Chapter Summaries

Allen’s group reached a refugee-filled fishing village and learned that the Adventurer’s Guild had relocated there amid the war. They entered the Guild to gather information and seek resources, where the employees took an unusual interest in Allen.

• Allen questioned a refugee by pretending to be another displaced villager and learned about the war, the refugees, and the Adventurer’s Guild in the village.
• The refugee explained that Xilong had closed its border to refugees and pointed out the Guild’s building in the center of town.
• Allen asked Klaim to negotiate at the Guild, warned him to report any dreams of a vague, faceless creature, and listed the information they needed.
• Klaim led the group into the Guild’s hall, where two sleepy employees noticed Allen and reacted to his messy white hair.

Allen found an old search commission from Paul and messages from his family while seeking information about Zenith and the others. He exploited a mercenary commission to request war intelligence, but a demon-eyed boy appeared and offered to authorize its release.

• Klaim registered for a replacement Adventurer's Guild card and was demoted to F-rank, while Lokkishi used her staff as collateral for the fee.
• The guild clerk told Klaim that F-rank adventurers were advised to leave war zones and directed him to the bulletin board.
• Allen found Paul's missing-person commission and messages from Philip, Sylphy, and Isolte, then kept the commission letter.
• Allen accepted a mercenary call-to-arms commission to qualify for detailed war intelligence and maps.
• A black-haired, demon-eyed boy descended the stairs and ordered the clerks to share the intelligence using his authority.

At an adventurers’ guild, Allen saw the arrival of Alexander Kalman Reback, an SS-rank swordsman. Elsewhere, Aisha kept watch over her exhausted family in Raleigh Town, haunted by Allen’s horrified reaction to her.

• Alexander Kalman Reback arrived at the guild, where the staff and adventurers reacted with deference.
• Alexander placed his adventurer card on the counter, revealing that he was a 113-year-old human-demon and an SS-rank swordsman.
• Lilia spotted soldiers near Raleigh Town and led Zenith, Norn, and Aisha away from danger before the soldiers reached the town.
• After watching the soldiers leave, Lilia asked Aisha to count to one thousand and wake her, then fell asleep.
• Aisha stayed awake in the rain, exhausted and unable to stop remembering Allen’s horrified expression at the Millish Temple.

Aisha’s group was ambushed by adventurers who intended to abduct and sell them, but a mysterious crossbowman killed the attackers before they could take anyone. The rescuer revealed himself as North Emperor Peacock Sword Orsted, leaving Aisha disappointed that he was not Allen.

• Aisha broke down in tears as she believed her return had been meaningless and blamed herself for Allen’s death.
• Zenith sensed danger, and Aisha rushed out to confront an attack that tore through Lilia’s rain canopy.
• A group of adventurers captured Aisha and threatened to sell Lilia, Norn, Zenith, and Aisha as hostages.
• Lilia offered herself in exchange for her children and her older sister, but Lis rejected her plea and prepared to attack.
• An unseen assailant killed Lis and the other adventurers with crossbow bolts.
• Orsted emerged from the rain, identified himself as the North Emperor Peacock Sword, and greeted the four as hostages.

Allen obtained intelligence about the war in the northern Land of Conflict and realized the Human God had made a move. He left to search for Zenith and the others while declaring the Adventurer’s Guild a temporary safe house under the North God’s protection.

• The Adventurer’s Guild recognized Alexander Kalman Reback as the Third North God, and Allen used his SS-rank authority to obtain intelligence about the northern war.
• Alexander challenged Allen, but Allen ignored him and questioned whether he would obey the Guild’s ban on fighting.
• Allen confirmed that Alexander would punish anyone who fought in the Guild, then told Lokkishi and Melna that the Human God had made a move.
• Allen said he would follow the military advance and refugee routes to search for Zenith and the others, while Lokkishi and Melna stayed at the Guild.
• Allen invoked the North God’s name to forbid fighting in the Guild and made everyone present hear his order.

Allen left Lokkishi and Melna in the Adventurer’s Guild under North Three’s protection and hurried toward the war zone to find Zenith and the others. North Three caught up with him and challenged him for the title of Savior, leaving Allen facing a dangerous confrontation before he could begin his search.

