Ainz - Aura of Despair

But more importantly—

Have you figured out the true nature of my detainment ability? If not, this is it for you.

Ainz activated the same ability as before.

Aura of Despair I (fear).

There were five levels to this ability:

I caused fear.

II caused panic.

III caused confusion.

IV caused madness.

V caused instadeath.

Fear was a status ailment that debuffed all sorts of functions.

Panic was a strong version of fear that demanded full-speed flight—which meant that the target couldn’t take any combat actions.

Confusion was literal. Unless it was cured, the confusion would continue for a set time period.

And madness was a particularly troublesome negative status effect that lasted. With magic or other treatment administered by a third party, it would never go away.

It goes without saying that instadeath meant death.

The effect changed in that way as the level increased.

Of these, the one Ainz used was fear. He activated it just for a moment and then canceled it. By doing that, Ainz created a gap between what his opponent’s brain thought it was doing and what the opponent’s body was actually doing. That induced a feeling of being frozen.

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Volume 10, Chapter 3.4