Chapter Summaries

At the Tarot Club, Cyril explained the limits of Reenactment Charms and sold reservations to Audrey and Cattleya. The meeting ended with the World seeking powerful mystical items and asking Emlyn to approach Leonard Mitchell about Mobet Zoroast, while withholding the reason.

• Cyril explained that Reenactment Charms could reproduce scenes, creatures, or Beyonder Abilities up to the level of Angels, with special requirements for borrowing a God’s power.
• Audrey reserved a Reenactment Charm for one thousand pounds to reenact Ariehogg, and Cattleya ordered three Teleport Charms and reserved a Reenactment Charm for Queen Mystic.
• Audrey asked the World about a Psychiatrist Beyonder Characteristic, and he told her to wait a few more days; Cyril also offered Fors a Meteorite Crystal, but she asked to delay the purchase.
• Cattleya asked the Tarot Club for mythical creature blood, and the World offered to ask his contacts while Cyril said Fate Pathway blood would be most suitable but he could not obtain it.
• The World asked whether anyone could find a mystical item with strong offensive power, and Cattleya agreed to watch for one at Beyonder gatherings.
• The World asked Emlyn to wear Church of the Earth Mother priest robes, find Leonard Mitchell in Backlund’s West Borough, and ask whether he knew Mobet Zoroast.

At the Tarot Gathering, The World instructed Emlyn to question Leonard Mitchell about Mobet Zoroast while hiding the Fool’s connection to the matter. Justice then recounted her encounter with Ariehogg, and Cyril revealed that Ankewelt’s personality had awakened within the ancient dragon, before The World described the adventure inside Groselle’s Travels.

• The World told Emlyn to ask Leonard Mitchell whether he knew Mobet Zoroast and to explain that Mobet was trapped in Groselle’s Travels if Leonard asked for details.
• Emlyn accepted the commission for 500 pounds and charms, and The World told him to pray to Mr. Fool and the Earth Mother after completing it.
• Audrey reported that she had met the ancient dragon Ariehogg in the Collective Unconscious Sea, and Cyril identified Ariehogg as an avatar of Ankewelt whose self-awareness had awakened.
• Cyril said Ankewelt had returned only as a Sequence 2, easing concerns that the ancient god would immediately rival the orthodox deities.
• The World recounted the story and inhabitants of Groselle’s Travels, while Cyril explained that its Book World came from Ankewelt’s imagination and described Admiral of Iceberg Edwina as a strict, knowledgeable teacher.

Cyril explained the Moon Pathway’s sequences and its connection to the purely feminine Assassin Pathway, then shattered the All-Black Eye to remove the True Creator’s corruption. After Tobias reported that Aurora Order Oracle Louis Wein could draw Botis into a hunt, Cyril set out, and Trissy faced a sudden attack in her apartment.

• Cyril told the Tarot Club that Vampire was Sequence 7 of the Moon Pathway and implied that the pathway could change a Beyonder’s gender.
• Cyril listed the Moon Pathway’s sequences through Sequence 4, and Cattleya explained that its sequences shared the Moon’s domains rather than an obvious connection.
• Klein gave Cyril the All-Black Eye, and Cyril shattered and reassembled it to remove the True Creator’s contamination.
• Tobias reported that Aurora Order Oracle Louis Wein was connected to Botis, and Cyril decided to pursue the matter himself.
• Cyril sent the cleansed All-Black Eye and charms to the Gray Fog, then traveled toward Backlund through an illusory door.
• Trissy sprang away from her dressing mirror as invisible spider silk spread through her apartment and black flames began burning along it.

Cyril advised Trissy on resisting the Primordial Demoness’s influence, then joined Tobias to plan an attack on Lewis Wien and learned that Mr. X was hosting a gathering. Cyril ambushed Mr. X’s gathering, and the chapter ended as Mr. X’s followers counterattacked.

