Chapter Summaries

Tang Zheng, Ainz, and the True Dragon Lords assessed the unexpected appearance of the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord in the Draconic Kingdom. As Shalltear and Mare’s forces struggled to overcome his attrition tactics, the battle remained unresolved.

• Imlaris reported that the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord had appeared in the Draconic Kingdom, and Tang Zheng suspected the battle was not the Great Tomb and True Dragon Lords’ true confrontation.
• Tang Zheng ordered Leoric Zhen and Gelos Hornfury to wait rather than intervene while Evileye remained captured.
• Ainz and his subordinates discussed Mare and Shalltear’s battle, and Cocytus judged that the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord could defeat him through attrition but that Shalltear and Mare should prevail together.
• The concealed Deep Darkness Dragon Lord and another True Dragon Lord argued over whether to aid Cure Elim, then agreed to watch the battle and intervene if he fell behind.
• After nearly an hour of fighting, the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord had worn down the Monster Hanzos and wounded the Forest Dragons, while Shalltear and Mare recognized that their forces could not sustain the battle much longer.

Mare used Petit-Catastrophe to strip away most of the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord’s Corpse Armor, allowing Shalltear and the others to confront its exposed body. The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord then unleashed Soulbreaker Breath, which erased Shalltear and the nearby allies, but Mare survived and was revealed to possess a World Item.

• Mare told Shalltear he could expose the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord’s main body with his killer move, and Shalltear agreed to create an opening for him.
• Shalltear burrowed through the Corpse Armor, found the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord’s true body, and signaled Mare with Radiance.
• Mare activated Petit-Catastrophe, destroying most of the Corpse Armor and exposing the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord to the battlefield.
• Shalltear recovered from her injuries, attacked the exposed dragon with a Purifying Throwing Spear, and trapped it with Dimensional Lock as the Forest Dragons and Monster Hanzos joined the fight.
• The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord unleashed Soulbreaker Breath, erasing Shalltear and the nearby allies while leaving their equipment behind.
• Mare cried out for Shalltear, and the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord realized he had survived because he possessed a World Item.

After Shalltear's death, Ainz calmed himself and resolved to protect Mare and the World Item while limiting Nazarick's exposure. Mare continued destroying the Draconic Kingdom's capital instead of retreating, as Deep Darkness Dragon Lord launched an avatar toward Nazarick and Albedo reported that the Great Forest of Tob outpost was under attack.

• Ainz rejected an immediate rescue force after Demiurge warned that the battle might be a trap, then realized Shalltear had not revived despite carrying a resurrection item and concluded the Dragon Lord might wield a World Item or equivalent power.
• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord and Blight Venom Dragon Lord discussed Elder Coffin Dragon Lord's Supreme-Tier Wild Magic and the World Item among Shalltear's fallen equipment, then Deep Darkness Dragon Lord sent an avatar toward the enemy base.
• Mare abandoned Shalltear's equipment to Elder Coffin Dragon Lord and attacked the Draconic Kingdom's army, civilians, and Royal Capital with Waves of Earth and Earthquake.
• Elder Coffin Dragon Lord struck Mare through the city wall, but Mare emerged from the ruins and used the dragon's attacks to continue destroying the capital while evading it.
• Ainz contacted Mare and began ordering him to withdraw, but Mare insisted he would complete the mission, so Ainz let him continue.
• Albedo told Ainz that the Great Forest of Tob outpost had been attacked by the Dark Dragon Lord and that Aura wanted to speak with him.

The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord's duplicate lured Nazarick's Guardians into battle, while Nazarick used the clash to conceal its true strength and prepared for a possible invasion. The real Deep Darkness Dragon Lord and the Blight Venom Dragon Lord then teleported outside the barrier and flew toward the duplicate.

• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord's duplicate teleported above the Great Forest of Tob, raised a World Isolating Barrier, and tried to retreat after spotting Ainz's Eyeball Corpse.
• Pandora and an Elemental Skull intercepted the duplicate, but it used Shadow Leap to attack Pandora before Albedo struck it down and Aura, Pandora, and Albedo surrounded it.
• The duplicate concluded that Nazarick lacked reserves because all three Guardians had appeared, while Ainz was moved by Aura's trust in Mare and ordered Demiurge, Sebas, and Cocytus to prepare for multiple threats.
• Ainz vanished, and Demiurge suggested he had gone to Gargantua on the Fourth Floor.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord received its duplicate's information, then teleported with the Blight Venom Dragon Lord outside the barrier and flew toward it.

