Chapter Summaries

Anna’s gift transformed Thor, allowing him to break through to peak Formal Knight and greatly improve his aptitude, lifespan, and strength. As Thor and Anna headed back to the Maine River Valley, the approaching Minotaurs had driven its lords into panic and flight.

• Anna activated a Magic Array that shared the Ice Elf’s power with Thor, causing his Life Seed to solidify and his Life Source Power to surge.
• Thor advanced through the ranks to peak Formal Knight as the Ice Elements transformed his body and improved his knightly aptitude.
• Thor realized that his lifespan had also increased dramatically through his shared life with Anna.
• The exhausted Ice Elf returned to Anna, and Thor led the group back toward the Maine River Valley.
• The Minotaurs drew closer to the valley, prompting Pioneer Lords to flee and leaving the three Noble Lords panicked as Thor’s return was delayed.

Baron Gratton, Baron Valmy, and Pape Lawrence feared the approaching Minotaur Tribe would force them to abandon their territories while Lord Thor remained away. Thor returned as a Formal Knight and began discussing the attack with the three barons, leaving their response to the crisis unresolved.

• Baron Gratton, Baron Valmy, and Pape Lawrence learned that the Minotaur Tribe would reach the Maine River Valley within three days, while most Pioneer Lords had fled and Thor had not returned.
• The three barons visited Eagle Territory, where Ryan said Thor would return within ten days, and they prepared to abandon their territories and pay the kingdom a redemption payment.
• Thor returned to Eagle Territory with his group, and the three barons were shocked to discover he had advanced from Apprentice Knight to Formal Knight.
• Thor told the barons that the Minotaur Tribe had grown to roughly seven thousand through a secret technique, and they asked whether to fight or abandon their territories.
• Thor called for the three barons to listen as he prepared to steady them and discuss the crisis.

Thor persuaded Pape Lawrence, Baron Valmy, and Baron Gratton to gather their knights to face the Minotaur threat, then tested the strength gained from the Symbiotic Contract. He defeated Peros with his newly revealed ice power, while a massive burst of cold erupted nearby.

• Thor convinced the three Barons that they needed to fight the Minotaurs and secure their nobles’ standing for the coming Kingdom War.
• Pape Lawrence, Baron Valmy, and Baron Gratton agreed to gather their knights and cooperate with Thor.
• Thor summoned Steve and Peros to test his and Anna’s strength, then sparred with Peros on the training ground.
• Thor’s icy Life Source Power froze Peros’s sword and body, allowing Thor to disarm him and declare victory.
• A terrifying burst of cold erupted in the distance, spreading ice and white mist across an area more than a hundred meters wide.

Thor prepared Eagle Territory and the gathered barons’ forces for the Minotaur invasion, arranging a battlefield and supplies as Anna demonstrated her powerful ice magic. The Minotaurs advanced toward the Maine River Valley, hoping to reach the place they believed held the Titan God’s gift.

• Anna froze Steve with an ice spell that spread across more than a hundred meters, then dispelled it before he was seriously harmed.
• Thor told Steve and Peros to prepare the Knight Orders and confirmed that the western Maine River Valley and Blazing Oil were ready for the coming battle.
• Pape Lawrence, Baron Valmy, Baron Gratton, Lajos Assad, and two Pioneer Lords gathered forces that brought Eagle Territory’s strength above seventy Formal Knights, three hundred Apprentice Knights, and fifteen hundred Reserve Knights.
• The three barons grew anxious after learning that nearly all the other Pioneer Lords had fled and that the Minotaurs were less than a day away.
• The Minotaur chief and an elderly Minotaur urged their several thousand warriors to hurry through the Maine River Valley to obtain the Titan God’s gift and secure more offspring.

Thor led Maine River Valley’s forces downstream to intercept the invading Minotaurs, using Magic Crystal Cannons, allied fighters, and prepared fires to weaken their advance. As the main battle began, Thor held back his power while the battlefield turned into a sea of fire.

• Thor set out with the Barons, Pioneer Lords, Steve, Peros, and the Knight Order to intercept the Minotaurs downstream, then sent Jeniel and Emre’s regiments into forests on either side.
• The Minotaurs emerged from the gorge and charged, but five Magic Crystal Cannons blasted their ranks, killing many and wounding one Second-Tier Minotaur.
• Eleven Second-Tier Minotaurs reached the hillside, and Thor, Steve, Peros, the Pioneer Lords, and Formal Knights moved to hold them back.
• Anna cast enhancement spells that helped Thor, Steve, and Peros match three Peak Second-Tier Minotaurs while the others restrained the remaining attackers.
• Thor’s prepared Blazing Oil ignited under the cannon fire, spreading a sea of flames that set Minotaurs ablaze and threw their advance into chaos.