• Allen used North Three’s authority to forbid fighting in the guild, then told Lokkishi and Melna to stay while he went to rescue Zenith and the others.
• Lokkishi and Melna struggled with feeling powerless and burdensome as they reviewed intelligence about the advancing war and the refugees trapped near Leif, Lely, and Steel.
• Allen raced north toward the front, reasoning that the Human God had recruited North Three and might have other Apostles positioned in the Land of Conflict.
• Allen stopped outside Fischer Village and decided not to attack North Three by surprise, fearing the swordsman’s immortality and the destruction his ultimate technique could cause.
• North Three revealed the King Dragon Sword and challenged Allen to a duel for the Savior’s name.

Allen fought Alexander, the North God known as North Three, after learning that the Human God had directed him to find the Savior. Allen used feints, magic, and combat-faction techniques to launch Alexander into the sky, then reset his injured leg and looked north.

• Allen realized that Alexander’s gravity magic and rapid healing made him a dangerous opponent, but Alexander refused to discuss the Human God and challenged him to prove he was the Savior.
• Alexander attacked with the King Dragon Sword, and Allen blasted him backward with an Air Blast Spell before vanishing and striking him with a Sword of Light feint.
• Allen cut Alexander’s leg and tried to prevent him from healing, but Alexander reattached it and recognized Allen’s Qiba Faction techniques.
• Allen used Flow Arcana and another feint to evade Alexander’s gravity magic, then released his sword and struck him with the Combat Faction’s Rock Chisel kicking technique.
• Alexander flew north with the King Dragon Sword, while Allen reset his dislocated leg and healed it.

Allen escaped North Three and reached Leif Town, where he used the Positioning System to find Zenith alive in Raleigh Town. The search revealed that Orsted was holding Zenith, Lilia, Norn, and Aisha hostage as part of the Human God's plan to lure and cripple Allen.

• Allen tested the limits of North Three's Gravity Magic, then kicked him out of the battlefield and escaped through the forest.
• Allen headed for Leif Town, reasoning that Zenith and the others were likely among the refugees near the advancing front.
• After reaching Leif Town, Allen used the Positioning System and saw Zenith alive in a ruined watchtower in Raleigh Town.
• Orsted questioned the bound Zenith and Lilia, while Aisha, exhausted and injured, tried to resist him.
• Orsted told Aisha that the Human God had ordered him to maim Allen and make him watch as the hostages were killed.

Allen confronted Alexander in the rain and tried to learn why Orsted was absent, but Alexander rejected his explanation and attacked with Absolute Slash. Far away, Isolte and Eris heard a great impact, but Isolte refused to investigate, saying the people she wanted to save were not in the war.

• Allen fought Alexander, whose strength and battle qi matched Allen’s, and demanded to know where Orsted was.
• Alexander said he had not known Orsted was there, and Allen realized Orsted had been a distraction arranged by the Man-God.
• Allen pleaded with Alexander to let him pass, but Alexander accused him of using Qiba Faction tricks and raised his sword.
• Alexander invoked the North God Style’s Absolute Slash, and blinding light engulfed Allen.
• Twenty kilometers west of the fishing village, Isolte and Eris heard a tremendous shock, but Isolte refused to go see what had happened.

Isolte and Eris reached Fischer Village while searching for news of their missing companions, and Eris shared how she had lost her husband to comfort Isolte. At the Adventurer's Guild, they encountered Lokkishi trying to break free and go help Allen, ending with her crashing into Isolte.

• Isolte and Eris traveled through the rain toward Fischer Village, discussing the war and Isolte's hope of finding her fiancé.
• At the village entrance, Eris tried to question a roadside thug, but left after his wife rushed out with a knife.
• Isolte apologized for her earlier impatience, and Eris told her that bandits had killed her husband in front of her.
• Outside the Adventurer's Guild, Eris and Isolte overheard Lokkishi arguing with Melna about going to help Allen.
• Lokkishi broke free from Melna and crashed headfirst into Isolte.

Orsted grew suspicious of the god who had hired him and decided to kill his hostages and leave Raleigh Town, but Aisha’s last attack failed to stop him. As Orsted prepared to flee, the broken swords outside the watchtower began to ring, signaling that someone had arrived.

