Once heir to the Layne family, Brandt was exiled after his uncle Cedric's massacre. Hiding in ruins for seven years, he mastered the Firmament Grimoire but believes he's weak. Seeking revenge, he triggers a family war. As Cedric joins the Abyss to become a demigod, everyone witnesses the terrifying power in Brandt's basic spells—except himself.
After seven years studying a grimoire, Maeve still has no magic and dismisses it as a beginner's manual. Threatened with death following her parents' demise, she swears bloody vengeance, only to encounter an unmarked fork in the North that puzzles her.
Lord Gray is ambushed by three high-rank mages from the Layne family, who threaten to kill anyone blocking their path. A seemingly weak boy tries to leave but is stopped. To everyone’s shock, he dodges all the mages’ attacks, leaving them stunned by his unexpected agility despite his apparent weakness.
A seemingly ordinary mage uses shield backlash to defeat a rival, leaving bandits convinced he's a legendary mage who begs for mercy. After sending them away, he rejects a marriage proposal from a grateful man, while word spreads that the north's top mage was killed by this exact trick.
Brandt Layne arrives at the Gray Family to uphold his long-ago engagement with their eldest daughter Evelyn. He’s met with disdain from her sister Vivian, who dismisses him as magic-less and unworthy. Amid the family’s struggles against Cedric’s attacks, Brandt offers help but is still ordered to leave, teasing his mysterious hidden power.
The Gray family pins their hopes on a mysterious mage marrying Evelyn to resolve their crisis, but Arthur Layne's son arrives to propose instead. Meanwhile, Evelyn's ex-fiancé Brandt is forced out after clashing with the family, igniting tense confrontations.
Mr. Gray offers to call off his engagement with Evelyn, stating he’s unworthy because he lacks magical energy. The Gray family patriarch insists Evelyn isn’t worthy of him, while others push for Evelyn to marry Brandt to save the struggling clan—until a shocking threat declares the Gray family will cease to exist.
Eighteen-year-old high-ranking mage Morris, Cedric's son from the Layne family, confronts the Gray clan, asserting the North belongs only to the Laynes. The two sides exchange fierce threats, with the Gray family boasting their trump card Brandt will eliminate any Layne invader, ramping up tension for an imminent intense showdown.
After Evelyn of the Gray Family displays her enhanced magic, she faces mockery for seeming weak. The family hails their future son-in-law Brandt as an unfathomable prodigy capable of easily defeating the foe, yet Brandt vehemently refuses to fight, insisting he’s no match, stirring gripping suspense.
In this episode, Brandt Layne, dismissed as a magicless failure, is mocked by enemies as the Gray family’s absurd trump card while allies fear he’s being sent to his death. When his foe taunts him about fleeing his family years ago and reveals his sister Maeve sacrificed herself to save him, Brandt’s rage ignites, vowing brutal retribution against those responsible, hinting at hidden power beneath his weak facade.
After onlookers suspect Layne of hiding strength, he uses a harmless illumination spell to challenge Morris, who mocks him relentlessly. Morris unleashes a terrifying attack, leaving everyone convinced Layne is dead—until Layne reveals he's unharmed, sparking intrigue about his true power.
Morris unleashes his Fire Hydra Spell but fails to harm the target. The crowd suspects Mr. Layne secretly protected them, and later learns a defensive magic artifact is involved. To everyone's shock, Layne reflects Brandt's magic, revealing his long-hidden immense power and sparking thrilling suspense.
Brandt's magic bounces back, enraging his opponent who unleashes the Layne Family's forbidden Bloodflame Art—burning life force for massive power. As others panic, Mr Gray stays calm, hinting at a trump card that wins his father-in-law's praise.
When Gray’s magic suddenly goes berserk, Layne activates his family’s distress crystal, summoning two costly hired mages to threaten Brandt and his group. As the situation grows dire, everyone wonders if Gray has another ace up his sleeve to turn the tide.
Two northern mages kneel in terror before the magicless protagonist, mistaking him for infamous Layne. Insults spark threats, then his father arrives—promising explosive conflict.
Brandt is berated for failing to take down the Gray Family with his men, only to be shocked when Cedric—whom he believed was dead—appears. Cedric declares he's a legendary mage, vowing to correct his past mistake of letting Brandt escape, leaving foes terrified as they question if the Gray Family holds a trump card.
When everyone wonders why Mr. Gray remains unpanicked, he secretly casts a spell that seals Cedric's magic circuits. Brandt realizes this is deadly magic and questions Gray's years of learning, while Gray coldly declares Cedric will die today, amping up the suspense of this intense magic showdown.
Ambushed by powerful foes, Brandt appears helpless until Mr. Gray's trump card activates. He shockingly tears apart a legendary mage's magic circle, revealing the Layne Family's sacred Staff of Dawn, prompting enemies to demand the artifact immediately.
Cedric confronts the usurper who seized the Layne Family's Staff of Dawn and framed his father Arthur as an Abyss traitor. The villain openly admits rewriting history to take power, while Cedric unleashes Abyss-derived strength, sparking a tense clash over power vs. morality.
A demigod-level villain orders the slaughter of all foes, targeting Brandt specifically. When doom seems inevitable, Layne chooses to shield his allies instead of fleeing, his power stemming from a mysterious grimoire. The villain now sets his sights on something even more valuable Brandt holds, vowing to seize it personally.
Cedric is defeated, and Augustine steps up to confront the formidable Mr Gray, who's near demigod level. Onlookers know they can't interfere in this intense battle, growing deeply worried as the Grandmaster is pushed onto the defensive against his powerful adversary.