Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

Achilles immediately tightened the reins in his hand, and as soon as he finished speaking, the three divine horses in front of him suddenly let out loud neighing sounds.

They ignored the obstruction of Shuul in front of them and broke through the sound barrier in an instant, leaving a long green stream of light on the road.

Driving the chariot behind him and Achilles on it, he turned into a green meteor flying across the sky.

The green meteor, driving the golden "ball" in front of it, drew several arcs in the sky.

In the end, it was like a golden meteor flying high into the sky.

After leaving a stream of light all over the sky, the green meteor fell from the sky at a vertical angle, carrying the "golden ball" in front of it, and hit the ground below.

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Chapter 52: The Discovery of Achilles

3: 33AM

In just a few minutes, the situation between Achilles and Shuul reversed countless times.

Each battle is a thrilling one, with each player showing their own understanding of the current situation and their own coping methods.

At this moment, the person who was at a disadvantage was Xuel, who was fixed in front of the opponent's treasure. Faced with the speed of breaking the sound barrier, Xuel's body was not as immobile as Achilles when he was taken into the sky by him.

But in order to collect the most intuitive data of the treasure, we have to face the situation of crashing into the ground under the acceleration of gravity at an altitude of ten thousand meters.

He had never considered the option of "dodging".

He was observing the divine horse outside the barrier very calmly, with such a leisurely look, as if the person who was about to fall to the earth was not him.

"Analyzing..."

—【Open】—【Attachment·Object Transparency】—

The slender black chain ran along Shur's left arm, hidden in the darkness, passed through the barrier, bypassed the warhorse, and quietly climbed onto Achilles' chariot without Achilles noticing.

The use of [magic] requires concentration, and what Shuul lacks the least is "concentration".

After doing all these things, Xiuer could clearly detect that the temperature behind him was rising rapidly due to falling from a high altitude at high speed.

From the perspective of others, Shuul, who was in front of Achilles' Noble Phantasm, had turned into a blazing "fireball".

Green meteors falling from the sky.

Just when they were still three thousand meters above the ground, the three divine horses in front of Achilles, which had been stable, suddenly began to become restless and agitated.

Before he could open his mouth to comfort his beloved horse, a slight creaking sound coming from the chariot wheels immediately caught his attention.

He saw that the enemy was about to be knocked to the ground by his own Noble Phantasm, but he also had a deep understanding of how difficult the enemy was.

Moreover, even now, he could see that the golden barrier in front of the warhorse had not a single crack, and he could also see Xuul's still calm face through the gaps in the patterns on the barrier.

"She even had the time to observe the warhorse in front of her?!"

At this critical moment, the calmer the enemy was, the more Achilles could feel the increasing pressure.

After all, if he releases this treasure and uses it with all his strength, his own magic power consumption will be greatly accelerated.

He can indeed take all the attacks from his opponent without any damage, but the essence of this ability is actually one of his treasures.

It is a Noble Phantasm that is always effective from the moment he appears in the world.

Its name is——【The Brave's Everlasting Flower/Andreias Amarantos】

The effect is just as he demonstrated before, all parts of the body are ineffective against all attacks.

This set of effects is like the immortal blessing given to Achilles by his mother, the goddess Thetis, in the myth.

Since it is a Noble Phantasm, it will also be unable to maintain due to the depletion of magic power. However, if the magic power of a Servant is exhausted, the enemy will retreat on the spot without any action.

Therefore, at this stage, Achilles, who used the Noble Phantasm [Chariot], was undoubtedly using all his strength to fight Shur without leaving any room for maneuver.

However, this seemingly unsolvable "Invincible Golden Body" is not without a solution.

It itself has two flaws/weaknesses.

First, when facing an enemy with the [Divinity] skill, the effect of this ability will be canceled.

Obviously, Xuul does not possess this skill. He is not even from this "world", so how could he possess the passive skills of this "world" system? Naturally, he cannot eliminate Achilles' [Invincibility].

Achilles, who discovered this the first time he was hit, naturally became more unscrupulous in subsequent battles with Shur.

The second weakness of this treasure is that, just like in the myth, Achilles' entire body was blessed except for his heel.

According to legend, Achilles died from being struck in the heel, and after becoming a heroic spirit, he also inherited this weakness.

If his heel is broken, it will directly break his [Invincible Body] and also invalidate his innate skill [Comet Run] that grants him swift running power. (After all, how can you run if your running foot is broken?)

Because of this weakness, Achilles paid special attention to this aspect.

He really only wants to fight with all kinds of heroes, but as a Servant who comes in response to the Holy Grail War, he will also bring victory to his Master.

If carelessness allowed the enemy to exploit one's weaknesses, leading to possible defeat, that would be somewhat unreasonable.

And it was precisely because he focused on his own weaknesses that he was able to detect the abnormalities in his opponent during the battle with Xuel.

When he was attacked, he simply regarded the other party as someone like himself who liked to fight with strong people.

Until he discovered that, although he had not revealed his own name, the other party seemed to know all his information, and every attack of the enemy would intentionally avoid his weaknesses.

Because in his opinion, although the strength displayed by Xuel could not compete with him in terms of martial arts, every time their weapons clashed, Achilles could feel the extraordinary value.

Unlike Atalanta, Achilles, who was also observing his opponent at all times during the battle, was happy when he realized his opponent's numerical value.

He would love to fight against a strong enemy, even if the enemy is not a servant.

But this feeling did not change until just now, when Xuel seemed to be serious, and Achilles' heart began to change from joy to surprise.

If the opponent had used his current strength at the beginning of the battle and attacked the weak point of his heel as Achilles expected, he could imagine that he would be unable to avoid this outcome.

But the fact is, the other party did not do that.

From the beginning to the end, the opponent poured all his attacks onto every part of his body except his weak points.

