Mercy | Overlord III 

Elf: We don't mind dying! Ainz: Who said anything about dying?

-And they all lived happily ever after.-

"in Nazarick death is a mercy that frees you from suffering" sounds like someone is aware of demiurges happy farm

They probably would have met a "better" end if they didn't lie about why they ended up in the tomb in the first place. Being completely honest about their motives and the camaraderie they displayed would have probably moved Ainz enough to spare them... or at the very least kill them quickly like Arche. I think lying about being sent by Ainz's former guild mates is what pissed him off the most.

"We will defeat that Ains monster and follow you afterwards" "When we catch up, you'll owe as us all drinks!" *Breathes in agreement*

"Don't cry for the poor thing. I've spared him the fate of seeing what I'm about to do to you." -Frieza, TeamFourStar 2012

Out of the four of them I felt most sorry for roberdyck in his description it says he was a truly good man who became a worker because he was frustrated with the rules that kept him from helping more people and that he also gave to the poor and helpless and even though he didn’t make this public many people respected him and he was the one who got experimented on until his mind completely broke at least arche got to die unconcious

Considering what they’re going to get through I agree that death was 1 million times better

Darn, you cut it right before the defeated the bad skeleton man and rejoined their friend! Don't worry, everyone; they live happily ever after and nothing bad at all happens.

It's at this point we realized. "Wait we're the bad guy"

Them : We don't mind dying ! Ainz : *We don't do that here.*

the cruel thing is, he wasn't lying.

“Death is a Mercy that saves you from suffering” now that’s how you write a bad guy

the way Ainz just turns his head at 2:04, like saying “i just hooked y’all up, your welcome”, has me dying💀

Quoting the Bible right before -slaughtering these fools- showing them mercy. Sasuga, Ainz-sama! Such a kindhearted man!

This is realistically how power of friendship should end

The way she says fly gets me every time. Filled with despair and the knowledge that she will never see her friends again.

My favorite part of Overlord is how it does shows the "undead lose their empathy for humans." When he first becomes undead, Ainz rescue villagers. By the end, humans only matter to him if they've made a personal connection to him or his friends; Otherwise they're just a resource to be spent.

0:42 when your fish jumps out the fish tank

Part of it really feels like a comedy when one by one they give a hopeful speech to Arche, then cut to the guy drooling on the floor. That just felt so out of place.

Elf: We don't mind dying Ainz: Unfortunately for you, i won't be that merciful

Ainz: This water represents my mercy. Fools:What water? Ainz: Exactly

Other animes: Power of friendship is the most powerfull power of all!!! Ainz: What if no

The player clearly put greater focus on the game than irl. It’s no surprise he would be so incredibly vindictive to those who would plunder his home, where his heart resides.

So happy they got mercy :')

There was actually a moment when he was dressed up as momon before he goes back to nazarick with the grave robbers when he said "unrealistic hope will only lead to despair" and looking back that line was aimed at the audience because of what was about to happen to them

"Ainz is the bad guy for killing this poor girl" Even though the expedition of workers was orchestrated by Nazarick, those workers could have chosen to live right up until that moment. Ainz himself personally warned workers as Momon and heard that they were motivated by greed. Even after he laid treasures on the First Floor, literally outside the entrance of Nazarick. From what I know about the New World's economy, that money would literally set them up to create their own baronies if they just took and dipped before going further (yes, baronies. Plural. Each one would be THAT rich. I am an LN reader who finished the series multiple times.). They just decided to not stop. Nazarick is merely a dungeon to them but Ainz clearly sees it as his home. So when these guys come traipsing in and dishonoring the names of his friends, the only people he had an actual connection with, he simply loses and any sympathies he may have had for them prior.

During the whole thing, Ainz must have been laughing internally.

Most people: "Wait, we're the bad guys?" Me: "Finally, we're the bad guys."

