Zance Leazas

"A country is not run by emotion. I am the King of Leazas, and... the man that will conquer the continent."

About
Zance Leazas is the son born from the union between Demon King Rance and the Queen of the Kingdom of Leazas, Lia Parapara Leazas. He was born in the year LP7, prior to his father's transformation into the Demon King, but under the wing of the Leazan royal family and its close servants.

In the same year of his birth, the catastrophic invasion of monsters to the Human Realm orchested by the most powerful Dark Lord Kayblis led to the start of the Second Dark Lord War. While Zance was initially under the protection of Leazas, after the United Human Army was established with Rance as its head, he was instead moved to his father's home at Rance Castle along with his siblings, where the main headquarters of the United forces of Humanity had settled following the unification. In the castle he was under the care of Tokugawa Sen in a special room designed to function as the children's nursery, and he remained there for the entirety of the war to ensure his protection.

In the year RA07 the Demon King's eldest daughter, Reset Kalar, put together a plan to unite all of Rance's kids at a New Years Party. Zance attended along with his mother, meeting for the first time with some of his siblings like Dark Rance, Rangi from JAPAN, Lelikov from Helman, and a few others. It would become a regular occasion for the children to socialize, and their parents could discuss state affairs at the same time. An invitation was also extended to Demon King Rance, but he never once attended. At one point during one of these meetings, Zance was victim of an incident with his sister Sushinu the Gandhi, princess of Zeth. While playing in the garden of the castle, Zance convinced Sushinu to use her magic to pick an apple from a tall tree but, being in possession of tremendous magical power that couldn't control at the time, his sister accidentally exerted a powerful magical force that left her brother grievously injured. His mother, Queen Lia, was so enraged by this incident that it nearly ended in all-out war between the two kingdoms, but her rage soothed down after Zance's life was confirmed to be out of danger.

At some point, Zance became the apprentice of the finest swordsman in Leazas Rick Addison, a warrior of extraordinary skill recognised for his impeccable swordplay. Having plenty of talent himself and with a notable teacher, he quickly stood out himself as a swordsman. During the events of the War of the Brutal King, Zance was not part of the elite group put together by Miracle Tou like his elder brother Yamamoto Rangi was. After the conflict ended Rick was forced to retire from his position as the General of the Leazas Red Corps due to having lost a leg in a battle against Demon King Rance. A year later in RA11, Zance managed to surpass his teacher's record and replaced him as the head of the Red Corps by becoming the youngest General in Leazan history. Some time after during that same year, a coup d'etat was orchestrated in order to take Zance's life due to an intense hatred from the people towards Demon King Rance after the War of the Brutal King and to everyone related to him. The coup however was easily crushed by the Leazan army and no other acts of rebellion would arise under his mother's rule.

He makes his first physical appearance during the events of Rance X: Part 2 when the El Party visits Leazas in an attempt to make him join the group in their fight against Demon King Rance, as well as finding the Fire Orb that was hidden somewhere in the kingdom. He meets the El Party when he returns from a mission with the Red Army, finding them having an audience with his mother discussing their plans to gather the Demon King's children and defeat Demon King Rance. His mother Lia quickly embraces him upon his arrival, much to his annoyance. He eventually pushes her away and sits on the throne while demanding the servants some food, as he has not had anything to eat yet since his return. While Zance is having his meal, Reset explains their plans but Zance refuses to assist, claiming that it's always been his primal goal to murder the Demon King so he's displeased by the fact that someone else took the initiative over him. However, despite his displeasure on the matter, he ends up agreeing thinking that his brother Rangi will be quick to join and he refuses to be left out while he's not. He then checks on all the members of the party. First he hits Reset for calling him with the suffix chan, he expresses approval over Nagi and Shizuka due to possessing good combat potential, punches Uzume for disappearing for two years despite being his supposed subordinate, he kicks Rocky for being annoying, ignores Nagata-kun completely and finally turns onto El. If El is male he will suddenly and with no warning attempt to punch him in the face before stopping himself at point-blank, coming out satisfied of the interaction having proved his superiority. If El is female, he will instead nonchalantly rub one of her breasts before expressing annoyance over their size and questioning El's womanliness.

After finishing reviewing the group, Zance sits back on the throne and loudly declares that everyone should do as he says if they want the mission to be successful, before giving them a period of three days to rest as he uses that time to prepare for the long journey. He then leaves complaining about how busy his life is as he orders some soldiers to prepare some rooms for the party to stay on those three days. On that same night he will pay a visit to El's room. If El is male, he will bring a strong liquor and invite him and the other men of the group to drink along on the spot, competing with him over who can drink more. If El is female, he will ask to talk with El on private, although they will be accompanied by Nagata-kun. He will declare El to become his woman and bear his child, claiming that it is his goal to have children with all of Demon King's daughter in order to produce the best offspring and that he won't allow her to get involved with any other man. During the next day, Nagata-kun and El see Zance training the Red Army, before he approaches the two. The young general will attempt to convince El to leave behind Nagata-kun and Rocky, as they're weak and worthless for the party. Zance explains how the Demon King's children have no Level Cap and, thus, possess an immeasurably higher potential than anyone else, making any other members on a party of the siblings trivial and bothersome. Despite Zance's arguments El will, in one way or another, refuse to kick out their allies, much to Zance's annoyance.

In the morning of the third day, the party gathers in front of the gate of Leazas Castle, ready to leave. His mother Lia is here as well in order to give her farewell to her beloved son, as well as informing that her sources have found information about the Fire Orb hiding in Leazas, revealing that it is located somewhere around the abandoned city of Scale. In the city, Zance notices a soldier of his army arguing with an old man and he immediately approaches them to see what's going on. The elder says to be the head chief of a small village named Gago and he's requesting the army for help to exterminate a powerful monster named Curse A that is obstructing trading paths to the village, bringing great trouble to their commerce. Despite the villager's desperation, Zance bluntly refuses to send his army to help, arguing that the red army is pivotal for national defense and refusing to deploy it for a "small fry". He orders his soldier to not move and leaves not paying attention to the old man's cry for help. Nagi is surprised, calling the Red General coldhearted, but the uninterested Zance states that a country is not run with emotion. Having finished his business, the party finally leaves the capital and head towards Scale.

