Iri watched Death Knight raise her scythe and charge at her, but she was afflicted with an abnormal status and couldn't move.
It only took Iri a fraction of a second to figure out a response. 'I'll take a gamble!' Thinking this, Iri mustered all her strength to move the only part of her body she could still control... her lips.
Death Knight immediately stopped after seeing Iri's strange smile.
She watched Iri with extreme vigilance, neither advancing nor retreating, just staring intently at her.
'Good! Fortunately, I still have the second gift from Ainz-papa, a ring that reduces abnormal statuses. Even if I'm afflicted, it will continuously weaken and fade. After all, it's still a low-level abnormal effect. So, let's continue with my plan!'
Death Knight saw Iri's fingers twitch a few times irregularly, and immediately retreated very quickly, putting distance between them. She became even more wary of Iri.
"Hmph hmph hahahahahahaha..." Iri, still feeling the residual numbness and with her tongue slightly tied, imitated the maniacal laughter of a certain washed-up BOSS from a certain superpower academy city. If the numbness hadn't still been there, Iri would never have been able to perfectly replicate that very unique laugh.
"You... why... aren't you... coming over to continue...? I was looking forward to it so much," Iri said. 'Good... I can move my body again. This necklace's abnormal effect only lasts four to five seconds on me. Fortunately, it's a low-level item, otherwise, I would really be dead this time.'
"I didn't think you were so malicious either, did I? You've set something up nearby, haven't you?" Death Knight also smiled and said.
"Of course, I'm just imitating you and activating certain things. You're quite sharp, aren't you, to notice that," Iri replied.
However, she hadn't. It was all a bluff. Although she had activated something, the Ice Aura's freezing air had already begun to spread quietly the moment Iri decided to kill her.
But in such a large space, it would take time to spread it completely without Death Knight noticing.
So, what Death Knight had felt just now must have been the freezing air that had just begun to spread. Then, combined with Iri's acting, it made her mistakenly believe that there was some trap around Iri waiting for her to step into. As a result, she actually took the bait and even automatically pulled back, which was a great help.
"Heh heh! It seems your combat experience is severely lacking. As a senior, let me give you a piece of advice! If you want to trick someone, you should control your expressions," Death Knight said, pointing directly at her own face.
"Oh? That's quite a miscalculation, then. So my expression betrayed me, huh? I can't help it, I'm the kind of person who wears everything on her face. Thank you for the reminder, senior!" Iri said with a teasing tone.
Although the crisis was temporarily averted, as long as that necklace was present, she couldn't get close to her. Could she only use long-range attacks?
Pure Throwing Spear rapid-fire?
Uh... it was certainly feasible, but only using long-range attack methods would inevitably arouse her suspicion. One had to know that this person was meticulous in every detail.
Constantly maintaining distance and using long-range attacks would definitely be seen through. So, could she only use Skyfall to make an hourglass?
Currently, she was in the magic ring equipped state. To use this, she would need to create enough distance, otherwise, she would also be affected, or she would have to secretly take off the ring. Or was there another way to attack her from a distance of nearly ten meters?
Iri then glanced at the hammer in her hand. 'Ah... isn't there this move?'
Iri, Iri... Death Knight was right just now, her combat experience was indeed insufficient.
After all, this was her first real life-or-death battle. Other battles were basically overwhelming victories, so it was inevitable to be nervous, and she even forgot what she was best at.
Yes, what she was best at was imagination (wild ideas)! She had even managed to play various tricks with the Ice Aura, which was originally only meant for AOE clearing of small monsters. So why not continue playing?
Earlier, she had complained that the weapon in her hand was wrong and couldn't use Cocytus's ultimate skill. If the weapon in her hand was wrong, then why not make one herself?!
Hadn't her Ice Aura even copied Ainz-papa's twin greatswords before? Then it would be very simple to copy a blade or a sword!
That's right... the ultimate skill Iri had wanted to use to instantly kill Death Knight earlier had only one restriction: the weapon. An incompatible weapon could not activate it.
Insect Lord Cocytus had four arms, so four types of weapons could activate it: swords, blades, spears, and axes. There were no hammers, which was why Iri had been so conflicted just now.
Since there wasn't one, she would just create it with Ice Aura. And this time, not only would she create it, but she would also create a suitable weapon that corresponded to the current disadvantageous situation where she couldn't get close.
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