Chapter Summaries

Sid reviewed how Artorias's story had boosted interest in Zane Dungeon and its goods, while organizations in the Anor Kingdom sought contact over the effects of dungeon ingredients on their industries. Da Er decided to train Val City survivors as a new Farron Undead Legion, but his search for help led him to a startling scene at the Clock Tower.

• Gina reported that Artorias merchandise, dungeon visits, and interest in Farron Keep had risen, while Sid learned that Lu Lu Wo's New Strategy Team was planning a speedrunning event.
• Gina told Sid that ingredients from Zane Dungeon threatened the life potion market, and that leaders from several other industries also wanted to contact him.
• Da Er resolved to train the remaining Val City survivors as a new Farron Undead Legion and went to seek support from the Adventurers' Guild and the New Strategy Team.
• Da Er visited the Clock Tower to ask the New Strategy Team for its Farron Keep speedrun route and found Lu Lu Wo clinging to Leon's leg while the others watched.

Leon and Da Er helped the New Strategy Team make amends by arranging for them to train Val City’s survivors, who became the Farron Guard. As the Guard moved its training to the Forest Area, Da Er was carried toward a marked danger zone by Bazelgeuse and came face-to-face with the Furious Rajang.

• Lu Lu Wo confessed to helping invaders attack Leon and tried to make him punish her, but Leon instead agreed to cooperate with Da Er and assigned her to train the survivors of Val City.
• Da Er inspired the survivors with a speech, and they founded the Farron Guard to train and seek revenge on the demons.
• The Farron Guard trained at Da Er’s farm with help from the New Strategy Team and the Adventurers’ Guild, then moved to the Forest Area when their progress in Farron Keep stalled.
• Da Er accompanied Wesker and Klan to hunt a Great Jagras, but Bazelgeuse interrupted their fight and separated the group.
• Da Er drew Bazelgeuse away from Wesker and Klan, but the monster carried him toward the map’s red X, where the Furious Rajang appeared.

Da Er recorded Furious Rajang and Bazelgeuse’s battle, then fought Furious Rajang after Bazelgeuse fled. Repeatedly defeated by Furious Rajang’s Wild Fists, he preserved the footage and returned to the farm, where he was summoned by the Count.

• Da Er hid nearby and recorded Furious Rajang and Bazelgeuse battling, including both monsters entering their enraged states.
• Bazelgeuse fled, leaving Furious Rajang to attack Da Er, who used Wolf Blood and Farron swordsmanship to land a few shallow hits.
• Furious Rajang’s Wild Fists overwhelmed Da Er, and he returned to Firelink Shrine after being defeated.
• Da Er repeatedly challenged Furious Rajang from different positions, but its Wild Fists defeated him each time and destroyed most of his equipment.
• Da Er returned to the farm with the preserved Image Stone, where a Farron Guard told him that the Count wanted to see him.

Da Er and Lu Lu Wo met Earl Ka Rong, who revealed his plans to mass-produce Zane Dungeon merchandise and offered to fund the Farron Guard in exchange for making them Bede City's biggest stars. The chapter ended with Ka Rong pointing out demon remnants near former Val City and promising to build a stage for the Guard to defeat them.

• Da Er and Lu Lu Wo visited Ka Rong at the Lord's Mansion and discovered his workshop full of Zane Dungeon-themed merchandise.
• Ka Rong explained that a black-haired young man had inspired many of his product ideas, though he could not find him again.
• Ka Rong asked Da Er about the Farron Guard and offered twice the guild's aid on the condition that they become famous to help sell Bede Family products.
• Da Er considered the proposal and asked how Ka Rong would promote the Guard.
• Ka Rong pointed to demon remnants near former Val City and said he would build a stage for the Farron Guard to defeat them stylishly.

Da Er learned that demons had survived the Battle of Val City, while Ka Rong offered the Farron Guard support and pointed Lu Lu Wo toward an unusual dungeon. Da Er returned to the farm worried about the Guard’s readiness, but Wesker and Klan revealed a new Painting World called “Hawkwood.”

