Chapter Summaries

Azer found the abandoned church where a rogue exorcist had taken refuge and confronted the white-haired priest. After the priest attacked him, Azer overpowered and brutally wounded him, leaving him buried beneath the benches and bleeding.

• Azer entered the abandoned church in Kuoh Town and was attacked by a white-haired priest wielding a Sword of Light.
• Azer identified the priest as a rogue exorcist who had defected to the Fallen Angels and mocked his unstable behavior.
• The priest fired four Light Bullets at Azer, but Azer's Battle Qi blocked them all.
• Azer activated his device and formed the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe, then pinned the priest with gravity and slashed him repeatedly.
• Azer kicked the mutilated priest into a row of benches, where he lay bleeding beneath them.

Azer confronted the Rogue Exorcists occupying an abandoned church and forced the Fallen Angels hiding there to reveal themselves. After recognizing their leader as Raynare and rejecting her offer to let him leave, he destroyed the church with the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe’s gravity field.

• Azer endured the Rogue Exorcists’ bullets and sword attacks, then used the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe to pin them to the floor with gravity.
• When no one answered his demand to appear, Azer began forming a massive Gravity Sphere and threatened to crush the church.
• Raynare and three other Fallen Angels emerged, and Azer identified Raynare by name.
• Raynare mistook Azer for a human Sacred Gear User and offered to overlook his attack if he left, but Azer insulted her and refused.
• Three Fallen Angels threw Spears of Light at Azer, who shattered them and dropped the Gravity Sphere, crushing the church.

Azer defeated Raynare and captured her after destroying the old church with his gravity-controlling scythe. He spared her when she promised to learn how to cook, then led her away from the scene.

• Azer's attack collapsed the old church and sent Raynare fleeing through the dust.
• Azer used gravity to slam Raynare to the ground and confronted her about trying to escape.
• Raynare claimed she was important among the Fallen Angels, but Azer dismissed her as a low-ranking Two-Winged Fallen Angel.
• Raynare begged Azer to spare her and promised to do anything, so he asked whether she could cook beef brisket rice and other dishes.
• Azer cut Raynare's throat and threatened to kill her when she could not cook, but spared her after she promised to learn.
• Azer absorbed Raynare's blood with Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe and led her away from the destroyed church.

Azer confronted Rias Gremory after a disturbance at a church, explaining that he had fought the Fallen Angels there and challenging Rias when she threatened to intervene. The chapter ended as Azer and Rias prepared to test their strength against each other.

• Azer led Raynare out of the woods and met Rias Gremory and her Servants as they arrived by teleportation.
• Raynare defended Azer and traded insults with Himejima Zhu Nai, until Rias and Azer stopped the women from fighting.
• Rias asked Azer who had caused the disturbance, and he admitted he had attacked the Fallen Angels after they resisted his visit to the church.
• Azer argued that the church was Fallen Angel territory, not Rias's, and warned her not to interfere in everything.
• Rias challenged Azer's warning, and Azer surged with Battle Qi as he invited her to show how capable the Gremory Family's successor was.

Azer used his Battle Qi to overcome Rias's destructive magic and seized the advantage in their fight. He then kissed Rias, leaving her and the watching Gremory Familiar members stunned.

• Ta Cheng Xiao Mao identified Azer's visible power as Battle Qi and explained its physical enhancements.
• Rias attacked Azer with her destructive magic, but he dodged the blasts and criticized her control and fighting experience.
• Azer struck Rias's next torrent of destructive magic aside with his Battle Qi and rushed up to her.
• Azer grabbed Rias's hands and kissed her, then cut through the destructive magic she unleashed in response.
• Mu Chang You Dou, Ta Cheng Xiao Mao, and Himejima Zhu Nai froze in shock as silence fell over the scene.

Azer stopped Rias’s destructive magic from engulfing the surroundings, then left with Raynare after telling Rias to train harder. As they walked away, Azer reflected on how his new life and powers had loosened the restraints he once placed on himself, concluding that he was comfortable living this way.

