Boom!
The flames exploded, and a strong heatwave dispersed in all directions, shaking the entire underground labyrinth. Pedestrians on the ground thought an earthquake had occurred. The entire labyrinth room was surrounded by holy flames, forming a closed domain. — The Archangel of Judgment descends!
Seeing this, Ainz decisively pointed a finger and used a magic skill: — [Chain Dragon Lightning]
A terrifying thunderous sound echoed, and the flames on the Archangel of Judgment were instantly covered by a pillar of lightning; the color of the entire room changed because of this thunderbolt.
Although he didn't have time to stack buffs on himself, Ainz could use high-tier magic in his normal state. If a normal Level 50 Angel encountered Ainz's attack, it would basically be killed instantly. In the game's settings, the gap between levels grew larger and larger; under normal circumstances, a max-level Ainz could eliminate mobs below Level 50 just by using low-tier magic.
But clearly, the Archangel of Judgment was not within this range. The Angel stood motionless in the lightning; when the lightning attack ended, the firelight once again illuminated the entire space, even radiating a stronger aura.
Ainz made an astonished sound as he watched this: "This is... the trait of absorbing magic?!"
The skills possessed by this Angel far exceeded his imagination and could even be said to be quite troublesome.
"You protect me."
Ainz issued a command to Nabe.
Both of them were magic-based classes. Nabe's level was only 63, which was a bit higher than the Archangel of Judgment, but if they really fought, Ainz didn't think Nabe had half a chance of winning. This was because the Archangel of Judgment's attribute counters were too severe. The Archangel of Judgment not only possessed the two attributes of Fire and Holy, which specifically countered evil races, but also had the special racial skill of absorbing magic. As an evil-aligned race and an elemental mage, Nabe was countered in every aspect by this Angel's abilities.
As an Undead and a Necromancer, he wasn't much better off than Nabe, but he was at max level; that single point was enough to ignore attribute countering. The level gap was even more obvious in reality than in the game, so Ainz was still not panicking, and he also possessed skills sufficient to bridge the attribute counter. As a pay-to-win player skilled in using items and support skills, as long as he was given sufficient preparation time, Ainz could display strength beyond his stats.
"Yes."
Nabe moved to the vanguard position.
Ainz began to use skills on the two of them from behind:
[Greater Magic Shield]
[Greater Physical Shield]
[Greater Death Aura Enhancement]
[Greater See Through]
...Rays of light flickered on them one after another.
The Archangel of Judgment raised its holy sword with both hands, and a grand hymn echoed around. A holy aura purified the air, and a pillar of fire descended from the sky. Ainz, who was still using skills, froze, watching helplessly as that pillar of fire fell.
It wasn't that he didn't want to move, but that he couldn't.
That was a skill that guaranteed a hit and forced an interruption!
The moment he was struck by the pillar of fire,
intense pain surged through his nerves.
A green light appeared above Ainz's head, forcing him to calm down. If it had been Suzuki Satoru, that single blow just now would have been enough to crush his courage, but Ainz Ooal Gown would not be affected by such minor pain.
Although the Archangel of Judgment's attack had indeed ignored his defense and resistance to cause a certain amount of damage, the opponent had also exposed their weakness because of it.
That weakness was insufficient damage. Whether in terms of skills or traits, this Archangel of Judgment was of the extremely strong type in Ainz's eyes, but the level gap was absolute. Even if the Archangel of Judgment could ignore all defense and resistance to deal true damage, Ainz could completely ignore its subsequent attacks given his HP and self-regeneration speed.
"That's enough, leave it to me."
Ainz held back Nabe, who wanted to rush out. The fact that the Archangel of Judgment's attacks couldn't hurt him didn't mean they wouldn't hurt Nabe, who was of a similar level; this was an opponent that even he would consider retreating from if encountered at the same level. There was no other possibility for Nabe other than throwing her life away.
Perfect Warrior
The Overlord turned back into the Adventurer Momon. Holding two life-sized greatswords in his hands, Ainz charged toward the Archangel of Judgment. Through the brief exchange just now, he already knew that this Archangel of Judgment possessed high-tier magic absorption and true damage attack skills, so close-quarters combat was the best way to respond.
Furthermore, he knew that while the opponent's attacks could damage him, the damage dealt hadn't reached a point where it threatened his health bar, so he didn't need to be so cautious anymore.
While this skill restricted his spellcasting ability, it also converted his class levels and attributes into those of a warrior class. Thus, although Ainz currently had no warrior skills to use, his strength and speed were equivalent to a max-level warrior.
When the Archangel of Judgment's holy sword collided with Ainz's jet-black greatsword, the holy sword was instantly shattered by the overwhelming power, and its entire body was sliced apart by the black sword light.
"Lord Ainz!"
Nabe's cry rang out.
Ainz turned back in shock, looking at the holy sword that had slashed into him. A burning pain came from there, but what shocked him even more was that his own attack just now had clearly shattered the Archangel, yet it hadn't dealt a single point of damage to the Archangel of Judgment.
What kind of monster was this? Not only did it possess magic absorption and true damage abilities, but it even had an elementalization ability that granted immunity to physical damage. With the combination of physical and magical immunity plus true damage, he couldn't think of how to kill such a monster for a moment.
This was a monster that did not exist in YGGDRASIL. Rather, it was impossible to design such a monster, because there would be no way to deal with it except by using special items or a scripted kill. It was just like now; even though his level was much higher than this angel's, he was still helpless against it. While the Archangel of Judgment's attack power couldn't deal fatal damage to him, his methods of attack were also completely ineffective against it.
The jet-black warrior stood there dazed, while the holy angel swung its burning holy sword at him, making the entire underground space tremble.
Although his HP didn't suffer much loss,
the angel's attacks allowed Ainz to feel pain. This was a terrifying thing for Ainz, who possessed pain nullification. If not for his forced-calm skill, even if this angel couldn't kill him, it could chase him until his courage withered.
Ainz deactivated the Perfect Warrior skill.
Under the Archangel of Judgment's attacks,
he applied a new buff to himself.
The Goal of All Life is Death
An instant-death strengthening skill that ignored all resistances.
It was Ainz Ooal Gown's highest-tier racial skill.
Red light flickered in the Overlord's eyes.
"Die."
There was no world-shaking explosion. Although he had used the highest-tier buff, the spell Ainz used next was only a low-tier instant-death spell. After taking this move, the Archangel of Judgment went out like a burnt-out candle, leaving no trace behind.
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