They were definitely still in the midst of battle, but both sides stopped moving time seemed to stop as they silently watch this amazing scene.
Killing in one blow. Even the bulky body of the ogre couldn’t escape the fate of being slashed in half.
“… Amazing.”
Someone grunted softly. The voice was clear in the quiet battle field.
“… Unimaginable. He surpassed Mithril level and reached Orchalcum… No, could it be Adamantium level?”
Slashing in half with a single strike.
It wasn't impossible. A few skilled swordsman or those with powerful magic weapons might be able to do it. But if you wield a two-handed giant sword with one hand, it would be hard to exert the strength that was necessary to slash your enemy in half with a single strike, that was common sense. Two-handed weapons were meant to be held with two hands. The whole point was to use both the slash’s centrifugal force and sword’s weight to attack; it wasn’t meant to be wielded with only one arm’s strength.
Hence either Ainz’s sword was enchanted with powerful magic, or Ainz’s strength in one arm was stronger than a normal warrior using two hands. Or maybe both.
Seeing this shocking scene, the ogres unconsciously stopped, made an expression of horror and backed away. Ainz advanced briskly to close the distance.
“What? Not coming?”
A calm and soft voice sounded out in the battle field.
Such a simple question was enough to intimidate the ogres, because they had witnessed the difference of power between them.
Ainz closed in onto the other ogres at an amazing speed, a speed that someone wearing armor shouldn’t possess.
“Waarghh-!
The ogre let out a howl that was a cross between a wail and a shout, raising the club in its hand to face Ainz who was attacking. But everyone knew that was too slow.
Ainz swung the giant sword in his left hand horizontally after he got close.
The top half of the ogre spun in the air and landed at a different spot from its lower half.
That was an horizontal slash, slicing the ogre in half with one strike.
“Momon-san… is he a monster…?”
Stunned once again by the scene before them, no one objected Darwin’s speculation.
“… And so, the rest…”
Ainz took a step forward, the ugly faces of the ogres froze stiff and they backed further away.
The goblins that made a large detour around Ainz’s defense line attacked Peter and the others. The Sword of Darkness members who were watching the fight reacted to the goblin’s attack and started to move.
Peter lifts up his broadsword and large shield, taking the dozen or so goblins straight on. He stabbed with his sword and sent the head of the leading goblin flying. Peter dodge the spray of blood and began a melee battle with the goblins.
“Take this!”
The goblins bared their yellow teeth and gurgled weird sounds.
Peter deftly blocked the goblins’ clubs with his shield and used magically reinforced armor to tank the attack from the other goblin, which landed on him with a dull thud.
“Magic Arrow.”
The goblin that was attempting to attack Peter from behind was hit by 2 magic arrows and fell silently to the ground.
Half the goblins surrounding Peter rushed at the other 3 party members, all of them ignoring Narberal who was standing beside Ainz, the whirlwind of death.
Putting down the composite longbow, Lukeluther drew a shortsword from his waist. Together with Darwin who was holding his mace, they ran in front of Ninya’s line of fire with their back towards him.
Lukeluther and Darwin took on 5 goblins together and were well matched. They took down one after the other, but it would take a lot of time from the current situation. Lukeluther had a pained expression as he endured the pain of his arm being hit by a club while stabbing his shortsword into the gap of a goblin’s leather armor. Darwin took a few punches and his actions slowed, but didn’t receive any critical wounds.
Ninya watched over the battle tensely, conserving his magic. Some of the ogres were bounded by spells, and Ninya might need to deal with them if the situation changes.
Peter was evenly matched with the six goblins he was fighting, an intense battle.
They weren’t overwhelmed by the eleven goblins because of the goblins’ hesitation in their attacks. After witnessing Ainz’s incredible one hit kill, the morale of the goblins plummet, unable to decide between fleeing or continue to fight.
As if he intended to shatter the morale of the goblins, Ainz swung his giant sword.
The sound of the wind being sliced was followed by a sound of a heavy thud. Twice in a row.
As everyone expected, the body count of the ogre continued to rise. There were only 2 ogres left still clinging on to life, one was bound by grass, the other trembling before Ainz.
Ainz’s helmet turned towards the last ogre facing him. The ogre seemed to had sensed Ainz’s gaze from the thin slit of the helmet, dropping its club and running for the forest with a weird groan. Its speed was faster than its attack just now, but there was no way it could escape.
“Nabel, do it.”
The cold command was issued, and Narberal standing by behind him nodded slightly.
“Lightning.”
A lightning which violently shook the air burst forth, striking the escaping ogre with the sound of thunder. It pierced through the ogre bounded by grass behind it too.
Easily finishing off the 2 ogres.
“Run away!”
“Run away, run away!”
The goblin who watched this scene in this despair screamed and attempt to escape, but Peter was faster than them. The routed goblins were no threat.
The group disposed of the goblins one after another. Ninya who didn’t need to conserve mana joined in the attacks too. The Goblins were turned into corpses, none escaped.
With the intense smell of the corpse as background, Darwin healed Lukeluther and Peter’s injury with ‘minor heal’. Ninya who was free took out a dagger to cut off the goblins’ ears.
Turning in the ears will earn them rewards for the corresponding monsters. Of course, the parts were not always ears, and varies according to the monster. But for demi-humans like ogres and goblins, it were mostly ears.
Ninya who was skillfully cutting off the ears saw Ainz and Narberal searching around the ogre, and seemed to be looking for something.
“Is anything wrong?”
Hearing Ninya’s query, Ainz lifts his head and answered:
“Ah, I was thinking… maybe these monsters will drop items such as crystal.”
“… Crystals? I had never heard of ogres possessing jewelry like that.”
“That’s true. I was wondering if there would be rare items.”
“Indeed. It would be nice if the ogres had treasures.”
Ninya answered as he sliced off the ogres’ ear with practiced movements.
“But… Momon-san is really powerful. I knew you are a warrior confident in your own ability, but I didn’t know you were that good.”
When they heard Ninya’s words, the 3 who finished healing up said to Ainz:
“Amazing! As a fellow warrior, that was awe-inspiring! How did you train that kind of arm strength?”
“I thought that you must be rich since you are with Nabel-chan, but what kind of rare treasure is that sword? I had never seen such a valuable sword.”