Chapter Summaries

Thor led the Maine Alliance to defeat a Kobold tribe and save Baron April Nion’s besieged territory. After finding Life Grass Seeds and another Parchment Scroll, Thor introduced the alliance to April Nion, who was stunned by its strength and unity.

• Thor rested the Maine Alliance for a day, then led it toward a second-tier Kobold tribe that possessed ore and Life Grass Seeds.
• As the alliance advanced, a Kobold army attacked Baron April Nion’s territory, overwhelming his defenders and forcing them toward defeat.
• Thor ordered the Maine Alliance to attack the Kobolds from three directions rather than wait for April Nion’s territory to fall.
• The alliance and April Nion’s knights surrounded and slaughtered the Kobolds, while Thor killed their leader and recovered Life Grass Seeds and a Parchment Scroll.
• April Nion thanked Thor and learned that he led the Maine Alliance, then expressed astonishment at the alliance’s power and cooperation.

Thor expanded his trade route through the Northern Province while leading the Maine Alliance’s campaign against Orcs, earning substantial merit and wealth. As Thor cultivated at night, Ryan began a breakthrough to Great Knight, leaving the watching Lords impressed by Thor’s fortune.

• At April Nion’s banquet, Thor agreed to sell him Goblin armor and weapons and said Lajos Assad’s merchant caravan would arrive in ten days.
• Thor and the Maine Alliance resumed their extermination campaign, while Lajos Assad’s caravan expanded trade into the surrounding regions.
• Over the following months, Thor and the other Lords earned Merit Points and gold, and Lajos Assad’s trade route brought in more than two thousand gold coins.
• Thor recognized that the trade route could give his territory income exceeding Count Engel Dreyrosa’s visible income, while his improved talent accelerated his cultivation.
• At night, Thor sensed a powerful surge of Life Source Power near the camp and saw Ryan’s aura rise as Ryan began breaking through to Great Knight.

Thor ended the Maine Alliance’s three-month purge and returned to Eagle Territory as the orc attacks across the north intensified. He reinforced his territory and rewarded Peros, but remained anxious about the coming unrest and hoped Neil Morton would return soon.

• After reading intelligence that showed stronger orc tribes and more territories falling, Thor decided the Maine Alliance should withdraw from the north.
• Thor and the five lords agreed to leave, and the alliance returned to the Maine River Valley three days later as the northern defenses faced escalating attacks.
• Duke Karenina and Marquis Lehman struggled to hold the defensive line while waiting at least a month for reinforcements, and the kingdom’s forces continued battling the orcs.
• Thor returned to a prosperous Maine River Valley and found Eagle Territory’s farmland and defensive wall improved; Peros reported that most construction was complete.
• Thor gave Peros a Divine Wood Fruit as a reward and told Anna to keep training, then worried that his territory lacked the strength to face the coming chaos without Neil Morton.

Thor inspected Eagle Territory’s growing towns, farms, and population before learning that Nia, the Unicorn Horse, had advanced to the third tier and formed a contract with him. He then led a large party and more than fifty carriages to Loren City, where they arrived after defeating two orc tribes on the way.

• Thor inspected the northern town and discussed Eagle Territory’s population, female slaves, and new fish farm with Charles.
• Thor learned that Nia had advanced to the third tier, formed a Pet Beast Contract with it, and rode it through the territory.
• Thor prepared supplies and gathered men from the Knight Order for a trip to Loren City.
• Thor led his party through attacks by two orc tribes and defeated them, gaining orc corpses and other resources.
• Thor and his party reached Loren City before nightfall.

Thor returned to Loren City amid the Northern Province’s worsening crisis, sold his spoils for an unexpectedly high price, and ordered Ryan to buy slaves and seek skilled workers. The next morning, Thor’s Life Source Power surged, and he began breaking through toward becoming a Great Knight.

• Thor met Baron April Nion in Loren City and learned that beastman attacks had left even April’s well-defended territory struggling to survive.
• Thor refused April Nion’s request for military assistance, judging that Eagle Territory could not spare Great Knights amid the wider turmoil.
• Ryan reported that the Habs Merchant Guild offered 3,200 gold coins for Thor’s goods, and Thor ordered Ryan to buy 2,000 male slaves and 500 female slaves and look for masons and blacksmiths.
• The next morning, Thor’s Life Source Power surged, spreading frost and cold through his room as he began circulating his Knight’s Breathing Technique.
• Ryan recognized that Thor had broken through, and the gathered knights waited outside as Thor’s icy Life Seed brought him to the peak of a Formal Knight, one step from becoming a Great Knight.