• Ka Rong told Da Er that demon survivors had attacked travelers and offered the Bede Family’s support in tracking and exterminating them.
• Ka Rong offered to sponsor Lu Lu Wo’s boss guides and directed her to investigate the Verdant Dungeon, where terrain and traps reportedly resembled Senn.
• After Da Er and Lu Lu Wo left, Ka Rong consulted the Bull Horn Helmet mercenary, who said Da Er was qualified and promised to take responsibility for their cooperation.
• Da Er considered using a safer Painting World to train the Farron Guard and gave the children miniature Farron Greatswords.
• Wesker and Klan showed Da Er a complete painting called “Hawkwood,” which could let someone experience a fragment of a Farron Undead Legion member’s memories.

Da Er entered Hawkwood’s Painting World and experienced memories that revealed the Farron Undead Legion’s training, while Gong Qiying arranged the painting as a training opportunity for adventurers. The chapter ended with Gong Qiying receiving a letter from Boulder Dungeon warning that other dungeons were copying his ideas.

• Da Er entered Hawkwood’s Painting World despite the Farron Guard’s worries and saw memories of a blindfolded woman and a stranger lighting a bonfire.
• Hawkwood directed a visitor toward the Farron Undead Legion, then Da Er experienced an earlier memory in which a veteran taught him the Legion’s swordsmanship.
• Da Er agreed to spar with a group of Ghrus so he could watch the veteran demonstrate the sword technique again.
• Gong Qiying learned that Da Er had formed the Farron Guard and created Hawkwood’s Reminiscence to let adventurers train with the Undead Legion.
• Gong Qiying received a letter from Boulder Dungeon saying that several dungeons were copying his ideas.

Gong Qiying learned that several Dungeon Lords were copying Zane Dungeon and planned more updates to its Forest Area and Firelink Shrine. He left Da Er to watch a cinematic about Hawkwood the Deserter before returning to the Farron Guard.

• Gong Qiying asked Boulder Dungeon for the names of dungeons copying Zane Dungeon and received information about five of them, along with Boulder Dungeon specialties.
• Gong Qiying sent Boulder Dungeon a Rock Roast from Tears of the Kingdom, and the other Dungeon Lord praised how pure his goods were.
• Gong Qiying planned to add a Monster Hunter-style forge, hunting features, and a magic-themed map beneath Firelink Shrine that would connect to Val Dungeon.
• Gong Qiying watched Da Er complete his second swordsmanship training session and choose to leave so he could tell the Farron Guard about the training place.
• Da Er needed to watch a cinematic about Hawkwood the Deserter before leaving.

Da Er witnessed Hawkwood’s memories of the Farron Undead Legion linking the fire, then shared the discovery with the Farron Guard, which used the story to gain fame and recruits. Meanwhile, the New Strategy Team hit a bottleneck in Farron Keep and traveled to Spring Sun City to explore the Verdant Dungeon.

• Da Er saw the Farron Undead Legion agree to link the fading fire in Hawkwood’s memories, but the vision ended before he learned what happened afterward.
• Da Er told his companions that the painting held a secret to becoming stronger, and Klan later offered Charlie new information about the Legion linking the fire.
• Charlie published an article about the Farron Undead Legion in Bede Weekly, drawing attention and support to the Farron Guard.
• Da Er and the Farron Guards incorporated the Hawkwood painting into their training, while Ka Rong and the Bede Family handled visitors and searched for the demon race.
• The New Strategy Team struggled to defeat the Farron Undead Legion and traveled by griffin to Spring Sun City to investigate the Verdant Dungeon.

Lu Lu Wo and the New Strategy Team explored the mutated Verdant Dungeon, finding that it had copied traps and monsters from the Zane Dungeon. They reached the valley and encountered a plant monster resembling a Crucible Knight.

