Chapter Summaries

Arro defeated a group of ambushers and other greedy pursuers, turning the snowy forest into a warning to anyone who wanted his Magic Stones or life. He left with the Deer Carriage, while Ian followed and asked whether Arro would sell his Enchanting greatsword.

• Arro refused Ian’s offer to fly him away and fought the ambushers’ attacks in the snowfield.
• Arro overcame the Gray Robed Apprentice’s Fear Spell and killed him with a charged fire strike, while the remaining pursuers fled.
• Arro hunted down more pursuers and warned everyone nearby not to approach or covet his Magic Stones.
• After no one dared challenge him, Arro drove away in the Deer Carriage as scavengers waited for him to leave the battlefield.
• Ian followed Arro and asked to buy his Enchanting greatsword, then asked whether Arro had forged his armor and sword himself.

Arro refused Ian’s request to modify his armor, but received an invitation to the Bu'en Family in the Dark Plain and considered how to balance Knight Training with his wizard and Martial Arts studies. He returned to Peran Territory far faster than expected, drank a Purification Potion, and weighed how to obtain the food needed to recover.

• Arro explained that he had only modified Harvey’s armor, and declined Ian’s offer of a hundred Magic Stones because the work could expose the secrets of his Magic Strike Technique.
• Ian praised Harvey’s craftsmanship, gave Arro an invitation to the Bu'en Family near the Dark Plain, and flew away.
• Arro decided to spend a year studying ordinary Knight Training before asking Grandfather for potions, while continuing to pursue both wizardry and Martial Arts.
• Arro and his companions returned to Peran Territory after a quick journey, and Arro drank a Purification Potion to clear away lingering abyssal aura.
• Still weakened and in need of abundant food and meat, Arro considered contacting nobles in the Earl's territory because he could no longer deal with Viscount Corey.

Arrow celebrated a festival with a hotpot feast, but Dylan warned that the territory’s food stores were running low. After Dylan left to arrange a food purchase, Arrow watched a Record Stone and reviewed footage of his Magic Phoenix World Destruction attack.

• Arrow ate a hotpot feast while Dylan warned that the residents’ extra meals and celebrations could leave them short of food before Harvest Day.
• Arrow tossed Dylan Gold Coins and told him to find a way to buy more food.
• Arrow, alone in the Castle, decided to watch footage stored in his Record Stone.
• Arrow watched a recording of his black-armored figure diving toward a Floating Island and unleashing Magic Phoenix World Destruction.
• Arrow noted that the attack charged too slowly, was easy to anticipate, and consumed much of his Fire Melting Stone.

Arrow invited Holly to eat hot pot while a Record Stone projected a battle, but the frightening images startled her before they captivated her. He let her watch another recording and hoped her interest would motivate her to study how to reproduce the technology.

• Holly smelled Arrow's hot pot and asked to join him, so he offered her a seat and food.
• The Record Stone's battle projection frightened Holly, and Arrow reassured her that it was harmless.
• Arrow explained that he had put on the projection for entertainment and made Holly dipping sauce as she watched.
• Holly became absorbed in the recording and asked whether she could watch more after it ended.
• Arrow restarted the projection and told Holly he would explain how electric current could be used to make recordings after she finished watching.

After watching Arrow’s record projection, Holly recognized him as the warrior in the story and was moved by its music and battles. She withdrew to her room in the following days, while Arrow puzzled over her behavior and turned his attention to enchanting his armor and confronting the Demon Tree.

• Arrow told Holly to rest her injured arm and promised to show her another record projection in the future.
• Holly lay awake clutching her Copper Pendant, reliving the projection and recognizing Lord Arrow as its invincible warrior.
• Holly whispered that she could not understand Arrow’s story but had seen a new story of perseverance and salvation.
• In the days afterward, Holly took time off and stayed mostly in her room, leaving Arrow confused about her behavior.
• Arrow decided to enchant the Magic Phoenix Golden Armor and deal with the Demon Tree before the snow and ice finished melting.

