"Narberal, stand back!"
"Enri, get everyone to the edge of the blockade area, quickly!"
Ainz and Kael, almost simultaneously, used communication magic to send messages to their respective teammates, warning of the impending attack.
[Widen Magic]: [Scream of the Banshee]!
A piercing, horrifying female shriek spread. With Ainz at its center, the area within a 200-meter radius was instantly enveloped by the skill. This was a long-range attack designed for instant death, initiating the process of determining instantaneous death effects. However, because Ainz had activated [The Goal of All Life is Death] beforehand, the instant death effect would take hold after 12 seconds, becoming a 100% unavoidable death effect.
[Maximize Magic]: [Cross of Judgment]!
Kael continued to launch attacks as if unaffected. The Lord of Destruction was momentarily bound to the Cross of Light, burning with Holy Fire, and missed the slowly weakening magical light from the Cherubim of Judgment beside Kael. Both sides then launched another wave of magic.
[Eyes of Truth]!
[Greater Magic Essence]!
Between attacks, Ainz used magic to detect the opponent's MP value. To avoid [False Data] deception, he also used advanced detection magic that could see through disguises. However, when he saw the magical aura representing Kael's MP value, he was stunned.
The magical power consumed by both sides in the previous fight should have been equivalent. However, due to factors like professional characteristics and gold farming strategies, Kael's magical power was almost half more than an ordinary player's. Now, Ainz only had one-third of his magical power left, while Kael's side... still had more than half?
"Impossible! There must be something strange!" Ainz thought, feeling a bad premonition.
However, at that moment, the clock scale behind him had spun to the Roman numeral twelve. The effect of the [The Goal of All Life is Death] skill had been activated!
Buzz!
An invisible force suddenly erupted. Everything previously affected by [Scream of the Banshee], including the air, was given the concept of "death." A gloomy gray realm of death appeared before everyone. At the same time, at the edge of the [Field of Battle] isolation barrier, the entire Black Scripture and most of the Re-Estize Kingdom's soldiers, including Gazef Stronoff, gradually lost the luster in their eyes and fell to the ground without a single breath.
Although Enri Emmot had sent them timely signals, their reactions weren't as swift as Narberal Gamma's and Enri's, who used teleportation magic to move away. Unfortunately, they were hit by the Scream of the Banshee before reaching a safe location.
The survivors were shocked and terrified at the strange occurrences around them and the gruesome scene not far away. Their throats felt constricted, unable to utter a sound.
Fear!
How horrifying!
What kind of monster is that living being?
Where is God?
After the shock, Enri finally came to her senses and frantically searched for Kael. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw his majestic figure still standing gallantly in the middle of the death-stricken ground.
That's right, how could anything happen to God? I just made a big fuss.
In the middle of the battlefield, the three high-tier life forms summoned by Kael had all been destroyed by the power of death, leaving only himself. However, Ainz saw no shock or astonishment on Kael's face.
"It smells a bit pungent." Kael frowned slightly, then raised his hand and cast a spell. A holy and refreshing green wind appeared out of nowhere, blowing across the death-affected ground from [The Goal of All Life is Death]. Because the effect of that skill was to 'kill' everything, even the air was no exception. It was given the characteristic of 'death' and became like a poisonous gas.
Kael's level was already maxed out, and the effects of various professions and items had made his resistance quite strong. He wouldn't be killed by this skill, but he would feel slightly uncomfortable.
Ainz silently watched him complete the air purification operation, then pretended to be nonchalant and casually asked: "You were truly able to resist my ability without injury. I wonder what countermeasures you used?"
Hehe. Kael didn't answer, only smiled gently to himself. Verbal inquiries were also part of intelligence gathering. He remembered that in the original lore, the Ainz Ooal Gown Guild had a member who was a tactical strategist, who proposed a PK tactic that could easily win. Momonga seemed to be influenced by this member. If the goal was to obtain intelligence, one had to unilaterally and continuously receive attacks from the other party, deliberately lose the first battle, then analyze the intelligence obtained and apply it to subsequent battles. This was something Momonga desperately wanted to do.
If he knew the character of the other person, why would he take the initiative to reveal his information? He wasn't some brainless villain in a Japanese anime.
"Tenth Tier: [Summon Archangel]!"
Kael reactivated his summoning magic. The Celestial Jupiter Archangel of Consecration and the Celestial Jupiter Archangel of Judgment, which had just been destroyed, reappeared before him, forming a simple combat team again. The highest level monster that could be summoned by tenth-tier magic was LV70. It was impossible to summon two monsters of this level simultaneously.
Kael was able to do this because his profession included the exclusive high-tier profession, [Heavenly Contractor]. The effect of this profession's special skill, [Divine Angelic Pact], was to enhance the summoning power of angels and achieve this impossible goal. Of course, great skills have limitations. Kael could only activate the [Divine Angelic Pact] effect five times a day. As for the Light King Knight he had summoned earlier, it was similar to this, but because the summoned creature was of a higher level, the limitation was greater, and he could only summon it once a day.
Seeing the Cherubim reappear, Kael couldn't help but smile. In addition to being able to continuously heal friendly forces, the Consecrated Cherubim had no attacking or enhancing abilities, but it remained Kael's favorite high-tier angel summon. This was because it had a special invincible ability: canceling enemy skill attacks. Earlier, when Ainz used the combination of [The Goal of All Life is Death] + [Scream of the Banshee], Kael relied on the Cherubim's special ability to avoid it. Although the timing had to be very precise, activated before the enemy's skill hit you, and in return, the Consecrated Cherubim would instantly die.
After protecting himself again, Kael was too lazy to waste time talking nonsense with Ainz and prepared to use high-tier magic attacks again.
At this moment, the [Field of Battle] barrier that had been blocking the battlefield and preventing anyone from entering or leaving suddenly began to fluctuate. As the one who cast the skill, Kael was certain the duration of this special skill hadn't ended. The only possibility was that an outside party was violently attacking the barricade.
"Damn it, you came so fast."
After realizing what was happening, Kael decisively abandoned the idea of killing Ainz. He used [Greater Teleportation] to return to Enri and the others.
Ainz was confused by his unexpected actions, but the collapsing blockade barrier completely resolved his doubts. A large number of black shadows appeared in the sky, and one of them flew towards him at incredible speed. "Ainz-sama! Are you alright?"
"Albedo... I'm fine." Ainz felt relieved and reported to the visitor that he was safe.
When he turned to look in the other direction, he saw Kael and most of the otherworld natives. Only a few horses and some dead humans remained on the scene.
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