• Orsted waited for North God Third, then questioned the god’s instructions and whether the Savior could still be dangerous.
• Orsted realized the commission might have made him an abandoned pawn and decided to kill the hostages before soldiers reached Raleigh Town.
• Orsted approached Aisha, prompting Lilia to beg him to spare her children and tell Aisha and Norn to run.
• Aisha unleashed an enhanced Wind Blade, but Orsted deflected it and kicked Lilia and Zenith aside.
• Orsted stepped on Lilia’s face and prepared to leave as the broken swords outside the watchtower began ringing.

Orsted ambushed Isolte and Eris as they tried to rescue the hostages in the watchtower, countering their coordinated attacks with Qiba Faction traps and transfer magic. He wounded both women and warned their companions to leave, but his own tools and supplies were nearly exhausted as he prepared to continue fighting.

• Orsted knocked Zenith and the other hostages unconscious, then used a feigned-death technique to wait for whoever approached the watchtower.
• Isolte arrived and challenged Orsted, but he attacked her immediately and used hidden wires and spare swords to injure her.
• Isolte called for Plan Two, and Eris charged the watchtower window while Isolte tried to force Orsted to choose which attacker to stop.
• Orsted used a transfer magic tool to appear at the window, shattered Eris's shield, and kicked her into the river before striking Isolte with Returning Swallow.
• A concealed ice-spearing attack and a follow-up assault failed to stop Orsted, who used smoke and tear gas to kick Isolte into the river as well.
• Melna and Lokkishi rescued and treated Isolte and Eris while Orsted warned them to leave, declaring that he would kill them if they stayed.

Isolte, Eris, Lokkishi, and Melna confronted Orsted while searching for Allen, and Orsted tried to convince them that Allen was dead. Aisha recovered in the watchtower and saw the fight below, while the battle continued into the early morning with Orsted increasingly exhausted and unable to escape.

• Orsted warned Isolte, Eris, Lokkishi, and Melna to leave, then asked whether Allen had sent them.
• Isolte attacked Orsted after learning he had met Allen, but he quickly wounded her again and claimed Allen was dead.
• Aisha woke in the watchtower, recovered some strength using magic stones, and saw Isolte, Eris, Lokkishi, and Melna fighting Orsted below.
• Orsted told the women that the Man-God had revealed Allen was dead, and Aisha collapsed in despair after hearing him.
• By five in the morning, Isolte and Eris were still fighting Orsted, who had nearly exhausted his battle qi and suspected Allen was still holding North God at bay.

Orsted survived Lokkishi’s Thunder Light and escaped Raleigh Tower with Aisha, but she killed him when his guard fell. In Leif Town, Allen stood over North Three’s remains after their brutal battle, while the chapter left his condition and fate unclear.

• Isolte, Eris, and Lokkishi exhausted Orsted with a prolonged fight before Lokkishi struck him with Thunder Light, and the group believed he was dead.
• Melna, Isolte, Eris, and Lokkishi found Zenith, Lilia, and Norn in the tower, discovered Aisha was missing, and learned military chaos had reached Raleigh Town.
• Orsted used a grappling hook to escape the tower with Aisha, then carried her through town while planning to hide and recover.
• Aisha cut Orsted’s throat as he searched his bundle, killing him, then collapsed as soldiers and fleeing mercenaries entered Raleigh Town.
• Allen crushed North Three’s final head and walked out of the pool of blood left by their battle in Leif Town.

After defeating Alexander, Allen raced through the war-torn towns to find Zenith and learned that Orsted was dead. Forced to choose between searching for Zenith and returning to help Roxy, Allen trusted Roxy to handle her own danger and located her with Zenith instead.

• Allen, exhausted after five hours of fighting North Three, ran toward Leif Town while trying to locate Zenith.
• Allen found Leif Town and its surrounding fields filled with corpses, then used the Incarnation Manual to discover that Zenith was alive to the south.
• Allen reached Raleigh Town, killed soldiers who threatened him, and questioned survivors about Zenith and the advancing armies.
• Allen found Orsted's severed head and learned that another force had gone east toward Fischer Village, leaving him torn between helping Roxy and searching for Zenith.
• Allen chose to trust Roxy and searched for Zenith, then saw that Roxy was safely tending to Zenith.

