Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

Looking at the colorful halo floating above Shul's head, Achilles said this while panting heavily.

However, facing Achilles' questions, Shuul always remained silent.

"..."

Those inorganic golden eyes contained no emotion, just like a puppet.

Being stared at by such eyes really gave me a chill.

But Achilles was unaffected. After all, it was not surprising for magicians in this world to have such eyes.

"……interesting."

The deformed spear had long since returned to its original shape, leaving only the faintly glowing golden lines on it. Xuel placed it casually in front of him, looking down calmly at Rider who was standing in the pulp pool in a miserable state.

I have to say that the shield-shaped treasure in Achilles' hand is really good. It can actually withstand all of Shule's subsequent attacks. Moreover, that was after Shule saw the other party use the treasure and increased the energy output, and it was able to withstand all the attacks.

"Collection completed, data is being automatically uploaded..."

"Mission completion progress... 0% → 50%"

"Target Update: Rider/Achilles → Archer/Atalante"

"You have a message:"

"02: The data has been received and has been added to the database. Thank you for your hard work, No. 9."

"A few of the others have returned. Do you need any help?"

After quickly reviewing the communication information, Number Nine briefly observed Achilles' physical condition, and then looked through the "surveillance" camera of this area to see a green archer who was observing the situation at the edge of the pit.

After a little "consideration" relying on brain-computer calculations, it gave an answer.

"09: Answer, affirmation, improving efficiency is important."

The "Xuers" don't believe in "stealing credit", and it would be great if they can improve efficiency.

As for why Shul himself arranged for his clone to fight the servants one-on-one, it was simply because being forced to use a Noble Phantasm in a one-on-one battle like this would bring a greater sense of urgency than being beaten by a group.

The greater the pressure, the more likely the opponent will choose to use a Noble Phantasm to break the deadlock.

"02: That's perfect. We have a new [thug] here, and we'll send him to assist you right away."

"02: By the way, considering you're in the middle of a battle and haven't synchronized with the database yet, you can guess who this [thug] is."

"09:?"

……

"Ah……"

boom!

Achilles smashed his shield into the pool of pulp in front of him, causing it to stand in front of him.

By supporting the body on it, he could relieve the extremely painful feet.

"Huh...ha..."

"Hiss... This isn't good. Now, let alone running, even simply moving is a problem."

Unlike the "toughness" displayed on his face, Achilles had already made a simple judgment on his current physical condition in his heart.

Feeling his feet submerged in the pool of pulp and without skin, Achilles had a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead.

Although I don't know why the other party stood there without attacking, the frequently flashing golden eyes showed that he was still conscious.

But he shouldn't waste this free time. The more he can recover, the better.

Although his [Chariot] was not damaged and could still be called out because it was recalled in time a few minutes ago, but with the experience of the previous ones, Achilles did not think that he could run away without any preparation by calling out the [Chariot].

Especially when the other person is above your head.

There is no way to escape unless there are other "variables".

While Achilles was looking for the "variable" to break the deadlock, Shuul was also paying attention to the news within his field of vision.

"Support is arriving soon..."

"Arrived..."

As the group appeared, a huge fireball appeared in the sky above the pit.

The three people present, except Xiuer, all looked up in astonishment at the "meteorite"-like fireball that hit the ground.

As for Xiuer, although his heart was not calm, his facial expression was well maintained.

"Support has successfully arrived at its destination."

Looking at the fireball that had fallen into the pit and was above his head, Xuer opened his lips slightly, feeling confused.

"Surprised, why is it him?"

A black spear wrapped in flames instantly fell from the sky and sank into the center of the pulp pool, between Achilles and Shuul.

Randomly using the spear as the landing point, the "fireball" fell into the center of the already wide pit, instantly evaporating the golden slurry on the ground.

boom! ! ! ! !

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Chapter 55: The Rebel

3: 42AM

The blazing fireball that fell from the sky poured into the deep pit and exploded violently when it hit the bottom, causing the deep pit, which had already been widened by the bombardment of Shuul's pseudo-canonical treasure, to expand again.

The scorching air waves instantly filled the entire space.

The blazing flames filled the entire pit, and the flames all around turned this relatively wide area into a steamer in an instant.

The high temperature quickly filled the entire bottom of the pit, instantly evaporating the golden slurry pool that was originally half a meter deep.

The rocks that were originally buried underground around it have now mostly turned into boiling magma, replacing the original magma pool and slowly flowing into the center of the semicircular depression.

Achilles' figure, protected by his Noble Phantasm shield, still stood firm in the same place.

No, maybe not.

At the moment the "fireball" exploded, the terrain became lower again, making it impossible for him to stand firmly on his already severely injured feet. He could only rely on the protection of the shield to stabilize his body.

Although Achilles avoided being directly hit and injured by the explosion thanks to the protection of his shield, he fell another three meters, causing severe pain to his already severely injured feet, enough to make him grit his teeth.

In addition, the previous golden slurry pool was essentially just a slightly viscous liquid, but the magma that was about to fill the bottom brought real problems to Achilles.

Now, he finds it difficult to even move. It is already the best result that his feet were not destroyed by Xuer's previous attack.

