Chapter Summaries

Suye and his companions fled Ajiman as Euclid used geometry-based magic to deflect, twist, and trap the power of fate. Ajiman broke free of Euclid’s Looping Path and caught up with them, leaving Suye stopped on the ground and facing her pursuit.

• Suye bargained with Ajiman to spare his friends, while Euclid agreed to help him escape in exchange for a reward.
• Euclid used Deflection Technique and Twisting Technique to divert Ajiman’s Fate Collapse, Fate Exile, and Fate Holy Flame, but the strain left him gravely weakened.
• Euclid cast Looping Path, trapping Ajiman and the power of fate in a repeating ring so Suye and the others could escape toward Marathon Fortress.
• Ajiman shattered Looping Path with the Fate Tablet’s power, devastated the surrounding land, and chased the Magic Carriage at supersonic speed.
• Suye accelerated the Magic Carriage with his Magic Crystals, but Euclid warned that its space would collapse if they kept flying so fast.
• Suye slowed the carriage, and Ajiman forced it to land; Suye led the others out while supporting Euclid.

Ajiman tried to take Suye to Persia, but Miltiades arrived and stopped her after their powers clashed. Suye refused to leave Athens, Ajiman departed, and Miltiades explained how he had obtained the Victory Spear Sword.

• Ajiman offered to release Suye’s friends and promised him freedom and support if he went to Persia with her, while Suye said he wanted to study magic and build his business.
• A golden Cross Star struck the Fate Tablet’s white star above Marathon Fortress, and Miltiades emerged from the dust carrying the Victory Spear Sword.
• Miltiades refused to let Ajiman take Suye, and Ajiman asked Suye to come with her before he said he preferred Athens.
• Ajiman left for the Aegean Sea, and Miltiades asked Suye to spare her in the future because she was a pitiful person connected to the Fate Tablet.
• Miltiades praised Euclid and greeted the others, then told Suye that Pallas had awakened the Victory Spear Sword and handed it to him.

Suye warned Miltiades that Darius planned to ambush him on Pylos Island and urged him to turn the scheme against Persia. After the group discussed the mysterious Fate Tablet and Ajiman, they arrived in Delphi, the holy city preparing to host a major tournament.

• Suye privately warned Miltiades that Darius was preparing an ambush on Pylos Island, and Miltiades recognized that the Pylos nobles might try to provoke him.
• Suye urged Miltiades to use the expected ambush to kill the Persian Legendary warriors, and Miltiades left after hinting that he would consider the plan.
• Castor ordered the Spartan Warriors to keep the events involving Ajiman and the Fate Tablet secret, while Euclid recorded what had happened.
• Suye and Euclid argued about Ajiman, Pallas, and Euclid's lack of romantic attention as the carriage continued east.
• Suye's group reached Delphi and saw its vast tiers of temples, monuments, and arenas.

Suye answered Castor’s question about success by explaining five ways to fail, then parted from the Spartans and Euclid. He entered Delphi alone, considered the city and his plans for the competition, and worried about Ajiman’s future pursuit.

• Commodus thanked Suye for helping him understand his own ambitions, and Suye urged him to keep asking what he wanted most.
• Suye told Castor and the others that looking down on people, surrendering to emotions, refusing to think, abandoning focus, and resisting change would lead to failure.
• Castor gave Suye a magic-patterned swan feather, and the Spartan Warriors saluted him before Euclid gave him an awkward farewell embrace.
• Suye drove through Delphi, changed his appearance to shake off possible pursuers, then restored his usual appearance and hired a carriage.
• Suye surveyed Delphi and planned to apply for mage badges and practice for the athletic events while thinking about Niedern, Pallas, Hote, and the threat posed by Ajiman.

Suye visited the Plato Academy branch in Delphi, where he reunited with Niedern and endured the teachers’ inspection of his homework and Magic Servants. He told them he planned to compete in the Games and revealed which events he expected to win, leaving the teachers interested in his chances and the betting opportunities.

• Suye arrived at the Plato Academy branch and found Euclid speaking with the teachers, who greeted him with a mocking exchange.
• Niedern warmly embraced Suye, then checked his homework and confirmed he could take the Final Exam early after showing his Magic Servants.
• The teachers examined Di Aotian, Wang Dachui, and Black Demon Sheep and questioned Suye about their powers and his adventures.
• Suye said he had come to Delphi to win the Games and prove that mages could be strong athletes, but the teachers doubted his stated purpose.
• Suye claimed he hoped to make money from betting and told the teachers he had strong chances in horse and chariot racing, the running events, the pentathlon, and combat.

