Talk:Overlord Volume 14/@comment-43997588-20191103131049/@comment-31.183.196.56-20191118091431

If by the king you mean the inept piece of shit that can't do squat due to love for his brainless first son and only did gestures through Gazef then I wholeheartedly put him together with the nobles.

All the actual good reforms come from the princess, even though they are a ruse and she knows most of them will fail.

Zanac may have a head for politics on his shoulders, i.e. when he had Raeven's help he was pretty decent. Later it is shown he couldn't handle things properly without Renner's instruction when Albedo came to the Kingdom.

The old king on the other hand sat still for a long time without deciding on a heir then wouldn't run from the battlefield if his guards didn't urge him. He didn't even have the power to protect his countryside and fell for the Theocracy's ruse of attacking villiages. The only good thing he might have done is lend Gazef the four treasures in the war against the Empire/Ainz like Gazef, but even if that makes him incredible as a king, it's completely unrelated to his ability to rule.

So yes, right now the only ones I kind of respect and would give my condolences to are

Renner (though she probably welcomes the war), Zanac, Raeven, and Blue Rose for their patriotism.

Climb and Brain are the most pitiful ones here, being under the princess.