Chao Lu picked up the rifle-like equipment and directly attached it to her left hand, fixing it to her forearm like installing a component.
Sure enough, she was a long-range combat class, so was the name Belmondo just for show?
"Brother is a warrior skilled in close combat, so if that's the case..." After installing the rifle, Chao Lu looked at the uniquely shaped rifle on her left hand and murmured to herself, then immediately detached the rifle's front barrel and muzzle, stuffing the disassembled part directly into her front bodice.
Then, this time, she lifted her skirt with one hand, and again, something unknown fell out. Chao Lu bent down again to pick it up and reattached it to the gun body.
Only then did Ellie understand what the newly installed item was. Connected to the gun body now was a rather thick and long spike. What was installed on Chao Lu's left hand could no longer be called a rifle; accurately speaking, it should be called a pile driver.
That wasn't all; Chao Lu still seemed dissatisfied with the pile driver on her left hand. This time, she reached into her front bodice, took out a dagger, and hung it below the pile driver, similar to how a bayonet is attached to a rifle. Only then did Chao Lu nod in satisfaction.
Hey, hey! What kind of gunner is this? This whole setup looks like it's for close-quarters combat. Where did this gunner come from? Chao Lu, are you too versatile?
Ellie had thought that since Chao Lu was a gunner, Ainz would have an advantage, but she didn't expect this guy to have a close-combat form.
"I am ready, Brother. I apologize for making you wait," Chao Lu said, bowing to Ainz after she was ready.
"Oh... a very interesting piece of equipment indeed. Since you are ready, let's begin!" Ainz seemed very interested in the composite weapon in Chao Lu's hand.
It's over... Ainz is a hidden collector. It looks like Ainz won't let Chao Lu go. I just hope Ainz can clear his head a bit and not expose his true identity.
Honestly, facing this situation... Ellie didn't think Ainz could win against Chao Lu. Although Ainz is very powerful, no matter how powerful he is, he is a Magic Caster (even if his stat allocation is unconventional). Now, Ainz, who has become a Perfect Warrior, has lost his strongest and most proficient means—magic!
However, Ainz's sword skills are those of an amateur. Simply using his level 100 stats to crush natives is perfectly fine!
But he's up against a max-level NPC... However, looking at Ainz's imposing demeanor... does Ainz also have a plan?
"Please show mercy, Brother," Chao Lu said to Ainz in her emotionless, deadpan voice.
"Then! Here I come!" Ainz shouted with full momentum, then charged forward handsomely with two cleavers... no, greatswords. Chao Lu also responded with an emotionless, read-aloud "Yah!" and met him.
However, Ellie's attention was not there, but on the bayonet hanging from the pile driver on Chao Lu's left hand.
Because the moment Chao Lu moved, Ellie's keen sight and hearing both caught a very unusual phenomenon: something like an electric current flashed across the bayonet's blade.
Moreover, with Chao Lu's current forward momentum, it was unlikely for a blade to directly produce a wind-breaking sound as it cut through the air. Yet, Ellie still heard a very faint hum. To call it a wind-breaking sound would be incorrect, especially since Chao Lu hadn't even swung the pile driver yet. How could there be a wind-breaking sound?
Immediately in the next second, Ainz's greatsword and Chao Lu's bayonet clashed. The moment they impacted, a surprisingly dazzling spark, which shouldn't have appeared, flew out first.
Then an inappropriate, very crisp sound of metal breaking was heard, followed by another sound of metal clashing.
The sharp-eyed Ellie saw that the bayonet previously attached to the pile driver had broken into two pieces.
And the broken part that flew out did not spin a few times in the air and fall to the ground as usual; instead, it shot directly to the side like a bullet, embedding itself into the wall behind a Wolf Head who was observing nearby. It made a humming sound as it pierced the wall, and the blade still wobbled for a while before coming to a stop.
The Wolf Head didn't react at all until the half-broken bayonet stopped. Only then did the Wolf Head turn around with a ashen face to look at the half-broken bayonet, instantly breaking out in a cold sweat. If it had been slightly off, that half-broken bayonet would have pierced his forehead.
"Ah... sorry, sorry. I brought out a defective item. Hmm... I'm truly sorry, Brother. If you don't mind, could you please wait ten more seconds for me?" Chao Lu said in her emotionless, deadpan tone, then directly pulled away the pile driver that was locked with Ainz's greatsword.
To others, it looked like that one strike from Momon the Dark Hero had directly broken the dagger hanging from Chao Lu's strange weapon, and then clashed with the steel spike.
However, that was not actually the case. Ellie had seen it clearly just now. That strike... was entirely intentional on Chao Lu's part.
The moment Chao Lu swung the pile driver on her left hand to clash with Ainz's sword, Ellie finally understood what the electric current she had initially seen on the bayonet and the inappropriate hum were all about.
That was not an ordinary bayonet, but a vibrating blade... a high-molecular vibrating blade, rumored to exist only in certain sci-fi works. That's why it made that sound when activated and when broken, and why it shot out like a bullet.
"Oh... no problem... Hmm?" Ainz naturally retracted his sword. Only then did Ellie see that the part of Ainz's greatsword that had clashed with Chao Lu's blade had a triangular notch and cracks. Judging by Ainz's surprised tone, it seemed he had also noticed it.
So that's how it was. Chao Lu's illogical small movement before the clash—that inappropriate outward twist of her left wrist just before the sword and bayonet made contact—was intended to make Ainz's sword hit the blade's body, not the cutting edge, wasn't it?
In other words, Chao Lu deliberately allowed Ainz to break her bayonet. Otherwise, just that kind of contact was enough to create a notch in Ainz's sword. If it had directly contacted the cutting edge, perhaps... it might have been Ainz's greatsword that broke.
After all, the two cleavers in Ainz's hand were not high-grade items, so it was perfectly normal for them not to withstand the cutting of a high-molecular vibrating blade.
However, Chao Lu directly used the blade's body to clash with the greatsword in Ainz's hand. Under such super-high-speed vibration, the blade's body itself is extremely fragile. Under these circumstances, if it were directly impacted by metal, it would not be strange for it to break directly. No wonder sparks flew out just now.
So why would Chao Lu do this? To show weakness?
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