Albedo and Pandora fought the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord and Blight Venom Dragon Lord while Aura withdrew toward the base carrying a World Item. As the Guardians began to lose ground, Gargantua appeared on the battlefield.

• Aura and Albedo identified the wounded Deep Darkness Dragon Lord duplicate as a Golem, and Albedo realized the enemy had used duplicates to probe Nazarick.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord and Blight Venom Dragon Lord attacked Albedo and Pandora with their breaths, but Pandora’s three layers of Magic Shield blocked the assault.
• Ainz confirmed Aura had escaped the barrier range safely, while his subordinates reported Mare’s heavy magic use and the enemy’s unusual reliance on physical attacks.
• The Dragon Lords used Wild Magic to darken the battlefield and reduce the Guardians’ maximum HP, then engaged Albedo and Pandora in combat.
• Albedo exchanged places with Pandora to intercept the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord, while Pandora summoned a Doom Lord to hold back the Blight Venom Dragon Lord.
• Gargantua appeared as a colossal stone Guardian, bringing the battles to a halt.

Pandora and Gargantua overwhelmed the Blight Venom Dragon Lord by exploiting its vulnerability to blunt damage, while Albedo kept the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord occupied with her defense and control skills. The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord realized it had lost control of the battle as Albedo declared that the invaders would be trapped.

• Gargantua hurled a magically reinforced mass of rock at the Blight Venom Dragon Lord, and Pandora deduced that its Venomization form was weak to blunt attacks.
• Pandora bound the Blight Venom Dragon Lord and hit it with repeated Nuclear Blast spells, forcing it back into its true form.
• Gargantua seized the injured Blight Venom Dragon Lord and repeatedly smashed it into the ground.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord attacked Albedo from the shadows, but Albedo endured its blows and taunted it with confidence in her defenses.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord tried to reach Pandora, but Albedo used Hate Transfer to redirect its attack and keep it from leaving her.
• Albedo declared that the Dragon Lords would become prisoners, and the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord realized it was no longer controlling the battle.

Gargantua and Pandora defeated the Blight Venom Dragon Lord while Albedo kept the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord occupied, prompting it to unleash a powerful Wild Magic spell. Meanwhile, the Draconic Kingdom’s capital lay in ruins, and Queen Dejire walked toward the battling Dragon Lords despite the destruction around her.

• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord used Shadow Leap and Dark Corrosion Breath against Albedo, but she blocked its attacks and held it off.
• Gargantua and Pandora battered the Blight Venom Dragon Lord as it used several Wild Magic spells to stay alive, until it lost consciousness and unleashed a deadly roar.
• Gargantua tore the Blight Venom Dragon Lord in half, and the enraged Deep Darkness Dragon Lord began casting High-Tier Wild Magic: Endless Darkness.
• Ainzach gathered adventurer teams in E-Rantel to investigate tremors from the Great Forest of Tob, while the Jet Black team remained absent.
• Mare and the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord’s battle reduced much of the Draconic Kingdom’s capital to ruins, and Queen Dejire walked toward the Dragon Lords.

Mare fought the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord until Tang Zheng arrived and attacked him, but the Draconic Queen Dejire unleashed Platinum Explosion, killing Mare and engulfing the dragon. Tang Zheng retrieved Mare’s items and rescued Dejire, then Nazarick’s reinforcements emerged through a Gate as he rushed toward the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord.

• Mare repeatedly blocked the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord’s attacks and escaped, while the dragon pursued him for his World Item.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord contacted the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord and ordered it to retreat, reporting that Nidhofis Goraktor had died.
• Tang Zheng arrived as a Red Dragon Lord, attacked Mare, and tried to stop the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord from claiming Mare’s World Item.
• Dejire activated her innate talent and unleashed Platinum Explosion, killing Mare and engulfing the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord in light.
• Tang Zheng collected Mare’s dropped items and stored the unconscious Dejire in the Two-Realm Mandala.
• Aura, Albedo, Pandora, and Gargantua emerged from a Gate, and Tang Zheng rushed toward the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord.

Tang Zheng rescued the badly injured Elder Coffin Dragon Lord from Nazarick’s pursuit and escaped with him, then used a new prophecy to warn him about a vast underground stronghold. The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord demanded the World Item, but after Tang Zheng refused and challenged him, he backed down.

