Chapter Summaries

Yō and Asuka were caught in a sudden attack on Andouward by the Giant Race and powerful monsters. Yō went to draw two monsters away while searching for her friends, and Pest Reis woke Asuka and urged her to assess the devastation.

• Yō found a sealed black contract stating that everyone caught in the Beast Harness would participate in a game hosted by Leticia.
• A tentacled monster seized Kirino as a fire salamander attacked nearby buildings, so Yō sent the Calico Cat to find Asuka and the others and flew off to lure the monsters away.
• Lightning spread across Andouward as Asuka awoke amid rubble, flames, and cries of suffering.
• Pest Reis killed a huge serpent with a swift strike and scolded Asuka for failing to thank her for previous rescues.
• Russell called to Asuka from a rock wall above her.

Asuka and Russell encountered a vast dragon attacking Andouward with transformed magical beasts, while Sara learned that demon lords were also assaulting Floor Masters in the North and East Areas. Black Rabbit arrived with news that the deliberation resolution would soon enter arbitration, giving everyone at least a week to prepare.

• Russell reunited with Asuka and explained that Leticia and Kasukabe Yō were not with him.
• A gigantic dragon emerged from the clouds, roared, and sent scales that transformed into magical beasts attacking Andouward.
• Asuka and Russell ran to regroup with their allies while preparing to fight the creatures surrounding Andouward.
• Sara received reports that demon lords were attacking Floor Masters and their candidates in the North and East Areas, leaving those regions unable to assist the South.
• Sara ordered the messengers to keep the reports secret and prepared to face the giants with her Gifts and longsword.
• Black Rabbit arrived at Sara’s camp and said the deliberation resolution would soon enter arbitration, giving everyone at least a week of breathing room.

Su Yang overwhelmed the Giant Race and magical beasts attacking Andouward, turning the Dragon-Griffin Alliance’s desperate defense into a counterattack. As Sara and the others watched in disbelief, the giants continued to challenge him despite the vast difference in strength.

• Black Rabbit told Sara that Judgment Authority could temporarily suspend the game and asked her to clear the magical beasts inside Andouward.
• An unconscious giant crashed through the Harvest Festival headquarters, and Black Rabbit explained that an ally had thrown him there.
• Sara saw Su Yang leading the Dragon-Griffin Alliance’s counterattack and learned that he had nearly annihilated the Giant Race invasion by himself.
• Su Yang dismissed the giants and defeated their attacks, shattering their chains with powerful waves.
• The Giant Race launched another attack as Gry prepared to rescue Su Yang.

Su Yang rallied the Dragon-Griffin Alliance against the Giant Race, then turned his attention to the giant dragon hidden in the thunderclouds. As Black Rabbit suspended the Gifted Competition for deliberation, the dragon descended and hurled people and creatures across Andouward with its hurricane.

• Su Yang shattered a giant's armor and challenged the Dragon Griffin members to fight rather than despair.
• Gry charged the Giant Race, and its roar sent an enemy flying and inspired the other phantasmal beasts to attack.
• Su Yang decided to seek control of the Gifted Competition and defeat the giant dragon in the thunderclouds.
• At Andouward's Harvest Festival headquarters, Black Rabbit asked Sara to lead the city's magical beast-clearing operation and announced a temporary suspension of hostilities.
• The giant dragon plunged through the sky above Andouward, sweeping Asuka, Jin, Russell, Sara, and others into the air before Black Rabbit grabbed Sara's hand.

Lin and Aura waited in the ancient vampire city while Leticia remained unconscious, and their young master returned with orders to attack Andouward during the truce. The boy said he would decide when they should strike and notify them.

• Sara and Black Rabbit rescued companions and members of the Giant Race as the dragon carried the city and battlefield into the sky.
• Lin searched the ancient vampire city for her master and learned from Aura that the Gifted Competition had entered a truce.
• Aura told Lin that Leticia remained unconscious and might not wake during the competition.
• Lin approached the chained Leticia, but her master warned that the demon lord was a simulated lure that would attack anyone who touched her.
• The boy ordered Aura and Lin to lead the Giant Race in an attack on Andouward, saying he would choose the timing and notify them.

Lin and Aura learned their orders for the operation against Andouward, including instructions to seize the rumored Life Catalog if it appeared. Meanwhile, Su Yang’s group regrouped at Andouward’s treatment center and learned that Kasukabe Yō had followed a magical beast into the sky to rescue children, while Leticia remained missing.