As for Xuul, he activated the shield at the beginning of the explosion, isolating himself from the powerful explosion and the subsequent high temperature which had little effect on him.

But the original foothold under his feet was melted by the rapidly increasing high temperature in the explosion just now, so now he is in a suspended state, floating above the magma.

Those cold eyes calmly stared at the center of the fireball's landing point, where a tall black spear was stuck.

But to be precise, Xuer's eyes were not on the peculiar weapon, but on the thin figure next to the weapon, who emerged from the fire, with long silver hair and a red plush cloak.

"Lancer, I am here to assist you in the battle, following the Master's orders."

A cold voice came out of Karna's mouth, and he quickly pulled out the spear beside him.

The black spear danced in his hand, and the tip of the spear drew several red flames, and finally stopped at Achilles in front of him.

At this time, Achilles, who had originally seen that the visitor was Karna, was not happy for a few seconds. After hearing the former's speech, he stared at the other's gloomy face in disbelief.

Seeing the spear pointed at him, Achilles was speechless for a moment, his thoughts coming to a brief halt.

It was as if he didn't understand what the other person said at all.

He hoped that was a joke, or that Lancer had just landed and pointed his weapon at the wrong person.

But it was obvious that the eyes locked on him and the fighting spirit coming straight at him made Achilles understand that the other party was serious.

Shuul quickly landed behind Karna, using the method of levitation to make himself the same height as the other.

It quickly scanned the opponent's entire body, and after scanning the micro device in the opponent's ear, it slowly flew away from the opponent.

"Order, you deal with Red Rider."

Since it was the reinforcements sent by No. 2, Xuer would naturally give orders without any hesitation.

Although I don't know why this Lancer from the red team suddenly joined our team, since he was sent by No. 2, it means that he can be used with confidence.

An ethereal voice suddenly rang in Karna's ears, but he was not surprised, because before coming, the "new master" had already explained the situation to him in advance.

The "device" in his ear was a gift from the "new Master".

So he nodded slightly to show that he understood.

After confirming that the other party understood the instructions, Xuer no longer paid attention to anything here. Under Achilles' confused gaze, he left the two people present and quickly took off into the air, flying towards the cave above.

The worthless Achilles will be handed over to Karna, while Thaur will go to work on the other one.

A golden light flashed behind Karna. As Shul left, Achilles finally understood the current situation and looked at the person standing in the lava with anger on his face.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's true."

Achilles' eyes were filled with resentment towards the "betrayer".

"Lancer, are you really going to betray us/Red and join that unknown force that's interfering with the Holy Grail War!?"

Lancer's betrayal was something he had never expected.

Achilles never thought that someone like Lancer would actually betray him, and even betray him at the beginning of the Holy Grail War.

"Although I don't want to work for that man, your Master is in his hands. You should understand the consequences of such behavior, right?"

The "he" Achilles mentioned was naturally the priest hiding in the church.

Yes, everyone knew that their Red Team's Master had been kidnapped by that despicable priest.

Achilles didn't know about others, but he himself was unable to resist because the priest had a hostage in his hand.

As for his eldest sister, Atalanta, she was filled with anger after learning that her master was kidnapped by the priest. If the latter had not held the hostage in her hands, she would have killed the priest with her own hands to vent her anger.

And now, Lancer actually chose to ignore the Master's safety and betray to help that unknown third party.

He was already unable to fight, but he had no complaints about dying at the hands of a strong man. However, dying from a backstab by a friend was a complete humiliation for him.

Even though Karna, the son of God, was equally powerful, it could not change the fact that this was a backstab.

Achilles couldn't accept it.

However, in the face of Achilles' questioning, Karna remained unmoved and responded in silence.

This also made Achilles realize that something was wrong, but he couldn't confirm what that "wrong" was.

However, since even that kind of guy could choose to rebel, the reason behind it is probably not simple.

But Achilles didn't have much time to think about the reason, because Karna didn't give him time to think anymore and rushed forward with a spear in hand.

Facing the blazing spear hurtling towards him, the green Rider immediately paused his thoughts and promptly raised the shield before him to meet the spear tip that was hurtling towards him...

……

In the short few seconds of flying towards the cave entrance.

Xiuer quickly searched the latest updated database and successfully found the latest updated information, which contained the complete story of how the Red Lancer joined them.

After understanding the whole situation, the expression on his face was moved.

"Surprisingly, Karna's personality is really..."

Xiuer was weighing his words. After all, the other person was now his companion and came to help him. It would be bad to say something too harsh.

“…That’s quite ‘tolerant’.”

Although for them, the choice of target will not affect the efficiency of their actions.

But since that Karna chose to obey the orders of "Shurl" who seized the master's identity, it wouldn't be a bad thing to have an extra helper before the matter is over.

However, according to the report, even Number Four himself was caught off guard by Karna's on-the-spot rebellion.

After all, "seizing the Master's identity" was just an experiment. Their original plan was to use the Command Seals to squeeze out all the opponent's abilities if successful.

But who would have thought that what Karna cared about was not "who is the Master", but the identity of "Master" itself.

Even when Number Four seized the Master's position right in front of him, he remained indifferent and rebelled on the spot.