Chapter Summaries

Moss met the Empire’s reinforcements, led by Novi, after they arrived at the battlefield. Anlia and the others received medical care aboard the Floating Ship, while Moss and Umeilu were kept under supervision until the injured woke.

• Novi’s crew detected six life signs and Moss approaching, and Moss warned the Floating Ship to identify itself before revealing Anlia’s badge.
• Moss identified herself as Molly von Nilia and urged Novi to treat the injured; Novi introduced herself and ordered priests to help Anlia and the others.
• The priests discovered something about the Alien Organ inside Umeilu, and their leader quietly informed Novi.
• Novi invited Moss and the injured aboard the Floating Ship but restricted Moss and Umeilu to a designated area until Anlia and the others regained consciousness.
• Moss carried Umeilu onto the Floating Ship and waited for Anlia and the others to wake.

Umeilu woke from a nightmare about being abused as an experiment subject, and Moss comforted her until she fell asleep again. While keeping up the appearance of reading aboard the Floating Ship, Moss reviewed the Kin Space’s growing farms and Slime industries.

• Umeilu dreamed of being dragged from a prison cell and restrained for the implantation of a Divine Embryo.
• Umeilu woke trembling, and Moss embraced and reassured her until she calmed down and fell asleep.
• Moss returned to her chair and closed the book she had used as a disguise while observing the Kin Space.
• Moss noted that the little mice had grown to three hundred, built a village, and begun farming crops and Cuitess Grass.
• Moss reviewed how Slimes produced Healing Gel and Mana Gel, with the Mana Gel factory already making two hundred bottles per day.

Moss was summoned by Captain Novi, reunited with Anlia, and learned about Anlia’s family obligations. Novi then asked Moss to join her unit’s mission to subjugate the giant Rockscale Dragon.

• Axio Roland escorted Moss to Captain Novi after explaining that he had once served as a Floating Ship steward and organization field agent.
• Moss entered Novi’s luxurious room and was embraced by Anlia, who thanked her for saving Lina and the others.
• Moss saw that Anlia’s left hand had been healed by a Priest, though it still needed time to recover.
• Novi told Anlia that Aunt Wendy wanted her to return home, inherit the family business, and marry, but Anlia resisted the plan.
• Novi asked Moss to assist her unit and participate in the mission to subjugate the giant Rockscale Dragon.

Moss initially refused to help Novi fight the Rockscale Dragon, but learned that Novi needed the victory to earn a count’s title and escape a marriage proposal. Moss agreed to join the operation for ten thousand Gold Coins and the dragon’s Iron Crystal and magic core.

• Moss refused Novi’s request, explaining that the Rockscale Dragon and the Boundary God Cult forces seemed too dangerous despite the team’s strength.
• Novi revealed that Purple Thorns’ ten strongest teams and a three-thousand-man army led by General Angsa Lyons would take part in the operation.
• Moss guessed that Novi had a personal reason for wanting the dragon killed, and Novi admitted she hoped to earn a count’s title so she could reject the Horn Family’s marriage proposal.
• Novi offered Moss twenty thousand Gold Coins, but Moss instead demanded ten thousand Gold Coins plus the Rockscale Dragon’s Iron Crystal and magic core.
• Novi accepted Moss’s terms, agreeing to pay the full compensation if they succeeded and only ten thousand Gold Coins if they failed.

Moss left Novi and Anlia after arranging dinner, then secretly listened through a Shadow Mouse as they discussed whether she could be trusted. Novi revealed that the Empire had found traces of Blood Devour at the cult stronghold and became alarmed to learn Moss had killed the creatures that emerged from the corpses.

• Moss told Novi she hoped they would have opportunities to work together, then asked Axio to prepare dinner for two.
• Moss returned to Umeilu's room and reflected on the time she had to practice controlling her power and develop her familiars.
• Moss's Shadow Mouse hid beneath Anlia's bed and listened as Novi questioned Anlia about Moss's transformation and character.
• Anlia said she would vouch for Moss because she was a child who had saved the team, despite Novi warning that Moss was powerful and difficult to read.
• Novi told Anlia that five monsters had crawled out of corpses at the cult stronghold and learned that Moss had killed them.
• Novi reacted with surprise and said she needed to explain the Blood Devour to Anlia properly.

