Chapter Summaries

Saladin argued that the Coalition should stop frontal assaults after suffering heavy losses against the Noren Workshop’s defensive line. He concluded that the Workshop’s missing high-level Wizards were preparing a trump card elsewhere and would likely continue their deployment, leaving the Coalition to decide how to exploit the time.

• Saladin presented the Coalition’s casualties from the first assault and warned that the Noren Workshop’s defenses were more than 45% complete, making further attacks costly.
• Chaos Cult and Tower of Silence Wizards argued over whether to keep up pressure or wait for both sides’ trump cards, until Saladin stopped the debate.
• Saladin revealed that 29 Level 7 Wizards and about 500 Level 6 Wizards from the Noren Workshop were missing and confirmed that scans found them outside the defensive line.
• The assembled Wizards inferred that the missing force was preparing a long-term trump card elsewhere while the defenses bought it time.
• Saladin explained that the Noren Workshop could abandon its preparations or continue and risk its defensive line; a Chaos Cult Wizard judged that it would continue.

Saladin devised a two-front strategy to locate Noren Workshop’s hidden deployment by harassing its defenses and using scouting squads as bait. As the fortified defensive line neared completion, both sides’ scouts suffered mounting losses, and Clark remained calm about his two students joining the dangerous search.

• Saladin proposed daily harassment of Noren Workshop’s defensive line and scouting missions designed to reveal the enemy’s hidden location through the scouts’ losses.
• The Chaos Cult and Tower of Silence approved Saladin’s plan, despite his estimate that fewer than ten percent of the Level 5 scouts might survive.
• Three days later, Noren Workshop completed 97% of its defensive array while Coalition harassment forces repeatedly attacked and withdrew.
• Clark and Dionysius Spencer observed that scouting clashes had intensified, and Dionysius explained that Noren Workshop’s squads were trying to find the enemy’s hidden sites while delaying the search for their own.
• A scouting squad was wiped out on the holographic sandbox, and Clark told Dionysius that his two student volunteers had resurrection items.
• More Noren Workshop scouting points moved into the bloodied outer region as another squad disappeared.

A Chaos Cult wizard and a Tower of Silence wizard occupied a metal jungle when two Noren Workshop wizards attacked with a devastating beam. The battle continued as the Tower of Silence wizard ambushed the attackers and the Chaos Cult wizard secretly prepared another move.

• A Chaos Cult wizard decorated a metal jungle with the tortured corpse of a Noren Workshop wizard while a Tower of Silence wizard warned that the display could provoke retaliation.
• A pillar of white light struck the jungle, melting it into a lava basin and severely injuring the Chaos Cult wizard, who survived by sacrificing an arm and using the corpse as a substitute death medium.
• Two fifth-level Noren Workshop wizards descended and said they had attacked to avenge their fallen colleague.
• The Tower of Silence wizard fired an Annihilation Beam at the male Noren Workshop wizard, and the female wizard blocked it with a net of golden threads.
• The Chaos Cult wizard sent a dark red thread beneath the lava and charged at the two Noren Workshop wizards.

Two Noren Workshop wizards gained the upper hand against a Chaos Cult wizard and a Tower of Silence wizard, but the Chaos Cult wizard revealed a trap that turned the battle against them. He activated a ritual that sealed the area just as he prepared to strike the mutated male wizard, and another unexpected mutation began.

• Two Noren Workshop wizards pressed the wounded Chaos Cult wizard and the Tower of Silence wizard with water serpents and layered barriers.
• A disguised Parasitic Puppet rose from the lava basin and pierced the male wizard’s chest, revealing the Chaos Cult wizard’s trap.
• The female wizard tried to save her companion, but the Tower of Silence wizard pinned her down with Annihilation Beams.
• The male wizard unleashed his Deep-Sea Behemoth bloodline, mutated into a mass of tentacles, and destroyed the puppet while sending the Chaos Cult wizard flying.
• The Chaos Cult wizard activated the Pain Prison ritual, sealing the area and cutting off communication, spatial movement, and outside detection.
• The Chaos Cult wizard gathered dark-red energy for a final strike as another mutation suddenly occurred.

Benjamin arrived at the lava basin and erased the Chaos Cult wizard and the Tower of Silence wizard with his Li-Fire Extinction Divine Light. He told the surviving Noren Workshop wizards that the mission was complete and they could withdraw.

• Benjamin's dark golden ray erased the Chaos Cult wizard, then destroyed the hidden flesh that could have regenerated him.
• The Tower of Silence wizard transformed himself into an energy giant by combining light and darkness and challenged Benjamin.
• Benjamin dismissed the transformation as boring and submerged the energy giant in dark golden radiance until he vanished.
• Benjamin told the surviving wizards that the enemy had been eliminated and they could withdraw.

