Chapter Summaries

After Olbins told Anvis that a concealed Fourth Rank Professional had attacked him and Hillyl, Anvis investigated the assault and uncovered a plot involving Lajos Ilkan’s guard and an unknown force. Anvis halted the inquiry when a High-rank Prophet interfered, leaving the force’s identity unresolved.

• Olbins recounted how a Fourth Rank Professional attacked him and Hillyl after an auction, nearly killing Hillyl, and asked Anvis to identify the attacker.
• Anvis promised to investigate, then sent the Olyvendi Family’s forces in the Royal Capital to look into the attack.
• Investigators identified Lajos Ilkan as the VIP guest who had bid against Olbins and traced one attacker to a guard assigned to protect him.
• A High-rank Prophet’s divination revealed that a third party had recruited the guard to provoke conflict between the Ilkan Family and other forces, then killed him to conceal the plot.
• When the Family Prophet tried to identify the unknown force, another High-rank Prophet interfered, so Anvis paused the investigation and forwarded its findings to the family’s leaders.

Anvis confirmed Olbins intended to investigate the conspiracy behind the attack on Hillyl, then used an Enchanted Crystal Ball to follow the Last Dragonborn’s unusual quest. The Last Dragonborn reached Starfall Canyon, the final burial ground of the Heavy Sword Mercenary Group, before the closed beta ended.

• Anvis offered Olbins further help, but Olbins thanked him and said he wanted to handle those involved himself.
• Anvis believed Olbins would pursue the deeper conspiracy instead of simply destroying the Ilkan Family, and he began observing the Last Dragonborn’s mission.
• Anvis reflected on how the Last Dragonborn’s reckless choices had transformed a simple investigation into a quest involving the White Rose Legion and a High-Rank Faction.
• The Last Dragonborn crossed a dense forest and entered Starfall Canyon, where the Heavy Sword Mercenary Group had met its end.
• The Last Dragonborn carefully walked through the gloomy canyon with two hours and eighteen minutes remaining before the closed beta ended.

Elf completed the quest at the ruined campsite where the Greatsword Mercenary Group had died, honoring the fallen mercenaries and the client’s loved one. As the closed beta ended, Last Dragonborn vanished in white light, promising to return to Uniwal in seven days.

• Last Dragonborn searched the ruined campsite, detected no undead, and completed the quest for 100,000 Experience Points.
• Elf found a dead mercenary clutching a Black Iron Necklace and returned the pendant, letters, and another necklace to the body before burying it.
• Last Dragonborn built a stone tower with the Greatsword Mercenary Group’s banner, placed wildflowers beside it, and gave the mercenaries’ greeting.
• Elf reflected that Uniwal was a game, then left the canyon as the closed beta countdown reached its end.
• Last Dragonborn disappeared in white light, saying he would see Uniwal again in seven days and wondering about creating an NPC Protection Association.

The Pigeon used a button to light up a city as its flame neared its end, then flew onward to another city. By morning, the people had forgotten seeing their grandmothers, while the Pigeon continued its journey with more buttons.

• The Pigeon lit another vote and showed the dazzling pile of votes around it.
• The Pigeon warned that the votes and the things it had seen would disappear when the flame went out.
• The Pigeon pulled a button from beneath its wing, flew high, and pressed it.
• A fierce light erupted over the city, and many people saw their grandmothers as the New Year's chimes rang.
• The Pigeon flew toward the next city, and by morning the people had forgotten what they had seen.

After the Last Dragonborn logged off, Anvis noticed a small increase in Fate Feedback and investigated objects connected to the Players. The guards could not remember the missing letter, and the chapter ended as Chom Olivenndi proudly recounted how the Olyvendi Family had taken him in.

• Anvis noticed that the Fate Feedback around his Thread of Fate had increased after the Last Dragonborn logged off, and wondered whether helping Players had caused it.
• Anvis recognized that the closed beta had ended and that the global open beta was near, then went to the Underground Lab to examine Player-linked objects.
• Anvis entered the isolation chamber and found that a letter he remembered placing among the objects had vanished.
• Anvis summoned guards who had memorized the objects, but they all said nothing was missing.
• Anvis asked the high-ranking guard his name, and Chom Olivenndi proudly described how the Olyvendi Family had rescued and raised him.