Thor’s forces struggled to hold back the Minotaurs as the Second-Tier beasts unleashed secret techniques. After Lajos Assad destroyed the dam upstream, a massive flood swept toward the battlefield, targeting the Minotaurs trapped in the sea of fire.

• Peros intercepted a Peak Second-Tier Minotaur, while Thor signaled Mark to launch a Magic Crystal Cannon into the sky.
• Lajos Assad saw the signal and ordered the Knight Order to use magic scrolls to destroy the dam.
• The stored water rushed through Thor’s Eagle Territory and swept downstream as the Minotaurs began overcoming the sea of fire.
• Peros, Steve, Thor, Pape Lawrence, and the others struggled to hold back the Minotaurs as their secret techniques strengthened them.
• Thor sensed the approaching flood and turned toward it with the Minotaur fighting him, as the torrent appeared on the horizon and surged toward the battlefield.

The protagonist's forces ambushed the Minotaurs in the Maine River Valley and used a flood to destroy their main force. Eleven second-tier Minotaurs were left to face the valley's knights on the mountain.

• The protagonist's side prepared ambushes at two points downstream in the Maine River Valley while a dam held back water during flood season.
• Magic Crystal Cannons ignited the Blazing Oil and pinned four thousand ordinary Minotaurs in place.
• Eleven second-tier Minotaurs charged up the mountain as Lajos Assad opened the dam.
• The flood washed away the four thousand ordinary Minotaurs without reaching the protagonist's forces on the mountain.
• Eight Great Knights, more than seventy Formal Knights, three hundred Apprentice Knights, and over a thousand Reserve Knights surrounded and slaughtered the eleven second-tier Minotaurs.

A flood swept away thousands of Minotaurs, and Thor used the opening to summon the hidden Knight Order forces and turn the battle in the humans’ favor. The battle ended with the Minotaur army defeated and the three Barons’ forces victorious in the Maine River Valley.

• The dam’s flood swallowed the sea of fire and swept away thousands of Minotaurs, lifting the pressure on Pape Lawrence, Baron Gratton, and their forces.
• Thor unleashed his power and called for Emre and Jeniel to bring the hidden knights into the battle.
• Emre and Jeniel led dozens of Formal Knights and large numbers of Apprentice Knights from the jungle to encircle the remaining Minotaurs.
• The added forces overwhelmed the second-tier Minotaurs, and the fighting ended in less than an hour with the last Peak Second-Tier Minotaur dead.
• Pape Lawrence and Baron Gratton celebrated the victory as Baron Valmy smiled, and the three Barons’ forces counted thirteen slain second-tier Minotaurs.

After the Minotaur invasion ended, Thor discovered a map written in Titan Script and led the distribution of the spoils. He claimed the Third-Tier Magic Core and all Merit Points, arguing that the Pioneer Lords’ greatest prize was control of the Maine River Valley.

• After eleven Second-Tier Minotaurs fell, Thor and the others cleared the battlefield and returned to Eagle Ridge.
• Thor found a parchment map written in Titan Script on a Peak Second-Tier Minotaur and kept it.
• The survivors counted more than three hundred Second-Tier Magic Cores, a Third-Tier Magic Core, and 110 Merit Points among the spoils.
• Joz Anubi told Thor to decide how the spoils would be divided, and Thor claimed the Third-Tier Magic Core and all the Merit Points while leaving the other Magic Cores to the others.
• Thor reminded the Pioneer Lords that they were now the only ones remaining in the Maine River Valley.

Thor proposed dividing the abandoned territories in the Maine River Valley among the six remaining Pioneer Lords, and the group agreed on a settlement that gave Thor control of the central region and much of the upper reaches. The chapter ended with the valley’s new territories assigned and Thor assured of room to expand for years.

• Thor reminded the others that the abandoned territories in the Maine River Valley were more valuable than the Magic Cores they had collected.
• Ryan marked the abandoned Pioneer Lord territories on a map as Thor explained that the kingdom would redistribute lands belonging to lords who had fled.
• Thor claimed the dam and nearby territories, while offering Baron Valmy and Baron Gratton other lands in exchange for part of their southern territories.
• Baron Valmy and Baron Gratton agreed to Thor’s proposal, and the remaining lords accepted that the spoils were sufficient for everyone.
• Thor finalized the division: the three barons received mines and territories, Satchi and Joz Anubi received three territories each, and Thor received the remaining four.

