Chapter Summaries

As God's Blood invaded Brando's dying body, a Destiny Talent awakened and drew him into a mysterious hall, where he met a man connected to the Grey Gemstone. The man named its inheritance The Fool, and Brando tried to refuse it, leaving the man to challenge his understanding of his situation.

• God's Blood began repairing Brando's body and advancing toward his brain and heart, while he found himself unable to stop it.
• System notifications announced that a nearby fate item had awakened Brando's Destiny Talent and begun unlocking an inheritance.
• Brando found himself seated on a metal throne in a dark hall, facing a mysterious man who questioned him about the Seal of Sealing.
• Brando suspected the man was connected to Fanzan and concluded that Anman's Grey Gemstone was part of the saint's sacred relic.
• The man revealed that the Grey Gemstone carried his fate and that its inheritance was called The Fool.
• Brando asked whether he could refuse the talent, and the man asked if he understood his situation.

Brando met the Dark Dragon Odin in the mental world, accepted the Fool’s Talent, and received a gift that awakened the divine power within him. The power connected to Tiamat, alerting Andessa to danger as a pillar of golden light pierced the sky.

• A mysterious man told Brando that he was an exile and offered help in exchange for accepting the Fool’s Talent.
• The man explained that collecting Grey Gemstones would unlock the talent’s remaining levels and revealed himself as the Dark Dragon Odin.
• Odin sent golden light into Brando’s heart, awakening power that he called true God’s Blood.
• Andessa saw the awakened light envelop Brando in a cocoon and realized it was forming a divine power connection.
• Andessa tried to sever the connection, but the cocoon burst and a golden pillar shot toward the Dragon of War, Tiamat.

The Green Tower’s last defenders struggled to hold back the Wolf Calamity as William and Tulamann discussed the crisis and Brando’s importance. The battle’s outlook changed when two Golden Pillars of Light appeared and resonated, prompting William to vanish into the rain.

• Winter wolves overwhelmed the thorn wall and treant warriors, threatening the druids’ final defense at the Green Tower.
• William and Tulamann assessed the Great Magic Tide and estimated that the defenders could hold for no more than a day.
• Tulamann revealed he had brought a teleportation sphere to move the Council of Withered Wood to safety if the Green Tower fell.
• A Golden Pillar of Light appeared in the southern sky, followed by another from the center of the Ring of Trade Winds.
• Tulamann recognized the resonance as Brando’s, and William stepped into the rain and vanished.

Brando's divine golden light disrupted Andessa's plans as Veronica confronted her over Faina and the Lionheart Sword. Just as Andessa prepared a blood sacrifice, Mephisto's voice came from behind her and golden flames rushed toward her.

• Mephisto saw the golden pillar of light and headed toward it after getting lost.
• Andessa's vines burned in Brando's golden light, and she tried to flee with Qian, but Qian refused to leave Brando, so Andessa knocked her unconscious.
• Veronica arrived and fought Andessa, using Azure Sky to damage the Earth Golem before Andessa threatened Faina in an attempt to obtain the Lionheart Sword or its locator.
• Veronica refused to trade the Lionheart Sword or bow to Andessa's threats, and Andessa decided to use Faina for a blood sacrifice.
• A voice confronted Andessa about what she had done to his guard, and golden flames rushed toward her.

Brando emerged from the golden flames after absorbing Andessa’s Dark God’s Blood, rescuing Qian and gaining powerful divine envoy abilities and the Dark Dragon’s inheritance. He confronted Andessa, who was shocked that the blood had not turned him into her obedient servant.

• Andessa dodged Brando’s golden flames, separating herself from Qian as the flames burned through the girl’s restraints.
• Brando emerged from the flames, stopped Andessa from reaching Qian, and checked that the girl had only fainted.
• Brando crushed the crystal taken from his chest and revealed that his body had absorbed the Dark God’s Blood, granting him dark powers and greatly enhanced attributes.
• Brando discovered that the Dark Dragon’s inheritance gave him the Frenzy and Ancient People talents, which could let him use ancient skills and temporarily double his attributes.
• Andessa asked whether Brando had become a divine envoy, while Veronica realized the God’s Blood had not controlled him.
• Brando asked Andessa whether she was disappointed that her plan had failed.