Anvis investigated how Delete Archive erased the Players and rewrote records of their actions, then traveled to Starfall Canyon to examine a necklace that had flickered when the Last Dragonborn buried the lovers. He turned a Jungle Leopard to stone upon arriving, leaving the necklace investigation still ahead.

• Anvis questioned Jom and Dixie and learned that neither remembered the Elf mercenary or his transactions.
• Anvis concluded that Delete Archive changed events involving Players, removed evidence of their existence, and replaced it with plausible alternatives.
• Anvis reread a newspaper whose account of the Imperial Palace attack had changed from the Outsiders' deaths to their escape and a suspected Church connection.
• Anvis traveled to Starfall Canyon to investigate the Black Iron Necklace that had flickered when the Last Dragonborn buried the lovers.
• A Jungle Leopard attacked Anvis, and he turned it into a stone statue with his gaze.

Anvis buried the jungle leopard and used Earth Fist to recover the buried remains and a necklace. He identified the necklace as Obsession Material left by a woman with prophetic talent, whose lover’s soul had already dissipated.

• Anvis used Liquefy Ground to sink the jungle leopard deep underground and seal it away.
• Anvis used Earth Fist to open the mound where the Last Dragonborn had buried the mission target and client.
• Anvis retrieved a Black Iron Necklace and examined its strange Fate and necromantic fluctuations with the Mercury Eye.
• Anvis recognized the necklace as Obsession Material and realized its former owner had possessed an undiscovered talent for prophecy.
• Anvis concluded that the woman had searched for her lover because of warnings about his fate, but the young mercenary’s soul had dissipated during the Secret Art Ritual.

Anvis uncovered how the murdered woman’s obsession had transformed her necklace into rare prophecy material and promised to provide for her three children in exchange for taking it. After her lingering soul departed, he left Stars Valley, reflecting on the mercenary mission payment that had destroyed her family.

• Anvis learned that the woman had been murdered while investigating the Greatsword Mercenary Group and that her obsession had imbued her necklace with prophecy power.
• Anvis promised to support the woman’s three children and declared an exchange for taking the necklace.
• The woman’s lingering soul appeared, thanked Anvis, and embraced the corpse before fading away, further improving the necklace’s material quality.
• Anvis put away the necklace and left as the Hand of the Earth buried the remains.

Anvis completed Element Stripping and tested the resulting Cursed Metals for chain reactions. The experiments identified Star Blue Silver-3 as the first metal to produce an abnormal eruption of Cursed Power when two pieces overlapped.

• Anvis returned to his underground laboratory after class and confirmed that Element Stripping had reached 100%.
• Anvis ordered Seer Silver to package the separated metals and merge them into hemispheres for testing.
• Anvis tested the metal categories in sequence, but the Gray Iron, Black Vein Copper, Blood Silver, and Black Prism Copper samples showed no abnormal reactions.
• When two Star Blue Silver-3 hemispheres overlapped, they emitted a blue glare and triggered a sharp spike in the Cursed Force Field activity index.
• The Activated Metal arm separated the Star Blue Silver-3 hemispheres as Seer Silver sounded an alarm.

Anvis confirmed that Star Blue Silver-3 could trigger a chain reaction, then encountered a dangerous, uncontrollable reaction while testing Lakenserm-5. He used the laboratory’s Time Stop safeguard to halt the reaction and separate the fused metal, leaving the experiment contained.

• Seer Silver reported that Star Blue Silver-3 met the conditions for a chain reaction, and Anvis continued testing other metals.
• During the Lakenserm-5 test, the hemispheres fused as a powerful Cursed Force Field eruption damaged the chamber’s controls and separation systems.
• The laboratory activated its Time Stop safeguard, and Anvis ordered the force field adjusted to end the reaction.
• Anvis manually controlled an Activated Metal arm and used Metal Shaping to separate the Lakenserm-5 sphere into hemispheres.
• Anvis placed one hemisphere in a sealed box and ordered Seer Silver to lift the alarm.

Anvis completed his tests and identified Star Blue Silver-3 and Lakenserm Metal-5 as the elements needed for a magical Mass-Energy Conversion Weapon, renaming them Secret Uranium and Secret Plutonium. The story then shifted to Jiang Heng on Blue Star, where he struggled with the wait for Mysterious Era’s launch and received a provocative message from Xiao Mao.

