Chapter Summaries

Blue Rose gathered to discuss Roa Greyrat’s strength after Gagaran witnessed him fight Brain. Evileye said she had no chance against Roa and suspected he inherited the bloodline of Players, leaving Lara and the others confronting the revelation that the Six Great Gods, Eight Desires Kings, and Thirteen Heroes had been Players.

• Tia and Tina joined Blue Rose, traded insults with Gagaran, and were quieted when Number Two and Lakyus reminded them that Lara was present.
• Gagaran told Lakyus that Roa had fought Brain after Gazef brought him to help Brain recover his confidence.
• Gagaran judged Roa stronger than Lakyus and described the overwhelming sword strike she had witnessed.
• Evileye told Lakyus she could not defeat Roa and had no chance against him.
• Evileye proposed that Roa might have inherited the bloodline of Players and explained that the Six Great Gods, Eight Desires Kings, and Thirteen Heroes had all been Players.

Evileye warned Blue Rose that Roa might be a player powerful enough to rival ancient legends, then Lara asked the team to destroy the Eight Fingers. After Blue Rose accepted the mission, Lara revealed her true, ruthless self and greeted Demiurge, who had secretly listened to her meeting.

• Evileye explained that Roa might be a player rather than merely a descendant, and warned that his power could surpass Blue Rose's.
• Lara asked Blue Rose to wipe out the Eight Fingers, and Lakyus agreed after Lara presented her plan and information.
• Clem left to train so he could become strong enough to protect Lara, while Lara watched him go with affection.
• Lara closed the curtains, dropped her gentle persona, and knelt before the masked Demiurge, Guardian of Nazarick's Seventh Floor.
• Demiurge said he had heard everything, and Lara told him she had obtained interesting information.

Demiurge concluded that Roa was a player tied to the Soul Palace and planned to test him by making the Royal Capital Nazarick’s first stage. In the capital, Roa agreed to take Brain on for a year, intending to use him to investigate Ainz’s plans and deal with the nobles Roa despised.

• Demiurge decided Roa was a long-hidden player belonging to the Soul Palace and anticipated a future clash with him.
• Demiurge asked Lara how her mission was progressing, then planned to use the Royal Capital as Nazarick’s first stage and sent Shalltear to test Roa.
• Roa stayed at an inn in the capital because he suspected Ainz’s next moves would involve the kingdom and because the nobles’ abuses disgusted him.
• Brain caught up with Roa and asked to follow him and learn from his swordsmanship, offering his magic items as payment.
• Roa agreed to take Brain on for one year, requiring him to follow orders, and intended to use him to trace Ainz’s plans and confront the capital’s corrupt nobles.

Roa accepted Brain as a Menial Disciple and had him carry Throat Flute while they searched the Guild for work. There, Roa joined Blue Rose’s planned operation against Eight Fingers, suspecting the mission could involve a larger threat, and met them the following night to coordinate.

• Roa refused to make Brain a full disciple but named him a Menial Disciple and gave him Throat Flute to carry until he could match Roa’s silent slash.
• Roa and Brain went to the Royal Capital Guild, where they met Gagaran, Gegrin, and the rest of Blue Rose.
• Lakyus invited Roa to help Blue Rose fight Eight Fingers, and Roa agreed while considering the possible involvement of Nazarick and Demiurge.
• Brain praised Roa’s ability to make the mission easy, but Roa warned that the situation might be more complicated than it appeared.
• Roa brought Brain to Blue Rose’s meeting place the following night to coordinate the operation against Eight Fingers.

Roa and Blue Rose attacked Six Arms at the prison, where Roa discovered the group had been strengthened and controlled by Shalltear. After Roa defeated Six Arms, Shalltear appeared, leaving him and Blue Rose facing her.

• Roa warned Lakyus that the mission was a trap and said the prison's real threat had not yet appeared.
• Six Arms and the other Eight Fingers members ambushed Blue Rose, but Roa blocked their arrows with [Infinity Wall].
• Blue Rose fought Six Arms, whose strength had risen into the Heroic domain, while Roa recognized signs of Shalltear's control.
• Roa immobilized Six Arms with [Bind Human] and [Gravity Reversal], then questioned Jelou about their lord.
• Roa called out Shalltear, who appeared and killed five incapacitated members of Six Arms before Brain recognized her.

