Chapter Summaries

Abel arrived as a reserve Sorceress at Miracle City and learned that his reputation for killing a Grand Knight Commander had earned him special treatment. Outside the city, a vast Pike Tribe force assembled with newly deployed giant crossbows, which K3003 said the Orcs had developed after hearing rumors about Abel's city crossbow.

• K3305 explained that Abel and the other Sorceresses had been summoned as a reserve force, while K3412 challenged Abel for receiving a residence in Area A.
• K3003 told the gathered Sorceresses that Abel had killed a Grand Knight Commander with a Light Longsword, prompting them to praise him and invite him on missions.
• Abel saw more than a hundred thousand Pike Tribe Orcs gathering beyond the Miracle Wall, and K3305 explained their rapid reproduction and role as the Orc Empire's cannon fodder.
• The Pike Tribe stopped outside the city's attack range while black-robed Priests and Pike Knights unloaded equipment from transport vehicles.
• The Orcs assembled ten giant crossbows, and K3003 said the Orcs had intensified their research after rumors spread that Abel's city crossbow had killed two High Wizards.

Abel watched the Pike Tribe orcs attack the Miracle Wall and learned that the immense barrier was also the most powerful Magic Tower on the Holy Continent. The berserk orcs continued their futile assault as the wall’s defenses and their own advancing ranks killed them in huge numbers.

• Abel questioned why the Miracle Wall stood far higher on the human side, and K3305 told him to wait and see.
• Orc priests covered more than a hundred thousand Pike Tribe orcs in Berserk Potion, which drove them into a mindless charge despite its fifty percent death rate.
• Human knights fired arrows at the charging orcs while summoned skeletons retrieved the arrows for the priests.
• The orcs threw rocks at the Miracle Wall, and Abel learned from K3305 that the barrier was a vast Magic Tower protected by powerful arrays.
• Using his military badge, Abel watched the orcs attack the wall as Fire Wall spells and the crushing press of their own ranks burned and trampled them.

Abel recognized that the Orc Priests were testing bolts with patterns resembling the dwarves’ armor-piercing designs and warned K3003. As an Intermediate Wizard tried to retrieve a damaged bolt, the priests attacked, and the wizard escaped using a Teleportation scroll.

• K3003 explained that the Pike Tribe’s corpse-filled battlefield favored the priests and made it dangerous for Intermediate Wizards to attack outside Miracle Wall.
• The Orc Priests fired a series of bolts at Miracle Wall, and Abel spotted flawed patterns resembling those on the dwarves’ Armor-piercing Crossbow Bolts.
• Abel warned K3003 that the orcs’ bolts might have armor-piercing capabilities, and K3003 contacted the stationed wizards about retrieving one for research.
• Two black shadows approached the fired bolts, but the priests summoned Fire Walls and ordered an attack to destroy the bolts.
• An Intermediate Wizard reached a damaged bolt as nearby corpses began swelling, then escaped by crushing a Teleportation spell scroll.

Abel watched the Orc Priests bombard the Miracle Wall and learned from K3305 why the Pike Tribe repeatedly sent its own people to die there. After receiving ten battle merits for identifying the armor-piercing crossbow bolt, Abel remained on the wall, contemplating the desolate orc lands and the wall’s importance.

• The Orc Priests unleashed repeated Corpse Explosion and Poison Burst spells, but the Miracle Wall’s full barrier absorbed the barrage as they eventually began retreating.
• K3303 explained that Pike Tribe orcs were sent to attack because they reproduced rapidly, and that half their offspring were non-humanoid Pikes used as mounts.
• K3305 described Miracle City’s dangerous cleanup missions, which suppressed death qi and targeted Orc Empire tribes for high battle merits.
• K3003 told Abel that the Miracle Spirit had warned hunting teams about the armor-piercing crossbow bolt, and Abel received ten battle merits for his verified discovery.
• After the Knights and Wizards withdrew, Abel studied the corpse-strewn land below the Miracle Wall, and K3305 waited nearby and urged him not to dwell on the sight.

Abel toured the Sorceress camp with K3305, learned how its residences and services worked, and hired Bevan as his servant. At the Mission Hall, he discovered that ordinary missions offered limited battle credits, making it difficult to complete the Orc Battlefield mission early.

