Ainz - Nuclear Blast

“Enjoy your flight. Maximize Magic: Nuclear Blast.”

“Ngh!”

Right before Ainz’s eyes: A flash of light between him and the evil lord expanded, swallowing up everything in an instant. It was only natural for Yuri to be surprised—because Ainz was caught up in the blast, too.

The tier-nine spell Nuclear Blast was only so-so as attack magic. It dealt both fire and battering types, but the total amount was low for the ninth tier.

Against an Evil Lord Wrath, who had an ability that gave him fire immunity, it shouldn’t have been an option. Of course, there was a reason Ainz used it despite that.

First, it had a large area-of-effect, and of all the spells in existence, it was up there with the best. It also delivered the negative status effects of poison, blindness, hearing loss, and more, but he didn’t expect much out of those. At the evil lord’s level, most of them would be resisted, and the Pleiades had gear that would block them. The main reason Ainz chose this spell was its powerful knock-back effect.

The resulting damage affected Ainz as well, of course. In Yggdrasil, there hadn’t been any friendly fire, so it was possible to use it in this reckless way without issue, but now it was a type of self-harm. No matter how high his magic defense was, there was no need to take damage himself in order to use this; if he was going to self-destruct, he should have chosen a different spell.

But Ainz had already thought that through.

If he could block the blunt damage completely by activating Body of Effulgent Beryl, he would be fine, since the fire damage would be nullified as a matter of course. And as an undead, the negative statuses couldn’t affect him.

In other words, Ainz would take no damage.

And if he blocked it completely, the knock-back effect was also canceled. Ainz stood alone unfazed in the blast zone.

“Ha-ha.”

Ainz laughed. As one would expect, it felt great to have things go according to plan.

Blow the enemies away and ruin their formation—that was his aim.

His guildmates—who had taught him so many things, including these sorts of tactics—briefly crossed his mind.

Just like before, recalling his Yggdrasil days made things fun, even in this life-and-death situation.

I’ve thought this before but… I don’t remember being addicted to combat or anything…

“That’s not all. I’m just getting warmed up. Watch how well you all trained me.”

As a result of the raging tier-nine spell, the buildings in the area had been blown away, making the square suddenly much larger.

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Volume 13, Chapter 5.2