Chapter Summaries

Linsey reached the Hidden Space in the Flesh Lake and freed a woman trapped inside a Corruption Flesh Cocoon. After restoring her body with a potion, he wondered whether she was another ancient demon king.

• Linsey swam through the Flesh Lake, protected from Corruption Poison, and found a flesh cocoon that was drawing power from the lake.
• Linsey sealed the cocoon inside a stone prison to cut off its supply of power and then attacked it with his Lava Jet Stream Sword.
• Linsey broke open the cocoon and found a nearly dead person inside who had resisted corruption through sheer will.
• Linsey gave the person a Flesh Reconstitution Potion, restoring her body and revealing a young woman with golden hair.
• Linsey recognized the woman's resemblance to someone powerful and wondered whether she was an ancient demon king like Red.

Linsey rescued an unconscious girl from the Flesh Lake, then stayed by the shore to fish with a newly crafted Blood Sea Fishing Rod. His first catch was a human skeleton, and his second was rare bait that could attract aquatic creatures and improve the chance of catching a Fish King.

• Linsey discovered that the rescued girl remained in a deep coma, gave her a Withered Overlord Flower fruit, and carried her out of the stone cell.
• Linsey told Levi to keep exploring the Mutated Ones' abandoned base while he stayed to watch over the girl.
• Linsey crafted a Blood Sea Fishing Rod and cast it into the Flesh Lake.
• Linsey's first catch was a well-preserved human skeleton, which he discarded before fishing again.
• Linsey caught a Crimson Maggot, rare bait that could help attract aquatic creatures and increase the chance of catching a Fish King.

Linsey fished in the Flesh Lake, collecting Bloody Gems and crafting a Blood Rune and a Living Blade, which could be used to make a Resurrection Sword. The blonde girl woke up and asked Linsey whether he was the Law Knight who had come to arrest her.

• Linsey used a Crimson Maggot as bait and caught a flesh chest containing a Bloody Gem and Blood Fruits.
• Linsey fished up Vampire Fish and more flesh chests, gathering Bloody Gems and equipment.
• Linsey crafted a Blood Rune and learned how it could be upgraded or used to craft a Vampire's Fang.
• Linsey crafted a Living Blade and discovered it was an ingredient for a Resurrection Sword.
• The blonde girl woke up, and Linsey turned from fishing to face her.
• The blonde girl asked Linsey if he was the Law Knight who had come to arrest her.

Linsey defeated the Bloody Slime that attacked him from the Flesh Lake while protecting the weakened girl who had tried to save him. After she fell unconscious again, he learned she was a Righteous Walker and collected Slime Gel from the slain Fish King.

• The Bloody Slime attacked Linsey from the Blood Sea, and the girl awakened and rushed to protect him despite her weakened condition.
• Linsey used Concentrated State to catch the girl, pull the Bloody Slime onto shore, and kill it by piercing its core with a lava-wreathed spear.
• The girl briefly woke in Linsey’s arms, then lost consciousness after exhausting herself.
• Linsey recognized the girl as a Righteous Walker, placed her on a bed, and gave her a recovery potion.
• Linsey examined the Bloody Slime’s remains, recorded its details in his Hunting Notes, and obtained Bloody Slime Gel.

Linsey used the aftermath of the battle to craft Soft Sticky Vitality Soup, investigate clues, and oversee the cleanup of the Flesh Lake. After sending Levi and the troops back to the Underground City, he confronted the supposedly unconscious girl beside him.

• Linsey sorted 46 pieces of Slime Gel, reviewed its crafting recipes, and made five bowls of Soft Sticky Vitality Soup.
• Linsey ate a bowl to increase his Constitution, then fed soup to the unconscious girl before resuming his fishing and clue-gathering.
• Linsey's forces searched the Underground City, while Withered Overlord Flowers were planted to absorb the Corruption Poison and clear the Flesh Lake.
• After five days, the Flesh Lake had vanished, and Linsey told Levi that the Mutated Ones had escaped and ordered him to return with the troops to the Underground City.
• Linsey stayed behind to handle the remaining flowers and personal matters, then told the girl on the bed to stop pretending to be asleep.