Suye discussed his tournament bets and learned that the Spartans were touting Ulak as a genius who could outshine the Academy’s Four Geniuses. As the teachers prepared to test Suye in combat, Niedern privately learned that Suye had beaten Silver Warriors through physical talents and proposed a secret bet.

• Suye said he planned to bet on himself to win every tournament event except music, and Gregory told him that Ulak had become a celebrated Spartan Senior General.
• Suye joined the teachers in teasing Euclid about his rumored Blacklist until Euclid fled to avoid showing them his Magic Book.
• Laurence arranged for Suye to spar with the Academy’s Fighting Tournament contestants, while the teachers planned to use Silver Warriors to humble him.
• Niedern secretly helped Suye learn to transmit his voice with magic and asked whether he had fought Silver Warriors without magic or divine power.
• Suye said his Battle Body Talent and Warrior Talent had let him defeat most Silver Warriors, and Niedern offered him a Silver Magic Artifact to help stage a scene for a bet.

Suye pressed Niedern for a Golden Magic Artifact and learned about the costs and choices involved in pursuing all-element magic. Niedern gave him a keepsake artifact, and Suye decided to follow the all-element path as they discussed how he should specialize in Magic Creation.

• Suye proposed splitting the proceeds from another teachers’ betting game with Niedern, who explained that the wagers mostly exchanged favors.
• Suye persuaded Niedern to give him a Golden Magic Artifact, and Niedern handed him an old array paper passed down from Teacher Thucydides.
• Niedern explained that Golden Mages faced steep costs for Magic Creation diagrams and materials, and that Aristotle spent about one million Golden Eagles each month.
• Suye said he wanted to become a Holy Domain mage quickly and chose the all-element path despite its expense and time demands.
• Niedern recommended that Suye focus on Magic Material Enhancement and Combination Creation, while buying rather than deeply researching Shaping Creation.
• Suye and Niedern secretly settled on the Entrap the Enemy plan before pretending to discuss Magic Creation as they walked.

Niedern explained the main forms of Magic Creation and advised Suye to focus on Magic Material Enhancement, Combination Creation, and area-focused Compensation Enhancement. When other teachers mocked Suye’s fighting ability, Niedern defended him and bet his left eye that Suye could defeat every Bronze and Silver Warrior at Plato Academy.

• Niedern described Enhanced, Shaping, and Combination Creation, including their branches, costs, and limitations.
• Niedern concluded that Suye’s bloodlines made him especially suited to Shaping Creation for giants, devils, and elementals, while his wealth favored Magic Material Enhancement.
• Suye chose Magic Material Enhancement and Combination Creation as his main approaches, with area-focused Compensation Enhancement as an additional direction.
• Gregory and other teachers mocked Suye’s confidence about the fighting tournament, and Niedern insisted that Suye was capable of winning.
• Niedern bet his left eye that Suye would defeat every Bronze and Silver Warrior at Plato Academy, while Gregory offered to wager a Silver Magic Artifact.

Suye and Niedern challenged the teachers and warriors of Plato Academy to wager on Suye’s fighting ability, drawing bets worth over a million Golden Eagles. The chapter left Suye preparing to face Kua in a boxing match as the first opponent in the tournament.

• Niedern challenged the teachers to bet on Suye, and both sides agreed that Suye had to defeat a majority of at least five warriors.
• Tagora joined the wagers with Golden Divine Power Equipment, and Suye raised the stakes by betting a large piece of Divinized Bronze on himself.
• Gregory surprised the crowd by betting on Suye, saying he believed Suye’s strength exceeded their expectations.
• Tagora selected the Bronze Warrior Kua to fight Suye, and Niedern warned Suye that Kua had a grudge against him.
• Suye entered the arena and agreed to box Kua, who declared that he would teach Suye a harsh lesson.

Suye stunned the Plato Academy by defeating Kua and Pentos with extraordinary fighting skill and strength, prompting the teachers to question how a mage possessed so many warrior talents. The next opponent was teacher Kalida, who chose wrestling, and Niedern revealed that Suye had learned its basics with the class.

• Kua accused Suye of insulting fighters, but Suye agreed to settle their dispute in the arena.
• Suye dodged Kua’s punch and knocked him down with two blows, leaving the crowd amazed by his warrior talents.
• Pentos challenged Suye, and their whip kicks ended with Pentos’s leg breaking before Laurence treated him.
• Tagora called for Kalida to fight next, and Kalida chose wrestling.
• Niedern pointed out that Kalida taught the class’s wrestling course and that Suye had learned its basics alongside his classmates.

