Recaps

Roy tracked Bone King’s arrival near Carne Village and concluded that conflict between the Great Tomb of Nazarick and the Re-Estize Kingdom was likely as the kingdom expanded into the Great Tob Forest. He devised a plan to redirect Nazarick toward the Argland Council State and realized World City’s vast force of intelligent Automated Guards could help him pursue his ambitions.

• Roy used Eve’s surveillance and Hela’s Veil of Divine Concealment to monitor Bone King, then watched the Warrior Captain subdue the Wise King of the Forest.
• Eve predicted that Nazarick and the kingdom would eventually clash over the Great Tob Forest, and Roy agreed the coming conflict could lead to a devastating massacre.
• Roy considered framing the Argland Council State by having a beast tamer and dragon-shaped magical beasts draw Nazarick’s attention toward it.
• Eve proposed using Automated Guards posing as adventurers to feed Nazarick false intelligence about the Argland Council State.
• Eve revealed that World City had six hundred thousand individually directed Automated Guards with ordinary human intelligence, and Roy began considering them a major force in his plans.

Roy and Eve planned to use automated guards and a costly Trap Scroll to provoke a direct conflict between the Great Tomb of Nazarick and the Space Dragon. Eve devised a cover story involving a hidden Dragon Worship Cult, and Roy approved the plan.

• Roy approved Eve's plan to send one hundred level-18 automated guards into the world under false identities and with no knowledge of World City.
• Eve suggested using Gate to bring the Great Tomb of Nazarick into direct contact with the Space Dragon, and Roy realized a Trap Scroll could accomplish it.
• Roy reviewed Kallida Copper Bell's abilities as a trap specialist and scroll-crafting master, then authorized her to make a level-100 trap scroll for one billion gold coins.
• Kallida asked whether the target discriminated against races, and Roy told her that some Nazarick members called humans insects, motivating her to make the trap perfect.
• Eve proposed blaming the incident on a secret Dragon Worship Cult whose members accidentally sent Nazarick's people to the moon, with evidence pointing investigators toward the Argland Council State.
• Roy approved Eve's cover story and prepared to send Nazarick a welcoming gift.

Roy and Eve devised a scheme to pit the Great Tomb of Nazarick against the Space Dragon through fabricated Dragon Worship and Dragon Slaying Cults. Meanwhile, Ainz earned the Re-Estize Kingdom's trust by saving its troops from enhanced Giant Petrifying Lizards and successfully infiltrated its forces.

• Roy reconsidered Eve's plan and suggested creating more shadowy organizations to manipulate the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
• Eve proposed a Dragon Slaying Cult to feed Nazarick false intelligence and steer it into conflict with the Space Dragon, and Roy ordered her to begin.
• Ainz, disguised as a mountain-trained magic caster, went to investigate the Re-Estize Kingdom's army camp and was invited to meet the Warrior Captain.
• Aura's enhanced Giant Petrifying Lizards overwhelmed Brain, the Warrior Captain, and the Wise King of the Forest, pushing the army's defenses toward collapse.
• Ainz killed the Giant Petrifying Lizards with high-tier spells, won the soldiers' admiration, and infiltrated the Re-Estize Kingdom's forces.

Gazef rallied adventurers for the kingdom’s expedition into the Great Tob Forest, while Ainz and Pandora’s Momon pursued separate ways to earn influence. A World City guard named Luke challenged Ainz’s plan and proposed trapping the monsters, so Ainz secretly ordered Aura to attack after the traps were set.

• Gazef announced rewards and noble titles for adventurers who joined the Great Tob Forest expedition, and the adventurers pledged to serve the king.
• Gazef offered Ainz land and titles, and Ainz arranged for Pandora to join the expedition as Momon to earn merits under a separate identity.
• Momon defeated the mithril-class adventurer Igvarge, while Luke, a level-18 World City guard disguised as an adventurer, volunteered to build traps near Carne Village.
• Ainz opposed Luke’s plan and argued that the kingdom should attack the strengthened monsters, prompting Momon to propose splitting the forces and investigating the forest himself.
• Ainz secretly told Aura to attack after Luke had finished setting his traps and to destroy them if needed.

