Chapter Summaries

After clearing most of Karia City's curses, Arthur agreed to remove Delisa's curse in exchange for access to her family's Secret Treasury. Her family allowed him to enter and take only commonplace items, and Arthur arrived at the manor and reached the treasury entrance.

• Arthur strengthened his body to the level of a peak Great Knight and cleared nearly all the curses around Karia City.
• Arthur returned home and learned from Tili that Delisa urgently wanted to meet him.
• Delisa asked Arthur to remove her curse, and Arthur made access to her family's Secret Treasury his condition.
• Delisa's family agreed to let Arthur enter the treasury but restricted him to commonplace items.
• Arthur traveled to the family estate and followed several elders to the entrance of the Secret Treasury.

Arthur discovered that Essence Stones could strengthen his soul and used his wealth and Lyon’s connections to acquire and consume them, rapidly increasing his mental power. After reaching a new plateau, he consulted the Chip about advancing to Level 4 Wizard and learned that a visitor was waiting for him.

• Arthur found a large Essence Stone in the Delisa Family treasury and confirmed that it could directly strengthen the essence of his soul.
• Arthur learned that spirit mediums used Essence Stones to extract spirit energy faster, then arranged to buy them in large quantities.
• Over half a month, Arthur used the stones and raised his mental power to 218.7 before their effect began to diminish.
• Arthur asked the Chip about the requirements for advancing to Level 4 Wizard and received dozens of conditions, including mental power above three hundred and a true-level soul.
• Arthur watched the drained Essence Stone crumble, then left his room and found a guest waiting in his living room.

Arthur learned that the Purple Gold royal family had summoned him to help suppress the Royal Tomb’s curse, which he believed was already a forbidden zone. He agreed to depart in three days, intending to gather World Energy and try to save Lyon while prioritizing his own survival.

• Venus told Arthur that the royal family had summoned Lyon and spirit mediums from across the provinces to enter the restless Royal Tomb beneath the capital.
• Venus said the royal family had specifically named Arthur, and Arthur agreed to leave with him in three days.
• Arthur asked Venus to send him White Gems from the Governor’s Secret Treasury, and Venus agreed.
• After Venus left, Arthur reflected that the Royal Tomb’s curse was likely a forbidden zone and that the royal family’s plan would feed it with the people sent inside.
• Arthur decided to gather as much World Energy as he could and see whether he could get Lyon out, while avoiding a fight he could not win.

Venus brought Arthur to the capital, where Lyon explained that the Royal Tomb's curse was worse than expected and had left the guarding families weakened. Arthur joined Lyon's expedition to suppress the tomb, where ancient corpses attacked and the hidden curse's power loomed deeper inside.

• Venus learned that the Kara and Vino families would send fewer people than requested, while he arranged a large payment and gifts for Baron Sim.
• Arthur left home with his Silver Longsword, and Kolar and Tili urged him to return safely.
• Arthur and Venus met Lyon, who explained that the Royal Tomb's curse had badly weakened him and the other families guarding it.
• Lyon recruited Arthur to support the expedition and rescue the front-line fighters if they were in danger.
• At the Royal Tomb, Arthur saw ancient corpses fighting the Governors and sensed immense black qi gathering in its depths.
• Arthur knocked a silver-armored corpse away before it could reach Lyon, allowing Lyon to return to battle empowered by his demon statue.

Arthur and Lyon left the Royal Tomb after its curse grew stronger, while Arthur privately resolved to protect Lyon when the foretold disaster struck and use the coming chaos to advance his own plans. A little over a month later, a cold woman confronted Lyon at the mausoleum and demanded to know why he had not acted.

• Lyon led the group out of the Royal Tomb and apologized for the trouble they had endured.
• Arthur recognized that the Royal Tomb's curse was growing toward forbidden-land strength and suspected it might possess intelligence.
• Arthur decided not to prevent the Royal Tomb's future eruption and planned to protect Lyon so he could build a power base amid the ensuing war.
• Lyon noticed Arthur looked pale and urged him to rest, while Arthur reassured him that he was fine.
• A little over a month later, a cold woman entered Lyon's tent and demanded to know why he had not made his move.

Angis ordered Lyon and his forces back to the front line, despite their agreed rest period, and the governors voiced their growing anger at the royal family's treatment of them. Arthur warned that the Royal Tomb's power was likely far greater than it seemed.

