Thanks for the invitation. I'm in Type-Moon, inheriting the legacy of Zi-O.

"—It's worth it." After a moment of hesitation, Nian Zhuo silently answered in his heart, "This is the only way to keep Asterius alive. And only I can do it."

"Are you close to him? Has he done you a favor? Or... are you gay?" The way he joked with such a cold tone had a certain charm, even making Nian Zhuo, who was in the midst of his battle, reveal a rather unpleasant smile.

"Really...you're not suitable...just kidding—!" Nian Zhuo said, while desperately supporting himself with his right hand. "Let me make this clear, my sexual orientation is perfectly normal!"

"What was it for?" To Nian Zhuo in his current state, the system's voice sounded like asking why one plus one equals two. "You sacrificed your life and spent your precious knight's final power, just to save a berserker who almost drove you to your death?"

“Ha…that makes sense.” Nian Zhuo wanted to wipe the blood off his face, but then he remembered that his only remaining hand was holding Hercules’ weapon, so he had no choice but to let the blood flow down and block his vision.

"But I just want to save her. Is there a reason? Or do I need a reason?"

"..." The system in his mind fell silent for a while before slowly speaking, "Host, I still can't understand your thoughts."

“No need to understand, you and I are different. Ouch—that really hurts.” Feeling the berserker slowly pulling the axe blade out of his body, Nian Zhuo still gasped. “So learn more. Also, help me get the Infinite Soul.”

"Infinite Souls... Host, are you really going to do this?" the system pressed on, refusing to give up. "Don't forget, the side effect of Infinite Souls is—!"

"—You want me to die, right?" After uttering the price of death that he had always feared, Nian Zhuo shrugged. "Anyway, my spirit core is on the verge of shattering, so I'm going to die sooner or later. Besides, apart from the Infinite Soul, the only way to kill Hercules eleven times in front of me is with the Great General, right? But that's still a bit difficult, so enough talk and hand it over!" Finally, with the sound of the axe blade being pulled out, a burst of blood erupted from Nian Zhuo's chest once again.

“But—!” Gritting his teeth, Nian Zhuo raised his right arm high. “Before I die, I will take you, Hercules, with me! The remaining… no! The only eleven lives!” Multicolored light gathered in Nian Zhuo’s hand, and then he crushed it.

"Come on! Infinite Soul!" With his right fist clenched and placed on his chest, Nian Zhuo listened to his own heartbeat one last time.

A transparent driver, resembling a giant eyeball, appeared at Nencho's waist.

“OMEGA Driver –” Then, Nencho’s hand, which was placed on his chest, emitted infinite light.

"Hey, Nianzhuo—" A familiar voice appeared behind Nianzhuo, and a phantom's hand gently rested on Nianzhuo's shoulder.

"Ah—" Nian Zhuo exclaimed instinctively, slowly turning around and seeing the boy with the gentle smile. "Xiao Zun—you're here too."

"Okay! Let's work together!" Then, the boy's phantom transformed into countless snow-white particles of light, merging into Nianzhuo's hand.

"Ahhh—" Nian Zhuo pressed his right fist against his forehead, a triumphant smile spreading across his face. "We will definitely win!"

First, it condensed into a sphere in my hand, and then the symbol of infinity was engraved on the slender handle.

"What can you, a mere nobody, do! You're just an ordinary human!" Jason continued to shout, but the multicolored light made him instinctively sense a dangerous aura. "Quick! Hercules! Kill him!"

"Human potential is limitless!" Nian Zhuo held the Eye Soul in his hand and pressed it, causing the symbol of infinity to release a multicolored wave. "Witness the miracle!"

"Life! Open your eyes!" Nian Zhuo pulled the lever of the driver on his waist, putting the Infinite Soul into it.

“Cho Kaigan! Mugen!” Instantly, a giant eye-soul symbol appeared behind Nencho.

At the same time, a silver-white sphere of light with five colors suddenly appeared on Nian Zhuo's body, enveloping him.

An inexplicable fluctuation spread outwards from Nian Zhuo, instantly knocking everyone to the ground.

Pure white feathers fall from the sky, as light as if they came from heaven.

"Eh... what is this?" Jason looked at the light feathers cautiously, as if afraid of some deadly magic. "There are no birds or angels or anything like that, so what are these damned feathers...?"

Then, Jason looked in Nianzhuo's direction.

"Huh! How is this possible! You—who are you!" The wounded, lowly Heroic Spirit had vanished, replaced by an unfamiliar armored Heroic Spirit.

“Nianzhuo… Mr.?” Ritsuka and Mash stared blankly at Nianzhuo, who was standing there and looked completely different. “That armor, it looks like that yellow one…?” Well, you can still see the original shadow from some details.

The pure white coat and transparent armor reflected iridescent light under the sunlight, and most eye-catching of all was the seven-colored horn on Nian Zhuo's seemingly transparent helmet.

