Ch. 422King of Magical Beasts

Vattler unleashed all nine of his Familiars in a battle against Azer, threatening Itogami Island and the Tomb of the Deep Sea. Azer summoned Typhon, crushed Vattler’s ultimate Familiar, and left the defeated vampire alive before disappearing.

  • Vattler and Azer summoned magical beasts that clashed across the sea, shaking Itogami Island and endangering the Tomb of the Deep Sea.
  • Vattler fused all nine of his Familiars into Ananta, the Primordial Serpent, and sent it to attack Azer.
  • Ananta swallowed Azer’s magical beasts and surged toward him, but Azer summoned Typhon, the Hundred-Headed Giant.
  • Typhon crushed Ananta with one hand, and the aftermath left Itogami Island’s harbor nearly ruined while the Tomb of the Deep Sea survived.
  • Azer spared the badly injured Vattler and warned him not to interfere again before disappearing.

Ch. 423Whispering Garden

After Azer’s battle at Itogami Island drew worldwide attention, the Sanctuary Treaty Organization’s council debated the danger posed by the magical beasts he had summoned. The Three Great Night Empires decided to observe him for now, while their representatives expressed eagerness to meet him.

  • News and footage of the harbor battle spread around the world, making Azer famous and drawing intense attention to him.
  • The twelve directors of the Sanctuary Treaty Organization gathered in the Whispering Garden and discussed Azer’s Leviathan vessel and the magical beasts he had revealed.
  • The directors reviewed Japan’s research records and accepted that the Lion King Organization had not known Azer could summon the beasts.
  • The directors argued over whether to control Azer, but the Three Great Night Empires chose to observe him rather than act rashly.
  • After the other directors left, the three Progenitors expressed keen interest in meeting Azer.

Ch. 424Reactions from All Sides

The Three Sages discussed the True Ancestors’ likely interest in Azer and decided to monitor Itogami Island while strengthening their ties with him. Meanwhile, the public hailed Vattler as the island’s savior, leaving Azer frustrated that he had been cast as the villain.

  • The Three Sages concluded that the First and Second True Ancestors might hold back, but the Third True Ancestor could approach Azer at any time, so they ordered surveillance of Itogami Island and incoming travelers.
  • The Three Sages decided that Azer no longer needed to inherit the Fourth Primogenitor’s power and that they should instead strengthen their relationship with him.
  • Powerful organizations began calling Azer the King of Magical Beasts, while the public learned only that Mythological Era beasts had awakened and damaged Itogami Island’s port.
  • News reports portrayed Vattler as the hero who protected the island, and Akatsuki Nagisa praised him without knowing Azer had confronted the attackers.
  • Azer watched Vattler’s interview and vowed to punch him the next time they met.

Ch. 425Don't Bring Up a Sore Spot

After the port’s destruction and Azer’s battle with Vattler, Itogami Island tightened security while Azer’s daily routine mostly continued. Himesaka Sayaka attacked him again, but after he subdued her and threatened to take her to a host club, Nangong Nayue appeared and confronted him at school.

  • Foreign survey vessels gathered around Itogami Island, and entry applications became stricter as the island rebuilt its port.
  • Azer dismissed the Lion King Organization’s silence and continued his usual school routine despite Nangong Nayue and Yaze Motoki’s resentment.
  • Himesaka Sayaka ambushed Azer with Steel Beasts and arrows, but he defeated her and seized her Martial Divine Tool.
  • Azer threatened to take Himesaka Sayaka to a host club, and she fainted before he tied her up.
  • Nangong Nayue appeared and scolded Azer for playing bondage games at school, and Azer provoked her by mentioning the port.

Ch. 426Aldikia Kingdom

Nangong Nayue told Azer that an unregistered demon was suspected of causing an Aldikian Armored Airship carrying an important visitor to disappear, and the Lion King Organization had assigned him to investigate. Azer accepted the task and went to find Yaze Natsune, but learned she had stayed home from school.

  • Nangong Nayue confronted Azer about the harbor destruction, then told him two unregistered demons had fought in Itogami Island’s West District and one had escaped.
  • Nangong Nayue explained that the escaped demon had lingered above Azer’s apartment before an Aldikian Armored Airship vanished west of the island with an important passenger aboard.
  • Nangong Nayue said the Lion King Organization had ordered Azer to take over the investigation, and Azer agreed to find the missing airship.
  • Nangong Nayue left with Himesaka Sayaka, while Azer went to Saikai Academy’s Middle School Division to look for Yaze Natsune.
  • Yaze Natsune’s classmates told Azer that she had taken the day off and was not at school.

