"Hey, Master, it seems that I am dragging you down this time..."
Back to back with Bazett, Cu Chulainn smiled bitterly.
"Wait, let me stay behind, and then you can break out."
he said suddenly.
"What did you say?"
Bazett hammered the head of a shadow follower, his tone somewhat dissatisfied.
Obviously, he did not agree with Cu Chulainn's speech.
“In this situation, if you stay and continue fighting, you will definitely lose.
Rather than letting both of you die together, it would be better for you to leave alive alone. "
Cu Chulainn stabbed an incoming shadow follower to death with a somewhat stuck movement.
Behind the scenes, Bazett became somewhat silent after hearing this.
"Well, it's nothing, I am a dead soul to begin with.
However, this time they were summoned to the present world again as heroic spirits who participated in the Holy Grail.
Even if he dies again, he will just return to the Hall of Valor.
Master, you don't have to feel the psychological burden of abandoning your comrades. "
Cu Chulainn said calmly.
“I don’t have any psychological burden.
However, I am also a person who is used to staying and giving way to my companions! "
Bazett said something.
Perhaps, because she was a magician from a knight family, she valued her comrades more.
"Occasionally, you try something new and be the one who retreats."
"It's too early to talk about retreating now. I wonder if you've discovered anything?"
"What?"
Cu Chulainn was a little puzzled.
"The guy over there has only used charm tricks on you since just now, but he didn't interfere with me in any way. I don't think it's because she doesn't want to do that, but because she can't do it. Her charm The ability should only work on men."
Bazett said.
"so what?"
Cu Chulainn asked.
"In the ancient dynasties of the East, there was a profession called eunuch. A man was transformed into a man through physical transformation. He was neither a woman nor a man. I was thinking..."
"Wait a minute, are you planning on letting me cut off my penis?"
Cu Chulainn's face darkened.
He knew who it was when it came to being neither a woman nor a man.
And that kind of people also existed in ancient Western courts.
Only he was not a eunuch, but a certain slave.
"If that's the case, then I'd rather die fighting."
Cú Chulainn's refusal was firm and he would rather die than die.
"Well, I knew you wouldn't agree."
Bazett had expected it.
"So, the only way to solve the dilemma now is for you to create an opportunity for me to behead that guy."
While dealing with the attacking Shadow Servants, Bazett lowered his voice and spoke to Cu Chulainn beside him.
"Beheading? Although Maeve is weak, she is still a heroic spirit after all..."
"My strength is not weaker than that of ordinary heroic spirits, and I also possess one of the rarest treasures in the world. As long as it can provide me with enough opportunities, it should not be a problem to deal with a heroic spirit who is not good at fighting. Besides, we There’s no choice here, is there?”
Cu Chulainn was convinced.
"It's really embarrassing. As a Heroic Spirit, I actually need to rely on my Master to win in a battle with other Heroic Spirits."
"Are you ready? Cu Chulainn!"
"Um."
Cu Chulainn directly knocked away a group of shadow followers besieging them and came to the other side.
"The Noble Phantasm unfolds and pierces..."
"What is he going to do? Such a long distance..."
Maeve's attention was attracted, and most of the shadow followers also separated to guard against Cu Chulainn's unusual behavior.
"Now, runes, flames, smoke!"
A real gas explosion suddenly appeared from Bazett's side.
Some shadow followers were blown away and smoke filled the air.
"Is that woman going to leave Cu Chulainn behind and break out of the encirclement and escape?"
Maeve glanced at the smoke over there and thought naturally.
Because that's the rational choice.
However, just as her attention returned to the other side, Cu Chulainn was suddenly about to release the Noble Phantasm.
The leather shoes made a dull sound as they stepped on the ground, and they approached from the side very quickly.
With his bare hands, Bazett suddenly rushed out of the smoke, just like Cu Chulainn did before, passing over the shadow followers blocking him.
The shadow followers further behind wanted to stop them, but Cu Chulainn's Noble Phantasm had already been released, and the refracted and extended red spear directly penetrated their bodies.
"What?"
Maeve was a little frightened.
"Cala de Boga!"
Subconsciously, he gathered the spiral magic sword of his former lover Fergus and swung it at Bazett who was rushing towards him.
With the support of huge magic power, the rainbow-colored neon sword light has corresponding lethality under its gorgeous appearance.
only……
She was fooled.
