The survey team Krai sent to the White Wolf's Den is forced into a tough battle thanks to the Akashic Tower’s evil experiments. Even Liz, with her godlike speed, is struggling. Will Krai's appearance be enough to turn things around?

“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, enormous expectations. Can Krai pursue his dream of retirement, or is he destined to fail forever upwards?

“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?

“That guy is, without a doubt, a total beast.” 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 White Wolf's Den is revealed as the site of the Tower of Akasha's wicked experiments! Sitri, the Grieving Souls' alchemist, races to the scene to take the reins of the investigation, but what awaits her there?

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 can both charge the relics and boost the whole party’s mana reserves...just in time for a pair of superhuman Noble Spirits who have a bone to pick with the Grievers!