Chapter 576: Super-Tier Magic? I

Super-Tier Magic: Fallen Down.

The intense heat generated by the super-high thermal source expanded instantly, greedily devouring everything within its area of effect.

It was a pure fire-attribute damage spell, possessing no other secondary effects.

Yet, as a Super-Tier spell, its destructive power was undoubtedly world-shattering.

There is no need to mention the Undead army or the Allied Forces of the various nations that were caught in the blast.

Even Xia Xia Xia Tiya, who had reached the level cap and was fully equipped with divine-tier gear, had her body instantly vaporized by the terrifying high-temperature magic!

Because the spectacle brought about by the Super-Tier magic was far too shocking, the two sides that had been locked in combat stopped fighting in unison.

When the blinding white light gradually dissipated, all the survivors were left stunned, staring at the crater that had appeared on the earth—a pit over ten kilometers in diameter, its surface covered in scorched rock.

"Ainz-sama!"

Seeing Ainz kneeling on the ground with a longsword impaled through his core, the Guardians of Nazarick abandoned their opponents immediately and rushed to his side without hesitation.

To them, the safety of the Supreme Being was above all else.

Albedo, in particular, did not hesitate to pull out the healing item Ainz had left with her for emergencies.

"Ainz-sama, are you alright..."

Watching Ainz pull out the longsword that had been driven into his core, his HP slowly recovering under the effect of the healing item, Albedo could not help but ask with a worried expression.

"That was truly a close call. If I hadn't used 'Body of Effulgent Beryl' and 'Body of Brilliant Azure' beforehand..."

"... to reduce physical and piercing damage, this 'Flyer's Orb' inside my body might have truly been destroyed."

Looking at the 'Blade of the Desireless' in his hand, Ainz's face betrayed a lingering fear.

His HP had truly been pushed to the absolute limit; if Albedo and the others had arrived even a second later, the bleeding effect alone would have been enough to finish him off.

The Third Prince of the Kingdom, Seiya, was likely the strongest character they had encountered since arriving in this other world.

If not for Xia Xia Xia Tiya using her special skills to pin him down at the cost of her own life, he would have been no match for the prince in a one-on-one duel.

Although he was a native of this world, Ainz estimated that even in the YGGDRASIL game, Seiya would have been at the top tier of players.

This prince made Ainz realize that while most creatures in this world were weak and powerless, one could not afford to be careless.

"Although he is a formidable enemy, this is still Ainz-sama's victory.

As expected of our Supreme Being. Since the enemy leader has been struck down by Ainz-sama..."

"... then those foolish people who oppose Ainz-sama should now understand..."

"BOOM——————!"

Before Albedo could finish her sentence, a figure shot out from the massive crater, streaking past Ainz and his subordinates before slamming violently into a boulder.

This sudden turn of events put Albedo and the others on high alert instantly.

When they clearly identified the figure clad in crimson armor that had been sent flying from the distance and smashed into the rock, they were shocked to discover it was Xia Xia Xia Tiya.

"Ainz-sama, that human... he isn't dead yet. He is a true monster!"

"Under the impact of the Super-Tier magic, he didn't use any items, nor did he resurrect; he simply withstood the shock of the Super-Tier magic completely unscathed..."

After saying this, she lost consciousness.

Having borne the brunt of the Super-Tier magic alongside Seiya, she had undoubtedly been killed.

But because she carried a magic resurrection item, she had been revived at full HP.

Yet, upon her revival, she was shocked to find that Seiya, who had also been struck by the Super-Tier magic, was not dead either!

Not only was he not dead, he appeared to be completely unharmed!

YGGDRASIL did possess resurrection items, but resurrection was not without cost.

Even when using a high-level resurrection item, while there was no penalty like level loss, the user would be afflicted with a status effect preventing consecutive resurrections in a short period.

Xia Xia Xia Tiya saw clearly that Seiya had no such status effect, and his stats and level had not decreased.

This meant he had survived Ainz's Super-Tier magic!

Before the revived Xia Xia Xia Tiya could react, Seiya had already launched a violent assault.

Xia Xia Xia Tiya had intended to use her 'Impure Shockwave Shield' to defend.

But when Seiya's slash descended, she remembered that the previous battle had exhausted her usage limit for special skills.

Looking at her Spuit Lance stuck not far away, she wanted to retrieve it, but it was clearly too late.

Thus, forced to cross her arms in defense, she was sent flying by Seiya's sword!

Even the arms she had crossed in front of her chest were severed by Seiya's strike.

If not for her being a vampire with rapid self-healing capabilities, that single slash would have been enough to empty the HP bar of the newly-revived Xia Xia Xia Tiya.

The members of Nazarick were unwilling to believe what Xia Xia Xia Tiya had just said.

But when they saw a certain figure slowly walking out of the deep pit and heading toward them, Albedo and the others wore expressions of disbelief.

Super-Tier magic was powerful enough as it was, and it had been cast by Ainz, the strongest magic caster among the Supreme Beings.

Yet, after taking such an attack head-on, the opponent was not only alive but completely unscathed!

"Could he have used a World-Class Item?"

Albedo and the others could only think of World-Class Items to explain a power that surpassed Super-Tier magic.

"World-Class Item? So that's what you think?"

"But unfortunately, you might have guessed wrong."

"Although I do possess World-Class Items, I'm not wealthy enough to use them as casually as you do in Nazarick."

"The reason I was able to withstand the Super-Tier magic was thanks to my own special skill—Damage Nullification."

That's right; Seiya had survived Ainz's Super-Tier magic by using the divine skill of the Kuriboh.

By paying the price of his own life force, he had activated this divine skill to directly nullify the terrifying power of the Super-Tier spell.

Although the cost in lifespan was a bit painful, that consumption was nothing to him, now that he possessed the inheritance of the 'Eight Greed Kings'.

This was a fantasy world; there were countless ways to extend one's lifespan. If it really came down to it, he could just stop being human and switch to a long-lived race like an elf.

(End of Chapter)