Chapter Summaries

Novi realized the Boundary God Cult’s ritual had summoned a World Gate hidden inside a monster, then watched its activation unleash crushing gravity that wrecked the Floating Ships and incapacitated everyone. Moss answered Novi’s desperate call and released Zero Domain: Boundary, stopping the destruction by making everything around her float.

• Novi recognized the rising World Gate as a coordinate hidden inside a monster and deduced that the Sacrifice Ritual had been meant to summon it.
• Korelinus warned that a Critical Impact affecting more than thirty kilometers was imminent as the World Gate began activating.
• The World Gate’s shifting gravity tore open spatial rifts, shattered the Floating Ships’ shields, and crushed their crews to the ground.
• Novi, badly injured and unable to move, called for Moss over her cracked communication crystal as the Floating Ship fell toward the ground.
• Moss released Reverse Gravity and expanded Zero Domain: Boundary, halting the destruction and making people, ships, stones, and rain float.

After Moss saved the three Floating Ships from the World Gate’s descent, the survivors assessed their losses and faced the threat of a kilometer-scale catastrophe. Korelinus concluded that Moss might be their only hope as she went to meet her.

• Fred watched Moss restore the mountains and recognized the extraordinary power behind her divine favor, deciding to inform the First Prince before making any alliance decision.
• Moss released her gravity control after the three Floating Ships landed safely, then cooled herself in a pool of ice water while the survivors celebrated.
• Novi checked on Moss, confirmed her broken arm had healed, and urged her to discuss what to do before following her down the mountain.
• Korelinus learned from Jetetu that all three Floating Ships were destroyed, 371 people had died, and 745 were injured, then ordered the crew to recover usable supplies.
• Korelinus judged that attacking the Magic Power-gathering World Gate could trigger a vast explosion and went to meet Moss, whom she saw as their only hope.

As the World Gate neared its closure, the captains debated whether to retreat or stand and fight while Moss replenished her Magic Power and secretly prepared a large-scale plan. Novi concluded that the Gate was linked to the Rockscale Dragon’s bloodline and opened toward the Dragon Abuse Realm.

• Hezley questioned whether the captains should retreat from the World Gate’s danger zone, but Novi said they could not escape it before the Gate closed.
• Fred mocked Hezley for seeming cowardly, and Korelinus stopped their argument and urged the captains to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
• Moss admitted she had ignored Korelinus’s speech while eating monsters to replenish her Magic Power, and she said they should prepare for whatever emerged from the Gate.
• A report from underground confirmed to Moss that her large-scale Mana Control plan was proceeding smoothly, and her thoughts revealed that she was preparing to do something huge.
• Novi reasoned that the World Gate was connected to the Rockscale Dragon through its bloodline and identified the world beyond it as the Dragon Abuse Realm.

As the World Gate opened into Dragon Abuse Realm, its Magic Power transformed the terrain and Moss absorbed enough Mana Essence to greatly expand Kin Space. Flying Insects poured through and slaughtered soldiers, then a huge claw gripped the gate as a dragon announced its arrival.

• Novi explained that Dragon Abuse Realm was a world ruled by dragons and that people had died learning even its name.
• Korelinus told Moss that dragons had appeared in their world after the first World Gate opened three thousand years earlier, but Novi interrupted when the gate began opening.
• The gate released a surge of Magic Power that changed the surrounding terrain, while Moss absorbed the Mana Essence and expanded Kin Space from a twenty-three-kilometer radius to thirty kilometers.
• Flying Insects swarmed from the gate and killed many soldiers before Fred attacked them with Sword Qi.
• Novi revealed that the insects were food for dragons, and a massive blood-red claw reached through the gate as a dragon roared about feasting.

The captains prepared to fight an adult pureblood dragon forcing its way through the World Gate. As the dragon emerged, Moss embraced her battle instincts and joined the others as Korelinus ordered them to attack.

• A dragon claw squeezed the fragile World Gate, and Fred recognized the pressure as that of an adult pureblood dragon at least at peak Adamantine-grade.
• Fred, Hezley, and Korelinus argued over how to respond before Korelinus urged the captains to attack while the dragon was still struggling to cross.
• The dragon pushed its head through the gate, roared that it was free, and called the humans two-legged worms.
• Moss showed no fear of the dragon's might and took her beastlike battle stance, while Fred raised his greatsword and the captains gathered their power.
• Korelinus commanded everyone to attack as her puppets revealed the cannons mounted on their arms.

