Chapter Summaries

Ryan spent the chapter studying the Legacy Wizardry Book and waiting for the Eye of Truth to analyze Fearful Flame. After Arthur disappeared, Wizard Tuta confirmed no rules had been broken aboard the ship, and Ryan received the completed analysis seven days later.

• Ryan studied the Legacy Wizardry Book and started a seven-day analysis of Fearful Flame with the Eye of Truth.
• Anna noticed Arthur had been absent for several days, then found his room empty and raised the alarm among the Wizard Freshmen.
• Anna reported Arthur’s disappearance to Wizard Tuta, who stated that no one had broken the rules or disturbed order aboard the Wizard Ship.
• A Newborn Wizard suggested Arthur might have died during a Sea Beast Hunt, and the Wizard Freshmen accepted that explanation.
• Ryan received the Eye of Truth’s analysis of the Supernatural Knowledge behind Fearful Flame after seven days.

Ryan learned how Elemental Particle Wizardry worked, endured a terrifying storm at sea, and mastered the theory of Fearful Flame Wizardry. He tested the spell during a Sea Beast Hunt and saw its power, but its long casting time and short duration remained problems as the Eye of Truth neared the end of its analysis.

• Ryan learned about Elemental Particle Affinity and the many Wizard Systems while the Eye of Truth analyzed supernatural knowledge.
• Ryan and the other freshmen survived a violent storm that tossed the Wizard Ship across the sea.
• Ryan mastered the theory of Fearful Flame Wizardry and joined the Sea Beast Hunt to test the spell safely.
• Ryan cast a bowl-sized Energy Flame that destroyed a reef, earning a power rating of 13 but lasting only two seconds after a ten-second casting time.
• Ryan concluded that the sea's conditions weakened the spell and expected the Eye of Truth to finish analyzing Fire Element Particle Energy Wizardry that night.

Ryan studied the foundations of Fearful Flame Wizardry and mastered the Fire Elemental Particle Energy Shield with the Eye of Truth. During a sea-beast hunt, he encountered a powerful Azure Spirit Thousand-Eyed Jellyfish and prepared to use a Mid-level spell as it closed in on him.

• Ryan wrote a plan to improve Fearful Flame Wizardry by speeding up his casting and studying its foundational knowledge.
• Ryan absorbed the Eye of Truth's analysis of the Fire Elemental Particle Energy Shield and mastered the Low-level Wizardry in about ten days.
• Ryan swam away from the Wizard Ship to test his spell, but a vast creature approached beneath the sea.
• Ryan recognized the creature as the Mid-level Supernatural Creature Azure Spirit Thousand-Eyed Jellyfish and realized its tentacles were faster than he could escape.
• Ryan stopped swimming as the tentacles reached for him and produced a Parchment Scroll containing the Mid-level Wizardry Water Prison of Corruption.

Ryan trapped the Azure Spirit Thousand-Eyed Jellyfish, then focused on Wizard Knowledge and preparing for the Umbral Wizard Academy as the Wizard Ship neared the Wizard Continent. After a month of study, the ship arrived and the Wizard Freshmen gathered on deck to behold the continent.

• Ryan used a Mid-level Wizardry Scroll to trap the Azure Spirit Thousand-Eyed Jellyfish, then left the area with Harak.
• Ryan decided to stop joining Sea Beast Hunts and prioritize the Legacy Wizardry Book, meditation, and Wizard Knowledge.
• Ryan spent the following days studying while Harak brought him food, and Gray visited to admire Harak’s ability to catch fish.
• Ryan noticed Gray’s particle energy and physical strength were increasing unusually quickly, but set the concern aside to focus on mastering Scarlet Heat.
• After another month, the Wizard Ship stopped at the Wizard Continent, and Ryan and the other Wizard Freshmen saw their destination.

Ryan learned about Ancient Forest Mountain and the six-month assessment required to enter the Umbral Wizard Academy. Wizard Ethan warned the freshmen that no one could die there and revealed that the number of academy tickets was limited, leaving Ryan to understand that they would compete for them.

• Ryan reviewed his mastered spells and recognized that he needed to strengthen his basic supernatural knowledge before entering the academy.
• Ryan attended a freshman meeting at the Ancient Forest Pavilion, where Wizard Ethan explained the six-month assessment and the requirement to demonstrate mastery of one spell.
• Wizard Ethan prohibited deaths on Ancient Forest Mountain and warned that anyone involved would be killed if he discovered a death.
• Wizard Ethan added that the number of tickets to the Umbral Wizard Academy was fixed, and Ryan realized the freshmen would be competing for them.

