Chapter Summaries

Hitogami regained his memories of four pieces of advice and discovered he could reach the Six-Faced World through a crack in his prison. Roxy left her parents in the Migurd village, then reunited with Elinalise and Talhand, who brought news that Zenith was in the labyrinth city of Rapan.

• Old Man God's contingency activated, restoring Hitogami's memories of four pieces of advice and opening a crack through which his power could reach the Six-Faced World.
• Roxy said goodbye to Rowin and Lokali and left the Migurd village, promising to visit again.
• Roxy returned to the inn in Rikarisu, found Elinalise replenishing her mana with a man, and blasted a hole through the wall with Frost Impact.
• Talhand arrived with Geese's letter, reporting that Paul had found a lead on Zenith in Rapan on the Begaritt Continent.

Roxy met the Demon Emperor Kishirika, who revealed that Zenith was probably in the Teleportation Labyrinth, and joined Paul’s group on the Begaritt Continent. As they prepared to enter the labyrinth, a cloaked apostle activated a divine crystal and vanished, declaring that a game had begun.

• Roxy, Elinalise, and Talhand spent the night in Rikarisu, where Talhand lost a drinking contest to a purple-haired girl and Roxy paid the girl’s tavern bill.
• The girl introduced herself as Kishirika Kishirisu and offered Roxy a Demon Eye in exchange for a wish.
• Roxy asked Kishirika to find Radeus and Rudeus, and Kishirika used her Clairvoyant Eye to locate their family, including Zenith inside the Teleportation Labyrinth.
• Roxy reunited with Paul and his companions on the Begaritt Continent and told them where Zenith was, so they set out for the labyrinth city of Rapan.
• As Paul’s group arrived in Rapan, a cloaked apostle entered the Teleportation Labyrinth with a divine crystal, vanished in its light, and announced that the game had begun.

As the group approached the Shirone Kingdom, Hitogami summoned Rudeus and gave him unusually direct advice about finding Aisha and Lilia. Rudeus remained suspicious of Hitogami’s motives as the ship reached the kingdom’s harbor.

• Eris asked how the group’s strength compared with Shirone’s rumored Divine Child, and Radeus dismissed the comparison.
• Rudeus fell asleep and entered the familiar white space where Hitogami appeared in unusually high spirits.
• Hitogami claimed credit for the group’s recent successes, and Rudeus accused him of keeping watch on him.
• Hitogami advised Rudeus to identify himself to his younger sister Aisha Greyrat and help her find Lilia in Shirone.
• Hitogami suggested Rudeus spend time eating and shopping with them, then vanished before Rudeus could ask questions.
• Rudeus wondered whether the advice was a trap as the ship arrived at the Shirone Kingdom’s harbor.

Radeus and Rudeus searched the Shirone Kingdom's capital for Aisha after hearing Hitogami's information. Radeus found her being harassed by two guards, rescued her, and was reunited with his little sister.

• After disembarking in the Shirone Kingdom, Rudeus told Radeus about his dream and asked for help finding Aisha and Lilia.
• Radeus repeatedly tossed Rudeus into the air until Rujierd told him to stop.
• The group reached the capital and searched its crowded streets for Aisha.
• Radeus spotted Aisha in an alley, where two guards had taken her letter and made her cry.
• Radeus threw the guards into the sky, and Aisha hugged his leg and called him her big brother.

Radeus and Rudeus reunited with Aisha, who revealed that Lilia was imprisoned in the Shirone Kingdom’s royal palace. Radeus questioned two royal guards and prepared to make them lead the group there.

• Radeus comforted Aisha and reunited with her, while repeatedly tossing two guards back into the sky.
• Rudeus arrived and recognized Aisha as his sister; Aisha ran past him to hug Eris before greeting him.
• Radeus and Rudeus learned from Aisha that the prince of the Shirone Kingdom had locked Lilia inside the royal palace.
• Radeus caught the guards and demanded to know if they could lead the group to the palace.
• The guards agreed to take Radeus and the others there.

