Chapter Summaries

Josh defeated Avila in the arena but arranged for her to be declared the winner, avoiding her marriage promise while gaining fame and other rewards from the Four Nations Invitation. As the crowd celebrated Avila, Josh noticed Ilka and Black looking furious and wondered what he had overlooked.

• Ilka realized Josh was a four-element mage whose fused elemental giant had raised his strength from the early Sixth Tier to the early Seventh Tier.
• Josh showed restraint during the battle, and Avila conceded before accepting the dagger he offered.
• Josh and Avila staged his defeat, and the referee announced Avila as the individual competition champion using Josh's explanation that he had run out of magic power.
• The audience praised Avila and pitied Josh, while Josh reflected on his rewards and his desire to avoid Avila's marriage promise.
• Josh saw Ilka and Black looking angry as Bonnot laughed, and he wondered what he had overlooked.

After the tournament, Josh explained that he had deliberately let Avila win because he rejected her promise to marry whoever defeated her, while arranging to keep the rewards. Meanwhile, Ilka pressed Black for the truth about Josh’s magic, and Black helped him test Josh’s explanation with four Magic Crystals.

• Josh left the arena with Avila, then joined Natasha and the others after Avila disappeared.
• Josh told Garen and Natasha that he had chosen not to win because Avila had promised to marry her victor, and he had arranged for the rewards to go to him.
• Josh said he planned to support Magic Cinema and keep talented people in his territory, then attended the carnival as the tournament runner-up.
• Ilka followed Black to Augustus’s palace and demanded an explanation of Josh’s giant form and magic.
• Black explained that Josh had four elements that opposed one another, and Ilka began testing the claim by extracting elements from four Magic Crystals.

Ilka tested Josh’s method for combining four Magic elements and confirmed it worked, while Black explained Hogwarts and its unusually talented students. Ilka then asked Black about his daughter Avila and suggested she spend time with Josh that evening, hoping he would help her abandon her promise to him.

• Black explained that he had kept Josh’s four-element magic secret because nobles might target him for political advantage.
• Ilka followed Josh’s instructions, arranged four Magic elements in the pattern of Josh’s Seraph, and created a Second Tier sphere of light.
• Ilka confirmed Josh had told the truth and credited Josh with the method, then asked Black about Hogwarts.
• Black described Hogwarts, its headmaster’s help with Josh’s problem, and its students’ wide-ranging talents despite their weak magical abilities.
• Ilka asked Black about Avila’s promise to Josh, and Black said Josh already cared for Natasha.
• Ilka suggested Josh meet Avila that evening and hoped he would make her give up her promise, while Black admitted the idea might not be so bad.

Josh attended the banquet despite wanting to leave, then met Avila, who took him to a garden to discuss his unpaid rewards. She offered him a valuable necklace made from an eighth-rank Magic Crystal in place of the gold, leaving Josh to consider her proposal.

• Josh went to the banquet with Kane and learned that Avila was waiting for him upstairs.
• Josh found Avila, and she invited him to leave the banquet hall and talk outside.
• Josh asked Avila about his rewards, and she said Ilka had not given them to her yet.
• Avila offered to find a way to provide the gold and gave Josh a necklace made from an eighth-rank Magic Crystal.

Josh returned Avila’s treasured necklace, then spent the evening talking with her about his life and friends. As Josh left for Rivendell, Avila realized she wanted to visit him and began to understand what friendship felt like.

• Josh refused to take the necklace Emperor Augustus had given Avila, warning her that selling it could cause trouble, and told her not to worry about the money and gemstone she owed him.
• Avila asked Josh about the rumors surrounding him, and he told her how he regained his ability to use magic and built a home with his friends in Rivendell.
• Josh corrected Avila about Garen Mianwei and explained that Natasha was his girlfriend and good friend, not his maid.
• Josh and Avila talked late into the night while Ian and Kane came looking for them, and Avila listened closely to his stories.
• Josh said goodbye and invited Avila to Rivendell, and Avila watched him leave while realizing she might visit and that they were friends.

