Ainz - Soul Eaters 4

Rather than use Dragon Breath and fly off, Shalltear’s plan had involved dropping soul eaters from five hundred yards up. The soul eaters quickly recovered from the fall, deployed their auras, and then massacred whoever they encountered.

Naturally, a fall from that height would damage the soul eaters. Air resistance did not seem to significantly affect falling speed in this world, so there was no cap on acceleration. Perhaps there was a terminal velocity and they simply had not reached it, but they had not put time and labor into experimenting with the limits of speed, and the details escaped Ainz.

But by deploying their auras and gobbling up souls, the soul eaters healed themselves. That completely made up for any damage caused by the fall.

“You could say that plan was a failure, but only in the sense that it showed us where we have room for improvement. Like the ones that hit rooftops.”

Having read the report on the outcome, Aura laughed. Ainz was laughing on the inside as well. They were not mocking Shalltear’s plan. It was simply an amusing outcome. One of those yup, that’ll happen things.

Some of the falling soul eaters had struck pointed roofs, bounced in unexpected directions, and taken much more damage than expected. That alone was no real issue. Some had crashed right through the roofs they struck, making very dramatic entrances. But one had gotten itself wedged in tight and took quite some time to free itself.

Of the four roof crashes, only one soul eater was immobilized; an awfully high incidence rate but admittedly drawn from a very small sample size.

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Volume 14, Chapter 2.2