Power continues to accumulate within the World Tree, bringing the return of a destructive masked god ever closer. Well, it’s still at least a century away, but only Krai seems to take any solace in that.With the statue of Luke now lost somewhere within an impregnable treasure vault, Sitri devises a plan to avert the incoming calamity and save the lost Swordsman. It will require risking lives, cooperating with a former foe, and committing what would be an immense crime in Zebrudia. ...

“All we need is one goal-to be the strongest heroes in the world!” In a land where treasure hunters scour vaults appearing from the past, Krai Andrey and his friends swore a childhood oath to become the mightiest heroes of all. There’s just one problem: While his old companions have become living legends, Krai is the poster child for mediocrity…and he knows it! But despite his best efforts to leave the treasure-hunting life, he has gained quite the reputation by association-and with it, en...

While the rest of Grieving Souls enjoy their time in Yggdra, Krai heads home early in hopes of getting some rest. What he finds instead is a number of well-meaning people who want him promoted to Level 9. Strangely, though the advancement exam is usually done solo, he gets teamed up with two other promotion candidates. The assignment isn’t just a difficult quest: it’s practically a suicide mission, one for which the Explorers’ Association is desperate for a solution. With little say in the...

Upon getting back from Kreat, Krai finds that the seventh member of Grieving Souls, Eliza Beck the Vagabond, has once again swung by and dropped off the spoils of her travels. Much to Krai’s delight, this haul includes a mysterious Relic, a dark blade unlike any he’s familiar with.However, the Sword Saint is once again feeling very aggrieved, an occupational hazard that comes with being Luke’s mentor. In an attempt to placate him, Krai gives the man the newfound Relic as a gift, an...

The purification of Marin’s Lament might be imminent, but Krai’s curse troubles are far from over. Not if a certain vulpine phantom has anything to say about it. From the vault of Peregrine Lodge, a small box makes its way into the hands of Hugh Regland, and from there, into the clan house of First Steps. And so the storm is unleashed, and the Divinarium’s prophecy is fulfilled at last.Krai’s battle with the lingering fury of a long-dead queen results in a petrifying curse laid upon...

Sitri and Krai have worked themselves to the bone raising money for the auction so Krai can win the coveted Reversible Face. When the big day finally arrives, they’re ready to put it all on the line for the relic—but before it’s brought out, bidding opens on...Akasha, the golem from the Akashic Tower?! Now Krai has an impossible choice to make between his own desires and his childhood friend’s dearest wish!!

All their blood, sweat, and tears...They’ve spilled a bit more than the rest of you.The capital is in a clamor as word spreads about the arrival of a band of high-level hunters—including Arnold Hail, the infamous Dragon Slayer known as the Crashing Lightning! Krai, of course, couldn’t care less about anything other than the upcoming Zebrudian auction, but he’ll be in trouble soon if he doesn’t get his relics charged fast. Thankfully, Sitri has devised a “top-secret training method” that ca...

As Krai’s dynamic with the high-level hunter from abroad worsens, his interest is diverted toward the relic auction starting up in the capital. He has his eye on winning the Reversible Face, and is planning to do just that when a girl named Éclair, the daughter of a nobleman, starts to compete with him for the same prize!

Although Krai and crew may have gotten out of the White Wolf’s Den alive, it’s too soon for celebration—something even more dangerous may have escaped with them: Sitri’s Slime! But while Krai is preoccupied with the elusive monster, another brewing threat decides to make its move. Can Krai handle the looming crisis—even if he doesn’t realize the trouble he’s causing all around him?

The Foreign Fog, a party from another nation, comes face-to-face with the Grievers, who cause them trouble right away! After getting pummeled by Liz, Arnold Hail directs his rage toward Krai. But Krai isn’t too bothered by that —he’s more worried about the enormous amount of debt he’s incurred!

“I knew the Master was right. The Master is God.” Krai Andrey, still the untalented head of the renowned First Steps clan, has accidentally sent the ever-capable Tino Shade (and a bunch of new recruits) on a challenging and deadly mission. To Krai, it’s a major screw-up of his own making. To Tino, however, it’s the latest example of Krai’s sheer genius and a true test of their mettle! Armed with such optimistic thinking, can the group overcome the phantoms of the White Wolf’s Den…?

As Krai and the First Steps prepare to raid the White Wolf’s Den, Sitri Smart, creator of the monster slime on the loose, shows up just in time! If anyone knows how to deal with the missing slime fiasco, it’s her—except she also has no ideas about its whereabouts or what form it may have taken. Instead, she has more bad news: The threat in the vault is something entirely different and way more dangerous…Just what kind of trouble did Krai send his clan into?