Suye defeated Kalida in three wrestling rounds, demonstrating overwhelming strength and speed, then proved his sprinting talent to the academy. Niedern encouraged the warriors to bet on Suye in the Pythian Tournament, and the chapter left them weighing his chances in the championships.

• Kalida and Suye faced each other in the wrestling ring, and Suye won the first round with a great back throw.
• Suye threw Kalida again in the second round, forcing him to use divine power for protection and lose by a major technical point.
• Suye lifted Kalida into a dangerous inverted hold in the third round, and Tagora stopped the match and declared Suye the winner.
• Kalida praised Suye's strength, speed, and reactions, while Gregory called him the Muscle Mage.
• Niedern told the academy warriors that Suye planned to bet on himself in the Pythian Tournament, and Laurence agreed to cast a spell so they could keep the information private.
• Suye beat five sprint competitors despite his imperfect running technique, prompting the academy to discuss betting on his tournament prospects.

Suye negotiated with Niedern over the betting pool’s winnings and secured a major favor in exchange for splitting the proceeds. Niedern revealed that the unusually large bets were partly driven by interest in Suye’s rise as a Magic Nova.

• After the Pythian Tournament betting pool drew the academy’s attention, Suye overheard Niedern and Gregory discussing their wagers and learned Niedern planned to bet heavily on him.
• Suye argued that the Divinized Bronze he had contributed entitled him to its share of the winnings before he and Niedern split Niedern’s earnings.
• Niedern agreed to owe Suye a major favor and gave him the Divinized Bronze, then sorted the betting pool’s prizes and returned some items to influential bettors.
• Niedern explained that many powerful people had joined the betting pool because Suye’s achievements, including becoming the mage Gladiator King, had made him a Magic Nova.
• Niedern told Suye that Magic Novas were magical geniuses under twenty and that Aristotle, Archimedes, and Euclid had also held the distinction.

Suye discussed his growing wealth, business plans, and magical progress with Niedern, who agreed to help prepare Suye’s new Lighthouse Magic Artifact shop. After Suye left, Niedern realized that his student’s progress had inspired him to reach a new spiritual realm himself.

• Suye asked Niedern about Magic Novas in Greece and learned that four were publicly acknowledged.
• Suye told Niedern he had around a million Potion Grass and planned to focus more on magic while preparing for Gold and the Holy Domain.
• Niedern gave Suye Magic Artifacts and Divine Power Equipment, then explained that Suye’s tableware was selling rapidly and that factories in Persia, Northern Europe, and Egypt were ready to produce it.
• Suye asked Niedern to organize a proposal for his Lighthouse Magic Artifact shop and offered him five shares out of one hundred.
• Suye explained Wang Dachui’s unusual abilities, and Niedern concluded that Suye’s influence had granted the Rock Dwarf King special powers.
• After Suye left, Niedern reflected on his student’s progress and realized that he had reached a new realm himself.

Suye returned to the academy and reunited with his classmates, telling them about his journey and revealing that he had entered every Pythian Tournament event except music. His classmates doubted he could compete successfully, and the chapter ended with them asking what rank he had reached.

• Suye cultivated in the Ruined Space, where his Mountain Goblin tribe prospered and the space expanded to a radius of 200 meters.
• Suye trained for the Pythian Tournament while keeping his performance and intended bets concealed.
• Hote and Suye's classmates reunited with him at the training ground, and Suye greeted them, including Pallas and Albert.
• Suye recounted how Acades had taken him to Sparta, where he became the Gladiator King and registered for the tournament.
• Suye told his classmates he had entered every event except music and advised them to bet on him, but they laughed and questioned his chances.
• Suye's classmates asked what rank he had reached after hearing rumors that he was Bronze or Silver.

Suye prepared for the Pythian Tournament, where his Silver rank, massive bets, and performance across multiple events drew attention throughout Delphi. After the qualifying rounds, he had entered the Top 64 in every event except music, and the story left him facing the next stage of competition.

• Suye reunited with his classmates in Delphi, told them he had advanced to Silver, and urged them to bet on his tournament victories.
• As betting odds shifted and Suye's fame spread, he borrowed money from the Plato Chamber of Commerce and wagered 1.04 million Golden Eagles on himself.
• The Pythian Tournament's preliminary rounds began, and Suye competed in running, fighting, pentathlon, and equestrian events.
• Suye entered the Top 64 in every event except music, becoming the only competitor with such broad success and stirring excitement across Delphi.

