“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?

Krai has been on edge ever since realizing he accidentally released the Sitri Slime—a deadly creation that could bring the entire capital to ruin—and now the Explorers’ Association is asking for his help investigating strange occurrences in and around the city. To make matters worse, Krai’s thoughtless response escalates the situation into a national disaster. And to top it off, Sitri Smart, Alchemist of the Grieving Souls, returns amid the chaos. With a devastating slime on the loose and an evil magic syndicate lurking in the shadows, can the Grievers save the capital from the unseen perils they’ve unleashed upon it?

“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...?

It’s the golden age for treasure hunters—adventurers hungry for wealth, fame, power, and glory, who risk their lives in treasure vaults throughout the world. “Let’s become treasure hunters.” Krai and his childhood friends swore to become the greatest of them all, but that dream should have died the day Krai realized he wasn’t cut out for the job! Yet expectations continue to mount, right along with Krai’s fear for his life. While his childhood friends climb closer toward their dream, this grieving soul has one simple wish: to pack it all in and retire!

A Relic that Krai desperately wants comes up for auction, but he finds himself in massive debt—over ten billion gilds! Realizing his sticky situation, he has declared an end to his unending Relic shopping spree until he clears his debt. Krai desperately scrambles to raise money, but no one, not even Ark, will land a hand. Meanwhile, the situation takes an unexpected turn as rumors circulate that the Relic is highly sought after by the Thousand Tricks. Soon, the situation unfolds in unforeseen ways.

In the Cold War era of an alternate history, the Soviet Union has taken control of the northern island of Japan and cut it off from the rest of the country. Just south across the strait, a boy named Hiroki is fascinated by the mysterious tower the Soviets have constructed on the unreachable island, and he and his friend Takuya decide to build a plane that will take them over to see it. As they work, a girl named Sayuri becomes a part of their lives and the promise to one day fly to the tower. But when she disappears without a trace, their promise I left unfulfilled-possibly forever.

Kinemitsu Sago suddenly finds himself able to wield telekinesis out of the blue one fateful day. However, unlike in works of fantasy, no beautiful girl barges into his life, no secret organization knocks on his door, and in fact, absolutely nothing out of the ordinary happens at all. Eventually forced to come face to face with the reality that his life would remain unremarkable, he snaps and decides to make the extraordinary happen with his own hands! Follow along as he creates it all: a secret organization filled with espers, forces of darkness that threaten the world, protagonists, heroines, rivals, action, romance, and so much more! If you had almighty telekinesis, what would you do?

All in all, Krai had a pretty good vacation. But with the Gathering of the White Blade over, it’s time for him to return home. Passing through its gates for the first time in a month, he finds the imperial capital looking like it had been carpet-bombed. Apparently, a battle had broken out between Hidden Curse and the remnants of Akashic Tower while he was away. Krai learns the wanton destruction has caused the Gathering of the White Blade to be put on hold for the first time in its long history and he’s arrived just in time to attend. Unable to run away a second time, he has no choice but to face that hellish party of pompous nobles and freakish hunters. But that turns out to be the least of his concerns and the Thousand Tricks finds himself with a quest issued by the emperor himself. Normally, he’d want nothing to do with this, but he’s unable to say no when he sees the payment being offered—a rare Relic from the imperial family’s collection.

A BEAR AT THE FESTIVAL One elven village, saved. One…business rival, found? It seems a restaurant named the Bear’s Lounge (complete with bear-themed décor) has opened in the capital, muscling in on Yuna’s brand! Yuna heads straight to the capital to investigate this copybear—and promptly gets pulled into a school festival with Fina, Shuri, and Noa. Can the Bloody Bear never know a moment’s peace?

“Are you just not hungry enough? Not hungry enough for power?” Tino Shade’s unexpectedly difficult rescue mission has landed her party in hot water, and the pack of bloodthirsty wolf knights doesn’t seem interested in taking prisoners. With Krai showing up out of the blue, they might have a chance—that is, until he ends up in the same jam! With fearsome foes on all sides, will Krai finally flex the true power of a level 8 treasure hunter...or is he all talk, as usual?