Chapter Summaries

Rudeus won a flying race against Eris and claimed his reward with a kiss, then the trio landed near Roxy’s home village. They were met at the entrance by a wary blue-haired boy who recognized Rujierd and demanded to know who Rudeus and Eris were.

• Eris challenged Rudeus to a flying race and offered him a reward if he caught up to her.
• After giving Eris a ten-second head start, Rudeus used Nitrous boost to overtake her and return to her side.
• Rudeus steadied Eris after his wake nearly knocked her off balance, then kissed her as his reward.
• Rujierd approached, and Rudeus suggested they rest at a village they had reached.
• The three landed near the village, put away their flying swords, and walked toward its entrance.
• A blue-haired boy recognized Rujierd and demanded to know who Rudeus and Eris were.

Rudeus and his companions arrived at Migurd Village, where Roxy’s father, Rokari, welcomed them after learning she was alive and had become a King Rank magician. They settled in for the night, and Rokari asked Rudeus to visit Roxy’s house the next morning.

• Rujierd argued with Rokari about letting Rudeus and the others stay, but Rudeus showed Rokari Roxy’s guardian necklace and told him she was alive and thriving.
• Rudeus introduced himself as Roxy’s student and an Emperor Rank magician, and Rokari identified himself as Roxy’s father.
• The village chief welcomed the group as honored guests and had Rowin lead them to their lodging.
• Rudeus and his companions visited the chief’s house for dinner, where Eris fell asleep in Rudeus’s arms.
• Rokari asked Rudeus to visit Roxy’s house the next morning, and Rudeus agreed before returning to the lodging with Eris.

Rudeus and his companions visited Roxy’s parents in Migurd Village, where they shared a meal and learned embarrassing stories from Roxy’s childhood. After receiving a family sword from Rokari and Royin, they departed by flying sword toward Rikarisu Town.

• Rudeus met Roxy’s mother, Rokari, and jokingly asked her to become his future mother-in-law, prompting protests from Royin and Eris.
• During breakfast, Royin and Rokari told stories about Roxy’s childhood dreams, fear of bugs, and mishaps with water magic.
• Rudeus and his companions visited Roxy’s childhood room, where Eris found a drawing of an adult Roxy and her plan to grow to 180 centimeters.
• Rokari gave Rudeus an ancestral curved sword as thanks for bringing news of Roxy, and he stored it in his Magic Pocket.
• Rudeus, Eris, and Rujierd flew away from the village on flying swords, heading southwest toward Rikarisu Town.

Rudeus, Eris, and Rujierd entered a Demon Continent city after Rudeus disguised Rujierd with a pink bowl cut, which made the locals laugh instead of fear him. At the Adventurers' Guild, Rujierd found the laughter unexpectedly comforting, while Rudeus was stunned by the three-breasted receptionist.

• Rudeus, Eris, and Rujierd reached the city, and Rudeus refused to leave Rujierd outside or attack the guards.
• Rudeus used Transformation to give Rujierd a pink bowl cut, and Eris laughed at the disguise.
• The guards laughed at Rujierd's hairstyle and let the group enter the city.
• Rudeus and Eris explored the city, and Rudeus bought Eris a cat-eared cloak that she wore while chasing him with her sword.
• At the Adventurers' Guild, the crowd laughed at Rujierd's hairstyle, and he smiled at being met with laughter rather than fear.
• Rudeus noticed that the orange-haired receptionist had three breasts and was left stunned.

Rudeus, Eris, and Rujierd registered as adventurers and formed the party Dead End. Rudeus exchanged Asura gold coins at the guild, then left with Eris after receptionist Daisy invited him to dinner.

• Rudeus, Eris, and Rujierd registered as F-rank adventurers and named their party Dead End.
• Rudeus exchanged a hundred Asura gold coins, taking five thousand green ore coins and leaving the rest with the guild for interest.
• Daisy introduced herself and invited Rudeus to dinner, but Eris dragged him out of the guild before he could answer.
• Rudeus teased Eris about her jealousy and offered to treat her to a lavish feast, which cheered her up.

