Chapter Summaries

King Hermulin abandoned the search for Mist and rejected the use of Forbidden Means, then ordered the Brihaut Family released and offered Riezel a treasury treasure as compensation. Riezel accepted the chance to choose a reward, leaving the royal family’s explanation and Sorok’s eventual accountability unresolved.

• Rom reported that the investigation had found no trace of Mist, the Alchemy Dolls, or their controller, and said Forbidden Means might be the only way to find them.
• King Hermulin rejected using Forbidden Means because discovery could threaten his throne, and he restrained his suspicions of Riezel rather than risk driving him toward the kingdom’s enemies.
• King Hermulin announced that Sorok could not be held accountable while unconscious, ordered the Brihaut Family released, and offered Riezel one treasure from the Kingdom's Treasury.
• Nobles and the Corderion siblings distrusted the royal family’s promise to explain the matter after Sorok awakened, but they chose not to press the issue.
• Yuri told Riezel about the Kingdom's Treasury and its rare treasures, and Riezel accepted the compensation and looked forward to choosing one.

Riezel accompanied Liz to the Royal Palace and met King Hermulin, who apologized for Sorok’s attack and offered him a chance to choose a treasure from the Kingdom's Treasury. King Hermulin revealed a hidden entrance beneath the Throne Room, and the two were carried through the Mist of Nothingness toward the treasury.

• Riezel reassured the nervous Liz as they made their way to the Throne Room.
• King Hermulin apologized for Sorok targeting Riezel’s family and asked him to let the matter go.
• Riezel agreed not to pursue the attack and accepted King Hermulin’s offer to choose a treasure.
• King Hermulin struck the floor with his sword, opening a hidden passage that sent them falling below the Throne Room.
• The Mist of Nothingness enveloped Riezel and King Hermulin, obscured Riezel’s senses, and began carrying them toward the Kingdom's Treasury.

Riezel entered the Ginas Kingdom’s Treasury with King Hermulin and discovered its vast collection of secret treasures. King Hermulin offered him an Earth Dragon Egg, while the Guardian in the cabin had taken notice of Riezel.

• Riezel arrived at the Kingdom’s Treasury with King Hermulin, unaffected by the Mist of Nothingness that blurred the memories of others.
• King Hermulin opened the treasury’s stone door, and the Guardian in the nearby cabin quietly murmured Riezel’s name after they entered.
• Riezel surveyed the treasury’s many rare weapons, magical items, Alchemy Dolls, and other treasures as King Hermulin explained their value.
• King Hermulin identified a preserved Earth Dragon Egg and offered it to Riezel as a powerful potential summoned creature.

Riezel inspected the Kingdom’s Treasury with King Hermulin and rejected the earth dragon egg because it would take too long and cost too much to raise. He became fascinated by the pendant Meloy God, but learned it had never been fully charged and caused its holder to sleepwalk into danger.

• Riezel decided not to take the earth dragon egg, citing its long maturation period and enormous upkeep.
• King Hermulin showed Riezel the treasury’s weapons, armor, and other rare treasures.
• Riezel noticed the pendant Meloy God and learned it could isolate its holder from outside forces and reset them to their state from one day earlier.
• King Hermulin explained that Meloy God had never been fully charged because it required an astonishing amount of magic power.
• King Hermulin revealed that the pendant made its holder sleepwalk out of safe areas and die in the wilderness.

Riezel chose Meloy God, an Ancient Secret Treasure that required an enormous, uninterrupted supply of magic power to activate. He filled it using both the magic power in his body and his steadily recovering mental strength, then claimed it as his own, leaving King Hermulin to accept that the Royal Family could no longer easily move against him.

• King Hermulin explained that Meloy God could only be filled by its holder, could not be interrupted, and would work only for the person who filled it.
• Riezel took Meloy God, and it began absorbing the magic power in his body until its gemstone turned half emerald and his reserves were nearly depleted.
• Riezel converted his mental strength into magic power and fed Meloy God, while his Spirit Healing ability replenished his mental strength.
• Meloy God's gemstone turned completely emerald, and Riezel felt a stronger connection to it, like the one he had felt with Liz's Beast Hide Scroll.
• Riezel told King Hermulin that he chose Meloy God, and King Hermulin accepted the choice after realizing its protection made Riezel difficult for the Royal Family to threaten.

