Chapter 317: The effects brought by skill 317
"Boom——"
In the tranquil moonlit night, a thunderous noise abruptly erupted, startling many who had already fallen asleep or were still awake.
Outside the Golden Shining Pavilion, a flash of lightning appeared along with the sound of thunder as dramatic as a lightning strike, bursting out of a room and catching up to an Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insect that was attempting to flee.
"Thunder Flash!"
The lightning transformed into a blade of light, chopping off the insect’s head with terrifying speed.
"Puchi!"
The Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insect didn’t have time to realize what had happened before its spider-like form, with the only human-like head, was sliced off by a flash of lightning, spurting a large amount of blood.
"Ga!"
The decapitated Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insect let out a shrill scream as it met its end, body and head separating, falling from midair to hit the ground, soon losing all signs of life.
Only then did Reiger’s form emerge from the lightning, landing on the ground next to the beheaded Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insect.
"What...!?"
This scene left the remaining three Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects utterly horrified.
"To think it was an instant kill...?"
"This is impossible!"
"How could it be so fast...!?"
The few Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects shouted as they hastened their pace, trying to escape.
However, just as they were about to retreat, a message suddenly entered their minds, causing them to falter.
The very next second, the three Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects exchanged glances and, against expectations, turned around and charged at Reiger.
"Hmm?"
Reiger, who was preparing to pursue the remaining insects, paused, taken aback by this development.
And while he was still in a state of surprise and bewilderment, the Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects had already reached him.
"Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!"...
These were the sounds of blades cutting through the air.
Amidst the noise that resembled rushing wind, one of the Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects initiated an attack, waving its eight blade-like legs, slashing through the air and aiming at Reiger.
This was much stronger than Gejiev’s "Four Light Continuous Slash" or even the "Six Light Continuous Slash," and could very well be called an "Eight Light Continuous Slash."
But merely adding two more strikes to the attack meant nothing to Reiger; it was the same as if they were not there at all.
"Clang——!"
Just as he had done in the fight with Gejiev, Reiger didn’t even draw his sword. Instead, he swung the sheathed blade like a blunt instrument with great force, deflecting the eight incoming slashes all at once.
"Thunder Strike."
Immediately afterward, Reiger cast the third-tier lightning magic against the disoriented Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insect, letting the electricity form a spear that shot from his fingertips, striking the creature.
"Puchi!"
Lightning with a piercing effect hit the Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insect in an instant, perforating its spider-like body, entering through its chest, and emerging from its back.
"Die!"
Suddenly, the other two Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects appeared from both sides of Reiger, one from above swinging its eight blade-like legs downwards and the other slicing upward from below, pinching Reiger with their coordinated attack.
If it were anyone else, facing such fierce onslaught, even those who had stepped into the Heroic Domain would have fallen under this brutal pincer move.
An Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insect of level 49 could easily kill any hero in this world. Even if Gejiev were to don the Four Great Treasures of the kingdom, fully armed to face such an attack, he wouldn’t last long.
Unfortunately for them, Reiger was not a native of this world.
"Dimensional Movement."
Without any warning, Reiger suddenly disappeared from his spot.
"Puchi!"
"Aaahhh...!"
Instantly, the two Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects missed their coordinated attack. Due to their symmetrical positioning, their strikes landed on each other, wounding their comrades.
This caused both of the Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects to cry out in pain as they quickly withdrew their blade-like legs from their peers’ bodies.
Right after, they hurried to locate Reiger’s position. Their gaze swept around, but they couldn’t find even a shadow of him.
It didn’t take long for the two insects to notice a flickering firelight above them.
"Above!"
One of the Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects screamed.
"Damn it!"
The other Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insect fiercely raised its head to look above.
There, surrounded by the glimmering light of the Flying spell, Reiger was suspended in midair.
He was pointing his finger towards the ground, towards the two Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects.
At his fingertip, firelight blossomed, flames burning fiercely.
"Fireball."
A spell that not only existed in this world but had appeared in various magic-containing works, was now chanted by Reiger.
Like "Thunder Strike," it was also a third-tier magic spell.
However, unlike the piercing attribute of "Thunder Strike," this "Fireball" belonged to the category of area-of-effect attacks. Its striking range and power would change depending on the amount of magic power the caster poured into it. Upon hitting the target, the spell would release all the accumulated flames in one go, incinerating everything within a certain radius.