Thor proposed an alliance among the six surviving Pioneer Lords of the Maine River Valley, and they finalized terms for mutual aid, trade, and information sharing. Their unprecedented unity could reshape the Northern Province, where orc tribes had also crossed the kingdom’s defenses.

• At a victory banquet at Eagle Ridge, Thor proposed that the Pioneer Lords unite against outsiders and prepare for future wars.
• Baron Gratton, Joz Anubi, Pape Lawrence, Valmi, and Satchi agreed to the alliance after Thor clarified that members would not have to obey his commands.
• Over the next five days, the six Pioneer Lords agreed to provide military aid during crises and maintain open trade and information sharing.
• The alliance marked the first unification of the Maine River Valley’s surviving Pioneer Lords, while other parts of the Northern Province remained chaotic as orc tribes crossed the kingdom’s defensive line.

Marquis Lehman received a report that Thor and the other Pioneer Lords had routed a second-tier Minotaur Tribe, and he sent Frenchy and the Kingdom Inspector to verify their victory. Thor and Eagle Ridge celebrated the prospect of his becoming a true Baron, though the inspection still remained ahead.

• Marquis Lehman ordered the Flying Eagle Knight Order to withdraw to Autumn Leaf Territory and sent it weapons and magic cores to help hold back the Orcs.
• A Loren City official reported that the Maine River Valley Pioneer Lords had routed a second-tier Minotaur Tribe and submitted the heads of eleven second-tier Minotaurs.
• Marquis Lehman ordered Frenchy to take the Kingdom Inspector to verify the battle report and prepare a baronial investiture ceremony.
• Frenchy set out for the Maine River Valley with the Kingdom Inspector and a large group of men.
• Thor and the people of Eagle Ridge celebrated the news, and Thor anticipated becoming a true Baron if he passed the inspection.

Frank Corrado verified Thor Dressrosa’s victory over the Minotaurs and confirmed that Thor would be invested as a Baron in Loren City. As Thor prepared to travel, news of his achievement stirred the city and drew the attention of other Pioneer Lords.

• Frank Corrado inspected Eagle Ridge, verified Thor’s victory over thousands of Minotaurs, and told him to arrive in Loren City three days before the investiture ceremony.
• Thor arranged for Peros to oversee Eagle Ridge and departed for Loren City with Ryan and twenty Formal Knights.
• Marquis Lehman ordered the news released, and Loren City learned that Thor would become the Northern Province’s first new Baron in three years.
• Reports of Thor’s victory spread through the city, where residents reacted with astonishment, envy, and hostility.
• A young Pioneer Lord accepted Marquis Lehman’s condition to eliminate Orc tribes within five hundred miles of his territory in hopes of earning a barony.

Thor arrived in Loren City as Orc attacks devastated the Northern Province, then learned that Wilmore Beru and Temur Watson would join him in being invested as barons. At the ceremony, Thor and the other two received their noble crests and were formally proclaimed Barons.

• Thor arrived in Loren City with Ryan and twenty Formal Knights, and Ryan reported that Orc tribes were attacking the kingdom’s knight orders and territories across the Northern Province.
• Ryan told Thor that Marquis Lehman had recruited powerful Noble Lords to fight the Orcs and sent five hundred Flying Eagle Knights to Autumn Leaf Territory.
• Thor learned that Wilmore Beru and Temur Watson had earned enough Merit Points to be invested as barons alongside him.
• Two days later, the other future barons arrived, and a city official summoned all three to the completed investiture ceremony.
• Thor, Wilmore Beru, and Temur Watson swore their oaths before the Goddess of Life, received their noble crests from Marquis Lehman, and became Barons.

Thor became a Baron, learned the rights and obligations of nobility, and decided to join the campaign to cleanse the Orc tribes. After receiving Marquis Lehman’s appointment and buying supplies and two thousand slaves, he returned to Eagle Ridge, where his people welcomed him as their new noble lord.

• Thor learned that Barons had to take part in Kingdom Wars and began considering an Orc-cleansing campaign as a chance to gain merit and expand trade.
• Thor met Marquis Lehman and offered Eagle Ridge’s strength for the cleansing campaign, receiving a letter of appointment.
• Thor ordered Ryan to buy supplies and more slaves, spending less than two hundred gold coins on two thousand people.
• Thor returned to Eagle Ridge ten days later with several thousand people and dozens of carriages.
• Peros and the people of Eagle Ridge welcomed Thor, celebrating his elevation to Baron and their new status under kingdom law.

