Chapter Summaries

Lord Gould and the other four lords swore a golden Oath Stone pact to cooperate in killing the awakening God of the Woods and divide its spoils. At Charlie and Lady Denise’s engagement reception, David danced with Lady Alma while Knight Mark watched over him.

• Lord Gould told Lord Luca, Lord Emil, Lord Ferdinand, and Lord Merlin that the Mein Family had found signs of the God of the Woods awakening, and the five lords swore to cooperate in slaying it.
• The lords agreed to recruit twenty Sky Knights, prepare protection against mental control, and split the spoils with Lord Gould receiving two shares and each other lord one.
• The five lords used bloodline power to hinder divine detection and waited to see whether the Temple would discover their plan.
• Baron Blackmer welcomed the guests and introduced Charlie and Lady Denise, who exchanged gifts and danced at their engagement reception.
• David watched the celebration, noticed Gilbert speaking with a Berger Family viscount, and accepted Lady Alma’s invitation to dance.
• Lady Alma complimented David’s dancing and noticed Knight Mark watching him closely as Charlie gestured that he would speak with David later.

At the Mein Family reception, David socialized with Lady Alma, Charlie, and Lady Denise while Gilbert announced he would join a top family instead of returning to Bama Star. As David departed through the Portal, he sensed danger, but Ian had secretly arranged for him to be sent to Hark Star, where three Sky Knights awaited him.

• David ended his dance with Lady Alma after noticing Knight Gaines and Knight Likok glaring at him, and Lady Alma confronted the knights.
• Charlie reassured David that he might ask him to cook Warmheart Lotus Seed Soup, while Lady Denise asked David for flying Exoskeleton Armor and promised to visit him.
• Gilbert told David he would stay on Mein Star and join a top family, likely the Berger Family.
• Ian persuaded the Barry and Kani Families to send three Sky Knights to keep David on Hark Star, and arranged for the Portal steward to give Hark Star as David's destination.
• David entered the Portal without being asked for his invitation and felt a sudden palpitation as Ian watched him depart.

David was ambushed by three Sky Knights at Barry Castle on Hark Star, but escaped their initial attack by hiding underground. With the Portal shut down and the castle searching for him, he stole the Barry Family’s treasured Level 4 equipment and began killing everyone nearby with the Shadow Servant.

• David stored Knight Mark in his Summoning Ring, dodged the three Sky Knights waiting at the Portal, and hid underground with Spatial Dash and Underground Stealth.
• Sky Knights Maynard, Alberta, and Angelo concluded David remained inside Barry Castle, while Maynard shut down the Portal and Count Ernest sent knights to search for him.
• David identified Barry Castle on Hark Star and entered it underground, avoiding the knights’ search parties and the castle’s protective array.
• David used the Shadow Servant to steal the Level 4 equipment in the exhibition hall, then killed a butler who discovered the theft.
• David ordered the Shadow Servant to eliminate every living being within a hundred-meter radius, and it began killing the castle’s ordinary residents.

David slaughtered the Barry Family’s defenders inside Barry Castle, killed Forging Master Kelvin, and looted his forge before the knights discovered the bodies. He trapped Sky Knight Alberta in the forge and sent Knight Mark to fight him, then used a thin layer of ice to disrupt Alberta’s footing as their battle began.

• David’s Shadow Servant entered Kelvin’s forge and failed to pierce Kelvin’s protective shield, so David emerged from below and killed him with a Level 5 Grade axe blade.
• David collected the forge equipment and Kelvin’s Space Ring, then saw Count Ernest and the knights enter the castle after receiving Kelvin’s distress signal.
• Count Ernest found the castle’s dead servants, while Sky Knight Alberta rushed ahead and discovered Kelvin’s corpse in the forge.
• David sealed the forge door, released Knight Mark, and prepared to help him fight Alberta from underground.
• David used Ice Control to make Alberta slip just as the two Sky Knights were about to clash.

David and Knight Mark killed Sky Knight Alberta in the Barry Family’s forging room through coordinated attacks and David’s hidden abilities. David escaped underground with Alberta’s corpse and rings, while the Barry knights found the room empty and realized their Sky Knight and Forging Grandmaster Kelvin were gone.

• David used Ice Control to disrupt Sky Knight Alberta’s footing while Knight Mark attacked, and Mark’s combat skill rapidly improved during the fight.
• Sky Knight Alberta used his bloodline-powered White Light Armor and a shield to survive Mark’s strikes, then attempted a desperate counterattack as help approached.
• David disrupted Alberta with High-Frequency Sonic Wave, allowing Knight Mark to wound him; David followed with a Mental Arrow, and Mark stabbed Alberta through the heart.
• Shadow Servant absorbed Alberta’s soul, and David took his rings and corpse before escaping through the floor with Underground Stealth.
• Four Earth Knights broke into the forging room, where Count Ernest realized Sky Knight Alberta had disappeared and suspected that Forging Grandmaster Kelvin had also been killed.

