Chapter 139: Archers Duel
This world is already the world of human beings, and if the gods either fall, they will go to the inner part of the world, and they will already say goodbye to people. Even a devout believer like Atalanta, who was favored by the moon god and believed in the moon god all his life, only had a small part of the divine power that he could use, and it was difficult to sustain it.
The moment the green arrow rain of light becomes sparse, it means that the moon god Kamui is gone.
It was also at this moment that the storm set off by the Hippogriff broke out and reached its climax. At the same time, Astolfo's scream, diametrically opposed to the image: "Defeat it, Hippogriff!"
The storm raged, and the last wave of arrows was gone, and all but the first wave that covered Vlad III and Siegfried was the first to fall, and the rest was neutralized by Astorfo's strongest Noble Phantasm.
"Well done. ”
Vlad III looked with satisfaction at the storm in the sky that was gradually subsiding. Although he didn't care about the loss of the androids and puppet troops, if he could save one more point of military strength, the chances of victory would be one more point, not to mention Astolford's offset, which severely rubbed the aggressor's sharp spirit.
The commander of the black side, the lord of this land, pointed his gun sharply forward, and his majestic voice resounded throughout the audience: "Assault!"
The war horse puppet faithfully carried out the orders of its master, and its hooves flew.
At the same time, Astolfo, the Black Rider, also swayed and landed to the ground. The rain of arrows in the "Book of Arrows of the Complaint" is not so easy to counteract, and the divine power contained in it has cost him and the Hippogriff.
At this time, the Hippogriff had long since failed to accept the ferocity of its debut, inherited from the griffin's sharp claws and bloodstained wings, and the horse's feet inherited from the famous horse were also a little staggering, which was the price paid to resist the power of God - it was only a phantom beast after all, not a mythical beast.
Astolfo was the same, although he wielded a "touch and fall" to block a lot of arrows, but the number of arrows was unusually large, and he did not have the strong body of Siegfried, so he was inevitably shot by arrows.
Fortunately, the attack power of the arrow rain is limited, and one person and one Hippogriff are not seriously injured, so they will not lose their combat effectiveness on the spot.
The knight riding the phantom beast glared unconvincedly at the upside-down courtyard in the sky, if it weren't for helping the androids resist the rain of arrows, such a rain of arrows was nothing to fear!
It's all your fault!
The red archer in the courtyard, Atalanta, caught this look, and her already cold expression became even more cold.
"Is it you who broke my attack? Then pay with your own life—rider!"
"Big sister, you call me?" Achilles, the red rider behind him, clenched his fist and responded.
"It's not you, it's the Black Rider, and he and his beast are prey worth hunting. ”
Aiming is ready. The bow is not used by the hand, but by the senses. No matter how agile the prey moves, the arrow will surely pierce the heart.
The arrows shot were painted black. This was the result of the night battle, which ruled out all possibilities of the arrow being found.
However, Astolford, whose battle instinct had been fully awakened, sensed the danger in advance, and the golden assault gun in his right hand was horizontal, blocking the arrow shot to the heart.
An arrow misses, but Atalanta is not discouraged, for the legendary huntress who shot the Calydonian boar, her arrows will not stop as long as the prey does not fall. And her arrows are more powerful when hunting a single prey than the Noble Phantasm "Book of Arrows of the Complaint".
This is Atalanta, archery, no, to be precise, it should be the master of hunting skills to reach the realm of the gods.
After a while, Astolfo, whose martial arts skills were just so-so, was hit by several arrows and was defeated.
"No way, can you only use that?"
Just as Astolfo was about to do something, Atalanta drew her bow to the full, and fired a killing arrow at her prey's throat.
The arrow blinked faster than the sound, and the only thing that was engraved was the result of the arrow piercing the heart—
It should have been so.
- However, this killer arrow was shot down, and it was shot down by a shadow from the primordial shadow, and with Atalanta's eyesight, he could naturally see that it was also an arrow.
"What?"
It was at that time that the Red Archer understood and realized for the first time that there were two people in each rank of the Holy Grail War. This means that there is a possibility that the enemy will have another archer of equal strength.
Snipered prey suddenly lying on the ground to avoid the arrows is commonplace, and it's not unsurprising to meet it occasionally. It is also natural for the targeted prey to fight back against the hunter during the hunt.
However, the shooting down of his own arrow just now was not accidental, nor was it the work of the prey that was targeted. It was committed by a third party who had nothing to do with hunting. In other words, the arrow was shot down by the Black Archer, who was supposed to be on the far other side behind the Black Rider.
"They took aim and shot down my arrow!"
That's probably a shame that can't even exist in life. How can an arrow shot by locking on to the target by yourself be shot down by a third party!
Faced with this unbelievable truth, Atalanta forgot about herself for a moment.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Black Archer Caron, who rescued his allies with his unequaled arrow skills, transmitted the voice to Astolford's ears.
"I'll take care of the arrows and the red archer, you come back first, and the assassin has left you a healing treasure. ”
"Oh, thanks, Charon!"
"How many times have you said it, don't call me by my real name!"
In the slightly helpless voice of Caron, Astolford turned and ran on the Hippogriff - the child of a griffin and a famous horse, both the sky and the earth were within its galloping range.
Seeing this, Atalanta immediately threw the shame behind her.
What should be done now is to kill the prey. In the face of the artistic attack just now, the attack she chose was a barrage.
In one of her hands, three arrows appeared in one go. She used the three arrows to aim at Astolford, who was about to flee.
Arrows, as long as they do not become a Noble Phantasm in their own right, will not have a function similar to auto-tail-chasing. In other words, it is not based on quality but on quantity.
Needless to say, as long as any arrow hits the enemy, the opponent will be defeated. The three arrows are tightly wound and precisely aimed at the back of the heart, the back of the head, and the feet of the Hippogriff.
It doesn't matter if you can't die. As long as the action is sluggish, reload the next shot and you're done.
Eliminating all possibility of defeat, the archers shot arrows with perfect stance.
However, the perfect arrow was still intercepted, because there were more of them on the opposite side - Atalanta unleashed three arrows, while five arrows were fired from the opposite side.
Once again, Atalanta is defeated!
By this time, Astolfo had already run a considerable distance. It was more difficult for her to shoot, and it was easier for the other side.
This time, even Achilles saw that something was wrong: "There are archers who are more powerful than the eldest sister." ”
Atalanta's green pupils radiated an unprecedented light, and the beast's ears and tail stood up, a symbol of the beast's anger.
"Black Archer!!"
"It seems that the eldest sister has also found an opponent, so I'll go find the opponent I identified!"
Achilles slapped his knee and began to run forward with a beaming expression, jumping from the aerial garden.