Recaps

Rudeus reunited with Paul at the Adventurers' Guild and explained his long search for his family and the news that Zenith was in the Teleportation Labyrinth on the Begaritt Continent. He acquired a World Transition Device and prepared to demonstrate that he could take everyone there instantly.

• Rudeus introduced Lilia, Aisha, Rujierd, and Leona to Eris, then announced that Zenith's location had been confirmed and Paul and Norn were in the King Dragon Kingdom.
• Rudeus opened a spatial rift, brought out a flying greatsword, and carried everyone to the local Adventurers' Guild.
• Rudeus found Paul at the guild, and they reunited while Paul held a blond, blue-eyed girl.
• Rudeus recounted his journey across the Demon Continent, the alliances he made, and his efforts to locate the people missing after the Teleport Incident.
• When Paul worried that reaching Zenith would take months, Rudeus exchanged one billion Emotion Points for a World Transition Device and showed it to the group.

Rudeus brought his family and companions to the Begaritt Continent to reach a nearby labyrinth, where they found Elinalise badly wounded. After healing her, he learned that Roxy was about to die.

• Rudeus explained his Divine Child ability to foresee the future, then prepared to leave with his family and companions.
• Rudeus used World Moon Teleportation to take everyone to the Begaritt Continent and sensed that something had gone wrong at the nearby labyrinth.
• Rudeus led the group to the labyrinth, where they found old monster corpses and soon encountered armored monsters chasing an injured woman.
• Rudeus killed the monsters with Light-Guided Arrow and healed the wounded Elinalise with King Rank Healing Magic.
• Elinalise urged Rudeus to hurry and save Roxy, who was about to die.

Rudeus found Elinalise in a teleportation labyrinth, where she told him the rest of her party had died and Roxy was missing. He passed through a rock wall and found Roxy on the verge of death, then rescued her by freezing the attacking monsters.

• Elinalise told Paul and Rudeus that the labyrinth had separated her party, that its members were dead, and that she had not found Roxy.
• Rudeus rejected the assumption that Roxy was dead, promised to bring her back, and left Eris to protect the others behind his barrier.
• Rudeus used Intangibility to pass through a rock wall and searched the labyrinth with perception magic.
• Rudeus found Roxy exhausted and surrounded by monsters after she had been trapped alone for over a month.
• Rudeus struck the monster horde with Nirvana Frost Scythe, freezing the creatures and saving Roxy.

Rudeus rescued Roxy from the labyrinth and led her through a rock wall using spatial magic. While the group waited in another cavern, Paul and Elinalise reconciled and agreed to support Rudeus, who Rujierd said carried a heavy burden.

• Rudeus found Roxy, reassured her, and used spatial magic to lead her through a rock wall toward Paul and the others.
• Aisha and Norn questioned Leona about her age and beast ears, and Norn touched her tail, startling her.
• Paul apologized to Elinalise for his past betrayal, and she told him to treat Zenith better instead of offering repayment.
• Elinalise urged Lilia and Paul to take responsibility and care for their family, and Paul praised Eris for standing beside Rudeus.
• Paul thanked Rujierd for helping Rudeus, and Rujierd suggested they work together to support him for the sake of their descendants.

Rudeus led the group deeper into the cave, effortlessly defeating swarms of monsters while demonstrating his overwhelming power. They reached an underground ruin filled with strange magic circles, the final puzzle before the first-stage boss.

• Rudeus reunited with the group and explained that he had figured out how the teleportation circles worked.
• Rudeus instantly killed a swarm of giant bats with magic, leaving Paul unable to help.
• A magic circle unleashed a massive horde of monsters, which Rudeus wiped out with his Frost Blossom attack.
• Rudeus cleared the monsters along the rest of the route as the group pressed deeper into the cave.
• The group arrived at an underground ruin and found several mysterious magic circles.

Rudeus led his family through a hidden passage to the labyrinth’s final floor, where they found Zenith sealed in a crystal behind a Mana Stone Hydra. He rescued her, then fought the monster, leaving it weakened after absorbing its dragon breath and preparing a final strike.

