The pure white magic circle abruptly ceased, replaced by a single white pillar of light that shot directly from Iri on the city wall into the sky.
Immediately after… above the Beastmen camp, the previously clear blue sky was gradually enveloped by white light. The Beastmen who had been charging forward without regard for their lives all stopped, staring blankly upwards as the pure white sky above them crashed down onto their heads.
"Ultimate Magic! Skyfall!!" Iri shouted with full force, and with that… everything in their line of sight—those on the city walls, in the fortress within the city, inside the town, and those secretly observing from the nearby mountain—was dyed white by the pure white light.
Iri maintained her imposing posture, standing on the city wall with her arms crossed… At this moment, Iri already felt something was very wrong. When she used Skyfall before, to blast her own arena, was the range really that large?
She remembered that only after it was amplified by her Ainz's Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown, was the entire arena flattened, but now… the range of this white light crashing down from the sky was still expanding! It was about to reach the city wall! It better not drag the city into it too!
Fortunately… the white light of Skyfall only spread to the front of the city wall and stopped. If it had advanced another two meters or so, the city wall would have been directly obliterated. This was just right…
Although Iri still stood there with a smile, facing the white light that had spread towards her, Iri truly had the thought of directly teleporting away to escape.
Iri did not want to be blown to death by her own magic a second time. Although her Substitute Necklace was already recharged, and she was currently in a 2UP state, even without teleporting away, she would not die. But what about the people on the city wall? It wouldn't be good to explain if one magic spell wiped out both the enemy and their own side!
When the white light dissipated, besides an enormous deep pit on the Heigen, nothing else remained, not even the Beastmen's main camp.
Of course… this attack did not directly annihilate all the invading Beastmen. Their numbers were indeed quite large. Such a strike should be enough to give them a reason to retreat, right?
Their main camp was blown up. If they didn't retreat now, they would truly all be wiped out here. Iri had not intended to completely annihilate them anyway; perhaps they would still need to deal with the Beast Kingdom in the future, as the original plan was world conquest after all.
"Now… listen carefully, Beastmen! If you continue to invade, I will not show you mercy!" Iri shouted at the bewildered Beastmen.
However, after hearing Iri's shout, the Beastmen charged forward again, howling.
Hey, hey! You guys can't understand human speech, can you? Even like this, you still want to fight? Iri was utterly frustrated. If you're looking for death, then don't blame me!
But just then, a deep horn sound came from the Beastmen's side, and all the Beastmen stopped upon hearing it.
At this point, Iri was already prepared to jump down and clean up the mess, when she saw the remaining small portion of Beastmen all turn back. They were retreating, right! Phew… it's over.
"It seems they can understand human speech after all! Now, this is our victory! Cheer!" Iri turned around, raised her hand, and shouted.
However, the soldiers, Adventurers, and that silly big sister merely stared blankly at Iri. No one cheered along with Iri.
"What's wrong with all of you? We won!" Iri was curious. Isn't it your native custom to have a shameful victory cheer after a major battle? Does the Dragon Kingdom not do this?
"Did we… win…? Uh… we won… we finally won, we can… we can go back alive!" An archer behind them dropped the bow from his hand, and he himself collapsed onto the ground as if drained of all strength, and began to cry bitterly.
This crying was contagious; other guards also one by one wiped away their tears. Hey, hey! What's wrong with you soldiers! You won and you're still crying…
The Adventurers were the same. Although they didn't cry out loud like the soldiers, they all looked as if a heavy burden had been lifted, and they all slumped down. Many of them looked incredulous as they exchanged greetings, the content probably being: Are you still alive? Yes! Aren't you still alive too? Things like that.
It seems these people were indeed physically and mentally exhausted over the past two months, so such a reaction was normal.
Well! That's good… the joy of surviving overshadowed their curiosity about the Ultimate Magic they had just witnessed. That's fine too! She wouldn't have to bother explaining anything. Iri thought so and chuckled.
But why was the range of the Skyfall she used just now so large?
If the scale just now had hit the city, it would probably have wiped out more than half of it. The normal version of Skyfall isn't sold on its range, is it?
Its normal use is to instantly kill people, right? Previously, when Ainz used it, the range wasn't too large. The first one she cast herself only partially destroyed the arena.
Only after picking up the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown could she completely obliterate the arena. Yet, the Skyfall she just cast, in terms of range alone, was probably more than twice that of when she used the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown.
Iri turned her head to look at the deep pit her Skyfall had created, thinking that if it were filled with water, it would be an artificial lake… This was truly too abnormal. Iri thought, pressing her hand to her chin, what could be the reason?
It was then that Iri noticed the inconspicuous magic ring on her finger.