Radeus and the others learned that Pax Shirone had taken two guards’ families hostage and forced them to help capture Aisha. They reached Pax’s hall, where Radeus blasted the wall beside him and made the prince tremble in fear.

• The guards told Radeus and the others that Pax Shirone had held their families hostage and asked them to rescue them.
• Aisha confirmed that Pax had taken the guards’ families to control the palace soldiers.
• Rujierd agreed to help the guards and left the group to act on his own.
• The guards led Radeus, Rudeus, Eris, and Aisha to Pax’s hall, and Radeus kicked the doors off their hinges.
• Pax threatened to have the intruders executed, so Radeus fired a blast past his cheek and shattered the wall behind him.

Radeus and Rudeus rescued Lilia and Aisha from Pax, who had used Lilia as bait and tried to trap Radeus. When Radeus moved to kill Pax, Zanoba Shirone intervened and asked him to spare his brother, but Radeus refused.

• Radeus avoided Pax’s pit trap, while Rudeus bound Pax and filled the pit with earth magic.
• Radeus freed Lilia, who explained that Pax had abducted her to lure Radeus and Rudeus to the palace.
• A guard told Radeus that Pax was unlikely to inherit the throne, but Pax remained defiant and threatened them.
• Radeus threatened Pax and sent a targeted [Dismantle] toward his throat.
• Zanoba Shirone appeared and blocked the slash with his body, then offered the kingdom’s gifts in exchange for Pax’s life.
• Radeus rejected Zanoba’s request and told him to stay out of his way.

Radeus challenged Zanoba to an arm-wrestling match to decide Pax’s fate, then defeated him and made it seem that Pax would be punished. Radeus revealed through his thoughts that he had staged the exchange so the people gathered at the doorway would witness it.

• Zanoba offered Radeus a treasured Rujierd figurine in exchange for sparing Pax, but Radeus proposed an arm-wrestling match instead.
• Zanoba confidently accepted, and Rudeus acted as referee as they began the contest.
• Radeus resisted Zanoba’s immense strength, then slammed his hand down and sent him crashing into the wall.
• Radeus refused Zanoba’s plea for another chance and declared that he had failed to save Pax.
• Radeus kept his eyes on the doorway and thought that Zanoba was part of a performance meant for the people gathered there.

Radeus and Rudeus forced King Parden Shirone to surrender the Shirone Kingdom after Pax’s kidnapping of Lilia and the others. They left the royal family to rebuild the damaged palace, while Parden accepted their rule as the might of two Seven Great Powers.

• Parden rushed into the hall and begged Radeus to spare Pax, offering the kingdom’s valuable magic and items in exchange.
• After Rudeus told Radeus about the King Rank Barrier Techniques, Radeus demanded treasure, magic, a share of future profits, and the kingdom’s unconditional obedience.
• Rudeus and Radeus revealed that they were two of the Seven Great Powers, and their pressure drove the royal family to their knees.
• Parden submitted to Radeus, reasoning that their protection could help keep the Shirone Kingdom secure.
• Radeus sent Shikigami through the palace and destroyed its roofs, then ordered Parden to hire commoners to rebuild it and left with the others.

Radeus reunited with Lilia and Aisha in Shirone, while Rujierd encouraged Eris to face the thought of returning to her family. During a warm evening in the kingdom, Radeus sensed that Paul and the others were in danger and decided to go to the Begaritt Continent to help them.

• Radeus and Rudeus welcomed Lilia as family, and Aisha joined their embrace.
• Eris worried about whether her family was safe and would welcome her home, so Rujierd encouraged her to join the others.
• The group explored Shirone’s streets together while the Dharma Wheel turned in Radeus’s shadow.
• Radeus realized Hitogami’s suggestion to spend several days in Shirone might delay them from reaching Paul, and concluded Paul and his companions were in danger.
• Radeus announced that he would go to the Begaritt Continent to help Paul, and Rudeus recognized Hitogami’s involvement.

