Chapter Summaries

Suren entered a memory-fragment Cursed Space depicting Dawn City a thousand years ago and investigated the clock tower murders while searching for clues about the Weeping Witch. He left Tommy in a house for safety, killed two Warblade Group members and five other intruders, and headed for the White Monastery to learn how Alice and the bell-tower killer were connected.

• Suren arrived at a midnight intersection in ancient Dawn City with Tommy and discovered he had taken the role of patrolman Jonny in a murder investigation.
• Suren shot two men from the Warblade Group, took their Storage Rings, and told Tommy they were going to explore the city.
• Suren questioned Mrs. Smith and learned that she had heard a cry from the clock tower and that Alice, a nun at the White Monastery, played a sorrowful tune in the attic.
• Suren left Tommy at Mrs. Smith's house, then gathered clues from other residents about Alice and a strange man seen atop the clock tower.
• Suren entered a tavern and killed five people, including Bomb Maniac Collins, before continuing toward the White Monastery.

Suren completed Brook’s final wish in the Hunchback of Notre Dame Cursed Space, then realized the apparent confrontation outside had been a dream and escaped it by killing himself. He woke in the real White Monastery Cursed Space, where the Oliver Family’s hunters were attacking the Weeping Witch to provoke its transformation and harvest its hair.

• Suren met the mutated Brook in the bell tower, accepted Brook’s harmonica, and watched him die after Brook asked him to deliver it to Alice.
• Suren returned to the ruins of Dawn City, where Tommy revealed that Brook had given him the Gold-quality Whistle of the Dead.
• Suren recognized a dream through his trained finger-check reflex and shot himself to wake up, then recognized another dream and repeated the act.
• Suren realized he was in the real White Monastery Cursed Space and saw Lloyd, Longfellow, Bloom, Toynbee, and two spellcasters attacking the Weeping Witch.
• Suren understood that the Oliver Family’s hunters were trying to drive the Weeping Witch into its second state to obtain Infinite Hair.

Suren watched the Oliver Family’s group restrain the rampaging Weeping Witch, then attacked as they prepared to kill her. He killed Bloom and the blue-robed sorcerer, leaving the battle suddenly disrupted.

• The Oliver Family sent more slaves into the Cursed Space to drive the Weeping Witch into her rampage state while Suren regained consciousness in the mist.
• Lloyd used Puppet Esoterica: Puppet Theater to bind the witch with living black threads, while the other Tier 2 Professionals fought her.
• As Lloyd called for the group to attack, Suren raised his gun and aimed at the blue-robed sorcerer casting Slow Light.
• Bloom spotted Suren and moved to shield the sorcerer, but Suren fired and used Hypnos's Night Black Scythe to slice through Bloom’s head.
• The Alchemical Bullet passed through the gap and struck the blue-robed sorcerer in the eye, killing her.

Suren freed Alice from the curse binding her by playing Brook’s harmonica and delivering his message, then collected the spoils as the Cursed Space collapsed. Alice died peacefully, and Suren prepared to face the people waiting outside.

• Suren killed the crowd-control caster and severed Lloyd’s puppet head, causing Alice to break free and unleash her silver hair across the monastery.
• Toynbee saved Lloyd’s true body from the hair, and the surviving Second Tier Professionals escaped through a magical portal, leaving Suren alone with Alice.
• Suren played Brook’s harmonica and told Alice that Brook could not keep his promise and asked her to stop waiting for him.
• Alice’s obsession faded; she left behind Alice’s Tears and died peacefully while Suren gathered the spoils.
• Suren cut off Alice’s head, gained her Memory Fragments and Thread Control Technique, and activated his Cold Flame as the Cursed Space collapsed.

After Suren’s attack inside the Weeping Witch’s Cursed Space wrecked the experts’ plan, Danzel and Lloyd realized he had stolen Danzel’s Witch’s Hair and might be targeting him. As the Cursed Space collapsed, Suren emerged and Lloyd ordered everyone to kill him.

