Chapter Summaries

Suren explored the hotel during the early Ghost Mist outbreak, then fought through the Banquet Hall as mutated guests attacked the Wilderness Hunters. After two Second Tier Anomalies inexplicably died and revived, Suren realized he could devour their Gray Mist and strip away Soul Fragments, and confirmed the method by absorbing the Hanged Corpse’s fragments.

• Suren discovered that Ghost Mist strengthened his Dark Spiritual Energy without mutating him, and decided to wait for the battle upstairs to weaken both sides.
• Suren found the Wilderness Hunters fighting mutated hotel guests in the Banquet Hall, where four Second Tier Anomalies overwhelmed them.
• Suren cleared waves of monsters with his guns and puppets while the Anti-Anomaly Four-Piece Set kept the four special monsters from targeting him.
• The Big-Headed Resentful Infant and Drowned Female Corpse suddenly died, then revived, leading Suren to suspect that removing their Soul Fragments could prevent their regeneration.
• Suren charged toward the Hanged Corpse when it died again, devoured its Gray Mist, gained two Soul Fragments, and learned an incomplete suffocation illusion technique.

Suren repeatedly harvested soul fragments from the four anomalies, weakening them until their revival no longer made them a threat and disrupting the sacrifice array. Barbara came downstairs, explained that Sister Elizabeth had been transferring her injuries onto the anomalies, and then returned to the upstairs battle as Suren prepared to keep weakening the array.

• Suren repeatedly devoured the Gray Mist from the four reviving anomalies, gaining soul fragments, mental power, and new illusion skills while stripping away their abilities.
• The four anomalies became severely weakened, and Suren stayed in the Banquet Hall to keep harvesting them rather than join the battle upstairs.
• Barbara came downstairs and found Suren among the nearly helpless anomalies in the bloodied Banquet Hall.
• Barbara explained that Sister Elizabeth had used an Evil Ritual to transfer her injuries onto the four anomalies, making her effectively immortal while the array endured.
• Suren told Barbara that killing the Old Nun more times might let him break the sacrifice array, and Barbara returned upstairs despite her worsening condition.

Suren helped defeat the berserk Anomaly Nun, but the Cursed Space’s Curse Source emerged after her apparent death and was sealed by a Gold-Patterned Cloak figure. As the space prepared to collapse, Suren obtained The Magician's Top Hat and Thanatos's Decoy Puppet.

• After the sacrificial formation collapsed, the Anomaly Nun attacked Suren’s Abomination Living Corpse, while Suren stayed hidden beneath Ötzi the Iceman's Shroud.
• Edward and Barbara arrived wounded, and Barbara drew the Anomaly Nun’s attention while Edward used Space Mastery: Dark Night Seal to immobilize her.
• Suren struck the restrained Anomaly Nun with the Black Scythe and killed her, but Barbara died from her wounds and the nun’s corpse rose again as a terrifying presence emerged.
• A Gold-Patterned Cloak figure used Vulcan's Furnace Lamp to reveal the corridor and sealed the black matter from the Anomaly Nun’s corpse; Edward saluted him before dying.
• Suren harvested Edward’s memories and obtained The Magician's Top Hat, a Gold-quality advancement material with 96% compatibility, along with Thanatos's Decoy Puppet, a Legendary item.
• The cloaked figure warned Suren that the space would collapse in fifteen minutes, and Suren prepared to leave with his new treasures.

Suren escaped the collapsing Cursed Space and evaded the Wilderness Hunters’ ambush before retreating to a bunker to advance to Tier 2. After half a month of meditation, he completed the advancement and discovered major increases in his abilities, while looking forward to awakening Spatial Ability.

• Suren bonded with Thanatos's Decoy Puppet and prepared to leave the collapsing Cursed Space with the Abomination Living Corpse.
• The Wilderness Hunters prepared an ambush outside, but Suren used puppet decoys, Ötzi the Iceman's Shroud, and the Abomination Living Corpse to escape.
• Suren avoided returning to Storm Manor and hid in a bunker, where he used The Magician's Top Hat and a Hexagram Array to begin advancing.
• After half a month of meditation, Suren completed his advancement and became a Tier 2 Professional.
• Suren tested his greatly improved reactions and puppet control, then looked forward to mastering Spatial Ability.