Thor broke through to Great Knight and tested his new Ice Attribute Life Source Power against Ryan’s Thunder Power. Later, Corin confronted Thor in Loren City over the territory Thor had occupied, but Thor did not recognize him.

• Thor emerged from his breakthrough, and Ryan tested his strength against him in a spar that ended evenly after fifteen minutes.
• Thor told Ryan to deliver their goods and buy slaves quickly so they could leave the unstable Northern Province, while Thor went to procure supplies.
• Corin learned that his territory had been deemed abandoned and occupied by Thor, and that he had only a month to pay the redemption payment before losing his noble status permanently.
• Maniel spotted Thor in Loren City, and Corin approached him despite Maniel’s warning that they could not cause trouble there.
• Corin called Thor a thief and demanded his territory back, and Thor asked who he was.

Thor confronted Corin Emerson over the territory Corin had abandoned, defeated him in Loren City, and secured compensation through the city’s authorities. Thor then collected his mission rewards and Merit Points before heading back to Eagle Territory, while Corin was left facing consequences from his family.

• Corin Emerson accused Thor of stealing his former territory and demanded its return and five thousand gold coins, but Thor challenged him to pay and kneel instead.
• Thor defeated Corin with his ice-blue sword aura, and Knight Cronia arrived and had Corin and his men restrained after learning Thor’s identity.
• Loren City arranged compensation for Thor, who received two thousand gold coins immediately and was promised another thousand within three months.
• Thor reflected on declining northern trade and the difficulty of entering western markets, then tallied more than six hundred Merit Points for his extermination mission.
• Thor completed the handover, gathered his men and supplies, and departed for Eagle Territory while Maniel left Corin behind to face his family’s response.

Thor returned to Eagle Territory and developed its two towns while turmoil from Orc attacks spread across the Northern Province. In the west, his older brother Tono Dressrosa considered recruiting Thor to help seize a nearby territory and its valuable mines.

• Thor returned to Eagle Territory after a safe journey, bringing its population above ten thousand and confirming that the northern town had been completed.
• Thor named the two towns Eagle Town and Fire Eagle Town, assigning farmland development to Eagle Town and fisheries to Fire Eagle Town.
• As Orc attacks spread and Third-Tier Orc tribes appeared, lords across the north and west lost territories and fled.
• Tono Dressrosa and his friend Babrulus discussed joining forces to occupy a neighboring territory abandoned after a Third-Tier Goat-headed Humanoid tribe destroyed it.
• Babrulus suggested inviting Thor, and Tono recalled his younger brother's rapid rise to become a baron but doubted he would travel west.

Thor received a letter from his second brother, Tono, asking for help reclaiming an orc-occupied territory rich in valuable resources. Thor traveled west with a large force and reunited with Tono, whose children were astonished by the valuable gifts Thor brought.

• Tono asked Thor to help seize an orc-held territory containing a Large Iron Mine, a Small Copper Mine, and Danube ore.
• Thor set out from Eagle Territory with Steve, Ryan, and hundreds of knights, leaving Peros to guard the territory.
• Thor’s group crossed into the resource-rich West, gathered valuables along the way, and endured several magical beast attacks.
• Thor arrived at Tono’s territory, and the brothers warmly reunited before Tono welcomed him to a dinner with his family.
• Thor gave Tono’s children valuable gifts, and Kevin carried the gift boxes to Evelyn to show her.

Thor reunited with Tono and negotiated for his family to forge ore into weapons in exchange for three years of production from Nao. Thor, Tono, and Babrulus then joined forces and launched an attack on the Goat-headed Tribe, leaving Thor to face one of its Peak Second-Tier fighters.

• Evelyn told Tono that Thor had given Kevin an Intermediate Life Potion and Dia and Leah Divine Wood Fruits, but Thor persuaded Tono to accept the gifts.
• Thor proposed that Tono send iron ore and Mithril Iron to his gnomes for forging, and Tono agreed to give Thor Nao's production for three years.
• Tono and Babrulus learned that Thor had brought a powerful force while leaving troops in his territory, and the three lords agreed to attack the Goat-headed Tribe together.
• The three lords gathered more than a thousand troops and marched to the Goat-headed territory, where they planned to leave one Peak Second-Tier enemy for Thor.
• Thor, Tono, and Babrulus led their forces in a charge, startling the Goat-headed Humanoids as they prayed and prompting them to welcome the approaching knights as food.

Thor led the left flank through the Goat-headed Humanoids with Nia and Ryan, killing their stronger fighters and drawing enemies away from Tono and Babrulus. Tono broke through the center and was stunned by his younger brother’s power before returning to battle as the fighting continued across all three fronts.

