Chapter Summaries

Allen equipped the Hunter Association for its coming battles, accepted Evileye’s request to learn powerful Blood Magic, and gave her an Orb of Deception that restored her human appearance. Meanwhile, Ainz and Albedo planned to raid the Holy Kingdom for construction materials, but a sudden blast struck their new city.

• Allen said industrialization would let humanity resist Ainz and asked Sakura to arrange land for a Hunter Association flight platform.
• Evileye asked to exchange for two Ninth Tier and one Tenth Tier Blood Magic scrolls, and Allen approved after recognizing her High Vampire bloodline.
• Allen gave Evileye an Orb of Deception, which concealed her vampire traits and restored her human appearance; she agreed to hunt Eight Fingers and its associates.
• Gargantua asked to borrow Evileye’s orb, but Evileye refused, and Allen ordered Gargantua to stop scheming.
• Ainz asked Albedo about rebuilding Nazarick, and she proposed looting the Holy Kingdom’s warehouses without killing anyone.
• A blinding blast struck Ainz’s construction site, destroying several buildings and killing more than three hundred demi-human slaves and six hundred undead.

Ainz confronted the Black Sacred Canon after they repeatedly bombarded Nazarick’s unfinished city, but Certain Death and her allies drove him back and escaped. Allen arrived at their safe house with thousands of Hunters and announced the start of the Phase One Campaign against the Kingdom.

• Ainz teleported Nazarick’s combat force to confront the Black Sacred Canon after another attack destroyed part of the city and drove its enslaved workers to flee.
• Certain Death countered Ainz’s Falling Sky with her Temperature Reversal Fruit, then used holy attacks to wound him while Sebas fought against Nazarick.
• The Black Sacred Canon retreated after Nazarick’s forces began to threaten its members, leaving the construction site in ruins.
• Ainz abandoned plans to retaliate against the Theocracy and decided to attack the Holy Kingdom instead.
• Allen arrived at the Black Sacred Canon’s cave with more than four thousand Hunters and announced that Phase One of the campaign against the Kingdom had begun.

The Four Strategists destroyed an undead stronghold and encountered Shalltear Bloodfallen, who overwhelmed them in battle. More than fifty hunters arrived by Teleportation scrolls to attack her, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Four Strategists defeated a Lich and more than four hundred undead, then discussed their loot and the rewards they sought.
• Shalltear Bloodfallen appeared through a portal, and Imina activated the alarm after Robedake recognized her as a bounty-list target.
• Shalltear attacked Arsia, who used Ice Barrier to protect herself, while Heckron struck Shalltear with Garrote.
• Shalltear seized Heckron and drained his health with a bite, then injured Robedake when he tried to rescue him.
• More than fifty hunters arrived using Teleportation Magic scrolls and launched a coordinated attack on Shalltear.

Shalltear and other Nazarick NPCs were overwhelmed by the Fourth Great Calamity, prompting Ainz to accept Albedo’s plan to abandon the Demi-human Tribal Plains and raid the Holy Kingdom for supplies. Meanwhile, Artoria’s purge drove the Eight Fingers into hiding, where Blue Rose cornered them.

• The Fourth Great Calamity attacked Shalltear, and Imina wounded her with a life-energy-charged arrow before collapsing from the effort.
• Allen explained to Sakura that a full-strength arrow might pierce the planet’s crust and mantle, while Ainz intervened to rescue Nazarick’s badly injured NPCs.
• Albedo advised Ainz to abandon the northern Demi-human Tribal Plains, loot the Holy Kingdom, and retreat east of the Dragon Country, and Ainz approved her plan.
• Artoria and Blue Rose dismantled criminal enterprises across the kingdom, forcing the Eight Fingers to debate assassination or flight from their suburban hideout.
• Gargantua broke into the Eight Fingers’ hideout, and Evileye and the other Blue Rose members followed her inside.

Artoria and Blue Rose destroyed Eight Fingers, and Artoria’s reforms helped stabilize the Kingdom and improve life for its citizens. Seeing the prosperous city from the palace, Artoria said she had finally found redemption.