After claiming an Ancient Secret Treasure from the royal treasury, Riezel confronted King Hermulin over Sorok’s near-fatal injury and warned him not to let Sorok provoke him again. Hermulin and Rom decided to let the matter end, while the king planned to warn Sorok when he woke.

• Riezel returned to the Throne Room with an Ancient Secret Treasure and corrected his attitude toward the power of kingdoms.
• King Hermulin told Riezel that his family had been escorted to Franzer Villa, and Riezel left them for Yuri to deal with.
• Hermulin asked whether Riezel had attacked Sorok, and Riezel challenged him to say what he would do if it were true.
• Riezel argued that Sorok had struck first and warned Hermulin that another provocation could end badly, then left the Throne Room.
• Rom agreed that the kingdom should not risk turning Riezel into an enemy, and Hermulin decided to end the matter and warn Sorok when he woke.

Riezel showed Yuri the fully charged Meloy God and explained that a second Magic Power Source let him fill it. Yuri confessed that Riezel was the person closest to her, and after she said the Hidden World could not be found, she revealed an ancient mural depicting a sword identical to Liz's Moslo's Sword.

• Riezel showed Yuri the Meloy God, and Yuri explained that Strategic Class Mages could not fully infuse it with magic power.
• Riezel told Yuri that his second Magic Power Source had allowed him to charge the treasure completely.
• Yuri blurted out that Riezel was the person closest to her, and Riezel replied that she was closest to him too.
• Yuri said her research had uncovered no evidence that the Hidden World existed, leaving Liz uncertain about what Grandma Mia had told her.
• Yuri gave Riezel a rubbing of an Ancient Ruins mural, and Liz recognized the Queen's golden sword as Moslo's Sword.

Yuri explained that Ancient Magic Civilization had vanished around eleven thousand years ago, possibly in a cataclysmic war against monsters, and that its relics held powerful secrets. She revealed that Moslo's Sword matched a groove in ruins near Sinyele, giving Riezel and Liz a possible lead to uncover the sword's origins and find the Hidden World.

• Yuri described the rise and disappearance of Ancient Magic Civilization and the theory that monsters had destroyed it.
• Yuri said ancient relics such as Meloy God were exceptionally difficult for modern mages to understand or reproduce.
• Yuri revealed that the royal family had studied Moslo's Sword and identified it as a Magic Weapon from Ancient Magic Civilization, but could not analyze or damage it.
• Yuri showed Riezel and Liz a map marking Sinyele, and Marilyn identified it as a neutral city between Ginas Kingdom and Rebru Kingdom.
• Yuri explained that ruins near Sinyele contained a sword-shaped groove matching Moslo's blade, though the royal family had abandoned plans to test the sword there after a serious incident.
• Yuri suggested that Riezel and Liz investigate Sinyele to learn about Moslo's Sword and the Hidden World, and Liz fell silent.

Riezel explained to Liz that he had investigated the Hidden World and Moslo because the Dimensional Cube connected him to the Ancient Magic Civilization. After sharing their linked mysteries, he studied Yuri’s map and mural rubbing and decided to pursue the clues.

• Riezel examined the Beast Hide Scroll and reflected on the Ancient Magic Civilization’s connection to Liz, Meloy God, and the Dimensional Cube.
• Liz visited Riezel because she could not sleep and asked why he had investigated the Hidden World and Moslo.
• Riezel showed Liz the Beast Hide Scroll and revealed that the Dimensional Cube was with him and had changed his life.
• Riezel explained that he was investigating the Hidden World and Moslo’s Sword to learn the cube’s origins, reassuring Liz that she did not have to face her own mysteries alone.
• Riezel studied the red X on Yuri’s map alongside a rubbing of a mural, and a decision formed in his heart.

After the capital declared Third Prince Sorok’s attackers captured and eliminated, Riezel told Yuri he would travel to Sinyele to investigate the Ancient Ruins connected to Moslo’s Sword. Yuri and Liz accepted that he would leave, and he planned to depart the day after tomorrow after preparing himself.