• Rias unleashed her Power of Destruction, which began spreading through the woods toward the nearby street.
• Azer cut through Rias’s explosion with the Black Furnace Magic Sword, stopping the destruction and leaving a crater.
• Azer told Rias to train properly, then grabbed Raynare and left before Rias could speak to him.
• Rias angrily vented to Himejima Zhu Nai, Mu Chang You Dou, and Ta Cheng Xiao Mao after Azer departed.
• Raynare asked Azer whether he liked Rias, and Azer said he did not dislike her.
• Azer reflected on how he had stopped restraining his impulses and decided that living comfortably might be enough.

Azer met Raynare at a café to receive Asia Argento, the nun whose healing powers had led the Church to exile her as a witch. After introducing himself and recounting her past, he left Asia facing the truth of her expulsion and her connection to Raynare’s plans.

• Raynare brought Asia Argento to Azer at the café and resentfully asked whether she could leave.
• Azer warned Raynare that she might have died if he had not stopped her before she acted, then asked Asia to sit down.
• Asia declined Azer’s offer to order food, lifted her veil, and introduced herself.
• Azer told Asia that he was human and had also come from the Church, prompting Raynare to remind Asia that the Church had expelled her.
• Azer recounted how Asia’s healing powers made her a celebrated Saintess until she healed a devil and was branded a witch.

Azer explained that Raynare had targeted Asia to steal her Holy Mother's Smile and invited Asia to join his team instead. Asia agreed to stay with him temporarily while she considered his offer.

• Azer asked Asia to join him, while the Black Furnace Magic Sword kept Raynare from interfering.
• Azer explained the value of Holy Mother's Smile and warned Asia that Raynare's group intended to take it and kill her.
• Azer offered Asia protection and support, promising not to force her to do anything.
• Asia asked whether Azer was a Rogue Exorcist, and he said she would learn about his position later.
• Azer gave Asia time to decide, and she agreed to stay by his side for now.

Azer left Asia and Raynare shopping and tracked down Diodora Astaroth, who had been watching them. After striking Diodora and dragging him to a mountain, Azer confronted him, and Diodora vowed to kill him.

• Azer had Raynare handle Asia’s daily necessities and accommodation while they shopped at the Shopping Center.
• Azer activated a Magic Cube Array in an alley and discovered the location of the person he had been tracking.
• Azer approached a young man on a busy street, pinned him in place, and sent him flying into the sky with twisted gravity.
• Azer struck the young man with a glowing fist, sending him crashing into a mountaintop.
• Azer identified the young man as Diodora Astaroth and questioned whether he had been tracking Azer because of Asia.
• Diodora laughed, declared that Azer must die, and threatened him for injuring a High-Class Devil of the Astaroth Family.

Azer withstood Diodora’s Magic Power Bullets and mocked him before crushing him with gravity and a brutal beating. After Diodora summoned a group of vacant-eyed women, Azer restrained them and charged into the crater, where he pierced Diodora with a spear.

• Diodora attacked Azer with a barrage of Magic Power Bullets, but Azer blocked them with Battle Qi and taunted him by comparing him unfavorably to Rias Gremory.
• Diodora unleashed a stronger barrage that shattered the mountaintop, but Azer used gravity to crush him and pummeled his face.
• Diodora summoned beautiful women with vacant eyes from Magic Cube Arrays, and Azer struck him again before using the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe to pin the women down.
• Azer advanced through Diodora’s intensified Magic Power Bullets and entered the crater as the wounded Devil panicked and gathered demonic power for a final attack.
• Azer thrust a spear through Diodora before he could unleash his strongest attack.

Azer used the Twilight Holy Lance to condemn Diodora Astaroth for abusing women and targeting Asia Argento. Diodora was reduced to ash, and news of the Pure-Blooded Devil's death threatened to bring turmoil to Kuoh Town.

