Chapter Summaries

An Kai exchanged a Lower-grade Magic Stone for a skill point and upgraded Fireball to Lv1, finally meeting the Mage Association’s qualification requirement. With the assessment five days away and a new month starting tomorrow, he headed to the association to seek full membership.

• An Kai left a traveling merchant stranded in the Desert after robbing his carriage and taking his horse and supplies.
• At the town entrance, An Kai traded the horse and other goods to Hanks for one Lower-grade Magic Stone.
• An Kai exchanged the stone for a skill point, raised Fireball to Lv1, and tested the spell in his courtyard.
• An Kai recalled that he had arrived from Blue Star a year ago, reached his level cap, and survived by hunting and fishing for passing travelers.
• An Kai realized that the Mage Association assessment was five days away and that the next day began a new month, so he set out to gain full membership.

An Kai earned promotion to First-tier Mage and used his monthly magic-stone benefits to strengthen Meditation while seeking steady growth in a dangerous frontier town. After nineteen days, he gained an attribute point and put it into stamina.

• An Kai showed his Fireball to the Mage Association president, who praised its power and promoted him to First-tier Mage.
• An Kai collected a Lower-grade Magic Stone from Widow Wang and teased her about Hanks before fleeing her flirtation.
• An Kai exchanged his magic stone for a skill point and invested it in Meditation, choosing it over Fireball to improve his attribute growth.
• An Kai repeated the investment with the next month's magic stone, then meditated until he gained an attribute point nineteen days later.
• An Kai assigned the new attribute point to stamina, bringing his Stamina to 4.

After learning that the Bukelin Duchy’s succession crisis would send mages to war, An Kai decided to flee town rather than risk his life for the fifth princess. As he slipped into the desert with other townspeople, a mysterious breeze left him with an extra bundle and carried the old president away from the Mage Association on a different course.

• An Kai went to hunt and fish, but Hanks told him that the Bukelin Duchy’s king had died and that the Mage Association would fight for the fifth princess.
• An Kai returned to town and learned that the old president had called the mages to depart for the capital in two days, so he decided to flee into the desert.
• An Kai packed a small bundle and joined many townspeople leaving town under cover of darkness.
• Hanks rode away on the yellow horse with Widow Wang tied behind him, while An Kai continued toward the desert.
• A gentle breeze left an extra bundle against An Kai’s chest and carried the old president away from the Mage Association, not toward Bukelin’s capital.

An Kai fled Nameless Town and hid in a rocky desert cave, where Mage Donglin’s gift of Magic Stones let him strengthen Meditation and Fireball. One year later, An Kai used repeated fireballs to kill a Lv4 Desert Thorn Worm.

• An Kai ran north from Nameless Town and reached a secret cave in the rocky desert.
• An Kai opened Mage Donglin’s bundle, found twenty-eight Lower-grade Magic Stones, and exchanged them for skill points.
• An Kai raised Meditation to its limit and upgraded Fireball, then tested the spell and concealed the cave entrance.
• An Kai spent a year meditating in the cave while improving his strength.
• An Kai ambushed a Lv4 Desert Thorn Worm with a series of fireballs and blasted it apart.

An Kai returned to Nameless Town after a year and found it abandoned and devastated by war. He reached the Mage Association and destroyed the magical defense around the old president’s office, eager to claim what remained inside.

• An Kai killed a level-four Thorn Bug, exchanged its core for a skill point, and raised Fireball to level two.
• After reviewing his improved attributes, An Kai left his rocky desert hideout to travel toward his southern supply cache through Nameless Town.
• An Kai found Nameless Town deserted, with skeletons and signs that its people had lost a battle after he left.
• An Kai searched the wrecked Mage Association for spell documents and other valuables, blasting apart skeletons near the third floor.
• An Kai found a magical defense covering the old president’s office and attacked it with two large Fireballs.

An Kai broke into the old president’s protected room and found a Superior Meditation Staff that suited him, while learning that the old president had secretly been monitoring him. After leaving the Mage Association, An Kai headed for the mayor’s residence to search for hidden valuables.

