Anguish of Realization

"Try to put up some fight, okay?"

Shalltear said as she was mocking the group of people.

"Hmph! We won't lose to a little girl."

The same foolish head hotted man said but regretted soon after.

"Shoosh.. Thud.."

A white light flashed in front of his eyes, and his axe was on the ground. He didn't realize what had happened. But after a few moments, he felt a slight pain in his right arm.

"Ahhh..."

In an instant, Shalltear had sliced off his hand. All backed off few steps. They didn't even get to see what had attacked the 10th seat. There was only the after image of a perfect vertical slash. But after looking towards Shalltear, they got their answers. Blood was dripping from her fingernail.

Shalltear had just used her finger nail to slash 10th seat's arm through his armour. She didn't use any magic. It was purely physical attack. She might look like a cute little child, but in fact she is a cruel and ruthless monster purely designed for combat purpose.

"Now~Now. Don't just bark, and do your best to put up a good show for lord Ainz."

The blood slowly dripped from her fingers, but it didn't fall on the ground. The blood started to float in the air along with the blood pouring from 10th seat's arm. It was the effect of her skill [Blood Pool], that creates an orb of enchanted blood which can store the blood of victims for various purposes.

For instance, it can drain mana from the victim's blood. This way, one can use skills that augment spells without consuming extra MP. But in her case, it was to avoid going berserk due to [Blood Frenzy]. When the blood falls on her body, her attack power soars, but she will lose her mind and slaughter any prey she sees.

"Wh.. What kind of monstrous strength is this?"

"3rd, use healing on 10th. Others get ready to attack."

3rd seat started to heal the arm of 10th seat, while others started their combination attack.

"[Iceball]"

"[Lightning]"

"[Silver Lance]"

[Iceball] launched a bulge of ice magic which freezes the target on touch, while [Lightning] was a decoy and [Silver Lance] was effective against the vampire. But, Shalltear brushed off all those attacks unscathed.

"Oh, my~ I thought you had some guts to invade the territory of Nazarick, but you came here with only this much strength?"

Shalltear wasn't expecting much from these ignorant invaders, but still this was beyond what she imagined. The six stars of Pleiades would be enough to handle these ants.

The holder of 9th seat of Black Scripture, Beaumarchais was a newly joined member after Clementine's betrayal. His strength was comparable to that of an adamantite class adventurer. He's mainly specialized in using chains to restrain or incapacitating his opponents..

"[Divine Chain] restrain her."

Two chains flew towards Shalltear, but she summoned her fans and cut those chains into pieces. In the New World, Divine Chain was supposed to be a god-tier weapon. It was only second to the artifacts left by the six great gods, but it was nothing compared to Shalltear's fan. [Wind of Shan] was gifted to Shalltear by her creator, Peroroncino. It's overall abilities places it at the relic class item.

"Wha..?"

"You've got quite the nice chains, but adding divine doesn't make it a divine weapon."

"Divine weapons doesn't seem to work. We have to summon that."

"You say divine weapon, but it's likely only comparable to Top class items. Well, worms might have their own class system."

In YGGDRASIL, there are infinite variety of magic items and they are categorized into thirteen groups. Three of special cases are: World Items, World Champion Items and Guild Weapons. While the class items are divided into: Divine, Legendary, Relic, Legacy, Top, High, Middle, Low, Artifact and Unknown Class Items.

The ranks has a significant effect for its strength. But that doesn't mean, the magic item needs stronger destructive power to be ranked highly. It all depends on what kind of abilities are added and its durability.

Ignoring Shalltear's words, all the members of Black Scripture retreated a few meters far from Shalltear. Now that it has come to this, they have to use their trump card as last resort.

"You seem to have the last card. I'll give you the time to utilize it."

She smiled from ear to ear and continued her words.

"And let you feel the despair that comes after the realization of the failure."

The captain and the members each felt chills from her words. Nevertheless decided to take advantage of her carelessness.

They were wavering, as this grand ritual requires high magic power and vitality. It could even kill the summoner if the requirement isn't met. The members of Black Scripture stood in their specific position and clasped their hands while reciting the prayer.

"O Almighty Lord, listen to our prayers. We call upon the gatekeeper of the Paradise [Cherubim Paradise]."

After almost ten minute of reciting, a white light descended from the sky and exposed the figure of an eagle faced angel with the height of over 20 meters. It had four cojoined wings covered with four eyes.

"Thud.. Thud.."

One by one, the members of Black Scripture fell to the grounds. They weren't dead but had lost all the capacity to fight and were watching in the hopes to win. The grand ritual just now had almost exhausted their magic power and some of them had also lost their levels permanently.

Afar from them, Ainz was thinking of the summoned angel while discussing it with the people nearby, i.e. Albedo, Evileye and Lakyus.

"They seem to have offered a large amount of MP and vitality to summon an angel from the first sphere. Although it's in the lowest of Cherubim, it has high magic power and less defense compared to [Cherubim Gatekeeper]."

"What is the first sphere?"

