Chapter Summaries

The Battle of Marathon ended with the Persians surrendering, and the Greeks celebrated while taking the spoils. Suye returned to the city and learned that Athenian nobles planned to use his military success to stir conflict in Sparta, while General Faste promised to protect his share of the spoils.

• Maduo Si surrendered to the Greeks, and a mysterious old man stopped the fighting by clearing the clouds over the Marathon Plain.
• The Greeks claimed the Persian camp’s spoils, while Suye rode the Hell Unicorn back toward the city and reunited with Commodus and Castor.
• Castor urged Suye to meet General Faste quickly so his spoils could be recorded, and Suye agreed after realizing nobles might affect the distribution.
• Andre and the Athenian nobles discussed exploiting Suye’s achievements to provoke a struggle among Sparta’s nobles and hurried to secure the spoils for Athens.
• Suye and his companions met General Faste, who vowed to protect Suye’s share of the spoils.

Andre tried to spend borrowed military merit on a rare Wind Queen corpse, but General Miltiades arrived and claimed it instead. The general gave the corpse to Suye and his companions, while Andre left embarrassed and worried about Miltiades’ opinion of him.

• At the military depot, Andre learned that his military merit was insufficient to exchange for the Wind Queen corpse, so four nobles lent him enough to qualify.
• The quartermaster opened the box and revealed the crystalline remains, but General Miltiades arrived and asked for the corpse.
• After learning Andre had borrowed military merit, General Miltiades took the Wind Queen corpse and told Andre to keep working hard.
• Andre left the depot with his friends, who advised him to improve the general’s impression of him at the Pythian Tournament.
• Suye and his companions saw General Miltiades’ guards deliver the Wind Queen corpse, and they gathered around the box.

Suye summoned the Silver Rank Wind Queen, whose unusually powerful magic stunned the Spartans. She transformed into a Regalia Mark on his ear, while Castor explained the significance of the mark and discussed the power of Pallas and her family.

• Suye absorbed the Wind Queen's remains and summoned the tiny spirit, who played a tune while sitting on his shoulder.
• Castor explained the Wind Queen's ancestry and abilities, including her knack for spells above her rank and her potential to combine magic with an Ice Queen.
• The Wind Queen's Triple Wind Blade broke through Commodus's Golden divine power and sent him crashing into a wall.
• The Wind Queen kissed Suye's earlobe, transformed into a tattoo-like Regalia Mark, and attached herself to him.
• Castor explained how Regalia Marks worked and compared them with Pallas's Victory Spear Sword, then urged everyone to test the Wind Queen at a training ground.

Suye tested the Wind Queen’s combat abilities and learned that her wind magic could occasionally become dramatically stronger, while Euclid reconsidered his views on wealth and offered Suye first pick from the military treasury’s spoils. The chapter left Suye planning to search for mysterious treasures with Euclid when they returned to Athens.

• Suye summoned the Wind Queen and had her attack Commodus, demonstrating a powerful tornado and a chance-enhanced Triple Wind Blade.
• Euclid assessed the Wind Queen as stronger than ordinary servants and mages, while Castor noted Suye’s potential to field the equivalent of a magic squad.
• Euclid reflected that wealth could support advancement to Legend and recognized that he could rely on Suye’s funding for his studies.
• Euclid showed Suye the military treasury’s list of high-grade spoils, and Suye asked about mysterious items and Aristotle’s ability to recognize treasures.
• Suye claimed he might have a hidden talent for sensing treasures, so Euclid offered to take him to Athens’s magic market and borrow any treasures Suye did not need.

Suye visited the military treasury with Euclid and his companions, where he learned of his extraordinary honors and discovered Cyrus’s World Scepter. Despite warnings that keeping the divinized relic could provoke Persia and Darius, Suye exchanged his military merits for it.

• Euclid checked Suye’s military record and praised his achievements as the group headed to the military treasury.
• The quartermaster told Suye he was due a Great Achiever Medal, a statue, and seven additional medals, while Commodus declared that he would pursue the Great Achiever honor.
• Suye asked about the Emperor’s Scepter and used the Altar Eye to locate a brilliant object hidden beneath black cloth.
• Castor identified the scepter as Cyrus’s World Scepter and warned that Persia would be enraged if anyone kept it.
• Suye exchanged his military merits for the World Scepter, shocking Castor, Euclid, Commodus, and the quartermaster.