Suye competed in the Pythian Tournament’s 200-meter sprint after the Sun God Temple publicly showed him unusual goodwill. He won his heat in eleven seconds, leaving the stadium stunned and earning the host’s name for him: the Wind-like Youth.

• The Pythian Tournament opened with ceremonies and performances before the running events began.
• The host joked that Zeus was considering whether to bet on Suye, signaling the Sun God Temple’s goodwill and drawing attention from the VIPs.
• Suye entered the sixth sprint heat, where the host highlighted his victories and implied that Apollo was watching him.
• Suye activated his Wind Element General bloodline and finished first in eleven seconds, more than two seconds ahead of second place.
• The stadium fell silent before erupting in cheers as the host called Suye the Wind-like Youth and a miracle mage.

Suye won the Pythian Tournament sprint after using a crouch start to take the lead and outrun seven elite warriors. The chief High Priest confirmed that the race was fair, and Suye left the chapter boasting that he could win thirteen more championships.

• The crowd, including Athenians and Spartans, cheered for Suye as he advanced to the Top 8 of the tournament.
• Suye recognized Gerna, a Bronze Warrior and descendant of the North Wind Family, among his seven opponents.
• Suye used a crouch start and activated his running talents, taking the lead and leaving all seven rivals behind.
• The chief High Priest confirmed that the stadium’s protections had ruled out magic or divine power, and the host declared Suye the sprint champion.
• Gerna warned Suye about a powerful Silver Warrior from a Demigod Family, and Suye replied that he might win thirteen more championships.
• Suye’s seven-second time became the second-best result in the history of Greece’s low-level sprinting competitions.

Suye won the sprint and Shuttle Run at the Pythian Tournament, using his victories to criticize the Athenian nobles and draw support from rival city-states and the Sun God Temple. The chapter ended with Suye naming “Justice” as the power behind his Shuttle Run victory while the Athenian nobles seethed.

• Suye accepted the sprint champion's awards and declared that he still considered himself an Athenian despite the nobles who had framed and exiled him.
• Spartans, people from Miletus and Thebes, Macedonians, and Romans shouted their support for Suye, and the Chief Priest of the Sun God Temple endorsed him.
• Suye rested under the tournament's recovery rules, entered the Shuttle Run final, and stunned the other athletes by sprinting the full 800 meters to victory.
• Gerna finished second again and cried as the audience and host celebrated his runner-up finish.
• Suye accepted the Shuttle Run champion's awards and said that “Justice” had supported him, provoking laughter from the crowd and anger from the Athenian nobles.

Suye sprinted through the 3,000-meter race and won the championship in about a minute and a half, leaving Okeno, Eugene, and Gerna to battle for the remaining places. Gerna finished fourth and received a special award after the crowd was moved by the runners’ persistence, leaving him humiliated and furious at Suye.

• Gerna warned Suye that Okeno, son of Eurytus and a descendant of Perseus, was dangerous to offend, but Suye was undeterred when Okeno threatened him.
• Suye sprinted from the start of the 3,000-meter final and crossed the finish line far ahead of the other contestants, winning the championship.
• Okeno, Eugene, and Gerna accelerated to compete for the remaining places as the spectators shifted their cheers to encourage them.
• Okeno finished second, Eugene third, and Gerna fourth, while the crowd applauded their determination.
• The host announced a special long-distance award for Gerna, and Gerna accepted it in tears, resentful that he had received a consolation prize instead of becoming champion.

After winning the championship award, Suye entered the Heavy Armor Run finals, where his apparent Wind Element bloodline and extraordinary stamina alarmed the other contestants. He sprinted from the start while carrying 100 jin, leaving the crowd wondering whether he could break Heracles’ world record.

• Suye received the championship trophy and Glorious Cloak, while Gerna, Eugene, and Okeno left the podium annoyed by him.
• Suye advanced to the Heavy Armor Run finals, and Eugene and Gerna suspected his Wind Element bloodline helped him carry the heavy load with ease.
• The host announced that Suye had bet 50,000 Golden Eagles on himself becoming the Running King, then began the race without introducing the other contestants.
• The other thirty-one contestants silently agreed to watch one another closely and prepared for the collisions and dirty tactics common in long-distance races.
• Suye sprinted at his previous race pace while wearing armor and carrying 100 jin, stunning the contestants and prompting spectators to wonder whether he would break Heracles’ world record.