Chapter Summaries

The Saintess of Destruction fled through the forest, expecting to recover and return for revenge, but Frei caught her in a trapped pit and attacked her with a crossbow. Back in the chapel, an awakened Resurrection Cultist mistook the Saintess’s escape for victory and believed the blood sacrifice would happen that night.

• The Saintess of Destruction planned to use the Blood Lord’s power to kill Lanchi’s allies and take revenge on Lanchi.
• The Saintess of Destruction fell into Frei’s pit trap, filled with poison spikes and bear traps.
• Frei appeared above the pit and shot the Saintess of Destruction with his Heavy Hand Crossbow.
• The Saintess of Destruction realized Frei had waited in the forest to hunt stragglers, then pulled out the bolt and prepared to fight him to the death.
• In the chapel, the other Resurrection Cultist awoke, saw the wounded challengers, and assumed Adelise had escaped successfully.

The challengers in Lichtenstein Castle believed Lawyer had no plan left and prepared themselves for imminent deaths, while Hughberlian recognized that Lanchi remained calm because he still had a way out. After Lanchi returned from the kitchen and dismissed the Rebirth Church’s Goddess Priest’s threats, an explosion sounded in the jungle.

• The awakened Rebirth Church Goddess Priest mocked the bound challengers, while the deceived Imperial noble mage girl sank into despair.
• The challengers accepted their desperate situation and tried to comfort one another as sunset approached, while Hughberlian concealed her confidence in Lanchi.
• Lanchi came from the kitchen with iced grape juice and calmly told the Goddess Priest that she had potential but had chosen the wrong path.
• The Goddess Priest threatened that Adelise would kill everyone over the next five nights, and Lanchi mildly questioned her certainty.
• A deafening explosion sounded in the jungle, and everyone in the chapel turned to look through the windows.

The challengers learned that Adelise’s death would summon Blood Lord Palocas Earl to Lichtenstein Castle in six hours, leaving them convinced they were doomed. Lanchi remained calm and proposed hunting the Earl, while the students watching at Iketerite Academy feared the worst.

• The Resurrection Church priestess realized Frei had been missing and saw a Shadow World message announcing Adelise’s death and Palocas Earl’s arrival in six hours.
• The priestess warned that Palocas Earl would massacre everyone, and the bound noble mage girl and the other challengers resigned themselves to death.
• The challengers noticed Lanchi calmly drinking, and he told them to eat before suggesting that they could hunt the Earl.
• Students watching at Jella Memorial Square reacted with disbelief and despair at the prospect of a Tier 7 Earl arriving in six hours.

Before Earl Parocas arrived, the group prepared to interrogate a captured priestess of the Rebirth Church. The Poet of Great Love trained three clerics in her coercive methods, leaving Hughberlian worried about what they had learned.

• Lanchi said he was unsuited to interrogating the prisoner, so he asked the Poet of Great Love to train the three clerics.
• The Poet of Great Love instructed the clerics to torture the prisoner without questioning her, arguing that fear would break her resistance.
• The Poet of Great Love persuaded the conflicted clerics that cruelty could serve their faith, and they accepted her lesson with renewed fervor.
• Lanchi and Hughberlian watched the training, then left; Hughberlian feared they might later encounter the transformed clerics in the Northern Continent.

Lanchi and the Poet of Great Love tortured the captured priestess of the Rebirth Church while preparing to interrogate the noble mage from the Krui Di Empire. The mage remained resigned, believing the Blood Clan would kill everyone within five hours.

• The Holy Knight doused the bound Little Priest with cold water to wake her.
• The executioner laid out medical instruments and warned the Little Priest that she would lose a lot of blood.
• The Poet of Great Love proudly told Lanchi she had completed her task, while Hughberlian recoiled from the priestess's screams.
• Lanchi praised the Poet of Great Love and turned with Hughberlian to question the noble mage.
• The noble mage stayed silent, convinced that the Blood Clan would kill them all in five hours.

Lanchi questioned Princess Alexia about her identity and her companions’ ties to the Resurrection Cult, then released her restraints after she denied knowing they were cultists. He provoked her into revealing that she had sensed a hidden danger within the Krui Di Empire, though she believed no one would believe her.

