Chapter Summaries

After waking from a hangover, Cui Ciyou went to Wen Harbor’s docks to solve his party’s ship-ticket problem and discovered the resurrected Demon Eye Emperor, Kishirika Kishirisu. He fed the starving girl, and she offered to grant him a wish.

• Cui Ciyou decided to return to the docks and use the mistaken belief that he was North God III to obtain ship tickets.
• On the way, Cui Ciyou found a Fishfolk stallholder driving away a hungry, ragged girl with purple hair and golden eyes.
• Cui Ciyou recognized the girl as the resurrected Demon Eye Emperor, Kishirika Kishirisu, and bought her all the grilled meat at the stall.
• Kishirika Kishirisu ate the meat, performed a resurrection pose, and thanked Cui Ciyou by offering to grant his wish.

Cui Ciyou asked Kishirika for her Clairvoyance demon eye so he could find his family and companions, who had disappeared during the Displacement Incident. Kishirika agreed to search for them and grant him Clairvoyance, then opened her demon eye to observe the world.

• Kishirika introduced herself as the Demon Eye Emperor and offered Cui Ciyou a wish in return for the food he had given her.
• Cui Ciyou requested Clairvoyance to search for his missing family and companions, explaining that he lacked magic power for combat-oriented demon eyes.
• Kishirika warned that viewing the entire world required enormous magic power but said Cui Ciyou’s Magic Crystals could support a search of one location.
• Kishirika offered to use Clairvoyance to search for Cui Ciyou’s companions and then grant him the demon eye’s power.
• Kishirika summoned immense magic power and opened Clairvoyance, surveying the world through her golden pupils.

Kishirika used Clairvoyance to locate Cui Ciyou’s missing companions and confirmed they were safe, then transplanted the Demon Eye into his left eye. With his companions’ whereabouts known and his new eye still settling, Cui Ciyou told Alice and Sylphy they would soon find Roxy and the others.

• Kishirika saw that Roxy, Ghislaine, Lilia, and Aisha were safe in the Asla Kingdom’s royal palace with Princess Ariel.
• Kishirika reported that Sauros, Philip, and Hilda were rebuilding the Fitoia Territory, while Paul, Rorze, and their families were at the Adventurers’ Guild in the Milbotz Territory searching for Cui Ciyou.
• Kishirika painfully transplanted Clairvoyance into Cui Ciyou’s left eye and gave him an eyepatch, explaining that the new Demon Eye would take about a week to settle.
• Cui Ciyou gave Kishirika fifty Green Ore Coins before she vanished into the crowds of Wen Harbor.
• Alice and Sylphy checked on Cui Ciyou, who reassured them and said they would soon find Roxy and the others.

After his Demon Eye finished integrating, Cui Ciyou used his identity as Alexander Kalman Rekubei to secure passage from Wen Harbor to Millis for himself and his companions. The group prepared to board, with Rujierd agreeing to stay in the cargo hold to avoid trouble.

• Cui Ciyou returned to Wen Harbor with Alice, Sylphy, and Rujierd after completing the integration of his Demon Eye, Clairvoyance.
• Cui Ciyou claimed to be Alexander Kalman Rekubei, frightening the Demonfolk registrar into offering Rujierd free passage.
• Cui Ciyou asked for first-class cabins on the next ship to the Holy Country of Millis.
• The registrar reported that the captain would let Rujierd board for free but wanted him to stay in the cargo hold.
• Rujierd accepted the cargo hold, and Cui Ciyou agreed to the arrangement before leading the group to the ship.

Alice suffered severe seasickness aboard the ship, and Cui Ciyou tried to comfort her. Sylphy took over caring for Alice after finding her with her shirt undone, while Alice glared angrily at her.

• After three days at sea, Alice became increasingly seasick while Cui Ciyou and Sylphy remained well.
• Cui Ciyou offered Alice water, tried remedies, and soothed her with a cool handkerchief, but she still felt ill.
• Alice asked Cui Ciyou to focus on her and tried to unbutton her shirt because she felt hot.
• Sylphy entered, scolded Cui Ciyou for looking at Alice's body, and took Alice away to care for her.
• As Cui Ciyou left, Alice glared at Sylphy and then roared at her from inside the room.

