Overlord, Volume 7

Hekkeran leads Foresight, a team of hired adventurers, into a tomb said to hold hidden riches. Three other renowned parties go with him: Heavy Masher, a band of warriors, Green Leaf, a crew of veterans, and Angel, a group of swordsmen. Rumors of treasure have drawn all four groups to the same entrance.

The tomb is Nazarick, home of Ainz Ooal Gown, and its guardians have no welcome for trespassers. The intruders do not know this when they step inside.

The raid starts well. The first rooms yield gold and jewels, and the groups have every reason to feel pleased with their choice. As they press deeper, the mood turns from triumph to horror, and the question becomes whether any of them can still leave.

This volume of the Overlord series moves its viewpoint away from Ainz and follows the invaders instead. Nazarick is seen from outside, through the eyes of people who badly misjudged what they were entering. It is a dark fantasy told as a dungeon raid, and it shows what happens to those who underestimate the forces inside.