Ainz meets with Zanac and reveals his plans of massacring his kingdom for happiness
Zanac was beheaded and killed by his own army. They brought his head to Ainz. Ainz pretends to be pleased but will kill them later.
Overlord IV episode 10
Overlord IV episode 10
I like the follow up scenes where the nobles killed Zanac and offered the head to Ainz .. who had respect for this leader that was willing to face and talk to him with respect. And it angered him and well .. got nasty for them.
i love how in the novel it’s revealed why Ainz was so angry at his murders. he was so impressed with him at the meeting afterwards he was considering changing his mind. before he could fully change his mind about accepting the surrender they brought his head and he just gave up with such a corrupt Kingdom
At first, people though he was just a power hungry noble. But as the show goes on, he was truly the one who is fit to rule the kingdom and save his people.
When I first saw Zanac I thought he was going to be the typical "I'm a prince, there for I'm better than all you plebs" type character. I never expected to end up liking the character. Outside of Nazarick, he is probably one of, if not my favorite character, errr… was.
To those saying Ainz had second thoughts, behold! A WILD SOURCE MATERIAL APPEARS!
“We can’t win…,” one noble whispered.
Zanac agreed. “Yet, fighting is our only option. I offered him our capitulation. In vain. Once again, the only way we survive this is to fight.”
“Perhaps for you, Your Highness. But if we impress him, perhaps he will allow us to escape. Our lives in exchange for yours.”
That got them all chattering at once.
“This is all the fault of that idiot who attacked their convoy! We’re not to blame!”
“We pledge loyalty to the King of Darkness!”
To Zanac’s ears, these words were indistinguishable from the prattling of young court ladies idly discussing their ideal knights over tea and crumpets.
“Let me be clear on one point. Attempting to capture me will get you nowhere. I am a prince, here to fight until the bitter end. If you come at me, know that it may cost you your life.”
Honestly, what a mess this all turned out to be.
At the hands of his own allies. What an unseemly end.
Perhaps he should consider it a stroke of luck these fools would perish here and cause no trouble for his father and sister.
With that warrior by her side, these fools would never put Renner down. “If you want my head, come and take it!”
Zanac drew his sword, and the war minister stood by his side.
He had no confidence in his skills, but his equipment was far superior. When none of them moved, he glared.
“What? You came here with blood on your swords! You chose not the way of the poison chalice! The moment you dirtied your own hands, you must have been prepared for it to end like this!”
The insurrectionists exchanged glances.
Clearly, they hadn’t thought that far ahead. Zanac found that disappointing. He would have preferred to die at the hands of someone aware of the consequences.
In the face of the armies of darkness, fear had drawn their heartstrings too taut, and they had snapped, rushing headlong into this foolish mistake.
Perhaps he had never been cut out to be king. He possessed none of his father’s magnetism, his brother’s authority, or his sister’s wits. But that was fine. He had never really wanted to be king. He had only wanted to make this country better.
Indeed.
The country, the citizens, and his family… He had just wanted them to be happy.
One of the noblemen yelled something at the tent flap, and several burly mercenaries came rushing in.
Zanac swore under his breath, then remembered how his brother swung the blade. He did his best to imitate that roar as he charged into the fray.
Ainz was discussing the assault on the capital with Cocytus, Aura, and Mare when Albedo came back from checking the final formations with a frown on her face. He turned toward her, wondering what had happened.
“Lord Ainz, the enemy have fallen into disarray.” “…What? Disarray? How so?”
Ainz rose to his feet and stepped outside. There was definitely something going on. It looked like they were turning on one another.
Eventually a group of knights came charging out of the formation. It did not look like they were trying to land the first blow of the battle.
Ainz and his minions watched in silence as they approached the Nation of Darkness camp. From the ramshackle gear, these had to be a group of mercenaries, accompanied by the nobles who’d hired them.
An older man in aristocratic finery emerged from the host of imposing fighters. He called out, his voice tinged with hysteria, and the wind caught his words, carrying them to Ainz’s ears.
“We wish to speak with the King of Darkness! Prithee!”
Zanac was not among them. Between the evident disarray and this small breakaway group, he had a hunch what had gone down.
“Albedo, bring them to me.”
