The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

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On one side was an army of tens of thousands of heroic spirits, many of whom were heroes, while on the other side stood a lone young girl, creating a stark contrast.

Even so, the girl remained unmoved.

"Be careful, the King of Heroes' Ea has the ability to break through the bounded field barrier. We absolutely must not let her have the chance to use it!"

Seeing Orpheus's nonchalant expression, El-Melloi suddenly remembered something and gritted his teeth, loudly reminding him.

Boom!!!

As soon as he finished speaking, the crimson spear, accompanied by two arrows, suddenly shot out and landed on Orpheus, unleashing a force as powerful as a nuclear explosion.

"Leave the cover to me. The one in red is called Mr. Emiya, right? Shall we come together?"

Archer Shirou put away his bow, looked at Orpheus who was still unharmed, and shook his head.

"No, I have other tasks."

"Really? Well then, I'll leave this to you."

Arash said this with a smile like that of a friendly older brother next door.

"Hmph, it would indeed be quite reassuring to entrust my back to you."

Emiya's lips curled into a smile, and his entire body erupted with intense magical power as he charged towards Orpheus, wielding his twin swords.

However, even faster than him was a purple afterimage.

Looking at the purple-haired girl wielding dual pistols who was attacking him, Orpheus simply stood still, seemingly not intending to make any move to respond.

But in the next moment, the dragon girl seemed dazed for a moment, then raised her eyebrows slightly, and suddenly burst out with strong magic power, leaping backward to avoid the purple-haired girl's attack.

Having witnessed this scene, Elmero revealed a relieved smile.

His idea is correct.

Before the King's Army is deployed, activate the Stone Soldier Eight Formation with an additional dimension in the original world, and then use the King's Army within the Stone Soldier Eight Formation.

According to the data collected by Roman, when Orpheus uses that penetrating ability, his own existence suddenly disappears, which means that his true form may have hidden somewhere.

If it's a separate dimension that comes with its own space, like the Gate of Babylon, then El-Melloi really doesn't have much of a way to deal with it. But if it's a place outside the world...

Isn't the 'outside the world' of a Reality Marble the place before the Reality Marble is deployed?

In other words, if it were set to the extremely chaotic spatial structure within the Stone Soldier Eight Formations, even Orpheus would be affected, right?

In retrospect, Elmero's guess and strategy were correct.

If it were the real Orpheus, he could completely ignore all of this and directly throw himself out of the real world, but this Servant body is ultimately just simulating that ability and cannot reach such a domineering level.

It's a bit too much to maintain the projection within the chaotic Stone Soldier Eight Formations barrier while simultaneously trying to maintain the projection within this inherent barrier.

Although it's possible to forcibly leave this inherent barrier and then exit the Stone Soldier Formation to return to the real world as if nothing had happened, but...

That wouldn't be fun, would it?

"Excellent, excellent! You actually came up with such a solution? Is it satisfactory? Consider it a reward for you all."

A feeling of exhilaration welled up within him, and Orpheus chose to stay in this world.

The blurring effect right now... lasts at most a second? Oh well, that's enough.

"Now is not the time to be distracted."

The purple-haired girl—Scáthach, the queen from the Land of Shadows—did not give up despite Orpheus's retreat, but instead pursued him with her twin pistols.

Clang──

Then, the strangely shaped black longsword blocked the crimson spear.

"Oh?"

Seeing Orpheus wield his twin swords, Scáthach smiled proudly.

"Do you want to have a martial arts contest with me?"

"Indeed, I do not like fighting people in this way."

Orpheus responded with a calm smile.

对于动手指就能解决的事情绝不动用整只手的节能系少女来说，这种要将全身动起来的战斗方式无疑相当麻烦。

However, it's just that I don't like it.

Even before, Orpheus possessed melee combat abilities sufficient to rival Enkidu, the weapon of the gods. As for now...

"But I am the all-powerful king, and this level of martial arts is nothing to me."

The so-called martial arts are different from technology and mystical techniques. They have been passed down from the age of gods to the present day and have not disappeared due to the decline of mysticism and the rise of technology. They can be combined with both mysticism and technology at the same time, and when developed to the extreme, they can even kill gods.

