Chapter Summaries

Suye prepared for his match against Menelaus, then used his winning-streak crowns to gain talents that strengthened him and his servants. After gaining Golden Body and other powerful abilities, he tested their new strength against gladiators and Chief Training Officer Augutu.

• Climela warned Suye about Menelaus’s Demigod Bloodline, the wealth of the Mycenaean Royal Family, and their magic-resistant armor, while Commodus described several Demigod Bloodline opponents and the Mycenaean combat skills Menelaus might use.
• Suye spent thirty-three winning-streak crowns at the altar and selected twelve Battle Body Talents, thirteen Warrior Talents, and the Four-Ring Talent Long Endurance.
• Suye used the Strife Goddess Tournament crown to gain Golden Body, which visibly strengthened him, Di Aotian, and Wang Dachui.
• Suye placed the Infinite Gladiatorial Combat crown on the altar and gained Battle Frenzy and Destructive Superposition, powerful Warrior Talents that could benefit his servants.
• Suye, Di Aotian, and Wang Dachui sparred with the arena gladiators and overwhelmed them, prompting Chief Training Officer Augutu to enter the arena and fight Suye.

Suye defeated Augutu in their sparring match, then learned how warrior talents could multiply a fighter’s power and expose his strength. He joined the First Academy’s supporters at the Great War God Arena for the tournament, where he saw the heavily armored champion arrive before the matches began.

• Suye overwhelmed Augutu with his Golden Body, and Augutu warned him that the tsunami-like sound of his punches revealed that his Battle Body and warrior talents exceeded twenty.
• Augutu told Suye about the extraordinary talent levels of famous warriors, including Heracles, and Suye resolved to keep working hard.
• The First Academy’s gladiators rallied behind Suye, and Julius, Commodus, and Suye led their group through Sparta to the Great War God Arena.
• Suye entered the enormous arena, met Climela in the stands, and went with Julius and Commodus to the Gate of Life and Death alongside the other Silver gladiators.
• A warrior in golden armor arrived with Mycenaean guards, and Suye recognized his armor as a powerful set of Golden Divine Power Equipment covered in Despair Magic Patterns.

Suye and Menelaus faced each other in the opening match of the Gladiatorial King Top 8 Competition after Leonidas, Pollux, and Castor greeted Suye from Dragon Mouth Terrace. Before the fight began, Menelaus dismissed Suye, but Suye mocked his expensive Magic Resistance Armor and left the arena roaring with laughter.

• Menelaus ignored the other top-eight gladiators and kept watching Dragon Mouth Terrace, while Suye noticed Leonidas, Pollux, and Castor raising their glasses toward him.
• Suye asked Julius and Commodus who the three men were, and Julius identified them as Leonidas, Pollux, and Castor, who likely knew Suye through Aristotle.
• The Chief Priest of the God of War Temple ended the exhibitions and announced Menelaus and Suye as the first competitors in the Top 8 Competition.
• Menelaus arrived to cheers from the crowd, and Suye followed as spectators shouted "Refunds!" and called out his other nicknames.
• Menelaus called Suye a defeated opponent and mocked his reliance on servants, so Suye ridiculed Menelaus for wearing costly Magic Resistance Armor against a mage.
• Suye's story about Menelaus begging his father for armor made the crowd laugh, while Menelaus stood silent in the arena.

Suye faced Menelaus in the arena and exposed the rivalry between Aristotle and Agamemnon with a mocking story that amused the crowd. Menelaus activated his Demigod Bloodline, and the fight left him battling Suye’s summons as Di Aotian’s fire began to burn through his Magic Resistance Armor.

• Suye retold Aristotle and Agamemnon’s boastful argument about their students and brothers, ending with Agamemnon claiming Menelaus dared to eat shit.
• The audience laughed at Suye’s story, and Suye stood to fight as the spectators cheered his name.
• After the referee began the match, Suye summoned Di Aotian and Wang Dachui while Menelaus activated his Demigod Bloodline and charged.
• Menelaus matched Wang Dachui and overpowered Di Aotian’s bone-club strike, while Suye laid out Elemental Traps.
• Di Aotian’s Fireball Technique retained power against Menelaus’s Magic Resistance Armor, and repeated fireballs joined into flames that began changing the armor.

Menelaus activated God of War’s Protection and prepared to defeat Suye, who responded by layering defensive spells and summoning four massive Rock Arms. As Menelaus leapt toward him, Suye and his Magic Avatars began casting Wind Drawing Technique.