“Infinite possibilities, coalescing into my soul.” Nian Zhuo’s steady voice came from beneath his armor. He then removed his hat, his orange eyes fixed on Jason not far away.

"Gotta Ghost!"

"Come on! Heroes of the Argonauts!" Then, Nianzhuo extended his gauntlet and grasped Hercules' axe blade.

Then, multicolored light spread along Nianzhuo's arm.

"Come on, Hercules, I will defeat you in strength!" The black giant was thus immobilized by the pure white heroic spirit who had seized his weapon.

"—!—!" Hercules roared, his crimson eyes still fixed on Euryale not far away, while Nian Zhuo, realizing this fact, curled up the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Where are you looking—!" Then, with a sudden burst of strength, he lifted Hercules' axe blade and himself into the air.

"Hercules! There's only one reason you failed!" With that, Nianzhuo threw the black giant at the Argo.

"That's it! You underestimated me!" The giant's figure plummeted and crashed onto the deck of the Argo.

Jason, who was standing to the side, was quite frightened. Seeing Hercules flying towards them, he tumbled and ran to the side.

“Come on, the battle has begun again.” Nian Zhuo’s orange eyes flickered.

All that remained was the sound of feathers gently falling.

The awareness of certain death

A rumbling sound pounded in Ritsuka and the others' eardrums as Nencho, along with Hercules, crashed onto the Argo, accompanied by a shower of feathers.

“Crack…” Nian Zhuo could clearly hear the sound of his spiritual core shattering in his chest. Now, even the simple flow of magic power caused him suffocating pain. “Damn it—System, how much longer can I hold on?” Touching his chest, Nian Zhuo asked the system, which had been silent since he transformed.

"About... five minutes left." Death finally placed its scythe against Nian Zhuo's neck. Five minutes was the last deadline it gave him, and the last time Nian Zhuo could hold onto.

“In that case, I can’t hold back!” Nian Zhuo looked at Hercules, who had stood up in front of him, his body radiating multicolored particles.

He loosely clenched his right hand, and a double-edged longsword appeared in his grasp.

"Eye-Gun Saber! Dual-Sword Style!" Then, the saber split into two double-edged blades, one long and one short. Nian Zhuo joined the ends together and then launched a surprise attack on Hercules.

"——!——!" Hercules tensed all his muscles, exhaled scorching white breath, and swung his axe blade with unparalleled heroic strength towards the oncoming Nian Zhuo.

In terms of weaponry and physique, Hercules had the upper hand, and his axe blade, carrying a deadly aura, slashed towards Nian Zhuo's chest.

"—?!" However, before it could even touch Nian Zhuo's body, Hercules's full-force axe blade was deflected, and he let out a roar of disbelief.

"Ah...!" Then, purple magic cannons poured down from mid-air. Seeing Hercules being thrown onto the Argo, Medea rushed over, fearing that Jason was in danger.

The fierce magic cannon swept across Nian Zhuo and the surrounding deck, while smoke also enveloped the ground.

That was Medea's spell to unleash her full magical power, a display of her greatest firepower. Logically speaking, magic from the Age of Gods shouldn't be able to completely block it unless the magic power level is A...

"Ha... Well done, Medea!" Jason peeked out from the side, watching Nian Zhuo disappear into the bombardment of Medea's magic cannon, and couldn't help but laugh. "So what if she changed her armor? She's just a little stronger, that's all?"

However, a multicolored particle floated in front of him, and Jason's laughter stopped abruptly.

A rainbow-like radiance shone from the smoke, and Nian Zhuo, completely unharmed, slowly emerged from it.

The orange-yellow eyelids glowed mysteriously under the shroud of smoke, making Jason's hair stand on end.

“So, Hercules, this is your first… no, your second life.” Nian Zhuo raised the eyeball saber in his hand and pulled the lever of the driver at his waist.

"Super! Eye-opening!" The sound effect rang out, and the eyeball-shaped military knife in Nian Zhuo's hand instantly transformed into a naginata, with layers of red light enveloping the blade.

"Yorokobi Stream—!"

Then, the red light, under Nian Zhuo's wielding, formed a massive slash that flew straight toward the repelled Hercules.

"Swoosh—!" Instantly, the sound of flesh being sliced ​​apart rang out. Without even a second of resistance, Hercules's tempered body shattered instantly under the red slash, and another of Hercules's immortal curses ended here.

"How could this be...!" Medea couldn't believe what was happening in front of her. No matter how she waved her wand or summoned magic of all levels, including lightning, fire, and water attacks, she couldn't even touch Nian Zhuo's body.

Just before any attack touches Nian Zhuo, a colorful wave will naturally appear at the attack location and then vanish into nothingness, as if a colorless barrier has enveloped Nian Zhuo and completely protected him inside.

Medea's attack was ineffective, and then Hercules activated his Noble Phantasm, and the immortal giant opened his eyes once more.

“So, this is your second life.” Then, Nian Zhuo pulled the lever of the driver on his waist again, and the shape of the eyeball saber in his hand changed again.

