Chapter Summaries

After awakening as a C-rank ability user, Lancelot received a government subsidy and joined Leite City's special training camp. He met his instructors and fellow trainees as they prepared for ranking matches and the superhuman joint entrance exam.

• Lancelot received free public transportation and a monthly subsidy of 20,000 crimson notes after his identity was updated.
• Lancelot traveled to Leite City Sports Center, where Instructor Rosen welcomed him to the special training camp and said he would teach him to fight.
• Rosen introduced Lancelot to the trainees as a twelve-year-old C-rank ability user with Body of Steel, and the lead instructor announced ranking matches in three days.
• Cole Pollock introduced himself to Lancelot and explained the camp's trainee ranks, pointing out A-rank ability user Windsor Mountbatten.
• Cole explained that high-potential abilities had greater power and potential, while improving through the Innovator School required risking one's life.

Cole explained the special training camp and its courses to Lancelot, who then joined firearms class and fired a rifle for the first time in the camp. Lancelot deliberately concealed his past experience with guns, and his first shot scored eight points.

• Cole told Lancelot that Leite City’s camp prepared transcendents for the Supernatural Joint Entrance Examination and introduced its instructors, students, exams, and courses.
• Lancelot arrived with Cole at the firearms training ground, where Bette was teaching and students practiced with gunpowder and electromagnetic weapons.
• Bette asked about Lancelot’s experience, then handed him a Black Harrier Assault Rifle and explained its features.
• Lancelot hid his past-life marksmanship and followed Bette’s instructions to take a prone firing position.
• Lancelot fired at a target fifty meters away and scored eight points.

Lancelot impressed Instructor Bette with his shooting and agreed to join Cole, Rui, and Burke’s team for teamwork class. The team planned to face Antoine and his crew in a ranking match three days later.

• Lancelot scored well in firearms training, and Bette praised his rapid improvement to the other instructors.
• Tarn said they would watch Lancelot’s future performance before deciding whether to help him discreetly.
• Cole introduced Lancelot to Rui and Burke in the cafeteria, and Burke challenged him to a match during combat class.
• Cole invited Lancelot to join their team, and Lancelot agreed.
• Burke celebrated their planned ranking match against Antoine’s crew by slamming his fist on the table, splattering food over Cole and Rui.

Lancelot excelled during three days of training before the special training camp’s rankings tournament, where valuable Vitality Elixirs and other rewards were at stake. Cole’s squad drew Elisa’s team as its first opponent and began planning how to face them.

• Lancelot worked smoothly with Cole’s squad during teamwork exercises and quickly improved across several areas of training.
• The trainees prepared for the rankings tournament, which awarded Vitality Elixirs and other benefits to top teams and individuals.
• Tarn had the twelve squads draw lots to determine their opponents, and Cole drew number 11.
• Cole learned that his squad would face number 2, Elisa’s team, and celebrated until he recognized the matchup.
• Rui warned that Elisa’s team would be difficult, and Cole described Elisa’s abilities and her teammates’ roles as the squad discussed a strategy.

Cole's team began its battle against Todd's team, relying on Lancelot to keep Todd occupied while Cole and Burke confronted Elisa. Lancelot dodged Todd's fire and landed a headshot, leaving the duel's outcome unresolved.

• Cole, Burke, Rui, and Lancelot agreed on a battle plan that assigned Lancelot to hold off Todd.
• Lancelot selected an assault rifle, a pistol, and metal gauntlets before squad two entered the training ground to face squad eleven.
• Cole and Burke charged Elisa's team as Hannah enhanced Elisa, who leaped through the battlefield and swatted away bullets.
• Lancelot dodged Todd's shots and used their trajectory to locate him, while Rui harassed Ola and Hannah with mental shock waves.
• Lancelot evaded Todd's precise bursts of gunfire, aimed his rifle, and struck Todd with a headshot.

Lancelot helped Cole's squad reach the final of the team competition, where they lost to Windsor's squad and took second place. Windsor invited Lancelot to join her team, but he declined and stayed with Cole and his teammates.

