Chapter Summaries

Anabe recognized that Arro’s “Qi Blood Rampage” could let ordinary people learn a knight’s Aura Rampage technique, though training required magic plants and specialized armor. After negotiating training costs, Arro proposed that the Demon Hunters cooperate with him by joining an Academy he would establish, leaving the Manticore School to decide whether to accept his terms.

• Anabe read Qi Blood Rampage and explained that it could teach ordinary people Aura Rampage by using magic plants rich in Life Force.
• Arro described how his self-moving armor could guide trainees’ movements and use internal protrusions to make their muscles exert force.
• Arro offered Anabe and the other Demon Hunters copies of the book for gathering materials, then set additional magic-plant costs for each day of armor-assisted training.
• Edgar questioned whether the scarce plants could support enough trainees and revealed that the Manticore School wanted to cooperate with Arro on training people in his territory.
• Arro rejected the idea of merely helping the Manticore School establish an Academy and instead proposed founding his own Academy, with the Manticore School as one branch that would help manage others and gather plants.

Arrow agreed to establish an academy in Lan'er Village with the Demon Hunters’ help, then learned that Vinod had died under suspicious circumstances. Suspecting the Viscountess was still nearby and might act against him, Arrow began designing a martial technique compatible with the wood-element 'Growth Spell'.

• Arrow agreed that the Demon Hunters could help manage the academy while maintaining their independence and handling its own defenses, and he deferred magical plant distribution until Anabe had made progress.
• Arrow told Dylan to begin arranging the academy in Lan'er Village, which was near the Tree Demon Base and already held craftsmen and manpower.
• Dylan reported that Vinod, the Deputy Steward Arrow had appointed, had died the previous night at a minor knight lord’s castle, apparently of old age.
• Arrow suspected the Viscountess had killed Vinod to conceal her plans and reasoned that she might be spying on him or waiting nearby rather than leaving the region.
• Arrow began planning a martial technique for the wood-element 'Growth Spell', whose permanent plant-growth effects seemed difficult to adapt for combat.

Arro struggled to turn Growth Spell into a useful martial move until he devised Dunjia, a technique that used a plant shell disguised with Morton's makeup knowledge to fool enemies. He learned Dunjia and ended the chapter with two skill points remaining.

• Arro examined Growth Spell’s effects and rejected several ideas for turning plant growth into a combat technique.
• Arro realized he could grow a shell against his body and disguise it using techniques from Morton’s notes, potentially creating a convincing decoy.
• Arro named the move Dunjia, and the system recognized it as a martial move that cost one skill point to learn.
• Arro learned Dunjia, endured a brief flood of information and intense pain, and received confirmation that the move was at Beginner level with two skill points remaining.

Arrow investigated the deputy steward’s death and continued designing a martial skill based on Lava Burst. He rejected several ideas before considering a way to kick the spell’s energy sphere, but refused the system’s offer to learn the experimental move and kept searching for a more practical technique.

• Arrow told Dylan to cremate the deputy steward’s body after the re-examination revealed nothing new, and Dylan agreed to continue investigating the Viscountess.
• Arrow studied the flame element and Lava Burst, learning that its viscous, high-temperature magic could spray a short distance and cause sustained burning.
• Arrow rejected adapting Lava Burst into a weapon or spreading it over his body, since those approaches either wasted skill points or lost the spell’s pressure-driven burst.
• Arrow considered striking or kicking Lava Burst’s energy sphere to turn the short-range spell into a projectile, but declined the system’s offer to learn the experimental martial skill.
• Arrow concluded that kicking the sphere depended on too many coincidences and continued seeking a conventional move that could deliver power directly.

Arrow developed and learned Flame Fist, mastering its straight punch while recognizing that its other moves required further practice. He then returned to Lan'er Village, where Heli asked to bring the Experimental Mice and Arrow prepared to teach her new skills and assign her work.

• Arrow designed Flame Fist by adapting Lava Burst into punches, elbow strikes, and close-range attacks, then spent a skill point to learn it.
• Arrow found that he had mastered only Flame Fist’s straight punch and would need practice to use its other moves.
• After another day at the Viscount's Manor, Arrow rode to Lan'er Village and noticed that public order and inspections had improved.
• Heli greeted Arrow and asked whether she could bring the Experimental Mice to Lan'er Village.
• Arrow told Heli that White Fluff Root was beneficial and that the mouse experiments could stop, then offered to teach her new knowledge and give her responsibilities.
• Arrow asked Bard to unload a sack of magical plants and told him that some of the materials were his to keep.

