Chapter Summaries

Suye learned that the Plato Academy wanted him to infiltrate the Doomsday Pyramid Society and agreed to treat the mission as part of his path toward becoming a Legend Master. As he left the arena for Marathon Plain, he learned that Prince Leonidas had chosen thirty warriors to accompany him.

• Suye asked Euclid about the Doomsday Pyramid Society, and Euclid explained its origins, its turn toward violence, and its suspected role in bringing deadly Undead Aura to Athens.
• Euclid proposed that Suye join the Doomsday Society as an undercover agent, earn its trust, and send information to the Academy.
• Euclid reminded Suye that becoming a Legend Master meant acting for the whole magical world, and Suye accepted the mission as a chance to put that principle into practice.
• Euclid told Suye that Prince Leonidas had selected thirty warriors to accompany him to Marathon Plain, while Sparta would later send at least five thousand soldiers to join the Greek Allied Forces.
• Suye said goodbye to Julius, Segus, and the other gladiators, then left the arena under the escort of Prince Leonidas's guards.

Suye set out for Marathon Plain with Euclid, Commodus, Castor, and thirty Spartan warriors, then discussed how he could earn merit in the coming battle. He left the group considering the risks of targeting powerful Persians and assessing the warriors’ strength.

• Suye reunited with Commodus and recognized Castor, who said he was a Spartan warrior before he was a member of the Demigod Family.
• Euclid arrived and promised to escort Suye’s group safely to the Greek Allied Forces’ main camp before leaving them to their own devices.
• Euclid used a Holy Domain Magic Carriage to transport the group, and Suye ordered the warriors to remain vigilant inside.
• Euclid told Suye that Aristotle possessed astonishing wealth and seemed to return from adventures with extraordinary treasures.
• Suye said he wanted to earn merit at the Battle of Marathon, and Euclid warned that killing too many Persians could draw powerful enemies after him.
• Suye asked about their combat strength, and Commodus said he could hold off five Peak Golden Warriors while Castor expected to match one after advancing to Silver and awakening his bloodline.

Suye and his companions flew toward Marathon Plain, where the Persians had trapped them inside a Pillar of Babylon barrier. With their spatial storage and communication sealed, Euclid located the barrier’s source and led the group to search for it.

• Suye discussed the coming battles with Euclid and learned that the Persian forces included Golden Immortals, giants, and two powerful Fate Sorcerers.
• Euclid explained that the Fate Sorcerers could wield seemingly inexhaustible magic, though he had killed one before.
• As the carriage neared Marathon Plain, Euclid warned the group to prepare for Persian scouts, then the carriage suddenly plunged and landed in a meadow.
• Euclid discovered that a Pillar of Babylon had sealed the area, trapping the group and blocking their Spatial Rings and messages.
• Euclid located the Pillar of Babylon but could not determine how to destroy its defenses, so he ordered everyone to stay connected as they went to find it.

Suye and his companions followed Euclid through the night to the Pillar of Babylon, where their attacks failed to reach it because it was hundreds of miles away. The group remained trapped with no clear solution as Suye examined the pillar’s magical barrier.

• Euclid led Suye and the others along a route he had calculated while searching his Magic Book for two things he believed he had forgotten.
• Euclid revealed the Pillar of Babylon, a stone pillar carved with the Hanging Gardens, and warned that even powerful figures might not be able to solve it.
• Commodus struck the pillar with two increasingly powerful attacks, but Euclid explained that it was hundreds of miles away from them.
• Euclid told the impatient Castor to wait, and Suye joked that Euclid would forget any curses by the next day.
• Wang Dachui and Di Aotian admitted they had no way to help, and Suye touched the pillar’s barrier and asked Euclid how it worked.

Suye broke the dimensional shield around a Pillar of Babylon, freeing the people trapped within it and earning major military merit. After Euclid identified the group as reinforcements, they reached Marathon Fortress, where the commander demanded their purpose.

• Suye used repeated Wind Drawing Techniques and his Stripping talent to disable the Pillar of Babylon’s dimensional shield.
• Commodus pulled the pillar from the ground, and Suye stored it in his Spatial Ring and adopted the alias Urak with a Magic Mask.
• Euclid told the people freed by the barrier that he and Urak had resolved the problem, then led the group toward the allied army’s camp.
• Suye and the others flew by Magic Carriage to Marathon Fortress and presented their credentials at its gate.
• Commander Banla met them inside the fortress and asked Euclid to explain their purpose.

Suye arrived at Marathon Fortress with the Spartan vanguard and found the allied camp disorganized and low on morale. He met General Faste, who welcomed the newcomers and recognized Suye after he removed his Magic Mask.

