Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Hillsova, a severely weakened Nature Church leader, seeks shelter in an abandoned villa. He is avoiding both the Holy Light Church and the government, and hopes to hide until he can recover and contact his church.
• Near the villa, Hillsova senses a strong smell of blood and feels uneasy, but continues on because he has few alternatives.
• In the basement, Green discovers that his ordinary Soul Summoning spell cannot summon Rota, the high-level Angel Corpse Witch. He realizes he needs the more advanced Spirit Calling spell, which he does not own.
• Green’s Undead Devil Vine detects an injured but powerful spirit approaching. Before he can intervene, Lola leaves the villa and heads toward it.
• Lola reveals her new profession: Spirit Tamer. She has tamed two Snowfield Gray Wolf spirits, Justin and Ivy, and is eager to show them off. The wolves suddenly detect Hillsova and identify him as “food,” setting up a confrontation.

Character developments

• Hillsova is increasingly desperate and physically vulnerable, though he remains cautious about attracting attention.
• Green learns that his growing power has outpaced his current summoning magic. He also begins to understand that Lola’s reduced strength came from abandoning her former profession.
• Lola has reinvented herself as a Spirit Tamer after acquiring the profession’s legacy. She has successfully tamed two war spirits and is excited about her new abilities.
• Justin and Ivy are introduced as Lola’s first war spirits. Justin was a powerful wolf leader who controls wind; both spirits are now High-Rank Apprentices.

Character interactions

• Green watches Lola’s approach to the spirit rather than immediately stepping in, curious about her intentions.
• Lola’s wolves communicate their discovery directly to her, alerting her to Hillsova’s presence.
• Hillsova’s arrival unknowingly brings him into the orbit of Green, Lola, and the two wolf spirits.

Significant themes

• Hidden danger and pursuit: Hillsova’s attempt to escape his enemies brings him to a place where another threat is already waiting.
• Transformation and sacrifice: Lola gives up her former profession—and cleanses her vampire bloodline—to pursue the more promising path of a Spirit Tamer.
• Power and its limits: Green’s new undead companion cannot be used without more advanced magic, while Lola’s strength depends on acquiring and cultivating suitable spirits.
• Predator and prey: The wolves’ description of Hillsova as “food” foreshadows the danger he faces at the villa.

Plot points and events

• Lola’s War Spirits, Justin and Ivy, catch the scent of Hillsova and charge after him, abandoning the search for Green.
• Hillsova—already weakened and appearing as a green orb shielding his soul—tries to flee. Justin and Ivy bite through the protection and tear pieces from his soul, while his attacks have little effect on them.
• Desperate, Hillsova unleashes a burst of Psychic Energy that knocks the wolves back, then breaks free of the orb. His exposed soul rapidly loses energy and begins mutating into a monstrous, increasingly mindless form.
• Justin and Ivy repeatedly attack the mutation, but Hillsova’s malice harms their spirit bodies. Lola fires an Enchanted Bullet and is herself struck by a psychic assault that leaves her disoriented.
• The wolves intercept Hillsova as he rushes Lola, taking severe wounds while holding him off. Lola uses [Psychic Energy Sharing] to heal them; they retaliate with [Wind Spirit Cannon], blasting holes in the enormous soul. The attack damages it, but the chapter ends before the outcome is clear.

Character developments

• Lola shows quick judgment and deep concern for her War Spirits. Though shaken by Hillsova’s attack, she supports Justin and Ivy and keeps fighting.
• Justin and Ivy emerge as fierce, coordinated protectors. They continue attacking despite pain and serious injuries, even risking themselves to shield Lola.
• Hillsova shifts from a powerful but weakened priest into a desperate, irrational monster as his soul loses its protection and energy.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and sacrifice: Justin and Ivy endure grave harm to protect Lola.
• The vulnerability of the soul: Spirit attacks can bypass the body, and damage to a soul has devastating consequences.
• Desperation and loss of control: Hillsova’s fear and impending destruction turn him into a more powerful but less controlled threat.

Character interactions

• Lola directs Justin and Ivy’s pursuit and later tries to save them through Psychic Energy Sharing.
• Justin and Ivy coordinate their attacks, taking turns biting Hillsova and ultimately buying Lola time when she is in danger.
• Hillsova’s psychic malice affects both the War Spirits and Lola, while Lola and the wolves respond by supporting and protecting one another.

Key plot points and events

• Hillsova’s mutated soul grows into a dangerous, rapidly regenerating entity. Justin and Ivy attack it as giant wolves, but cannot keep up with its growth.
• Lola tries to retreat and get help. Before she can, gun skeleton soldiers emerge from the villa and open fire. Green joins the fight, summoning enough reinforcements to build a force of nearly a hundred skeletons.
• Sustained enchanted gunfire overwhelms the mutated soul. It collapses, leaving a few soul fragments and a black, gemstone-like pebble. Justin and Ivy eat the fragments; Green claims the pebble and discovers it contains a great deal of psychic energy.
• The energy replenishes the graveyard’s reserves to 7,500, allowing Green to address the shortage that had prevented him from making use of two newly acquired undead troop types: elite skeleton swordsmen and Fallen Knights.
• Six Holy Crusaders arrive, led by Major Reinhard. They condemn Green as a necromancer and demand the pebble, calling it an evil soul crystal that must be purified.
• Green recognizes them as inexperienced zealots and absorbs the pebble’s energy in front of them, making it crumble to dust. The chapter ends with the Holy Crusaders’ demand openly defied.

