Fairy-Kind, Dragon-Kind? / An Absurd Battle

Because they are like humans, yet they possess powers that ordinary humans do not have.

Then, at some point, Riku came to her side.

"Kurotama".

"Are you referring to that battle against the Goblin Race?" Kurotama calmly put down the book; thanks to the system's translation, she could understand the text.

"You..."

"Well, I do know them."

Kurotama stretched out her hand and pointed to the area in front of her, and then a girl with pigtails appeared.

"As you can see, I can mimic individuals with different appearances. No matter how different they look, their essence remains unchanged."

Riku was taken aback.

The sudden appearance of Sister Doma aroused the vigilance of several people around, but Riku reached out to stop her.

He deliberately lowered his voice and said, "It seems I still don't know enough about you. If we're both human, why have you only appeared now?"

"Because we're not from the same world."

After answering, Kurotama didn't speak to the other person again.

He returned to his room in frustration.

He tentatively inquired about Schwi, and as he had known from the beginning, the Ex-Machina actually knew nothing about the human condition, let alone a girl as mysterious as Kurotama.

"Then, let's play the game. If you beat me, I'll provide you with the information you want, including the reason the battle started and the conditions for ending it."

The soft voice adopted to suit Riku made Schwi appear like a well-behaved girl.

"I have no interest." Riku gave a disingenuous snort, raising the knife in his hand. "There's only one thing I want to know, and that's how to survive today, nothing more. The real reason I brought you into my life is the knowledge possessed by the Ex-Machina. For example, mathematics and design technology. If we win, I'll take those."

"Yes, I understand." Schwi didn't object to the request.

At this moment, neither of them saw Rikku, who was standing nearby eavesdropping in stealth mode.

Rikku was actually teleported in by Shikoku Danki's Coordinate Movement. After using her soundproofing and invisibility abilities, even Ex-Machina with powerful senses would have to be extremely careful to detect her presence.

"The conversation between these two people was exactly as I expected. I wonder if everything will develop in the direction I hope."

The thought flashed through Rikku's mind: she always felt that everything in the world of the World of "Game of Life" was likely different from any world she had ever been to.

Its trajectory will be disrupted.

P. S.: I only discovered the event when I logged into FGO at Upper Rank Six this morning, so I started grinding like crazy. After a final half-hour sprint, I finally got Gray to NP5. I almost missed it lol...

Chapter 345 Goblin Race, Dragon Race?

The following afternoon, at the observation post north of the settlement.

"What are you doing?"

Kurotama approached the child squatting there and asked with a smile.

The little boy looked up and blushed when he saw the cute older sister talking to him. He said, "No, nothing. I was just checking if there was any danger."

"Do crises happen often?" Kurotama reached out and patted his head, instantly making the boy's eyes light up with joy.

"No, it only happens occasionally. If we're lucky, we can stay in one place for more than half a year."

"Only half a year?" Kurotama frowned.

That's really tragic.

No matter where humans move to, the most important thing for them is probably to ensure survival. Therefore, it is only natural to constantly observe the surrounding situation. Sometimes, battles taking place tens of kilometers away can also affect them, resulting in huge casualties. This is the tragedy of the weak.

He crouched down, gazing at the distant scene.

It was an endless ocean.

The golden sunlight illuminated the calm sea, making it shimmer and sparkle. The scene was like an imaginary planet in the outer sky, full of indescribable beauty.

Suddenly... Kurotama noticed a peculiar figure.

With its enormous wings flapping, it swept across the water's surface.

After the figure soared high, it suddenly encountered a series of enormous figures appearing in the clouds.

"Dragon Race, and Goblin Race warships too?"

The Dragon Race ranks third among all races besides the Old Deus, possessing extremely powerful individual strength. As for the Goblin Race, she had already witnessed their Bone Explosion, so their strength was self-evident.

"Not good!"

The child foresaw the danger.

Sure enough, the Goblin Race warship clashed with the Dragon Race, and three blue orbs of light were launched, heading towards their target.

