Chapter Summaries

Ainz Ooal Gown accepted Bismarck’s offer to remove the restrictions his body imposed on his mind while retaining his power. After the restrictions vanished, he struggled with his emotions and with the reality of the people he had killed, then ordered Albedo to tend to the collapsed villagers.

• Bismarck offered to remove the restrictions affecting Ainz Ooal Gown’s mind and warned that they helped him control his power.
• Ainz Ooal Gown chose to regain control of his own personality, and Bismarck disappeared after telling him to work hard.
• Ainz Ooal Gown realized the restrictions had been removed and was shaken as he recalled killing people in reality.
• Ainz Ooal Gown’s surging magic power caused the residents to collapse, while Albedo remained standing and rushed to him.
• Ainz Ooal Gown reassured Albedo, then ordered her to check on the villagers and keep them alive.

Ainz Ooal Gown struggled to control his newly unleashed power after discovering that several villagers had died from his presence. Bismarck explained that Ainz already had the potential to become a demon king and predicted that his fear of losing his NPC companions would drive him toward that fate.

• Albedo told Ainz that several villagers had been frightened to death, and Ainz tried to resurrect them with a spell.
• Ainz ordered Albedo to explain what had happened and prevent the villagers from being slaughtered again, then teleported back to Nazarick and collapsed.
• Othinus said that Ainz's ordinary upbringing and personality made it difficult for him to adapt to his undead power and altered nature.
• Bismarck argued that Ainz's loneliness and resentment had already given him the potential to become a demon king.
• Bismarck predicted that Ainz would become increasingly cruel as he pretended to be a demon king to keep his NPC companions, and Othinus said this could qualify him to join the group.

Bismarck and Othinus discussed whether Ainz Ooal Gown could become a member, then turned their attention to the badly wounded Gazef. Facing death, Gazef gripped the badge and accepted any cost to protect the Kingdom, causing the world around him to fall silent.

• Othinus argued that Ainz Ooal Gown’s attachment to his companions made him unfit to be a true Demon King, while Bismarck explained that he could become a member if he met the selection rules.
• Bismarck and Othinus refocused on Gazef, who had been left badly wounded after the Demon King’s departure.
• Near death, Gazef remembered the witches’ warning and reached for the badge he had avoided touching.
• Gazef declared that he would pay any price, even giving his soul to the witch, to defend the Kingdom and its people.
• The world fell silent, leaving Gazef and the Slane Theocracy’s spellcasters unable to make a sound or use magic.

Othinus appeared before Gazef and offered him jars containing hope in exchange for everything he was willing to give. After she vanished, Gazef opened a jar and regained strength, while Nigan ordered a Sacred Angel to seize the jars.

• Othinus appeared in the silent world and asked Gazef what he was willing to give.
• Gazef vowed to give everything to defeat the invaders and fulfill his mission.
• Othinus conjured a pile of jars and told Gazef to seize the hope inside them.
• Nigan saw Gazef reach for the jars and ordered his Summoned Sacred Angel to attack.
• Gazef opened the first jar and felt his strength return as Nigan accused him of taking the gods' Gifts.

Gazef gained skills and physical strength from a chest, allowing him to fight off Negan’s Angels. Negan summoned a Radiant Archangel, leaving Gazef convinced that he needed more chests to defeat it.

• An Angel’s greatsword shattered Gazef’s chest, releasing Skill Orbs that healed him and filled him with new abilities.
• Negan ordered the Mages and their Angels to attack, but Gazef blocked their spells with Basic Barrier and destroyed several Angels with Basic Slash.
• Negan decided to claim the remaining chests for himself and summoned the Radiant Archangel with a crystal.
• Gazef felt overwhelmed by the Radiant Archangel and realized he needed more chests to become strong enough to defeat it.

Gazef fought Negan’s Radiant Archangel, gaining strength as he smashed the jars but still nearing defeat. A Witch who Gazef recognized as a Goddess stopped the battle, leaving him exhausted but alive.