Rudeus, Eris, and Rujierd were followed into an alley, where Eris swiftly killed two would-be robbers and Rudeus erased their bodies with holy magic. They reached an upscale lodging and checked in, with Rujierd accepting a room a short distance from Rudeus's.

• Rudeus realized that two skilled people were following the group as they entered a dark alley.
• A lizardman and a minotaur demanded the group's money, and Rudeus told Eris to kill them.
• Eris killed both attackers in less than a second, and Rudeus destroyed their bodies with Holy Light Strike.
• Rudeus teased Eris, who praised him and asked him to teach her the holy magic.
• The group reached an upscale lodging, where Eris played with a kitten and Rudeus booked two rooms using their adventurer cards.

After a lizard demon attacked Rudeus, he killed the intruder and Rujierd pursued and eliminated two accomplices. Rudeus revealed his spirit-summoning magic and summoned a powerful, clone-making familiar, whom he named Yanli.

• Rudeus embraced Eris, but a lizard demon burst through the window and attacked him.
• Rudeus restrained the attacker with a force field, killed him with holy light, and detected two more intruders.
• Rujierd chased the remaining attackers and returned with blood on his spear.
• Rudeus summoned a purple-haired woman using his Spirit Summoning magic and claimed to have developed the technique through research with Perugius.
• The summoned woman described her cloning and other abilities, and Rudeus named her Yanli.

Rudeus sent Yanli’s clones across the Demon Continent to locate Teleport Incident refugees and deal with anyone hostile to him, then took Eris and Rujierd to the guild to collect commissions. He used Yanli to complete an E-rank delivery instantly, stunning the guild hall and earning the reward.

• Rudeus ordered Yanli to search the Demon Continent for refugees, eliminate threats, and leave one body with him; after dispersing much of her power, she shrank into a loli and entered his shadow.
• Rudeus and Eris spent the night together, and he woke to find nearly five hundred thousand Emotion Points on his character panel.
• Rudeus brought Eris and Rujierd to the guild, where Eris complained that the available commissions were dull odd jobs.
• After guild members mocked Rudeus for taking a low-paying delivery commission, he summoned Yanli and gave her the goods to deliver.
• Yanli completed the delivery in about a minute, returned with proof, and left the guild hall stunned as Rudeus collected the reward.

Rudeus rapidly rose to C-rank by using Yanli to complete guild requests, then tested his summoning magic outside the city with Eris. In the Babino Region, Rujierd recalled his tribe’s ruined homeland, and Rudeus promised to defeat Demon God Laplace.

• The receptionist confirmed that Rudeus had broken no guild rules, and Rudeus silenced the horse-faced man by boasting that he was stronger, richer, and better-looking.
• Rudeus and Yanli repeatedly completed requests until Rudeus rose from F-rank to C-rank, then he announced that guild tavern food and drink would be free for three days.
• After lunch, Rudeus left a clone to keep grinding requests and took Eris and Rujierd outside the city to test his summoning magic.
• Rudeus summoned a Red Demon Legion, and Eris eagerly fought the demons while Rudeus assessed the magic’s effectiveness.
• Rujierd recognized the Babino Region as his tribe’s former homeland, and Rudeus promised that Demon God Laplace would someday be defeated.
• Rujierd thanked Rudeus and laughed freely after Rudeus affirmed their bond as brothers.

Rudeus trained Eris and developed a new ice scythe for a sparring match that escalated into a clash of powerful techniques. After Rudeus subdued Eris with magic and restored her strength, she blushed and called an end to the training for the day.

• Rudeus set up monster spawners in the Superd Race's former homeland for Eris's combat training, and Rujierd eventually joined in with his spear.
• Rudeus challenged Eris to a spar and used Aqua Heartia to form an ice scythe, trading ranged attacks with her as Rujierd watched in astonishment.
• Eris used Crimson Lotus Waltz to overwhelm Rudeus with increasingly fast and powerful attacks, cracking the defensive shield in his robes.
• Rudeus activated Slowing Barrier and used Void God Choke to immobilize Eris and drain her stamina and mana.
• Rudeus caught Eris as she fell, gave her a recovery potion, and Eris, embarrassed and exhausted, asked to stop for the day.