The party reaches the abandoned city, where Zance explains that during the Second Dark Lord War the city was occupied by the Demon Army. However even after the war ended, a division of the invading army retained their position on the Leazan city, refusing to leave the human territory and turning the city into their stronghold, where they have remained for the last 15 years. Leazas has attempted to take back the city on multiple times but they've resisted through the use of guerrilla tactics. As they proceed through the city they encounter small battalions of monsters led by Monster Captains but they're easily defeated by the group. After interrogating a Gal Monster captured by Zance the group learned that the Orb was in possession of the Monster General Darson, the commander responsible for the army stationed in Scale, prompting the party to head towards the headquarters where he's residing. Eventually they're intercepted by a large number of monster soldiers blocking their path, who warn them that the city belongs to the Monster Army now and that if they keep advancing they will retaliate accordingly. Reset attempts to negotiate, arguing that the Monster Army and humanity are in peaceful relations now and that they merely want to meet with the General Darson, but the soldiers refuse, firing multiple arrows at her feet as warning. While the party briefly discusses about how to proceed, they notice that Zance is missing before finding him at the top of a building. Zance similarly gives a final warning to the Monster Army but, not tolerating his attitude, the monsters fire arrows at him, but the red general uses a door he had tore off earlier as a shield to block the projectiles. He then drew his sword Byroad and jumped straight into the enemy forces, immediately cutting down dozens of monsters in seconds. Confined in a narrow path, the monsters were unable to take full advantage of their numbers while Zance effortlessly slashed through all of them, single-handedly defeating the small army with ease.

Having defeated the barricade, Zance takes the lead as the party pushes forward, breaking through hundreds of monsters, avoiding traps and cutting down all obstacles in their way as they finalle reach the commander in charge. Darson was briefly thrown into a great frustration at their defeat at the hands of children, before breaking down into a maniacal laughter stating that humans must be desperately struggling in the war with Kayblis for them to be sending children to the battlefield. Zance is confused by Darson's words but Reset attempts to reason with the General, explaining that the Second Dark Lord War ended 15 years ago and requesting them to quit fighting. Darson asked Alcozuin what his thought were about this revelation, but while the general's trusted right-hand briefly considered confirming the girl's proclamation, he couldn't bring himself to do so and refuted her claim. Darson laughed, saying that such a thing was obvious and that humans must be really desperate to resort to such a plan. Seeing that persuasion failed, Zance happily prepares to fight while Darson fights while commanding the remaining of his forces to charge to the El Party.

After a battle, the group succeeded at defeating Darson and his forces, but the Monster General refused to go down as he faintly falls to his knees. Thinking that he's at death's doorstep, he calls Alcozuin to give him his final command, asking him to continue holding the city to the end and to never be fooled by the enemy's sweet words. Reset approaches Darson and apologises before slapping him with her right hand. Hit by Reset's Clausen Hand, Darson's sanity returns, confused by his own actions up until now. Darson gives his farewell to his wailing soldiers and his body fades within the air. El's party is shocked by his unusual death and Alcozuin reveals that, while they didn't notice at first, Darson likely perished 15 years prior to the fatal wound he experienced shortly after Kayblis' defeat, but his conviction allowed him to become a Ghost, endlessly fighting for as long as he believed the war was still on-going. Having passed on, Alcozuin and his troops made one final salute to their commander. Out of respect, El, Reset and Zance copied the monsters' gesture. After Darson's passing, Alcozuin showed the party the way to the treasure room was in order to give them the Fire Orb they were looking for as thanks for helping Darson. The party celebrates after successfully finding the first of the Five Orbs, but Zance takes an interest for Alcozuin due to his dedication to serve his deceased general. Zance offers him and the remaining troops to become his subordinate, making them a special monster force under his command. As he and his men have little to life other than fighting, he decides to accept his offer, kneeling and bowing his head to his new lord. The new corps then travel back to the capital where the new home will be.

Having succeeded in both their missions, the party prepares for their next destination and decide to head to JAPAN to recruit their older brother Rangi. However, they notice that Zance is absent-minded but as they inquire he merely asks them to wait for him for a bit as he has some business to attend, leaving by himself as a result. While he insisted to leave him alone the party followed him regardless, finding him in the nearby Gago village. Before their departure Zance rejected the petition from the chief to deploy the Red Army to defeat the Curse A monster that was causing them trouble, and Reset realises that Zance came to beat it on his own. The party starts teasing Zance for being a softie, but the annoyed general claims that he just wanted to hunt down the monster as training. The party is guided by the village's chief to where the monster is and they quickly slay it after a battle. With that matter settled, the El Party heads to JAPAN.

After two weeks of travels, the party reached the Tenma Bridge signifying the arrival to the eastern country with their primal goals being the recruitment of Yamamoto Rangi and the search of the Gold Orb that is somewhere within the country. Curious, Nagata-kun starts asking about Rangi and Reset reveals that he's the Sovereign of JAPAN, the maximum authority in the nation. El and Nagata are amazed by his position at such young age, which puts Zance is in a bad mood. He recommends El to ignore recruiting him and that they don't need Rangi if he's around, prompting Reset to calm down her younger brother. The group heads towards Oda Castle in Owari, the JAPANese capital. However upon arriving they find the castle in flames, making Zance burst of laughter. They encounter a JAPANese samurai, who claims that Oni have suddenly appeared through a Hell Hole and attacked the castle, and the party rushes to assist their brother. After slaying many Oni, the group encounters their brother Rangi, and they all succeed at overcoming the threat. The young lord thanks them for their help before being introduced to El, who he politely greets. A young girl approaches the young Lord, informing him that the officers have finished putting out the fire. Rangi thanks her before ordering to gather all the soldiers and staff on the main hall as he wants to hold a meeting, and he requests the El Party to participate as well.

3G leads the party to the meeting hall along with all the subordinates that were currently present in the Oda Castle, respectfully lined up waiting for their lord's arrival. As per 3G's announcement, Rangi enters the hall and takes a seat as all his subordinates lower their heads, while Zance finds himself annoyed at the situation. Rangi reveals to everybody that the culprit for the chaos is likely the head of the Houjou House Houjou Souun, who dissappeared without trace some time ago. While the shocking revelation is initially received with disbelief, his claim is backed up by Houjou Suzu, one of the closest attendants of the Houjou Lord, who explains that new Hell Holes have been appeared in a rapid succession and that the only with the powers and knowledge to open them is the head of the house. Despite her accusation, she quickly jumps to defend her master, claiming that he's likely being manipulated by someone else. While Rangi is dubious, as he personally deeply respects Souun, he chooses to support her proclamation and orders all his subordinates to perform an extensive search of the missing head of the Houjou. Having ended the meeting, Rangi approaches the El Party, promising to join the group after the incident is solved. Considering the possibility of Souun being brainwashed he asks Reset to help him with the power of her Clausen Hand. While El and their allies agree to help him as well, Zance merely stays silent as he goes along with whatever the group does from then on.

