Chapter Summaries

Roy trained with Kagura Inori to master his classes and improve his combat skills, then relaxed in the Royal Bath with Veronica. The training ended with Kagura Inori defeated, and Eve reported that her first intelligence briefing was ready.

• Roy practiced with Armed Merchant and learned to switch weapons while Kagura Inori corrected his combat mistakes.
• Roy trained in Gold Dominator, using Kagura Inori’s advice to develop ways to attack and defend with gold.
• Roy tested Observer and other classes, including how his Mysterious Battle Cloak made him harder to target.
• Roy stopped training and went to the bath with Veronica, leaving Kagura Inori bitter after her defeat in the Arena.
• Eve sent word that the first intelligence report had been compiled and asked Roy whether he wanted to hear it immediately.

Roy learned that the Slane Theocracy and other human nations had grown far stronger and more populous than in the original story because of changes he had set in motion. Eve suspected the Six Great Gods had been eliminated by a hidden enemy after investigating the destruction of the Inveria Kingdom, and Roy turned to ask about activity on the Katze Plains.

• Eve reported that the Slane Theocracy had more than forty million people, advanced agriculture, food reserves, and universal education, which Roy attributed to resources he had left behind.
• Eve recounted the Six Great Gods’ history, including their dealings with the Eight Greed Kings and the Death God’s disappearance after investigating the destruction of the Inveria Kingdom.
• Eve theorized that the Six Great Gods had been targeted after the Eight Greed Kings’ downfall, since investigating the deaths of millions in the Inveria Kingdom exposed them to a hidden enemy.
• Roy considered how the altered history had strengthened humanity while also increasing the number of people vulnerable to heteromorphs, then heard population figures for the Re-Estize Kingdom, Baharuth Empire, Roble Holy Kingdom, and Draconic Kingdom.
• Eve suggested secretly contacting the Slane Theocracy, but Roy asked whether the butterfly effect had caused any corresponding activity on the Katze Plains.

Roy investigated how his changes had altered the New World, learning that the Re-Estize Kingdom’s Warrior Captain, Gazef, had reached level 35 and was heading to subjugate the Wise King of the Forest. The chapter left Gazef and Brain at the troops’ camp in the Great Tob Forest as Gazef hesitated before the mission.

• Roy ordered Hela to secretly monitor the Katze Plains and the Great Tomb of Nazarick, and assigned Eve and Lucifer to investigate the Re-Estize Kingdom and Slane Theocracy.
• Eve reported that the Sunlight Scripture had split its forces between the Abelion Hills and the Draconic Kingdom, while Gazef had been sent to clear magical beasts from the Great Tob Forest.
• Eve explained that Slane Theocracy fertilizer had increased food production, lowered grain prices, and intensified the Re-Estize Kingdom’s land and refugee disputes.
• Eve revealed that Laplace’s Demon assessed Gazef at level 35 and that the Re-Estize Kingdom now had four Adamantite-ranked teams, prompting Roy to request information on all human Hero Realm fighters.
• At the Great Tob Forest camp near Carne Village, Brain asked Gazef what was troubling him before the mission to subjugate the Wise King of the Forest.

Gazef and Brain prepared to lead the Re-Estize Kingdom's effort to subjugate the Wise King of the Forest and develop the Great Tob Forest, despite rumors of other powerful beasts and a sealed Catastrophe Dragon Lord. As the army set out, an unseen magic caster watched their advance.

• Gazef and Brain discussed the Wise King of the Forest and their strength as hero-class warriors, while Brain agreed to join the mission partly to challenge Gazef again.
• The chapter explained how Surshana’s long-lived rule had helped establish training methods that allowed Gazef and Brain to reach the hero realm.
• Gazef warned Brain that the Great Tob Forest also held the Eastern Giant, the Western Demon Serpent, and a sealed monster known as the Dragon Lord of Destruction.
• Gazef explained that Rambasa III intended to use the forest’s development to support new nobles and strengthen the royal family’s authority.
• Gazef proposed locating the Catastrophe Dragon Lord’s seal and establishing a restricted zone around it before proceeding.
• The Re-Estize Kingdom’s army began moving into the forest while an unidentified magic caster watched them.

Ainz watched the Re-Estize Kingdom’s army and planned to rescue them if the forest’s monsters threatened them. After Gazef’s forces defeated and recruited the Wise King of the Forest, Ainz ordered Aura to send monsters against the army, while Laplace’s Demon secretly observed Ainz.

• Ainz rejected Albedo’s suggestion to capture soldiers and chose to observe the army before intervening.
• Gazef and Brain led the kingdom’s troops to challenge the Wise King of the Forest, and Gazef held it in place while Brain and the soldiers attacked.
• The Wise King of the Forest surrendered, and Gazef secured its pledge to serve the king and guard the forest.
• Brain reflected on Gazef’s willingness to take on difficult work and recognized how it had helped him grow.
• Ainz ordered Albedo to have Aura send monsters to pressure the army without causing excessive casualties.
• Laplace’s Demon watched Ainz as Ainz observed the Warrior Captain.

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.