Chapter Summaries

Roa defeated Perugius's familiars and returned to his family in the Asura Kingdom with Kanroji Mitsuri. At home, Paul recognized Roa's sword Kuchiki and accepted that Rudeus had been telling the truth about Roa's new position.

• Roa captured Armanfi, suppressed his magic, and snapped his neck after warning him to tell Perugius to face him in person.
• Perugius revived his familiars, confirmed Roa's identity as the current Sword God, and decided to avoid provoking him unless he caused a major disaster.
• Roa traveled home and summoned Kanroji Mitsuri for protection, then brought her inside to join his family.
• Roa reunited with Aisha, Sylphiette, and Paul, and learned that Rudeus had recently visited before leaving again.
• Paul recognized Kuchiki at Roa's waist and said Rudeus's claims about Roa had been true.

Roa returned home, confirmed his status as the Sword God, and set out for the Asura Kingdom to influence its royal succession through a legitimate political position. At the Fittoa manor, he offered Philip a chance to fulfill a request, leaving Philip to consider how to use it.

• Roa confirmed to Paul that he had become the Sword God, and Paul proudly celebrated his son’s place among the Seven Great Powers.
• Roa warned his family to stay safe, gave Sylphiette the Goddess's Blessing necklace, and left after two days at home.
• Roa headed toward the Asura Kingdom’s capital, planning to use Philip as an entry point and gain a minor noble title.
• At the Fittoa manor, Roa reunited with Ghislaine, Eris, and Rudeus, then waited for Philip to arrive.
• Roa offered Philip help with any request as he prepared to make major moves in the Royal Capital, and Philip began weighing the opportunity.

Roa negotiated with Philip for a legitimate identity in exchange for supporting Ariel Anemoi Asura’s claim to the throne, and accepted Philip’s proposal to marry Eris when she was older. After marking Fittoa with Traveler's Fantasy, Roa left for Ars, where the Water God and the Asura Kingdom’s political struggles awaited.

• Philip asked how far Roa was willing to go, and Roa said he would support Ariel Anemoi Asura as the next heir.
• Roa asked Philip for a legitimate identity, and Philip proposed that Roa marry Eris and act under his name.
• Roa asked Eris what she thought, and she agreed; Roa then said he liked her too and accepted the proposal, though they would wait until she was older.
• Roa used Traveler's Fantasy to mark a coordinate in Fittoa, then left the region for the capital.
• Roa traveled toward Ars, the Asura Kingdom’s capital and home of the Water God Style’s main dojo.

Roa reached the Royal Capital of Ars and rescued three starving girls from freezing outside its walls, then brought them inside and fed them. At a restaurant, Elina sensed something familiar about Roa and approached him.

• Roa used green light to revive the three girls who were still alive outside the city gate.
• Roa offered the girls work in exchange for saving them, and they agreed to follow him.
• Roa paid the soldiers twelve silver coins to enter the Royal Capital of Ars with the girls.
• Roa bought the girls clothes and took them to a restaurant, where they devoured their food.
• Elina entered the restaurant and fixed her attention on Roa, sensing a familiar presence.

Roa met Elina and asked her to take him to Ariel at the grand building in the city. As they arrived, Elina checked that his title, Baron of the Fittoa Region, would be sufficient to enter.

• Elina confronted Roa, and he asked her to bring him to Ariel.
• Roa explained that he had saved the three women accompanying him and said he was giving them a reason to keep living.
• Roa gave one of the women the Throat Flute Longsword and led the group toward the city's central building with Elina.
• At the entrance, Elina asked Roa whether he had a title, and he said he was Baron of the Fittoa Region.

Roa and Elina reached the Royal Palace, where guards tried to bar Roa from entering and he swiftly cut through their swords. Izelt Cruel confronted him, but the Water God intervened before they could fight.

• The palace guards demanded credentials from Elina and Roa, and Roa had no token to show them.
• When the guards tried to stop Roa, he sliced through both of their Knight Swords and kicked one aside.
• Roa asked Elina to train the three girls traveling with him, and she agreed.
• Izelt Cruel arrived with armed guards and demanded to know why Roa was forcing his way into the Royal Palace.
• Izelt drew her sword and moved to attack Roa, but the Water God warned her that she was no match for him.

Roa Greyrat confronted Reida Reia, the current Water God, after arriving at the Holy Land of Swords to request a government post. Reida trapped him in her Deprivation Sword Realm, but Roa unleashed his aura and left the standoff unresolved.

• Reida Reia arrived with Izelt and challenged Roa, who said he had returned from training to ask for a government post.
• Roa revealed that he was only fifteen, then Reida explained that Gale had asked her to guide him.
• Reida activated the Deprivation Sword Realm, and Roa recognized that any movement could let her cut him down.
• Roa held back from attacking because he had not come to kill anyone, while Reida demanded that he leave the Asura Kingdom.
• Roa released his full aura, forcing Reida and the others to step back.

Rēda confronted Roa with her Deprivation Sword Realm, but he steadily overcame her attacks and demanded that she let him pass. Bound by her debt to Darius and unwilling to risk her young disciple’s life, Rēda faced a choice as Roa warned her to stand aside or die.