David killed the Barry Family’s forces inside the castle by using Level 4 Grade poison to disrupt their battle formation, then leading a surprise attack with Knight Mark and the Assassin Mantis Puppet. Outside, Maynard and Angelo decided to enter the castle themselves after the expected reports never came.

• David pursued and killed a Formal Knight who tried to alert the Sky Knights, then returned toward the forging room.
• David used corpses and Level 4 Grade poison to fill the forging room entrance with black mist, killing a Formal Knight who tested it.
• Earl Ernest ordered the knights to break through a wall, but Shadow Servant threw a poisoned corpse at their formation and forced them to scatter.
• Knight Mark and the Assassin Mantis Puppet appeared among the knights as David attacked from the opposite side, killing Earl Ernest and the Barry Family’s three knight squads within seconds.
• David had Shadow Servant collect the dead knights’ equipment and armor for his use.
• Maynard and Angelo chose to enter the castle together after no one returned to report what had happened.

Maynard Sky Knight and Angelo Sky Knight searched Barry Castle and discovered that its knights and Count Ernest had been killed, while Alberta Sky Knight and Master Forger Kelvin were missing. Meanwhile, David ambushed the mounted knights outside with his Level 4 Zerg and Knight Mark, wiping them out and erasing nearly all traces of the battle.

• Maynard Sky Knight and Angelo Sky Knight entered Barry Castle, found servants and knights dead, and followed the blood trail to the forging room.
• Maynard Sky Knight forced aside the black mist and found Count Ernest and the other knights dead, while Alberta Sky Knight and Master Forger Kelvin were nowhere to be seen.
• David prepared thorn seeds beneath the square and had Shadow Servant place them around the mounted knights’ defensive formation.
• David revealed Knight Mark in the air as the Sonic Boom Ironclad Beetle and Assassin Mantis Puppet appeared inside the formation, breaking it apart.
• The Assassin Mantis Puppet, Knight Mark, and the Sonic Boom Ironclad Beetle slaughtered the knights while Shadow Servant collected their souls and David gathered the bodies and belongings.
• Knight Mark destroyed the remaining traces of the battle, and Shadow Servant stored him away.

David killed the people hiding near the medium-sized Portal and dismantled it, while Sky Knight Maynard and Sky Knight Angelo discovered the Barry Family’s destruction. Angelo withdrew and destroyed the sealing array, leaving Maynard alone as David decided to target him.

• David found four Portal staff members hiding underground, killed them, and took their control panel.
• David dismantled the shut-down medium-sized Portal and stored its pieces and foundation in his Space Ring.
• Sky Knight Maynard and Sky Knight Angelo found the corpses inside Barry Castle and the empty plaza, then realized the Portal had vanished.
• Sky Knight Angelo withdrew from the conflict and destroyed the sealing array before flying away.
• Sky Knight Maynard left the castle, and David decided to spare Angelo for now and pursue Maynard.

David looted Barry Castle, revived Alberta as the obedient Sky Knight puppet Galan, and set out with Knight Mark to hunt Maynard. After tracking Maynard to Hark City, David stole a map and discovered the Portal near the north gate, leaving him uncertain whether Maynard had already escaped Hark Star.

• David stripped Barry Castle of its valuable belongings after confirming Maynard had left.
• David revived Alberta with the Beguile Pattern, renamed him Galan, and restored his Life Sharing Contract with the bald eagle.
• David and Knight Mark flew with Galan toward Maynard, then followed Little White’s scent to a city near Hark City.
• David entered the closed city through its wall and had Shadow Servant steal an alchemy map from a bookstore, leaving two hundred God's Gold Coins in its place.
• David identified the city as Hark City and found the nearby Portal on the map, raising the possibility that Maynard had already left Hark Star.

David tracked Maynard to the Barry Family residence and discovered that he had hired two Dark Blade Sky Knight assassins to ambush him. David used a silent sonic attack and Knight Mark’s Transcendent Military Dagger to kill one assassin, leaving Maynard and the other assassin in the villa.

• Little White led David to the Barry Family residence, where the Shadow Servant revealed that Maynard was guarded by two concealed Sky Knight assassins.
• David learned that Maynard had hired the assassins through Dark Blade and planned to flee to the Mein Family after killing Baron Arthur.
• David used the Shadow Servant to carry Knight Mark and the Transcendent Military Dagger into one assassin’s concealed hexagram array.
• David struck the assassin with High-Frequency Sonic Wave, and Knight Mark stabbed him with the dagger.
• The assassin’s defensive movement failed to stop the dagger, and the Shadow Servant absorbed his soul and took his rings and body.

