Chapter Summaries

Ramposa III and his court considered the Kingdom’s grain shortage and the threat posed by Ainz Ooal Gown, then seized on Climb’s connection to an Eight Fingers faction that might reveal hidden warehouses. The meeting also sent Renner on a diplomatic mission to the Council State, and she returned to find Lainas, a Half-Elf girl, and a glowing armored figure waiting in her residence.

• Marquis Raeven warned Ramposa III that the Kingdom lacked enough grain and could face collapse or invasion if it continued spending at its current rate.
• Ramposa III and Marquis Raeven concluded that the Kingdom needed to gather grain and seek aid from the Council State and the Slane Theocracy.
• Renner revealed that Climb had met Kialé, whose faction within Eight Fingers offered to disclose the locations of its grain warehouses.
• Zanac volunteered to investigate the offer, and Ramposa III assigned Climb to verify it before Barbro and Zanac cooperated under Marquis Raeven’s supervision.
• Renner offered to represent the Kingdom on a diplomatic mission to the Council State, and Ramposa III accepted.
• Renner returned to her residence and found Lainas, a Half-Elf girl, and a glowing figure in white armor inside.

Princess Renner learned that the Kingdom would fall to Ainz Ooal Gown and agreed to serve as bait in a plan involving the Council State and Slane Theocracy. Meanwhile, Climb met Ninya at Home Tavern to discuss the crisis, while Gazef encountered Brain in an alley.

• Princess Renner questioned Platinum Armor and Zesshi Zetsumei about the Kingdom’s defenses, and they said the enemy would destroy the Kingdom like the Draconic Kingdom.
• Zesshi Zetsumei revealed that Marquis Broum Lau had betrayed the Kingdom by leaking its intelligence to the Empire.
• Platinum Armor and Zesshi Zetsumei explained that the Kingdom was only an appetizer in the enemy’s campaign against dragons, and Platinum Armor said their mission was to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
• Princess Renner realized she was meant to be bait for the enemy and agreed to accept the responsibility for her country and the Royal Family.
• Climb met Ninya at Home Tavern, where Ninya told him to wait until she finished her drink before speaking.
• Gazef waited outside the tavern, then drew his sword when someone approached him from behind and discovered that the newcomer was Brain.

Brain met Gazef after joining Eight Fingers’ Security Department, while Ninya gave Climb a booklet listing food warehouses that could help solve the Kingdom’s crisis. Princess Renner learned the food shortage might be resolved and discussed Riku Aganeia and her upcoming mission with Lainas.

• Brain told Gazef he had joined Eight Fingers’ Security Department and intended to help protect the Kingdom, though Gazef initially suspected a trap.
• Brain questioned whether hard-earned strength mattered if it could be easily manufactured, and Gazef urged him to trust in training and sweat.
• Ninya gave Climb a booklet of food storage locations, including sites across the Royal Capital and six noble territories, and Gazef hurried to report it to the palace.
• Brain and Ninya returned to their base, where they revealed they did not know that Tang Zheng’s old warehouses had supplied the booklet’s information.
• Lainas told Renner that Gazef and Climb had returned with promising news, and Renner speculated that Riku Aganeia might have been one of the Thirteen Heroes.

Princess Renner traveled toward the Council State as bait, escorted by Zesshi Zetsumei, Lainas, and the Platinum Armor, while an enemy ambush revealed Monster Hanzos as their attackers. The Platinum Dragon Lord blocked a Monster Hanzo’s strike on Renner and declared that the Slane Theocracy had fallen for the plan.

• The Kingdom sent First Prince Barbro, Second Prince Zanac, and Earl Raeven to secure [Eight Fingers]’ food warehouses and prevent information from leaking.
• Princess Renner, Zesshi Zetsumei, and Lainas discussed the threat to the Council State and the reason Renner was serving as bait on their diplomatic journey.
• Assassins ambushed the carriage, and the Blood Rose cavalry fought to protect the princess while Zesshi Zetsumei dismissed the attackers as weak.
• Zesshi Zetsumei found a Monster Hanzo in hiding and attacked it, but a second Monster Hanzo rushed toward Renner’s carriage.
• The Platinum Armor intervened, struck back the second Monster Hanzo, and the Platinum Dragon Lord concluded that the Slane Theocracy had fallen for the plan.