Linsey learned that Alvitte had been injured during the 3372 Sword-Snatching War over the White Steel Sword and had been unconscious ever since. He told her it was now 3380 and that she was in the Moon Weeping Mountain Range, far from City of Law.

• Alvitte woke fully and introduced herself to Linsey as a Sixth Stage Righteous Walker from City of Law.
• Alvitte explained that the King Selection Ceremony began with the Sword-Snatching War, where fighting over the Human Wisdom Codex caused an eruption of power that blasted her into the wilderness.
• Linsey realized the war had taken place while he was in the Hidden Borderlands with the Human Wisdom Codex, and wondered whether Bargett had been trying to return it to City of Law.
• Alvitte said she knew a Law Knight named Bargett but had little information about him and did not know Anville Village.
• Linsey told Alvitte that eight years had passed and that she was now in the Moon Weeping Mountain Range, advising her to rest before they traveled.

Linsey and Alvitte traveled toward the Underground City as he processed the eight years that had passed and strengthened his blood magic equipment. He explained the Moon Weeping Mountain Range World’s decline to Alvitte, leaving her to face how drastically it had changed.

• Linsey and Alvitte rode south in silence while she struggled to process learning that eight years had passed since she fell unconscious.
• Linsey claimed his rewards from the Bloody Slime and synthesized a Blood River Rune that could store Life Force and heal him in a crisis.
• Linsey crafted a Vampire’s Fang and suspected that completing a four-piece Blood Clan set would transform its wearer into a powerful vampire.
• Alvitte sensed Linsey using Source Material and offered to help in battle, but he told her to rest while he checked their route.
• Linsey told Alvitte that the world was suffering from depleted Life Force and infection by the Mutated Ones.
• Alvitte asked about the people she remembered, and Linsey told her they had become completely different and that the world beyond his city was in even worse condition.

Linsey returned to the Underground City with Alvitte, built plans for three new structures, and left Alvitte astonished by his abilities and the state of the world. After Alvitte revealed she was a Righteous Walker who had undergone six sublimations, Vivian froze in shock.

• Alvitte noticed the Underground City's ordered buildings and questioned Linsey about his abilities, while admitting she had kept information from him.
• Vivian arrived, and Linsey asked her to show Alvitte around while he went to the Town Hall.
• Linsey spent 600 units of Dark Energy on plans for the Cursed Library, Shadow Tower, and Demonic Blacksmith Shop, then directed miners to build them.
• Vivian told Alvitte that Linsey had built three cities and described the collapsed order of the Barren Land World and the threat posed by Green Swamp.
• Alvitte revealed that she was a Righteous Walker whose abilities had undergone six sublimations, leaving Vivian frozen in surprise.

Linsey introduced the Cursed Library, where people could learn Dark Magic, and demonstrated its spells to Alvitte. After Alvitte agreed that they shared the goal of returning to the City of Law, Linsey told her he had something to entrust to her: war.

• Vivian told Alvitte that her father had been a Law Knight, and Alvitte comforted her over the conflicts that had caused her misfortune.
• Alvitte and Vivian found Linsey at the newly built Cursed Library, where he explained that it taught people Dark Magic.
• Linsey used experience points to master three Dark Magic spells and tested the Weakness Curse on Alvitte.
• Alvitte declined to learn magic, while Vivian entered the library to receive its knowledge infusion.
• Alvitte confirmed that she and Linsey shared the goal of returning to the City of Law, and Linsey said he wanted to entrust her with war.

Linsey returned to Forest City, upgraded his plant shop, and learned that Mutated Ones were attacking life across the western lands. Hammer reported that the monsters had clashed with the Green Swamp, raising the possibility of a war.

• Linsey led most of the expeditionary force back to Forest City, where the residents welcomed them and he arranged the soldiers’ return and accommodations.
• Hilude greeted Linsey and Alvitte, then reported that Forest Academy had trained scholars and that the city’s economic system was being rebuilt.
• Linsey upgraded his plant shop to Level 4, expanding the building, increasing its staff capacity, and gaining new trading abilities.
• Hammer told Linsey that refugees were fleeing westward from monsters attacking all living things, and that the Mutated Ones had clashed with the people of the Green Swamp.