Albedo bowed her head, but Ainz didn’t even look her way. He turned back to his tent and sat down upon his makeshift throne. The three guardians inside spoke not a word as they took their places beside him.
Soon, Albedo entered with a dozen or so nobles in tow. Their guards were forced to wait outside.
They flinched at the sight of Ainz, gasped at the sight of Cocytus, and were baffled by the presence of Aura and Mare.
“Bask in the glory of His Majesty’s visage!”
The kingdom nobles took a knee by the entrance, bowing low.
“Raise your heads,” Albedo intoned before finally taking her place by Ainz. “An honor to be graced with your presence, Your Majesty,” the eldest noble
said, apparently speaking for the group. From the deference the others showed, he was clearly the leader. “We are but supplicants awed by your grandeur, wishing only to serve beneath your feet. First, we bring you this gift…”
One of them thrust out a bag. Albedo started to step forward, but Ainz stopped her. He rose slowly from his throne—a move he’d rehearsed many times before—and stepped toward the nobleman.
He took the bag.
Not a trap, then.
Rather disappointed, he inspected the gift.
He could smell fresh blood wafting from inside. It was all too easy to predict the contents.
Ainz opened it anyway, peering inside. His eyes met Zanac’s.
He looked back at some length. He had only just met the man for the first time, so it was hard to rule out the possibility of a look-alike. But from their behavior, the odds of that were not high.
Ainz closed the bag, handing it to Albedo on his way back to the throne. “Give that a proper burial.”
They still had more than enough bodies to create undead from. There was no need to make use of Zanac’s.
“What happened to the armor he was wearing?”
The gathered nobles looked confused. Likely they thought bringing the head of their commander would earn them lavish praise.
“Well?” Albedo hissed. “Do you intend to not answer Lord Ainz’s question?” “R-right, the, um… I believe the prince’s body is still in his tent,” the leader
managed to blurt out.
“Oh. Fine. You have done well.”
They looked delighted and bowed their heads again. “Fine work deserves a fine reward. What is it you wish?”
“Please, spare our families, Your Majesty! We swear unswerving loyalty to you and you alone!”
This cry went up from a nobleman toward the rear of the group. The urgency was apparent on his face. The leader spoke up as well.
“Silence! But my wish is the same. Your Majesty, we beg for clemency.” Each of them quickly voiced their agreement. Ainz calmly raised a hand,
stopping their cries.
“Very well. I understand your request. You are all in agreement on this?” They nodded vigorously.
“Then we shall not kill you. Albedo—have them sent to Neuronist.” “—Understood.”
“Your Majesty, our families…,” one whispered. Ainz did not let that pass. “Them too?” He smirked. But they did not catch his meaning. “You’ve talked
me into it. Albedo, find out where their families are located and send them all
together.”
“As you wish, Lord Ainz. Gentlemen, this way.”
Albedo led the noblemen out of the tent. Once they were out of earshot, Ainz beckoned Aura over.
“Tell Neuronist not to kill them until they beg for death.” “You got it, Lord Ainz!”
Aura started to move, but he caught her hand. She looked surprised. “And keep them alive for a long while even after they do.” “Okay!”
He let go, and Aura took that to mean his orders were complete. She ran out after Albedo.
Ainz watched her go, giving orders to the remaining guardians.
“I’ve lost all interest in this farce. Cocytus, take command with Mare as your second. I’ll allow you both to join the fight if you so wish. Do not allow a single kingdom citizen to leave here alive.”
Their voices echoed in the affirmative.
And an hour later—the Re-Estize Kingdom’s last army vanished from this world.
And in that moment, Ainz considered sparing the people in the capitol, content with wiping their entire army off the map in the blink of an eye to prove his point.
…for about 30 minutes, before rather angrily changing his mind.
If Zanac has only a few more years. He would have been able to prevent all of this. He was even successfully doing it during all this. Ainz was just a factor he couldn't account for
When I heard what Ains says here, I realized this show wasn't for me. This person has no moral compass and only does what he thinks what his followed expect of him, too scared to do what should be right.
Fun fact ainz was planning on sparing zanac and reconsider his actions, because even though he's undead he is still a human inside and he would feel guilt and regret… But then he received a gift of zanac head in a bag, which completely took out all his doubts and consideration outside the window and decided to massacre them in the most cruelest way.
