Chapter Summaries

Suye traveled with the Temple Knights to join the Hupang Cavalry Legion, while Andre and the Revenge Priests plotted his death at Pherae Pass and later plans to capture him. At the legion’s camp, Suye announced that they would depart for Pherae Pass the next morning, leaving the commanders stunned.

• Suye discussed magic arrays with Rockett as the three Magic Carriages traveled toward Thessaly, while Andre and the Revenge Priests watched them leave and discussed their plans against him.
• The Revenge Priests told Andre that Suye’s power could defeat the Persians on flat ground but could not defend, and they described a plan to exile him with the Silent Scepter if he survived.
• At Plato Academy, Niedern told the class that Suye had gone to the front; Pallas silently resented that he had left without sending her a Magic Letter.
• Suye and Medels arrived at the Hupang Cavalry Legion’s camp, where commanders reported on the hundred-thousand-strong force and Suye recorded their accounts.
• Suye announced that the legion would make its final preparations and march to Pherae Pass the next morning, shocking the commanders.

Suye prepared to defend Pherae Pass despite the risks, then used the night to strengthen himself by summoning the Ice Queen, absorbing Divine Might Foundation, and acquiring new talents and elemental bloodlines. He ended his meditation with an expanded Magic Tower powered by eleven roots, including Divine Might.

• Suye overruled the generals and committed to defending Pherae Pass, accepting responsibility for the decision despite Medels warning that he and Miltiades could bear the blame.
• Suye summoned the Ice Queen from her remains, and she joined the Wind Queen on his shoulders as he began deep meditation.
• Suye chose Divine Might Foundation from the altar, absorbed it into his Magic Tree, and watched a new Divine Might Root and branch grow.
• Suye chose Unimpeded Shuttle from the Star Ring Gate rewards and sacrificed offerings to obtain ice, wood, metal, and dark elemental bloodlines.
• After absorbing the bloodlines, Suye saw that his Magic Tower had expanded and that eleven roots, including the Divine Might Root, were drawing in different forms of magic.

Suye examined the changes to his Magic Power Tree and used the altar to absorb several rare offerings, gaining a Devil Priest bloodline and the Mana Sea Anemone talent. He set aside the unresponsive Space Star Ore and Socrates' script, then offered Baines' Hero Medal, whose reward had not yet appeared.

• Suye calculated that his eleven-root Magic Power Tree had given him enormous magic power and considered advancing to Hundred Well Mage.
• Suye offered the Demigod Devil's head and gained the Devil Priest Bloodline Crown, advancing his Eye of Illusion Breaking and acquiring Transformation Spell.
• Suye offered the Troll Sea Anemone Lord's remains and chose the Mana Sea Anemone talent, which absorbed power from incoming nonphysical attacks and increased his magic power limit.
• Suye found that the altar would not absorb the Space Star Ore and decided to set it aside, then kept Socrates' Handwritten Script for further study.
• Suye placed Baines' Founding Period Hero Medal on the altar, and white light spread as its rings shone.

Suye received Heroic Spirit Summoning from the sixth-ring sacrifice and delighted his servants, who gained a way to connect with their ancestors. He then chose Divine Might Overlap and Petrification Immunity from later offerings, while Medusa’s Hair pointed him toward preparing a Hydra Legion School.

• Suye chose Heroic Spirit Summoning, and Di Aotian and the Ice Wind Dual Queens celebrated its power to awaken ancestral strength.
• Suye stored the Thunder Dragon Eagle King and Dragon God Head for later, then sacrificed the Godblood Statue and chose Divine Might Overlap.
• Suye offered Medusa's Shield and weighed its double-row rewards, considering the value and drawbacks of the Demigod Body, Petrification Immunity, Siren Body, and other talents.
• Suye chose Petrification Immunity for its lasting protection against petrifying powers.
• Suye recognized Medusa's Hair could strengthen snake- and dragon-type magic, decided to seek Demigod Hydra blood, and began preparing for the Hydra Legion School.