Aura compelled the Eastern Giant and Western Demon Serpent to lead an enhanced monster army against E-Rantel, while Roy and Eve prepared to exploit the battle. Luke’s traps and defenses devastated the first wave, prompting Ainz to send Mare to support the monsters as the assault continued.

• Aura defeated the Eastern Giant and Western Demon Serpent, then ordered them to gather the forest’s monsters and attack E-Rantel.
• Aura enhanced the monster army, while Mare warned her to spare Luke and the Warrior Captain and offered support against magical traps.
• The scouts warned the human camp of the approaching army, and Roy realized the monsters’ disorganized charge was meant to make Nazarick’s forces appear heroic.
• Luke’s spiked pits, jaw traps, and burning camp killed or wounded many of the charging monsters.
• Ainz praised Luke’s defenses and ordered Mare to support the magical beasts because the monsters alone might not break through.

Mare and Aura turned the battle against Luke’s forces, destroying their defenses and driving the survivors toward the third line. The Warrior Captain and Brain rescued retreating soldiers, while Roy spotted a chance to use Luke against the hidden Guardian.

• Mare extinguished the Trolls’ burning camp with Widen Magic: Water Creation and restored their health with Greater Heal.
• Aura used her Eyes of the Sky to uncover Luke’s magical mines, then sent Goblins to trigger them and Barghests to overwhelm the adventurers’ ambush positions.
• Aura’s arrows killed the adventurers beside Luke, who escaped through a prepared tunnel as the second defensive line collapsed.
• The Warrior Captain and Brain killed five Trolls and led the surviving adventurers and soldiers in retreat toward the third defensive line.
• Roy concluded that the enemy was deliberately sparing Luke and told Eve to give him courage to attack the Guardian.

Ainz and Momon turned the battle against the Re-Estize Kingdom’s forces, while Luke used a hidden trap scroll to teleport Mare away. Mare arrived on the moon, where the Space Dragon noticed him.

• Mare collapsed the monsters’ assault on the third defensive line and captured Luke in the fog.
• Ainz staged a dramatic rescue, and Pandora, disguised as Momon, killed the Eastern Giant and Western Demon Serpent.
• Ainz and Aura pretended to negotiate, but Luke activated his trap scroll with Deception as Mare lunged to stop him.
• The scroll’s time effects slowed Mare, and its Teleport Capture sent him away despite Ainz and Aura trying to protect him.
• Mare appeared on the moon, where the Space Dragon sensed him and spoke to him.

Mare encountered the Space Dragon and tested its defenses for Ainz, but his strongest attack failed and the Dragon killed him. Roy gathered the information he needed and withdrew his observation.

• Mare used the Silver Acorn Pendant to warn Ainz and the others that the Space Dragon had trapped him beyond a dimensional anchor.
• Mare shielded himself with Nature's Shelter, but the Dragon's breath instantly destroyed his defenses without injuring him.
• Roy watched the battle through the All-Seeing Eye while Eve calculated that the Dragon's breath rivaled two casts of Super-Tier Magic.
• Mare unleashed Petit-Catastrophe, but the Dragon remained unharmed and Mare reported that it would take a World Item to defeat it.
• The Dragon killed Mare with its breath, leaving only the scorched Silver Acorn Pendant and Shadow of the World Tree.
• Roy put away the All-Seeing Eye after obtaining the information he wanted.

After Mare was killed by Luke and resurrected, Ainz ordered Nazarick to prepare for the threat. Demiurge interpreted the incident as part of Ainz’s plan and laid out countermeasures against the Dragon Worship Cult, while Ainz privately prepared to face the enemy if necessary.

