Chapter Summaries

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.

Roy obtained Sharan’s [World Deceiver] Innate Talent and learned how to turn summoned creatures into soul materials, prompting World City to establish an Imp-refining production line. After trading with Sharan for the talent and gaining access to the source of Wild Magic, Roy offered Dragon Queen Oriculus a chance to restore her talent or choose another, and she proposed marriage with the Draconic Kingdom as her dowry.

• Sharan explained the limits of [World Deceiver] and transferred the Innate Talent to Roy after using it to study Wild Magic.
• Sharan summoned a hundred Imps, sacrificed them for their souls, and refined them into a Soul Crystal to demonstrate a repeatable way to produce soul materials.
• Eve confirmed that World City possessed two philosopher’s stones, and Roy ordered Summoners to produce and refine summoned creatures while investigating other methods.
• Roy traded with Sharan for [World Deceiver], experienced the sea of possibility, and gained Wild Magic along with a philosopher’s stone.
• Roy offered Oriculus the chance to regain Wild Magic or choose another Innate Talent, and she asked to marry him with the Draconic Kingdom as her dowry.

Draudillon Oriculus offered the Draconic Kingdom as her dowry and became Joshua’s concubine, allowing him to take the country without bloodshed. She stayed in World City while a Double Phantom took her place as ruler, and Veronica began training her as a bride.

• Draudillon recognized Joshua’s power and offered to become his concubine in exchange for the Draconic Kingdom’s protection and support.
• Joshua accepted her offer and gave her the choice of returning to govern or staying in World City while a Double Phantom impersonated her; she chose to stay.
• Joshua established a binding contract with Draudillon and created a High-Tier Double Phantom to replace her as queen.
• The Double Phantom returned to the Draconic Kingdom with treasure and one million Universal Gold Coins, while Eve and the Chancellor arranged reforms and administration.
• The Chancellor welcomed the replacement ruler and urged the real Draudillon to remain in the Dragon Slaying Cult, while World City’s Automated Soldiers took over lower administrative roles.
• Veronica enrolled Draudillon in bride training, and Joshua turned his attention to Veronica and the Golden Princess.

Roy and Veronica became intimate while World City’s network briefly faltered with Eve’s emotional fluctuation. Lucifer then described her ambitions to marry Lord Joshua and reported that the Slane Theocracy was ready to submit to him, leaving Eve quietly moved by her own feelings for Joshua.

• Veronica used her Blood Essence to help nervous Roy relax, and the two became intimate.
• Eve’s emotional fluctuation briefly disrupted World City’s Automaton network before she regained her composure.
• Lucifer mocked Veronica as a maid and declared that she intended to become Lord Joshua’s wife and rule World City as its Holy Mother.
• Lucifer reported that the Slane Theocracy was receptive to Lord Joshua’s decrees and left Eve an Egg Tart before departing.
• Eve tasted the Egg Tart and silently repeated Lord Joshua’s name as her mecharmored soul stirred.

Roy learned that serving him benefited Veronica’s body and reviewed the Bride Training Class, where the Dragon Queen began maid lessons and discovered she could learn magic. Eve then reported that World City’s operation in the Re-Estize Kingdom had succeeded and that the Golden Princess was being positioned to reveal the Dragon Worship Cult’s secrets.

• Veronica warned Roy that serving him improved her body and showed him footage of the Bride Training Class, where the Dragon Queen and Nazarick’s maids received service lessons.
• The Dragon Queen learned from her instructor that her bloodline had strong magical potential and eagerly began studying magic so she could grow stronger.
• Roy entrusted the trainees to Veronica and called for Eve to report on World City’s work, particularly in the Re-Estize Kingdom.
• Eve reported that the Pioneer Corps had secured its front lines and prepared to bring the Wise King of the Forest to the Royal Capital, while Brain secretly contacted the Slane Theocracy.
• Eve said Nazarick’s disguised Double Phantoms would investigate the Space Dragon information and might approach Re-Estize’s leaders, so she had arranged for the Golden Princess to expose the Dragon Worship Cult’s secrets.

Eve’s intelligence led Ainz to suspect that the Platinum Dragon Lord and the Dragon Worship Cult were behind Nazarick’s troubles, prompting Nazarick to begin operations in the Re-Estize Kingdom. Roy’s agent Zoro defeated Brain, and Brain agreed to leave the kingdom and join the Dragon Slaying Cult; Roy then used Wish Upon a Star to try to copy Brain’s talent.

• Eve presented Ainz with evidence about the Dragon Slaying Cult, Nfirea, Shalltear, and the Argland Council State, leading Ainz to suspect the Platinum Dragon Lord was involved in the Players’ deaths.
• Demiurge proposed establishing bases in the Re-Estize Kingdom before attacking the Argland Council State, and Nazarick sent Sebas and Hanzō to investigate.
• Roy instructed Eve to invite Demiurge and Albedo, approach Brain about joining the Dragon Slaying Cult, and contact Renner.
• Brain considered joining the Slane Theocracy after repeated setbacks, but Swordsman Zoro challenged and effortlessly defeated him while inviting him to the Dragon Slaying Cult.
• Brain agreed to leave the Re-Estize Kingdom before pledging himself to Roy, who used Wish Upon a Star to try to copy Brain’s warrior talent.