Which shows ainz emotion on how much he hated the fact that such a brave guy will have to be just killed and that it would be a waste.
Long story short, if zanac wasn't killed by his people ainz would probably wipe 50% and leave the rest. As a show of respect, but as zanac people betrayed him. Ainz showed his respect in a simple different manner from saving to wiping them out completely
They don’t know why lord Ainz is going to the extreme of destroying their capital but in season 1 adventures from the capital stormed his home then they brainwashed shaltear and continued to make a mockery of lord Ainz if anything lord Ainz was too kind for a man in his position. He’s a literal demon lord.
When zanac was first introduced i thought he was gonna be your stereotypical greedy prince but after all that had happened he became one of my favourites from overlord
What Ainz basically is saying is he's powerful and he's greedy. His power should not exist in that world yet it did and such power cannot be sustained without getting the resources from anywhere. I'm not just talking about his existence as a level 100 player but as the Ruler of Nazarick and the newly formed Sorcerer's Kingdom. He is providing both his guild and country high quality living situation. And the countries near it can either be subservient or hostile because he destroyed the power balance. Zanac understood this. And for someone as powerful as Ainz, Zanac deemed Ainz's quest is extreme and inhumane but at the same time grounding because he's not pulling some shit out of nowhere, Ainz simply understood medieval economics and that's why Zanac sees him as a "human". Maybe evil, but someone who has "humanity".
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I like the follow up scenes where the nobles killed Zanac and offered the head to Ainz .. who had respect for this leader that was willing to face and talk to him with respect. And it angered him and well .. got nasty for them.
A moment of silence for Chad Zanac……. he really deserved more of the spotlight 😔
ザナックとアインズはお互いに王と認めて同じ立場に話をしていた。だからアインズが認めた男に入るの間違えはない。
彼の死後はアインズが言っていたが丁重に葬ってやれは彼を痛ぶりことを一切を許さずこのまま逝かしてやれ…だと思います。出会い方が違ければ楽しく談笑していたのでは…
i love how in the novel it’s revealed why Ainz was so angry at his murders. he was so impressed with him at the meeting afterwards he was considering changing his mind. before he could fully change his mind about accepting the surrender they brought his head and he just gave up with such a corrupt Kingdom
His guy always reminded me of Tyrion Lanister.
At first, people though he was just a power hungry noble. But as the show goes on, he was truly the one who is fit to rule the kingdom and save his people.
When I first saw Zanac I thought he was going to be the typical "I'm a prince, there for I'm better than all you plebs" type character. I never expected to end up liking the character. Outside of Nazarick, he is probably one of, if not my favorite character, errr… was.
ザナックに私利私欲は無い
こういう形で彼を退場させたのは残念極まりない
To those saying Ainz had second thoughts, behold! A WILD SOURCE MATERIAL APPEARS!
“We can’t win…,” one noble whispered.
Zanac agreed. “Yet, fighting is our only option. I offered him our capitulation. In vain. Once again, the only way we survive this is to fight.”
“Perhaps for you, Your Highness. But if we impress him, perhaps he will allow us to escape. Our lives in exchange for yours.”
That got them all chattering at once.
“This is all the fault of that idiot who attacked their convoy! We’re not to blame!”
“We pledge loyalty to the King of Darkness!”
To Zanac’s ears, these words were indistinguishable from the prattling of young court ladies idly discussing their ideal knights over tea and crumpets.
“Let me be clear on one point. Attempting to capture me will get you nowhere. I am a prince, here to fight until the bitter end. If you come at me, know that it may cost you your life.”
Honestly, what a mess this all turned out to be.
At the hands of his own allies. What an unseemly end.
Perhaps he should consider it a stroke of luck these fools would perish here and cause no trouble for his father and sister.
With that warrior by her side, these fools would never put Renner down. “If you want my head, come and take it!”
Zanac drew his sword, and the war minister stood by his side.
He had no confidence in his skills, but his equipment was far superior. When none of them moved, he glared.
“What? You came here with blood on your swords! You chose not the way of the poison chalice! The moment you dirtied your own hands, you must have been prepared for it to end like this!”
The insurrectionists exchanged glances.
Clearly, they hadn’t thought that far ahead. Zanac found that disappointing. He would have preferred to die at the hands of someone aware of the consequences.