• Rudeus uncovered a hidden passage beneath the floor and led everyone through a magic circle to the labyrinth’s final floor.
• Paul recognized Zenith inside a crystal and charged toward her, but Rudeus restrained him as a Mana Stone Hydra rose to attack.
• Rudeus froze the Hydra with Space Pause, freed Zenith from the crystal, and handed her to Paul.
• Rudeus unleashed a storm of flying magic swords, carving up the Hydra for materials until it was near death.
• Rudeus healed the Hydra so it could fight again, then absorbed its nine blasts of dragon breath with Magic Devouring.
• Rudeus raised the Arrogant Water Dragon King and began his final strike against the weakened Hydra.

Rudeus examined Zenith and found that prolonged exposure to excessive mana had caused mild mana erosion, then drew a magic circle to reverse time. The Time Reversal Array activated, rewinding the ruined surroundings as Roxy realized what it was.

• Rudeus examined Zenith and told Paul that mana erosion had affected her only slightly.
• Rudeus drew a vast magic circle and asked Paul and the others to stand inside, while keeping Leona, Norn, and Aisha outside.
• Rudeus activated the circle, causing the surroundings and lingering mana to flow backward.
• Rudeus identified the magic circle as the Time Reversal Array.

Rudeus returned to Asura with his family after Zenith recovered, while Rujierd stayed behind to pursue his own goals. In the Fittoa refugee camp, Rudeus and Eris reunited with Hilda and Ghislaine and learned that Philip was negotiating in the royal capital to clear Sauros’s name.

• Zenith regained her memories, embraced Rudeus, and reunited with Paul and the others.
• Rujierd declined to travel with Rudeus’s group, and the two friends promised to meet again.
• Rudeus and his companions returned to Asura and discovered that the Fittoa Region had become a vast crater filled with a refugee camp.
• Rudeus and Eris met Hilda and Ghislaine in the camp, and Eris learned that Philip was in the royal capital negotiating to clear Sauros’s name.
• Hilda accepted Rudeus as family and began explaining the political crisis surrounding the Boreas Family and Fittoa.

Hilda recounted how Rudeus’s protective gifts helped her and Philip survive their arrival in the Kingdom of Gadenia and how Ghislaine found them and guided them home. Back in Asura, Philip persuaded the king to spare Sauros for now and offered to rebuild Fittoa in hopes of becoming its new lord.

• Hilda and Philip survived their sudden arrival in the Land of Conflict because they had kept Rudeus’s rings and supplies.
• Philip used Rudeus’s magic items to repel bandits, while he and Hilda traveled west through Gadenia and encountered Ghislaine, who had been searching for them.
• Hilda, Philip, and Ghislaine crossed the Land of Conflict together and heard that Fittoa had disappeared in a devastating disaster.
• After returning to Asura, Philip learned that Sauros faced execution for the disaster and gathered evidence and political support to save him.
• Philip asked the king to let him take responsibility for Fittoa’s recovery, and the king spared Sauros for now while offering Philip the chance to inherit the lordship if he rebuilt the region.

Rudeus learned that Philip’s preparations and Rudeus’s aid had helped restore the Fittoa Territory, then said he would soon leave to prepare for the battle against the Demon God. After reassuring his family and sending Yanli to prepare a labyrinth, he looked toward the coming future.

• Hilda thanked Rudeus for helping House Boreas and discussed the territory’s recovery with him and Alphonse.
• Alphonse explained that Rudeus’s reputation, refugee search, and donated supplies had provided vital help to the territory’s reconstruction.
• Rudeus told Hilda he would stay only a day or two before heading north to recruit trustworthy people and build a force for the coming battle against the Demon God.
• Back at the wooden house, Rudeus told his family that they could manage the territory while he attended to his plans, and he said Eris would have a separate role.
• Rudeus comforted Aisha and Norn by promising they would one day live in a real big house.
• After dinner, Rudeus gave Yanli a pouch of supplies and ordered her to set up a labyrinth within one day.

Rudeus decided to pursue Roxy after Eris encouraged him to confess his feelings. He lured Roxy into going with him to a nearby labyrinth and flew off with her alone.