• Negan ordered the Radiant Archangel to kill Gazef, who smashed the jars and absorbed their power.
• Gazef used Basic Slide Tackle to evade the Archangel’s attacks, though one blow wounded him before more jars healed him.
• Negan gave the Archangel contradictory orders about the jars, then finally told it to use its full power.
• The Radiant Archangel overwhelmed Gazef with a pillar of light, and Gazef’s stamina ran nearly out as he held up his barrier.
• A Witch appeared and declared, “Let the battle end here,” freezing the Archangel; Gazef recognized her as a Goddess and knelt in gratitude.

Bismarck rescued Gazef from Negan and the Radiant Archangel, then warned him that his future depended on his own choices. As Bismarck faded away, the watching members considered how they might influence Ainz Ooal Gown, with Kanzaki Kaori and Orochimaru expressing opposing ideas.

• Bismarck restrained the Radiant Archangel and ordered Negan and his companions to leave.
• Bismarck destroyed the Radiant Archangel and Negan's crystal, causing Negan to flee.
• Bismarck told Gazef that the Badge gave him possibilities but that he alone would shape his future, then faded away.
• Kanzaki Kaori said she would try to guide Ainz Ooal Gown toward kindness, while Orochimaru said the undead king might become his companion.

Othinus and Bismarck approved Gazef and demonstrated how Auditors could use World Authority to alter a world and accelerate time. They watched the world change into a battlefield where Albedo stood against Ainz Ooal Gown.

• Orochimaru realized Auditors could shape a partner’s wishes and became more determined to join them.
• Othinus and Bismarck approved Gazef, making him a member in practice as long as he survived his coming adventures.
• Bismarck proposed accelerating time to see how fate changed, and Othinus agreed.
• Othinus explained that Auditors could use World Authority to alter terrain, distort laws, and regress time, while Senior Members’ powers were restricted outside their own worlds.
• Bismarck and Othinus accelerated time, revealing a battlefield where Ainz Ooal Gown attacked as Albedo stood against him.

Bismarck and Othinus discovered that Albedo had become the Auditee after taking a Blank Badge from the Princess, and Bismarck decided to guide her. They returned to the past and prepared to intervene when Albedo obtained the Badge.

• Bismarck and Othinus realized that a World Item had failed to control Albedo but had triggered a conflict in her personality.
• Othinus explained that Albedo had obtained a Blank Badge from the Princess, transferring the Auditee identity to her.
• Bismarck decided that Albedo’s chance to change her fate was worth guiding, and took command of the intervention.
• Bismarck and Othinus warned the members that reckless changes to a world’s timeline could bring severe punishment.
• Bismarck returned them to the past and chose to go to the moment Albedo obtained the Blank Badge.

Bismarck traveled with Othinus to the Kingdom and confronted Albedo, whose growing doubts about Ainz Ooal Gown had made her question her own feelings. After Bismarck stripped away Albedo’s power, she explained that Ainz’s changed behavior reflected his true personality, leaving Albedo furious and unconvinced.

• Bismarck and Othinus reviewed the months since Gazef returned to the Kingdom and noted Ainz Ooal Gown’s growing reputation as a demon king.
• Bismarck said Albedo could become a breakthrough in helping Ainz awaken and gain membership recognition, then appeared before her.
• Albedo attacked Bismarck, blaming her for changing Ainz and causing Albedo’s own doubts.
• Bismarck said “Stop” and reduced Albedo from Level 100 to Level 1, then denied causing Ainz’s change.
• Albedo insisted the other Guardians still viewed Ainz as great, and Bismarck recognized that their unwavering loyalty explained why.

Bismarck confronted Albedo with the possibility that her loyalty to Ainz Ooal Gown had begun to change, urging her to face her own feelings and choose her fate. After Bismarck disappeared, Albedo clashed with Gazef, and their battle spread destruction across the city and nearby areas.