Benjamin accepted two techniques from the Noren Workshop wizards he had rescued, then studied the methods used by the fallen enemies. After exposing thirteen hidden Level 5 Wizards from the Chaos Cult and the Tower of Silence, he faced their wary group alone.

• The Noren Workshop wizards thanked Benjamin and gave him crystals containing their specialized barrier and water-element techniques in exchange for saving them.
• The male wizard's body collapsed, leaving a soul-imprinted tentacle, which the female wizard preserved before retreating through a spatial gate.
• Benjamin reflected on the Chaos Cult wizard's Law of Pain and the Tower of Silence wizard's light-dark annihilation technique, judging the latter's final move to be unfinished.
• Benjamin anchored space across the wasteland, forcing a dark-green-robed wizard out of a spatial jump and summoning the hidden observers to reveal themselves.
• Thirteen Level 5 Wizards from the Chaos Cult and the Tower of Silence appeared, and Benjamin used his Causal Shadow Tracing Technique to locate them.

Benjamin confronted thirteen Level 5 wizards responsible for ambushing reconnaissance squads and overwhelmed their attacks with his Dark Gold power and Return to Void Armor. After the wizards learned a Level 6 Wizard was on the way, Benjamin began killing them, leaving the battle unresolved as he destroyed another fleeing wizard.

• The monocled wizard identified Benjamin's attack as Level 6 in power, and the thirteen wizards prepared defenses against him.
• The obsidian giant wizard admitted their group had been ambushing reconnaissance squads and urged the others to hold Benjamin until a Level 6 Wizard arrived.
• Benjamin erased the thirteen wizards' combined attack with a sweep of Dark Gold light and destroyed the three obsidian giants.
• A melee wizard exploited the brief charge time of Benjamin's attack, but Return to Void Armor stopped his blades and Benjamin struck him into bloody mist.
• Benjamin endured another barrage without harm, then let a female wizard's Soul Corruption Curse hit his chest; the Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier countered it and dissolved her.
• A Tower of Silence wizard tried to flee, but Benjamin appeared beside him and killed him with a punch.

Benjamin annihilated thirteen Level 5 Wizards and judged that fighting a nearby Level 6 would be too risky, though he gained two data crystals to study. After Benjamin left, a masked Level 6 investigated the battlefield and decided to report the presence of a powerful Level 5 to headquarters.

• Benjamin killed the thirteen Level 5 Wizards who tried to flee, then concluded they had been mediocre opponents with little experience fighting stronger foes.
• Benjamin considered challenging the nearby Level 6 but decided that facing one without intelligence would be too dangerous.
• Benjamin examined the two data crystals from the Noren Workshop wizards and planned to use their knowledge to improve his defenses and weapon.
• Benjamin concealed himself with Void-Step and left the lava basin.
• A masked wizard arrived, used a battlefield retrospection spell, and found evidence that a Level 5 had quickly destroyed thirteen wizards.
• The masked wizard concluded that Noren Workshop had a powerful genius and vanished to report his findings to headquarters.

Benjamin was nearly killed by a surprise attack from a crystal-modified Chaos Cult wizard, who escaped after Benjamin trapped him with Spatial Stabilization. Shaken by the encounter, Benjamin killed a Tower of Silence wizard and headed toward the defensive line.

• Benjamin watched three Noren Workshop wizards fight a Tower of Silence wizard from concealment.
• A crystal-modified Chaos Cult wizard ambushed Benjamin with a spatial dagger, but the Return to Void Armor blocked the strike.
• Benjamin used Spatial Stabilization to force the attacker out of hiding, but the crystal wizard disrupted the spell and escaped.
• Benjamin reflected on his weaknesses after the near-fatal attack while the nearby battle ended.
• Benjamin erased the Tower of Silence wizard with dark golden light and left for the defensive line.
• The three Noren Workshop wizards realized Benjamin could have killed them just as easily.

Benjamin returned to the Noren Workshop fortress after a major enemy raid and learned that the Coalition had shifted from reconnaissance to hunting. He chose dangerous solo reconnaissance while Viola took command of a hunting squad, and both prepared for their missions to begin in two days.