Suren mastered basic Spatial Teleportation, built and tested a Black Hole Doll, then left his bunker and returned to the Dawn City camp. After surveying the city and assessing his enhanced All-Seeing Eye, he planned to seek spatial magic and mental techniques, consult Mr. Black, and confront Sabina.

• Suren practiced Spatial Teleportation and realized its range depended on Dark Spiritual Energy while precise control required more training.
• Suren created a spatial container disguised as a top hat, then built a Black Hole Doll whose first test failed when phosphor fire overwhelmed and shattered it.
• Suren recorded the failure, planned improvements using stronger materials and compound runes, and decided to ask Mr. Black for help.
• Suren left the bunker and practiced teleporting on his way back to Dawn City, avoiding several Wilderness Hunter Groups.
• Suren surveyed the camp from a cliff and discovered that his All-Seeing Eye could track fast-moving targets far more clearly than before.
• Suren entered the city intending to contact Mr. Black, search for spatial magic and a Mental Power Secret Technique, and confront Sabina while testing his High-Grade Succubus Master-Servant Contract.

Suren infiltrated Dawn City and ambushed Sabina in her hotel bathroom, using Space Control and the Eight-Armed Spider Spear to stop her escape. He drew her blood onto a prepared contract scroll and injected himself with a sedative as Sabina realized he had planned around her abilities.

• Suren blended into a merchant caravan, learned that Inner City families were sending forces to the ruins, and saw that he was now an SS fugitive with a detailed wanted notice.
• Suren used Space Teleportation to bypass the city gate and entered Dawn City without being inspected.
• Suren waited at a tavern until Sabina left the Black Knight, then followed her group to the Star Hotel.
• Suren teleported into Sabina’s room and rushed into the bathroom, striking her as she reached for a bracelet.
• Sabina tried to escape as pink mist, but Suren halted her with Space Control and restrained her with the Eight-Armed Spider Spear and silver threads.
• Suren cut Sabina’s arm and put her blood on a prepared contract scroll; Sabina attempted to charm him, but he remained unaffected and prepared an Advanced Sedative Potion.

Suren captured Sabina and forced her to choose between submitting to a Succubus Master-Servant Contract and dying. Sabina agreed after asking him to help kill Umbrella Organization leader Servis Gerard, and the chapter ended with her accepting Suren as her master.

• Suren captured Sabina in the bath and resisted her attempts to charm him with his Plague Doctor's Beak Mask.
• Suren demanded that Sabina recite the contract oath, then stabbed her to the wall and threatened her with an Interrogation Potion when she refused.
• Sabina agreed to cooperate if Suren would help her kill Servis Gerard, the leader of the Umbrella Organization.
• Sabina recited the oath, and the Succubus Master-Servant Contract was established, giving Suren control over her life and the ability to punish her.
• Sabina accepted her new status and offered to serve Suren, explaining that the contract left her subjective consciousness intact.

After defeating Sabina, Suren questioned her while she massaged him and learned secrets about the Umbrella Organization, the Black Tower, and the Mirror. The chapter ended with Sabina asking to climb onto the bed and massage his front.

• Sabina healed her shoulder and began serving Suren, who asked her to call him “Mister.”
• While massaging Suren, Sabina revealed that Banner was a powerful mechanical body with the Metal Devourer talent.
• Sabina explained that the Umbrella Organization had killed her mother and elder sister, and that the Black Tower used a Sealed Item to imprint loyalty on its officials.
• Sabina told Suren that the organization he knew through Rakshasi was called the Mirror and that Grand Duke Raphael’s daughter, Theresa, might be coming to hunt the wilderness ruins.
• After more than half an hour of conversation, Sabina finished massaging Suren’s back and asked to come up and massage his front.

Suren questioned Sabina about secret techniques and learned that she could help him locate rare abilities and arrange a chance to obtain Lloyd's Puppet Theater. The chapter ended with Sabina and Suren alone in an isolated room as she began to put her plan into motion.

