Chapter Summaries

Lumian had Ludwig eat chocolate wrappers to glean clues about Hisoka, uncovering a Devil’s aura linked to the Norse Family and traces of Fellmer Coffee. Lugano traced the coffee to a shop near the Patrol Team, while Camus received a telegram from Falin.

• Ludwig ate a chocolate wrapper and detected a Devil-level aura of depravity associated with the Norse Family.
• Ludwig tasted another wrapper and described old blood and unsweetened Fellmer Coffee, leading Lumian to suspect the wrappers had been kept in a place Hisoka once used.
• Lumian asked Lugano to find shops selling Fellmer Coffee, and Lugano identified three, including the Matani Import and Export Shop on Kania Street near the Patrol Team.
• Camus collected the bounty, then asked the telegraph operator about messages and learned that one had arrived from Falin.

Lumian visited Camus at the Patrol Team to investigate the serial murders from four years earlier and consider whether Hisoka could be connected to the police or Patrol Team. After discussing Camus’s background, Lumian asked whether the Patrol Team had anyone skilled in divination or cryptology.

• Camus read a telegram describing Louis Berri’s exploits and learned why Louis had easily defeated the Serial Killer.
• Lumian returned to the Patrol Team and invited Camus to discuss the old murders over coffee.
• On the way to the coffee shop, Lumian considered whether Hisoka might be a senior officer at Port Pylos Police Headquarters with access to intelligence about Beyonders.
• Camus told Lumian that his full name was Don Giville Camus Castiya and recalled helping Deputy Captain Reyasa investigate the murders after reaching Sequence 8.
• Lumian asked Camus whether the Patrol Team had any members skilled in divination or cryptology.

Lumian questioned Camus about Patrol Team Beyonders to identify the culprit behind the serial murders, narrowing his suspicions to a local Prisoner pathway member who liked unsweetened Fellmer Coffee. He concealed his conclusion and left the suspect unaware of exactly what he knew, while asking Camus to watch for coffee drinkers at Police Headquarters.

• Lumian learned that the Patrol Team's Magician had transferred from General Quilariel's guard last year and preferred sweet Guadal, making him a less likely suspect.
• Lumian discovered that a Sequence 6 Living Corpse had joined the Patrol Team shortly after Camus and liked unsweetened Fellmer Coffee.
• Camus revealed that the Prisoner pathway member was born in Tizamo Town, where one of Hisoka's pranks had occurred.
• Lumian pretended the Prisoner was not his target so Camus would not investigate and alert the suspect.
• Lumian asked Camus to watch for Fellmer Coffee drinkers at Police Headquarters, then left while glancing deliberately at the building.

Camus and Lumian investigated the possibility that the serial killer from four years ago had ties to the Patrol Team or Police Headquarters, while Lumian prepared to hunt Hisoka from a safe distance. The chapter ended with Lumian obtaining secret information about a Prisoner pathway Beyonder in the Patrol Team.

• Camus told Sowu that the serial killer may have accessed concealed Beyonder identities through the Patrol Team or Police Headquarters, and Sowu offered to help investigate.
• Kolobo warned Camus to avoid missions with Sowu and said Louis Berri appeared surrounded by visions of blood, fire, and death; he refused to identify another person whose presence threatened his life.
• Lumian read Madam Magician's advice about handling corrupted Rose School Beyonder characteristics, then traveled to a clock tower in Trier before considering how to hunt Hisoka at a great distance.
• The next morning, Lumian asked Camus to find a trustworthy teammate to provide information without revealing their prior conversation, offering 5,000 felkine.
• Kolobo met Lumian at the Matani Import and Export Shop and secretly wrote down the name and circumstances of the Patrol Team's Prisoner pathway Beyonder; Lumian took the note and departed through the washroom.

Kolobo was attacked by Tevanaco Tupian after giving Lumian information about the Patrol Team, but Lumian intervened before Tevanaco could kill him. Lumian emerged from hiding behind the distracted Wraith, poised to strike.

