Eight Greed Kings

Eight Greed Kings (八欲王) were legendary figures in the New World, who appeared five hundred years ago and conquered the world with incredible power.

Background
Five hundred years ago, the Eight Greed Kings appeared and sought to conquer the whole world.

During their world conquest, they met with Surshana and had successfully slain the player which according to the Theocracy teachings trying to defend humanity from their reign.

However, their rule was almost immediately short-lived due to an internal conflict which led them to self-destruction. Nowadays, most of the things they've constructed were literally destroyed, leaving only ancient ruins for what was once made up their civilization. The only city left standing is under their floating castle, Eryuentiu. The Eight Greed Kings are said to be one of the few besides the Six Great Gods, who increasingly spread the existence of Rank Magic further into the New World.

After their downfall, the Platinum Dragon Lord took up residence in the former guild base and took on the task of guarding their magic items to ensure no one would ever be able to misuse them. Though he did allow the members of the Thirteen Heroes to take some of the items to aid in their battle against the Evil Deities.

The Men in the Kingdom Arc
Evileye brought up the legend of the Eight Greed Kings while talking with Climb and Gagaran.

The Ruler of Conspiracy Arc
When the cardinals of the Slane Theocracy discussed if Ainz Ooal Gown could be Surshana, one of the reasons they doubted it was because he should have been slain by the Eight Greed Kings.

Strength
The Eight Greed Kings were known to be immensely powerful, as they had slain most of the Dragon Lords in battle. Not only that, but the Eight Greed Kings were able to destroy numerous countries and went on ruling the world with their overwhelming strength although it was short-live. What the Eight Greed Kings left behind are the Eight Great Weapons wielded by them, including their guild weapon (a sword). Evileye mentioned that their item "Nameless Book of Spells" was worth the price of a single world, so it may possibly be a World Class Item. The floating castle, Eryuentiu was a city guarded by thirty guards equipped with very powerful magical weapons.

Fluder Paradyne stated that if he had a magic item from the Eight Greed Kings, he was certain that his Magic skills would rise by another level.

Trivia

 * Eight Greed Kings are the second group of YGGDRASIL players to be transported to the New World after the Six Great Gods and before the two players of the Thirteen Heroes.
 * In the Web Novel, it is certain that they are YGGDRASIL players, as their city produces items which only exist on Earth, like a suit or a katana, and they owned a guild weapon.
 * It is also confirmed that they can revive after death, though they become weaker and weaker after repeating the revival. This might be due to the revival penalty of YGGDRASIL.
 * It's stated that if the Eight Greed Kings had not attempted to dominate the world, humanity would have already been annihilated by the stronger races.
 * It has taken about a number of ten Dragon Lords to defeat one member of the Eight Greed Kings.
 * Brain Unglaus got his hands in obtaining a katana from their city.
 * The Theocracy statement of them killing Surshana seems to indicate the Eight Greed Kings might have been non-human or at least some of them were non-human players.