• Sabina massaged Suren and explained that a master-servant contract could help her grow stronger through succubus cultivation techniques.
• Sabina told Suren she knew of no suitable Mental Power Secret Technique but offered to search for one as Dawn City's districts were explored.
• Suren asked about Lloyd, and Sabina said he had been staying at the Oliver Family's headquarters since Suren destroyed his Alchemical Human Puppet.
• Suren refused Sabina's offer to deal with Lloyd, saying he would kill him himself to obtain his experience and skills.
• Sabina proposed a plan that might let Suren acquire a special spatial Cursed Object and the complete Puppet Profound Meaning: Puppet Theater.
• Sabina assured Suren that the room's isolation array would keep anyone outside from hearing them, and Suren gave tacit consent.

After gaining Sabina and Umbrella Organization intelligence, Suren met Mr. Black to collect his Alchemical Implant and learned of a dangerous clue to a spiritual secret art suited to his profession. Mr. Black then agreed to help him develop his Rune Anomaly Puppet in a workshop.

• Sabina woke refreshed, reflected on why she had accepted Suren as her master, and resumed her gang boss's wife persona among the Steam Party.
• Suren searched the Wilderness Hunter's Guild and local taverns for information, then received Mr. Black's reply and met him at the Windmill Tavern.
• Mr. Black gave Suren the completed Alchemical Implant and revealed that the founder of the Abomination Puppeteer profession might be found in a Grade T Cursed Space in the ruins.
• Suren told Mr. Black about the ancient contract and learned that Princess Theresa's arrival might affect the complicated situation around the ruins.
• Mr. Black advised Suren on his Rune Anomaly Puppet design, then proposed that they find a workshop and test it in practice.

Suren and Mr. Black spent a day and night developing a powerful Black Hole Doll, after which Suren sold a trove of stolen goods to Magitan in the Black Market. Magitan recognized evidence that Suren had killed Umbrella Organization members, but accepted the deal and agreed to seek puppet manuals for him.

• Suren and Mr. Black collaborated in a workshop to build a top-tier Black Hole Doll and exchange knowledge about runes, puppets, and spatial magic.
• Suren improved his puppet control with the Thousand Threads: Great Lion's Chaotic Song implant and his upgraded Eight-Armed Spider Spear, then discussed an operation plan with Sabina.
• Suren met the Black Market merchant Magitan in disguise and offered samples from a batch of stolen goods worth billions.
• Magitan spotted an Umbrella Organization cadre's badge among Suren's trophies and realized Suren had killed members of the organization, but he concealed his alarm and continued the deal.
• Suren sold the goods to Magitan for eight hundred million and asked him to find Profound Grade puppet manuals, including Lloyd's Puppet Profound Meaning: Puppet Theater.

Suren used a Black Market deal to lure his pursuers while searching Dawn Camp for useful items, where he unexpectedly recognized his old companion Kai. He learned the Umbrella Organization had sent Kai to draw him out, then agreed to meet Magitan at a set location, unaware that pursuers were already preparing an ambush.

• After Suren left, Magitan concealed his suspicion that the buyer was the SS-Rank Fugitive and took Storage Rings as evidence to pursue the bounty.
• Suren searched the market, bought a book on Tier-Two Runes, and recognized Kai at a stall selling goods from the Steel Cannon Wilderness Hunter Group.
• Suren left without greeting Kai after hearing that he had become a ruthless lone hunter, and later learned from Sabina that Kai had come to Dawn Camp to lure him out for the Umbrella Organization.
• Suren followed a routine for several days while giving his enemies time to prepare, then met Magitan at the Black Knight Tavern to discuss obtaining a Puppet Mastery tome and Puppet Theater.
• Suren paid a deposit and arranged a trade with Magitan four days later at the White Broken Wall, while hidden pursuers confirmed the location and began planning an ambush.

Suren exchanged money for the genuine Puppet Theater manual, then faced an ambush by the Oliver Family’s Tier 2 Professionals. He escaped their first traps and killed Sand Demon Horace and Sunflame Woman Virginia, while a cloaked figure fought Geiger at the sniper’s position.