• After leaving Louis Berri, Kolobo sensed danger and discovered Tevanaco Tupian’s face in the washroom mirror.
• Tevanaco revealed that he knew Lumian had sought information about him and began forcing Kolobo to strangle himself.
• At the Patrol Team building, Sowu approached Camus, then attacked him with a metallic playing card.
• Lumian played Hateful Movement on his bone flute, forcing Tevanaco to separate from Kolobo and stirring Kolobo’s fear until he collapsed.
• Lumian vanished into the shadows, reappeared behind the reeling Tevanaco, and prepared to attack.

Lumian fought Tevanaco Tupian in the washroom, where Tevanaco's hidden abyss spell and demonic abilities turned the battle against him. Lumian used Pride Armor to break free and reveal his trap, then attacked the demonized Tevanaco as Camus faced Sowu at the Patrol Team.

• Tevanaco's Fall into the Abyss spell seized Lumian, Tevanaco, and the unconscious Kolobo, while Tevanaco recovered from Lumian's Heng-Ha Art and escaped into the illusory mud.
• Lumian summoned Pride Armor, whose holy dawn light drove back the abyss's arms and stopped Kolobo from sinking.
• Tevanaco chose to flee, but Fictional Bottle returned him to the washroom because its exit condition required him to be female.
• Tevanaco demonized and avoided Lumian's Heng-Ha Art, while Lumian hurled a Flame Spear and disappeared to evade Tevanaco's abilities.
• At the Patrol Team, Sowu's Joker card merged into Camus, and Sowu drew his greatsword.

Lumian fought Tevanaco inside the sealed washroom, using the Pride Armor’s attacks to help break the seal while protecting Kolobo. As Tevanaco’s bombardment triggered the armor’s devastating Storm of Light, the scene shifted to Camus’s office, where Jenna alerted the Patrol Team that he was under attack by the Rose School.

• Tevanaco turned into a Wraith to evade Lumian’s Heng-Ha Art, but Lumian used the aura in his right hand to drive him out and teleport away.
• Lumian provoked the Pride Armor into attacking him, while Tevanaco chose to bombard the washroom door and weaken the seal rather than keep fighting Lumian.
• Tevanaco’s Sulfur Fireballs further cracked the seal, and Lumian’s fireball struck the Pride Armor as it struggled to target him.
• The Pride Armor unleashed Storm of Light across the washroom; Lumian used a Mirror Substitute to shield Kolobo, while Tevanaco was caught in the storm.
• Camus resisted Sowu’s attack with Mental Shock and aimed his revolver at himself as Jenna announced over a megaphone that the Rose School was attacking him.

A corpse summoned with a crystal skull pulled the grayish-white clown out of Camus, while Franca, Anthony Reid, and Lumian worked together to capture the demon Tevanaco, whom they identified as Hisoka. In a dream controlled by Hella, Lumian faced the captive and explained how he had bypassed Hisoka’s danger premonition.

• A middle-aged man summoned a monstrous corpse with a crystal skull, and the corpse sucked the clown card out of Camus.
• Franca struck the wounded Tevanaco with Mental Piercing and a witch’s curse, then Anthony Reid used Frenzy to disrupt his escape.
• Lumian teleported behind the frenzied Tevanaco, knocked him unconscious with the Heng-Ha Art, and carried him to Hella near Port Pylos.
• Hella and Lumian brought Tevanaco to the Ancient Dilapidated Palace and placed him in a shared dream, where Hella identified him as Hisoka.
• Hisoka asked how Lumian had evaded his danger premonition, and Lumian said that enough distance and a Hypnotist had been sufficient.

Lumian explained how he and his companions used hypnosis and coordinated actions to conceal their plan from Hisoka’s danger premonition and capture him alive. After leaving the dream, Lumian prepared to concoct the Reaper potion.