• Lin asked His Highness about the battle’s objectives and why she was forbidden from touching Leticia, and he clarified that the operation was to destroy Andouward.
• Gleia warned His Highness that the Nameless Community might possess the complete Life Catalog, and he ordered Aura to seize it at any cost if it appeared.
• Aura revealed that she had taken Balor’s Death Eye from Andouward and said she would use it to destroy Andouward.
• Su Yang and the others regrouped at the treatment center, where he confirmed that Leticia had been taken and identified Satan Dracula as the organizer of the Gift Game.
• Black Rabbit returned with an injured, unconscious Calico Cat and told Su Yang that Kasukabe Yō had followed a magical beast into the sky to save the children it had taken.

Kasukabe Yō protected a group of captives in a ruined satellite town while a fungal monster hunted them. She learned that Gandak of Six Wounds was a former Dragon Griffin founder, and the group remained trapped in the city.

• Su Yang chose to conceal most of his strength, while Black Rabbit said a rescue team might arrive the next day.
• Kasukabe Yō led Kirino and the others away from a monster approaching through the ruined town and searched for a place to hide.
• Yō learned from Gandak that the monsters were likely parasite fungi that bred in living creatures or corpses.
• Kirino recognized Gandak of Six Wounds as a Dragon Griffin founder who had once fought alongside Graif for order in the South Area.
• Yō joked that Gandak might be a lucky cat because of his cat ears and his work as an accountant.

Yō, Kirino, and Gandak were surrounded by Winter Beast Summer Grass as they tried to reach the children. Yō rushed to help, but Jack-o'-lantern had already arrived and defeated the enemies.

• Gandak laughed at Kirino's suggestion, then asked her and Yō for their names and discussed how to handle the enemies despite his injured leg.
• Winter Beast Summer Grass surrounded the group, and Yō urged the children to run toward the castle's outer wall.
• Yō protected Kirino and Gandak with her Wind Manipulation Ability, then shattered fungal cores and fought off several attackers.
• Yō swept Kirino and Gandak into a whirlwind and raced along the wall toward the children's screams.
• Jack-o'-lantern burned the attacking enemies to ashes, then asked the children if they were all right.

Jack and Aisha rescued the kidnapped children with Hellfire, but Jack warned Yō that the participants were trapped by a game penalty that could only be lifted by destroying or interrupting the game. Yō discovered her Gift Card had been marked, though she had not fought Leticia.

• Jack told the children to hide in nearby buildings, then unleashed Hellfire with Aisha and burned the enemies to ashes.
• Yō led herself and Gandak into the air to escape the spreading flames, and they waited until the fire died down.
• Jack recognized Yō and urged her to regroup with the other participants, while his dolls gathered the survivors under protection.
• Jack explained that participants who fought the game leader had been marked with a penalty imposing repeated punishments every ten days.
• Yō examined her Gift Card and saw unfamiliar patterns, then objected that she had never fought Leticia.

Su Yang and the other alliance leaders began planning for the Gifted Competition while, in Revival Town, Yō’s group discussed how to survive and search for a way to resolve their punishment. Gandak agreed to consider involving the children in the search and asked what they should do next.

• Black Rabbit opened the Gifted Competition strategy meeting, with Sara, Garoro, Pei Si, Russell, Su Yang, and Asuka present.
• Yō learned from Jack and Gandak how Gift Cards and stored supplies could help the group survive while isolated.
• Aisha explained how she made heat-resistant glass, and Yō praised her craft.
• Yō proposed that the group search Revival Town during the review period, when combat was prohibited and the children could safely help.
• Kirino said the children wanted to help, and Gandak agreed to make a decision before asking what the group should do.

Yō investigated the history of the vampires and Hakoniwa’s early rulers, while Sara revealed that Demon Kings had attacked several regions during the game. The meeting ended with Su Yang questioning Sara about her past as Salamandra’s heir.