Character developments

• Green shows tactical confidence and resourcefulness, using massed skeleton troops to defeat the mutated soul. He is also blunt and defiant toward anyone who challenges his authority or tries to take what he considers his.
• Lola responds cautiously to the growing danger, choosing to seek help rather than risk a futile stand.
• Justin and Ivy remain eager and effective fighters, and feed on the soul remains after the battle.
• Reinhard is introduced as an arrogant, fanatical opponent of dark-side Transcendents, especially necromancers.

Character interactions

• Justin and Ivy fight alongside Green’s skeleton soldiers, though the soldiers’ firepower ultimately turns the tide.
• Green and Lola face hostility from Reinhard, who disregards their Anomalies Bureau status and attacks Green’s profession.
• Green trades insults with Reinhard, then refuses the Holy Crusaders’ demand for the black pebble by consuming its energy.

Significant themes

• Power and resourcefulness: Green’s ability to summon reinforcements overcomes an enemy whose regeneration defeats smaller attacks.
• Prejudice and religious zealotry: Reinhard’s contempt for necromancers puts him at odds with the Anomalies Bureau and its members.
• Control over power and property: Green treats the pebble’s energy—and the resources needed to strengthen his forces—as his own, rejecting the Crusaders’ claim to authority over it.

Plot points and events

• Reinhard, a Formal Rank Paladin, reveals that his claim about taking Green’s soul crystal for purification is a pretext: he wants its powerful psychic energy. He and five fellow Paladins aim their Holy Sword Rifles at Green, intending to kill him.
• Green counters with Bone Shield and his powerful Bone Spear Array, then summons wave after wave of undead troops—eventually numbering in the hundreds, perhaps close to a thousand.
• Facing overwhelming odds, Reinhard and his squad retreat without making threats. Green returns to the villa with Lola, relieved that the confrontation ended without a fight or further trouble.

Character developments

• Green demonstrates formidable power and tactical restraint. Rather than fight the Paladins, he uses force as a deterrent, hoping to avoid the political and personal fallout of killing members of the Holy Light Church. He prefers to keep a low profile and build his strength.
• Reinhard goes from smug confidence to fear when he realizes Green is far more powerful than his rank suggests. His judgment is distorted by arrogance and his assumption that Green would be an easy target.
• Lola is thrilled by Green’s display. Seeing the scale of his power makes her abandon any thought of competing with him and instead strengthens her desire to stay close to him and benefit from his protection.

Character interactions

• Reinhard and the Paladins confront Green with lethal intent, but Green’s display of force changes the balance of power and compels them to withdraw.
• Lola accompanies Green and reacts with excitement and renewed admiration after witnessing his abilities.

Significant themes

• Hypocrisy and fanaticism: Reinhard invokes holy principles while plotting to steal Green’s soul crystal, rationalizing cruelty as righteous punishment.
• Strength and deterrence: Green avoids a costly conflict by making his power impossible to ignore.
• Arrogance and misjudgment: Reinhard’s belief that Green is an insignificant opponent collapses when faced with the true scale of his forces.
• Pragmatism over pride: Green values avoiding needless trouble more than proving himself through combat.

Key plot points and events

• After driving off a Paladin squad, Green anticipates that Colonel Konka may retaliate. He prepares by building a Corpse Witch Mausoleum and then a Zombie Stable, discovering that the stable can produce Fallen Unicorns.
• Green spends heavily to create five new Fallen Knights and repair the one he already had. The six knights form a cavalry squad with the combined skill Combined Charge.
• Feeling better protected—but wary of further trouble in Rhine City—Green leaves the Lakeside Villa with Lola, intending to return to Landon City.
• Elsewhere, Shirley Will learns that her sister Daisy is probably dead. Unable to identify the people behind the trap, she orders her steward to kill Cristiano and then eliminate anyone who might be connected to the killing, without requiring proof.

Character developments and interactions

• Green responds to danger by investing in stronger forces, then chooses to withdraw rather than become further entangled in Rhine City’s conflicts. His confidence rises with the addition of the Fallen Knights.
• Lola remains eager to stay, but follows Green when he decides to leave.
• Shirley Will reveals a ruthless, vengeful streak: grief over Daisy’s likely death quickly becomes a demand for indiscriminate revenge.
• The steward is intimidated by Shirley despite his own power and obeys her orders without question.

Significant themes

• Preparation and escalation: Green’s effort to deter future threats leads him to build a formidable undead cavalry force.
• Power comes at a cost: Green gains strength but spends most of his stored Psychic Energy.
• Revenge without certainty: Shirley’s grief drives her to punish suspected connections rather than wait for evidence.
• Choosing whether to engage: Green seeks safety by leaving, while Shirley answers danger with violence.