• Suren traded the Puppet Theater manual for money while the Oliver Family’s steward stalled for time, and he revealed that he had killed Sergei and taken the Crow-Beak Mask.
• Gun King Geiger sniped at Suren, but Suren dodged the bullet after it left the barrel as the Oliver Family’s ambush began.
• Suren killed the steward and two bodyguards, summoned his puppets, and escaped the quicksand trap as Revealing Powder exposed the battlefield.
• A cloaked figure engaged Geiger while Suren faced Virginia Eddy and Sand Demon Horace near the ruins.
• Suren used the Black Hole Puppet to absorb Virginia’s Golden Scale Fire Python and redirect its flames at Horace, whose armor withstood the attack.
• Suren pinned Horace with Lead Sink Puppets and killed him with four overlapping Thunder Serpent shots, while his Mechanical Puppet stabbed Virginia to death.

Suren used Fourfold Burst Fire to kill Horace Walker and Virginia Eddy, then exploited the pursuit to trap and kill Dirk Wellman with Bird in a Cage. The remaining seven Tier 2 Professionals realized Suren was likely Tier 2 and continued driving him toward the encircling troops.

• Suren killed Horace Walker and Virginia Eddy, absorbed their Gray Mist, and gained combat experience and extensive alchemy knowledge from their Memory Fragments.
• Suren discarded the two corpses after collecting their spoils and kept running while the Oliver Family's experts pursued him.
• Suren released exploding Mechanical Spiders to create smoke, then used transparent Witch's Hair and the Thousand Threads Exosuit to ensnare Dirk Wellman in midair.
• Suren pulled Wellman into range and killed him with his Spider Spears, then dragged his body onward as the seven remaining pursuers emerged from the smoke.
• The seven Professionals warned each other that Suren was likely Tier 2 and learned that the encircling troops were in position, with Janet preparing a spell.

Suren outmaneuvered the Oliver Family’s pursuit, killed Janet and Johnson, and was trapped with the remaining forces inside a massive Spatial Barrier. He used Spatial Teleportation to reappear among them with nearly a hundred Puppet Dolls and unleashed his Secret Technique: Night Parade of One Hundred Anomalies.

• Suren recognized Janet’s Dream Creation Space, resisted her mental attack, and broke the dream when his Spider Bombs exploded.
• Suren used the flames to conceal his Black Scythe strikes, severely injuring Janet and Johnson and forcing both out of the pursuit.
• Suren circled back, killed Janet and Johnson, and collected their Soul Fragments and Storage Rings as the remaining pursuers caught up.
• The Oliver Family encircled Suren inside a powerful Spatial Barrier, and Trickster Lloyd prepared his Puppet Theater while demanding that Suren surrender.
• Suren used Spatial Teleportation to escape the encirclement and reappeared nearby, where he summoned nearly a hundred Puppet Dolls and announced his Secret Technique: Night Parade of One Hundred Anomalies.

Suren used fire-spewing puppets, smoke, and oxygen deprivation to devastate the Oliver Family’s force trapped inside a Spatial Barrier, then attacked the survivors with Nightmare Dolls. The remaining Tier 2 Professionals realized Suren had controlled the operation from the start, and Suren prepared for the next phase of his puppet show.

• Suren unleashed Oil-Swallowing Dolls and Phosphor Fire Dolls, spreading blazing fire through the sealed streets and scattering the Oliver Family’s formation.
• When the Oliver Family shot the puppets, Suren’s modified dolls exploded and scattered burning oil, filling the barrier with poisonous smoke and consuming its oxygen.
• Suren used a compressed air tank while shooting Magic Casters who tried to replenish the air, then detonated more puppets to deepen the smoke and block visibility.
• Suren used his perception abilities and Spatial Teleportation to enter the disoriented enemy ranks, where Nightmare Dolls attacked the professionals with illusions and poisoned daggers.
• The surviving Tier 2 Professionals realized Suren had lured them into the barrier and controlled their operation, while Suren discovered they had noticed his eavesdropping and prepared for the next attack.