• Rēda activated the Deprivation Sword Realm and attacked Roa with sword slashes from every direction.
• Roa deflected Rēda’s attacks as he advanced, and Rēda explained that her realm let her accelerate time after she attacked.
• Rēda realized Roa would likely kill her if he came within three zhang, while her strongest technique still could not stop him.
• Roa pointed out Rēda’s young disciple’s potential and warned that standing in his way would cause more deaths.
• Rēda remembered that she had come to intercept Roa at Darius’s request, honoring the debt she owed him.
• Roa repeated his ultimatum: Rēda had to stand aside or die.

Roa pressured Rēda into agreeing not to oppose Ariel Anemoi Asura’s bid for the throne, while arranging for Izelt to travel with him and gain experience. Rēda left Izelt in Roa’s care, and Roa prepared to meet Ariel with Elina as his guide.

• Rēda dispelled her Deprivation Sword Realm and agreed to let Izelt follow Roa after he offered to train her.
• Roa asked Rēda to support Ariel Anemoi Asura, but Rēda refused to actively help because she had already promised Darius and would only refrain from obstructing Ariel.
• Roa accepted Rēda’s condition, and Rēda entrusted Izelt to him before leaving for the Royal Palace.
• Roa gave Izelt his sword and told her to carry it and fight challengers before he stepped in.
• Roa grabbed Elina and ordered her to take him to Ariel.

Roa Greyrat entered the Asura palace with Elina and met Luke Nottos Greyrat, who directed him to Ariel in the garden. Luke realized Roa was important after recognizing Izelt among his companions and grew anxious about his earlier provocation.

• Elina led Roa and the others to a quiet building in the palace, where Luke said Ariel had gone to watch the snow in the garden.
• Luke was stunned by Roa’s looks and tried to discourage him from staying, but Roa introduced himself and learned Luke was also a Greyrat.
• Roa asked where Ariel was, and Luke told him to search the garden.
• Izelt’s presence made Luke suspect Roa had an extraordinary background, and Luke broke into a cold sweat over how he had treated him.
• Roa left with Elina to look for Ariel, unaware of Luke’s unease.

Roa confronted Ariel in her garden and tried to persuade her to pursue the throne, but she said she had no interest in becoming king. When Ariel repeatedly laughed at his claims, Roa used the Sword God's pressure to intimidate her, leaving their negotiation tense and unresolved.

• Roa detected Ariel's unusual mana in the garden and teleported to meet her alone.
• Roa asked Ariel if she wanted to become king, and she said she was not interested in the throne and believed her brothers were capable.
• Roa told Ariel that ruling the country was her fate, but she laughed at him again.
• Roa warned Ariel that her laughter was rude and released some of his Sword God's pressure, freezing her smile and frightening her.

Roa pressured Ariel to become queen, warning that he would kill her brothers if she refused; Ariel was left shaken but intrigued by the encounter. Roa then toured the palace with Izelt and assessed the strength and influence of the Water God Style.

• Roa told Ariel that her brothers would likely lead the kingdom into war and insisted she was the only suitable candidate for the throne.
• When Ariel doubted his warning, Roa threatened to kill her brothers and anyone who opposed him, then gave her one day to decide whether to become queen.
• After Roa left, Ariel recovered from her fear, cleared the courtyard table in frustration, and admitted that she would remember him.
• Roa, unaware of Ariel's unusual reaction, toured the palace with Izelt and considered how luxurious it was compared with Fittoa.
• Roa observed that the Asura Kingdom favored the Water God Style and judged its disciples, including Izelt, to be strong.

Roa met Darius, who revealed that Human God wanted him to kill Dragon God and claimed Dragon God would otherwise destroy Roa’s family. Roa recognized the warning as an attempt to turn the two powerful enemies against each other, leaving him to decide how to respond.

• After Izelt left, Roa considered how to control the nobles and concluded that force would be his simplest option.
• Darius invited Roa to his hall, where Roa found him surrounded by young women and Rēda standing guard.
• Roa rejected Darius’s offer of the girls and threatened to kill him and Rēda if the invitation had no good reason.
• Roa unleashed Kamui and his intimidating aura, but Rēda stepped between him and Darius.
• Darius warned Roa to find and kill Dragon God, claiming Human God had predicted Dragon God would kill Roa’s family.
• Roa realized Human God was trying to make him and Dragon God fight so that one or both would be eliminated.

Roa recognized the Human God's scheme to set him against the Dragon God and killed Darius, then subdued Rēda and planted a Magic Seed in her. As Roa left, Rēda asked him to care for her disciple as a favor to his master, Gale.

• Roa realized the Human God had used Darius to draw the Dragon God's attention toward him and threatened to kill Darius.
• Roa used Second-Stage Instant to drive Rēda back, then killed Darius with his sword.
• Rēda tried to avenge Darius by activating the Deprivation Sword Realm, but Roa restrained her and took her sword.
• Roa used Life Absorption to weaken Rēda and planted a Magic Seed in her, placing her life under his control.
• Roa took Rēda's sword and said he would give it to her disciple if she performed well.
• As Roa left, Rēda admitted she had been wrong and asked him to care for her disciple for the sake of her friendship with Gale.

