Chapter Summaries

Ren tracked Shalba to the Khaos Brigade headquarters in Romania, while Jeanne contacted him with information about Shalba’s alliance with the Hero Faction. The chapter ended as Ren reached Ophis’s room and confronted Shalba’s guards.

• Ren left Katerea and used the mission map to locate Shalba in the human world.
• Jeanne told Ren that Shalba was working with the Hero Faction to attack Katerea and capture Rias, and she asked Ren to teach her how to become a hero.
• Ren challenged Jeanne’s reasons for wanting to be a hero, then asked whether she could read; Jeanne explained that she had graduated from high school.
• Ren saw that Shalba’s location had shifted to the Khaos Brigade headquarters in Romania and teleported there.
• Ren entered the manor and found Shalba in Ophis’s room, where Shalba’s guards confronted him.

Ren ambushed Shalba Beelzebub at the Khaos Brigade headquarters while Shalba asked Ophis to make snakes for his plans. After Shalba’s magic blast filled the room with smoke, Ren reappeared unharmed, wounded Shalba, and vanished with ClockUp as Shalba attacked again.

• Ren blinded Shalba’s guards with flashbangs, killed most of them with holy-water bullets, and entered Ophis’s room.
• Shalba introduced himself as Beelzebub’s rightful heir and invited Ren to join him, but Ren refused.
• Shalba attacked Ren with magic, and the resulting smoke and dust concealed Ren’s survival.
• Ren explained his survival with a made-up “law of no damage through smoke” and cut Shalba’s scalp with his sword.
• Shalba unleashed magic circles to trap Ren, but Ren activated ClockUp and vanished.

Ren defeated Shalba at Khaos Brigade headquarters and killed him after dragging him outside, while Ophis ignored Shalba’s pleas for help. Ren then received the reward for helping Katerea and returned to find Ophis’s game console and snacks gone.

• Shalba used holy-light defenses and attacks against Ren, but Ren broke through his barrier with Ultra Slash and severed his arms and legs.
• Shalba begged Ophis to save him, but she sat back down after Ren said he would take the fight outside.
• Ren dragged the crippled Shalba to a nearby forest and explained that Ophis knew the Khaos Brigade had been deceiving her.
• Ren killed Shalba and received Katerea’s Favorability +20 and the Parry skill from the system.
• Ren returned to Ophis’s room and found her still seated amid the wreckage, where she told him the game console and snacks were gone.

Ren left Ophis with games and movies, then learned that Shalba’s soul had been taken to Hades. Back in the Underworld, Katerea offered Ren half her kingdom if he would become her Queen, but he had not accepted.

• Ren offered to let Ophis live at his house, but she said the place still needed her, so he left her games, snacks, and movies before teleporting away.
• A Grim Reaper pulled Shalba Beelzebub’s soul from his corpse and forced him to go meet Lord Hades, who might be able to revive him.
• Ren returned to Katerea’s residence and told her that Shalba was dead, easing her concern about disruptions to her founding ceremony.
• Katerea asked Ren to become her Queen and offered him half her kingdom, but Ren said he preferred to remain free.

Ren trained Rias and Gasper while Katerea established the Legitimate Leviathan nation and completed Ren’s system mission. As Rias’s Rating Game against Riser approached, Ren and his companions prepared to travel to the Underworld through official channels.

• Ren rejected Katerea’s offer to rule her nation, then returned to his renovated house in Kuoh Town.
• Ren trained Rias and Gasper; he advised Rias to become a melee mage, while Lavinia taught her magic and helped her understand spells.
• Rias’s Rating Game against Riser was scheduled for the weekend at Lilith’s venue in the Underworld capital, on the day of Katerea’s founding ceremony.
• Katerea held her nation’s founding ceremony and declared herself the Legitimate Leviathan Queen, completing Ren’s system mission and earning him Senzu Beans and Super Armor.
• Ren, Lavinia, Kuroka, and Asia headed to Kuoh Town’s train station to enter the Underworld officially, where Rias and Akeno were waiting.