• Yō asked whether the vampires and their flying castle had come to Hakoniwa from another world, and learned that the vampires had once served as Hakoniwa Knights.
• Gandak explained that the vampires helped end the early chaos by defeating Demon Kings and establishing the capitals of the Floor Masters and Territory Rulers.
• Gandak revealed that the vampires were later massacred by Leticia Dekleya, the Impaling Demon King.
• Sara warned that Balor’s Death Eye had been stolen along with the Golden Harp and that the enemy might use it to increase their combat power.
• Sara reported that Demon Kings had simultaneously attacked the North Area, the East Area, and Andouward, leading the group to suspect that a stronger Demon King was directing them.
• Su Yang asked Sara whether she had once been Salamandra’s heir, and Sara confirmed that she had.

Su Yang and the others investigated the Demon King attack on Salamandra and planned a two-pronged assault to protect Andouward and rescue the captives. As they returned to their rooms, Su Yang revealed that he had already solved the Gifted Competition’s riddle and intended to organize a rescue party.

• Sara said she had not known Salamandra might have helped bring the Demon King to the Birth Festival, though she believed her father could have ordered it for the community’s benefit.
• Su Yang explained Pest’s goal of revenge against White Night Yaksha, and Pest Reis suggested the Demon King Alliance sought to eliminate Floor Masters and claim the all-floor Floor Master’s authority.
• Su Yang proposed defending Andouward while a raiding party infiltrated the enemy base, and Sara agreed to assemble elite forces in two days.
• Asuka insisted that the group solve the riddle during the truce to rescue Kasukabe-san and Leticia, but Su Yang said he had already solved it and wanted to organize a rescue party as well.
• Su Yang reminded Garoro that he knew the Dragon Griffins monitored private conversations through their restaurants, and Garoro backed down from reporting him to Sara.

Yō connected the Gifted Competition to the sun, orbital paths, and the twelve zodiac signs, prompting the group to search the ancient city for clues. Meanwhile, the No Name group visited Andouward’s underground Water Gate, where Su Yang wondered whether Snow White could help with the river.

• Yō explained that the castle might be an artificial satellite and theorized that the competition’s third victory condition involved collecting the twelve zodiac signs and offering them to the throne.
• Gandak urged everyone to search the ancient city and its satellite towns for traces of the zodiac signs.
• Garoro led the No Name group to a VIP room inside the Giant Water Tree at Andouward’s underground Water Gate.
• Black Rabbit explained that most spirits began as tiny, particle-like beings before their spiritual ranks rose.
• Su Yang admired the riverside scenery and wondered whether Snow White would be useful there, prompting Asuka to mention the shrine plan.

Su Yang and the No Name members planned a rescue operation for Kasukabe Yō and Leticia, while Asuka insisted on joining the assault team. In the Vampire Ancient City, Jack introduced the children to a Magic Umbrella made by the famous Sandman.

• Su Yang and the others discussed developing their territory and agreed that building it up to match Andouward would be difficult.
• Asuka suggested focusing on rescuing Kasukabe Yō and Leticia, and the group discussed asking the Dragon-Griffin Alliance or Gry for help reaching the ancient city.
• Su Yang assigned Russell and Pest to the standby team and planned to lead the assault team, but Asuka insisted on going with him.
• Su Yang refused to take Asuka unless she could defeat Pest, and Asuka accepted the challenge to prove her strength.
• Jack gathered the children in an affiliated town of the Vampire Ancient City and showed them a Magic Umbrella made by Sandman, while Aisha spun it for them.

Jack offered the children a Magic Umbrella that could give them their desired dreams, and their wish to see Andouward’s flag flying moved Yō to ask Gandak for guidance on fighting Demon Lords. Gandak explained how to avoid direct confrontations and agreed to teach her what he knew, though he warned that few methods worked against every Demon Lord.

• Jack promised the Magic Umbrella to the children if they helped with the town search, and a Water Spirit girl said she wanted to dream of Andouward’s flag flying.
• Jack used the umbrella to entertain the children, while Gandak felt sorrow over Andouward’s ruined Harvest Festival and Yō remembered Gry’s hopes for the city.
• Yō asked Gandak to teach her how to fight Demon Lords, and he advised her to prioritize avoiding direct confrontation.
• Gandak explained that Gifted Competitions usually offered multiple ways to win, but that extra victory conditions could conceal penalties favoring the Demon Lord.
• Gandak agreed to teach Yō from his experience but cautioned that few strategies worked against every Demon Lord.

Sara surveyed the Giant Race’s position and returned to Andouward, where she learned that outside forces were preparing to attack the Demon King. Repeated tremors led her to the underground Water Gate, where Pest had defeated Asuka again during their training fight.

