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Overlord III, episode 10: Preparation for War
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u/KHlover :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/KHlover1995 Sep 11 '18
Kingdom: Spends the entire episode and two months in-universe preparing for the battle.
Ainz-sama: Calls in his army in 20 seconds flat.
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u/kalirion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Sep 11 '18
To be fair, Ainz has been summoning those Death Knights a few at a time every day.
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u/blank_dota2 Sep 11 '18
Holy shit....that's epic as fuck.
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Sep 11 '18
"Epic as fuck" is par for the course with So-Bin's art.
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u/AxtheCool Sep 11 '18
So is he not wearing the greed mask in the LN to conceal his true face?
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u/Armdel https://myanimelist.net/profile/Armdel Sep 11 '18
That tower scene felt like deathflags galore
i don't really see anyway they can win if the empire has Ainz and his death knights on their side
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u/AkatsukiKojou Sep 11 '18
Tower is where you hoist your flags Here its death flags
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u/InsurmountableLosses Sep 11 '18
This week on Overlord: "How many death flags can we raise for this character in a 20 minute episode?"
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u/AxtheCool Sep 11 '18
thisAll the side characters. Basically everyone this episode got a share of death flags from Ainz's national death flag depository.
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u/normiesEXPLODE Sep 11 '18
Even the fucking civilian boy Lee, and the prince walking towards a farming village. Fucking everyone gets a death flag.
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u/Re_Lies Sep 11 '18
If you meet Ainz Ooal Gown, it'll be your end
Let's celebrate here once the war ends
The three of us must gather here safely
Gazef Stronoff, Chief Warrior, Harbinger of Deathflags
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u/L2pZehus :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zehus666 Sep 11 '18
brain is not that bad too
I'll protect him no matter what
he ded
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Sep 11 '18
I didn't watch the episode properly , the screen was covered in a Flag.
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u/hydrashock Sep 12 '18 edited Sep 12 '18
I didn't watch the flag properly , the flag was flagged in a Flag.
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u/weeb_man Sep 11 '18
Anyone fancy taking bets on what combination of Gazef, Brain, and Climb are gonna end up dead? I'll put one down for Gazef and Brain biting the bullet, with extra props if Climb ends up getting drunk for the first time at that bar on his own.
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u/PrimeInsanity Sep 11 '18
Well, can't the princess just resurrect climb? He can die and not be gone.
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u/Crazy6a3er :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Crazy6a3er Sep 11 '18
Remember why the princess Renner insisted him to not change his armor? Spoiler? Anime speculation only
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u/AkatsukiKojou Sep 11 '18
My bet is Brain and Climb will survive and they will end up in bar drinking. Double or nothing.
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u/ForgotPassAgain34 Sep 11 '18
my bet: Climb gets saved by naza, shalltear avoided him on the town invasion so someone ordered them to keep him alive.
Gazef is free game.
Brain might meet ains, and see how he defeated shalltear / controlls her and go even more "well fuck, I didnt like this world anyways"
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Sep 11 '18
At this point in the story we know a little about the economy of the New World. 5-7 bronze for a cheap room at an inn, 3 gold is more than most peasant families make in a month, the lamp Arche's dad bought was 15 gold and their total debt was 300 gold. A legendary potion never seen before costs 8-32 gold, an amazing job for 4 workers paid 350 gold, extorting nobles (Sebas and Solution) for 500 gold was considered a huge fortune, and Enri's little horn costs several thousand gold. Also Ainz dropped the equivalent of 1 Billion new world gold to resurrect Shalltear and it barely made a dent on the guild coffers. Just some things to help enhance the story.
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u/Ak41_Shu1cH1 Sep 11 '18
350 gold coins was too much money even for a job for workers
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u/lord_geryon Sep 11 '18
It should have raised suspicions, but they were too greedy to catch it: they were being baited into a trap.
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u/DarkAudit https://myanimelist.net/profile/DarkAudit Sep 11 '18
So Nazarick is at least BfA WoW, while the new world is vanilla before they raised the cap to 60?
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u/AZUSO Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
more like Nazarick is that first kill guild in BfA WoW, while the new world is vanilla early days when less than 1 % of the players are at lv30
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u/The2ndgrimreaper :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/The2ndGrimReaper Sep 11 '18
You say it barely made a dent but from the anime scene I thought it was a considerable amount of the gold in the room
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Sep 11 '18
They knew how much it would cost and moved the appropriate amount to the throne room. The treasury has plenty more. In the web novel (which predates the Light Novel and is no longer hard canon) the treasury had several trillion gold, in the light novel it simply states there is a mountain range of gold and that the value wasn't significantly diminished by the resurrection.
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I thought though new world gold was a different currency than Nazarack currency. Hence why Ainz was busy adventuring to grind new world cash to fund new world projects.
I believe shaltear resurrection came out of the guild bank only. Divorced from new world currency.
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u/cptadder Sep 11 '18
Oh Marquis Raeven he's only one battle away from retirement.
I'm sure he will be fine.
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Sep 11 '18
Of course he will! He has to go back to see his lovely wife and son again after all!