Zesshi Zetsumei confronted Platinum Armor after recognizing the Monster Hanzos as a sign that he had concealed information, but she followed Tang’s instructions and let the alliance stand. At Nazarick, Ainz learned that the Council State and Slane Theocracy had secretly allied and began considering how to prepare for a war on two fronts, while praising Sebas and Solution for completing their mission.

• Zesshi Zetsumei and Platinum Armor destroyed the Monster Hanzos, then Zesshi attacked Platinum Armor and demanded an explanation for the monsters he had not mentioned.
• Platinum Armor claimed the Council State had shared all relevant information, and Zesshi backed down while privately reminding herself to keep acting according to Tang’s instructions.
• At Nazarick, Ainz confirmed with Demiurge that the Council State and Slane Theocracy had formed an alliance, and he praised Demiurge for using the Monster Hanzos to obtain crucial intelligence.
• Ainz considered the danger of facing both nations and decided the Guardians needed to learn to exercise their own judgment instead of following orders blindly.
• Ainz praised Sebas and Solution for bringing back food and money, aiding villages, gathering intelligence, and taking control of the Kingdom’s underground forces.

Ramposa III ceded E-Rantel to Ainz Ooal Gown to buy the Kingdom time to gather allies, while Marquis Raeven advised him to choose Zanac as his successor. After E-Rantel’s population fell, Ainz and Nabe stayed behind, and Ainz began considering how Nazarick would rule the city.

• Shventza Sais Bane reported that Ainz Ooal Gown demanded E-Rantel after the Kingdom missed the grain-delivery deadline, and he described a Dark Elf riding out of the forest on a dragon.
• Marquis Raeven urged Ramposa III to cede E-Rantel rather than provoke an invasion, and he said Zanac was better suited than Barbro to rule during the crisis.
• Three days later, Ramposa III ceded E-Rantel to Ainz Ooal Gown, prompting an exodus that reduced the city's population by at least thirty percent.
• Ainz and Nabe arrived at the Adventurer's Guild, where Ainzach and Laxil welcomed them and described their worries about the city's future.
• Ainz told Ainzach and Laxil he had stayed to see how Ainz Ooal Gown would treat E-Rantel's people, noting that the handover had not restricted their movement.

Panasolei learned that Nazarick would establish a nation after taking E-Rantel, while Tang Zheng prepared for a confrontation with Nazarick and condemned the Kingdom’s leaders for leaving its people exposed. Amid growing public anger over the cession, Ramposa III announced that he would abdicate in a week, then turned to name a candidate for the throne.

• A Death Cavalier told Panasolei that Albedo would arrive as Nazarick’s Minister of Internal Affairs and that Nazarick planned to establish a nation.
• Albedo reported to Ainz that she had reached E-Rantel without encountering attacks or detecting surveillance.
• Tang Zheng concluded that the Kingdom would become the battlefield between Nazarick, the Platinum Dragon Lord, and the Slane Theocracy, and resolved to support the Theocracy’s full effort.
• After more than ten days of rising anger over the loss of E-Rantel, Ramposa III summoned the Kingdom’s nobles and ministers to a meeting.
• Ramposa III declared that he would abdicate in one week and turned to the question of who would succeed him, looking toward Barbro and Zanac.

Ramposa III announced that he would abdicate and name his successor in one week, creating a brief opening for Zanac to challenge Barbro. As the princes’ factions prepared to act against each other and Eight Fingers’ leaders gathered amid the organization’s collapse, Ampediv insisted that the Security Department would still attend.

• Ramposa III announced that he would abdicate and name the next king in one week, then refused to see anyone and left the audience hall with Gazef.
• Raeven Marquis privately told Zanac that he had recommended him as king and proposed exposing Barbro’s alleged dealings with Eight Fingers to damage his reputation.
• Barbro learned that Zanac had an opportunity to contest the throne, and his adviser Rorose urged him to restore the Royal Family’s influence by targeting Eight Fingers.
• Eight Fingers’ department heads confronted Oscar, Priyon, Hilma, and Ampediv over the grain robbery and the losses it had brought upon their divisions.
• Hilma noted that the Security Department had not arrived, but Ampediv insisted its members would appear despite having pledged themselves to Princess Renner.

