inspire-indiana Chapter 666 - 666
Chapter 666 - 666
Thanks to the runes on his body, the violent winds automatically parted before reaching him, allowing him to pass through unscathed.The moment he entered the storm, his sense of direction instantly vanished.
Fortunately, there was an incredibly powerful gravitational pull within the wind.
Eiji rushed forward along the direction of the gravitational force.
That was likely the gravitational pull emanating from Arcueid. Due to her immense mass, the gravitational force had reached astonishing levels, capable of tearing apart even skyscrapers. Acting upon Eiji, it sent painful tremors throughout his entire body.
"Pain of this degree is nothing!"
Suppressing the pain with incredible willpower, Eiji swiftly dashed toward Arcueid.
"Clang!"
A sharp metallic clashing sound faintly echoed through the wind.
In less than a second, Eiji reached a position about five meters away from Arcueid.
He immediately caught sight of Scáthach's figure, her crimson demonic spear piercing straight toward Arcueid like a sharp bullet.
Yet, it failed to reach her.
Instead, it halted about a foot in front of her.
Despite the spear tip hovering in mid-air, the sound of metal clashing continued incessantly.
Arcueid made no movement whatsoever.
She merely smiled arrogantly, like a queen, even disregarding Scáthach's spear thrusts.
"As a Servant, you could be considered top-tier, yet you can't even touch a single hair of mine."
Arcueid lifted her head, leisurely observing Scáthach.
"Since you are the exiled queen of the Land of Shadows, you should know that without your true form appearing, you stand no chance of defeating me!"
"Crack."
With an extremely faint sound, a verdant vine suddenly sprouted from beneath Scáthach's feet, swiftly wrapping around her entire body.
Left with no choice, she had to abandon her aggressive assault and retreat.
"What's going on?"
Eiji arrived by her side, asking her solemnly.
Though he didn't explicitly ask, Scáthach understood what he meant.
"It's magical energy."
Scáthach sighed.
"Ultra-high-density magical energy has formed a natural Wall of Lament around her. Even my spear cannot pierce through it!"
"Such a thing exists?"
Eiji focused his gaze.
Only then did he notice that Arcueid was enveloped by an incredibly dense starlight.
Those starlights weren't actual points of light but rather massive amounts of magical energy materializing into solid form, manifesting as physical matter!
Eiji gasped sharply.
An ordinary person's magical energy could only exist at a density similar to a gaseous state. Even for an extraordinary monster magus like Alice, the density of her magical energy could at most be condensed to a level approaching liquid!
But Arcueid was different.
The magical energy within her was immense to an extreme degree. When condensed, its density became so concentrated that it formed a solid barrier around her, creating a natural shield!
That was precisely the proof that her magical energy surpassed Eiji's by a thousandfold!
"Is this the authority of the Earth's princess, capable of infinitely absorbing the planet's power?"
Eiji forced a strained smile.
Looking at it this way, it was fortunate that Scáthach had interrupted her earlier.
Otherwise, if Arcueid had continued to accumulate power, she would undoubtedly have become far stronger than she was now, and what awaited them would have been an absolute nightmare!
"Be careful. If my spear cannot pierce her barrier, your sword likely won't be able to either!"
Scáthach warned him.
Eiji remained silent.
He had crossed blades with Scáthach many times and knew her strength well.
Though merely a Servant, she was undoubtedly a top-tier one, with over a ninety percent chance of defeating Roa.
More importantly, her spear speed was incredibly fast.
Eiji had calculated that her spear speed should be around three times the speed of sound.
As for Eiji himself, though he had mastered the first stage of the Twin Wings Style and possessed physical abilities at the peak of Lv. 5, his sword speed was only about twice the speed of sound without using his Blazer ability.
If even Scáthach couldn't break through that defense, he certainly couldn't either.
This was the power of the Earth Princess after her charge had been interrupted.
It far surpassed his imagination.
"Hah!"
Arcueid caught sight of him.
A triumphant smile curled at the corner of her lips as she swung her right hand casually.
"Crackle, crackle!"
In an instant, countless vines surged from the ground.
The emerald-green vines intertwined and coiled, immediately wrapping toward Eiji from all directions!
She completely ignored Scáthach, focusing solely on capturing Eiji.
Eiji's gaze sharpened, his blade flashing like ripples on water as he slashed out.
Vines snapped one after another, only for more to entangle him.
It seemed endless.
"Whoosh—!"
Suddenly, a wave of chilling cold swept over him.
Eiji shuddered, his muscles rapidly stiffening, and he hastily retreated backward.
"Did you escape? In this state, the frigid currents I create are no worse than Flauros's!"
Seeing this, Arcueid chuckled lightly.
Eiji grinned wryly.
He could tell—the earlier cold had been hidden within the raging winds, making it undetectable. From the sensation, it was at least around minus two hundred degrees Celsius, very close to absolute zero.
"We can't win in close combat! Retreat!"
Scáthach shouted decisively, hurling her demonic spear once again!
The crimson spear transformed into a meteor, crashing head-on into Arcueid!
A torrent of magical energy collided with the dense starlight.
But like a raging current hitting a dam, it was firmly blocked by that solid wall of condensed magical energy!
Arcueid reached out and grabbed the spear.
Ignoring the magical energy enveloping it, she simply exerted force and snapped the spear in two, causing it to dissolve into crimson particles and vanish.
By then, however, Scáthach and Eiji had already retreated beyond the area around her, and the vines could no longer reach them.
"Princess of the Earth, meeting you truly surpasses your reputation!"
Having retreated fifty meters to safety, the two stood firmly on the ground again.
A new demonic spear materialized in Scáthach's hand as she looked at Arcueid with undisguised admiration.
"Stop praising her one-sidedly. Do you have any effective methods against her?"
Eiji took a light breath and asked Scáthach.
"Hmm... If given time to prepare an ultra-large-scale magecraft, it might work?"
Scáthach thought for a moment, sounding uncertain.
"However, she's a True Ancestor. Even if we can injure her, unless we destroy her 'core,' she can recover at any time."
She was only dampening their morale.
Hearing this, even Eiji felt victory was impossible.
"What's wrong?"
Just then, Arcueid's voice reached them.
"Didn't you tell me to bring it on? Why are you running away so fast?"
The fierce wind gradually subsided, revealing Arcueid's figure within it.
She stood with one hand on her hip, looking at the two of them with complete composure.
Aside from taking that initial step, she had barely moved at all.
What she had just demonstrated was merely natural defense - in other words, this was far from her full power!
"No choice but to gamble on this!"
Eiji took a deep breath.
"Merlin! Where the hell are you, Merlin!"