Ainz vs. Gazef

And then…the bell rang out even louder than he expected.

Focused to the extreme, Gazef dashed forward with unimaginable speed—

Climb and Brain were determined not to blink, their eyes opened wide—

—but even faster than that, the world stopped.

“Oh… You really need a way to handle time.”

He had used Instacast Silent Magic: Stop Time, so Gazef was frozen in front of Ainz with his sword raised over his head.

When time was frozen, all attacks were meaningless. Even if he hit Gazef with attack magic, he wouldn’t be able to do any damage. That’s why Ainz calculated out the times and cast.

“Delay Magic: True Death.”

It was a tier-nine spell.

He didn’t use it much because Grasp Heart was so easy and fun.

If magic was ineffective while time was stopped, all one had to do was cast in a way that the magic took effect right after the temporal magic expired. It was a basic combo, but because of how difficult it was to get the timing right, only about 5 percent of magic-using classes could pull it off.

It goes without saying, but after spending a ridiculous amount of time practicing, Ainz could do it.

“…This is good-bye, Gazef Stronoff. I didn’t dislike you.”

The spell was lifted, and time returned to the world.

And before anything else happened, the magic took effect.

Gazef fell in slow motion.

“Huh?!”

“Wh-what?”

Climb and Brain had no idea what had happened.

The moment Gazef dashed forward, he began to crumple.

Ainz caught his body.

His sword dropped feebly to the ground.

The duel was already decided.

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Ainz just said, “Oh,” and abruptly straightened up. “You can’t resurrect someone from the instadeath spell I used, True Death, with a low-level resurrection spell. Also, tell the people of the kingdom: If you submit to me, I will have mercy on you.”

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Volume 9, Chapter 4.4