Chapter Summaries

Mare captured the undead Fanuen, who had secretly investigated Ainz and the Great Forest of Tob. When Ainz confronted him at the forest base, Fanuen recognized him as a god of undeath and gave his name, leaving Ainz to question what he knew.

• Mare stopped Fanuen's Teleportation with Plant Entanglement, knocked him unconscious, and brought him to the base.
• Ainz arrived at the temporary base, where Albedo explained that Fanuen had deliberately sought information about him and the forest.
• Ainz praised Mare for capturing Fanuen, then went with Albedo and Mare to the Black Tower to question him.
• Ainz cast Dimensional Lock, and Fanuen's attempt to teleport away failed after Mare's binding spell was removed.
• Fanuen bowed before Ainz, hailed him as the true God of Undeath, and identified himself as Fanuen Bead Erges Lart.

Ainz interrogated the undead Fanuen, who revealed that he belonged to Corpus of the Abyss and warned Ainz to leave before the True Dragon Lord noticed him. Meanwhile, Tang Zheng tested his Immortal Arts against Leoric Zhen and Gros Hornfury, then learned that Fanuen had disappeared while investigating the Kingdom.

• Fanuen identified himself as an Outer Circle member of Corpus of the Abyss, an organization unknown to Ainz and Nazarick.
• Fanuen warned Ainz that he should leave before the True Dragon Lord found him, prompting Albedo to rebuke him.
• Tang Zheng sparred with Leoric Zhen and Gros Hornfury in the Floating City's Starry Sky Square, using Immortal Arts to block and counter their attacks.
• Imlaris the Butler arrived and reported that Fanuen had not returned from investigating the Kingdom, judging that he had disappeared.
• Tang Zheng told Imlaris to meet him in the main hall of the Starlight Observation Tower and departed using the Guild Ring.

Tang Zheng and Imlaris weighed how Nazarick and the True Dragon Lord faction might respond to leaked intelligence, then Mare confronted the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord after he traced Undead Fanuen to Nazarick’s hidden position. The Dragon Lord attacked and sealed the area inside a barrier, leaving Mare facing a fight despite Ainz’s order to gather information.

• Tang Zheng questioned Imlaris about the risks of Undead Fanuen’s defection and decided to wait rather than send anyone immediately.
• Mare watched as Undead Fanuen used a magic ritual to report Metal Golems to his lord, but the connection abruptly ended.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord appeared above the hidden trench and blasted it with Dark Corrosion Breath, but Natural Sanctuary protected part of it.
• Mare emerged and addressed the Dragon Lord as Fanuen’s master, confirming to the Dragon Lord that Fanuen had betrayed him.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord raised a World Isolating Barrier around the area and dived at Mare, who hesitated because Ainz had ordered him to extract information.

Mare fought the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord while Aura watched from afar, then hurried away after spotting a second enemy. Platinum Armor appeared at Nazarick’s concealed base, killed the defenders who attacked, and headed toward the Black Tower.

• Mare dodged the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord’s attacks, endured his breath with his armor, and struck him hard with the Sandalwood Staff.
• Mare healed himself with a scroll and prepared to capture the dragon alive as the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord rose and roared.
• Aura watched Mare through Eye of the Sky, judged the dragon not especially strong, then noticed a second enemy and fled with Finn.
• Platinum Armor appeared at Nazarick’s concealed base and observed the Metal Golems and monsters building there.
• Platinum Armor killed a charging Taurus Dragonkin and several more, then turned toward the Black Tower.

The Platinum Armor attacked Aura’s stronghold but killed Kyadrasil, the Sunlight Iguana guarding it, before Aura and her monsters counterattacked. As the Platinum Armor fought Aura, Finn, and the arriving beasts, Aura noticed that some of her children could not reach the battle.

• The Platinum Armor defeated the Taurus Dragonkin and Metal Golems and advanced toward the Black Tower, where Kyadrasil ambushed him.
• The Platinum Armor overcame Kyadrasil’s invisibility and Solar Flare, killed him, and drew Aura’s attack.
• Aura activated a World Isolating Barrier and fought the Platinum Armor alongside Finn, using wolf doubles and enchanted arrows.
• The Element Hunting Corps, Rainbow Tyrant, and Qilin attacked the Platinum Armor as more monsters rushed toward the battle.
• Aura noticed that some of her children had been stopped and could not enter the area.

Aura and her magical beasts fought the Platinum Armor in the Great Forest of Tob, while Ainz watched the battle alongside Mare’s fight against the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord. The Platinum Armor fled after gathering intelligence, and Ainz asked the Floor Guardians for their thoughts as he weighed whether to intervene.

