Assassination of King Zanac
Vol. 14, sometime in Years 3–5 after the transfer: as the Sorcerer Kingdom's army closed in on the capital, Prince Zanac, who held real power, met Ainz before the lines and on returning to his own camp was killed by rebel nobles seeking to surrender.
- Zanac mobilized nearby nobles' troops and even imprisoned criminals into an army of about 400,000, deploying on a plain about half a day from the capital to meet the Sorcerer Kingdom's army.
- On the day the armies faced off, Ainz and Zanac held talks; Japanese sources summarize Zanac's view of the Sorcerer King: frightening in appearance, yet no different from ordinary people in "wanting the ones he cares about to be happy".
- Zanac was killed by rebels after returning to his camp; the rebels swore loyalty to Ainz, only to be sent with their families to the torturer Neuronist Painkill.
- About an hour after the talks, the Sorcerer Kingdom's army, commanded by Cocytus with Mare as his second, annihilated the Kingdom's army.
- Zanac's equipment for the decisive battle: Amulet of Immortality, Guardian Armor, Gauntlets of Vitality.
- Other sources state: the killers were mercenaries hired by nobles; out of respect for Zanac, Ainz had his head properly buried, and this betrayal made him abandon all pity for the Kingdom, ultimately leaving about 90% of the Kingdom's population dead (unverified).
Notes
Japanese sources give Zanac the epithet "Last King of the Vaiself Dynasty", with "King (General) Lv 1" among his class levels; in the author's "how capable are the kings" ranking in his Vol. 12 notes, he is tied for 4th with Pe Riyuro.
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