• Lumian reasoned that demons could sense danger only when an enemy had a clear intention and an effective plan, not when events were vague or accidental.
• Lumian described how he, Sleeve Sword, a Hypnotist, and a Witch divided tasks and used hypnosis to arrange a premeditated chance encounter with Hisoka.
• Lumian said a Trace Expert helped identify Hisoka and explained why the team had anticipated possible attacks on Kolobo or Camus.
• Lumian questioned Hisoka about the Patrol Team’s secret and his connection to the Norse Family devil, but Hisoka stayed silent.
• Lumian left the dream and gathered Gardner Martin’s Beyonder characteristic and other ingredients to concoct the Reaper potion.

Lumian completed the ritual and advanced to Sequence 5, Reaper, then questioned Hisoka in a dream about his advancement and his dealings with a devil from the Norse Family. Hisoka hinted that the Tizamo prank concealed his advancement ritual and that the pranks may have served another purpose, while Franca rescued the Pride Armor from the shop.

• Lumian drank the potion made with Gardner Martin's blood and defeated the enormous figure in the vision, advancing to Reaper and gaining Weakness Detection, Harvest, and Precision.
• Franca found Kolobo injured in the Matani Import and Export Shop, put the Pride Armor into her Traveler's Bag, and told Anthony to meet Jenna.
• Lumian thanked Hella, then entered Hisoka's dream and told him he had become a Reaper; Hisoka threatened him and questioned his trust in Anthony.
• Lumian asked how Hisoka had advanced to Apostle of Desire, and Hisoka hinted that the Tizamo prank had concealed his ritual.
• Hisoka said he had repeatedly performed rituals to please a devil from the Norse Family, who only established a connection with him the year before last, and asked why Lumian had not sought the Tarot Club's help.

Camus learned that Tevanaco had infiltrated the Patrol Team, while Lumian uncovered Hisoka’s scheme to exploit the Tarot Club’s trust and attack him. Hisoka’s revenge plot had failed, and Lumian turned to question him about the people who had attacked the Patrol Team.

• Camus saw Sowu dead and asked Reyasa how Sowu and other Patrol Team members had come under the Rose School’s control.
• Reyasa said Tevanaco was probably responsible, then explained that Tevanaco had defected from the Rose School, joined the Temperance Faction, and believed in The Fool.
• Hisoka revealed that he had been a member of the Temperance Faction and claimed he could have killed Lumian if the Tarot Club had sent him to help with the investigation.
• Lumian deduced that Hisoka had infiltrated the Temperance Faction to serve the Celestial Worthy and planned to exploit the Tarot Club’s trust to get close to him.
• Lumian explained that his companions and a special trace expert had helped him avoid asking the Tarot Club for a guide, frustrating Hisoka’s plan.
• Lumian reviewed how Hisoka’s revenge plot had failed, then asked who had caused trouble at the Patrol Team.

Lumian interrogated Hisoka in a dream, killed him when he began to lose control, and brought his corpse and corrupted Beyonder Characteristic to the others. The Pride Armor then unexpectedly attacked Lumian and the group, leaving them caught in a destructive Storm of Light.

• Hisoka told Lumian that he had controlled Fallen and confirmed that he had hidden something in Tizamo Town and stolen gold in Devis.
• When Hisoka began to lose control, Lumian escaped the dream and stabbed him through a detected weakness with a flaming sword, while Hella stopped his Wraith Transformation.
• Hisoka's Beyonder Characteristic emerged corrupted and fused with his goat-horn remnants, and Hella allowed Lumian to take both it and the corpse.
• Lumian returned to Franca, Jenna, and Anthony, explained Hisoka's defeat, and proposed having Madam Magician find an Artisan to seal the dangerous Characteristic.
• Franca returned the Pride Armor, which suddenly attacked Lumian and unleashed a Storm of Light that destroyed crates and shattered Franca, Jenna, and Anthony into fragments.

After defeating Hisoka, Lumian decided to remain in the Southern Continent to pursue Hunter advancement amid its conflicts, while Franca stored the enraged armor and Lumian asked Madam Magician to turn Hisoka’s Beyonder Characteristic into a Sealed Artifact. In Port Pylos, Reyasa and Camus learned that Tevanaco remained at large, and a patrol member announced another visit from the man in the straw hat.