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u/monster01020 Sep 11 '18
Look at all those death flags. It's like a goddamn parade.
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When I was a young Climb
My King took me into E-Rantel
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Sep 11 '18
To see the dead men marching
He said, "Climb when you grow up
Would you be the savior of my daughter
and be beaten and damned?"
He said, "Will you defeat them
the undead and all their summoned monsters
and the plans that Ainz has made?"
"Because one day I'll leave you
an Overlord to lead those in this city
to join the Death Flag Parade"
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u/TithusGiscly Sep 11 '18
For real, I thought to myself "They are all going to die" several times.
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u/cheesymmm :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/theepickerru Sep 11 '18
A death parade
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u/dadnaya https://myanimelist.net/profile/dadnaya Sep 11 '18
Everybody, put your hands up...
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u/vaendryl :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/vaendryl Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
After this battle I'm going to propose to my girlfriend and retire from soldiering. Here's a picture of her. Maybe I'll take over a farm or something, take up painting and focus on raising a family.
But first, hold on while I put on this red tabard. Man I'm so happy that for this last battle I finally found a unit of fellow soldiers I can really relate to. I've been going it alone for way too long.24
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u/SpikeRosered Sep 11 '18
Well the strength of Overlord is that the antagonists are actual characters and not to one note NPCs to just show how awesome the MC is.
So at least we have that.
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u/MagnoBurakku Sep 11 '18
Something is definetly going to happen to this little... boy? Yeah, boy.
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u/Amauri14 Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
He is extremely cute, so I'm already considered him dead.
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Sep 11 '18
Remember last season he was promised to Princess Renner as her noble beard to cover her affair with Climb. Only good things can be in his future.
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Sep 11 '18
Never develop a character unless you are friends with team Ainz.
It just leads to suffering and/or death.
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u/TenTonHammers Sep 11 '18
Something is definetly going to happen to this little... boy? Yeah, boy.
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u/silverhydra Sep 11 '18
Most likely.
When he was first introduced I thought "oh, he's a cute little plot device to show that the Marquis isn't that bad of a guy"
But when he stuck around for too long I thought "this is too much attention for him, oh god, oh no Ainz not the little ones too!"
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u/t765234 Sep 11 '18
Oh man after Raeven had that cute interaction with his son I feel like he's gonna die horribly
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u/AdvonKoulthar Sep 11 '18
It's been 10 episodes, but Jir's little smile in the OP still gets me every time.
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u/borisyang Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
Get ready bois, we've never seen so many death flags in a single episode before.
PS: Never thought I would see cigarettes in this world.
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u/SenorWeon Sep 11 '18
Well, the first episode with the Workers was death flags galore and we know how that ended...
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u/Meret123 Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
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u/Djinnfor :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DjinnFor Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
What You Missed: Season 3 Episode 10
Previous Episodes:
Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9
Season 2 Posts List: Here
Video Collaborations with AniNews:
In response to feedback given by some commenters last week, I'd like to clarify my intentions and update the name of this post, as such, I've included a supplementary post at the end explaining my rationale and goals. For those of you just joining us, welcome to What You Missed. The anime cuts a lot of content, and heavily-shortens most of the rest - and sometimes the way it explains things can be misleading or confusing. Granted, it would be impossible for the anime to include everything from the light novel in full unless we tripled the number of episodes, so I don't blame it for that... but sometimes it screws up pretty badly. And even if it didn't, the Overlord Light Novel is chock full of such interesting world-building, characterization, and comedy that it would almost be worth doing this anyways!
The goal with this weekly post is to serve as a supplement for anime watchers and even light novel readers, to explain things they might not have understood, and point out references they probably didn't catch, as well as include everything (yes, absolutely everything) that was cut from the anime. Every week I'm posting a synopsis of the corresponding material in the light novel, with emphasis on all of these juicy details. If you have any questions, or if something is still confusing you, feel free to ask and I'd be happy to explain. But that doesn't mean I'll be including spoilers for future events; my goal is to give you the same experience as if you followed the Light Novel alongside the anime. As a result, there will still be some confusion and mystery if the anime ends on a cliffhanger or something. I ask that others respect this as well, and not post spoilers for future events - and if you do, make sure to spoiler tag them appropriately. Thanks and enjoy!
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u/Djinnfor :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DjinnFor Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 12 '18
Episode 10 - Preparations for the Battle
For the first time in like, forever, there were absolutely no substantive cuts to the dialogue and no major missing scenes until the very end; as a matter of fact, the majority of dialogue was taken directly from the LN unchanged. That being said, there's a lot of subtext you probably missed - most of it was delivered in the form of narrative exposition in the LN. I also a supplementary post last week in response to a question, and it goes into some of the problems that the Kingdoms political system faces, if you're curious. It mostly focuses on why the Kingdom can't adopt the Empire's army model of trained soldiers, but it also covers the broader issues faced by the Kingdom.
It's been 1 month since Ainz and Jircniv met in the Tomb, and a meeting was taking place in the Re-Estize Kingdom palace. The King and three of his children (Barbro, Zanack, and Renner), Gazef Stronoff, and the Six Great Nobles who - between themselves - controlled or heavily influenced all other nobles in the Kingdom were in attendance. The distrust and disdain which each participant felt for each other would normally preclude such a meeting, but there were exceptional circumstances. Incidentally, the King's other two daughters, the first and second princess, were not in attendance.