Rudeus, Eris, and Rujierd traveled to Valhein City, where their arrival triggered a citywide alert. The demon king Hesro invited them to his palace, and Rudeus suspected the welcome was tied to the demon kings’ interest in recruiting him.

• Rudeus heard Yanli’s report on the Demon Continent’s regions, Atofe Latreia Raibaku, Kishirika Kishirisu, and demon kings investigating his whereabouts.
• Rudeus decided to leave and set out with Eris and Rujierd for Valhein City, ruled by the influential demon king Hesro.
• Rujierd described Hesro as a regional power whose control over trade and mineral resources made him difficult to oppose.
• A guard recognized Rudeus’s party at Valhein City’s gate and raised a level-one alert, prompting messengers to notify the city’s leaders.
• Hesro sent an honor guard to escort the three to his palace, and Rudeus suspected the invitation concealed a greater interest in him.

Rudeus, Eris, and Rujierd confronted the Mountain-Splitting Demon King Hesro, who tried to recruit them and then attacked. Rudeus and Eris overcame his magic-suppression barrier, killed Hesro, and destroyed the Demon King's castle in a massive explosion.

• Eris insulted Hesro, and he offered Rudeus and his companions wealth and status if they swore allegiance to him.
• Hesro ordered his guards to attack and activated a Magic-Suppression Barrier, but Eris shattered it with a powerful stomp.
• Eris and Rujierd fought the guards while Rudeus knocked Hesro off course with Wind Strike and restrained him with Void God Choke.
• Rudeus prepared to kill Hesro with Aqua Heartia, and the terrified soldiers fled the hall.
• Rudeus struck Hesro with Magic Sword Style Secret Technique: Final Form, Perfect Fruit Original Cut, then amplified the attack and destroyed the castle with an explosion.

Rudeus struggled to deal with the destruction from his battle before the Immortal Demon King Atofe appeared and challenged him. He sent Eris to fight her, and their duel continued as Atofe regenerated from devastating sword strikes.

• After Rudeus's battle left the area in ruins, Eris praised him and Rujierd reflected on how surprising he was.
• Atofe appeared in the sky, introduced herself as the Immortal Demon King, and invited Rudeus to become her subordinate.
• Rudeus directed Atofe to fight Eris, and Rujierd stepped aside after Rudeus assured him she would be safe.
• Eris leapt at Atofe, then used enhancement magic and split her greatsword into two blades to attack at high speed.
• Eris severed Atofe's arm and struck her chest with her secret technique, but Atofe regenerated her wounds and armor.
• Eris resumed her assault while warning Rudeus not to look at Atofe.

Eris fought Atofe, whose undead power made her nearly impossible to injure, while Rudeus kept Rujierd from intervening. After realizing she needed magic that could harm the undead, Eris combined Holy Light Strike with her sword technique and unleashed a colossal blow, leaving the battlefield engulfed in white light.

• Atofe shattered Eris's assault with her undead-enhanced Touki, and Rudeus urged Rujierd to let Eris keep fighting so she could grow.
• Eris summoned intricate magic circles and clashed with Atofe, but Atofe dodged her attacks and remained unharmed.
• Atofe knocked Eris down with a powerful gale, while Rudeus reassured Rujierd that Eris would be safe.
• Eris recalled Rudeus's Holy Light Strike magic and decided to combine it with her sword techniques.
• Eris formed a gigantic pillar of sacred light and struck at Atofe with her final Magic Sword Style technique as Rudeus raised a barrier around Rujierd.

Rudeus rescued the unconscious Eris from the crater and tried to retreat with her and Rujierd, but Kishirika Kishirisu appeared and identified him as her target. After Yanli transported Eris and Rujierd away, Rudeus fought Kishirika, whose magic eyes absorbed his spell before she began transforming inside a sphere of seven-colored light.

• Rudeus found Eris unconscious among the rubble, carried her back to Rujierd, and decided they should withdraw to the Great Forest.
• Kishirika Kishirisu appeared in the sky, announced that Rudeus was the source of the calamity, and said she had come to eliminate him.
• Rudeus ordered Yanli to transport Eris and Rujierd away, then stayed behind to face Kishirika.
• Kishirika attacked with crimson beams, and Rudeus dodged before countering with Holy Light Strike.
• Kishirika absorbed Rudeus's magic through her blue eyes, then rose into the air as seven-colored light enveloped her in a shining sphere.