• Lu Lu Wo stored her griffin in a Poké Ball before the team entered Spring Sun City, where they learned the Verdant Dungeon’s decline had driven merchants and residents away to the Zane Dungeon.
• The team heard that Verdant had become more dangerous, with fewer Tree Sprites, poisonous giant toads, and a vine-blocked route to its original scenery.
• Lu Lu Wo carried the team over the Swamp on chains, and Ai Si Ai Mu burned through the three vines to open the valley path.
• Lu Lu Wo tested and defeated the dungeon’s giant toads, plant person, and rolling plant ball, while the team judged Verdant a clumsy imitation of Zane.
• The team prepared for a supposedly powerful monster, then saw a plant warrior with a Greatshield, Greatsword, and axe-shaped helmet that resembled a Crucible Knight.

Lu Lu Wo and the New Strategy Team explored Verdant Dungeon, laughing at its crude imitations of Zane Dungeon before discovering a beautiful forest filled with unusual creatures. The chapter revealed that Hai Nisi had been trapped as Verdant Dungeon’s city lord and that the supposed demons had returned.

• Lu Lu Wo’s team defeated a fake Crucible Knight and entered Verdant Dungeon’s forest valley.
• The team found Tree Sprites, Forest Fairies, dog-headed cabbages, and explosive birds while searching for traps.
• Lu Lu Wo wondered whether Zane Dungeon’s popularity had caused Verdant Dungeon to mutate, then prepared her team to make a guide.
• Hai Nisi explained that she had become Verdant Dungeon’s city lord after the previous lord’s spiritual annihilation and feared dying as the dungeon ran out of Spirit Power.
• Hai Nisi revealed that she had imitated Zane Dungeon to attract visitors, but the crowds soon vanished and a group she believed were demons threatened to make her craft items.
• As Lu Lu Wo’s group entered with powerful Spirit Power, Hai Nisi recognized the returning demons and panicked.

Hai Nisi resisted Frog Head’s attempt to make her cooperate by spending her Spirit Power to summon imitation Crucible Knights, then tried to find a way to warn people about the demons. In Verdant Dungeon, Lu Lu Wo’s party discovered fresh demon remains, and she contacted Da Er, who said they were riding wolves to Spring Sun City.

• Frog Head threatened Hai Nisi, offered her a chance to take revenge on Zane, and gained Spirit Power for her when he fed and killed a demon.
• Hai Nisi rejected Frog Head’s offer and spent all the Spirit Power she had received to summon imitation Crucible Knights, who fought the demons before Frog Head overwhelmed them and left.
• Hai Nisi decided she had to warn people outside Verdant Dungeon and noticed the demon corpses on the ground.
• Bei Er Tuo, Mi La, and Lu Lu Wo opened Verdant Dungeon’s reward box and found fresh demon remains inside.
• Lu Lu Wo used her magic crystal to contact Da Er, who agreed to come to Spring Sun City riding wolves and bring his swords and anger.

Lu Lu Wo and the New Strategy Team tracked demons in Spring Sun City's slums, where ordinary-looking residents began sleepwalking toward Verdant Dungeon. There, Frog Head exposed his plan to use demon-controlled people as bombs and transformed the gathered sleepers into monsters, leaving Lu Lu Wo facing the attack.

• Ka Rong revealed that he had guided Lu Lu Wo toward Frog Head’s trail to prevent Si Tan from letting the demon grow stronger by attacking Spring Sun City.
• Aisi tracked the demon scent to a middle-aged man in the slums, and Lu Lu Wo’s team monitored him and other suspicious residents for several days.
• The middle-aged man and at least twenty other residents left their homes in a daze and headed through concealed sewers toward Verdant Dungeon.
• Frog Head told the gathered demons that the remaining controlled residents were hidden bombs he could detonate to threaten humanity.
• Frog Head spotted Lu Lu Wo, ordered his followers to attack, and used a Fallen Devil Egg to mutate the sleepwalkers into monsters.