Entoma attacked the Security Department’s secret base with a swarm of Giant Beetles and confronted Brain and the other defenders. She identified the head of the department as her target for capture, while the rest were to become stored food.

• Brain told Demon Sakhuronte, Spatial Slash Peshrian, Dancing Scimitar Edström, and Ninya that they should relocate the Security Department’s base.
• Ninya detected intruders with the Alarm spell, and Giant Beetles broke into the hall and attacked the group.
• Ninya, Brain, Spatial Slash Peshrian, Dancing Scimitar Edström, and Demon Sakhuronte fought back using their magic and combat skills.
• Entoma arrived and stopped the Giant Beetles, then asked which defender was the head of the Security Department.
• Entoma said she had found five people, wanted the department head captured alive, and planned to use the others as stored food.

Entoma revealed her insect nature and overwhelmed the Six Arms fighters with summoned insect weapons, killing Spatial Slash Peshrian and Dancing Scimitar Edström. Brain used Domain and Tigerfall Flute to cut Entoma’s disguised face open, leaving her exposed as an insect-like monster.

• Entoma sent Giant Beetles to carry away the dead and revealed that she was a man-eating monster disguised as a human.
• Ninya detected no other enemies, and Brain led the group in attacking Entoma while Ninya strengthened them with magic.
• Entoma summoned the Thousand-League Astounding Bug and cut Spatial Slash Peshrian in half.
• Entoma fired Steel Shot Bugs at Dancing Scimitar Edström, killing her in a barrage.
• Entoma armed herself with Sword Bug and Hard-Shelled Beetle and charged Brain as he activated Domain and used Tigerfall Flute.
• Brain’s strike split Entoma’s face open, revealing her insect-like features.

Brain and Ninya fought Entoma in the ruined Security Department hall but were overwhelmed by her strength and flesh-eating flies. Ninya unexpectedly used Sixth-Tier Magic to turn them into cloud bodies and teleport them away, while Entoma captured Demon Sakhuronte.

• Brain recognized that Entoma was far stronger than him and ordered Ninya to run, but she refused to leave him behind.
• Entoma attacked Ninya, and Brain blocked her while Ninya’s Dragon Lightning charred Entoma’s Shield Insect; Entoma retaliated with a Thunder Bird that knocked Ninya down.
• Brain fought Entoma with his Divine Blade, but she overwhelmed him and released flesh-eating flies that infected both him and Ninya with maggots.
• Ninya summoned a Shadow-Stealing Bat to briefly slow the insects, then cast Sixth-Tier Magic: Mass Formation: Cloud Body and used Teleportation to escape with Brain.
• Entoma found that the summoned spiders had captured Demon Sakhuronte.

Lupusregina and Entoma captured First Prince Barbro and Eight Fingers’ department heads, while Demiurge explained Nazarick’s plan to install Barbro as king and make the Kingdom a vassal. After learning Barbro had disappeared, Tang Zheng realized he had too little time to relocate the Kingdom’s people.

• Lupusregina captured Barbro and brought him, Rorose’s head, and the captured Demon Sakhuronte to the Eight Fingers gathering, where she offered to help Barbro become king.
• Lupusregina and Entoma delivered Barbro and the department heads to Nazarick, where Barbro was taken into Black Coffin for interrogation.
• Demiurge told Cocytus that Nazarick planned to make Barbro king and have him declare the Kingdom a vassal state after the Sorcerer Kingdom was established.
• Tang Zheng learned that Brain and Ninya had escaped the attack and that Barbro had gone missing.
• Tang Zheng concluded that he had to hurry the relocation of the Kingdom’s people.

Marquis Raeven learned that the Slane Theocracy and the Council State intended to use the Kingdom as a battlefield against Ainz Ooal Gown, prompting Zanac and Renner to seek a way to protect the people. Renner proposed moving the Kingdom’s population to the Abelion Hills, and Raeven saw the plan as an opportunity to secure the region.

