Chapter Summaries

Bruce watched for signs of the Swordsmanship Hall’s response after Andre left, while its president, Oduin Parker, ordered Bruce brought to him. As Bruce headed home with Laura and Lilith, a burly man grabbed him and pulled him aside.

• Bruce spotted people watching the Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship Club and suspected they were from the Swordsmanship Hall.
• Oduin Parker learned Andre had left and Bruce had joined the club, then told his subordinate to invite Bruce over.
• The burly subordinate decided to use force to bring Bruce to Oduin.
• As Bruce, Laura, and Lilith walked home, the burly man put an arm around Bruce and dragged him aside.

Bruce used Divine Might to escape a Swordsmanship Hall thug, then considered how to protect himself without breaking the law. Alduin abandoned his plan to use hired thugs and decided to hire an assassin to kill Bruce, while his turquoise ring triggered another bout of madness.

• Antu Bakesi grabbed Bruce, but Bruce used Divine Might to stun him and escape with Lilith and Laura.
• Bruce returned to Andre's house with Lilith and Laura, considered lawful ways to address the threat, and thought of security guards as a business idea.
• Alduin berated Antu for failing to bring Bruce in and ordered him to pull back the lookouts and control his men.
• Alduin's old illness flared as he worried about his father's condition and the future division of the Parker Family assets.
• Alduin decided to hire an assassin to kill Bruce, and a face resembling half a beautiful woman and half a skull appeared on his turquoise ring.

Bruce planned to expand the Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship Club and challenge the Swordsmanship Hall, while rushing to become a Wizard before trouble arose. After collecting the potion ingredients, he left for Lane Village, unaware that someone had secretly attached themselves to his carriage.

• Bruce reviewed crime statistics and considered starting a Security Company to address the Rune Kingdom's shortage of police and security services.
• Bruce told Lilith and Laura that he planned to expand the Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship Club, challenge the Swordsmanship Hall, and use newspaper coverage to damage its reputation.
• Bruce explained that the Parker Family's inheritance dispute made the Swordsmanship Hall their main opponent, and Laura agreed to the plan.
• Bruce paid medicine shops to speed up delivery, received the remaining potion ingredients, and decided to return to Wayne Manor for the rest of his supplies and equipment.
• Bruce took Lilith and Laura home, then set off for Lane Village, while an unseen figure clung beneath his carriage.

Bruce was attacked by an assassin on his way home and used Divine Might to fight back. After the horse collapsed and the carriage threw them to the ground, Bruce accidentally drove the assassin’s dagger into his heart, then hid the body in the woods.

• Bruce worried about whether he had enough spirituality to become a Wizard as he rode toward Wayne Manor.
• Bruce sensed he was being watched and suspected the Swordsmanship Hall might target him.
• An assassin appeared beside Bruce and slashed at his throat, so Bruce activated Divine Might and grabbed the dagger.
• Bruce and the assassin were thrown from the carriage when the horse collapsed under Divine Might’s effect, and Bruce’s dagger pierced the assassin’s heart.
• Bruce confirmed the assassin was dead, hid his body in the woods, and returned to the road without feeling much remorse.

Bruce returned to the manor with the ingredients for the Wizard potion and prepared it after Danvers left for a party. He drank the potion and collapsed into a vision of immense hands joining as a world reawakened, leaving his transformation uncertain.

• Bruce returned to the manor, told Danvers he had encountered and dealt with an assassin, and went to the study for books.
• Danvers left for Baron Mistvale's celebration, while Ghost watched the manor and Fawcett guarded the study door.
• Bruce prepared the Wizard potion from thirty-two ingredients and succeeded on his first attempt.
• Bruce drank the potion, suffered pain and disorientation, and collapsed as strange voices and visions overwhelmed him.
• Bruce saw a vast dark hand clasp an enormous golden hand, and people rose in a renewed world shouting, "Behemoth!"

Bruce awoke after becoming a Wizard and recalled strange visions and divine names, then learned from Fawcett that Recorders at the National History Museum might know more. After eating, Bruce sensed a visitor at Wayne Manor and heard the guard dogs barking at the gates.