Ah!! It's this!
She had just cast Ultimate Magic while wearing the magic ring that boosts her level by one! No wonder it was so illogical!
Take it off, take it off… this thing should only be used at critical moments, it's too dangerous! Iri quickly pulled the magic ring off her hand and stuffed it into her spatial bag.
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"What!! What did you say?? The crisis in Cabos has been resolved?" Draudillon nearly fell off her seat.
"Cough…" The Prime Minister beside her coughed twice, reminding her to mind her image.
"Yes, after Clementine arrived, the Beastmen forces were repelled within an hour," said the guard officer who came to report.
"An hour? She! How did she do it! Tell me! Explain it more clearly!!" Draudillon couldn't sit still. Cabos was surrounded by over twenty thousand Beastmen troops, and the remaining forces and supplies within Cabos itself were not abundant.
That city, after two months of struggling, was already slated to be abandoned. How did that little brat lead those remnants to drive away twenty thousand Beastmen troops?!
"This… I'm not entirely sure. The battle report from Cabos was sent directly via communication. The content only stated that Clementine repelled the Beastmen, and the crisis in Cabos was resolved. That's all. The specifics are…" The guard officer also looked confused.
"Information sent via communication at this distance is unreliable," said the Prime Minister. After all, communication magic is easily interfered with by other magic, and most crucially, it's unknown whether the person sending the communication is truly from the Cabos garrison.
What if it was just the Beastmen imitating the Cabos garrison to send false information? Moreover… the so-called Clementine had only left the palace a few hours ago, and the good news was already sent back… This is indeed very hard to believe.
"You! Continue to contact the Cabos garrison via communication! Make them explain the detailed situation clearly!" Draudillon shouted.
"Your Majesty Draudillon, there's no need to waste time on such false information. We should…" The Prime Minister hadn't finished speaking when Aunt Conna, who had been silent, spoke up.
"No, if it's that person, then it must be true," Conna said from the side.
"That person…" De Luo Di Long's expression immediately became solemn.
"Your Majesty De Luo Di Long, would you believe such unrealistic words?" The Prime Minister glared at Conna.
"…" Conna didn't reply, or rather, she completely ignored him, just standing silently beside Draudillon.
"Morin Petz, don't speak for now!" De Luo Di Long said, annoyed.
What Aunt Conna had said earlier was indeed hard to accept. God of Light? Don't be ridiculous.
The legendary God of Light died of old age! The current prevailing belief is that among the Six Great Gods, except for the God of Death, who was defeated by the Eight Greed Kings, the other five all died of old age. So, the appearance of the God of Light himself is simply nonsense.
Of course, Draudillon did not suspect Aunt Conna of lying. Perhaps… that little brat might be a descendant of the God of Light, an atavistic divine being who awakened her bloodline.
It's only natural that her appearance resembles the God of Light, right? Aunt Conna just mistook her, Draudillon thought.
But even so, are divine beings truly that terrifying? Repelling a twenty-thousand-strong Beastmen army within an hour?
Before… she had indeed spied on intelligence from Theocracy about divine beings who awakened the bloodline of the Six Great Gods. At the time, she didn't think too much of it, believing that the so-called divine beings were just a gimmick Theocracy created to fool people. After all, it's a religious country; how could it function without creating a few idols for the people to revere?
However… now, the facts are laid bare: a divine being can repel a twenty-thousand-strong Beastmen army. Such combat power is indeed terrifying, and it's still unknown how many divine beings Theocracy has in its possession.
If that unreliable little brat alone is so strong, then with a few more such divine beings… perhaps the enemies the Dragon Kingdom will face next will be far more terrifying than the Beastmen!
It should be known that Theocracy's ideology is based on humanity and advocates for the exclusion of other races. Although most of the Dragon Kingdom's people are human, what about the minority? And what about herself, the Queen? They are all the foreign races that Theocracy advocates for excluding!
If it weren't for Theocracy being at war with the powerful Elf Kingdom, and the Dragon Kingdom's neighbor also happening to be the formidable Beast Kingdom, perhaps… the weak Dragon Kingdom would have been flattened by Theocracy long ago?
Draudillon also understood that her country was currently just a barrier against the Beast Kingdom for Theocracy. Therefore, when the Dragon Kingdom was attacked by the Beast Kingdom, Theocracy would send elite small detachments to cooperate with the Dragon Kingdom's forces to repel the Beastmen. Now, they've directly sent a divine being; what does that mean?
The existence of divine beings is confidential even within Theocracy. Yet, this time, Theocracy unhesitatingly sent a divine being to her country… What exactly is their intention?
Ah! Could it be!! Draudillon's face instantly turned even worse.
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