After celebrating his rise to baron, Thor invited the Maine River Valley lords to join an Orc-clearing campaign, arguing that it would earn resources before the Kingdom War. He began Territory 2.0 development, planning a new town and Goblin labor force, then sent Peros to lead a force into the surrounding lands.

• Thor held a grand feast in Eagle Territory and invited the five lords of the Maine Alliance to a meeting afterward.
• Thor urged the lords to join his campaign against nearby Orc tribes, citing Merit Points, wealth, and the approaching Kingdom War, and gave them ten days to decide.
• Thor reassured the lords that their territories could be defended with limited deployments, Magic Crystal Cannons, and the seasonal floods.
• Thor organized Eagle Territory’s new slaves and farmland, then planned a town near the dam and the use of Goblins as laborers.
• On the third day, Peros led Ryan, twenty Formal Knights, one hundred Apprentice Knights, and three hundred members of the Fledgling Knight Order to clear the surrounding Goblins.

Thor’s goblin purge spread through the Maine River Valley, bringing captured Goblins, new mines, and a plan to sell surplus workers to neighboring lords. As Thor sent them letters, the five Pioneer Lords remained undecided about joining the dangerous suppression mission.

• Peros and Ryan led separate Knight Order forces through the valley, capturing Goblins and discovering a copper mine.
• Thor used captured Goblins in mines and construction, while Anna formed contracts to bind them and grew stronger through the exhausting work.
• Thor decided to offer surplus Goblins to the other Pioneer Lords and sent out letters after considering their prices.
• The five Pioneer Lords met in Loren City with ten days left to decide whether to join the suppression mission, but none of them spoke up.

Joz Anubi and the other four lords agreed to join Thor’s campaign after learning about the Kingdom War and seeing the Goblins in Eagle Territory. The Maine Alliance gathered its forces under Thor’s leadership and marched toward the lower Maine River in the Northern Province.

• Joz Anubi, Pape Lawrence, Baron Gratton, Satchi, and Baron Valmy all agreed to join Thor’s campaign against the Orc tribes.
• The five lords traveled to Eagle Territory, where they saw Goblins working and asked Thor whether he could supply and control them.
• Thor confirmed he could provide Goblins and offered them for sale, then the five lords formally joined the campaign and alliance.
• The six lords discussed their alliance, with the other territories centering it around Thor’s Eagle Territory.
• The five territories sent troops to Eagle Territory, where Thor assembled a force of over a thousand, including six Great Knights.
• After five days of preparation, the Maine Alliance set out toward the lower reaches of the Maine River in the northern region of the Northern Province.

Thor led the Maine Alliance through the Northern Province, where they cleared ruined territories and found valuable supplies and an iron mine. Daily Intelligence revealed that Orc attacks were widespread, while a fierce battle at the northern border left Marquis Lehman and the kingdom’s forces struggling to hold the pass.

• Thor and the Maine Alliance cleared Goblins and Orcs from a ruined territory, buried the dead, and recovered about five hundred gold coins.
• The alliance found more ruined Pioneer Territories and valuable supplies, then discovered a medium-sized iron mine in the Maine River Valley.
• Thor used the rewards to strengthen the alliance, but Daily Intelligence showed Orcs attacking territories across the region and raised his fears of war.
• At the northern border, Orc tribes attacked a fortified pass, and Marquis Lehman fought a Tier 4 Orc while the Flying Eagle Knight Order was worn down.
• The Earth Dragon Knight Order faced an even more intense battle elsewhere on the border as fighting spread and neighboring kingdoms watched.

Orc tribes overwhelmed the northern borders of several kingdoms as Bloodthirsty Werewolves secretly fueled the invasion to gather sacrifices for Anubis. Thor encountered more orc tribes than before and found several identical Titan Script scrolls, but he still could not determine what they meant.

• Orc forces breached the defenses of the Northern Province, and reinforcements including Duchess Karenina helped stabilize the pass against Tier 4 tribes.
• The Behemoths dismissed reports of a Titan God inheritance site and focused on preparing for the Divine Enlightenment ritual.
• Bloodthirsty Werewolves revealed they were driving orc tribes toward human territory to gather sacrifices and summon Anubis.
• The Werewolves spread scrolls promising a Titan God inheritance map and a secret art that could increase orc populations, drawing more tribes into the invasion.
• Thor noticed that orc encounters had become more frequent and found several identical Parchment Scrolls, but he could not read their Titan Script.
• Thor's group defeated a Second-Tier Goblin tribe and collected weapons as prices across the Northern Province continued to rise.