One-way traffic

The chain, acting as the spearhead, collided head-on with the tip of the opponent's scythe.

Sparks exploded, and a sound that echoed throughout the entire forest followed.

"ridiculous."

Boom! By the time she realized what was happening, the petite figure had already been thrown into the air.

Enkidu's feet moved swiftly across the ground, and in an instant, with a speed exceeding the speed of sound, he spun around to the top of his opponent's head, raising his right foot, which was wrapped in lightning.

"How could a mere third-rate follower possibly contend with a body like mine?!"

It was like a meteor strike.

The person who was hit, even though he used his scythe to block, still fell to the ground, passing through the trees behind him before barely landing.

But Enkidu did not stop at all.

He struck the ground like lightning, his body thrusting in a straight line at the same speed as the chains that shot out around him.

It was as if they wanted to completely erase that petite figure.

then.

—Another ghostly figure, in contrast, forcibly intervened in the conflict.

"What…?"

The person who blocked my attack was none other than myself.

It turned out to be the same guy who had begun to doubt him long before the white-haired youth appeared.

Thud! Accelerator grabbed Enkidu's ankle and hurled his body straight out like a cannonball.

Clang! A series of sparks flew up from the ground.

The green figure stretched out its hands and wrapped two chains around the tree roots on its left and right sides, using the chains to stop itself.

"Interesting. So this time it's your turn to be my opponent?"

Whoosh—that was the golden chain being swung around.

Enkidu twirled the chains in his hands, looked at Accelerator, and then revealed a sneer.

"Just because you're a human?"

Bang——! ! !

More than a dozen golden streaks of light shot directly toward the white figure.

"Mr. Accelerator!!"

Matthew cried out in alarm. Having just experienced Enkidu's attack, she knew that it was a destructive force that no human body could withstand... even the aftershocks were impossible to resist.

If you take a direct hit like this without any defense, even if you could wipe out dozens of monsters in an instant, you would not emerge unscathed.

But—Matthew only felt someone gently pressing down on his shoulder.

"It's okay."

Hatsune Miku, dressed in her Snow Miku 2019 outfit, smiled confidently.

then.

—One of the golden chains that should have run through the first person's body.

It twisted unnaturally, like maltose.

"Um--?!"

"That, that is...?"

No, it's more than that.

The first chain is curved, an unnatural, refracted posture.

But when the second and third chains came piercing through...

Enkidu then opened his eyes wide.

Bang! The green figure suddenly leaped from the ground and dodged into an ancient tree to the side.

because.

The chains he had shot out were returning to him in the same direction—directly reflected back at him.

"What just happened...?"

He frowned, seemingly defiant, and unleashed dozens more chains.

Without exception, all the spearheads were deflected head-on and twisted, then swept towards their own bodies.

Enkidu dodged through the bushes, using his feet to tread on tree trunks and evade his chains at supersonic speed.

At the same time, he raised his right fist and unleashed a palm strike that shone with the power of thunder.

And so, he thrust the needle toward Accelerator's chest.

Boom! ...

The interior of the forest seemed to have been struck by an unparalleled natural disaster.

An overwhelming surge of lightning erupted from the inside of the bushes, igniting and scorching the surrounding shrubs, and even propelling them several meters into the air.

but.

Enkidu's arm was twisted as if it had been unnaturally pulled apart.

"—?!"

How... is this possible?

The green figure looked at its right hand in disbelief; the magic had just struck—

Everything was returned to his arm.

Although it wouldn't completely destroy his arm, he knew very well that his right arm was no longer usable.

"Save your energy, you little punk."

pat-

By the time Enkidu came to his senses, the other person had already grabbed his neck and lifted his body up abruptly.

With just one hand.

"you…!!"

Beep—!! Countless bolts of lightning once again crisscrossed towards Accelerator's body, along with dozens of golden chains that pierced through him.

But he didn't even glance at it.

An undetectable, invisible force—it deflected all attacks and magic head-on.

The monster's eyes were fixed on the green figure before it.

"Thanks to your help, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get such accurate data."

"What...are you saying...?"

"It's normal not to understand, but even so, I still have to say something."

That's what the first person said.

"--Reverse calculation, complete."

boom! ! !

Then, a thunderous burst of magic erupted.

It wasn't Enkidu's own doing... but rather the magic he had just released was being manipulated in reverse.

The extreme lightning blasted Enkidu's body several tens of meters away in one go, and then—the chains also shot towards him from all directions in a very twisted manner.

puff-

Enkidu's body was immediately pierced by those chains.

When he looked up again, a figure had already landed there.

Accelerator.

The number one in Academy City, that white-haired, red-eyed monster.

With a punch that could exceed the speed of sound and destroy the internal structure of any living being, it struck Enkidu squarely in the abdomen.

——Bang! ! !

Then, it turned into a shooting star.

It blasted into the heart of the forest in one go, piercing through countless bushes, and even the aftershocks caused more than a dozen ancient trees to be blown away.

Even so, Enkidu still did not die.

Rather, it is precisely because it is Enkidu's body that he cannot die.

"Pfft... What exactly was that attack just now...?!"

Enkidu, whose strength nearly surpassed all those he had just fought, lay on the edge of the bushes, blood gushing from his entire body.

The body's internal organs should have been completely ruptured, with all blood vessels and nerves bursting instantly, and even the heart should have been in the same state.

But he did not die.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the injuries gradually healed, even the arms that should have been twisted and broken.

Enkidu rose from the bushes, a displeased expression on his face.

There was no one in sight at all.

"Did they escape...?"

Running away... What an ironic statement. Who is running away, yourself or that guy?

Enkidu thought this, and frowned even more incredulously.

Because everything that just happened was too confusing and mysterious.

“My magic is being manipulated in reverse… and the same goes for the chains.”

Not only that, almost all attacks against that guy failed.

At first, Enki felt a distinct difference in his touch. Although his attacks were sometimes deflected, it wasn't as strange. If he tried hard enough, he might be able to break through the opponent's defense and hurt them.

—That idea was shattered in the next second.

It's almost as if it can reflect all attacks—

As Enkidu stepped out of the bushes, he looked around... and there was no one in sight.

Only a few pink petals, which should not have been there, remained in place and drifted down.

"Is this the only way this time...?"

The Chaldea Master and Servants... none of them pose a significant threat.

Because of Enkidu, an even greater threat has now been discovered.

So far, the guy whose background is the most unclear to Enkidu... that white-haired, red-eyed man.

No.

"Although it does feel like a human being, it is definitely not a power that a human could unleash."

It was neither magic, nor divine power, nor any power known to Enkidu.

Who exactly is he?

With this helpless question in mind, Enkidu had no choice but to walk alone into the depths of the forest.

“We’ll talk about it next time we see her… But right now, we can’t just leave ‘her’ alone.”

"Chaldea... and you, whose identity is unknown... I've certainly remembered this debt."

Beneath the scattered pink petals.

The blood-stained green figure vanished completely from the area.

Chapter 589 Merlin, the Court Magician