Arro modified the Magic Phoenix Golden Armor with an Abyss Power Eruption system and tested it by launching a flaming aerial strike at the Demon Tree. His attack blasted into the giant tree, which awakened and cried out in pain.

• Arro chose to enchant the armor’s back with an Abyss Power Eruption structure, purifying the materials and using Pale Stone to draw the Justice Magic Pattern and other magic patterns.
• After completing the armor, Arro secretly left the Castle and activated the Black Flame Shocking Wings to fly.
• Arro charged his Blazing Greatsword with heat and Abyss Power as he descended toward the Demon Tree.
• Arro struck the Demon Tree with a blazing, drilling attack, causing a violent explosion that awakened it and drew a mournful cry.

Arro extinguished the Demon Tree’s burning remains, dealt with the remaining Abyss Little Sprites, and checked the damage to his Magic Phoenix Battle Armor. White Deer arrived and agreed that Arro could collect materials from the Demon Tree to recover his costs.

• Arro killed several Abyss Little Sprites as the Demon Tree burned, then used magic to extinguish the fire before it destroyed the tree’s remains.
• Arro drank two bottles of Purification Potion and inspected the damage to his Magic Phoenix Battle Armor.
• White Deer jumped down from the stone wall and asked whether Arro had destroyed the Demon Tree.
• Arro explained how he had defeated the immobile Demon Tree and told White Deer he needed to collect materials to recover his expenses.
• White Deer praised Arro and agreed that he deserved to harvest the Demon Tree.

Arro and White Deer harvested the remains of the Demon Tree, whose wood resisted Abyss Power. White Deer kept the trunks for herself, and after Arro agreed, she repeatedly told him she liked him while he remained confused.

• White Deer warned Arro that the Demon Tree's bark needed to be purified of Abyss Power before it could be used to brew potions.
• Arro examined the Demon Tree's trunks, confirmed their resistance to Abyss Power, and decided he wanted them.
• White Deer fell silent when Arro offered to take the trunks, revealing that she wanted the material to protect herself from Abyss Power.
• Arro let White Deer keep the trunks and asked her to send any leftovers to his Castle, accepting the other materials instead.
• White Deer thanked Arro and told him she liked him, but he insisted he had only agreed because the materials covered his losses.
• White Deer repeated that she liked Arro while continuing to dig up the roots, and Arro returned to sorting the remains.

Arro discussed transporting the Demon Tree materials with White Deer, then discovered that its White Fluff Root tendrils quickly replenished the body's energy. He decided to take the tendrils with him and leave the other materials behind while White Deer considered how to transport them.

• Arro asked White Deer to have the elk herd carry the Demon Tree materials, but she explained that the routes were unsuitable because one was busy with humans and the other had dangerous ravines.
• Arro suggested making several trips by the rougher route, but White Deer warned that the materials would lose much of their Magic Power before they arrived.
• White Deer recommended that Arro take the White Fluff Root tendrils himself and said they nourished the body, then gave him one to eat.
• Arro felt the tendril restore his energy and considered whether it could support Knight Training without affecting its results like potions did.
• Arro decided to take the White Fluff Root and leave the other materials piled up for White Deer to help transport if possible.

Arro left White Deer to her own plans, and she used the Black Jade Color tree trunk and motes of light to draw three Abyss Little Sprites into it in hopes of freeing them from Abyss Power. Two days later, Arro weighed mice in Peran Castle’s experiment and found that one fed White Fluff Root had gained 19 grams, leaving him puzzled by the result.

• Arro departed with five elk carrying White Fluff Root, leaving White Deer beside the Black Jade Color tree trunk.
• White Deer gathered motes of light into luminous ribbons and used them to carry three sleeping Abyss Little Sprites into the tree trunk.
• Two days later, Arro, Bevan, and Holly weighed the mice from the Control Group and recorded their results.
• Arro determined that one Control Group mouse’s weight data was unreliable because it had not eaten and appeared stressed.
• Arro weighed a mouse fed White Fluff Root and found it had gained 19 grams despite receiving only five grams of root each day.