• Franca retrieved the Full-Body Armor after it stopped attacking, and Lumian explained that he planned to stay in the Southern Continent to pursue the conflicts that would help him advance as a Hunter.
• Lumian brought Hisoka’s corpse to Ludwig, who drank a mixture of Guadal, the corpse’s eyes, and its blood to gain a lasting increase in spirituality and other effects.
• Lumian wrote to Madam Magician asking for Hisoka’s Beyonder Characteristic to be made into a Sealed Artifact, and her Doll Messenger carried away the boxed crystal and letter.
• Reyasa told Camus that the problematic patrol members were being purged and that Tevanaco, both a Wraith and an Apostle of Desire, had not been caught.
• A patrol member told Reyasa and Camus that the man in the straw hat had returned.

Lumian collected Tevanaco’s bounty and asked the Patrol Team for access to the Tizamo Town files and a chance to examine Tevanaco’s playing card. After assessing the card’s dangerous Prisoner Pathway abilities, Lumian began reviewing the town’s records, leaving the investigation into Tevanaco’s past underway.

• Lumian presented Tevanaco’s head to Camus and Reyasa, who confirmed the Apostle of Desire’s death.
• Lumian asked for access to all Tizamo Town files and to inspect Tevanaco’s playing card instead of a higher bounty, and Reyasa agreed.
• Lumian questioned Camus about the Patrol Team’s losses and learned that four members had died while Kolobo was recovering.
• Lumian touched the playing card, stopped its frost and possession effects with blazing white flames, and warned Camus to treat it as a Sealed Artifact.
• Camus fetched the Tizamo Town files, and Lumian began sorting through them.

Lumian investigated Tizamo Town’s records, shared his bounty with Camus, and asked him to find people who knew the town. In Trier, Jenna offered to help Franca digest her Pleasure potion, but Franca learned that Jenna did not love her romantically and accepted her advances while grieving that distinction.

• Lumian reviewed Patrol Team files for clues about Hisoka’s Dream Festival but found no records involving dreams or festivals.
• Lumian gave his bounty to Camus and asked him to bring people with different connections to Tizamo Town to the Aurela Hotel.
• Ivelista arrived at the hotel and requested to see Lumian.
• Franca worried about her Pleasure potion digestion and wondered how to find a partner.
• Jenna offered to help Franca experience pleasure, but said she could not imagine loving her romantically.
• Jenna kissed Franca, who responded while mourning that their intimacy was not romantic love.

Lumian met Ivelista, a Temperance Faction member investigating the Primeval Jungle, and shared information about Tevanaco and Tizamo Town. After Madam Magician praised his findings and warned him about relying on mysterious forces, she offered him a choice between the Iron-Blooded Knight potion formula and clues to the rest of the Abscessed Severed Hand.

• Lumian met Ivelista and learned that he had dealt with Tevanaco’s contact and was investigating the Primeval Jungle.
• Lumian told Ivelista about Tevanaco’s activities in Tizamo Town and his possible connection to a Norse Family devil.
• Ivelista thanked Lumian, offered help in Matani Province, and explained the beliefs behind the upside-down mausoleums of the Balam Empire’s nobles.
• Lumian wondered whether the Forsaken Land lay on the other side of the world and planned to look for information in New Silver City.
• Madam Magician praised Lumian’s discoveries, described the Church of The Fool’s internal review, and offered him a choice of reward: the Iron-Blooded Knight potion formula or clues to the rest of the Abscessed Severed Hand.

Lumian chose Madam Magician’s offer to help locate the remaining parts of the Abscessed Severed Hand and planned to investigate Hisoka’s legacy in Tizamo Town. He questioned a merchant from the town about Tevanaco Tupian and learned that Tevanaco returned there every year and stayed in his rebuilt childhood home.