• The Royal Palace announced that Shadow had apprehended and eliminated foreign criminals who attacked Third Prince Sorok, surprising the nobles and confusing the Corderion siblings.
• Riezel told Yuri he would go to Sinyele despite the dangers, political tensions, and unresolved mystery surrounding the Ancient Ruins.
• Liz declared that she would accompany Riezel because she wanted to learn the truth about Moslo’s Sword and her origins.
• Yuri agreed to arrange a carriage and supplies, and Riezel set his departure for the day after tomorrow so he could strengthen himself first.
• After Marilyn took Liz to prepare for the journey, Riezel and Yuri shared tea and spoke about missing each other after he left.

Riezel prepared for Dimensional Travel, entrusted his unconscious body to Liz, and entered a new world. His consciousness arrived in Overlord, while Liz stayed close to protect him.

• Riezel told Ain and Ian to announce that he would stop accepting arena challenges, then asked Liz to guard him while he underwent special training.
• Riezel updated his Ability Value with Loki's Divine Blood, raising his stats and improving several Development Abilities while Mage remained unchanged.
• Riezel used 10 units of Dimensional Energy to assimilate Meloy God and activated the Dimensional Passage with 213 units remaining.
• The Dimensional Cube connected Riezel to Overlord, where his consciousness would take physical form and death would end the journey without harming his original body.
• Riezel's consciousness entered the passage, and Liz confirmed he was unconscious before burrowing beneath the covers and embracing him to guard him.

Riezel arrived in Yharnam and joined the Adventurer Guild to obtain information about powerful monsters. After requesting the Guild’s most detailed maps and monster records, he left the room stunned by offering a fist-sized gold nugget to pay.

• Riezel entered Yharnam’s Adventurer Guild and told a receptionist he wanted to become an adventurer.
• The receptionist registered Riezel as a Copper Rank adventurer and gave him an identification plate.
• Riezel asked for the most detailed maps and monster distribution information so he could find powerful enemies.
• When the receptionist explained that detailed information had to be purchased, Riezel tossed a fist-sized gold nugget onto the counter, silencing the Guild.

Riezel bought a booklet from the Adventurer Guild with Gold Coins, then challenged the adventurers who tried to exploit his wealth. After he defeated every challenger without injury, he left with the booklet as news of Riezel Brihaut spread across Yharnam.

• Riezel tossed a Gold Coin onto the Guild counter and asked the receptionist to prepare a booklet.
• A Silver Rank brute grabbed Riezel and offered to take him adventuring, but Riezel pried his arm away and challenged him to prove his strength.
• Riezel poured fist-sized Gold Coins from a bag and promised them to anyone who could beat him, prompting the brute and other adventurers to challenge him.
• Riezel defeated every challenger outside the Guild, including Silver Rank fighters and Magic Casters, without being touched.
• Riezel collected the booklet from the receptionist and left, while word of his strength and wealth spread through Yharnam.

Riezel assessed Yharnam and the weakness of this world's natives while considering the Ranked Magic he wanted to learn. After locating Karn Village near the grassland where the YGGDRASIL protagonist had arrived, he left Yharnam to investigate.

• Riezel walked through Yharnam's poorly maintained residential district and judged the Silver-rank adventurers he had encountered to be weak.
• Riezel recalled how YGGDRASIL players and their magic vastly surpassed this world's natives, and decided to pursue Ranked Magic.
• Riezel considered Martial Skills but favored magic because he could learn spells through All-Rounder.
• Riezel studied a map and identified the grassland near the junction of the Kingdom of Re-Estize, the Bahas Empire, and the Slane Theocracy as the place where the protagonist had arrived.
• Riezel noticed Karn Village near that grassland, left Yharnam, and headed south toward the forest.

Riezel found a village massacred by human attackers and realized Karn Village could soon face the same fate. He raced to the grasslands where he sensed two figures in the sky and fired a spell to greet them.