• Euclid introduced General Ulak and the Spartan vanguard to Banla, who sent them into Marathon Fortress while he notified General Faste.
• As Suye crossed the camp, a squad leader told him that Persian forces had landed during a challenge between Saint Realm Masters, and that most city-states had sent mercenaries instead of elite troops.
• Faste greeted the reinforcements and invited Euclid, Castor, Suye, and others into his residence, while Suye persuaded Commodus to come inside too.
• Faste and Euclid joked about Euclid's former lessons with General Miltiades, who had hired him to teach Geometry.
• Faste encouraged Commodus and welcomed Castor, then praised Suye after Suye removed his Magic Mask.

Suye met General Faste to record military merit and learned how his achievements could earn him a return to Athens. After negotiating credit for the Pillar of Babylon, Suye agreed to supply one million arrowheads for the allied forces and revealed that he was searching for Miracle Servant-level remains.

• Faste explained that he would record Suye and his companions in the Military Merit Book, and Euclid insisted that Suye receive most of the credit for the Pillar of Babylon.
• Faste warned that nobles could challenge Suye's claim without witnesses, so Suye agreed to split the Pillar's military merit evenly with Euclid.
• Faste explained that Suye needed New General status to return openly to Athens and described the military merit available for capturing or killing Maduo Si.
• Suye offered to produce fifty thousand arrowheads a day, and Faste assigned him a quota of one million, which Suye promised to complete within twenty days.
• Suye and Faste signed a military order for the arrowheads, and Suye told Faste that he was seeking Wind Queen's Miracle Servant-level remains.

Suye proposed a plan for the Greeks’ first battle against the Persians: strengthen both wings, hold the center, and encircle the Persian core. Faste said General Miltiades already favored the same strategy, though Greek leaders feared their smaller force could not hold the center.

• Suye asked Faste to find out the price of General Miltiades’ miracle remains so he could replace his Magic Servant while concealing his identity.
• Faste limited Suye to producing one million arrowheads for the next twenty days and warned that the Greeks would eventually need to take the initiative against the Persians.
• Suye used a magical map to explain the Marathon Plain’s terrain and argued that the Persian force in the first battle would rely heavily on vulnerable Light Infantry along its wings.
• Suye proposed that the Greeks reinforce both wings, defend in the center, then form a V-shaped attack against the retreating Persian center and pursue the defeated army.
• Faste revealed that General Miltiades supported the same plan, but Greek leaders feared their twenty thousand troops could not withstand as many as one hundred thousand Persians.
• Suye argued that enough mages could delay the Persian center until the Greek wings won, and Faste said the strategy could annihilate the Persian core.

Suye proposed using wide-area earth magic to obstruct the Persian army and restrain its Golden Mages, and General Miltiades approved the plan for the coming battle. Miltiades sent Suye a rare Young Unicorn Miracle Remnant, leaving Suye to arrange a Miracle Stone so he could turn it into a servant after advancing to Silver.

• Suye explained to General Faste how he could use earth magic to hinder Persian troops and tie down their Golden Mages, while Commodus agreed to shield him with Castor's Saint Realm War Shield.
• Euclid suggested combining Suye's magic with allied mages' traps, and General Faste warned Suye to keep his famous Fire Magic hidden.
• General Miltiades approved Suye's tactics, promised to rely on him in the central army's defense, and sent him a rare light-element Miracle Remnant.
• Suye opened the delivered box and found the remains of a Young Unicorn, which Euclid identified as an exceptionally valuable magical creature.
• Suye arranged for Euclid to find a Bronze-level Miracle Stone through the Magic Council so he could use the Unicorn after reaching Silver.
• General Faste explained that Miltiades's gift recognized Suye's earlier support for reinforcing Marathon Fortress and his current battle plan.

Suye completed his four elemental bloodlines by sacrificing the Gladiator King's Laurel, strengthening his Magic Tree and gaining Waterwalking. After investing more wealth in Magic Sources and Mana Roots, he prepared for the coming battle and began discussing Euclid's inventive toothbrush design.

• Suye asked Euclid to buy a Bronze Miracle Stone and warned Wang Dachui and Di Aotian that he planned to turn the Young Unicorn's remains into a Miracle Servant.
• Suye sacrificed the Gladiator King's Laurel and gained the Water Element General Bloodline, completing his four elemental bloodlines.
• Suye's Magic Tree and mana recovery strengthened, and he gained Water Element Affinity and Waterwalking.
• Suye sacrificed one hundred thousand Golden Eagles and received five Magic Sources, forty Mana Roots, and the Bone Reset talent.
• After waking for the coming battle, Suye showed Euclid how to brush his teeth, and Euclid made an elaborate water toothbrush.