Suye explained why Darius had given Maduo Si the World Scepter and anticipated that Gilgamesh might invade Greece, then considered the threat of Xerxes and the value of Euclid’s promised Giant Divine Power Plane. After returning to the Ruined Space, Suye discovered that sacrificing Wind Queen’s remains had granted him Magic Solidification (Silver).

• Suye reasoned that Darius had given Maduo Si the World Scepter to counter Gilgamesh and keep him committed to the war against Greece.
• Suye decided not to exchange more military merit for Spoils of War and planned to search Athens City’s military treasury instead.
• Suye realized Leonidas was still alive and worried about the coming Battle of Thermopylae, then predicted Xerxes would succeed Maduo Si as commander.
• Euclid offered Suye a Giant Divine Power Plane if Suye helped restore his memories, but Castor said no known method could do so without divine intervention.
• Suye entered the Ruined Space and found that Wind Queen’s sacrifice had granted him Magic Solidification (Silver).

Suye offered Persia’s World Scepter at the altar and received the Divine Authority: Nation, which transformed his power and appeared above his Bloodline Crown. Meanwhile, Yixinna lamented her losses and the failed expedition until her guard brought news of a World Tree Branch.

• Suye chose to preserve Magic Solidification for Wooden Skin and offered the World Scepter at the altar.
• The altar produced a golden throne bearing the Divine Authority: Nation, which Suye absorbed before entering meditation.
• Suye’s body and companions reacted to the new power as he absorbed the God of the Farthest’s Divine Light and entered his Magic Tower.
• Yixinna worried about the lost Wind Queen remains, the failed expedition, and a possible future campaign led by Gilgamesh.
• Yixinna’s guard told her that news had arrived about a World Tree Branch.

Suye discovered that the National God Seat strengthened his domain powers, granted him a god-level Talent, and greatly increased his mana and Magic Tree growth. He then visited the Persian prisoner camp, where the Persians panicked at his approach, and confronted Maduo Si.

• Suye sat on the National God Seat and learned that it doubled the radius of his domain-based powers while promising stronger abilities as he grew.
• Suye gained Lower Divine Might Immunity, and the God Seat expanded his mana, Mana Roots, and Magic Tree.
• Suye asked Wang Dachui and Di Aotian about the changes they felt, then learned he had absorbed the God Seat's power throughout the night.
• Suye told the Spartan Warriors to accompany him to the Persian Prisoner Camp, where the Giant King and most of the Persians fled in fear.
• Suye entered the camp and challenged Maduo Si's assumption that he was merely a lucky Silver Mage.

Suye demanded a high-value ransom from Maduo Si for the World Scepter and gave Persia until Gilgamesh arrived to decide. After returning to the fortress, Suye warned Fauster that Gilgamesh would reach Greece within six months to a year.

• Suye confronted the Persians, declared the World Scepter his, and demanded a city or another valuable prize in exchange for it.
• Maduo Si asked for time to consider Suye’s terms, and Suye set Gilgamesh’s arrival as the deadline and threatened to offer the scepter to Athena Goddess in a Great Sacrifice.
• Suye explained his handshake to Maduo Si, then left while warning the richly dressed Persians to keep the peace.
• Maduo Si asked Atra about Suye, and Atra guessed Suye possessed a powerful Titan or Ancient God Bloodline, possibly close to Atlas’s.
• Suye returned to the fortress and told Fauster that Gilgamesh would arrive in Greece within six months to a year.

Suye reported his intelligence about the Persian Army to General Faste, chose to reveal his identity only upon reaching Athens, and warned that Thermopylae and Salamis Strait would be central to the next war. After discovering that access to Giant Hills had strengthened, he realized his servants might soon enter and exploit its resources.

• Suye told General Faste that he had obtained intelligence about the Persian Army, and Faste said General Miltiades valued it at the military merit of five generals if its truth was confirmed.
• Suye told Faste he would reveal his identity at Athens and return there in glory after competing in the Pythian Tournament.
• Suye warned Faste that the next war would center on Thermopylae and Salamis Strait rather than the Marathon Plain.
• Suye found that the Giant Hills painting had regained its color, meditated there, and carried out more herbs and precious metals than before.
• Suye sensed that he could soon bring Wang Dachui, Di Aotian, Wind Queen, and Hell Unicorn into Giant Hills, and Wang Dachui asked him for a Dwarf Queen.

Suye learned how his summons could grow from a squad into a tribe and legion, then watched the Greeks celebrate their victory through ransom payments and military awards. As the Greeks and Persians gathered at the platform, he reflected on the hopes he carried and the power of fair treatment to unite soldiers.