Suren fought Lloyd’s Puppet Theater by matching his Infinite Hair against the black strings, then used a feint to kill the assassin Bright and countered the other attackers. After killing the mechanical warrior Rhine Root, Suren remained standing despite the scythe’s curse backlash and prepared to face the surviving enemies.

• Lloyd filled the sealed space with black strings that bound people and puppets, and Suren countered them with his silver hair and summoned Abomination Puppets.
• Lloyd exposed Suren’s position, but Suren recognized the call as a trap and feigned a scythe strike to lure Bright into an ambush.
• Suren turned the Black Scythe on Bright, cut through his dagger, and killed him with a wound to the neck.
• Suren’s Black Hole Puppet absorbed attacks from Elt-Jemha and Nidam David, while Suren fired at the lightning mage and wounded him.
• Rhine Root broke through Suren’s hair net and puppet shield, punched him in the chest, and was decapitated by the Abomination Living Corpse’s scythe.
• The Abomination Living Corpse endured the curse backlash from its fifth strike, and Suren assessed the remaining enemies as he prepared to continue the fight.

Suren killed Lloyd and harvested Puppet Theater, the Hundred-Finger Dance technique, and Chronos' Spatial Gloves, then used his newly acquired Puppet Theater to hunt down the ambush survivors. He killed all six Tier 2 Professionals in the sealed space, including Blood Raven Longfellow, leaving the battlefield clear of the encirclement team.

• Suren repeatedly slashed Lloyd until the gnome's defenses failed, then shot him dead and harvested his memories and Puppet Mastery abilities.
• Suren took Chronos' Spatial Gloves from Lloyd and discovered that they enhanced his Spatial Ability and could cast Titan's Grip.
• Suren tested Puppet Theater, used its silver threads to locate hidden survivors, and strangled El-Jemha and several other ambushers.
• Suren trapped the remaining Tier 2 Professionals, killed Nidam and Longfellow's decoy, then shot the real Longfellow when he tried to escape.
• Suren confirmed that all six Tier 2 Professionals in the sealed space had been killed.

Suren escaped the sealed ruins and reunited with his former captain, Kai, who was gravely mutated and expected to die. Suren offered him medicines that could reverse his mutation and cure the Umbrella Organization's poison, leaving Kai with a chance to defect and survive.

• Suren collected the Oliver Family team's equipment and Soul Fragments, destroyed the corpses, and escaped the sealed space through a spatial gate.
• After hearing that his accomplice had come to the ruins, Suren followed the gunfire and found Kai using Sky-Treading Steps to attack an enemy squad.
• Suren killed the squad, recognized Kai, and led him away to talk while Kai followed with a serious gunshot wound.
• Kai apologized for the past, said he had only stayed alive to see Suren, and refused a Healing Potion because he believed he had only days left.
• Suren gave Kai a Mutation Inhibitor Potion and X Serum, explaining that they might reverse his condition, but Kai said he would not keep working for the Umbrella Organization.
• When Kai explained that the organization controlled him with Grom Parasitic Toxin, Suren said he had an antidote.

Suren reunited with Kai, gave him the antidote and spoils, and learned that the Oliver Family’s failed encirclement had become camp-wide news. At the Black Knight Tavern, Suren met Sabina for intelligence, arranged to tempt Danzel with the Thousand Threads Exosuit, and gave Sabina a Cursed Object before their private meeting turned intimate.

• Suren cured Kai with the Umbrella Organization’s antidote, then gave him Assassin equipment and advice before they parted.
• Danzel arrived with the Oliver Family’s force and found the sealed streets burned out, with no trace of the people Suren had killed.
• News of the massacre spread through Dawn Camp, and Suren listened as tavern patrons debated his strength and the battle.
• Suren met Sabina in a private room at the Black Knight Tavern and learned that investigators had found no useful clues, though Danzel was furious.
• Suren asked Sabina to arrange the Thousand Threads Exosuit’s sale through the Oliver Family auction house and told her he would keep out of sight for a while.
• Suren gave Sabina Angus’s Dream Refractor, and she teased him as sounds from the neighboring room heightened the intimate mood.