Moss Bailin invited the Wizard Freshmen to a welcome party in Ancient Forest Wizard City, and many eagerly accepted despite Wizard Ethan’s warning. Ryan suspected the invitation concealed a risk, declined to go, and was stopped by someone from his Wizard Ship.

• Ryan decided to remain on Ancient Forest Mountain to study Basic Supernatural Knowledge before entering Umbral Wizard Academy.
• Moss Bailin introduced himself as a Direct Lineage Member of the Bailin Wizard Family and invited the freshmen to a feast at the Bailin Mansion.
• Anna welcomed the invitation, hoping to use the party to gain an advantage through the Bailin Wizard Family.
• Many Wizard Freshmen agreed to attend, while Ryan and several others stayed behind, wary of the situation.
• Ryan got up to return to his studies, but someone from his Wizard Ship urged him to join the party.

Ryan refused Anna’s invitation to join an evening party with wizard-family freshmen and focused on strengthening his supernatural foundation. On the way to his residence, he captured two Blue Poison Monkeys to study their supernatural toxins.

• Anna invited Ryan to attend an evening party with Moss of the Bailin Family and other wizard-family freshmen, but Ryan refused and left.
• Lafayette and the other freshmen criticized Ryan for rejecting the opportunity, while Anna defended his choice and assumed he would regret it.
• Ryan considered his goal of strengthening his supernatural foundation and passing Ancient Forest Mountain’s assessment to enter Umbral Wizard Academy.
• Ryan encountered Blue Poison Monkeys in the trees and captured two after they attacked him when he left the cobblestone path.
• Ryan used his Spiritual Power to part the defensive array’s mist around his residence and planned to study the monkeys’ toxins alongside the Scarlet Scale Toxin.

Ryan secured the Blue Poison Monkey in the Nurturing Chamber and reviewed the basics of supernatural knowledge, including the limits of Bloodline Wizards. He discovered a sealed diary among his Wizardry Scrolls that appeared to conceal a treasure clue, while the Eye of Truth continued analyzing his fifth Wizard Rune.

• Ryan locked the Blue Poison Monkey in the Nurturing Chamber’s restraint-equipped chamber.
• Ryan considered the costs and limitations of Supernatural Bloodlines and decided he did not want to become a Bloodline Wizard.
• Ryan sorted through Basic Supernatural Knowledge books and recognized titles that had been hinted at in the Wizard Ship’s records.
• Ryan identified three Wizardry Scrolls in the Red Metal Ring: Crimson Dragon Breath, Darkness Deprivation, and Corrosive Acid.
• Ryan found a diary sealed with wizardry and a refined Wizard formation, which made him suspect it might lead to rare treasure.
• The Eye of Truth estimated that its analysis of Ryan’s fifth Wizard Rune would take twenty days, leaving him to study the books in the meantime.

Ryan studied elemental particles and pondered the meaning of Truth, while Moss hosted a lavish banquet to win over the Wizard Freshmen. The chapter ended with Ryan unable to decide what Truth meant to him.

• Ryan studied Inertia and Activity of Elemental Particles and recorded questions about his Fire Elemental Energy spell.
• Moss welcomed the Wizard Freshmen to a lavish banquet at Bailin Mansion and watched them react to its wealth.
• Moss approached Anna and invited her to discuss the Wizard Ship and their new friends, and Anna agreed.
• Ryan read Anglie Gunkai’s question about what Truth was and considered several answers without finding one he could accept.

Ryan reflected on Anglie Gunkai’s perseverance and resolved to keep pursuing Truth, then spent three days studying Supernatural Knowledge before testing his dissection skills on a Blue Poison Monkey. The chapter ended with Ryan preparing to continue the experiment as a second restrained monkey watched in terror.

• Ryan read Anglie Gunkai’s account in On Wizardry, found no clear definition of Truth, and resolved to keep chasing it.
• Ryan studied Supernatural Knowledge for three days until his mind and Spiritual Power were exhausted.
• Ryan went to the Nurturing Chamber, where he prepared to test his knowledge of Supernatural Anatomy and Extraction on the Blue Poison Monkey.
• Ryan examined his Wizard Dissection Knife and discovered that particle energy extended its blade by about three centimeters.
• Ryan began the dissection and swiftly removed the Blue Poison Monkey’s organ for discharging liquid waste after it disrupted the experiment.
• Ryan glanced at the other restrained Blue Poison Monkey as it struggled in terror and considered whether to deal with the disturbance in advance.