• The three Knight Orders charged the Goat-headed Humanoids, but powerful enemies stalled Tono and Babrulus while Thor’s flank pushed forward.
• Thor killed a Peak Second-Tier Goat-headed Humanoid in one strike, then ordered Ryan and Steve to unleash their full strength.
• Thor and Ryan broke through the left flank and repeatedly attacked the enemy, drawing Goat-headed Humanoids away from the center and right.
• With pressure easing, Tono activated his secret art, struck down the Peak Second-Tier Goat-headed Humanoid before him, and broke through the enemy line.
• Tono saw Thor and Ryan slaughtering Goat-headed Humanoids and asked Ferrin whether the figure was really his younger brother, then led his Knight Order back into battle.
• Babrulus benefited from the pressure on his flank easing and sent a Second-Tier Goat-headed Humanoid flying with his axe.

Thor and Ryan led their knights in a half-day battle that wiped out nearly all the Goat-headed Humanoids, then Thor joined Tono and Babrulus to claim and inspect the territory. The inspection revealed that its farms, supplies, and mines were more valuable than expected.

• Thor and Ryan fought through the Goat-headed Humanoids, killing most of them while a small force escaped; their knights suffered injuries but no deaths.
• Thor ordered the wounded knights sent to Tono's castle, and Tono and Babrulus thanked him for helping them seize the territory.
• Thor, Tono, and Babrulus inspected the territory's castle and had its scattered documents sorted.
• The documents revealed over three thousand qing of farmland, supplies worth about two thousand gold coins, one Large Iron Mine, two Small Copper Mines, and two sources of Nao.

Tono, Babrulus, and Thor inspected the territory’s mines and Nao production sites, discovering resources worth thousands of gold coins a year. After Thor revealed his goblins’ armor output, he proposed selling the armor to open trade with the prosperous western region of Northern Province.

• Tono, Thor, and Babrulus inspected the iron mine and first Nao site, where surveys found a large mine and a site capable of producing over a thousand Nao annually.
• The group examined a second Nao site and copper mine, learning they could yield four to five hundred Nao and around five hundred gold coins’ worth of ore each year.
• Thor told Tono and Babrulus that his goblins could make three hundred Black Iron Armors, twenty Brass Armors, and three Silver Armors monthly, but he could allocate only half that output to them.
• Thor proposed selling their armor to attract trade from lords in western Northern Province, where demand was high and Silver Armor was difficult to obtain.

Thor proposed entering western trade through Tono and Babrulus, and they agreed to establish a merchant guild using a traveling-caravan model. The first caravan, led by Lajos Assad and escorted by a formidable force, set out to open the route while the allies finalized their shares of the territory’s resources.

• Thor explained that Tono’s connections could provide an opening into the western trade routes, and Tono warned that powerful nobles and the Habs Merchant Guild controlled much of that trade.
• Thor proposed sending merchants directly to Pioneer Lords’ territories rather than competing through auctions, and Tono and Babrulus enthusiastically approved.
• Thor, Tono, Babrulus, and Lajos Assad agreed to form a merchant guild, with Thor holding sixty-five percent, Tono fifteen percent, Babrulus twelve percent, and Lajos eight percent.
• Thor, Tono, and Babrulus divided the territory’s Nao, mine proceeds, and other war spoils, with all three accepting the arrangement.
• On the fifth day, Lajos led the first caravan out with three Great Knights, twenty Formal Knights, forty Apprentice Knights, and more than three hundred Reserve Knights, including Ryan.

Thor left Tono Territory after Lajos Assad opened trade routes with nearby Pioneer Lords, while the Northern Defense Line struggled to withstand renewed orc assaults as the kingdom’s delayed reinforcements approached. The chapter ended with Duke Karenina and the nobles repelling another costly attack, still awaiting reinforcements.

• Lajos Assad established trade routes with nearby Pioneer Lords, delighting Thor, Tono, and Babrulus.
• Thor prepared to return to Eagle Territory, agreed to wait for news of the kingdom’s reinforcements, and accepted a hundred Reserve Knights from Tono and a Knight’s Sword from Babrulus.
• Duke Karenina told Marquis Lehman that the kingdom’s reinforcements had been delayed by the Church of the Alien God but should arrive within three days.
• Marquis Lehman convinced Duke Karenina not to draw troops from the Northern Province, warning that doing so could leave the region exposed to orc tribes.
• Duke Karenina and the nobles repelled a large orc assault after three hours of fighting, but an Earth Knight fell and the defense line remained under severe strain.

The Tulip Kingdom’s reinforcements crushed the orc assault and began clearing the Northern Province, while the nobles investigated the unusual attacks. Hidden Bloodthirsty Werewolves sought blood offerings for Anubis, and the kingdom’s leaders grew alarmed as Titan Script Parchment Scrolls appeared among nearly every orc tribe.