Ren and Rias traveled by train through official channels to the Underworld, where Rias encountered her fiancé, Riser, and argued with him about their engagement and upcoming Rating Game. When Riser insulted Ren and tried to hurt him, his flames and strength failed to affect Ren, leaving Riser surprised.

• Rias led Ren and the others onto an underground train, and the butler verified their identities before it crossed the dimensional barrier into the Underworld.
• The group passed through Gremory territory and reached Luciferd, where Rias said she would return home after the Rating Game.
• Riser confronted Rias and said she would have to marry him if she lost the Rating Game, while Rias insisted their engagement would end if she won.
• Riser dismissed Ren as a human and threatened Rias's peerage, prompting Ren to appear before him and warn him not to be arrogant.
• Riser's flames did not burn Ren, and Riser could not bend his arm when he grabbed it.

Ren attacked Riser after Riser provoked him, then had Lavinia freeze the Phoenix-blooded devil. Ren left with Asia and Lavinia to explore Luciferd, while Rias warned Riser’s peerage that Ren was far beyond their reach; their tour ended when devil soldiers summoned Ren to meet Lord Lucifer.

• Ren struck Riser twice after Riser demanded a fight, and Rias held Riser’s peerage back with her Power of Destruction.
• Ren asked Lavinia to stop Riser, and she froze him inside a huge block of ice.
• Ren left with Asia and Lavinia to explore downtown Luciferd, taking Rias’s bank card and activating a teleport waypoint.
• Rias told Riser’s peerage that Ren would face no consequences and warned them to accept their punishment.
• Devil soldiers arrived and told Ren that Lord Lucifer had invited him to talk.

Ren encountered Odin and Rossweisse in the Underworld castle before the meeting, and Odin tried to recruit him to Asgard. Ren declined but offered to cooperate, then reunited with Gabriel, Xenovia, and Irina Shidou.

• Ren met Rossweisse and Odin in the VIP passageway, and Odin stopped Rossweisse from treating him as a threat.
• Odin teased Rossweisse about being single, while Ren joked with them and introduced himself as a passing human named Ren.
• Odin recognized Ren's deeds and offered him a place in Asgard, but Ren declined and said he would take suitable jobs for the right payment.
• Gabriel, Xenovia, and Irina Shidou arrived and greeted Ren, then teased him for not asking about them while they were away.

Ren attended a meeting in the Underworld with Gabriel and Odin, where the leaders discussed peace and Odin considered an alliance with the three great factions. Afterward, Gabriel asked Ren to tour the Underworld with her before Rias’s Rating Game, leaving Xenovia and Irina Shidou suspiciously watchful.

• Irina Shidou and Xenovia told Ren that they had overcome their despair and reincarnated as angels under Gabriel.
• Odin ogled Gabriel and Serafall until Rossweisse repeatedly scolded and struck him, while Ren hid his gaze behind sunglasses.
• Ren joined Gabriel and Odin at a gathering where Odin traded insults with Azazel and questioned Sirzechs about the Underworld’s future.
• Sirzechs explained that Rias’s Rating Game would let the young devils resolve their dispute, and he trusted Ren’s training to help her win.
• The leaders of the three great factions met with Odin, discussed peace for about twenty minutes, and adjourned with Odin considering an alliance.
• Gabriel asked Ren to tour the Underworld with her, and Xenovia and Irina Shidou watched them warily.

Ren accepted Odin's one-time contract to protect him amid Norse Mythology's internal conflict, then brought Gabriel to meet Asia. Gabriel apologized for Asia's expulsion and revealed that God had disappeared, leaving Asia overwhelmed and fainting.

• Odin asked Ren to help guard him against those in Norse Mythology who opposed his plans, and Ren persuaded him to choose a one-time contract.
• Ren received a system mission to defeat Loki and Fenrir and ensure Odin's safety, while Gabriel warned him not to accept the danger lightly.
• Ren brought Gabriel to the VIP lounge, where Gabriel embraced Asia and apologized for the Church expelling her.
• Gabriel explained that God had disappeared and that Asia's healing ability could disrupt the system, causing Asia to faint.
• Asia regained consciousness, and Gabriel comforted and reassured her.