• Lancelot killed Todd, Og, and Hannah, leaving Elisa to surrender and securing Cole's squad's victory in its first match.
• Cole's squad won the second round, and Lancelot drew the bye that guaranteed them at least second place.
• Windsor's squad defeated Li Ge's squad, setting up the final against Cole's squad.
• In the final, Cole and Burke attacked Windsor while Lancelot provided cover, but Windsor's energy attack stopped them and her teammates eliminated Rui.
• Lancelot defeated Windsor's two remaining teammates with precise rifle fire, but Windsor then eliminated Cole and Burke before defeating Lancelot.
• Windsor offered Lancelot a place in her squad, but he declined; Instructor Tarn announced Windsor's squad in first place and Cole's squad in second.

Lancelot learned gun-fighting techniques from Instructor Bette before competing in the individual arena tournament. After losing to Windsor, he fought through the repechage and finished ninth overall.

• Instructor Bette taught Lancelot three gun-fighting techniques, but Lancelot declined his suggestion to switch to the gunner class.
• Instructor Tarn explained the arena tournament rules, and the trainees drew their lots.
• Lancelot defeated Duolaini in the first round, then won a difficult second-round match while Cole also advanced and Burke was eliminated.
• Windsor defeated Lancelot in the third round, sending him to the repechage.
• Lancelot secured one of the three top-ten places through the repechage and finished ninth in points.

Lancelot used a bottle of Vitality Elixir to develop his Body of Steel ability, raising it to Lv2 and gaining greater control over its constitution boost. After realizing how quickly he consumed the elixir, he considered borrowing money and turned his attention to Windsor’s rare Light of Revival potion.

• Lancelot drank a bottle of Vitality Elixir and used heightened focus to train his Body of Steel ability.
• After two hours, Lancelot raised Body of Steel from Lv1 to Lv2 and learned he could choose between two levels of constitution increase.
• Lancelot lamented that he had used up a bottle in two hours and considered taking out a bank loan to fund more elixir.
• Lancelot noticed that Windsor used Light of Revival, a rare potion prepared for her by an intermediate potion maker hired by the Leite City government.

Lancelot told Windsor he could digest a bottle of Vitality Elixir in two hours, prompting Instructor Jace to test his claim. After confirming it, the instructors identified several effects of Lancelot’s ability and decided to have its potential retested.

• Lancelot asked Windsor to sell him Vitality Elixir and revealed that he could digest a bottle in about two hours.
• Windsor was shocked and told Instructor Jace, who gave Lancelot a bottle to test his claim.
• Lancelot drank the elixir, used the General Genetic Exercise Method, and absorbed the bottle in two hours.
• Jace confirmed Lancelot had absorbed the elixir and took him to meet the other instructors.
• Bette’s analysis identified three effects in Lancelot’s ability: physical defense and recovery, mental focus, and accelerated digestion.
• Tarn decided the instructors would report Lancelot to the higher-ups for a new test of his ability’s potential.

After Lancelot’s ability potential was corrected to A-grade, he received congratulations and an audience with Deputy Mayor Kaidiwen, who offered him generous government support. Kaidiwen then discussed testing Lancelot’s reaction before deciding how to handle his father, Grove.

• Wente told Director Harvey that Lancelot’s ability potential had been reassessed as A-grade.
• After a second test and numerous experiments confirmed the A-grade rating, Director Harvey congratulated Lancelot at the Transcendent Bureau.
• A government official invited Lancelot to meet Deputy Mayor Kaidiwen, who offered him access to discounted resources with a monthly allowance of 500,000 Crimson Notes.
• Kaidiwen asked Secretary Andy to discreetly let information reach Grove and observe Lancelot’s reaction before deciding how to deal with his father.

After learning that Lancelot had awakened an A-rank superpower, Grove regretted helping secure Lancelot’s emigration and began planning to restore his guardianship. Gerard encouraged him to apologize, believing Lancelot would forgive their family.

