Chapter Summaries

Yae Sakura struggled to reach the second floor of the Dungeon quickly enough to earn the highest reward, so she rode Hiyamaru through the monsters and traps. They neared a pack of Gnolls lying in wait for Adventurers, who sensed their arrival and prepared to attack.

• Yae Sakura killed a group of ogres with one slash and realized that her pace was too slow to reach the second floor within an hour.
• Yae Sakura accepted Hiyamaru's offer and climbed onto her transformed Flame Fox form.
• Hiyamaru raced through the Dungeon, burning monsters and passing traps without slowing down.
• A pack of Gnolls near the second-floor entrance sensed the approaching pair and gathered at their traps, expecting prey.

Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru reached the second floor in ten minutes, only to be ambushed by a Cyclops as they entered. Yae Sakura struck at its eye but only wounded its thick eyelid.

• Hiyamaru charged through Gnoll traps and killed the Gnolls in their path without slowing down.
• Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru reached the entrance to the second floor after ten minutes.
• Hiyamaru dodged a giant hand that struck the ground as they passed through the light curtain.
• Yae Sakura identified the attacker as a Cyclops and used Flash Slash against its eye.
• Yae Sakura's attack wounded the Cyclops's eyelid but failed to blind it.

Yae Sakura killed the divine Cyclops with the Spirit Blade and continued deeper into the Demon King’s Dungeon with Hiyamaru. On the second floor, they fought their way past monsters before encountering a flock of Harpies.

• The Cyclops angrily attacked Yae Sakura, but she dodged its blows and used the Spirit Blade’s Crimson Sakura Chaos God skill to cut off its head.
• Yae Sakura climbed onto Hiyamaru and told him to keep moving.
• Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru crossed the second floor, where Hiyamaru trampled or burned the monsters they encountered.
• A flock of Harpies pounced on Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru in an open area.

Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru fought through the Harpies’ territory and reached the third floor of the Dungeon. There, they found a vast group of Beholders commanding low-level monsters.

• Hiyamaru and Yae Sakura killed or drove off thousands of Harpies as they escaped the creatures’ territory.
• Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru reached the third-floor entrance and passed through without being attacked.
• After nearly ten minutes on the third floor, Hiyamaru warned Yae Sakura that something strange was ahead.
• Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru found countless Beholders surrounded by Goblins, Ratmen, and other low-level monsters serving them.

Yae Sakura worried that thousands of Beholders could charm her or kill her with their rays, so Hiyamaru offered to control them with her corruption ability. With nearly seventeen minutes gone, Yae Sakura jumped down and prepared to act.

• Yae Sakura saw thousands of Beholders among the monsters and recalled their charm abilities and deadly rays.
• Yae Sakura worried that closing her eyes to avoid their charm would leave her unable to dodge their rays.
• Hiyamaru offered to use her corruption ability to control the Beholders, saying their charm was weaker than hers.
• Yae Sakura jumped down from Hiyamaru's back after checking that nearly seventeen minutes had passed.

Hiyamaru used her virus form to destroy the Beholders, alarming Yae Sakura, who feared the Herrscher Consciousness might control her again. Yae Sakura asked to hold Hiyamaru’s Herrscher Core, Jizo Mitama, after they dealt with the Demon King, and Hiyamaru agreed as they continued onward.

• Hiyamaru transformed into black mist and made the Beholders and nearby low-level monsters attack one another until nearly all were dead.
• Yae Sakura recognized Hiyamaru’s virus form as resembling the true Herrscher of Corruption and worried she might regain her power or be controlled by the Herrscher Consciousness.
• Hiyamaru returned to Yae Sakura and explained that Jizo Mitama, which contained her Herrscher Core, let her transform into a virus.
• Yae Sakura asked to keep Jizo Mitama after they dealt with the Demon King, and Hiyamaru agreed because she trusted her.
• Yae Sakura felt relieved and continued onward with Hiyamaru.

Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru reached the Demon King's palace on the third floor, where a force of Death Knights blocked their way. Yae Sakura suspected the Demon King was a powerful Lich as Hiyamaru met the charge with a stream of flames.

• Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru fought through the obstacles and reached the third-floor core area, the Demon King's palace.
• Yae Sakura checked the time and saw they had more than thirty minutes remaining.
• Dozens of armored Death Knights appeared as Hiyamaru approached the palace, forcing her to halt.
• Yae Sakura recognized the Death Knights as high-ranking undead and suspected a powerful Lich had created them.
• The Death Knights charged Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru, and Hiyamaru spewed flames at them.

Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru fought through the Death Knights and reached the Lich Demon King in his palace. He declared that he would kill them and use their bodies for his undead creations, while Yae Sakura prepared to face him.

• Hiyamaru knocked back the leading Death Knights as Yae Sakura blocked their attacks and drove one of them away.
• Yae Sakura strengthened herself, teleported behind a Death Knight, and struck the surrounding enemies with her five-stage slash.
• Yae Sakura used the Void Blade while Hiyamaru killed Death Knights with her bite and Foxfire-covered tails.
• Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru entered the palace and found the Lich Demon King seated on a throne of bones.
• The Lich Demon King revealed that he had created the Dungeon to obtain materials for undead creations and threatened to turn them into corpses.
• Yae Sakura acknowledged the Lich Demon King's strength but said she was no longer afraid.

Yae Sakura and Hiyamaru confronted the Lich Demon King and its Bone Dragons in the royal palace. After unleashing her ultimate attack, Yae Sakura appeared behind the Lich and struck at its skull, leaving the result unknown.

• Yae Sakura attacked the Lich Demon King, but its dark elemental barrier stopped her sword aura.
• The Lich summoned five modified Bone Dragons and challenged Yae Sakura to face them.
• Yae Sakura mocked the Bone Dragons and had Hiyamaru transform into its fifty-meter Flame Fox form.
• The Lich sent four Bone Dragons after Yae Sakura, who unleashed her ultimate move, “Crimson Sakura Chaos God.”
• Yae Sakura appeared behind the Lich and slashed at its skull with the Spirit Blade.

Yae Sakura fought the Lich Demon King and destroyed its five Bone Dragons with her Blade Reversal. The lich watched its prized undead perish and reacted with fury and grief.

• Yae Sakura's attack missed when the lich suddenly vanished and reappeared on its throne.
• The lich sent its four remaining Bone Dragons toward Yae Sakura, who chose to attack them rather than pursue it.
• Yae Sakura marked all five Bone Dragons with Crimson Sakura Marks as she darted across their bodies.
• Yae Sakura triggered Blade Reversal, and the resulting sword qi reduced all five Bone Dragons to bone ash.
• The Lich Demon King raged over the destruction of its prized Bone Dragons, which could not be revived.

Yae Sakura defeated the Lich after Judas's Oath disrupted its attack, but the Lich exploded and flattened the Demon King Palace. Afterward, Yae Sakura looked around for Hiyamaru.

• The Lich tried to tear out Yae Sakura's soul and threatened to use her body to replace its losses.
• Judas's Oath struck the Lich with two holy crosses, disrupting it long enough for Yae Sakura to attack.
• Yae Sakura drove the Spirit Blade into the Lich's heart, and the blade's power destroyed it from within.
• Yae Sakura fled as the Lich's unstable body exploded, flattening the Demon King Palace.
• Yae Sakura looked around for Hiyamaru.

Yae Sakura discovered that the Lich Demon King had left behind a Magic Life Box, which she recharged after Hiyamaru found it. The recharge yielded only 50 crystals, and Ai-chan explained that rewards depended on an item's value to the system rather than an enemy's strength.

• Hiyamaru returned to Yae Sakura with a black box she had found near the Lich's remains.
• Yae Sakura recognized the box as a likely Magic Life Box and realized the mission would not end until the Lich was completely eliminated.
• Yae Sakura praised Hiyamaru for finding the Lich's life-saving object.
• Yae Sakura recharged the Magic Life Box and received 50 crystals.
• Ai-chan explained that recharge rewards depended on an item's value to the system, not the enemy's strength.

After completing the speedrun mission, Yae Sakura sent Hiyamaru to find the Dungeon Core. Hiyamaru found it, and recharging it brought Yae Sakura’s balance to 9,100 Crystals.

• Yae Sakura completed the speedrun mission in under an hour and received 100 Crystals, 1,000 Ai-chan Limited Coins, and a 10%-off coupon.
• Yae Sakura asked Hiyamaru to find the Dungeon Core.
• Half an hour later, Hiyamaru led Yae Sakura to the Dungeon Core, which resembled a miniature sun.
• Yae Sakura recharged the Dungeon Core and received 3,280 Crystals plus 580 bonus Crystals, raising her balance to 9,100.

After taking the underground core and escaping the collapsing pocket world, Yae Sakura avoided the capital and took Hiyamaru to a quiet lake for a barbecue. They ended the day eating together, though Hiyamaru burned the meat she tried to grill.