• Ainz grieved over Mare’s death, then used five hundred million gold coins to resurrect him; Mare woke with no memory of the past few days.
• Ainz had Aura show Mare a recording of his final moments, then tasked Demiurge with reporting on Nazarick’s defenses.
• Demiurge claimed Ainz had planned the expedition to investigate threats to Nazarick and identified Luke as a member of the Dragon Worship Cult.
• Demiurge reasoned that Luke’s powerful spell scroll meant the attack might have been planned, and proposed disguising Ainz, investigating the cult, and using Momon to attract its attention.
• Ainz approved Demiurge’s proposals as orders and silently considered using Momonga’s Orb if necessary, while Nazarick began its preparations.

Roy reviewed intelligence on the Space Dragon and approved Eve’s plan to manipulate the conflict between it and the Great Tomb of Nazarick. He dispatched the Nine Governors to capture low-level Nazarick personnel and ordinary Dragon Lords while minimizing the risk of exposure, preparing World City to expand its influence.

• Eve reported that the Space Dragon’s Magic Mantle was formidable, but World City’s intelligence from Mare’s battle had revealed its strength and unusual breath attack.
• Roy decided to feed selective intelligence to the Dragon Worship Cult and concluded that Momonga’s Orb might let the Great Tomb of Nazarick fight back.
• Eve proposed a two-front war that would make Nazarick and the True Dragon Lords believe they were each other’s targets, using the World Crown to capture unprotected NPCs.
• Roy approved the plan and assigned four Governors to capture Nazarick Battle Maids and similar low-level members with World Items.
• Roy assigned four other Governors to investigate and capture ordinary Dragon Lords, ordering everyone to prioritize safety and act cautiously.

Roy planned to control the human kingdoms through infiltrating Automated Soldiers while preparing to preserve humanity against disasters. Eve revealed that the world's strange rules thwarted scientific research, so Roy ordered her to collect Natural Espers in E-Rantel for a preservation experiment.

• Roy asked Eve about the deployed Automated Soldiers, and she reported that 500 had infiltrated several nations while preparing to expand their number to 10,000.
• Roy and Eve discussed using the Automated Soldiers to build a grassroots organization and control the human kingdoms from the shadows.
• Roy told Eve to prepare a gene bank in case a clash between the Space Dragon and the Great Tomb of Nazarick devastated the world.
• Eve explained that the world's inconsistent rules prevented researchers from reliably producing explosives, and she proposed preserving living genetic material instead.
• Roy approved preserving superior genetic material, designated Natural Espers as the initial candidates, and ordered Eve to find them in E-Rantel and invite one or two for an experiment.

Roy tested whether his World Merchant trade skill could transfer Innate Talents by buying Eirin Emmott’s Spirit Appraisal Eye, and the contract successfully moved it to him. He then offered to restore Eirin’s talent with a Shooting Star Ring in exchange for 99,000 gold coins, leaving the restoration untested.

• Roy doubted whether configured abilities would reliably become real and ordered Eve and Veronica to find a suitable target.
• Veronica secretly brought Eirin Emmott from E-Rantel to World City, where Eirin mistook the meeting with Roy for a dream.
• Roy offered Eirin 100,000 gold coins for her Spirit Appraisal Eye, and Eirin signed the contract without reading it.
• Roy used the Fairness Seal to establish the trade, and the God of Contracts transferred Eirin’s talent to Roy in exchange for the gold.
• Roy confirmed that the talent transfer worked, then offered to restore Eirin’s talent with a Shooting Star Ring for 99,000 gold coins.

Roy used Wish Upon a Star to restore Eirin’s innate talent and grant Spirit Appraisal Eye to Veronica and Eve, then recruited Eirin and arranged for her to move to the Slane Theocracy. Veronica altered Eirin’s memories as Roy set his plans in motion, changing the fate of Enri’s family as well.

• Roy used Wish Upon a Star to restore Eirin’s Spirit Appraisal Eye, and she discovered his immense capacity before promising to keep his identity secret.
• Veronica used Wish Upon a Star to acquire Spirit Appraisal Eye, then Roy boosted Eve’s luck so she could gain the talent despite being an Automaton.
• Roy told Eve to use her new talent and the All-Seeing Eye to identify people across the human and Heteromorphic populations.
• Eirin asked to follow Roy, and he accepted her as a maid and ordered her relocation to the Slane Theocracy as a peripheral member of World City.
• Veronica implanted false memories in Eirin, while Roy’s decision changed the fate of Enri’s family.

