Chapter Summaries

Thor considered how to respond to western nobles imposing tolls on the Eagle Merchant Guild, then backed Covet’s plan to reroute the Maine River and reclaim farmland. The chapter ended with Thor learning that his second brother, Tono, had arrived.

• Thor rejected Steve’s suggestion to destroy one of the nobles, fearing it would unite their opponents, and decided to wait for Tono or Lajos to bring more information.
• Thor reviewed Covet’s proposal to divert the Maine River through a low-lying area, creating fertile farmland while easing flood pressure on the reservoir.
• Thor assigned Covet the Fledgling Knight Order, three Formal Knights, and five thousand Goblins to complete the new channel within a year.
• Thor finished reviewing territory affairs and considered finding a butler to help manage Eagle Territory and the Eagle Merchant Guild.
• Karin told Thor that Tono had arrived, and Thor hurried out to meet his second brother.

Thor persuaded Tono to remain in the Northern Province despite the looming Divine Revelation, arguing that early discovery could limit its danger. They realized the withdrawal of powerful lords could give the Dreyrosa Family a chance to break the restrictions on the Eagle Merchant Guild, and Tono set out to investigate.

• Tono visited Thor in Eagle Town and praised how quickly Thor's territory had developed.
• Tono told Thor that powerful lords were preparing to withdraw because of a possible Divine Revelation and urged him to reconsider staying.
• Thor explained that most recorded Divine Revelations had been contained when discovered early, and he confirmed that he would remain; Tono decided to stay too.
• Tono reported that Spencer, Campbell, and other powerful lords showed signs of withdrawing from the Northern Province.
• Thor connected the nobles' departure to the Eagle Merchant Guild's declining revenue and saw a chance to overcome their trade restrictions.
• Tono agreed to investigate which Noble Lords were leaving and promised to return with information within three days.

Thor learned that powerful western lords were evacuating ahead of Divine Revelation and dumping goods, creating a chance for him to expand his territory and merchant guild. After Thor offered to buy back Lajos’s shares if he chose to leave, Lajos decided to stay and help seize the opportunity.

• Tono reported that more than twenty-seven lords were preparing to evacuate, checkpoints had been removed, and the prices of supplies and slaves were collapsing.
• Thor told his brother to delay buying slaves and began writing to producers and nearby iron mines about the changing market.
• Thor explained Divine Revelation to Lajos and offered to buy back his shares for five thousand gold coins if he wanted to leave.
• Lajos considered escaping but recalled how Thor had helped him rise within the Assad Family and decided to remain.
• Lajos returned the next morning with a plan, telling Thor that the crisis was an opportunity for Eagle Territory and the Eagle Merchant Guild.

Lajos proposed expanding the Eagle Merchant Guild by acquiring mines from lords preparing to flee the west, and Thor summoned the Maine Alliance lords to discuss the plan. The five lords gathered in Eagle Territory as Thor began to reveal the important matter, leaving them anxious about what he would say.

• Lajos reaffirmed his decision to stay and presented Thor with detailed plans for developing Eagle Territory and the Eagle Merchant Guild.
• Thor questioned whether the guild could defend distant western mines, and Lajos proposed expanding it by raising its shares and scale.
• Thor agreed to consult the guild members at a meeting in three days, then sent letters to his second brother and Lord Babrulus.
• Four Pioneer Lords set out for Eagle Territory, while Joz Anubi hesitated before deciding to attend with his servant Ford.
• The five Maine Alliance lords arrived, and Thor gathered them in the conference room to discuss an important matter.

Thor revealed that a Divine Revelation was brewing in the Northern Province and let the gathered lords choose whether to leave or stay. Three barons departed, while Baron Pape and Joz Anubi remained and agreed to Thor’s plan to expand the Eagle Merchant Guild.

• Thor and Joz Anubi confirmed that a Divine Revelation threatened the Northern Province, and Thor offered to buy assets from any lords who chose to leave.
• Baron Valmy, Lord Satchi, and Baron Gratton decided to depart, while Baron Pape and Joz Anubi chose to stay with Thor.
• Thor presented a plan to expand the Eagle Merchant Guild by bringing in more Pioneer Lords, and Baron Pape and Joz Anubi agreed to it.
• Joz Anubi told Ford he would stay and sent him to seek support from his sister, hoping to bring back three Great Knights.
• Baron Pape instructed his son Lawrence to remain with the family for about half a year before returning.

Thor traveled to Tono Territory to meet the Dreyrosa family’s Northern Province lords and explore joining forces amid the Divine Revelation crisis. Seven family lords remained in the region, and Thor began considering how to persuade the more established ones to stay.