Novi explained Blood Devour’s history and warned Anlia that Molly might have been turned into an Executor after being captured by the Boundary God Cult. Anlia agreed to check Molly for signs of an embryo and use Holy Water if needed, while Novi left after secretly scanning the room.

• Novi told Anlia that a Legendary-level Blood Devour had nearly wiped out an army 1,500 years ago before Sword Saint Lamitas received a divine sword and defeated it.
• Novi explained that only a God's Chosen blessed by God Radmia could directly kill Blood Devour, and warned that Molly might have been transformed into an Executor.
• Anlia wondered whether Molly had received a divine blessing, but Novi said the gods’ actions were unknowable and Sky Watch Star would restrict Molly unless the embryo’s presence was confirmed.
• Novi described the physical signs of a Blood Devour embryo and gave Anlia high-concentration Holy Water to use on Molly in Hill City.
• Novi scanned the room before leaving, while Anlia hid the bottle beneath her clothes and lay down to think.

Moss concealed the Shadow Mouse from Novi, learned that the Floating Ship would reach Hill City before the Rockscale Dragon subjugation, and then woke to find monsters attacking the city. She dressed Umeilu and headed to the deck to help as the battle began.

• Moss recalled the Shadow Mouse and discussed how Novi had nearly sensed it.
• Novi told Moss that the Floating Ship would reach Hill City the next morning and that the Rockscale Dragon subjugation could take place within fifteen days.
• Moss invited Novi to eat, but Novi left after hinting they might work together again.
• Moss woke Umeilu and went to the window, where she saw monsters attacking Hill City's southern gate.
• Moss helped Umeilu dress, told her to stay in the room, and left for the deck to help with the battle.

Novi prepared Hill City’s defenses against a vast monster horde while Moss watched the battle from a Floating Ship and delighted in its cannon fire. The chapter ended with Novi ordering Molly von Nilia down from the deck before she could climb onto a main cannon.

• Novi ordered the weapons department to prepare for battle and learned that nearly 230,000 monsters were within detection range of Hill City.
• Novi directed the Magic Core Cannons to focus on water-element ammunition and asked about General Angsa and the Golden Lion Knights, who were hurrying back toward Hill City.
• Novi learned that Molly was on the deck of a Floating Ship and reacted with surprise.
• Moss watched the brutal siege from above, noting that the city wall was deforming as monsters and defenders fought.
• Moss sat near the ship’s cannons, cheered as they fired, and ran toward a main cannon to experience its blast.
• Novi broadcast an irritated order for Molly von Nilia to get down from the deck.

Moss intercepted a Diamond Golem attacking the Floating Ship Videra and blasted it back into the monster horde. She then unleashed a massive gravity-powered attack against the monsters charging toward the city walls.

• Moss climbed toward the deck, but Novi ordered her back inside.
• A Diamond Golem struck the Floating Ship Videra’s shield, and Novi ordered the main cannon to fire it back into the monster horde.
• The cannon blasted the Golem away, but the ship’s shield suffered critical damage, and another Golem approached.
• Moss leaped into the air and smashed the second Golem hundreds of meters into the monster horde.
• Moss charged her power and struck the earth with Fist Bone—Clash, targeting the monsters advancing toward the city walls.

Moss’s massive attack wiped out nearly all the monsters within ten kilometers, impressing the Floating Ship’s crew and Axio. Novi summoned Moss to the bridge and said she had gotten her into a terrible mess.

• Moss unleashed a gravity attack that crushed and scorched the area, killing nearly all the monsters within ten kilometers.
• Moss lamented her poor control over Magic Power and returned to the Floating Ship.
• Axio praised Moss’s strength and escorted her through the awed crew to the bridge at Novi’s request.
• Moss arrived at the bridge, where Novi and two figures on a crystal screen were discussing her attack.
• Moss asked whether Novi had summoned her just to stare at her, and Novi said Moss had gotten her into a terrible mess.