Ren watched Rias and Riser’s Rating Game, where rules barred Gasper from using his Sacred Gear and limited Phoenix Tears. The restrictions disrupted Ren’s battle plan, but Gasper produced a cache of modern weapons, prompting officials to ban most of them before the match proceeded.

• Ren arrived at the viewing venue with dark circles, and Gabriel used holy light to restore his and Lavinia’s energy.
• The Rating Game rules prohibited Gasper from using his Sacred Gear and limited each team to one Phoenix Tears recovery item; Ren accused Azazel of adding the rules at the last minute.
• At the arena, Akeno Himejima and Gasper realized Ren’s plan relying on Gasper’s time-stop ability could not be used.
• Gasper pulled a Barrett sniper rifle, Desert Eagles, C4 charges, and an RPG with rockets from his backpack, shocking his teammates and the referee.
• Officials paused the game and banned the sniper rifle, RPG, and C4 explosives, allowing Gasper to keep only the two pistols.

Rias’s team overwhelmed Riser’s scattered servants by charging together, then confronted Riser with only Gasper eliminated. Riser relied on his Phoenix powers to heal from Rias’s attack, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Rias sent Gasper to scout Riser’s deployment and decided to keep her team together and attack as one.
• Rias’s group rapidly defeated more than half of Riser’s servants, then broke into the new school building and reached him.
• Rias’s team focused on Riser’s servants despite her order to attack Riser, leaving Riser as the only opponent on the field after Gasper was eliminated.
• Riser unleashed his Phoenix flames, but Koneko shielded the group long enough for Akeno to strike him with lightning.
• Rias charged through Riser’s flames and hit him with the Power of Destruction, erasing more than half his body.
• Riser quickly regenerated and mocked Rias, insisting that his Phoenix bloodline let him revive.

Rias’s side appeared to be losing until Akeno Himejima used holy light to halt Riser’s regeneration. As the spectators watched, Ren served barbecue and Odin got Rossweisse drunk.

• Riser regenerated after Rias repeatedly destroyed his body, confident that she could not defeat him.
• Akeno Himejima surprised Riser with Spears of Light, pinning him down and greatly weakening his phoenix regeneration.
• Gabriel and Azazel reacted to Akeno’s use of light, while Baiqiu wondered if it signaled a reconciliation with his daughter.
• Ren shared barbecue with the spectators, and Gabriel delighted in the food.
• Odin persuaded Rossweisse to drink with him, and she soon passed out on the VIP room carpet.

Rias’s team defeated Riser in the Rating Game, and the victory celebration brought Akeno face to face with her estranged father, Baiqiu. Ravel Phenex later approached Ren with an unexpectedly warm invitation, leaving open the possibility of their meeting again.

• Rias’s team won the Rating Game, and Rossweisse gave Ren a Norse communication stone before returning to the room.
• Rias thanked Ren for his advice, while Kuroka praised Shirone and promised to train her in offensive spells.
• Akeno rejected Baiqiu’s attempt to reconcile, blaming him for her mother’s death and refusing to forgive him.
• Sirzechs hosted a lavish victory banquet, which the head of the Phenex family also attended.
• Ravel told Rias that Riser’s defeat was a needed lesson, then called Ren Lord Ren and invited him to tea and homemade cake.

Ren discovered that Loki had secretly entered the Occult Research Club, invisible even to Odin, and exposed his disguise. Loki confronted Odin over his plans to engage with other mythological factions, especially the Bible faction, leaving the Norse gods' dispute unresolved.

• Ren returned to Kuoh Academy after Rossweisse summoned him and found Odin being scolded for his antics.
• Ren noticed a hooded figure in the room that no one else could see and identified him as Loki through a detection spell.
• Loki dispelled his illusion and acknowledged that Ren had seen through it.
• Loki dismissed Rossweisse and demanded to know whether Odin would leave Norse Mythology and interact with other factions.
• Odin questioned Loki's objection, and Loki declared that he would oppose making peace with the Bible faction.

Ren stopped Loki’s attack on Odin and overwhelmed Loki’s avatar, while Odin’s plans to seek peace with the Bible faction remained unsettled. After the attack, Odin rejected calls to stay guarded and eagerly planned a trip to Tokyo’s special-service hotels.