Key plot points and events

• Senior Dietrich steward Dinio travels to Rhine City on Lady Shirley Will’s private business. Hoping to advance beyond his subordinate position, he sees Shirley’s favor as a path to greater influence. When an update reports that Cristiano remains missing, Dinio directs his agents to investigate Hillsova Lenin, a Nature Church High Priest close to Cristiano.
• On the journey back to Landon City, Green explores the Ancient Tomb in the Mist World. After finding no further route in the burial chamber, he sends Kobold Zombies into its emerald pool. Both vanish without returning any information, suggesting the water conceals a powerful barrier or unknown space.
• A roar and powerful tremors interrupt Green’s investigation. He suspects the Skeleton Lord has broken free and sends his Corpse Witch avatar back to the surface, ordering the Undead Devil Vine to scout.
• The Devil Vine reports that the Skeleton Lord has destroyed its prison chamber. Now over six meters tall and covered in glowing runes, it is climbing through the tomb’s machinery, apparently driven by long-suppressed hatred and a desire to kill.
• The destruction disables parts of the tomb and opens its true entrance. Green enters to investigate and discovers an enormous, still-operating wheel-shaped enchanted mechanism.

Character developments and interactions

• Dinio is revealed as ambitious as well as disciplined and loyal. He hopes to use Shirley’s influence to escape a lifetime of serving the Dietrich Family, while carefully handling her discreet assignment. His agents act on his instructions to pursue a lead connected to Cristiano.
• Green is cautious but curious. He tests the pool with expendable undead, weighs the danger of entering himself, then abandons the investigation when the Skeleton Lord’s escape becomes more urgent. He quickly takes advantage of the newly opened passage to explore the tomb.
• The Skeleton Lord has changed from a partially freed prisoner into a terrifying, fully unleashed force, with immense strength and visible murderous fury.
• An unseen presence watches Green’s avatar from beneath the pool, revealing hostile, intelligent eyes before disappearing again. Green senses a brief unease but does not discover its source.
• Lola remains occupied with cultivation and bonding with Justin and Ivy while Green explores.

Significant themes

• Ambition and hierarchy: Dinio’s talent cannot overcome his lowly origins without help from those with power.
• Curiosity versus danger: Green’s exploration yields discoveries but exposes him to threats he does not yet understand.
• Consequences of imprisonment: The Skeleton Lord’s destructive escape suggests the danger of containment—and the fury built up through prolonged captivity.
• Hidden threats and mysteries: The pool, the watching eyes, and the enormous enchanted machine point to dangers and secrets still buried within the tomb.

Key plot points and events

• Green watches the six-meter-tall Skeleton Lord tear open a burial chamber in the tomb’s central wheel. Inside is a giant skeleton whose soulfire has long gone out. The Skeleton Lord reacts with grief and fury, then howls.
• The Skeleton Lord frees a weakened Black Goat, but kills it almost immediately and absorbs its soul essence, growing stronger. The Goat’s remains trigger a powerful sacrificial curse; the Skeleton Lord destroys it with a burst of razor-sharp psychic energy.
• Over the next two hours, the Skeleton Lord demolishes the central chambers and kills the other released creatures: an eerie suit of armor, a stitched human-faced lion with a scorpion’s tail, and, later, an octopus-like monster with human eyes hidden beneath the Emerald Pool. Green stays concealed and realizes he was fortunate not to enter the pool.
• The tomb’s structure is revealed: nine central chambers held sealed Transcendent Monsters, while surrounding chambers formed the nodes of a larger sealing circle.

Character developments

• Green shifts from shock to wary observation. He recognizes the Skeleton Lord’s Legendary-level strength, understands that he cannot safely exploit the chaos, and fears being noticed.
• The Skeleton Lord displays grief at finding its kindred dead, but otherwise acts with overwhelming violence. By devouring several creatures’ soul essence, it recovers its full strength and becomes even more dangerous.

Significant themes

• Imprisonment and decay: The sealed beings have endured ages in confinement, and some are already dead or gravely weakened.
• Power and survival: The freed monsters are not allies; the Skeleton Lord kills them and absorbs their essence to grow stronger.
• Dangerous curiosity: Green’s restraint saves him from the hidden monster beneath the pool.
• Ancient power and mystery: The elaborate sealing circle and the formidable creatures it contained hint at the immense power of the tomb’s builders.

Character interactions

• The Skeleton Lord’s grief over the dead giant skeleton contrasts with its ruthless treatment of the other prisoners.
• The Black Goat attempts to curse the Skeleton Lord through its death, but the Lord effortlessly breaks the curse.
• Green observes the Skeleton Lord from a hidden viewpoint; when it looks toward his vicinity, he panics, then realizes it is focused on the Emerald Pool chamber instead.

Key plot points and events

• Green realizes the tomb’s supposedly unused chambers had held supernatural beings. The Skeleton Lord has survived by consuming their Soul Essence and has grown more powerful and hateful.
• It smashes open the remaining burial chambers and defeats their guardians: a fire-wielding Greatsword Angel, an Ice Mage Angel, and a heavily armored Shield Warrior Angel. Each fights back, but the Skeleton Lord overwhelms them. It also tears apart strange octopus-like creatures hidden in the pools.
• Green watches from the shadows and regrets the damage done to the Greatsword Angel, wondering whether the Graveyard can restore her.
• With all four chambers destroyed, the Seal Magic Circle collapses. Psychic Energy erupts, and the magical barrier around the tomb breaks.
• A white gem projects a vast, dark mist above the Skeleton Lord. Tentacles and a faint human face move within it, while two cold, indifferent gazes look down on the tomb. The Skeleton Lord appears terrified and flees.