After travelling for a while keeping to himself, the party eventually reaches Shikoku, where according to Rangi's sources it is believed that Souun was sighted, as well as the Gold Orb that the party was looking for. However Zance breaks his silence for the first time since his arrival to Owari to show his opposition towards Rangi's more cautious approach, which escalated into a heated argument between the two. Nagata-kun is surprised by their quarrel, but Rocky and Nagi state that it was only a matter of time, as the two have always gotten along poorly. As even Reset fails to separate the two, Shizuka tells El that it is also their responsibility as the leader to settle disputes between member, encouraging them to act as a mediator. As the group keeps moving forward they encounter a high-level Oni named Cogyock taking a nap, which leads to another disagreement between the two. Rangi suggests that its best to leave the powerful creature alone as there's no reason to fight it, but Zance insists that it is a good opportunity to slay it now or it might be a threat on their way back. El tries to settle it with rock, papers and scissors, which results in Zance's victory so the group engages in battle against the powerful oni. The group wins against the oni and continued advancing through the country of death.

Eventually the party finally finds Souun, who's seemingly in a trance-like state. Upon seeing him Suzu rushes towards him. Zance tries to stop her for being too dangerous but Rangi intervenes, advising to wait and see what happens. Suzu notices Souun whispering about Nanjou Ran, apparently trying to rescue her from Hell but the head of the Houjou is in a possessed state induced by someone else by exploiting his grief. She tries to make him wake up but her attempts only make him rampage, forcing the El party to engage in battle against the master of the Yin Yang arts. During the battle the group manages to make an opportunity for Reset to slap him with her Clausen Hand, bringing him back to his senses. While the restoration of his sanity briefly threw Souun into despair upon the realization of what he had done, even considering the idea of suicide, he was able to overcome his grief with encouragement provided by Suzu. The suggests to retrieve the Gold Orb, at it was the other reason why they came to Shikoku after all, and that's it's best to leave them alone for now. After a bit of trouble in a nearby cave, the party comes into possession of the second of the five orbs, getting one step closer of accessing the Demon King's domains.

Once they return they see Souun diligently using his powers as a diviner to close the Hell Holes, stating that he will now tirelessly work to continue closing the other ones that have been opened throughout JAPAN. With the disturbance settled, Rangi gives closure to the matter and decides to return to Oda Castle, promising a banquet for everyone as thanks for their help. Their celebration is interrupted by El, who notices an ominous presence nearby, and a feeble old man shows himself. With no hesitation, Rangi fires an arrow onto the elder's right shoulder, making him fall. The young lord notices the man is not human, who gets up immediately without issue. Souun recognizes him as the man that took advantage of him and possessed him to start opening the Hell Holes, revealing his identity as a Devil. Claiming that his mission to gather a large number of Oni has succeeded, at his command the old man suddenly warps the air making a gigantic entity instantaneously appear. Rangi quickly shouts to everyone to take cover as the creature manifests itself, which turns out to be none other than the feared Great Beast Quelplan. On a moment's notices, the beast exerts an abnormal sucking power that swallows hundreds of Oni into its body. The party feel as Quelplan's suction power forcibly tries to absorb them, using every drop of their strength to resist however they can. Their resistance only delays the inevitable until Nagata-kun is unable to endure the pressure, and is forcibly sent flying towards Quelplan like metal to a magnet. El grabs their haniwa friend and briefly maintains his position on the ground before losing to Quelplan's absorbing force as well. At what looks like death's doorstep, El screams in desperation towards the Giant Beast. On that instant Quelplan suddenly banishes with no trace, leaving everyone on a pure state of confusion unable to grasp what just happened.

Reset breaks the awkward silence by querying about their safety, but before they can barely being to feel glad about it, the devil disguising as an old man returns, seemingly enraged for the events that just took place. The elder mutates and twists, transforming into his true form and revealing to be the 1st Class Devil Neplacus. Fascinated to examine the group in detail, a battle breaks out but El and the others are outclassed by the powerful devil. As they all fell defeated, Neplacus turns his attention onto El, recognizing them as the one responsible for banishing Quelplan. Interested he tries to capture El but Rangi fiercely fires a potent arrow shot at him, an attack that is followed by a strike of Zance's sword. In spite of their spirit, the two were barely able to stand anymore but before Neplacus is able to finish them off Dark Rance shows up. Furious, Dark Rance storms the 1st class devil with a barrage of attacks, forcing him onto a defensive. Having spent a lot of stamina summoning Quelplan and fighting the El Party, Neplacus is unable to keep up with the fugitive Devil, and is forced to retreat to the Devil Ream in great frustration. After fending off the firstborn of the Demon King greets all his siblings, meeting Uzume, Tone and El for the first time. El tries to convince him to join the party but Dark Rance regrettably refuses, claiming that there's something else he has to do. However, he agrees to stick up with them for a little while as they leave Shinkoku to get a much needed rest while Souun and Suzu depart to continue their work of sealing the hell holes.

The party makes a camp at night and as the family prepares for dinner Rangi and Zance challenge their older brother to a mock battle, though they're largely outclassed by their devil brother. As El becomes uneasy due to apparently possessing the power to control Quelplan, Dark Rance provides simple but heartful advice to ease his youngest sibling's concern. Zance attempts to convince El to join the Leazas Army but Rangi intervenes, stating that the Leazan is only interested in the power to tame Quelplan. Arguing that a power like that could be of great service for humanity, the JAPANese sovereign offers to visit his country to learn to control that power, which Zance immediately takes as an act of belligerence as well and the two get into an argument before it gets interrupted by Reset. Having finished their missions in JAPAN, the El Party waves off from Dark Rance and leaves onto their next destination at the Kingdom of Zeth.

Two weeks after they left JAPAN, the party was somewhere around the Free Cities Alliance when they notice a mysterious object. Despite the mixed opinions among the party members, the group approaches it in order to examine it. While El and Nagata-kun don't know what it is, Reset recognizes it as a Dimensional Gate. They're suddenly welcomed by a dramatic ghastly voice, but while El and Nagata-kun are mystified, Rangi and Zance are quickly able to tell that the one responsible for it is the eccentric witch Miracle Tou. After Zance responds with annoyance, the voice claims to invite them to the trial, inducing a powerful suction force through the gate to capture the party. The witch manages to rapidly perform a high-level hypnosis spell that put the El Party drowsy, leaving them at her mercy as they're sucked into the dimensional gate.

The next time Zance is concious he finds himself in the Poly Poly World as he's woken up by El from his sleep, making him furious with Miracle for the unlooked-for invitation. Nagata-kun then tells the others about a young girl who's also trapped in this dimension and who examined them while they were asleep to check their condition as per Nagata's request. El suggested to look for the girl and, unusually, everyone in the party was in agreement as they started exploring the unknown world. After traversing the world for a while they found the girl in question under the attack of some Poly monsters and they quickly fought off the threat in order to save her. Zance tries to give her a precious gem as payment for nursing them and, although she rejects it, he forces it onto her. Reset recognizes her and enthusiastically greets her, revealing to her other siblings her identity as the child of Miracle and Rance Mix Tou. After Zance founds out that she's his little sister he takes the gem away again, claiming that it's only natural if they're siblings. As the medic asks the purpose for their reunion, El explains about their journey to gather the Demon King's children to defeat Demon King Rance, inviting Mix to join in the process. However, Mix completely refuses, not wanting to be involved in their journey in any way. Zance demands her to join but it only ends with Mix responding with hostility before Rangi intervenes to prevent the exchange from turning into a quarrel. Trying to compromise, he proposes to leave that discussion for later and offers to work together to leave the Poly Poly World at least, which the young doctor accepts.