Roy copied Brain’s genius talent, then assigned Zoro to train him while ordering him to serve Rambasa III and build influence in the Re-Estize Kingdom. After learning that Princess Renner had demanded to choose their meeting place and had cultivated new forces around herself, Roy dismissed her bargaining leverage and chose the Second Prince as his candidate for reform.

• Roy used Wish Upon a Star to copy Brain’s genius talent, and Brain knelt to ask for power in the martial path.
• Roy tasked Zoro with training Brain, gave Brain equipment, and ordered him to keep serving Rambasa III and gain influence in the kingdom.
• Eve told Roy that Renner had agreed to meet only at a place of her choosing, and Roy reviewed her reply and the available information.
• Roy learned that Climb was absent and that Renner had rescued Kiarina, who was connected to the Swords of Darkness and Cecilia Bellon.
• Eve explained that Renner had ties to the Swords of Darkness and Blue Rose, giving her more military influence than in the original history.
• Roy told Eve to inform Renner that the Lord did not care and to choose the Second Prince for the kingdom’s reform.

Roy approved Eve's plan to seize the Re-Estize Kingdom through a coup and purge of its old nobles, while using the turmoil to draw out the True Dragon Lords. As the plan moved forward, Barbro told Marquis Bolog that he desperately wanted to become king.

• Roy kept Hanzō near Renner to protect her while he waited to copy her Genius Class after obtaining Wild Magic.
• Eve explained that Eight Fingers would be turned into a Dragon Worship Cult base and used to push Barbro into a coup that would expose the old nobles.
• Eve planned for Nazarick to destroy Eight Fingers, drawing the Argland Council State's True Dragon Lords into a confrontation on World City's battlefield.
• Eve revealed that Gazef had adopted Climb and other orphans, training them as a force that could help govern the kingdom after the purge.
• Roy approved Eve's plan and ordered her to accelerate the Re-Estize Kingdom's transformation while preparing to capture the True Dragon Lords.
• At Marquis Bolog's residence, Barbro told his father-in-law that he wanted to be king so badly that he dreamed of it.

Barbro persuaded Marquis Bolog to consider a coup backed by Eight Fingers and the Dragon Worship Cult, while Bolog weighed the threat Gazef posed to the kingdom’s political balance. In the royal capital, Renner deduced that World City had approached Zanac and offered to cooperate with them.

• Barbro warned Marquis Bolog that Gazef’s growing power and ties to Zanac could threaten the noble faction, then revealed that the Dragon Worship Cult had offered to help him seize the throne through Eight Fingers.
• Marquis Bolog questioned Barbro’s plan, raised the danger of provoking the Slane Theocracy, and asked for details about the Dragon Worship Cult before deciding what to do.
• Renner learned from Crimson that World City’s Lord did not care about her conditions, and inferred that World City was working with Zanac.
• Renner offered to cooperate with World City and let Crimson choose the location and terms.

Princess Renner agreed to Roy’s Unequal Contract and was brought under his control in World City. Roy examined her unusual Genius Class and considered her useful for researching the New World’s limits.

• Crimson secretly observed Renner after she agreed to obey Roy, then reported Renner’s twisted relationship with Kiaree and Cecilia to him.
• Roy ordered Crimson to give Renner the choice of waiting or signing an Unequal Contract before meeting him.
• Renner willingly signed the contract despite Crimson warning her that it was like selling her soul.
• The Debt-Collecting Demon appeared, and Renner was transported to World City under Roy’s control.
• Roy examined Renner’s level and classes, noting that her Genius Class might explain her stunted level cap.

Roy discovered that Princess Renner’s level cap had kept her genius class from reaching its potential, then used wild magic and the Debt-Collecting Demon to copy it. He merged it with Armed Merchant, gaining a powerful new class, but the process consumed a vast amount of souls and Philosopher’s Stone energy.

• Roy realized Princess Renner’s level cap was only 10 and that New World inhabitants were limited by their individual caps.
• Roy used Wish Upon a Star to try copying Renner’s genius class, but the spell failed because the class was too high-ranked.
• Roy used Wish Upon a Star to learn how to cast Wild Wish through the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Roy directed the Debt-Collecting Demon to copy Renner’s genius class and merge it with Armed Merchant, while Renner suffered the effects.
• Roy acquired Genius (Armed Merchant) at LV15 and ordered Veronica to control Renner and erase her memories.
• Roy discovered that the copying process had consumed a tenth of the Philosopher’s Stone and the souls of a million people.