Ex-Machina on a Dimensional Journey

Only then did the Chaldea group finally make out the outline of the flying object.

"Is that a person?!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka cried out in alarm.

Boom—!!!

The figure crashed down among the crowd outside the city, causing quite a commotion.

"Da Vinci, Mashu, let's hurry over and take a look!"

Seeing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately grew anxious. He called out to his companions beside him, then ran toward the city gates on his own.

"Senpai, wait for us!"

Mashu hurried after the boy, breaking into a run and quickly catching up with him.

"Oh dear~"

Da Vinci watched the two running off with some helplessness. Rather than running after them like her companions, she took out her telescope once more and aimed it at the opening atop the Holy City's tower.

The moment she looked, she suddenly sensed an inexplicable gaze falling upon her.

That gaze came from atop the tower.

Lowering her telescope, the smile that usually graced Da Vinci's face faded considerably, replaced by a grave expression.

Only then did she begin walking, quickly catching up to the two companions who had already run far ahead.

"Looks like we're going to be busy from here on out."

As she hurried along, she could not help but sigh.

"..."

Xiu Er curiously traced the silver-blue sword marks across her body.

That flash just now, like the glare of an electric welder, had completely obscured everything before her eyes.

It had looked like an ordinary slash, even a flamboyant one with an effect similar to a delayed strike.

But the truth was far from uneventful.

As the one who had been attacked, Xiu Er could clearly state that her outer shell had actually developed "cracks" after taking that effect-laden blow.

If she had not promptly poured in