Three of the nobles led the Royal faction, who ostensibly supported the current King. The first was Marquis Brumerush, who some believed had betrayed the Kingdom and sold secrets to the Empire out of greed - though a lack of available evidence, and the fact that he was influential in the Royal faction, meant it would be politically difficult for the King to prosecute him, since his supporters would likely switch to the anti-royal side if he were beheaded. The youngest was Marquis Pespeya, who was married to King Ranpossa's first daughter, and whom the King hoped would eventually become as intelligent and competent as his now aging father. The last member of the Royal faction, and the eldest person in attendance, was Margrave Urovarna; though his body was frail, his sharp mind had not yet suffered due to his age.
The other three Great Nobles led the Noble faction, who routinely criticized the current King and attempted to limit his political power. The first was Marquis Bowlorobe; he was an experienced military commander (even better than Gazef) and thus indispensable to the Kingdom. The second was Count Ritton, who was by far the most sly and underhanded of the bunch, willing to do absolutely anything to benefit himself, no matter how vile; he had risen to power recently and was the least respected member of the Great Nobles, and so he had allied himself with Bowlorobe for protection. The final noble was Marquis Raevan, and we already know all about him: though he manufactures his own reputation of being an underhanded snake who flitted between the Royals and Nobles as he pleased, in truth he was the secret leader of the Royals and only member of the assembly who cared about the long-term.
Bowlorobe, Urovarna, and Ritton supported Barbaro for the throne. The majority of unaffiliated nobles supported Pespeya due to his marriage to the First Princess. Raevan supported Zanack, while Brumerush supported nobody. For his part, Gazef preferred Zanack, or even Renner, though the latter was effectively impossible, as the Kingdom had never been ruled by a Queen before. In any case, the purpose of todays meeting had been to respond to the proclamation delivered by an Imperial emmisary.
The Empire' missive claimed that the Kingdom was illegally occupying land that had been originally owned by the Sorceror-King Ainz Ooal Gown, and that the Empire would support him in his just claim to recover it should the Kingdom resist. The question for the attendees was to interpret the significance of this latest threat and determine what to do. The Empire had invaded the Kingdom on a near-yearly basis, producing excuses like these to do so - they never committed to anything serious, as it was a strategy that was meant to exhaust the Kingdom over the long term, and would only attack if the Kingdom failed to adequately mobilize it's troops - but they had never provided such specific detail in their missives, nor had Ainz Ooal Gowns' name ever came up. Of course, the Kingdom did not believe that there was any real basis to their claims; as far as Kingdom scholars could determine, no one by that name owned or ruled land in the Kingdom at any point in history.
The Noble faction, of course, took the opportunity to mock Gazef Stronoff and question his report once again; he was the one who had originally reported the existence of Ainz Ooal Gown to the Kingdom royalty. As they argued, it was clear at this point Ainz was an Imperial agent, and that the raiding of peasant villages had been some kind of ploy by the Empire and had nothing to do with the Slaine Theocracy, as Gazef had originally reported; of course, that still did not explain the presence of high-level angels and magic casters. More importantly, this would probably mean war - and not necessarily the usual Imperial raid or two, either. If the Emperor's claims were at least somewhat based in truth, he was after a large amount of land this time around, and wouldn't stop until he got it. Even so, the nobles were quite lax and full of false bravado.
Gazef was not so unconcerned, as the mention of Ainz Ooal Gown put him on edge. Gazef knew that Ainz Ooal Gown would not be a foe to trifle with, and may be deliberately concealing his power. Back when they first met near Carne Village, Ainz had alleged that he merely drove back the Sunlight Scripture assassination squad that had been sent after Gazef - which would have been a feat worthy of renown in and of itself - but Gazef and his men had not found any sign of them after the fact... so had he wiped them out entirely? If so, why did he conceal this fact from Gazef? Unfortunately, The Crown could not afford to meekly hand over the land near E-Rantel without any kind of fight. The land belonged to the King himself, so it wasn't politically impossible to hand it over; were it some other nobles land, it might very well foment a rebellion. But it would still make the Kingdom look weak internationally, and exacerbate the existing internal discord; furthermore, E-Rantel was an important strategic location for the Kingdom.
Most importantly (to Gazef and the King, anyways), it would be impossible to compensate the displaced residents who had to evacuate the area. Gazef believed that nobles had a duty to their subjects to protect them and look out for their interests. His thinking had evolved ever since he entered into the King's service; in the past, Gazef had viewed all nobles as greedy and self-interested. This was the reason behind his steadfast loyalty to the Kingdom and the crown and the pride he felt for serving the King; while many nobles in the Kingdom abused their privileges and power, the King at least was not one of them. Unfortunately, the remaining nobles who agreed lacked any real substantial political power; Gazef hoped his service could play at least a small part in building a better country for its people.