Arro found that White Fluff Root gave the experimental mice substantial weight gain and continued the long-term nutrition study while preparing for knight training. He also planned a glider as an escape route amid signs that war might soon reach the Peran Territory, then began training at the restored Training Ground.

• Arro found that the experimental mice gained about 20 grams on average and ordered Holly to continue the experiment with changed diets and water dispensers.
• Arro left the laboratory with Bevan and asked about the restored Training Ground and materials for the hot air balloon project.
• Arro suspected that Baron Claire's departure and the new defensive checkpoints signaled an approaching war, and he planned to use a glider to escape if needed.
• Arro arrived at the Training Ground, sent the servants away, and began swinging his specially made heavy training sword.

Arro resumed knight training, using the Knight's Breathing Technique and prepared supplements to recover from strenuous exercise as he examined how knights awakened Life Force. He hypothesized that exhausted muscles absorbed Void Energy, and that enough accumulated Void Energy might be what Formal Knights called Life Force.

• Arro rolled a millstone-sized Round Stone until his muscles were exhausted, then continued training.
• Arro used the Advanced Knight's Breathing Technique to draw Void Energy into his body and nourish his damaged muscles.
• Arro swallowed Meat Powder and Snow White Velvety Whiskers with warm salt water, then jogged slowly to aid his recovery.
• Arro considered why ordinary Strongmen could not become Formal Knights and concluded that the Knight's Breathing Technique might be the key.
• Arro hypothesized that exhausted muscles absorbed Void Energy and that accumulated Void Energy might be the Life Force of Formal Knights.

During Arro’s half-month training, he learned the Arc Moon Sword Technique and improved his strength and physique, while Bevan found sailcloth for the hot-air balloon. Elsewhere, the Saint Fernando Empire prepared to attack Scarlow Fortress, the Ranelli Kingdom’s nobles refused to help, and Viscount Corey ordered a search for a Little Sprite.

• Wizard Bosco escaped his restraints and flew away on a black falcon, wondering how Megan would greet him.
• The ruler of the Saint Fernando Empire ordered an attack on Scarlow Fortress and declared his intention to marry its dazzling pearl.
• The Ranelli Kingdom’s nobles urged the old King not to aid Scarlow City, blaming the Countess for supporting the Demon Hunters.
• Viscount Corey ordered more men to capture a beautiful creature that Knight Benson believed was a Little Sprite.
• Arro learned the Arc Moon Sword Technique and gained one point each in strength and physique through training.
• Bevan found ship-sail sailcloth for the hot-air balloon, and Arro recognized it as the needed material.

Arro examined the mice fed White Fluff Root and considered whether the creatures in this world shared the cellular structure he knew from his previous life. He left the chapter planning to build a microscope and investigate biological structure.

• Bevan presented Arro with Hot Air Balloon calculations, but Arro told him the data contained a major flaw.
• Holly reported that the mice in both the White Fluff Root group and the blank group had developed swelling, while the balanced-diet control group remained normal.
• Arro learned that the blank-group mice had become less active and eaten less, while the White Fluff Root mice retained strong appetites and had begun eating their own feces.
• Arro suspected the mice were deficient in essential amino acids and questioned whether living creatures in this world had cellular structure.
• Arro wrote plans to make a microscope and investigate biological structure, then reassured Holly that the mice's behavior was normal and praised her for reporting it.

Arrow ended the White Fluff Root experiment and instructed Holly to observe the rats for withdrawal effects. He reviewed tomorrow’s schedule, planned a trip with White Deer to transport the remaining Demon Tree bark, and promised Holly he would bring back magnetite to make Electric Flowers.

• Arrow stopped feeding the rats White Fluff Root but told Holly to keep the experiment going and watch the Experimental Group for withdrawal reactions.
• Holly presented Arrow with his detailed schedule for the next day, and he said he would be away with White Deer for up to three days to move the remaining usable Demon Tree bark through the forest.
• Holly confirmed that clothes for White Deer were ready and asked whether Arrow would buy the stone needed to make Electric Flowers.
• Arrow remembered the magnetite and told Holly that rubbing two pieces of fur together in the dark could produce faint sparks like weak Electric Flowers.

