Chapter Summaries

Li Si joined Bernie’s plans to research civilian enchanted goods, while considering how the Fifth Magic Workshop and its allies could support a future business. After touring the not-yet-open workshop, he headed to Beilei Street to continue training with weapons.

• Li Si learned that Bernie was researching civilian enchantments and agreed to work with him.
• Li Si planned to use Yousef Dahe Er, the Fifth Magic Workshop, the Royal Mage Corps, and the Golden Vine Merchant Guild to support future civilian enchanted goods, but decided to wait until he had more time and strength.
• Bernie showed Li Si around the workshop and said it would take more than a month before research began.
• Li Si left with Welf and told him to arrange training in the bow, axe, and hammer.
• Li Si counted his weapon proficiencies and realized he still needed one intermediate weapon proficiency to qualify for Proficiency in All Weapons.

After a week of intensive training and spell research, Li Si completed his planned weapon training and reached intermediate archery proficiency, leaving him one skill short of Proficiency in All Weapons. He ended training early and set out alone for the Mercenary Guild to carry out his next plans.

• Li Si improved Fuel Spell and Ray of Aging, with the latter temporarily reducing an enemy’s agility, strength, and toughness.
• Li Si hit a target fifty meters away with all ten arrows and gained intermediate archery proficiency.
• Li Si concluded that his combat abilities had matured enough for him to reliably defeat Di Sen, even if Di Sen fought seriously.
• Li Si told Welf and Bill to return to the estate while he went elsewhere alone.
• Li Si left for the Mercenary Guild after putting several weapons in his Storage Ring.

Li Si visited Can Guang City's Mercenary Guild to register and find a weapon instructor, hoping to gain experience through commissions and monster hunts. After receiving the lowest-rank mercenary card, he asked whether the guild had any professional instructors.

• Li Si went to the Mercenary Guild on Ge Duo Street, intending to learn his final Intermediate weapon proficiency and earn experience through mercenary work.
• He registered under the name Moriarty, claimed to have no profession, and received a gray identity card as an unranked mercenary.
• The guild clerk advised Li Si to avoid dangerous tasks until he became an official Professional, and explained the mercenary rank system.
• Li Si asked the clerk whether the guild had any professional instructors.

Li Si sought an assassin instructor at the Mercenary Guild, but the instructor was absent and two scammers tried to sell him lessons before Li Ya drove them away. He reunited with Ya Er, whose rapid rise to Gold-level Mercenary left him wondering how powerful she was.

• Li Si learned that the assassin instructor was away and considered other classes, while Li Ya explained that mage lessons were unusually expensive.
• Sai Lei and Ya Bo Te tried to sell Li Si private warrior tutoring, but Li Ya threatened to call the guards and made them leave.
• Li Si thanked Li Ya and asked her to recommend another assassin class holder.
• Ya Er recognized Li Si at the guild, and the two greeted each other.
• Li Ya told Li Si that Ya Er had become a Gold-level Mercenary in just one year, surprising him with her apparent strength.

Li Si realized that Ya Er might be the future Valkyrie and eagerly accepted her offer to teach him the whip, hoping to gain a powerful ally. They bought ingredients for Golden Silk Shrimp Balls and arrived at the villa rented by Ya Er’s team.

• Ya Er nearly revealed that Li Si was a mage, so he pulled her away from the Guild and explained that he wanted to keep his strength secret.
• After Ya Er listed the weapons she knew, Li Si suspected she was a Gold Warrior and the future Valkyrie from Divine Revelation.
• Ya Er offered to teach Li Si the whip, and he agreed to begin training the next day.
• Li Si promised to make Ya Er Golden Silk Shrimp Balls, and they spent more than ten Gold Coins buying ingredients.
• Ya Er brought Li Si to her team’s three-story garden villa.

Li Si cooked an elaborate meal for Ya Er, who was so impressed that she invited him to join her adventurer party as their cook. Ya Er’s companions returned, including Arsen Hardt, who was surprised to find Viscount Li Si Kane cooking in their home.

• Ya Er brought Li Si and his ingredients to her rented house, where he prepared Golden Silk Shrimp Balls.
• Ya Er eagerly ate the shrimp balls, and Li Si cooked several more dishes for her.
• Ya Er praised Li Si and invited him to join her adventurer party as their cook.
• Ya Er’s companions returned: a dwarf warrior, the elf Elena, and Arsen Hardt.
• Arsen recognized Li Si and stared in surprise at the viscount’s cooking.

Ya Er invited Li Si to dinner, introduced him to her teammates, and persuaded Elena to let him join the Ya Er Adventurer Team. As the team welcomed him over Li Si’s cooking, he learned about their exploration and escort work and wondered how far they were allowed to travel from the royal capital.

• Ya Er introduced Lunbos Ironhammer, Elena, and Yasen Hardt to Li Si, who greeted Yasen respectfully as a member of Duke Hardt’s family.
• Ya Er declared Li Si her disciple and announced that he would cook for the team, prompting Elena to question whether he was joining them.
• Ya Er pleaded with Elena to accept Li Si, and Elena agreed despite worrying that the Novice Mage could be endangered on adventures.
• Ya Er welcomed Li Si to the team, and the group enjoyed his meal, including a fruit pudding that softened Elena’s attitude toward him.
• Ya Er explained that the team took exploration and caravan escort commissions, while Li Si wondered whether they could travel far from the royal capital.