However, if it is neither mysterious nor technological, but merely martial arts devoid of any logic (meaning not as enigmatic as the realms), then for Orpheus it is nothing more than a combination of muscle movements and different weapons.

Indeed, the moment it appeared before Orpheus, the Omniscient and Omnipotent Star was able to completely analyze it.

As their weapons clashed, Scáthach was surprised to find that Orpheus's moves reflected her own style!

"How interesting. It would be wonderful to take you as my disciple. It's just a pity that we can only fight with weapons right now."

With a ferocious grin, Scáthach's spear transformed into a whirlwind, raining down upon Orpheus.

"The enemy is a hero king who is invincible, and those who fight alongside us are also heroes worthy of being recorded in history. Either one is undoubtedly qualified. Now that our allies have held back the enemy's advance, let our army march forth and show our dominance!"

"Oh!!!!!"

Seeing that Scáthach had completely tied down Orpheus, preventing her from using the Gate of Babylon, Iskandar raised his sword and led his army in a charge.

Orpheus, who was fighting Scáthach, suddenly swung the End Sword in reverse to block Artoria's slash. The next moment, she turned into a black shadow, dodging the incoming arrows. Then she appeared behind Gawain and slashed down heavily, but the latter blocked it. She then turned into a phantom again to dodge Lancelot's attack.

Landing back on the ground, Orpheus unleashed a barrage of Noble Phantasms to buy himself some space, and for once, he frowned.

With his ethereal powers partially sealed and so many martial artists surrounding him, things were indeed a bit troublesome.

Since that's the case, let's use that one.

"Your body is entrusted to me, and my fate is in your sword."

Dodging Arash's arrows, Orpheus began to chant softly.

"This is?!"

Artoria, who was standing next to her, suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Don't let her finish reading!"

But it was too late.

"Come forth from the Wheel of Restraint, guardian of Libra."

A violent burst of magical power erupted, sending sand and dust billowing into the sky. The heroic spirits were even forced to take a few steps back, and even Iskandar ordered the army to halt temporarily.

"Could this be..."

Ritsuka, who was watching the battle from a distance under the protection of Mashu and Lily, heard Roman's mutterings.

Above the Reality Marble, the phantom of the Ouroboros flashed by before rushing into the location of Orpheus.

Prior to this, Orpheus had completely analyzed and modified the Holy Grail system, allowing him to summon Heroic Spirits who did not belong to the Holy Grail War by paying enough mana.

Orpheus's summoned target is...

The raging magic gradually subsided, and Orpheus, who appeared to have changed no more, emerged alone from the sandstorm.

However, Roman's voice trembled.

"This is... the King of Heroes, the King of Heroes' spirit origin composition has changed, no, it has expanded!"

"What's going on, Romani?!"

"We've encountered an unexpected situation," El-Melloi asked through gritted teeth.

"Should this be called a self-contained summoning, or a re-summoning of the Spirit Origin? In any case, the Hero King summoned himself again on his original Spirit Origin, and then the Spirit Origin changed. It was a Spirit Origin that simultaneously possessed both the Archer and Caster classes, and on top of that, it undoubtedly reached the level of a god!"

"That is to say..."

Ritsuka murmured to herself as she watched Orpheus slowly open his eyes.

"The previous Hero King was merely a side view of her; the current Hero King is the form closest to her true form. In other words, this enemy is the true Hero King Orpheus!"

With a trembling voice, Roman gave the answer.

Chapter 168 The Name of That Mental Image is Infinite Blade Works

After hearing Roman's words, Ritsuka really wanted to retort, "Isn't this just an upgrade to a Noble Phantasm?", but she refrained from doing so because she didn't know why she thought that way.

Besides, the current atmosphere doesn't feel suitable for saying anything inappropriate...

Both Lily and Mash beside him looked solemn, while El-Melloi's face was almost completely scrunched up.

Class: Archer/Caster

Real name: Orpheus

Gender: Female (??)

Attribute: Chaos? Good

Strength: A+

Durability: A+

Agility: A

Magic: EX

Luck: EX

Noble Phantasm: EX