Arrow explained how Life Force-rich magic plants affected the body and why the experimental mice had become skinny, then used a grass wall as a blackboard to teach Holly and Bard. He left Holly with a report to complete and told Bard what foods to eat alongside the plants during training.

• Holly struggled to remember the effects of Life Force, so Arrow repeated them and offered to explain the mouse experiment in detail.
• Arrow transformed a Grass Vine wall into a blackboard and explained that Life Force strengthened the body but did not replace food or nutrients.
• Arrow described how the mice lost weight because Life Force dissipated after the White Fluff Root was removed and because their reduced appetites left them short of normal nutrition.
• Holly recorded Arrow's explanation and was assigned to compare it with her collected data and prepare a final experiment report.
• Arrow told Bard to eat protein-rich foods with Life Force-rich plants during training, and Bard admitted he still had a long way to go before mastering the exercises.

Arrow demonstrated Wind Dragon Armor to Holly and Bard, testing its combat abilities in a duel that pushed him to use Flame Fist to destroy it. After gaining experience from defeating the lifeless armor, Arrow realized his understanding of how experience points worked was wrong, while Bard worried about the armor’s destruction.

• Arrow told Bard he planned to modify Wind Dragon Armor to guide people through Qi Blood Rampage, and Holly eagerly asked to learn about the armor’s magic-rune structure.
• Arrow summoned Wind Dragon Armor and activated its Anti-Arro mode, then fought it with his Cross Longsword as Holly and Bard watched.
• Wind Dragon Armor gradually outpaced Arrow, and Bard drew his sword to help, but Arrow ordered him to protect Holly.
• Arrow released his sword at close range and struck Wind Dragon Armor with Black Tiger Digs Heart, blasting it apart with Flame Fist.
• Arrow received experience points for defeating the lifeless armor and questioned his assumptions about their source, while Holly checked on him and Bard asked whether the armor could be repaired.

Arro visited Oak Tree Granny with a living plant painting of her, which she named “Lonely Oak Tree” after reflecting on her isolation. When she asked how he made it, Arro demonstrated that he could grow intricate tree paintings on his palm using wood-element Void Magic Power, though he claimed he could not explain the method.

• Arro left Holly teaching manuscripts and guided Bard through problems before leaving Lan'er Village for Treant Forest.
• Arro apologized to Oak Tree Granny for his delay and gave her a living plant painting depicting her as a majestic oak.
• Oak Tree Granny reflected on how her growing power had driven animals away and named the painting “Lonely Oak Tree.”
• Oak Tree Granny asked Arro to explain how he created the painting so she could preserve or copy it.
• Arro used the Growth Spell and wood-element Void Magic Power to grow a new tree painting on his palm, then suggested Oak Tree Granny practice if she wanted to learn.

Arrow discovered that Oak Tree Granny had prepared a furnished cave base and found the recovering Demonic Sprite he had been seeking. After returning to Lan'er Village, he began arranging supplies and contacts, while a Fernando Wizard Family elder approached masked apprentices with an offer.

• Oak Tree Granny told Arrow about the lavender garden and the cave she had prepared as a return gift.
• Arrow explored the cave base, found the Demonic Sprite recovering inside Amber, and sealed it with a Guardian Sealing Magic Array.
• Arrow considered ways to investigate the Demonic Sprite's possible meridians, then flew toward Lan'er Village to map a land route and plan supply links.
• A messenger brought Arrow three invitations from unfamiliar families, including the Taylor Family, and Arrow arranged to invite them to Lan'er Village and summoned Rett.
• Arrow told Bard to bring Holly and prepare necessities so they could guard the treant Underground Base.
• A Fernando Wizard Family elder confronted masked apprentices dividing stolen resources and proposed a major deal.

A Gray-Robed Elder persuaded the Masked Apprentices to raid a Resource Area while he distracted its guards, as the Fernando Wizard Family attacked the Korda Family’s castle in retaliation for a previous raid. At the Bat Cave Underground Base, Arrow continued developing Qi Blood Rampage and considered how knights directed Life Force through the body.

• The Gray-Robed Elder told the Masked Apprentices to return to the Resource Area, take what they could, and destroy what they could not carry, explaining that he stood with them despite bearing the Fernando surname.
• A white-robed Wizard Apprentice ordered the Fernando Wizard Family’s Enchanted Knight Order to kill everyone at the Korda Family’s castle, citing the Korda Family’s attack on the family’s Resource Area.
• The Korda Family’s guards tried to resist the Enchanted Knight Order, and a middle-aged man protested that Lord Fernando had granted the territory to his family.
• The white-robed Wizard Apprentice dismissed the man’s denial and ordered the knights to continue killing everyone.
• Arrow showed Holly the Qi Blood Rampage movement and explained how muscle pressure, energy concentration, emotions, and gravity could help mobilize Life Force.
• Arrow reasoned that knights likely directed Life Force through Tissue Fluid rather than blood vessels, and he aimed to weave its pathways into more complex patterns.

