With a loud whistle, a chariot powered by three war horses suddenly appeared in the air and accurately caught the falling Red Rider Achilles.
The warrior who had crushed the Trojan battlefield in this manner grabbed the reins and whipped the horses hard. The neighing of the horses with rumbling muscles immediately shook the sky above the entire battlefield.
"Come on, let's start the battle! I, the Red Rider, will lead the charge now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Achilles lowered his chariot to the ground.
Both the androids and the puppets stood in front of him. But not to mention the androids specialized for combat, even the puppets weighing more than a ton were equally vulnerable to the immortal horse bestowed by the sea god and were crushed into powder.
The huge mixer was slicing the earth and the world at the speed of a bullet. The chariot driven by Achilles could ravage the entire battlefield just by speeding across the ground.
"Come on, Black Servant! Show us your strength! If anyone can stop my Rider's chariot, just come and try!"
It was not the Servant who responded to his provocation, but the puppet.
The three puppets came in front of the chariot, which was speeding forward. Achilles, shocked by this, naturally chose to crush them to pieces.
"Get out of here, you bastards!"
After hearing his words, the Black Caster Avisbron, who was overlooking the battlefield from afar, responded:
"Well, that's not necessarily the case, Red Rider."
At the moment of conflict, the three puppets scattered at the same time.
In front of the surprised Achilles, the puppets suddenly hardened the moment they wrapped around the horses' hooves.
"Ouch...!!"
Achilles' chariot, which had been moving at a rapid speed, finally stopped.
Seeing this scene, the androids all raised their battle axes and jumped towards the chariot at the same time.
"Stop playing tricks on me!"
Achilles let go of the reins, grabbed the hero killer's gun, and jumped up from the carriage.
With his skills, he could take the lives of all these androids in just a moment, without missing a single one.
However, just as his gun cut off the first android's weapon and was about to slice open the latter's body, a thunder suddenly exploded in the sky.
Even faster than thunder was the golden thunder, which was infused with a large amount of magic power and stimulated the Indra's Thunder with maximum power. It fell from the sky, carrying the vast power of the god of thunder, and mimicked a dragon of thunder and lightning, trying to swallow Achilles.
"Tsk, Black Assassin, still as despicable as ever!"
When the thunder dragon came, Achilles showed no fear. He turned the spear in his hand, changing from cutting to sweeping, and instantly repelled all the artificial people who were approaching. He also used the recoil force of the spear to leave the chariot and retreat from the range of the thunder.
Then, the thunder dragon poured down from the sky to the earth, and then sublimated from the earth to the sky.
"Oh, it looks powerful, but it's meaningless if you can't hit. I've been on guard against you. Don't think the same trick can work twice."
Achilles carried his gun and leisurely looked at the raging pillar of lightning in front of him. He even had time to use his free hand to block the dazzling light.
However, the next second, he could no longer laugh because of the neighing of the warhorse and a sudden sound whose location could not be identified.
"Idiot, you're not my target at all."
"What? Not good!!!"
Achilles, who was too nervous, finally realized that he had escaped easily, but the chariot was still imprisoned in place by the puppet. The B+ level treasure containing the power of the thunder god completely hit the chariot.
Dense golden divine lightning traveled across the body of the chariot, and the frame, which was shining silver in the moonlight, became charred black. The lightning continued to spread along the reins. The three divine horses pulling the chariot were soon electrocuted and screamed, but they could not escape. It was not until the crazy lightning shattered the puppets that bound the horses' hooves that they mustered up their remaining strength and rushed out of this terrible thunder and lightning area.
However, after escaping, two of the horses were covered in wounds and looked listless, and the last horse could not hold on any longer, its head drooped and it fell to the ground.
"Damn it! Pedasos!"
Achilles' treasure, the proof of cavalry "Immortal Chariot of Raging Winds and Waves", is a chariot pulled by three horses, two of which are the two immortal horses "Xanthos" and "Balios" given by the sea god Poseidon, and the last one is the rare and famous horse "Pedasos" snatched back from the city during the attack on Eetion.
Of course, as servants summoned by Noble Phantasms, even if the original text clearly mentions that they have immortal bodies, "Xantos" and "Barios" cannot be truly immortal. At best, they have extremely high defense, which is why they survived the thunder punishment. Unfortunately, there is no such story for "Pedasos". Without the bonus of divinity and divine blood, it could not withstand the attack of Indra's most prestigious Noble Phantasm and died on the spot.
One of the three horses pulling the chariot died and two were injured. The chariot was naturally unusable. Achilles glared at the golden pestle that fell to the ground and turned into spirit particles and disappeared. He waved his hand:
"Xantos, Barrios, we don't need you for now, please leave."
The horse named Xanthus looked back at his master and said, "This is a wise choice, my master."
Xanthos was given the ability by a goddess to understand human language and even speak. But -
"Though that's what we should have done when we got stuck."
—His character is also the worst.
"Be careful not to be led to the same fate as you were then."
Facing the undead horse that was laughing, Achilles couldn't help but hit it with the butt of his spear. Xanthos, who was screaming, disappeared along with Barios, who seemed to have a helpless look.
The Red Rider who was left behind had a sullen look on his face as he looked around the place, searching for the whereabouts of the damn Black Assassin.
Unfortunately, this search was doomed to be in vain, because Shinji was not within his sight at all, but above his head.
The assassin who cooperated with Avisbronn to destroy Achilles's anti-army treasure with Indra's Thunder looked at the slingshot in his hand with satisfaction and said to himself:
"Very good. Although it is much worse than the 'God Spear Bow Sword', I can still project the 'Indra's Thunder' from a long distance by relying on the archery skills I learned from Teacher Chiron. Unfortunately, the lance is too big to be used as ammunition, and Achilles will find it if it is too close. Otherwise, maybe I can destroy Achilles' chariot in one go. I really envy Red A. I wish I could transform my Noble Phantasm freely someday."
As he spoke, Shinji lowered his altitude and locked onto Achilles with his magically enhanced vision. Unable to find his target, this brave warrior, known for his impatience, became increasingly irritable, and his heroic voice was particularly loud in the night.
"Where is the Black Assassin! The battle that was not decided before, let's continue now! Let's kill as much as we can tonight!"
"That's enough. If I keep hiding, this guy might vent his anger on the android. Astolfo finally saved someone, but he died the next moment. How can I put my face down?"
After adjusting his breathing which was a little disordered due to the high-speed descent, Shinji took out a stone and shot it at Achilles' forehead.
PS: Troidia (Ancient Greek for "The Tragedy of Troy")
Grade: A
Type: Anti-military weapon
Distance: 2-60
Maximum capture: 50 people
A chariot pulled by three horses. They are the two immortal horses "Xantos" and "Barios" given by the sea god Poseidon, and the famous horse "Pedasos" that was snatched from the city during the attack on Eetion. It ravages the battlefield with its amazing speed, and can deal additional damage in proportion to the increase in speed. It can reach the speed of sound in an instant, and at its highest speed it is like a giant lawn mower running fast.
Although they are gifts from Poseidon, and it is clearly stated in the origin story that Xanthos and Balius possess immortality, since they are summoned as Servant's Noble Phantasms, they cannot be immortal no matter what, so just think of them as having the hardness of a Servant.
When Achilles is summoned as a Rider, this chariot consumes the most mana. It is speculated that if you are not careful and fail to control the mana consumption, you can summon another Servant besides Achilles.
Xanthos is an annoying horse who talks happily when Achilles is in crisis.