• Azer pierced Diodora with the Twilight Holy Lance, and Diodora realized the holy weapon would erase him.
• Diodora threatened Azer with the Astaroth Family, Beelzebub, and the Devil World, but Azer dismissed his threats.
• Azer revealed that Diodora had targeted Church-connected women and planned to manipulate Asia Argento into becoming his devil servant.
• Azer explained that he had used Hero Faction informants to locate Diodora and had planned to kill him once Asia arrived.
• Azer called Diodora trash, pulled out the Holy Lance, and watched him burn to ash.
• Azer left as Diodora's death threatened to stir up the Devil World and disrupt Kuoh Town.

After killing Diodora, Azer considered how to protect the women he had abused when Black Song, a dangerous Rogue Devil, appeared. She moved Azer and the women to a forest to evade the approaching forces, where he discovered her miasma had aphrodisiac effects.

• Azer wondered where Diodora’s Devil Servants could find refuge and thought Rias Gremory might help them.
• Black Song revealed herself and Azer recognized her as an SS-rank Cat Sprite and Rogue Devil who watched over her younger sister.
• Black Song warned that others were approaching after Azer’s battle with Diodora and offered to help him escape.
• Black Song used spatial manipulation to transfer Azer and the women to a forest.
• Azer noticed the forest’s miasma, and Black Song told him it caused aphrodisiac effects.

Azer realized Black Song’s illusions, senjutsu, and miasma made her more difficult to handle than her strength alone suggested. She transported Azer and the weakened women to the countryside in Kuoh Town, then followed as he carried them away.

• Black Song used miasma, illusions, and her skills in senjutsu to deceive and tease Azer, who struck at an illusion with the Holy Spear.
• Azer recognized that Black Song’s many disruptive abilities made her a troublesome opponent, despite his greater strength.
• Black Song admitted she was interested in Azer and toyed with him, but he saw through her attempt to seem sinister by manipulating her Aura.
• Azer found that the women’s condition had worsened and demanded that Black Song take them somewhere without many people.
• Black Song transported Azer and the women from the miasma-filled forest to a secluded area in Kuoh Town.
• Azer lifted the women with gravity and flew away, while Black Song followed him.

Rias and her Servants discussed the escalating supernatural incidents in Kuoh Town, which they suspected were connected to Azer. Rias decided to investigate, but Azer appeared outside the Old School Building and offered to explain what had happened.

• Himejima Zhu Nai served tea to Rias, Mu Chang You Dou, and Ta Cheng Xiao Mao as Rias worried over recent events.
• Rias described how supernatural disturbances had drawn public and factional attention to Kuoh Town and sparked clashes among its factions.
• Rias and her Servants suspected Azer was behind the latest destruction and worried that powerful figures would soon arrive.
• Rias stood up and said they needed to investigate the incidents in Kuoh Town.
• Azer spoke from outside the Old School Building and offered to tell them what had happened, prompting Rias and the others to rush outside.

Azer asked Rias to shelter the Servant Devils whose master he had killed, offering three truthful answers in exchange. Rias accepted the arrangement and used two questions to probe Azer’s past actions and the faction behind Siegfried’s recruitment attempt.

• Azer brought several Servant Devils to Rias and asked her to protect them from persecution, explaining that he had killed their High-Class Devil master.
• Azer offered Rias three truthful answers as a deal, and Himejima Zhu Nai secretly investigated the Servant Devils’ identities.
• Himejima Zhu Nai revealed that the dead Devil was the Astaroth Family’s Successor Clan Head, but Rias declined to spend her first question confirming it.
• Rias asked why Azer had attacked the Fallen Angels, and Azer said he had wanted them to bring him someone with a rare Sacred Gear whom both sides hoped to recruit.
• Rias asked where Siegfried was and which faction he represented when he tried to recruit Azer.

Azer told Rias that Siegfried belonged to the Hero Faction, a branch of the Disaster Faction led by the Infinite Dragon God, Ophis. After revealing how the recent incidents in Kuoh Town were connected, he tried to leave, but Rias and Himejima Zhu Nai moved to stop him.