"And this level of an angel is still the lowest? Unbelievable."

Listening to Ainz's explanation, Evileye and Lakyus voiced their own curiosities to get answers from him. For them, the summoned four winged angel with the build of over 20 meters was even hard to imagine. They could only keep their calm, because they had earlier seen the great of Ainz.

But to think that this angel was, although in the first sphere, but the lowest. They couldn't even think of what unfathomable power the higher beings of first sphere can exude. To counter-attack them, Albedo also opened her mouth.

"If you see this level as unbelievable, then you've got a lot to see. Now that you've aligned to Nazarick, you'll know more of the greatness of lord Ainz."

Albedo was showing hostility when both of them arrived with Ainz. She thought them to be some low-life mongrels and didn't pay any mind to them. Later only Ainz informed her about their alignment, and she welcomed them.

But still, they were outsiders for her, and in terms of their position, it will be decided upon knowing their usefulness and nature of doing things. So for now, she was still being careful of them and the status of their relations. Nevertheless, she decided to guide them thoroughly.

For their questions, Ainz took the liberty to answer them.

"There are three-sphere of angels. The first sphere is the Heavenly Counsellors, consisting of angels of 8th-Tier. The second sphere is the Heavenly Governors consisting of angels from 5th to 7th-Tier. While the third sphere is the Heavenly Messengers consisting of angels up to 4th-Tier."

"So, this angel is of 8th-Tier. Amazing."

"Will she be alright?"

Listening to their worries, Ainz laughed out loud.

"Hahaha... You don't have to worry about her. Even a group of them wouldn't be a problem for her. She's regarded as the strongest guardian for a reason."

"Yeah. That lamprey has a lot of power at her disposal."

Evileye and Lakyus gave a shocked expression after hearing their words. A group of 8th-Tier summoned angels, which they had regarded as the legendary tier, was nothing more than a bug for the guardian of Nazarick. The power of Nazarick was really unfathomable, that one could only dream to achieve.

Back in the arena, Shalltear was watching the unfolding figure of the angel. She had fought battles as the NPC of Nazarick in YGGDRASIL, so she naturally knew the details of such an angel.

"Fufufu~ You didn't disappoint me. Although you're not capable of fighting, summoning a high-ranking angel to do your bidding was a wise choice."

"No..Now you se.. see the power of hu.. humans blessed by six gr..great gods."

One of the members said while gasping her breath. She had increased her confidence after the praise of Shalltear. But soon, her confidence started to crumble, as Shalltear was still smiling wide.

"Wh.. Why are you smiling?"

Cherubim Paradise, a 8th-Tier summoned angel from the first sphere. She didn't know how many of them had she defeated in YGGDRASIL. Last time, the highest kill count of angels from upper echelon of Heavenly Counsellors was on the day of the 1500 guild invasion.

And now these foolish people wanted to scare her with one summon from lower echelon of the first sphere. How couldn't she laugh? She was only saying those words because compared to them, the Cherubim Paradise was much stronger. But, the members of Black Scripture thought that she was taken aback by the summoning of the highest level angel in their opinion.

"You think a high-level angel from measly lower echelon could harm me. How naive~ What was that about your shit gods?~ You may not be aware, but let me tell you. Our beloved master, Ainz Ooal Gown doesn't even care to remember how many deities he had slayed.~~ Enough talk~ Now, feel the despair of losing your last resort. Realize your foolish attempt to hinder the peace of lord Ainz. [Maximize magic: Negative Energy]."

She released a slash of negative energy from her right hand. It slashed through the angel, and only the particles of white light were left behind, which soon turned black.

"Only O.. One attack."

The members of Black Scripture were in the anguish of the scene in front of them. They had finally summoned an angel of highest tier exhausting their magic power and sacrificing their levels. It was the last glimmer of hope for them to leave this place alive. But now, it was defeated and it only took one spell from Shalltear.

Where they that much of weak? No! In the New World, among known powerhouses, they were only second to Dragon Lords. But here was a different case. It was an unknown powerful organization, they had never heard of. They didn't know the strength of Nazarick and carelessly jumped to collect information about it.

This was their mistake, they underestimated their foes. If only they had carefully checked the surrounding and didn't directly head to Ainz's last location, they might have fulfilled in their information collecting mission. But now, it was too late.

On the other hand, the audience was cheering Shalltear's name and uprooting with loud noises.

"Amazing. Lady Shalltear."

"We knew you could win overwhelmingly."

"Was there any doubt to begin with?"

The maids were also talking in between themselves while praising Shalltear. All of them are minions of Nazarick and they were happy to witness the fight of one of the floor guardians. To see the greatness of their lord and lady, that was the best thing they could ever wish of.

On the other hand, members of Black Scripture finally realized the meaning of Ainz's words. They were being controlled from the beginning to be the product of Nazarick's entertainment.

They neither had the choice nor the path to winning. The opponent sent to crush them was on a completely higher level, and they were on the lowest level. The realization of this was leading them to the emotions of fear and despair.