• Abel returned to his residence, received two battle credits for completing an emergency defense mission, and accepted K3305’s invitation to explore the camp.
• K3305 showed Abel Areas B and C and explained that only the residences in Areas A and B had short-distance teleportation arrays.
• Abel visited the armory, hired Bevan as his servant, and explained Bevan’s duties.
• K3305 took Abel to the Mission Hall and explained the difference between the Miracle Spirit’s missions and privately issued missions.
• Abel examined the mission board and saw that most posted missions lasted a month and rewarded only five or ten battle credits.

Abel accepted a temporary clearing mission with K3305 to drive away orcs building a city near Miracle City. After assembling at the Armory with the other participants, Abel learned that K3308, a wizard who relied heavily on magical equipment, would also join the mission.

• K3305 explained that the clearing mission targeted orcs building a city twenty miles away, and Abel accepted it after receiving permission from the Miracle Spirit.
• K3305 described the Miracle Spirit’s mission types, how combat missions affected combat evaluations and merit points, and how Miracle City provided deer-horses to wizards.
• Abel and K3305 received orders to assemble at the Armory, where Abel claimed a deer-horse and waited with the other participants.
• K3308 arrived on a Land Bird, apologized for being late, and greeted K3305, who privately told Abel that K3308 depended on magical equipment for his combat strength.

Abel joined a hundred-person unit on a mission beyond Miracle Wall and proved his battlefield ability by shooting down an Orc Green Falcon. The unit halted after Grand Knight Commander Bodley recognized the bird, and Bodley apologized to Abel for doubting his qualifications.

• K3305 brought Abel into the center of the Knight formation and advised him to conserve mana and keep pace during battle.
• The unit teleported beyond Miracle Wall, where K3308 struggled with the battlefield stench while the Knights advanced under Grand Knight Commander Bodley.
• Abel sensed surveillance and spotted a Green Falcon approaching the unit.
• Abel calculated the falcon’s flight path and shot it through the head with his Hari Bow.
• Bodley retrieved the dead Orc Green Falcon, stopped the unit, and respectfully apologized to Abel for questioning his combat strength.

Abel joined the human knights’ mission to stop the orcs from building a temporary camp, and his archery helped cripple the orcs’ scouting. As the two forces prepared to clash, Abel cast defensive and enhancement spells on the human commanders.

• Abel shot down a Green Falcon and learned from Grand Knight Commander Bodley that the bird’s life was linked to an orc Sky Eye.
• The Sky Eye died, prompting a Great Wolf Rider Commander to leave a hundred warriors building the camp and send scouts to investigate the humans.
• Abel and the knight formation advanced toward the orcs, and he killed a Wolf Rider scout with an arrow.
• Abel shot two more scouts, but others spotted the formation, so the knights accelerated into a charge.
• Abel saw the orc priests summon skeletons, cast Ice Armor on himself, and used Fire Enhancement on the ten Grand Knight Commanders.

Abel joined the knight formation against the Wolf Riders, using his magic to strengthen the Grand Knight Commanders before switching to his Hari Bow. The knights’ charge caught a Wolf Rider group in a coordinated attack, and Bodley led the formation into its next assault.

• Bodley thanked Abel for casting Fire Enhancement on the Grand Knight Commanders, and Abel replaced his staff with the Hari Bow.
• The Wolf Riders scattered into ten groups after their commander ordered them to split, while Abel chose to target the riders rather than the priests protected by Bone Armor.
• A hundred-man Wolf Rider group charged the knight formation’s left flank and fired a rain of arrows, which the knights blocked with a combined shield of battle qi.
• Bodley ordered three volleys of short spears that killed eight Wolf Riders in the first attack and left the group in disarray.
• The knight formation pivoted, and Bodley led the knights in a charge against the Wolf Rider group, which had already lost nearly twenty members.

Abel used the Hari Bow to help the human knights devastate the Wolf Riders, killing a hidden Great Wolf Rider Commander and disrupting another unit. As the battle continued under the moonlight, the Wolf Riders rallied and priests led a fresh assault, which Abel answered by targeting their skeletons.

• Grand Knight Commander Bodley led a knightly charge that annihilated a hundred-man Wolf Rider unit, and Abel watched the formation’s power.
• Abel shot a concealed Great Wolf Rider Commander through his abdomen, damaging his Qi Core and causing the commander’s death to throw the Wolf Riders into disorder.
• Bodley ordered another charge, and Abel fired ten arrows that killed ten Wolf Riders as the knights destroyed a second unit.
• The Wolf Riders rallied beneath the moon and advanced with ten priests, their skeletons, and six Great Wolf Rider Commanders.
• Bodley ordered the right wing to raise shields and throw three volleys of spears, while Abel aimed an arrow at the priests’ skeletons.

