Chapter Summaries

Bell showed Penelope a Game Bracelet that used H1 Particles and Spiritual Power to create a body for a massive real-world game on Menethil Star. Penelope entered the game and learned that players could grow stronger by completing quests and fighting monsters.

• Bell announced that he planned to turn all of Menethil Star into a massive real-world game using the family's stockpile of H1 Particles.
• Bell urged Penelope to bind and activate a Game Bracelet, which created a blue luminous avatar beside her as her real body fell onto the sofa.
• Penelope controlled the avatar as it formed into a copy of her body, and Bell explained that the bracelet collected and reused the dispersed H1 Particles.
• Bell offered Penelope a choice between inheriting her Wizard class or selecting the system's Warrior or Mage class.
• Bell explained that quests and battles would raise Penelope's level and increase her avatar's Magic Power, though its maximum strength would be comparable to an ordinary Hogwarts graduate.

Bell prepared to return to Earth with a group of orcs and Forest Trolls, while Hermione stayed on Menethil Star to oversee the orcs and the city's construction. The teleportation device sent Bell's group to Earth, where they would begin adjusting to air without Enhancement Elements.

• Hermione told Bell she would stay on Menethil Star to manage the orcs while Nairuila and Viktor traveled to Earth with him.
• Bell and Hermione reminded each other to take care of themselves, until Penelope interrupted them and said the trolls and orcs were waiting.
• Bell warned the travelers that Earth's air lacked Enhancement Elements and told them to seek medical help if they felt unwell.
• The workers charged the new Array Pattern teleportation device, and Bell said goodbye to Hermione before leading the group into it.
• Bell, the orcs, and the Forest Trolls disappeared in streams of light as the device teleported them to Earth.

Bell returned home and learned that the Menethil Family’s employees did not want to relocate from Earth, so the family would cancel the move while continuing development on Menethil Star. He planned to deal with the problems on Earth, and William warned him to avoid making a major commotion.

• Bell returned home, reunited with his little brother Al, and greeted Elena, who scolded him for staying away for nearly two months.
• Bell asked Elena about consolidating the family’s businesses and learned that most employees opposed relocating to Menethil Star.
• Bell decided to cancel the relocation while continuing the development plan for Menethil Star, and he resolved to address the family’s problems on Earth.
• Elena relayed William’s request that Bell avoid causing another major incident, especially one involving blowing up a military base.

Bell welcomed his mother’s interest in the aliens he had brought back and suggested a banquet, then hosted Elder Nairuila and Champion Yaska as they explored Dalaran. He could not yet let them visit Muggle cities, but suggested they might have that opportunity in about a month.

• Bell told Elena that the aliens were sightseeing and proposed inviting them to a banquet that evening.
• The next morning, Bell watched Dalaran come to life before Elder Nairuila and Champion Yaska arrived to continue their tour.
• Nairuila praised Dalaran’s prosperity and asked Bell what they could do after their three-day tour.
• Nairuila asked whether the visitors could go down to Earth, and Bell said they might be able to visit in about a month.

Bell gathered the Four Pillars in Dalaran’s Council Hall to discuss the criminal “rats” that had infiltrated the city. He reassured Einzworth that their presence was not her fault, then prepared to address the security problem.

• Nairuila decided to remain with Yaska and learn more about humans and the Menethil Family before returning to help unite the tribes.
• Bell welcomed Nairuila and Yaska, then took Yomi to Dalaran’s Council Hall to meet the Four Pillars.
• Bell greeted Wang Shouqiang, Luna, Hagen, and Einzworth, and suggested Luna search Menethil Star or Lu Yila Star for a Crumple-Horned Snorkack.
• Bell told the Four Pillars that criminals had taken root in Dalaran and said they were not to blame for failing to stop them.
• Einzworth apologized for letting the intruders into Dalaran, and Bell reassured her that he was not blaming her.

Bell ordered a one-week purge of spies in Dalaran, aiming to protect Muggle residents while allowing Wizards to defend themselves and the city to become freer and livelier. Five days into the operation, explosions had become routine, though nearby blasts still sent crowds running.

• Bell changed Dalaran’s policy toward suspected spies and ordered a citywide extermination operation, asking that targets be captured alive whenever possible.
• Bell rejected Cesar’s concerns about the short timeline and declared that Dalaran needed freedom, assigning the pillars and Yomi to capture spies among Muggles and Wizards.
• The Four Pillars began the Rat Catching Operation that afternoon, and explosions continued across Dalaran for five days.
• Dalaran’s residents grew accustomed to the blasts and found the city more interesting, but a nearby explosion sent passersby fleeing.

Hagen and the City Management Squad survived a powerful explosion while pursuing spies in Dalaran, and Hagen warned his team to stay vigilant. After a young Muggle asked to join the force as field personnel, Hagen agreed to pass along his request, leaving the young man hopeful.

• Hagen emerged from the destroyed shop, freed his buried squad members, and ordered them to check for injuries and search for clues about the explosives.
• Hagen learned that the squad had no serious injuries, healed his cut arm, and told the other teams to remain alert.
• Hagen reflected that the City Management Force was making progress against the spies despite the difficult operation.
• Hagen warned a young Muggle passerby to keep away from the blast site, but the young man asked to join the City Management Force as field personnel.
• Hagen said he would report the young man's request, and the young man left happily.

