Chapter 1: The King of Devil Beast
Thirteen heroes chosen by the King of Hiden attack Clevatess at Moon Mountain. He kills them all, though one of them, a woman, scratches his horn. Wanting to know why humans want him dead, he destroys the capital Hiderat and kills its king. A dying woman begs him to save a baby, telling him a child cannot choose when and where it is born. Clevatess takes the child to see if humanity can prove its worth.
Chapter 2: The King of Devil Beast and the Baby
An introduction to Edthea and its five races. Unable to feed the baby, Clevatess resurrects the woman hero, Alicia Glenfall, with his blood, but she is a maiden and has no milk. He takes human form, names himself “Klen” and the baby “Luna”, and sets out to hire a wet nurse.
Chapter 3: The Fallen Hero
Flashback to Alicia’s childhood in Sogo Village. Alicia learns from Luna’s swaddling cloth that he is a royal heir. In the ruins of the capital, General Drel and the wizard Meynard begin searching for the royal family. Clevatess decides to make Luna a king and rule from his shadow; Alicia resolves to take Luna away from him. Bandits ambush them and knock Klen out.
Chapter 4: The Trapped Devil Beast King
The group is taken to the hideout of the Crows by the Mineshaft of Elbe. Acting boss Vroko recognizes Alicia as a hero and plans to use her to recover a legendary sword. Klen is put to work and meets the slave wet nurse Nell (Nelluru).
Chapter 5: Nell’s Past
Nell’s life among the Crows is revealed. She refuses Klen’s offer to leave. Alicia is forced to the mineshaft, home of the hero Kodwar’s Waterfall Slicer, where she fights the blind bandit Feeto on the bridge and cuts the rope, falling with him.
Chapter 6: The Hero’s Task
Alicia’s broken body recovers. Clevatess, appearing as a small wolf from her blood, orders her to crush the Crows, and she takes a bandit’s eyepatch. Nell is fed to Vroko’s troll Betty as a traitor.
Chapter 6.5: Hiden’s Blacksmithing
An extra explaining how Hiden makes magic steel and ultimate treasures.