Due to its straightforward and powerful effect, Magic Singers who knew this spell often favored it.
However, when Reiger cast this spell, it was completely different from how other Magic Singers used it.
When other Magic Singers used "Fireball," they typically produced a fireball about the size of a human head.
And when Reiger used "Fireball," the flames gathered at his fingertips instantly transformed into a huge ball of fire that was slightly larger than himself, a full body-sized inferno.
"Is this, is this ’Fireball’?"
"It’s a lie, right!?"
The two Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects were completely stunned by the sight.
It wasn’t just them, even Reiger was taken aback for a moment before he remembered one of his skills.
......
[Pioneer of the Solar Wheel]
· Spiritual being.
· Light and Heat Magic effects doubled.
· Resistant to Light and Heat, Freezing, and Darkness powers.
· Special offensive capabilities against entities of evil nature.
......
———"Light and Heat Magic effects doubled".
That meant whether it was light or flame attributes, as long as the magic was of the Light and Heat category, its effects would double when cast by Reiger, far surpassing the norm.
At this moment, the magic used by Reiger was undoubtedly of the fire attribute, belonging to the Light and Heat category.
Thanks to this, the "Fireball" spell cast by Reiger had a potency that was not just at the third tier, but boasted an effect that even fifth-tier spells couldn’t match.
"I almost forgot about the existence of this skill."
Reiger immediately laughed.
"It seems I’ll have to learn more Light and Heat spells in the future."
With that said, Reiger launched the massive fireball that lit up the entire sky above the Golden Shining Pavilion, large enough to completely engulf a human body.
"————!"
The two Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects tried to flee but realized they couldn’t escape at all.
A normal "Fireball" could explode the moment it hit a target, turning into an area attack that burned everything around it.
If such an out-of-the-ordinary "Fireball" hit the ground, even if they dodged the direct hit, what would it matter?
Wouldn’t they still be incinerated by the exploding "Fireball"?
At least, the two Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects could only anticipate such a fate, such an end.
Thus, they gave up on fleeing and chose to face the massive fireball plummeting from the sky.
"Long live Ainz Ooal Gown!"
With such a war cry, the two Eight-Legged Blade Assassination Insects swung a total of sixteen sharp bladed legs towards the falling gargantuan fireball.
"Bang——!"
The huge fireball hit the ground, behaving like a miniature sun upon impact, followed by a brief period of stillness before it exploded.
In an instant, the sound of the explosion shot up to the heavens.
Waves of fire surged in all directions, sweeping along with the explosion, engulfing everything.
"It’s on fire!"
"Help!"
"Run!"
At that moment, whether it was pedestrians on the nearby streets or the guests in the Golden Shining Pavilion startled by the commotion of the battle, they all saw the onrushing flames surging towards them.
And so, they panicked, screaming as they frantically fled in the opposite direction.
"Not good!"
Seeing the entire Golden Shining Pavilion about to be swallowed by fire, with the nearby buildings and streets turning into a sea of fire, Reiger immediately sensed trouble.
"A mere third-tier ’Fireball,’ when enhanced by [Pioneer of the Solar Wheel], turned out like this?"
Reiger was also to blame, for in his excitement, he had used too much Magic Power, causing the "Fireball" to gain even more potency.
If not handled properly now, it might turn into a major fire disaster.
Right away, Reiger didn’t bother to hide his prowess and directly used magic considered miraculous in this world.
"Storm."
Such a straightforwardly named spell was actually ranked in the ninth tier among the ten tiers of magic.
The fierce wind roared in, sweeping over everything.
Down came a torrential downpour from the sky.
In a matter of seconds, a terrifying storm descended on the area, extinguishing the spreading inferno.
However, the environment around took a beating along with the fire.
Beneath the assault of the gale, all plants and trees were stripped away, and the downpour washed away countless things on the ground, causing buildings to sway dangerously.
Peoples’ cries of distress echoed continuously; it was unknown whether anyone was swept away by the gale or just drenched by the downpour.
"Ah, this..."
Reiger quickly withdrew the magic, looking at the nearby area that had become a disaster zone, and was left speechless.
After this ordeal, Reiger fully understood one thing.
"There’s a reason why the use of Tactical Level Magic and greater spells is restricted."
From now on, be more cautious using magic in the city, he concluded to himself.
Reiger made that silent decision.