After joining Ya Er's adventurer team, Li Si reassured Arsen that he would not harm her and considered how her support might help with the Sacred Festival. He spent most of his accumulated experience raising his level and Intelligence, then prepared to continue his magical research.

• Arsen warned Li Si to avoid harming Ya Er, and Li Si promised this in the name of his nobility.
• Arsen welcomed Li Si to the adventurer team, and Li Si returned to his residence to reflect on the day's events.
• Li Si considered using Ya Er's support to address the Sacred Festival and resolved to improve his strength while waiting for those behind the Camus incident to reveal themselves.
• Li Si spent 735,604 unallocated experience points to raise his level to 34 and his Intelligence to 96.
• After reviewing his improved status, Li Si drank his fruit tea and headed to the laboratory to study new arcana and Third-Circle Spells.

Li Si visited the Ya Er Adventurer Team’s villa for breakfast before beginning the whip training Ya Er had arranged. After sharing a meal with his teammates, he accepted a practice whip from Ya Er and followed her to the yard to train.

• Li Si left his manor early with ingredients and went to the team’s villa on Ge Duo Street.
• Li Si met Arsen and Elena, then prepared pancakes, bacon, eggs, and oatmeal for the group.
• Ya Er, Arsen, Elena, and Li Si ate breakfast together while Lunbos slept off his drinking.
• After breakfast, Ya Er gave Li Si a tough white whip and pulled him outside to begin training.

Li Si trained with Ya Er until he mastered the whip and unlocked the Warrior specialty Proficiency in All Weapons. The specialty greatly increased his Strength, improved his staff mastery, and left him celebrating until Ya Er mistook his excitement for an overheated brain.

• Ya Er demonstrated whip techniques, then corrected Li Si as they practiced and sparred on the training ground.
• Li Si practiced into the night until his whip proficiency reached intermediate level.
• The system evaluated Li Si’s weapon skills and Strength, then granted him Proficiency in All Weapons despite his Arcanist class.
• The specialty doubled Li Si’s Strength modifier, raised his Health Points, and advanced his staff mastery to the advanced level.
• Ya Er worried that Li Si had overheated his brain when he suddenly laughed, but Li Si explained he had made a breakthrough and thanked her for training with him.

Li Si trained with the Ya Er Adventurer Team, learned skills from his teammates, and agreed to join them on a new commission. After recognizing the gulf between his strength and Ya Er’s, he resolved to reach the peak of the world.

• Li Si learned warrior and hunter skills from Ya Er, Arsen, Lunbos, and Elena, while his All-Rounder talent’s bonus experience increased to 30%.
• Li Si sparred with Ya Er and reflected on how far her strength surpassed his own.
• Arsen proposed that the team accept a new commission, and the members agreed to visit the Mercenary Guild the next morning.
• Arsen suggested an easier extermination mission so the team could get used to working with Li Si, and Li Si accepted.
• Li Si vowed to grow stronger, reach the peak of the world, and have every race remember his name.

Li Si joined the Ya Er Adventurer Team officially under the alias Moriarty and registered as a mage at the Mercenary Guild. The team examined available commissions, and Li Si focused on a lucrative Tusked Boar subjugation job.

• Li Si waited at the Mercenary Guild and reflected on his resolve and his plans to resume Arcane Research.
• Ya Er, Arsen, Lunbos, and Elena arrived, and the group went to register Li Si as a member of their adventurer team.
• Li Si registered under the alias Moriarty and identified his class as mage, using his Emerald Staff to confirm it.
• Nearby mercenaries speculated about Li Si’s rank and equipment as he joined his teammates at the commission wall.
• Li Si reviewed several postings and considered the rewards and risks of hunting Tusked Boars.

Li Si traveled with the Ya Er Adventurer Team to subjugate a dangerous magical beast in Baron Zet Tony’s vineyard, accepting a Silver-level quest for a large experience reward. On the way, the team entered the wilderness and encountered two kobolds, whom Arsen suggested Li Si use for practice.

• Arsen drove Ya Er, Li Si, and the rest of the team out of Can Guang City toward Baron Zet Tony’s vineyard.
• Li Si accepted a system quest to help the Ya Er Adventurer Team eliminate the magical beast threatening the vineyard.
• Arsen explained that the baron had raised the reward because earlier mercenaries had failed and the casualties threatened his ability to govern his territory.
• The team became more vigilant as the road led into the wilderness.
• Two kobolds rushed from the bushes, and Arsen stopped the carriage and invited Li Si to practice on them.

Li Si killed two kobolds and joined Arsen and Ya Er in tracking them to their nest, where his companions quickly cleared the cave. The group discovered a dead kobold warlock, and Li Si continued exploring the nest for valuable ores.