Paul and his party reached Labyrinth City Rapan and learned that the Teleportation Labyrinth had become far more dangerous while Zenith was reportedly trapped inside. They planned to inspect its first floor and seek support from Radeus and Rudeus before venturing deeper.

• Paul and his party arrived in Rapan, where Elinalise teased Paul about nearly being killed by a succubus in the desert.
• After settling into an inn, Geese and the others gathered information and heard that Zenith had been seen near the Teleportation Labyrinth and might be trapped deep inside it.
• Paul tried to rush to the labyrinth, but Talhand restrained him and Elinalise warned that entering without preparation could get everyone killed.
• An adventurer told the party that the labyrinth's paths now changed periodically, its monsters were at least B-rank, and S-rank monsters guarded the floors beyond the third.
• Geese proposed inspecting the first floor and writing to the Shirone Kingdom for help, and Paul began composing a letter to Radeus and Rudeus.

After learning that Hitogami may have interfered with Paul's situation, Radeus and Rudeus prepared to hurry to Labyrinth City Rapan, but Eris, Rujierd, Lilia, Aisha, and Leo insisted on joining them. They gathered a guide and enlarged Radeus's carriage, then Radeus announced they would fly.

• Rudeus and Radeus planned to travel ahead to Labyrinth City while the others returned to Asura, but Eris, Rujierd, Aisha, and Lilia insisted on coming along.
• Radeus agreed to bring everyone and led them to the Shirone royal palace to find a guide familiar with the route to Rapan.
• Radeus recruited a guide who had traveled to the Begaritt Continent and asked whether he could navigate from the sky.
• Radeus brought out his carriage, and Rudeus used magic to enlarge it enough for the group.
• Radeus asked Leo to pull the carriage with the two Shadow Wolves, then said they would fly to their destination.

Radeus and the others flew by carriage toward Labyrinth City Rapan, where Radeus defeated an attacking flock of griffins and turned them into shikigami. The group landed outside the city and learned that the Teleportation Labyrinth was a living organism that absorbed monsters for nutrients.

• Radeus revealed that he had learned a trick from Betty, then the group boarded a carriage pulled through the air by two wolves and one dog.
• Betty appeared during the flight, and Eris enthusiastically hugged her while Rudeus asked her to teach him magic.
• As the carriage crossed the Begaritt desert, a flock of griffins attacked, and Radeus killed them with Cursed Technique Lapse-Blue.
• Radeus used Rise to turn the griffins into shikigami that circled the carriage and guarded it.
• The carriage approached Labyrinth City Rapan, where the guide explained that the giant skeleton outside the city belonged to a Behemoth absorbed by the living Teleportation Labyrinth.

Radeus and Rudeus arrived on the Begaritt Continent with their companions and found Geese at the Adventurers’ Guild. Geese was delighted to see them and offered to take them to Paul and the others, who were staying at an inn.

• Radeus and Rudeus arrived on the Begaritt Continent and suggested searching the Adventurers’ Guild for Geese.
• Radeus hired their guide to lead them to the guild, where the group attracted attention as they crossed town with Leo.
• Radeus used Teleportation to appear behind Geese and greeted him, startling him.
• Geese recognized Radeus and greeted the arrivals with delight after seeing Rudeus and the others waiting by the entrance.
• Radeus asked where Paul and the others were, and Geese said they were at an inn and offered to lead the group there.

Radeus and his companions reunited with Paul, Aisha, and Lilia, then learned that the Teleportation Labyrinth had become far more dangerous. Roxy and her teammates returned, and Radeus joyfully reunited with his former teacher as the group prepared to investigate the labyrinth.

• Geese led Radeus and the others to the inn, where Paul tearfully embraced Aisha and Lilia after their reunion.
• Geese told the group that the Teleportation Labyrinth’s shifting paths and teleportation circles had killed their scouting shikigami and forced them to retreat.
• Radeus proposed that the group enter the labyrinth at noon the next day, citing its mechanics without explaining further.
• Roxy and Elinalise returned to the inn, and Radeus rushed to lift Roxy in a joyful reunion.
• Elinalise introduced herself and Talhand to Radeus as Paul’s teammates.

