Cornered, she let out a shrill roar.
"Negative Impact Shield!"
A blackish-red shockwave, like blood, suddenly erupted from Shalltear's raised hand.
This skill was Shalltear's special class skill, a powerful skill that integrated offense and defense, but its usage was limited to twice a day.
Once she used this skill, it meant she was driven into a desperate situation.
Roa's eyes lit up, and without hesitation, Windpipe was slashed down.
Flames adhered to the longsword, turning it into an arc of slashing light, carrying scorching heat as it swiftly fell.
"Dance."
The moment the shockwave collided with the flaming longsword, a tremendous force surged from Windpipe's blade, directly contending with Roa's attack.
The shockwave and Windpipe collided, emitting a deafening roar. Roa staggered slightly, taking a step back.
Shalltear seized the opportunity, using the moment to cast another spell.
"[Greater Teleportation]!"
In the next moment, Shalltear's figure appeared a hundred meters away.
Even Roa couldn't help but click his tongue at this sight, remarking, "Really, this world has so many skills."
It had to be said that when the power system of the highly free game "YGGDRASIL" became reality, it really felt like it was disrupting the balance.
Not to mention the easily over six thousand types of magic, there were also seven hundred races and two thousand classes. When these races and classes became real, the power they could bring to players was absolutely astonishing.
The racial skills alone gave these players a significant boost.
For example, Ainz Ooal Gown's special undead skills: creating four high-level undead, twelve mid-level undead, and twenty low-level undead per day.
These were just simple summoning-type boosts. As a level 100 Overlord, he also had a bunch of miscellaneous buff spells.
Things like Negative Energy Touch, Despair Aura, Ability Damage, Acid Immunity, Arcane Vision/See Invisibility, Negative Protection, Black Halo, Dark Soul, Dark Wisdom, Electric Immunity, High Tier Magic Immunity, High Tier Physical Immunity, Ice Immunity, Speak Evil Tongues, Status Damage, Undead Blessing, etc., were all Ainz Ooal Gown's racial talents.
These were just some buff-type talents. Ainz Ooal Gown, having reached level 100 as a high-level undead, was almost at the pinnacle of the undead and possessed the most terrifying magic, which Roa greatly envied.
Instant death magic.
The terrifying skill that appeared in the original work, ignoring instant death immunity and instantly killing all beings—[The Goal of All Life is Death].
Even Roa wouldn't want to take such a hit head-on, to see if the instant death magic was more powerful or if his body was tough enough to withstand the so-called instant death.
That was why, when these NPCs from the game came to this world, just the dense array of passive and active skills combined was enough to deal with most of the troubles in this world.
After all, these skills covered all aspects and were hardly rigid.
Compared to the mages of the Mushoku Tensei world, the casters of this world were far more powerful.
The mages of the Mushoku Tensei world didn't have so many miscellaneous talents, were almost useless in close combat, and needed a long time to prepare their spells, unable to make them as convenient as the magic of this world.
Their only advantage was probably their greater power.
However, these people were not invincible. The game balance had various limitations.
For example, Ainz Ooal Gown's instant death magic was indeed very strong, and even Roa wouldn't dare to confront it head-on.
But Ainz Ooal Gown also had a lot of obvious flaws. Attacks of positive, light, and holy attributes could cause him great damage. His resistance to blunt weapons was also extremely low, and fire attribute attacks could also cause him double damage. These were his disadvantages as an undead and a skeleton.
Another example was Shalltear. Her class was indeed perverted, and her basic stats were ridiculously strong.
But as a skill penalty, she had a debuff called Blood Frenzy, and the more intense the battle, the less reason she had left.
Each class had more or less obvious advantages and disadvantages, which was only natural, but even so, these people were quite terrifying when they descended into this world, almost like a dimensional strike.
However, the battle had indeed gone on long enough.
He didn't intend to kill Shalltear directly this time.
The reason he had fought until now was to buy time and test Shalltear's combat power.
Shalltear in the distance was panting heavily, her expression becoming more and more ferocious.
"To think you forced me to use [Negative Impact Shield]… Damn human… Damn…!"
In Shalltear's strong pride, she really hadn't expected Roa to push her to this point, to be crushed by the other party after only a few simple exchanges.
Shalltear's eyes became even more bloodshot, her mind almost completely devoid of reason. She roared like a beast, "Unforgivable… Absolutely unforgivable…!"
But this time, she didn't rush recklessly towards Roa as before. Instead, she stood a hundred meters away and used another race-specific talent.
"[Summon Household]!"
As the name suggested, this was a skill that could summon familiars that obeyed Shalltear.
The moment the skill was activated, shadows of darkness appeared around Shalltear, spreading continuously and appearing in this world through Shalltear's shadow as a medium.
These were monsters of different shapes. Among these familiars were swarms of bats and beasts resembling dogs and wolves. However, they all had one common feature: they were all pitch black, with scarlet eyes.
"Go! My familiars! Kill that human!" Shalltear shouted, summoning a long spear.
It was a strangely shaped spear, like a giant syringe.
The spear was called [Spuit Lance], a divine-class magic item that could absorb a certain percentage of damage and restore the wielder's stamina.