Character developments

• Green learns that the empty chambers were not unused and remains focused on the potential value of the Angel corpses, even amid the destruction.
• The Skeleton Lord demonstrates overwhelming strength, but its fear of the projected entity reveals that it is not invincible.
• The Angels each show distinct fighting styles and courage, though none can withstand the Skeleton Lord.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: The Skeleton Lord dominates its opponents but is itself frightened by a greater force.
• Ancient containment and release: Destroying the tomb’s seals unleashes both immense energy and an unknown presence.
• Desecration and cost: The Skeleton Lord’s relentless destruction sacrifices the tomb’s guardians and exposes whatever the burial complex was meant to contain.

Character interactions

• Green observes the Skeleton Lord’s rampage from concealment and privately reacts to the ruined Angel.
• Each Angel confronts the Skeleton Lord directly, but it defeats them and destroys the creatures in their pools.
• The chapter ends with the Skeleton Lord reacting to the dark projection not as an attacker, but as a threat powerful enough to make it flee.

Plot points and events

• The Skeleton Lord nearly escapes the crypt, but a black-mist projection attacks him with a lightning whip. The strikes bypass his defenses and damage his soul, steadily extinguishing his soulfire.
• Rather than fight to the death, the Skeleton Lord uses Reverse Spirit Calling to return himself to the Netherworld. Once he vanishes, the lightning attack ends, leaving behind a rapidly dissolving tentacle.
• Green identifies it as part of a Death Mayfly, an eerie being of Calamity Rank—a tier above Legendary Rank. He realizes the black mist was only a projection of a being far beyond his power.
• After recovering from the encounter, Green orders ten squads of Kobold Zombies to salvage the crypt. They recover enchanted materials, including exceptionally durable alloy, and collect the remains of three angels under the Kobold Shaman’s supervision.

Character development

• Green’s confidence in his own strength is shaken after witnessing the Skeleton Lord and Death Mayfly firsthand. He recognizes that reaching Formal Rank is only the beginning and resolves to advance steadily rather than dwell on powers beyond his reach.
• The Skeleton Lord, despite his fearsome reputation, is shown choosing survival over pride: faced with a soul-damaging opponent, he flees by returning to the Netherworld.

Significant themes

• The vast scale of power: Legendary and Calamity beings reveal how limited Green’s current abilities are.
• Pragmatism and survival: The Skeleton Lord escapes rather than risk destruction, while Green decides to focus on achievable progress.
• Opportunity amid danger: Even after the battle, Green turns the ruined crypt into a source of valuable materials and resources.

Character interactions

• Green silently observes the fight through Viewpoint mode, remaining undetected by both combatants.
• The Death Mayfly’s projected attack overwhelms the Skeleton Lord, who responds by fleeing rather than retaliating.
• Green directs the Kobold Zombies’ salvage operation and assigns the Kobold Shaman to gather the angels’ remains.

Key plot points and events

• Green discovers that the three angels killed by the Skeleton Lord are so badly mangled that repairing them would cost over 7,000 psychic energy. He cannot afford it, but keeps their bodies as valuable future resources.
• He also brings back the remains of a second Skeleton Lord. Its soulfire has gone out, and Green lacks the strength to restore it, so he stores the skeleton in the Mage Tower until he is powerful enough to resurrect it.
• Green decides his immediate priority is collecting psychic energy. He plans to obtain it by hunting monsters in the Mist World rather than sacrificing his enchanted gear, and intends to acquire the three-circle spell [Spirit Calling].
• On the road back, Reinhard and his Paladins encounter a man dressed as Major Quares, whose squad had disappeared. Reinhard suspects a trap and orders his men to seal the stranger with holy light.
• The impostor reveals himself as Bloody Undead Martinez, a dangerous second-in-command of the Blood Eye. He transforms his arms into tentacles, impales two Paladins, then consumes them—blood and souls alike. Reinhard and the remaining Paladins fire on Martinez while retreating.

Character developments

• Green is pragmatic and resource-focused: despite the promise of powerful undead allies, he accepts that he cannot restore them yet and turns to building up psychic energy.
• Reinhard remains cautious, but his confidence collapses when he recognizes Martinez. Rather than fight, he prioritizes escape.
• Martinez is revealed as a deadly, predatory enemy capable of disguising himself and striking with startling speed.

Significant themes

• Power depends on resources: Green’s ambitions are constrained by the psychic energy needed to repair and revive powerful undead.
• Patience and deferred gains: The angels and Skeleton Lord represent future strength, not help Green can use immediately.
• Deception and sudden danger: Martinez’s disguise turns an apparent rescue into an ambush.
• Faith versus fear: Reinhard’s devotion cannot overcome the terror inspired by Martinez’s reputation and power.

Character interactions

• Green weighs the cost of repairing the angels and reviving the Skeleton Lord against his limited resources, then chooses to focus on gathering more energy.
• Reinhard directs his Paladins to approach the unconscious “Quares” cautiously, but Martinez exploits their attempt to help and attacks them.
• Martinez taunts Reinhard after revealing his identity, while Reinhard and the surviving Paladins fight defensively as they retreat.

