"Hey, when--!"
Driven by the sudden sense of foreboding in her heart, Arturia subconsciously hid to her side.
She didn't know what Romulus, who was always in her sight, did, but the feedback given to her by the [Intuition] skill was so real that Artoria had to follow it.
Whether it was on the battlefield during his lifetime or in the Holy Grail War after becoming a Heroic Spirit——or in this largest Holy Grail War to save humanity, [Intuition] has helped Al many times. Tolia was saved from danger and helped her escape at the most critical moment.
Without this ability to cheat, which is close to short-term future vision, the legend of King Arthur would certainly not be as grand as it would be if it were passed down to later generations.
It's not even certain that she was attacked and died on the battlefield long ago.
In just a fraction of a second, the blood-soaked wall passed in front of her.
Even the visor that Artoria had repositioned in front of her was not spared.
"Click——"
A slight cracking sound reached Artoria Alter's ears, and then a tiny crumb slipped from her eyes.
The debris turned into magic power and dissipated before it hit the ground.
Then, the entire visor covering Artoria's eyes made a louder and crisper sound, and then split into two halves and fell to the ground, revealing the same face as Nero under the visor. .
Dots of golden stardust precipitated from the fragments of Artoria Alter's visor that fell to the ground. However, at this moment, Artoria no longer bothered to cover up her appearance that always caused misunderstandings.
One after another, blood barriers protruded from the ground following her dodging figure——————
No, those blood-stained walls are not protruding from the ground.
From Arturia's perspective, those city walls seemed to appear out of thin air, completely appearing in a space where there was nothing before in just a moment.
Like a guillotine.
Although she relied on her intuition, Artoria was still able to cope with Romulus's constant release of Noble Phantasms. Except for the fact that she was caught off guard at the beginning and was affected by the visor, the city wall that pressed her footsteps was never Could cause her too much trouble.
But Arturia still felt the distance between those blood-soaked walls full of sins and her.
At some point, Artoria will be struck by the walls of Romulus.
Like Achilles who has finally caught up with the tortoise.
Continuing like this is not an option after all.
Arturia Alter was paying attention to the city wall that would suddenly appear from nowhere, while scanning her surrounding companions.
After Romulus unreservedly released the true name of the Noble Phantasm to attack, the Chaldeans who were standing together were completely dispersed.
"hateful--!"
At the critical moment, after using the round table of the Knights of the Round Table to block the city wall that suddenly appeared in front of him and Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mashu was knocked several meters away. Before she could land and regroup, she The city wall that reappeared around her was already attacking Mashu.
They did not fall from the sky or protrude from the ground. These walls belonging to Romulus's second Noble Phantasm all appeared out of thin air as if they were teleported.
If he was attacked directly like this, Mashu would probably either be stuck in the wall or be forcibly cut in half.
The latter is more likely.
"Be careful, Miss Matthew!"
A round shield that was very small compared to the giant shield in Mashu's hand stood in front of her.
Boudica, who rushed to Mashu's side at the critical moment, hugged Mashu's body that was knocked away and blocked the sudden wall with her own buckler.
She was also knocked away just like Mashu who tried to receive the attack head-on before, but the wheels that surrounded her then successfully blocked several city walls that continued to appear.
The [Chariot of Boudica] was originally a noble phantom she sublimated to protect her hometown of Iceni from the invasion of Rome. It is used at this moment to defend the city that was promoted as the first atrocities of Rome. The Noble Phantasm is perfect.
The wall that failed to break through the chariot wheels that constantly surrounded Boudica finally couldn't withstand the strong stress exerted on it and collapsed like some kind of crystal.
"————Saved, thank you for your help, Miss Boudica."
Matthew came back to his senses and quickly helped Boudica.
"It's not the time to relax and say thank you yet, Miss Matthew! The Master needs you to protect him——"
Boudicca swung his sword again and shot out a large number of ether blocks from his sword, shattering the blood barrier that had escaped from the defense of the "Wheel Unguarded by Oaths".
It can be vaguely seen that this [Sword of Unsworn Victory], which she only unilaterally named as victory, already has the prototype of the divine weapon wielded by King Arthur in the future.
"Ah, yes!"
After hearing Boudica's warning, Mashu also re-arranged her stance, while defending against the barriers that appeared all the time around her, while moving towards the master girl who had been separated before.
"Um?"
Romulus, realizing that he had failed to obtain his Noble Phantasm, unexpectedly shifted his gaze to Boudicca who was standing aside.
Although he could not fully demonstrate his strength when he appeared in this posture, Rome's "criminal karma" could not be easily broken by just one person.
Romulus looked thoughtfully at Boudica's spinning wheels surrounded by flames.
