Recaps

Dean became Sanderson’s apprentice, accepted Stavago’s contract, and began developing his magic while adventuring with Kana’s squad. After the squad encountered a goblin horde and reported it, a dispute over their standing with the Adventurers’ Guild ended with Rukta announcing a goblin bounty.

• Dean joined Sanderson as his apprentice and chose to develop a Magic Hand that could grow into a Demon Hand.
• Dean signed Stavago’s contract after the world will helped remove its hidden traps, then received a Demon Horn and began studying magic runes.
• Kana’s squad invited Dean to join them, and he used Life Detection Magic to locate goblins near a farm.
• Dean trapped several sleeping goblins, but his group fled when he sensed twenty-eight more approaching.
• Kana reported the goblin horde to President Rukta, while the Guild later promoted her squad but approved only part of its reward.
• Guligus lowered Kana’s squad’s reputation and ordered its badge surrendered, but Dean, Lamore, and Yanxi stood by Kana.
• Rukta stopped the Guild employee from changing the badge and announced a bounty for adult goblins killed in the Northwestern Magic Beast Forest.

Kana’s Squad uncovered the Goblin Shaman’s plan, and Dean helped defeat the threat to Blue Town while transforming Doge into a Lich. After the crisis ended, Dean received a spellbook and began training in Magic Runes under Sanderson.

• Rukta dismissed Guligus and sent Kana’s Squad to clear out the Goblins, while Guligus’s accusations and the merchant’s refusal to pay delayed their reward.
• Kana’s Squad followed the Goblins to their nest and discovered the Shaman’s ritual to summon a Giant using a Soul Stone and Goblin souls.
• The old Goblin Shaman took control of the Giant and led the tribe toward Blue Town, while Dean killed the young Shaman and reincarnated him as Lich Doge.
• Dean and his companions reached the battlefield, where Doge used the Goblin Scepter to recover his mentor’s soul and stop the Goblin assault.
• Rukta declared the Goblin Crisis over and promised Kana’s Squad a grand gift for defeating the new Goblin Shaman.
• Dean received a spellbook that recognized him as its owner and began studying Spatial Structure Runes with Sanderson.
• Dean completed hundreds of rune-drawing repetitions, recovered from exhausting his mental power, and Sanderson told him to inscribe his first true magic rune.