Suye sacrificed hundreds of offerings, gaining 127 Mana Sources and powerful talents that greatly expanded his strength and magical abilities. After using the last Sixth-Ring offering to obtain a Divinized Gemstone, he sensed something was wrong as Wang Dachui collapsed at the magic shipyard in Lion Harbor.

• Suye chose Flying Casting from the talents offered by the Six Rings and saved the unfinished Ten-Section Olive Wood for later, then sorted his collected offerings.
• Suye sacrificed three hundred Third-Ring offerings and gained 127 Mana Sources, bringing his total to 149 Mana Wells.
• Suye sacrificed 155 Fourth-Ring offerings, gaining Mana Liquid for his Creation Magic experiments.
• Suye sacrificed sixty-seven Fifth-Ring offerings and gained Divine Might, powerful talents, bloodlines, and abilities that strengthened his summoning school.
• Suye exchanged the Sixth-Ring offering for a God Transformation Treasure Diamond, then stopped when he sensed something was wrong.
• At the magic shipyard in Lion Harbor, Wang Dachui screamed, bled from his bursting skin, and collapsed as Black Demon Sheep lay injured nearby.

Suye survived a surge of talents that killed his servants, then discovered the vast powers and rewards he had gained. He restored his servants and examined a new Earth Element Body and a God Transformation Treasure Diamond.

• After Wang Dachui apparently died in Lion Harbor, three Legendaries investigated and feared a powerful attacker had targeted Suye, prompting Themistocles to seek Light of Protection for him.
• Suye woke in his Magic Villa beside the torn bodies of Di Aotian, two Little Goblins, Wind Queen, and Ice Queen, then realized an overload of talents had killed his servants.
• Suye summoned four servants again, and Wang Dachui joyfully declared that he had returned after being stuffed to death by talents.
• Suye reviewed his bloodlines, evolved magic, avatars, defenses, and hundreds of talents, and noticed a growing Earth Element Body in his Magic Tower.
• Suye gave a Plane Soul to Fatty for Giant Hills, then examined the God Transformation Treasure Diamond and turned his attention to the Ten Elements Magic Tree.

Suye discovered that his new power had strengthened his servants and tested Di Aotian’s Heroic Spirit Summoning, while Medels arranged for the goddess to grant Suye a Light of Protection. The test revealed that Di Aotian could summon ten Little Flame Goblins whose repeated, talent-enhanced attacks astonished the soldiers and mages.

• Suye decided to save his God Transformation Treasure Diamond and considered buying a Substitute Puppet to protect himself during the Greco-Persian War.
• Suye found that the Ice Wind Dual Queens had advanced to Gold and that Di Aotian and Wang Dachui had gained Saint Realm bodies that made further advancement easier.
• Medels told Suye that the Plato Academy, military, and temple had sought a Light of Protection for him after hearing that Wang Dachui had been assassinated, and Suye eagerly accepted the blessing.
• Suye led Di Aotian outside to test Heroic Spirit Summoning while Wang Dachui left with a temple priest.
• Di Aotian grew larger, summoned ten Little Flame Goblins, and led them in launching repeated Hellfire Balls that displayed Magic Rebirth and powerful earth, fire, and darkness effects.

Suye demonstrated Di Aotian’s overwhelming strength in a fight against Rockett’s Silver Rock Armor Mammoth, then received Athena’s Light of Protection at a military camp ceremony. As the Hupang Cavalry Legion’s soldiers remained unsure about their mage deputy commander, Suye returned to studying magic and worked on Creation Magic.

• Di Aotian used Fireball Impact and defeated Rockett’s Rock Armor Mammoth, impressing the soldiers and generals.
• Suye asked Rockett which Elemental Trap would best complement his Rain of Fire, and Rockett discussed the limits of his elemental talents.
• The Hupang Cavalry Legion’s officers questioned whether Suye could command cavalry, and one general revealed that Suye had initiated the legion’s establishment.
• Medels led Suye to a temporary altar, where Athena quickly bestowed Light of Protection upon him.
• Suye continued studying Creation Magic, inscribing Spears of the Four, Five, and Eight Elements but failing to master the Spear of the Nine Elements.

