Chapter Summaries

Head Collector Kaisel and Iron Horn Tron boarded the Ghost Ship and fought its undead crew and two Legendary Undead. After defeating them, Kaisel was ambushed by a golden-haired woman who emerged from her shadow and stabbed her through the chest.

• Iron Horn Tron and Head Collector Kaisel boarded the Ghost Ship and battled Skeleton Sailors that kept appearing aboard it.
• A Death Knight and a Death Warrior confronted them, and Kaisel used healing magic to damage the Undead while Tron attacked.
• Tron shattered the Death Warrior with a flying axe, then held off the Death Knight while Kaisel weakened it with healing spells.
• Tron and Kaisel defeated the Death Knight, completing the task assigned by His Majesty.
• As Tron questioned Kaisel about her Head Necklace, a golden-haired human woman emerged from Kaisel's shadow and stabbed her through the chest.

Sebas and Solution captured Iron Horn Tron and Head Collector Kaisel to obtain intelligence about the Minotaur Nation. Pandora brought Fluder and two adventurer teams to support a human uprising in Sossal while Nazarick stayed hidden.

• Solution poisoned Head Collector Kaisel, and Sebas arrived to explain that the poison would leave her alive for interrogation.
• Iron Horn Tron charged Sebas with his skills, but Sebas stopped him by one horn and knocked him unconscious.
• Solution dragged Kaisel away for interrogation while Sebas prepared for the plan’s second stage.
• Pandora arrived through a Gate, followed by Fluder, the Silver Thread Bird team, and the Dark Knight team.
• Sebas tasked Fluder and the teams with helping human slaves overthrow Minotaur rule in Sossal without exposing Nazarick or provoking the other Central Six Nations.

Fluder and his companions stormed Sossal, killing the Minotaur mayor and freeing the city from his rule. As the exhausted victors rested, Human Elder No. 1 feared the Sorcerer Kingdom’s actions would bring retaliation and planned to warn No. 2 and seek help from the Fairy clan.

• Fluder led the assault through Sossal and, despite Freivalds’s concern about drawing attention, pressed on to the mayor’s estate.
• No. 6 guided the attackers, while Minotaur guards sent more than two thousand human and Orc slaves to charge them.
• Fluder killed the charging slaves with Triple Magic: Fireball, and Freivalds reflected on how the scene recalled humans under the Sorcerer Kingdom’s rule.
• Fluder’s group fought through the city until evening, killed Graymore Ghesum's Horn, and rested in the estate.
• Human Elder No. 1 concluded that the Sorcerer Kingdom had emboldened the attackers and considered warning No. 2 and asking the Fairy clan to help evacuate their people.

After the slave revolt seized Sossal, the Horn Emperor ordered the Emberhorn Family to crush it while secretly preparing to exploit their likely failure. He investigated the missing Arbiters, dispatched Sahar to seek information about the Corpus of the Abyss, and learned that Grace’s No. 2 was probably a slave in Zultan Walla as Tang Zheng prepared for a direct confrontation.

• News that slaves had captured Sossal and killed Graymore Ghesum's Horn stirred outrage among the Minotaur ministers and nobles.
• The Horn Emperor ordered the Emberhorn Family to eliminate the rebels and secretly told Grand Marshal Blood Roar to prepare to take part of its territory if its forces failed.
• The Horn Emperor revealed that two Arbiters had gone missing in Sossal, and he and Blood Roar suspected help from an outside force connected to the Ghost Ship or the Corpus of the Abyss.
• The Horn Emperor sent "Curse" Sahar to the Slane Theocracy to ask the Gemstone Dragon Lord for intelligence about the Corpus of the Abyss.
• Tang Zheng met Doppelgänger in the Fairy Tribe, where she reported that Grace's No. 2 was likely a slave in Zultan Walla and that the Fairies had spread throughout the Central Six Nations.

Tang Zheng learned that Slane Theocracy was a little-known country and considered contacting the Platinum Dragon Lord while investigating the True Dragon Lords. Meanwhile, Curse Sahar arrived in Slane Theocracy to meet the Gemstone Dragon Lord, but a masked stranger appeared and questioned whether the country was controlled by the Gemstone Dragon Lord or the Platinum Dragon Lord.