Such an attack is exaggerated enough on its own, but this dragon is facing three at the same time.

But ultimately, the Goblin Race's shells weren't very fast. With its agile body, the dragon immediately flapped its wings and flew several kilometers into the sky in a very short time, also several kilometers away from the bombing site.

The explosion's flames instantly engulfed the field of vision.

A massive heatwave and shockwave swept in all directions, and there was no doubt that the small shelter where humanity was located would collapse under such impact.

Kurotama wouldn't allow that to happen. She immediately summoned X, this time directly upgrading to the third stage of Spiritron Dress. Then she buffed Rikku, poured her own magical power into her Noble Phantasm, and slashed out a giant light blade several kilometers long and hundreds of meters wide in front of her.

The light blade left the sword, instantly overwhelming the impact of the explosion, and swept away into the distance with terrifying force.

"A high-energy reaction has occurred in the southwest."

The Goblin Race spaceship was trembling violently, and a large section of its powerful outer shell had melted away, leaving the pilots inside drenched in cold sweat.

"Can you determine what kind of attack it was? There was no reaction from Spirit Power over there."

"I don't know. For safety's sake, let's stay away. A warship was destroyed nearby a few days ago. I don't want to die here."

"Besides the Dragon Race, what other device could easily destroy us?"

Ignoring the need to continue the battle and not bothering to check if the attacked Dragon Race was dead, the goblin fleet began to flee at full speed.

A dozen seconds later, the enormous Dragon Race creature that burst forth from the flames circled once in the sky. Although it had escaped the core explosion, its wings were still injured by the violent shockwave. The temperature, reaching thousands of degrees Celsius, made the dragon uncomfortable, but in an instant, the giant dragon miraculously recovered without injury.

Its gaze quickly locked onto three Goblin Race warships, preparing to launch a new attack.

"Judging from this, it should be an encounter battle, but that dragon is too powerful." X's Spirit Core Stage Three can only be maintained for a few minutes, so it is her habit to immediately retreat to the second stage after using one move.

After the attack was completed, X used his vision to look at the Goblin Race in the distance.

At least seven or eight warships were visible through the thick fog.

In other words, the number of ships involved in this battle was even greater than expected.

However, this is not too difficult for the Dragon Race species to deal with.

With a deafening roar, several other Dragon Race creatures flew out.

"Fallen Dragon Aronreiver".

As Kurotama spot, Schwi and Riku had already arrived beside her, also keeping an eye on the situation in the distance.

"Yanlong?" Kurotama asked curiously. "Is that the name of that dragon?"

"Among the Dragon Race, there are three dragon kings who hold an absolute dominant position. Among them, the End Dragon Hadireiver fought a great battle with the War God Arteush more than nine thousand years ago for the strongest, and eventually perished. The two dragon kings that remain now are the Fallen Dragon Aronreiver and the Wise Dragon Reikinreiver. The former is black, and the latter is said to be white."

"Is there such a thing? Are there many Dragon Race?"

"They are rare, but the strength of a single Dragon Race is often comparable to that of Old Deus. Even a large group of Flügel would find it difficult to kill them."

As if to echo Schwi's words, the dragon that had been attacked earlier launched a stunning counterattack, its massive jet of energy easily destroying two of the fleeing warships. However, it was also subjected to concentrated bombardment from other Goblin Race ships.

The explosion forced X to use her light blade again to defend herself. However, considering the distance of the battlefield and that the second stage of her Spirit Origin was sufficient, she did not upgrade herself.

The shockwave was blocked.

Riku was stunned. It seemed to be the same girl who had protected him from the Goblin Race before.

Now, a small figure stands guard over the dangerous battlefield, blocking all the impacts from the other side.

"The Dragon Race seems to be unharmed."

Just like before, this time a scale fell off, but it recovered instantly.

They're like cockroaches that can't be killed. What's the point of such a battle for the Goblin Race?