• An Kai shattered the barrier around the old president’s room with repeated Fireballs, then used skeletons to trigger and exhaust the Wind Blade trap inside.
• An Kai searched the bookshelves, took three Tier 1 spellbooks and a book about the Bukelin princess, and found the Meditation Staff in the desk drawer.
• A message from the old president told An Kai to keep the staff and return in three years, leaving An Kai frightened and suspicious.
• At a forest castle, Dong Lin revealed that the staff could harm anyone who failed to meet its hidden requirements, and his notebook’s assessment of An Kai’s growth potential changed from Low to Medium.
• An Kai left the Mage Association with the staff and books, then changed course toward the mayor’s residence to look for hidden valuables.

An Kai looted a storage ring and books from Nameless Town before setting the town ablaze and heading south. He ran into Reed and the three men he had robbed a year earlier, who mistook his apparent level for an easy chance at revenge just as An Kai revealed his fireballs.

• An Kai found a storage ring and a magically protected book inside the dead mayor's remains, then took the ring and burned down the mayor's residence.
• An Kai packed the Mage Association's books and desk into the ring, set the association on fire, and left Nameless Town as the flames spread through the town.
• Reed and his three warrior companions laid a trap for a passerby, hoping to avenge the robbery An Kai had committed a year earlier.
• An Kai recognized Reed, covered his face to approach him, then revealed himself and asked where Reed's guards were.
• Reed's crystal showed An Kai as a tier-one, first-stage fighter, so Reed and his companions surrounded him and celebrated their chance for revenge.
• An Kai formed two enormous fireballs in his hands and asked Reed if he wanted revenge.

Ankai defeated Reed and his three guards, then spared Reed after learning the group’s membership cards could buy magic stones. Ankai traveled with them to Chaos City, where he unexpectedly encountered Hanks at the city gate.

• Ankai overwhelmed Reed and his three warriors with repeated fireballs and threatened to feed them to the Thorn Bugs if they lied.
• Reed told Ankai about his Bounty Tower membership card, and Ankai spared him to use its remaining credit.
• Ankai learned that Reed and his guards had become class holders after selling a wanted noble to the Bounty Tower, and he decided to accompany them to Chaos City.
• Hanks and Widow Wang argued at Chaos City’s gate about his failing trade and his lack of gold coins.
• Hanks recognized Ankai as he arrived with Reed and the three blackened prisoners, while Ankai muttered that he had rotten luck.

An Kai sold Reed and his three companions to Hanks for fifty-five lower-grade magic stones, including the value of their Bounty Tower memberships. After leaving Chaos City, An Kai reached his second secret base in the desert three days later.

• Hanks offered to buy Reed and his companions, and An Kai negotiated a price based on their Bounty Tower memberships.
• Hanks bargained the price down to fifty-five lower-grade magic stones, which An Kai accepted.
• An Kai followed Hanks to his home, collected the magic stones, and declined Widow Wang's invitation to stay for a meal.
• Hanks offered to find An Kai work, and An Kai left Chaos City for his secret base.
• Three days later, An Kai arrived at his second secret base in the desert.

An Kai studied mage books and spent 300 days cultivating in his desert cave, using his Meditation Staff to improve his growth and raising his Meditation and Fireball spells. With his seclusion tolerance exhausted and food running low, he prepared to leave the cave.

• An Kai entered his oasis cave, maxed out Fireball, and studied books about magic and the God of Magic’s future war.
• After five days of reading, An Kai learned Freezing Spell but saved his skill points for Meditation and used the Meditation Staff to cultivate.
• After 100 days, An Kai raised all four attributes to 20, increased his Intelligence, and unlocked Meditation Lv3; he then maxed out Meditation and Fireball.
• After another 200 days, An Kai raised all four attributes to 30, increased his Intelligence again, and maxed out Meditation and Fireball at Lv4.
• An Kai decided to leave seclusion after 300 days because his cultivation had slowed, his tolerance was spent, and his food was nearly gone.

After 300 days of seclusion, An Kai boosted his attributes and spells, then set out for Chaos City to buy food and seek magic stones. He arrived at Hanks's stall with a carriage and found Hanks thriving with Reed and three warriors as his helpers.

