Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

This time, Xuel did not wear a hood to cover his head, and his appearance was exposed to others without any obstruction.

The "hair ornament" on his head had already unfolded, and a halo of overlapping colors floated above his head.

A pair of inorganic golden eyes were fixed on the wheat-skinned man with white hair in front of him, glowing faintly in the darkness and the light of the fire.

The man held a long knife in his hand, wary of the being that came out of the portal.

The sweat on his forehead was not sure if it was due to nervousness or the heat of being in the sea of ​​fire.

The heavy rain that had been falling not only failed to extinguish the scorching sea of ​​fire, but the rain was evaporated by the high temperature before it reached the sea of ​​fire.

clatter……

The moment he walked out of the portal, the passage behind him disappeared in an instant.

"Ask a question..."

The gentle voice reached the man's ears clearly. At this seemingly gentle voice, the man's body tensed even more.

"Is the individual codename Ruler 'Amakusa Tokisada'?"

……

Chapter 41: Command Spell

"—[Opening of the Code]—[Pseudo-Code]—[Noble Phantasm·Illusionary Greatsword·Demon's Fall]—"

A huge sword energy in the color of dusk swept across the pure white earth.

The sea of ​​fire that originally fell from the sky and blocked out the sun was split into two in an instant.

The "separated" sea of ​​flames brushed past both sides of Xuul and crashed onto the flat, pure white ground behind him.

Another white canvas was splashed with crimson "paint".

After "cutting" the flames, Xuul turned into a meteor again and flew towards the "sun" high above.

Then, a scorching laser shot out from the "sun" and hit Xuer in the face.

—【Traffic Control】—

A golden semicircular shield suddenly appeared in front of No. 4, deflecting the incoming laser light. The refracted laser light streaked towards the "earth" below, adding fuel to the already scorching sea of ​​flames.

Giant balls of fire fell from the sky like meteorites, smashing down from the high "sky" onto Xuul and the ground within a hundred miles around his body.

Before Xuer could make any other move, the scorching sun hanging high in the sky took the lead, turned into a meteor, and hit him before the "meteorite" landed.

Huge sonic booms sounded one after another, and in almost the blink of an eye, the scorching sun, with a high temperature that was enough to melt everything, descended in front of Xuer.

The white-haired man at the center of the "Fiery Sun" had already thrust out the huge spear in his hand, which had already changed into another appearance.

He clenched the golden spear in both hands, and the pitch-black spear tip wrapped in red flames rushed towards the shield in front with a penetrating force.

Then, just as he expected, the tip of the gun rested steadily on the shield without even a single crack.

If it weren't for the substantial and powerful reaction force coming from his hands, Karna would have begun to doubt whether he had really used enough strength just now.

He frowned tightly and looked around. Judging from his perspective, the enemy's defense strength was also very tricky.

Moreover, he could feel that as the battle lasted longer and longer, the enemy's strength was visibly increasing.

The most obvious one is the opponent's fighting technique.

Although the weapons of the two are not of the same type, the martial arts used in battle have many similarities.

It was obvious that the opponent had no skills at all when they first met, and was only relying on strength to wield weapons in a disorderly manner.

In terms of martial arts, the opponent was completely suppressed by himself, but he was able to rely on his strange speed and shield to compete with him.

But now...

Karna looked at the blue-purple figure in front of him with a serious expression.

Just now, under the impact of the [firefight] between the two, the coat on No. 4 finally couldn't bear the weight and was torn.

Although Xuel had added magic such as [Protection] when he first created this set of clothes, he himself did not pay much attention to what he was wearing, and all he gave was basic magic.

Covering up one's appearance is merely superficial.

Regardless of whether Xuer himself will always abide by it, at least his clones will not care about the clothes on their bodies when facing a real battle.

Karna never imagined that the opponent who could make him fight with all his strength was actually a puppet under his black clothes.

When the opponent lost the cover of the black cloth, Karna was able to see the full picture of his opponent's moves.

Just after his attack made contact with the shield, the golden shield suddenly disintegrated, but it was not shattered by Karna's attack.

He didn't think that an attack of this magnitude could break the opponent's defense, but it was precisely because of this sudden change that the spear in Karna's hand, which was firmly pressed against the shield, lost its fulcrum.

At that moment, his body experienced a brief loss of balance.

The red sword followed closely, giving the opponent no time to react, it was a stab to the chest.

However, two rounds of golden armor flew from Karna's shoulders to his front, blocking the path of the greatsword, and resisted the attack as the opponent had just done.

The tip of the sword was embedded in the hollow center of the circular shoulder armor. Now that the two shoulder armors were resisting together, No. 4's weapon was stuck in it and could not be pulled out in time.

Without a doubt, it was Karna's turn again.

By using his shoulder armor to block the enemy's attack, his free hands had already retracted the deflected spear.

however……

"...—[Noble Phantasm: Fantasy Greatsword: Devil's Fall]—"

"!"

The familiar dazzling white light instantly filled Karna's vision.

Before he could react to what was happening, a huge amount of magic power suddenly appeared in the space in front of his face.