David waited underground with Knight Mark and Knight Garland while Maynard grew anxious, but the Blade Master arrived and confronted him over the destruction of the Barry Family. The Blade Master and a Sky Knight assassin attacked Maynard, while David watched from below and the missing assassin remained unexplained.

• David waited underground for Maynard to approach, then prepared to target the other Sky Knight assassin after the spatial energy in the Transcendent Military Dagger recovered.
• The Blade Master entered the villa and accused Maynard of deceiving Dark Blade and causing the Barry Family's destruction.
• David halted his planned assassination and watched as the Blade Master sent the right-side Sky Knight assassin to attack Maynard.
• Maynard tried to retreat, but the Blade Master used lightning-fast movement to block his escape and revealed his lightning armor and talent.
• The Blade Master trapped Maynard in a Lightning Trap and struck him with an electric whip as the Sky Knight assassin joined the fight.

The Blade Master and his Sky Knight assassin overpowered Maynard and prepared to sacrifice him to an ancient god. David intervened through the Shadow Servant to claim Maynard’s corpse, but the Blade Master began chanting for a hidden ability as the chapter ended.

• The Blade Master used his lightning trap and the Sky Knight assassin’s attacks to wear down Maynard, while David watched and noticed the Blade Master’s strength had waned.
• After five minutes, Maynard abandoned defense for a final strike, but the assassin retreated and the Blade Master hit him with a powerful lightning bolt before the assassin shattered his joints.
• The Blade Master bound Maynard with an ancient God-Locking Chain and carried him to the villa’s training room, intending to sacrifice him alive.
• The Blade Master lit a blue flame beneath a white altar and placed a top-grade Krypton Crystal on it as David realized he had to act before the sacrifice began.
• David sent the Shadow Servant to kill Maynard and take his corpse, unaware that the Blade Master’s quiet chant was preparing a special ability rather than conducting the sacrifice.

David was caught by Blade Master's Dragon Trap and nearly killed, but the Battle Angel Skeleton protected him from a lightning strike. Trapped in the training room with Blade Master, David used Mental Storm to exploit the sorcerer's dwindling energy and limited room to evade.

• Blade Master used Dragon Trap to pull David from underground and immobilize him, then attacked him with lightning.
• The Battle Angel Skeleton's energy-feather wings shielded David from the lightning, and Shadow Servant summoned Mark and Garland to attack Blade Master.
• David recovered as Dragon Trap's effect ended, while Blade Master evaded the Sky Knights and proposed a truce because his energy was running low.
• David refused to let Blade Master reach the Sky Knight assassin outside and considered using Shadow Servant's speed to overcome him.
• David unleashed Mental Storm across the training room, and Blade Master prepared to block the mental attack with his own strength.

David killed Blade Master and the remaining Sky Knight assassin after surviving the trap at the Barry Family villa, then returned to Bama Main City. Lord Gould learned that David had destroyed the Barry Family and ordered Ian sent away, while encouraging Charlie to strengthen his friendship with David.

• David used Shadow Servant’s poisoned dagger to weaken Blade Master, and Knight Mark killed him; David then gave Maynard Sky Knight a quick death, though Shadow Servant absorbed both souls.
• David discovered the last Sky Knight assassin dying under a contract tied to Blade Master, collected the assassin’s possessions, and left the villa after Shadow Servant absorbed his soul.
• David returned to Bama Main City, reassured Butler Jason, and rested after dinner and a bath.
• Lord Gould ordered Ian sent to Iron Furnace Star for ten years and told Charlie that Ian had deceived David into going to the Barry Family on Hark Star.
• Lord Gould told Charlie that David had killed the Barry Family’s two Sky Knights and emptied Barry Castle, and said the Mein Family would not retaliate over the destruction of its subordinate family.
• Lord Gould urged Charlie to become David’s closest friend, seeing David as a potential ally for the Mein Family.

Lord Gould exiled Ian to Iron Furnace Star for ten years while the Barry Family’s surviving heir, Gaines, learned that his relatives and knights had been killed. David welcomed a formal apology from Earl Henderson of the Kani Family, who sought compensation to prevent the Kani Family from suffering the same fate.

• Butler Heath ordered Ian to leave for Iron Furnace Star immediately, and two Earth Knights escorted him away when he failed to pack in time.
• Knight Gaines learned that the Barry Family’s leaders and knights had been killed, then gave the family butler his seal to collect its assets.
• The Barry Family butler fled with the family’s funds, causing its businesses to collapse while Gaines remained unaware at Mein Castle.
• David introduced Knight Garland as another Sky Knight serving the Luce Family and received Earl Henderson at his villa.
• Earl Henderson apologized for Likok’s role in the ambush against David and asked to settle the Kani Family’s responsibility through compensation.