In the face of the armies of darkness, fear had drawn their heartstrings too taut, and they had snapped, rushing headlong into this foolish mistake.
Perhaps he had never been cut out to be king. He possessed none of his father’s magnetism, his brother’s authority, or his sister’s wits. But that was fine. He had never really wanted to be king. He had only wanted to make this country better.
Indeed.
The country, the citizens, and his family… He had just wanted them to be happy.
One of the noblemen yelled something at the tent flap, and several burly mercenaries came rushing in.
Zanac swore under his breath, then remembered how his brother swung the blade. He did his best to imitate that roar as he charged into the fray.
Ainz was discussing the assault on the capital with Cocytus, Aura, and Mare when Albedo came back from checking the final formations with a frown on her face. He turned toward her, wondering what had happened.
“Lord Ainz, the enemy have fallen into disarray.” “…What? Disarray? How so?”
Ainz rose to his feet and stepped outside. There was definitely something going on. It looked like they were turning on one another.
Eventually a group of knights came charging out of the formation. It did not look like they were trying to land the first blow of the battle.
Ainz and his minions watched in silence as they approached the Nation of Darkness camp. From the ramshackle gear, these had to be a group of mercenaries, accompanied by the nobles who’d hired them.
An older man in aristocratic finery emerged from the host of imposing fighters. He called out, his voice tinged with hysteria, and the wind caught his words, carrying them to Ainz’s ears.
“We wish to speak with the King of Darkness! Prithee!”
Zanac was not among them. Between the evident disarray and this small breakaway group, he had a hunch what had gone down.
“Albedo, bring them to me.”
Albedo bowed her head, but Ainz didn’t even look her way. He turned back to his tent and sat down upon his makeshift throne. The three guardians inside spoke not a word as they took their places beside him.
Soon, Albedo entered with a dozen or so nobles in tow. Their guards were forced to wait outside.
They flinched at the sight of Ainz, gasped at the sight of Cocytus, and were baffled by the presence of Aura and Mare.
“Bask in the glory of His Majesty’s visage!”
The kingdom nobles took a knee by the entrance, bowing low.
“Raise your heads,” Albedo intoned before finally taking her place by Ainz. “An honor to be graced with your presence, Your Majesty,” the eldest noble
said, apparently speaking for the group. From the deference the others showed, he was clearly the leader. “We are but supplicants awed by your grandeur, wishing only to serve beneath your feet. First, we bring you this gift…”
One of them thrust out a bag. Albedo started to step forward, but Ainz stopped her. He rose slowly from his throne—a move he’d rehearsed many times before—and stepped toward the nobleman.
He took the bag.
Not a trap, then.
Rather disappointed, he inspected the gift.
He could smell fresh blood wafting from inside. It was all too easy to predict the contents.
Ainz opened it anyway, peering inside. His eyes met Zanac’s.
He looked back at some length. He had only just met the man for the first time, so it was hard to rule out the possibility of a look-alike. But from their behavior, the odds of that were not high.
Ainz closed the bag, handing it to Albedo on his way back to the throne. “Give that a proper burial.”
They still had more than enough bodies to create undead from. There was no need to make use of Zanac’s.
“What happened to the armor he was wearing?”
The gathered nobles looked confused. Likely they thought bringing the head of their commander would earn them lavish praise.
“Well?” Albedo hissed. “Do you intend to not answer Lord Ainz’s question?” “R-right, the, um… I believe the prince’s body is still in his tent,” the leader
managed to blurt out.
“Oh. Fine. You have done well.”
They looked delighted and bowed their heads again. “Fine work deserves a fine reward. What is it you wish?”
“Please, spare our families, Your Majesty! We swear unswerving loyalty to you and you alone!”
This cry went up from a nobleman toward the rear of the group. The urgency was apparent on his face. The leader spoke up as well.
“Silence! But my wish is the same. Your Majesty, we beg for clemency.” Each of them quickly voiced their agreement. Ainz calmly raised a hand,
stopping their cries.
“Very well. I understand your request. You are all in agreement on this?” They nodded vigorously.
“Then we shall not kill you. Albedo—have them sent to Neuronist.” “—Understood.”
“Your Majesty, our families…,” one whispered. Ainz did not let that pass. “Them too?” He smirked. But they did not catch his meaning. “You’ve talked
me into it. Albedo, find out where their families are located and send them all
together.”