• Bismarck explained that Albedo’s created soul had been fixed to total loyalty, and that her doubts about Ainz Ooal Gown had given her will the potential to change.
• Albedo rejected Bismarck’s claim but recognized that she had begun to doubt the greatness of the Ainz she loved.
• Bismarck urged Albedo to become herself again and face the fate she could choose, then vanished.
• Albedo regained her strength and realized the Badge she held connected Bismarck to Gazef’s transformation.
• Gazef confronted Albedo, who charged at him, and their battle devastated the city and shook the surrounding towns.
• Bismarck and Othinus watched the battle, and Bismarck said she had only helped Albedo clarify her feelings in advance.

Bismarck and Othinus watched Albedo’s disappointment in Ainz Ooal Gown deepen until it awakened the Blank Badge. Bismarck appeared as the badge grew hot, telling Albedo that she had found her answer.

• Bismarck and Othinus explained that they had planted a seed in Albedo to help her understand her heart and awaken the Blank Badge.
• Bismarck and Othinus observed that Albedo had lost her overseer position while Gazef had become his kingdom’s Guardian Spirit and gained resources.
• Ainz Ooal Gown tried to comfort Albedo by apologizing for her punishment and promising to restore her position.
• Albedo confronted Ainz Ooal Gown over his meekness and his failure to understand what troubled her, then grew angry as he left.
• Albedo’s Blank Badge grew hot, and Bismarck appeared, telling her she had already found the answer.

Bismarck revealed to Albedo that the Supreme Ones had not created her soul and that her personality had been imposed on her, helping her break free of those settings. Albedo recovered with a changed outlook, but Bismarck questioned how she could help while still so weak.

• Albedo confronted Bismarck and asked whether she had been monitoring her inside the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
• Bismarck explained that the Supreme Ones had only played a game, while the world had given Albedo and the others their souls.
• Albedo realized her personality and memories had been imposed by players who made her despise humans, and she reacted with disgust.
• Bismarck said that breaking free of imposed personas could give artificial lifeforms greater potential and offered help if Albedo needed it.
• Albedo asked what Bismarck wanted from her, but Bismarck pointed out that Albedo was too weak to be useful to them.

Albedo learned that Jars could help her break free of the restraints in her personality, then underwent a Class Change into a Demon Lord. With new control over her emotions and a path of her own in mind, she prepared to act while Othinus taught the members how to pioneer new rewards.

• Bismarck explained that Albedo should discover what she wanted and that the Badge would help her pursue it.
• Albedo opened Jars and reached a Class Change, transforming into a Demon Lord and gaining a higher life essence.
• Albedo found that she could control her love and pain, and decided to test whether her demon companion would follow her or Ainz Ooal Gown.
• Othinus told the observing members that Albedo had great potential and introduced a way to pioneer new rewards.
• Bismarck left after telling Albedo to pursue her own path and promising another opportunity if she succeeded.

Bismarck focused the Auditor’s investigation on Albedo, who regained her position as overseer of the Great Tomb of Nazarick and called a meeting of the Floor Guardians. At the meeting, Albedo challenged Shalltear by insisting that Lord Ainz’s plans could not be broken so easily, leaving even Ainz dumbfounded.

• Bismarck told Othinus that the Auditor would focus on Albedo because she had great potential to become a Member.
• Albedo approached Ainz Ooal Gown, claimed she had adjusted her state of mind, and asked to continue serving him.
• Ainz restored Albedo as overseer of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, and she requested a meeting of the Floor Guardians.
• At the meeting, Shalltear objected to Albedo standing beside Ainz, but Ainz confirmed that he had restored her position.
• Albedo called Shalltear naive and declared that Lord Ainz’s plans could not be broken easily, leaving Ainz dumbfounded.

Demiurge interpreted Albedo’s public battle and the Warrior Captain’s display of strength as parts of Ainz Ooal Gown’s plan, while Ainz silently let the Guardians believe it. Demiurge suggested that Nazarick could use the attention drawn to Albedo’s existence, but Ainz’s next move remained unexplained.