• Artoria blasted open the underground base and sentenced the Eight Fingers executives to death, leaving Evileye to carry out their execution.
• Gargantua killed the Six Arms members who attacked Blue Rose, while Tia and Hina confirmed the base had been cleared and its vault found.
• Blue Rose left on a Frost Dragon, and Kingdom soldiers displayed the Eight Fingers corpses as the citizens celebrated their downfall.
• Marquis Broom Rush begged Artoria for forgiveness after the Empire deployed thirty thousand troops near his territory, and Lana guided Artoria through a political reconciliation with the nobles.
• Artoria and her political allies advanced reforms that distributed land, abolished many taxes and checkpoints, and replaced noble-run government with an examination-based bureaucracy.
• Artoria looked over the recovering city and said she had found redemption before Chiare brought her pastries.

Allen offered the Bloody Emperor Airship, firearm, Cannon, and gunpowder technology in exchange for the Empire’s aid against Ainz Ooal Gown. The Emperor agreed to mobilize eighty thousand soldiers after Allen promised powerful new weapons, and pledged to assemble the army within five days.

• The Bloody Emperor welcomed Allen and eagerly discussed ordering Airships after seeing one arrive in the Imperial Capital.
• Allen explained his plan to establish Airship routes among Yar'kilantir and the capitals of the Empire, Kingdom, and Theocracy.
• At the imperial palace, Allen offered the Empire technology for Airships, firearms, Cannons, and gunpowder, provided it kept those secrets from Alien Races and monsters.
• Allen asked the Bloody Emperor to send at least eighty thousand professional soldiers to help finish the campaign against Ainz Ooal Gown.
• Allen promised fifty Steam Tanks, fifteen Model X6 Automated Combat Puppets, firearms, Cannons, and ammunition, and the Bloody Emperor pledged to prepare the army within five days.

Queen Calca's court prepared to defend the Holy Kingdom against Ainz Ooal Gown's approaching demi-human and undead army, while Ainz planned a diversion to raid its supply depots. Allen and the Bloody Emperor then prepared an eighty-thousand-strong steampunk army to pass through a portal and attack Ainz's forces from behind.

• Remedios reported that over one hundred thousand demi-humans and undead were approaching the Holy Kingdom, and the court learned they could arrive in five days.
• Kuirat urged the Holy Kingdom to request aid and muster its forces at the Great Wall, and Calca ordered a nationwide mobilization.
• Ainz and Albedo planned to draw the Holy Kingdom's troops to the border while Pandora raided three cities and twelve supply warehouses.
• The Bloody Emperor confirmed that the Empire would receive the army's weapons after the war and announced rewards for technological advances.
• Allen opened a large portal for the eighty-thousand-strong army, equipped with firearms, cannons, Steam Tanks, combat puppets, and an airship, to attack Ainz's forces from behind.

Queen Karl and the Holy Kingdom’s forces defended the Great Wall against demihuman refugees driven into a suicidal assault by Nazarick’s undead. Mare collapsed four wall sections, and the defenders repelled the attackers’ first charge, but the demihumans then surged forward to escape undead raising, leaving the battle line struggling to hold.

• Queen Karl, Remedios, and Kuirat prepared to defend the Great Wall as demihuman refugees began a futile assault and the Holy Kingdom’s soldiers killed many with arrows and burning oil.
• Albedo ordered Mare to weaken the wall without killing too many attackers, and Mare used the Shadow of the World Tree to collapse four sections, burying hundreds of soldiers.
• Remedios charged Mare and was knocked unconscious by his staff before he teleported away.
• The demihumans surged through the breaches, and Queen Karl used a pillar of white light to heal and strengthen the defenders as they struggled to hold the line.
• Kuirat discovered that undead were slaughtering the demihumans and raising their corpses, then ordered the soldiers to burn the bodies before they joined the Undead Army.