• Marquis Raeven learned that envoys from the Council State and the Slane Theocracy had arrived secretly to meet Zanac and Renner.
• The envoys revealed that their countries had formed an alliance and intended to provide support that would turn the Kingdom into a battlefield.
• Renner argued that the Kingdom could not negotiate from strength and that relocating its people was necessary to prevent mass casualties.
• Raeven and Zanac rejected the nearby countries as possible destinations, while Renner suggested the sparsely populated Abelion Hills.
• Raeven explained that the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy had avoided claiming the Abelion Hills to prevent a dispute, and he urged Zanac to relocate the Kingdom’s people there.

Peter Mork delivered the Sorcerer Kingdom’s declaration of founding to Ramposa III, announcing that it would be established in two days. Just as the court debated the declaration and Barbro’s disappearance, Barbro returned with the heads of Eight Fingers’ leaders.

• Marquis Raeven worried that Barbro’s disappearance would damage Zanac’s succession prospects as the Royalist and Nobles’ factions turned against each other.
• Peter Mork presented the Sorcerer Kingdom’s declaration of founding to Ramposa III, who accepted it and asked Peter to pass along his apology to E-Rantel.
• Peter recalled that Fei Fei had healed his legs and recruited him to help protect E-Rantel’s humans, and he reaffirmed his commitment to that cause.
• A guard announced that Barbro had returned, surprising the court and leaving Zanac conflicted.
• Barbro presented eight severed heads, identifying them as the leaders of Eight Fingers.

After Barbro presented the heads of Eight Fingers’ division chiefs, he was crowned king and declared that Re-Estize would become a vassal of the Sorcerer Kingdom. Zanac and Marquis Raeven opposed him, and Zanac finally called for the Kingdom to start a war as Renner’s shadow stirred.

• Barbro presented the heads of Eight Fingers’ eight division chiefs, securing his path to the throne while Zanac and Marquis Raeven watched in disbelief.
• At Barbro’s coronation, he announced that he would personally visit the Sorcerer Kingdom and make Re-Estize its vassal state.
• Marquis Raeven and Zanac protested, but Barbro dismissed their objections and left the hall after declaring his decision final.
• In Princess Renner’s room, Raeven and Zanac discussed how vassalage would isolate and endanger the Kingdom, while Renner recognized how little time remained to relocate its people.
• Zanac asked Renner for Lainas’s elite troops and declared that the Kingdom should start the war; Renner’s shadow stirred as Platinum Armor, Tang Zheng, and Demiurge were shown watching events unfold.

Zanac killed Barbro after Barbro warned that the Kingdom could not defeat the Sorcerer Kingdom, which declared war on the Kingdom and plunged the Slane Theocracy into debate over whether to intervene. The Cardinals remained deadlocked until Zesshi Zetsumei arrived carrying an elegant Mummy Cat, whom they recognized as the Divine Emissary.

• Climb woke in a Royal City tower and found Blood Rose Corps soldiers ordering him to stay inside until dawn.
• Barbro told Zanac that the Sorcerer Kingdom could not be defeated, and Zanac killed him after Barbro urged him to flee.
• At the Sorcerer Kingdom's founding banquet, Albedo accused Zanac of regicide and breaking Barbro's vassal-state treaty, then announced war on the Kingdom.
• The Slane Theocracy's Cardinals rejected the idea that Ainz Ooal Gown was Lord Surshana and argued over whether to aid the Kingdom before the war began in fewer than five days.
• Zesshi Zetsumei entered the Cardinals' meeting with an elegant Mummy Cat perched on her head, and the Cardinals bowed to the Divine Emissary.

The Red Mummy Cat ordered the Slane Theocracy to commit its forces and hidden treasures to helping the Kingdom fight the Sorcerer Kingdom, placing Zesshi Zetsumei in command. At the Council State, the Platinum Dragon Lord arranged a mass mobilization while expecting defeat and refusing to leave the state intact for the Sorcerer Kingdom.