• Cyril appeared beside Trissy, advised her to pray to his Lord when the Primordial Demoness’s influence became difficult to resist, and offered to help her find materials for advancing.
• Cyril met Tobias, explained his interest in the Box of the Great Old Ones, and learned that Mr. X would host a gathering of wild Beyonders that night.
• A hooded figure suddenly appeared and vanished at Mr. X’s gathering, prompting Mr. X to end it; Xio suspected the figure was connected to Fors’s circus acquaintance.
• Cyril leaped from the flames into the empty gathering room and used his imposing presence and a sealing phrase to trap Mr. X and his attendants.
• Mr. X’s attendants attacked with shadows and gunfire, but Cyril vanished and reappeared throughout the room as an illusory book opened in his figures’ eyes.

Cyril defeated Mr. X, an Aurora Order Traveler, and arranged for Klein to herd his soul in exchange for a discounted, interest-free deal. After removing Mr. X’s ring and sacrificing his body, Cyril killed the frozen attendants and escaped, while Xio saw an explosion near the gathering site and began piecing together what had happened.

• Cyril used his recorded abilities and the King of the North Ulyssan’s freezing power against Mr. X, who survived the first attack by using a Shadow Substitute.
• Cyril paralyzed Mr. X, froze him again, and discovered that a ruby-set ring was keeping him alive.
• Cyril summoned Klein above the gray fog and agreed to let Klein herd Mr. X’s Traveler soul for 10,000 pounds, discounted by twenty percent and payable in installments in exchange for recording Klein’s future abilities.
• Cyril stole Mr. X’s ring, briefly suffered its negative effect, contained it, and sacrificed Mr. X’s still-living body above the gray fog.
• Cyril burned the two frozen attendants, collected the items left by their deaths, and opened an illusory door amid a blast of crimson fire.
• Xio heard the explosion near Wutong Avenue, recognized the direction of Mr. X’s gathering, and guessed that the earlier arrivals had helped force him to end it before the attack.

Cyril returned after killing Lewis Wien and distributed his spoils, while Klein, nearly out of money, attacked the pirate Mithor King in Bayam to claim his bounty. Klein defeated and abducted Mithor King, and Emlyn arranged to spar with Father Utravsky in Backlund.

• Xio fled the rain-soaked street as Tobias watched the fire he had set and vanished before a storm-wreathed man arrived.
• Cyril told Owen, Lawrence, and Tobias that he had killed Lewis Wien, gave Tobias the bounty, and offered him spoils from the fight.
• Klein spotted Smooth-Talker Mithor King in the Fragrant Leaf Bar and attacked him, using lightning, Dragon's Might, and Creeping Hunger's abilities to overcome his defenses.
• Klein froze Mithor King, seized him, and vanished with him from the bar.
• Emlyn asked Father Utravsky to spar so he could test his new strength as a Baron, and Father Utravsky agreed.

Emlyn questioned Leonard about Mobet Zoroast, revealing that Mobet was trapped in Groselle's Travels, while Pallez recognized him as his great-grandson and suspected someone had sent Emlyn to test him. In Bayam, Darkwill obtained the Die of Probability and fled after finding his teacher's note, but Cyril secretly stole the die and watched him.

• Emlyn failed to defeat Father Utravsky, then visited Leonard and asked about Mobet Zoroast.
• Leonard questioned Emlyn, and Pallez revealed that Mobet was his great-grandson and was likely trapped in Groselle's Travels.
• Darkwill bought the Die of Probability from a shopkeeper, dropped it, and fell when it landed with one facing upward.
• Cyril followed the die's attraction to Darkwill, secretly watched him find a note, and saw him flee Bayam with Harry.
• Darkwill and Harry decided they needed protection before their ticket to Oravi Island departed, while Cyril sat at an inn holding the stolen die.

Cyril struggled to control the Die of Probability, a living Uniqueness whose bad luck caused sudden lightning and a Spirit World creature to attack. After realizing it was manipulating his thoughts to lead him to Will Auceptin, Cyril used a Crystal Ball to probe the die and encountered a disturbing vision of a Buddha and a radiant halo.