• Grove celebrated his narrow victory over Lothar with Gerard, crediting Lancelot’s emigration for helping him win.
• Director Stead called Grove and revealed that Lancelot had awakened a superpower with A-rank potential.
• Grove called Lancelot but heard that his number had been deactivated, leaving him worried that Lancelot was gone.
• Gerard tried to comfort Grove, but Grove slapped him and explained that Lancelot was alive and had become a superpowered individual.
• Gerard urged Grove to admit his mistake, and Grove resolved to restore Lancelot’s household registration and become his guardian again.

Lancelot chose potions from Mayor Kaidiwen and returned to the special training camp, where he rejected Grove and Gerard’s attempt to reconcile. After they planned to pressure him with a smear campaign, Director Stead warned Grove not to cause Lancelot trouble and denied his promotion request.

• Lancelot chose twenty bottles of Vitality Elixir and two bottles of Light of Revival, and Mayor Kaidiwen arranged for them to be delivered to the special training camp.
• Grove and Gerard waited for Lancelot and tried to approach him, but Lancelot ignored them and entered the gymnasium while Kaidiwen’s driver blocked their way.
• After the driver sent Gerard stumbling and Grove and Gerard left, he reported to Kaidiwen that Lancelot did not care about his original family.
• Gerard proposed spreading damaging rumors about Lancelot to pressure him into reconciling, and Grove agreed to the plan.
• Director Stead called Grove, denied his promotion request because of his work failures, and warned him not to cause Lancelot trouble.

Lancelot stayed with Burke, Cole, and Rui after earning A-rank potential, then spent a month rapidly improving through training and Vitality Elixirs. On the eve of the fourth ranking match, his information panel showed Body of Steel Lv6, Flow Method Lv14, and greatly increased physical strength.

• Windsor congratulated Lancelot on becoming an A-rank potential talent and welcomed him more warmly.
• Lancelot told Burke, Cole, and Rui that he would remain with their team, and they celebrated his decision.
• Lancelot used a Vitality Elixir and trained his ability development with the Flow Method.
• Grove and Gerard tried to damage Lancelot's reputation through the media, but Deputy Mayor Kaidiwen forced them to abandon the effort.
• Lancelot's team placed second in the second and third ranking matches, while he rose from fourth to second in the individual competition.
• After consuming his thirty-eighth Vitality Elixir, Lancelot grew stronger, reaching Body of Steel Lv6 and Flow Method Lv14.

After a month of training, Lancelot had greatly improved his Body of Steel and Flow Method and challenged Windsor for the special training camp’s top spot. He defeated her team, then won both competitions and became Leite City’s number one genius.

• Lancelot’s physique and Flow Method improved, giving him confidence to challenge for the camp’s top spot.
• Windsor and Lancelot drew the first and twelfth lots, setting up a match between their teams.
• Lancelot endured Windsor’s attacks, dodged her amethyst spike, and knocked her unconscious with a punch and a palm strike.
• Windsor’s remaining teammates surrendered, and Tarn declared Lancelot’s team the winner of the match.
• Lancelot’s team swept the remaining team matches, and Lancelot took first place in the individual competition.

As the Red Maple Clan’s hunting competition began, Logo prepared the Shadow Spike in disguise as a weaker spear-scythe and entered the hunting ground. Meanwhile, Catherine and Duoliya arranged a plot against him, with the competition about to put their plan into motion.

• Logo assembled the Shadow Spike’s components into a one-star spear-scythe so he could carry the weapon into the competition without drawing suspicion.
• Catherine and Duoliya discussed making Logo lose his position as first heir and arranged for the druid Jiesita to carry out their plan.
• Kevin Herbert opened the hunting competition and announced its three hunting grounds for participants of different strengths.
• Logo chose a Blood Hound, passed inspection, and entered the hunting ground with his spear-scythe.

Logo entered the hunting tournament prepared for an assassination attempt, then hunted with Kuroro while reflecting on his growing alchemical skills and altered nature. After shooting a white-striped fox, he left it marked for collection and continued hunting.