• Aura ordered Kyadrasil to cripple the Platinum Armor, then used her beasts and arrows to counter its teleporting attacks.
• The Platinum Armor resisted Aura’s petrification and unleashed a storm of metal fragments, injuring Aura and the Divine Hunting Wolf.
• Aura used Many Faces of Beasts Tyrant's Body to survive the attack, regrouped with her beasts, and led them in a coordinated assault.
• The Platinum Armor fled through the Great Forest of Tob, and Aura pursued it.
• Ainz summoned the Floor Guardians to watch Crystal Screens showing Mare fighting the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord and Aura fighting the Platinum Armor.
• Ainz held back from intervening and asked the Floor Guardians what they thought about the situation.

Ainz discovered that World Items affected who could see the Crystal Screen and prepared Nazarick to respond to the possibility that their enemies possessed similar treasures. Meanwhile, Mare forced the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord to reveal that it could teleport through the barrier, but the dragon escaped and then attacked Undead Xian Nu'en.

• Ainz learned that only he and Albedo could see the Crystal Screen clearly, and suspected the cause was Albedo's World Item, Ginnungagap.
• Albedo handed Ginnungagap to Demiurge, confirming that its holder could see the screen; Ainz ordered Shalltear to prepare Gate and Albedo to relay the battle.
• Mare pursued the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord, struck it with his staff, and discovered that he could not teleport through the World Isolating Barrier.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord confirmed its findings, used World Teleportation, and vanished as the barrier disappeared.
• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord's claw burst through the ground behind the damaged Natural Sanctuary and reached for Undead Xian Nu'en.

Mare failed to prevent the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord from capturing Fanuen, while the Platinum Dragon Lord and Hony exchanged intelligence about their enemies and prepared for the conflict to continue. In the Re-Estize capital, Sebas investigated the Magic Caster’s Guild before visiting Home Tavern and ordering ale.

• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord seized Fanuen and escaped with him after destroying the Natural Sanctuary and killing the two Hanzos.
• Aura pursued the Platinum Armor, but it used World Teleportation to return to the Platinum Dragon Lord’s underground base.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord and Hony exchanged reports about the Dark Elf opponents and learned that the enemy might include four Players; the Platinum Dragon Lord then ended its assistance.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord decided to press the conflict rather than delay, believing whoever seized the initiative would gain the advantage.
• Sebas left the Magic Caster’s Guild after buying Magic Scrolls and went to Home Tavern to investigate the Kingdom’s important figures.
• Sebas entered Home Tavern and asked the owner for a glass of ale.

Sebas investigated Home Tavern and discovered that Kialé and its staff were women with troubled pasts, while Ninya supported her sister’s work there. After noticing suspicious watchers and Climb escorting the women home, Sebas left to investigate further on his own.

• Sebas observed Kialé serving customers at Home Tavern and noticed her hollow demeanor and the similar condition of the other staff.
• Ninya visited Kialé, reassured her that the tavern’s workers were legally employees, and encouraged her plans to expand the business.
• Sebas overheard the sisters, considered investigating Ninya, and then spotted disguised people watching Home Tavern as he left.
• Sebas sent a Shadow Demon to tell Solution he would return late and stayed nearby to watch the tavern.
• Climb arrived to escort Kialé and the other women home, and Sebas recognized him as a connection to Princess Renner.

Climb and Kialé encountered wounded women being used to lure them into an ambush, but Sebas drove off the attackers and helped them. When Sebas returned to his residence, Shalltear announced that war was about to begin.

• Climb discovered injured women inside sacks on the road, and a woman attacked him with a dagger under the influence of the men who had abused them.
• Kialé confronted the gang leader and offered to buy the women, but he demanded an impossible price and ordered his men to attack Climb.
• Dozens of attackers overwhelmed Climb, and Kialé prepared to fight before Sebas appeared and seized the gang leader, forcing the attackers to flee.
• Sebas helped Climb to his feet and questioned why he and Kialé were trying to save the women, then returned to his residence.
• Sebas found Solution and Nazarick's forces waiting, and Shalltear told him that war was about to begin.

Shalltear summoned Sebas from the villa back to Nazarick as war preparations began, while Tang Zheng predicted Nazarick would retaliate against the Draconic Kingdom after its clash with the True Dragon Lord faction. He ordered a warning for Dragon Queen Dejire and prepared forces for battle, though Imlaris suspected Tang Zheng had deeper reasons.

