"What!!!"
Swish-
Silver Chariot immediately swung its sword, severing a mass of Hierophant's tendrils, but even more came at it from every angle, some overtaking those launched before them!
His lengthy preparations and superb Stand control allowed Kakyoin to unleash this finishing move's full power. Once it activated, Polnareff and Silver Chariot were like parrots shut inside a birdcage, with no possibility of escape!
"Aaargh!!"
Silver Chariot's armor could withstand the piercing tendrils, but Polnareff himself had no defense of that caliber!
Before he could even flee, countless threadlike tendrils pierced and coiled around him, locking him firmly in the center of the barrier!!
Distracted by its attempt to rescue its user, Silver Chariot swung its rapier into a blazing blur of light like the sun, with masses of severed, fluid-leaking tendrils littering the ground beneath its silver boots!
These tendrils were constructs secreted by Hierophant Green's body, comparable to human hair or bodily fluids.
As such, this teensy billion bits of damage hardly mattered to Kakyoin!
However thoroughly the tendrils were chopped to pieces, he remained perfectly composed and entirely unaffected!
But!
Things were looking rather grim for Polnareff!
Even the best defense had its gaps, especially since Silver Chariot was never a Stand that excelled at defense. Its true strengths lay in attacking and charging forward. Even if it died, it would die on the charge!
Especially now!
The agony of the tendrils piercing his body disrupted his thinking, and he could no longer provide his Stand with a complete field of vision-
An obscure fact: Silver Chariot's eyes were merely decorative. It could not observe the outside world independently and could only rely on its user to provide its vision.
Ultimately, Silver Chariot failed to maintain its defensive circle of swordplay. The omnipresent tendrils wrapped around its