• Lawrence agreed to leave while Baron Pape stayed behind, hoping Thor’s prediction would prove true.
• Ryan delivered Thor’s proposal to Tono, who agreed to contribute three percent, and Babrulus offered two percent; the family descendants agreed to meet in Tono Territory.
• Ryan returned to Eagle Territory and reported that three of the Dreyrosa family’s Northern Province lords had already evacuated, leaving seven besides Thor and Tono.
• Thor traveled alone to Tono Territory and learned that the remaining lords included two barons, three veteran pioneers, and two newer pioneers.
• Thor met Radon, Moss, and Bourne, who were curious about how he had earned a barony so quickly.

Thor tried to persuade Bourne, Radon, and Moss to remain in the Northern Province despite the danger of Divine Revelation. When they urged him to return rather than risk his future as a potential Sky Knight, Thor revealed that his father, Count Engel, had already become a Sky Knight, leaving them stunned.

• Thor learned more about the Dreyrosa Family's situation and began persuading Bourne, Radon, and Moss to support his plans for the family meeting.
• Bourne warned Thor that Divine Revelation and Divine Descent could devastate the Northern Province, urging him to return home and protect his chance to become a Sky Knight.
• Radon and Tono joined Bourne in urging Thor to leave, but Thor said his father had permitted him to stay.
• Thor revealed that Count Engel had broken through to Sky Knight over a month earlier.
• Tono, Bourne, Radon, and Moss reacted with disbelief and excitement as Thor confirmed his father's advancement.

Thor persuaded Bourne and the Dreyrosa family members to reconsider withdrawing from the Northern Province by revealing that Count Engel had become a Sky Knight. With the family’s new strength, they began discussing how to seize abandoned resources during the Divine Revelation, and the chapter ended with Thor’s relatives reacting with excitement to the news.

• Thor told Radon, Moss, Bourne, and Tono that Count Engel had advanced to Sky Knight and argued that the family could now secure greater gains in the Northern Province.
• Thor explained his plan to use the Eagle Merchant Guild to acquire abandoned resource points, and Bourne advised him to retain his shares while promising to persuade the others to stay.
• Four lords, including Jieli, arrived at Tono Territory and questioned Thor’s proposal to remain amid the Divine Revelation.
• Jieli and the other lords argued that the Dreyrosa Family could not hold the territories without a Sky Knight, until Bourne revealed Count Engel’s breakthrough.
• Thor confirmed that Count Engel had become a Sky Knight, and the four visiting lords sprang up in shock before celebrating the family’s new strength.

Thor finalized the Eagle Merchant Guild’s expansion with the Dreyrosa lords, then returned to Eagle Territory to oversee its new holdings and prepare for further growth. He rewarded Steve and Peros with cultivation resources and summoned Christine to report on Life Potion production.

• Thor and the seven lords agreed on reduced share allocations, bringing twelve Great Knights and many other knights into the Eagle Merchant Guild.
• After three days of talks, Thor left for Eagle Territory to take control of the withdrawing Barons Valmy, Gratton, and Satchi’s territories.
• Peros reported that Satchi and Gratton had transferred their supplies without payment, while Valmy was still withdrawing and had received twelve hundred gold coins so far.
• Thor gave Steve and Peros access to the items in cabinet number two to help them advance, and Peros reported that members of the Fledgling Knight Order were nearing their Life Seeds.
• Thor summoned Christine, whose magical training and potion brewing had improved, and asked about daily Life Potion output and failure rates.

Thor assessed the Life Potion production that would support the Eagle Merchant Guild’s expansion, then inspected the newly acquired Baron Gratton’s Territory and Baron Satchi’s Territory. Their expanded farmland and large populations promised a major increase in Eagle Territory’s resources, while Thor continued integrating the lands under his rule.

• Thor learned that Christine and the other alchemists had produced seven Low-Grade Life Potions and could make one bottle every two days, while Christine expected production to improve further.
• Thor told Christine to continue her magical training, offered to support her needs, and encouraged her to invite a skilled alchemist friend to join them.
• Peros informed Thor that the supplies from Baron Gratton’s Territory and Satchi’s Territory had been inventoried, and Thor set out to inspect the territories.
• Thor inspected Baron Gratton’s expanded farmland and met with its three administrators after observing the villagers’ unease under their new lord.
• Thor visited Baron Satchi’s Territory and estimated that the acquired territories would greatly increase his grain stores and bring the number of villagers under his rule above forty thousand.

Thor consolidated control over the three newly acquired territories but lacked enough knights to defend them, so he offered Mark Merit Points to hasten his breakthrough to Great Knight. Daily Intelligence then revealed that a failed Divine Revelation would create Divine Ruins in three months, and Thor began planning how to reach them while staying cautious.