Having spent several hours exploring the Poly dimension they eventually find a Gate shortly after having a meal, which the group suspects will take them to Miracle Tou herself. Upon crossing to the other side, the group find another world, albeit a more cozy and homely one. They're warmly welcomed by the great witch herself Miracle Tou, but Mix immediately launches scalpels at her. After a brief hopeless encounter, Mix is easily subdued by the experienced witch with a Black Arm spell that firmly restrains her movements. Having settled the matter with her daughter for now, Miracle invites the party for a tea party. As everyone indulges on the unusual delicacies Miracle brings in, Rangi asks about the place they're in. Miracle reveals it to be a world created by her in the interval between dimensions, where she's able to monitor their activities on a regular basis.

During the relaxing tea break, Miracle reveals many things to the group, about how important their success is for the future of humanity and telling them many tales of her past adventures with their father. After the tea party was over Miracle advices her visitors to get a good night's rest before requesting El to include her daughter into their party. After Miracle releases Mix, she asks El to include her on their party. While the witch's daughter is not exactly happy with the idea, she's eventually pushed to consent. The next day the party leaves the dimension along with Mix and the group returns to their previous goal, heading to the Kingdom of Zeth with their new ally.

Two weeks pass until they reach the Magic Kingdom as the group enters the Capital Ragnarokarc in order to seek an audience with the Queen Magic the Gandhi. Like usual, Reset is the one doing most of the talking, while El gives the Zethan Queen the letter of introduction written by their mother. While Zance's rude attitude exasperates Magic, she ultimately gives them her support and permission to include her daughter Sushinu in the mission. However, she's interrupted by one of her subordinates, who claims that the princess has locked herself in her room and refuses to go out, likely due to being aware of her siblings' arrival. Infuriated by her disposition, Zance wants to take her by force but it is collectively stopped by the others. The Queen attempts to reason with her daughter but she finds little success, to the point that the following morning Magic informs the party that her daughter has ran away, leaving a note saying that she needs time to think. In the mean time, her sources have also found the location of the Earth Orb that was near Zeth. While the party considers the possibility of looking for the orb on their own and give Sushinu time, Zance firmly refuses and tells the others to look for it while he makes sure to fetch Sushinu, leading to the group ultimately deciding to go see Sushinu first.

According to her mother, their sister has fled to her Dimensional Labyrinth, a pocket world of her own creation sealed on a crystal in her room, making them group invade her personal space in order to talk with her. After exploring the dimension for a little while the El Party eventually finds Sushinu, but as Zance violently yells at her she immediately runs away in panic. The General rapidly gives chase and catches up to her, but after molesting her as a joke the faint-hearted Sushinu instinctively forms a powerful barrier with her magic that stands in the way between her and her siblings. The collective force of the party proves sufficient to destroy it but, as the distressed Sushinu sits weeping on a corner, Shizuka takes Zance away while El and Reset try to converse with their anthrophobic sister. After agreeing to wait, Zance is eventually approached by the three having succeeded in calming down Sushinu and convincing her to join thanks to El's encouragement. The princess approaches Zance and, still with guilt for the incident in their childhood, apologizes to her brother, but Zance says that he doesn't care since it happened years ago anyway. In an awkwardly rough way, Zance follows her example and apologizes as well for scaring her, making Sushinu happy for having succeeded to make peace with her brother.

With Sushinu in the party the siblings leave towards the Monster Forest in the Monster Realm at the border with Zeth where the third Orb they need is. Spending a couple of days travelling together, Sushinu begins to get used to the life adventuring albeit her siblings, especially Zance, struggle to get along with her companion Parsley. They eventually reach the Maginot Line, the magical fortress at the mountain border. While it is not a pivotal point like it was in the past, since Demon King Rance moved to the north at the crystal forest, the automatic fortress still defends the nation from occasional skirmishes coming from the Monster Forest. Shortly after accessing the land, the party happens to come across one of their brothers Mouri Motonari, who had left on a journey to train himself and was fighting dozens of monsters on his own. Zance ends up joining the battle, but his brother attacks him as well, not caring about their relation and seeing everyone as enemies. When they finish cleaning up the monsters, El manages to convince Motonari to join them after he accepts them as his Captain.

After exploring the Forest and facing various encounters with monsters as well as with Commander Tiger of East Helman, the El Party finds the Power Jionsen Labyrinth where the Earth Orb is located. Not long after entering, the party notices a sudden anomaly when Nagi and Shizuka's clothes spontaneously disappear while the former was arguing with Zance. While the magic-using sisters where briefly embarrassed, the uncaring Red General of Leazas pulled Nagi towards him after Rangi noticed a barrier past a certain point, and their clothes return after crossing it back. Zance remarks how every object becomes invisible when it crosses the boundary line, drawing a hanny on the floor with his invisible sword. He tries to make Sushinu get rid of it but she claims to be unable to, annoying Zance and promting him to comment on her worthlessness.

As they look for an alternative route, Shizuka comes to notice that the barrier is expanding. Zance guesses that it will take around a year for Zeth to become a nude area at its current pace, making Sushinu panic while Uzume notices someone approaching. Out of nowhere, a huge naked man shows himself to the party, who introduces himself as Naked King Baphamoon. He reveals to be the one responsible for the barrier, as it is part of his plans to turn the world into a naked paradise under his new Religion of Nudity. As soon as Baphamoon explains his ideology and faith Zance attempts to kill him with a By La Way attack but he fails to exterminate the naked king. Reset attempts to reason with the strange cultist, asking to disable the barrier to let them enter as they only want to retrieve an item, but Baphamoon says that only believers of his religion can enter its headquarters. Most of the party agrees to just murder the eccentric man, but Baphamoon makes uses his "Naked Flash" attack to undress the party, promting some of its more bashful members to run away and encouraging the others to follow. The party tries to find another path but, after concluding that there's no other choice but to enter the nude area, a group is formed solely by members of one gender. Depending on whether El is male or female, Zance will either stay behind while his sisters and female companions delve further into the cave, or be part of the group that goes deep into the dungeon, eventually defeating Baphamoon and destroying the origin of the barrier after finding the Earth Orb they were looking for. Having successfully found what they needed, the party leaves the Monster Realm and heads to the Helman Republic for their next goal.