Kishirika regained her full power and battled Rudeus, revealing an ability that let her pass through magic and absorb offensive spells. After discovering its limitation, Rudeus empowered himself with seven Emperor Rank boosts and prepared to continue the fight.

• Kishirika emerged from the sphere of light in her mature form, and Rudeus trapped her inside an Emperor Rank Sealing Barrier.
• Kishirika rained fireballs on Rudeus, who countered with the Emperor Rank water spell Wall of Sighs, but she passed through the ice wall.
• Kishirika attacked with purple magic blasts, which Rudeus swallowed with Magic Devouring, then struck him with crimson energy swords and shattered his barrier.
• Rudeus realized Kishirika could absorb offensive magic but could not absorb the non-offensive ice wall, so she had passed through it instead.
• Rudeus activated seven Emperor Rank boosts, causing his magic robe to burst apart as his power surged.

Rudeus overwhelmed Kishirika with his enhanced strength and broke the Emperor Rank Sealing Barrier. He captured the injured Demon Emperor in a nearby town and flew away as the crowd recognized him as the Primordial God.

• Rudeus used his seven Emperor Rank enhancement spells to strike Kishirika and fought her in the sealing barrier.
• Kishirika charged a powerful seven-colored attack, but Rudeus countered with Touki Coating and shattered the barrier.
• Kishirika was blasted into a prosperous town, where demon residents recognized her as the Demon Emperor.
• Rudeus arrived, seized Kishirika with [Void God Choke], and flew away as the townspeople identified him as the Primordial God.

Rudeus forced Kishirika to reveal that a monkey-faced demon had lured her with food, then won her cooperation with a pouch of delicacies. Kishirika located Zenith on the Begaritt Continent and reported that Lilia and Aisha were safe in the Shirone Kingdom, where Aisha was directing maids handling what appeared to be magic materials.

• Rudeus restrained Kishirika and tickled her until she agreed to answer his questions.
• Kishirika said a disguised, monkey-faced demon had told her someone would destroy the Demon Continent and lured her away by giving her lots of food.
• Rudeus offered Kishirika a pouch of delicacies in exchange for her submission, and she accepted and ate until she was full.
• Kishirika used her demon eye to report that Zenith was unharmed inside a mana crystal on the Begaritt Continent, though she could not identify the exact location.
• Kishirika said Lilia and Aisha were being cared for by retainers and maids in the Shirone Kingdom, and that Aisha was directing them as they handled what looked like magic materials.

After confirming his family was safe, Rudeus recruited Kishirika to help him oppose the Man-God by promising to lift her curse. They headed back toward the battlefield, and Rudeus began replenishing Kishirika's mana.

• Rudeus asked Kishirika about her ancient grudge, and she said she had let it go and preferred a peaceful life.
• Rudeus promised to lift Kishirika's curse if she would join him against the Man-God, and she agreed for the sake of good food.
• Rudeus remembered the damaged battlefield left by Eris and Atofe and invited Kishirika to come with him to repair it.
• Kishirika said she had no mana left to fly, so Rudeus offered her mana from his eyes.
• Rudeus bent down to let Kishirika draw mana from him, then increased the flow as she clung to his neck.

Rudeus inspected the crater left by Eris’s sword strike, healed Atofe, and offered her two choices: submit or die. He won her over with fine wine, then left Kishirika and Atofe to stay in their respective homes while he departed.

• Rudeus and Kishirika flew to the enormous crater created by Eris’s holy sword strike and descended to its bottom.
• They found Atofe badly injured, and Rudeus restored her body with healing magic before demanding that she submit or be killed.
• Atofe rejected Rudeus’s threat, but she immediately pledged herself to him after he offered her a jar of fine wine.
• Rudeus repaired the crater, told Kishirika to stay where she was and Atofe to remain at Necross Fortress without causing trouble, then vanished.