"Last strike comes first, backlight sword, kill with one blow!"
The Noble Phantasm held by Bazett is called the Backlight Sword. It is a sword that can be unsheathed without the owner taking action. Before the enemy's attack arrives, it distorts the cause and effect and rewrites its own attack to be the absolute first. , a Noble Phantasm that kills attackers, it can be called the ultimate attack gift.
Bazett's body twisted in the air, and he avoided the attack of the rainbow sword light by just a hair's breadth, but he couldn't completely avoid it.
The right arm was still scratched, with a deep wound open to the bone. Blood spurted out and splattered on the ground.
This is the shortcoming of the Backlight Sword. Although it can strike back first, it still has to be attacked by the enemy.
Even if she tried her best to hide or resist, if she couldn't hide or stop him, she would be killed.
However, the risk was worth it, and all she had to pay now was the temporary paralysis of one of her arms.
But the sword light of the backlight sword accurately struck the neck of the terrible female servant on the opposite carriage.
Bazett took off his tie, tied his arm tightly to stop the possible bleeding from the wound, and then looked up at Maeve.
Maeve's body was stiff and motionless. The speed of the backlight sword was too fast, giving her no time to react.
Of course, she was not good at fighting and couldn't react at all, and her neck was slashed by the sword light.
However, until now, a blood line gradually appeared on it, and it was slowly enlarging, just like every enemy killed by the counterattack of the backlight sword. After a while, her head would roll off her neck, and then break. A large amount of blood spurted out.
"it's over."
Bazett said softly.
"No, not yet, how could I die like this?!"
The dilated pupils suddenly focused, and Maeve became frightened and angry when she felt that death was approaching again.
The next moment, terrifying magic power emerged from her body.
[Is it the opponent's master who is using the command spell to restore her injuries? 】
Bazett thought.
However, this is useless. Even if the heroic spirit can quickly recover from physical damage, an injury like decapitation is still fatal.
It is impossible to recover from the magic power of the Command Seal alone, unless there is a steady stream of magic power to maintain the existence of her spiritual base until the owl head's injuries are fully recovered...
"Watch your back."
Cu Chulainn shouted loudly and sprinted over.
"behind?"
Bazett was alert and immediately rolled forward.
However, she was still a step too late, and she was struck by the long knife of the shadow follower behind her.
The back immediately started to drip with blood.
"No, she's not dead yet, Cu Chulainn!"
The Shadow Servant could still move, which made Bazett realize this.
But it was too late to remind her at this time. Cu Chulainn came to her side and protected her from the attacking Shadow Servant, but he also lost the opportunity to hit Maeve.
The blood line on Maeve's neck disappeared little by little. The Holy Grail in her body provided an endless stream of magic power, which forced her to recover from the fatal injury.
While feeling lingering fear, Maeve was also on guard against Bazett's backlight sword. If the two of them wanted to launch another sneak attack, it would be difficult for them to do so.
"You...damn it!"
. . . .
As night fell, a cold drizzle suddenly began to fall in Fuyuki City.
"boom!"
The door of the Holy Church Church's branch in Fuyuki City was suddenly pushed open.
Cu Chulainn, who was covered in blood, broke in directly with Bazett, who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, on his back.
"Father, where is the priest here?"
"what happened?"
Hearing the noise, Kotomine Kirei pushed the wheelchair out.
"We are withdrawing from the Holy Grail War. Please protect my Master in the name of the overseer of the Holy Church."
Cu Chulainn said.
"Bazett, you were the first one out?"
Kotomine Kirei was a little surprised.
"It's not important. I just want to ask if protection is okay?"
Cu Chulainn was a little anxious.
The pursuers behind him were only temporarily thrown away, but they could catch up at any time.
"Yes, it is our duty as the supervisor and referee to protect the Master who withdraws from the Holy Grail Ceremony."
Looking at Cú Chulainn who was covered in blood and his crotch area was covered in blood, Kotomine Kirei nodded.
"That's good."
Cu Chulainn breathed a sigh of relief, laid the unconscious Bazett flat on the chair, leaned against the wall pillar next to him, and sat down slowly.
He hurt himself, weakened Maeve's charm control, and took Bazett to fight out of the shadow servants' encirclement. He escaped from the pursuit and fled to the Holy Church, but his body had reached its limit.