"The Ex-Machina has not yet discovered the weaknesses of the Dragon Race. Their bodies exist simultaneously in three timelines: the past, present, and future. Therefore, no matter how severe the injury, they can instantly replace their current self with another unharmed timeline. The scales of the Dragon Race have been proven to withstand the Flügel's Sky Strike without sustaining any damage."

Schwi's words made X's eyelids twitch.

How can you defeat a guy like that?

Is there some special method? Just like how the Ex-Machina defeated the weakened War God of War, what more ingenious method did they use?

After this wave of battle ended, all the dragons launched an attack on the fleeing Goblin Race.

However, one of the dragons suddenly changed direction and flew towards where X was.

"A Dragon Race is coming!" Kurotama shouted in fright.

Riku immediately turned to look inside the cave, where people were being moved, but if the battlefield was nearby, there was no point in trying to escape.

Chapter 346 An Exaggerated War

Enemies of this caliber can only be countered with X.

Without hesitation, she unleashed a second light blade attack, intending to block that opponent.

The light blade, which expanded to over ten kilometers, unleashed a terrifying storm and instantly struck the Dragon Race.

However, the opponent did not sit idly by and wait for death. It uttered ancient dragon language and mobilized the surrounding spatial forces, causing its combat power to increase exponentially.

In a very short time, the power of a second- Spiritual Basis Stage, enough to easily destroy a large city, was effortlessly blocked by this dragon. Its strength was even surging, completely beyond comprehension.

"This is outrageous."

X flew swiftly toward its target, entering Phase Three, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to the dragon.

"Dragon Race can concentrate the power of the past and future into a single point, allowing their strength to rise rapidly, reaching a level comparable to that of Old Deus." Schwi continued to reveal information to Kurotama. "To defeat them, perhaps we can utilize the Dragon Race's own advantages. Destroy their scales, pierce their skin, and infuse them with attacks similar to Collapse Roar. As long as the Dragon Race's self-destruct mechanism is triggered, causing its infinitely amplified power to self-destruct, theoretically, it could kill the Dragon Race."

"I see... This is probably a weakness of the Dragon Race. In that case, X can take care of that guy."

"X... is that the blonde girl fighting over there?" Riku still couldn't quite believe it. What was Dragon Race? It was one of the most powerful fighting forces among the sixteen races. Let alone defeating it, even damaging just a tiny bit of its shell would be difficult.

"Yes, X can hear all our conversations here."

Kurotama put her hand on Schwi's shoulder and started taking advantage of her.

"Uh... it's so hard."

It's definitely a machine; even a hair is many times stronger than a diamond. The chest looks soft, but it's actually as strong as steel bars.

If it were Yukino, her strength might be weak and feeble.

Riku didn't seem to realize what was going on; his attention was entirely focused on the battle in the distance.

"Wow, that's really gorgeous."

Surrounded by blue light, the girl floating in mid-air removed her dark blue hat and raised her Noble Phantasm.

"Simulated self-destruction, Vector Control."

"Very good, the Dragon Race's normal attacks are no longer effective against me, and I can reflect them all back."

X's body was rapidly closing in, and the dragon seemed to be sweating profusely. Putting everything else aside, the speed that the other side suddenly unleashed had far exceeded its limits. What was even more terrifying was that the various attacks created by the dragon's spirit language were ineffective against the target.

No, it's not just ineffective, it all bounced back.

Using the displacement caused by the spatial distortion, the dragon's body dodged the two beams, and then X was seen wielding his Noble Phantasm again, unleashing six or seven light blades in succession.

Although these light blades are also over ten kilometers long, their concentration is much greater.

Amidst the deafening explosion, a terrifying blade pierced its body.

"It's really tough."

The Nameless Victory Sword pierced the weak point between the scales, but got stuck in the flesh inside. Moreover, the sword was too short to cut through the bone.

"Aaaaaaah!"

A wondrous cosmic reactor took effect on X, unleashing a massive burst of energy that was all directed in one direction.

The sky darkened, and the sun and moon lost their color.

"Then, now, obediently submit to my control."