Brando and Veronica fought Andessa, the Withered Lord, as Brando sought to escape with Qian and rescue Faina. After Veronica held Andessa back, Brando fled toward the Holy White Stone with both girls.

• Andessa refused to let Brando and Veronica leave, and Veronica attacked her with the Firmament Secret Sword—Wind Sprite.
• Brando used Fanaticism and a blast of Dark Power to damage the earth golem, then charged through the dust and rescued Faina from Andessa.
• Andessa attacked Brando with Living Wood Thorn, but he blocked its stages and escaped her reach with Faina.
• Andessa raised a wall of hell vines around Brando, but Veronica cut a path through them and stayed behind to hold her off.
• Veronica told Brando to take Qian and Faina and go, and Brando hurried toward the Holy White Stone as Andessa shouted after him.

Brando tried to escape Andessa with Qian and Faina, but Veronica fell into their path badly wounded, forcing him to summon Mordefis and bring her along. He led the group into the Ancient Rift to lure Andessa toward the Saint Hydra, and the chapter ended with Mordefis announcing that she was hungry.

• Veronica crashed into the valley ahead of Brando and warned him that Andessa was close behind.
• Brando refused to leave Veronica behind, summoned Mordefis, and had the vampire trap help her keep moving.
• Brando revealed his plan to lure Andessa into the Saint Hydra's lair, using the Grey Gemstone's resonance to guide him.
• Brando's group evaded Andessa through the canyon and reached the Ancient Rift before she caught them.
• During a rest, Veronica offered to teach Brando her Sky Wall swordsmanship, then fell asleep before explaining further.
• Mordefis told Brando that she was hungry, and he realized her gaze made him look like a meal.

Brando and his companions searched the canyon cliffs for an underground route through the Storm Ring while Andessa pursued them. After Faina’s falling dagger revealed their position, Brando used the Wind Spirit Spiders and Sacred Sword Technique to slow Andessa, then sacrificed the remaining spiders to summon the Blood Throne Vampire.

• Brando led the group along the cliff toward a possible passage beneath the Storm Ring as Andessa followed below.
• Faina slipped over the edge, and Mordefis caught her; her falling dagger clattered into the valley and alerted Andessa to their location.
• Brando ordered Veronica, Qian, Mordefis, and Faina to flee south while he stayed behind to delay Andessa.
• Brando formed a wall of Wind Spirit Spiders and used the Sacred Sword Technique to bombard Andessa with beams of light.
• After Andessa broke through the spider formation and continued pursuing them, Brando sacrificed the remaining Wind Spirit Spiders to summon the Blood Throne Vampire.

Brando used his cards and sacrifices to help the group escape down a mountain path while Mordefis held off Dreadlord Andessa. The chapter left Brando fleeing with Faina and Veronica as Andessa killed his remaining summons and descended into a frenzy.

• Brando sacrificed Wind Spirit Spider to strengthen Mordefis and trigger Mana Burn against Dreadlord Andessa, giving the group time to reach a mountain path.
• Mordefis struck Andessa with soul flame but was badly wounded as Brando used the Eternal Orb and Fire Giant's Self-Immolation to delay her.
• Brando sacrificed Holy Archangel to strengthen Mordefis, but Andessa bound and battered him before throwing him into the abyss.
• Brando sacrificed Fireclaw Trumpeter, yet Mordefis was struck down into the abyss, and Brando ordered Ropal and Holy Archangel to hold Andessa back.
• Brando, Faina, and Veronica fled down the path as Andessa killed Ropal and Holy Archangel and went on a rampage.

Brando used Veronica’s Azure Sky to escape Andessa by descending the cliff with Faina, then continued searching the valley for the Saint Hydra. He and Faina found a dense concentration of Inert Element, and Brando revealed a glowing gray gemstone as the chapter ended.