Roa sent Blue Rose away and fought Shalltear, overpowering her as their battle devastated the city. Nearby, the Black Scripture’s leader and Certain Death sensed the clash and resolved to confront Shalltear after she was exposed.

• Roa teleported Blue Rose a thousand meters away after warning Lakyus about Lara, leaving him alone with Shalltear.
• Shalltear revealed that four Guardians had been sent and warned Roa to stay out of their operation, but he chose to fight.
• Shalltear transformed into her armored battle form and attacked Roa, who countered her with Sword Qi and fiery sword strikes.
• Roa drove Shalltear back through the city, while Blue Rose watched from a distance and Shalltear increasingly relied on her class skills.
• Certain Death and the Black Scripture’s leader sensed the battle and discussed who could be fighting Shalltear.
• Certain Death decided that the Black Scripture would finish off the exposed Shalltear and hoped her opponent would make her taste defeat.

Roa overwhelmed Shalltear in their battle, forcing her to use Time Regression, while Blue Rose planned to warn the Kingdom and evacuate the capital. Certain Death and the Black Scripture headed toward the fight, and Demiurge realized the situation had become unpredictable.

• Certain Death revealed her weapon-based Innate Ability and set out with the Black Scripture to join the battle against Roa and Shalltear.
• Demiurge watched Certain Death and the Black Scripture through a mirror, then decided the Guardians might all need to intervene after Roa joined the fight.
• Roa battered Shalltear with sword attacks, stopped her thrown spear with Stillness, and hurled it back at her with dark magic.
• Shalltear survived the spear's explosion by using Time Regression and threatened Roa, while Blue Rose realized they could not join the fight directly.
• Lakyus ordered Blue Rose to alert the authorities and Adventurer's Guild and urge an evacuation, despite doubts that the nobles would listen.
• Brain reminded Lakyus that Roa had suspected the Princess might be involved, and Blue Rose hurried away as the battle continued to turn against Shalltear.

Roa fought Shalltear after she summoned a Level 10 Magic Beast, then faced a surprise attack from Demiurge as Shalltear and the other Guardians joined the battle. The chapter ended with all four Guardians surrounding Roa.

• Shalltear summoned a Level 10 Magic Beast, but Roa beheaded it with a single slash as the Black Scripture and other onlookers watched.
• Roa overpowered Shalltear, whose equipment and escalating strength surprised the Black Scripture, while Certain Death prepared to intervene if needed.
• As Roa prepared to finish Shalltear, Demiurge appeared behind him and attacked; Roa dodged, seized him, and severed his enlarged arm while parrying Shalltear's Pure Throwing Spear.
• Demiurge exploded to engulf Roa, then reappeared unharmed as two more Guardians arrived, leaving all four surrounding Roa.

Ainz confronted Roa with Nazarick’s guardians and offered to spare him if he handed over the Slane Theocracy’s fighters, but Roa refused and condemned Ainz’s growing coldness. Ainz began their battle by freezing time, leaving himself as the only one able to move.

• Ainz appeared with Albedo, Cocytus, Demiurge, and Shalltear, while Certain Death and the Black Scripture captain realized they were outmatched.
• Ainz trapped the Black Scripture squad with Greater Spatial Lock and offered Roa peace in exchange for the Slane Theocracy’s fighters.
• Roa refused, criticized Ainz for allowing Demiurge’s cruelty, and made clear he would fight Nazarick.
• Ainz’s Despair Aura failed to affect Roa, and Roa used Life Absorption to drain Albedo before Ainz stopped her.
• Ainz announced he would kill Roa and cast Time Stop with Silent Magic, freezing everyone else.

Roa broke free of Ainz’s Time Stop and struck him, then overwhelmed the four Guardians with a devastating sword attack that chipped the Throat Flute Longsword against Albedo’s World-Class Item. Ainz returned to the battlefield and urgently cast a long series of spells, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Ainz used Time Stop and prepared Delayed Magic: True Death, but Roa’s time-based skill let him move and prevent Ainz from escaping.
• Roa used Light Katana to slash Ainz and send him flying as Time Stop ended.
• Albedo, Shalltear, Demiurge, and Cocytus attacked Roa together, but Roa accelerated time and struck them with a powerful sword slash.
• Shalltear and Albedo blocked the remaining sword light, and Roa noticed that Hell’s Abyss had chipped the Throat Flute Longsword.
• Ainz returned with High-Tier Teleportation and rapidly cast a series of protective and offensive spells.