• Albedo, Aura, and Pandora pursued Tang Zheng and the injured Elder Coffin Dragon Lord, but Tang Zheng used Wetland Elementals to cover their escape.
• Pandora’s Nuclear Blast struck Tang Zheng and the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord, but Tang Zheng recovered, escaped Dimensional Lock, and teleported away with him.
• Ainz ordered Pandora to stop pursuing Tang Zheng and the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord.
• Tang Zheng brought the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord to safety, identified himself as Mission Kemplitt, and warned him that his companion had foreseen an enormous underground stronghold.
• The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord demanded Tang Zheng’s World Item, but Tang Zheng refused and stood his ground, forcing the injured dragon to abandon the demand.

Tang Zheng secured a fourth World Item, rescued Evileye and Draconic Queen Dejire, and ordered the Slane Theocracy to reclaim the Abelion Hills. As the True Dragon Lords gathered to discuss their losses, Ainz resurrected Mare but discovered that Shalltear could not be revived.

• Tang Zheng watched the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord depart with Shalltear's equipment and kept [Greed and Desirelessness] for himself.
• Tang Zheng told Evileye that True Dragon Lords opposed the gods who descended into the world, and Evileye agreed to escort Draconic Queen Dejire to the Slane Theocracy.
• Tang Zheng ordered the Slane Theocracy to reclaim the Abelion Hills and appointed Crusch Lulu to replace the Verdant Leaf Witch.
• The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord joined the Six Dragons Alliance, where the gathered Dragon Lords discussed Nid's death, resurrection, and the Red Dragon Lord's new prophecy.
• Ainz used one billion Game Gold to resurrect Mare, but the attempt to resurrect Shalltear failed, and he comforted Mare while telling him he had done well.

Ainz reassured Mare that he had fulfilled his mission and explained that Nazarick’s retreat had concealed its strength from the enemy. After learning that Shalltear’s resurrection had failed, Ainz suspected a World Item had erased her and equipped the Guardians with resurrection rings while ordering them to carry World Items and investigate dragons.

• Mare begged Ainz to punish him for losing his equipment, but Ainz praised him for destroying the Draconic Kingdom and delaying the enemy.
• Ainz told the Guardians that keeping Nazarick’s remaining strength secret had made the confrontation a success, despite the losses of Shalltear and their equipment.
• Aura asked why Shalltear had not been resurrected, and Ainz revealed that the resurrection had failed and that they needed to determine the cause.
• Ainz suspected a Dragon Lord had used a World Item like [Spear of the Saint Slayer] to erase Shalltear, then led the Guardians to the Treasury.
• Ainz had Pandora, Shizu, and Yuri distribute Super Rare Resurrection Rings, which he lent to the Guardians for protection.
• Ainz ordered the Guardians to equip World Items when they went out and prioritize intelligence about dragons, and he promised Mare a reward for his service.

Draconic Queen Dejire struggled with the destruction of her kingdom while trying to secure aid for its surviving citizens. Tang Zheng visited her seeking information about the attack and offered weapons and food in exchange, leaving Dejire with a way to help the refugees.

• Draconic Queen Dejire woke from a nightmare, reaffirmed that the Draconic Kingdom still existed as long as its people survived, and thanked the Worker team Blazing Flame Crimson Lotus for guarding her.
• Draconic Queen Dejire worried that the Slane Theocracy had kept seventy or eighty thousand refugees at its border for three days without deciding whether to admit or aid them.
• Tang Zheng visited Dejire, and she recognized him from their earlier trade negotiations and questioned his ties to the Theocracy.
• Tang Zheng told Dejire that suspected Otherworld Demons had caused unrest in the Abelion Hills and that he wanted the Theocracy's help finding them.
• Tang Zheng asked Dejire for information about the attack on her kingdom and offered Dwarven weapons and enough food for the refugees for one or two months; Dejire accepted the offer as sufficient.

Tang Zheng’s Doppelgänger arranged relief supplies for the Draconic Kingdom in exchange for intelligence, while Draconic Queen Dejire considered his ties to the Slane Theocracy. Sebas returned to the Royal Capital, received Solution’s report, and began planning Nazarick’s discreet purchase of food.

