Arknights' Lock of Heaven

"Report damage!"

The warship's commander rose from the intense tremors, clutching his fallen hat and shouting at the crew.

"General! Our tracks are completely destroyed!"

"The engine compartment has been breached, we're shut down!"

"Wait, what is that..."

Everyone followed the man's gaze and looked out onto the bridge.

A man stood in mid-air, his long white hair flying wildly, holding an exaggeratedly long spear, his entire body covered in a black bodysuit, and crimson flames raging behind him, staring intently at them.

"Is he watching us?"

"No...he's down there!"

Before they could react, a figure flew out from the gap in their own warship, charging toward the person wielding the exaggeratedly long spear with unparalleled momentum.

boom!

The two fought with earth-shattering force, their back-and-forth exchanges creating quite a spectacle.

"We..." Just as everyone was dumbfounded, the person who came later drew back the longbow in his hand, and energy that would make any sorcerer in the fleet tremble in the blink of an eye gathered and turned into a beam of light that flew towards the person.

The man struck with his spear, sending the light arrow flying backward. He dodged the attack with a quick movement, but the warships behind him were caught in the crossfire.

With a loud bang, another hole appeared in the already disabled warship.

Faced with this scene, everyone could only watch the general helplessly.

And their general lived up to expectations.

"Abandon ship!"

He wouldn't have given that order if there had been even the slightest chance.

But it's clear that this is no longer a battlefield that human beings can reach.

"The Barnave's power plant has been destroyed. The captain has ordered the ship abandoned! Requesting other ships to provide support!"

On the flagship, the two dukes were not in a good mood as they listened to their subordinates' reports.

"Ask them what exactly happened?"

Due to the distance, the Barnave could clearly see two people... no, two unidentified beings fighting, while the distant flagship could not see any of this.

"They said... they said..."

The person on the other end of the communication line was hesitant and evasive; clearly, they couldn't believe the answer.

"What did you say!" Duke Vanya roared.

"They say there were two people flying in the sky fighting each other! The Barnave's power plant was damaged in the aftermath of the battle!"

"How can this be!?"

Upon hearing this, the two dukes exchanged a glance.

Who could penetrate a warship's defenses and destroy its power plant along the way? Or just the aftershocks? The legendary Witch King?

Does that mean there are two powerful beings like witch kings fighting ahead? Are you kidding me!

But soon, they had no choice but to believe it.

The battlefield between the two beams of light gradually expanded until a beam of light that had been deflected pierced through the top deck of the flagship, creating a hole in the warship. At that point, they could only urge the engineers to speed up and get away from the battlefield.

The fleet, which had arrived with great momentum, crumbled instantly; everyone on the chariots and warships was fleeing for their lives.

"Arjuna!!!"

"Karna!!!"

The two god-like beings overhead were still fighting, with arrows of light and flames falling randomly from time to time, accompanied by incomprehensible roars, tearing apart the earth and piercing through the warships.

"Damn it!" Grand Duke Vanya looked at the snowfield ahead, which had just been a smooth road, now riddled with deep cracks left by a terrifying fiery strike, firmly blocking the flagship's path.

"Your Grace, it's too deep and too wide; we have no choice but to go around it!"

"Then let's go around!"

Not only them, but all the warships encountered these problems to varying degrees. They were lucky; there was also an unlucky one whose skull was directly cleaved open by a beam of light falling from the sky, which precisely destroyed the power unit. The people on board had no choice but to abandon ship and beg their teammates to stop and rescue them.

But at this point, everyone is busy escaping for their lives; who cares about you?

They could only escape in tanks along with the previously destroyed warships.

"General...we should..."

Just then, the survivors of the vanguard fleet finally emerged from the aftershocks of the Noble Phantasm clash and witnessed this scene that resembled a battle of gods.

Dozens of warships fled in disarray, while the two beams of light above them continued their battle, the aftershocks of which were enough to cause serious damage to those on the ground.

"Let's take a detour! Head west!"

The original plan was to head back and rendezvous with the main fleet, but now that the main fleet is in dire straits, everyone should just fend for themselves.

While those two beams of light are still locked in battle behind us, we must quickly make our way to the side!

The armed fortress at the rear had the same plan. They had watched as the once invincible fleet scattered and fled in the blink of an eye. The officers now wished they could go into the power furnace and burn Originium to make the fortress run faster.

Get away from here as soon as possible.

In mid-air, watching the fleet below scatter and flee, and the fortresses behind them also beginning to withdraw, the two exchanged a knowing glance.

We can't let this turn out like a half-cooked meal! People can leave, but the fleet has to stay behind!

The two collided head-on, and Arjuna was sent flying by Karna's unstoppable slash to the side of the fleet's flagship.

Then, in mid-air, Karna began to gather his strength, and boiling flames began to burn wildly behind him.

"Arjuna!!!"

A roar came, and the dukes looked at the god-like figure in mid-air, and then at his target.

Oh wow, it's right next to me.

"Set sail! Let's go!!!"

Unfortunately, the speed of a warship is ultimately limited.

Endless light appeared in Karna's eyes; it was the breath of the sun, with terrifying heat capable of melting warships.

Seeing this, Arjuna roared, and magical energy surged around him, transforming into two large hands that gripped both ends of the flagship.

"Wait, what is he trying to do?!"

Under the horrified gazes of the two dukes, the warship, weighing thousands of tons, was slowly lifted and then swung around in a powerful throw at Karna.

"Do not!!!"

As they spun around, the two dukes, pressed tightly against the porthole by gravity, looked at the light in Karna's eyes, who was almost within arm's reach. They couldn't understand why what should have been a battle like an armed parade had turned into this.

【Brahmastra, O Brahma】

With the release of the Noble Phantasm's true name, the massive warship was instantly sliced ​​in half like tofu in the white light of destruction in Karna's eyes, falling in two directions.

The entire battlefield fell silent instantly.

474 utterly routed

The massive warship was sliced ​​in two by the terrifying beam of light, and then each part fell toward the ground.

boom!

boom!

Two booming sounds shocked the entire battlefield.

The Ursus army had seen warships destroyed before, but they had never seen such a... simple and brutal method.

One person can throw a warship weighing hundreds of tons, while another can cleanly slice it in half... Can such people really exist in the world?!

The Ursus people could not understand, could not accept, that their proud army was constantly being defeated, that their meticulously crafted warships were being easily destroyed, and that their weapons of war were like child's play in the face of such force.

I believe that after this battle, many surviving soldiers will choose to turn to religion.

After witnessing things that are incomprehensible, people will unconsciously seek solace for the shock they have experienced.

But now, they all have to either get out of here or escape.

Because the battle is not over yet.

【Brahmastra】is an extremely terrifying treasure, a weapon of war bestowed upon Karna by the Brahman Parashurama.

That is the origin of the saying "A true hero kills the enemy with his eyes".

The blazing beam of light in his eyes effortlessly sliced ​​through the fleet's flagship and then relentlessly pursued Arjuna. Instead of taking the hit head-on, Arjuna began to evade with incredibly swift flight.

If you disregard the setting, this battle would undoubtedly get anyone's blood pumping, but unfortunately, it happens in real life, not in a movie.

The blazing beams of light followed Arjuna's flight path relentlessly.

The earth, already riddled with holes by the light arrows and flames, was scarred once more. Wherever the light cannons struck, the snow, soil, and rocks were instantly evaporated and crystallized, forming rift valleys emitting terrifying steam.

Seeing this, the warships that were fleeing at full speed were instantly dumbfounded.