Arrow worked on modifying the Wind Dragon Armor to support Qi Blood Rampage and awaited Demon Hunter Rett’s arrival. Rett arrived in Lan'er Village with Anabe, but he had come to deal with the Water Ghosts and knew nothing about Qi Blood Rampage.

• Arrow used Bard’s movements to map muscle groups and calculate adjustments to the Wind Dragon Armor’s magic patterns.
• Arrow told Holly and Bard to rest, then continued working through the night so Bard could begin training the next day.
• Bard told Arrow that Demon Hunter Rett was expected to arrive at Lan'er Village the morning after tomorrow.
• Arrow met Anabe and Rett in Lan'er Village, where Anabe joked that his half-month of collecting materials had ended.
• Rett declined Arrow’s invitation to sit and said he had come because Water Ghosts were troubling the village.
• Arrow learned that Anabe had not told Rett about Qi Blood Rampage and realized Rett was not there to take Bard’s place.

Arro explained his Qi Blood Rampage technique to Rett, who asked to observe after dealing with the Water Ghosts. Anabe revealed why Demon Hunters might be unable to benefit from the technique, and agreed to let Arro test it on him first.

• Anabe joked that he would not give away the opportunity, while Rett learned that Arro's Qi Blood Rampage technique aimed to grant Formal Knight Life Magic Power to those who were not Formal Knights.
• Rett asked to observe the training after eliminating the Water Ghosts, and Arro agreed to wait for his return.
• After Rett left, Anabe warned Arro that he should not have agreed, then explained that Demon Hunters gained their power through potions that gave them Void Spirit Wizard constitutions and prevented further advancement.
• Arro argued that Demon Hunters could still heal from injuries, so their bodies were not completely fixed against change.
• Anabe explained that he had agreed to cooperate because he hoped to find a way to strengthen young Demon Hunters, and Arro offered to test the technique on him before Rett returned.
• Anabe accepted Arro's offer to begin the first training session with him.

Arro introduced Anabe to the Wind Dragon Armor, a redesigned suit that automated the training needed for Qi Blood Rampage. After the armor began exhausting Anabe with increasingly difficult exercises, Arro hinted that he had another stage planned.

• Arro took Anabe to a secluded clearing and revealed the Wind Dragon Armor, explaining that it could train Qi Blood Rampage without separate fatigue training.
• Anabe agreed to use Arro's foolproof training method, removed his weapons and supplies, and put on the armor.
• Arro activated the armor's internal structure, which used expanding Merman Glue to press against and stimulate Anabe's muscles.
• The Wind Dragon Armor made Anabe perform a series of exercises, and its pressure and shifting stimulation left him panting after half an hour.
• Arro said Anabe's fatigue was still insufficient for Qi Blood Rampage and hinted that the armor's third stage would test him further.

Arro trained Anabe in Qi Blood Rampage using the Wind Dragon Armor’s Ice Fire Double Heaven method to induce targeted muscle fatigue and then restore his body with magic plants. After Anabe completed the recovery posture, Arro began the next stage by using Madman Fruit to provoke anger.

• Arro explained the causes of muscle fatigue and told Anabe that Qi Blood Rampage training required energy depletion and oxygen deprivation.
• The Wind Dragon Armor used heat on Anabe’s left side and cold on his right to redirect blood flow until one side’s muscles reached their limit.
• Anabe rejected Arro’s cautious timing advice and rapidly ate the life-force magic plants before continuing to the next training stage.
• As the Wind Dragon Armor guided Anabe through strange postures, returning warmth spiraled around his heart into a Warm-Current Hourglass.
• Arro introduced Madman Fruit’s pungent gas to stir Anabe’s anger, and Anabe chose to inhale it despite its toxic effects.

Anabe mastered the first step of New Qi Blood Rampage and joined Lan’er Village’s new academy as its vice dean. While roasting meat, he explained how the invitations reached him, then hinted that something had happened on the Dark Plain.

• Anabe practiced New Qi Blood Rampage, praised its methods, and told Arrow that his instincts warned him of possible problems.
• Anabe accepted Arrow’s offer and became vice dean of Lan’er Village’s new academy, where Arrow introduced him to the village’s three people in charge.
• Anabe joked with Arrow about being made a cook, then roasted meat while Arrow asked about the invitations.
• Anabe said two families had investigated Arrow and asked him to pass on invitations, and that he had approved of their character.
• Arrow asked what had happened on the Dark Plain after Anabe brought up recent events there.