• Tang Zheng studied a map of the Minotaur Nation and learned that the Emberhorn clan had been ordered to handle the slave rebellion in Sossal.
• Tang Zheng asked about Slane Theocracy, learned it lay between the Minotaur Nation and the Beastman Federation, and told the Doppelgänger to warn the Fairies to be careful around the [Grace] organization.
• Tang Zheng resolved to investigate whether the True Dragon Lords had acted and considered contacting the Platinum Dragon Lord himself.
• Curse Sahar arrived at Slane Theocracy and asked Magelos Surs to arrange a meeting with Lord Cel, the Gemstone Dragon Lord.
• A masked figure appeared behind Curse Sahar and asked whether Slane Theocracy was controlled by the Gemstone Dragon Lord rather than the Platinum Dragon Lord.

Tang Zheng's Shadow Clone killed Surs and destroyed all seven Black Towers while demanding to meet Lord Cel. He restrained Curse Sahar and waited for the Gemstone Dragon Lord, who arrived with a figure in a red Powered Suit.

• Curse Sahar and Surs confronted Tang Zheng's Shadow Clone, who asked to meet the Platinum Dragon Lord, Lord Cel.
• Surs's Charm and Binding magic failed against Tang Zheng's Shadow Clone, who killed him with Death magic.
• Curse Sahar escaped the Black Tower as Tang Zheng's Shadow Clone unleashed Tempest and destroyed it.
• Tang Zheng's Shadow Clone used Chain Dragon Lightning to demolish the remaining Black Towers and demanded that the Magelos contact their Gemstone Dragon Lord.
• Tang Zheng's Shadow Clone trapped Curse Sahar with Sand Field and considered the Dragon Lords' stance and Nazarick's plans.
• The Gemstone Dragon Lord and a figure in a red Powered Suit appeared in the distance.

Tang Zheng’s Shadow Clone met the Platinum Dragon Lord after confronting the Magelos rulers and brought Curse Sahar, an envoy from the Minotaur Nation, to discuss a Ghost Ship incident. The Platinum Dragon Lord revealed that the Minotaur Nation possessed a powerful World Item, leaving Tang Zheng with a dangerous new clue.

• Gemstone Dragon Lord Sel and Azis arrived at the Seven Black Towers, where Sel sent the six Magelos rulers flying for disrespecting Lord Char’s guest.
• Tang Zheng’s Shadow Clone followed Sel to meet the Platinum Dragon Lord and brought along Curse Sahar, the Minotaur Nation’s envoy.
• Curse Sahar reported that her country suspected the Ghost Ship incident was connected to Corpus of the Abyss, and the Platinum Dragon Lord claimed the organization had been destroyed.
• After Curse Sahar and the others left, Tang Zheng’s Shadow Clone asked why the Platinum Dragon Lord had concealed the truth from her.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord revealed that the Minotaur Sage had been like the Six Great Gods and had left the Minotaur Nation a World Item shaped like a shield that could petrify living beings, objects, and buildings.

Tang Zheng learned that the Platinum Dragon Lord wanted the World Item held by the Minotaur Nation and offered to help the Slane Theocracy obtain it in exchange for cooperation against Ainz Ooal Gown. Meanwhile, Solution finished interrogating Head Collector Kaisel, and Sebas ordered Nazarick’s plan accelerated so they could prioritize seizing the World Item.

• Tang Zheng suspected the Platinum Dragon Lord had summoned him to discuss the Minotaur Nation’s World Item, and the Platinum Dragon Lord warned that Ainz Ooal Gown posed a threat greater than the Eight Greed Kings.
• Tang Zheng refused the Platinum Dragon Lord’s offer to cooperate, but the Platinum Dragon Lord proposed helping the Slane Theocracy obtain the World Item to secure an alliance.
• Solution tortured Head Collector Kaisel and Iron Horn Tron for information, then healed Kaisel and threatened to capture the other Arbiters and the Horn Emperor.
• Solution reported to Sebas and Ghost Ship Captain Grelle that Kaisel had revealed all she could, and Sebas said Ainz had made the World Item Nazarick’s top priority and ordered their plan accelerated.

