Chapter Summaries

After waking from a drunken misunderstanding, Radeus and Rudeus spent a day off exploring Rapan with Roxy and Eris. Their outings sparked awkward romantic moments, and the chapter ended with Rudeus borrowing money from Radeus to buy Eris bracers.

• Radeus threw the naked Rudeus toward Rujierd to save himself, but Rujierd explained that they had merely gotten undressed while drunk and told them to put on their clothes.
• Radeus and Rudeus joined Roxy and Eris for breakfast, where Roxy blushed around Radeus and Eris touched the cheek Rudeus had healed.
• Geese declared a day off, and Radeus and Rudeus invited Roxy and Eris to go out with them.
• Radeus bought Roxy a magic theory book after she admired it, and the stall owner called her his partner, making her blush.
• Rudeus found bracers Eris liked, but had to ask Radeus for money before he could buy them.

Radeus and his party returned to the Teleportation Labyrinth, determined to rescue their mother and prepared to avoid the dangers that had split them up before. They swiftly cleared the first floor and reached the second floor.

• Eris eagerly prepared to return to the labyrinth, and Paul declared that the party would rescue their mother this time.
• Betty cast magic on everyone to prevent the labyrinth from forcibly separating them.
• Radeus led the party into the labyrinth, and Betty suppressed the spatial fluctuations at the entrance.
• Radeus's shikigami scouted and cleared monsters as the party coordinated its attacks through the first floor.
• Rudeus killed a monster that ambushed the party, and Radeus's group used the spell formation to reach the second floor.

Radeus, Rudeus, Paul, and their companions crossed the fifth floor of the Teleportation Labyrinth without finding Zenith, then prepared to face what they believed was a boss room. Betty covered the party in buffs, and Radeus drained Rudeus’s mana, stamina, and life force to keep the magic going.

• Betty suppressed the teleportation trap on the second floor, and the group passed through the next two floors while defeating the monsters.
• After finding no trace of Zenith, Paul asked his sons if they could continue, and Radeus and Rudeus encouraged the group to press on.
• Paul walked beside Radeus as the party headed deeper into the fifth floor, where they found an enormous blue door that looked like a boss-room entrance.
• Betty cast layers of buffs on the party for several minutes, rapidly draining Radeus’s mana.
• Radeus used Drain Touch on Rudeus to replenish his mana, also draining Rudeus’s stamina and life force and provoking his furious shout.

Radeus and Rudeus defeated the kobold guardian in seconds, then Radeus absorbed its corpse and gained a loyal shadow. The party was left stunned by the Seven Great Powers’ overwhelming strength.

• Radeus rushed the kobold while Rudeus trapped its legs in a Swamp.
• Radeus wounded the kobold with Dismantle, and Rudeus pierced it with Rock Bullets.
• The kobold threw its curved sword at Radeus, but it stopped before reaching him.
• Radeus sliced the kobold’s head into three pieces, killing it in under five seconds.
• Radeus’s shadow swallowed the corpse, then summoned a kobold-shaped figure that knelt and pledged loyalty to him.

Radeus and the group discovered the real teleportation circle and reached the sixth floor, where they found Zenith frozen inside a block of ice and guarded by a gigantic Hydra. The chapter ended with Paul staring at his wife after a year of searching.

• Betty revealed a hidden chamber behind the Throne and identified the blue teleportation circles as traps.
• Betty found the real circle beneath the floor, and Rudeus broke through to uncover its dark red glow.
• Radeus and the group stepped onto the red circle and teleported to a lavish palace filled with treasure.
• The group saw a nine-headed Hydra coiled around an enormous block of ice containing Zenith.
• Paul recognized Zenith and trembled as he faced the family member they had searched for over a year.

Rudeus, Radeus, Paul, and the others faced the Hydra guarding Zenith, and Rujierd explained how to fight it. The group charged into battle while Paul remained focused on protecting Zenith inside the crystal.

