Talk:Roble Holy Kingdom/@comment-34756840-20180307011047/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180611190540

That's not just true of the Bafolk.

If Ainz were to allow the human rulers of the surrounding nations to believe that he cared about saving their people more than they did, then those countries would do the same, throw their citizens into danger to force his hand.

That's why Arche had to die, and why the massacre at the Katze Plains was necessary, and why Ainz allowed the invasion of the Holy Kingdom of Roble by Jaldabaoth. If the rulers of other nations aren't going to care enough about their own subjects to approach Ainz Ooal Gown with a consciousness of how best to save their own people, then Ainz MUST not be the one that spares their lives.

The Empire got off lightly with the loss of a few hundred people, but Jircniv could have saved them all by approaching Ainz Ooal Gown with an open and sincere offer of friendship from the beginning. And he really SHOULD have, on hearing that the first impression Ainz had gotten of the Empire was that it would send knights to slaughter helpless villagers for no particular reason.

Ramposa as well could have spared his people the horror of a futile 'war' that was nothing more than a massacre.

Calca may have had her hands tied to a certain extent by the Custodio sisters and the nobles of her kingdom. But when the possibility of being obliterated pitifully is clear, you take action even if it is difficult.

The Theocracy...well, it's probably too late for them. I doubt they can do anything more useful than kneel and beg for a quick death at this point.