• Seer Silver reported that the Lakenserm Metal-5 test had produced a violent Mana reaction and that the numbered element tests were complete.
• Anvis recognized Star Blue Silver-3 and Lakenserm Metal-5 as the key elements for a Mass-Energy Conversion Weapon and named them Secret Uranium and Secret Plutonium.
• Anvis ordered Seer Silver to sort and store the test samples, portion the two key metals, and render the damaged test chamber harmless.
• Six days before Mysterious Era’s launch, Jiang Heng browsed game forums and lamented having nothing to play.
• Xiao Mao messaged Jiang Heng, who replied that he had eaten; after Xiao Mao sent a suggestive image, Jiang Heng answered, “No!”

After the closed beta ended, Jiang Heng wrote a guide to Mysterious Era using what he remembered about its attributes, quests, NPCs, and dangers. His post reached the trending section, but readers focused on his recommendation to visit a street known for its Night Butterflies.

• Jiang Heng learned that other closed beta players also had blurred memories of the game, and the developers announced that it was a normal effect of logging out through Deep Dream connections.
• Jiang Heng posted a guide describing how attributes, quests, skills, NPCs, and criminal penalties worked in Mysterious Era.
• Jiang Heng finished his lunch and checked the forum, where his guide had reached the trending section.
• Too Handsome to Type My Name replied that Autumn Dew Rose Street was known for its Night Butterflies and teased Jiang Heng about practicing Eloquence in the Red Light District.

Anvis worried that testing his Mass-Energy Conversion Weapon would draw the attention of powerful factions, while his post’s rising popularity stirred changes unnoticed. After receiving a letter from Leonard, he learned about recent developments in his family and Carlas, including Fiona’s advancement to Third Rank.

• Jiang Heng angrily read comments twisting his strategy post into a claim that he gained Eloquence in the Red Light District, while the post’s popularity continued to grow.
• Anvis accepted a bouquet from an unfamiliar girl, then traded teasing remarks with Harvey Carawen about their popularity and romantic attention.
• Anvis received a sealed letter from Leonard and returned to his residence to break its mana seal and read it.
• Leonard reported that Lady Aranis’s bandit leader remained missing, a mysterious attacker had vanished from Carlras City, and the family had secured cooperation from the White Rose Legion’s Deputy Commander.
• Leonard also reported the expansion of Construct Factories in Carlas Province, Fiona’s breakthrough to Third Rank, and Little Cat’s progress teaching her Noble Etiquette.

Anvis examined the purple Emis Heart gem and breakthrough Harmonizer Evan had brought back, then connected them to his brother’s mysterious journey and disappearance. Suspecting Evan had encountered something related to the Old Days Secret Scripture, Anvis warned Duke Carlot, who set out to investigate him.

• Anvis received information and samples of the Emis Heart and Harmonizer, discovering their unusual effects on high-ranking Professionals.
• Anvis recalled Evan’s growing withdrawal from family and territorial affairs, and connected his changes to clues about the Old Days Secret Scripture.
• Anvis reviewed Evan’s itinerary and noted that he had visited Dylas to investigate the source of the new items.
• Anvis told Duke Carlot that a prophetic vision had shown Evan shrouded in twisted shadow.
• Duke Carlot agreed to travel to Abundant Gold City and investigate Evan’s situation.

Anvis used Flesh Avatar to create a physical double and tested its control range, then prepared to investigate Evan’s territory. He introduced the disguised double to Jom as a Ninth-Rank family guest called Man in the Mirror.

• After Duke Carlot assured Anvis that Evan was safe and his Artifact posed no immediate danger, Anvis decided to investigate Evan’s territory himself.
• Anvis used Flesh Avatar to grow a physical copy of himself, replenishing the intense hunger caused by its creation with Demonized Fruits and a Vigorous Life Potion.
• Anvis tested the Avatar’s control, finding that its connection weakened after about ten kilometers and that it could not move beyond a twenty-kilometer radius.
• The next day, Anvis summoned Jom to the Olivenndi Branch and introduced the featureless, shadow-cloaked Avatar as a Ninth-Rank Lord named Man in the Mirror.

Anvis traveled to Abundant Gold City with Jom and a supposed Ninth-Rank retainer to visit his brother Evan. After the group arrived, the retainer secretly split off, revealing that it was Anvis’s incarnation and had headed toward the City Lord’s Mansion.

