"Is that so? Then recall it! The bloodline of Nazarick, the feeling and impulse you had when you first gained power."
Ainz-papa said, looking at Iri who was lying there. Although the Four Strategists Squad members were all blocking Ainz's way, none of them dared to make a move, because they knew that if the terrifying existence in front of them wished it, they wouldn't survive another second.
First time? Feeling? And impulse? Iri once again couldn't understand. When she gained power?
Ah! That was when she fought Shalltear's Vampire Bride. What did she do back then?
She couldn't remember… She couldn't recall. It seemed that she… was enjoying herself back then. So, what was she enjoying?
As Iri thought of this, her previously blurry vision gradually turned red. The extremely distorted scene in front of her also gradually became clear. She saw all the members of the Four Strategists Squad blocking Ainz-papa, and Imina kept looking back, watching her with great concern.
No, you are not Ainz-papa's opponents. All her efforts in fighting Ainz-papa were to prevent your tragedy!
Hmm? Fighting? Yes! She remembered, fighting! When she first gained power, she was enjoying the fight… Yes!
She was enjoying the fight, that's right, enjoying the fight. The fight with Vampire Bride was enjoyable, the practice fights with Cocytus were enjoyable, and the fight with Ainz-papa was also enjoyable.
Iri's eyes suddenly turned blood-red, and her face became frenzied and distorted.
So? Do you want to have more fun? Iri asked herself. Yes… She really wanted to fight Ainz-papa more enjoyably!
"Iri-meimei…" Imina was very worried about Iri's condition. Although Roba had cast recovery magic on Iri-meimei, Iri-meimei still looked strange. Although her eyes were open, she didn't react no matter how much they called her.
"Quick… Quick…" At this moment, Iri-meimei finally showed some reaction, seemingly muttering something. Imina, while guarding against Ainz, retreated. She still had many recovery potions in her pocket. If Roba's recovery magic didn't work, there were still potions.
"Quick… escape! Don't… get close… escape… don't get close." Only after Imina got close to Iri did she hear clearly what Iri was muttering, but Imina didn't notice the indescribable red aura emanating from Iri.
"Imina!!" Imina didn't notice, but Helanke noticed the danger.
Helanke saw Iri's left hand, which had been spread out on the ground, suddenly close, and he felt something was wrong. He pulled Imina away.
And then…
Right before Imina and the other members of the Four Strategists, Helanke's shoulder was cut open by Iri's hand-blade.
"Ah…" Imina didn't react to anything, only seeing Helanke's blood splash, but it didn't splash on anyone. The blood floated out from the wound on Helanke's shoulder and gathered around Iri, gradually forming a sphere made of blood.
"Ah!!! Helanke!!!" Only then did Imina realize… what had just happened!
"Imina!" Uncle Roba pulled Imina, who wanted to rush towards Iri.
Uncle Roba also didn't understand what was happening, but the scene before him… told him that approaching Iri now would only result in the same fate as Helanke!
After Uncle Roba pulled Imina, he saw Iri's figure disappear in an instant.
One second she was leaning weakly against the wall, the next she had already reached Ainz and swung her hammer. Although this hammer blow indeed directly hit Ainz's face, it still had no effect, just like before; Ainz was completely fine.
However, the now "strange" Iri-meimei, after this ineffective blow, did not disengage like before. Instead, she swung her hammer even more wildly, continuously attacking Ainz, even though it had no effect, accompanied by Iri-meimei's extremely crazed laughter, she kept attacking.
"Hahahahahahaha!!"
"Good! Good!! That's it!! This is what the bloodline of Nazarick should be like!" Ainz did not fight back, but let Iri attack him to her heart's content.
"Iri, this… what is it? Helanke, are you alright?" After Iri left, Imina helped up the injured Helanke.
"Iri-meimei is actually a Vampire True Ancestor!" Uncle Roba said in surprise.
"Vampire… True Ancestor?" Imina slowly turned her head and asked in a daze.
"That is the Blood Frenzy, only mentioned in literature, and only a Vampire True Ancestor can use it. Just now… it's very likely that that skeleton did something to Iri-meimei… causing Iri-meimei to awaken." Uncle Roba also looked very annoyed as he explained to Imina.
"…" Imina also knew that the current extremely crazed Iri was almost like a different person compared to the innocent and cute Iri-meimei from before. Just now, when she approached Iri-meimei, Iri-meimei kept warning her not to get close, to escape. It turned out… she had harmed Helanke.
At this moment, Iri, whose attacks were all ineffective, directly gathered the blood sphere formed from Helanke's fresh blood onto her hand, then raised it above her head and clenched it into a fist. The blood sphere floating above Iri's head seemed to be crushed by something, and blood rained down. Iri was completely bathed in the blood rain formed by fresh blood.
With a bang, Iri's figure disappeared again, leaving only a huge crater on the ground where Iri had been, caused by the impact.
The next second, there was another enormous crashing sound. Iri's hammer once again smashed into Ainz's face. However, after this blow hit Ainz, although Ainz still stood motionless in place, the ground where Ainz stood, and the ground behind him, all cracked due to the impact of this blow.
After delivering this blow, Iri retreated significantly, but in front of her… Ainz still stood before Iri, completely unharmed.
Iri, who had retreated, immediately collapsed. If Iri hadn't directly supported her body with her hammer, she would probably have sat down on the ground in a very unsightly manner right now.
What… what did she just do? Iri gasped for breath, lowered her head, and looked at her current state, covered in blood.
Her original white tights were now blood-red, and her body was trembling uncontrollably. What exactly happened just now? After she was hit by Ainz-papa's negative energy impact, she felt completely off. What exactly did Ainz-papa do to her just now?
At this moment, Iri noticed the ring on her hand… the Guardian Ring that Ainz-papa had given her, the ring that resisted abnormal statuses three times a day.
Iri saw that the three light blue gems on the Guardian Ring, which represented the daily uses, had all lost their luster… When did that happen?
When did Ainz-papa nullify the resistances of her Guardian Ring? Was it already at the beginning of their encounter? Or during the process?
Ah ah… As expected of Ainz-papa! Even in his Perfect Warrior state, unable to use magic, he still managed to take advantage of her carelessness and trick her into using up her three abnormal status resistances! And then he used that negative energy impact to inflict a strange abnormal status on her!
Unfortunately… it's too late to realize it now. If she had noticed earlier… then… then it wouldn't have been like this. Iri still clearly remembered the feeling of attacking Helanke, but what's done is done, regret is useless. She only hoped he was still alive!
Iri raised her head and looked at Imina. She saw Imina holding the injured Helanke, looking at her with an expression of sadness? Or anger? Iri didn't understand anymore. In this situation, Iri could only say:
"I'm sorry!"
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