• Danzel celebrated obtaining the Weeping Witch’s Cursed Hair and thanked Sabina for helping him gather experts.
• The injured Lloyd and other survivors emerged from the Cursed Space and revealed that Suren had ambushed them, killed Bloom and Pickle with Hypnos’s Night Black Scythe, and helped the witch escape.
• A Warblade Group captain identified Suren as a parrot-masked member of the Drunkard Group, and Danzel ordered the captain executed for failing to report his disappearance.
• Lloyd warned Danzel that Suren might have avoided the Black Scythe’s backlash using Ötzi the Iceman’s Shroud and suspected Suren had stolen Danzel’s Witch’s Hair at the camp marketplace.
• As the Cursed Space collapsed, Suren shot out on an eight-legged figure, and Lloyd ordered the group to kill him.

Suren fled through the Dawn City Ruins as the Oliver Family and Steam Party pursued him, including the sniper Geiger, the “Gun King.” He used cursed Voodoo Dolls to turn Geiger’s shots against a pursuer and kept running while the others hesitated to fire.

• Suren escaped the Oliver Family’s first rocket and gunfire barrage by racing through the ruins with his Eight-Armed Spider Spear.
• Longfellow’s crows pursued Suren, and Suren shot most of them down while avoiding their blood mist.
• Geiger shot Suren twice by predicting his evasive movements, but Suren’s armor stopped the second bullet from injuring him.
• Suren used Voodoo Dolls to redirect Geiger’s explosive shot, causing a Tier 2 spellcaster to suffer agony that let Suren’s Living Corpse kill him with the Black Scythe.
• Longfellow warned the pursuers not to shoot Suren’s dolls, and Geiger stopped firing as Suren continued fleeing with the dolls strung around him.

Suren was driven deeper into the Dawn Ruins as the Oliver Family pursuers tried to kill him and recover the witch's hair. Badly injured, he discovered the Abomination Living Corpse had survived Black Scythe's backlash and prepared to strike the dazed bodyguard.

• Danzel ordered the pursuers to kill Suren and retrieve the material, so they renewed their chase into the ruins.
• Suren used a Voodoo Doll to injure Lloyd, but Toynbee's burst of speed forced him to miss a killing blow and sever only the dwarf's legs.
• An Oliver Family bodyguard charged into Suren, shattering a Voodoo Doll and sending him crashing through the walls; the doll's backlash also incapacitated Toynbee.
• Suren realized the Abomination Living Corpse had survived Black Scythe's curse backlash and could wield the scythe again.
• The bullfrog-legged bodyguard struck Suren once more but was dazed by the Wailing Doll, giving Suren time to inject a stimulant and order the Living Corpse to swing Black Scythe at him.

Suren escaped his pursuers and hid in a bunker in the Dawn City Central Ring District, where dense fog kept him trapped. While recovering, he examined his spoils and found rare Puppet Master materials and a Golden Implant blueprint, then discovered that Blood Raven Longfellow had cursed him with Raven Feather Parasitism.

• Suren killed the bodyguard with the Black Scythe and wounded Toynbee, who fled after losing a mechanical leg.
• Badly injured, Suren evaded the remaining pursuers and sheltered in a sturdy bunker as the fog thickened.
• Suren used the X Serum’s healing ability to recover and sorted through his spoils, including the Weeping Witch’s Head and valuable professional materials.
• Suren found Lloyd’s Puppet Master tomes and the Second-Tier Gold Alchemical Implant blueprint Thousand Threads: Great Lion’s Chaotic Song.
• Suren noticed crow feathers growing from his body and identified the curse as Raven Feather Parasitism, then plucked them out.
• The fog outside grew denser and the Dark Spiritual Energy turned violent, leaving Suren in the bunker.