• Talhand and Geese recognized the guardian as a supposedly extinct Hydra, while Rudeus wondered why Zenith was sealed inside a crystal beneath it.
• The Hydra woke, and Paul charged at it, severing one of its nine heads before its other heads attacked him.
• Rujierd warned that the Hydra regenerated quickly, explained its defenses and weaknesses, and urged the group not to fear it.
• Radeus and Rudeus prepared to attack, and Paul told them to avoid wide-area attacks so they would not harm Zenith.
• Radeus and Rudeus charged the Hydra together, and Paul realized his sons had grown strong enough to protect him.

Radeus and Rudeus beheaded the Hydra and reached Zenith, but Hitogami revived the beast in white flames that broke through Radeus’s Limitless. Radeus sent Paul and the others away with Zenith, leaving himself and Rudeus to face the revived Hydra.

• Radeus and Rudeus worked together to hold the Hydra still while Radeus cut off all nine heads with a Sword of Light.
• Paul approached Zenith’s crystal, but Radeus sensed Hitogami’s power and warned him to get away.
• Hitogami’s white light revived the Hydra, and its flames began melting the crystal and scorching the palace.
• Radeus shielded Paul from the Hydra’s tail, but the strike broke through Limitless and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Radeus told Rujierd and Betty to evacuate the others, then gave Zenith to Paul.
• Rujierd took Paul and the others through the Teleportation Array, leaving Radeus and Rudeus alone with the flaming Hydra.

Radeus and Rudeus fought the white-flamed Hydra in the ruined palace, but the creature survived their devastating attacks and its flames began burning them. Radeus summoned Mahoraga as the battle continued.

• Radeus warned Rudeus not to use fire, and Rudeus formed a highly concentrated Mana Armor.
• Rudeus pierced the Hydra with five tiny Rock Bullets, but it regenerated beneath its white flames.
• Radeus used [World-Cutting Slash] to erase the Hydra's nine heads, but its headless body kept moving.
• White flames formed new heads for the Hydra, which continued fighting despite showing no signs of life.
• The Hydra's flames reached Radeus and Rudeus, burning Radeus while his body repaired itself and Rudeus's Mana Armor wore away.
• Radeus summoned Mahoraga, who appeared with a faint white glow over his body and Dharma Wheels.

Radeus and Mahoraga adapted to the Sacred Hydra’s white flames, then destroyed it with Black Flash · Purple. Radeus resurrected the Hydra as his Shikigami, giving his Shadow Legion a powerful new ally.

• Mahoraga adapted to the Hydra’s white flames, allowing Radeus to absorb and strengthen them.
• Mahoraga mini linked Rudeus to the adaptation, and he absorbed the flames as well.
• Radeus used Black Flash · Purple to annihilate the Sacred Hydra.
• Mahoraga declared Radeus the winner, and Radeus brought the Hydra back to life.
• The Sacred Flame Hydra pledged allegiance to Radeus as his new Shikigami.

Radeus, Rudeus, and Mahoraga recovered the remaining treasure from the ruined sixth-floor palace while the others waited anxiously. Paul, Eris, Roxy, Rujierd, and Geese decided to return to the danger, but Betty told them the others had already come back.

• Radeus told Rudeus to collect the Hydra's scales and whatever treasure remained in the ruined palace.
• Radeus, Rudeus, and Mahoraga gathered the surviving treasure and took the Teleportation Circle back to the fifth-floor chamber.
• Paul prepared to return to the sixth floor, but Elinalise urged him to stay with Zenith and warned him of the danger.
• Eris, Roxy, and Rujierd joined Paul, and Geese chose to go with them despite his fear and self-doubt.
• Betty told the group that Radeus and Rudeus had returned.

Radeus and his companions escaped the Teleportation Labyrinth with Zenith, but she remained unresponsive after they returned to the inn. Radeus healed her with a Healing Spell, and Zenith awoke, recognizing her family.

• Radeus, Rudeus, and Mahoraga returned to the Teleportation Array with treasure after defeating the Hydra, and Paul embraced his sons in relief.
• Geese identified a Hydra scale among the survivors’ spoils, and the group left the labyrinth with Zenith, who still had not awakened.
• At the inn, Betty found Zenith’s body healthy and suggested Mana Disorder might explain why she remained unconscious.
• Zenith opened her eyes but did not respond, leaving Paul and the others distressed.
• Radeus used a Healing Spell on Zenith, restoring her awareness until she recognized Rad, Rudeus, Lilia, and darling.