Allen reached Steel Town after helping an elderly refugee, then reunited with Lokkishi and found Isolte among the survivors. Seeing the suffering in the Land of Conflict, he began considering whether Pax and the Shilong Republic could help end its wars.

• Allen caught up with refugees fleeing Raleigh Town, helped an elderly woman push her cart, and learned Steel Town was near.
• While walking with the woman, Allen checked on Zenith and Lokkishi and thought about his family, the Great Transfer, and how to address the Land of Conflict's chaos.
• Allen reached crowded Steel Town and searched the refugees for familiar faces.
• Lokkishi recognized Allen, embraced him, and healed his wounds as they cried together.
• Allen noticed Isolte standing nearby, recognized how much weight she had lost, and watched her tears finally fall.

Allen reunited with Isolte, Zenith, and Lilia, but learned Aisha had vanished during Auber’s attack. He found Aisha among the refugees, and the successful rescue of his family brought his Sword Intent to crystallization and raised him to the Sword God rank.

• Allen reunited with Isolte and entered the tent, where he found Zenith, Lilia, and Norn alive.
• Lilia recognized Allen and broke down in tears, prompting him to realize Aisha was missing.
• Isolte explained that Auber had abducted Aisha during the battle in Raleigh Town, and Allen rushed to search for her.
• Allen questioned the refugees and learned from an old woman that a red-haired girl had been led away.
• Allen found Aisha walking alone through the wheat fields, and she recognized him and wept.
• With Zenith, Lilia, Aisha, and Norn alive, Allen’s Sword Intent crystallized and he reached the Sword God rank.

After the battle, Allen reunited with Aisha and the others, and the family embraced in relief. Aisha secretly recognized Allen and struggled to hide her unusual maturity, while Allen ended the chapter realizing he may never have told Lokkishi about Isolte.

• Allen returned to the tent carrying Aisha on his shoulders, and Lilia, Zenith, Norn, Isolte, and Lokkishi welcomed them in an emotional reunion.
• Eris kicked Klaim out of the tent when he tried to join the family embrace, then followed him outside.
• Aisha silently cried as she watched Allen surrounded by loved ones, then told him she had recognized him and refused to get down from his shoulders.
• Allen wondered whether Aisha's changing behavior was normal for a child, while she tried to conceal her identity and act innocent.
• Aisha shifted to bring Isolte and Lokkishi face-to-face, and Allen noticed the women seemed close before wondering whether he had ever told Lokkishi about Isolte.

Allen discussed the group’s route out of the Land of Conflict, a possible treatment for Zenith, and how to handle the North God Third. He suspected Aisha’s plans had gone awry and privately hoped she had traveled back through time, while Aisha watched him in silence.

• Allen decided to speak with Isolte and Lokkishi privately that night, then explained his changed appearance to the group without revealing the truth about reincarnation.
• Allen proposed resting in Steel Town overnight, then traveling through Gardinia and Shirone toward Asura and the southern countries.
• Allen said he had a possible treatment plan for Zenith’s condition and planned to investigate it in Shirone, where he could also resupply.
• Allen warned that the North God Third would recover and might pursue them, but said he would defeat him quickly once his strength returned.
• Allen questioned who had killed Ober and wondered whether Aisha had traveled through time, then considered helping Pax as protection against future danger.
• Aisha quietly watched Allen as he studied the map and thought about her, without revealing her identity.

Allen took Lokkishi and Isolte aside to explain their situation, but their first meeting and a revelation about Allen’s danger quickly changed the conversation. The chapter ended with Isolte enthusiastically courting Lokkishi while Allen watched in bewilderment.

• Allen led Lokkishi and Isolte away from Steel Town’s celebrations so he could explain things to them.
• The women recalled how Lokkishi had leapt into Isolte’s arms at the Adventurer’s Guild, and Isolte recognized her as the Lokkishi connected to her senior brother Allen.
• Lokkishi realized Isolte was Allen’s future fourth wife, while Isolte learned that Allen had been with Lokkishi.
• Melna revealed that Allen was fighting the North God and urged Isolte and the others to set out to find Zenith and the rest.
• Allen tried to introduce Lokkishi and Isolte, but found them holding hands as Isolte warmly drew Lokkishi close.