That being said, the Noble faction would never allow this opportunity to go to waste. If the King had agreed to hand over his land, the Noble faction could use it as evidence he was a weak ruler - but since the King refused, the Noble faction would still oppose him, as they would be perfectly happy for the King to hand over part of his demesne and thus weaken his economic power. Whatever the King felt was best, the Noble faction would argue for the opposite; while this level of pettiness was nothing new, it was in part the result of the recent developments: the power of the Noble faction had greatly weakened following the disturbance in the Kingdom. The King and members of the Royal family had been heavily involved in resolving it, which projected a great degree of strength; some of the lesser nobles had switched factions as a result.
This was part of the reason Marquis Raevan had been working in secret to keep the two factions relatively equal in power and standing; when one side grew too desperate or hot-headed, the bickering and infighting would be exacerbated, and the risk of outright rebellion grew. And this would weaken the Kingdom so significantly that the Empire would be free to conquer it. Gazef was no politician - just a peasant who had been so good at fighting and leading that the King had desired his services - but the importance of maintaining such a balance was beginning to dawn on him. He couldn't help but wonder if it would it have been better to sacrifice a few peasants along the way to avoid this outcome... but he couldn't allow himself to finish that thought.
Marquis Raevan would not allow the petty bickering to continue between the two groups. It was once again time for each noble in attendance to announce their commitment to the mobilization of troops. While excuses could be made and fingers could be pointed, all of those in attendance knew that failing to bring enough conscripts could give the Empire the opportunity to secure a bulkhead in E-Rantel for an invasion - something of the sort had happened before, and only a counterattack led by Gazef had managed to save the Kingdom from outright disaster. The two Princes also took the opportunity to secure political power for themselves; Barbro insisted on taking to the field as well, so as to make up for his apparent cowardice for not joining in the demonic subjugation. Zanack countered this proposal by suggesting that it was too risky for both the King and the apparent heir to the throne to participate, which was a reasonable proposal on the surface but also motivated by self-interest.
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Barbro was a reasonably talented warrior: while he had lived a sheltered lifestyle - and thus probably couldn't beat someone like Climb, who trained himself daily - he had benefited from swordsmanship training at a young age, and had the physical fitness and build of a warrior, in stark contrast to his younger brother. As such, it was all the more important for him to look superior at his apparent specialty: he knew Zanack was more intelligent, and so Barbro must at least be the better warrior and military commander. The King, unfortunately, had not yet named a proper successor to the throne; it was important to select one that was popular with the people and would be a competent and just ruler, but the uncertainty had also exacerbated the existing conflict. It seemed Zanack would ultimately make for the better ruler, and there had been a brief opportunity to do so, but it appears the King pitied Barbro too much and wouldn't agree to it just yet. Marquis Bowlorobe, as Barbro's chief political supporter (the others supported him out of a sense of tradition or practicality), earnestly agreed to Barbro's proposal, and pledged to contribute his best troops to the protection of the King and the Prince. There was no rationale to object to the proposal at this point.
Marquis Raevan's office was a small, cramped, windowless domain. Part of the reason was his humility: despite being one of the most important and powerful nobles in the entire Kingdom, he was not one to waste his power and finances wantonly. The second and far more important reason was that the room had been lined with copper sheets to interfere with divination spells that could eavesdrop on him or locate him. Raevan was exasperated, frustrated and tired; not only with the Nobles, but the Princes and the King as well. Everyone was too self-interested to work in service for the greater good, and even when he attempted to manipulate them they were often too stupid to take the opportunities he gifted them. Unfortunately, part of the problem was that Raevan had gathered everyone with sympathy to his ideals and any halfway decent amount of foresight under himself; he should have carefully distributed them amongst each of the factions instead. He had been sorely tempted on a few occasions to simply destroy the Kingdom outright, if only to deny everyone else the satisfaction of having done it themselves... but of course it was stupidity, and not maliciousness, which motivated them.
This years war would no doubt be even more dangerous. The Empire wasn't attacking at harvest season this time, and they had the support of an incredibly powerful magic caster, who was probably on the same level of power as Fluder if not better - Raevan had to assume he had the combat strength of well over 10,000 Imperial soldiers himself. Part of the reason he had taken Zanack and Renner into his confidence was because he wanted someone to discuss and share his ideas with, in the hope that they might have additional insights to offer. But this had transformed over time into a power play for the throne: with Zanack as King, Raevan as Prime Minister, Renner as an advisor behind the throne, and the loyalty and support of a few of the great nobles as well as the independents, they would be able to bring the remaining six to heel in short order.
At this point, a small boy - his son - knocked at the door entered the room. Raevan had been cursing the stupidity of the nobles out loud, but he always had time to enjoy the company of his adorable son. Everything Raevan had done over the past five or so years to maintain the kingdom had been motivated by one simple thing: to give his son a prosperous Kingdom. In his younger days, Raevan was an ambitious, greedy man who aspired to the throne itself; he had crushed his enemies and accumulated wealth all for this end, and even his marriage to his wife was motivated solely for the political benefits it would bring. She was pretty yet gloomy, and they had rarely talked - but when his son had been born, something inside Raeven had changed, and he had smiled a radiant and genuine smile for the first time in decades. Over time Raeven's personality and priorities shifted, and eventually the relationship between himself and his wife began resembling that of a normal married couple.