Ryan’s Blue Poison dissection failed because the other Blue Poison Monkey disturbed his work, teaching him to eliminate sources of interference before experiments. He prepared the laboratory and began dissecting the remaining monkey with a method meant to prevent it from making noise.

• Ryan failed to collect active Blue Poison after the other Blue Poison Monkey’s cries and struggles disrupted his dissection.
• He recognized his mistake, discarded the failed specimen, and cleaned the automated dissection table.
• Ryan reflected on how Wizard Technology and standards had improved experiments after a brutal era of Wizard research.
• He secured the remaining Blue Poison Monkey and removed its windpipe and reproductive organs before continuing the live dissection.

Ryan improved his Fearful Flame spell while researching a toxin fusion, then learned from Gray that Wizard Freshmen had been disappearing around Ancient Forest Mountain. The disappearances affected both attendees and non-attendees of the Wizard Family Freshmen’s welcome party, leaving Ryan uncertain about the cause.

• Ryan cultivated Scarlet Scale Toxin stock solution and neared completion of Blue Poison stock solution while developing a method to fuse the toxins.
• Ryan reduced Fearful Flame’s casting time to five seconds and increased its duration to four seconds through study and practice.
• Gray found Ryan in the restaurant and told him that Wizard Freshmen had been vanishing in growing numbers.
• Gray said the missing students included those who had skipped the welcome party, those who attended it, and Wizard Family Freshmen.

Ryan considered whether the disappearances of Wizard Freshmen would disrupt his plans to enter Umbral Wizard Academy, while Anna organized a Wizard Mutual Aid Association with Moss’s support. The chapter ended with Moss dismissing concerns about Wizard Ethan and privately viewing Anna as a useful, easily manipulated ally.

• Gray told Ryan that several people had vanished for days and said he believed Wizard Ethan would investigate.
• Ryan decided to prepare for the disappearances while waiting for the Eye of Truth to finish analyzing the Vast Sea Meditation Method.
• Anna persuaded Lafayette and other Wizard Freshmen to join the Wizard Mutual Aid Association, hoping to gain security and access to resources.
• At Ancient Forest Pavilion, Moss and other family freshmen watched Anna recruit members, and Moss privately admitted he was exploiting her affection for information and free labor.
• Cardi questioned whether the association was too ambitious, but Moss said they had broken no rules and Wizard Ethan could not suppress the local families.

Moss and Kadi used the Wizard Mutual Aid Association to strengthen their families’ influence while secretly planning to force Wizard Freshmen into contracts. They agreed to hire Wizard Killers to target isolated students inside Ancient Forest Mountain without directly violating Wizard Ethan’s rules.

• The Wizard Mutual Aid Association was established with Moss as president, Kadi as vice president, and Anna reduced to an executive role despite her objections.
• Moss reassured Anna while concealing his contempt for her and explained that the association’s resources were controlled by powerful family elders.
• Moss and Kadi discussed how thirty-eight freshmen had already been dealt with, while wary students hid in their Wizard Residences and relied on Wizard Ethan’s rules for protection.
• Moss ordered Kadi to continue pressuring the remaining freshmen, arguing that their families needed stronger influence and more resources at Umbral Wizard Academy.
• Moss and Kadi agreed to have their families hire Wizard Killers through the Black Market to frighten or kill isolated, low-grade freshmen while avoiding direct responsibility.

Ryan successfully meditated upon and traced the fifth Wizard Rune, increasing his Spiritual Power and strengthening his body with Particle Energy. He wondered whether the remaining runes in the Vast Sea Meditation Method would be enough for him to become a First-level Wizard Apprentice.

• Ryan saw the Scarlet Scale Toxin and Blue Poison begin to merge in the Incubation Chamber as the Eye of Truth finished analyzing the fifth Wizard Rune.
• Ryan entered his Sea of Consciousness and used his newly acquired knowledge to begin tracing the fifth Wizard Rune.
• Ryan endured growing fatigue and stabbing pain as his Spiritual Power dwindled, then completed the tracing just before it ran dry.
• Ryan gained 0.5 Spiritual Power, bringing his total to 7.7, and considered how Wizard Aptitude affected advancement and what alternatives existed.
• Ryan drew in Particle Energy to strengthen his body and restore balance after the meditation.

