That class was ’Eclipse’.
「The Overlord that has mastered death in the truest sense will rise to this class. Like an eclipse, he will encroach upon all life.」— was what was written in the class status description.
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And what he was about to use now, the skill learned at level five, which was the highest possible level of the Eclipse class. It was a skill that could only be used once every 100 hours.
The name of the skill— ‘The goal of all life is death’.
In an instant, a clock with its hands marking the twelve o'clock position appeared behind Ainz’ back. He then cast a spell.
“「Widen Magic: Cry of the Banshee」.”
A woman’s scream rang throughout the surroundings like a ripple. It was a shout with an instant death effect.
It was reinforced by Ainz’ many skills, making it stronger than normal and difficult to resist. But needless to say, it did not affect an undead like Shalltear and neither the Einherjar, who was considered a Construct and therefore had complete immunity to instant death effects.
But strangely enough, not even the creatures in the area that did not have complete resistance were affected.
Despite the strange situation, Ainz did not budge. Actually, events were proceeding as they should.
Clunk
With a noise, as if matching the timing with when the spell was cast, the clock behind Ainz began to tick.
As his health was being chipped away by the repeated attacks from the Einherjar’s lance, Ainz observed Shalltear from the corner of his vision and at the same time, was disappointed.
….As I thought, the battle won’t be settled. That Peroronchino, did he set up this countermeasure just for me? You didn’t have to give her a resurrection item, damn it!
He felt anger in his heart towards his friend whom he had been close with, even within the guild.
While Ainz was busy dodging the Einherjar’s attacks, twelve seconds passed. Having completed a full revolution, once again, the hand on the clock pointed towards the sky.
And Ainz’ secret weapon activated.
That moment— the world died.
It was not a figure of speech.
Everything had died.
In front of his eyes, the Einherjar turned into a white mist and began to crumble. Even the lifeless construct had died instantly. Likewise, Shalltear’s kin, succumbing to a power that they could not resist, began to die out.
But it did not end there.
Even the air that was devoid of life died and turned the 200 meter diameter into a space where breathing was impossible. If there had been a being here who needed to breathe in order to live, the dead air would have contaminated the lungs and ended its life.
Not only that, the land died as well. With Ainz at its center, an area measuring 200 meters in diameter instantly turned into a desert.
In a world where only death existed, the only thing left moving was Ainz and Shalltear.
Ainz’ secret weapon, ‘The goal of all life is death’, it strengthened the instant death effect of spells and skills to the point where even those with complete immunity were killed.
A method to defend against it was to, like Shalltear, deploy a self-resurrection effect and so on.
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