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Standing on the Argonaut, which was constantly rising with the sea water, Jason clenched his fists and remained silent.
As the cracks in the sky continued to increase, the huge shadow belonging to Hercules in the sky was constantly being pressed downwards.
Just like looking at a bridge crumbling under a heavy load can make people tremble, even just looking up at the sky can make you feel the load on that huge shadow.
The reverse rainstorm that started from the sea and rushed to the sky gradually evolved into the sea rising toward the sky.
Now, Animusfia finally understands why the sky falls and why the ocean rises.
If the "death" of the ocean causes a rise, then the "death" of the sky should also cause a rise rather than a fall.
However, after understanding the core of it, Animusfiya's doubts were easily solved.
The real impact of the death of the planet's "ocean", which is composed of the sky and the ocean, is the loss of the earth's gravity.
When the sky god Ouranos was still alive, the impact of the receding gravity had not yet affected the humans living at the bottom of the "sky". Therefore, even if the sea level rose by several thousand meters, Animusfia and others would still not be aware of it. What.
However, now that the sky has also been killed, the impact of the disappearance of gravity is remarkable.
The oceans still have room to rise, while the atmosphere simply disappears into the vastness of the universe.
Unlike the ocean composed of liquid "water", even if the earth's gravity still exists, a large number of free gas particles can still be detected thousands of kilometers beyond the Kármán line.
Although the atmosphere above the Karman line is negligibly thin compared to the atmosphere below the Karman line, compared to the vacuum of the universe, the space of about 16,000 kilometers near the earth can still be considered "abundant" , even high density.
That is matter that still has gravitational pull but still escapes from the Earth's sky.
If stretched to the level of the universe, the earth's "sky" or atmosphere has not completely disappeared, but has been spread to a category that is infinitely close to nothing for human beings.
"He even lifted up the entire sky. How could Hercules... be able to do such a thing?"
Although she is still far from Animusfia, who she thought knew everything, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who has gained a lot of knowledge since coming to Chaldea, is also clearly aware of the current situation. How serious is the current situation.
It was precisely because of this that she realized the power of Hercules even more.
Hercules' act of carrying the Kármán line actually meant that he single-handedly pulled in the atmosphere that the entire earth could no longer attract.
In other words, he has single-handedly accomplished what the entire earth's material has accomplished before.
It's just that the effect of the retreating atmosphere is the continuous lowering of the Kármán line, which ultimately led to Hercules' action being "carrying up the sky."
Even if Hercules couldn't maintain it for long, it would still be enough to shock anyone who understands the difficulty of this feat.
"The power of Hercules is indeed amazing————————Whether it is the shot that shook half the earth before or the sky that is now carried on his shoulders, a single achievement is enough to be regarded as ours. One of the strongest battle powers I have seen so far. I am afraid that even the white giant that he encountered in Rome, Hercules could not fall behind in front of her.
Even so, it is still shocking to imagine that Hercules took on the task of attracting the earth's atmosphere and even replacing the gravity of the earth. But, carrying the sky on his shoulders..."
Animusfia narrowed her eyes and thought.
Although Hercules' level of magic power still did not surpass that of the white giant in the previous singularity, it would not necessarily be possible to put the white giant in the singularity where he was killed in this ocean. The power of Raculs at this time.
In the final analysis, although everyone on the earth can easily detect the effect of gravity on themselves in the macroscopic world, it is all based on the earth with a mass of 5.972 billion megatons.
Even with such an astronomical mass, humans can still easily jump off the ground by simply kicking their legs effortlessly.
Gravity, strong interaction force, weak interaction force and electromagnetic force. Among the four basic forces that make up the universe, gravity is far smaller than the other three.
Compared with the interaction force that can be clearly observed among molecules and atoms, and the magnetic force that can be felt with fingers, humans can only feel gravity on celestial bodies with a mass of hundreds of trillions of tons. can do it.
And Hercules was actually able to single-handedly reset the earth's gravity level to a level that could maintain the atmosphere?
Animusfia secretly thought that even if Hercules was powerful, he would never be so powerful.
"Did the 'falling sky' thing help Hercules instead?"
Animusfia muttered to herself.
"what does that mean?"
"It's just what it means."
After nodding slightly, Animusfia continued to answer the question from Ritsuka.