The boss music they started hearing: “Lives, all mortal lives expire Souls go to their dooms In flame forevermore”

Ppl debating about “mercy” Let me just drop this-considering that human skin is a FARM ingredient for low lvl scrolls, they also happens to manufacture the highest quality redo healing magic

"Fly you'll have a chance of escaping" The chance: 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000001%

"In Nazarick death is a mercy that frees you from suffering" Yes Ainz is right, seriously you don't want to be captured alive to be tortured forever in Nazarick, you'd wish to be killed instead. The horror of torture in Nazarick is on Another level 🤧😥

2:04 I love how she just casually walks off

I still don't get why people got mad about this scene. Ains NEVER showed interest in being the people's champion or hero. EVERYTHING he has done is for the sake of Nazarick gaining power and notoriety. If you thought he was going to be some great hero, you are delusional

Imagine breaking into a place and expecting mercy. Why do you deserve mercy? Face your judgement with dignity.

Oh so merciful, what a kind heart Ainz sama has

I always loved that sentence, imagine being so powerful that you don't think about defeat, just how good or bad of a fate you give your opponents.

If they never lied about getting permission to enter Nazarick, they might have all lived. Remember dialog options are a staple in RPGs. Your choices matter.

Ainz:you wont die Thieves: thanks Ainz:😏

I’ve watch this so many times over the years and I still love it

"We will defeat Ainz" - famous last words.

This anime.....its so much INTENSE....i cant wait for next season

0:35 "Yeah, go on we'll defeat this ains monster" "Yeah you can all owe us drinks afterwards" "ErrrrRE RreeREe rrrerfvccvbg....."

He warned them before entering when he asked WHY they were doing it. Adventure would probably have saved them before they entered. They said money dissipate it being clear someone lived there . they fully understood they were robing someone who was clearly as rich as a king.

When you realize that not even Aura wanted to get close to the hole those two got sent and you read in the wiki what actually happened to those two lovers, you realize the girl which was killed got the mercy indeed.

AINZ DID TRY TO LET THEM HAVE A CHESTS FULL OF LOOTS AT THE ENTRANCE. BUT GREEDY THIEVES BE THIRSTY. then they tried to lie about his friends. insulted him and tried to intimidate ainz, using momonga..lol

Them: Friendship 100 Also them: He’s a monster! Me: He must’ve done the fortify restoration glitch.

Man what really gets me is 0:41 when he tries to be encouraging but is still paralyzed. Those feels

1:34 Imina: In honor of your friends please let thar girl live! Ainz: Are you kidding me? You break into my home to steal money, lie to me by telling me one of my comrades sent you and now you tell me to let one of your comrades flee?! Death without torture is the only hope of fleeing she can have.

Ah yes finally overlord I be been waiting for. One worthy of such name

i love this anime so much man. Definitely one of the best ones in history. Top 10.

Holy crap, can’t wait for the new season

I love how it took this long for people to realize that Ainz is not a good guy‚ at least not anymore. At first he had moments of humanity still‚ but after living life as an undead surrounded by some of the most powerful beings in the world he is in now‚ of course his humanity would disappear and he would fit into the role of Ainz better as an almighty cold being.

Ainz has really taken the castle doctrine to extreme levels.

"In Nazarick, death is a mercy that frees you from suffering" Probably one of the most raw lines I've heard in any anime

I felt bad for all of their deaths. Lying was an absolutely fatal mistake though. Their odds of survival would have been higher if they were 100% honest (and maybe tried to immediately pledge loyalty).

Just stop watching at 1:40 for a happy ending.

To this day, the reassuring words of the team ending by those 3 seconds of facetime with their leader on the ground paralyzed and drooling on himself crack me up everytime I watch it XD

Ainz reciting the gospel of mark is such an iconic moment. He says it again when addressing Victim

They believe they can FLY away when you are in the Great *TOMB* of Nazarick

To be fair they did invade the guys home to try and rob him, Ainz was just using self defence.

They put Texans to shame with the level of seriousness in protecting your home from intruders in Nazerick haha

The beauty of Ainz's sadisticness here is the he directly hired them to trespass upon Nazarick, and did things far worse than death to them for it.

