“How do you feel? Dueling with a sword wielding Magic Caster? Unable to end it in a flash, what did it feel like?”
“Don’t, don’t look down on me!”
Clementine struggled with all her might, but she couldn’t move as if she was chained tightly.
Liches were powerful undead proficient in magical abilities, but their physical abilities weren’t high. So Clementine should have the advantage. But──
“Why, why!”
──She couldn’t break free.
Once she realized that the giant strength──and the powerful physical abilities──weren’t the magical effects of the armor, Clementine stiffened. The scene which came to her mind was a helpless butterfly caught in a spider’s web.
“… This is the truth behind giving you a handicap. An opponent like you isn’t worthy of my full power── which is using magic.”
“Damn it──!”
“Since the truth is out… before we start, this is annoying.”
With a hissing sound, the lich plucked the stilettos in his eyes out and threw them to the side. While the undead was picking the blades, Clementine continued struggling desperately. But she couldn’t match the power of just one of his arms with all her might. She couldn’t alter the hugging position and was immobile.
After pulling out both Stilettos, the empty eye sockets shone with evil crimson light, looking at the gasping Clementine who was using all her strength.
“Let’s begin.”
Clementine was wary about what her opponent was up too, and was closer to the lich than lovers.
A weird creaking sound could be heard.
When Clementine understood what the lich wanted to do, an icy chill went down her spine.
“… No way… no way, you bastard──!”
That shrill sound came from her own dented armor.
── He is trying to squash me with his chest.
The lich would be subjected to the pressure of the armor too, but he probably used some method to harden his body. His unyielding body was as sturdy as a wall.
“If you are just a bit weaker…”
The lich took out a short sword from somewhere. It was black with four jewels in its hilt.
“I would think about using this sword to end you… But there isn’t much difference in dying from a sword or breaking your back right? You’ll still die.”
Clementine was trembling all over.
When she heard this casual joke, the pressure increased and the force on her chest felt unbearable. The adventurers’ medal she got from murdering others couldn’t withstand the pressure and fell to the ground. The first to fall was the silver medal she just got.
Breathing became more painful and scary.
She hated the arms hugging her.
She hated herself for wearing light armor in order to increase evasion and wearing the medals.
Knowing that swords were useless, Clementine punched the lich’s face wildly, but that just hurt Clementine more. Since Clementine didn’t have the time to feel the pain, she pulled out her morning star to hammer Ainz, but her position was awkward and she hit herself instead.
She could imagine her fate easily. The increasingly painful breathing, her belly that was being flattened and the squashed armor. All these facts told Clementine her fate.
“Stop struggling. I could end you quickly by changing the position of my arms, but you spent lots of time killing them, so I will take my time torturing you too.”
Clementine attacked wildly.
She tried pushing his face away, scratching until her nails were falling off, even biting with her teeth── but all these were ineffective and the unbearable pressure continued.
No matter how she struggled, she couldn’t break free of the arms’ restraint. But Clementine didn’t stop struggling, it was hard for her to breathe and her vision narrowed.
“The dance of death?”
She didn’t have the strength to listen to the soft voice.
With the sound of vomit, filth was sprayed onto Ainz. The red light within Ainz’s eye socket flashed with disgust
Clementine who had been using both of her arms while struggling to escape had become a spasming corpse.
Ainz didn’t lessen the strength in his arms, but squeezed harder. Shortly after, Ainz felt the sensation of a thick bone cracking from his arms.
Ainz release the body that couldn’t even spasm.
With a splat, Clementine’s body fell to the ground like trash. Her face was twisted into a bunch from pain and horror, a terrible sight. She was like a fish caught from the ocean, her organs visible from her mouth.
Taking out his infinite flask, Ainz washed himself clean from the vomit with the endlessly flowing water. At the same time, he said quietly to Clementine:
“I forgot to tell you… I am very stubborn.”
Part 5
Just as he was feeling unhappy about being wet and dirty in his clothes, Ainz felt as if some kind of huge animal was galloping over. Looking towards the direction of the sound, he saw that it was Hamsuke.
Compared to Ainz and Narberal, Hamsuke’s combat effectiveness was worlds apart from them, if they had let him participate in the battle, it would’ve cause unnecessary casualties. Therefore they had him on standby a little far away. Hearing that there was no longer any sounds of battle, he must’ve run over.
Realising that the gigantic hamster’s cute face was painted with a certain expression ──The worry for Ainz’s safety──Ainz felt a little depressed.
The gigantic hamster, not knowing that his master was harboring such feelings, using unimaginable speed and agility as he looked around his surroundings, and also at Ainz in a flash.
“Wa—!”
Showing his exposed belly, he kept shouting:
“… There is a scary monster here! Master—! Master—!”
Still feeling some weakness, Ainz held his head. Speaking of which, I haven’t let Hamsuke see my true form yet, but I can’t let him continue shouting so loudly anymore. Looking around, he could see adventurers still fighting against the undead, although it was difficult to judge the distance, they probably could not hear him, but no one could guarantee that.
Ainz, using a stern voice rebuked:
“… Stop playing around.”
“Eh? This high and mighty voice… So it is my master!”
“… Correct. So can you lower down your voice.”
“No way! Such an unimaginable appearance… If I had known earlier of my master’s powerful strength… This underling, Hamsuke, would have sworn his undying loyalty even more!”
“I see. But I say again, lower your voice.”
“Th-, that is too much master! Please do not treat this king’s oath of fealty so lightly!”
“… Did you not hear Ainz-sama’s words? Idiot.”