At the celebration banquet, Vison watched Avila return wearing a necklace from Josh and became devastated, while Josh went back to Natasha and spent the night with her. The chapter left Avila unaware of how her words fueled rumors, as Josh and Natasha were alone behind a magical barrier.

• Vison drank heavily after seeing Avila leave the banquet with Josh, and Ian told him they had gone outside to talk.
• Kane and Ian secretly found Josh and Avila chatting intimately in a garden, then returned without telling Vison what they had seen.
• Vison challenged the Dennis brothers to drink while waiting, then brightened when Avila returned and spoke with him.
• Avila told Vison that Josh had given her the necklace around her neck, then said Josh had gone home because he was tired.
• Josh returned to his residence, told Natasha about his evening with Avila, and set up a barrier before the two began kissing.

Josh returned from the Four Nations Invitation exhausted, then traveled through the Void Gate to Assassin World to look for Hosdena. There, soldiers wearing badges with Josh’s portrait attacked him before Ezio recognized him, and Josh asked where the missing dragon was.

• Black led Josh and the others back through the teleportation array after the competition, while Ilka worried about Josh and Avila’s future.
• On the journey toward Rivendell, Josh learned that Hosdena had been gone for half a month and decided to check Assassin World.
• Josh, Garen, and Natasha entered a church through the Void Gate, where soldiers attacked them on sight.
• Josh restrained the soldiers with Rune Imprisonment, and Garen noticed that their badges displayed Josh’s portrait.
• Ezio arrived, recognized Josh, apologized for his soldiers, and watched as Josh released them.
• Josh asked Ezio where Hosdena was.

After three months in Rome under the Secret Ones Church’s watch, Alexios met Josh, who asked for his life-extending staff and invited him to leave the world and teach combat. Josh offered to revive Alexios’s friends and family, including Icarus, as payment.

• Alexios was found by Hosdena and the Secret Ones Church and brought to Rome to meet Josh.
• After more than three months in Rome, Alexios encountered Josh, who appeared through a distortion in space and teased him about his past.
• Alexios tested Josh’s knowledge of his history and learned that Josh came from another world for his own purposes.
• Josh asked Alexios for his staff and invited him to teach combat in Josh’s world, promising to replenish the life force he would lose.
• Josh offered to revive Alexios’s friends and family, including Icarus, as payment for his work.

Josh and his companions crossed the Void Gate into Mummy World, where a sandstorm stranded them in the desert until Alexios recognized the route to Cairo. After settling in, Josh realized the gate may have brought them directly to the City of the Dead, Hamunaptra.

• Alexios agreed to accompany Josh in exchange for Josh’s promise to resurrect his family, and they entered Mummy World together.
• Josh, Garen, Natasha, and Alexios struggled through the desert because they could not safely use teleportation or conspicuous magic.
• Alexios recognized Egypt and led the group to Cairo, explaining that he had once taught Bayek to train eagles.
• Josh decided to find Evelyn and her companions because he needed someone who could translate Ancient Egyptian and guide him to Hamunaptra.
• After resting at an inn, Josh suspected that the Void Gate had deposited them near the City of the Dead.

Josh gathered his companions and went to Cairo’s museum to seek Evelyn and Jonathan, hoping they would guide him to Hamunaptra and help him find two books. He left the museum with the siblings and invited them to join the expedition.

• Josh and Natasha joined Garen and Alexios for breakfast, where Garen complained that he had overheard them the night before.
• Josh told Garen they would go to the Cairo Museum to find Evelyn and Jonathan, then hired a child to guide the group there.
• Josh found Evelyn and Jonathan in the curator Terence’s office with a map to Hamunaptra that had a burned corner.
• Terence denied that Hamunaptra existed, but Evelyn showed Josh the damaged map and introduced herself and Jonathan.
• Josh introduced his companions and told Evelyn that he wanted the two books in Hamunaptra, then invited her and Jonathan to join the expedition.

Josh and his companions secured O'Connor's release from Cairo's prison so he could guide them to Hamunaptra. The group prepared to set out, while O'Connor first requested a bath and clean clothes.