• Lanchi questioned the restrained Alexia, who identified herself as the Third Imperial Princess of the Krui Di Empire, Alexia Gamedia Julius.
• Alexia said her two companions had been classmates at the Krui Di Royal Academy and that she had not known they were Resurrection Cultists.
• Lanchi believed the Rebirth Church had not infiltrated the imperial family and signaled for Hughberlian to remove Alexia’s restraints.
• Lanchi remarked that the Krui Di Empire had been infiltrated, prompting Alexia to insist that the empire had not been infiltrated by the Rebirth Church.
• Alexia silently acknowledged that she had sensed a terrifying blood race corroding the empire, but believed she could tell no one without being dismissed or killed.

Lanchi pressed Princess Alexia about the Krui Di Empire’s hidden crisis and revealed that vampires would bring the empire to ruin within a year and a half. Alexia was shaken by how much he seemed to know, while Lanchi continued planning to find Hughberlian’s missing father, Duke Migaiya.

• Alexia firmly denied that the Krui Di Empire had been corrupted, while Hughberlian listened for clues about her missing father, Duke Migaiya.
• Lanchi reassured Hughberlian that detaining Alexia would be lawful if she proved to be connected to the Rebirth Church, though he privately knew more about the danger surrounding the empire.
• Lanchi reasoned that Duke Migaiya might still be alive and planned to search for him with Hughberlian after preparing to enter the vampires’ lair.
• Lanchi suggested that a creature more dangerous than heretics had put Alexia in fear and asked whether someone in the palace had frightened her or controlled the Nation Protecting Twelve Generals.
• Lanchi warned Alexia that the Blood Moon would engulf the Krui Di Empire and destroy it within a year and a half.
• Alexia rose in alarm, began crying, and demanded to know what Lanchi knew.

Lanchi revealed that Blood Race Progenitors were behind the Krui Di Empire’s corruption and showed Princess Alexia portraits of the three hidden figures. Alexia recognized them and was left terrified by the revelation that Duke Raschal was secretly living among humans as a student.

• Lanchi asked whether Duke Raschal, Marquis Heliti'er, or Marquis Somerset controlled the Krui Di Empire, but Alexia did not recognize their real names.
• Lanchi went to the library and drew portraits of three Blood Race Progenitors he remembered.
• Lanchi showed the portraits to Alexia and identified the figures as culprits behind the empire’s corruption.
• Alexia recognized Marquis Somerset as the Minister of Defense and recalled seeing Marquis Heliti'er at the imperial palace.
• Alexia realized that Duke Raschal, who appeared to be a friendly freshman at Krui Di Royal Academy, was the hidden mastermind, and she nearly collapsed in terror.
• Lanchi had the Poet of Great Love dispel his summoned state and apologized for the drawings’ effect on Alexia.

Lanchi told Princess Alexia that he would prove his relationship with the Blood Race by hunting the Tier 7 Blood Race Earl that had doomed the challengers. He left Alexia with renewed hope for the sunrise, while keeping her uninvolved so the Blood Race would not suspect her.

• Alexia questioned Lanchi about who he was and his relationship with the Blood Race, and he said she would learn the answer tomorrow.
• Lanchi challenged Alexia's despair by insulting her resolve and the Krui Di Empire, prompting her to defend her country and agree to his wager.
• Lanchi promised to hunt the Blood Race Earl and told Alexia to rest, saying the sun would rise tomorrow.
• After Lanchi and Hughberlian left, Alexia prayed that he would save her and bring her the dawn.

Earl Parocas entered Lichtenstein Castle expecting a trap, only to find Lanchi and the others holding a banquet. As students watched the live broadcast and feared the group had given up, Lanchi calmly greeted the Earl as “Little Pa.”

• Earl Parocas flew to Lichtenstein Castle, convinced its occupants were lying in wait for him, and entered the castle without hesitation.
• Earl Parocas found the group dining together in the lavish hall and stopped in confusion as they turned to look at him.
• Students gathered at Iketerite Academy’s square watched the broadcast and worried that Lanchi was making no plans to survive the Earl’s arrival.
• Mo Dan Gasigas mocked Lanchi and hoped the Earl would kill him and Hughberlian.
• Lanchi swirled his wine, remained unruffled, and greeted Earl Parocas as “Little Pa.”