Suren endured a month inside the Dawn City Ruins during the Mist Tide, absorbing the dark spiritual energy and fully digesting the X Serum, which transformed his appearance and greatly increased his abilities. As the mist began to clear, he prepared to leave but saw several humans fighting a Transcendent Tier monster.

• Suren sealed the bunker’s ventilation shafts and meditated through the Mist Tide while Mutated Monsters roamed outside.
• Suren’s dark spiritual energy rose dramatically, his injuries healed, and his body absorbed the X Serum without mutating.
• Over the month, Suren’s appearance returned to normal and became strikingly handsome, while his strength and dark spiritual energy increased substantially.
• As the mist cleared, Suren watched a group of Fallen Goat-Headed Humanoids and waited for them to leave before exiting the bunker.
• Suren heard a fierce battle outside and saw several humans forcing a gigantic Transcendent Tier monster to howl.

Suren watched five black-robed hunters defeat the Overlord-level Cemetery Lamplighter of Dawn City and seize its Vulcan's Furnace Lamp. He recognized Mr. Black and Number Nineteen among them, and the group approached after noticing him.

• Suren identified the Cemetery Lamplighter as an Overlord-level Anomaly carrying the Legendary Vulcan's Furnace Lamp, which could unleash indiscriminate Ulken Lava Fire.
• A black-robed sorcerer trapped the Lamplighter with successive Transcendent earth- and gold-element spells, while another cloaked hunter met its greatsword strike.
• The sorcerer used wind and wood spells to redirect the Lamplighter's sword qi and bind the monster with a giant vine.
• The hunters sealed the furnace lamp, severed the Lamplighter's arm, and killed the restrained monster before it could use its ultimate attack.
• Suren recognized Mr. Black and Number Nineteen among the five hunters, who then appeared before him.

After Suren emerged from his month-long hiding place, Mr. Black recognized him and offered to forge his Tier 2 prosthetic. Suren agreed to escort Number Nineteen into the Wasteland Hunter Camp as payment, while Mr. Black promised to watch for Spatial advancement materials.

• Suren revealed himself to Mr. Black’s group, and Mr. Black recognized him as an old acquaintance.
• Mr. Black learned that Suren had survived a month in the bunker after the Oliver Family hunted him, then departed with Suren and Number Nineteen.
• Suren asked Mr. Black to forge Lloyd’s prosthetic using the Weeping Witch’s Head, and Mr. Black agreed to finish it within three to five days.
• Suren asked about Spatial advancement materials, and Mr. Black advised him to seek information at the Wasteland Hunter’s Guild while promising to keep watch for leads.
• Mr. Black asked Suren to escort Number Nineteen into the camp, and Suren accepted.

Suren and Number Nineteen disguised themselves as newlyweds and slipped into the heavily guarded Dawn Camp by exploiting a city guard captain’s greed and fear of punishment. After sharing a warning about the hidden Umbrella Organization officer Dreamwalker, they separated so Number Nineteen could pursue her mission while Suren went to check on his intelligence commission.

• Mr. Black explained that Number Nineteen would enter Dawn Camp independently with Suren to avoid exposing the organization behind their planned move.
• Suren and Number Nineteen surveyed Dawn Camp’s defenses, then disguised themselves as a wealthy newlywed couple using forged documents.
• Suren bribed Captain Moom and persuaded the guards to let them through the merchant gate without inspecting them.
• Suren explained to Number Nineteen how the guards’ fear of punishment made them unlikely to pursue the pair after letting them in.
• Number Nineteen warned Suren that a hidden Umbrella Organization lieutenant general called Dreamwalker was likely in the ruins and had ties to camp factions.
• Suren and Number Nineteen parted ways; Suren rented a room at the Rose Hotel, changed clothes, and headed to the Wilderness Hunters' Guild to ask about his intelligence commission.

Suren bought detailed information from Red Nose Fox about the Hotel 1911 Cursed Space, where he believed he could find the Spatial Materials needed to advance. As he weighed the danger of exploring its upper floors, he overheard news about the ruins and then recognized an angry, youthful voice upstairs.