Sebas prepared Sossal’s traumatized slaves to face the approaching Minotaur army, believing they needed to see their former oppressors defeated to regain their will. Shanda Emberhorn arrived with thousands of troops and a Sage Cannon, while Sebas stepped forward and sensed no enemy worth noting.

• Sebas and Solution found Sossal’s slaves starving and too afraid to take food despite the Minotaurs’ defeat.
• Sebas told Fluder and the others to gather the slaves so they could witness the Minotaurs’ defeat and awaken their will.
• Shanda Emberhorn marched toward Sossal with elite soldiers, ordinary troops, three Minotaur Magic Casters, and a Sage Cannon, vowing to destroy the city.
• The Minotaur army reached Sossal, where the terrified slaves gathered outside the gates and Fluder reassured Number One that the battle would soon be over.
• Sebas stepped forward and used Qi Perception, sensing no enemies worth noting.

Sebas tested the Minotaur Nation’s Sage Cannon, then slaughtered Shanda Emberhorn’s army and confirmed that the True Dragon Lords were not closely tied to the Minotaur Nation. A distant observer identified Sebas as Enpishi and warned that his attack was bait aimed at the Minotaur Godkin and everyone watching the Ghost Ship.

• Sebas confirmed that no hidden enemies attacked and decided to test the Minotaur force while investigating whether the True Dragon Lords supported the Minotaur Nation.
• Shanda Emberhorn ordered a Minotaur Magic Caster to fire the Sage Cannon at Sebas, but Sebas emerged unharmed and judged the weapon’s attack weak.
• Sebas charged the Minotaur army, killed most of its soldiers in moments, and struck Shanda Emberhorn dead with a piece of armor.
• Sebas finished off the remaining Minotaurs and concluded that the True Dragon Lords had no close ties with the Minotaur Nation.
• A hundred kilometers away, Tang Zheng's Shadow Clone and Platinum Armor watched Sebas through a Crystal Screen and discussed how the attack could lure out the Minotaur Godkin and other observers.

The Minotaur Horn Emperor realized that Emberhorn’s army had been annihilated and feared the Hundred-Year Aftershock, while Woshil arrived to criticize his handling of the crisis. Woshil ordered the remaining Arbiters to test the Sorcerer Kingdom and find out whether its forces were Players or Enpishi.

• Tang Zheng's Shadow Clone and Platinum Armor discussed the Sorcerer Kingdom's actions and the Minotaur Godkin's response.
• The young Horn Emperor learned that Emberhorn's troops had been wiped out and connected the defeat to the Hundred-Year Aftershock.
• The young Horn Emperor ordered all human slaves in the palace killed, fearing they might be involved in the uprising.
• Woshil confronted the young Horn Emperor and condemned him for failing to treat intelligence about Players and Enpishi seriously.
• Woshil summoned the remaining eight Arbiters and ordered them to gather intelligence on the Sorcerer Kingdom.

Godkin Woshil led eight Arbiters toward Sossal after learning that an elderly human had destroyed the Emberhorn Family’s army. As the group was caught in a World Isolating Barrier, Tang Zheng’s Platinum Armor attacked Woshil, while a hidden Shadow Clone watched and identified the shield on Woshil’s back as a World Item.

• Ilip Leather Skullhorn told Godkin Woshil that the Emberhorn Family was gathering troops and that an elderly human had annihilated its army barehanded.
• Godkin Woshil ordered the Arbiters to prioritize gathering intelligence and teleported with them toward Sossal.
• A World Isolating Barrier stopped the Arbiters’ Teleportation and caused several Magic Casters to crash to the ground.
• Godkin Woshil activated Earth's Iron Wall as a Platinum Armor fighter appeared and struck him with a Platinum Spear.
• Platinum Armor retreated through the barrier, and Godkin Woshil followed before fighting back.
• Tang Zheng’s invisible Shadow Clone watched Woshil and recognized the strange shield on his back as a World Item.

