Ainz - Staff 2

His stream of thought suddenly interrupted, he felt a flash of irritation—and it brought a miracle to pass.

His staff struck the katana as it came in—and if Ainz had eyes, they’d have popped out.

The katana went sailing away, as if the knock-back effect had gone off.

Why?! How?!

This staff’s knock-back activation had very clear-cut rules.

First, blocking a warrior’s charge with the staff would not activate it. It only activated if Ainz was actively attacking.

Next, even if he attacked, if his foe blocked it with sword or shield, the effect wouldn’t trigger. It had to score a direct hit on the target’s body. Swords and shields did not qualify as part of the body. But the knock back would kick in if his foe blocked it with, say, a gauntlet.

So what did that say about Rik’s katana? Based on the rules, it must have parsed the floating weapons as part of Rik’s body.

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Volume 14, Chapter 4.1