Holly worried that Arrow would dislike the song she had rewritten, while Arrow focused on his preparations for the next day. White Deer guarded three developing children inside the transformed Demon Tree and warned the elks about a nearby Abyss Little Sprite. The next morning, Arrow disguised himself and planned to make bombs.

• Holly feared Arrow would think her rewritten song had ruined the story and song he gave her, but she still longed for his approval.
• Arrow told Holly to sleep and reminded her to behave courteously when Miss White Deer arrived the next day.
• White Deer asked the elks to keep the Abyss Little Sprite away from the Demon Tree, where three children were forming inside its trunk.
• Arrow meditated, disguised his face with charcoal and grease, and resolved to gather Sulfur and Saltpeter for making bombs.

Arro and the White Deer continued hauling Demon Tree bark through the forest, where the White Deer cleared a path while worrying about the powerless Abyss Little Sprite nearby. Meanwhile, Knight Benson’s search party found the sprite, who walked out of the jungle on her own.

• The Deer Carriage jolted over a tree root, and Arro caught the White Deer before gathering the spilled Demon Tree bark with her.
• The White Deer admitted that Little Heli had taught her a song, then sang “Take Root!” to make nearby roots burrow into the ground.
• A serf led Knight Benson to a patch of woods, and Benson killed him after the serf addressed him improperly.
• Benson ordered his soldiers to surround the area and search every part of it, then arranged for the dead serf’s children to receive Freeman status and a promised Gold Coin.
• A guard reported that the searched-for creature had walked out on its own, and Benson hurried to meet the strange winged sprite covered in black threads.

Arro and White Deer traveled through a dangerous forest, where the Demon Tree cargo attracted supernatural creatures. White Deer sensed a treant and a human fighting nearby, and after they changed course, an oak mistook them for wizards seeking its clansman.

• White Deer warned Arro about stirring creatures, and Arro killed a Unicorn Toad and took its horn before they continued onward.
• White Deer explained that the Demon Tree materials were attracting supernatural creatures and used her magic to clear their path.
• White Deer sensed a person fighting near a treant whose domain resembled that of her dead clansmen, and she asked Arro to investigate.
• Arro agreed to follow White Deer toward the fighting, and she quietly sent messages to the trees along the way.
• An oak accused them of being murderous wizards and refused to let them reach its clansman, so Arro called out that he only wanted to pass through.

Arro and White Deer withdrew from the Activated Oak’s territory and took a detour through the jungle until White Deer sensed a human village. When she revealed that she wanted to return alone to ask the tree demon something urgent, Arro offered to go with her, but she refused because the tree demon rejected him.

• The Activated Oak summoned nearby trees to block Arro and White Deer, but White Deer chose to withdraw, and Arro agreed not to fight.
• White Deer guided the deer carriage on a detour through the jungle while Arro noticed they were circling around something.
• White Deer sensed a human village and told Arro they would soon reach a forest road.
• Arro suggested they rest in the village and travel onward the next day, but White Deer said she would wait in the forest while he went alone.
• White Deer admitted she wanted to return to the tree demon because she had an urgent question, and Arro offered to accompany her.
• White Deer refused Arro’s offer, saying the tree demon rejected him too strongly for her to approach it with him.

Arro and White Deer agreed that she would take the elk to meet the tree demon while he rested at the village, though White Deer teased Arro about worrying over her journey. As they headed toward the village, Arro recognized a new melody she had adapted from Holly’s song, while the villagers waited anxiously and considered asking their lady to deal with the Werewolf themselves.

• White Deer explained that the tree demon was unlikely to attack her and hoped to arrange for the elk to live in its territory.
• Arro proposed that White Deer visit the tree demon with the elk while he stayed at the village, then return the next morning to help haul his materials.
• White Deer teased Arro about assuming she would need a mount, then urged the elk onward so Arro could reach the village and rest.
• Arro recognized that White Deer was humming a new melody based partly on the song Holly had taught her, and White Deer denied it in embarrassment.
• Five villagers waited on Field Ridge, worried that the Demon Hunter had died and wondering whether their lady could drive the Werewolf away.