Assault on the Elven Capital

エルフの王都攻略戦 · World & History · Battles & Events

Vol. 16, sometime in Years 3–5 after the transfer (shortly after the Kingdom's fall): after a long siege of the elven capital's outskirts on the shore of Crescent Lake, the Slane Theocracy's army launched an all-out assault and broke the capital; at the same time, Ainz's party slipped into the royal castle and seized its treasury.

• The Theocracy army, commanded by Valerian Ein Obinie, was camped around the capital's outskirts; after repeated elven night raids, at a dawn meeting a few hours later, Valerian ordered a switch to the offensive since reinforcements from home had arrived
• The elves' outer defenses collapsed and Theocracy soldiers stormed the city; the Theocracy army was ordered not to enter the royal castle, only to surround and watch it from a distance
• Before this, Ainz had stayed in the dark elf village disguised as the dark elf "Ain Bell Fior"; when an elf envoy came demanding troops, Ainz's proposal won the whole village's approval
• About a week later, Ainz grew suspicious of the Theocracy army's tactics; he then slipped into the royal castle with Aura and Mare in step with the Theocracy's offensive, aiming for the treasury
• Ainz fought Elf King Decem on the treasury's lower level, and Decem fled; the Extra Seat Antilene slipped into the castle and killed Decem twice, then fought the pursuing Mare and was captured
• The treasury's contents were dumped onto Nazarick's surface via [Gate]; Antilene was imprisoned in the Frozen Prison, and Pandora's Actor was ordered to recover the items Decem carried
• From Antilene's memories Ainz learned that Shalltear's brainwashing was the Theocracy's doing, summoned Albedo, and resolved to destroy the Slane Theocracy
• The Theocracy's supreme executive body intended to take the elven capital intact as a refuge for its people in a future conflict with the Sorcerer Kingdom, and so banned fire attacks and siege engines (unverified)

Notes

A note in the Japanese sources' timeline: the Theocracy army's orders were not to enter the royal castle but to surround and watch it from afar (16-202, 253, 256).

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• Valerian Ein Obinie
• Antilene Heran Fouche (Zesshi Zetsumei)
• Decem Hougan
• Ainz Ooal Gown
• Aura Bella Fiora
• Mare Bello Fiore
• Pandora's Actor
• Albedo

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