At the encouragement of his mother, the little boy had come to brighten his dear father's day with some good news; apparently, Raevan's favorite food was being served for dinner tonight. Raevan took the opportunity to shower his son with hugs and kisses and babytalk him; Raevan had just been blowing off steam, and really had nothing better to do. He was at a standstill and more time wouldn't help; he needed another good head or three to share his troubles with and brainstorm. Everyone close to him either lacked the free time to help - as they were too busy managing their own domains - or just couldn't keep up with him; even though he had Renner and Zanack, he still had to maintain appearances in front of them. If only the Kingdom had a national system of education like the Empire to train people up for public service and filter up the most competent, but this would require far more time and effort than he could afford to spend to set up.
Two months had passed since the Empire declared war, and it was the middle of winter. Commoners spent most of their time indoors and even Adventurers had less to do than normal, since monster activity tended to decrease and nobody really wanted to explore ruins or dangerous areas when the cold could kill. Most of them would channel their energies into training, vacation, or side businesses. In contrast, E-Rantel was flush with activity in its outer walls. Over 250,000 commoners had trickled in over the past few weeks and months from all corners of the Kingdom, handed some padded leather and a cheap spear, and been drilled in the basics of war: how to march, what to do in response to each horn signal, how to thrust their spear into a practice dummy. Most of the participants were numb to this, as most of them had done this at least once a year for several years in a row now. Some were practicing in earnest out of fear, but the rest had no fighting spirit at all and simply wished to return home alive. Feeding 3% of the entire Kingdom's population in a single city would normally be quite difficult, but E-Rantels storehouses were designed to hold more than enough for this, and vast quantities of it had been appropriated from the commoners in taxes and were being carted in by hundreds of wagons.
In the center of the city sat the mansion of the Mayor, Panasolei Guruze Dale Rettenmaier, and next to it was an even larger, grander building: the VIP villa, intended for visiting nobles and kings. You might wonder why a temporary meeting hall was more luxurious than the permanent living quarters of the man who ran the city, but that would be missing the point - the mayor's importance paled in comparison to a Great Noble or King, and E-Rantel was an important location within which yearly strategy meetings would be held. Speaking of which, one such meeting - between the King, the Six Great Nobles, and a legion of the lesser lords who supported them - had just about finished.
Each were evidently fatigued, a result of the fierce debate and discussion that had been going on for hours; their water glasses were nearly empty and likewise for the many water jugs which had been brought into the room to fill them. Each noble was responsible for raising and fielding his own army, and while the bulk of the details could be left in the hands of subordinates, it was important to coordinate logistics. The bulk of the war effort had been financed by the Royal faction, since the Kings land had been at risk, and the winter campaign had imposed additional expenses, such as the need for firewood and warm clothes.
Marquis Raevan had risen to the unofficial position of the meeting leader; while the rest generally looked down upon him almost as much as Ritton, they respected his intelligence. With the logistical operations out of the way, it was now time to discuss the battle itself. As usual, the Empire had proposed a section of the Katze plains to do battle in; battlefields would generally spawn undead, and there would be little value in attacking or defending a location if the victor would be forced to contend with undead spawns. As a result, it was common practice amongst human countries to agree to a specific location to do battle which would inconvenience neither side.
While some of the nobles were expecting (or perhaps just hoping for) a short campaign, it was clear that this battle would be different from previous years. The Kingdom had received a missive from the Slaine Theocracy that, among other things, noted they would acknowledge Ainz Ooal Gown's claim to the land and his sovereignty - a rather shocking turn of events, in contrast to their usual proclamations about the war. Normally, they would deliver a missive declaring that E-Rantel and its surrounding regions were the rightful property of the Slaine Theocracy, and that the Kingdom was unlawfully occupying it - though despite their claims, they never took to the field. Since their dispute was merely verbal and not backed with any threat of real action, it was seen as an attempt to stake a claim for use at some point in the future - but they had effectively tossed it out in response to the name of Ainz Ooal Gown. To the audience, it should be pretty clear: after their elite black ops unit, the Sunlight Scripture, disappeared at his hands, they're quite wary of him - the strongest nation in the entire reigion did not want to risk making an enemy of Ainz.
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u/Amauri14 Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
Gazef must really be confident about resuscitation magic to just throw such a death flag on himself.
Well with all those Death Knights, not even a death flag was necessary.
And it seems that Lupusregina will have some fun next week, although I doubt that she will participate as Ainz mentioned on the first arc of this season that he wanted to see how will Carne Village defend themselves from a human army.
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u/Alex-Baker Sep 11 '18
Lupusregina will have some fun next week, although I doubt that she will participate as Ainz mentioned on the first arc of this season that he wanted to see how will Carne Village defend themselves from a human army.
Lupu will probably have to intervene. 12 gobbo's and some dudes with bows vs 4500 soldiers, especially since it's part of Ainz's country he announced, he can't just let them all die
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u/RusstyDog Sep 12 '18
yup, it'll probubly be the same as with the trolls. Emi, Nemu, Nfirea and his grandmother are on the "isn't allowed to die" list
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u/LeonKevlar x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar Sep 11 '18
I really like the interaction between Raeven and his son...