• Cyril was struck by the Die of Probability’s bad luck and narrowly avoided lightning before briefly meeting Elland and a hostile young officer in Bayam.
• Cyril appeared beside Klein and asked him to contact Will Auceptin, but the die’s bad luck summoned a gigantic Spirit World creature that collapsed part of the Swordfish Bar.
• Cyril revealed that the die was the Wheel of Fortune Pathway’s Uniqueness and decided he should seek Adam instead of Will Auceptin.
• Klein encountered Darkwill, who arrived at the damaged bar with a commission for him.
• Cyril isolated himself at an inn, accused the die of manipulating his thoughts, and used a Crystal Ball to investigate it.
• Cyril saw a vast river, a solemn golden Buddha, and a ring-like halo before the vision abruptly vanished.

Cyril met with Adam to discuss the Die of Probability, learning why it was drawn to him and how he might control it after becoming a Demigod. Klein relayed Will Auceptin’s warning and recommendation to Cyril, leaving him with Ouroboros as a possible source of a Snake of Mercury Beyonder Characteristic.

• Cyril recovered from spiritual exhaustion after a strange resonance with the Key of Light and suppressed an urge to swallow the Die of Probability.
• Klein examined Emlyn’s report about Pallez Zoroast, then told Emlyn that World’s commission was complete and he could collect the remaining payment.
• Cyril met Adam, who explained the Die of Probability’s attraction to him and said Cyril could try accommodating it after becoming a Demigod.
• Adam identified the Mirror World as the reason the Key of Light might cooperate with Cyril.
• Klein found Will Auceptin’s angry message in a dream, warning Cyril not to target him and suggesting he ask Ouroboros for a Snake of Mercury Beyonder Characteristic.
• Klein relayed Will Auceptin’s message to Cyril above the Gray Fog.

Cyril dealt with the Die of Probability’s unpredictable luck after it caused chaos at his inn and accompanied him out of Bayam. In Backlund, he met Pallez and tried to persuade him to pursue a wounded Parasite and Jacob Family treasure, but Pallez remained suspicious of both Cyril and Adam.

• Cyril escaped an attack when his inn room collapsed, and the Die of Probability’s influence helped the security bureau subdue the smugglers downstairs.
• Cyril tested the die’s behavior, learned it could restrain its instincts for about twelve hours, and left Bayam after a string of misfortunes.
• Cyril traveled to 7 Pinster Street in Backlund and found Pallez inhabiting a woodpecker ornament through a parasitized Spirit Body.
• Cyril told Pallez that a severely injured Parasite was hiding in Backlund and knew the location of a Jacob Family treasure.
• Pallez warned that Jacob’s treasure was certainly a trap and said he trusted neither Cyril nor Adam.

Cyril told Pallez that Mobet was trapped in the Book World and that Ankewelt had returned, then traveled to Oravi Island, where he accidentally revealed that he had taken Darkwill’s Die of Probability. Darkwill and Klein set out to find help recovering the artifact.

• Cyril explained to Pallez that Mobet and his friends could remain safely in the Book World, and Pallez asked him to tell Mobet that he was still alive.
• Pallez told Leonard that a visitor carrying a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact had come to Leonard’s home, and explained that Arrodes had identified him.
• Cyril appeared on Oravi Island with Klein and Darkwill after a Spirit World incident, then used an Illusory Door to leave.
• Harry recognized the Die of Probability in Cyril’s hand as the one missing from Darkwill’s ring box.
• Darkwill demanded that Klein help recover his die, but Klein said Cyril had taken it before Darkwill hired him and advised Darkwill to find the person he had come to see.

Cyril met Yellow Light Venithan, who directed him to Councilor Ricciardo, while Klein and Darkwill found Ricciardo beneath a bridge. Cyril returned the Die of Probability, agreed to help Ricciardo pursue advancement to Soothsayer, and Ricciardo arranged to settle Klein’s remaining fee with luck; the group left with Ricciardo’s third request still unknown.

• Klein told Darkwill he had guessed the Life School of Thought was behind Gehrman Sparrow and agreed to accompany him to the person he sought.
• Cyril encountered Botis in the Spirit World, and the Die of Probability changed from five to one and then four as Botis withdrew.
• Yellow Light Venithan told Cyril that Will Auceptin had instructed him to send Cyril to Councilor Ricciardo, so Cyril turned back toward Oravi Island.
• Klein and Darkwill followed Carnot the Bell-Ringer to Ricciardo beneath a bridge, where Cyril arrived through a starry door and returned the Die of Probability.
• Ricciardo relayed Will Auceptin’s first request, and Cyril agreed not to demand more or help Ouroboros; Ricciardo then asked Cyril to help him become a Soothsayer once his injuries healed.
• Ricciardo offered Klein luck to earn the remaining seven hundred pounds at Oravi’s casinos, and Cyril wondered what would happen if Klein lost despite his luck.