• Jonathan asked Josh again whether he wanted the gold, and Josh said he only wanted the two Bibles.
• Natasha used Battle Qi to frighten the lecherous warden into releasing O'Connor, then Josh reassured the warden that the effect would not harm him unless he acted against them.
• The warden brought O'Connor to Josh's group, and Jonathan confirmed that he was the man they had come to find.
• Josh told O'Connor that they needed him to guide them to Hamunaptra because the map had been destroyed, and O'Connor agreed.
• O'Connor asked to bathe and change before traveling, and Josh readily agreed.

Josh freed O'Connor and took him, Evelyn, Jonathan, and the others toward the City of the Dead, using magic to teleport the group into the desert. The group learned that wizards existed, while Alexios recognized that they had arrived somewhere they had visited before.

• O'Connor cleaned himself up after Josh paid for his release, then joined Josh and the others.
• O'Connor discovered they had no equipment or boat tickets and doubted Josh's plan to reach the City of the Dead.
• Josh created a Warping Leap and teleported the group from the inn to the desert.
• O'Connor, Evelyn, and Jonathan reacted with shock as Josh explained magic, wizards, and Muggles.
• Alexios recognized the desert as a place they had visited before, but Josh told him to keep quiet.

Josh's party walked across the desert toward Hamunaptra while discussing their plans for the Books of the Dead and Imhotep. Alexios revealed that he was a Spartan born around 480 BC, leaving O'Connor, Evelyn, and Jonathan stunned by his age and ancestry.

• Josh used magic to keep the party cool as they walked because O'Connor had found no transportation nearby.
• Garen asked Josh what he intended to do at Hamunaptra, and Josh said he planned to resurrect Imhotep and learn how the resurrection magic worked.
• Josh told Evelyn that the party wanted to study the Books of the Dead and use them to resurrect Alexios's friends and family.
• Jonathan offered Alexios sympathy, but Alexios explained that his loved ones had died naturally more than a thousand years earlier.
• Alexios said he was born around 480 BC, was Spartan, and had Leonidas as his maternal grandfather, shocking O'Connor, Evelyn, and Jonathan.

Josh considered how to restore Imhotep’s ability to speak and decided to try using the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus’s life force. He and his group rode Hosdena to Hamunaptra, where a band of black-clad horsemen charged toward them.

• Josh considered using the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus to give Imhotep enough life force to speak, and warned himself he would stop Imhotep if he threatened the world.
• Josh had Garen release Hosdena to carry the group across the desert.
• O’Connor, Jonathan, and the others climbed onto Hosdena after seeing Josh and his companions ride the dragon.
• Hosdena flew the group to Hamunaptra in less than two hours.
• Josh and Natasha discussed the approaching horsemen as a large band of black-clad figures charged toward them.

Josh confronted Ade-Bay and the Guardians at Hamunaptra, where he revealed that he intended to resurrect Imhotep to learn his magic. After the Guardians threatened him, Josh overwhelmed them with a blizzard and an enormous ice bird, leaving Ade-Bay convinced that Josh was a demon.

• Ade-Bay approached Josh and asked why his group had come to Hamunaptra, explaining that the Guardians protected the imprisoned dead soul.
• Josh identified the mummy as Imhotep and admitted that he wanted him resurrected to help solve problems and teach him magic.
• The Guardians raised their weapons, but O'Connor stopped Jonathan from pulling away as Josh warned the men to lower their guns.
• Josh used Ice magic to turn the desert into a blizzard and formed a gigantic ice bird, leaving the Guardians unable to fight.
• Ade-Bay called Josh a demon, and Josh insisted that he was a mage before explaining that he wanted to learn Imhotep's magic.

Josh subdued Ade-Bay and the guardians, then entered Hamunaptra with Evelyn, O'Connor, and Jonathan to pursue Imhotep. He explained Imhotep's history and revealed he had brought the others because he needed a guide and someone who knew Ancient Egyptian, though he had no clear purpose for Jonathan.