• Suren found Fox’s message about a Second Tier Silver Grade Spatial Anomaly and met Red Nose Fox at the Black Knight Tavern.
• Suren paid Fox one hundred thousand for details about Hotel 1911, including its Ghost Mist, dangerous floors, and the Magician Anomaly in Room 2013.
• Suren concluded that he would need to enter Hotel 1911 himself to obtain Spatial Materials, but worried about the unknown dangers on the second floor.
• Suren listened to the tavern’s conversations and learned that Wasteland Hunters had made uneven progress exploring the ruins while the Oliver Family still sought him.
• Suren heard a familiar youthful voice roar from the tavern’s second floor, challenging an old hag to kill him.

Suren was discovered by Sabina, who tried to probe his mind with Mind Alchemy but unleashed his violent emotions instead. After Sabina escaped his assault, Suren realized she might be the Umbrella Organization intelligence officer Dreamwalker and fled the camp.

• Suren recognized Tommy among the Steam Party, and Tommy briefly spotted him in the tavern before Sabina noticed his reaction.
• Sabina tracked Suren to a cheap hotel and cast Mind Alchemy: Daydreaming to search his mind.
• Suren’s powerful Mental Power overwhelmed Sabina’s spell, and his berserk self attacked her with fists and Cold Flame.
• Sabina escaped by transforming into pink mist, and Suren deduced that she might be Dreamwalker, the Umbrella Organization’s intelligence officer.
• Suren abandoned his plan to wait until dawn, scaled the camp wall, exchanged fire with the guards, and escaped into the darkness.

Suren helped Number Nineteen escape after she stole a sinister sealed casket, then passed it to Mr. Black and warned him that Sabina might be the Umbrella Organization’s Dreamwalker. Mr. Black told Suren about a Mental Power Secret Technique in the ruins and gave him a card that could help in the Cursed Space at Hotel 1911.

• Suren waited near the cavern for pursuers, reflected on Sabina’s Mental Power techniques, and watched the camp from a cliff.
• Number Nineteen’s theft triggered a citywide pursuit, and she fled with a large black box while Wind and Thunder Sword King Nero chased her.
• Number Nineteen signaled Suren for help, threw him the sealed casket, and fought Nero as Suren escaped with it.
• Mr. Black met Suren in a passageway, took the casket, and confirmed that Sabina was the likely Dreamwalker after hearing Suren’s suspicions.
• Mr. Black told Suren about a Mental Power Secret Technique suited to a Puppet Master and gave him a card with a spatial imprint for his trip to Hotel 1911.

Suren joined an expedition into Hotel 1911 and discovered that the five great families were using the dungeon’s high death toll to weaken its seal. After entering, he sensed the source of a faint malice and followed it instead of searching the hotel for treasure.

• Suren reached the camp by Black Lake, gathered information about Hotel 1911, and signed up to explore Room 1088.
• A temporary captain warned the expedition not to disturb certain guests or trigger dangerous events before midnight.
• Suren used the All-Seeing Eye on the exit and learned that deaths inside Hotel 1911 damaged a seal, confirming that the families were exploiting hunters to break it.
• Suren entered the Cursed Space with the group after the light gate admitted far fewer people than expected.
• The camp leaders discussed the order to break the seal and their plan to lure more Wilderness Hunters into the dungeon.
• Suren suspected the person he had been looking for had entered too, so he followed the faint malice rather than searching Hotel 1911.

Suren investigated Room 1021 and uncovered an Evil Ritual involving four elemental corpses and alchemical items hidden in forbidden rooms. After finding the four sacrificial materials, he went to the front desk to seek lodging records for more clues, claiming to be Officer Jonny.