• Yae Sakura took the core, causing the underground pocket world to begin trembling, and hurried out on Hiyamaru.
• Adventurers leaving the Dungeon discussed the disturbance and recognized it as the result of a Hero taking the core after defeating the Demon King.
• Yae Sakura rode away instead of returning to Kronges Eagle Country, planning to see Lilyue and claim her reward after changing back into the Twins.
• Yae Sakura took Hiyamaru to a deserted lake and grilled Red Dragon meat for them to eat.
• Hiyamaru burned the meat she grilled, so Yae Sakura gave her a properly cooked piece.

Yae Sakura invited Kikyo to join her and learned that only one day passed in each world she had previously visited, no matter how long she stayed away. She shared some Red Dragon meat with Kikyo.

• Yae Sakura ate more Red Dragon meat and decided to invite a friend to share it.
• Yae Sakura used Friend Support to summon Kikyo.
• Yae Sakura hugged Kikyo and worried that years apart might have made them distant, but Kikyo said less than a day had passed since they last met.
• Yae Sakura asked Ai-chan about the time difference and learned that only one day passed in each of her previous worlds while she experienced another world.
• Yae Sakura handed Kikyo the partly eaten roasted dragon meat, and Kikyo accepted it after hesitating.

Half a year after defeating the Demon King, Liliya and Rosaliya had become celebrated Heroes in the Demi-human Country and saved up 18,300 Crystals. As they discussed what to do with their accumulated Crystals, they finally decided to use them.

• After a day touring the otherworldly capital with Yae Sakura, Kikyo returned to her world and Hiyamaru disappeared with the Witch of the Fallen.
• Half a year after defeating the Demon King, Liliya replenished Ram’s magic and worried about who would help her once Liliya left.
• Liliya and Rosaliya became famous as the Demi-humans’ first Heroes, and the people erected large statues of them in the capital.
• Lilyue brought pastries from the royal palace while Liliya and Rosaliya discussed their plans.
• Liliya checked their account and found that their savings had reached 18,300 Crystals, so she and Rosaliya decided to spend them.

Liliya repaid the Crystal she owed the system and saved the rest for her next world. She claimed rewards for completed missions and found that the newly unlocked missions to defeat a dragon and a Demon King were already complete.

• Rosaliya asked Liliya to spend Crystal on a ten-pull, but Liliya stopped her and said they should save the Crystal for more important uses.
• Liliya repaid the system 10,790 Crystal, leaving 7,510, and set aside 2,400 for travel before keeping the remainder in reserve.
• Liliya claimed the completed Main Mission reward, which increased her reputation and unlocked the next mission.
• Liliya found that the mission to defeat a dragon was already complete and claimed its 100 Crystal reward.
• The newly unlocked mission to defeat a Demon King was also marked complete.

After claiming the reward for the Main Mission to defeat a Hero, Liliya considered how to free Ram from her dependence on magic replenishment. She proposed changing Ram into another race, and Ram realized Liliya meant turning her into a Vampire.

• Liliya received the Main Mission to defeat a Hero, which offered 100 Crystals and access to unlock a new world.
• Liliya thought about finding the Hero and about Ram's need for regular magic replenishment.
• Liliya brought Rem to Ram's room and asked Ram whether she wanted to live normally without needing her magic replenished.
• Ram understood that Liliya was offering to turn her into a Vampire so she would no longer suffer the drawbacks of the Hornless Oni Clan.

Liliya proposed turning Ram into a Half-Vampire Half-Oni to stop her magic from leaking away, and Ram agreed. Theresa infected Ram, leaving her able to live without replenishing her magic.

• Liliya explained that Ram would become mixed-blood rather than lose her Oni identity.
• Ram considered the change, and Rem let her decide for herself.
• Ram thanked Liliya and agreed to the transformation.
• Liliya switched into her Valkyrie Blood Moon Embrace, appearing as Theresa before Ram and Rem.
• Theresa embraced Ram and bit her neck to infect her.
• Theresa confirmed that Ram was now a Vampire, and Ram's magic stopped leaking away.

Theresa recruited Rem and Ram as her followers, and Liliya and Rosaliya claimed their mission rewards the next day. Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Kasi prepared for a Demon King’s announced monster siege as the city awaited the attack.

• Theresa asked Rem and Ram to become her followers, and both sisters agreed.
• The next day, Liliya and Rosaliya claimed 300 Crystals and 10 Precision Supply Cards as the follower mission reward.
• Liliya stored the supply cards for a future world, and Rosaliya reluctantly agreed not to use them.
• The Demon King warned the Kingdom of Kasi that he would attack a city with his monsters, prompting the king to send troops and request help from friendly nations and a human Hero.
• The city near Kasi’s western border waited tensely for the monsters to arrive.