Roa overwhelmed the Guardians with the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword and killed Albedo before Ainz teleported the survivors away. Ainz then unleashed Banshee Wail to prepare his ultimate instant-death skill, [Death Is the End of All Things], while Roa recognized the move.

• Albedo charged Roa with Hell's Abyss, but Roa summoned the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword and kicked her back toward Shalltear.
• Roa empowered the Holy Sword with Kamui and unleashed Excalibur as Albedo charged him again.
• Albedo used her defenses and Damage Transfer against the beam, but her armor broke and her HP reached zero.
• Ainz used High-Tier Spatial Transfer to pull the surviving Guardians out of the attack's range, and they assessed their injuries.
• Ainz cast Banshee Wail to weaken Roa's resistance to instant death, then activated [Death Is the End of All Things].

Roa survived Ainz’s ultimate instant-death spell by using his time-related skills to escape its range, then defeated Ainz. He found Certain Death dead among the Slane Theocracy group, whose members had been wiped out by the battle’s effects.

• Ainz cast Death is the End of All Things while the Guardians blocked Roa’s escape with spatial magic.
• Roa used Instant and Time Zero to move beyond the spell’s range before it activated, then appeared behind Ainz unharmed.
• Roa explained his time-related skills to Ainz and struck him with the Sword That Pierces Truth and the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword, reducing his HP to zero.
• Ainz fell, though Roa said he knew Ainz still had something up his sleeve and would return later.
• Roa found Certain Death’s corpse and discovered that the rest of her Slane Theocracy group had been reduced to ash.

Roa used the ninth-tier spell True Revival to bring Certain Death back to life, then left her as she wondered when they would meet again. Meanwhile, the defeated Guardians reunited with Ainz in Nazarick's Throne Room and discussed how to face Roa.

• Roa revived Certain Death with True Revival, and she woke exhausted and realized he had brought her back to life.
• Roa left Certain Death after telling her they might meet again when fate brought them together, and she watched him vanish with fascination.
• Cocytus, Demiurge, and Shalltear returned to Nazarick injured and joined Aura Bella Fiora and Mare Bello Fiore on their way to the Throne Room.
• The Guardians found Ainz and Albedo in the Throne Room and learned that Ainz had also returned after their defeat.
• Ainz admitted that he had no good plan for defeating Roa, and Demiurge suggested targeting people around him, including the Rose team.

Roa bombarded the Great Tomb of Nazarick with Super-Tier Magic, destroying its first three floors and forcing Ainz to confront him. After Roa sent Est and Lestia away, he revealed that he wanted an offer from Ainz, leaving the two to negotiate.

• Ainz and the Guardians sensed a threat and teleported to Nazarick's entrance, where a golden-haired man in blue robes attacked with Super-Tier Magic—Skyfall Strike.
• Ainz retreated with the Guardians as the blast destroyed the first two floors and damaged the third floor of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
• Ainz refused to let Albedo accompany him and went alone to speak with Roa, while Shalltear blamed herself for their predicament.
• Roa was delayed by Est and Lestia, agreed to let them out at least twice a week, and then sent them away.
• Ainz asked Roa why he kept pursuing them, and Roa asked what Ainz was willing to offer.

Roa offered to spare the Great Tomb of Nazarick if Ainz handed over World-Class Items, while warning that a greater enemy lurked in the world. Ainz and Roa negotiated down from five items, ending with Ainz’s offer of three chosen at random.

• Roa demanded five of Ainz’s eleven World-Class Items in exchange for ending his attack and leaving Nazarick alone.
• Ainz refused, and Roa threatened to destroy Nazarick while pointing out that Ainz might use one of his items from the Twenty.
• Roa argued that an enemy above level one hundred posed a greater danger and offered to stop opposing Nazarick if they made a pact.
• Ainz said he would consider giving up World-Class Items if Roa truly withdrew, but rejected Roa’s demands for five and then four.
• Roa asked how many items Ainz would offer, and Ainz made a final offer of three World-Class Items chosen at random.

