chain and accepted a deposit of 200 magic crystals.
• Angel left through the room's teleportation array after exchanging contact addresses with Bobota.
• Bobota went to Butterfly Bar to identify Angel and learned he was Sanders's disciple, so he decided not to harm him for now.

Angel was attacked by Saka, who tested how effectively a direct soul strike could harm him before disappearing. Still weakened, Angel killed Nalu, Kuna, and Tesla when they tried to rob him, then found a crystal ball communicator among Saka’s remains with a message addressed to his “Treasure Star.”

• Saka ambushed Angel with Sylvia and Hellington, then used Hellington to strike Angel’s soul and test his defenses.
• Angel wounded Saka with a barrage of wind blades, but Saka revealed that his apparent death was a deception and left after recording his experiment’s results.
• Angel found a crystal ball communicator among the scattered remains and moved to inspect it.
• Nalu, Kuna, and Tesla confronted the weakened Angel and demanded to know where his alchemy weapons came from.
• Angel killed Kuna and Tesla with wind blades, then shot the fleeing Nalu with his revolver.
• Angel used Magic Hand to uncover the crystal ball communicator and found a message addressed to his “Treasure Star.”

Angel killed Nalu and his companions, then returned home and worked through alchemy missions with David. After learning that Hukedik had returned from Soul Soil and received the Succubus bloodline, Angel saw an image that left him shocked.

• Angel discovered that the person he had killed was not Saka, collected money from the corpses, and burned the remains.
• Angel returned home and told David that he had killed Nalu, Tesla, and Kuna after they tried to kill him.
• Angel and David forged alchemy weapons overnight, and David successfully made a Wave Curved Blade with Angel’s guidance.
• Angel offered David half the rewards for the missions they worked on, and David returned to his shop while Angel went to sleep.
• Angel read Saka’s message on the crystal ball and learned that Hukedik had returned from Soul Soil and received the Succubus bloodline.
• Angel opened the image of Hukedik and stared at it in shock.

Angel learned Harmonic Illusion and tested it on David with a fake scene of Angel being killed by Bais. David saw through the illusion’s flaws, and Angel considered how to make his illusions more convincing.

• Angel finished two alchemy weapons while David crafted a Fire Crow dagger, and they agreed to accept more alchemy tasks with David handling the assignments.
• Angel studied the challenges of Level 1 cantrips and learned Harmonic Illusion with the help of Sanders’s instruction and his own knowledge of sound waves.
• Angel began practicing Harmonic Illusion instead of learning more cantrips, focusing on how to apply it effectively.
• David arrived with ten new alchemy tasks, and Angel tested his illusion by making David see a fat Bais cut Angel in half.
• David realized the scene was an illusion, pointed out its inconsistencies, and told Angel its opening had nearly fooled him.

Angel and David finished ten alchemy tasks, and Angel crafted a decorated silencing chain for Bobota before going to submit their work. Worried about Nausicaa and Serum, Angel bought news at Butterfly Bar and learned they had gone together to Frost Moon Passage a week earlier, though their current safety remained unknown.

• Angel and David spent several days completing all ten alchemy tasks, earning more than 4,500 magic crystals in total.
• Angel refined a six-meter vacuum-iron chain for Bobota, inscribing it with white cloud patterns and a Silencing Magic Sigil.
• Angel went to look for Nausicaa and Serum, then followed David to Butterfly Bar to buy information about them.
• The bartender told Angel that Nausicaa had left Sky Tower after struggling on its eleventh floor and had gone to Frost Moon Passage with Serum.
• Angel learned that Nausicaa and Serum had traveled as a team and left a week earlier, but the bartender could not confirm whether they were safe.

Angel completed Bobota’s heavy, sound-suppressing chain and agreed to make Haglis a flame-imbued axe in exchange for Haglis protecting David and helping him obtain an Ironclad Demon Porcupine bloodline. With the auction three days away, Angel then planned to refine a music box combining Harmonic Illusion and the Tranquility Rune.

• Angel delivered Bobota’s chain, passed his tests, and received the remaining payment, bringing his Bone Card balance to one hundred thousand contribution points.
• Haglis repeatedly pursued Angel for a weapon until David proposed paying for an axe in return for Haglis’s help obtaining an Ironclad Demon Porcupine bloodline.
• Angel required Haglis to protect David for one year and help him obtain the bloodline, and Haglis signed the contract.
• Angel and David made Haglis’s long-handled, flame-rune axe, and Angel charged David one hundred magic crystals for inscribing its runes.
• With the Dusk Deep Well auction three days away, Angel planned to spend two days refining a music box that would produce Harmonic Illusion and soothing music, beginning with its appearance.

Angel searched the Holographic Tablet for inspiration for a music box gift for Mirror Princess, but became absorbed in Earth's films and documentaries. After watching through the night, he used the sights and impressions he had gained to design an elegant, unconventional music box.

• Angel rejected several traditional music box designs because they seemed unsuitable as a gift for Mirror Princess.
• Angel opened the Holographic Tablet's entertainment files and discovered Earth's famous paintings and film and television works.
• Angel watched documentaries about the ocean and Earth's cities, then continued viewing films until dawn.
• Angel drew a new music box design with crystal tubes, illusion nodes, and a wave-like central flower.
• Angel prepared to choose auxiliary materials and decide on the music and illusionary realm for the music box.