After Moss’s dangerous attack, Novi and two captains discussed whether the appearance of multiple divinely blessed people and a surge in Boundary God Cult activity signaled a coming war. Reports of strange events spread across the world, and the old pope warned Gabriel that chaotic times were coming and urged him to go out and see the world.

• Novi warned Moss not to repeat her unauthorized attack, then discussed Moss’s uncertain strength with Korelinus and Fred.
• Novi explained that multiple divinely blessed people had appeared during the ancient Realm Gate War, and reported more than a thousand recent Boundary God Cult incidents across the Empire.
• Korelinus and Fred agreed that the information was troubling but said it was too soon to conclude that another great war was coming.
• Mages in Roya reported that the weather and constellations had become abnormal, while the elves received news of extensive snowfall in the south and the Earth Core Fortress reported weakening flames.
• The old pope summoned Gabriel, told him the chaotic times were coming and that he had little time left, and urged him to go outside and see the world.

After devastating the monster army, Moss returned to the crater to collect the monster cores and pondered how different worlds might have different rules. She gathered more than a hundred thousand cores, then ate a Gold-grade Earth Element core.

• Moss landed in the crater as the adventurers watched in fear, then began raising buried monster cores with gravity.
• Moss realized the Hunter's Rule limited which cores she could lift and wondered whether the World Gate had changed the rules connecting Blue Star and the other world.
• Moss used water to clean and collect the floating cores while Storage Ring caught those falling into the Farming Area.
• The monster core rain lasted half an hour, leaving a mountain of more than a hundred thousand cores for Little Ball to count.
• Moss picked up a Gold-grade Earth Element monster core and bit into it.

Moss absorbed a magic core and gained Level VII Earth Manipulation, then returned toward the city as adventurers searched the crater for battlefield spoils. Koreya and Jetetu collected scattered souls for Captain Korelinus, whose puppet soldiers had strained her Mental Force.

• Moss gained Earth Manipulation at Level VII and sensed the ground across a wide area, causing a small localized earthquake.
• Moss noticed the rain and flew back toward the city aboard the Floating Ship.
• Adventurers entered the crater under the Battlefield Cleanup Quest and gathered valuable monster materials.
• Koreya excitedly pointed out monster remains until Jetetu reminded her to finish the mission for Captain Korelinus.
• Koreya collected more than a thousand scattered souls so Korelinus's Mental Force could recover and her puppet soldiers could increase.
• Jetetu briefly lost himself in thought before Koreya called him back and led him toward the city.

Shantru left Hill City to retire, while Rowan and Roz learned that Moss had destroyed the monsters with a single attack. Moss returned to the inn with her newly adopted sister, Umeilu, and settled in with her.

• Shantru bought a barrel of wine, told the tavern owner he was leaving to retire, and departed through the rain.
• Rowan worried that Molly von Nilia had been missing for eight days, and Roz reported that the Boundary God Cult had caused the monster attack.
• Roz showed Rowan a recording of Moss wiping out the monsters with one strike, and they worried that powerful factions might target her.
• Moss returned to the inn with Umeilu, introduced her as her five-year-old adopted sister, and asked Rowan if they could share a room.
• Rowan welcomed them and told Moss that breakfast would be ready after they bathed.

Moss removed Umeilu’s abnormal organs and used healing magic to help her recover, while discovering new talents that preserved the organs’ abilities. As the Floating Ships descended, Moss considered seeking powerful allies and obtaining a guarantor identity, then took Umeilu downstairs for breakfast.

• Moss removed Umeilu’s kidney, stomach, and liver, healed her wound, and explained that the organs’ abilities would remain in her body.
• Moss discovered that Healing Spell had evolved and that she had gained the Flesh Modification talent.
• Umeilu insisted she wanted to keep the powers of her abnormal organs, and Moss said she would entrust future plans to her.
• Moss watched three Floating Ships descend and considered finding allies and securing a guarantor identity despite the attention it might bring from the Boundary God Cult and the Xindevila Empire.
• Umeilu finished washing, and Moss helped her dress before they went downstairs for breakfast.