Radeus and Rudeus joined Paul’s party as they entered the Teleportation Labyrinth, where Radeus’s Shikigami and Betty’s magic made the first floor easy to clear. The group reached the second floor in under ten minutes, leaving Paul and the others stunned by Radeus’s power.

• Roxy was frightened when she met Rujierd, but Radeus healed her and explained that Rujierd was a good person who had escorted them across the Demon Continent.
• Geese led the party into the labyrinth at noon, and Radeus entered first while Rudeus brought up the rear.
• Rudeus illuminated the pitch-black first floor, then the entrance vanished as the labyrinth shifted its space.
• Betty stabilized the floor’s paths, and Radeus sent Shikigami ahead to defeat monsters and search for the route onward.
• Betty located the Teleportation Magic Circles, and the party reached the second floor in less than ten minutes.

Radeus and the others were separated by teleportation circles triggered when they defeated a Minotauros, leaving each to face different dangers in the labyrinth. Radeus escaped his room with Betty, while Rudeus quickly found his way back, and the two groups unexpectedly reunited.

• Radeus killed a red-haired Minotauros with Red, but its corpse activated teleportation circles that scattered the party.
• Radeus found himself alone in a blue-crystal room, defeated the monsters that appeared there, and summoned Betty.
• Betty told Radeus the Minotauros had been tampered with and began analyzing the magic circle so they could escape.
• Rudeus emerged from a sealed chamber onto the second floor, then spotted a flash of blue light ahead.
• Radeus and Betty appeared in front of Rudeus, and the three unexpectedly met again.

Radeus used his tracking abilities to rescue Geese and search the Teleportation Labyrinth for Roxy and Eris, while the labyrinth’s interference led him to suspect Hitogami was targeting them. He discovered a hidden barrier behind a rock wall and destroyed it with Purple, which continued toward something ahead.

• Radeus and Rudeus found Geese trapped behind a rock wall and rescued him from a swarm of monsters.
• Radeus located and rescued almost everyone else, but could not find Roxy or Eris as his sensing abilities weakened.
• Rujierd split off with Rudeus and the others to search separately while Radeus continued alone.
• Radeus suspected Hitogami had raised the labyrinth’s danger to isolate and attack Roxy or Eris.
• Radeus found a hidden magical barrier inside a rock wall and destroyed it with Purple, which shot onward.

Radeus and Rudeus rescued Roxy and Eris from monsters in the labyrinth. With the spell concealing the path about to expire, the group boarded Radeus's carriage and hurried toward the exit.

• Roxy, out of mana and stamina, despaired as a horde of monsters closed in, but Radeus arrived and destroyed them with a Hollow Technique before catching her.
• Rujierd detected Eris beyond an illusion, and Betty revealed a hidden passage while warning the group to watch for Kasira.
• Rudeus rushed down the left passage and shielded Eris from a fatal attack, then cleared the monsters and comforted her.
• Radeus appeared with Roxy, and the group learned from Betty that the spell would wear off in three minutes.
• Radeus summoned his carriage, and the group set off toward the exit with the Shadow Wolves leading the way.

After the group escaped the Teleportation Labyrinth, everyone struggled with the setback and blamed their own shortcomings. Radeus planned to prevent another sudden teleportation, while the next morning began with the group drunk and Rujierd dressing the naked Radeus and Rudeus.

• The group returned to Rapan dejected after failing to rescue Zenith, and Paul blamed himself for not being strong enough.
• Lilia comforted Paul, while Rudeus helped the exhausted Eris and Radeus escorted Roxy to her room.
• Geese encouraged everyone to drink, and the group drank late into the night.
• Radeus asked Betty to cast a spell that would prevent the group from being suddenly teleported, and Betty agreed after he said his Six Eyes would limit the mana cost.
• The next morning, Roxy blushed at the sight of naked Radeus, Eris touched the cheek Rudeus had wiped, and Rujierd dressed the two still-sleeping men.