• Josh beat Ade-Bay and froze the guardians before walking into Hamunaptra.
• Evelyn asked who the guardians were, and Josh explained they guarded Hamunaptra and the buried Imhotep.
• Josh assured Evelyn that Imhotep was no threat to him, then recounted how Imhotep and Anck-su-namun's affair ended in the High Priest's gruesome punishment.
• Evelyn, O'Connor, and Jonathan feared Josh had brought them as sacrifices, but he denied needing sacrifices and said he needed Evelyn's language skills and O'Connor's ability to lead the way.
• When Jonathan asked why Josh had brought him, Josh said Jonathan would make a good punching bag.

Josh studied the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus and prepared to use its life force to revive Imhotep, while Akathosh returned as a Sixth Tier Void creature and helped stabilize Alexios. Natasha then returned with news that the others had found what they were looking for.

• Jonathan hurried off with O'Connor and Evelyn after Josh assigned them a task.
• Akathosh appeared beside Josh and explained that he had advanced into a Void creature, then sealed Alexios's life force so it would not drain away.
• Akathosh advised Josh to guide life force from the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus with magic, and Josh tested the method, losing only a small portion of the energy.
• Alexios adapted to life without the staff and felt his aging organs begin to recover, while looking forward to seeing his friends and family again.
• Natasha returned and told Josh they had found it, then reacted in surprise at seeing Akathosh.

Josh and his companions brought the Sun Bible and the Book of the Dead to Imhotep’s burial chamber, where Josh used the Book of the Dead to resurrect him. The resurrection summoned a Hell Gate and a mysterious Baldy, who entered Imhotep’s corpse and restored it to life.

• Natasha told Josh that Garen had found the two books and was guarding a coffin, so Josh followed her to the burial chamber with Alexios and Akathosh.
• Garen handed Josh the Sun Bible and the Book of the Dead, and Evelyn began translating the Ancient Egyptian writing for him.
• Josh told O'Connor to open the sarcophagus, revealing Imhotep’s unusually fresh-looking corpse and scratches on the lid.
• Josh chanted from the Book of the Dead, opening a Hell Gate that sent black power and a black-robed Baldy into Imhotep’s corpse.
• Imhotep’s corpse recovered into a living person, and Josh remarked that the resurrection had worked but Imhotep roared too loudly.

After Josh revived Imhotep, the ancient undead regained his body and power and mistook Josh for a god. Imhotep knelt in gratitude while Josh and the others reacted to the supposedly world-destroying demon’s unexpected submission.

• A mysterious power shook the Underworld River, and a black gate drew Imhotep’s soul away as a phantom resembling Josh appeared.
• Imhotep regained his senses and discovered he had immense power, which he hoped to use to resurrect Anck-su-namun and avenge himself on the Pharaoh’s Guards.
• Imhotep saw Josh holding the Book of the Dead and feared him, while Josh assessed Imhotep’s abilities and approached him.
• Josh struggled to communicate with Imhotep until he spoke Ancient Egyptian, and Imhotep asked whether Josh was a god.
• Imhotep knelt and thanked Josh for resurrecting him, leaving Garen, Evelyn, Jonathan, and O’Connor astonished at the demon’s docile behavior.

Josh resurrected Imhotep and asked him to explain the principles of soul-summoning magic, while Imhotep agreed and prepared to resurrect Anck-su-namun. After the Guardians learned Imhotep had returned, they saw him kneel before Josh and began to wonder whether Josh was truly a god.

• Josh explained that he wanted Imhotep to teach him the principles of soul-summoning magic, and Imhotep agreed in exchange for help resurrecting Anck-su-namun.
• Josh warned Imhotep to live peacefully with Anck-su-namun and led everyone out of the burial chamber.
• Ade-Bay told Josh that his phantom had appeared across Egypt and opened the Hell Gate, then asked whether he had resurrected Imhotep.
• Josh confirmed the resurrection and threatened to send Ade-Bay and his men to the Underworld River if they continued bothering him.
• Imhotep emerged with jars and a stone coffin, then knelt before Josh, leaving Ade-Bay and the Guardians wondering whether Josh was a god.