• Ainz Ooal Gown stayed silent after the Guardians questioned whether Albedo had disrupted the covert operation.
• Demiurge declared that everything remained within Ainz’s plan and explained that Ainz had supposedly anticipated Albedo being discovered and fighting the Warrior Captain.
• Cocytus and the other Floor Guardians accepted Demiurge’s explanation and praised Ainz, while Ainz handed the explanation back to Demiurge.
• Sebas revealed that the Kingdom had not identified Albedo’s connection to Nazarick, and Demiurge said the Warrior Captain’s strength had instead been exposed.
• Demiurge suggested that Nazarick could use the worldwide attention surrounding Albedo, leaving Ainz’s next plan unstated.

Demiurge interpreted Albedo’s fame as part of Ainz’s plan to strengthen Momon’s hero identity, while Albedo secretly intended to shatter the Guardians’ idealized view of Ainz as revenge. Bismarck and Othinus watched unseen, then chose to fast-forward time and observe the consequences.

• Demiurge explained that Albedo could act against threats to Nazarick and help establish Momon as a hero, and Ainz claimed the plan as his own.
• The Guardians praised Ainz’s supposed foresight, while Albedo prepared to carry out her hidden plan to undermine their image of him.
• After everyone left, Bismarck and Othinus revealed they had watched unnoticed and discussed whether Albedo’s actions might break the Guardians’ illusions.
• Bismarck and Othinus merged their Badges and used World Authority to fast-forward time.

After Albedo’s rebellion left Ainz Ooal Gown and her forces at war with the continent, Bismarck and Othinus chose to audit the Blood Emperor, Kilikenny, ahead of a coalition meeting against the demon king. Bismarck entered Kilikenny’s palace and confronted him as he struggled with fear of the coming war.

• Othinus and Bismarck arrived in the Magi Kingdom and learned that Albedo’s rebellion had turned Ainz Ooal Gown against the kingdoms of the continent.
• Bismarck and Othinus decided to begin their next audit during the growing war and identified Kilikenny, the Blood Emperor, as a new Auditee.
• Kilikenny invited Albedo, Gazef, and the continent’s kingdoms to a meeting scheduled for three days later to unite against Ainz Ooal Gown.
• Bismarck appeared in Kilikenny’s guarded palace at night while Othinus left to pursue something interesting.
• Kilikenny, unable to sleep from fear of Ainz Ooal Gown’s power, grabbed his sword when he heard footsteps, then watched his guards bow as Bismarck entered his room.
• Kilikenny asked Bismarck how she had walked into the palace unnoticed, and she called it a little trick.

Bismarck confronted the Blood Emperor about his plan to unite the nations against the Demon King, then demonstrated her overwhelming power by apparently destroying his world. The Blood Emperor watched his people perish and raised his sword against her, while the observing members were stunned by the catastrophe.

• Bismarck questioned the Blood Emperor’s determination to challenge a vastly stronger enemy, and he insisted that enough fearless people might still defeat a dragon.
• Whitebeard praised the Blood Emperor’s courage and joked that he wanted him as a son, while Red-Hair watched the scene in silence.
• Bismarck declared that the Blood Emperor’s theory was wrong and unleashed a catastrophe that shattered the world and rained meteors upon it.
• The Blood Emperor saw his people, servants, and generals die amid the destruction, and the observing members wondered why Bismarck had begun destroying the world.
• Bismarck said she had caused the disaster to prove the futility of his efforts, and the Blood Emperor called her a lunatic and drew his sword against her.

Bismarck tested the Blood Emperor's resolve by subjecting him to the destruction of his world, then revealed that she could control and restore it. The Blood Emperor learned that the catastrophe was real, but Bismarck reversed it after deciding he had passed her test.

• The Blood Emperor charged Bismarck repeatedly, determined to die in battle as an emperor despite the world's destruction.
• Bismarck stopped the destruction and told the Blood Emperor that she had been testing his resolve.
• The Blood Emperor asked what Bismarck was and how the catastrophe could have happened if it was not an illusion.
• Bismarck explained that she could control the world but could not predict the potential of the human heart, which depended on willpower.
• Bismarck reversed the destruction, restoring the world and leaving the Blood Emperor and the other members stunned.