[center][color=royalblue][u][h2]Archer of Lightning[/h2][/u][/color]
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How annoying. It looks like Tesla wasn't the only one with friends in this war judging by the massive ballista heading straight for the scientist. The dome of lightning formed around the Church, slowing down the projectile as much as possible, anti-artillery cannons activated next, firing at the projectile with intent to shoot it down, make the tree into mere splinters, every single turret on the Church firing at the projectile. It was unfortunate, but he even turned his latest invention on the ballista to make sure it was annihilated. Zeus's Lightning he had christened it, a monster of metal and electricity meant to concentrate the power of Keuranos into a lesser yet more cost efficient beam. Originally it had been aiming at Achilles, but it looks like it would have to fire upon this monstrosity of wood and runes instead. The ball of lightning that had formed on the tip of the cannon shrunk in size, the energy compressing as it was focused into something more powerful and direct. Then it fired, a beam the size of one's arm blasted from the cannon with a mighty crack of thunder. It was not unlike an explosion, Tesla's hair whipping back from the force of the blast as he stared at Achilles. The tree was disintegrated, only the mightiest of barriers could hold up to a barrage of lightning from Zeus himself.

All of this took but a thought from the scientist in truth, there was still enough time to end Achilles's life. There it is, his Eye of The Mind told him that now was the time to fire. Now that Darius had pulled out his trump card, now that the king had reached the verge of death, now that the comet was completely preoccupied. It was aimed directly at his head, an attempt to blow his brains out and end the fight in but a moment. Tesla fired a beam of electricity from his fingertips directly at Achilles to end his life. But there was no real commitment to this action, it was merely a distraction while Tesla prepared the real attack.

The beam would not hit him, no it was merely the first strike. A diversion, Knight Tactics at its finest. Forcing someone to make a mistake that you can capitalize on, to make someone commit to an action wholeheartedly. He already knew where Achilles would dodge, he had been watching the battle since the very beginning, he had analyzed everything about Achilles's fighting. His Eye of the Mind told him that the comet would dodge there, so the second strike was delivered in the wake of the first. A lightning bolt formed in his other hand, his armor already activated, this was to be the beginning of the end. When Achilles dodged, Tesla aimed for the exact point where he would dodge to and he fired once more, flinging the bolt of lightning with C ranked strength. It did not sound like much when compared to Achilles's endurance, but he didn't need to break through the hero's armor. He just needed to hit that weak spot fast enough.

This was no blast to the head, this was a sniper shot to his most vulnerable area. It was a shot for the hero's greatest weakpoint, the Achilles Heel of Achilles. His heel of course. That spot which had extinguished his legend, that spot which had led to Achilles's downfall. Such a shot would be inadvisable in the midst of combat under usual circumstances, especially from such a distance that Tesla was at. But the odds were ever so slightly in his favor regardless. Marksmanship that would make the Sundance Kid whistle, an Eye of the Mind that would make even Leonardo da Vinci jealous. That Single-Minded determination that made even Edison seethe. 

In the end, Achilles stood no chance. The lightning bolt pierced his heel and his blessings were stripped. Now it was all up to Darius to finish the fight, to bring down Alexander's ancestor. For now Tesla's work here was done, his focus shifted towards the direction from which the tree came. They would not be happy with Achilles's death, he would have to get ready for another assault most likely. Good. He needed to work out some frustration.