NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 41: A Swift Retreat
I flew backwards as the massively strong Albedo slashed into me with her Halberd. I grunted as my blood flew through the air in an arc around me, my eyes widening. I tried to take her on in melee and had found that she was massively strong, even stronger than Demiurge, faster too.
'Spells it is then!'
I used the shadows to pull me to the ground once more, a Crystal lance forming in front of me and shooting out. "Crystal Lance!" Within seconds the lance met with the spinning halberd of Albedo. Like a lathe the Halberd tore entire chunks of quartz off and created a small rain of crystal particles around Albedo. It was crazy to witness.
Then, as if what I had just thrown at her was ridiculous she tossed her Halberd and jumped into the sky. The Halberd was very fast, close to the maximum speed I could manage, but still evadable. Regrettably that was the wrong move to make. I leapt to the side, lightning crackling up my right arm as my eyes tried to keep track of Albedo. This was what she wanted as her form soon switch places with her Halberd and she uppercut me.
"Who's the whore now!? Bitch!" I coughed out blood as my entire body lurched, vomit straining to stay down. She had struck me in the solar plexus and I was struggling to breathe normally. I attempted to activate the pore breathing but found that I couldn't no matter how much I tried. Her Halberd spun in the air and made a large boomerang like motion, coming to her hands in moments. Panic suffused my being as I saw her raising her Halberd in preparation to slice me.
'Fuck off, I do not want to die!' My entire body exploded into shadow as the Balrog behind me refocussed off of Ainz and bore down on Albedo. Its mouth moved as if to make words but all that followed was my form slowly becoming more demonic as from my forehead horns of pure shadow grew. My eyes became burning charcoals as my form blurred and was now standing in the air.
"K̵̢̛̛͉̳̫͔̺̱̗̫̽̉́͋̾́͂͛ǹ̷̨͍̮̥̹̘͙̗̻̬̬̜̥̮̃̒̈́̽͗̿̍̄̂̏͆͠͝ŏ̸̡̼̺̫̥̻͈̞̍͆̏̓́͜͝ͅẃ̸̝̝̰͋͒ y̶͔͗ŏ̸̡̼̺̫̥̻͈̞̍͆̏̓́͜͝ͅu̷̬̩̰̫͕̘͎̔́̃̄̍͋̓r̵̡͕͈͚͍͍̼͕̍̀̈́̽̎̍͗̍́̏̚͜͠ p̴̩͙̺̩͓̣͈͖̎ͅl̶̬̞͎̖͉̹̝͕̝͖̣̉͆ǎ̴̯̀͠c̵̛̥͊ë̸͓̮͉͈͇͍̖͎̩̞͈́́́̋̇̾͋̈́̾͆͑͘͘͜͠͝! " The Balrog cracked its whip and smacked it at Albedo, hitting her pitch black armour and melting several places along its surface. It did very little damage but still caused the succubus to wince in pain. Her eyes glowed an eerie yellow as her aura switched to that of a full blown demon.
Then, it happened... Ainz, with all his power crashed into Albedo and created a drag mark through the mud. His clothes were ruined and charred in several places as his skull was slowly piecing back together. The staff he held was lightly damaged and the Hydra had several new heads growing. My Balrog seemed to growl at the Hydra before looking to the side, a rather bloodlust filled Milim slowly and ominously walking towards Ainz.
"Come on... I want a fight, not this sissy shit!" Her aura turned even more oppressive. The entire battlefield was covered in her presence, the Lizardmen and the now freed Orcs suffering under the sheer amount of Magicules. I grimaced at that and quickly slinked into the shadows behind her, shutting down my wall and starting to attract some of the Magicules that were raging around her. I wasn't stealing any stats from her, I was merely concentrating them all around me instead, allowing the Orcs and Lizardmen to survive.