Plot and key events

• Bloody Undead Martinez ambushes Reinhard and three other Holy Crusaders, killing the three Crusaders and their horses by draining their blood. Reinhard escapes briefly, but Martinez flies after him, overwhelms his Holy Light, and possesses him.
• Through Reinhard’s memories, Martinez learns about Green, an Anomalies Bureau Captain who can summon a vast undead army. He suspects Green may be connected to Cristiano, an old enemy, and heads for the Lakeside Villa to investigate.
• Meanwhile, Green prepares his second campaign in the Mist World: an attack on a supposedly ownerless Necromancer’s Mage Tower about thirty kilometers from the Graveyard. He sends Lightning Angel Rota, the Kobold Shaman, and ten squads of Kobold Zombies.
• When the force approaches within five hundred meters, the tower activates its defenses. A magical barrier rises, skeletal arms emerge from the ground, and Evil Spirits and Zombie Knights march out.

Character developments and interactions

• Reinhard is exposed as courageous and quick-reacting, but badly outmatched. His escape attempt ends with Martinez taking control of him.
• Martinez proves both a powerful predator and a calculating investigator. Possessing Reinhard gives him access to memories that intensify his interest in Green and Cristiano.
• Green remains confident and decisive, treating the tower’s reputation and rumored wyvern as unimpressive. He directs the assault remotely.
• Rota appears recovered and battle-ready, while the Kobold Shaman watches her with a mix of fear and envy.
• Martinez and Reinhard have a brief, brutal confrontation; Green’s expedition begins just as a new defensive force emerges from the tower.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Reinhard’s rank and Holy Light cannot protect him from Martinez’s superior abilities.
• Memory as a weapon: Martinez uses possession not only to control Reinhard but to uncover leads and choose his next target.
• Overconfidence and uncertainty: Green dismisses the tower’s rumored threat, but its defenses show that its apparent abandonment is misleading.
• The growing reach of conflict: Martinez’s search for Green unfolds alongside Green’s own campaign, setting up converging dangers.

Key plot points and events

• Green finds the Mage Tower’s defenders underwhelming: more than three hundred weak Skeleton Soldiers and Zombies, plus a few Evil Spirits and Zombie Knights.
• Rota opens the assault by crashing through the tower’s Defense Screen and wiping out the Undead force in less than half a minute.
• A Clay Golem bursts from the tower and briefly clashes with Rota. Though it hits hard, the collision damages its neglected body, while Rota remains unharmed.
• Green recognizes the costly, powerful construct and orders Rota to subdue it rather than destroy it. She uses her speed and flight to wear down its clay shell, while her lightning prevents it from regenerating.
• Once the Golem’s underlying Alchemical Magic Arrays are exposed and it collapses, Green captures it for 350 Psychic Energy. It cannot be repaired until returned to the Graveyard, but Green confirms its attributes.

Character developments and interactions

• Green shifts from disappointment at the weak defenders to excitement over the valuable Golem. He makes a tactical decision to preserve and capture it, then realizes the repair process requires the Graveyard.
• Rota demonstrates overwhelming strength and discipline: she follows Green’s order to restrain herself, adapting from a direct assault to a controlled, prolonged attack.
• Green and Rota work in coordination: Green identifies the prize and sets the objective; Rota executes the strategy while keeping the Golem alive.

Significant themes

• Strategy over brute force: Green prioritizes capturing a valuable enemy rather than simply defeating it.
• Strength and specialized counters: The Golem is tough and resistant to physical damage, but Rota’s combined physical and lightning attacks exploit its weaknesses.
• Power and resources: The Golem’s high creation cost and Green’s Psychic Energy expenditure emphasize the value—and expense—of acquiring powerful units.

Key plot points and events

• Green studies the captured Clay Golem and recognizes its exceptional combat strength, but has it dragged back to the Graveyard because it is too heavy to carry.
• With the Mage Tower’s defenders gone, Green explores it and discovers it is still being maintained by its Tower Spirit, Tottenham.
• Rota orders Tottenham to submit. He agrees, and Green intends to give the tower to Cristiano rather than erase the Tower Spirit.
• Most of the tower’s valuable books have been removed, including the likely manual for making Clay Golems. However, Tottenham produces a book on Spirit Calling, which Green urgently needs.
• The Clay Golem workshop and its equipment remain intact. Green has the Kobold Zombies dismantle and transport them to the Graveyard.
• Cristiano becomes the tower’s new master by signing a Magic Contract, activating its core, and forming a Mental Link. The process takes about three hours, and he advances from apprentice to Formal Mage.
• Cristiano uses Undead Resurrection to restore some of the Skeleton Soldiers and Zombies killed in the battle, though the spell cannot restore badly damaged remains or dispersed spirits.

Character developments and interactions

• Green shows strategic ambition: he wants the knowledge and tools to create more Clay Golems, while also investing in Cristiano’s advancement.
• Rota acts as Green’s authoritative representative, negotiating with Tottenham and securing his obedience.
• Tottenham accepts a new master with relief after years of abandonment; he agrees to cooperate rather than risk being destroyed.
• Cristiano shifts from resignation to renewed determination. Receiving the Mage Tower allows him to become a Formal Mage, and his resurrection spell demonstrates his increased capability.