• Angis smashed Lyon's table and demanded that his forces return to the front line, and Lyon stopped her from striking Venus before agreeing to obey.
• After Angis left, Venus and the others condemned the royal family for sending them back into battle without adequate rest, reinforcements, or supplies.
• Lyon listened to their complaints and reflected that the royal family's threats left him no safe way to refuse its orders.
• Lyon asked Arthur what he thought of the order, and Arthur said they had no right to refuse but warned that the Royal Tomb's power was probably far greater than they had seen.

Arthur and Lyon discussed the Royal Tomb curse’s abnormal growth and the royal family’s refusal to help, then Arthur reflected on how different worlds affected curses and knightly power. He left to suppress the curse but turned back when a familiar voice reached him through spiritual power.

• Arthur warned Lyon and the others that the Royal Tomb’s curse was growing stronger at an abnormal rate.
• Venus suggested asking the royal family to intervene, but Lyon dismissed the idea and said they lacked evidence and the royal family did not consider them allies.
• Lyon rejected an attempt to act against the royal family and told everyone to prepare to keep suppressing the curse.
• Arthur considered how centuries of sacrifices had created the curse and concluded that this world’s laws amplified deathly forces while suppressing knights’ advancement.
• Arthur reasoned that the Wizard World’s influence made previously visited worlds easier to enter, then set out for his assigned position.
• Arthur sensed a familiar voice through spiritual power, stopped, and returned to the tent.

Arthur warned Lyon and his allies that the Royal Tomb’s curse was close to erupting, then used his full power to help them escape when it began ahead of schedule. Lyon’s group reached the entrance and fled through a breach Arthur opened, alongside other governors who had followed them.

• Arthur told Lyon and his trusted followers that the Royal Tomb had revealed less than a tenth of its power and would fully erupt soon.
• Lyon ordered his subordinates to prepare to withdraw and said he would coordinate with the other governors.
• Arthur unleashed his power across the Royal Tomb, shattering its ground and skeletal warriors as Lyon’s allies witnessed his strength.
• The curse erupted that night, raising countless corpses, and Lyon ordered Venus to lead their people toward the exit while Arthur cleared a path.
• Arthur blasted open the Royal Tomb’s entrance defenses, allowing Lyon’s group and several other groups to escape into the wilderness.

After three years of preparation, Arthur waited at Karia City for the Silent One, a Fourth-level being whose awakening threatened the Kingdom of Kaladis. The Silent One arrived, and Arthur stepped forward to confront him so he could protect the kingdom and experience Fourth-level power firsthand.

• Arthur's spiritual power and physical strength grew greatly over three years, bringing him close to his limit.
• Arthur sensed the Silent One's immense power from afar and broke the curse that erupted around him.
• Arthur told Tili, Kolar, Delisa, and Venus to evacuate while he remained behind to face the Silent One.
• Venus explained that Lyon had agreed to the confrontation because the Silent One's slaughter could devastate the Kingdom of Kaladis.
• The Silent One reached Karia City at dawn, draining life from the land as he approached.
• Arthur watched the Silent One arrive and stepped forward to confront him.

Arthur faced the Silent One alone, unleashing his full power but failing to defeat him. After the Silent One wounded him in close combat, Arthur asked the Chip about its simulation, which had reached only 7.1%.

• Arthur summoned a vast silver moon and struck the Silent One with Moon Radiance, devastating the surrounding terrain.
• Lyon and others watched from thousands of miles away as an old man reported that Arthur's attack had reached Calamity level.
• The Silent One emerged from the rubble and overwhelmed Arthur with his aura, causing cracks to spread across Arthur's body.
• Arthur attacked with fireballs and a silver longsword, but the Silent One blocked him and wounded him with cursed power.
• Arthur assessed the Silent One as a powerful fourth-rank being and asked the Chip for the simulation progress.
• The Chip reported that the Silent One simulation had reached 7.1% and required more data.

Arthur, badly weakened after five days fighting the Silent One, faced the curse’s Level 4 sword attack and activated the immense wizard array he had prepared around Karia City. The city’s energy gathered into a giant that struck at the Silent One, leaving the battle poised for its next clash.