• Menelaus blasted away the flames, then claimed Suye’s traps made the fight fair and invoked God of War’s Protection.
• Suye revealed his Black Iron and Bronze Magic Avatars and layered Rock Armor, Magic Armor, Rock Skin, Rock Shields, and Rock Arms around himself.
• The audience erupted in cheers for Suye, and Pollux and Castor joined in despite the Demigod Family’s usual rules.
• Suye challenged Menelaus and warned him not to claim he represented the Demigod Family.
• Menelaus leapt across the battlefield toward Suye as Suye and his Magic Avatars cast Wind Drawing Technique.

Suye used layered traps, Stamina Drain, and coordinated attacks to weaken Menelaus, forcing him to activate Demigod Glory and kill Wang Dachui. Menelaus survived a goblin explosion, but Suye replaced his traps with Earth Element traps and caught him in a swamp as the fight continued.

• Menelaus broke through Suye’s Azure Gales and landed in the trap, where Wang Dachui and the Black Demon Sheep struck him from behind while Suye and his Magic Avatars repeatedly cast Stamina Drain.
• Menelaus activated Demigod Glory, dispelling Suye’s traps and magic before using the Morning Star Spear to pierce Wang Dachui and sever his body.
• Di Aotian and two Little Goblins detonated themselves against Menelaus, blasting him away despite his Lion Bone Armor empowered by Demigod Glory.
• Suye summoned new Di Aotians and Wang Dachuis, protected them with layered defensive magic, and expanded a field of Earth Element traps while they charged Menelaus.
• Menelaus tried to leap, but Suye cast Swamp Technique and made him plunge into the mire; Menelaus escaped and began running toward solid ground as Suye prepared more traps.

Suye defeated Menelaus in the Gladiatorial King Competition by wearing him down with layered magic and exploiting his arrogance, then advanced to the semi-finals. Afterward, Commodus suggested Suye had created a new school of magic: the Million Talents School.

• Suye kept Menelaus trapped under Earth and Wind magic while draining his stamina and coordinating attacks with Di Aotian and Wang Dachui.
• Suye’s magic and his allies’ attacks injured Menelaus and left him vulnerable to Wang Dachui’s repeated hammer blows.
• Menelaus unleashed Demigod Glory once more, then collapsed unconscious, and the referee declared Suye the winner and advanced him to the semi-finals.
• Suye received the victor’s crown, returned to the Gate of Life and Death, and celebrated with Julius, Augutu, and Commodus.
• Suye explained how he exploited Menelaus’s arrogance and poor matchup against his magic, and Commodus called his approach the Million Talents School.

Suye won the Gladiatorial King Competition championship after Di Aotian and Wang Dachui defeated Ubikus, then received a Gold Rank Immobilization Bracelet. He reunited with Commodus and Julius, and the three prepared for the next day's final contest over lunch.

• Suye watched the Semi-Finals and saw Ubikus defeat his opponent to secure a place in the final.
• Suye summoned Di Aotian and Wang Dachui to fight Ubikus while he studied the match from his chair; they defeated Ubikus after a hard battle.
• Suye received the champion's laurel wreath, trophy, and Gold Rank Immobilization Bracelet at the awards ceremony.
• At the Gate of Life and Death, Suye and Commodus exchanged words about their upcoming fight, and Julius invited them to lunch.
• Over lunch, Julius recalled how Commodus had used his opponents' arrogance and anger to win his first two Gladiator King titles.

Suye wagered valuable Divinized Bronze on himself in the Gladiator King competition despite warnings that Commodus dominated the arena. After earning new talents from his laurels, he gained Mountain Armor and equipped his servants with matching armor.

• Julius told Suye and Commodus that the Gladiator King betting pool had surpassed ten million Golden Eagles, and Suye chose to bet on himself with Divinized Bronze worth about six hundred thousand.
• Julius warned Suye that Commodus was an unmatched arena fighter, but Suye placed his wager and returned to practice.
• In the Ruined Space, Suye used the semifinalist laurel to unlock the altar's fourth ring and chose the Light Absorption talent despite its Wood Element Bloodline requirement.
• Suye placed the champion's laurel on the altar and selected a new warrior talent, then meditated to absorb its power.
• Suye gained Mountain Armor through his Giant Bloodline, while Wang Dachui, Di Aotian, and the two Little Flame Goblins showed off matching mountain-patterned armor.

Suye faced Commodus in the Gladiatorial King Competition, where their verbal exchange gave way to a battle of traps and precise spear strikes. Commodus crippled Di Aotian and Wang Dachui, while Suye studied his tactics and approached through the mist.

• Julius led the First Academy’s gladiators into the arena for Suye’s match against Commodus.
• Suye and Commodus traded crude jokes before the referee started the fight.
• Suye summoned Di Aotian and Wang Dachui, then filled a large area with elemental traps and white mist.
• Commodus charged in, speared Wang Dachui in the throat, and blinded Di Aotian with strikes to his eyes.
• Suye secretly restored and empowered Di Aotian and Wang Dachui, who put on Mountain Armor and charged Commodus, but Commodus quickly blinded them again.
• Suye analyzed Commodus’s economical fighting style and walked through the mist toward him.