Significant themes

• Opportunity after loss: Cristiano regains hope just as he had given up on advancing.
• Necromancy’s resilience: Undead forces can be restored after battle, making attrition less decisive—though resurrection has limits.
• Power through knowledge and infrastructure: Green’s plans depend not only on strong units but also on specialized books, workshops, and magical facilities.
• Loyalty and preservation: Tottenham’s mind is spared, and the abandoned tower gains a new purpose under Cristiano.

Key plot points and events

• After roughly 70% of the Skeleton Soldiers and Zombies revive, Green decides the Mage Tower will remain as an outpost rather than be moved back to the Graveyard. He plans to strengthen its garrison with upgraded skeleton units and Zombies, supported by Angel Rota and the Fallen Knights.
• Green repairs the Clay Golem, then calculates that the planned troop upgrades will leave the Graveyard with less than 800 Psychic Energy. The shortage makes him postpone other costly improvements.
• He studies and learns Spirit Calling, an advanced summoning spell. Testing it in the carriage, he finds it creates a sturdier summoning passage than Soul Summoning, but takes five seconds to cast, requires his staff and an incantation, and has an additional half-second delay before a creature appears.
• At a fork in the road, Bloody Undead Martinez spots Green and Lola’s carriage. Recognizing Cristiano’s scent on them, he abandons his wait for a Dietrich Family agent and secretly follows them, hoping the lead will take him to Cristiano and the Mage Tower.

Character developments and interactions

• Green shows himself as a cautious planner: he balances the need to protect the Mage Tower against the Graveyard’s limited resources. He advances as a mage but decides Spirit Calling is too expensive to improve further for now. He quietly tests the spell while Lola sleeps, then sends Angel Rota back before she can fully emerge.
• Lola, now a Spirit Tamer, has been training intensely and is exhausted; she sleeps through Green’s experiment.
• Martinez remains patient and calculating. Although Reinhard’s memories had already prompted him to seek Green, he prioritizes a possible opportunity to reach Cristiano. He follows the carriage rather than attack immediately.

Significant themes

• Resource scarcity and strategic growth: Green’s ambitions depend on carefully rationing Psychic Energy.
• Preparation versus vulnerability: Spirit Calling offers stronger summons, but its casting time leaves Green exposed in an emergency.
• Deception and pursuit: Martinez’s earlier plot to frame Cristiano and draw out the Dietrich Family now shifts into a covert hunt, with Green and Lola unknowingly leading him toward his real target.

Plot points and events

• While fleeing Rhine City, Green and Lola are followed by two pursuers: Martinez, an undead tracker, and Dinio, who is traveling in the opposite direction.
• Dinio recognizes Green from Anomalies Bureau intelligence and realizes Martinez is stalking him. Suspecting Green’s flight is tied to Miss Daisy’s death, Dinio abandons his own plans and follows the carriage.
• Green stops at the deserted Wagendahl Station, apparently to draw out the hidden threat. He and Lola enter the station’s hut without alerting either pursuer.
• Inside, Green summons the Fallen Angel Rota, while Lola calls on her strengthened wolf spirits, Justin and Ivy. The wolves detect the scent of blood, and Rota senses the danger Green cannot locate.
• At Green’s command, Rota attacks the hostile presence. Her lightning strikes break Martinez’s concealment, revealing him in the tree.

Character developments

• Green shows tactical composure: rather than simply flee, he uses the station as a place to confront whoever is following them. His sensitivity to danger and ability to summon Rota reveal his formidable strength.
• Lola trusts Green’s instincts and follows his lead without causing a disturbance. She is astonished to see a real Angel, but remains ready for danger.
• Dinio proves both perceptive and ambitious. He quickly connects Green to the Cristiano estate and Miss Daisy’s death, then risks pursuing a much stronger opponent, Martinez, in hopes of striking from concealment.
• Martinez is an experienced stalker who relies on his chameleon ability, but the wolves’ scent and Rota’s lightning expose him.

Character interactions

• Dinio and Green briefly meet eyes during their passing carriages; Dinio recognizes him, while Green gives no sign of knowing Dinio.
• Green’s quiet decision to stop alerts Lola that something is wrong. Their familiarity allows them to coordinate without openly discussing the threat.
• Justin and Ivy help identify danger through their keen sense of smell, while Green directs Rota to locate and eliminate hostile enemies.
• Dinio shadows Martinez from a distance, viewing him as a possible target, even as Martinez pursues Green and Lola.

Significant themes

• The hunter and the hunted: Several characters track one another, with shifting advantages as concealment, perception, and power come into play.
• Deception and hidden intent: The pursuers disguise their presence, while Green’s seemingly casual stop conceals a deliberate trap.
• Power and risk: Dinio’s ambition drives him to consider attacking a far stronger foe, while Green’s strength lets him turn an ambush into a confrontation.

Key plot points

• Rota, a Black-Winged Undead Angel, surprises Martinez and attacks him with her Twin Lightning Swords. She pierces and destroys his protective Light Screen.
• Martinez creates a blood double and briefly blocks Rota, but realizes she is guarding Green rather than targeting him independently. He suspects Green is connected to a powerful Undead Archmage and decides to flee.
• Rota’s speed overwhelms Martinez. She traps him in a vast net of black lightning and repeatedly drives him back down when he tries to escape.
• Lightning corrodes Martinez’s blood—the substance sustaining his life. As his strength and thoughts deteriorate, he faces death within minutes unless he can break free.
• Dinio watches from hiding, stunned by the battle and unsure what it means for the Blood Eye.