Zenith reunited with Paul, Radeus, Rudeus, Aisha, and Lilia after her rescue, while the family and the Black Wolf's Fang celebrated together. The chapter ended with Radeus thinking they could soon head back.

• Paul reached Zenith's bedside, confirmed she was real, and embraced her as she comforted him.
• Zenith welcomed Radeus and Rudeus, then Aisha and Lilia joined their family embrace while Paul was left out.
• Elinalise, Talhand, Geese, and the others laughed at Paul's failed attempts to join the reunion.
• Zenith asked about Norn, and Radeus and Rudeus explained that she was staying with their grandmother and Therese in Millis.
• Rudeus and Paul told Zenith how the Latreia Family had helped with the rescue, and Zenith said she would thank them.
• Elinalise and the other old companions crowded around Zenith to tell her about their journey, and Radeus thought they could soon head back.

Zenith woke from her coma and learned that Radeus and Rudeus had become the fifth and seventh of the Seven Great Powers. After discovering that Zenith could hear fragments of people’s thoughts, the group learned she had become a Curse Child, and Radeus’s healing magic had removed her curse but left him drooling more than before.

• Zenith was shocked when Geese told her that Radeus and Rudeus were among the Seven Great Powers, and Rudeus explained their titles and ranks.
• Zenith began hearing fragments of the people around her thoughts and told them about her unusual ability.
• Betty suggested that Zenith had become a Curse Child inside the crystal, which explained her coma and new ability to hear thoughts.
• Betty explained that Radeus’s Healing Spell had worked because it removed negative conditions such as curses.
• Radeus cast his Healing Spell on himself, but afterward drooled even more, leaving everyone laughing.

Rudeus asked Paul to take Zenith and the others back to Millis while he escorted Eris to the Asura Kingdom, and Paul agreed. The travelers set out the next day and reached the snowy Red Dragon Mountains, where Radeus spotted a white figure approaching with a black-haired girl.

• Rudeus proposed that Paul take Zenith and the others to Millis while he, Radeus, Eris, and Rujierd traveled to the Asura Kingdom.
• Paul agreed that Eris should reunite with her family, then joked with Rudeus and Radeus and shared his advice about seducing women.
• The next day, Zenith, Aisha, and Lilia bid farewell to the travelers, who left for the Asura Kingdom with Leo.
• Rujierd told the group they had reached the Red Dragon Mountains and warned them to watch out for red dragons.
• Radeus grew eager to find red dragons, but a white figure and a black-haired girl appeared through the snow ahead.

Radeus eagerly pursued three Red Dragons despite Rujierd’s warning, killed two, and brought the third back for Leo to study. Meanwhile, Orsted sensed something ahead and continued down the same route as Nanahoshi, toward Radeus and the others.

• Rujierd warned that Red Dragons traveled in groups and were especially dangerous in the narrow mountain pass, but Radeus became excited at the prospect of fighting them.
• Radeus retched when Rudeus mentioned eating dragon meat, recalling Randolph’s poisonous roast dragon dish.
• The group reached a narrow cliffside path, where Radeus shoved Rudeus dangerously close to the edge before three Red Dragons appeared overhead.
• Radeus flew after the Red Dragons, killed two with [Dismantle], and captured the third alive to bring back for Leo.
• Nanahoshi suggested taking another route, but Orsted refused after sensing an unusual aura ahead and continued toward Radeus and the others.

Radeus, Rudeus, Rujierd, Eris, and Leo encountered Orsted and Nanahoshi in a snowstorm. After Orsted identified several members of the group and introduced himself, Radeus learned that he was the Dragon God, ranked second among the Seven Great Powers.