• Shalltear told Sebas and Solution that war had begun, and Sebas verified her identity by having Solution confirm a detail about the Voice Actor profession.
• Shalltear explained that Ainz had ordered only Sebas to return to Nazarick, leaving Solution in charge of the villa's arrangements.
• Tang Zheng learned that the Bone Lord had disappeared and that Fanuen could no longer be contacted, leading Imlaris to conclude that Nazarick and the True Dragon Lords had clashed.
• Tang Zheng and Imlaris reasoned that Nazarick might retaliate against the Draconic Kingdom, since Fanuen had been stationed there and the country was vulnerable to invasion.
• Tang Zheng ordered someone to warn Dragon Queen Dejire and instructed Imlaris to prepare the first and second battle plans, including Super-Tier Magic support.
• Imlaris questioned whether Tang Zheng had deeper reasons for preparing to defend the Draconic Kingdom, since its destruction would not greatly affect the second front.

Dejire the Draconic Queen struggled with nightmares and the growing burdens of ruling before receiving a mysterious message claiming the Undead Fanuen had been killed. Meanwhile, an Imperial guard at the Katze Plains saw a vast force of Undead advancing through the mist.

• Dejire woke from another nightmare, handled state affairs, and worried about the Werewolf Troops and the Undead threat.
• An unknown caller used Message to tell Dejire that Fanuen had been killed, then abruptly cut off the connection.
• Dejire doubted the anonymous report and worried that the sender might know about the Draconic Kingdom's cooperation with Fanuen.
• Karamu complained about his post at the Imperial Fortress on the Katze Plains as the sounds of marching grew louder.
• Karamu spotted scarlet eyes emerging from the mist and realized that a massive force of Undead was approaching.

Mare and Shalltear destroyed the Imperial Frontline Military Base on the Katze Plains, then invaded Lollor in the Draconic Kingdom. They deliberately allowed some people to escape so they could spread the news and lure out the Black Dragon Lord.

• Mare and Shalltear led Death Knights and undead to the Imperial Frontline Military Base, where the soldiers recognized Valdes among the undead and realized Vardis had fallen.
• Mare used expanded Earth magic to destroy the fortress and buried its defenders in the ruins.
• Shalltear sent Vampire bats and Death Knights to hunt down survivors, and the undead wiped out everyone in the base.
• Mare and Shalltear set out for the Draconic Kingdom, where they attacked the city of Lollor at dawn.
• Mare and Shalltear advanced through Lollor after the undead overwhelmed its defenders, and they confirmed that some people had been allowed to escape to lure out the Black Dragon Lord.

The Undead overran the Lion-Tiger Beastman Country and encircled the Draconic Kingdom’s Royal Capital, where Queen Dejire considered trying to communicate with their intelligent commander. Tang Zheng learned that the Undead had surrounded the capital, though the enemy Guild’s Guardian remained unidentified.

• The Lion-Tiger Beastman leaders debated raiding the Draconic Kingdom for food, but an immense Negative Energy force swept across their country and killed the Beastmen.
• Death Knights spread across the Draconic Kingdom, driving refugees into the Royal Capital as Queen Dejire and the prime minister awaited help from Crystal Tear and the Slane Theocracy.
• Queen Dejire concluded that the Undead commander’s strategy showed Wisdom and might make communication possible.
• A soldier reported that the Undead had arrived at the Royal Capital before support could reach the kingdom.
• Imlaris informed Tang Zheng that the Undead had completed their encirclement of the Royal Capital and that the enemy Guild’s Guardian had not been identified.

Tang Zheng considered the Great Tomb’s likely plans while Evileye contacted Draudillon with a way to help civilians escape the besieged Royal Capital. Draudillon prepared to face the Undead army herself, determined to confront its leader and use her Innate Talent if the Draconic Kingdom fell.

• Tang Zheng and Imlaris concluded that the Great Tomb was likely using its invasion to draw out the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord, while Tang considered which Guardians might be involved.
• Draudillon saw the Undead army surrounding the Royal Capital and, despite the panic among her nobles and the soldiers’ despair, decided to go to the front lines and negotiate with its leader.
• Evileye contacted Draudillon and offered to disrupt the Death Knights and create an escape route so elite soldiers could escort civilians toward the Slane Theocracy.
• Draudillon arranged for the prime minister, Olaviel, to manage the city’s defenses, then boarded a carriage alone and headed for the front lines.
• Evileye watched Draudillon depart and decided it was time for her to act.

Draudillon Oriculus met Mare to negotiate for the Draconic Kingdom’s survival, but Mare refused surrender and demanded that she gather the country’s citizens so he could kill them with magic. After demonstrating his power, he left Draudillon terrified and in despair.