• Azer warned Rias that the force behind Siegfried was powerful enough to threaten even gods and the entire demon realm.
• Azer explained that the Hero Faction was part of the Disaster Faction, which gathered dangerous figures from major mythological factions, and said the Fallen Angels were secretly investigating it.
• Rias connected Siegfried's recruitment attempt and the recent incidents in Kuoh Town, and Azer confirmed her conclusions.
• Azer revealed that Ophis led the Disaster Faction, shocking Rias and her companions.
• Azer refused to answer whether he had joined the Disaster Faction and prepared to leave.
• Himejima Zhu Nai struck at Azer with lightning, which his gravity barrier deflected, while Rias decided they could not let him go.

Rias and her companions tried to bring Azer to the Underworld, but Azer fought back and overwhelmed them. As the battle continued, Black Song poisoned Ta Cheng Xiao Mao and revealed her interest in Azer, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Rias demanded that Azer come to the Underworld, but he challenged her group to finish their earlier fight.
• Rias countered Azer's gravity with her Power of Destruction while Himejima Zhu Nai attacked him with amplified lightning.
• Mu Chang You Dou attacked Azer at high speed, but Azer disarmed him and wounded his chest with the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe.
• Black Song blocked Ta Cheng Xiao Mao and said she had fallen for Azer and considered him her future brother-in-law.
• Black Song revealed that she had poisoned Ta Cheng Xiao Mao, who collapsed unconscious while Black Song stayed to watch the battle.

Azer defeated Mu Chang You Dou, Rias, and Himejima Zhu Nai without moving from his position, forcing Mu Chang You Dou to reveal his Demon Sword Creation Sacred Gear. Azer left the forest after telling Rias he hoped she would grow stronger before they met again.

• Azer's Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe absorbed Mu Chang You Dou's blood and strengthened its gravity as Mu Chang You Dou struggled to stand.
• Azer revealed that he knew Mu Chang You Dou was a Sacred Gear User and pressured him into using Demon Sword Creation.
• Mu Chang You Dou created Ice Sky Sword and Flame Burning Sword, but Azer blocked his attacks, shattered both swords, and kicked him down.
• Azer's gravitational field overwhelmed Rias's Power of Destruction and crushed Rias and Himejima Zhu Nai, while Mu Chang You Dou was also pinned down.
• Azer dismissed the gravity, told Rias to become stronger, and walked out of the forest as Rias remained helpless on the ground.

Azer returned to the Shopping Center and brought Asia and Raynare to the villa, where he continued to treat Raynare as his servant. When Raynare came to demand her release, she recognized Azer’s Twilight Holy Lance and watched him begin its Balance Breaker Transformation.

• Azer returned after leaving Raynare and Asia waiting for hours, then asked Asia whether she had bought everything she needed.
• Azer took Asia and Raynare back to the villa Raynare had arranged, where Asia moved into a room beside his.
• Raynare visited Azer on the balcony late that night and demanded to be released after shopping, settling Asia in, and cooking for him.
• Raynare noticed the spear Azer was holding, recognized it as the Twilight Holy Lance, and realized he wielded a God Slaying Gear.
• Azer raised the Holy Spear as Raynare begged for mercy and began the Balance Breaker Transformation.

While praying, Asia sensed God's Will manifest through Azer's newly developed Balance Breaker and became convinced he was the Lord's incarnation. The Holy Spear's power also drove Raynare to repent, leaving Azer hoping both women would return to normal.

• Asia prayed in the guest room and sensed a holy, powerful presence spreading through the world.
• Azer completed his unique Balance Breaker, incapacitating Raynare and manifesting God's Will through the Holy Spear.
• Asia saw the Holy Spear and insisted Azer was God's incarnation, despite his explanation that he was a Sacred Gear User.
• Under the Holy Spear's influence, Asia knelt and repented for saving a devil.
• Raynare also knelt, trembling and repeating that she had sinned, while Azer hoped the two women would recover.