"Wow! This is amazing!" The same sound effect appeared, but this time the military knife in Nian Zhuo's hand turned into a long bow.

"Tanoshi Strike—!"

Immediately, Nianzhuo drew back the bowstring, and crystal-blue particles condensed on the longbow to form arrows. Nianzhuo took a step back and drew the bow to its fullest extent.

This time, Nianzhuo gave Hercules ample time to defend. Seeing his opponent hold the axe blade horizontally in front of him, Nianzhuo immediately released the crystal-blue arrow.

Even in the aftershock, the arrow sliced ​​through the Argo's planks, and the crystal-blue arrow struck Hercules's horizontal axe blade instantly.

"Crack—" In the blink of an eye, the axe blade in Hercules' hand shattered completely, and then the arrow, still moving with undiminished momentum, pierced through Hercules' body.

"Thump—" Like the sound of a cannonball exploding, blue flames burst forth from the wound where Hercules was pierced by the arrow, igniting around his body and symbolizing the lifting of the curse of Hercules' third immortality.

At the same time, the enormous kinetic energy generated by the arrow caused the Argo to sway and create small waves in all directions.

"Since that's the case—!" Seeing that her attacks had been ineffective, Medea abandoned the idea of ​​helping Hercules and instead aimed the dozens of glowing magic arrays at the Golden Stag.

"Damn it!" Nian Zhuo quickly realized Medea's thoughts. There were no Heroic Spirits with high magic resistance on the Golden Deer. Under Medea's full-force attack, the Golden Deer would be in danger even if it didn't sink.

Looking at Hercules, who was still repairing the large hole in front of him, Nian Zhuo didn't hesitate to flick his pure white robe and instantly teleported to the deck of the Golden Deer.

"Nencho... Master!" Seeing the familiar figure appear, Ritsuka was so happy that she wanted to rush over and give him a big hug.

However, Nianzhuo avoided her and walked in front of everyone.

At the same time, Medea's magic array had been fully charged, and dozens of magic arrays transformed into a dense and deadly barrage of magic cannons, shooting towards the Golden Deer like twinkling stars.

Then, looking at the dozens of magic cannons coming at him, Nian Zhuo, who was standing at the bow of the ship, simply stretched out one palm.

It was as if they wanted to hold these dozens of stars in their hands.

The magic cannon rapidly magnified in Ritsuka and the others' eyes with a terrifying aura, as if it were about to bombard the Golden Deer in the next moment.

However... all the magic cannons could do was get close. Nian Zhuo simply stretched out a palm and blocked all the magic cannons at the perimeter of the Golden Deer.

The multicolored waves gathered in Nian Zhuo's hand and spread across the entire bow of the ship, blocking all the magic cannons from entering.

"Hmph!" Then, Nian Zhuo clenched his fist, and the colorful fluctuations instantly transformed into countless light particles, completely neutralizing the incoming magic cannon.

Then, Medea's all-out offensive came to an end with the opening and closing of Nian Zhuo's hand. He simply stood at the bow of the ship, his pure white robe engraved with the symbol of the Eye Soul, and for the first time, Nian Zhuo fell silent with his back to everyone.

“Mr. Nianzhuo…” Looking at the silent Nianzhuo, Mashu tentatively stepped forward. “…Did we win?”

However, her response was met with cannon fire and magic from the Argo and Medea, yet Nian Zhuo still managed to block the Golden Deer from reaching it.

"I don't believe it! Do you think you can maintain this barrier forever?!" A voice came from Jason's ship. "We are the side of justice! It's a piece of cake to defeat you evil people who want to fix the world!" But the cannon fire and magic were still blocked by the colorful barrier in Nian Zhuo's hands.

“…No, you should leave.” Then, Nian Zhuo’s voice came out. With his back to Mashu and the others, Nian Zhuo’s tone was as calm as ever. “As for me, I will stay here.”

"No!" Drake was the first to speak. She stepped forward and pointed her flintlock pistol at Nianzhuo's back. "Hurry up, Nianzhuo, you're my crew member. And I won't abandon any of my crew members!"

“If you want to survive, this is the only way.” Nian Zhuo’s robes fluttered in the wind, and his figure seemed somewhat illusory to Drake. “I am honored to have worked with you for so long, Captain.”

"No! Nianzhuo! There must be... there must be some way!" Yuri's face was pale, and the loss of so much strength made her unsteady on her feet, but she still clenched her fists and looked at Nianzhuo standing at the bow of the ship. "Didn't you say you would definitely win...?"

"Letting you live is my greatest victory." Looking at Jason's resentful eyes on the opposite ship, Nianzhuo actually found it somewhat amusing.

"...Mr. Nianzhuo, your hand—?" Ritsuka's voice was surprised. This usually optimistic and cheerful girl was now a little hoarse from giving orders. However, she stared intently at Nianzhuo's left hand, as if she had been frightened.