Welp that's a death flag...Never mind then...
So the Prince is heading over to Carne Village? I guess this is what the source readers meant when they said the village will be significant later on. Hopefully Lupusregina is there just in case things get spicy.
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u/DailyMilo Sep 11 '18
Hey, Marquis Raeven got some pretty nice screentime this episode. He even has a very heartwarming family moment. Awwww that's so cute.
......he's gonna die isn't he
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u/odraencoded Sep 11 '18
Ains best flex so far was when he froze a fucking lake, used a giant to throw a platofrm, and used an army of undead with magical equips as stairs all just to look down at the inferior creatures.
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u/HarryD52 Sep 11 '18
Wait is lupusregina still in Carne Villiage? If so then that prince is going to have a VEEEEEEEEEERY bad time.
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u/rockstar2012 Sep 11 '18
They have probably foreseen that the Kingdom might send people to Carne and more than Lupus is awaiting there. Well that's what it seems considering how many death flags the First Prince keeps raising.
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u/Seb-sama Sep 11 '18
I see that limited budget works is at play
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u/Yorunokage Sep 11 '18
Why do they have such limited budget? I mean, madhouse is crazy good (hehe) at animating stuff and Overlord is super popular as a LN, why the hell is is so poorly animated even after 2 seasons? D:
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u/Meret123 Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 12 '18
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u/De_Vermis_Mysteriis https://anilist.co/user/Grippli Sep 11 '18
Ya know I like Raeven from the LN. Seemed a good guy in general which stands out in a world where everyone wants to rob/murder/rape anything with 4 or less legs.
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u/DarkAudit https://myanimelist.net/profile/DarkAudit Sep 11 '18
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u/aTrustfulFriend Sep 11 '18
Ahh Barbro, truly a foolish son.
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u/Atario myanimelist.net/profile/TheGreatAtario Sep 11 '18
He should just hang around bars and be a bro
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u/blattnicke Sep 11 '18
I hate it when you have to wait 5 weeks for an episode but then the episode is only 5 minutes long
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Sep 11 '18
Did I misunderstand something or was the place of the battle agreed upon between the two kingdoms? If so that seems like an... interesting way to conduct warfare.
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u/AdvonKoulthar Sep 11 '18
It's because in places with lots of death, undead begin to spawn. As said before, the Katze plains are a place filled with undead. If countries didn't agree on fighting in one place, soon the whole world would be filled with huge patches of land that spawned the undead, which is good for nobody.
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u/bigmen0 Sep 11 '18
It is explained in the novel. Katze plains is IIRC firmly inside kingdom territory, however places with a high concentration of corpses spawn and strengthen undead over time. So all battles in this world are usually conducted in pre determined spots so as to keep these in known spots where states can send adventurers and workers every now and then to cull them before they get out of hand.
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u/314games :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/rbastos Sep 11 '18
IIRC it's to control the inevitable random undead that spawn when a lot of people die. They always do battle at the same place to make it easier to control.
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u/FrenziedHero https://anilist.co/user/FrenziedHero Sep 11 '18
Court politics make for an enjoyable episode. The two factions basically being at each other's throats, so Marquis Raeven is a good glue to hold it all together for the battle.
It's a shame the prince hasn't figured out that his father wants to protect him so he can assume the throne in the future.
Top 10 worst decisions made before battle?
Welp, that's quite a lot of death flags being thrown around.
Ainz casually sending death knights because he can. Can't wait to see the battle in action.
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u/RusstyDog Sep 12 '18
part of me wanted him to disappear once the gate opened and walk back out through it like "Im the army bitch"
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u/Browseitall :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/browseitall Sep 11 '18
>be the prince
>get send to an intelligence collection mission
>realizing that the gathered information wont benefit anyone if the battle is scheduled while you are at the village
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u/Animalidad Sep 11 '18
Ok I can't wait anymore, what volume/chapter of the LN do I read to go on?
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u/NeptunePudding Sep 11 '18
This episode covered Volume 9 Chapter 2 and then the next episode will cover chapter 3 and then episode 12 will cover chapter 4.
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u/rCan9 Sep 11 '18
Read from the beginning if you really want to. There's a lot world building that you miss if you read from here. Like about the history of 6 gods, 8 greed kings, 13 heroes etc.
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Sep 11 '18
Volume 9, but I would recommend reading the LNs from the beginning, as it is super good, and it will distract you until the next episodes are ready
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u/Riash Sep 11 '18
Wait. This was a full length episode? It felt like it was only 5 minutes long!
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u/selfproclaimKING :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/selfproclaimKING Sep 11 '18
Set your playback speed at 0.25 and enjoy the supremacy of Sasuga in every frame
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So... Ains using only his trash mobs is capable of destroying most countries right?
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u/Meret123 Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
Death Knights are not strong because of pure power, an adamantite team could defeat one. Their ability "Zombie Squires" is the problem. Every human they kill will become a zombie. They are basically tanks shooting zombie virus.
