Seeing this Lycan did not halt and continued his attempt to maul Zesshi to death.
This fool probably thought he can just chew through my armor with his teeth. This heavenly armor that was made by the six great gods or your teeth, it should be obvious which is harder.
Zesshi grinned as she used her armguard to halt the biting attack from Lycan as she placed it inside his mouth intending for him to break his teeth if he dared to try and bite through it.
Sensing that Lycan was really about to try and bite through the armor she grinned as she could not believe that this beast was actually this dumb.
"Ha-ha chew on this you mongrel."
She already pictured the sight of Lycan's pain felt cries sounding through the barrier. The pain he was about to feel would surely cause him to let go off her scythe and give her all the opportunity she needed in order to finish the fight.
As Lycan' mouth closed, she thought that she could already hear the sound of breaking teeth but then…
should have been the sound of teeth breaking inside of Lycan's mouth, Zesshi instead heard the sound of metal that was being torn apart as she felt a sudden chill around the arm that she had used to block Lycan's attack.
Frightened beyond reason and unable to accept what she thought had happened Zesshi kicked Lycan in the stomach aiming for the wound while using all her might to pull her arm from Lycan's mouth.
With a loud shriek of pain, Lycan easily let go of Zesshi's arm and her scythe at the same time.
As Zesshi inspected her armor her worst fear had come to pass.
The armguard of her divine armor that was left behind by the six gods, the very same armor that none of the other members of the Black Scripture had been able to so much as dent in any of the training fights that she had had with them…
"The armguard is…"
"Completely torn off…"
A voice of utter disbelief sounded from Zesshi. It would have taken the highest of magic spells to so much damage the armor slightly let alone tear it off completely. This was inconceivable!
"This much huh? Guess that armor you're wearing is divine class then."
Lycan muttered his observations as he spat out the chunk of armor that he had thorn of earlier. He himself was just as surprised Zesshi. Never would he have imagined that his opponent was wearing was of such a high level.
The secret to Lycan being able to damage Zesshi's armor stemmed from the fact that he had been set with so many racial levels. Racial levels granted passives and thus almost no player in YGGDRASIL would ever skew their character with so many racial levels as it would quickly fall behind in strength, even when compared to players of ten levels lower than their own. However by skewing the werewolf class to such a high degree, a secret skill became available that was considered to be in the top three most dangerous in all of the game.
Item eater. A super rare skill that as far as the players of YGGDRASIL knew, was available to only three races. One of those races was the elder slime class, it had a 0.1% chance of obtaining this skill after reaching level 90. Another race could use this skill after equipping an item that was hard to make even for guilds in the top ten and finally in the werewolf class by skewing the racial levels of werewolves until they become werewolf emperors, there was a very slight chance that their unique skill would be item eater.
This skill was an enemy item destruction skill and was feared and coveted by all. If the divine class items that one used in battle were destroyed then ones stats would plummet fiercely. In group battles this ability was considered incredibly overpowered and was permanently banned from tournaments. But the most dangerous thing about this ability was not even this.
Item eater was the only ability known in YGGDRASIL that could destroy a world class item.
What's more is that a single hit from this ability could render a world class item unusable in battle until repaired and was by many considered to be the only real counter against them.
Even in Ainz Ooal Gown ,the amount of creatures that could use this ability was only three. But Ainz had sent Lycan with the thought that should the world class item user appear then Lycan might be able to destroy it with his ability, which would be a huge boon.
"You insolent mutt!"
Zesshi appeared close to be fuming from the mouth as she shouted in pure anger at Lycan.
"Do you have any idea what this armor is worth? You have just committed sacrilege!"
"Hahaha as if I care about what you pieces of chow consider holy!"
Lycan mockingly let out a heartfelt laughter. To him who could use item eater, an armored opponent was better of fighting naked.
As she heard Lycan's reply all emotion vanished from Zesshi's face completely. A dark chill seemed to emit from her that lowered the temperature in the barrier considerably.
"Is that so?"
Zesshi got in to position to swing her scythe again, however she had kicked Lycan quite a distance away and it seemed in possible to hit him from she stood.
"Well then…
Let me show you…
WHAT I CAN DO."
Zesshi swung her scythe. She took no steps towards Lycan, she didn't dash or teleport to his position either. She swung her scythe through the air and seemed to hit visibly nothing.
Lycan wondered whether this human had lost its mind.
Suddenly a pain as sharp as a blade and very deep penetrated through his body as he felt that he had been dealt another injury that was much more serious than the last one.
He did not understand how he got hurt. Zesshi had not closed the distance and yet her attack had hit him dead-on.
"Did you like that little trick? My weapon can launch air slices. Though it has a limit, it's plenty to finish of someone like you."
As the blood from the wound steadily poured out from Lycan's body, he could feel his consciousness slipping as he began to struggle in staying up.
Never had he felt this kind of humiliation. He had even gone as far as to use his secret ability and yet he was still inferior to his opponent.
"You look like you're in pain. I guess this is as far as you go right? Well it was fun while it lasted."
Slowly but steadily, Zesshi began walking towards the wounded Lycan. She no longer was on guard. Her prey had been wounded heavily and all that was left to do was finish the job.
All in all she thought that the trip had been worth it. Apart from the fact that her divine armor that was left to her by the six great gods had been damaged, she felt content.
"For making me feel this excited for the first time in a long time. I'll show you my sincere appreciation and kill you quickly."
Lycan glared at Zesshi with bloodshot eyes as he could see what looked like the grim reaper closing in on him.
Although as a servant of Nazarick to die in battle was considered a great pleasure, Lycan could feel no pleasure whatsoever. He had always been different and always been shunned. To die in a place like this was something that he could never accept…
Not without at least taking down his enemy with him…
*huff* *huff*
"Guess I have no choice…"
Lycan closed his eyes as he prepared to play his last card.
"Huh? What did you say?"
Zesshi stopped as she felt something was amiss. This creature that just a moment ago she was comparing to a wounded animal ready to get eaten, now was emitting a fearsome amount of pressure that made even her break out in cold sweat.
"With apologies to the innocent citizens that might get caught in this. I'm not a fan of doing things like this but you forced me.
Zesshi sensed that something bad was coming her way and reinitiated her attack. She felt that things will get troublesome if she doesn't finish this beast off here and now.