"Karen, get the medical kit out quickly. There are people in need of first aid here."
Kotomine Kirei shouted into the side hall room.
"Really, I was asked to call to order food, and then asked me to go to the wine cellar to get wine. Just now, I was asked to tidy up the books in the room, and now I am asked to bring a medical kit and come out to give first aid. You treat me like a donkey. Am I still your daughter?"
Kallen complained, wearing a conservative nun's uniform, but still ran out with a first-aid medical kit, and came directly to Cu Chulainn's side.
"No, it's not me who needs first aid, but my Master."
Cu Chulainn was a little embarrassed.
"Well, it looks like you are hopeless."
Looking at the broken spear stuck in the opponent's heart, Kallen agreed.
"So, where are the people?"
Kotomine Kirei pointed to the chair next to him. It was indeed difficult to spot someone lying flat on it.
"It seems that you are going to disappear too Lancer. If you don't mind, can you tell me which enemy you encountered?"
After his daughter Karen began to perform simple wound treatment on Bazett, Kotomine Kirei rolled his wheelchair to Cu Chulainn's side and asked.
"That's okay. The enemy we encountered is Rider."
【Rider? 】
Kotomine Kirei was stunned, and Kallen also pricked up her ears.
"Queen Maeve, you must have heard of the guy who plotted to kill me, right?"
"Well, I've heard of it..."
[Not only have I heard of it, she is also my daughter’s servant! 】
"She is the Rdier of this Holy Grail War. She attacked us and became particularly powerful for some reason, forcing us into this situation."
"I see."
Kotomine Kirei was a little shocked, and so was Kallen.
The father and daughter looked at each other with the same meaning in their eyes: [Maeve, are you so powerful? 】
After all, being able to silence Lancer's side without even the Master knowing about it...
Cu Chulainn paused, seeming a little worried: "By the way, can your Holy Church really protect the safety of the Master who withdraws from the Holy Grail War?"
"this……"
Before Kotomine Kirei could answer, the sound of carriage horses neighing could be heard outside.
"Oops, that guy is here."
Cu Chulainn tried to stand up, but failed.
His body is now dissipating.
"Squeak~"
The door of the Holy Church was opened again.
"Da da da……"
Maeve walked in.
"You really know how to choose a place to escape. If you don't go anywhere, you just end up here."
"What's the meaning?"
"You may not know that the nun here in the Holy Church is my master."
Maeve sneered.
"What? Father, you..."
Cu Chulainn's eyes widened and he was about to question Kotomine Kirei next to him, but his voice suddenly stopped.
Maeve held the magic sword and penetrated his body, killing Cu Chulainn before he dissipated himself.
"After I deal with you, it's the turn of that bitch, your Master..."
Maeve said viciously.
Kotomine Kirei was a little helpless, but when she was about to walk towards Bazett with her sword, she stopped him: "Rdier, stop it. You have already won the Servant duel in the Holy Grail War. There is no need to continue to attack Lancer." The Master must kill them all. After all, we are the Holy Church as the referee, and we still have to bear some obligations and responsibilities."
"The priest who blows the whistle on the referee, and the nun who becomes the master herself?"
Maeve looked a little disdainful.
"You seem to have changed. What happened to you when you went out these days?"
Kotomine Kirei asked with a frown.
“It’s just that I almost died once, so I understand more things.
Now, take your hand back from me, or I'll cut it off! "
Maeve has indeed changed, not only in her attitude, but also in her appearance.
If we say that she was originally an innocent and lustful girl.
Now, she becomes more like her in her later years, when she is more mature and more vicious.
The Holy Grail in her body repaired her fatal injury.
But obviously, the Holy Grail in question has also had an impact on her.
Withdrawing his hand, Kotomine Kirei backed up the wheelchair and stopped only when he came to his daughter's side.
He looked at Maeve and asked seriously: "Rider, are you out of control?"
"out of control?"
Maeve was stunned for a moment, and after a while, she suddenly laughed.
"You actually want to manipulate me, the Queen of Connaught?"
The laughter stopped, and Maeve's face turned cold.
"Forget it, let's get rid of you too."
"Karen!"
Kotomine Kirei's expression changed and he called his daughter's name.
"By command of the command spell, Rider, commit suicide here."
Kallen understood what her father meant and used the command spell without any hesitation.