• Tang Zheng’s Doppelgänger signed an agreement with Draconic Queen Dejire to provide supplies in exchange for intelligence about the Undead invasion.
• Draconic Queen Dejire discussed Captain Tang’s unusual influence with Shashael and resolved to focus on keeping her people alive.
• Sebas returned to the Royal Capital by teleportation and met with Solution, who reported that Kialé had visited to thank him.
• Sebas gave Solution Teleportation and Message scrolls from Ainz-sama and instructed her to continue their original plan.
• Sebas ordered Solution to arrange discreet bulk food purchases, and she suggested renting warehouses and hiring adventurers to guard the grain.

Sebas completed the first phase of Nazarick’s grain-gathering plan while reflecting on Kialé and the meaning of saving the weak. After Ainz Ooal Gown claimed responsibility for destroying the Draconic Kingdom and demanded grain and territory, the Empire and Kingdom struggled to decide how to respond, leaving Marquis Raeven alarmed by the scale of the demand.

• Sebas confirmed that grain bought through intermediaries had been stored near the Royal Capital or moved to a false base in the Great Forest of Tob, and he reconsidered his impulse to save Kialé and the other attendants.
• Solution told Sebas that suspicious humans had been scouting the high-class residences, and Sebas suspected they had taken the bait.
• News spread that Ainz Ooal Gown had destroyed the Draconic Kingdom and claimed responsibility, prompting panic among the nations.
• The Blood Emperor learned that the Katze Plains and the Draconic Kingdom had been devastated, then considered accepting Ainz Ooal Gown’s demands for grain and control of the Katze Plains and Great Forest of Tob.
• The Blood Emperor ordered grain to be provided and sought to learn the Slane Theocracy’s plans after distinguishing Temple forces from the Theocracy itself.
• Marquis Raeven rejected the Kingdom’s arguing nobles, calculated that Ainz Ooal Gown’s grain demand equaled two years of the Kingdom’s harvest, and worried that E-Rantel might be the next target.

Marquis Raeven realized that the grain compensation demand suggested Ainz Ooal Gown had deliberately targeted the Kingdom, and he resolved to protect his family and seek help. In Abelion Hills, the [Sunlight Scripture] attacked a Demon ranch, where Nigun summoned a Regulating Throne Angel to battle the War Demon while Tang Zheng’s Doppelgänger concealed its true identity.

• Marquis Raeven inferred that the enemy had investigated the Kingdom’s weakness and might be preparing to destroy it, so he considered seeking aid from the Empire, the Council State, or the Slane Theocracy.
• Marquis Raeven greeted his young son and decided that the Kingdom must survive, thinking of speaking with the Second Prince and Princess Renner.
• Tang Zheng’s Doppelgänger, the God-kin Captain, Ian, Nigun, and the [Sunlight Scripture] reached the Demon base in Abelion Hills and sent their Flame Archangels against its guards.
• The War Demon empowered the Scaly Demons, who quickly destroyed the Flame Archangels and charged the Scripture soldiers.
• At the God-kin Captain’s order, Nigun used a Sealing Crystal to summon the Regulating Throne Angel, which killed the Scaly Demons and Imps before engaging the War Demon.
• The God-kin Captain noted that he had no need to use his Enhanced Armor, while Tang Zheng’s Doppelgänger feigned shock and considered that the enemy might only be gathering intelligence.

Tang Zheng realized Demiurge was using the Abelion Hills incident to confirm intelligence and worried that the Platinum Dragon Lord might abandon the Council State rather than fight Nazarick. Meanwhile, Demiurge explained Nazarick’s plans to the Guardians, including using Princess Renner as bait and provoking the Kingdom and Empire into contacting their allies.

• The God-kin Captain and the Sunlight Scripture defeated the War Demon, killed the Succubi in the yurts, and found the Demi-Humans inside had been brutalized and treated like livestock.
• After hearing the Doppelgänger’s report, Tang Zheng concluded Nazarick had used the War Demon to verify intelligence about the Slane Theocracy, and he warned that the Platinum Dragon Lord might withdraw instead of resisting.
• Tang Zheng and Imlaris agreed to continue using the secret alliance between the Slane Theocracy and the Council State, while Tang Zheng identified Princess Renner as another bait for capturing Demiurge.
• Demiurge told the Guardians that the Kingdom and Empire would likely seek help from the Council State and Slane Theocracy, creating opportunities for Nazarick to attack both forces.
• Demiurge shared intelligence about True Dragon Lords and confirmed that the Slane Theocracy was a Player force, while explaining Nazarick’s preparations for the Kingdom and Empire to the admiring Guardians.

