Chapter Summaries

Ren fought Verethragna and Melqart, using a blinding flash to gain an opening and kill Melqart. He then faced Verethragna alone, who began invoking his most powerful white horse incarnation.

• Verethragna used the phoenix and bull incarnations to keep pace with Ren, but Ren’s strength and speed steadily wounded him.
• Melqart attacked Ren with a lightning-wreathed club, and Ren blinded both gods and the watching magicians with the Hundredfold Solar Fist.
• Ren drove the Twilight Spear through Melqart’s defenses, then severed his head with an Ultra Slash and destroyed him.
• Verethragna tried to surprise Ren with a camel-enhanced kick, but Ren countered with his own Ride Kick.
• Verethragna retreated and chanted a Word of Authority to summon the white horse incarnation, his most powerful Authority.

Ren faced Verethragna’s White Horse attack and stopped it from destroying Sardinia, then fought through the war god’s resurrection and killed him for good. Verethragna’s final words came from the dead Melqart, while Ren’s mission remained unresolved.

• Verethragna summoned the White Horse, whose heat threatened Sardinia, and Ren chose to confront it rather than let it devastate the island.
• Ren struck the White Horse with Overpowering Radiance, killing Verethragna amid the blast and smoke.
• Verethragna revived with the Ram Incarnation, then claimed Ren would lose because his power had been depleted.
• Ren restored his strength with a Senzu Bean and pierced Verethragna’s heart with the Twilight Spear, killing him again before the Ram could revive him.
• Melqart mocked Verethragna from beyond death, and Verethragna retorted that Melqart had died more miserably.

Ren received Final Flash and the Sword of the War God after defeating Verethragna and Melqart, then flew back toward Liliyana. The sorcerers marveled at his overwhelming victory, while Erica moved to approach him and Aphrodite caught him staring at her thighs.

• Verethragna gave Ren the Sword of the War God, which could identify and seal a god's or Campione!'s Authority.
• Ren's mission reward granted him Final Flash, and he stored the sword before flying away from the ruined battlefield.
• Liliyana, Diana, and Erica watched Ren's victory in astonishment, and Erica decided to approach him.
• Ren flew toward Liliyana with Aphrodite on his shoulder and admitted he had been looking at her thighs.
• Aphrodite pressed her legs together and held down her skirt after noticing Ren's gaze.

After defeating another god, Ren met with Liliyana, Diana, and Erica, then offered Erica a place as his personal knight alongside Liliyana. The group returned to the hotel, where Ren ate while the two rival knights faced off outside the restaurant.

• Aphrodite explained that divine arts concealed her body beneath her skirt, and Ren teased her by comparing her to Aqua.
• Liliyana and Diana congratulated Ren on slaying another god, and Erica arrived to thank him for saving her.
• Ren recognized Erica’s interest in staying close to him and offered her the position of personal knight.
• Ren declared that Liliyana and Erica would serve as the golden and crimson twin fiends at his side, leaving Liliyana bashful.
• At the hotel, Ren ate while Aphrodite sampled tiramisu, and Liliyana and Erica confronted each other outside the restaurant.

Liliyana and Erica discussed their feelings for Ren while he relaxed with Aphrodite, then Ren summoned both women to attend his bath. Liliyana fainted from a nosebleed while scrubbing him, leaving Erica to take her away.

• Erica teased Liliyana about her feelings for Ren, and Liliyana admitted that Ren’s rescue had stirred her heart.
• Aphrodite enjoyed modern food with Ren and explained how much she preferred its flavors to the food of the divine realm.
• Ren asked Erica and Liliyana to bathe him, promising that nothing else would happen.
• Liliyana scrubbed Ren so forcefully that she got a nosebleed and fainted, so Ren had Erica take her away.

Ren anticipated Athena's arrival and planned to visit Milan to summon the Seven Sisters Alliance. Erica warned him that doing so could provoke Salvatore Toni, but Ren dismissed the risk, expecting a confrontation with the King of Swords regardless.

• Ren recalled that Athena might appear in Italy because the Seven Sisters Alliance had found the Gorgon's Stone, and he planned to deal with her before visiting Japan to kill the Monkey God Lord.
• Ren met Erica after his bath and teased her, then told her he planned to go to Milan and wanted her to arrange a meeting with the Seven Sisters Alliance.
• Erica warned Ren that the Southern European Magic Alliance served Salvatore Toni and that summoning its members could displease the King of Swords.
• Ren said Salvatore would not care and argued that he would seek a fight anyway after Ren killed two gods in Sardinia.
• Erica realized Ren considered a clash with Salvatore unavoidable.