The Holy Kingdom’s exhausted forces held the Great Wall while Pandora’s Actor raided their rear, where Jacob killed him and escaped. Ainz’s undead army was then ambushed by the Bahamut Empire’s modern weapons, leaving the Bloody Emperor cheering as the Empire’s forces overwhelmed the undead.

• The Holy Kingdom’s soldiers defeated successive waves of demihumans, while the Undead Army watched without attacking and forced the defenders to commit their reserves.
• Pandora’s Actor and Nazarick’s NPCs looted supplies from a Holy Kingdom warehouse until Jacob confronted them and destroyed the undead laborers.
• Pandora’s Actor fought Jacob, but Jacob’s gemstone-studded mechanical arm delivered a fatal blow; Jacob then vanished under an Invisibility Spell.
• Ainz noticed Pandora’s Actor was overdue, just as the Bahamut Empire launched an artillery barrage against the undead army.
• Albedo ordered the undead to counterattack, but artillery, firearms, Steam Tanks, and Automated Combat Puppets devastated their forces.
• The Bloody Emperor celebrated as the Empire’s army crushed the undead advance.

Allen explained Ainz’s ability to replenish his undead forces as Nazarick launched a counterattack against the Imperial army, and the battle escalated when Allen’s weapons killed Edoma and Shalltear. Ainz confronted Allen on the battlefield, where Allen declared his intention to destroy Nazarick and left him afraid of humanity’s technological power.

• Allen warned Jircniv that Ainz could quickly replace his undead army, while Jircniv watched the Imperial troops struggle with their new weapons.
• Mare immobilized the Steam Tanks, Aura sent her Warcraft against the army, and Shalltear charged the infantry before a combat puppet trapped her and exploded, killing Edoma and badly injuring Shalltear.
• Allen signaled the airship to drop a modified Gargantua, which crushed Shalltear with a single punch and prompted Ainz to challenge Allen directly.
• Allen met Ainz on the battlefield and said he would not stop until Ainz and Nazarick’s NPCs were dead, rejecting Ainz’s plea that he had only wanted to protect Nazarick.
• Ainz accused Allen of personally supplying the Imperial army with advanced weapons, but Allen claimed the natives had made them and taunted Ainz’s fear of technology.

Allen confronted Ainz after using Nazarick to help clear the demi-human tribes, then forced him to submit and leave with the surviving guardians. The Holy Kingdom and the Empire’s forces entered the fortress, while their leaders considered how to secure Allen’s support and the Empire’s weapons.

• Allen argued that teaching the natives science and building industry would strengthen humanity, and told Ainz he had already served his purpose by helping eliminate the demi-human tribes.
• Allen restrained Ainz and humiliated him by patting his skull, while Queen Karl and Remedios watched from the Great Wall and discussed his power.
• Albedo attacked Allen, who trapped her in a barrier; Ainz knelt and apologized to secure her release.
• Allen blamed the Guardians for provoking enemies, leaving Albedo devastated, and Ainz carried her through a portal as Nazarick’s survivors departed.
• Queen Karl and the Holy Kingdom’s leaders greeted Allen and the Bloody Emperor’s forces, then entered the fortress while the Empire’s army made camp outside.

At a banquet in Karinsha, Queen Karl thanked Jircniv for rescuing the Holy Kingdom and asked Allen to help her nation. Allen agreed to sell weapons but refused to establish a Hunter Association branch, warning Karl that the Council Nation could become a threat and telling her that her merciful nature made her unsuitable to lead the coming struggle.

• Jircniv credited Allen and the Hunter Association with supplying the Empire’s weapons and explained that the Great Wasteland had been cleared of demi-humans.
• Karl asked Kuirat how to approach Allen, then requested a Hunter Association branch and weapons for the Holy Kingdom.
• Allen agreed to sell firearms and cannons but refused to establish a branch, arguing that the Holy Kingdom faced too few threats to support one.
• Allen warned Karl that the Council Nation and its Dragon Kings could oppose humanity’s rise, particularly Chando Lox Baixion.
• Allen called Karl a merciful but inadequate ruler, agreed to review her weapons inventory, and left after clarifying that the Empire’s Steam Tanks, Automated Combat Puppets, and Airships were personal gifts to Jircniv.