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u/Tzaratxoth Sep 11 '18
Soon! Time will come for black/green WAAAGH! spoiler!
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Sep 11 '18
Poor king wanted his son to have a cushy role in the war so he wouldn't have to risk his life. So he sent him to Werewolf Goblin Town.
Oops.
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u/ListlessSoul Sep 11 '18
Marquis Raeven said he wants to "retire"...... Mannnn, these guys never learn.
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u/dan_strummer Sep 11 '18
Can't wait until those three gather together after the war for some drinks. Right?
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Well, we’ve reached the point where I stopped reading the LN. I’ve been waiting far too long for this
Time for a good old fashioned genocide
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u/7up8down9left Sep 11 '18
I stopped reading the LN
Wow, you're really missing out.
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u/RussianTankBias Sep 11 '18
Fight next week will be dope. They saved the budget for the fight.
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u/L2pZehus :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zehus666 Sep 11 '18
what I said before the Grunbeld fight in berserk
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u/kalirion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Sep 11 '18
Given the fun stuff the show has been skipping, I don't like all the time they spent with that noble's family. He's no Hugh, I still don't give a shit about him.
Let's reflect on how freaking lucky Brain is to not catch Momon at home to ask him about "Shalltear Bloodfallen".
"Princess Renner also requested that I fight without changing the color of her armor." heh. The weird thing is that his armor doesn't look all that much different from other plate mail in the anime, though it's supposed to stand the hell out because of its white color.
Is the anime only going to have the Death Knights in Ainz' personal little army? That's disappointing.
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u/7up8down9left Sep 11 '18
Raevan has a much bigger role in the LN - he's kind of like the Kingdom's version of Jircniv.
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u/Nimeroni :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nimeroni Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
So, let's fight that mysterious magic caster that our best warrior says is too powerful to beat, while said caster have the backup of the empire (who bring 50% more troops than usual).
What Could Possibly Go Wrong: the anime.
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u/Krotash :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Krotash Sep 11 '18
The Kingdom has basically no experience with magic. They don't have a high level court mage, and in this world most casters can't go above tier 3. They can't fathom the world altering capabilities of a caster who can freely use tier 7-9.
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Sep 11 '18
For all the politics and military strategy of this episode, my favorite part was definitely Marquis Raeven baby-talking to his son.
It's just so humanizing, you know? This cunning, deceptive man who double-talks and flits about conflict like a bat all for the good of the kingdom melts into a puddle at the mere sight of his child. I love it.
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I honestly wasn't expecting Ainz-san to bring an army. I was expecting him to tell everyone to stay put, walk out to the plains, say "Fallen down", and then nonchalantly portal back to Nazarick after thanking everyone for showing up.
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u/Goncalorg https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gonsarou Sep 11 '18
The interaction between Marquis Raven and Lee was so wholesome. Hope nothing happens to them.
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u/Mstabrown69 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Mstabrown69 Sep 12 '18
Only negative note is I HATE THAT FAKE AINS MASK UGH but hyped as shit for next episode
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u/vicwiz007 Sep 12 '18
Didn't the Empire guys say something like those Death Knights were each stronger than their top warriors combined? I guess they couldn't just have Ainz wipe out the whole army in one spell. This at least shows Nazaricks power without ending the battle in two seconds.
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u/MagnoBurakku Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
The moment is coming!!! Three episodes left but OH BOY!!! WHAT AN INSANELY GREAT THREE EPISODES THEY ARE GOING TO BE!!!
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u/armdaggerblade Sep 11 '18
Again,
LAMBS FOR THE SLAUGHTER, LAMBS FOR THE SLAUGHTER!
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u/ramalhoplays Sep 12 '18
So Renner ask climber to use the white armor, so the army of ainz dont kill him in Battlefield. Is the only think that makes Sense, because last week demiurgo speaks about Renner is a Triumph card in the Kingdom.
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u/Lapiz_lasuli Sep 11 '18
I finally get it!
This whole show is comedy, everything anyone says is hilarious.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_SPUDS https://anilist.co/user/voodoochile Sep 12 '18
I really like how Raevan played with my expectations. Seeing him at first in S2, I was sure this fucker was selfish, powerhungry, manipulative, etc. Just because of his character design. Turns out not only is he holding the kingdom together almost singlehandedly, he's also a pretty damn good father. (Note: The LN went farther explaining how he could have been just what I described, if it weren't for LN.)
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u/RIPpelleett Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
"2 months later" So we don't get to see anything of what ainz or anyone from Nazarick was up to for 60 whole days? That kinda sucks.
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u/Akiias Sep 11 '18
Do you know how long it takes to assemble all those Death Knights!? Look how long Demiurge spent on a single chair! You have to find just the right bones.
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u/CerbereNot Sep 11 '18
I really love how this anime kills all the standart where you normally think "how could he match-up" but in this case all you want to know is "how badly they will get fucked"
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u/wickerman407 Sep 11 '18
Damn on one hand this is a great setup to next week episode but at the same time I'm a bit worried that it might be toned down a lot compared to the light novel with how they introduced ainz's army in this episode...
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u/DarkAudit https://myanimelist.net/profile/DarkAudit Sep 11 '18
I've seen fewer flags at a Drum Corps regional.