• Anvis summoned Jom and said he planned to visit Evan in Abundant Gold City with the black-robed Mirror Man.
• Anvis opened a Portal through a bookshelf, and he, Jom, and Mirror Man emerged from the Teleportation Array in Abundant Gold City.
• Jom identified Anvis to the guards as Evan’s blood brother and introduced Mirror Man as a Ninth-Rank Lord from the Olyvendi Family.
• A guard led the three toward the City Lord’s Mansion while a concealed Arcane Eye recorded their arrival.
• Evan watched the group on a Magic Crystal Ball and relaxed when he saw the black-robed retainer leave them.
• The supposed Ninth-Rank retainer transformed into a shadow and reappeared in a secluded alley, where the narration revealed it was Anvis’s incarnation.

Anvis visited Evan to welcome him back and hear about his travels, while quietly assessing whether Evan was truly his brother. Evan described how a foreign caravan introduced him to unrecorded Magic Gems and Harmonizer, and began explaining the journey that led him to acquire them.

• Anvis used his Flesh Avatar to meet Evan, and Chom sensed the familiar pressure created by Old Days Majesty.
• Anvis and Evan exchanged warm greetings, and Anvis found no abnormality in Evan’s aura or bloodline.
• Evan served Anvis rare Radiance Grade Spore Coffee and asked about his life at Pamir Academy.
• Anvis asked Evan about his travels, and Evan showed him the new Magic Gems and Harmonizer he had brought back.
• Evan explained that a caravan’s unrecorded goods had prompted him to buy them and learn where the gems and Harmonizer came from.

Evan told Anvis how an overseas merchant caravan brought Emis Heart gemstones and Emis Dust Harmonizers to the Yar Continent after passing through a strange fog. He explained that divination confirmed the merchants’ story and that he had traveled to Dylas himself, leaving Anvis to question the risk as the brothers laughed over their differing parents’ advice.

• Evan showed Anvis how the gemstones amplified the effects of coffee on Spiritual Power, and Anvis agreed the effect was remarkable.
• Evan explained that reports of the new gemstones and Harmonizers had not spread through the Itel Federation, despite the caravan’s long journey.
• Evan recounted how the merchants passed through a sudden fog and emerged in unfamiliar mountains and forests before reaching Abundant Gold City.
• Evan said a High-rank Prophet confirmed the merchants’ account and foresaw minor setbacks but no major danger or conspiracy.
• Evan told Anvis he had traveled to Dylas himself, and Anvis reminded him of their father’s warning against putting himself in danger.
• Evan countered with their mother’s advice to keep moving forward, and the brothers exchanged a glance and laughed.

Evan recounted how he followed a Black Sailing Ship to the island of Lavanles and discovered the source of the Emis Heart and Emis Dust. He showed Anvis an ancient statue of a God Servant, whose strange power stirred the Old Days Secret Scripture carried by Anvis’s true body.

• Evan said he waited in Dylas for two and a half months until the Black Sailing Ship returned to port.
• Evan and his family guards disguised themselves as merchants and persuaded the ship's captain to take them to the island.
• Evan learned that the islanders of Lavanles mined Emis Heart and Emis Dust in the Ancient Mountains beyond their settlement.
• Evan described an ancient sacrificial site beneath a carved cliff and revealed that he had found a statue there.
• Anvis sensed strange power in the statue, and the Old Days Secret Scripture in his true body responded with a faint ripple.
• Evan showed Anvis the protected statue in his Magic Laboratory and explained that it was likely a God Servant statue.

After recounting his dangerous return from the island, Evan parted from Anvis, whose Avatar left Abundant Gold City while his true body searched for subjects to test new spells on. Anvis lured a fleeing Girl into a Lower District alley, where he prepared to experiment on the Refugees pursuing her.

• Evan told Anvis that breaking through the island's Force Field and escaping its Mutated Magical Beasts had taken until nightfall.
• Evan ended his visit and offered his butler to show Anvis around Abundant Gold City, but Anvis said he had to return to Pamir Academy and leave.
• Anvis controlled his Avatar and guard Chom as they left the City Lord's Mansion, while his true body searched for Lab Rats nearby.
• Anvis guided a fleeing Girl into his alley, where several Refugees cornered her.
• Anvis ignored the Scarface Man's threat, examined the Refugees, and prepared to test new Twisted Seed spells on them.