Ch. 427A Chaotic Sweet Dream

Azer left Saikai Academy to search for the absent Yaze Natsune after arranging for Himesaka Sayaka and his other safeguards to protect Akatsuki Nagisa. His island-wide Kido search located Yaze Natsune’s Spirit Power somewhere beyond Itogami Island.

  • Azer woke Himesaka Sayaka with a slap and threatened to tell Himegi about her dream of cuddling with her.
  • Azer pressured Himesaka Sayaka into temporarily monitoring and protecting Akatsuki Nagisa while he handled an important mission.
  • Azer arranged for kittens, birds, the Gorgon Stone, and Athena to help protect Akatsuki Nagisa.
  • Azer left Saikai Academy and used Bakudo No. 58: Kakushitsuijaku to search all of Itogami Island for Yaze Natsune.
  • Azer discovered that Yaze Natsune’s Spirit Power was not on Itogami Island and turned toward its location.

Ch. 428Valkyrie in the Spring

Azer searched Magician Craftsman’s deserted island for Yaze Natsune and found a mature woman who looked like her bathing in a spring. After she attacked him and fled, Azer restrained her and struck down a figure that had appeared behind her.

  • Azer flew to Magician Craftsman’s island to investigate Yaze Natsune’s disappearance but could not sense her Spirit Power.
  • Azer searched the island’s forest and found a silver-haired woman bathing in a spring who resembled Yaze Natsune.
  • The woman shot at Azer with a Spirit Power-loaded handgun, then escaped into the forest as he blocked her shots.
  • Azer bound the woman with Six Rod Light Restraint and fired White Lightning toward her.
  • Azer’s lightning pierced the head of a figure that had appeared behind the woman and was aiming a gun at her.

Ch. 429The Princess on the Deserted Island

Azer rescued the restrained La Folia Rihavein from an attack by Mechanical Dolls and learned that she was the First Princess of Aldikia. The two met on the deserted island after La Folia introduced herself and explained how she recognized him.

  • Black-armored Mechanical Dolls ambushed La Folia, and Azer shielded her from their gunfire.
  • Azer destroyed the dolls with his silver blades and Tenran after La Folia warned him that they were machines that could keep moving while their cores remained intact.
  • Azer freed La Folia from the Six Rod Light Restraint, and she left to dress after he teased her about being naked.
  • La Folia recognized Azer as the King of Magical Beasts and identified his Silver Radiance Qilin by its abilities.
  • La Folia introduced herself as the daughter of King Lucas Rihavein and the First Princess of the Aldikia Kingdom.

Ch. 430It Wouldn't Count as Humiliating Me

Azer met La Folia, the Aldikia Kingdom’s First Princess, after she survived an attack on her airship and became stranded on a deserted island. As La Folia teasingly proposed marrying him, both sensed an approaching threat and prepared for it.

  • La Folia introduced herself to Azer and praised him for defeating Vattler, whom she knew as a political rival.
  • La Folia explained that unknown demons had attacked her airship, forcing her to escape by boat and drift to the island.
  • Azer identified Magician Craftsman’s Mechanical Dolls as the likely attackers, who wanted to exploit La Folia’s royal spiritual-medium bloodline.
  • Azer told La Folia that the Lion King Organization had sent him to find her, while she asked him to call her by name and declared they were already friends.
  • La Folia joked that marrying Azer would spare her a political marriage, but Azer noticed something approaching and La Folia raised her gun.

Ch. 431Artificial Angel

Azer and La Folia faced an incomplete Artificial Angel whose higher-dimensional barrier let it ignore their attacks while its Divine Energy devastated the deserted island. As the angel kept up its assault, Azer prepared to get serious.

  • La Folia identified the winged attacker as an Artificial Angel and realized it was the one that had attacked her Armored Airship.
  • Azer carried La Folia through the angel’s barrage and used silver blades to intercept its beams, but the blades passed harmlessly through its body.
  • The angel pursued Azer and slashed at him, ignoring his Six Rod Light Restraint; Azer reappeared behind it and kicked it away without causing lasting harm.
  • La Folia explained that the incomplete Artificial Angel existed in a higher dimension, where ordinary attacks could not reach it, and wielded Divine Energy.
  • Azer recognized the angel’s nature and, as its barrage threatened to destroy the island, said he would have to get serious.

Ch. 432Do You Want to Know?

Azer rescued La Folia and found Yaze Natsune on the island, then defeated the Fake Angel and erased the rituals transforming her. La Folia confirmed the girl could recover, and she teased Azer about the secrets they both kept.