• Arthur endured the Silent One’s curse as his body aged, cracked, and weakened during their five-day battle.
• The Silent One drew his greatsword and unleashed a devastating Level 4 sword aura that Arthur knew he could not block.
• Arthur connected with a mark in Karia City and activated the defense he had built from 135,000 wizard arrays.
• The arrays drew energy from across the region, forming a sea of elements above Karia City.
• A giant thousands of meters tall emerged at the center of the energy sea and swung a punch.

Arthur fought the Silent One with an Elemental Giant powered by Karia City's spell arrays, enduring a two-month battle until the giant gained the upper hand. The arrays were nearly exhausted, but the fight was close to its end.

• Arthur took control of the Elemental Giant through Karia City's spell array and withstood the Silent One's attacks as the giant repeatedly collapsed and regenerated.
• The Silent One unleashed a towering skeleton giant and a curse-powered growl that corrupted the surrounding land, while Arthur retreated within the array's range to repair his giant.
• Arthur continued fighting despite being outmatched, relying on Karia City's arrays to restore the Elemental Giant after each damaging blow.
• After two months, the Silent One's power waned and Arthur's Elemental Giant began suppressing him, though most of the city's spell arrays had collapsed.

Venus led a large search party through the cursed ruins of Karia City, where the battle between Arthur and the Silent One had devastated the land. After searching for more than half a month, they finally found Arthur.

• Venus and several hundred researchers searched the radiation-tainted ruins of Karia City for traces of Arthur and the Silent One.
• A senior researcher lamented that radiation and magnetic interference had disabled their equipment, forcing them to search on foot.
• Venus reflected that Arthur had stopped the Silent One and that Lyon trusted Arthur despite fearing his extraordinary power.
• Venus's party left the ruins to rest after searching until nightfall, then continued the search for more than half a month.
• Venus and the search party finally found Arthur.

Arthur survived his battle with the Silent One but emerged gravely injured and with most of his resources spent, while gaining a large amount of World Energy. Months later, recovered but still missing his right arm, he agreed to help Lyon against an attack by several allied kingdoms.

• Arthur crawled out of the rubble near Karia City, realized the Silent One had fallen dormant, and discovered he had gained more than thirty thousand World Energy.
• Arthur learned that his simulation of the Silent One had reached only 58.4% and concluded he would need to collect more data when it awakened again.
• Venus and the others found Arthur and carried him to a hospital, where he spent several months recovering.
• Lyon visited Arthur and told him that rumors celebrated him as the greatest Awakened One in history, but Arthur said he would only be satisfied if he could defeat the Silent One with his own power.
• Lyon asked Arthur to help repel the allied kingdoms attacking the front lines, and Arthur agreed to go the following month.

Arthur spent decades researching curses and shaping events across the continent while Lyon unified it into the Kaladis Empire. After the Silent One awakened and clashed with Sim, Arthur returned to his laboratory, where his memories of more than eighty years in the world of curses settled back into place.

• Arthur studied the battlefield’s death energy and resentment, then stayed nearby for more than twenty years to observe how curses formed.
• Arthur wandered the continent, sometimes helping Lyon, until Lyon united most of it and established the Kaladis Empire.
• Lyon made Arthur a duke and secretly fueled his infamy, while Arthur relied on hidden control over Lyon and other figures to secure his own plans.
• More than twenty years after the wars ended, the Silent One awakened in the former Purple Gold Flower Kingdom, and Sim emerged to fight it.
• Arthur awoke in his laboratory, recovered the memories of his time in the world of curses, and said, “I'm back.”

Arthur returned to the Wizard World after spending eighty-seven years in the Cursed World, where he defeated the Silent One and greatly increased his mental energy and World Energy. He still lacked the secret techniques needed to raise his soul to the True level for advancement to Level 4, but discovered that his Emerald Mark and Calamity Curse remained tied to his body, letting him use faster-flowing worlds to gain more time.