• Duke Karenina was nearly overwhelmed by four Tier 4 orcs until two allied commanders arrived, and the kingdom’s reinforcements turned the battle in humanity’s favor.
• Duke Karenina ordered Marquis Lehman and several counts to purge orcs from the Northern Province and directed the nobles to investigate the attacks.
• Bloodthirsty Werewolves gathered blood for Anubis, then ordered Val to attack the Tulip Kingdom and spread items among other tribes.
• Duke Karenina and the other commanders found Titan Script Parchment Scrolls and sent some to the royal capital for deciphering.
• Over the following days, the nobles collected more than twenty Parchment Scrolls and discovered that nearly every orc tribe possessed them.

After the Orc threat in the Northern Province subsided, Thor focused on developing Eagle Territory and strengthening the Maine Alliance. He invited the five allied barons to join his merchant association, distributing its dividends and ending the chapter with the alliance more closely tied to his western trade plans.

• The Tulip Kingdom held its defensive line against stronger Orc tribes, and Marquis Lehman and the other lords cleared most Orcs from the Northern Province, easing the threat after five months.
• Thor developed Eagle Territory and planned to bind the Maine Alliance together through shared profits from expanding the merchant association into the western Northern Province.
• Thor invited Baron Pape, Baron Valmy, Baron Gratton, Joz Anubi, and Satchi to Eagle Keep to discuss joining the merchant association.
• Thor offered twenty-four percent of the dividends to the five barons in exchange for contributing knights and other forces.
• Joz Anubi, Baron Gratton, Baron Pape, Baron Valmy, and Satchi accepted shares of seven, four, eight, three, and two percent respectively, expanding the association and integrating the Maine Alliance further.

Thor delayed his planned trip home after Daily Intelligence revealed a Life Fruit Tree near Eagle Territory. He led his knights to the tree, defeated the Boar Beasts guarding it, and caught its single ripened fruit as the tree withered.

• Neil Morton returned battered after encountering a Frost Giant Wolf and gave Thor a small Heart of Frost he had found while searching for one to improve Thor's talent.
• Thor decided to prepare for his journey home, then learned through Daily Intelligence that a Life Fruit Tree would ripen west of Eagle Territory.
• Thor gathered Steve and more than twenty Formal Knights and traveled to the tree, where two groups of Boar Beasts had gathered.
• Thor ordered Steve to keep the beasts away from the tree, then charged the two Peak Second-Tier Boar Beast leaders and swiftly defeated them.
• Thor and his knights killed the remaining Boar Beasts, and Thor reached the tree as its leaves withered and its fragrance faded.
• Thor reached out as the tree's solitary Life Fruit fell into his hand.

Thor and his group returned to Eagle Territory with the Life Fruit Tree, where Allen showed promising knight talent and was entrusted with keeping the tree alive. Thor then led his knights back to Frost Moon Province, reflecting on how much he had gained in the Northern Province as he crossed the border and continued home.

• Thor's party defeated twenty-nine Boar Beasts, collected the Life Fruit, and dug up the Life Fruit Tree to bring back to Eagle Territory.
• Thor discovered Allen had reached the beginner stage of the Knight's Breathing Technique and tasked him with keeping the Life Fruit Tree alive, promising Merit Points and a chance to exchange for a Life Potion.
• Thor left Steve in charge of Eagle Territory and set out with Peros, Anna, and his Knight Order for Frost Moon Province.
• After traveling through Loren City, Thor crossed from Northern Province into Frost Moon Province and reflected on his growth in strength, rank, and resources over the past year and a half.
• Thor noticed that Daily Intelligence had yielded less than five hundred gold coins along his new route, suggesting Frost Moon Province had few remaining opportunities.

Thor returned to Dressrosa Town with his Knight Order after a year and a half away, reuniting with his brother Morris and prompting Count Engel to come welcome him. The chapter ended as Thor approached Dreyrosa Castle and saw his father waiting at the gates.

• Thor arrived in Dressrosa Town, where the administrator mistook his arrival for Count Engel’s, and Morris recognized and greeted him.
• Thor and Morris embraced and headed toward the castle while their knights reunited with old friends and marveled at Thor’s group’s increased strength.
• Butler Charlie told Count Engel that Thor had returned, and Count Engel left the castle to welcome his son.
• Several of Count Engel’s younger sons came out to see Thor, while Count Engel waited with a welcoming party.
• Thor and Morris saw Count Engel waiting outside the castle, and Morris was astonished that their father had come to greet Thor personally.