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Six months later, at the border outpost, ghost herb smoke, the full-moon curse, the Likan god legend, and the town of Nipompo are discussed, while Dopane raids and the crown prince's threat of annexation in exchange for marriage emerge.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Dawn of Vengeance Chapter 45 opens with plans changing after disappointment over the mine monopoly and the Lafi curse. An official suggests dragging out the mine negotiations with Dopane and waiting for their clash with Parnas. Six months later, at the border outpost, ghost herb smoke, the full-moon curse, the Likan god legend, and the town of Nipompo are discussed, while Dopane raids and the crown prince's threat of annexation in exchange for marriage emerge.","key_events":["Companions discuss Likan god vanishing a thousand years ago starting full-moon curse and unaffected town Nipompo.","Six months later, border outpost reports of looting and kidnappings suggest Dopane forces disguised as refugees probing.","A ruler orders verification of thesis claims about Lafi's curse and cryostones after seizing mine monopoly.","Mine negotiations with Dopane are prolonged to wait for their conflict with Parnas before acting.","A Likan weakened by full moon waits for ghost herb smoke to clear, describing energy surge then exhaustion.","Crown prince threatens to enter Parnas with army if marriage proposal rejected, aiming to swallow three kingdoms."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"LOOKS LIKE I'LL HAVE TO OPEN UP THOSE DEAF EARS OF YOURS.\n\nABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS GOING MY WAY.\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS. FORGIVE ME FOR BEING PRESUMPTUOUS, BUT...\nIF YOU KNOW IT'S PRESUMPTUOUS, KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.\nBECAUSE I AM REALLY NOT IN THE MOOD RIGHT NOW.\n\nONCE I SECURED THE MONOPOLY ON THE MINE...\n...I WANTED TO VERIFY IF THE CLAIMS IN THAT THESIS WERE ACTUALLY TRUE.\n\nTHE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE LAFI'S CURSE AND CRYOSTONES\nIT CLAIMED THERE IS A SPECIAL ENTITY WATCHING OVER THE DEMI-HUMANS...\n...AND THAT HIDDEN WITHIN THE CRYOSTONE MINE IS AN ARTIFACT THAT HOLDS THE FATE OF THE LAFI.\n\nTHE CRYOSTONE ITSELF ISN'T A BAD PRIZE, BUT... IT'S STILL QUITE A LETDOWN.\nSHALL I STEP IN AND HANDLE THIS PERSONALLY?\nNO. LET'S ADJUST OUR SCHEDULE INSTEAD.\nDRAG OUT THE MINE NEGOTIATIONS WITH DOPANE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE...\n\n...AND WAIT TO SEE HOW THEY CLASH WITH PARNAS BEFORE MAKING OUR MOVE.\n\nRIGHT. NO NEED TO GET WORKED UP.\n\nIF WE GET IT, GREAT. IF NOT, WHATEVER. AFTER ALL...\n...I ONLY STARTED THIS FOR MY OWN AMUSEMENT.\n\nSIX MONTHS LATER.\n\nSmells like phantom weed..\nI SWEAR, THIS STENCH MAKES ME NAUSEOUS EVERY SINGLE TIME.\n\nI'll head in once it clears up.\nHEEEEY...\nYOU'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG?\n\nHERE, THE REPORTS FROM THE KIDS AT THE BORDER OUTPOST.\nI DID LOOK THEM OVER, BUT...\n\n...I WAS HALF- DELIRIOUS WHEN I READ THEM, SO WHO KNOWS IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT.\n...WHY DO YOU LOOK SO PATHETIC?\nIS THE FULL MOON REALLY THAT ROUGH?\nDON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED. THANKS TO THE MOON, MY BODY IS BUZZING WITH ENERGY.\n...BUT I'M TOO COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED TO ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING.\nSO IF YOU BURN PHANTOM WEED, YOU CAN FALL ASLEEP?\nIt's similar.\nI CAN'T ACTUALLY SLEEP, BUT IT KEEPS ME FEELING DROWSY.\n\nI NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS WHEN I WAS A KID.\nAAAAAH! It's so annoying!\nDignity -100\nSO YOUNG LYCANS AREN'T AFFECTED BY THE FULL MOON?\nWELL, THERE'S THAT, TOO.\nBUT MOSTLY, IT'S BECAUSE THE PLACE WHERE I GREW UP WAS A BIT UNIQUE.\nIT'S A TOWN NEAR THE BORDER CALLED NIPOMPO. THE FULL MOON HAS NO EFFECT THERE.