If this still doesn't work, let's make the crime worse.
The city walls began to attack Boudica one after another with greater frequency than before.
This time, even Boudica, who was famous for her rebellion against Rome, was unable to sustain herself for a while. After all, her final defeat also fell on Rome.
If the Iceni queen named Boudicca has an attack bonus against Rome, then Rome also has the same special attack against the rebel Boudicca who finally successfully suppressed it.
Matthew, who was far away from her, struggled to move above the tree canopy. After leaving the defensive range of the wheel that could not be guarded by an oath, he carefully defended against the sudden appearance of the "wall of love" to prevent him from being knocked away again.
This made it even slower for Mashu, who was already having difficulty moving forward among the tree canopies.
If he accidentally slipped between the canopy as tall as a cedar tree, the fate that would be left to Mashu would be worse than being knocked off the city wall.
"senior----!"
However, Romulus certainly would not cooperate until Mashu approached Fujimaru Ritsuka before launching an attack on the Chaldean Master.
The attacks launched against Elizabeth and Fujimaru Ritsuka, who were left together, were just as many.
"hiss....."
Covering her left shoulder, which was bleeding slightly with her right hand, and holding the golden dagger made by Animusfia in her left hand, Fujimaru Ritsuka gritted her teeth and used rituals and magic to support Elizabeth.
She was unable to dodge when Matthew was knocked away. Although she was rolled aside by Elizabeth with her tail, she was not completely spared in the end.
Fortunately, her injuries were not serious and she was just scratched by the sudden wall.
It was now that Elizabeth was seriously injured as she continued to fight off the blood-soaked walls.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts——Little piggy, haven't you been cured yet?"
Elizabeth was fighting hard while complaining loudly while protecting her Master behind her.
She is not a heroic spirit who is good at protecting, but right now she is the only one who can protect the safety of the Master girl behind her.
If something goes wrong with her master, Animusfia over there will definitely find it difficult to accept it.
Elizabeth had always sensed that Animusfia had an apologetic feeling towards her.
She didn't want Animusfia to have similar feelings for anyone else.
That was because she didn't want him to bear too much of Animusfiya's feelings, and it was also due to Elizabeth's monopoly.
A little bit of it is because "Little Piggy" is also a very compatible friend of hers.
But compared to Elizabeth's growing sense of responsibility, her current injuries are more serious.
The wings that were originally spread out on her back were now completely cut off by the guillotine-like wall, and blood gurgled out from the wound on her back.
The originally dark dress was now completely dyed dark red.
In addition, one of the spiral dragon horns extending from the head was cut off, and bright red blood streaks could be vaguely seen in it.
I'm afraid the pain of having the dragon's horns broken is even worse than having its wings chopped off.
If Elizabeth Bathory's spiritual energy hadn't been connected to either a dragon species or a vampire, she would have lost her fighting ability long ago after suffering such a serious injury.
It’s not like Fujimaru Ritsuka didn’t do anything.
"Venus—! Mercury—!"
Along with the shouts of the red-haired girl, golden and silver lights continued to shine back and forth on Elizabeth's body.
However, no matter how fast Elizabeth was promoted, she could no longer completely avoid the "wall of love" that appeared out of thin air without warning.
No matter how fast Elizabeth recovers, it can't keep up with the speed of new wounds appearing all over her body.
Ritsuka has fully mobilized the magic power in herself and the gift given to her by Animusfia, and tried her best to influence "reality" with her own observations.
So much so that she couldn't even take care of the wound on her shoulder.
Finally, she and Elizabeth, who were barely holding on, still had a flaw, and a perfect city wall enlarged them both at the same time.
"The convinced foundations of human reason (Lord Chaldeas)!"
Fortunately, Matthew finally rushed back to the Master's side, and the light blue shadow of the city wall competed with Romulus's blood-soaked "Wall of Love".
"Ah, it's finally here, Matthew——"
Elizabeth, who was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, collapsed on the ground and leaned against Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was also relieved.
It was only a few minutes, but she felt like centuries had passed.
What happened today will definitely become Elizabeth's second nightmare.
The first one is the nightmare of being slandered, being imprisoned in the city of Chakdis, never seeing the light of day, and eventually dying of emaciation.
"Yes, please leave it to me, Miss Elizabeth!"
Matthew gritted her teeth and continued to maintain her Noble Phantasm, and the magic power was quickly sent from the cloak behind her to the round table of the Knights of the Round Table.
There was not much time left for her to hold on.
Everyone fought hard, but Animusfia and Nero were not attacked except after they were initially separated from the others and trapped between four blood-smeared walls.
Romulus, standing on the top of the city wall, stared down at him and Nero, making Animusphia dare not act rashly.