• Riezel chose to travel north along the forest's edge, avoiding the forest itself and its repulsive monsters.
• Riezel discovered a village filled with the bodies of more than a hundred villagers and determined their clean wounds had been made by weapons.
• Riezel left the villagers with a promise that someone would bury them, then used lightning to race toward the grasslands at the intersection of three countries.
• Riezel sensed two figures in the sky and cast Arcing Ray toward them.

Momonga admired the unfamiliar world before Demiurge joined him, and they spotted a streak of fire that appeared to invite contact. Momonga ordered Nazarick’s Guardians alerted and decided to meet whoever had sent it.

• Momonga floated beneath the night sky and wondered whether his former companions had also crossed into this world.
• Demiurge arrived and urged Momonga to stay within his field of vision.
• Momonga told Demiurge to call him Dark Warrior outside Nazarick.
• A streak of fire shot past Momonga and Demiurge, prompting them to suspect someone wanted to speak with them.
• Momonga ordered Demiurge to notify Albedo and all the Guardians, raise the alert to its highest level, and prepare to meet the strangers.

Riezel waited as Momonga and Nazarick’s Guardians cautiously surrounded him, then met Momonga and Demiurge face-to-face. After Riezel introduced himself as an information broker, Momonga offered to pay for information about their unfamiliar surroundings.

• Riezel sensed spells sweeping the grasslands and waited while the other party prepared the area with detection and defensive magic.
• Nazarick’s Guardians and heteromorphic troops secretly surrounded Riezel, then Momonga and Demiurge descended to meet him.
• Momonga concealed his undead nature and cautiously asked Riezel why he had fired a spell at the flying figure.
• Riezel explained that he was an adventurer and information broker who searched remote places for information about ruins and hidden treasures.
• Momonga claimed that his group were travelers lost in the area and asked what price Riezel would charge for information.

Riezel tried to trade information with Momonga, carefully building trust while hiding his real aim: learning unknown magic from him. Momonga agreed to consider a deal, and Riezel left the conversation focused on magic as payment.

• Riezel judged that fighting Momonga would yield too few spells and instead planned to trade valuable information for magic.
• Riezel challenged Momonga's trust and suggested they part ways, then turned to leave.
• Momonga stopped Riezel and offered to buy only basic information while asking him not to reveal anything about their encounter or group.
• Riezel explained his fees and said he accepted Gold Coins, equipment, Magic Items, or valuable information as payment.
• Riezel proposed clues about unknown magic as a possible payment, revealing his real objective and stirring Momonga's interest.

Momonga traded information about known spells with Riezel Brihaut in exchange for basic information about the world, while concealing his origins. After Riezel departed, Momonga refused to capture him and ordered Nazarick’s Guardians to return and review what they had learned.

• Riezel explained to Momonga that information about both known and unknown spells could help Magic Casters improve their abilities and create new magic.
• Momonga agreed to exchange spell information for a preliminary understanding of the world, introduced himself as Dark Warrior, and learned Riezel’s name.
• Riezel left the grasslands at dawn, satisfied with the exchange, while Momonga and Demiurge watched him go.
• Demiurge asked why Momonga had not captured Riezel, and Momonga questioned whether they could have kept him from escaping.
• Albedo, Shalltear, Aura, Mare, and other Nazarick heteromorphs revealed they had surrounded Riezel during the night and offered to capture him.
• Momonga judged Riezel too dangerous to pursue rashly and ordered the group to return to Nazarick and review the information they had obtained.

After learning ninety-nine Ranked Magic spells from Momonga, Riezel tested them while traveling across the grasslands, discovering new options for flight, weapons, teleportation, and combat. He began considering how to turn Reality Slash into a sword technique and noticed that Ranked Magic could be cast almost instantly, before sensing something unusual.

• Riezel reflected that Momonga had withheld his necromancy spells and taught him only ninety-nine spells.
• Riezel cast Flight and High-Tier Item Creation, then made a durable blade to use as his primary weapon.
• Riezel tested Dimensional Shift and lamented that Momonga had not shown him longer-range teleportation spells.
• Riezel used Reality Slash to cut space and decided to study reproducing the technique through swordsmanship.
• Riezel concluded that Ranked Magic activated almost instantly, then noticed something unusual while continuing his tests.