• Bruce woke from the visions, confirmed that he had become an Extraordinary Wizard, and tested the silver threads of spirituality in his palm.
• Bruce found that the towering figures matched the giants of the Giant Tribe and asked Fawcett about the names he had heard.
• Fawcett told Bruce that Recorders at the National History Museum could preserve forbidden names and historical secrets in the Book of the Recorded World.
• Bruce went downstairs, ate dry bread, and thought about the food and family he missed from his homeland.
• Bruce sensed someone approaching Wayne Manor, and the guard dogs barked as the visitor knocked on the iron gates.

Bruce received an invitation to Baron Mistvale’s housewarming party and discovered through Grand Trend that the baron’s family, Rhode Town, and Danvers were tied to troubling mysteries. At Mistvale Manor, Danvers spoke with her friend Adele, who showed interest in Bruce, leaving Danvers uneasy about her cousin’s future.

• Bruce accepted Baron Mistvale’s invitation, hid his occult materials, and went to the party after Fawcett warned him not to use his powers recklessly.
• Bruce checked his Character Status Panel and learned that Baron Mistvale and his family harbored secrets, Rhode Town remained troubled, and Danvers had developed a mysterious aura.
• Bruce recalled a vision of Danvers on an altar with a black rose and decided to be cautious around the Mistvale family.
• Danvers met her friend Adele at Mistvale Manor, where Adele asked whether Bruce was interested in anyone.
• Danvers realized Adele had taken a liking to Bruce and felt a new sense of crisis about her cousin.

Bruce attended a lavish party at Mistvale Manor, where he focused on the food and learned about Baron Cameron Mistvale's family and business. The gathering was filled with men hoping to marry one of Cameron's six daughters, while the family remained upstairs and out of sight.

• Danvers offered to help Adele meet Bruce, and Adele eagerly accepted, unaware of Danvers's scheme.
• Bruce arrived at Mistvale Manor and surveyed the crowded party, noting that the Mistvale family and the Night Goddess Church missionaries were nowhere in the ground-floor hall.
• Bruce feasted on the party's food and decided to hire a cook and improve the kitchen at Wayne Manor.
• Bruce listened as guests discussed Cameron Mistvale's military career, his nonhereditary barony, and his successful mining business in the Rediven Kingdom.
• Guests discussed Cameron's six unmarried daughters and his refusal to arrange their marriages, while many young men at the party hoped to win one of them.

At Baron Mistvale’s party, the Mistvale daughters became fascinated with Bruce Wayne after Zatanna’s dark qi gu reacted to him and Esme and Sophie failed to read his thoughts. The family planned to investigate him, while the baroness began testing him with her powers.

• Baroness Mistvale asked her daughters about the guests, and they revealed their disdain and sinister interests as they watched the party.
• Zatanna Mistvale pointed out Bruce Wayne, whose presence excited the dark qi gu inside her.
• Baroness Mistvale sent a maid to investigate Bruce and inform the master, while the daughters argued over who would claim him.
• Esme and Sophie said they could not hear Bruce’s thoughts, making the family suspect he held unusual secrets.
• Baroness Mistvale looked at Bruce with a golden shimmer in her eyes and began testing him.

At Baron Mistvale’s party, Bruce resisted the baroness’s Bewitching Heart Gu and used Divine Might to stop Winston from attacking him. The baroness learned that Bruce Wayne was the Wayne Family heir, while Bruce reunited with his cousin Danvers.

• The baroness tried to command Bruce to dance with her Bewitching Heart Gu, but it had no effect on him.
• The baroness manipulated Winston Schulte into confronting Bruce, and Bruce used Divine Might to freeze him with fear.
• The baroness felt pain when Bruce’s Divine Might broke her control over Winston, then watched Bruce move away to keep eating.
• Winston recovered and could not remember why he had gone to confront Bruce.
• Danvers recognized Bruce at the party, and he explained that Baron Mistvale’s servant had invited him.
• The baroness learned Bruce was the heir to the Wayne Family and noted the families’ deep ties.