Even in the previous "nuclear explosion", the opponent concentrated all the power on the front of Achilles' body.

So much so that when the opponent's chain wrapped around his ankle, he really thought that the opponent's next attack would fall on his weak spot.

But in the end, the enemy just did the meaningless act of pulling him high into the sky.

Especially the moment when the speed dropped suddenly, it seemed as if it gave Achilles the opportunity to fight back.

There is no place to borrow strength, the weapon is lost, and summoning takes time. The only way is to use the Noble Phantasm.

Everything was as if the other party was intentionally guiding Achilles and using all his strength.

Just when the "meteor" was falling towards the earth, it was still a thousand meters away from the earth.

creak...

The "creaking" sound that had already appeared near the chariot became more obvious.

Achilles, who had been alert because of Shuul's attitude, finally turned his gaze towards the source of the sound without hesitation.

Then, he saw the translucent objects that had been wrapped around the sides of his chariot, and even his reins and the horse in front of him.

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Chapter 53: The Spear of the Star Galloping Across the Sky

3: 34AM

Although it was impossible to see clearly, the shape that was completely different from the environment, through the outline, looked like chains, wrapping around Achilles' entire treasure!

"when?!"

Just as Achilles cried out in surprise, the reins in his hands suddenly tightened. It was not because of his own hands, but because the transparent chain that had been wrapped around the reins suddenly tightened.

At this moment, the three divine horses pulling the reins suddenly neighed in panic.

They were entangled in chains all over their bodies and had lost their composure. The most panicked one among them was the chestnut-haired horse that was in the middle of the three horses, running in the front and closest to Xuel.

Because, just as Achilles was surprised by the transparent chains wrapped around the chariot, Shuul removed the barrier blocking the divine horse.

As for the latter, when the barrier was lifted, he grabbed the hair of the horse in front of him with one hand, stepped on the horse's neck with one foot, and raised his hand to tighten the chain that was already attached to the entire treasure.

The three divine horses were suddenly chained together due to Xiuer's sudden tightening, and with three panicked neighs, they were chained together.

At that moment, the twelve horses' legs were bound together by chains and affected each other, instantly losing the ability to drive the chariot. At the same time, pulled by the chains and the intertwined reins, the three divine horses were instantly tied into one "piece".

As they gathered together, they were chained again and, for the same reason, stuck tightly to the iron plate of the chariot at the rear.

In an instant, a spherical irregular object consisting of three divine horses, a chariot, and Achilles, who was "tied" to the chariot with chains and unable to dodge, formed in front of Xuer.

At this time, the distance to the ground was only about three hundred meters.

Facing the ground so close at hand, Xuul, who was at the bottom of the "sphere", suddenly loosened the chains gathered in his left hand and his right hand that was holding the chestnut-haired horse's hair.

Not only did Xuer's letting go not cause the chains on the treasure to loosen, but the force of the restraint became even stronger after Xuer let go.

At this moment, the thrusters that were tightened on both sides of Xuer's waist suddenly unfolded.

One of them was aimed at the area to the side of Xuer, "spraying" out a dazzling golden light.

Under the outpouring of energy, Xuer's figure moved away from under the "sphere" as if by teleportation.

A tiny "golden light" suddenly flashed at the bottom of the "green meteor" falling to the earth, drawing a beautiful golden arc and flying far away from the "meteor".

Unlike Shuul who escaped, Achilles had to face the situation of falling to the earth without any resistance.

The three divine horses were chained tightly to the iron plate of the chariot, and he himself was also locked in the chariot. Although the chariot would definitely not be damaged if it fell to the ground at this speed, as Achilles's treasure, he knew this best.

And those three divine horses...actually won't die.

The three horses that form part of Achilles' Noble Phantasm possess the same physical strength as Heroic Spirits.

But there was no way to avoid them being seriously damaged. No matter what, the injuries to the three divine horses would cause his chariot to lose its most important function.

Should he continue to maintain the useless Noble Phantasm and waste his magic power, or should he retract the Noble Phantasm and break free from the chains to minimize the consumption of magic power?

There is no need to say more about how to choose.

The chariot under Achilles' feet and the three divine horses in front of him instantly turned into green magic and dissipated before Achilles' eyes.

The originally huge object suddenly disappeared, and the chains that were originally wrapped around the chariot and horses quickly loosened after losing the treasure, leaving a gap large enough for Achilles to pass through.

However, he had nowhere to get support at the moment, so he naturally did not try to break away from the center of the chain. After all, he had no time to think about these things.

He quickly put his arms in front of his head to protect himself from the incoming impact.

boom! ! !

The sound of someone hitting the ground set off a "fountain" of mud and dust that shot a hundred meters into the air.

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"Hush...huh..."

Achilles peeled off the layers of dirt and rubble covering his body, took a few deep breaths, and climbed out of the deep pit he had dug.

He pulled out the legs that were stuck in the ground and stepped on the cracked earth.

"cough!"

Achilles spat out the dust that had fallen into his mouth due to the impact just now, and raised his hand to wipe the dust off his face.

The whole body, which had been briefly clean due to the burning of the "flowing light" behind Xuer, was once again stained with dust as it fell back to the earth.

Stratospheric bungee jumping (the cordless version) is thrilling, but not fun.

At least that's how Achilles felt at the moment. After all, it wasn't voluntary.

Atalanta, who was almost blown away while hugging a big tree, stabilized herself and then looked around to observe the movement in the pit.

Achilles alone benefited from it, while the previous attacker disappeared.

Where are the enemies?

Atalanta still remembered the golden light that flashed from under the green meteor before it fell to the earth.

Having witnessed the battle between Shul and Achilles, she was absolutely certain that the streak of light was Shul.

But again, where are the enemies?

Wow…