“As you wish, Lord Ainz. Gentlemen, this way.”
Albedo led the noblemen out of the tent. Once they were out of earshot, Ainz beckoned Aura over.
“Tell Neuronist not to kill them until they beg for death.” “You got it, Lord Ainz!”
Aura started to move, but he caught her hand. She looked surprised. “And keep them alive for a long while even after they do.” “Okay!”
He let go, and Aura took that to mean his orders were complete. She ran out after Albedo.
Ainz watched her go, giving orders to the remaining guardians.
“I’ve lost all interest in this farce. Cocytus, take command with Mare as your second. I’ll allow you both to join the fight if you so wish. Do not allow a single kingdom citizen to leave here alive.”
Their voices echoed in the affirmative.
And an hour later—the Re-Estize Kingdom’s last army vanished from this world.
Zanac is one of the character that i hope Ainz would revive. He would be a good ruler and subordinate.
No matter how much i try to forget i just cant seem to remove the image of Zanac and Chris Griffin together. Zanac's hair reminds me of him lmao
And in that moment, Ainz considered sparing the people in the capitol, content with wiping their entire army off the map in the blink of an eye to prove his point.
…for about 30 minutes, before rather angrily changing his mind.
So uh did he really have to destroy the kingdom?
If Zanac has only a few more years. He would have been able to prevent all of this. He was even successfully doing it during all this. Ainz was just a factor he couldn't account for
It's sad how MC is chasing meaning of his life to see the reason of his comrade's creation's happiness.
It's quite deep, how author points out the loneliness of MC.
Overall it's quite fun and enjoying when not considering from human POV, but practically it's quite deep.
When I heard what Ains says here, I realized this show wasn't for me. This person has no moral compass and only does what he thinks what his followed expect of him, too scared to do what should be right.
Chad to Chad conversation
Well, they kept it civil
Fun fact ainz was planning on sparing zanac and reconsider his actions, because even though he's undead he is still a human inside and he would feel guilt and regret… But then he received a gift of zanac head in a bag, which completely took out all his doubts and consideration outside the window and decided to massacre them in the most cruelest way.
Which shows ainz emotion on how much he hated the fact that such a brave guy will have to be just killed and that it would be a waste.
Long story short, if zanac wasn't killed by his people ainz would probably wipe 50% and leave the rest.
As a show of respect, but as zanac people betrayed him.
Ainz showed his respect in a simple different manner from saving to wiping them out completely
They don’t know why lord Ainz is going to the extreme of destroying their capital but in season 1 adventures from the capital stormed his home then they brainwashed shaltear and continued to make a mockery of lord Ainz if anything lord Ainz was too kind for a man in his position. He’s a literal demon lord.
Ainz is so cringe. Imagine being that delusional.
He knew he was beat and that made the water taste amazing.
Zanac is the only son of a king who has good prospects for becoming the next king. while the other children are foolish and treacherous
Why Ainz is so evil….
Zanac really did not deserve the tragic end he got. What Ainz did to the ones who betrayed Zanac was more than fitting.
When zanac was first introduced i thought he was gonna be your stereotypical greedy prince but after all that had happened he became one of my favourites from overlord
What Ainz basically is saying is he's powerful and he's greedy. His power should not exist in that world yet it did and such power cannot be sustained without getting the resources from anywhere. I'm not just talking about his existence as a level 100 player but as the Ruler of Nazarick and the newly formed Sorcerer's Kingdom. He is providing both his guild and country high quality living situation. And the countries near it can either be subservient or hostile because he destroyed the power balance. Zanac understood this. And for someone as powerful as Ainz, Zanac deemed Ainz's quest is extreme and inhumane but at the same time grounding because he's not pulling some shit out of nowhere, Ainz simply understood medieval economics and that's why Zanac sees him as a "human". Maybe evil, but someone who has "humanity".
a true king
zanac death is a real pitty one, gazef death is a waste, brain's death was feels for me :')
man, overlord really is about bad guy winning and yet somehow i love siding with the bad guy even though i pitty the good guys xD
Iskander would be very proud of him
i dont.knoe who tf this skleton guy but only one hakai for berrus this guy
久しぶりにまともな奴だったのになぁ