The party arrives to Lang Bau after two weeks of travels shortly after arriving to West Helman. They meet up with President Sheila Helman, who gives them a warm welcome treating them like her own children. Through a letter, she has already been made aware of their mission and agrees to lend her support, giving them information of the whereabouts of the Water Orb that was hidden in the Huge Battleship in the northern area of Helman Siberia. However, when they ask about their sister Lelikov she tells them that her restless daughter went ahead along with her cousin Hero to find the orb before they arrive, so the group follows and departs towards the Giant Battleship. On the way while travelling through the land of ice and snow they find a caravan of what appears to be a group of travelling merchants who settled on the area for the time being. Reset recognizes it as "Sea Weed", which Rangi explains is a famous moving inn but Zance corrects him, stating that it's not just a regular inn but a brothel. The perverted general begins to describe it for the incredible services it is said to provide, though he mostly just mystifies the more innocent members of the party. Despite Zance's enthusiasm with the brothel, Reset and Rangi say that their priority is to find Lelikov now, and the party leaves Sea Weed behind to continue their journey. Upon arriving to the freezing Siberia at the northeast of Helman they encounter the dragon Hero at a distance, surprising Nagata-kun at the realization that Lelikov's cousin is infact a dragon. Rangi points out that Lelikov should be somewhere near him so they begin pursuing him until he notices their presence.

Eventually the party manages to get their attention, reuniting with Lelikov in the process. However, their hyperactive Helmanian sister one-sidedly decided to make a competition with her siblings to find the orb first, much to their dismay. Thanks to Hero's agile body and their experience maneuvering in the frozen landscape, the party struggled to catch up to them. Rangi and Zance managed to knock down Hero with their strikes but they were only pushed back again by Lelikov, who was enjoying herself at the expense of her brothers' stress. As their race continued while the snowstorm intensified El's group encountered a powerful rare monster named Winter Shogun, responsible for creating the storm with its mere presence, so the party decided to defeat it. After a fierce battle the party managed to come out victorious as they witnessed Lelikov defeating another Winter Shogun along with Hero, however, the collapse of his colossal body onto the ground caused the frozen area beneath their feet to crack, making El and Lelikov fall to a frozen cave in an underground area. Concerned and at the border of panicking, the remaining members of the party then started looking for a way to access the underground area where their siblings fell.

After searching restlessly for a day, they managed to find a way to access the frozen cave where they fell onto, before finding their siblings cuddling to increase body temperature while on the verge of dying of hypothermia and immediately rushed to rescue the two. After setting up a camp, Mix took care of them to ensure their recovery so the party's plans were stalled until their siblings' health improved. Rangi visited them shortly after they regained consciousness, expressing relief and content upon seeing them awake. Once El and Lelikov were completely recovered, the party continued with their mission and headed to the Giant Battleship where the Horus live in order to get the Orb. Once inside they were greeted by the Horus Queen Tera, who was already acquainted with Lelikov, and she gifted the Orb to the group as per their request. Their celebration was interrupted by the noises caused by Jhahlckas, the Horus of Death who was at the time fighting against the Monster Hunter Arms Arc after his revival. Curious, the party decided to take a look only to find Arms on the ropes against the violent Horus, prompting El to jump in to assist her. The group engaged in battle against the powerful Horus and came out victorious. Impressed by the party's fighting ability and wishing to repay the favor, Arms invited them to spend the night on the travelling inn and brothel Sea Weed that was around the area at the time.

Once there the party went to the tavern in order to have a meal when they meet the owner Café Artful, who offers the brothel's services to any of them willing to take them. Rangi politely turn down the offer, though the brothel's head teased Rangi due to his past experiences. Some time after when Arms returned, Lelikov asked her to lend her the Holy Katana Nikkou as she wanted to check it out. Aware of the Nikkou's wielding limitations, a mischievous Arms handed her over only for Lelikov to receive an electric shock when she tried to unsheathe it. Zance tries as well to no avail as Arms finds amusement in their attempts, leading her to propose that if someone manages to do it she will give gift her to them. Rangi, along with most of the members of the party, all tried failed to do so until El nonchalantly managed to draw it, much to everyone's and especially Arms' surprise. Despite the initial shock, she kept her word and agreed to give Nikkou to El. Unsatisfied with the outcome, Arms recommends the group to take part in the Toushin Tournament in order to get a chance to obtain the Corrupted Sword Chaos as well, which had been stuck in stone by Demon King Rance and was used by the tournament as an event where the participants of the tournaments would be granted a chance to take it out, getting it as a prize if they succeeded in doing so.

The group traveled to the Free Cities Alliance in order to meet with the president of the Copa Empire, Copandon Dott, hoping to use her influence to find the last orb that is somewhere in the territory. Upon arriving however Rangi notices Commander Tiger and his army hiding preparing for an ambush, who has brought an army of 30,000 soldiers to exterminate the group, forcing the two sides onto battle. Despite being extremely outnumbered, the Demon King's children come out on top against the Helmanian forces, defeating Tiger for good.

El's party travel to M Land and meet with Copandon, who Reset previously contacted to schedule a meeting with. During the brief 10-minutes greeting that the extremely busy president granted them with she revealed that the orb is located in Toushin City right next to the stone where Chaos sitting atop of. They decide to sign up for the Toushin Toshi Tournament to get both Chaos and the orb. After getting the rules explained to them by Shuri Seihajuu Nagasaki Zance is one of the members of the party that decides to take part, signing with Sushinu as his partner. He and the others split from each other in the Trial Labyrinth where the preliminary-contest takes place, and manages to pass at the same time as Rangi, although before El and Nagata-kun did. After checking the tournament board, Zance decides to split off from the group, claiming that they're not allies but rivals now, leaving while forcefully taking his partner with him.

In the first round of the tournament he was paired against Onigashima Gonfuto, a huge man wielding a massive club and rumored to have oni blood. With an aggressive fighting style that relied on brute strength, Gonfuto destroyed everything in his path, but Zance was able to brilliantly settle the match with a precise By La Way attack. On the second round his opponent was a man named Guts Toudou, a tough and wild brawler that battles unarmed like a street fighter. Right before the match started, he pointed at Zance and provoked him to drop his weapon, calling him a coward and baiting him into fighting him with his fists like a man. The prideful Zance sheathed his sword and agreed to settled it with a fist fight, resulting in a wild exchange of blows between the two. Due to not being his field of expertise, Zance found considerable difficulty defeating Guts, but he still managed to come out victorious in the end. On the third round he fought against the hero from the War of the Brutal King, Alexander, widely renown as the world's strongest martial artist. Their fight was highly anticipated due to both being highly regarded as some of humanity's strongest warrior, and the two displayed extraordinary strength in a flashy and titanic battle. After a long period of relentless fighting, Zance suddenly declared loudly that he was forfeiting the match, resulting in his loss. In an interview following the fight, he claimed that he wanted to make Alexander his subordinate, and for that purpose he had to defeat him in a manner that would be absolute and uncontested, saying that a narrow victory would be meaningless for him. While it is unclear, it implied that Zance realised that he would lose and preferred to forfeit the match.