On the third day of the voyage across the Lingus Sea, Cui Ciyou met Mifa Doraludia, a Seafolk princess who recognized him as North God III and explained her people’s rule over the oceans. The meeting ended when Alice and Sylphy came onto the deck and Cui Ciyou introduced them to Mifa.

• Cui Ciyou stood alone on deck until Mifa Doraludia splashed him with a jet of water as a prank.
• Mifa changed from her merfolk form into a humanlike form and introduced herself as a Seafolk princess.
• Mifa told Cui Ciyou she had admired his announcement at Wen Harbor and explained that Seafolk govern the seas and maintain the world’s shipping routes.
• Mifa asked why Cui Ciyou was traveling to Millis, and he confirmed that he and his companions were headed there.
• Alice and Sylphy came onto the deck, eyed Mifa warily, and asked who she was; Cui Ciyou introduced them.

Cui Ciyou and the Saviors arrived in Zant Port on the Millis Continent, settled in, and registered with the local Adventurers' Guild. As they headed back to their inn at dusk, Rujierd stopped the group after finding a child who needed help.

• Cui Ciyou, Alice, and Sylphy spotted the lush Millis Continent from their ship, which docked at Zant Port several hours later.
• The Saviors disembarked and had their adventurer cards checked by a guard, who warned them to obey Millis law and told Rujierd not to act in the name of the Superd Race.
• Cui Ciyou led the group to an inn, then suggested visiting the Adventurers' Guild to learn about local quests and synchronize their party records.
• A clerk at the Zant Port guild verified the Saviors' records and explained Millis's special rules for adventurers.
• As the group headed back to the inn at dusk, Rujierd stopped them and said he had found a child who needed help.

Rujierd sensed six captive children beneath an abandoned hut near Zant Port, and Cui Ciyou, Alice, and Sylphy joined him to rescue them. After locating the traffickers, Cui Ciyou planned a quiet entry and told the others to prioritize the children's safety.

• Rujierd detected six weak life signs in a tunnel beneath an abandoned hut west of Zant Port.
• Cui Ciyou agreed to help Rujierd rescue the children, and Alice and Sylphy joined them.
• The four traveled into the forest and found the abandoned wooden warehouse.
• Cui Ciyou used Perception to count sixteen weak adult men inside and confirmed the children were alive underground.
• Cui Ciyou instructed Alice to follow his quiet entry plan and told Sylphy to stay close and prepare healing magic.

Cui Ciyou and Rujierd raided a traffickers’ hideout and rescued six Beastfolk girls and an enormous white dog. After Alice and Sylphy defeated the remaining attackers, the rescued fox-eared girl thanked Cui Ciyou.

• Cui Ciyou and Rujierd silently entered the wooden house and took out three guards without alerting anyone.
• Cui Ciyou and Rujierd descended to the cells, where they found an enormous white dog and heard a man beating a fox-eared girl.
• Cui Ciyou used Blue Stream Blade to kill the trafficker as he swung his sword at the girl, then freed and comforted her.
• Rujierd defeated the guards in the other cells and rescued five more Beastfolk girls, while the white dog followed them without attacking.
• Cui Ciyou and Rujierd brought the children and dog upstairs, where Alice and Sylphy had defeated the traffickers who fought back.
• The fox-eared girl thanked Cui Ciyou, who gently stroked her ears.

After rescuing six Beastfolk girls, Cui Ciyou and Alice stopped to pet their ears and tails before leading the group through the forest. Eighteen Delu clan warriors ambushed them, mistook them for child abductors, and launched an attack.

• Cui Ciyou and Alice petted the six rescued Beastfolk girls until Rujierd stopped them.
• Cui Ciyou reassured the frightened fox-eared girl as the party left the abandoned warehouse.
• Rujierd and Cui Ciyou sensed eighteen strong enemies surrounding them in the forest.
• The Delu clan warriors accused Cui Ciyou's party of abducting their children and ordered them to put the girls down.
• Four leaders attacked Rujierd and Alice while the other warriors charged the party.

Cui Ciyou and the other Saviors fought off Beastfolk warriors until the rescued girls revealed that the attackers were their relatives, stopping the clash. As the families reunited, Cui Ciyou recognized the leaders as members of the Great Forest’s cat and dog royal clans.