  • La Folia urged Azer to retreat from the Fake Angel, but Azer refused because he was also searching for Yaze Natsune.
  • Azer transformed into the White Dragon Emperor and used his domain to pull the Fake Angel out of its protected higher-dimensional space.
  • Azer weakened the Fake Angel with Divide, cut through her dimensional membrane, and used Ama no Murakumo to erase her transformation rituals.
  • Azer caught the unconscious girl as she fell, and La Folia confirmed she could recover and return to an ordinary human.
  • La Folia questioned Azer about his weapons and armor, then playfully invited him to discover her secrets.

Ch. 433What Am I Supposed to Think?

Azer and La Folia searched a deserted island for Yaze Natsune and uncovered her royal connection to La Folia, as well as Yaze Kensei’s reasons for targeting her. La Folia joined Azer in the search and revealed that she could summon spirits through her own body.

  • Azer told La Folia that Yaze Natsune’s altered Spiritual Core made her Spirit Power difficult to locate.
  • Azer deduced that Yaze Natsune was part of the Aldikia royal bloodline, and La Folia confirmed that Natsune was her biological aunt, the daughter of La Folia’s grandfather and an East Asian woman.
  • La Folia explained that Yaze Kensei had adopted Natsune and likely targeted her and La Folia to use their royal bloodline in his Artificial Angel research.
  • Azer suspected Natsune might have lingered near his apartment to seek help, and he told La Folia he would find her.
  • La Folia refused to wait or return to Itogami Island and revealed that she could summon spirits within her body as a Spirit Summoner.

Ch. 434Visibly Scheming

Azer and La Folia fought through Mechanical Dolls and Fake Angels on the deserted island, and Azer used Ama no Murakumo to strip the Fake Angels of their transformations. They reached the shore and found Magician Craftsman’s ship, where two Fake Angels were battling over the sea; Azer recognized the silver-haired fighter as Yaze Natsune.

  • La Folia transformed her Cursed Gun into a Simulated Holy Sword and helped Azer destroy waves of Mechanical Dolls before they faced a Fake Angel.
  • Azer used Ama no Murakumo to absorb a Fake Angel’s dimensional ability, cut through her defenses, and erase her Artificial Angel and Spirit Rank Evolution rituals.
  • Azer and La Folia continued across the island, defeating more Mechanical Dolls and Fake Angels while discussing the Artificial Angel Ritual and its resemblance to the Alight Night Banquet.
  • Azer sent the unconscious girls they had rescued toward the beach and concluded that at least three Fake Angels remained, including a possible Yaze.
  • Azer and La Folia reached the far shore and spotted a Magician Craftsman cargo ship, but a sudden blast knocked La Folia down as two Fake Angels fought over the sea.
  • Azer recognized the silver-haired Fake Angel as Yaze Natsune and declared that he had finally found her.

Ch. 435Finally Willing to Show Yourself?

Azer and La Folia identified the Silver-haired Fake Angel as Yaze Natsune, the strongest candidate to become a complete Artificial Angel. Azer tried to stop the ritual and reach Natsune, but Magician Craftsman’s agents intervened, and Yaze Kensei finally revealed himself.

  • La Folia explained that the Silver-haired Fake Angel had an exceptionally powerful Spiritual Medium Constitution and identified her as Yaze Natsune.
  • Azer rescued the wounded Fake Angel from Natsune, then returned to confront Natsune and tried to break the rituals using Ama no Murakumo.
  • A woman named BB attacked Azer with a red spear, and Natsune’s counterattack sent him flying.
  • A stern man used a device to make Natsune emotionless and summon her back to the commercial cargo ship.
  • La Folia confronted the man as Yaze Kensei, and he looked toward her with a sorrowful expression.

Ch. 436Calling Your Name

La Folia confronted Yaze Kensei and Magician Craftsman's representatives over their plans to turn her and Yaze Natsune into experimental material. Yaze Kensei revealed that Natsune had called Azer's name before losing herself, leaving Azer's attention fixed on him.

  • Yaze Kensei greeted La Folia and explained that he had turned Yaze Natsune into an Artificial Angel to make her an existence no one could harm.
  • La Folia accused Yaze Kensei of sacrificing her family and the knights, while he said Magician Craftsman had ordered the attack and wanted to sell Artificial Angels as weapons.
  • Magician Craftsman's representatives threatened to capture La Folia for experiments, but Yaze Kensei warned them about Azer's killing intent.
  • Yaze Kensei recognized Azer as the King of Magical Beasts and revealed that Yaze Natsune had kept calling Azer's name before she lost herself.
  • Azer's eyes narrowed, and his killing intent engulfed Yaze Kensei.

