"It has been a week since Momonga logged in to his favorite RPG one last time and stranded himself there. Now he leads his guild as the Ainz Ooal Gown overlord. Finding himself in dire need of better information, he travels disguised as an adventurer to the Fortress City of E-Rantel, with Narberal, one of the Pleiades combat maids, at his side. The pair accepts a mission to retrieve medicinal herbs, making for a forest said to be the home of a great...

"The human realm of the kingdom is headed for its greatest disaster yet! After failing to prevent a daring raid on the Eight Fingers' appalling brothel, the Six Arms are dying for a chance to defend their reputation as the criminal underworld's strongest enforcers. These criminals are notorious for their brutality as much as for their strength, meaning the only people who stand a chance against them are the legendary Blue Roses...and one polite, dignified...

For twelve years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has served as the playground and battlefield for the skeletal overlord Momonga and his guild of of fellow monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown. But the guild's glory days are over, and the game is shutting down permanently. When Mononga logs in one last time just to be there when the servers go dark, something happens--and suddenly, fantasy is reality. A rogues' gallery of fanatically devoted NPCs is ready to obey...

An army of death approaches a peaceful lizardman village--an army of undead deployed by Nazarick. Its commander is the Sovereign of the Frozen River Cocytus. The lizardman coalition shall face the Great Tomb of Nazarick. The weak are meat the strong shall eat in the merciless world that awaits in Volume 4.

"It has come down to this--a fight to the death, mano a mano, Ainz versus Shalltear! With the odds stacked against him, Ainz faces off against the deadly vampire lord. But Shalltear is not the only threat facing our hero--ahem, our overlord! In a far-distant reptilian kingdom, nefarious forces are on the move. Will Ainz need to meddle in the affairs of mortals yet again?" -- Back cover.

"The dust has settled after the final battle with the elder lich, but it's only the calm before the storm. When the overlord returns bearing the full weight of his army, the lizardmen know this is truly the end. For the denizens of Nazarick, though, the outcome is more uncertain. Cocytus has grown to respect the brave warriors--it would be such a shame to kill them all..."--Page [4] of cover.

"It's go time as Ainz faces off against an army of undead, and the sultry assassin Clementine. Will victory here raise his notoriety even further? Mysteries of this new world are revealed as the fight gets underway"--Back cover.