Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

Xuer gently clenched his right hand, wrapping the ball of light in it.

—【Opening】—

The originally stable ball of light suddenly emitted a dazzling light in his hand.

Countless golden lights shot out from the gaps between his fingers, illuminating Xuer and everything around him.

In the blink of an eye, a gun-shaped golden energy object appeared in his hand after the light dissipated.

However, he was not prepared to rush into the tower and confront the Lion King sitting inside, because there was another matter that he needed to deal with right now.

“Fu——!!!”

At this moment, a familiar animal cry suddenly came from the ruins nearby, and a small white animal suddenly ran out from the ruins and came to Xuer.

Obviously, that was Fu Fu who ran away before the battle started.

When the battle was temporarily over, this lovely creature followed the scent of Xuul and found its way back here.

"..."

Seeing Fu Fu's return, Xiuer immediately retracted the "light gun" in his hand and calmly watched the former run towards him.

"Fu?"

But as soon as she ran up and saw the completely changed Xiuer, Fu Fu suddenly stopped and tilted her head with a puzzled look on her face.

The face was still the same face, but the overall appearance and the "smell" were different from the person Fu Fu was familiar with. At that moment, the thought "Did I find the wrong person?" suddenly occurred to it.

"it's me."

Xiuer nodded, leaned over, lifted Fufu's hands and held them in front of him.

The familiar indifferent tone dispelled the uneasiness in Fu Fu's heart.

It was not until it met those cold golden eyes that it was finally able to confirm that the white "birdman" in front of it was its previous puppet companion.

"Fu?"

Fufu looked at Xiuer's clothes and let out a puzzled sound.

Because the spirit crystal was directly analyzed at the beginning, when this weapon is used, it is activated based on the spirit crystal.

This also means that when Shuul deploys the "Angel of Extinction" at full power, his clothing will promptly transform into something similar to the "Godly Spirit Suit".

Having a window on the chest or something is not a big deal.

After all, compared to the original owner's spiritual outfit that was similar to a wedding dress, Xiuer's style was more like a banquet dress.

Moreover, Xuer himself doesn't care about things like clothes and attire. As long as it's not too "weird", he can accept it.

Fu Fu was surprised by the other party's current attire and the change in his appearance. After being lifted up in front of him, his attention was attracted by the colorful halo above his head.

"Ask why you came back here."

In fact, Xiuer knew Fu Fu's situation throughout the whole process.

As mentioned before, everything in the critical zone is under the supervision of the former. Just as Tong Xiuer discovered that someone had entered the critical zone, he was also constantly monitoring the coordinates of the latter.

And in the battle just now, he also intentionally used the power of the Samsara Paradise to prevent the opponent's area from being impacted.

"Fu!"

"Negative, the battle is not completely over yet, and this place is still dangerous."

Having said that, Xuul turned his head and looked at the tall tower again. The meaning he wanted to express was self-evident.

After all, the Lion King's attack has shown that it can directly break through the obstruction of space and descend directly.

"Fu?"

Fu Fu was confused because it could hear that Xuul obviously still wanted to fight with the existence on the top of the tower.

But according to its understanding of the latter, if the other party really wanted to continue fighting, he would rush over to fight on the spot without saying a word, instead of staying here and wasting time chatting with himself.

"..."

This time, Xiuer did not respond.

He slowly withdrew his gaze and placed the puzzled little creature in his hand on his shoulder. At this moment, a golden vortex appeared in the air in front of him.

"Fu?"

Looking at the vortex in front of her, Fu Fu naturally knew that this was a manifestation of Xuer's spatial transfer ability.

The other side of the vortex is connected to another area, but just by looking at the surface, it is impossible to know what the situation is on the other side.

But one thing it can be sure of is that Xuul is currently preparing to take it away from here.

"Answer: The battle has been temporarily suspended. I need time to sort out the current intelligence."

What Shule said is true, but this is not the only reason.

With the current intelligence and the attack samples of the Holy Spear, he has already accomplished most of his goal, but currently does not have enough "motivation" to fight the Lion King himself.

The reason why he said "the battle is not over yet" before was just a "guess" about the Lion King's behavior. After all, the opponent can't only release that kind of attack once now.

However, so far, the opponent seems to have concerns because the Holy Spear was broken through from the front and has no intention of launching a similar attack again.

Since that was the case, Xiuer had no intention of staying any longer, so he decided to leave.

"Fu?"

"Answer: Fujimaru Ritsuka is across the street, and we're heading there to join them."

Xiuer, who was "casually" organizing the files, also walked towards the corridor while explaining to Fu Fu on his shoulder.

The golden vortex swallowed the pure white figure, and the dilapidated space began to collapse rapidly when Xuer left.