Suye and the Hupang Cavalry Legion reached Pherae Pass, where Suye assured its defenders that the cavalry would bring them hope and laid out his conditions for fighting. After an overnight strategy meeting, Suye lent General Miltiades one item and reunited with his friends and the academy’s teachers and students.

• Suye explained to Medels that Persia had already detected the cavalry’s movement, but would still underestimate the legion under his command.
• Suye arrived at Pherae Pass and was welcomed by Miltiades, Medels, Commodus, Castor, Segus, and the fortress’s defenders.
• Suye promised to follow Miltiades’s arrangements while requiring guaranteed logistics, a ramp for the cavalry, and authority to choose when to attack.
• Suye’s speech rallied the defenders, who shouted his name and titles as the Hupang Cavalry Legion entered the fortress.
• Suye and the other commanders held a strategy meeting until sunrise, after which Suye lent Miltiades one of two intended items.
• Suye slept through the morning and later met his friends and the academy’s teachers and students.

As the Persian Army approached Pherae Pass, Suye rejected orders to reinforce Vale of Tempe and urged the Greeks to attack first. The Greek army marched out to face Xerxes, while Suye stayed behind and armed himself with an extraordinary array of Saint Realm magic artifacts.

• Medels received a recommendation from Allied Forces Headquarters to lead the Cavalry Legion to Vale of Tempe, but Suye tore up the letter and the generals continued preparing to defend Pherae Pass.
• Suye and the other commanders saw Xerxes’s massive Persian Army approaching and debated whether to attack; Suye argued that the Greeks should strike first to defend their land and demonstrate their resolve.
• Miltiades blew a magical horn, rallied the defenders, and ordered the Greeks to form ranks and attack.
• One hundred and fifty thousand Greek infantry left Pherae Pass, while the one hundred thousand cavalrymen mobilized beneath the earthen slope for their first battle.
• Suye remained on the city wall and equipped himself with numerous powerful magic artifacts, including three Instant Death Magic Protection ornaments and a costly Mental Immunity Hat.

Suye and the Greek commanders faced Xerxes’s advancing Persian army at Pherae Pass, as Xerxes’s wealth and confidence contrasted with the Greeks’ preparations. After the armies clashed, Xerxes’s command began turning the battle against the Greeks, and Suye ordered Medels to ready the Cavalry Legion.

• Suye handed the Ice Wind Dual Queens two powerful staffs, and the mages discovered that Di Aotian wore eight Golden Magic Artifact rings.
• Xerxes appeared before his army, taunted the Greeks, and ordered his troops to charge toward Pherae Pass.
• Miltiades deployed 150,000 Greek soldiers in a loose defensive formation as the Persian forces advanced.
• The Greek and Persian armies clashed at dusk, while Xerxes watched the battle and adjusted his commands to exploit weaknesses in the Greek formation.
• After an hour, Xerxes recognized the Greek tactic of targeting the King's Army and Light Infantry while holding back the Immortal Army, and Suye ordered Medels to prepare the Cavalry Legion.

Suye used Protection Diffusion and Protection Overlap to cover the one-hundred-thousand-strong Hupang Cavalry Legion in multiple defensive spells, transforming them into a formidable force. As Persia’s Five Great Legions pressed the Greeks back, Xerxes ordered his entire army to charge.

• Xerxes signaled the drummers, and Persia’s Five Great Legions advanced against the Greeks.
• Suye ordered Miltiades to keep the rhythm and formation in order before leading the cavalry preparations.
• Suye and his Magic Avatars cast layered defensive spells and spread two layers of protection across the one-hundred-thousand-strong Cavalry Legion.
• Rockett recognized Protection Diffusion and Protection Overlap as the cavalry gained powerful, evolved defensive magic.
• Suye watched Persia’s legions force the Greeks to retreat, and Xerxes raised his arm and ordered the entire army to charge.