Moss joined the battle at the World Gate and wounded the Giant Dragon, while Korelinus summoned a Mountain Giant to restrain it. The Giant Dragon remained trapped at the gate as Moss prepared to fight more seriously.

• Fred charged the Giant Dragon with his Severing Sword, but it broke his greatsword and struck him into the mountains.
• Korelinus ordered Hezley to evacuate the soldiers and sent Novi to check on Fred, then began a summoning spell.
• Moss attacked the Giant Dragon and inflicted five deep wounds on its left arm, despite it twisting her arm out of shape.
• The Giant Dragon unleashed its Dragon's Breath, but Moss dodged the flames.
• Korelinus summoned a Mountain Giant, which seized the Giant Dragon by the neck and punched it in the face.
• Moss praised the Mountain Giant and said she would fight more seriously.

Moss and Korelinus wounded and restrained Fagaliir at the World Gate, but the dragon revealed a second head and broke free of their control. As Fagaliir forced its way out, reinforcements struck it with arrows, setting the battle to continue.

• Fagaliir destroyed Korelinus's first rock giant, and Moss used the distraction to carve a deep wound into the dragon's neck.
• Moss broke Fagaliir's left arm in a clash, then regenerated her own shattered hand as Korelinus summoned a many-armed rock giant to restrain the dragon.
• Korelinus ordered the giant to strike the World Gate, but a second dragon head and claw emerged and shattered the giant, leaving her unconscious.
• Fagaliir healed its wounds and forced its chest through the World Gate as Moss realized it was about to escape.
• Arrows from distant reinforcements exploded against Fagaliir, and Moss prepared for a prolonged fight.

Captain Rosmote’s support fleet reached the World Gate and found a vast monster front and a Giant Dragon guarding it. A transmission from Novi revealed that Coraline had been corrupted, the Eighth Captain was dead, and the Fourth Captain was missing, before communications cut off during the dragon’s attack.

• Rosmote ordered his six ships to push their Mana Furnaces beyond their limits and descend when their detection arrays failed.
• The fleet saw that the terrain had changed and that monsters filled the region around the World Gate.
• Rosmote learned that the World Gate was two hundred kilometers away and guarded by a towering, two-headed Giant Dragon.
• Rosmote contacted Novi Augustine Villa Licia of the Third Squad and demanded a battle report.
• Novi reported that Coraline Ingrid had been corrupted by Blood Devour, the Eighth Captain had been killed, and the Fourth Captain was seriously wounded and missing; she assumed command and ordered the army to destroy the World Gate.
• The transmission cut out as the Giant Dragon unleashed its breath, leaving Rosmote and his crew stunned and without answers.

Moss, Novi, Fred, and Korelinus fought to destroy the World Gate and stop Fagaliir from entering their world. Moss damaged the gate, but Korelinus was corrupted by Blood Devour, killed Fred, and attacked her allies, allowing Fagaliir to force his way through and emerge fully.

• Moss and Novi regrouped, learned Fred and Korelinus were safe, and received a repaired communication crystal as the Giant Dragon advanced through the World Gate.
• Novi and Moss exchanged weapons and potions, then attacked the World Gate while Fred and Korelinus fought Fagaliir; Korelinus summoned the Obsidian Giant to restrain the dragon.
• Moss used a high-speed waterline strike to sever a corner of the World Gate, causing it to begin closing and threatening to cut Fagaliir in half.
• Fagaliir poured his Magic Power into the World Gate to repair it, while Novi and Fred tried to stop him; the Obsidian Giant suddenly crushed Fred, and Korelinus attacked Moss and Novi.
• Novi identified Korelinus as corrupted by Blood Devour and said she would hold her back, but Fagaliir broke through the gate and emerged fully, announcing that Moss would be his first meal.

Novi fought to restrain Korelinus, who had been corrupted by Blood Devour, and destroyed the core of her giant with a carefully aimed arrow. Korelinus revealed that the giant could regenerate around countless cores and began transforming it into a headless angel with power from her god.

• Novi battled Korelinus’s regenerating giant while Molly fought Red Dragon in the distance.
• Novi lured Korelinus into position and fired through the giant’s head, shattering its core.
• Korelinus dismissed Novi’s victory as a cheap trick and revealed purple patterns linking countless new cores across the giant.
• Korelinus invoked Puppet Play: Hundred God Cores, merging puppet phantoms into the giant and forming a purple ring around its neck.
• Novi watched in shock as the headless giant began to take the shape of an angel.