Lanchi confronted Earl Parocas over the death of his kin, then used an Epic Magic Card to summon overwhelming sunlight inside the chapel. Parocas’s power fell to a tenth, and the clergy moved in to capture him.

• Earl Parocas confronted Lanchi at the banquet, accusing him of being connected to the Saintess of Destruction’s death.
• Lanchi argued that forcing or deceiving someone into suicide was a crime and called the Blood Race outlaws under human law.
• Poet of Great Love provoked Parocas, who unleashed Blood Frenzy and charged toward the banquet table.
• At midnight, Lanchi activated the Epic Magic Card, filling the chapel with radiant light and ringing bells that weakened Parocas.
• Parocas screamed as his power dropped to a tenth, while the clergy armed themselves and approached him.

Alexia saw Lanchi’s Radiant Virtue shine like the real sun, while students at Ikelite Academy cheered as it weakened Earl Parocas. In the chapel, the blinded Earl staggered under the Executioner, Holy Knight, and male guard’s attacks as the Poet of Great Love cheered them on.

• Alexia watched the light rise through Lichtenstein Castle and began to believe Lanchi’s power could overwhelm the Blood Moon.
• Students at Jella Memorial Square recognized Lanchi’s Radiant Virtue and cheered for humanity’s counterattack.
• Lanchi calmly declared his devotion to humanity as the Executioner struck Earl Parocas with a giant axe.
• The Holy Knight feinted with his sword and then struck Earl Parocas’s temples with his hands.
• The male guard smashed a dagger onto Earl Parocas’s head while the Poet of Great Love called out their attacks.

Lanchi and the clergy subdued Earl Parocas beneath the cathedral’s relentless sunlight, using brutal attacks and the priest’s altered healing spells to weaken him. With his Mana running low and Parocas still awaiting a chance to recover, Lanchi prepared to drain the bloodkin with a giant syringe.

• Lanchi maintained Radiant Virtue while Frei fired arrows and the priest used Error Correction to disorient Earl Parocas.
• Earl Parocas’s Blood Frenzy ended, and the executioner, Holy Knight, and priest overpowered and beat him as Hughberlian watched.
• Lanchi told the clergy to stop attacking and revealed a Blood Pressure Resuscitator, a syringe-like Equipment Card that drained blood from immobile enemies.
• Lanchi approached the still-laughing Earl Parocas and prepared to use the syringe because he could not seal him with Sealing Art.

Lanchi and the executioner drained Earl Parocas’s blood to weaken him, while Lanchi told Hughberlian she was part of their research project. The group prepared to keep the Earl confined and under control for the next four days.

• Lanchi gave the executioner the Blood Pressure Resuscitator and instructed him to save the patient.
• The executioner drew blood from Earl Parocas’s brachial artery as the Holy Knight and male guard restrained him.
• Earl Parocas realized they were draining his strength and struggled in panic as he grew dizzy and weak.
• Lanchi told Hughberlian that she was included as a researcher on their project about ecological balance and Blood Race governance.
• The Young Master of the Chamber of Commerce asked whether they would need to drain the Earl around the clock, and Lanchi assured him everyone would be safe over the next four days.

Lanchi drained Earl Parocas of blood and proposed mummifying him so he could not escape during the day. The other challengers accepted that his sealing method would work, though they were shocked by its gruesome, unconventional procedure.

• Lanchi withdrew Radiant Virtue after draining Earl Parocas until he was pale and shriveled.
• Students watching the Open-Air Mega Screen reacted in horror, while the Little Reporter praised Lanchi and photographed the scene.
• Lanchi worried that Earl Parocas would frighten people during the next livestream and proposed making him look more dignified.
• Lanchi presented a detailed mummification procedure and suggested sealing Earl Parocas in a coffin for four days.
• The other challengers recognized the plan’s effectiveness but were stunned by Lanchi’s unusual Sealing Art.

Lanqi assigned the castle’s residents overnight tasks after their lesson in mummy-making, while a captured Rebirth Church priestess regained consciousness in Bedroom 202. Expecting the Blood Race Earl to arrive and end her suffering, she instead saw Lanqi enter with an interrogation record.

