Lancelot’s opportunity to rise to the transcendent realm resulted from great luck. Gaia’s Blessing had given him a moment of enlightenment that he would’ve never obtained otherwise.

And in that moment of fortune…

Crack! Crack!

Unfortunately for him, the moment he stepped into the transcendent realm, a powerful enemy interfered with his transcendence; this could only be described as a tremendous misfortune, the worst luck possible.

“Lancelot!”

With a pale face, Cruze caught Lancelot’s upper body. Red blood gushed out from him, and he’d lost all his gear. This sort of phenomenon happened when a user’s manifestation was forcibly canceled.

“You idiot! You shouldn’t have appeared on the frontline with your main body! You should have stayed in the rear!”

“No, no. Even if I appeared through the DIO mission system, the result would have been the same.”

Lancelot chuckled dejectedly and frowned in pain. He felt a foreign, powerful energy eating away at his soul.

Crack!

“… This is…?”

As she realized what was happening, Cruze raised her head. Alexander stood back as if its business was over. M-4 explained:

[Transcendent Weapon, Alexander’s sword. Since this is also a version of Earth, you must know the legend of the Gordian Knot, right?]

In 333 B.C., after capturing Goldion, the capital of Lydia Kingdom under Persia’s rule, Alexander severed the Knot of Zeus, otherwise known as the Gordian Knot. It was said that if anyone could cut the Gordian Knot, that person would become the conqueror of Asia. At that time, Alexander stated that fate wasn’t made by legend but through one’s sword.

Thus, the [special characteristic]...