• Suren followed a suspicious man into Room 1021, stopped him at gunpoint, and learned he had planned to use the corpse's Cursed Sack to evade a Phantom Species.
• Suren identified the Faceless Man as a fire-element ritual sacrifice, took its Cursed Sack, and killed the man when he offered no useful information.
• Suren searched Rooms 1055 and 1071, finding a wind-element Hanged Corpse and a water-element Drowned Female Corpse, along with their alchemical materials.
• Suren searched the unoccupied rooms from 1090 to 1099 and found an earth-element Big-Headed Resentful Infant in Room 1099, completing a set of four ritual materials.
• Suren went to the registration desk for clues about other ritual rooms and presented a badge, claiming to be Officer Jonny, to request the lodging records.

Suren investigated Hotel 1911, identified clues linking its contamination to the White Monastery, and discovered that the magician Edward could use genuine Spatial Magic. Unable to kill Edward by force before midnight, Suren headed backstage to pursue a way to defeat him through the troupe’s hidden storyline.

• Suren used his officer badge to inspect the hotel records and learned that Tiger Garson had rented four rooms, while Gloria Gary, an old nun, had carried a large chest into room 3001 on the same day.
• Suren suspected the chest had contained the contamination source connected to the White Monastery, then brushed off two Sand Scorpion Gang members who tried to seize his information.
• Suren entered the Banquet Hall with a room card and meal ticket, where the All-Seeing Eye identified the lead singer as the named remnant Barbara, a guest in room 2115 beside the magician.
• Suren watched Edward perform and realized that his apparent tricks were genuine Spatial Magic, making him a promising source of advancement material but too dangerous to attack directly.
• Suren concluded the troupe concealed a hidden storyline involving powerful Alchemists and went backstage to seek a way to kill Edward through the plot.

Suren intercepted Edward backstage and discovered that Edward and Barbara were Special Operations Department professionals investigating the Old Nun and the Sealed Item. After Suren revealed the four corpses and their ritual, the group prepared to destroy them before the contamination worsened, but Gallop and the Sand Scorpion Gang blocked Suren in the corridor.

• Suren entered the Swan Dance Troupe’s dressing room and met Barbara, whose Succubus Talent used mental suggestion on him.
• Edward came backstage, identified himself as a Special Operations Department professional, and said his team was handling the incident.
• Suren told Edward and Barbara that Tiger Garson had placed four anomalous corpses in hotel rooms for an Evil Ritual, and Edward recognized the Four Anomalous Spirits Fallen Sacrifice Array.
• Barbara determined that a High-Level Law had already contaminated them and the hotel’s other occupants, so Edward asked Suren to kill him if he began to mutate.
• Suren agreed to help Edward and Barbara destroy the corpses, and they planned to act in five minutes.
• After leaving the Banquet Hall, Suren found Gallop and more than a dozen Sand Scorpion Gang members blocking his way.

Suren confronted the Sand Scorpion Gang, then joined Edward, Barbara, and Madam Achiman at Room 1021, where their teammate Roscoe betrayed them and triggered the Four Resentful Corpses ritual. After the battle sent Edward and the others toward the third floor, Suren collected a valuable item and prepared to follow the spreading anomaly.

• Gallop and the Sand Scorpion Gang threatened Suren for information, but backed down after realizing he was likely the Grade S wanted criminal named Suren.
• Edward introduced Suren to Madam Achiman, and they inspected the Faceless Man corpse in Room 1021 before Roscoe arrived.
• Suren recognized Roscoe as the person who had arranged the four corpses and secretly readied his gear for a fight.
• Roscoe attacked the group, revealed his contamination, and summoned venomous snakes as the Faceless Man corpse reanimated.
• Edward used spatial magic to swallow the snakes, while Barbara killed Roscoe after he began mutating; Madam Achiman warned that all four corpses or the caster had to be killed to break the ritual.
• Edward, Barbara, and Madam Achiman rushed to the third floor to stop the Old Nun, while Suren avoided the Faceless Man corpse, took the Beastmaster's Whip from Roscoe's body, and prepared to leave.