Anabe explained that he wanted Arrow to unite the minor families against the Fernando Wizard Family and prolong the conflict until the Saint Fernando Empire could no longer sustain its occupation of the countess’s territory. Arrow learned that his power made him seem like a passing Formal Wizard, and Anabe clarified that he was being asked to act as an intermediary who gave the minor families time to recover.

• Anabe told Arrow that the Fernando Wizard Family had attacked minor families, splitting the region into two opposing factions.
• Arrow asked whether Anabe wanted him to help the minor families, and Anabe said they hoped he would preserve the stalemate and defend the countess’s territory by delaying the conflict.
• Anabe explained that the empire could not indefinitely support the campaign and that the Fernando Wizard Family would not spend the lives of many Wizard Apprentices to overcome the territory’s defenses.
• Anabe described Arrow’s deterrence as that of a passing Formal Wizard because Arrow’s known power was limited, predictable, and unlikely to keep him in the region for long.
• Arrow recognized that Anabe wanted him to act as a biased referee, and Anabe denied that they intended to endanger him, saying they only wanted to give the minor families time to use their connections and withstand the crisis.

Arrow planned to gather minor families around the Academy by selling them land and presenting the institution as a school, while arranging for sensitive work to move to the Treant Underground Base. He returned underground to focus on a detailed program of cultivation, study, and skill development.

• Arrow rejected Anabe’s idea of linking the minor families through letters and proposed hiring teachers, admitting outside students, and selling land around the Academy.
• Arrow explained that bringing the families together near the Academy would help protect them and preserve pressure on the Fernando Wizard Family.
• Arrow ordered Anabe to delay naming the Academy until his meat was properly roasted, then later chose the public name Cat School.
• Arrow planned to move bullet and Hand Grenade production and basic science work to the Treant Underground Base, where they could remain secret.
• Arrow returned to the Underground Base and listed his priorities, including daily Qi Blood Rampage training, meditation, reviewing and learning Tricks, studying Summon Treant Guard, and earning Skill Points.

Arrow filled his days with study, training, and expanding his bases while Holly and Bard worked on their own tasks. After three days, the academy’s ten teachers had been chosen and Wizard Families showed interest in buying land near Lan’er Village, leaving Arrow to consider the teachers’ invitation to a banquet.

• Arrow planned to earn Experience Points by fighting the Wind Dragon Armor twice daily and settled into a demanding routine of study, training, spell practice, and research.
• Arrow taught Anabe to practice “Qi Blood Rampage” while Rett searched for magic plants, and he assigned Holly mathematics and experimental exercises from his Basic Physics book.
• Arrow had Bard disguise the Bat Cave entrance and build rooms, planning separate aboveground and underground bases for different levels of secrecy.
• Three days later, the Demon Hunters reported that ten teachers from different families had been selected and that about thirty-seven Minor Families were interested in buying plots near Lan’er Village.
• Anabe told Arrow that the teachers and their families had arrived and invited him to a banquet; Arrow agreed to attend.

Arro arrived at the banquet just as it began and entered the lavish training ground, where he was welcomed as its master. The banquet got underway with music, food, and polite greetings, while Anabe and Edgar joined Arro for a conversation.

• Arro arrived at the training ground at the start of the banquet and noticed refugees watching the nobles outside.
• Francis greeted Arro and told him that Edgar and Anabe were receiving the new teachers and their families.
• Anabe announced Arro, and he entered the Banquet Hall to greetings from the gathered guests.
• Arro exchanged pleasantries with the guests as the band began playing and attendants brought out food.
• Anabe teased Arro about his outfit, and Edgar greeted him beside Anabe.

At a gathering, Arrow kept his distance from the Minor Families while answering Ian Boone’s excited questions about his deeds. Ian revealed that he had become head of the Bu'en Family and introduced his cousin Manli, who admired Arrow.

• Arrow explained to Anabe that he deliberately kept his distance from the Minor Families because he wanted to act as an intermediary and establish a safe zone.
• Ian Boone excitedly questioned Arrow about his armor, his battle at Forest Island, and the people he had killed, but Arrow kept his methods secret.
• Ian told Arrow that he had become head of the Bu'en Family after his grandfather learned about Morton and Ian’s friendship with Arrow.
• Ian revealed that his cousin Manli had come to meet Arrow, and she greeted Arrow with obvious admiration.