Lakyus is poisoned and mind-controlled by her friends in front of the princess ~ Overlord IV ep 12

Lakyus was poisoned by her group because they knew she would stay to protect the kingdom. They disagreed and wanted to escape.
Overlord IV episode 12
Overlord IV episode 12

[purboyoananda]

This equivalent to of me stopping my drunk friends from doing something stupid. Except he keep screaming "BRO I'M NOT DRUNK STOP HITTING ME!!"

[haukeejohnson]

this just shows you how much they care about each other so much that they would even beat her to a bloody pulp if it meant saving there stubborn friend from going into a fight they know she can't win and would die very easily she's one of those determined anime characters that no matter how much you trie to convince them that they can't beat the villains they would rather keep fighting than give.

[jack-exzolt]

For those who wanted context why they had to resort of beating her down, it's because Lakyus is built like a tank. A simple Charm Person spell wouldn't cut it because she has a high magic resistance being a Cleric and Templar class, basically an Anti-Mage type. They had to wittle down her defenses and catch her with her armor on to be able to take her away from E-Rantel.

Because if Lakyus was well-equipped, she could have taken all of them down. Not to mention she has one of the swords once used by the 13 Heroes.

[arsyadidris]

An extreme example of “b*tch, u coming with us wether u like it or not. Why? Coz we ur friends, thats why”😂😂😂

[mael]

man i was so suprised on this scene that i thought they were killing a spy from nazarick lol

[kurodracovalladares]

When The "Power of Friendship" backfires

[colin]

for those of you wondering, this is the last time we ever see blue rose.

[jeramahia]

Lakyus is definitely best girl of this show. Just look at her! She's the total package!

[KeeKage]

This could be a great plot point.
Yes her friend did this to save her from a unwindable suicide mission.
But they poisoned her, beat her bloody, resorted to brainwashing, and kidnapping. Leaving countless people to die. Completely betraying her trust and friendship she had in them. And going agents her wishes. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if she wanted nothing to do with them afterwards and completely disbanded the blue Roses.
Shame we’ll never see the fallout of this act because the Blue roses are not seen again after this little backstabbing.! 🤬

[zemox]

I will be very surprised if Lakyus isn't angry after thus betrayal

[whammycheng]

Lelouch - yeah, I don’t see any problems. Even I had to Geass my best friend who was being a suicidal idiot that constantly preached “it is better to die rather than breaking the rules!”

[CaporegimeMarcus]

Fun Fact: They were all supposed to be 💀 in the LN, but the editors forced the author to change it because they were too popular.

I like to think Lakyus getting so severely beaten up is mainly the author venting his frustration with the editor 😅

[TalesOfGod]

They saved Lakyus from herself in the only way that they could. Death is the least of her worries when it concerns Nazarick.

[Freyazukiofficial]

: Teach me that spell
: But sir, that's mind control and it's
very difficult
:Teach Mee that spell

[quanghuyvu]

Man, I must say

Lakyus is damn beautiful and quite strong for a human
And Evileye in the bonus volume is damn cute!

[linhle]

Yeah they took the term "We'll get to live to fight for another day" quite literally

[ChristopherWhiteRock]

Yeah...fighting Nazarick would have been a guaranteed death. There is literally nothing anyone in that Kingdom could've done to stop the destruction once the wheels were turning. An organization that has individuals stronger than entire nations combined, with an array of servants each capable of taking out armies alone, with an endless supply of low - supreme undead and monsters at their disposal. What does killing 10 Death Knights mean if 20 more are made from the corpses of your friends? What does purging 1000 Zombies/Skeletons mean if 10, 000 more are made by massacring a village or a town? At least her friends were able to see the senselessness of it all. There is no honorable death. There is no worthy sacrifice. There are only those who live, and the corpses. And the corpses all serve Nazarick.

[ActiveNative]

When first watching this, I felt sorry for her that the two she revived took initiative in doing this.😢
As much I try not to, I keep in mind what Ainz, or his subordinates would do to her since she has a rare revival magic.😔

[rohanshah]

Wouldn’t lakyus be able to throw off the mind control once she’s healed? It only worked because of how we lanes she was, so if she got her innate resistances back, wouldn’t she just break the spell…

[reianvase]

She will never let her guard down ever again and trust them, even if they did have good intentions.