• Brando took Veronica’s Azure Sky and ran down the cliff while Andessa pursued him, and Veronica stayed behind with Qian.
• Brando used the sword to slow their fall and reach the lower valley, frightening Faina during the descent.
• Brando told Faina to hide, but she insisted on following him, and they continued into the misty valley together.
• Faina identified the dense elemental aura as Inert Element, and Brando showed her a glowing gray gemstone.

Brando and Faina found Echisis the Head Wolf asleep in the abyss, while its dream manifested as the Saint Hydra and attacked them. Brando fled with Faina and met Andessa, then handed her the Grey Gemstone, which she recognized as a Seal Fragment.

• Brando followed the Grey Gemstone’s resonance through the mist and discovered Echisis the Head Wolf asleep in a vast rocky pit.
• Brando and Faina saw a fifteen-headed Saint Hydra appear above Echisis and realized the monster was part of the wolf’s dream.
• Brando lured the Saint Hydra toward himself with the Grey Gemstone, then fled with Faina as its heads pursued them through the cliffs.
• Brando carried Faina down into the valley and ran into Andessa, who had recovered the scabbard of Azure Sky.
• Brando told Andessa the Lionheart Sword was not in his hands and tossed her the Grey Gemstone, which she identified as a Seal Fragment.

Andessa fought Saint Hydra while Brando and Faina escaped through the battlefield and crossed the pit where Echisis the Head Wolf slept. They reached a black-granite canyon and found a massive stone gate, leaving their route forward unresolved.

• Andessa attacked Saint Hydra with a blizzard and a spell that aged its body, but the beast regenerated and reappeared.
• Brando carried Faina into a rock crevice, then decided they should leave by passing through Echisis the Head Wolf's lair.
• Brando and Faina crossed the battlefield while Andessa and Saint Hydra continued fighting.
• Brando and Faina passed Echisis as she slept; Faina tried to strike the wolf but an invisible barrier repelled her sword.
• Brando found a black-granite canyon on the far side of the pit, where a massive stone gate stood between the walls.

Brando and Faina reached Valhalla’s gate, and Brando began a long-distance magic array to summon Funiya. As the array activated, William Pista appeared, curious about Brando’s knowledge of space and time.

• Brando and Faina found Valhalla’s gate and read its ancient inscription commemorating the Final Battle.
• Brando drew a coordinate array with four Shard Agate gems while Faina kept watch for Andessa.
• Brando activated the array with a spell invoking Dalashtair, and its blue-green light responded across the canyon.
• Brando explained that time and space were one entity, prompting an unseen old man to question where he had learned the theory.
• William Pista dispelled his invisibility and revealed himself, then said he had come only out of curiosity.

Brando revealed that Valhalla lay beyond the stone gate and persuaded William to help stop a woman. As the Green Tower faced its last hours under the Wolf Calamity, Andrew returned with warnings about flying demon wolves, and Tulamann arrived at the Withered Wood Hall.

• Brando told William that Valhalla lay beyond the gate and asked him to stop a woman in exchange for the information.
• The Druids at the Green Tower feared their spark would go out before Brando returned, while wolf attacks continued to overwhelm their defenses.
• Andrew returned and reported that Brando had gone alone toward the center of the Ring of Trade Winds and that flying Fenrir's Descendants had appeared.
• The Druids debated preparing defenses against the flying wolves as hope for Brando's arrival dwindled.
• Tulamann entered the Withered Wood Hall and presented himself as a guest.

Tulamann urged the Druids to evacuate a hundred people rather than face the Wolf Calamity, while Funiya and the Grand Elder argued that they must honor their agreement with Brando. Brando then contacted the hall to announce that he had found the entrance to Valhalla, and Tulamann gave him four hours to save the city.

• Tulamann offered to take up to a hundred Druids away, prompting the hall to debate who should leave the Green Tower behind.
• The Grand Elder and Funiya insisted that the Druids must keep their agreement with Brando, and Tulamann praised their resolve.
• A rune stone activated during a storm, allowing Brando to contact the Druids through the array.
• Brando announced that he had found the entrance to Valhalla and asked the Druids to send Funiya to him.
• Tulamann gave Brando four hours to overcome the remaining difficulties and save the city from the Wolf Calamity.

