Recaps

Cyril’s dealings with the Tarot Club and his confrontations with Medici, Zoila, and the Aurora Order unfolded alongside the Devil Dog murders and a Church investigation. The arc ended with Saint Anthony confronting Botis at the Workers’ Association while Klein and Cyril watched from hiding.

• Cyril shared revelations about Antigonus and the Twilight Hermit Order at the Tarot Club, traded with its members, and warned the World about the Sauron Family and the pursuit of Helmosuin’s manuscript.
• After seeking Father Larry’s advice, Cyril encountered a Devil Dog, escaped its attack, and helped Father Utravsky drive it away as the Machinery Hivemind investigated the serial murders.
• Cyril urged House to stop the Devil Dog and directed Trissy to draw its malice, while Adam gave Cyril a Wanderer characteristic and tasked him with polluting Medici’s evil spirit.
• Cyril fought Medici Sauron Einhorn in the underground ruins and tried to open a door to the Western Continent, but the attempt failed and Adam’s offered assistance was declined.
• Cyril defeated Zoila Hernandez in the Painting World, then fought Ace Snake and Saint Anthony before escaping and predicting a man-made catastrophe and Ace Snake’s departure from Backlund.
• Cyril learned that the Church had postponed its Devil Dog ambush after 1-63 was damaged, discovered he could enter a mysterious dimension without prayer, and investigated a gathering where a Corruption Shadow killed Isaacs.
• Cyril recovered the Scribe characteristic, brought Haven home, and accepted Klein’s request to help with a dangerous hunt in exchange for the Black Knight formula.
• Cyril warned Klein that Botis was a Demigod-level Astrologer investigating Isaacs’s death, and they watched Saint Anthony’s raid on the Workers’ Association, where Botis escaped the Dark Sword behind illusory doors.

Cyril helped stop Lanevus’s attempted sacrifice, investigated a dangerous record tied to Melina and the Blood Moon, and strengthened his ties with the Tarot Club and Father Utravsky. After meeting Clarice, a Demoness who had deliberately sought him out, Cyril became entangled in the search surrounding Roselle’s Black Emperor Card and was placed under church protection.

• Cyril helped bring down Lanevus after Botis fled Backlund, then learned that Adam had stopped the True Creator from manifesting through Lanevus.
• Cyril joined the Tarot Club’s discussions, supplied potion formulas, and helped arrange funding and a patent license for Leppard’s bicycle business.
• Cyril bought Melina Lawson’s strange record, rescued Owen during a Blood Moon, and learned that the Goddess of Fate and other powers had noticed him.
• Cyril entered Father Utravsky’s mind and destroyed his violent counterpart, then accepted a Blood Extractor as his reward and sold it to Emlyn.
• Clarice revealed that a Sanguine Demigod had cursed Cyril, then continued seeking his company and warned him about dangers surrounding her mission.
• Cyril welcomed Fors to the Tarot Club, sold her the Trickmaster formula, and warned the members that the Black Demoness was in Backlund.
• Cyril accompanied Clarice to the Roselle Memorial Exhibition, where he spotted a likely Bernadette and recognized the Black Emperor Card among Roselle’s manuscripts.
• Bernadette warned Cyril to avoid mirrors and stay near a church, and Cyril sought protection at Lever Church while Klein asked Audrey for help retrieving the bookmark.

Cyril retrieved Roselle’s Black Emperor Card, pursued the mysteries surrounding Fate and the Abraham Family, and helped Klein confront threats in Backlund. The arc ended with Cyril taking the Scarlet Lunar Corona and surviving a violent clash with Steve, Tail, and Jason.

• Cyril enlisted Arrodes and Klein to steal Roselle’s bookmark from the Royal Museum, where Bernadette confronted them after the heist.
• Cyril met Bernadette at a secret gathering, traded information about Roselle’s Diary, and began teaching her its ancient language.
• Cyril warned Klein about the Rose School of Thought, helped him destroy the Primordial Demoness’s altar, and investigated Clarice’s Mirror World arrangement.
• Cyril met Will Auceptin, learned that the Key of Light and the Die of Probability had been corrupted, and took Will’s body to Klein after Ouroboros approached.
• Cyril shared Roselle’s Diary with the Tarot Club, discussed the Black Emperor Card, and warned Derrick about the dangers of exploring a True Creator temple.
• Cyril told Owen how to contact the Abraham Family Council of Elders, and Verdu Garcia arrived in Backlund to investigate the family’s plight.
• Cyril followed Verdu to the Dock District and helped him, Sharron, and Maric battle Jason, Tail, and Wraith Steve over the Scarlet Lunar Corona.
• Cyril survived a silver lightning strike, turned Steve into a living Painting Scroll, recovered the Scarlet Lunar Corona, and teleported away with Verdu.

Cyril advanced to Scribe, endured Amon’s attack, and revealed his identity and plans to Klein. After meeting the Sanguine and helping Lawrence invoke his Honorific Name, Cyril faced an unseen attacker during the Full Moon ritual.

• Cyril escaped the warehouse fight, while Ikanser’s attempt to question Arrodes ended with the mirror warning him about the danger of knowing.
• Cyril met Amon at home, where Adam intervened and turned their confrontation into a performance that drove Amon away.
• Adam explained that Cyril might need to surrender his Door Pathway characteristics and enter the Western Continent, while Amon agreed to cooperate on future matters.
• Cyril revealed to Klein that he knew his identity, warned him about Amon, and offered leads for Faceless potion materials.
• Cyril advanced to Scribe and discovered that his Record ability could capture special scenes as well as Beyonder abilities.
• Cyril met Marquis Nibis, learned the Sanguine Progenitor’s oracle named him favored by Fate, and refused to trade his Scarlet Scholar item.
• Cyril helped Lawrence invoke the Sublime from the Unknown, then sent Lawrence, Verdu, and Owen toward safety when an unseen attacker struck.
• Cyril halted the attack briefly with Recorded abilities, but frost defeated his escape attempt, so he used the Scarlet Lunar Corona and Bernadette’s Mystical Reenactment to reveal a corrupted figure beside him.