Moss fought Fagaliir while her talents grew and her instincts kept her alive, using the battle to buy time for her Kin to gather millions of magic cores for a huge explosion. After freeing her consciousness from commanding the Kin, Moss returned to her body just as Fagaliir’s tail came hurtling toward her.

• Moss broke one of Fagaliir’s fangs with a 6,400-fold gravity punch, then fought the dragon head-on as her talents and physical limits increased.
• Moss let her Trembling Will guide her body while she commanded temporary Kin through her Sea of Consciousness to gather magic cores and prepare a fifteen-kilometer explosion around the World Gate.
• Xi and Wa warned Moss that the planned blast was excessive, and Moss apologized to the weakened Storage Ring for being affected by the rules while collecting cores.
• Moss learned that Captain Novi had run into trouble and decided she could not ignore her employer.
• Moss ended her Kin commands, cast off the restraints on her consciousness, and returned to her body as Fagaliir swung her tail at her.

Moss rescued Novi from Korelinus’s bombardment and proposed facing Korelinus and Fagaliir alone while Novi sought reinforcements. As the two enemies approached, Moss prepared to turn their partnership into a chaotic three-way fight.

• Moss evaded Fagaliir’s Dragon’s breath and diverted toward Korelinus, intending to attack the headless giant.
• Korelinus unleashed a barrage from the giant’s nodes, and Moss used Observation Veil to save Novi from the attack.
• Moss revived Novi with a potion, and Novi recovered before Korelinus turned the giant toward the World Gate.
• Novi asked whether they should fight one-on-one again, but Moss said the two enemies joining forces would make things worse.
• Moss told Novi to find the retreating soldiers and contact the reinforcements while she fought Korelinus and Fagaliir alone.

Moss weakened Fagaliir with a Steel Giant while battling Korelinus, then struck down the Headless Giant and shattered Korelinus’s linked soul cores. Korelinus escaped through a portal with Shadow Mouse secretly attached to her, leaving Moss to face Fagaliir.

• Moss recognized that Fagaliir had weakened and decided to target Korelinus while using the Steel Giant to restrain the dragon.
• Moss trapped Fagaliir beneath the Steel Giant as the dragon struggled to break free.
• Moss distorted Korelinus’s attacks and pierced her with a concentrated beam, grievously injuring her and slicing through the Headless Giant.
• Moss shattered Korelinus’s linked soul cores, but a portal opened beneath her and pulled her away before Moss could finish her.
• Moss sent Shadow Mouse through the portal with Korelinus and turned back to confront Fagaliir.

Moss battled Fagaliir, using threads and Earth Magic to restrain the dragon and draw it away from the ground. After completing the first phase of her plan, she used Mental Corruption to make Fagaliir believe the World Gate was in danger as the Steel Giant ran toward it.

• Moss used threads to raise Earth Giants and fought Fagaliir, gradually matching the dragon's strength.
• Moss restrained Fagaliir with a towering Earth Giant and restored the shattered Steel Giant with her threads.
• The Steel Giant attacked Fagaliir's wings, but the dragon broke free and took to the air.
• Moss vanished toward the World Gate, leaving the Steel Giant to run there while Fagaliir searched for her.
• Moss appeared before Fagaliir and used Mental Corruption to make it believe the World Gate was about to be destroyed.

Moss fought Fagaliir near the World Gate while reflecting on the traitors and learning about the dragon’s magic. After the Trembling Will left her a cryptic message and became a new talent, Novi arrived and ordered a full assault on the gate, forcing Moss to abandon her original plan and rely on a backup.

• Moss learned from Novi that Jetetu had attacked Hezley and fled with Koreya, while Northus and Axio stopped him.
• Moss used her Steel Giant to attack Fagaliir, but the dragon unleashed spatial Dragon Language Magic that shattered the construct and forced her to take cover.
• While shielding herself from Fagaliir’s breath, Moss studied how its anti-magic property interacted with fully elementalized Mana Essence.
• Moss questioned the Trembling Will, which warned that detonating the underground magic core would not defeat the threat and that Moss would die; it then vanished and became Trembling Mark.
• Novi rescued Moss and ordered an all-out attack on the World Gate, so Moss abandoned her original plan and prepared to use her backup.