• Arthur returned to his laboratory and found that only about three years had passed in the Wizard World during his eighty-seven years in the Cursed World.
• Arthur reviewed his status and saw that his mental energy had reached 488.7 and his World Energy had risen to 153817.1.
• Arthur recalled defeating the Silent One with a massive magical array, allowing the Chip to complete its simulation and improve his projected chance of reaching Level 4.
• Arthur concluded that he had enough mental energy to advance but still needed to raise his soul to the True level, and the incomplete Moon God's Sacrifice offered no way to do so.
• Arthur realized that his Emerald Mark had stayed with his body during soul reincarnation, so its remaining three hundred years followed Wizard World time and he could gain extra time by traveling to faster-flowing worlds.

Arthur emerged from his three-year reincarnation in the Elf royal capital, learned that two hundred and ninety years remained before the Emerald Mark vanished, and sensed a city crowded with people beneath its powerful protective formation. His mental sweep caught the attention of Lord Ruxiu, who was then escorted to meet Andrew.

• Arthur calculated that two hundred and ninety years remained before the Emerald Mark vanished and felt less pressed for time after gaining the ability to reincarnate his soul.
• Arthur left the laboratory and expanded his mental domain across the capital, sensing its protective witch formation and the many lives within it.
• Arthur recognized that the capital's witch formation had been built by the last Elf King and that his pureblood Moon Elf essence gave him authority over it.
• Lord Ruxiu sensed Arthur's immense mental sweep while standing in a square, and asked Kular whether he had noticed it.
• An Elf told Lord Ruxiu that Andrew had been waiting, then escorted him through the crowded streets to a pavilion where Andrew stood waiting.

Andrew told Ruxiu how a pure-blooded Moon Elf named Mr. Arthur had thwarted his attempt to claim the Moon King's Sword five years earlier. Unable to recruit Arthur from the Silver Mist Royal Court, Ruxiu revealed he planned to use his last Black Eye Stone, despite its dangerous effects on surface dwellers.

• Andrew explained that a pure-blooded Moon Elf had earned the Moon King's Sword's recognition during the Bloodline Trial, leaving him badly injured and ruining his plans.
• Ruxiu accepted Andrew's account and said the Moon Elf's bloodline made Andrew's defeat unavoidable.
• Andrew told Ruxiu that Mr. Arthur served the Silver Mist Royal Court, was King Cass's son-in-law, and was unlikely to defect.
• Ruxiu revealed his last Black Eye Stone and said a pure-blooded Moon Elf was worth using it to pursue.
• Andrew recognized that Black Eye Stone could affect a surface dweller's mind and gradually transform them into an underground creature.

Arthur met Kular after three years and asked about advancing to Level 4, only to learn that Moon God's Sacrifice deliberately omitted the method because the dangerous breakthrough was unnecessary for Moon Elves. Since Arthur's Calamity Curse made waiting a century or two impossible, he was left without the guidance he sought.

• Kular observed that Arthur's Moon Elf bloodline had grown stronger and that his mental strength was nearing Level 3, while Arthur realized Kular had also reached the peak of Level 3.
• Arthur explained that he had spent nearly all his resources in the Cursed World to defeat the Silent One, whose strength rivaled a Level 4 Wizard.
• Kular told Arthur that Moon God's Sacrifice had been created to accelerate Moon Elf growth and intentionally lacked instructions for advancing from Level 3 to Level 4.
• Kular explained that Moon Elves could reach Level 4 naturally once their bloodlines matured, avoiding the dangerous breakthrough that could ruin a Wizard's life.
• Arthur considered waiting for his bloodline to mature but rejected the idea because the Calamity Curse made waiting a century or two too long.
• Kular said the advancement section had been removed after several pure-blooded Moon Elves died attempting it, and Arthur gave up hope of finding guidance in Moon God's Sacrifice.

Kular warned Arthur that a powerful figure from the underground world might be targeting him, but Arthur encountered the mysterious Dark Elf Ruxiu on the way home. Ruxiu said he meant no harm and had brought Arthur a gift, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Kular warned Arthur about a powerful magical reaction and urged him to be careful when going out.
• Arthur's carriage stopped when they found patrol members dead, their hearts pierced by a sharp weapon.
• Arthur caught Ruxiu's arm as the Dark Elf emerged from an illusion that had replaced the surroundings and put the driver to sleep.
• Ruxiu blocked Arthur's strike and revealed that he could restrain Arthur's Moon Elf power, then introduced himself by name.
• Arthur detected a second identical Ruxiu behind him, while Ruxiu claimed he meant no harm and had brought Arthur a gift.