David accepted the Kani Family’s apology and took a Krypton Crystal Mine as compensation, then traveled to Boyue Star to claim it. There he learned the mine had stopped operating because the Boyue Mining Alliance controlled the planet’s indigenous miners.

• David agreed to settle the Kani Family’s conflict according to noble tradition, and Count Henderson gave him the deed to the Black Rock Mining Area.
• Count Henderson discovered that David had two Sky Knights and left convinced the Luce Family was now too powerful to challenge.
• David ordered Butler Jason to accompany him to Boyue Star and traveled there with Knight Andrew, Knight Mark, and Garland.
• David’s party completed the ownership transfer at the Boyue Star Noble Affairs Office and learned the miners had left the mine.
• The staff explained that Viscount Harvey’s Boyue Mining Alliance controlled the local indigenous miners, leaving David unable to restart the mine without hiring through them.

After the Boyue Mining Alliance demanded an excessive share for its miners, David refused to negotiate and went to inspect the Black Rock Mining Area. He planned to develop the Krypton Crystal Mine without outside workers, while Viscount Harvey assumed David would eventually return for miners.

• David learned the Boyue Mining Alliance had recalled its miners and ordered Knight Andrew to take him there.
• The Alliance steward demanded one percent of the mine's output for every hundred miners and exclusive rights to sell the minerals, so David ordered Knight Mark to slap him and left.
• Knight Mark subdued a Formal Knight who came to intervene, and the Formal Knight later reported the confrontation to Viscount Harvey.
• David traveled to the Black Rock Mining Area, used the Kani Family's control token to revoke the former miners' access, and recorded the mine's conditions with scanners.
• David explained to Butler Jason that he intended to use his own solution instead of hiring outside miners, while Viscount Harvey dismissed the report and expected David to return.

Viscount Harvey learned that Baron Arthur had acquired the Black Rock Mining Area and, fearing retaliation, sent him miners, land, and an apology. Meanwhile, David began rebuilding the mine’s security and preparing an underground space to test automated Krypton crystal mining, leaving the miners assigned to two purple gold mines.

• Viscount Harvey learned that Baron Arthur owned the Black Rock Mining Area and ordered two hundred miners, a certificate of ownership, and his injured steward sent as compensation.
• David and his Sky Knights excavated an underground space, while David drew reinforcement and shielding patterns to prepare for a Smart System.
• The Formal Knight delivered Viscount Harvey’s gifts, and David accepted them and allowed the steward to be taken away.
• David assigned Butler Jason to put the two hundred miners to work at the two purple gold mines, organizing them in shifts.

David revived three Sky Knight assassins and absorbed the remaining soul energy, strengthening his mental perception and the Shadow Servant while discovering that he could levitate. He then studied the Barry Family’s collected knowledge, beginning with Kelvin’s Forging Grandmaster expertise.

• David revived the two Sky Knight assassins and Maynard, altered their appearances, and assigned them the names Number One, No. 2, and No. 3.
• Mark shared relevant knowledge with Garland and the three new Sky Knights while David absorbed the soul energy left after their revival.
• David’s Soul Fortress changed, his mental perception reached two hundred meters, and the Shadow Servant gained the same movement range and twice its former strength.
• David used mental strength to lift himself off the ground and considered whether this meant he qualified as a Level 4 powerhouse.
• David examined nearly a hundred Knowledge Light Orbs taken from the Barry Family and absorbed Kelvin’s Forging Grandmaster knowledge, learning how forgers integrated alchemical patterns into equipment.

David absorbed Blade Master's Lightning Talent, but its power initially devastated his body and consumed half his spirit. After recovering and gaining control of the Lightning Pattern, he searched for abilities that could teach him how to wield its power.

• David raised his Knight Battle Formation, Horsemanship, and Throwing Technique to high-tier Master Level by absorbing Knowledge Light Orbs from the Barry Family's knights.
• David absorbed Blade Master's Lightning Talent, and its Lightning Pattern drained half his spirit while electrical arcs charred his body.
• David used the energy feathered wings to channel life energy from the Battle Angel Skeleton and repair his body as the Lightning Talent continued damaging him.
• David entered the Lightning Pattern's inner space, gained control of its electric light, and realized he had inherited its power but not Blade Master's lightning attacks.
• David ordered Shadow Servant to find Knowledge Light Orbs requiring lightning energy and found Mutated Lightning, Lightning Transformation, and Lightning Body.