Ch. 437Feeling Annoyed

Azer confronted Yaze Kensei over his treatment of Yaze Natsune and attacked the Magician Craftsmen who tried to stop him. After Kensei triggered Natsune’s control device, she attacked Azer, and they fought beneath the sea as La Folia watched from shore.

  • Yaze Kensei asked Azer to give him two days to complete Natsune’s transformation into an Artificial Angel, but Azer refused and condemned him for denying Natsune a loving family.
  • Azer killed the woman with the red spear and had Cerberus swallow the beastman who attacked him.
  • Kensei activated his control device, but Azer punched him before he could escape and rejected his use of Natsune’s experimental designation.
  • Natsune screamed and charged Azer into the ocean, where they began fighting beneath the sea.
  • Azer used the Trident’s power to control the currents and blasted Natsune toward the surface while La Folia watched anxiously from shore.

Ch. 438Physical Self-Collapse

Azer fought Yaze Natsune as the Artificial Angel Ritual drove her toward losing control and her body began to collapse. He activated the Twilight Holy Lance’s Zenith Tempest of the Heavenly Wheel King and sealed her power with Woman Treasure.

  • Yaze Natsune attacked Azer with Divine Energy Light Blades, while his Kido and attempts to approach her failed against her higher-dimensional powers.
  • Azer realized the Artificial Angel Ritual let Yaze unconsciously reshape reality, and that drawing in more Divine Energy risked her self-collapse.
  • Yaze’s Thought Restrainer shattered as her power surged, her body cracked, and Azer decided he could not prolong the fight.
  • Azer used White Dragon Emperor’s Domain to erase Yaze’s incoming Light Blades, then activated the Twilight Holy Lance’s Zenith Tempest of the Heavenly Wheel King.
  • Azer used Woman Treasure to trap Yaze Natsune in a sphere and seal her power.

Ch. 439I'll Remember This Well

Azer saved Yaze Natsune by destroying the rituals controlling her and healing her severe injuries. As a rescue ship approached, La Folia thanked him and prepared to return with the survivors to Itogami Island.

  • Azer used the Female Treasure to seal Yaze Natsune's powers, then cut away the Artificial Angel and Spirit Rank Evolution rituals with Ama no Murakumo.
  • Yaze Natsune's released Divine Energy rampaged, but Azer dispersed it with the General Treasures and healed her with the Penglai Jade Branch.
  • Azer carried Yaze Natsune to the Deserted Island, where La Folia and the other girls waited; La Folia said she had called for a rescue ship and learned that some Holy Ring Knight Order members had survived.
  • La Folia told Azer that the Lion King Organization had recognized his contribution and that Yaze Kensei would likely be handed over to Itogami Island for judgment.
  • La Folia promised to remember Azer's favor as a rescue ship appeared on the distant sea.

Ch. 440What Is There to Be Shy About?

Nangong Nayue arrived on the deserted island to handle the aftermath of Azer’s fight, while La Folia arranged for Yaze Natsune to receive treatment in Aldikia. Vattler appeared to greet La Folia and challenge Azer, then departed, and the group prepared to return to Itogami Island.

  • Nangong Nayue confronted Azer and La Folia, arguing that La Folia’s unconfirmed visit did not make Itogami Island responsible for what happened.
  • La Folia teased Azer about his contact with her and said she might stay on Itogami Island as an ambassador.
  • Nangong Nayue arranged treatment for the rescued girls and the return of the criminals, while La Folia arranged for Yaze Natsune to be treated by Aldikian specialists.
  • Vattler emerged from the mist, greeted La Folia, and expressed his interest in fighting Azer again when he had a chance to win.
  • Vattler left, and Azer said the group should return to Itogami Island.

Ch. 441Are You a Problem Child?

After the Artificial Angel incident faded from public view, Azer visited the recovering Yaze Natsune with Akatsuki Nagisa. La Folia revealed that she was Natsune’s blood relative, while Nagisa’s questions left Azer and La Folia amused by the pair’s closeness.

  • Magician Craftsman’s crimes were exposed, and the company collapsed after Yaze Kensei was arrested; Azer’s involvement remained unknown to the public.
  • The Lion King Organization discussed strengthening Azer’s personal ties so that his connections might influence his choices.
  • Azer and Akatsuki Nagisa visited Yaze Natsune at a hospital run by an Aldikian company, where La Folia had arranged her treatment.
  • La Folia told Nagisa that she was staying because Natsune was her family member, and Natsune showed that she had accepted the revelation.
  • Nagisa pressed Azer for answers about La Folia and Natsune, so Azer covered Nagisa’s mouth while Natsune looked envious and La Folia watched them with interest.
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