Moss trained her body control by practicing Tai Chi on stone pillars and unexpectedly entered a state of enlightenment. Her Fist Technique improved, restoring some control over her strength, while Roz witnessed her unusual display.

• After breakfast, Moss went to the inn's backyard to train while Umeilu returned to sleep and recover from surgery.
• Moss raised stone pillars from the ground and stood motionless on one as she practiced controlling her balance.
• Roz stopped Celia from disturbing Moss, explaining that Moss had entered a rare state of enlightenment.
• Moss practiced Tai Chi across the pillars, controlling the wind with her movements and raising her Fist Technique to Level III.
• Moss checked her strength control and found it had recovered to 9%, then accepted Roz's invitation to lunch and left with Celia.

Moss sparred with Roz at a waterfall, pushing her combat skills against the Adamantine-grade fighter and learning from his speed. After Roz left, Moss discovered that she had constructed two new movement talents from analyzing him.

• Roz brought Moss to a secluded waterfall and agreed to spar with her while suppressing his strength.
• Roz overwhelmed Moss with rapid attacks, but she used All Knowledge Analysis to read his movements and fight back at close range.
• Moss stomped Roz's toes with Tremor Step and Active Healing, forcing him to end the spar after less than two minutes.
• Roz left to test the Martial Skill improvement he had gained, while Moss reflected on how dangerous he would have been in a fight to the death.
• Moss checked her panel and found that All Knowledge Analysis had constructed the talents Instant Dash and Flash Turn.

Moss used Instant Dash and Flash Turn to explore how talents could help her control her body, then trained her speed, strength, and martial skills under 10x Gravity at the bottom of a lake. Exhausted but stronger by dawn, she decided to begin Mana Control training while she recovered.

• Moss recognized Instant Dash and Flash Turn as talents that could help her stabilize her speed and turning at their limits.
• Moss practiced combining high-speed movement with several fist techniques, triggering Fist Technique III to reach Level IV and blasting a huge hole in the lake.
• Moss judged that she still lacked control over her strength and began training explosive power under 10x Gravity at the bottom of the lake.
• Moss trained through the night, raising Full Body Enhancement to Level IV, Instant Dash to Level V, and Flash Turn to Level III; her Constitution reached 1082 and her Spirit reached 967.
• Little Ball helped Moss dress and fed her breakfast as she rested, and Moss chose Mana Control training as her next method.

Moss investigated why her increased magic power had not improved her control over it and developed a new approach: studying how Mana Essence converted into elements. She left the lake with hypotheses about changing elemental structure and improving conversion efficiency.

• Moss lost control of a water ball nearly thirty meters wide, which crashed into the lake and exhausted her.
• Moss reasoned that her consciousness had not adapted to her stronger body and that changing how it understood magic control might improve her efficiency.
• Moss tested how Mana Essence became water, fire, and earth, observing that each form dissipated at a different speed when she stopped supplying magic power.
• Moss proposed investigating whether elemental structure affected conversion, dissipation, and the consumption of magic power and Mental Force.

Moss spent five days studying Magic Power and improving her techniques, then stumbled upon a new sensation while practicing her Fist Technique. After hours of training and a day of stillness, she unleashed a devastating punch that blasted a hole through the lake and raised her talents to new levels.

• Moss developed the Burst technique by combining an unstable Elemental Structure with compression, while her experiments with water and solid states remained unsuccessful.
• Moss concluded that her perceptive ability was insufficient and determined that she needed to solve Problem Four to advance her research.
• A punch from Moss suddenly tore a dark hole into the lake, but she could not reproduce the sensation, so she trained intensely for hours before sitting motionless underwater.
• After another day, Moss sprang into a punching stance and murmured, "Rising Dragon..."
• Moss unleashed a punch that sent a pillar of water hundreds of meters into the air, gained several talent level increases, and laughed with satisfaction.