After burning the insides of the body, the lightning disappeared, leaving a smoking Kajit rolling on the ground.
The charred, burning smell was everywhere.
Narberal shrugged, mumbling at Kajit who was now a heap of charred flesh:
“Even a lower life form (worm) smells nice after grilling… I wonder if its fine to give it to Entoma as a present.”
When she mentioned her colleague who preys on humans, Narberal had a sarcastic smile.
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The warrior was holding up his arms, as if he was waiting for a hug.
“… What are you playing at~? Giving up?”
“Give up what? Since I gave Narberal the order, I thought it’s time for us to settle this.”
“What? Are you daydreaming~? Your martial arts are laughable, do you think you can win against me, the great Clementine? How infuriating.”
“It’s impressive for the weak to crack such jokes.”
The agitated Clementine wanted to rebuke ‘that’s you right?’, but she calmed herself.
The warrior skills of the man in front of her were laughable, but his physical might was abnormally good. From what she knew, he was just beneath the two celestials── The black scripture’s ‘Special’ and the chief captain. He swung the swords chaotically as he pleased, and it would be deadly if she slipped up and got hit.
Acting her usual self, Clementine taunted with a mocking smile:
“…Never mind, I agree we should finish this~”
The warrior Momon shrugged in reply.
Clementine observed the posture of this man calmly. He was full of openings, but that couldn’t be all. This must be a trap.
But Clementine had no choice. What she said sounded as if she was kidding, but she was actually serious. She could escape with the power of the Skeletal Dragon, but she couldn’t waste time. It was needed to throw the members of the Windflower Scripture off her tail, but she already spent too much time playing around.
Clementine squatted down slowly, tightening her grip on the Stiletto.
Finish the fight quickly. If possible, do it in one hit.
Not having time to waste was a reason, but the warrior before her was getting more coordinated in his movements. It would be safer to dispose of him before he grew any stronger.
Breathing out deeply, Clementine sprinted. 「Pace of the Wind」, 「Greater Evasion」, 「Ability Boost」, 「Greater Ability Boost」, she used the same four martial arts as before to make up for the difference in their physical abilities. No matter what Momon does, she could still use more martial arts.
In the accelerated world, she could grasp the movement of her opponent perfectly.
He might draw the sword from the ground or use martial arts, unarmed combat or hidden weapons. No, maybe he would use a throwing weapon.
Clementine thought of the dozens of ways her foe might fight. Clementine was confident she could break through all of them.
But all of Clementine’s guesses missed the mark.
── The opponent didn’t do anything.
The dark warrior simply open his arms, waiting for the attack to land.
A chill went down her spine. This was beyond Clementine’s imagination, a fear of the unknown.
Should she strike courageously or retreat and escape?
She had only two paths to take.
Clementine might be cruel and heartless, but she was no fool. In that split second, she rapidly considered countless possibilities and ways to counter.
The last thing that encouraged Clementine was her confidence and pride.
She had already left, but she had once been a member of the Slane Theocracy’s strongest special unit──the Black Scripture. Someone like her shouldn’t be escaping with her tail between her legs in the face of the unknown and unskilled warrior Momon.
After making up her mind, the rest of the pieces fell into place. With no hesitation and regaining the calm of a first class warrior, Clementine ran towards Momon’s chest── So close they were almost hugging.
“Die~!”
Using all the muscles in her body, Clementine shoved the Stiletto into the gap of the helmet. And she twisted her blade forcibly to jab it deep into the brain. Not only that, she was planning to destroy his other organs, to deal him a fatal wound.
Although the armored arms were closing in on Clementine in the movement of a hug, she didn’t care and continued her attack.
Clementine followed through with her thoughts of giving a fatal blow, releasing the magic sealed in the stiletto. The spell was 「Lightning」.
Ainz’s body was pierced by lightning.
Clementine’s weapon was enchanted with a sealed spell. If the sealed spell was released, the magic stored within would be exhausted. But different spells could be sealed within, so a variety of magic could be prepared in advance according to the situation, so it was really convenient.
The Stiletto stabbed into his skull along with the big lightning present── a definite fatal blow.
But──
“I’m not done yet!”
“「Full throttle」.”
She used her enhanced speed to draw another Stiletto and released the sealed 「Fire Ball」 spell within. Clementine imagined the scene of Momon’s body burning from the inside, and thought she smelled charred flesh.
But── Clementine was stunned by the unexpected scene before her and opened her eyes wide.
“Hmm, I see. YGGDRASIL doesn’t have such magic weapons. I learned something new.”
Even though both of Ainz’s eyes were stabbed by Stilettos, he was still speaking casually. This made Clementine realize there wasn’t any blood when she stabbed at the helmet’s slit earlier.
“No way! How could this be! Why aren’t you dead!”
She had never heard of such an invincible martial art. Or he had some ways to deal with piercing attacks? If that is so, how did he defend against the magic attacks that followed?
Even Clementine who was a veteran of hundreds of battles couldn’t answer this question.
“!”
Clementine’s body was hugged, pushing Momon and Clementine close together as the adventurer’s medals crankles.
“Let me tell you the answer.”
The dark armor disappeared without a trace, revealing the terrifying face below.
It was a skull without flesh or skin. In the hollow eye sockets── were the Stilettos that had pierced his goggles, but it didn’t seem to hurt Ainz.
Clementine knew what that appearance meant:
“Undead… Elder Lich!”
“…?…I had many things to ask you, but forget it. I can only say your answer is very close. Well then──”
Clementine thought that the monster before her shouldn’t have any expression since it lacked skin or flesh, but she felt it was grinning.