• Li Si blinded two charging kobolds with Flash Spell and killed them with Fireball Spell.
• Li Si followed the kobolds’ trail into the forest with Arsen and Ya Er, while Elena and Lunbos stayed to guard the carriage.
• Arsen and Ya Er rushed into the kobold nest and killed its guards and other kobolds as Li Si followed behind them.
• Ya Er showed Li Si a dead kobold warlock, explaining that she had instinctively killed it when she saw light from its staff.

Li Si, Arsen, and Ya Er cleared the kobold nest, found Magic Crystals, and buried the entrance before continuing to Tony Baron's territory. They arrived to learn that an unknown magical beast had begun attacking residents inside the town.

• Arsen killed the kobold hatchlings and destroyed the unhatched eggs while Li Si searched the Kobold Shaman's cave.
• Li Si found several Magic Crystals and stored them as team loot to split after the commission.
• Li Si used Stone Claw to collapse the cave entrance and bury the kobold nest.
• Li Si, Arsen, and Ya Er returned to the carriage and continued toward Tony Baron's vineyard.
• Steward Zeman met the group outside town and escorted them toward the castle.
• Zeman told Arsen that two residents had disappeared the previous night, leaving only bloodstains, and the frightened townspeople were staying indoors.

Li Si, Arsen, and their companions arrived at Baron Zet Tony’s castle to hunt a monster terrorizing his territory. After hearing how it had killed and wounded people, the team began considering what kind of beast they were facing.

• Butler Zeman led Li Si and the Ya Er Adventurer Team to the castle, where Baron Zet Tony welcomed them and mistook Arsen for the party’s Gold Warrior.
• The team ate dinner without drinking, and Elena enjoyed the local grapes.
• Baron Tony told them that a monster had attacked his vineyards, killed a Silver-level mercenary, and recently begun striking inside town.
• Arsen promised to handle the threat, and the baron described it as a black, four-legged beast that attacked at night.
• Elena suggested the monster could be a Night Leopard, Shadow Leopard, or Dire Wolf, and Li Si said he had an idea.

Arsen divided the investigation into patrols to find the Silver-level magical beast that had attacked the area. While Li Si and Lunbos watched from the castle, a signal rose from the eastern hills, and they hurried to respond.

• Li Si, Elena, and Arsen concluded that the attacker was likely a solitary Silver-level magical beast, and Arsen assigned the team their patrol duties.
• Arsen warned Ya Er not to chase the beast and told Li Si to stay with Lunbos at the castle.
• Li Si and Lunbos kept watch from the castle tower and chatted about wine, ale, and dwarf-made armor.
• A signal shot into the sky from a hill east of the castle, and Lunbos and Li Si set out to investigate.

Elena revealed that the beast attacking Tony Baron Territory was a Moon Spirit Leopard, a creature revered by elves, but its attacks on humans made it a threat the team had to hunt. After learning it was high Silver-level and vulnerable during the day, the team decided to track it the next morning.

• Elena told Li Si, Lunbos, Ya Er, and Arsen that a Moon Spirit Leopard had nearly ambushed her and escaped.
• Elena explained that Moon Spirit Leopards were sacred companions to elven hunters and that she recognized this one because she had grown up alongside her mother's companion.
• Elena decided they had to kill the Moon Spirit Leopard because it had eaten humans and could no longer be considered the goddess's messenger.
• Elena estimated that the beast was high Silver-level and said its strength diminished during the day, when it would be easier to hunt.
• Arsen decided the team would rest and return the next morning so Elena could track the Moon Spirit Leopard to its hiding place.

Li Si and the Ya Er Adventurer Team tracked the Moon Spirit Leopard to a rocky hill and prepared to search for it. As they climbed, Li Si’s Advanced Magic Warning alerted him to the beast hiding nearby.

• Li Si and the others ate breakfast at Tony Baron's castle, then went to the place where they had found the Moon Spirit Leopard.
• Elena examined the boulder and tracked the leopard’s scent east, then south and west, using Animal Communication to help follow its sparse trail.
• Elena led the team to a rocky hill west of Tony Baron Territory, where paw prints and a strong scent showed the leopard had come to drink and hide.
• Arsen assigned positions and warned the group to watch for ambushes, while Li Si cast protective and buff spells on everyone.
• The team climbed the hill in formation, and Li Si’s Advanced Magic Warning revealed the Moon Spirit Leopard watching them from behind a rock.

Li Si and his companions pursued the Moon Spirit Leopard, with Elena slowing it down and Ya Er defeating it in two powerful attacks. The group gathered around the nearly dead beast, while Li Si teased Arsen for contributing little.

• Li Si spotted the Moon Spirit Leopard and warned the group, but the beast fled as Elena and the others pursued it.
• Li Si cast Accelerated Movement on Elena and Ya Er, helping them catch up with the Moon Spirit Leopard.
• Elena trapped the beast briefly with Thorn Web and struck it with three control shots, prompting it to turn and charge at her.
• Ya Er intercepted the Moon Spirit Leopard, then used Charge and Thunder Strike to wound and paralyze it.
• Li Si, Arsen, and Lunbos arrived after Ya Er had nearly killed the beast, and Li Si teased Arsen for slacking off.