• The Red Mummy Cat told the Cardinals that Lord Surshana had not returned and ordered the Theocracy to devote its full strength to supporting the Kingdom.
• The Red Mummy Cat gave Zesshi Zetsumei command of the war effort, and she ordered every Scripture, two thousand Magic Casters, and the Theocracy’s permanent angels to mobilize within two days.
• The Cardinals obeyed, then collapsed in despair over the likely destruction of the Theocracy’s forces and reserves.
• Zesshi Zetsumei and the Red Mummy Cat left the meeting hall, and she affirmed that she would help protect the Theocracy while the Red Mummy Cat expressed his desire to safeguard it.
• At the Council State, the Platinum Dragon Lord learned from Raies that the Demi-Humani could quickly field around one hundred thousand elite troops and ordered the mobilization.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord considered defeat inevitable and explained that the mobilization would demonstrate sincerity while preventing the Sorcerer Kingdom from inheriting an intact Council State.

As war with the Sorcerer Kingdom approached, Zanac mobilized adventurers and officials to evacuate the Kingdom’s civilians through its ports. Kialé, Ninya, Arche, and Brain set out with orphans for the Abelion Hills, while Brain stayed in the capital to face the monster he expected to return; Tang Zheng watched the conflict draw near.

• Zanac asked Lakyus and Azuth to lead their adventurer teams to Re-Urovana and Li Roble to protect evacuees, and explained that Tang and Free Will were arranging support in the Abelion Hills.
• Kialé and Ninya prepared to leave the Royal Capital, and Ninya brought Brain and Arche along to collect children from the princess’s orphanage.
• Kialé protested that the wealthy could escape while many ordinary people remained unaware of the danger, and Brain told her the world was unfair and strength was needed to change it.
• Brain jumped from the carriage and stayed behind in the Royal Capital, believing the monster that had defeated him would return there.
• As Zanac and Marquis Raeven directed crowds toward the northern and southern ports, Tang Zheng sat at Cloud Crystal Plaza with Gelos Hornfury and Leoric Zhen beside him.

Ainz led Nazarick’s Undead army toward the Kingdom’s second defensive line, accompanied by Shalltear, Aura, and Mare, while Zanac prepared to meet them with the Kingdom’s forces and their allies. The two armies faced each other on the plains as the Sorcerer Kingdom’s golden-armored Undead formed a ceremonial road.

• Aura and Mare arrived at E-Rantel on the Frost Dragon Kings Olasird'arc Heilyral and Munuinia Ilysir and joined Albedo before Nazarick’s Undead legions.
• Ainz appeared with Shalltear, ordered Nigredo to move the Alarm network with the army, and directed the assault to proceed as planned.
• Zanac and Gazef discussed the Kingdom’s reinforcements and the Council State and Slane Theocracy’s lack of interest in commanding the allied forces.
• A military officer reported that the Sorcerer Kingdom’s army was advancing, and Zanac ordered Gazef to form the troops and instructed the officer to notify their allies.
• The Kingdom’s army saw several thousand Undead approach, and the golden-armored troops formed a banner-lined road before the two forces.

Ainz divided the Sorcerer Kingdom’s forces, sending Shalltear northwest and Aura and Mare southwest while he stayed with Albedo to draw out the Council State’s Dragon Lords. As the Frost Dragon Kings battled the Blue Sky Dragon Lord and Diamond Dragon Lord, Ainz began casting Super-Tier Magic.

• Ainz ordered Shalltear to lead three hundred Elder Liches and ten Snow Women toward the northwest, then sent Aura and Mare southwest with the Phoenix Undead Bird and ten Monster Hanzos.
• The Blue Sky Dragon Lord and Diamond Dragon Lord confronted Olasird'arc Haylilyal and his consort, accusing the Frost Dragon Kings of betraying the Dragon Race.
• Ainz borrowed the Frost Dragon Kings from Aura and Mare and ordered them to fight the two Dragon Lords as the war’s opening battle.
• Zanac learned that the Sorcerer Kingdom’s forces were marching toward Re-Urovana and Li Roble, and reassured his officials that the ports were defended by allied forces.
• The Frost Dragon Kings wounded the Blue Sky Dragon Lord and drove both Dragon Lords to the ground, though all four dragons suffered heavy injuries.
• After confirming that the Guardians had moved away, Ainz asked Albedo to protect him and began casting Darkness of the Harvest Sacrifice.