\n\n니폼포 Nipompo\nA PLACE LIKE THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS?\nYEAH, DIDN'T KNOW THAT, DID YOU?\nMANNERS -200\nUGH I'M DYING HERE\nIF I HAD JUST BEEN BORN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER LIKE THIS.\nBelieve it or not, when I was a kid, I used to memorize rituals and spells...\n\nWHAT'S WITH THE SUDDEN TALK ABOUT A THOUSAND YEARS AGO?\nHUH? WELL...\nBECAUSE A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, THE FULL MOON'S CURSE DIDN'T EXIST.\n\nYOU SERIOUSLY DIDN'T KNOW? THIS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY FAMOUS LORE.\nNEWS TO ME.\nAH, WELL, I GUESS...\nWE NEVER REALLY GOT ALONG WITH THE LAFI, EITHER...\n\n...AND MOST HUMANS COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT LYCANS.\nSO EVEN IF IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO US, WHATEVER...\nANYWAY!\nTHEY SAY THAT A LONG TIME AGO, THE LYCANS HAD A GOD, TOO.\nAND THE STORY GOES THAT WHEN OUR GOD VANISHED, THE FULL MOON'S CURSE BEGAN. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.\nTHE ELDERS REPEATED IT SO MUCH MY EARS PRACTICALLY BLED.\n\nWE HAD A SIMILAR LEGEND, ACTUALLY.\nDID YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT?\nI PRETENDED TO.\nOTHERWISE, THE ELDERS WOULD THROW A FIT.\n\nAh, right. The full moon.\nThis bastard...!\nThat's what you get for looking at me like that.\n\nMMM~ THOUGHT SO.\nTHERE'S TRULY NO TALENT QUITE LIKE HIM.\nI DEFINITELY MADE THE RIGHT HIRE. SUCH A GOOD HIRE.\nFinished Processing\n\nYOUR MAJESTY. IT'S WHIS.\nHAND THEM HERE.\n\nTHE ATMOSPHERE AT THE BORDER SEEMS RATHER TENSE.\nTHERE ARE REPORTS OF RAMPANT PILLAGING AND ABDUCTIONS IN THE NEARBY VILLAGES.\nARE THEY REFUGEES FROM ANTEBASILA? OR IS IT DOPANE?\n\nSEEING AS THEY APPEAR UNKEMPT BUT ARE PROPERLY ARMED WITH ACTUAL WEAPONRY...\n...I WOULD SAY IT IS THE LATTER, DISGUISING THEMSELVES AS THE FORMER.\nIT SEEMS DOPANE IS TESTING THE WATERS WITH US.\n\nI FULLY EXPECTED THE EMPIRE TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE.\nHOW UNEXPECTED.\nSINCE THE TOPIC HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, I MUST ASK.\nWHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED WITH THE CROWN PRINCE AT THE CORONATION?\nHE WAS TALKING ABOUT MARRIAGE PROPOSALS OR SOMETHING.\nI definitely saw it..\n\nMMM...\nYOU DISMISSED IT SO QUICKLY THAT IT WAS NOTHING...\n...THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ASK YOU ABOUT IT SINCE.\nBUT THERE IS DEFINITELY. SOMETHING.\n...ISN'T THERE?\n\nThis stubborn old man, I swear!\nHE SAID IF I REFUSE HIS PROPOSAL, HE'LL MARCH HIS ARMY INTO PARNAS.\nHIS... ARMY?\n\nWE JOIN FORCES TO STRIKE DOWN DOPANE...\n...AND THEN HE SWALLOWS THE THREE KINGDOMS WHOLE.\nTHE THREE KINGDOMS? THE EMPIRE PLANS TO TAKE THEM ALL...?\nWELL...\nTHE GIST OF IT IS: WE SHOULD QUIETLY AGREE TO AN ANNEXATION WHILE HE'S STILL ASKING NICELY.\n\nWHAT KIND OF\nBULL~~SHIT IS THAT?!","bubble_count":101,"pages_count":30,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Dawn of Vengeance Chapter 45 opens with plans changing after disappointment over the mine monopoly and the Lafi curse.","spoiler_summary":"Dawn of Vengeance Chapter 45 opens with plans changing after disappointment over the mine monopoly and the Lafi curse. An official suggests dragging out the mine negotiations with Dopane and waiting for their clash with Parnas. Six months later, at the border outpost, ghost herb smoke, the full-moon curse, the Likan god legend, and the town of Nipompo are discussed, while Dopane raids and the crown prince's threat of annexation in exchange for marriage emerge."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/dawn-of-vengeance-b4u1jnn6/chapter-45-jmf794","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Dawn of Vengeance #45","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-23T09:22:40.638Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/dawn-of-vengeance-b4u1jnn6"}}