Momonga invoked the word of power:
“「Portal」.”
No distance limitations, transfer failure rate 0%.
During the time that Momonga played YGGDRASIL, this was the most accurate teleportation
magic.
The scene in front of his eyes changed.
Seeing the teleportation magic hindered by nothing, Momonga breathed a sigh of relief. To be
captured instead of saving someone would be the worse outcome.
The scene in front of his eyes was exactly the same as before.
In front of his eyes were two girls cowering in fear.
Looking at the younger sister, he saw a head full of chestnut colored hair, braided into pigtails.
Her healthy skin that were constantly exposed to the sun, now lost all color due to fear, her dark
eyes overflowing with tears.
The younger sister was burying her face in the waist of her sister and shivered with fear. With
cold eyes, Momonga stared at the knight in front of the two girls.
It was unclear whether it was because of Momonga’s sudden appearance, but the knight turned
towards Momonga, forgetting about the sword that he was brandishing.
From young, Momonga had led a life bereft of violence. Regarding the current world that he was
in, he was sure that it was not the virtual world, but instead the real world. Even so, looking into the eyes of the sword wielding knight in front of him, he was not in the least bit scared.
With that, he made a calm judgement.
Momonga stretched out his hands and activated his magic:
“「Grasp Heart」.”
CoCayn: Why didn’t Darth Vader thought of it…
Namorax: After Vaders “divorce”, he just wasn’t comfortable dealing with the hearts of other people.
This magic wil crush the enemy’s heart, out of the ten levels of magic, this magic was ranked at
level nine of Necromancy magic. Of the Necromancy spells that Momonga had, many of them
contained the property of death, this magic was one such spell.
The reason why he chose this spell was because even if the enemy managed to resist the spell,
it will still cause him to become hazy as a negative side effect.
If it was resisted, he intended to take the two girls and jump into the open 『Portal』. During a
situation where he has yet to find out the details of his opponent, it would be better to have a
plan where he could easily advance and retreat.
Just that he was completely unable to execute that plan.
With the feeling of crushing something soft, the knight went limp and fell silent.
Momonga coldly looked at the fallen knight.
His heart knew that his prediction came true... even after killing a person he felt nothing.
His heart felt no guilt, fear or confusion, it was as tranquil as the undisturbed surface of a lake.
Why was that?
“So it seems… Its not just the body, but also my heart has stopped being human…”
Momonga walked forward.
While walking pass the two girls, it could be fear due to the way that the knight died, but the
younger sister, suspicious of Momonga, let out a sound.
Momonga obviously came to save her. Even so, the way that the girl reacted to him was strange,
exactly what was she thinking?
Although he was skeptical, right now Momonga did not have much time. Confirming that the girl
still had a bloody wound on her back, Momonga stood in front of the two girls and sharply
watched the other knight exiting from the nearby house.
The knight, seeing Momonga, fearfully took a step back.
“... You dare to chase little girls, but don’t have the courage to stand against enemies?”
Momonga faced the knight who was filled with fear, and started to choose what magic he
wanted to use.
Previously, Momonga had used a spell, the high level 「Heart Grasp」. This was in a field of
magic that he was well versed in. Because Momonga was an expert specialised in death spells,
and because of his Undead Overlord class, the effect of 「Grasp Heart」 was greatly improved.
However, with that he was unable to measure the real strength of the knights.
So in order for the knight to use any of his other skil s, he mustn’t be kil ed instantly. This way he can judge the strength of this world and also confirm his own strength.
“——Since I’ve took the time to come here, I should find another subject to experiment on. You
wil accompany me on this experiment.”
Although Momonga’s Necromantic magic was strengthened, the power of his basic magic spel s
was not high. In addition, metal armor was usually weak against shock attacks, so during the
time inside YGGDRASIL, most people would add shock resistance to their armor. Because of
that, Momonga decided to use a shock spell against the knight, in order to calculate the damage.
In order not to kill the enemy, he did not use any special enhancing effects.
“「Lightning Dragon」”
White lightning that looked like a dragon fiercely surged forth from Momonga’s hands and
shoulders. Flashes of white lightning dazzled the eyes and went towards the knight that
Momonga pointed at.
There was no escape and no defense.
The dragon-shaped lightning hit the body of the knight, letting out dazzling white light which, in a twist of fate, looked truly beautiful.
The dazzling light faded and like a broken doll, the knight fell to the ground. The body
underneath the armored charred, letting out a foul stench.
Originally wanting to chase after the knight, Momonga was dumbfounded at how weak the
knight was.
“How weak… To die from such a thing…”
For Momonga, a level five spell like 『Dragon Lightning』 was weak. During the times when he
was practicing with level 100 players, Momonga would only use spells of level eight or higher.
Level five spells would almost never be used.
Knowing that the knight was weak enough to allow a level five spell to kill him, the tension within
Momonga instantly dissipated. Of course, it could be possible that these two knight were the
only weak ones, but even so he began to lose his tension. However, his plan to use
teleportation magic to withdraw had not changed.
The knights could also have been experts in close combat. In YGGDRASIL, a hit to the neck
would cause a significant increase in damage, but right now, in the real world it could be fatal.
Momonga once again raised his tension. Dying because of a careless mistake would be too
stupid. Right now he should continue testing out his own strength.
Momonga activated his own special skill.
───「Raise Death Knight」───
This was one of Momonga’s special abilities, the creation of undead monsters. The Death
Knight was one of Momonga’s favourite creatures since it was very useful as a shield.
With a level around 35, its strength would be equal to a level 25 monster, but its defensive
power was very good, comparable to a level 40 monster. For Momonga, a monster like that was
useless.
However, the Death Knight had two very important special skills.
One was the ability to attract the attacks of an enemy. The other one could be used only once,
but it would always survive one lethal attack as long as it had a certain amount of HP left.
Because of these two special skills, Momonga enjoyed using Death Knights as a shield.
This time as well, he created it to act as his shield.