Stavan, Priyon, and Oscar discussed stealing grain from two Imperial merchants, but Stavan warned that adventurers, political ties, and Eight Fingers’ internal conflicts made the plan risky. As Eight Fingers moved to seize the grain before it was sold, Sebas visited the Home Tavern, where Kialé asked whether he and the young noble lady had bought a large amount of grain.

• Priyon and Oscar asked Stavan to use his official authority to take grain from three warehouses holding at least fifty tons.
• Stavan refused to risk conflict with the merchants’ six Gold Rank adventurer teams and possible Imperial noble connections.
• Oscar revealed that Ninya knew a member of the Six Arms and was close to Brain, prompting Stavan to warn them about Eight Fingers’ internal complications.
• Stavan said the merchants planned to sell the grain in three days, so Priyon and Oscar decided to seize it within the next day or two.
• At the Home Tavern, Kialé heard patrons discuss rising grain prices and the compensation owed for Ainz Ooal Gown’s destruction of the Draconic Kingdom.
• Sebas arrived for wheat beer, and Kialé cautiously asked whether he and the young noble lady had purchased a large amount of grain.

Sebas learned that Kialé’s sister had warned Eight Fingers about the grain shipment, but he expected the organization to pursue it anyway. At one of the grain warehouses, Eight Fingers entered with help from the castle guards, and the arriving Giant Strength team attacked Whirlwind.

• Sebas told Kialé that he and Solution were merchants, then learned her sister was part of Eight Fingers and had warned the organization about their grain purchase.
• Kialé said her sister had asked Eight Fingers to leave Sebas alone and advised him to move the grain quickly; Sebas suspected the warning would not stop the organization from targeting it.
• Sebas left the tavern, worried that his actions had interfered with Lord Ainz’s plan, but concluded Eight Fingers would still go after the grain.
• More than thirty members of Eight Fingers entered the castle manor through gates opened by its guards and headed for the grain warehouse.
• Whirlwind spotted the intruders, sent a warning to Giant Strength, and refused the assassin’s demand to abandon its post.
• Giant Strength arrived and suddenly attacked Whirlwind.

Sebas and Solution ambushed Eight Fingers operatives at a grain warehouse, killing Giant Strength’s team and capturing smuggling division chief Oscar alive. After learning that grain convoys across the Kingdom were being attacked, Tang Zheng realized Ainz and Demiurge were creating a justifiable cause for their next move.

• Ladug led Giant Strength in defeating the Whirlwind team and killing its leader to make their attack on the grain warehouse appear legitimate.
• Sebas and Solution confronted the Eight Fingers group, and Solution killed Giant Strength’s members and absorbed Ladug.
• Shadow Demons killed the other Eight Fingers members while Sebas used Puppet Palm to subdue the assassin and follow him to Oscar, whom he captured alive.
• Sebas learned that the Eight Fingers division chiefs were scattered and their locations were secret, so he took Oscar back to Nazarick.
• Grain convoys bound for E-Rantel were looted or burned, causing an uproar among the Kingdom’s factions.
• After hearing Imlaris’s report, Tang Zheng realized that Ainz and Demiurge were engineering a justifiable cause.

Tang Zheng monitored Princess Renner, inspected Saphis Xoth’s experiments on the Elf King, and weighed the many preparations needed against Nazarick. Meanwhile, the Kingdom’s nobles argued over stolen grain before Ramposa III ordered them to replenish the supplies, leaving the royal family, Gazef, and Climb in the conference room.

• Tang Zheng warned Butler Imlaris not to underestimate Nazarick, discussed the Kingdom’s role in the coming conflict, and ordered him to keep monitoring Princess Renner.
• Tang Zheng visited the Golden Palace, where Saphis Xoth reported that his effort to erase Decem Hougan’s memories while preserving his battle skills was progressing slowly.
• Tang Zheng left the Elf King’s experiment in Saphis Xoth’s hands and considered his other projects, including Evil Tree scroll materials and plans for dealing with Nazarick.
• Kingdom nobles argued at Felancia Palace over stolen and burned grain, with several blaming Eight Fingers and others denying their ties to the organization.
• Ramposa III ended the court meeting and ordered the six great nobles to provide more grain, after which they departed and left the royal family, Gazef, and Climb behind.