Brando persuaded Tulamann and the druids to risk helping save Eluin, and Funiya was teleported to him. Brando planned to use her to open the gate to Valhalla, but William warned that a dangerous woman—and possibly others—were approaching.

• Brando told Tulamann he would stake his own life to save others, convincing the scholar to give him time and prompting the druids to rally behind the plan.
• Tulamann and William discussed the Primal Ember, the danger of the magical tide, and why the Silver Society had to stand with the druids.
• Funiya stepped into the magic array and was teleported to Brando as the rune stone shattered; Andrew ordered the druids to reinforce City Hall against the Fenrir's Descendant.
• Brando caught Funiya and confirmed to William that he intended to use her, the Daughter of the Forest, to open Valhalla's gate.
• William warned Brando that a woman had emerged from the White Mist and that more than one person might be coming.

Brando and his companions opened the gate to Valhalla by answering its challenge, and the chapter left them entering the darkness beyond it while Andessa was still approaching.

• William warned Brando that Andessa would recover within minutes, so Brando hurried to open the gate to Valhalla.
• Brando recalled Valhalla’s history and instructed Funiya to speak the words that identified her as the chosen keeper of the forest and mountain scepter.
• The gate asked where the guardian king was, and Brando declared his willingness to take up the burden and protect the land.
• The gate accepted Brando as its successor and slowly opened, revealing a pitch-black passage.
• Brando entered with Funiya, followed by William, and Faina reluctantly went after them.

Qian and Veronica took shelter from a sandstorm and discussed their concern for Brando before Mephisto arrived. Meanwhile, Brando’s party entered Valhalla, where William trapped Andessa temporarily, gave Brando a giant-sized concealment cloak, and departed to aid the Green Tower, leaving Brando without the cloak’s activation incantation.

• Veronica reassured Qian that Brando would be safe and promised they would look for him once the sandstorm weakened.
• Mephisto arrived at the rocky shelter and greeted Veronica.
• Brando’s party climbed through Valhalla’s dark, cylindrical passageways while Faina clung to Brando in fear.
• William explained that his labyrinth spell had trapped Andessa temporarily, but refused to attack her and said he had to leave to help defend the Green Tower.
• William gave Brando a cloak that could conceal giants from perception once a day, then departed through a Gate of Light without telling him how to activate it.

Brando, Faina, and Funiya emerged from the underground passage into the peaceful center of the Ring of Trade Winds, where they discovered a colossal World Tree and a palace built around its trunk. As Brando recognized the palace as Valhalla, Andessa shouted from the forest, drawing their attention to the World Tree.

• Faina teased Brando after the silver Gate of Light vanished, and Brando found a seemingly magical cloak inside the box William had given him.
• Brando led Funiya and Faina through the dark passage for nearly half an hour until they reached a smaller stone door that opened as they approached.
• The three stepped into a sunlit mountain basin at the center of the Ring of Trade Winds, where a vast World Tree dominated the landscape.
• Brando recognized the giant tree as the World Tree and realized the underground structures they had passed might have been its roots.
• Faina pointed out a magnificent palace built around the World Tree's trunk, and Brando identified it as Valhalla.
• Andessa shouted from the nearby forest, calling out at the sight of the World Tree.

Brando, Faina, and Funiya hid as Andessa and Mihara searched nearby, then Brando chose to stay and challenge Andessa for control of Valhalla. Faina started back toward safety but returned, insisting that Cruzian tradition meant she could not abandon her companions.

• Brando kept Faina and Funiya silent while Andessa and Mihara passed close by and discussed the World Tree, the druids, and the Sealing Stone.
• After Andessa and Mihara headed toward the World Tree, Faina urged Brando to turn back and regroup with Lady Veronica.
• Brando told Faina to leave alone while he stayed to seek control of Valhalla, whose guardian forces might help him drive Andessa away.
• Faina left through the door but soon returned, saying she could not abandon her companions, and Brando's face darkened.