• Cui Ciyou weakened the charging Beastfolk warriors with Anti-Magic Field while Alice and Rujierd drove them back and Sylphy stood ready to support the group.
• The six rescued Beastfolk girls recognized their fathers, grandfathers, and fellow tribespeople, and called out that the Saviors had saved them.
• The four Beastfolk leaders ordered their warriors to stop, and Cui Ciyou told Alice and Sylphy that the fight had been a misunderstanding.
• The Beastfolk reunited with their rescued relatives, and Cui Ciyou identified the cat-eared man as Gyes of the Dedoldia Clan and the dog-eared man as a leader of the Adoldia Clan.

After Cui Ciyou and his companions rescued the Beastfolk girls and recovered their Sacred Beast, the Dedoldia and Adoldia chiefs invited them to the Great Forest. Learning that the Millis rainy season would make travel dangerous and expensive, Cui Ciyou accepted their invitation, and the group prepared to visit the Beastfolk settlement.

• Cui Ciyou prepared to leave after the Beastfolk girls reunited with their families and the Forest Sacred Beast was recovered.
• Gustav Dedoldia and Bruddo Adoldia thanked Cui Ciyou and invited him and his companions to their settlement in the Great Forest.
• Alice eagerly urged Cui Ciyou to accept, while Gyes Dedoldia and Tirudelia Adoldia encouraged the visit.
• Gustav and Bruddo explained that the approaching rainy season would bring floods, difficult roads, and costly, scarce lodging.
• Cui Ciyou considered the risks and benefits, then accepted the chiefs' invitation and introduced himself, Alice, Sylphy, and Rujierd.

Cui Ciyou's party reached the Beastfolk's Great Forest, where Chieftains Gustav and Bruddo explained how floods and human traffickers endangered their people. Cui Ciyou proposed diverting floodwaters, but the chieftains refused to alter their sacred forest.

• Cui Ciyou's party arrived at the Beastfolk village, whose homes and walkways were built high among giant trees.
• Gustav Dedoldia explained that the elevated homes helped the Beastfolk survive the Great Forest's severe seasonal floods.
• Bruddo Adoldia said the rains weakened Beastfolk's ability to track by scent, floods blocked routes, scattered villages created opportunities for intruders, and human nobles' demand for captives fueled smuggling.
• Cui Ciyou suggested building channels to divert floodwaters, but Gustav and Bruddo rejected the idea as a violation of the First Beast God's sacred forest.
• Cui Ciyou accepted that the chieftains would not change their traditional way of life.

A forest fire erupted near the Beastfolk village, and Cui Ciyou and his companions joined the villagers’ efforts to contain it and evacuate those in danger. Cui Ciyou discovered the fire had been deliberately set by human smugglers to distract the warriors and raid the village.

• Alice and Sylphy explored the village’s suspension bridges while Cui Ciyou watched the settlement with Rujierd.
• A fast-moving fire broke out south of the village, and Gustav and Bruddo organized the Beastfolk to fight it.
• Cui Ciyou sent Sylphy to suppress the flames with Water Magic and led Alice and Rujierd in clearing paths and rescuing villagers.
• Cui Ciyou used his mental perception to find several ignition points and realized the fire was spreading unnaturally.
• A burned Beastfolk warrior reported that human smugglers had started the fires, and Gustav and Bruddo recognized that the attackers meant to raid the village.
• Cui Ciyou explained the smugglers’ plan to Alice, who reacted with fury as he prepared to confront the threat.

Cui Ciyou, Alice, and Rujierd confronted North Saint Giles Curina while he was helping human smugglers abduct Beastfolk girls. After they defeated the smugglers, Giles took a rescued fox-eared girl hostage and forced the group to hold back.

• Cui Ciyou sensed a Saint-level swordsman near the village and led Alice and Rujierd to confront him while Sylphy stayed to fight the fire.
• The group found Giles Curina guarding smugglers as they forced Beastfolk captives into prison wagons, with a rescued fox-eared girl in his grasp.
• Alice and Rujierd attacked the smugglers while Cui Ciyou's Anti-Magic Field disrupted their energy, and the smugglers were quickly defeated.
• Giles pressed his sword to the girl's neck and threatened to kill her, stopping Alice and Rujierd from attacking.
• Giles identified the Saviors and ordered Cui Ciyou, Alice, and Rujierd to leave, while Rujierd searched for an opening to strike.