• Rudeus reflected on the Man-God's schemes and resolved to destroy what it had built.
• Eris told Rudeus to tell Roxy how he felt and said she could accept his love for Roxy; Rudeus reassured her that his love would be copied, not diminished.
• Rudeus contacted Yanli and confirmed that the labyrinth he had requested was ready.
• Rudeus found Roxy in camp and invited her to explore the nearby labyrinth with him alone.
• Rudeus carried Roxy into the air and headed toward the forest, promising she could choose one of his spare staffs.

Rudeus, Roxy, and Eris explored a hidden labyrinth filled with unfamiliar monsters and hazards. The chapter left Eris drenched in corrosive slime acid after she charged into a group of Slimes.

• Rudeus detected Eris following them and stopped so she could join him and Roxy on their way to the labyrinth.
• Rudeus led the group into the cave, where Eris quickly killed a pack of Goblins.
• Eris cut through a mass of vines, was trapped by them, and escaped by burning them with [Flame Shroud].
• Rudeus warned Roxy that the Slimes could spit acid, but Eris charged in and slashed them apart.
• The wounded Slimes swelled and sprayed acid over Eris, corroding large holes through her clothes.

Eris fought through monsters and poisonous flowers in the labyrinth, then was affected by a pink mist and went into a cave with Rudeus. After the three resumed their journey, a glowing magic circle activated beneath them and transported them away.

• Eris used light mana to defeat the splitting slimes, then caught up with Rudeus and Roxy and destroyed a horde of zombies with Light Wheel Slash.
• Eris charged through a field of purple flowers despite Rudeus's warning, releasing a cloud of pink mist that affected her.
• Eris dragged Rudeus into a cave and asked him to hold her; after some time, she emerged appearing recovered while Rudeus looked exhausted.
• Rudeus, Roxy, and Eris continued deeper into the labyrinth, where Eris stepped on a magic circle that swallowed all three in a flash of light.

Rudeus and Roxy pursued a treasure chest monster into the labyrinth lord’s territory, where Roxy’s wand helped freeze an SS-rank boulder golem for Rudeus to destroy. Rudeus’s finishing spell obliterated the golem and the valley, and Roxy forbade him from entering another labyrinth.

• Rudeus and Roxy found themselves together in ancient ruins after the teleportation circle scattered the group, while Eris was missing.
• Roxy opened a glowing treasure chest that turned out to be a monster, and she wounded it with Ice Smash before it fled into a valley.
• Rudeus and Roxy followed the monster into the labyrinth lord’s territory, where an SS-rank boulder golem rose from a giant statue.
• Roxy used Rudeus’s wand and ice magic to slow and encase the golem, while Rudeus evaded its attacks.
• Rudeus destroyed the frozen golem with Hellfire Fireball, devastating the valley and erasing the golem’s remains.
• Roxy told Rudeus he was not allowed to enter a labyrinth again.

Rudeus and Roxy discovered powerful water-magic treasures, and Rudeus proposed to Roxy, who accepted. Their intimate moment was interrupted when Dragon God-Orsted and a masked girl arrived, leaving Rudeus to face Orsted and ask to talk.

• Rudeus and Roxy uncovered an Emperor Rank staff and robe, along with an ancient tome of lost water magic.
• Roxy accepted the staff, robe, and tome, then changed into the robe and praised their rewarding trip.
• Rudeus confessed his love to Roxy and asked her to marry him, and she agreed.
• A blast opened the blocked entrance, and Dragon God-Orsted and a masked girl emerged from the dust.
• Roxy collapsed in terror at the sight of Orsted, while Rudeus stepped in front of her and asked him to talk.

Rudeus fought Orsted after the Dragon God attacked him for knowing about the Man-God, then revealed powerful transformations and magic that left him unharmed. As Orsted prepared to strike again, the masked woman intervened, saying Rudeus might share her condition and asking Orsted to spare him.

• Rudeus tried to explain that he knew about the Man-God, but Orsted attacked before he could finish, suspecting him of being an Apostle.
• Rudeus transformed his outfit and battled Orsted, whose Dragon Saint Battle Aura was pierced by Rudeus's punch.
• Orsted opened the Rear Dragon Gate and struck Rudeus with Thunder Dragon's Heavenly Punishment, but Rudeus emerged completely unharmed using Intangibility.
• Rudeus began a strange hand gesture, prompting Orsted to summon the Front Dragon Gate, but the masked woman stopped him and said Rudeus might be like her.