• Sara inspected the Giant Race’s distant formation and wondered whether they planned to invade or withdraw before returning to Andouward.
• Garoro told Sara that the Alliance’s injured forces were limiting their plans to attack the Demon King, while Gry of Thousand Eyes and others were preparing to help.
• The great tree shook, and Garoro explained that No Name’s people were causing the tremors, so Sara went to investigate.
• At the underground Water Gate, Pest dodged Dean’s attacks and closed in on Asuka.
• Pest knocked Asuka into the river for the fifth time, and Dean scooped her up in its palm.

After Pest defeated Asuka during the training battle, Su Yang brought Pest, Asuka, and Black Rabbit to Andouward’s grand bathhouse to wash and make peace. Sara joined them, and the women ended up bathing together.

• Pest defeated Asuka, then told Su Yang that he should have fought Dean directly and admitted that she could not find a way to defeat it.
• Sara watched the training from the VIP room and asked Black Rabbit about Dean’s Divine Iron body and the shaking underground.
• Su Yang drenched Pest and Black Rabbit with a huge ball of water, then took them and Asuka to the bathhouse.
• Asuka explained that Su Yang had threatened to wash her himself unless she bathed with Pest, and Pest vowed to kill him someday.
• Asuka, Pest, Black Rabbit, and Sara bathed together, with Sara and Asuka agreeing to use each other’s names.

Asuka agreed to let Sara lead the search for Kasukabe Yō while she and Black Rabbit defended Andouward. In the ruins, Gandak examined Yō's Life Catalog and reacted with shock when he learned it had been made by her father.

• Sara thanked Asuka for helping during the Giant Race attack, and Asuka said Pest Reis and the Halloween Queen's knights had driven the giants back.
• Asuka told Sara and Black Rabbit that her Gift was Authority, and Black Rabbit warned her that it was better suited to supporting the Community than fighting Demon Kings.
• Asuka admitted she regretted being unable to help directly, and Sara promised to prioritize finding Kasukabe Yō during the next day's search.
• Sara asked Asuka and Black Rabbit to protect Andouward while she attacked the enemy city, and Asuka agreed to leave Yō's rescue to her.
• Yō, Aisha, Jack, and the children began searching the ruined satellite city, while Jack flew up to inspect its outer wall.
• Gandak stared at Yō's Life Catalog and asked whether the little girl had said her father made it.

Su Yang’s group prepared to raid the Gifted Competition, gaining Gry’s help and receiving weapons from Sara. In Vampire Ancient City, His Highness and his allies discussed the unexpectedly early attack and prepared to intercept the raiders.

• Gandak recognized the Life Catalog as a System Tree and wondered whether its creator intended to turn his daughter into an anti-demon king armament.
• Su Yang’s group recruited more than a dozen participants beneath the Andouward Great Tree and prepared to tackle the Gifted Competition.
• Sara introduced Gry to Su Yang, who used a translation Gift to communicate with him and rode on his back while Russell took command on the ground.
• Sara gave Asuka the Red Jade Gauntlet and Amber Gauntlet, and Asuka promised to help protect Andouward and Sara’s friends.
• Aura reported that Andouward had begun moving, while His Highness’s forces prepared an interception using Winter Beast Summer Grass spread over vampire corpses.
• Lin warned that Gandak and the community that defeated the Black Death Spot Demon Lord might solve the Gifted Competition’s riddle, prompting the castle’s defenders to spread their killing intent.

Su Yang’s assault team approached Andouward, where Demon King Leticia attacked them and forced him to defend the group. He suspected the castle had triggered an independent Gift and learned from Sara that Leticia’s dragon-like power resembled a relic of the Star Sea Dragon King.

• His Highness ordered Aura and Lin to join the Giant Race and destroy Andouward while Gleia guarded the castle and searched for the Life Catalog’s owner.
• Su Yang’s assault team flew toward Andouward and encountered a black sphere that transformed into Demon King Leticia, Dekleya.
• Su Yang used his golden weapons and spatial gates to intercept Leticia’s shadow spears and told the others to retreat.
• Su Yang wondered whether the castle had activated a Gift independent of the Gifted Competition.
• Sara identified Leticia’s spear aura as resembling the Dragon Horn of the First Founder and explained that relics of a Pure-blooded Dragon could become powerful Gifts.