Synopsis

The chapter begins with the protagonist encountering a corpse, which turns out to be a mercenary used in pagan experiments involving dragon blood, granting him increased stats and regeneration. Simultaneously, a character named Penny confronts several frogmen, who are being controlled by a mage named Derrick Valentino. The protagonist arrives and engages the mage, recognizing him from a previous conflict, while vowing to kill him to stop the frogmen threat.