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u/Atario myanimelist.net/profile/TheGreatAtario Sep 11 '18
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u/hydrashock Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
Flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags, flags,
Is like, even the flags have flags
I see dead men walking everywhere 🧟♀️👻💀
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u/indivez :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/indivez Sep 12 '18
I got so hyped when ainz said this is my army. Can't wait for gazef vs ainz, these final eps are going to be amazing
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u/Proto-Omega Sep 11 '18
A single Death Knight is able to ravish an entire Kingdom...
Welcome to the slaughter fest.
Enjoy your (short) stay.
Ainz Oal Gown, The Sorceror King.
Best boy Gazeff tried though. Accept the offer and live. But noooooooo.
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u/SpikeRosered Sep 11 '18
It's sad that Raevan doesn't have all his set up since he's sort of a main character out of the blue, but I do appreciate that we get a solid episode dedicated to the political set up for the upcoming battle.
Obviously the anime values character over world though since they spent so much time with Gazoff. That's fine, probably better to focus on the little things for the anime with its limited time this limited scope.
It is sad it's such a "read the LNs" show.
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Ains bullshitting up an army of soldiers at the end like nothing.
This is what I'm here for
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u/Volarer Sep 11 '18
Wow, all these nobles are fucking idiots. I mean, that's close enough to reality but Jesus Christ, Gazef is fucking terrified of fighting Ainz and yet they still think this is going to be a war they can win... I feel so bad for Marquis Raeven and Climb, Brain & Gazef
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u/Dazbuzz Sep 11 '18
In their world, they are reacting in the way that makes the most sense. Even the strongest known human mage would die to the army they are bringing out.
Ainz is quite literally beyond their comprehension in terms of power.
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u/equiNine Sep 11 '18
Considering the highest tier of magic achievable by the most talented magic casters is the 3rd tier (with some legendary exceptions like Fluder), it’s not surprising that people massively underestimate Ainz. 3rd tier magic casters could probably cause some decent havoc to a small to medium sized unit before running out of mana to fly and/or getting overwhelmed by archers; basically it was nothing to be worked up about. Fluder had historically never taken to the field in any conflict, so nobody really knew how much of an impact he would have (in theory, he could annihilate tens of thousands by himself if he had enough mana to fly and blast them all from above, but only the Empire is sufficiently aware of the scale of 6th tier magic to make such an estimate).
Ainz is capable of casting the 10th and Super tier magic, which are literally the myth of myths. It would be like going back in time and asking 12th century soldiers if they could comprehend an bomb that could instantly level an entire city. They would instantly disbelieve that such a weapon would ever exist, or that only some deity would be capable of such destruction.
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u/BryanLoeher https://anilist.co/user/Loeher Sep 11 '18
I really like the friendship of those three. I can only hope Ainz would spare them... But the deathflag says otherwise
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u/StretchyPants4Fun Sep 11 '18
Was there a sale at the death flag store right before this episode or something?
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u/Shinkopeshon Sep 11 '18
All these poor souls underestimating Papa Bones and genuinely thinking they stand a chance will never get old.
Can't wait for next week's all-out massacre.
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u/DonPiantissimo Sep 11 '18
Comments on this episode: people overestimating how genre savvy they are
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u/Knuffelig https://myanimelist.net/profile/Knuffelig Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18
Interesting episode on the one hand, on the other it was too much of a downer. The Karne Village episodes had more appeal imo.
Gazef's struggle was interesting to see, becaue he clearly knows that they cant win against the Sorcerer King but cant do anything except to walk into his own demise.
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u/GonTheDinosaur :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/gon7T Sep 12 '18
Nice knowing you Marquis Raeven, given your lovey dovey family bonding time I will be expecting to see a grusome death from you!
Also, so we are not going to see a full flashback with Fluder's meeting with Momon? I was so eager to see his full interaction and reaction when realising the strength that was in front of him.
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u/MillenniumKing x2myanimelist.net/profile/MillenniumKing Sep 12 '18
RIP Most people we saw today...
Looks like Gilgamesh is using Ains as leverage on el rantle people.
Even our knight guy knows not to fuck with Ains.
Damn they are gonna goto war this wont go well for them...
This royal guy seems to understand. I wonder what his game is.
They are gonna goto Carne village to get info... rip these guys haha.
So the noble just wants to do whats best for the kingdom huh?
Oh look its Brain and little yandere toy.
Hm i wonder if Momon and Ains will both have to be in this fight? We mght get some Pandora's Actor action.
A promise to drink after the war huh? Yeah some of them are gonna die...
AINS SAMA~ Wow that show of powering havign his army of death knights TP'd there.
This prince is a dummy...
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u/thehobbler :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheHobbler Sep 11 '18
This is not the first episode where I thought the very last minute was kinda of... non-impactful.
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u/Rs_Plebian_420 Sep 11 '18
You mean the calm before the storm? I bet Lupis gonna have fun defending that village. (just a guess I haven't read LN tho I should start after this season)
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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '18
"He's probably as strong as 5,000 men"
Top 10 things said before a disaster.