Talk:Overlord Volume 12/@comment-112.207.97.33-20171027211000/@comment-31203222-20171102185359

Ainz *will* fake his death, it was already established at the end of the the 11th volume. After all, Lupusregina wouldn't have been so gleeful about telling the news if he really died, or even just got injured. The question is: How?

My money is on the "heroic sacrifice" variety. For example: Demiurge's plan is for Ainz to "defeat" him and appear as a hero. However, by turning it into a heroic sacrifice instead, it solidifies Ainz's image as a great and heroic ruler even further. Then the Theocracy would try to use this opportunity to attack the Sorcerous Kingdom, thinking that they are without a leader, then Ainz returns and he now has the casus belli to curbstomp them, and the other human countries are even going to cheer for him. And then Demiurge will gush about what a genious he is.