Enri moved with her family from Carne Village to the Slane Theocracy for a chance to study magic, leaving Nfirea heartbroken. Roy then arranged for Nfirea to be abducted under the guise of a business deal, drawing him into the Dragon Slaying Cult’s branch.

• Eirin told Enri that she had bought a mill and farm in the Slane Theocracy and would move there with their parents, and Enri agreed after hearing Saintess Clementine was in charge.
• Nfirea arrived in Carne Village to see Enri, learned she was leaving, and said he would wait for her, but he could not ask her to stay.
• A woman used Charm Person on Nfirea and persuaded him to meet her master, promising the deal would impress Enri.
• Roy disguised himself as Ragna and brought Nfirea to a Dragon Slaying Cult branch near the Draconic Kingdom, claiming the cult needed his help developing the Blood of the Gods.

Roy coerced Nfirea into signing a generous alchemy contract for the supposed Dragon Slaying Cult, then sealed his memories and used Wish Upon a Star to gain the ability to use restricted items. His attempt to copy Nfirea’s genius classes failed.

• Roy offered Nfirea alchemical materials and a Blood of the Gods sample in exchange for signing a research contract, and Nfirea agreed.
• Nfirea signed an agreement with Earl Leon promising research funding in exchange for his findings.
• Veronica used Charm Person and sealed Nfirea’s memories while Roy examined his talent.
• Roy used Wish Upon a Star to gain the ability to bypass item-use restrictions and successfully activated a sixth-tier Greater Heal scroll.
• Roy attempted to copy Nfirea’s genius classes with Wish Upon a Star, but the spell struck a barrier and failed.

Roy discovered that Wish Upon a Star could grant genius traits as innate talents, then prepared to exploit a staged clash between the Dragon Worship Cult and Dragon Slaying Cult. The rescue operation for Nfirea began when Momon and Narberal reached the secret base, setting the stage for the planned capture of the Battle Maid and Dragon King.

• Roy changed Celia’s alchemist class to Alchemist (Genius), then gave her the Potion Maker (Genius) attribute with Shooting Star Rings.
• Celia suggested converting genius attributes into innate talents, and Roy used all three charges of a Shooting Star Ring to gain Genius (Alchemist, Potion Maker).
• Roy considered copying Renner’s genius class and using it to evade the level 100 restriction.
• Veronica told Roy that Momon and Narberal were arriving to rescue the missing Nfirea.
• Momon and Narberal reached the secret base as the Dragon Worship Cult and Dragon Slaying Cult began fighting, while Roy left a phantom to flee with Nfirea.
• Roy’s staged operation began, with the capture of the Battle Maid and Dragon King still to come.

Momon and Nabe discovered that the Dragon Slaying Cult, not the Dragon Worship Cult, had abducted Nfirea, and watched the two groups fight. Ainz and Demiurge prepared a large Nazarick force to intervene, rescue Nfirea, and capture members of both factions as Eve announced that the bait had been taken.

• Momon ordered Nabe to conceal them with scrolls before they observed the Dragonkin fighting Ragna and the Dragon Slaying Cult in the underground palace, where Nfirea was held captive.
• Momon realized that another faction, the Dragon Slaying Cult, had abducted Nfirea and contacted Ainz about the Dragonkin forces confronting them.
• Ainz agreed with Demiurge's plan to wait for the factions to weaken each other, then ordered Nazarick to deploy while keeping Mare and Aura behind to defend the Great Tomb.
• Demiurge planned to rescue Nfirea and Ragna, capture Dragon Worship Cult leaders, and equip the Guardians with Hourglasses and Swap Dolls while summoning Hanzō, Eight-Edge Assassin Bugs, and the Battle Maid Squad.
• Ainz's forces used Perfect Unknowable magic to reach the Draconic Kingdom's border, and Eve told the governors that the fish had taken the bait.

