Recaps

Krono advanced as a Beyonder while building the Argel Family’s business interests and assembling allies. After confronting danger at a boxing bar and investigating the Black Skull Gang, he left the gang under watch and prepared to face its enforcer Booze.

• Krono discovered his Argel family ties, ended his five-year silence, and drank the Melee Scholar potion after Marquis Argel explained the family’s history and hidden chapel.
• Krono joined the ironclad project, negotiated a partnership with Earl Hall, and began working with Gner to improve his combat skills and digest his potion.
• Krono uncovered the Time Stone’s timeline-seeing ability and began secretly practicing the Nine Secret Hand Seals, including Rin.
• Krono established Ansair Asset Management Company and the Walter Factory, pursued a shipping venture, and visited the Grizzly Bear Bar to fight Beyonders.
• Krono defeated Mad Dog after foreseeing his attempt to use a gun, and Boris killed the Sailor after Krono accepted his Beyonder characteristic.
• Krono arranged further fights to advance his potion digestion, developed the factory and shipping plans, and had Gner advance to Sequence 8 before testing him against a Nightmare.
• Krono and Gner investigated the Black Skull Gang while Krono fought a Nighthawk at the bar and won by resisting his chanting with Rin.
• Krono left Gner to watch the gang’s headquarters and hired a detective to investigate Booze, his next opponent and a gang enforcer.

Kronos advanced to Sequence 7, confronted his family’s constraints, and sailed with Gner to investigate the Spirit World and the islands. After a supernatural encounter revealed how vulnerable he was, Kronos sent Gner back to the harbor and continued alone.

• Kronos accepted Boots as a worker, gathered information and allies, then attacked the Black Skull Gang with Gner and warned its leaders to leave Marquis Argyle alone.
• Kronos advanced to Sequence 7 as a Warlock, learned of his family’s political constraints, and left with Gner aboard the Bowen Trading Company’s fleet.
• At a village near Damir Port, Kronos discovered a Phoenix blood drop beyond a Spirit World entrance, sealed the route, and accelerated his potion digestion by helping and impressing the villagers.
• During the voyage, Kronos avoided Bansy Harbor and reached Tiana Island, where he and Gner gathered supplies and traveled into the mountains to investigate reports of illness.
• Kronos used a Rapid Growth Spell to mature the villagers’ butterfly trees, then camped with Gner between villages.
• An Evil-Patterned Black Panther killed Kronos, but Time Reload revived him, and he and Gner killed the creature after it fled their first attack.
• Kronos sent Gner back to the harbor with the panther’s valuable remains and continued his journey alone.