Ex-Machina on a Dimensional Journey

When the other party fell from the sky, Xiu Er Number Five had already caught their physical features, as well as the magical energy mark Number Seven had placed on them.

To be fair, Rider's arrival had indeed exceeded Number Five's expectations. The task assigned to him by the main body, along with his prior calculations, indicated that he only needed to deal with two Black Servants.

And in his understanding, this suddenly appearing third Servant, Astolfo, should have been within Number Seven's area of responsibility, assuming there was nothing wrong with his memory.

But now, why had he appeared here? And why had Number Five received no prior notice of any change to his mission?

Then the answer was obvious.

Number Seven's actions had little impact on Number Five.

After all, he had already thoroughly studied all available information on Astolfo before carrying out the mission.

Whether it was one against two or one against three, neither posed any difficulty for him. Besides, Black Saber no longer had the strength to join the battle.

"Ghh—ow, ow, ow..."

Black Rider, Astolfo, shakily crawled out of the crater he had made himself. Having taken a Gabriel attack at close range, his entire body was wracked with intense pain. Combined with crashing into the ground in free fall, the fact that he was still alive was entirely thanks to a Servant's durable body.

"Come to think of it, I think I hit something just now?"

Only then did Rider open his eyes and survey his surroundings. But before he could find what he had crashed into, he saw something incredibly familiar.

"Ah, it's you!"

Seeing the black figure in the distance holding a purple greatsword, Rider hurriedly backed away several steps.

Other than the weapon in his hand, the person before him