Demiurge’s carefully planned rescue operation was outmaneuvered by Roy and Eve, whose staged ambush destroyed the basement and drew Nazarick’s forces into a larger battle. As the Guardians rallied to protect Ainz from powerful fire dragons, the Four Governors launched a simultaneous attack, with Lilith targeting Shalltear.

• Demiurge organized a three-stage rescue plan, while Eve’s intelligence gathering gave World City a decisive advantage over Nazarick.
• Eve guided Ragna through his fight in the Dragon Slaying Cult’s basement, and Ragna’s cue prompted Nfirea to escape through a Swap Doll exchange with Crimson, a High-Tier Double Phantom.
• Crimson cast Widen Magic: Time Stop, and Roy’s hundred Dragon-Shaped Magical Beasts destroyed the basement, killing the Dragonkin leader, Hanzō, and the Eight-Edge Assassin Bug as Ragna and Crimson escaped.
• A Widen Magic: Dimensional Lock trapped Ainz’s forces as ten enhanced fire dragons attacked; Albedo used Position Swap and her defenses to shield Ainz while the Guardians rushed to help.
• The Four Governors launched their capture attempt, and Lilith targeted Shalltear as Shalltear prepared to act with Absolute Hit: Pure Throwing Spear.

Lilith used the World Item [Chains of Heaven] to capture Shalltear and bring her before Roy, who compelled her to kneel and swear loyalty. Roy and the Governors then prepared to watch Nazarick fight the fire dragon, judging the faction's usefulness by the outcome.

• Shalltear realized she needed to report the disguised enemy to Ainz and used an Exchange Doll to swap places with Hanzō, but Lilith had anticipated the move and ambushed her.
• Lilith activated [Chains of Heaven], binding Shalltear for 20 hours, then teleported with her to World City's throne hall.
• Roy used Mind Control to make Shalltear kneel and pledge loyalty to him as the King of the World.
• Lilith explained that she had changed the capture plan with Eve's permission because Shalltear's presence could expose the operation.
• Roy said the group would watch Nazarick's battle against the fire dragon and would have no further use for them if they failed.

Ainz used his trump cards to defeat Roy’s ten Fire Dragons, but Pandora reported that Shalltear, Narberal, Yuri, and Entoma had been captured in a separate ambush. Ainz ordered a retreat, and the plan to rescue Nfirea as Momon was declared a failure.

• Ainz used Wish Upon a Star to gain increased damage against dragons, then cast Ice Age and froze the Fire Dragons.
• Demiurge, the Demon Generals, Sebas, and Cocytus attacked the frozen dragons while Albedo protected Ainz.
• Roy ordered Eve to have the ten Fire Dragons cast Purgatory Firmament together, destroying the Demon Generals and badly injuring Sebas and Cocytus.
• Ainz used The Goal of All Life is Death to kill eight Fire Dragons, and Cocytus and Sebas finished off the remaining two.
• Pandora reported that Shalltear, Narberal, Yuri, and Entoma had vanished after an ambush, so Ainz ordered the Guardians to retreat.

Roy gained control of Shalltear and the battle maids Yuri, Narberal, and Entoma after World City captured them with World Items and the World Crown. He placed the maids under Veronica and Shalltear under Eve, while Eve prepared a plot to make the Great Tomb of Nazarick take the blame for an attack on the Argland Council State.

• Lilith captured Shalltear with the [Chains of Heaven], while Evelita used the [Gloves of the Fire Thief] to steal Yuri's agility and capture her.
• Sylvia used the [Dictator's Copper Ring] to command Narberal away from Momon, allowing her to teleport to World City and fall under the World Crown's control.
• Serrket amplified Entoma's appetite with [Nibelung's Ring of Curses], lured her into a trap, and brought her to World City.
• Roy assigned the battle maids to Veronica for training and reform, and placed Shalltear under Eve's supervision.
• Eve told Roy that the Dragon Slaying Cult would join the Great Tomb of Nazarick in a surprise attack on the Argland Council State, leaving Nazarick to take the blame.

After losing Shalltear and three other maids to an enemy using a suspected World Item, Ainz blamed himself but accepted Demiurge's analysis and planned a counterattack. The chapter ended with news that Nfirea had returned to the Adventurers Guild in E-Rantel.