Cui Ciyou awakened Mental Shock and Telekinesis during the fight with Giles Curina, helping Alice and Rujierd rescue the Fox-Eared Girl and capture the North Saint. After the chieftains secured the prisoners and the forest fire was brought under control, Cui Ciyou reflected on practicing his new abilities.

• Cui Ciyou used Mental Shock to disrupt Giles Curina, giving Alice and Rujierd an opening to disarm him and free the Fox-Eared Girl.
• Cui Ciyou caught the Fox-Eared Girl and used Telekinesis to send Giles's sword and burning debris after him, wounding and stopping him.
• Rujierd subdued Giles Curina while Cui Ciyou told Alice and Rujierd to leave the captive to the chieftains for questioning.
• Sylphy and the Beastfolk warriors brought the fire in the Great Forest under control, and Chieftain Gustav and Chieftain Bruddo ordered the captured smugglers guarded.
• Cui Ciyou checked on the rescued Fox-Eared Girl and resolved to practice his newly awakened mental abilities.

During the rainy season, Cui Ciyou, Alice, and their companions stayed in the Beastfolk village, where Alice and Cui Ciyou spent their days petting the children’s ears and tails while Rujierd hunted smugglers. The chapter left them waiting out the rains as their work against the smugglers continued.

• Heavy rains flooded the Great Forest and forced the Saviors party to pause their travels in the Beastfolk village.
• Alice visited Beastfolk children and petted their ears and tails, while Cui Ciyou coaxed Mini Tona and Tiru Sena into letting him do the same.
• Luna Kitsune eagerly clung to Cui Ciyou and let him stroke her fox ears and tail.
• Rujierd searched for smugglers with the Delu clan’s warriors after the Beastfolk children in the area had been rescued.
• Cui Ciyou cooked fusion dishes for his companions and their Beastfolk hosts, winning praise from the families and the children.

During the Great Forest’s rainy season, Cui Ciyou met Keith, a monkey-faced Demonfolk imprisoned for cheating at cards, and learned he had once adventured with Paul Greyrat. Cui Ciyou promised to free him in a few days, then left Keith pleading behind in the cage.

• Cui Ciyou wandered through the rain and spotted a Demonfolk prisoner in a large wooden cage.
• Cui Ciyou recognized Keith and asked whether he knew Paul Greyrat; Keith asked after Paul and Zenith.
• Keith explained that Beastfolk had imprisoned him after he won more than thirty card hands and they suspected him of cheating.
• Cui Ciyou noted that the Beastfolk had not stripped Keith because they lacked proof, and told him to reflect in the cage for a few more days.
• Cui Ciyou promised to get Keith out, then walked away as Keith begged him not to leave.

Cui Ciyou asked the Beastfolk chieftains to release his imprisoned friend Keith, and they agreed because they trusted him. Keith left the cage and Cui Ciyou took him back to his treehouse as the rain resumed.

• Cui Ciyou decided to ask the Beastfolk chieftains to release Keith from the cage where he had been held for nearly a week.
• Alice objected to freeing Keith, while Sylphy worried the chieftains might be upset and Rujierd offered silent support.
• Cui Ciyou visited Gustav Dedoldia and Bruddo Adoldia and argued that there was no conclusive proof Keith had cheated and that the punishment was excessive.
• Gustav and Bruddo agreed to release Keith at Cui Ciyou's request and considered the matter settled.
• Keith gratefully scrambled out of the cage, and Cui Ciyou took him back to his treehouse as the rain began pouring again.

Keith recalled how Black Wolf's Fang disbanded after Paul left adventuring to support Zenith and their unborn child. He described the party’s former members and offered to cook dinner for Cui Ciyou and the others.

• Cui Ciyou explained that he and Paul had served together in Buena Village, while Keith confirmed that he had formed the S-Rank party Black Wolf's Fang with Paul.
• Keith refused Alice’s challenge, insisting that being an S-Rank Adventurer did not mean he could fight well.
• Keith said Paul disbanded Black Wolf's Fang after Zenith became pregnant, choosing to build a stable home for his family and leaving the other four members behind.
• Keith listed the party’s members: Paul, Elinalise, Ghislaine, Talhand, Zenith, and himself as an all-purpose support.
• Keith offered to cook a lavish feast, and Cui Ciyou agreed to let him handle dinner and offered to help.