• Benjamin returned to find enormous craters and ruined outposts after the Chaos Cult and the Tower of Silence attacked with more than three hundred Level 6 Wizards.
• Viola told Benjamin that enemy reconnaissance teams had begun hunting their personnel, and Benjamin recognized that this matched the attacks he had faced outside.
• Clark announced plans to ambush enemy harassment teams and form specialized hunting squads, then presented four mission options.
• Viola chose to lead the Blood Raven hunting squad, while Benjamin chose independent reconnaissance and received access to dangerous-area markers.
• Clark ordered both of them to suspend external operations for two days and prepare for the next stage of the war.
• Benjamin headed to his rest chamber to inspect and recharge his Wizard Artifacts, replenish his reserves, and analyze two data crystals.

Benjamin joined Noren Workshop’s counterattack against the Chaos Cult and Tower of Silence, then moved stealthily beyond the defensive line. He helped a Noren Workshop wizard kill three Chaos Cult wizards and continued deeper into the wasteland, wary of the Coalition’s traps.

• Noren Workshop revealed its concealed forces and launched a surprise attack as the Chaos Cult and Tower of Silence prepared their usual assault.
• Benjamin and Viola left Fortress No. 7, with Viola joining the Blood Raven hunting squad and Benjamin using Void-Step to slip beyond the defensive line.
• Benjamin noticed a Noren Workshop wizard pursuing three wounded Chaos Cult wizards and realized the fleeing enemies were leading their pursuer toward a trap.
• Benjamin used Rune Artifacts to block the three wizards’ escape, allowing the Noren Workshop wizard to kill them with his azure sword light.
• The Noren Workshop wizard acknowledged Benjamin’s help and left, while Benjamin resumed his concealed flight deeper into the wasteland.

Benjamin left the main battlefield to search for the Chaos Cult and Tower of Silence Coalition’s camp and hidden trump cards, reasoning that the enemy’s setup locations would be near its base. After killing three Tower of Silence wizards who intercepted him, he continued toward the enemy’s outer reconnaissance perimeter.

• Benjamin flew far from the main battle, entered Phase Space, and assessed the enormous battlefield and the four Level 8 Wizards whose clashes would decide the war.
• Benjamin concluded that he should locate the enemy camp first, then search within ten million kilometers of it for hidden trump cards.
• Benjamin detected three approaching Tower of Silence wizards and charged at them after realizing they had spotted him first.
• Benjamin killed two wizards with Li-Fire Extinction Divine Light, then killed the third with a punch and destroyed his fleeing soul.
• Benjamin inferred that the patrol confirmed he was heading toward the enemy camp and continued onward in concealment.

Benjamin located the Coalition camp’s core defensive perimeter and began withdrawing, but a battle elsewhere stirred the search teams and exposed his hiding place. He escaped the squad that attacked him and fled as enemy reinforcements converged.

• Benjamin used a Spatial Stabilization camouflage membrane to evade the Coalition’s search teams and trace their patrols toward the camp.
• He found a vast spatial confinement barrier, confirmed the Coalition camp lay beyond it, and turned back with the camp’s approximate coordinates.
• A large battle broke out elsewhere, sending spatial disturbances through the area and drawing search teams away from their patrols.
• A squad of Level 5 Wizards detected the abnormal stability around Benjamin’s hiding place and cast a confinement net at him.
• Benjamin emerged from Phase Space, killed the wizard who raised the alarm with a Spatial Slash, and used the Return to Void Armor and Void-Step to flee the pursuing wizards.

Benjamin escaped a pursuing force by transforming into rainbow light with the Five-Skandha Rainbow Mirror, but three Level 6 Wizards sent a Shadow Hound to track him. After sensing the pursuit more than fifteen million kilometers away, Benjamin decided to prepare traps for his approaching enemies.

• Benjamin fought off the pursuing wizards with Li-Fire Extinction Divine Light, then used Light Transformation Vanishing to escape as a beam of rainbow light.
• Karon and two other Level 6 Wizards examined the traces Benjamin left behind, and Karon sent a Shadow Hound after him.
• Benjamin re-formed more than fifteen million kilometers from the battlefield and recovered from the strain of his escape.
• Benjamin sensed that he was being tracked through information he had left behind, though the Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier did not react.
• Benjamin judged that he had time before the Level 6 Wizards caught up and decided to prepare gifts for them.

Benjamin ambushed three Level 6 Wizards with a massive array, injuring the two Chaos Cult wizards before escaping. His hidden Mortal Aura array then contaminated their souls, leaving them comatose, but the Tower of Silence wizard revived the Shadow Hound with Karon’s severed arm and pursued Benjamin.

