Recaps

Arro pursued research into the speed of light while learning Alchemy and developing the Magic Strike Technique under Bosco’s guidance. After Arro defeated an Illusion Ghost Demon, Bosco shielded him from the Academy’s suspicion and gave him leads on Nicole Annelise, leaving Arro aware that Bosco’s death could expose him to hostile wizards.

• Arro developed gear and octagonal mirror methods for measuring light’s speed, and Bosco secured him a supervised three-month Personal Task with materials and Contribution Points.
• Arro injured himself testing Body Flickering Technique, then explored his Research Room and began learning core Alchemy Tricks.
• Arro practiced shaping metal and developed a heat-conducting sword design while learning the Melting Spell and Blazing Sword Technique.
• After studying the Abyss Contract Spell, Arro devised the Magic Strike Technique, and Bosco praised its power while warning him to keep its workings secret.
• Arro applied to search the Silent Forest for a place to measure light’s speed, then defeated Oliver’s Illusion Ghost Demon in his courtyard.
• Oliver accused Arro of being an Abyss Sorcerer scout, but Bosco revealed that he had given Arro the Pendant and Abyss Trick, stopping the wizards from seizing him.
• Bosco told Arro to call him Mentor again, warned him about stronger apprentices, explained his history with Dora, and gave him letters marking Nicole Annelise’s appearances.
• Arro realized that the Academy’s wizards resented him and that their hostility could threaten him after Bosco died.

Arro measured the speed of light, but the experiment drew him into a collapsing dimension and a battle with a Formal Wizard. Back at the Academy, he built weapons and studied Alchemy while Alice’s growing mission drew apprentices away, including Kaitain.

• Arro accepted Bosco’s protection, designed a Blazing Longsword, and left the Academy to prepare his speed-of-light experiment at a volcano crater.
• Arro’s rotating mirror experiment succeeded, and he calculated that light traveled at 299999 kilometers per second before a surge swept Bosco away and the Crescent Dark Mirror merged into Arro.
• Arro fell into Anomaly Space, followed Pipit through its layers, and joined the fight against Skinny Monkey, a Formal Wizard who had possessed the Earth Element Giant.
• Arro attacked Skinny Monkey with the Pendant’s power and his Blazing Longsword, but Bosco shielded him from a Thunderstorm and sent him out of the Different Dimension.
• Bosco explained that Arro’s Abyss Power could endanger him and that his Magic Strike Technique needed further development, while Arro began planning tools that could threaten Formal Wizards.
• As the Academy entered a semi-closed state, Arro studied Alchemy and developed firearms and bombs, while apprentices competed for assignments and Alice recruited students into a mission.
• Desi visited Kaitain and offered her a place in Alice’s task, which Kaitain accepted, while Bosco learned that Alice’s recruits were not returning from the mission.
• Arro improved his gunpowder and made four magic-patterned Drill Bombs, but left them untested.

Arro prepared to enter Alice’s Mist Space and rescue Dilia, Kaitain, and the other captives, despite the academy’s political turmoil and Desi’s distrust. After entering alone, he fought through the Lost Ones and Faceless Men while Lysa searched for an exit, and the fight continued among the floating rocks.

• Arro stabilized his condensed Magic Power, while Wizard Bosco confronted Anthony after finding the Corner Path sealed against him.
• Anthony admitted that he had removed the Mist Different Dimension’s connection point and intended to defeat Bosco and take the Dean’s seat, while Bosco asked him to spare the innocent students.
• Arro learned from Desi that Alice had bewitched students and was preparing a blood sacrifice, then found the academy in turmoil as Anthony claimed Bosco was imprisoned.
• Arro confronted Anthony in the Council Hall, demanded to know where Bosco was, and accused the wizards of ignoring Alice’s planned sacrifice.
• Anthony told Arro that apprentices could enter the Mist Different Dimension and asked him to rescue the students, and Arro agreed despite condemning the academy’s leaders.
• Desi pleaded with Arro to save Dilia, and Arro staged a bitter public quarrel with him before preparing his supplies and strengthening the Magic Strike Technique.
• Arro entered the Mist Space and attacked Alice’s phantom, then followed Lysa’s directions into a deep pit and fought Lost Ones, Faceless Men, and other hostile beings.
• Arro charged through the Lost Ones and Faceless Men using Black Flame Shocking Wings, while Lysa searched for an exit and Arro continued circling the floating boulders.

Arro stopped Alice’s blood ritual, rescued the surviving students, and escaped Owl Academy as Jungle Home put a bounty on him. While searching for a way to recover from the Abyss Power in his body, he crossed the Vashi Mountains and agreed to help White Deer destroy a Demon Tree.

• Arro killed Bloodfang, fought through Alice’s defenses, and killed her, but the Blood Sacrifice Ritual continued after her death.
• Arro found Dilia at the altar, then Bosco and Tides rescued the buried students and organized their evacuation.
• Bosco revealed that his body remained imprisoned, and Arro agreed to sacrifice the Lesser Substitute Puppet for the academy while urging Bosco to reform it.
• Tides told Arro that Dilia was alive but unconscious after Alice’s daughter’s memories and Virtual Soul fused with her.
• Anthony honored Arro as a mentor, but Arro later tried to sell a fake Stone Conch, and Jungle Home issued a bounty for his capture or death.
• Arro escaped Owl Academy on a makeshift glider, fought Harpies, and continued weakening as Abyss Power surged through his body.
• Arro found a dying man in the mountains, followed a stream toward a human settlement, and met the fairy White Deer.
• White Deer asked Arro to destroy a Demon Tree, and Arro agreed to help after recovering and asked her to find a Purification Potion.