• Thor took over Baron Valmy's territory after paying him more than two thousand five hundred gold coins, bringing all three acquired territories under his rule.
• Thor offered Mark one thousand Merit Points to speed his breakthrough, and Mark said he could become a Great Knight within seven days.
• Daily Intelligence revealed that a Divine Revelation in Autumn Leaf Territory would fail in three months, leaving Divine Ruins, while a piece of the Bloodthirsty Werewolf leader would head toward the Northern Glacier.
• Thor concluded that the kingdom was likely waiting for the Divine Revelation to begin and suspected it had experts stronger than Sky Knights.
• Thor decided to wait and observe the situation, ordered Lajos to watch Autumn Leaf Territory, and resolved not to abandon the chance to enter the Divine Ruins.

Thor prepared to expand the Eagle Merchant Guild as western lords arrived in Eagle Territory and marveled at its development and Goblin slaves. While investigating disturbed fish in the reservoir, Thor froze the water and encountered a swift, unidentified creature beneath the ice.

• Thor confirmed that twenty-seven powerful western lords planned to withdraw and accepted Baron Pape and Joz Anubi's requests to buy additional Eagle Merchant Guild shares.
• Tono, Babrulus, Bourne, Radon, Moss, and other lords arrived in Eagle Territory and were astonished by its growth and the Goblin slaves available for purchase.
• Thor inspected the reservoir after reports that the Tilapia had been frightened and their breeding disrupted, but Berg could not identify the cause.
• Thor sensed something in the water, leaped into the reservoir, and froze its surface as he advanced toward the center.
• A fast black shadow shot beneath Thor and vanished before he could see it clearly.

Thor discovered Giant Viperfish in the dam and learned that Allen could raise them, opening a path for Eagle Territory to produce Intermediate Life Potion. He assigned Allen to breed the fish, and moved Berg’s Tilapia operation downstream.

• Thor froze a Giant Viperfish in the dam, recognized its value as an ingredient for Intermediate Life Potion, and found seven more fish during his search.
• Thor called Nia to bring Allen to the dam and asked him to take charge of breeding the Giant Viperfish for Merit Points.
• Allen’s Affinity with All Things drew the fish to him, and he confirmed that they had settled in the dam and that two had laid eggs.
• Thor put Allen in charge of expanding the Giant Viperfish school and agreed that Allen could use Merit Points to enroll his younger brother in the Fledgling Knight Order.
• Thor assigned Berg a new Tilapia breeding site downstream and rewarded him with fifty Merit Points.

Thor organized the Eagle Merchant Guild’s effort to seize mines, production sites, and people from lords preparing to withdraw, then headed west with Peros and Anna to oversee the expansion and seek an elf girl. As the guild began moving, Jieli visited Sage Spencer and hinted that Dreyrosa could decipher the Titan-script scrolls left by the orcs.

• Thor returned to Eagle Territory, met with eleven Pioneer Lords, and ordered them to secure twelve Large Iron Mines, seven Large Copper Mines, one Silver Mine, seventeen Nao production sites, and as many as 120,000 people within three months.
• Thor left for the western territories with Peros and Anna to supervise the Eagle Merchant Guild’s expansion and look for the elf girl mentioned in the Daily Intelligence.
• The guild began acting as lords withdrawing from the west struggled to sell their assets, and three of the twenty-seven known lords fled while the others continued liquidating their territories.
• Sage Spencer grew angry that the mass sell-off by other withdrawing lords had left him able to liquidate less than ten percent of his assets, despite a deadline from his father to leave by the end of the month.
• Jieli visited Sage Spencer, asked about buying slaves, and began explaining that the Dreyrosa Family could decipher the identical Titan-script scrolls found after the Northern Province’s orc assault.

Thor and the Dreyrosa Family bought people, mines, and supplies from powerful lords preparing to withdraw, spending more than seven thousand gold coins. After receiving intelligence that an elf named Avila was searching for Anna’s mother, Althea, in Campbell’s castle, Thor prepared to visit Campbell before he could leave.

• Jieli persuaded Sage Spencer to sell Dreyrosa thirty thousand slaves and mining properties, and Spencer mocked the family after taking their gold.
• Tono, Jieli, and the other Barons arranged further purchases from powerful lords, and the Dreyrosa group acquired more than one hundred thousand people and nineteen mines for 7,783 gold coins.
• Thor instructed Lajos to speed up the purchases, involve other Pioneer Lords, and seek a loan from the Habs Merchant Guild if their funds ran short.
• Thor’s Daily Intelligence revealed that Campbell could not find buyers for his holdings and that Avila, an elf seeking her friend Althea, was stranded in Campbell’s castle.
• Thor recognized Althea as Anna’s mother and prepared to travel to Campbell before the Baron withdrew.