Klein learned why Ricciardo’s luck blessing could not affect him, while Cyril explained the gray fog’s possible connection to the Sefirot and discussed the Wheel of Fortune pathway. On Rasha, Ark Saunders arrived to escort Cyril to the Emerald Palace at Queen Mystic’s request.

• Klein returned from the casinos having lost thirty pounds, and Ricciardo admitted that his luck blessing had failed.
• Cyril told Ricciardo to contact him when he was ready to advance to Soothsayer and directed him to find Tobias in Backlund if Cyril did not reply.
• Ricciardo blessed Darkwill with luck, and Darkwill won seven hundred and thirty pounds at several casinos.
• Klein asked Cyril whether Ricciardo’s blessing failed because of the gray fog, and Cyril explained that the Die of Probability could still affect Klein because it represented a deity’s authority.
• Cyril told Klein that ancient gods believed Oldest One had left behind things containing Sefirot, and he explained that the Wheel of Fortune pathway’s advancement rituals relied on luck and would become easier as history approached a destined turning point.
• Ark Saunders appeared before Cyril on Rasha and said Queen Mystic had foreseen his arrival and sent him to the Emerald Palace.

Cyril reached the Emerald Palace, met Bernadette, and learned that the hidden town on Lasha Island was Element Dawn’s base. Bernadette left him in Ark Saunders’s care, and Ark offered to take him to the Artisan working on Kalvetua’s corpse.

• Klein watched Cyril follow Ark Saunders to a hidden passage, which Ark opened with the phrase “Open sesame.”
• Cyril arrived aboard the Dawn and met Bernadette, who asked about the Fool, Roselle’s diaries, and the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• Bernadette told Cyril he could explore the Emerald Palace or Lasha Island, then departed into the palace as streams of illusory knowledge.
• Ark led Cyril to a concealed town and revealed that it was Element Dawn, founded after Bernadette and the Dawn rescued the island from an evil spirit.
• Ark told Cyril that the Artisan making a mystical item from Kalvetua’s corpse was still shut away in his laboratory and asked whether Cyril wanted to check on him.

Lawrence spotted Botis and sensed a hidden companion in Backlund, then reported the encounter to Cyril. At the Tarot Club, Cattleya admitted she had revealed information about the gathering to Queen Mystic, and the Fool’s punishment nearly caused her to lose control.

• Lawrence recognized Botis in Backlund and noticed an unusually dark shadow beneath him, then reported that Botis had arrived with a hidden Saint.
• Cyril received Lawrence’s report and joined the Tarot Club gathering, where Audrey, Fors, and Cattleya submitted pages of Roselle’s Diary.
• Cattleya asked how Emperor Roselle viewed his children, and the Fool answered that they were his most important anchors.
• The Fool revealed that Cattleya had asked on Queen Mystic’s behalf, prompting Cattleya to admit she had shared information about the Tarot Club and accept punishment.
• The Fool’s punishment exposed Cattleya to the Gray Fog, causing her body and Spirit Body to seem to turn into insects until he severed the connection and sealed her senses.

At the Tarot Club, the Hermit suffered after looking too closely at Mr. Fool, but he spared her and the meeting continued. Sun Derrick revealed that Elder Lovia had been released in the City of Silver, prompting discussion of the Chief’s motives and the True Creator’s presence in the Forsaken Land of the Gods.

• Cattleya trembled after seeing Mr. Fool, and Alger warned the Tarot Club that gods must not be looked upon directly.
• Klein soothed Cattleya, restored her glasses, and told her to apply in advance before trying something similar again.
• Derrick asked for the Sun Sequence 6 potion formula, and the World offered to help him find it.
• Alger asked how he could leave his ship unnoticed, and Emlyn offered to find a Paralysis potion for him.
• Derrick reported that Elder Lovia had been released after the Chief returned to the City of Silver.
• Cyril explained that the True Creator was in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, and Alger suggested the Chief might be testing several powerful beings as potential allies.