• Ainz hid in his room and blamed himself for the loss of Shalltear and three other maids, whose names had turned red on the guild roster.
• Demiurge took responsibility for misjudging the enemy, and Ainz reassured him that they had underestimated the ten fire dragons.
• Demiurge deduced that the enemy had used a World Item to capture the maids, while Ainz mistakenly concluded that Lord Joshua could not be involved.
• Ainz ordered the Great Tomb of Nazarick to revise its defenses, find Nfirea, and summon one thousand level-80 mercenary monsters, with more ready if needed.
• A messenger reported that Nfirea had returned to the Adventurers Guild in E-Rantel.

Ainz responded to Nfirea’s reappearance by preparing Nazarick’s forces and agreeing to reserve the world-destroying Three Sisters of the End as a last resort. Meanwhile, Roy’s agents maneuvered Nazarick toward conflict with the Argland Council State, and Eve reported a possible lead on Wild Magic through the Dragon Queen.

• Albedo urged Ainz to send two High-Tier Double Phantoms to confirm Nfirea’s whereabouts and to place Rubedo in a Supreme Being Protection Squad, while Nigredo warned that Rubedo might betray Nazarick.
• Albedo asked Ainz to activate the Three Sisters of the End if Nazarick could not protect him, and Ainz explained their danger before accepting their use as a last resort that would consume three World Items.
• Two High-Tier Double Phantoms disguised themselves as Momon and Narberal, and the apparent Momon endured taunts at the E-Rantel Adventurers Guild before asking where Nfirea was.
• Crimson contacted Momon at the guild, said Nfirea was waiting at a secret base, and asked for his help while identifying him as a Player.
• Eve reported that Crimson had begun limited cooperation with Nazarick and that Roy’s agents were steering it toward an attack on the Argland Council State.
• Eve told Roy that the Dragon Queen of the Draconic Kingdom was an EX-class natural esper linked to Wild Magic and had received an invitation from the Dragon Slaying Cult.

Roy arranged a deal with Draudillon Oriculus, the Dragon Princess of the Draconic Kingdom, to obtain her Wild Magic talent in exchange for powerful defensive supplies. After learning that the offer was conditional on her following his instructions, Draudillon accepted all three rewards to protect her country.

• Draudillon learned from the Chancellor about a terrifying battle at the border and was invited to meet a mysterious power seeking a deal.
• The Chancellor showed Draudillon a recording of the battle, and she agreed to travel to World City to learn what the visitors wanted.
• Roy examined Draudillon's innate Wild Magic talent and claimed that his group was a Dragon Slaying Cult seeking to protect humanity.
• Roy offered Draudillon five Tenth-Tier Scrolls, an Earth Gem for a Primordial Earth Elemental, and level 80 Powered Armor in exchange for her talent and full cooperation.
• Draudillon accepted all three offers because she believed the Draconic Kingdom needed the protection, and Roy prepared to begin the trade.

Roy completed his trade with Draudillon, acquiring her Wild Magic Innate Talent through Shallan Wendell after Shallan’s first attempt to copy it failed. Shallan discovered how her World Deceiver class could use Wild Magic, while Roy upgraded his Spirit Appraisal Eye and learned that his world-class classes could protect him from the talent’s interference with Tier Magic.

• Draudillon signed Roy’s contract and received tenth-tier scrolls, an Earth Gem, and level-80 powered armor from Veronica.
• Roy summoned Shallan Wendell to copy Draudillon’s Wild Magic, but her magic failed to copy the Innate Talent.
• Roy invoked the contract’s transfer clause, and the God of Contracts transferred Wild Magic from Draudillon to Shallan.
• Shallan used Wild Magic to perceive the world’s source and explained that her World Deceiver class let her imitate a World Connector.
• Roy spent all three charges of the Shooting Star Ring to raise his Spirit Appraisal Eye from A-rank to S+-rank, then learned that his world-class classes would let him use Tier Magic and Wild Magic together.