• Radeus stored the Red Dragon in his shadow and asked Rujierd why only three Red Dragons had appeared.
• The group stopped when Orsted and Nanahoshi approached through the snowstorm, and Rujierd warned everyone not to move.
• Nanahoshi asked Radeus whether he was using flight magic, while Orsted recognized Rujierd, Eris, and Leo.
• Radeus confronted Orsted without fear, and Orsted laughed before giving his name.
• Nanahoshi introduced herself as Silent Sevenstar and asked Radeus about his magic.
• Rudeus recognized Orsted's name from Holy Sword Avenue and realized he was the Dragon God, second among the Seven Great Powers.

Radeus and Rudeus met Orsted, the Dragon God, while speaking with Nanahoshi, and Orsted questioned them about their names and Hitogami. After Radeus stopped Orsted from attacking Rudeus, both men prepared to fight, with Radeus accusing Orsted of being Hitogami’s lackey.

• Radeus and Rudeus were alarmed to discover that the silver-haired man was Orsted, the Dragon God.
• Radeus explained his flight magic to Nanahoshi, and Rudeus mentioned that spirits helped him use it.
• Orsted asked the brothers their names and learned that they were Rudeus and Radeus Greyrat, sons of Paul.
• Orsted asked whether Rudeus had heard of Hitogami, and Rudeus began explaining that Hitogami appeared in his dreams.
• Radeus intercepted Orsted’s sudden attack on Rudeus, and Orsted identified the brothers as Human God Apostles.
• Radeus unleashed his aura and challenged Orsted, asking if he was a lackey sent by Hitogami.

Radeus and Orsted began fighting near the Red Dragon Mountains while Rujierd and Eris escorted Nanahoshi away on Leo. After Radeus struck Orsted with a Black Flash, Orsted counterattacked and sent Radeus flying, leaving Rudeus alone on the battlefield.

• Orsted accused Radeus and Rudeus of being Human God Apostles and revealed his Dragon Saint Battle Aura.
• Radeus had Rujierd and Eris take Nanahoshi away on Leo before the fight began.
• Rudeus covered himself in golden Mana Armor as Radeus prepared to challenge Orsted.
• Radeus teleported in front of Orsted and struck him with a Black Flash that blasted him into the mountainside.
• Orsted countered with a powerful punch that sent Radeus flying, leaving Rudeus alone on the battlefield.

Radeus returned to the battlefield and joined Rudeus against Orsted, while Nanahoshi showed Eris and Rujierd the fight through a magical mirror. Rudeus countered Orsted’s Disturb Magic with a denser fireball, which shattered Orsted’s Front Dragon Gate and left him about to be hit.

• Radeus steadied himself after Orsted’s blow and teleported back to the battlefield, where he and Rudeus faced Orsted together.
• Nanahoshi used a Dragonfolk magic mirror to show Eris, Rujierd, and Leo the battle from a distance.
• Rudeus attacked Orsted with Rock Bullets, and Orsted shattered them before deciding to take the two opponents seriously.
• Orsted used Disturb Magic to dispel Rudeus’s fireball, but Rudeus deduced that denser mana could resist the spell and cast a concentrated fireball.
• Radeus kept Orsted occupied while Rudeus’s fireball struck Orsted’s Front Dragon Gate and shattered it, leaving the attack about to hit Orsted.

Radeus and Rudeus pressed their fight against Orsted after he used a second Front Dragon Gate to block Rudeus’s fireball. Orsted wounded Rudeus and caught Radeus’s Black Flash, but the two regrouped, and Radeus began his Domain Expansion.

• Orsted summoned a second Front Dragon Gate behind the first, blocking Rudeus’s fireball at the cost of extra mana.
• Radeus and Rudeus switched to close combat, and Rudeus struck Orsted with a Black Flash that left him bleeding and with a numb arm.
• Orsted used a barehanded Sword of Light to cut through Rudeus’s Mana Armor, but Rudeus healed the wound with his Healing Spell Formation.
• Radeus tried another Black Flash, but Orsted caught his punch and hurled him into a rock wall; Radeus recovered and called Rudeus to his side.
• Radeus formed a hand sign and announced, “Domain Expansion-Malevolent Shrine!”