Character developments and interactions

• Rota is revealed as a formidable, silent protector. Unable to communicate in the real world, she answers Martinez’s questions only with attacks; her strength and speed decisively overpower him.
• Martinez shifts from shock and fury to caution, fear, and desperation. Though he is a powerful Blood Wraith, his confidence collapses when he recognizes Rota’s advantage and the lethal effect of lightning.
• Dinio moves from intending to exploit the conflict to hiding and observing. The fight makes him question who is behind the attack and how supernatural strength can differ so greatly within the same rank.
• The confrontation is entirely one-sided after Rota’s initial exchange: Martinez tries to block, flee, and break free, while Rota relentlessly pursues and suppresses him.

Significant themes

• Power is not determined by rank alone: Rota and Martinez are both High Formal Rank, yet their combat abilities differ sharply; Dinio’s is lower still.
• Preparation and specialization matter: Rota’s speed and lightning are especially effective against Martinez’s blood-based body.
• Fear of unknown powers: Martinez’s speculation about Green’s possible connection to a Legendary Undead Archmage shows how uncertainty can shape decisions as much as immediate danger.

Plot points and events

• Badly wounded and trapped in Rota’s lightning net, Martinez is nearly unconscious. A reserve of Psychic Energy hidden inside him by Blood Knight Akalusi erupts, letting him break free and blast Rota back.
• Martinez escapes by sending out a decoy containing part of his soul and blood. While Rota pursues it, he hides near Wagendahl Station, considers attacking Green and Lola, then decides that survival matters more than revenge.
• Rota sees through the ruse and ambushes Martinez as he tries to flee. She repeatedly strikes him with lightning-charged sword attacks.
• In desperation, Martinez uses the forbidden Blood Explosion Technique. Rota escapes the blast unharmed, while the attack leaves Martinez even weaker.
• Out of strength and resigned to his fate, Martinez is pinned to the ground and destroyed by Rota. He leaves behind Soul Remains and a translucent blood-red Psychic Crystal.
• Green watches through Visual Synchronization and recognizes the crystal, hoping it will yield a valuable amount of Psychic Energy.

Character developments

• Martinez shifts from fighting desperately to prioritizing escape, then finally accepts that he may die. His survival tactics—including sacrificing part of his soul and blood—show both his resourcefulness and the severe cost of his defeat.
• Rota remains composed and lethal. Rather than being fooled by Martinez’s decoy, she uses it to draw him out and finishes the fight decisively.
• Green stays detached from the battle, viewing its aftermath in terms of the reward the crystal might provide.

Significant themes

• Survival and its costs: Martinez’s escape attempts consume his blood and soul, and each desperate measure leaves him closer to death.
• Power and vulnerability: Even an undead being with unusual defenses can be overwhelmed by a stronger opponent.
• Revenge versus survival: Martinez suppresses his desire to punish Green and Lola because staying alive comes first.
• Violence as opportunity: Green’s reaction to the crystal contrasts with Martinez’s death, highlighting how the battle’s spoils become a potential resource.

Character interactions

• Rota and Martinez: Their fight is a contest of deception and endurance. Martinez uses a costly decoy and a forbidden technique, but Rota anticipates his escape and ultimately kills him.
• Martinez and Green/Lola: Martinez considers attacking them while they are inside the house, but fear of another hidden advantage—and of Rota returning—makes him flee instead.
• Green and Rota’s battle: Green observes remotely through Visual Synchronization and focuses on the Psychic Crystal left behind.

Plot points and events

• After the Undead Devil Vine retrieves Martinez’s Psychic Crystal, Green converts it into 3,200 Psychic Energy for the Graveyard. He learns that Martinez’s divided soul yielded less energy than Hillsova’s soul, which had been enriched by divine aura.
• Though relieved by the gain, Green cannot immediately spend the energy and remains anxious about whether Rota—the Lightning Angel—could have stopped Martinez.
• Rota moves to confront Dinio Casmalon, a senior steward of the Dietrich Family, whom the Devil Vine had secretly tracked while Green dealt with Martinez.
• Dinio’s pistols and skills are no match for Rota’s dual swords. He claims he only watched out of curiosity and appeals to Green, the person he assumes is commanding the Undead.
• Green recognizes that Dinio likely came to investigate Daisy’s murder, which Martinez had used to frame Cristiano. Green worries that killing a Dietrich family member could provoke retaliation, but suspects letting Dinio go would create future trouble.
• Dinio interprets Green’s hesitation as weakness. Using an expensive instant-cast Spatial Item, he bypasses Rota, breaks into the Wooden Hut, and rushes upstairs to seize Green and Lola.
• Just as Dinio aims his pistols at them, Green completes a Soul Summoning. A powerful figure emerges from the portal, announced by the sound of hoofbeats.

Character developments and interactions

• Green shifts from private fear after Martinez’s attack to cold resolve as he assesses Dinio. His reluctance to provoke a powerful family clashes with his growing willingness to act decisively.
• Dinio presents himself as deferential, but his apology is a ploy. He underestimates Green, gambles on a surprise attack, and pursues personal advancement through capturing Green and Rota.
• Rota efficiently blocks Dinio’s bullets, demonstrating her speed and combat superiority. Dinio tries to outrun her by targeting Green directly.
• Green and Dinio never negotiate in person: Dinio appeals to him from outside, then turns to force when he mistakes caution for helplessness. The chapter ends as Green’s summons confronts that attack.