Alvitte led Forest City's army toward the battle between Green Swamp and the Mutated Ones, teaching Vivian the stages of a Righteous Walker's art along the way. At the mountaintop, Alvitte enveloped the troops in her protective will and urged them to charge into the battle.

• Vivian and Alvitte discussed the battlefield ahead as they led the army over the mountains.
• Alvitte explained to Vivian how a Righteous Walker cultivated self-restraint, virtue, and will, while Vivian said she wanted to become a Game Player like Linsey.
• Alvitte spread her protective power across the human and insect soldiers, forming a faint golden armor around them.
• From the mountaintop, Alvitte saw the Mutated Ones fighting Green Swamp's slave legions below.
• Alvitte used her will to clear a path down the mountain and called on the army to charge together.

Linsey traveled south toward Green Swamp to find a Life Force-rich object that could repair the world connection point, while Hilude insisted on accompanying him. When Hilude confessed that she wanted to become a person in the story rather than merely observe it, Linsey reminded her that she had to face the consequences of her own actions.

• Linsey set out toward Green Swamp while Forest City's army fought in the west, hoping to retrieve the treasure during the factions' absence.
• Hilude followed Linsey by using Dark Magic to control her own body, despite the harm it could cause her.
• Hilude asked whether Linsey had a way to defeat a Seventh Stage Awakened, and Linsey questioned how much of his past she had seen.
• Linsey asked why Hilude had truly joined him, and she said she wanted to become someone in the story rather than remain a spectator.
• Linsey offered Hilude dinner and told her that her help building the city could not erase her wrongdoing or its consequences.

Linsey and Hilude reached Green Island City, where Hilude foresaw a dangerous mission with a seventy percent chance of failure. Linsey posed as a Fourth Stage warrior and impressed the guards with his strength, securing entry to the city.

• Hilude foresaw that Linsey's target was in Green Island City and gave their chances of success as thirty percent, warning that the Snake King was there.
• Linsey and Hilude crossed the swamp, where Linsey recognized the laborers as slaves bound to a Merchant.
• Hilude told Linsey to claim he was a Fourth Stage warrior so they could enter the city smoothly.
• At the gate, Linsey claimed to be a refugee and demonstrated his strength by carving a long groove in the muddy ground with his sword.
• The guards treated Linsey with respect and invited him inside to register on East Street.

After registering in Green Island City, Linsey learned that he could sneak into the city center to steal an item, though rescuing the explorer would be difficult and Hilude could not accompany him. As Linsey brought Hilude to their lodging, he spotted Yarrowen among a chain of slaves being led into the high-level Awakened district.

• Linsey and Hilude registered with Green Swamp and received an identity nameplate that let Linsey move freely around the city.
• Linsey planned to scout the city center and act that night before the authorities investigated their arrival.
• Hilude foresaw that Linsey might steal the item if he went alone, warned that approaching underground would alert the Snake King, and said the explorer could be rescued only at great cost.
• Linsey took Hilude toward their assigned lodging in the district where Green Island City's powerful Awakened lived.
• Linsey saw a robed man leading slaves into the district and recognized Yarrowen, Vivian's father and the former leader of Yarrow Camp, among them.

Linsey learned that Vivian's father, Yarrowen, was among the slaves in Green Island City and set out to kill the nearby Awakened owner before nightfall. After killing the owner and knocking out the household, Linsey entered the basement, where Yarrowen recognized him.

• Linsey told Hilude that Vivian's father, Yarrowen, was among the slaves they had passed, then planned his next move.
• Linsey sneaked into a nearby Awakened's residence and killed the owner with a combined attack from the Annihilation Blade and Red Horn Mistletoe.
• Linsey knocked out the maid and the other people in the residence, collected the dead Awakened's identity tag, and went down to the basement.
• Yarrowen recognized Linsey and asked whether he had joined Green Swamp too.

Linsey freed Yarrowen from slavery and told him that Vivian and other survivors had been rescued at Yarrow Camp, where Banyan Forest was growing. Before sending Yarrowen to help Hilde, Linsey learned that his target lay beneath the Snake King's Residence and was guarded by a Seventh Stage Awakened, while Green Island City's defenses were weakened by the war.