• An Kai upgraded Freezing Spell, increased his attributes and spells, and discovered that his magic had become far more powerful.
• An Kai killed a Lv5 Desert Crocodile with a barrage of fireballs, exchanged its crystal for a skill point, and improved Freezing Spell.
• An Kai left for Chaos City and acquired a carriage from someone using it as bait.
• Hanks put Reed and three warriors to work after they earned him twelve gold coins by swindling people, and they became his slaves.
• An Kai arrived at Hanks's stall and called out to him, boasting about the value of his battered carriage while Reed and the others tried to avoid notice.

An Kai sought magic stones and decided to earn them by taking a job from the Bounty Tower in Chaos City. He forced Reed to agree to transfer his membership card, then entered the city with Hanks and Reed to pursue a bounty.

• An Kai told Hanks he needed magic stones and rejected the offer of only one Lower-grade Magic Stone for his battered carriage.
• Hanks explained the difference between hunting and fishing, and An Kai said he wanted to earn money through the Bounty Tower.
• Hanks warned An Kai that Bounty Tower jobs were dangerous and explained that members received better rewards.
• An Kai pressed his sword to Reed's neck and made Reed agree to transfer his Bounty Tower membership card, while insisting the transfer was voluntary.
• Hanks sold An Kai's carriage for one Lower-grade Magic Stone, then led An Kai and Reed into Chaos City to take a Bounty Tower job.

An Kai entered the Bounty Tower with Hanks and forced Reed to transfer his Membership Card. After witnessing a powerful Earth Mage subdue War Wolf, An Kai went to the counter with Hanks to choose a bounty mission.

• Hanks led An Kai and Reed through Chaos City to the Bounty Tower, where An Kai admired the valuable decorations and learned about the city's major factions.
• Reed transferred his empty Membership Card to An Kai after the Bounty Tower repeatedly asked whether he was acting willingly.
• At the Bounty Board, An Kai and Hanks watched War Wolf of the Mountainbreaker Gang bring in a captive whom the counter attendant said was not wanted.
• An Earth Mage used Gravity Vortex to force War Wolf to his knees after he shouted at the attendant, and the captive slipped away.
• Hanks warned An Kai not to provoke the Ninth Tier-One Level Mage, then spotted a promising bounty mission.

An Kai accepted Hanks's offer to explore a ruined Third-Tier Mage's Tower in exchange for retrieving a mysterious letter. After Hanks sent him toward an oasis to hunt Desert Crocodiles, An Kai realized Hanks had concealed other dangers there.

• Hanks took An Kai's membership card and accepted the time-limited Desert Crocodile bounty quest on his behalf, making An Kai suspect a trap.
• Outside Chaos City, An Kai demanded an explanation, and Hanks revealed a map to a ruined Mage Tower and asked him to retrieve an ordinary letter for someone backing him.
• An Kai agreed to the deal, and Hanks directed him to an oasis where he could hunt Desert Crocodiles within three days.
• An Kai reached the much larger oasis and heard roars from within, realizing Hanks had failed to mention that other magical beasts lived there.

An Kai ambushed two wounded White Stone Giants, gained skill points, and raised Freezing Spell to Lv2 before using the oasis as a battleground to eliminate its magical beasts. He ended the chapter with Freezing Spell at Lv4 after killing the last White Stone Giant.

• An Kai found two Lv8 White Stone Giants fighting nearly twenty Desert Crocodiles over the oasis lake.
• After the giants defeated most of the crocodiles, An Kai bombarded their wounded bodies with Fireballs and killed them.
• An Kai collected two intact Desert Crocodile heads and exchanged the White Stone Giants' beast cores for skill points, raising Freezing Spell to Lv2.
• An Kai stayed at the oasis and waited as more Desert Crocodiles and White Stone Giants gathered and fought.
• Over ten hours, An Kai repeatedly struck the White Stone Giants with Fireballs until he killed the last one and raised Freezing Spell to Lv4.

An Kai mastered the Lv4 Freezing Spell, used it to stay cool in the desert, and returned to Chaos City with ten Desert Crocodile heads. He told Hanks that the oasis was clear of the Desert Crocodiles and White Stone Giant, leaving Hanks stunned by An Kai’s strength as they headed for the Bounty Tower.