During the day prior to the finals in the event that allows contestants to test their chances and try to pull Chaos from the ground. Zance was confident that he would be able to get Chaos but El succeeded in pulling it before he got a chance to try, irritating him. On the last day at the festival prior to the finals, he went to meet up with his previous opponents in the tournament in an attempt to convince them to become his subordinates. During the incident that occured in the coliseum, where a massive Golden Hanny suddenly appeared and caused havoc, Rangi along with many of the tournament's participants took part in its subjugation, taking a commanding role among the dispersed fighters to deal with the crisis efficiently. After the Hanny was successfully defeated, Zance attempted to claim ownership over the huge mass of GOLD, before Rangi objected in behalf of everyone that assisted in the conflict, leading to a brief dispute between the two brothers before Reset intervened to stop the quarrel.

After the party leaves Toushin City, he, along with his siblings, makes the decision to head to Rising Dragon Mountain in order to finally face Demon King Rance. Shortly after entering the party encounters the fallen Hero Geimark, who El and Nagata-kun had met the previous time they entered the mountain. The Hero, wandering with its destroyed body unable to die, barely even resembles a human being anymore but Rangi recognises him due to the fact that he carries the Sword of Heroes Escudo. He explains Geimark's story to the others; about how he attempted to take down Demon King Rance by murdering millions of people and powering up the Hero System. Zance wants to attack him and, while Rangi attempts to stop him, he charges regardless even if El also disagrees. The party reluctantly joins in and eventually Geimark is defeated by the party. If El shows compassion for Geimark, he will be able to move on to the after-life shortly thereafter. Once getting past Geimark they begin their ascent through Rising Dragon Mountain, clashing against the Maereeta Squad and large hordes of monsters regularly. Eventually they have their first battle with a Dark Lord upon La Hawzel's arrival, whose influence manages to make the environment unnaturally hot. The party manages to defeat the angelic Dark Lord and continue their climbing, much to the Dark Lord's surprise. They also encounter Dark Lord DD, who they also managed to topple in combat after a relatively fierce battle, but the group was unable to slay him before he ran away. The third encounter with a Dark Lord, La Saizel, ended in an anti-climatic manner when Rangi immediately succeeded in striking her wings as soon as she showed herself, making her lose her balance and fall down in the process. Their optimistic ascent was hindered upon encountering Dark Lord Satella, who along with her Golem Guardian Caesar managed to fight on equal ground with the party. Satella, seeing that the two sides were locked into a stalemate, realised that the only real threat to the Demon King was Reset's Hand of Klausen, shifting her focus towards her. The Dark Lord then jumped away, succeeding in kidnapping their trump card. The event sharply splitted the party as they were overwhelmed with the stress of the situation, reaching a critical point of tension when Rangi and Zance engaged on their most intense argument to date, before being appeased by Shizuka and El.

The party continued ascending as their uneasiness and fatigue grew exponentially. Upon encountering Dark Lord Lei they found themselves largely outclassed by the Dark Lord, who didn't even need to rely on his trademark thunder attacks to keep them at bay due to their tired bodies and unfocused minds. Seeing that the battle wouldn't be resolver any time soon, Arms offered to fight him off 1 on 1 while letting the others advance. The team continued climbing the mountain until dusk when they eventually encountered Dark Lord Rizna. Despite being one of the Dark Lords that is an ally of humanity, Rizna had received the command from Demon King Rance to drive them out, which she is forced to fulfill. In no time, Rizna was able to knock everyone out by making use of the extremely powerful pheromones that come out of her body, a power sealed within her eyes. She then asked a group of hannies to carry them outside of the Demon King's domains. However, because of a silly misconception on the hannies part, they took the unconscious party to Amazing Castle instead, leaving them locked in one of the rooms. Once everyone woke up and realized of their current whereabouts, Zance quickly destroyed the door and they all escaped their inept imprisonment.

They manage to find the Demon King's room where their father was. Displaying an overwhelming aura, the group was intimidated and terrified in his presence, and without Reset present at the time as she had been kidnapped by Satella, their prospects for victory were low enough to throw most of them into despair. A brief battle took place where El's party was thoroughly crushed. El, Rangi and Zance were the only ones left barely standing. Rance expressed disappointment over his children's fighting ability and was determined to finish them off, before he was stopped by Shizuka who offered herself in exchange of letting everyone go, with Nagi staying with her. Covered in wounds, the party continued descending from Rising Dragon Mountain for several hours in an attempt to run away until they encountered a tattered Arms, who had engaged in battle against Dark Lord Lei and was resting after facing defeat. Finding a moderately safe spot, Rangi along with all his siblings gave in to her fatigue and collapsed on the spot. Immediately after, the Devil Neplacus appeared on the scene. Wishing to make an experiment after noticing in their previous encounter that El Mofus was a special existence, he summoned the Great Beast Quelplan, who absorbed the defenseless members of the group. When Zance woke up he found himself in a strange but beautiful place submerged in an unknown substance. His dreams were interrupted by El, who had been rescued by Dark Rance and urged them to escape, helping each of them to get freed from the viscous liquid they were in. After everyone was rescued, Dark Rance managed to safely get everyone out of the beast's innards at the cost of leaving his treasured sword Gram behind.

Following their successful escape, the party was found by their mothers, who were desperately looking for them after they heard that they disappeared during their battle, and they were all taken to Rance Castle. After regaining consciousness, they all noticed that they had lost a chunk of their strength during the period they spent on Quelplan's body, which possesses the unique property of absorbing the power of those it swallows. This coupled with the overwhelming defeat they suffered at the hand of Demon King Rance left them all severely depressed and buried under feelings of hopelessness. Seeing no chance of victory, they plan to give up and hide in JAPAN while bolstering their defenses to prepare for the unavoidable invasion that will eventually come. However, at that moment, Reset, Shizuka and Nagi show up, much to their siblings joy, revealing that they were rescued by Tiger. Reset claims that no one but El has the right to decide when their adventure ends, as he/she was the one that started it. Reset then asks what El wants to do, who responds by wanting to continue as all their siblings asks for assurance over their decision. Zance asks El why they want to defeat the Demon King and, upon hearing their answer, recovers his will to fight and agrees to participate. However despite their re-established confidence, in order to challenge the Demon King again they all need to get stronger than before.