Suye discussed the value of geometry and practical work with Euclid, then led the Spartan Squad out to survey the Persian army and take its assigned position in the Greek central army. As both sides organized their formations, Suye planned to delay the Persians with traps while his men protected him.

• Euclid agreed to design a geometric toothbrush to fund his research and told Suye to ask Archimedes to handle it.
• Suye shared his stored meat with the Spartan Warriors after they received a meager meal.
• Suye received General Miltiades's order authorizing him to lead the Spartan Squad according to circumstances.
• Suye led thirty Spartan Warriors out of the fortress and observed the Persian forces, including the Angry Snake Legion, King's Army, and Immortal Army.
• Lamarkus's messenger asked Suye's squad to hold the central army's position, and Suye told his men to protect him while he used traps to delay the Persians.
• Greek and Persian commanders began arranging their formations as the two armies prepared for battle.

General Miltiades rallied the Greek Allied Forces before the vastly larger Persian army, and the Greeks advanced toward battle at Marathon. As the armies closed in, Suye prepared his Spartan Squad for the coming barrage, leaving Commodus to guard against arrows and javelins.

• General Miltiades reminded the Greeks they were fighting for their families and Greece, then rallied them with a speech about his wife’s farewell: “Wait for me to return!”
• General Miltiades hurled a flaming javelin at the Persian camp, where a Persian spear intercepted it, and the Greek armies began their advance.
• Suye assessed the Persian forces and told Commodus to handle the incoming spears and arrows as the armies drew closer.
• Persian and Greek mages enhanced their archers’ bows and arrows with wind, guidance, and metal spells.
• Suye cast protective magic on every Spartan Warrior and summoned a Rock Shield to defend himself.

Suye fought in his first battle as Greek forces clashed with the Persian army, discovering that his earth magic was far more powerful than he expected. After his spells devastated the Persian ranks, five Golden Warriors targeted him with a barrage of spears, while Commodus and the mages defended him.

• The Greeks sang as the armies approached, then archers and warriors exchanged arrows and throwing spears before the sides collided.
• Persian magic and arrows struck the central Greek ranks, while Suye cast an enormous Quicksand Technique that swallowed more than a hundred Persian soldiers and helped Commodus kill a Silver Warrior.
• Suye cast a forty-meter Trap Technique beneath Persian officers, killing dozens of warriors and mages, then retreated with the Spartan Warriors.
• Five Golden Warriors hurled repeated volleys of spears at Suye while Commodus blocked them and Suye’s defensive spells protected him.

Suye used enhanced Vine Whips and Quicksand Technique to hold back the Persian army across a vast stretch of the battlefield. The Persian Golden Mages eventually countered his magic, but only by spending far more power than he had.

• Suye cast a concealed, thorn-covered Vine Whip that battered a Black Iron Immortal Army Warrior to death, then spread the spell across the front line.
• Suye disguised himself with the Magic Beard and asked the Persian Mages not to target him while he advanced to Silver; his Vine Whips overwhelmed ordinary and Black Iron Soldiers and killed several Bronze and Silver Warriors.
• Persian Golden Warriors destroyed many Vine Whips with divine-power spears, so Suye cast more and then used Quicksand Technique to block a thousand-meter stretch of the battle line.
• The Persian Golden Mages tried to cancel Suye's Quicksand Technique, but more than thirty of their spells were needed to stop one of his.
• A Persian Golden Warrior mocked the Golden Mages for dueling with magic and urged them to use large-scale destructive spells, while they remained reluctant to escalate the fight.

Suye’s Quicksand Technique concealed thousands of Persian casualties, helping the Greek forces break the Persian wings and trap the central army in a desperate battle. As the fighting turned into a meat grinder, Suye used Vine Whip to terrify Persian warriors and weaken their morale.

• Persian Gold Mages laid Stone Walls across Suye’s quicksand, but its slowing and Dusting effects continued to hinder and swallow Persian soldiers.
• Greek commanders held the Persian troops within the quicksand’s range, and the Persian general discovered that thousands of Kingdom Army and Immortal Army soldiers had died beneath it.
• Persian Gold Mages used Magic Dissolution to dispel the quicksand, revealing heaps of corpses that panicked the Persian army.
• Greek Gold Mages attacked the Persian wings, routing the Light Infantry, while the Persian central army charged the Greek center and was attacked from three sides.
• General Miltiades ordered the Greek army to attack, and the Greek forces concentrated on the Persian center as Suye repeatedly used Vine Whip to smash and frighten its warriors.