And in the next moment, a powerful energy instantly broke through his defense, completely submerged him, and [washed] over his body.

……

Karna, who was in the turbulent energy, wanted to break the status quo, but when he was submerged in the energy, his body was [pressed] and he could not move at all, even raising his hand was a luxury.

This attack was even more violent than the previous [Hidden Weapon] attack!

Such a huge output of magic power really surprised Karna.

He actually had enough magic power to unleash such an attack even after fighting with him for so long.

click -

As if hearing some voice from somewhere, Karna looked at the circular shoulder armor in front of him that blocked most of the attacks.

He could do nothing at the moment. The only thing he could do was wait for the enemy's attack to end.

And this energy impact lasted for as long as half a minute.

When the energy dissipated, Karna's body returned to his control.

Because of the impact of energy, Karna was knocked from the sky to the ground. If it were not for the unusually hard and stable ground of this inherent barrier, he would have been knocked into the deep and dark underground.

"Ha ha……"

He was in a rather miserable state at this moment, and his originally calm and indifferent expression was already filled with fatigue.

Two rounds of circular shoulder guards that were used to block attacks flew back to his sides. The dense cracks on the golden shoulder guards were particularly conspicuous.

The magic power is almost exhausted.

Feeling the little magic power left in his body, it was no longer enough to support the effect of the Noble Phantasm Armor.

Karna helplessly confirmed his current situation. He had wanted to use his Noble Phantasm to attack with all his strength countless times before, but each time he was interrupted by his opponent and his tricky methods.

But now, he didn't even have the magic power to unleash his Noble Phantasm.

Even servants with powerful Noble Phantasms and strength can only accept the exhaustion of magic power, unless they have a Noble Phantasm with special properties.

Unfortunately, Karna does not possess such a treasure.

Without the support of magic, he would collapse on his own without even the enemy knowing it.

Karna is in such a miserable state right now, what about his opponent?

call--

A gust of wind blew across Karna's face, and a blue-purple figure fell from the sky.

A colorful halo shone above the visitor's head, and the mechanical body completely wrapped in iron armor descended before Karna's eyes.

A pair of metal wings extended behind his back, and the golden eyes behind the goggles flashed, staring mercilessly at the embarrassed man in front of him.

"Come, let's have the final battle..."

Seeing that the enemy had come to him but did not attack, Karna seemed to understand something and raised the weapon in his hand again.

His body was covered with many unhealed wounds that had not appeared for a long time. The flames that originally covered the earth also lost momentum in an instant. When No. 4 arrived, they were extinguished by the strong wind he brought. That was a sign that his magic power had reached its limit.

Even though he can no longer use his magical abilities, his martial arts skills should not be underestimated.

However, facing an opponent who is already at the end of his strength.

Number Four did not respond to the other party's [invitation to fight].

He simply hovered in the air a few meters away from Karna, staring at his opponent in silence.

"Data collection... 76.4%"

"Data not included... Noble Phantasm [...]..."

Just as No. 4 was confirming the progress of the mission, Karna also had the opportunity to carefully observe the details of the other party's appearance.

The whole body was covered with technological creations that were completely out of date, which really surprised him. Which powerful magician could have created such a powerful humanoid that was ahead of its time?

Just as he was carefully observing his opponent's appearance, an ethereal voice suddenly appeared and drew his attention back.

"Analysis: The individual's magical power reserves are about to be exhausted and cannot support the release of the Noble Phantasm."

"Conclusion: The individual needs to provide magic power supplement measures."

"...?"

This was the first time that the enemy spoke to Karna since they started fighting.

The voice that comes out of the other person's mouth perfectly matches the other person's appearance and age.

But the words that came out of the other party's mouth really puzzled him.

"The experiment begins..."

Karna couldn't help but frown.

"what are you saying?"

Number Four didn't answer, but suddenly rushed in front of Karna.

That cold face suddenly appeared in front of him. It was an even more violent attack than before, making it even more difficult for Karna, who was in a poor condition, to cope with it.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the other person was holding a golden object in his hand.

Although I don't know what it is, it contains enormous magical power.

Karna was unable to dodge and could only watch as the other party's small hand holding the golden object passed over the blocking spear and hit his chest.

hum-

He was hit hard by a punch with super strong kinetic energy, but the expected pain did not come. Not only that, he even felt a huge amount of energy suddenly flowing into his body from his chest, filling the output gap.

"?!"

At this moment, Karna's poker face finally broke, and he looked at his arm on his chest in astonishment.

The object in the other person's hand had disappeared. The other person's palm was now pressing on Karna's chest. Golden energy wrapped around the slender arm and flowed into his body along the only contact point between the two.

The enemy is helping me replenish my magic power? !

Because the development of things was completely beyond Karna's expectations, he temporarily lost his judgment of the situation when facing the current situation.

"Changing...89.7%"

Number Four paid close attention to the progress of the experiment. Before Karna could react, the arm armor on the outside of the arm responsible for energy transmission instantly unfolded.

A chunky exhaust vent flares out from the elbow of that arm.