In order to do so, many of the world's most talented veterans like Miracle Tou, Alexander, Uesugi Kenshin, Rick Addison, Tillday Sharp, British, Patton Misnarge, among others travel to Rance Castle in order to train them. Using Miracle's dimension travelling ability they move to Poly Poly One, a world where time flows differently from the continent. After an undetermined amount of time in the alternate dimension, the group returned having finished their training considerably improving their abilities and raising their levels tremendously. Once they have all returned, Arms Arc reveals that she's going to retire from adventuring following Mix's advice after she determined that she suffers from a grave illness. As a final send-off, she organised a treasure hunting event where she distributes some of the rare items and legendary weapons she's collected over the years to the party, though they would have to get them themselves by finding them on the places Arms hid them based on some clues she would give. She pairs up the members of the El Party on small groups of two or three by using a special item that matches up people that are most fond of each other.

If Zance is El's "Best Friend" during this event, he will accompany El on the quest given to them by Arms, where they will travel to Hanny in the Sky, a strange hanny settlement made to be a paradise for hannies. There, they will meet the Hanny King, fight either Dark Lord Masuzoe or Kawazoe, and find the rare items that were hidden by Arms. If Zance is not El's "Best Friend" at the time, he will go treasure hunting with Sushinu instead. Once the treasure hunting is over everyone is determined to go to Rising Dragon Mountain once more but their enthusiasm is halted by Reset who, at the last minute, proposed everyone to go on a relaxing trip to hot springs before the final battle.

The party would leave the following morning and head towards Rising Dragon Mountain in order to challenge Demon King Rance once more. During their second ascent, the group found themselves in a continuous series of battles against each individual Dark Lord that was part of Rance's inner circle, and they successfully managed to defeat Dark Lords La Saizel & La Hawzel, DD(killed), Lei, Rizna, Silky, Hornet and finally Satella upon making it to Amazing Castle. Once again they entered the Demon King's room and encountered their father. Zance and her siblings engaged in a climatic battle against Demon King Rance but, while their fighting ability allowed them to fare against the Demon King much better than the last time, they were still largely incapable of matching him until his concentration was momentarily shaken when he caught sight of the Frozen Sill Plain during the battle, giving the party a window of opportunity for Reset to slap him and restore his sanity. Zance would later take part in the final battle against the corrupted entity known as Blood Memories, which manifested after the unexpected appearance of the Great Beast Quelplan in the Demon King's domains and its even more unexpected absorption of the Demon King's blood after it consumed Demon King Rance. During the battle, Blood Memories took the form of every Demon King in history, imitating the fighting style and forcing the party to defeat a powerful image of each Demon King. After a long and titanic battle, the group managed to come out victorious, destroying the sinful existence and erasing the Demon King System for good.

Having succeeded in their mission, the El Party disbanded some time after as each of their siblings returned to their respective countries. If Zance was El's Best Friend during the ending, he will fulfill his promise with El and the two will go on an another adventure together.

Zance also makes one brief final appearance in the epilogue that takes place 20 years after the events of the game, where he is shown along with Almond Sharp, Sturm Addison and his mother Queen Lia, irritated that he still hasn't become King.

Personality and Appearance
Among Rance's children, Zance is the one most similar to him in terms of appearance, differing mainly in his hair and attire. He has dark gray hair with a blue tint and matching colored eyes. He wears a decorated version of the Leazas Red Corps armor but, unlike Rick Addison, he does not wear the signature helmet of the red corps. Like all of Rance's children, Zance also possesses his father's iconic sharkteeth, as well as his signature laugh.

Zance is a man that leaves a strong impression on people, described as the most problematic child of Demon King Rance and the one that took the most from him. He is arrogant, haughty, quite violent and very rude, arguably even more so than his father was, speaking in a very rough and uncouth style of speech despite his position as a prince. If anything, his position as Leazan royalty only boosted his ego, as he holds no respect for authority and societal hierarchies. He doesn't even respect other rulers, believing every other nation to be inferior to Leazas and expecting them to lower their heads and do as he demands. His mindset also pertains to that of a rich spoiled brat, having been raised as the only son of the queen of the richest country of the world, making him wasteful and excessively prideful of money. He frequently acts as if he already was the King of Leazas despite the fact that his mothers holds the crown and the political power, actively behaving as such even when his mother is present. Like Lia, he's extremely ambitious and has great aspirations for conquest, aiming to have the entire continent under Leazas' control one day. He's always eyeing out for anyone that can potentially prove beneficial to his nation, and will switch to a friendly and pleasant demeanor before inviting them to come to Leazas. While he's not as smooth as someone like Rangi, Zance knows how to get people on his side with his spirit and self-confidence, proving himself as a worthy leader and actively seeking either subordinates or anything that may assist him in fulfilling his goals.

As it is expected from the child between Rance and Lia, Zance is very self-centered, acting based on his own desires without putting effort to understand other people's feelings, and quick to give orders to others even if he's in no position to. More than anything, he hates to be told what to do and to be lectured, things that he never had to deal with during his uprising due to his royal position and his mother's tendency to justify or forgive most of his actions. He's quite spoiled and somewhat childish, initially refusing to help El and their party only because he didn't want to be following others initiative in what was originally his goal. He's a little scatter-brained, as well as ridiculously straight-forward, often charging head-on without thinking things through. His arrogance coupled with his genuinely incredible fighting skill turns him into a very reckless fighter, believing that he can tower over any opponent he faces and never doubting his ability to come out on top. This also makes him a very prideful person that hates to lose, usually making absurd excuses whenever he's outclassed by an opponent. Zance is also hot-tempered, responding with hostility at anything he dislikes and quickly getting into fights, as well as being very easy to provoke and tends to attempt to intimidate others to comply to his demands. All of these traits make him someone very hard to get along with, standing out among his siblings as a frequent source of conflict, described by El as "unreasonable". He has a playful and mischievous side as well. He enjoys to play pranks on others for his own enjoyment, such as giving El and Nagata-kun fruit in bad state and laughing when they noticed the putrid taste.

Despite his eccentric nature, Zance has a surprising amount of common sense on occasion, being the only one most willing to say what others lack the guts to, as he lacks the refrain from saying what he thinks. He carries an air of self-confidence not matched by any of his siblings, giving him a strong presence. He's very strict and authoritarian with his army, leading them with a fierce attitude that inspires both fear and respect. Nagata-kun is surprised by the way he makes even adults stand without batting an eye despite being only a teenager himself. He's similarly strict with his companions, being focused on his mission and prioritizing success and victory; not caring about things like honor or glory. He prefers to employ only people that are useful for the mission, even telling El to get rid of Nagata-kun and Rocky as he deems them worthless. Despite this, Zance has a passion for challenges that put his abilities to the test, enjoying situations where he's heavily outnumbered or fighting extraordinary foes. Most of all, he loves to be able to prove his superiority to others, which is why the greater the challenge the greater the fuel for his ego upon succeeding. This aspect of his personality makes him extremely competitive, as well as quite childish in his attempts to win. He also hates to owe a debt to others, since he has a surprising amount of nobility when it comes to repaying others for helping him, feeling strongly obligated to do so. Unfortunately, it is partially overshadowed by his childish disposition that leads him to one-sidedly impose some form of repayment to the other party even when they don't want to.

