Talk:Overlord Volume 07/@comment-35497371-20180630162302/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180724163207

Arche could have been incorporated into Nazarick one way or another. It's not like Ainz couldn't use lessons on noble etiquette, or another talented caster to experiment with.

But her death, especially compared with the outcome in the web novel, serves a crucial narrative purpose in highlighting the essential theme that develops more fully in the Paladin of the Holy Kingdom arc.

Ultimately, Ainz will not allow other nations to use their own people as human shields against Nazarick. Nor would allowing such behavior do anything to spare the suffering of the people in the long run. Arche is a test case, a pretty human shield for the Emperor's decision to deal treacherously with Nazarick. And in response Ainz lets it be known that such a strategy isn't going to be rewarded.