After a week of explosions and spy-catching in Dalaran, Bell prepared another secret project while rewarding the City Management Force and ordering Luna to compile a list of the worst offenders. The chapter left Bell confident in his plans, despite Yomi’s concern that his antics could strain his relationship with William.

• Dalaran’s residents woke to a morning without explosions and rushed outside to find out what had changed.
• Bell reviewed the instruments being set up in the Council Hall and praised the staff working on his next project.
• Bell awarded the City Management Force a week of rotating paid leave and doubled salaries for the month.
• Bell asked Luna to finish categorizing the spies and submit a list of those with the most serious crimes by that afternoon.
• Yomi questioned Bell’s plans and warned that William might finally lose patience, but Bell claimed Shanna was his secret weapon.

Bell announced Dalaran’s new zero-tolerance policy toward spies and revealed that the city had completed a week-long roundup. He said most captured spies would be sent home, then presented nearly a hundred selected prisoners to the world.

• Luna gave Bell the compiled list of more than four thousand captured spies, most of them Muggles.
• Bell addressed the world from Dalaran’s Council Hall and advertised the city as a place to live, promising benefits for new residents.
• Bell announced that Dalaran had adopted a zero-tolerance policy toward spies and had completed its arrests one week earlier.
• Bell said most captured spies would be returned to their countries, while a smaller group would face punishment.
• Bell snapped his fingers, and the projection showed nearly a hundred bound prisoners from different countries pleading in the hall.

Bell executed ninety-three prisoners by extracting their souls, then announced that Dalaran would destroy facilities belonging to the forces that had sent spies. Governments debated how to respond, but all chose to evacuate the targeted sites before Bell’s six o’clock deadline.

• Bell read out the prisoners’ alleged crimes, sentenced all ninety-three to death, and extracted their souls.
• Bell declared that he would retaliate against the forces behind the spies by destroying their military bases and other important facilities at six o’clock.
• Bell’s image vanished in a burst of fireworks, leaving people around the world alarmed and unsure whether their countries were involved.
• Leaders of various forces argued over whether to attack Dalaran, condemn it, or wait and see.
• All the forces agreed to evacuate personnel from the facilities Bell had targeted.

William confronted Bell over publicly executing the captured spies and provoking powerful factions, while Bell insisted his strategy was common sense. Bell demonstrated a devastating power that could destroy the Earth, leaving William to face the scale of his son’s strength.

• William rushed into the Council Hall and demanded that Bell explain the incident.
• William scolded Bell for publicly executing the spies and challenging Muggle and Wizard factions.
• Bell said defeating his enemies before negotiating was common sense and questioned what the problem was.
• William asked whether Bell had surpassed Dumbledore, Voldemort, and other powerful Wizards.
• Bell created a model Earth and destroyed it with a display of apocalyptic Magic Power.

Bell demonstrated the Menethil Family’s overwhelming power by striking ninety-three targets across Earth at exactly six o’clock. The targets were destroyed almost simultaneously, and the world’s factions turned toward negotiations rather than fighting him.

• Bell explained to William that Menethil Star gave the family a safe escape route, leaving them little reason to fear a hard-line response.
• Bell prepared a spell in Dalaran, forming a hundred-meter fireball and splitting it into ninety-three projectiles aimed at coordinates provided by Yomi.
• At six o’clock, the fireballs streaked across Earth and struck their targets in less than a minute.
• Leaders received emergency images showing that every selected target had been almost completely destroyed.
• The factions, including those Bell had targeted, abandoned plans to fight and decided to negotiate with the Menethil Family.

Two overworked coworkers discussed quitting their jobs to make gaming videos and streams about Pioneer, a virtual reality game only accessible in Dalaran. Excited by the gameplay demo, they decided to apply to enter Dalaran and headed to ask Minister for leave so they could submit their applications the next day.

• One coworker urged Lao Gao to stop working through lunch and suggested they quit their jobs.
• The coworker told Lao Gao about Pioneer, and Lao Gao watched its gameplay demo and was amazed.
• They discussed earning a living by making game content and agreed they wanted to play Pioneer in Dalaran.
• They realized Dalaran applications had become highly competitive, but decided to apply anyway.
• The coworkers chose to take leave the next day and went to ask Minister for permission.

Eighteen years after Dalaran rose, Bell’s power had helped the world move toward coexistence between wizards and Muggles. Arthas, newly made head of the Menethil Family, learned his application to Magic University had been approved while wondering where Bell and Shanna had gone; the chapter ended with a child catching someone playing with Bell’s Magic Sword.

• Bell’s continued deterrence helped prevent large-scale persecution of wizards as Muggles and wizards gradually adjusted to living together.
• Bei Ling’er told Arthas that his thesis had passed review and that he could attend Dalaran’s Magic University.
• Arthas recalled how his parents handed him the Menethil Family leadership at his graduation banquet, then left on a trip while Bell and Shanna disappeared without a word.
• Arthas complained about being abandoned and thought about using Menethil’s Power to smash Bell’s head when they met again.
• Arthas asked Bei Ling’er where Bell and Shanna had gone, then the scene shifted to a frozen realm where an armored figure raised a Magic Sword before a child accused her aunt of stealing it to play with.