Allen explained that his war against demi-humans was revenge for humanity’s centuries of oppression and declared war on the Council Nation and all dragons. After Allen severed Chando Lox Baixion’s control of his armor and melted it, Chando Lox warned the Dragon Kings that Allen wielded Prime Magic and urged them to prepare for war.

• Allen told Chando Lox Baixion that he intended to avenge humanity by destroying or subjugating demi-human races, and declared war on the Council Nation and every dragon.
• Chando Lox Baixion tried to attack Allen through his silver armor, but Allen severed his control over it and melted the armor with the Ragnaros Sword.
• Chando Lox Baixion returned to the Council Nation’s Dragon Palace and told another Dragon King that Allen had declared war and could wield Prime Magic.
• The other Dragon King recognized the trace of Prime Magic and asked whether they should contact Mother of All or awaken the girl in Sea City.
• Chando Lox Baixion said he would seek allies and ordered the Council Nation to mobilize defensively, warning them not to attack Allen rashly.

Allen announced a war against the Council Nation and the Dragon Race to make humanity the world's ruling power, recruiting Artoria and Lana to the cause. Artoria agreed to command the human alliance, while Lana was intrigued by the prospect of keeping a Dragon King as a pet.

• Allen told Sakura that war and slaughter would build humanity's confidence and ordered her to inform the Slane Theocracy and Black Sacred Canon about his plans.
• Sakura reported that Certain Death had conquered the Elf Kingdom and that the Theocracy could now devote more forces to the coming war; Allen declared he would destroy the Council Nation and make war on all Non-Human Races.
• Allen visited Artoria in Re-Estize, learned she had overcome her past, and asked her to command the Allied Forces against the Council Nation; she accepted.
• Lana entered, and Allen told her that the Kingdom would join his war to replace the Dragon Race as the world's rulers.
• Allen tempted Lana with the idea of keeping a Dragon King as a pet, and she eagerly welcomed the prospect.

Allen used the human alliance’s war against the Agrandia Council Nation to lure out the Platinum Dragon King, Chando Lox Baixion, and the other Dragon Kings. After trapping them in a barrier, Allen killed many dragons with Raijin, and Chando retaliated with his most destructive Prime Magic.

• The human alliance mobilized against the Council Nation, while Allen held back the final offensive to draw out Chando Lox Baixion.
• The Holy Dragon King brought Chando and a group of Dragon Kings to the human camp, where Allen welcomed them and summoned Lupos and its offspring.
• Vilnalasath revealed her enormous true form as the Red Dragon Queen, alarming the Dragon Kings.
• Allen sealed the battlefield inside a colossal barrier and struck the dragons with Raijin, killing at least ten Dragon Kings and leaving eight survivors.
• Chando unleashed Greatest Explosion, engulfing the battlefield in a massive blast.

Allen survived Chando Lox Baixion’s Greatest Explosion and his allies overwhelmed the Dragon Kings and the guardians of Aelionteu. As the human Allied Forces attacked the Council Nation, Chando teleported away with Allen, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Allen emerged unharmed from the explosion and froze a Dragon King with a shot from his revolver.
• Allen removed the barrier, allowing Sakura, Certain Death, and Lupos’s Wolf Pack to attack the Dragon Kings.
• Chando Lox Baixion summoned Aelionteu’s guardians with the Eight Greed Kings’ Guild weapon, but Sakura killed the Eternal Darkness Dragon King and forced the guardians to surrender.
• Allen revealed that he had taken the Nameless Spellbook from Aelionteu, while Vilnalasath defeated and devoured the Holy Dragon King.
• Chando Lox Baixion used Precise Teleportation to escape with Allen as Artoria led the human Allied Forces in an assault on the Council Nation.