• Wang Dachui explained that entering the Giant Hills would let Suye summon Demon Sheep Knights in squads, tribes, and legions, while Di Aotian described a similar possibility for his race.
• Persia paid the first ransom installment, and the Greeks distributed Golden Eagles to soldiers, including Suye, while using more than half of the ransom to compensate soldiers' families.
• Suye watched the Spartan Award Ceremony and concluded that Miltiades endured blame and anger to earn soldiers' trust and see them smile.
• Spartan officers awarded ranks and honors, and Suye noticed that Sparta's cheers remained strong because its awards were fair and impartial.
• Suye decided to add one hundred thousand Golden Eagles to Euclid's funding, then joined the Spartans as they went to the city gates for the generals' ceremony.
• General Miltiades and the Greek generals climbed onto the platform as Greek soldiers cheered, while the remaining Persian soldiers watched from their camp.

At the victory ceremony, Miltiades honored Greece’s fallen and awarded the battle’s wounded and distinguished fighters. He then named Suye the King of Marathon for his decisive role in defeating the Persians, and Suye rode his Hell Unicorn onto the platform to the army’s cheers.

• Miltiades led the army in honoring their fallen comrades and thanked the soldiers for their victory.
• Miltiades awarded medals to more than two hundred gravely wounded soldiers, praising their deeds, then honored Euclid, Castor, and Commodus.
• Miltiades promoted Legion Commanders and New Generals, including Andre, who became a Legion Commander.
• Miltiades praised Suye’s feats in the battle and declared him the King of Marathon and the army’s greatest achiever.
• Suye summoned his Hell Unicorn, mounted it, and appeared before the army on a magnificent Hellfire Throne as the soldiers cheered.

Miltiades honored Suye for his achievements in the Battle of Marathon, presenting him with a succession of medals and publicly thanking him on behalf of all Greeks. He admitted that he had been wrong to try to temper and protect Suye by choosing his hardships for him, and ended by affirming that he would let Suye choose his own path.

• Suye rode the Hell Unicorn onto the platform, where Miltiades greeted him as the King of Marathon.
• Miltiades awarded Suye medals recognizing his role in the battle, including the Great Achiever Medal, while the crowd cheered.
• Miltiades bowed to Suye on behalf of the Greeks, and the crowd celebrated their recognition of the young mage.
• Miltiades joked as he pinned Suye’s military rank medals, then reflected on how his own generation had tried to temper younger people for their own good.
• Miltiades recounted a dream in which his past self asked him to let him choose for himself, and he concluded that he would respect Suye’s choices.

Miltiades and the Greek soldiers promoted Suye to Senior General, then celebrated the end of the Battle of Marathon. Afterward, Suye spent his Golden Eagles and began sacrificing his medals, gaining new resources and talents as he prepared to examine the rest.

• Miltiades explained why the generals had voted to promote Suye, and the soldiers overwhelmingly agreed.
• Miltiades awarded Suye the title and medal of Senior General of Greece, ending the ceremony.
• Suye and the Spartan Squad celebrated through the night, and everyone agreed to attend the Pythian Tournament together.
• Suye sacrificed two hundred thousand Golden Eagles, gaining Mana Sources, Mana Roots, Mana Liquid, and three Three-Ring Talents.
• Suye began sacrificing his medals and gained talents including Combat Readiness, Light of Encouragement, and Light of Belief.

Suye sacrificed several medals and gained powerful talents and bloodlines, including Light of Calmness, Shockwave, Strong Healing, Whale Duke General Bloodline, and an advanced Earth Element Priest Bloodline. After sacrificing the Protector of the Nation Medal, he obtained Blood-Flesh Armor, the renowned talent that had made Heracles nearly unstoppable.

• Suye sacrificed the New General Medal and chose the Five-Ring Light of Calmness talent, then set aside the Senior General Medal for a later sacrifice.
• Suye sacrificed the Innocent, Glorious, Repeller, and Rescuer Medals, gaining Magic Power Reduction, Magic Avatar, Shockwave, and Strong Healing.
• Suye sacrificed the Ship Destroyer Medal and gained the Whale Duke General Bloodline Crown, which connected with his Water Element Crown.
• Suye sacrificed the Giant Slayer Medal and advanced his Earth Element bloodline to the Priest Crown, gaining Guardian City-state and Earth Walking.
• Suye sacrificed the Protector of the Nation Medal and obtained Blood-Flesh Armor, the talent Heracles had used to form armor from his enemies.

Suye claimed several powerful talents and obtained Plane Soul from the Great Achiever Medal, then planned to save it for a future plane unless he reached Holy Domain without acquiring one. He decided to compete in the Pythian Tournament under his own identity before returning to Athens as a Senior General and multiple champion.