Significant themes

• The danger of underestimating others: Dinio mistakes Green’s hesitation for weakness and walks into an unknown counterattack.
• Power and its costs: Psychic Crystal yields depend not only on strength but on the condition and spiritual nature of the soul.
• Caution versus decisiveness: Green weighs political consequences against the risks of sparing a dangerous witness.
• Ambition and self-interest: Dinio’s apparent apology conceals his desire for status, favor, and control of a powerful Undead Angel.

Plot and events

• Dinio attacks, believing his plan to seize the king is about to succeed. A Fallen Knight suddenly appears and knocks him through a wall, ruining his plan and forcing him to retreat.
• Rota catches Dinio in midair and kills him with her black-lightning sword. Green has her retrieve Dinio’s Psychic Crystal; after absorbing it, he finds the Graveyard gained only [1300] Psychic Energy—far less than it gained from Martinez. He orders Dinio’s body taken to the Graveyard for possible undead conversion.
• Back in Landon City, Green considers repairing three damaged Angel corpses but lacks the resources to restore them all. He chooses the Ice Mage Angel, judging that its powerful, area-effect Water Magic would complement Rota’s fast, single-target attacks.
• Over three days, Green repairs the Angel and corrupts its body into an undead creature. He fuses it with Hill, the water-affinity third of the Six Witches. Though the Angel’s body strongly resists her spirit, Hill holds on. Green spends [1200] Psychic Energy to complete the fusion.
• Hill becomes a level-six Angel Corpse Witch and Evocation Mage, with combat strength [720].

Character developments and interactions

• Dinio dies still convinced he was close to success, underscoring the gulf between his elaborate plans and the fight’s reality.
• Rota acts decisively, killing Dinio and recovering his hidden Psychic Crystal. She continues to serve as Green’s trusted combat partner.
• Green makes calculated choices about scarce resources, prioritizing a mage to address a weakness in his forces. He also commits to completing Hill’s fusion despite its unexpected cost.
• Hill demonstrates unusual resolve by enduring the Ice Angel’s rejection. Her water affinity makes her a natural match for the body, though the fusion still requires substantial assistance from Green.
• Lola, meanwhile, is away training Justin and Ivy in a simulated battlefield.

Significant themes

• Plans versus reality: Dinio’s careful calculations collapse when unexpected events disrupt his assumptions.
• Resource management and strategic balance: Green must choose which powerful asset to restore, weighing cost against the needs of his team.
• Will and adaptation: Hill’s persistence enables her fusion despite strong resistance, while Green adapts his approach based on prior experience.
• Complementary strengths: Green aims to pair Hill’s area-control magic with Rota’s speed and focused attacks, making the team stronger through cooperation.

Plot points and events

• Green gains the Ice Angel Hill, but trying to revive the Flame Greatsword Angel triggers a sharp headache and a warning: his undead exceed his Mental Power Limit.
• He learns that the limit is a summon-capacity ceiling tied to his mental strength and rank. He can raise it through meditation and advancement, or make room by dismissing weaker forces.
• Green keeps his gun skeletons, undead cannons, and Emma Hart’s kobolds, but decides to expend a hundred ordinary Zombies and an Evil Spirit squad so he can eventually revive the two Angels.
• He sends a large expedition toward Cristiano’s Mage Tower to survey and secure the surrounding area. Hill joins as essential combat support, while Penny goes to gain experience.
• Penny’s Fallen Unicorn has helped her become a level-four Corpse Witch Knight, with greatly improved combat ability and a knight’s weapons and armor. As the expedition departs, she looks toward Green and smiles.
• Tina continues to suffer nightmares, insomnia, and panic after surviving Vikro Town. The Spirit-Binding Art placed on her by the Nature Church has changed: after her ordeal, it merged with her and became tendrils of her Psychic Energy.
• Unable to cope and lacking formal Transcendent training, Tina seeks help from Mr. Borg. At his home she finds young people in green robes worshiping an unknown Deity. She feels trapped as Borg welcomes her, saying she arrived later than he expected and has earned his lord’s favor through her endurance.

Character developments and interactions

• Green responds to his new limitation pragmatically, balancing his army’s composition rather than sacrificing its core forces. His concern for Penny is evident in the support he gives her career and equipment.
• Penny has grown from a weak level-two Corpse Witch into a capable knightly hero. Her glance and smile suggest a strong personal bond with Green.
• Tina is psychologically fragile but has endured her torment; her former restraints have become an uncontrolled supernatural power.
• Mr. Borg shifts from respected academic to unsettling, apparently manipulative figure. He seems to have anticipated Tina’s arrival and is connected to the cultists and the Deity they worship.

Significant themes

• Limits and growth: Green’s power is constrained by mental capacity, while advancement requires sustained effort.
• Power and sacrifice: Strengthening the army means deciding which forces are expendable.
• Trauma and transformation: Tina’s ordeal has reshaped both her mental state and her supernatural abilities.
• Control and manipulation: Tina’s inability to leave Borg’s home, alongside his foreknowledge of her arrival, creates a threat of coercion and hidden influence.