• Draudillon rode through her army’s lines and approached the Death Knight alone to request a meeting with the being controlling it.
• Mare appeared beside the Death Knight, revealed that he was in command, and told Draudillon that the invasion was aimed at a dragon.
• Draudillon offered to surrender the Draconic Kingdom as a vassal state, but Mare refused and said he wanted to destroy it.
• Mare asked Draudillon to move the citizens to a place he chose so he could kill them all with magic.
• Mare cast Earthquake, swallowing and crushing a group of Undead, while Draudillon collapsed in terror.

Draudillon Oriculus left Nazarick terrified after Shalltear and Mare let her go, while Evileye attacked the encircling Undead to buy time for the Draconic Kingdom’s evacuation. Shalltear tracked Evileye to her second attack and trapped her with Dimensional Lock.

• Draudillon Oriculus concluded that Nazarick had spared her to crush resistance through fear, then left determined not to become its prey.
• Mare told Shalltear that he had let Draudillon Oriculus go, hoping her fear might lead to an unexpected gain; Shalltear fed on the captive Sera Burea.
• Shalltear sensed that a Death Knight had been destroyed and teleported to investigate, finding signs of a powerful lightning spell.
• Evileye destroyed a Death Knight in the southwest, then teleported northeast and destroyed another to draw out the Undead commander and give civilians time to flee.
• Shalltear appeared before Evileye and cast Dimensional Lock, sealing the area around them.

Evileye lured Shalltear into a fight but was overwhelmed by the Vampire’s power and left badly injured. She escaped Shalltear’s grasp with her racial skill, then used a Magic Boost Ritual to cast an Eighth-Tier Crystal Greatsword before fainting.

• Shalltear used Dimensional Lock and confronted Evileye, who tried to stall her by asking why she was attacking the Dragon Lord Kingdom.
• Shalltear’s Charm Eye and All Species Restraint failed to stop Evileye, but she nullified Evileye’s Shard Buck Shots and struck her with Vermilion Nova.
• Evileye damaged Shalltear’s dress with Dragon Lightning, but Shalltear burned and crushed her, then prepared to capture her.
• Shalltear sensed that the Death Knights under her control were being destroyed near Mare and realized Evileye might be bait.
• Evileye used The One’s Dignity and Black Mist Transformation to escape Shalltear briefly, then dismissed the transformation and refused to surrender.
• Evileye activated the Magic Boost Ritual and cast an enhanced Eighth-Tier Crystal Greatsword before fainting.

The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord arrived at the Draconic Kingdom’s Royal City and attacked Mare, who fought it until Shalltear teleported in. Mare restrained the giant undead dragon with earth magic while Shalltear charged it, and the battle continued as they learned its body could regenerate and shed damaged parts.

• The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord crashed into the Royal City, destroying many Undead and revealing its enormous body made of countless Undead.
• Mare questioned the dragon, then dodged its attacks and used a Firestorm scroll to burn through an extension of its claw, which quickly regenerated.
• Shalltear teleported to Mare after leaving the unconscious Evileye with guards, and the two identified the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord as their enemy.
• Mare trapped the dragon’s legs with Earth Waves and Earth Fissure while Shalltear attacked with Tenth-Tier magic.
• The dragon shed its trapped legs and regenerated them, then struck at Shalltear; she countered one claw with Vermilion Nova and blocked the other with her Spuit Lance.

Shalltear, Mare, and Nazarick’s forces battled the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord, whose Corpse Armor was made of countless Undead and could rapidly regenerate. The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord unleashed a flame-enhanced attack on the Forest Dragons, while Shalltear suspected it was hiding its true body; Draconic Queen Dejire ordered the capital evacuated, and a bat spy appeared near the unconscious Evileye.

• Shalltear used detection magic and discovered that the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord was composed of countless independently living Undead, then attacked it with the Spuit Lance.
• Mare summoned twenty Monster Hanzo and two Forest Dragons to assist Shalltear, while he altered the battlefield’s terrain to hinder the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord.
• The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord teleported away from the terrain trap, covered itself in Modified Flame of the Dead, and slammed both Forest Dragons into the ground.
• Shalltear tested the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord with Radiance and suspected that it was concealing its true body.
• Draconic Queen Dejire ordered the city gates opened and the citizens evacuated toward the Slane Theocracy as a strange bat slipped from her shadow.
• A bat’s eye emerged from the shadow beneath the unconscious Evileye inside the Natural Sanctuary and cautiously observed the area.