Ryan nurtured a potent new toxin he named Green Venom while Kadi and Moss discussed hiring two Nameless Wizard Killers for the family’s plan. After dinner, Ryan sensed blood along the Wizard Array Path and grew wary.

• Ryan reviewed his increased strength and particle energy, then planned to master the remaining Supernatural Wizard Books before seeking an Admission Ticket from Wizard Ethan.
• Ryan watched Blue Poison and Scarlet Scale Toxin fuse, nearly collapsing when he inhaled the resulting fumes, and named the dangerous toxin Green Venom.
• Ryan saved some Green Venom as a seed and stored the rest in a vial designed to hold a dagger tip.
• Kadi told Moss that the family had hired two Nameless Wizard Killers, and Moss discussed the family’s ambitions and the potential returns from investing in Wizard Freshmen.
• After dinner, Ryan walked along the Wizard Array Path, noticed an unusual scent, and recognized it as blood.

Number Two assassinated a Wizard Freshman on Ancient Forest Mountain, and Ryan discovered the corpse and suspected the killing was part of the recent disappearances. Alarmed that he might be in danger, Ryan went to the Wizard Freshman Management Office the next day to report the incident to Lord Ethan.

• Number Two hid in the ancient forest and killed a black-robed Wizard Freshman with the Shadow Blade of Assassination.
• Ryan found the corpse and examined the wound, concluding that a professional killer had attacked from behind about half an hour earlier.
• Ryan connected the murder to the recent wave of disappearances and worried that he could have been chosen as a target.
• Ryan decided he could not remain hidden in the Freshman Residence and went to report the murder to Lord Ethan.

Ryan reported the violation of Ancient Forest Mountain’s rules to Wizard Gandhi, but learned Wizard Ethan and the other Wizards were away for at least a week. Moss and Kadi discussed how the staged deaths were meant to pressure the freshmen into signing the Wizard Contract, then set out to learn more about Arthur Luci.

• Ryan went to Ancient Forest Tower to report the rule violation and demand Wizard Ethan’s intervention.
• Wizard Gandhi told Ryan that Wizard Ethan and the other three Wizards had gone to receive resources from Umbral Expanse and would not return for at least a week.
• Wizard Gandhi promised to investigate and protect the freshmen, while Ryan left feeling uneasy under his gaze.
• Moss told Kadi that the Nameless Wizard Killers’ deaths were meant to provoke the freshmen into accepting the Wizard Contract within seven days.
• Moss and Kadi decided to ask Anna what kind of person Arthur Luci was.

Ryan prepared for a possible attack from Wizard Gandhi by fortifying his residence and producing more Green Venom. That night, Number Two arrived under orders to kill the freshman inside.

• Ryan suspected Wizard Gandhi was behind the danger but decided to prepare countermeasures rather than confront him directly.
• Ryan inspected and fortified his Freshman Residence, produced more Green Venom, and placed three Wizardry Scrolls around it.
• Anna told Moss that Ryan-Harak had refused his invitation to the Wizard Mutual Aid Association, and Moss concealed his mocking intentions from her.
• Number Two used the Shadow Blade of Assassination and his Bloodline Power to pierce the residence’s mist.
• A new command ordered Number Two to kill the freshman inside the Freshman Residence.

Ryan killed the Wizard Killer sent by Wizard Gandhi with a Mid-level Wizardry Scroll, then recovered the assassin’s Shadow Dark Crow Bloodline and discovered his Shadow Blade of Assassination. Wizard Ethan secretly observed Ryan’s victory and became intrigued by his unusual Fire Elemental Energy spells.

• Number Two used his Shadow Dark Crow Bloodline to scout Ryan’s Nurturing Chamber, but particle energy erupted and engulfed him in a Fire Elemental Tide.
• Ryan emerged from the residence and confirmed that the attacker was a Wizard Killer connected to Wizard Gandhi.
• Ryan examined the dead assassin, identified the Shadow Blade of Assassination, and extracted the Shadow Dark Crow Bloodline for Harak.
• Ryan anticipated more attacks and decided to remain in the Freshman Residence for the four days left in the week.
• Wizard Ethan watched Ryan and noticed that he bore traces of three Fire Elemental Energy spells.