Kamen Rider Date A Live

However, whether it's the body, the weapon, or the flames summoned by agitω, these things all possess some degree of divinity and are not purely physical attack methods.

Of course, although there are a whole bunch of powerful weapons without divinity in the storage space of the agitω belt, those weapons are no less powerful than his original weapons. But... Archer isn't stupid. If Archer suddenly changes weapons, Archer will definitely realize that the weapon lacks divinity and launch a fierce attack to restrain agitω.

However, even Archer doesn't know what Agitω is doing right now; he simply thinks that Agitω wants to melt the Lock of Heaven with high-temperature heat.

While most of the others present were clueless about what agitω was up to, there were three exceptions.

Kiritsugu Emiya, Maiya Hisau, and Shotaro Ishinomori are different from other magicians. They all roughly guessed what agitω wanted to do—Kiritsugu and Maiya did so because of their own work, and Shotaro did so because of his own work.

If that scorching heat of nearly 10,000 degrees Celsius were to meet the freezing seawater... the best course of action right now would be to prepare to escape!

On the sidelines, everyone began to take action, while on agitω's side, the battlefield had gradually shifted from the sky to the river.

The frigid environment had no effect on agitω. In fact, because of the thin film of flame on the Blade of the Scorching Demon, agitω was radiating an astonishingly high temperature all over its body. In addition, with the Flame Wings on its back, agitω did not feel the cold at all.

It is precisely because of this high temperature that agitω is now more than 50 meters away from the river surface. The floating ice on the river surface, which was originally starting to freeze due to the cold air, has begun to disappear, and at the same time, white vapor has begun to appear.

This is a good sign. Agitω's lips curled into a slightly sinister smile. Even without much rational thought right now, this conclusion couldn't help but come to mind.

"Waaaaaahh ...

A frenzied roar erupted from agitω's mouth once more. Accompanied by this astonishing roar, agitω unleashed a full-force slash, knocking the Heavenly Lock back more than ten meters. Then, it soared into the sky, raising the Scorching Demon-Slaying Staff high. A word, as cold and devoid of emotion as that of a hellish demon, pierced the hearts of everyone present like an icy spike.

"Megiddo!"

As if in response, the Blazing Demon-Slaying Blade vanished into thin air, while the staff remained in place. The thin film of flames that had surrounded the blade transformed into a blue fireball radiating astonishing heat, hovering high in the sky.

Then, the Scorching Demon, now only a staff and having lost its blade, began to move.

The handle was retracted into the main body, covering agitω's raised right hand. Agitω, with the massive club covering its elbow, aimed its tip at the Chains of Heaven in the air.

Just as agitω said, the Scorching Demon-Slaying Cannon is an absolute terminator of the cold weapon era—the cannon!

After the transformation was complete, the blue fireball suspended high in the sky floated directly into the muzzle of the Scorching Demon's cannon. At the same time, the Flame Wings behind agitω instantly opened, and countless flames left from the Flame Wings, turning into threads of flame that merged into the muzzle of the Scorching Demon's cannon.

"—Disappear."

The voice was steady, cold, and devoid of any emotion; it was simply a declaration of the fate of the Chains of Heaven.

In the next instant, the Scorching Demon in agitω's hand unleashed an astonishing roar and—a torrent of scorching flames.

Like a volcanic eruption, a deafening roar erupted the moment it was released, followed by an ultra-high temperature flame bombardment that had turned blue.

The atmosphere roared and the flames howled. The blue flames, now cylindrical and controlled by the cannon barrels, instantly dyed the sky blue, swept away the ice, and waves of heat surged towards everyone present, making it impossible for them to open their eyes.

As for the Chains of Heaven, which were the target of the attack, they were struck without any resistance, or rather, they were completely unable to resist this attack that resembled divine punishment!

If this attack were aimed at any Heroic Spirit, agitω would have no doubt that anyone would die from this move. Even that sea monster from last time would have died from this move!

However, this technique is only truly effective against the Chains of Heaven in terms of high temperature, because no matter how strong the flames are, they cannot escape the fact that they are flames tainted by divinity.

But that's enough, because agitω's real purpose isn't the flames, but the high temperature of the flames and... the icy cold water!

Because it couldn't be burned to ashes by the flames, the Heavenly Lock, which entered the water's surface along with the flames, almost instantly—

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!!!! ...

With an even louder roar than before, a huge column of water shot into the sky, and countless plumes of steam drifted everywhere. Against this backdrop, Archer's face changed drastically, and irregular golden objects flew everywhere!

"My Heavenly Chains!!"

Disbelief and disbelief perfectly described Archer's feelings at that moment. Indeed, Archer wasn't angry. Although the destruction of his favorite Noble Phantasm would absolutely drive him mad with rage, Archer's current state of mind was quite peculiar; he simply wanted to know how Agitω had managed to break the Chains of Heaven.

Yes, Noble Phantasms are important, but no matter how important they are, they are still just objects. And the value of an object lies in its use.