Suye led the Hupang Cavalry Legion out of Pherae Pass, using stacked talents to empower the troops and making them appear to the Persians as Hell Knights. As the Persian army reorganized to meet the charge, Ajiman urged Xerxes to capture Suye alive, and Xerxes began taking the threat seriously.

• The Greeks retreated to both sides of the canyon entrance, leaving Pherae Pass clear, while the Persians continued their charge.
• Suye ordered the Hupang Cavalry Legion to attack, and the cavalry crossed the city wall under his leadership.
• Suye, the Ice Wind Dual Queens, and Di Aotian stacked three aura talents, strengthening the courage, belief, and composure of the cavalry.
• The Persian army mistook the charging Greek cavalry for Hell Knights, while Giant King Atra turned back and Maduo Si insulted him.
• Ajiman arrived beside Xerxes and ordered him to capture Suye alive; Xerxes agreed and began directing the Persian army more carefully.
• The Persians formed a wedge to face the cavalry and shouted that the Hell Knights were illusions, though the Gold Mages found no sign of illusion.

Suye led the Hupang Cavalry Legion and the Greek army in a counterattack that shattered the Persian vanguard. As Persian Golden Warriors closed in on him, he summoned the Ice Wind Tower and attacked them with a barrage of spears.

• Suye used the Eye of Law Breaking to weaken Persian protections, then sent waves of Arrows of Belief that killed soldiers and more than twenty Golden Mages.
• Miltiades urged the Greek troops to follow Suye, and more than one hundred thousand warriors charged alongside the Hupang Cavalry Legion.
• Suye cast protective magic on the advancing Greeks, while Protection Diffusion spread their enhanced defenses through the ranks.
• The Hupang Cavalry Legion pierced the Persian vanguard, and Greek warriors attacked from both sides as the Persian formation collapsed.
• Persian Golden Warriors pushed through the chaos toward Suye, who summoned the Ice Wind Tower and launched Ice Wind Spears at them.

Suye led the Greek cavalry through Persia’s armies, using the Ice Wind Tower and his summoned Hell Unicorn to devastate the Persian forces. He advanced toward Xerxes’s Hundred Elephants Palace behind a vast Heavenly Fortress as the cavalry fought its way into the million-strong rear army.

• Suye’s Ice Wind Spears froze and killed Persian Golden Warriors, helping the Greek forces break through the front army.
• Suye summoned the Gold-rank Hell Unicorn, whose lightning and Hellfire decimated the Flying Snake and Ogre Legions.
• The Hell Unicorn’s Hell Lava attacks devastated the Magic Beast Legion, routing the Four Ace Legions and throwing the Persian rear army into disarray.
• Ninety thousand Greek cavalrymen charged into the Persian rear army while Suye pointed his sword toward Xerxes atop the Hundred Elephants Palace.
• Suye expanded a radiant Heavenly Fortress around himself, preventing Persian teleportation ambushes as Golden Warriors and Mages tried to stop the Greek advance.
• The Greek cavalry pressed forward through the Persian army, their Light of Belief weapons cutting down enemies while Persian attacks failed to harm them.

The Heavenly Fortress’s Heavenly Eye annihilated Persian warriors sent to kill Suye, while the Hell Unicorn tore through the Persian army and struck the forces guarding the Hundred Elephants Palace. Greek cavalry pressed toward Xerxes as the Persian defense suffered heavy losses, ending with the Fate Sorcerers apparently killing the Hell Unicorn.

• More than a hundred Persian Golden and Silver Warriors descended through Teleportation Gates, but the Heavenly Eye vaporized them before they could reach Suye.
• The Hell Unicorn rampaged through the Persian ranks as the Greek Cavalry Legion advanced, and Greek reinforcements joined the charge.
• Persian forces formed a desperate blockade, but Archer Cavalry and the Hupang Cavalry Legion pushed through toward the Hundred Elephants Palace.
• The Hell Unicorn flew over the Persian Rear Army and broke through defensive spells with Thunder Balls, killing more than fifty Gold Rank beings near the palace.
• Two elderly Fate Sorcerers struck the Hell Unicorn with Fate Holy Flame, and it turned to ash as the Persians at the Hundred Elephants Palace breathed a sigh of relief.

