"!!"
Seeing an unknown little girl dare to say something so outrageously insulting to their great Supreme Being, the true ruler of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, the one to whom all the Guardians had sworn their loyalty, and the one she deeply adored, Albedo couldn't possibly hold back. How could she still be polite to her?
"Damned insect!"
"How dare you insult the greatest Lord Ainz! How dare you show such disrespect! You can die now!!!"
"Hyah~!"
Whoosh~!
So, after rushing right in front of her at such incredible speed that she was almost invisible to the naked eye, Albedo wasted no time. She swung the enormous axe she had raised high above her head and viciously brought it down on the head of the little girl who had dared to spout such reckless nonsense!
Clang!!!
First came a tremendous crash, like metal striking metal!
"?!"
Then came Albedo's involuntary gasp of shock and pain!
"Ugh..."
Just as she was about to bring the glowing green axe down on the little girl's head, a transparent, dark-red magical shield appeared around the girl. Albedo's attack slammed straight into it!
But what happened next left both Albedo and Ainz Ooal Gown—who had been standing behind her, preparing another spell—bewildered and astonished. Even a full-force attack from Albedo, as powerful as she was and as the Floor Guardian Overseer of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, couldn't make that seemingly flimsy magical shield tremble in the slightest?!
And even more astonishingly...
It would have been one thing if the shield had simply held firm. But the moment Albedo's glowing green axe struck the strange red-flame barrier, it unleashed an even more powerful force that sent her flying. At the same time, strange, dark-red flames curled up the axe's haft and scorched Albedo and