Abel used a mental-power-infused arrow to break an Orc Priest’s skeleton contract, restoring the skeleton’s memories and hatred. The skeleton killed its summoner and exploded, devastating nearby Wolf Riders and throwing their formation into chaos.

• Abel’s arrow struck a skeleton’s soul flame and dispersed the contract sigil controlling it.
• The skeleton regained its memories, turned on its former master, and lunged at the black-robed priest.
• The skeleton slipped through the priest’s Bone Armor and knocked him from his mount as Wolf Riders collided with spears and disrupted their formation.
• Dire wolves trampled the priest, causing his Bone Armor to vanish, and the skeleton detonated its energy source.
• The blast killed the priest, spread death qi through more than a dozen Wolf Riders and dire wolves, and caused the advancing riders to crash into one another.

Abel helped the human force by killing Wolf Riders and a Great Wolf Rider Commander as the two formations closed for battle. The human knights collided with the Wolf Riders, and Grand Knight Commander Bodley’s battle array struck at the enemy commanders.

• A Dim Sight curse blinded the mounts, so Abel and the other riders covered their eyes and steered them by touch.
• Abel shot a Great Wolf Rider Commander through the neck after a Fire Bullet made him drop his Battle Qi Armor, then fired five more arrows as the formations charged.
• Grand Knight Commander Bodley ordered the knights into an arrowhead while the Sorceresses and priests exchanged spells, and a fallen knight was trampled.
• Abel killed a priest with an arrow after K3308’s Fire Bullets shattered the priest’s Bone Armor and his skeleton blocked the last attack.
• The human knight formation collided with the Wolf Riders, and Bodley’s Battle Qi Whip swept skeletons aside before turning toward the Great Wolf Rider Commanders.
• The foremost Great Wolf Rider Commander’s spear glowed green as he muttered a spell, sending a strange fluctuation through the battlefield.

Abel and the human knights defeated the Wolf Riders after killing several Great Wolf Rider Commanders and Priests. When Priest-made poison left wounded knights begging for death, Abel used his Antidote Potions to save them.

• Abel killed the airborne Great Wolf Rider Commander with an arrow as the human Grand Knight Commander's Battle Qi Whip struck him down.
• The human knights' charge broke through the Wolf Rider centurion, killing another Great Wolf Rider Commander while Abel's arrows picked off Wolf Riders.
• A Priest's Poison Mist forced Grand Knight Commander Bodley to turn the formation, and Abel killed three Priests after their Bone Armor shattered.
• The surviving Priests and Wolf Riders retreated, while knights poisoned by the green mist begged for a quick death.
• Abel gave his Antidote Potions to the wounded knights, stopping the poison and saving their lives.

Abel helped the knights defeat an orc camp-building force, earning praise for his archery and sharing most of the spoils with the group. After the survivors returned through Miracle Wall, his badge reported that he had completed the cleanup mission and raised his total to 30.4 battle merits.

• Abel gave the wounded knights Antidote Potions, and Grand Knight Commander Bodley explained that the unusually heavy orc casualties made the battle a major victory.
• The knights reported that Abel had killed nearly all the Great Wolf Rider Commanders with arrows, and Bodley awarded him the spoils from his kills.
• Abel took three spears and five priests' bone spatial items, leaving most of the remaining loot for the mission spoils.
• K3305 teased K3308 about his fear of Corpse Explosion as the group rode back toward Miracle City.
• Bodley led the formation across a strip of light to Miracle Wall, where a platform and short-range teleportation array brought them inside.
• Abel's military badge reported that he had earned 5 merits for the cleanup mission and 8.4 for killing orcs, bringing his total to 30.4.

After returning from the Orc mission, Abel sorted through the spoils he had collected and discovered that the strange little skeletons were Shattered Skeleton gems. Their effects were valuable, but their low grade worried him.

• Abel learned from K3305 that merit points from formation battles were divided according to each fighter's contribution, then returned the Land Birds with K3305 and K3308.
• Abel went back to his residence, used an Isolation Array to conceal his Teleportation Gate, and traveled to Lut Gholein to inspect the Orc Priests' space items.
• Abel found two cultivation insights without useful Spell Patterns, six poison-element potions, and staves that did not suit him.
• Abel combined the six poison-element potions into two stronger bottles and stored them without testing their effects.
• Abel identified the 127 little skeletons as Shattered Skeleton gems and worried that their prefix indicated a lower grade than the gems he had found before.