For the incredibly arrogant Archer, while there weren't many people who could share the wine from his treasure with him, there weren't a few either. However, there weren't many people who were truly worthy of his Noble Phantasm in battle. Those self-righteous gods were one, his best friend Enkidu was another, and the lackey in front of him was yet another!

"This is truly exhilarating! It's been so long since I've felt this way... So, you lackey, I'm going to fight you with all my might now. Do you have the guts?"

A fierce smile appeared on Archer's face, and a change began to occur...

Chapter 192: VS Archer (Part 7)

Episode 192 vs. Cher (VII)

"Ah...ah...achoo!!"

Waver was trembling uncontrollably from the cold. His teeth chattered uncontrollably. And it wasn't just Waver; everyone present except for Kiritsugu Emiya was in the same state, shivering from the cold.

But there's really no other way, since these magicians and Shotaro Ishinomori are just humans, completely different from Heroic Spirits with superhuman physical abilities.

If it were a Heroic Spirit, facing this incredibly frustrating situation—one moment the weather feels like a vast desert, the next it's freezing cold like the dead of winter, and then suddenly a giant water column shoots into the sky, soaking everyone—while it wouldn't be entirely unaffected, the impact would be only moderate and wouldn't affect their combat ability or physical condition.

But people are different. Although everyone present except for Shotaro Ishinomori wasn't an ordinary person, most of the magicians there had physical abilities no different from ordinary people. After all, not many people had exceptional physical abilities like Kiritsugu Emiya. So, being exposed to heat, cold, or drenched in river water, it would be difficult not to catch a cold.

However, while everyone present was hurriedly using magic to restore their bodies, the only one present who seemed to be unaffected, like a Heroic Spirit, was looking at the water all around and the Mien River, which had dropped at least tens of meters. As a bead of cold sweat fell, he uttered a word.

"This is...an oxygen explosion?"

Upon hearing this, everyone except Ishinomori Shotaro and Hisau Maiya showed expressions of having never heard of the term before. Looking at Miwakawa's condition and recalling the earlier situation, Ishinomori Shotaro shook his head and retorted.

"No, no. This is not an oxygen explosion, but a steam explosion. Judging from the situation, the type of explosion should be a heat transfer type steam explosion. The principle is that heat is rapidly transferred from a high-temperature object to a low-temperature liquid in contact with it, and the liquid instantly becomes superheated, causing a steam explosion. This is a physical explosion."

Upon hearing Ishinomori Shotaro's explanation, everyone nodded as if they understood, though most of them were the type who, while not fully comprehending, felt impressed.

Although he didn't quite understand, Tokiomi Tohsaka, as the Archer's master and someone who knew the Archer very well, did understand why the Chains of Heaven were broken.

Mystery becomes ineffective when it encounters a higher level of mystery; at first glance, one might think so. After all, agitω actually destroyed the Chains of Heaven, which inevitably leads one to think so. In fact, before Shotaro's explanation, Tokishi believed that agitω's attack was more mysterious than the Chains of Heaven.

It's no wonder, as a very orthodox magician, Tokiomi Tohsaka doesn't really like or agree with human science.

However, after understanding the cause of the explosion, Shi Chen suddenly realized that the so-called science was not necessarily useless, and at the same time he understood the real reason why the Heavenly Lock was blown up.

To put it simply, the Chains of Heaven's ability is to nullify magic, and its physical defense can block missiles. No matter how you look at it, it seems like an overpowered ability. However, if we were to use agitω's move just now, it could be described as a nuclear-level magic attack. Although the magic attack itself was nullified, as Shotaro just explained, the super-hot flame pillar collided with the frozen river surface. When the two collided, the cold liquid instantly overheated, and a large amount of water vapor was generated and expanded excessively, resulting in a steam explosion.

However, Shi Chen and the others should be thankful that the explosion occurred on a river relatively far from the city. Otherwise, part of the city would probably have been flooded. They were lucky to have only been splashed by the water. Even so, many people and objects were still injured by the series of loud noises.

However, while everyone was talking, Archer's transformation had ended, and Archer's stats, like Agitω's, had changed, with all stats increasing by one level. At the same time, some of Archer's Noble Phantasms and ability charts also changed.

(P.S.: For details, please refer to the story of Gilgamesh in the "Wandering Collector" by the author Bimo, where his class is changed to Berserker.)

The archer, having changed his posture, was still wearing a full suit of heavy armor made of pure gold, but the style was clearly different from before.

If he was dressed like a golden can just now, his upper body was now dressed much more lightly—a shawl-style pure gold heavy armor, plus scale armor to protect his abdomen, and nothing else.

He boldly revealed his not-so-developed pectoral muscles and the blood-red demonic markings etched on his body.

At the same time, two more swords appeared on his back, two incredibly long, pure gold-forged battle swords.

"Let me appear in this manner, and prepare to die, you lackey!"

