Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

"We still need to be careful. We don't know what exactly the enemy planted in your wound."

"Tch, I know that without you telling me."

Remembering how badly she had been beaten last night, Mordred's expression quickly turned ferocious.

"The next time we meet, I'll beat that bastard to a pulp!"

"Gah!"

The sharp pain from his abdomen made Astolfo's body convulse briefly. His body was forced to bend forward, and at that very moment, a small fist rose from below and struck his handsome face.

A violent impact instantly spread from the fist through Astolfo's entire head.

The tremendous blow caused Astolfo, a Servant, to lose the ability to think for a moment. His posture shifted from a forward bend into a dramatic backward lean as he lost his balance.

Even Heroic Spirits, whose bodies were fundamentally constructed from magical energy, possessed the organs of ordinary people. Naturally, when certain parts were struck in certain ways, they would produce the proper reactions.

With that brief lapse in consciousness, coupled with the lingering convulsions, his legs temporarily lost the strength to support his body.

After maintaining its balance for only a moment, his entire body finally "gave out" and fell backward toward the ground.

But Xiu Er had no intention of stopping. Upon seeing that she had inflicted a major opening on her enemy, she immediately prepared to press the advantage.

The relatively petite Xiu Er suddenly stepped toward her target, raising the Greatsword in her right hand high before smashing it down at Astolfo's body as he fell backward.

If no one interfered, the next scene would be the latter's body being split cleanly in two by Gokurokugai's heavy, sharp blade.

But there were more than two people present, and Xiu Er's battle with Astolfo was not a