• An Kai tested the Lv4 Freezing Spell, freezing the ground and firing an icicle that pierced a plant, and gained thirty-two skill points from the beasts’ conflict.
• An Kai left the oasis with ten Desert Crocodile heads and used a thin layer of ice over his body to withstand the desert heat.
• Hanks lounged at his stall while Reed endured the heat and spotted An Kai approaching Chaos City.
• An Kai threatened Hanks, then revealed that the oasis had no Desert Crocodiles or White Stone Giant left to bother visitors.
• Hanks’s detector showed An Kai as tier one, stage one, and Hanks angrily blamed its seller before following An Kai toward the Bounty Tower.
• Reed watched An Kai order Hanks around and raised his estimate of An Kai’s strength to match Hanks’s.

An Kai entered the Abandoned Mage Tower beneath a lake to begin his inheritance trials, only to become trapped inside until he inherited it or waited ten years. After a hundred days of Meditation, he reached 40 Intelligence and unlocked a difficult quest requiring him to raise four attributes to 50 within a year.

• An Kai turned in ten Desert Crocodile heads, bought supplies with five gold coins, and left Chaos City with Hanks for the Mage Tower.
• Hanks led An Kai to a lake and gave him a Water-Breathing Pearl, and An Kai swam down to the Mage Tower.
• An Kai entered the Mage Tower, causing the lake and tower to vanish; Hanks was left staring at the empty desert.
• An Kai learned that he could leave only by inheriting the Mage Tower or waiting ten years, and he began Meditating on its first floor.
• After a hundred days, An Kai raised his Intelligence to 40 and unlocked a quest to bring Intelligence, Endurance, Stamina, and Strength to 50 within one year.

An Kai completed the first inheritance quest in the abandoned mage tower, upgraded his attributes and spells, and discovered that the system’s main storyline identified him as its first boss. He left the tower prepared to continue his cultivation, but learned that his blood had been marked as a target for warriors.

• An Kai found Hanks’s blank letter and 58 Lower-grade Magic Stones, then spent skill points upgrading Meditation, Fireball, and Freezing Spell while cultivating in the tower.
• After raising all four attributes to 50, An Kai completed the first inheritance quest, removed the tower’s restrictions, and collected books written in an unfamiliar script.
• An Kai raised his Intelligence to 51, upgraded his three spells to level 6, and prepared to leave because his food was nearly gone.
• An Kai discovered the storyline forum had opened and read side storylines about the Mage Association, the Dragon Clan, and the Bukelin Duchy’s civil unrest.
• An Kai opened the main storyline and learned that he was confirmed as the first boss, with his blood described as the perfect choice for the warriors’ butcher knives.

An Kai learned that players would eventually treat him as the first boss and decided to grow powerful enough to face them, then killed Lei En in the Desert. Three days later, An Kai returned to Chaos City, found the Mountainbreaker Gang's bounty for Lei En, and decided to claim the hundred gold coins.

• An Kai realized he had become the main storyline's first boss and set a goal of raising Fireball to forbidden-spell level before the players arrived.
• Lei En traveled into the Desert alone to find a treasure beneath a lake and attacked An Kai, whom he mistook for a weak opponent.
• An Kai froze Lei En's spear and blasted him with Fireballs until he was reduced to ash, then destroyed the spear and headed back to Chaos City.
• Lei Ming learned that Lei En had left the city and ordered Polpi to post the gang's usual hundred-gold bounty for finding him.
• Three days later, An Kai returned to Chaos City, saw the bounty notice, and decided to accept the task for the reward.

An Kai reunited with Hanks after emerging from the mage tower, but refused to explain what had happened inside. Hanks warned him that the bounty for Lei En was a sham, then revealed he had a different profitable opportunity involving the Mountainbreaker Gang.

• Hanks was overjoyed to find An Kai alive and took him outside the city to retrieve the envelope An Kai had promised to deliver.
• An Kai handed Hanks the envelope and insisted he had not read it, while refusing to discuss his time in the mage tower.
• Hanks explained that Lei Ming's bounty for Lei En was a fake and that Lei En would soon return from training on his own.
• An Kai realized he had killed Lei En and angrily called the bounty a scam.
• At Hanks's home, Hanks pulled An Kai into a guest room and offered him another profitable opportunity involving the Mountainbreaker Gang.