"Compared to creating celestial body-level gravity, it would be easier for Hercules to hold the sky. The eleventh trial of Hercules, and to extract Hercules The golden apples of Sperides. When picking the golden apples, Hercules carried the sky for a period of time on behalf of Atlas, the giant who held up the sky in Greek mythology. Therefore, carrying the sky itself was very important to Hercules. Lacules is not a difficult thing to do.
Just like water will freeze when the temperature is below zero under standard atmospheric pressure, the sky will fall when gravity disappears at this singular point. So here's the interesting thing, what if Hercules didn't have the ability to keep water above zero, but he had the ability to keep water from freezing? "
Fujimaru Ritsuka thought, and then gave a counter-intuitive answer.
"In other words, Hercules cannot create enough gravity to attract the atmosphere, but he can prevent the sky from falling as a result. And because the sky will not continue to fall, does the gravity not disappear?"
"I'm afraid that's it."
Gu "No......because the water is not allowed to freeze, the water will not drop below zero.........the relationship between cause and effect is wrong, right?"
"Even if the cause and effect is wrong, it would be better than Hercules alone creating the gravity of the entire earth and turning it into a black hole or a neutron star. Besides... cause and effect is not so absolute. To travel through time through the transfer of souls, You who can also use my 'magic' at the same time should understand this."
Animusfia said this after thinking for a moment.
"Is this God? It's really unreasonable."
In the end, Fujimaru Ritsuka could only look at the "Hercules" holding the sky and sighed.
"Instead of sighing at the power of the gods, the more important priority now is what we should do. It would be okay if it was Atlas, but unfortunately the person currently carrying the sky for us is Hercules, and he cannot always support it. It is a certain fact that he will go down. The only question now is how long he can sustain it, and we must also be prepared for the worst——————That is, after Hercules fails, we have to face something close to The vacuum of space."
After hearing Animusfia's words, Apollo looked at the kobold servant he called Number Two as if by conditioned reflex.
However, even under Apollo's almost pleading gaze, No. 2 still maintained his previous indifferent attitude without any reaction.
It was as if it no longer cared about anything except Apollo's own safety.
Apollo had no choice but to hang his head again in despair.
Maybe there really is some kind of radio connection between them.
Animusfia, who was thinking this way, caught this scene with his peripheral vision, but it had no big effect on him.
Maybe No. 2 can help them in a vacuum environment.
But unlike the enthusiastic Apollo, Number Two probably had no intention of helping them from the beginning.
Since the other party does not intend to assist, Animusfia will not include it in the consideration of available combat power.
"Okay, let's go."
Suddenly, Jason, who had been silent before, spoke.
"Where to go?"
Animusfia then asked him in return.
"Go to that guy Hercules."
Jason's eyes were staring into the distance. Unlike before, this time his eyes were full of determination.
Can people have such big changes just by being on this ship?
Animusfia had to take a good look at the Argo, which she and others were riding on, although it was famous but looked ordinary.
"Why? Do you want to make up your mind to stay close to the 'god' just now?"
"God? Me? Don't be kidding——————It's just, Hercules, there is absolutely no way he will betray me."
"Do you actually have this level of confidence?"
"I did think that he betrayed our friendship. However, Hercules never said such words. It was ridiculous to say that he abandoned the friendship on his own account. I was the one who doubted the bond. "
"Even if you were once turned against him?"
"Even if he once turned against me——————————"
Jason repeated Animusfia's words with a firm expression.
"Now that I own this ship again and see him carrying the sky, I am even more convinced. Even if that guy Hercules did something unforgivable, it was still for me. What are you planning?"
"In other words, do you mean that everything Hercules did was a 'road' paved for you, the captain, to achieve success?"
"That's right, whether it's betrayal or hostility, all of this is the path to glory paved by Heracles for me, Jason!"
Animusfia sighed.
"It's really a self-centered gamble, but since you believe in your friendship so much, I will trust you for once————Set sail, Captain————In order to regain the freedom of mankind In the future, in order to prove Jason’s friendship and to rebuild the glory of the Argonauts, let’s give it a last try!”
"Okay, Argonaut, let's set sail!"
As if he had regained the heroic spirit of his youth, Jason stood on the bow of the recovered Argo despite the wind and rain.
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"But Path of Glory?"
On the Argonaut, which turned the ship's bow and moved forward, Animusfia looked at the sky leading to the starry sky, and showed a thoughtful expression on the golden light beam that seemed to connect the moon and the planet. .
If it were that Hercules, it would indeed be possible to open up such a path for mankind.