• Linsey used an identification tag to remove Yarrowen's slave restraints and explained that he had come to Green Swamp to find a way to repair the connection between worlds.
• Linsey told Yarrowen that Yarrow Camp still had survivors, that Vivian was safe, and that Banyan Forest was restoring the world; he urged Yarrowen to go there.
• Linsey kept the contracts of the few slaves who showed Red markers and gave Yarrowen an identification tag, directing him to pretend to be Hilde's slave and follow her reasonable commands.
• Yarrowen offered to help Linsey, but Linsey revealed that his target was beneath the Snake King's Residence and that a Seventh Stage Awakened guarded it.
• Yarrowen identified Kingfisher as the Snake King's Sixth Stage confidant and said no other Awakened of that level remained in Green Island City, whose strongest forces had gone to the western front.

Hilude persuaded Yarrowen and the freed slaves to launch a rescue operation that would draw attention away from Linsey’s infiltration. As Linsey began moving through Green Island City, a powerful Law Knight skill erupted in the northeast, alerting the whole city.

• Yarrowen brought the freed slaves to the residence where Hilude was waiting, and he agreed to follow her plans while Linsey handled other matters.
• Hilude urged Yarrowen to rescue oppressed slaves and his former subordinates, arguing that their actions would aid Linsey by diverting the city’s strongest fighters.
• Using her ability to glimpse fate and her emotional influence, Hilude persuaded Yarrowen and the others to act, then wrote in her notebook and resolved to become the hero of her own story.
• Linsey slowly crossed Green Island City while tracking Snake King and Kingfisher on his Adventure Map and planning to enter an underground passage by the lakeside.
• A powerful golden Source Material Skill erupted in the city’s northeast, and onlookers recognized it as the power of law from a Law Knight.

Linsey discovered that Hilude and Yarrowen were drawing Green Island City’s attention while rescuing slaves, giving him a chance to reach the Snake King’s Palace. He crossed a poisoned lake without touching the water and entered the Palace, where he found the Snake King and a dark passage leading underground.

• Linsey saw Hilude and Yarrowen leading rescued slaves through Green Island City, killing Awakened and freeing more captives to create an opportunity for him.
• Linsey changed course and stealthily crossed the city toward the Snake King’s Palace.
• Linsey identified the lake as poisonous and built a suspended stone bridge to reach the island without touching its water or soil.
• Linsey entered the Palace and saw the swollen Seventh Stage Invader known as the Snake King reclining in the central hall.
• Linsey avoided scouting the Snake King and found a dark passage in the left side hall that led beneath the island, where the only nearby living person was located.

Linsey found an unconscious explorer named Bruno beneath the island, where the Tear of the Moon sustained him as the Snake King drained his life force. Bruno’s journal revealed that he and the Invader Bevermeni had tried to stop a plague of Corruption Poison, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Linsey sneaked into the tunnel and found an unconscious explorer lying in a crystal cave with a glowing stone against his chest.
• Linsey identified the stone as the Tear of the Moon and learned that Bruno’s memories had shaped the cave into an echo of Crystal Valley.
• Linsey realized the Snake King above was draining Bruno’s life force while the Tear of the Moon kept him alive.
• Linsey found Bruno’s adventure journal and read that Bruno had teamed up with Bevermeni to find the source of a worldwide plague.
• Bruno wrote that Bevermeni planned to draw the Corruption Poison into his own body, with Bruno’s help and the Tear of the Moon’s power.

Linsey discovered that Bevermeni’s madness and the danger of removing the Tear of the Moon were tied to his life link with Bruno, leaving him searching for a way to proceed without triggering a disaster. Meanwhile, Kingfisher recognized Yarrowen and led his contracted slaves toward the north of Green Island City.

• Linsey read Bruno’s journal and learned that Bruno and Bevermeni had once worked together to contain the Corruption Poison.
• Linsey secretly observed Bevermeni and used his scouting skill to discover that a terrifying will was driving him mad and that severing his life link would unleash what had accumulated inside him.
• Linsey realized that taking the Tear of the Moon from Bruno could break that link and release the Corruption Poison, so he considered how to use his items, skills, or the power of law.
• Kingfisher recognized Yarrowen as the origin of Banyan Forest and concluded that his slave contract should still control him.
• Kingfisher gathered his contracted slaves and led a procession north through Green Island City.