Shadow Clone Tang Zheng killed the eight Minotaur Arbiters while Platinum Armor defeated Godkin Woshil, and the group returned to the Slane Theocracy with the Bronze Fleece Shield. Tang Zheng identified the shield as the World Item [Aegis Shield], whose power was petrification.

• Shadow Clone Tang Zheng killed Curse Sahar and the invisible Minotaur thief with magic, then burned the two charging warriors to ashes.
• Tang Zheng rejected a priest Arbiter’s plea to become his slave and killed the remaining three Arbiters with Scorched Earth.
• Tang Zheng summoned Cerberus to collect the Arbiters’ magical items while he waited inside the World Isolating Barrier for Platinum Armor’s battle to end.
• Platinum Armor defeated Godkin Woshil, left him alive, and joined Tang Zheng as the barrier disappeared.
• Tang Zheng, Platinum Armor, and Cerberus returned to the Slane Theocracy, where Platinum Armor handed Tang Zheng the Bronze Fleece Shield.
• Tang Zheng appraised the shield, identified it as the World Item [Aegis Shield], and learned that it could petrify its targets.

Tang Zheng accepted the Platinum Dragon Lord’s World Item while suspecting its gift was part of a larger plan, then used Princess Renner’s strategy and intelligence network to prepare for the coming conflict. He concluded that the True Dragon Lords were exploiting the Minotaur Nation’s impending destruction to unite the Central Continent’s forces.

• The Platinum Dragon Lord gave Tang Zheng’s shadow clone the petrifying World Item [Aegis Shield] and argued that the Slane Theocracy needed its power to resist Ainz Ooal Gown.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord kept the wounded Godkin Woshil alive so he could be healed and interrogated about the Minotaur Nation.
• Princess Renner drafted an operational plan about the Central Six Nations, then sent it through the Frostborn Banshee while Lainas visited her.
• Tang Zheng discussed Renner’s plan and the dwarves’ forging progress, then suspected the Platinum Dragon Lord and the Six Dragons Alliance were deliberately intensifying the conflict.
• Tang Zheng studied a map of the Minotaur Nation and decided to establish a human faction there that could openly oppose Nazarick-backed forces before the nation fell.

A human boy imprisoned beneath the Sage Church used his Animal Manipulation talent to send a bird toward a meeting arranged by [Grace]. At a Forest Rift, Fairy Wuwu explained why her guild had accepted a dangerous mission to rescue someone from the Minotaur Nation.

• The imprisoned boy secretly controlled a rat and then transferred his control to a pigeon-like bird, sending it beyond Taur Holy City.
• The bird spotted a Troll and three unusual companions gathered at a Forest Rift shaped like the number 2.
• Snake Person Mara questioned Fairy Wuwu about accepting a rescue mission that could provoke the Minotaurs.
• Fairy Wuwu explained that her tribe had allied with the human organization [Grace] and assigned her the mission partly because Yaluer was a human.

Tang Zheng used the pigeon’s connection to locate No. 1, then teleported into the Great Cathedral’s underground prison to rescue a youth carrying the Minotaur Sage’s bloodline. He left the mysterious Metal Golem behind and escaped with the youth before the Sage Church guards arrived.

• A pigeon carrying No. 1’s connection arrived, and Tang Zheng appeared disguised as the Fairy Tribe’s Wing Chief to meet Wu Uu, Yaluer, Snake Person Mara, and the bird.
• Tang Zheng used Mental Detection and Mental Positioning on the pigeon, traced its connection toward Taur Holy City, and cast Greater Teleportation.
• Tang Zheng arrived in a prison beneath the Great Cathedral and found a gaunt youth with dark golden pupils, whom he recognized as the False Sage’s Beast.
• Tang Zheng reasoned that the Sage Church had kept the youth and others of his bloodline alive because the Minotaur Sage’s Metal Golem could be operated only by his human descendants.
• As Sage Church guards rushed toward the cell, Tang Zheng teleported away with the youth and left the Metal Golem behind.
• The guards found the cell empty and reacted with terror.

The Minotaur kingdom’s leaders learned that Woshil and the Aegis Shield had vanished while the slave rebellion spread through the Southwestern Borderlands. The young Horn Emperor ordered troops deployed and summoned the High Priest, then secretly retrieved a magic necklace from the palace’s Horn Communicator vault.