At the Tarot Club, Cyril explained the Twilight Hermit Order and warned the members about Adam’s ability to know what was spoken or thought. After the gathering, Botis returned to Backlund afflicted by bad luck and told Kisma that a mysterious Traveler with a powerful Wheel of Fortune artifact had noticed him.

• Cyril reassured Derrick about Lovia and urged him to raise his Sequence, while Klein silently objected to Cyril’s confidence in Mr. Fool.
• Cattleya asked about Amon, and Cyril explained that the Creator in Amon’s title referred to the Ancient Sun God worshipped by the Twilight Hermit Order founded by Adam.
• Cyril warned the Tarot Club that Adam could know anything spoken or thought, leaving Cattleya and Emlyn unsettled before the gathering ended.
• Back in Element Dawn Town, Cyril summoned Edefana, asked her to deliver drawings to Edwina, and requested help recording Beyonder Abilities.
• Botis emerged from an illusory door beneath the Workers’ Mutual Aid Association and prayed to the True Creator before Kisma appeared.
• Botis told Kisma that a mysterious Traveler had triggered his spiritual warning during Spirit World Roaming and left him entangled in bad luck; he suspected the Traveler might be connected to the Abraham Family.

Klein shared a sunset with Cyril through the gray fog, while Cyril helped Tobias’s group seal the Abraham Family’s Scroll of God and prepared to hunt Botis. The chapter ended as Cyril and Tobias began their operation near the Workers’ Mutual Aid Association under the Crimson Moon.

• Klein watched the sunset from Saint Draco Mountain and sent an image of it to Cyril, who received it on Lasha Island.
• Cyril arrived in Backlund and used a symbol tied to their Lord to dispel the dangerous shadow inside the Scroll of God.
• Owen explained the Scroll of God’s abilities and history, and said the Abraham Family had lent it to help them fight Botis and his Box of the Great Old Ones.
• Cyril told Tobias that he had amplified Botis’s misfortune and suggested moving their hunt forward, and Tobias agreed.
• Cyril and Tobias discovered the True Creator’s presence near the Workers’ Mutual Aid Association, then started their operation by invoking the Lost Nation of the Night.

Cyril and Tobias launched a coordinated attack on Botis and the Box of the Great Old Ones, while Kisma discovered that Cyril had trapped him inside an illusory space. The chapter ended as Botis’s attacks engulfed Tobias and the Workers' Mutual Aid Association building collapsed, but Tobias’s voice suggested he had survived.

• Cyril used illusions and the True Creator’s domain to fight Kisma, while Kisma realized Botis had disappeared.
• Cyril revealed that the building was a recreated scene inside a Space Cage and used an ivory die to make Kisma’s escape harder.
• Botis searched the concealed building for a way out as Tobias used borrowed Flash to keep up with him and target the Box of the Great Old Ones.
• A War Bishop’s Fog of War suppressed Botis’s spiritual warnings as Tobias’s allies surrounded him with attacks.
• Botis used several recorded abilities against Tobias, and the Workers' Mutual Aid Association building collapsed before Tobias’s voice sounded through the fog.

Tobias and Cyril attacked Botis, who used recorded powers and the Box of the Great Old Ones to fight back. Botis escaped when the Box went out of control, while Cyril covered it with a strange sheet and hoped Botis might eventually leave behind his characteristics.

• Tobias transformed the ruins into a sea of magma, but Botis used Restart of Fate to restore the building and its surroundings.
• Botis trapped Tobias in the Box of the Great Old Ones, but Tobias borrowed Cyril's power and broke free in his incomplete mythical creature form.
• Tobias and Botis traded attacks, and Botis's howl forced Tobias out of his Flame Giant form.
• Botis's attack killed Kisma, while Tobias and Cyril survived the battle.
• The Box of the Great Old Ones went out of control, and Botis vanished after it sent him away.
• Cyril covered the Box with a strange sheet to occupy it temporarily, then said he hoped Botis would leave behind his characteristics.