• Logo reviewed his improved attributes and alchemy skills, noting that his Alchemical Mechanics had reached Lv7 and that he had prepared weapons and other defenses for the tournament.
• Logo released Kuroro to search for prey and followed him using his mechanical combat boots.
• Logo spotted a white-striped fox with the Eye of Gendaya and shot it from three hundred meters away with a permitted sniper rifle.
• Kuroro retrieved the wounded fox, and Logo considered dissecting it for his bloodline research before his detached gaze frightened the bloodhound.
• Logo attached his identifying badge to the fox and continued hunting with Kuroro, while a hunting hawk later carried the fox away.

Jiesita crossed into the first-tier zone disguised as a bear and hunted Logo under Catherine’s orders, hoping to protect his daughter Annie and take revenge. Logo survived Jiesita’s ambush with Flash Step and killed him with the Shadow Spike.

• Jiesita avoided the checkpoint guards and entered the first-tier zone in the form of a brown bear after Radon ordered his soldiers to let him pass.
• Jiesita remembered Catherine threatening Annie and ordering him to find Logo and tear him apart.
• Jiesita tracked Logo’s scent, used stealth to approach him, and launched a surprise attack.
• Logo detected Jiesita at close range and escaped the first pounce with Flash Step.
• Logo assembled the Shadow Spike and pierced Jiesita’s skull as he attacked again, killing him instantly.

After surviving Jiesita’s assassination attempt, Logo summoned the clan and had Kane use the Soul Gathering Technique to examine the dead druid’s memories. The memories revealed that Catherine had sent Jiesita, leaving the clan leaders looking to Logo for his response.

• Logo recovered from the attack, fired a Campbell Family distress flare, and waited for the clan to arrive.
• Melier and Reynard Carvin arrived, and Logo explained how Jiesita had attacked him.
• Logo suggested examining Jiesita’s soul fragments, so Reynard contacted Kane Rengat.
• Kane used the Soul Gathering Technique to project Jiesita’s memories for Logo and the clan leaders.
• The memories showed Catherine meeting Jiesita in prison, and the assembled leaders turned their attention to Logo.
• Kane explained that he could not trace Jiesita’s memories further back, while Logo remained calm.

Catherine was arrested for plotting to assassinate Logo and held in the clan prison while the leaders tried to draw out her accomplice. Duoliya’s role was also discovered, and after confronting her, Ron promised to handle the fallout; Xisi then asked Logo to let him visit Catherine before her likely execution.

• The old count accused Catherine of masterminding the assassination attempt after Kaien searched Jiesita’s memories, and she was confined when she refused to name an accomplice.
• Logo realized Count Herbert was keeping Catherine alive to lure her accomplice into revealing themself, while Bailuntuo assured him the Howard Family would not shield her.
• Ron learned that Duoliya had helped plan the assassination and scolded her, then ordered her to stay home while he cleaned up the mess.
• Duoliya explained that she had hoped an alliance of four great families could make Ron the next Count of Red Maple, and Ron warned that the Royal Court would not tolerate threats to its unity.
• Xisi told Logo he would not plead for Catherine because she had harmed the Campbell Family, but asked to visit her once before she was sent away.
• Logo agreed to arrange Xisi’s visit with Catherine through Melier.

Catherine remembered how resentment over Ment’s inheritance had awakened the curse in her bloodline, then revealed to Xisi that Suke and Duoliya were involved in the assassination plot. After Catherine died in prison, Logo suspected the Russell Family had arranged her death to conceal its scheme, but chose to keep the peace for now.

• Catherine recalled how Ment became heir ahead of her and how her resentment triggered the bloodline curse that kept her rank stagnant for thirty years.
• Xisi visited Catherine with rose cakes, and she told him the names Suke Vinador and Duoliya before urging him to earn Logo’s trust and learn from her mistakes.
• Logo investigated Duoliya and discovered she had been courting other families while promoting the Russell Family’s bid for the title of Count of Red Maple.
• Lunbate reported that Catherine had died in prison, supposedly after her curse flared up, and Xisi reacted with anger.
• Logo suspected the Russell Family had killed Catherine to hide its involvement, but ordered Lunbate to act as though they knew nothing and avoid a confrontation.