Roa and Ainz settled on a deal involving three World-Class Items and access to Nazarick’s magic, then Roa offered to help Ainz experience life in a human body. Ainz rejected permanently becoming human because it could weaken him, but grew interested in Roa’s proposal to create a second body and teach him Soul Splitting.

• Roa secured Ainz’s agreement to provide three World-Class Items and other magic, with Ainz promising an answer about the items in three days.
• Roa told Ainz that his undead body was changing his personality and offered to restore his human body and emotions.
• Ainz declined to become human because losing his undead class abilities would reduce his combat strength.
• Roa proposed creating a separate body for Ainz and teaching him to split off part of his soul to inhabit it.
• Ainz questioned how the method would work, and Roa explained Soul Splitting and described transferring an entire soul as body snatching.

Roa and Ainz completed a deal: Roa made Ainz a new body and recorded two skills on scrolls in exchange for three World-Class Items. After leaving Nazarick, Roa secretly returned to the Royal Palace to kill Lara, the Golden Princess, and found her room.

• Roa shaped a body from earth, gave it life force taken from nearby vegetation, and offered to teach Ainz Soul Splitting and possession.
• When Ainz struggled to learn the skills, Roa recorded them on more than a dozen scrolls, and the two parted on friendly terms.
• Ainz told Nazarick’s six guardians about the deal and explained that surrendering three World-Class Items was safer than fighting Roa.
• Ainz kept the new level-ninety-five body a secret from the guardians and hoped to experience human emotions again.
• Roa returned to the Royal Palace alone and searched for Lara, deciding to kill her before she could cause more trouble.
• Roa sensed a lingering trace of evil in one of the palace rooms after Lara had gone to sleep.

Roa killed Lara in the Royal Capital and destroyed her body to prevent Resurrection Magic. After returning home, he found Certain Death waiting outside with Brain unconscious, and she asked him to let her bear his child.

• Lara worried that her plan had failed and that Blue Rose suspected her, then focused on her desire to possess Clem.
• Roa entered Lara’s room, spoke with her, and killed her before she could reach the weapon beside her bed.
• Roa accelerated Lara’s corpse’s decay and left after containing the noise with a barrier.
• Roa found Certain Death waiting outside his home beside the unconscious Brain.
• Certain Death told Roa she wanted him to let her bear his child.

Certain Death tried to persuade Roa to have a child with her, but he refused and made her his Sword Attendant and an Outer Disciple instead. After Roa explained that the Slane Theocracy had been caught in a trap and declined to intervene further, Certain Death left with Brain to return to the Theocracy.

• Certain Death told Roa about her troubled past and asked to have a child with him, but he refused because he had a wife.
• Certain Death offered to accept no title or responsibility, but Roa redirected her proposal by offering her the role of his Sword Attendant.
• Roa welcomed Certain Death into his sect as an Outer Disciple and told her she might have a chance with him if she became a True Disciple.
• Roa explained that the Slane Theocracy had provoked Ainz by using Beauty That Overwhelms Nations and said he would not get involved further.
• Certain Death decided to return to the Slane Theocracy and promised to come back after dealing with matters there.
• Roa sent Certain Death away with the unconscious Brain, warning her not to train him to death.

After dismissing Est and Lestia, Roa considered how to keep Ainz’s subordinates in check and reviewed the magic and World-Class Items he had gained. He planned to study resurrection magic, repair the Throat Flute Longsword, and obtain the Nameless Spellbook before leaving.

• Est and Lestia criticized Roa for his earlier behavior, then returned to the Spirit Realm after demanding that he let them out once a week.
• Roa decided to use Certain Death as a contingency and to create covenants that would restrict Ainz’s subordinates, intending to explain his plans to Ainz.
• Roa assessed the spells he had gained and saw tenth-tier Time Stop as a key to combining Instant and Time Zero.
• Roa resolved to study Resurrection Magic in the Mushoku world by experimenting on death-row prisoners so he could protect the people he cared about.
• Roa identified one of Ainz’s World-Class Items as the Heat Stone and planned to have the Dragon God use it to repair the Throat Flute Longsword.
• Roa planned to obtain the Nameless Spellbook from a small kingdom in the western desert, preferably through a trade.