Journey from Overlord

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As if he knew Shalltear's move in advance, the knight named Arthur responded perfectly.

Of course, the knight hadn't caused any fatal damage to Shalltear so far, but she was indeed slowly but effectively reducing Shalltear's HP, and even forced Shalltear to use her special skills twice.

That's right, in almost every collision, the opponent took advantage, either the spear was a little faster than Shalltear, or he was able to follow up with a heavy knee kick or punch.

Although she was very unwilling in her heart, Shalltear had to admit that she was suppressed.

'Why is this happening? Why is the other party gaining the upper hand?' Shalltear now basically understands what caused this.

Ability—No. After many confrontations, Shalltear did not feel that there was a gap in ability between the two sides. There was no obvious difference in strength or speed. Although Shalltear chose close combat and gave up her magical abilities, the opponent did not use magic either.

Armament—No, the knight's spear is definitely a very powerful weapon, but Shalltear's dropper spear is also a genuine artifact-level weapon. Even if the armament is backward, there will not be much difference.

Preparation—No, this was an unexpected encounter. Neither Shalltear nor Arthur had any advantages in intelligence, venue, or tactics. Both sides were equal in terms of preparation.

Skills—Yes.

Experience—Yes.

Quality—Yes.

That's right, this favorable result is entirely due to the gap between the two sides in combat skills, combat experience, and combat quality. This is a factor that cannot be reflected in the data, but it will profoundly affect the battle situation.

Shalltear's fighting was more based on her excellent ability values, so she could naturally slaughter enemies whose combat power was completely inferior to hers. However, this time, her opponent, while having ability values that were not inferior to hers, had—

He had combat skills, experience, qualities, and even more terrifying beast-like intuition, as if he had gone through countless Shura-like hellish battlefields!

Anxiety, suppressed battles, constantly reduced HP, and a battle rhythm that was too fast to use magic and summon followers continuously.

All these things were gradually increasing Shalltear's anxiety, and her movements in swinging the dropper spear became more and more impetuous unconsciously, allowing the opponent to seize more of her mistakes.

Shalltear rarely wanted to increase the distance, but at this moment, she was indeed retreating.

"This is a bit bad." The best option would have been to seek help from Nazarick immediately, but at this moment, the humiliation of being inferior to others made Shalltear unable to allow herself to make such a cowardly choice.

'I am Shalltear Bloodfallen, the floor manager of Nazarick, who was created by the Supreme Being! How could I surrender to such an enemy?'

Her scarlet eyes were filled with anger and humiliation, and Shalltear tightly gripped the divine spear in her hand.

Shalltear had no intention of running away or asking for help. She was determined to use her own strength to bring victory to Nazarick and Lord Ainz.

However, at this moment, Shalltear made a huge mistake.

When the knight's spear stabbed at her, she subconsciously raised the dropper spear to block it, but was instantly attacked by a feeling of powerlessness.

The effect time of [Sanctuary of Power] ended, and Shalltear, who lost the power bonus, fell into an uncomfortable imbalance in an instant.

Realizing the opportunity had come, the knight took a step forward, and in an instant, a powerful magical power burst out from her body.

[Magic Release]

Releasing magic power instantly strengthens one's body and weapons, allowing them to unleash explosive power far beyond their upper limit.

"Oh no!" Trying to block it, Shalltear yelled and thrust the dropper spear in her hand forward with all her strength.

The tip of the spear pressed against the shaft of the silver spear, and the tricky angle at which Shalltear stabbed made it impossible for the opponent to exert any force.

Success! And then, we can start the counterattack! Such a happy thought flashed through Shalltear's mind, but unfortunately, this joy only lasted for a short moment.

The next moment, the knight let go of the handle.

The silver spear flew out from the side, and the huge force that was difficult to recover suddenly missed, causing Shalltear to lose her balance.

No matter how great your own strength is, if you attack with all your strength, coupled with the power of speed, it is absolutely difficult to stop the weapon mid-attack, and the larger the weapon, the more difficult it is to stop it mid-attack.

Shalltear put a lot of strength into this attack, so the imbalance when the attack missed was severe.

"How is this possible? How could someone abandon his or her weapon?" Shalltear's red pupils trembled. This was a situation she had never expected.

At this moment, Arthur had already stepped in front of Shalltear, whose arm had lost its strength.

Shalltear made two huge mistakes in just a few seconds.

The first is that the remaining time of the buff skill was not taken into consideration, which caused the strength to fall into a disadvantage all of a sudden. This was a mistake in details.

The other is a conceptual error.

Because Arthur's main weapon is a spear, he defines the opponent as a spearman and concentrates too much strength on the opponent's weapon.

This is a very common way of thinking. In the minds of ordinary people, when dueling with a swordsman, you have to pay attention to his sword; when dueling with an archer, you have to pay attention to his bow; when dueling with a magician, you have to pay attention to the chanting at all times.

Shalltear fell into this kind of inertial thinking, or logical trap.

She always pays too much attention to the opponent's weapons, and at the same time, she stubbornly wants to use the dropper rifle to cause damage.

Fundamentally speaking, Shalltear did not understand a very simple truth—there was no rule that said spearmen had to fight with spears.

In other words, there has never been a rule that says that anyone holding a spear is a spearman.

It's not the weapons themselves that define you, but how you fight.

This is something Arthur understood very early on; being obsessed with weapons is childish; what is needed in battle is efficiency and effectiveness.

The spear has its combat advantages, that is, its length and combat radius exceed those of cold weapons such as swords, but it also has two-sided disadvantages: it is difficult for the spear to be effective at close range.

If both sides have the same weapon, then once close combat begins, both will equally suffer the disadvantage of having inconvenient weapons to use, and the situation is essentially still balanced.

Even if Arthur can use melee combat, she is not a monk after all, and the damage she can cause without weapons is limited.

But if one side changes weapons, the situation will be completely different.

The other party would not change weapons, which was another mistake in Shalltear's thinking.

Arthur approached Shalltear. This was a distance where it was difficult for a spear to exert its combat effectiveness, but correspondingly, the most suitable weapon for this distance was the sword.