Suye studied how mages fought at Marathon and realized that Greece and Persia had overlooked the decisive role their Gold Mages and Golden Warriors might play. After comparing Persian battles with Greece’s military history, he questioned how much Greek warfare had changed since its last major war.

• Suye observed the different battlefield roles of Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Gold Mages, then ordered the Spartan Warriors to retreat if the Gold Mages unleashed Creation Magic.
• Suye realized that Faste and Euclid had not discussed how Gold Mages and Golden Warriors would fight, and suspected Greece had prepared for the battle in ways he did not yet understand.
• Suye moved his squad farther from the front line and asked Castor about the Persian Gold Mages’ role in the battles on Euboea Island.
• Castor confirmed that Persian Gold Mages had rarely acted and used no powerful Creation Magic, leading Suye to conclude that Persian warfare had changed little in twenty years.
• Suye asked whether Greek warfare had changed during that time, and Castor declared that Greece was different.

Suye recognized that the war would test which side had mastered more advanced power, then watched Greek mages use a coordinated spell and Teleportation Gates to devastate the Persian center. The Persian army collapsed as its surviving Golden Warriors fled.

• Suye told Castor and Commodus that progress in magic would determine the future of Greece and Persia.
• As the armies fought a tug-of-war, Suye noticed disguised mages among the Greek warriors and observed that an old mage connected dozens of Golden Mages through a new form of Mind Connection.
• The connected Greek mages prepared a powerful coordinated attack, prompting the Persian Golden Mages to flee.
• Greek mages sent Spears of the Four Elements through Teleportation Gates, killing most of the Persian center army's advanced forces and bringing down its banner.
• The surviving Persian Golden Warriors retreated, and the Persian Three Armies collapsed under the Greeks' continued spells.

Suye watched the Greek mages devastate the Persian center army with coordinated large-scale magic, turning the battle into a Greek victory. He realized Euclid had orchestrated the precise spells by predicting and influencing the Persian soldiers’ movements.

• The Golden Mages sent waves of devastating Magic Creations through Teleportation Gates, wiping out Persian soldiers and forcing the center army into retreat.
• The Golden Mages formed an arc of spells to block the Persians’ escape, then advanced as Allied Forces closed in from the north.
• General Miltiades ordered the encirclement, and Greek warriors—including the Spartan Warriors—attacked until the Persian center army was annihilated.
• The Greek Allied Forces celebrated their victory while Suye and the Spartan Warriors wondered why the Persians had repeatedly clustered together under the spells.
• Suye explained that Euclid had linked the Golden Mages through a multi-layered Mind Connection and had determined the timing and landing points of their spells by predicting the warriors’ actions.

Suye explained how Euclid’s calculated attacks had decimated the Persian forces, then reported his military merits and spent the night studying Silver Magic. As Greek reinforcements gathered at Marathon Fortress, Persia prepared to renew the battle with elite legions and a Holy Domain Fate Sorcerer.

• Suye explained how Euclid used successive judgments, Teleportation Gates, and waves of magic to kill most Golden Warriors and funnel Persian soldiers into deadly attacks.
• Suye and the thirty Spartan Warriors returned to camp, reported their military merits, and learned they would guard the city wall that night.
• Suye studied Silver Magic Array Diagrams through the night while Di Aotian wore his Magic Mask.
• Greek reinforcements arrived at Marathon Fortress as the Persian camp stayed silent.
• Darius the Great sent the Giant Legion, Magic Beast Legion, Flying Snake Legion, and a Holy Domain Fate Sorcerer back toward the battle.

During the Greek-Persian standoff, Suye used a Bronze Miracle Stone expecting to gain a Light Element Bloodline, but instead received a Demon General Bloodline and advanced to Silver. He discovered its powers and prepared to test whether the unicorn had transformed into a Nightmare Horse.

• As Persian forces continued moving to Marathon, Greek reinforcements swelled the fortress’s population past fifty thousand while Suye studied and practiced inscribing magic arrays.
• Euclid sent Suye a Bronze Miracle Stone, and Suye used it in Ruined Space with the Hybrid Unicorn’s remains, producing a Demon General Bloodline Crown instead of the Light Element Bloodline he wanted.
• Suye absorbed the Demon Bloodline’s power, advanced to Silver, and unintentionally helped Di Aotian reach Bronze and gain the ability to wield Hellfire.
• Suye found that the Demon Bloodline linked with his Fire Element General Crown, evolving his Fire Magic into Hellfire, and discovered its Eye of Illusion Breaking talent.
• Worried that the unicorn might have become a Nightmare Horse, Suye decided to summon it, but first inscribed a Bronze Servant Summoning magic array onto a Magic Leaf.