Roa confronted the nobles and the Old King as Ariel claimed the throne, while the First Prince and others stayed silent under Roa’s power. After the Water God openly sided with Roa and the nobles turned against the Old King, Roa killed him despite Ariel’s pleas, leaving her to face the trouble that would follow.

• Roa told the nobles that their positions were unnecessary and silenced an elderly noble who challenged him.
• Ariel’s father, the Old King, arrived and demanded that she leave his throne, but she told him to abdicate.
• The Old King accused Roa and Ariel of treason and called on the hall to help him, but the Water God drew his sword in Roa’s defense.
• A minor noble blamed the Old King for protecting Darius, and the guards ignored the Old King’s order to kill him.
• Roa killed the Old King with a snow-white longsword despite Ariel’s repeated pleas not to, leaving Ariel alarmed by the consequences.

After Roa killed the Old King, he forced the nobles to recognize Ariel as queen and kept them in the Royal Palace as hostages. When Roa openly declared that their territories would be reclaimed, the nobles began to consider resisting him.

• Roa handed Ariel the royal scepter and demanded that the nobles support or oppose her becoming queen; no one dared oppose her, and they knelt to acknowledge her as queen.
• Ariel reassured the nobles and promised they could retain their power and status, while Roa decided to keep them in the Royal Palace rather than let them return to their territories.
• Roa ordered Izelt to arrange lodgings, but Ariel explained that the nobles already had rooms in the palace.
• A middle-aged noble asked whether their territories would be reclaimed, and Roa answered that they would.
• The nobles erupted in protest, Ariel warned Roa that his blunt answer could provoke resistance, and Roa silenced the hall with a cough.

Roa forced the nobles to surrender their authority to Ariel, warning that he would kill anyone who resisted, and left her to govern the Asura Kingdom. After crushing resistance in the Royal Palace, he sent forces to take over the nobles’ territories, where a powerful marquis fought back.

• Roa rejected the nobles’ demand for guarantees and insisted that they hand over their authority or face death.
• Roa dismissed the nobles and left Ariel in charge of the kingdom, while Izelt chose to stay and support Ariel.
• Ariel took control of the Royal Palace guards, and Roa killed two nobles who plotted rebellion before confiscating their property.
• Roa sent people to seize the nobles’ territories, and a marquis with over a thousand private soldiers and a King Rank North God Style expert resisted by fighting the guards.

Roa crushed resistance in the Asura Kingdom, consolidated Ariel’s rule, and moved his family and the Sword God Style to the capital as he prepared for the Dragon God’s arrival. As the capital settled under heavy snowfall, Roa remained away on patrol while Ariel and the others waited for the looming confrontation.

• Roa killed rebellious nobles, defeated invading forces, and negotiated with the neighboring country, leaving the Asura Kingdom’s court reduced and terrified.
• Roa summoned Philip, who accepted his new marquis title and became one of Ariel’s trusted aides as Ariel organized relief for the severe cold snap.
• Roa brought Paul and the rest of his family to the Royal Capital, then persuaded Gale to move the Sword God Style and its disciples there for safety.
• Roa stationed the Water God, Gale, and the Sword God Style in the Asura Kingdom while he patrolled the borders for the Dragon God.
• Ariel watched Roa depart as Rudeus spoke with Eris and the gathered factions, while Roxy and Kanroji Mitsuri chatted with the children in the capital.

Roa finally encountered Dragon God Orsted and, after Orsted identified him as an anomaly connected to the Human God, prepared to fight. Roa activated his full Dragon Blood and third-stage Instant, then unleashed a powerful spell at Orsted.

• Roa rode his Red Dragon across the border carrying Throat Flute and the Phoenix Dragon Sword, which Eris had refused to wield.
• Roa spotted Orsted and Shizuka Nanase in the snow and descended to meet them.
• Orsted ordered Shizuka Nanase away, questioned Roa about Paul’s children, and recognized the Dragon Blood in Roa and his Red Dragon.
• Orsted declared that anything connected to the Human God had to be eliminated, and Roa decided to fight rather than explain himself.
• Roa activated third-stage Instant and revealed his Perfect Dragon Blood, then launched a surge of violent mana at Orsted.

Roa fought Orsted with powerful magic and his Red Dragon, but Orsted countered the spells and crippled the dragon. Roa drew the Phoenix Dragon Sword and launched a devastating slash at Orsted.

• Orsted used Front Dragon Gate to withstand Roa's opening assault, then disrupted Roa's mana with Chaos Magic.
• Roa called the Red Dragon to attack Orsted and repeatedly struck him with Death Announcing Dark Thunder, forcing Orsted to defend and disappear from the crater.
• Roa sensed Orsted's overwhelming threat and prepared to rely on close combat, while Orsted broke the Red Dragon's wings, twisted its head, and kicked it away.
• Roa accused Orsted of killing his dragon, drew the Phoenix Dragon Sword, and crossed hundreds of zhang to deliver a slash that split the sky and carved a vast rift.
• Orsted's momentary surprise turned into a faint smile as Roa's sword attack swept toward him.