Roberdyke and archie definitely got off the luckiest out of the four.

I mean, if they knew the other alternative where she gets to 'live', they'd be thanking him

When she threw up just at the sight of him is awesome and true power

Awesome Overlord III Video.

Seeing as all of them except arche now live in perpetual pain and agony being experimented on with parasites being bred inside them.... Death was indeed a mercy.

I just love how arche was actually given mercy when you consider the druid went insane from experiments and the other two are still being eaten by cockroaches from the inside out for eternity without dieing

That’s when I fell in love with Overlord

In Nazarick death is a mercy that frees you from suffering.

The Entity: death is not an escape Lord Ains: It is, in my house.

Them: *We got the power of friendship!* Ainz: -We don't do that here-

Roberdyck: HOw? How is that mercy??? Ainz: Let me tell you this. In Nazarick death is a mercy that frees you from suffering... Roberdyck: surprised pikachu face...

Such a powerful, wise but yet terrifying words..

I remember reading this in the Light Novel and all I could think was DAMN just simply DAMN. Especially when you learn the fates of everyone that this involved

"no, I dont think I will."

I loved Shalltear and her Peroroncino encyclopedia 😂 she is the one who knows the most about the supreme beings

Love the "Fly" sound effect

Damn even after all this time, if they didn’t lie why they came there. Ainz probably would’ve understood and gave them a slap on the wrist. Lying literally got them all killed

how is that mercy he askes well you wish you got that mercy

Robber: We're not thieves! Name is literally Robber.

The Background Music is beautiful.

Imagine a boss whose health bar goes above screen's borders. Thats kinda it

0:34 Party members: we'll see you later and we'll all be alive The party member who's already down:

This episode was so brutal but at the same time it’s the best episode imo.

Man ainz doesn't even care to ask about why arche needs money for her sisters he LITERALLY gives zero FA

Love the way he dispatch them. bunch of thieves

God I love the twist on the fantasy mmorpg healing mechanic, how they let parasites devour them inside out and before they die, they heal them over and over again so that they can he eaten over and over again

It's kind of sad seeing how all these heroes and adventurers always have such hope and righteousness, but they never realize that there is not even a small chance they can win.

My favorite part of this anime

Ainz sama is justice! wait what...

What a lot of people forget is that these people are mercenaries who willingly put their lives on the line for coin and ransack old ruins in that process. Mercenaries such as these come in all shapes and sizes, but ultimately they came here to pillage his property, and though his way of doing it is certainly brutal and arguably evil, Ainz is trying to spare more people by making an example of those who wrong him. Even the capture of the city at the end of Overlord 3 is all about crafting appearances with Momo-san that AInz is not to be trifled with, all to the effect of trying to minimize resistance and ultimately minimize casualties. Ainz was dealt the hand of waking up in this world with a bloodthirsty army that he needs to keep satiated in order to keep them in line, and although his methods are brutal, they all align with his original goal of not only protecting himself but protecting the world from the bloodthirsty villain army he controls. Though he's struggled with it throughout the series, Ainz teaching that his army that he wishes to rule through fear AND respect while keeping up brutal appearances has allowed him to maintain the tight loyalty of the floor guardians and their units. Often times in other episodes we have seen Ainz' mercy and benevolence, such as with Sebas' arc. Unfortunately for these adventurer mercenaries, they are the sacrifical lambs whose horrible deaths were used as the stepping stone to protect countless others from attempting to challenge Nazerick and getting endless scores of soldiers and innocents killed in the attempt.

Theives: Wait death is merciful? Ainz: Always was

2:18 They understood what he meant later on

Imagine if they gave Arche the web novel ending instead of the LN version. Damn.

We can do this with the power of friendship Long story short one is dead, Two are going to be filled with parasitic worms And the last one will go insane from experiments.

According to the Novel the only ones that ainz let live was the 3 elf girls it’s said that he let them leave the rest were either tortured killed or Eaten alive

When do season 4 come out? I will pay for it. This is how much I like this anime.