Roa's eyes narrowed slightly at the sight. The opponent had equipped a weapon, undoubtedly getting serious.
"YGGDRASIL" had many magic items, including some that could change the laws of the world, and as everyone knew, a game character with and without equipment had completely different stats. Roa had been overwhelming Shalltear earlier, but a large part of that was because she wasn't wearing any equipment.
The opponent's formation clearly showed that they had targeted Roa as a thorn in their side.
Faced with this situation, Roa's expression didn't show the slightest panic. The corners of his lips curled up, with his usual shallow smile, Roa said softly, "Unfortunately, your opponent isn't me this time."
Before Shalltear could lead her familiar army to kill Roa, Roa took the initiative.
In the darkness, a fiery golden eye, like molten lava, suddenly lit up. The dazzling gold was like a white-hot lamp in the night.
"Word Soul - Moment."
A ghostly figure suddenly appeared beside Shalltear. Her pupils shrank to pinpoints, and she didn't react at all. Her instincts told her that her situation was very bad.
The instinctive warning was so strong, but she didn't move at all.
It wasn't because she didn't want to move, but because the opponent's movements were too fast, so fast that she hadn't even released her skills.
"Bang!"
Another heavy kick sent Shalltear's figure crashing into the ground like a cannonball.
The familiars were instantly enveloped by a huge blade of light, and before they could react, they were killed.
Roa's kick was quite valuable, and the position was chosen carefully.
The force wasn't too strong, because he didn't want to kick Shalltear half to death with this kick.
Suspended in mid-air, Roa's fiery golden eyes gradually calmed down. The young man looked expressionlessly at the huge pit that had been smashed below and murmured softly, "Now, your opponent isn't me."
Shalltear, who had been kicked into the ground by Roa, was not feeling well at the moment.
Her whole body was embedded in the ground. Even with Shalltear's defense, this kick had directly broken three or four of her ribs, and her limbs were sore, and her arms were almost fractured.
However, Shalltear was a vampire after all, and this level of injury might be crippling for humans, but for Shalltear, it was just a minor injury.
Pulling away the stones that had been smashed on her body, Shalltear coughed a few times and staggered to her feet. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked up at the blood sphere gathering above her head with scarlet eyes.
A red spring gushed out from the blood sphere and entered Shalltear's body. Shalltear's injuries instantly healed, but her eyes became even more bloodshot.
"Damn human."
It seemed that this kick had hurt Shalltear, and she finally changed her view of Roa, believing that Roa was indeed a strong enemy.
Shalltear felt the surging power in her body, took a deep breath, and prepared to rush towards Roa's location again.
But in the next moment, her face suddenly changed.
Because she noticed that a group of people had approached her at some point.
It was a well-equipped squad, and at a glance, they gave off a very powerful feeling.
Especially the young man at the head of the group, Roa felt very special.
The other party was wearing male adventurer clothes, but his appearance was quite androgynous. He had black hair that was almost touching the ground, and his red eyes first looked at Roa, who was suspended in mid-air. His face clearly showed a look of surprise.
But when his eyes saw Shalltear standing in front of them, the surprise on his face turned into obvious hostility.
Shalltear's eyes narrowed slightly, and she seemed to feel danger from the opposing squad, especially from the young man at the head of the group.
Shalltear's main enemy right now is Roa, not these guys in front of her, but even so, she doesn't mind eliminating any potential troubles.
"Mass Hold Species."
Shalltear turned her spear and cast the magic again.
This is a binding spell that uses all races as the target and can affect multiple beings.
However, the moment the magic landed on this group of people, their armor flashed with light one after another, actually managing to completely block the magic.
The young man at the head narrowed his eyes slightly, and said to those behind him, "Don't let her run away, use it on her."
The young man's words were cold, and under his command, an old woman in a cheongsam walked out from behind him.
This attire seemed a bit out of place, after all, cheongsams look best when worn by young and beautiful girls.
But on an old woman, it becomes quite an eyesore.
This isn't to say that the cheongsam on the old woman is unattractive; on the contrary, it's quite exquisite, entirely silver-white, with a five-clawed dragon embroidered in gold thread soaring towards the sky. As clothing, it could even be called a work of art.
If worn by a young and beautiful girl, it would definitely enhance their charm by several levels.
But unfortunately, the person wearing this cheongsam is a wrinkled old woman, and the exposed skin is pale gray. Her muscles have long atrophied, and her exposed hands and feet look somewhat comical. Where is there any of the freshness of those young and beautiful women?
Seemingly surprised by this bizarre combination, even Shalltear, who was in a blood frenzy, was slightly distracted.
Like Shalltear, Roa's gaze was also on the old woman in front of him.
Unlike Shalltear's strange gaze, Roa's eyes showed curiosity.
Roa knew everything about the cheongsam she was wearing.
"Downfall of Castle and Country," a world-class item, would be considered a rare treasure even in the "Mushoku Tensei" world. Such a treasure would naturally make Roa curious.
However, not everyone would give Roa the chance to watch with curiosity.
A figure silently approached Roa from behind and suddenly drew a long sword, slashing fiercely at Roa's back.
Roa sensed the spatial fluctuations around him, turned abruptly, and drew his Windpipe, colliding with the attacker's greatsword.