Zance is, for the most part, a shameless individual that acts based on his immediate feelings with little concern about what others think about him, displaying great pride in all his actions and being used to be the focal point of attention due to his position as the sole Leazan prince. However, Zance has a more pathetic side of him that he does everything to hide from others out of shame, even from his family. He initially claims that, as part of his mother's unique form of education, he has been served with hundreds of women since a young age so that he could get used to women, and that he has a ton of sexual experience. However, in reality he has never engaged in any form of sexual activity because he's turned off by his mother trying to record his first time. Furthermore, because women were often served to him, rumors on the military about him being an amazing sexual prodigy began to spread, putting more pressure on him as even when he was asked by multiple women on the military, he rejected out of fear of the fact he's a virgin would be exposed. This resulted in him venting up a lot of sexual frustration over the years. He's usually perverted, and regularly reads pornography or secretly molests Gal Monsters, but he gets nervous when confronted by sexual scenarios. Zance is deeply ashamed of this and when this side of him was exposed to his family his fears were well justified, as even Nagata-kun changed his opinion of Zance from "a scary person" to "kinda cute". He does his best to hide this part of him from others and made one of his goals to finally lose his virginity in his journey with the El Party. However, because he's built up long-time expectations over his first time, he's become very picky over the women he will sleep with, refusing anyone that doesn't live up to the extremely high standards he placed for himself.

Reset describes him as someone that, despite his flaws, is as at his core "a good boy". Although Reset has a history with only being able to see the best in people, her judgement on Zance is more accurate than it seems at first glance. In spite of his rough and selfish exterior, Zance is far more compassionate and benevolent than he appears to be. He frequently attempts to act based on what's most optimal or necessary and, unlike the colder stone-faced Rangi, Zance struggles to fully go through with his perceived coldness. He's a man largely motivated by his emotions rather than calculated observations, though he usually tries to hide the motivations behind his actions, such as attempting to assist villagers from monster threats on secret and on his own under the excuse of training. He's also very defensive for most of his siblings, violently rushing to retaliate if someone bullies them even slightly, as well as generally being ferociously protective in battle. Also while he's usually conceited and fairly obtrusive, he does have moments where he behaves like a reliable older brother, such as taking El to a pub to teach them how to behave properly for instance.

While he might not look like it, he takes his swordsmanship very seriously, training rigorously every day. He appears to have an unusual relationship with his mentor Rick Addison, who he describes as overly serious. Zance has a genuine amount of respect for his master, but while not much is known about their relationship, it seems like he tends to pretend otherwise, claiming that Rick would cry in delight if he called him master directly.

Zance has a complicated relationship with his brother Rangi. Since forever he's had a very poor relationship with him, arguing for every little thing at every possible chance and being constantly competing with each other. Rangi is the one who frequently confronts him whenever he acts thoughtlessly or scolds him for misbehaving, which only infuriates him. The self-centered and rude Zance very much dislikes Rangi as well, describing him as a "wolf in sheep's clothing". As much as their personalities differ, their competitiveness is the one area where they're both strikingly similar. Both are extremely stubborn individuals that hate losing even the most trivial competitions, even delving into uncharacteristically childish situations when it is least appropriate. They are both aware that their personalities don't mesh well, but their rivalry runs deeper than simple quarrels. Because they share the same goals of conquest, they have accepted each other as true rivals, someone that they will likely have to fight for dominance some day. Despite their troubled relationship the two do share some form of genuine respect and trust for the other, as Nagi points out that in the battlefield they have total trust on each other's abilities and are able to fight more calmly knowing that the other will cover up for their blunders. This also makes them more critical of each other however, as they're often lecturing each other as well.

Abilities
Befitting the youngest commander of the Red Army in Leazan history and one of the sons of Demon King Rance, Zance boasts an extraordinary fighting ability, being recognised as one of humanity's strongest warriors, in no small part thanks to his non-existent Level Cap inherited from his father. In combat he's extremely self-confident, decisive and straight-forward, being always the first one to launch himself onto the fray in order to land the first strike, standing out among the siblings as one of the strongest in El's party. Despite his recklessness he's a fairly smart fighter, using his environment to the fullest in battle with a surprising amount of creativity and exploiting any openings his opponent may give him. Like his mentor, Zance is an extremely talented swordsman with a Lv2 Sword Combat skill which, combined with the extensive and rigorous training he goes through on a daily basis, has allowed him to reach a level of skill relatively close to Rick's despite his young age. His raw strength and speed however are considerably superior to his master's, being at Level 85 by the time he joined El in their quest. Despite his character being similar to Rance, his fighting style is much closer to Rick's, wielding his iconic Byroad in battle and shining the most in battles against a large number of foes, displaying a visual spectacle reminiscent to that of the famed Red Reaper. Rick also instructed him with his own special skill By La Way, a fierce attack move that is performed by delivering three fast swings of his sword in a triangular shape, which bends the enchanted blade Byroad in a way that allows him to extend his reach and exterminate multiple opponents in one fast combo. Much like Rick, Zance is able to use this move to swiftly take down entire armies thanks to the effective simplicity of it matching up well with Zance's raw strength and bull-headed nature. He also possesses a unique move of his own named "Zance Attack", a rather basic yet powerful attack that consists of a single powerful blow delivered with all his strength against a given enemy. In fighting strength he's on equal ground with Rangi, the strongest fighter in JAPAN, as neither has ever been able to fully defeat the other in a match.

Outside of combat, Zance is also an adept leader, being quite effective at commanding the Red Army with great results. His strong personality and skill prevents his authority from ever being questioned in spite of his position as a spoiled prince. He's strict and does not give his subordinates much breathing room, training them himself and leading by example while also placing high expectations on them. He also possesses a Government Lv1 skill, making him a potentially adept politician. Ruling is something that he likes to get involved with due to his ambitions to become King, making him fairly well-versed in social matters and management of resources. As the General of the Red Army, his authority is technically limited to the soldiers of his division but in practice it extends to the whole army due to his position as a member of the royal family, giving him a freedom and jurisdiction that is second to his mother's but more prevalent in the military due to his closer presence.

Trivia

 * In the Rance X:Popularity Poll Zance ranked 12th in the male category.
 * Zance hates both hot and cold conditions because he's used to Leazas' stable and moderate climate.
 * Zance developed a dango trauma as a kid after eating one of Kouhime's dango, where he swore to never eat any dango ever again.
 * Zance's name is a clear play on his father Rance's, with the Ra (ラ) kana replaced by the similar-sounding Sa (ザ) kana.
 * Humorously, Rance is incorrectly referred to as Zance by the actual Zance's eventual grandfather Golden Wensding Mark 2 Hakushaku during the events of Rance 01.