• Suye gained Magic Power Neutralization from the Campaign's Greatest Merit Medal and Protection Diffusion from the Senior General Medal.
• The Great Achiever Medal granted Suye Plane Soul, which could speed his mastery of a plane or nurture a Plane Divine Item.
• Suye decided to wait until he reached Holy Domain before choosing whether to use Plane Soul on Giant Hills or another plane.
• Commodus and Castor told Suye they planned to watch the Pythian Tournament in Delphi, and Suye chose to compete under his own identity before returning to Athens.
• Suye said Animal Affinity would help him win the chariot race, prompting Castor to call him a monster.

Suye and his companions prepared to leave Marathon Fortress for the Pythian Tournament, while Suye explained why he believed Euclid’s work would one day shape civilization. As the group set out, Commodus began recording Suye’s words, inspired by Euclid’s habit of writing things down.

• Commodus explained that Suye’s talent could help a horse and undermine rival riders’ horses, and Suye agreed to keep it secret.
• Suye promised Euclid another hundred thousand Golden Eagles to support his research, and Euclid recorded the promise in his Magic Book alongside flattering notes about Suye.
• Euclid reported four deaths and fifteen serious injuries among their defenders, and explained that the Aristocratic Academy’s heaviest losses came when giants descended from the sky.
• Suye, Euclid, Commodus, and Castor visited General Faste, then left Marathon Fortress by Magic Carriage.
• Euclid recorded Suye’s thoughts about creating meaning in life, and Commodus began taking notes because he believed learning from great men could help him become a hero.

Suye explained Survivor Bias to Euclid and used it to show why people should seek underlying truths rather than trust appearances. His further reflections on learning and pursuing joy prompted Euclid, Commodus, and Castor to reconsider their habits, while Suye ended by recording why experience without reflection taught nothing.

• Suye told Euclid a story about a mage who compared the armor of surviving and fallen warriors to explain Survivor Bias.
• Euclid praised Suye's ideas and recorded them, while Suye challenged Castor to examine the assumptions behind his joke about Golden Eagles.
• Suye explained that he learned from accomplished people by assuming they had qualities worth discovering, prompting Euclid to seal himself away and contemplate the principle.
• Suye compared pursuing truth to enjoying favorite food or someone one liked, and Castor realized he could find joy in practicing Combat Skills.
• Castor wrote down his resolve to pursue true happiness and keep practicing until he became a Demigod Warrior.
• Suye recorded his thoughts on how experiences without reflection could become empty and leave people unable to progress.

Suye and his companions discussed the value of recording and reflecting on events before the Pillar of Babylon brought them face-to-face with Princess Ajiman of Fate. Ajiman revealed that she could not see Suye’s fate and tried to persuade him to come to Persia, while Suye jokingly demanded the Persian Emperor as payment.

• Suye explained to Castor that knowledge came from organizing observations through thought, and Castor resolved to record events more seriously.
• Euclid praised Castor’s notes, then teased him about never catching up to Suye, prompting Commodus to cross out his record of Euclid’s kindness.
• Euclid warned that they had entered an ambush-like space of the Pillar of Babylon, and the Magic Carriage plunged downward before he put it away.
• Princess Ajiman appeared atop the Flying Snake King and revealed that she had recognized Suye’s Demon General bloodline and could not see his fate.
• Ajiman invited Suye to Persia and said she cared about him rather than the World Scepter, while Suye joked that she would have to pay at least the Persian Emperor.

Ajiman tried to force Suye to return to Persia and marry her, while Suye and his allies prepared to resist her Fate Tablet’s power. As Ajiman threatened to kill his friends, Suye asked them to reveal what strength they could still offer, then turned to Euclid.

• Ajiman offered to help Suye gain power in Persia if he became Persian, but Suye refused and said he wanted to become the King of Magic.
• Suye used Protection Diffusion to give everyone nearby multiple layers of Rock Armor, impressing Ajiman and his companions.
• Ajiman threatened to take Suye to Persia and use his friends’ lives to compel him, while the Fate Tablet nullified Euclid’s Banishment Spell and blocked their escape.
• Euclid explained that Ajiman’s Fate Tablet prevented long-distance teleportation and that their reinforcements would arrive too late.
• Ajiman gave Suye until she counted to one hundred to change his mind, threatening to kill his companions one by one if he refused.
• Suye asked his allies to reveal their remaining strength, then asked Euclid what he could contribute.