Thor arrived in Stein Campbell’s territory and began negotiations to buy the resources Stein could not take with him, including fifty thousand slaves. Meanwhile, Avila, a Forest Elf searching for her friend Althea, sensed Althea’s aura in Anna and wondered why the human-looking girl seemed elven.

• Thor reached Stein Campbell’s territory, where Stein greeted him warmly and offered fifty thousand slaves for five hundred gold coins.
• Stein led Thor through his busy territory and explained that he hoped to sell the slaves and other goods before abandoning the land.
• At the banquet, Avila watched Anna and sensed that she carried Althea’s aura, while Thor privately told Anna that Avila might be an elf related to her.
• Thor promised to help Anna meet Avila after he finished negotiating for Stein’s resources.
• Avila recalled sneaking out of the Natural Forest to find Althea and realized that Anna seemed to be an elf bearing Althea’s aura.

Thor negotiated to acquire Stein Campbell’s territory resources for three thousand gold coins, then returned to Tono Territory and prepared a scheme against Stein. He planned to contact the captured Elf after a few more days, when she would no longer interfere with his plans.

• Thor and Stein Campbell bargained for two days over the territory’s resources before Thor threatened to leave and secured a deal for three thousand gold coins.
• After Thor departed, Stein Campbell revealed his hatred of the Dressrosa family and ordered a knight to accelerate preparations to leave in ten days.
• Five days later, Thor returned to Tono Territory and instructed Lajos to coat gold coins with Thorn Vine sap, seal them, and deliver them to Stein with Peros.
• Thor asked Anna whether she could contact the Elf through the Elf Magic Array, then told her to wait a few more days.

Thor prepared to move against Stein Campbell after the Eagle Merchant Guild’s successful acquisitions, while Anna’s call to the elves drew Avila away and led her to Tono Territory. The chapter ended with Avila discovering that Anna was Althea’s daughter and had formed a contract with a Nature Elf.

• The Eagle Merchant Guild occupied nearly all thirty-seven mines, acquired 190,000 slaves, and gained resources and territory while spending more than twenty thousand gold coins.
• Ryan returned after breaking through to the Late Great Knight stage, and Thor told him to stabilize his Life Source Power before their plans began.
• After learning Lajos had returned, Thor signaled Anna to activate a Magic Array that called to Avila while Stein Campbell traveled toward Loren City.
• Avila sensed Althea’s call and flew away from Stein Campbell, while the scent of green-marked gold coins drew magical beasts into an attack on his party.
• Avila reached Tono Territory, where Anna revealed that Althea was her mother and showed Avila the Nature Elf she had contracted with.

Thor arrived with Ryan and over twenty Formal Knights as Stine’s forces were overwhelmed by a massive magical beast horde. After Stine abandoned his troops and fled with the injured Adelbert Rivell, Thor’s group intercepted them, and Thor struck Stine down with a powerful frost-and-wind attack.

• Thor and Ryan reached the outskirts of Stine’s location and watched the magical beasts gather around the ongoing battle.
• Stine ordered Ster and several knights to hold back the horde while he escaped with Adelbert Rivell, leaving most of his forces to die.
• Stine and Adelbert Rivell encountered Thor’s masked knights after fleeing the beast horde.
• Thor assigned Ryan to fight Adelbert Rivell, then attacked Stine with Nia’s wind-enhanced charge and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Thor thrust his Knight’s Lance toward Stine, but a strange ripple spread as a vast surge of Life Source Power erupted.

Thor and Ryan defeated Stine and Adelbert Rivell, then Thor looted Stine’s valuables and arranged for magical beasts to destroy the evidence. They left the area as the beasts descended on the battlefield, leaving the Campbell Family’s convoy behind.

• Stine’s pendant shielded him from Thor’s first attacks, but Thor’s repeated charges weakened it while Ryan fought Adelbert Rivell.
• Stine accused Thor and Ryan of belonging to the Church of the Alien God, but Thor continued attacking and shattered Stine’s pendant protection.
• Thor used the Ice Elf’s power to freeze Stine’s armor runes, then killed him with a strike to the neck; Ryan defeated Adelbert Rivell.
• Thor found twelve Gold Cards, fifteen Silver Cards, and a mysterious potion on Stine, then ordered his knights to cover the bodies and magical beast carcasses with Thorn Juice.
• Thor led his men away without inspecting Stine’s convoy, and magical beasts gathered to devour the bodies and destroy the battlefield.