Suye used traps, summoned servants, and psychological tactics to wear down Commodus in a prolonged battle of attrition. As Commodus’s divine power and Suye’s magic dwindled, Commodus left the weakening trap field and challenged Suye to a final fight, then threatened to wait out the match and retain his title in a draw.

• Suye sent Di Aotian, the Little Flame Goblins, and Wang Dachui to harass Commodus and drain his divine power while keeping his own location concealed.
• Commodus searched for Suye, blinded Wang Dachui, and repeatedly tried to track Suye through the fog, but Suye escaped with traps and misdirection.
• Suye continued the attrition battle with repeated summons and elemental traps, while Wang Dachui mocked Commodus and explained Suye’s strategy.
• Wang Dachui hurled the Golden War Hammer at Commodus, damaging his shield and numbing his arm.
• After the battle lasted more than an hour, Commodus left the weakening traps and challenged Suye to a final clash, then said he would wait because a draw would leave him Gladiator King.

Wang Dachui transformed into the King of the Hills and fought Commodus, who revealed the God of War Temple’s City of War and his dual-thirty talent. The two continued their fierce battle while Suye studied their techniques, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Wang Dachui revealed his King of the Hills form and charged at Commodus, while Suye reappeared aboveground.
• Wang Dachui raised a spiked mountain beneath Commodus and sent his giant hammer flying at him.
• Commodus summoned God of War’s Protection, survived the mountain and hammer attack, and unleashed the City of War Combat Skill.
• Commodus struck back with a flaming spear and fist, sending Wang Dachui and his hammer flying and exposing Wang Dachui’s pale gold Battle Body.
• Commodus and Wang Dachui resumed their battle as Suye recorded their combat techniques in his Magic Book.

Suye used mist, repeated Stamina Drain, and the Dehydration talent to weaken Commodus, then revealed powerful Earth and Giant Bloodline abilities as Commodus continued his attack. The chapter ended with Suye transformed into a towering, six-armed giant clad in Mountain Armor, facing Commodus in the arena.

• Wang Dachui exhausted the power of King of the Hills and collapsed, but Suye later summoned him back as a Black Iron Servant.
• Suye used Mist Technique to conceal his tactics while Commodus spent divine power dispersing the mist and pressing forward despite his weakening body.
• Suye and his two Magic Avatars struck Commodus with twelve Stamina Drains, but Commodus restored his strength and healed his wounds with a powerful ability.
• Suye revealed that his Dehydration talent had drained the water from Commodus while he was trapped in the water-element trap.
• Commodus leaped toward Suye, but Suye and his Bronze Magic Avatar used Rock Arms and Guardian Earth to send stone pillars crashing into him.
• Suye activated Giant Bloodline, grew into a four-meter-tall giant with six arms, and covered himself in Mountain Armor.

Suye defeated Commodus in the arena after enduring Commodus’s relentless charge and overwhelming him with fire and stone attacks. After they were healed, Suye explained that Commodus’s loss stemmed from the limited scope of his thinking, leaving Commodus to consider how far beyond the arena a person could look.

• Suye used his four arms, Flame Lamps, and a Sky Wall’s stone pillars to batter Commodus backward as Commodus fought on despite exhausting his divine power and breaking his body.
• Commodus refused to surrender, rose after being knocked down, and staggered toward Suye before collapsing and admitting defeat.
• The Holy Domain referee declared Suye the winner, and the God of War Temple’s Chief Priest healed both fighters with a divine spell.
• Suye and Commodus rested beside each other, and Commodus regretted not attacking with everything from the beginning.
• Suye described the Phenomenal, Behavioral, Principle, and Thinking Layers, then challenged Commodus to compare the narrow view of an arena king with the broader perspectives of rulers of Sparta, Greece, humanity, the divine realm, and all worlds.

After defeating Commodus, Suye helped him realize that he had mistaken his childhood ambition to become Gladiator King for a lifelong goal and needed to look beyond the arena. Suye was acclaimed as Sparta’s Gladiator King, and the Chief Priest invited him to become Ares’s gladiator, but Suye replied that Sparta and Athens were the same.

• Suye asked Commodus what goal he had after becoming Gladiator King and urged him to refresh his thinking and pursue new aims.
• Commodus realized he had judged Suye, Leonidas, and Sisyphus through the arena’s narrow perspective and understood why he had lost.
• Suye joked with the audience, then helped Commodus to his feet as the crowd cheered and called Commodus’s name.
• The Chief Priest congratulated Suye on becoming Gladiator King and invited him to join Sparta.
• Suye told the Chief Priest that Sparta and Athens were the same, prompting Commodus to reflect on their earlier conversation.