• Urtes told the high priests that war was coming and ordered them to inform the Horn Emperor that the False Sage’s Beast had gone missing.
• The Horn Emperor concluded that a Player had likely captured Woshil and taken the Aegis Shield, then heard from Blood Roar, Horn of Walla, that rebel slaves had seized several Southwestern Borderlands cities.
• Ulgash Mobe Mobe’s Horn explained the worsening rebellion, and the Horn Emperor feared that his failure to stop Woshil had put the nation in danger.
• The Horn Emperor ordered Blood Roar, Horn of Walla, to send elite troops to the Southwestern Borderlands and instructed Ulgash to invite the High Priest to the Royal Capital with formal royal rites.
• The Horn Emperor entered the palace’s Horn Communicator vault, sent the Butler outside, and retrieved a silvery-white acorn-shaped magic necklace from a hidden compartment.

The young Horn Emperor contacted Kasen, the son of the Brightness Dragon Lord, using the acorn necklace to discuss the Sage’s legacy and a World Item. Meanwhile, Sebas’s forces captured the last unbreached city in the Southwestern Territory, leaving the territory fully fallen to the slave uprising.

• The young Horn Emperor waited two days to activate the acorn necklace, then contacted Kasen as reports confirmed that cities across the Southwestern Territory had fallen.
• Kasen ended the call, decided to return home to report the World Item and the Sage’s Legacy to his father, and mounted his Wyvern with Minotaur Koens.
• At Ilip, Sebas asked Elder Number One to choose a name, and the former slave named himself Grace Yi.
• Grace Yi said the freed slaves’ next priority should be eating their fill, while Sebas prepared to take Ilip.
• Sebas shattered Ilip’s gates and part of its walls with a single punch, capturing the last city in the Southwestern Territory.

Tang Zheng concluded that Nazarick was deliberately provoking a war by having Sebas establish a slave-populated nation in the Minotaur Nation’s former Southwestern Territory. At Nazarick, Ainz reviewed Sebas’s progress and prepared to name the new nation, while Albedo reacted coldly to Sebas’s proposed name.

• Mil organized intelligence on the Central Six Nations and reported that a powerful human rebel had helped the Minotaur Nation lose its Southwestern Territory.
• Tang Zheng reviewed the reports, recognized that Sebas was gathering human and Orc slaves to found a nation, and concluded that Nazarick wanted to provoke war with the Minotaur Nation.
• Tang Zheng considered that the Platinum Dragon Lord had kept the Slane Theocracy out of the Central Nations’ affairs and suspected the Minotaur Nation had become a pawn.
• Ainz finished reviewing Nazarick’s documents, and Albedo reported that Sebas had achieved preliminary results and that Nazarick was ready to begin the second phase of its plan.
• Albedo assessed the Minotaur Nation’s weakness and told Ainz that Sebas wanted him to name the new nation; when Ainz asked for Sebas’s suggestion, Albedo concealed her displeasure and said he had provided one.

Sebas continued establishing a nation in the Minotaur Kingdom’s Southwestern Territory while preparing to feed the rescued slaves and spread Ainz’s faith. The Minotaur army arrived at the border and advanced toward Ilip with one hundred thousand slaves forced ahead of its soldiers, expecting to face Sebas alone.

• Sebas concluded that Ainz had not outright rejected the proposed name Tachimya, but he postponed naming the nation because it had few ordinary residents.
• Sebas directed Solution to have the Grace organization contact Captain Grelle and proceed with plans to use Undead for food production and spread Ainz’s faith.
• Grand Marshal Blood Roar arrived at Aifanvanso with fifty thousand elite Minotaur troops and met city lord Ilip Leather Skullhorn.
• Blood Roar learned that more than two hundred thousand slaves had been gathered, then ordered troops to manage them and prepare one hundred thousand as temporary soldiers.
• The next day, Minotaur soldiers drove one hundred thousand human and Orc slaves toward Ilip, while Blood Roar dismissed the need for tactics against the powerful enemy ahead.