• Lumian weighed Madam Magician’s offer of the Sequence 4 Iron-Blooded Knight potion formula against help finding the Abscessed Severed Hand’s remains, then chose the latter after remembering his chance to explore the Blue Avenger.
• Lumian told Madam Magician that he planned to investigate Hisoka’s legacy in Tizamo Town.
• Camus Castiya brought Lumian three people from Tizamo Town, and Lumian began questioning the merchant about the town’s livelihood, customs, and religious practices.
• The merchant said Tevanaco Tupian had survived a fire that killed his family a little over six years earlier, then stopped attending Mass and left for Port Pylos.
• The merchant said Tevanaco returned to Tizamo Town every year and stayed in the house he had rebuilt after the fire; Lumian then asked about the town’s folk festivals.

Lumian investigated Tizamo Town and found no evidence of its rumored Dream Festival, while reflecting on his hope of resurrecting Aurora through the Church of the Earth Mother and his need to reach Sequence 4. Franca worried about what would remain of her relationship with Jenna after digesting her Pleasure potion, and Lumian prepared to return to Tizamo with Lugano and Ludwig.

• Lumian questioned a merchant and two other residents of Tizamo, who described the town's festivals, customs, and recurring clashes with a nearby primitive tribe, but mentioned no Dream Festival.
• Lumian considered whether Tizamo's residents celebrated the Dream Festival in dreams or whether it belonged to the primitive tribe, and wondered if Hisoka's prank had caused a deadly attack.
• Lumian resolved to test whether the Church of the Earth Mother could use soul fragments to bring someone back through rebirth, and concluded he needed divinity and Sequence 4 before he could pursue Aurora's resurrection.
• Franca reflected on her intimacy with Jenna and feared that their emotional closeness might fade when she finished digesting her Pleasure potion.
• Lumian told Lugano that Tizamo might be dangerous, and Lugano chose to go with him and Ludwig rather than wait in Port Pylos.
• Camus Castiya arrived by carriage and offered to take Lumian, Lugano, and Ludwig to Tizamo Town.

Lumian traveled toward Tizamo Town with Ludwig, Lugano, and Patrol Team members Camus and Kolobo, whose frightening instincts marked the boy as unusually dangerous. Rebels ambushed their carriage on the road, but Lumian and Camus survived the attack, and the group prepared to continue onward.

• Lumian agreed to let Camus and Kolobo accompany him to Tizamo Town, and he brought Ludwig along because the boy wanted to try the local food.
• Kolobo told Camus that both Lumian and Ludwig felt dangerously predatory to him, leaving Camus to suspect Ludwig was a powerful and unusual Beyonder.
• After an hour on the road, Lumian sensed danger and transformed into a shadow as Rebels fired on the carriage, killing or wounding the horse.
• Camus fought back with his pistol and fireballs, driving the Rebels into the woods, while Lumian chose not to pursue them.
• Lumian reflected that a surprise rifle shot could still kill him, then told Lugano to check the horse and prepare it to pull the carriage again if it survived.

Lumian and his companions reached Tizamo, where Ludwig raised their dead horse as an undead creature to pull the carriage. In Trier, Franca and Jenna struggled to understand and continue the physical relationship they had begun, while Lumian noticed the reconstructed home of Hisoka Tevanaco across from a restaurant.

• Lugano found that the horse had died, so Lumian had him stop its bleeding and Ludwig raised it as an undead creature to pull the carriage to Tizamo.
• Lumian and his companions arrived in Tizamo, where its West Balam-style buildings stood among plantations and spice-scented streets.
• Franca reasoned that Jenna had offered herself to help digest Franca's Pleasure potion because Jenna cared about her, but Franca remained troubled that Jenna might not love her.
• Jenna hesitated outside Apartment 702, then decided to continue their relationship until Franca finished digesting her potion and went inside to ask Franca to help prepare dinner.
• At a restaurant in Tizamo, Lumian looked toward the reconstructed former home of Hisoka Tevanaco across the street.