The human Allied Forces overwhelmed the Council Nation’s legions as Artoria’s elite force advanced on its command headquarters, with Gedō and Brain fighting Dragons and demi-humans along the way. Meanwhile, Allen faced the Platinum Dragon King, who borrowed the World Will and unleashed increasingly powerful explosions, but failed to harm him.

• The Council Nation’s front-line legions collapsed under human artillery and Hunter attacks, while Allen’s forces refused to take prisoners.
• Artoria led three thousand elite cavalry toward the Council Nation’s command headquarters as Gedō and Brain stayed behind to fight the diving Dragons and regrouping demi-humans.
• Gedō killed a Dragon and a Giant, while Brain cut down another Dragon and hundreds of soldiers, and the two challenged each other to see who could hold out longer.
• At the Guild Stronghold, the girl gave Chando Lox Baixion the World Will, borrowed from the captain of the Thirteen Heroes, before disappearing underground.
• Allen mocked Chando Lox Baixion for relying on a player’s power, and the Platinum Dragon King attacked him with the World Will-enhanced Greatest Explosion.
• Chando Lox Baixion unleashed three increasingly powerful explosions, but Allen remained unharmed and studied their effects.

Allen overwhelmed the Platinum Dragon King with a Black Hole, a Certain Hit arrow, and a copied Greatest Explosion while testing the World Will’s limits. Chando Lox Baixion sacrificed his body and soul to unleash Prime Magic—Annihilation, trapping Allen in an attack that compressed both his body and soul.

• Allen used a Black Hole to devour the Platinum Dragon King’s Greatest Explosion and erase Sea City, creating a vast maelstrom.
• Allen fired a Certain Hit arrow from Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury, severing part of Chando Lox Baixion’s tail and sending him crashing toward the sea.
• Allen copied Prime Magic—Greatest Explosion and unleashed a more powerful blast, shocking Chando Lox Baixion.
• Chando Lox Baixion offered his body and soul to the World Will and cast Prime Magic—Annihilation, which drew energy from across the planet to compress Allen’s body and soul.
• Allen released his full power as the World Will’s energy closed around him.

Allen survived the World Will’s crushing assault and left with it, while Artoria’s coalition defeated the Council Nation and planned humanity’s expansion. As the victors turned toward new territories, they debated Ainz’s threat and Princess Lana chose the chained Azure Dragon King as her next pet.

• Allen endured the World Will’s escalating pressure, learned it had reached its limit, and seized it after the force receded.
• Artoria’s human coalition annihilated the Council Nation’s army, captured its Dragon Kings, and left the Dragon Race defeated.
• Artoria told the Bloody Emperor she would occupy the Council Nation and settle the southern wastelands, while he planned to conquer the City-State Coalition and expand south.
• Certain Death reported that Allen had finished fighting Chando Lox Baixion and was heading with Sakura to Aelionteu to confront its guardians.
• The Bloody Emperor warned that Ainz could threaten humanity if he conquered the eastern Orcs, but Certain Death argued humanity would eventually surpass him.
• Princess Lana fixed her attention on the chained Azure Dragon King and decided to train him into her next obedient pet.

Allen offered Sakura control of Aelionteu, the Sky City of the Eight Greed Kings, and left her to decide the guardians’ fate. After most guardians pledged loyalty, Sakura learned that the Eight Greed Kings’ civil war had stemmed from a prophecy about players competing to become the world’s Overlord.

• Allen showed Sakura Aelionteu and offered either to destroy the city or pull it into his own world, then tasked her with managing its guardians.
• Sakura gave the guardians a choice to stay or leave, and Edna Bevin pledged loyalty and became the city’s chief steward.
• Most guardians swore loyalty to Sakura, while three around level sixty chose to leave.
• Sakura explored the treasury and found more than fifteen World Items, including Five Elements Counter, as well as riches and undead Dragon King guardians.
• Edna Bevin explained that the Dragon Emperor’s Prime Magic summoned players in successive groups to select an Overlord, prompting the Eight Greed Kings to fight among themselves.
• Sakura wondered whether the Overlord was meant to conquer and unite the world, and noted that players who crossed over had powerful World Items.