User blog comment:Metadwarfosis/In anticipation of volume 11- Dwarven Kingdom and Expectations/@comment-28933239-20160724034146/@comment-28933239-20160727094641

Beside the two guardians that is with him, all his remaining subordinates are still in E-Rantel or near the surroundings which means the author may use it as a starting point to slowly branch out from there:

- Eight Fingers somehow manage to "grab" hold of information about the magic item they were supposedly ask to find. Heck, maybe one of them will be suggesting or using it to their advantage by "setting" Slane Theocracy up against Sorcerous Kingdom, hoping that Slane will emerge "victorious".

- Ainzach and Theo getting in touch with Empire’s Guild. They may work together with them (maybe along with Go Gin, Blue Rose or Red Drop) might go and explore that patch of wilderness to the south or that mountain range to the southwest.

- Zuranon might make their appearance since the undead is already spotted in E-Rantel. They probably going to take their necromancy stuff to the next level. They might just come into contact with Windflower Scripture or even clash with them. I doubt Slane Theocracy will send Clearwater Scripture to E-Rantel since they lack manpower. Thus Windflower Scripture will do the infiltration of E-Rantel on top of their current task currently. For all you know, Sebas(doubt Tsuare will be with him for this) will be monitoring everyone's moment and perhaps Demiurge may ask Mare to lure everyone into that dungeon to test out its functionality.

- I don't think we will hear the last of Renner. Before the king abdicate,make more foolish decisions or something "worst" happen to him,it will be status quo pretty much. She will probably plan in such a way that she will still either remain or exert influence in the kingdom should Zanac inherit the throne. By the time she get send to the border, the kingdom is already a vassal state before anyone grasp the whole situation. Not sure whether Raeven or his son will come into play. Climb will just tag along with it while constantly-falling-into-depression Brain-san will be off-screen until he train up another Warrior-Captain(a new character in future volumes?).

- Cocytus will probably not stick around for long in the lake and who knows that either their group or Ainz's group(en-route before meeting the dwarfs) will bump into Frost Dragon or the Myconid's tribe instead.

- By the time Albedo & Demiurge finish up with the vassalage plan for the kingdom and empire,the story will have to focus on the other countries. I don't see any interesting development for these two countries that can be “milked” further but you may never know.

Last but not least, I believe some of the readers have enough of Carne Village by now so I am not going to add anything about them. With that, all the above may or may not set up the story line for future volumes. Of course, take all the above with a pinch of salt.