Lu Lu Wo and Da Er fought Frog Head while the Farron Guard rescued Spring Sun City from the demonfolk, but Frog Head escaped into the Verdant Dungeon and began a dangerous mutation. Hai Nisi summoned a Forest Knight to stop him, and when the Knight failed, Zane Dungeon sent her Spirit Power and supplies.

• Frog Head used the demonfolk as hostages and explosives, but Lu Lu Wo stole his Fallen Devil Egg and attacked him before Da Er arrived and split his giant form in two.
• Bei Er Tuo and Aisi warned Spring Sun City about the hidden demonfolk, and the Farron Guard arrived to devour the exploding demons and hunt down those still in the city.
• Frog Head shed his giant body and escaped through the portal to the Verdant Dungeon, where Da Er could not follow before midnight.
• Frog Head revealed his Unique Talent, Unstable Mutation, and began transforming while Hai Nisi summoned a Forest Knight to stop him.
• The Forest Knight failed to defeat Frog Head, and Hai Nisi received 1000 Spirit Power, Cherry Bomb, and Hot Chili from Zane Dungeon.

Gong Qiying accepted Lin Weier’s request to support Hai Nisi’s Verdant Dungeon and sent her Spirit Power and explosive monsters. Hai Nisi’s Cherry Bomb crippled Frog Head, and as he tried to escape, a Hot Chili exploded while the Farron Guards waited outside the portal.

• Gong Qiying received a Merfolk magic book and a Stars Shell from Lin Weier in exchange for agreeing to help Hai Nisi’s Verdant Dungeon.
• Gong Qiying sent Hai Nisi 1,500 Spirit Power, a Cherry Bomb, and a Hot Chili, while keeping the two monsters under his control.
• Hai Nisi used the Cherry Bomb against Frog Head, whose newly mutated shell was blown away by the explosion.
• Frog Head struggled toward the portal, but Hai Nisi’s Hot Chili exploded behind him as the Farron Guards and local soldiers waited outside.
• A fiery flash and Frog Head’s scream came from inside the portal, and his giant claw turned to ashes before the gathered fighters.

After the Farron Guards defeated the demon leader in Spring Sun City, Verdant Dungeon recovered and the victory brought fame and visitors to Zane Dungeon. Sword Saint Gapar discovered a new area called Raya Lucaria Magic Classroom, raising the possibility of learning more magic.

• Frog Head emerged from Verdant Dungeon as ashes, and the people of Spring Sun City cheered when they learned the demons had been defeated.
• Da Er and the Farron Guards attended a celebratory banquet, while Charlie recorded the battle and Si Tan arrived too late to help.
• Hai Nisi wrote a letter of thanks to the City Lord of Zane Dungeon but could not find a way to send it, then hung it in the City Lord's room.
• Verdant Dungeon returned to a beautiful, stable state, and rumors about its deadly Cherry Bomb and Hot Chili monsters spread as more visitors arrived.
• Earl Ka Rong used the Farron Guards' fame to promote Farron and Zane Dungeon, while Gapar continued searching for a Tear Drop Larva without success.
• Gapar stepped onto a newly appeared elevator in Firelink Shrine and descended to the new Raya Lucaria Magic Classroom area.

Jia Paer explored the Raya Lucaria Magic Classroom, where repeated rooms and strange clues suggested a magical loop. As he searched for a way through, Puppet Soldiers emerged from a collapsing ceiling.

• Jia Paer entered the long corridor and examined portraits whose backs repeated the cryptic red message, “Although those contributions were meaningless before that thing.”
• Jia Paer forced open a classroom door and found crystallized books, ore, and a Magic Grease Crafting Manual, while the following classrooms contained almost nothing.
• Jia Paer realized that the classrooms were identical and looping when a shattered lectern appeared in another room, and he suspected a hidden passage or teleportation route.
• Jia Paer heard metal grinding, fled as the ceiling collapsed, and encountered a group of armed Puppet Soldiers.