• Loki attacked Odin over his plans to pursue peace and leave Norse Mythology, but Ren challenged him and drew his fury.
• Ren blocked Loki’s daggers, kicked him through a window, and repeatedly slammed him into the academy lawn until his avatar weakened.
• Loki vanished after threatening to return, and Rossweisse said she would report his abuse of authority to Asgard’s enforcement agency.
• Odin accepted that he needed new assistance from Norse gods, while Rias and the others urged him to avoid going out until Loki was caught.
• Sirzechs offered Odin more guards and advised him to follow his itinerary, but Odin refused and eagerly agreed to visit Tokyo’s special-service hotels after Ren described them.

Ren and the others planned to use Odin as bait to draw out Loki, while Rias chose to stay in Kuoh Town despite her parents’ concerns. Rias and Akeno then arranged to move into Ren’s home, and the chapter ended with Rias confronting Akeno about her intentions.

• Ren agreed that Odin should serve as bait to lure Loki out, and the group postponed detailed planning until the next day.
• Rias refused her parents’ request to take shelter in the Underworld, and they agreed to let her remain in Kuoh Town under Ren’s watch; they also gave Ren the keys to a castle near Lilith City.
• Kiba Yuuto left to train harder, while Ren prepared to return home with Koneko.
• Rias asked to stay at Ren’s house so she could coordinate battle plans, and Akeno Himejima also requested to move in, citing her housekeeping and massage skills.
• After Ren left, Rias challenged Akeno about her plan to stay with him long-term, and Akeno teased her about her suspicions.

Rias and Akeno Himejima moved into Ren’s house for protection from Odin and Loki, and the household welcomed them. Odin and Rossweisse arrived to discuss Loki after another death threat, leaving Ren to help plan their response.

• Ren learned that Rias and Akeno Himejima were moving in because of Odin and Loki, and Lavinia welcomed the arrangement.
• Ren greeted Rias and Akeno Himejima over breakfast, and they chose rooms near his.
• Odin visited with Rossweisse, joked about living with goddesses, and was struck with her fan.
• Rossweisse told Ren that Loki had sent another death threat, and she explained that Loki’s skills made ordinary security ineffective.

Odin sought Ren’s advice about Loki’s threat to trigger Ragnarok, but Ren had no solution and agreed to help lure Loki out. Irina, Xenovia, Vali, and Bikou arrived as reinforcements, and Ren learned that Bikou was Sun Wukong’s descendant.

• Odin told Ren that Loki had threatened to destroy Asgard if Odin continued engaging with the Bible faction, and Odin wondered whether Ragnarok could be avoided.
• Ren said he could only protect Odin from Loki and suggested Odin seek advice from the three major factions; Odin then agreed to join Ren on a trip to a geisha house as bait for Loki.
• Irina and Xenovia arrived as bodyguards sent by Gabriel, while Vali and Bikou arrived to protect Odin at Azazel’s suggestion.
• Rias remained wary of Vali, and Lavinia scolded him for his rude manner before freezing Bikou when he praised her head-patting of Vali.
• Ren asked Bikou about Sun Wukong and learned that Bikou expected to inherit the name and that Sun Wukong had married one of the Seven Fairies.

Ren and the others prepared to protect Odin from Loki, while Sona Sitri joined the group and Ren speculated that Loki wanted the throne for himself. Their preparations were interrupted when a giant wolf emerged from a rift and advanced toward Odin.

• Ren explained to the group his crude version of Sun Wukong’s story, leaving Bikou stunned and Odin amused.
• Sona Sitri arrived with her peerage and asked to join Odin’s protection, despite Rias warning her about the danger.
• Rossweisse explained that the surrounding area had been evacuated and a teleportation circle was ready to move the fight elsewhere if Loki appeared.
• Ren suggested that Loki planned to ambush Odin because Thor was likely to inherit the throne, and Odin considered the possibility.
• A rift opened in the sky, and Fenrir emerged as a giant gray wolf heading toward Odin, terrifying Rias, Sona Sitri, and the others.