The Snake Sharpens Its Fangs When Noel was 14 Harold Jenkins, a Guild Inspector, informed him the Lord Demon that killed Overdeath had reappeared wielding Overdeath’s missing axe. Harold worried the Lord planned to evolve into a Valiant Demon with the power to destroy entire countries. Now in the present Harold rejects Noel’s application to form a clan. Elsewhere, an Abyss is closed by Zeke Feinstein of the Supreme Dragon clan, one of the strongest Seekers in the Empire. Harold explains to Noel that within a year an Abyss will open and a Valiant will emerge...