Chapter 477, "Demanding Half The Stakes", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is The courtyard was still echoing with disbelief over what had just..., but the pressure keeps building through He'd won and he needed to keep it that way..

Chapter 264, "Elder Alfred.", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 513, "Damien's Blood Manipulation (2).", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 561, "Blades DNA vs Sorin's DNA (1+).", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 564, "The End Of A Bout.", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 878, "Way Out.", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 553, "Second Round.", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 694, "Another Gordons.", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 512, "Damien's Blood Manipulation (1).", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 569, "a major turning point", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 530, "Sleeping After Chaos", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is The roar of the colossal beast still echoed faintly through the..., but the pressure keeps building through The clearing looked like a battlefield..
Chapter 432, "I Can Feel It Through My Summon", is the clearest early answer because it turns Damien's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is The morning mist hung low over Delwig's outer walls, pale and..., but the pressure keeps building through The city or at least some people from the city hadn't yet shaken off.... Once the chapter lands on Lyone followed after, settling himself just behind her., the chapter closes with Damien's smirk returned, faint and dangerous.