Suye was crowned Gladiator King and received the War God's divine blessing despite the priests' attempt to deny him one. As Athens prepared for a Persian invasion, Commodus chose to pursue becoming a hero, though Suye challenged him for postponing that goal.

• The old man threatened to ask the War God to withdraw Suye's blessing, but Suye accepted the award and raised the Glorious Sword as the crowd cheered.
• Commodus questioned whether becoming Gladiator King was still his true goal, while the crowd waited for Suye to receive the customary divine blessing.
• Niedern announced that second-year Class Three had been conscripted to help defend Marathon Plain, and the students saw the Athena Giant Statue briefly turn south.
• The War God Statue glowed and sent a red ray into Suye, blessing him before the Spartans, who then accepted him.
• Commodus told Suye he wanted to become a hero, and Suye challenged him for delaying his Hero's Path until after the Pythian Tournament.

Commodus abandoned the arena to become a warrior after Suye challenged him to pursue a wider path, while Julius celebrated the Gladiator King’s victory and recruited Suye as a business partner. The next morning, Euclid arrived with word of an urgent mission involving the Doomsday Pyramid Society, Marathon Plain, and the Persian Army.

• Suye urged Commodus to break free of the arena, and Commodus declared himself a warrior before advancing to Golden Warrior and leaving his gladiator identity behind.
• Julius complained that Commodus had left and appointed Suye the Spartan agent for the Dragon's Fine Things Series of Goods.
• Julius and the gladiator academies held a Gladiator King Celebration Party, while Suye celebrated with the gladiators before taking his three-day holiday.
• A guard told Suye that Euclid had arrived from Athens because the Persian Army was about to move south.
• Euclid consulted his Magic Book, recognized Suye, and urged him to go to Marathon Plain to deal with the Doomsday Pyramid Society.
• Suye insisted that Euclid explain the Marathon Plain mission, the Persian Army, and his return to Athens, then recognized that Euclid had come to discuss the Society.

Euclid told Suye that the Persian army was advancing toward Marathon and that Sparta might send troops to join the Greeks. Suye agreed to go to war to earn enough military merit to clear his charges, and Euclid explained how Aristotle and Leonidas would help him do so.

• Euclid explained that the Persian army was approaching Marathon and that the Academy wanted Suye to join the battle if Sparta sent troops.
• Suye chose to go to Marathon despite the danger, and Julius agreed to give him two hundred thousand Golden Eagles upfront and another two hundred thousand later.
• Suye offered to fund Euclid with one hundred thousand Golden Eagles so he could pursue the truth, and Euclid described his plan to keep only essential knowledge in his mind.
• Euclid told Suye that his classmates had already been sent to Marathon and that he would travel there with a Spartan squad if Sparta joined the war.
• Euclid said Leonidas would make Suye an honorary general and arrange an elite force to help him earn military merit, with Aristotle having arranged the support.

Suye discussed geometry with Euclid, whose excitement over Suye’s explanation of logic led him to abandon his plans and begin studying it. Suye then warned Julius that Alexander’s strategic talent made him a future king Julius should not underestimate.

• Suye and Euclid discussed geometry, and Suye recorded Euclid’s way of thinking in his Magic Book.
• Euclid seized on Suye’s distinction between logos and logic, declaring logic the missing foundation in Pythagorean geometry.
• Euclid praised Suye, resolved to study logic, and left the Reception Room eager to explain it to Aristotle.
• Julius told Suye that Alexander had tied with Commodus in sparring and described their different strengths in battle.
• Suye warned Julius not to judge Alexander by gladiator standards and advised him to surrender if Alexander ever led an army to Sparta.
• Julius worried that he might have offended Alexander, then appealed for monthly tickets to save the arena from bankruptcy.

Suye prepared to leave the arena for the Battle of Marathon, saying goodbye to Climela and encouraging Julius and Segus to look beyond their current lives. Climela decided to pursue magic at Plato Academy, while Segus began considering what he truly wanted to do.

• Suye told Climela that his lessons were ending because he had to take part in the Battle of Marathon, and she ran away rather than say goodbye.
• Climela told the old coachman she would go to Plato Academy, explaining that magic and truth attracted her more than Suye did.
• Julius held a farewell party for Suye and confessed he felt lost about his future without his position at the First Academy.
• Suye urged Julius to look beyond the arena walls and consider giving up his role as a gladiator merchant.
• Segus asked Suye for direction, and Suye taught him to list his ambitions and choose the one that moved him most.