Everything lost its color, and the color of the entire world turned into flawless white in the blink of an eye. The fragments and rubble that originally scattered across the earth also changed from golden to amorphous liquid with this change, dissolving into the earth below.

In just a few breaths, this fake city that imitated the holy city turned into a flat, desolate land of white after Xuer left.

……

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……

The night breeze was mixed with a hint of chill, which made the boy, who had an ordinary physique, feel a chill down his spine.

"Is that so..."

Bedivere confessed everything to Fujimaru Ritsuka and his group, including but not limited to the reason why he insisted on meeting the Lion King.

The boy rubbed his chin, a look of sadness on his face.

The pain that the knight before him was experiencing was beyond the comprehension of this young man.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Bedivere..."

Mashu's condition was even more sad than the boy's. Her condition at this moment was somewhat abnormal. Compared to Fujimaru Ritsuka's "sympathy", the girl's reaction was more like the heartache after her friend whom she hadn't seen for many years had suffered such hardships.

Even the girl didn't know what was happening to her. She could only feel an indescribable sorrow in her heart.

Leonardo da Vinci remained silent. His original surprise at the fact that Shuul had blocked the divine punishment was now drowned out by the low pressure.

Although she was not as sad as her two companions, the smile that was always on her face disappeared at this moment.

"Please don't feel sad for me."

Bedivere could certainly see the feelings of several people. As a person who had personally experienced the incident, he had never forgotten the pain he had experienced so far.

"This is the path I chose for myself, and it is my only way to atone for my sins."

The silver knight lowered his eyes and tightly grasped his right arm. It was the weapon he had trusted so far, and it was also the "crime" that always accompanied him.

In his own view, this was a punishment for his failure to fulfill the king's instructions, and also his only hope of atonement.

But now is not the time to be sad. Bedivere feels very guilty about being the culprit that caused the Chaldean group to be sad.

But in order to show his sincerity, he had no choice but to reveal some of his experiences and the purpose of coming to the Holy City.

Just when the knight wanted to change the topic and liven up the atmosphere, a golden vortex happened to appear in Bedivere's eyes and behind Fujimaru Ritsuka.

The whirlpool, which he had only seen a few times but left an extremely deep impression on him, immediately attracted his attention.

Along with it, there was also Da Vinci, who was standing at a relatively tilted position, and she also saw a vortex.

For some reason, the two of them tacitly agreed not to alert anyone else, but quietly waited for someone to come out.

Another breeze suddenly blew, and the cold wind that blew into his clothes made the boy shiver.

clatter……

A soft footstep sound came from behind him, but the boy did not notice it.

But he found that his companions were all looking behind him for some reason.

This sudden change brought a pause to Fujimaru Ritsuka's originally somewhat sad mood.

"What are you looking at?"

He looked at everyone with a puzzled look on his face, but they didn't answer. He had no choice but to follow their gaze and look behind him.

Then, his eyes met with the pair of golden "ambers" that were almost right in front of his head.

"..."

"..."

……

Xiuer crossed his arms across his chest and glanced indifferently at the young man who was sitting on the ground and covering his heart.

His eyes quickly swept over the crowd, then stopped at the Silver-Armed Knight with a helpless look on his face.

"Inquiry, have you confessed to them?"

"exactly."

Bedivere nodded. Facing this puppet with a new image, he was in a pretty good mood.

He asked tentatively with a smile:

"I never thought that Lord Shuul is also a divine angel."

The expression on the knight's face was not artificial at all, and Xuel could clearly hear that the other party's sigh was sincere.

"Angel……?"

This kind of address is not the first time I have heard of it.

Chewing on this word in his mind, Xiuer couldn't help but think of someone.

Once upon a time, that person often called himself "angel".

Glancing at the "wings" at his side and then looking down at the "dress" on his body, he had to admit that his appearance at the moment was indeed somewhat similar to the image of an angel in people's common perception.

But he was too lazy to explain. He didn't care what others thought.

At this time, Ritsuka Fujimaru, who had finally recovered from the shock, turned his attention to Shule.

With a halo on his head, he is the only source of light besides the moonlight in this dark night, and is also the thing that attracts the boy's attention the most.

Although the brightness is not high, it also casts a layer of mysterious light on Xuer's body.

"Wow, Shul, you're like this..."

This halo, these wings, this white dress, and this ball of white fluff...

Ok?

Fluffy?

"F——!"

"Eh?!"

Fu Fu suddenly jumped up from Shul's shoulder and pounced on Fujimaru Ritsuka.

The white little housework concept was thrown into the boy's head, and everything happened suddenly, catching him off guard.

Fortunately, Fufu's thrust was very light, and the force it produced when it landed on the latter's head was not enough to make the other party lose balance.

He felt his head sink slightly. Apparently, the little guy had run above his head.

"Why is Fufu here?"