Abel tested socketing Shattered Skeletons into weapons and discovered that the Dark Continent’s socketing method produced a greatsword with lifesteal and mana-steal effects. He then strengthened his Ghost Guardian Knights with Soul Potions and gave them Bone Space Items, which Naga concealed in her palm.

• Abel socketed a Shattered Skeleton into a greatsword using the Holy Continent’s method, but it became damaged and filled with death energy.
• Abel tried a greatsword socketed with the Horadric Malus technique and gained a weapon with 2% lifesteal and 1% mana steal on hit.
• Abel considered using Bone Space Items to equip his Ghost Guardian Knights and summoned them to distribute Soul Potions.
• Abel gave Soul Potions to the seven Ghost Guardian Knights other than the Captain, increasing their skeletal size and strength.
• Abel distributed six Bone Space Items among the Ghost Guardian Knights, and Naga concealed her Finger Bone Space in her palm.

Abel accepted a one-month Miracle Wall garrison mission and searched the Mission Hall for valuable materials. He acquired Skeleton Gems and Bone Space Items, then met Grand Knight Commander Bodley to discuss an Orc Priest Spell Manuscript.

• Abel accepted the Miracle Wall Garrison Mission and received one hour to prepare for departure.
• Abel found exchange offers for Skeleton Gems, Bone Space Items, and an Orc Priest Spell Manuscript on the private mission board.
• Abel accepted the offers for five hundred Skeleton Gems and twenty-four Bone Space Items, spending seventeen battle merit points.
• Abel contacted Grand Knight Commander Bodley and arranged to meet in the Mission Hall.
• Abel asked about the spell manuscript, and Grand Knight Commander Bodley explained that its low-level spells and limited research value had kept it unsold for half a year.

Abel exchanged the Orc Priest Spell Manuscript with Grand Knight Commander Bodley for an Iron Essence Knight Greatsword that could drain an enemy’s Life Force and mana, agreeing that Bodley would later provide small skeletons or Bone Space Items to balance the deal. Abel then used a short-distance teleportation array to travel inside Miracle Wall.

• Grand Knight Commander Bodley gave Abel the Orc Priest Spell Manuscript, and Abel discovered it contained the Skeleton Revival and Dominate Skeleton spells.
• Abel offered Bodley an experimental Knight Greatsword forged from Iron Essence, and Bodley learned it could steal Life Force and mana when it struck.
• Bodley agreed to gather small skeletons or Bone Space Items to make up for the difference in value, and Abel let him take the sword for now.
• Abel went to the Mission Hall’s short-distance teleportation array and used his military ID to teleport inside Miracle Wall.

Abel arrived at the Miracle Wall for a month of garrison duty and was confined to a sealed suite tasked with suppressing outbreaks of death qi. While exploring how to expand his Empty Spirit Beast Bag with Bone Space Items, he used Golden Battle Qi to remove the death qi and decided that staying in Miracle City could help him gather valuable resources.

• Abel arrived at the Miracle Wall, where a mechanical puppet assigned him a sealed room for the month and explained his duty to suppress death qi outbreaks.
• Abel inspected the suite, set up an Isolation Array, and emptied the contents of his Empty Spirit Beast Bag before testing a Bone Space Item.
• The Empty Spirit Beast Bag absorbed the Bone Space Item's Space Power along with death qi, which Abel cleared using his Golden Battle Qi.
• Abel fused all twenty-two Bone Space Items, increasing the bag's capacity from 501.14 to 522.25 cubic meters.
• Abel decided he could remain in Miracle City as a Junior Wizard and exchange military achievements for Skeleton Gems and Bone Space Items.

Grand Knight Commander Bodley tested the Knight Greatsword Abel had given him and confirmed it restored some mana and stole Life Force with each strike. Master Besimer recognized it as Abel’s work and declared its value immeasurable, leaving Bodley without a price for their exchange.

• Grand Knight Commander Bodley tested the Knight Greatsword against a Blazing Bull and found that its strikes restored some of his mana.
• Grand Knight Commander Bodley brought the sword to Master Besimer to determine its value so he could repay Abel with an equal exchange.
• Master Besimer identified the sword as a refined Iron Essence weapon forged from ordinary iron ore and marked by Grandmaster Abel.
• Grand Knight Commander Bodley revealed that the sword stole 2% of an enemy’s Life Force and 1% of its mana with each strike.
• Master Besimer confirmed he could not estimate the sword’s value because it was the first weapon he had encountered with such an effect.