Novi and Moss watched six Floating Ships bombard the World Gate and Giant Dragon while they waited for the battle to end. Six captains arrived to reinforce them, and Rosmote asked Novi how they could defeat the beast.

• Moss and Novi watched the Floating Ships fire continuously at the World Gate and Giant Dragon, with Novi explaining how the ships had helped make the Realm Gate War a prolonged stalemate.
• Moss complained that she was hungry after fighting all day, then spotted six captains flying toward them.
• Ischa Augustine Villa embraced Novi, checked that she was unhurt, and was introduced by Novi as her cousin.
• Novi greeted Rosmote Gallier and the other arriving captains: Smott, Yas, Ellis, and Erica.
• Rosmote noted Fred and Korelinus's deaths, then asked Novi whether she had a plan for the Giant Dragon.

Moss learned that dragons guarded World Gates as a source of food and realized her earlier illusion had intensified Fagaliir’s fixation on its target. After an unknown gaze swept over her, Rosmote, Yas, and Novi launched an assault on Fagaliir, but their opening strikes barely harmed the dragon.

• Novi told Rosmote that killing Fagaliir would be nearly impossible and urged the group to destroy the World Gate.
• Ischa explained dragons’ relationship with World Gates, and Moss concluded that her illusion had strengthened Fagaliir’s resolve to guard the gate.
• Moss sensed an unknown presence observing her and used Observation Veil to block it, exhausting her Magic Power in 0.01 seconds.
• Fagaliir unleashed Dragon’s breath and black storms as Rosmote and Yas charged, with Novi joining their advance.
• Rosmote knocked Fagaliir upward with Fierce Strike, and Yas struck its chest and abdomen with his battle-axe, but the dragon’s defenses held.

The captains fought Fagaliir at the World Gate, using coordinated attacks to wound and bring down the dragonkin, only for it to recover with astonishing speed. Fagaliir unleashed a far more powerful blue dragon’s breath, and Rosmote and Ischa raised layered defenses as the chapter ended with Rosmote recounting familiar old stories.

• Yas attacked Fagaliir at close range while Rosmote and the other captains struck the dragonkin with shields, axes, and magic.
• Fagaliir took flight, but the captains’ arrows hit it, and Novi and Moss appeared on its back to disrupt its balance and reopen its chest wound.
• Fagaliir crashed to the ground but quickly recovered most of its injuries, astonishing Moss and the other captains.
• Fagaliir gathered deep-red flames and unleashed a blue, plasma-like breath that scorched the ground and forced the captains to defend themselves.
• Rosmote built layers of protective shields while Ischa cast blessings, and the two joked as Rosmote began retelling stories the captains had heard before.

The captains crippled Fagaliir’s wings and Moss froze it after it rampaged across the battlefield. As the captains prepared to finish the dragon, Fagaliir begged an unseen master for mercy, only for that voice to command it to take its own life.

• Smote reconstructed the array and projected Yas and Rosmote above Fagaliir, where Ellis and Erica restrained the dragon long enough for them to badly damage both wings.
• Moss sensed a strange warning from her Trembling Mark, then joined the captains’ assault and severed one of Fagaliir’s wings completely.
• Fagaliir rolled violently across the ground, resisting the captains’ ranged attacks until Moss froze it with Artful Frost of Freezing.
• Fagaliir begged its master for forgiveness, but the voice ordered it to take its own life.

The Giant Dragon gathered its Mana Essence and exploded before Moss and the captains could stop it, devastating the battlefield. As the survivors struggled under a powerful presence, Rosmote identified the humanlike figure emerging from the flames as a Dragon King.

• The Giant Dragon's life force appeared to fade as its body rapidly decayed, leaving Novi and the captains uncertain about what had happened.
• Moss sensed Mana Essence gathering inside the Giant Dragon and warned Novi that the group could either attack at great risk or retreat.
• Moss detonated a compressed mana attack toward the ground as Novi ordered everyone to attack the Giant Dragon with everything they had.
• The Giant Dragon exploded first, scattering the incoming attacks and sending a devastating shock wave across the battlefield.
• Moss used her Gravity Shield to escape the shock wave, while the seven closest captains collapsed under the immense pressure.
• Rosmote recognized the black, humanlike figure rising from the flames as a Dragon King, a powerful dragon capable of taking human form.