• Lanqi assigned the Chamber of Commerce members to build a coffin, the clergy to prepare Earl Parocas, and himself and the others to plan the next day’s activities.
• The Young Master of the Chamber of Commerce suggested keeping Blood Race members awake for days to teach them healthy habits, and Lanqi approved.
• The captured priestess of the Rebirth Church woke in Bedroom 202, remembering the torment she had endured in the Shadow World.
• Hearing footsteps approach, the priestess believed the Blood Race Earl had come to kill her and laughed with relief.
• Lanqi opened the door carrying an Interrogation Record and asked the priestess what she found so happy.

Lanchi began his attempt to infiltrate the Rebirth Church by interrogating a captured nun and persuading her to help him join. The nun accepted his offer of protection, while Hughberlian watched uneasily as Lanchi's plan took shape.

• Lanchi and Hughberlian entered the torture chamber, where the Rebirth Church nun expected Earl Parocas to arrive.
• The Poet of Great Love brought in the tortured Earl Parocas and threatened to leave the nun with the three clergy members until she agreed to answer Lanchi's questions.
• The nun surrendered and promised to answer honestly after seeing Earl Parocas's condition.
• Lanchi asked the nun how he could join the Rebirth Church and promised to rescue and protect her after reaching the Krui Di Empire.
• Lanchi praised the nun and offered her his support until her fear gave way to fanaticism and dependence, while Hughberlian watched in alarm.

Lanchi questioned Sticella about the Rebirth Church and learned that a dangerous agent from Yarolan would soon target Hughberlian in Ikelite. The chapter ended with Hughberlian sinking into fear and guilt over the danger her presence brought to Lanchi.

• Lanchi assured Sticella he would seek Imperial Princess Alexia's help to protect her after the Shadow World ended, then asked her to introduce herself.
• Sticella revealed that she had been recruited by Destruction Bishop Ivanos after her village was massacred and had trained for five years to help the Saintess of Destruction infiltrate the Krui Di Empire.
• Lanchi asked Sticella how he and Hughberlian could infiltrate the Destruction Bishop's forces, and she advised them to take over a captured Resurrection Cultist's identity.
• Sticella warned that a dangerous person from Yarolan would arrive in Ikelite within two days and would try to kill Hughberlian if he failed to do so in the Shadow World.
• Hughberlian grew afraid that she would bring Lanchi to harm and blamed herself for being a burden.

Lanchi learned that the Rebirth Church planned to target Hughberlian at Iketerite Academy, possibly through the Yarolan Kingdom's Academic Visiting Group, and resolved to stop the plot. He suspected Hughberlian's fate connected several future disasters and saw protecting her as a way to protect himself.

• Lanchi asked Sticella whether the Rebirth Church's attacker would infiltrate the Yarolan Kingdom's Academic Visiting Group, and she confirmed it was highly likely.
• Sticella gave Lanchi her Rebirth Church identity card and details about the Shadow World intelligence, while admitting she did not know the identity of the academy's informant.
• Lanchi promised Sticella that he would keep her betrayal secret and decided to catch the Rebirth Cultist threatening the campus.
• Hughberlian apologized for causing Lanchi trouble, but Lanchi said her habit of attracting powerful enemies was useful to him.
• Lanchi connected Hughberlian's threatened death to the Rebirth Church, the Krui Di Empire's blood clan, Duke Migaiya's disappearance, and the future destruction of the Wilford Merchant Guild.
• Lanchi declared that he and Hughberlian would catch the attacker, while Hughberlian realized he seemed eager to benefit from the dangers she attracted.

Lanchi won Sticella over and learned that she could disguise herself as anyone she had touched, along with her mission to free and control Viscount Augustine. After the challengers’ mission panel updated, Lanchi concluded that they could win by taking control of Augustine themselves, leaving Hughberlian worried about what he would do next.

• Lanchi ended the conversation for the night, then asked Sticella about her Blood Race power and traitor mission.
• Sticella transformed into Princess Alexia and revealed that her Blood Disguise could perfectly imitate anyone she had touched.
• Sticella explained that she had to identify the werewolf and Witch, obtain their fresh blood, and free and enslave Viscount Augustine to escape the Blood Lord’s control.
• The challengers’ mission panel updated with stages requiring them to protect the werewolf and Witch, prevent Augustine’s release, or reseal him if necessary.
• Lanchi asked Hughberlian whether the challengers could win by taking control of Viscount Augustine themselves.