When Death Walked the World

Chapter 26

Ainz stood up after a deal well made only to notice that there was a witness. He would question her later, but for now he had things to do.

Maybe something important had evaded his perception while he focused on the Yellow King, so it wouldn't be too bad hearing the events from someone else as well. He reached out with his hand and cast {Boosted magic: Sleep}. The girl just fell over like a puppet whose strings have been cut, when he had an ominous premonition.

He felt something sharp impaling him, he looked down only to see a slightly visible talon the size of a grown man's arm protruding from his chest cavity.

He could hear faint laughter in the distance, as he felt his grasp on dear life loosening. He was betrayed, the deal which so clearly favored him has been broken. Of course, it was too easy, too tempting, how could he fall for such an obvious lie?

Now he would pay the price for his foolishness, for his naivety with his life. Time slowed to a crawl as he saw his body collapsing to the ground, his Hp was in the red, however when was the last time it wasn't? His eyes were glued to his makeshift HUD, he watched as his 1,3% Hp trickled down ever so slowly,

1,2%

1,1%

1,0%

0,9%

No, it couldn't end here! He wouldn't allow it! He couldn't face his comrades saying that Ainz Ooal Gown was lost in time's vast desert, just because his good faith was betrayed, just because he was attacked from behind.

0,8%

His mind went into overload, as for the first time ever since coming here he pressured it to the utmost limits to win every millisecond he could use to come up with a solution. He tried many spells simultaneously among them were {Greater Lethal}, which still didn't work, and only served to corrupt his magics further. He also tried stopping time, however even in stopped time his Hp continued to fall.

Why? He didn't understand, but the world was out to get him. To eradicate him, but why? He would vent his frustration on the world later. Now, he needed to solve the problem at hand.

0,79%

0,78%

He thought hard what to do, his eyes wandered to his rings.

He cast {Wish upon a star} yet the spell circle broke, it couldn't fulfill his desire. It was beyond its power.

0,77%

0,76%

He rampaged through his inventory, throwing around hundreds of useless items, all used to lessen or clear status afflictions, but all proved to be useless. Then, he remembered the WCIs which he had collected since coming to this world. He listed them in his mind and came up with an elaborate plan that was certain to succeed.

0,5%

He pulled out {Ouroboros} and {Five Elements Overcoming}, it was stupid to waste two of the twenty on such a selfish cause, and it hurt his collector ego as well, however there was no other way, he couldn't allow himself to die, not before he made sure that the name of Ainz Ooal Gown is forever engraved in history.

0,45%

Tremor shook the continent, no-one knew what was happening, however all saw a great pillar of condensed darkness rising high into the heavens. Several shock waves originated from that pillar, all passing through the continent. The ones closest to the event were the most unfortunate, as it destroyed even sturdy castle walls in a 10 kilometers vicinity. Even in a 100 kilometers circle, houses fell apart.

0,35%

Ainz stood in the middle of the converging energies of the world, as he made his wishes. However, even after he did so the swirling mass of darkness did not disappear. It remained, and only grew in intensity by the second.