Having said that, Archer boldly drew two incredibly long pure gold battle swords from his back and leaped into the air, jumping thirty or forty meters high. But that wasn't enough, because Archer was at least several hundred meters above the ground! Without other means of flight, Archer would undoubtedly fall due to gravity!

How could Archer, the oldest king, not have a solution to this situation!

"Hermes' Boots!"

In response to Archer's call, the golden ripples characteristic of Gate of Babylon appeared behind Archer, and then a pair of golden winged boots emerged from the ripples, automatically replacing the boots that Archer was originally wearing. And after putting on these boots, Archer was now... walking on air!

Wearing these boots, Archer ran swiftly across the sky and soon arrived in front of Agitω, wielding his twin swords and slashing down fiercely!

However, on the other side, after the attack ended, the Blazing Devil, like a machine that had finished its work, emitted a large amount of white smoke from its cannon with a bang. Clearly, the super-high power output had overloaded even the Blazing Devil, and it had temporarily entered the recovery phase.

agitω, on the other hand, seemed to have run out of energy and suddenly became motionless, which looked very strange.

In fact, the energy, or rather the magic, was indeed almost exhausted. The attack that agitω had just launched, which was like a volcanic eruption, had completely depleted all of agitω's reserve magic and nearly two-thirds of its own magic. At this moment, agitω was in the awkward situation of running out of magic!

If he continues his rampage, the remaining magic power will probably be wiped out soon. So what agitω is doing now is to take back control of his body!

Chapter 194 Joseph vs. Archer (Part 9)

Article 194 (vsarcher 9)

In fact, Archer will not have an easy time fighting against the monstrous strength of the raging flame agitω.

So-called exquisite skills are different from random attacks. They are born from long-term training and experience. To use exquisite skills, one will be under great pressure in terms of mind, technique and body. Even archers are no exception.

Although Archer had considered taking out potions from the Gate of Babylon that could restore his mental and physical strength, Agitω didn't give him that opportunity at all. Agitω knew very well that Archer's Gate of Babylon contained all sorts of things, and he absolutely couldn't be careless.

In this stalemate, both Agitω and Archer began to sweat from exhaustion. These intermittent harassment attacks were largely ineffective, as the moment their attacks struck, the eerie flames would envelop Agitω's wounds, healing them within seconds.

Currently, the magic power is still relatively abundant, and in order to break this situation, the only option is to use a powerful move!

Having made up his mind, Archer devised a way to escape the pursuit in a short time. Facing the attack from the raging flame agitω, he crossed his twin swords and blocked the attack. Instead of deflecting the force, he used the force to quickly retreat!

"Try this move of mine, you lackey!"

As he spoke, Archer brought the hilts of the two swords in his hands together and joined them. In this way, the two swords merged into a huge golden longbow, with a bowstring made entirely of magic connecting the two ends.

"If you're so capable, then take it on!"

"The flames of calamity fall from the heavens, the raging waves of Napishtim surge forth! — The final sword, Enki!!"

With such a roar, Archer concentrated a large amount of magic power into the bow, and the resulting golden arrow shot out rapidly. However, this arrow was easily cut in half by the raging flames.

But it doesn't matter, because the arrows shot from the bow are only for aiming; the real killing move is the giant "Terminator Sword" that suddenly appears outside the satellite's orbit.

"...That's...all?"

Unaware of the situation, Kuangyan agitω stared in bewilderment at the golden arrow that he had just slashed in two. He wondered why he had dealt with the arrow so easily, since Archer's declaration and the large amount of magic power that had been drained from it indicated that Archer's attack was anything but simple.

"Watch your head, you lackey." He gave a sinister smile, holding a bow in his hand, and looked at Archer of Mad Flame agitω with an air of nonchalance, offering a well-intentioned warning.

"superior……"

Just as Kuangyan agitω was wondering, Archer's real attack came—the amazing dynamic vision granted by this form allowed Kuangyan agitω to see several arrow-shaped beams of light shooting down from the sky, carrying the momentum to destroy everything, and striking Kuangyan agitω!

"Fuck!!"

Even the raging flame agitω couldn't help but swear when he saw such an exaggerated attack. Judging from the distance, this attack actually came from outer space—there's a limit to exaggeration, you know!

"...Tsk!!"

Now is not the time to conserve magic, but a moment of hesitation made agitω's actions a step slower. At this moment, the End Sword was almost within reach!

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"Shido!!!"

The onlookers, who had been observing from the sidelines, were all eager to intervene upon witnessing Archer's terrifying attack. Waver even considered using a Command Spell to aid Agitω, but...

"Ughh ...

Faced with the incoming attack, Kuangyan agitω did not dodge. Instead, like a madman, he raised his battle axe high, spread his fiery wings, and flew towards the End Sword!

Flames began to burn, enveloping and surrounding the raging flames, gradually forming a Western dragon entirely composed of flames!

After the fiery dragon was formed, it charged towards the End Sword with an aura of fearlessness, raging flames!