Milim didn't seem to care either, she was focussed on the badly beaten Ainz. She hadn't even got completely serious and she was already winning. 'Maybe I should focus some more effort in preparing us for the people of this world... Nazerick isn't much compared to Guy or Milim...' The concentration of magicules were intense around me, creating a haze of pure pink colour. It was all made of Milim's power and I could tell that she was holding back. She was only a demi-dragon but she had power in comparison to Veldora and we all knew how fucking bullshit OP he was.
Ainz looked angered and frustrated but Immediately blink stepped backwards, Albedo in his arms. Albedo being happy no doubt. He didn't even respond as he backed away into the portal and shut it down the next second. The mighty conflict that had almost killed me several times was now over, just like that... I sighed and collapsed backwards. It was at this time Rimuru leaned over above me, his expression becoming judgemental.
"Silviana... Why did you send them to help me? Do you want to die that badly?" My balrog had vanished as soon as the Hydra left with Ainz so Rimuru did not see the ancient demon. He knew Milim was there but considered her fine because she helped us out... Which was a dumb attitude because Milim turned towards him and smiled widely.
"Have you come to fight as well?" Her words echoed through the quiet battlefield as everyone almost reflexively flinched. Rimuru looked back at Milim and turned sombre and serious... 'Please just giver her honey, damnit... '
"I don't want to fight."
"B-But I want to!" Her tone was very child-like as her cheeks expanded out with air, looking like a sulking child. I liked Milim in the anime due to her rather hilarious antics but real life Milim was a lot.
"I'm not really interested... I just fought a battle and my people are hurt and wounded..."
"But, i want a fight... H-how about this! I'll let you have 3 free punches! Kahahaha!" I almost laughed at her mood and how quickly it affected those around her, she was like a fairy with the way she played with people's emotions. Rimuru facepalmed but seemed to have the eureka moment I was waiting for. 'Yes! Turn her into your bestie, bestie!'
Just like in the anime Rimuru took his first punch, *Honey Punch!!*, and hooked Milim on the deliciousness of the sugared sweet. She requested more of the honey but Rimuru negotiated with her and soon agreed upon her helping us in trade for the honey. Her eyes glowed happily as she consumed the sweet treat, her other hand picking up corpses and throwing them onto a pile the whole entire time.
'I need a year off for this shit...' Shuna ran up next to me and hugged me deeply, seeing that my dress was ripped to shreds and laden with mud and blood. My shadow armour had dropped and I was now sitting there with the bare minimum needed for a dress. Shuna fussed over me consistently for the next ten to twenty minutes, her hands emitting a soft glow as her healing powers began to manifest, soothing my wounds and sealing bloody gashes. I was leaning back into her body, my energy almost non-existent as my MP and HP was rather low.
Having fought with Ainz and Albedo I realised how weak I was and how dependent I was on items. My ring had saved me against Ainz but this would change in future, he would get more powerful. Especially now that he had been defeated, he was going to focus on empowering his faction, himself and his floor guardians. Most likely he would infiltrate Kingdoms and Governments to start to gain influence, power and Information. From there he would begin to scout out the information of numerous Demon Lords and methods of becoming one. It was only the beginning of his story as far as I could see and If i did not rise to meet the challenge alongside Rimuru then we would become fuel and fodder to his story. I closed my eyes and drifted off into actual sleep as my wounds and lack of Magicules caused extreme exhaustion.
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(Ainz's Perspective)
Slamming my fist down on my desk I suffered from the emotional dampener again. This was the first time in which I showed some of the power of Nazerick and it was spat on, destroyed and slapped.
'That DRAGON!' I couldn't help myself as I destroyed another set of furniture. Not only had Demiurge been weakened and needed saving but Aura was injured, Albedo was worse for wear and I was beaten into the dirt. Today had not been a good day... Along with the disappearance of Sebas, stability was not looking good at all. The NPCs were fanatical and dedicated but they would only tolerate so much before becoming belligerent.
" ' All Guardians are to meet in the throne room! ' "
After sending out that message I used one of my Unique Skills that I had been holding off on.
"NPC Creation...!"
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