• Benjamin concealed a destructive array and a second array containing his Mortal Aura around the battlefield.
• When Karon and the other two Level 6 Wizards arrived, Benjamin unleashed hundreds of Li-Fire Extinction Divine Lights, injuring Karon and the Chaos Cult’s old woman while the Tower of Silence wizard escaped unharmed.
• Benjamin used the Five-Skandha Rainbow Mirror to flee as the three wizards prepared to attack him.
• The Mortal Aura hidden in the wounds contaminated Karon and the old woman’s souls, leaving them unconscious and forcing the Tower of Silence wizard to request support.
• The Tower of Silence wizard cut off Karon’s arm, used its remaining life aura to restore the Shadow Hound, and pursued Benjamin with it.

Benjamin fled across more than twenty million kilometers with the Light Transformation Escape Art after ambushing two Level 6 Wizards, but a Tower of Silence wizard tracked him down using spatial teleportation. Benjamin escaped the wizard’s first attack, but the pursuer deduced his escape art’s straight-line limitation and continued hunting him with a Shadow Hound.

• Benjamin exhausted himself traveling over twenty million kilometers and concluded that his Mortal Aura ambush had likely crippled two Level 6 Wizards.
• As Benjamin planned to return to the Noren Workshop defensive line, the Tower of Silence wizard used spatial teleportation to appear within several thousand kilometers of him.
• Benjamin recognized that the wizard had predicted his straight-line escape route, then used Spatial Stabilization as the wizard emerged from a teleport.
• Benjamin escaped the wizard’s collapsing-space attack with another burst of rainbow light, but the wizard identified the escape art’s fixed direction.
• The Tower of Silence wizard used a Shadow Hound and repeated short-range teleports to pursue Benjamin, determined to kill him before he reached the Noren Workshop forces.

After a day-long pursuit by a Level 6 Wizard of the Tower of Silence, Benjamin stopped fleeing and fought back with his Floating Cannons. The enemy’s annihilation attack nearly overwhelmed Benjamin’s armor, but he survived it and remained able to fight.

• Benjamin used recovery potions and decided he could no longer keep running from the Tower of Silence wizard.
• Benjamin summoned his Floating Cannons and prepared them to fire specialized Wizard Artifacts loaded with Li-Fire Extinction Divine Light.
• As the Tower of Silence wizard emerged from a spatial tear, Benjamin fired a barrage of beams at him.
• The Tower of Silence wizard raised a giant palm of spatial folds and grayish-white mist, striking Benjamin and leaving a vast crater.
• Benjamin survived the attack, though it used more than sixty percent of the Return to Void Armor’s reserves, and the Tower of Silence wizard reacted with disbelief before his killing intent surged.

Benjamin fought a Level 6 wizard, was annihilated, and then unexpectedly regenerated after his Floating Cannons wounded the opponent. He finished off the weakened wizard, but the reason he survived remained unexplained.

• Benjamin used his Floating Cannons, Void-Step, and Return to Void Armor to resist the Level 6 wizard’s relentless attacks.
• The wizard struck Benjamin with the Hand of Silence, erasing his head, much of his chest, and his soul core before his corpse fell to the ground.
• As the wizard relaxed, several seemingly ruined Floating Cannons fired compressed Li-Fire Extinction Divine Lights and grievously wounded him.
• Benjamin’s headless corpse stood up and regenerated its body, leaving both him and the wizard without an explanation for his survival.
• Benjamin attacked with his remaining Floating Cannons and his raised finger, destroying the weakened wizard and leaving only elemental ashes.

After defeating a Level 6 Wizard, Benjamin collapsed with catastrophic injuries to his body and soul. He survived without the Substitute Doll activating and struggled to understand how his shattered soul had kept him alive.

• Benjamin killed the Level 6 Wizard but collapsed from exhaustion and severe injuries.
• Benjamin swallowed all his high-grade soul-healing potions, which eased his pain only slightly.
• Benjamin realized that the Hand of Silence had destroyed more than sixty percent of his soul and shattered what remained.
• Benjamin recalled that his consciousness had persisted across the fragments of his soul, letting him ambush the Level 6 Wizard while appearing dead.
• Benjamin sensed that his soul remained gravely depleted and wondered why the Substitute Doll had not revived him.

Benjamin realized the Body Tempering Method’s adaptive evolution was helping him endure the effects of death, but his shattered soul left him barely able to use wizardry. He activated a Void-Step Rune Artifact to escape, though its concealment failed to fully work.

• Benjamin recalled dying on the Justice plane and concluded that the Body Tempering Method was adapting him to death itself.
• After hours of pain, Benjamin regained enough control to stand and recognized that pursuers might soon arrive at the ruined battlefield.
• Benjamin tried to use the Causal Shadow Tracing Technique Wizard Artifact to erase his traces, but the strain made the spell collapse.
• Benjamin ruled out other complex escape techniques and activated a Void-Step Rune Artifact, only to find that its deep concealment was incomplete.