"Message! Shalltear! What happened?!" Ainz immediately used Message to contact Shalltear.
Ainz remembered that he hadn't assigned Shalltear and Cocytus any special tasks today, so why had both of them suddenly entered a near-death state?
"Ain…z-sama, Iri-chan she…she…" The message cut off, and Ainz instantly grew anxious.
Their location? The menu prominently displayed Shalltear, Cocytus, and Iri all in the Arena.
Iri often practiced her skills in the Arena, and the other Guardians frequently came to peek. Ainz, being a habitual peeker himself, was aware of this.
But what on earth happened?! What could cause two of Nazarick's strongest combatants to instantly be on the verge of death?!
Ainz didn't overthink it; he immediately teleported to the Arena and was then shocked by the horrific sight before him.
Rewind a few minutes. Iri, having thought things through, stood up and brushed the dust from her bottom.
Of course, the 'blood'-colored long dress had already been changed before she came over, and it was immediately reclaimed by Albedo.
As for why Albedo wanted to reclaim the blood-stained long dress that made Iri feel uncomfortable, Iri still didn't want to think too much about it.
However, she had nothing to do now, and she was already in the Arena, so should she practice the skills and magic she had learned before?
So, she started with minor healing… There was nothing much to say about it; it was just simple healing… To be honest, even simple healing magic was full of mysteries when it came to Iri.
When Solution Epsilon explained it back then, a Level 1 character's MP was just enough to cast healing magic once.
But Iri could cast healing magic continuously without limit, which indirectly proved that her MP recovery speed was very fast, didn't it?
But there should be some limit to how fast it is! Originally, one cast would consume all of her meager MP for recovery, but to be able to cast it seamlessly, how fast must her MP recovery speed be?!
This blind spot was something Iri had only recently discovered. If she could level up, with such a fast MP recovery speed, wouldn't that mean she could just 'spam' all sorts of high-tier magic? How interesting would that be!
Hmm? High-tier magic?? Wait a minute!
Iri stopped her actions upon thinking of this. She was such an idiot! Why did she only realize this now?!
It was true that all magic within a certain tier used MP, but what about special ones? Ultimate Magic that consumed experience points or had limited uses?
Don't forget that she had a constitution that could ignore usage limits! Shalltear's special skills could be cast repeatedly. To confirm this special constitution, Iri even threw several Pure Throwing Spears, destroying the stone statues in the center of the Arena that were used as targets.
Logically, Ultimate Magic should also be possible! Then!! Let's try it!!
But speaking of Ultimate Magic… The ones Iri remembered were Skyfall, which Ainz used to kill Shalltear back then, and the Summon Greater Goat in the Empire Arc later on.
Uh… Is it okay to test such a nuclear-bomb-level magic in this place? But Nazarick shouldn't be easily destroyed by one or two Ultimate Magic, right? Besides, the Arena is quite spacious, so it should be fine.
So, for a test, Iri once again assumed the posture of holding her right wrist with her left hand, aimed at another stone statue near the Arena stands, and recalled… from when she was still alive, watching Ainz cast Skyfall in the anime, the feeling… the feeling…! Iri closed her eyes at this moment.
"Shalltear… Princess Elizabeth seems a little off." Cocytus, who was peeking from the stands, saw Iri maintaining the posture of preparing to cast some magic for a long time without moving, and at the same time, he felt a very ominous white light emanating from Iri's body.
"This… this is? Ah!!! Iri-chan!!! She can finally cast magic!!!" Shalltear's heart immediately blossomed with joy when she saw the white light emanating from Iri's side and the magic circle next to it.
Shalltear knew that Iri had always been bothered by her inability to cast offensive magic.
Now… seeing Iri preparing to cast Ultimate Magic meant that Iri would be able to learn those faith-based spells from her in the future. How could Shalltear not be happy thinking of this?
But in her excitement, she completely forgot that the location where Iri was casting this Ultimate Magic was right near her.
"What is that, Shalltear?" Cocytus asked. Cocytus was a swordsman specializing in close combat. Although he knew Iri was accumulating power to cast Ultimate Magic, he didn't know what effect the Ultimate Magic Iri was about to cast would have.
"Skyfall!!! An Ultimate Magic that combines lethality, destructive power, and area of effect!!! The only drawback is that the casting accumulation time is too long. Ahhh! Iri-chan's first move is such a powerful Ultimate Magic…" Shalltear rambled on, falling into a dazed state again.
"Skyfall? No good!!! Shalltear! Defend quickly!" Cocytus had seen Ainz's live broadcast of how he fought Shalltear and had witnessed the range and power of this move. He immediately reminded Shalltear to prepare her defense.
Unfortunately, it was already too late…
"Why should I defen…" Before Shalltear could finish her question, she heard Iri's voice from the Arena, sounding both somewhat childish and full of imposing power.
"Activate! Ultimate Magic!! Skyfall!"
The white light enveloped them, directly submerging Shalltear and Cocytus within it…
In the dazzling white light, a massive explosion, and the storm generated by the impact of the explosion, Iri snapped back to reality.
Although she had indeed witnessed the destructive power of this move in the anime, that was, after all, just an anime. But seeing it recreated before her eyes now, Iri was still very excited, but after the excitement, she was instantly dumbfounded by the horrific sight before her.
Because… the entire Arena was half-destroyed by the Skyfall Iri herself had cast. A deep pit, almost as large as the Arena itself, appeared on the ground. What was even worse… was seeing Shalltear and Insect Lord Cocytus lying in the pit, with Insect Lord Cocytus still twitching twice.
What the heck is this?! Is Ultimate Magic that terrifying?! Not to mention almost blowing up the Arena, why were Shalltear and Insect Lord lying there?!
Iri immediately became extremely nervous, rushing over directly, and then collided head-on with Ainz, who had just walked out of a teleportation gate…
"Hm… Ah! Iri? What on earth happened?!" Ainz seemed unfazed after receiving Iri's charge-like impact head-on, but Iri, who received the recoil from this impact, was directly knocked flying.
Fortunately, Ainz was quick-witted and reached out to catch Iri before she could fly away.
Iri, being carried in Ainz Papa's princess carry, was in no mood to be happy. Looking at Ainz Papa's deep, red-glowing eyes, she had to… she had to find a good excuse! Otherwise, she was definitely finished!
Not only did she blow up the Arena, but what happened to Xia Jiu and Insect Lord was also inexcusable! And no one taught her the Skyfall move, what if she was 'exposed'?!
"I… I don't know, I just wanted to… see if I could use magic that doesn't consume MP, and so… I just used this magic… I didn't know this magic was so terrifying, and I didn't know… Mama Shalltear and Grandpa Cocytus were nearby… Wuwuwu…" So, the quick-witted Iri came up with a plan in just one second.
That's right… it was to feign ignorance, then act pitiful! And cry!