Suye’s Greek cavalry broke through the Persian rear after the Hell Unicorn brought down the Hundred Elephants Palace, sending Xerxes and the Persian army into retreat. As the Greeks began a relentless pursuit, Miltiades trusted Suye’s judgment despite the danger of pressing on toward Gilgamesh’s reinforcements.

• The Hell Unicorn repeatedly revived and harassed the Persians, while Greek cavalry and mages pushed through the enemy ranks.
• Suye’s Hell Unicorn made the elephants carrying the Hundred Elephants Palace panic, causing the palace to collapse and rumors to spread that Xerxes had fled.
• The Persian rear collapsed under the Greek cavalry charge, and Xerxes rose into the sky and ordered the army to retreat.
• Suye ordered the Greeks to kill all fleeing enemies below Gold Rank and led the pursuit along the narrow roads toward Olusson City.
• Greek commanders worried that exhausted horses and Gilgamesh’s reinforcements could turn the pursuit into a disaster, but Miltiades chose to trust Suye and continue watching the battle.

Suye’s Greek cavalry routed the Persian army and killed a Persian force that turned back to cover the retreat. After the Greeks withdrew to recover in the Heavenly Fortress, the commanders recognized Suye’s extraordinary kill count and anticipated that he would earn the King of Slaughter Medal.

• The Greek cavalry relentlessly pursued the fleeing Persians, while Xerxes fled and watched Suye from a distance.
• More than thirty Golden Warriors rallied fifty thousand Persians to cover the retreat, so Suye ordered the Greeks to kill them and later have them buried beneath a monument.
• Suye ordered the Greek army to withdraw as torch-bearing forces approached, and the exhausted cavalry learned they could recover in the Heavenly Fortress.
• The commanders celebrated the victory and discussed Suye’s likely King of Slaughter Medal after realizing his kill count might exceed Miltiades’s lifetime total.

After the Greek forces healed at the Heavenly Fortress, Suye and General Miltiades prepared for an expected Persian counterattack and discussed the dangers facing Suye and Plato. Meanwhile, the Allied Forces Headquarters dismissed Pherae Pass’s victory report as a fabrication and sent the Judgement Hall of the Gods to investigate.

• Suye read casualty reports showing relatively few Greek dead, more than 10,000 Persian warhorses out of action, and over 500,000 Persian soldiers killed.
• General Miltiades praised Suye, prepared the commanders for a possible Persian counterattack, and warned Suye to leave Athens after the war because his talent made him a target.
• Suye and General Miltiades discussed Plato’s peril and the possibility of reforming Athens by taking power from God of War Mountain.
• Commanders at the Allied Forces Headquarters accused Miltiades of inventing the victory report, then rejected the detailed report of 500,000 Persian dead and Xerxes’s flight as an even greater lie.
• The Allied Forces Headquarters accused Miltiades and Suye of falsifying their achievements and summoned the Judgement Hall of the Gods to investigate Pherae Pass.

Pallas learned that Miltiades’s reports were deliberately designed to prompt the Judgement Hall of the Gods to witness his victory, then left without waking her father. As a powerful Persian force led by Xerxes and reinforced by the undefeated Hero Guards approached Pherae Pass, Suye prepared to meet it with infantry and cavalry together, while remaining concerned about Euclid.

• Pallas read the urgent report about Suye and overheard her father and another speaker conclude that Miltiades had exaggerated his victory to draw the Judgement Hall of the Gods to the battlefield.
• Pallas realized her alarm had been unnecessary and returned without disturbing her father.
• Suye and the generals saw Xerxes’s new Persian Army approaching Pherae Pass, including the Immortal Army, the Hero Guards, and three hundred Golden Warriors.
• Miltiades warned that Gilgamesh could personally threaten Suye, and Suye joked about joining the navy after the battle.
• Suye predicted Xerxes’s countermeasure would fail against his cavalry and ordered the infantry and cavalry to assemble together.
• Suye glanced toward Euclid’s residence with concern as the Persians advanced.