Jia Paer fought his way through Zane Dungeon’s puppet-filled classrooms and traps, eventually finding a Transfer Certificate that brought him to a new area. There, a Sorting Hat assigned him Gandalf as his mentor.

• Jia Paer used the Stars Linked Sword to fight Puppet Soldiers, but their spinning crossbow assault nearly overwhelmed him and damaged his sword.
• Jia Paer triggered every hidden trap in a classroom, then endured respawning Puppet Soldiers and more traps until he found a hidden door.
• Jia Paer entered the previously inaccessible room through the hidden door and found a Transfer Certificate describing the mages’ extradimensional space and their natural enemies.
• Jia Paer activated the Transfer Certificate and arrived in a corridor where robed mages stood beside branching paths.
• A spirit repeated a warning about a terrifying force field, and a Sorting Hat invited Jia Paer to receive a mentor.
• Jia Paer put on the Sorting Hat, which chose Gandalf as his mentor.

Jia Paer searched Raya Lucaria for the message relay hub after the Sorting Hat assigned him Gandalf as a mentor, discovering that the academy had fallen into ruin and its magicians had become monsters. He restored the hub and defeated a Heima Magician, but gained the close-combat spell Heimo Hammer, leaving him frustrated by the academy’s melee-focused magic.

• Jia Paer left the Sorting Hat to seek help from the magicians, but two Living Dead magicians attacked him and a Warrior Pot crushed them before he could bring them back.
• Jia Paer consulted the Hunting Handbook and learned that the Sorting Hat lived in the past, while the academy’s isolated students had lost their humanity.
• Jia Paer explored the academy, collected a Green Flower Key, and found the message relay hub beside a powerful Heima Magician.
• Jia Paer dodged the Heima Magician’s cannonball and hammer attacks, then defeated him with his sword and an assassination.
• Jia Paer replaced the relay hub’s Philosopher’s Stone and absorbed the Heimo Hammer spell left by the Heima Magician.

Jia Paer received a Student ID that could teach him magic through Magical Radiance, but he learned that unfinished spells would vanish outside the academy and could take weeks to master. He acquired Gandalf’s Sun Fist, tested it in the classroom and against mages, then encountered Caria Knight Mugram guarding a magical seal.

• Jia Paer returned to the Sorting Hat after replacing the communications hub’s battery, and the Sorting Hat assigned him to Gryffindor Classroom and tried repeatedly to contact Gandalf.
• When Gandalf did not answer, the Sorting Hat gave Jia Paer a Student ID that connected to Magical Radiance and explained that he could study one spell at a time, but unfinished magic would be lost beyond the academy’s reach.
• Jia Paer learned Gandalf’s Sun Fist and accidentally blinded himself by casting it without closing his eyes.
• After recovering, Jia Paer practiced Sun Fist on mage enemies and enjoyed watching the spell ruin their aim.
• Jia Paer wandered into a courtyard, where he found Caria Knight Mugram guarding a floating magical seal, and prepared to use Sun Fist against him.

Jia Paer fought Carian Knight Mugram, lost to his perfectly timed shield parry, and hurried back for a rematch. He found only a weaker knight in Mugram’s armor, then tried to pass the seal and was told he was not qualified.

• Jia Paer’s Sun Fist barely affected Mugram, who countered with Carian magic and a disciplined mix of sword and shield attacks.
• Jia Paer gained the upper hand with a rapid assault, but Mugram parried his finishing strike, staggered him, and drove a sword through his heart.
• Jia Paer revived in the classroom, learned that Mugram had a weakness, and rushed back to challenge him again without asking what it was.
• Jia Paer unleashed his full strength and split the knight before him in two, then realized it was an ordinary Carian Knight wearing Mugram’s armor.
• Jia Paer touched the seal in frustration, and magical text told him he was not qualified to pass.