"Berserker!"
The white-haired loli screamed and watched helplessly as her servant was knocked away by a blow, flew back and crashed into Shirou Emiya's original room.
Amidst the rumbling sound, most of the house structure collapsed, and fragments continued to fall, directly burying the giant alive inside.
However, the white-haired Lolita's worries seemed unnecessary.
Almost at that moment, among the piles of ruins and debris, a huge hand suddenly and powerfully reached out, and then, a black giant figure that seemed to be filled with hot steam emerged from the ruins again. stand up.
He still has that dark skin, his upper body is exposed, his wrists are wrapped with wrist guards, and his muscles are bulging with a strong sense of strength.
Even the naked chest did not leave any traces of the battle. No matter whether it was cut by the invisible sword energy or slammed by the street lamp pole, there was no trace of scratches on it. I don’t know if it’s because of its incredible resilience or because its defenses are indestructible.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhh——!!”
The violent giant roared instinctively again, and the crimson light in his right eye became even more dazzling. He just looked around and saw that there was no one left in the empty street.
The innocent loli with white hair and red eyes ran over eagerly, raising her little head and looking at her Berserker worriedly.
Facing this scene, the rage of the violent black giant quickly cooled down. He no longer roared in vain, but stood up steadily from the ruins. Although the movements were still rough and powerful, they clearly revealed a subtle hint of caution.
As if to maintain some subtle caution, so as not to cause the fragments to fly out due to too drastic actions, which might accidentally injure the white-haired lolita, the actions were extremely cautious.
"Hmph... It's true. Forget it, let me live one more night!"
The white-haired loli breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her servant was not really injured. Then she found that the enemy on the opposite side had seized the opportunity and ran away without a trace. She suddenly felt aggrieved and annoyed, and after stamping her feet like this said.
If you only look at the surface, this is like a scene of an innocent little girl expressing her dissatisfaction innocently. The purity and innocence are endearing, but the murderous intention hidden deep in the words is extremely real and cannot be ignored.
That's right, she came here for Shirou Emiya.
Dating back to the Fourth Holy Grail War ten years ago, her father, Emiya Kiritsugu, and her mother, Irisviel von Einzbern, represented Einzbern, one of the three imperial families. Join the battlefield as a family combatant.
The parents left their young daughter, Illyasviel von Einzbern, waiting in their hometown.
Before leaving, Emiya Kiritsugu promised Illya that he would definitely come back.
It's similar to making a promise like "I will go back to my hometown after this war is over."
Therefore, for Emiya Kiritsugu to set such a classic flag recklessly, of course he would not end well.
There was indeed a huge change in that Holy Grail War. At the final stage of the Holy Grail's arrival, in order to prevent "all the evil in this world" in the Holy Grail, this man ordered his servants to release the Noble Phantasm and directly destroy the Holy Grail.
It was this decision that caused him to never see his daughter again until his death.
Because he believed that it was his betrayal at the last moment that caused the Einzberns to fall short, the Einzberns' barrier refused to allow him to enter.
The young Ilya had been waiting at home for her parents to return, but in the end she waited for the news that her father had betrayed the family, abandoned her and adopted another child outside... The longing turned into a raging fire of hatred.
It was probably from then on that the desire to take revenge on Emiya Kiritsugu was deeply imprinted in her heart.
However, the curse of the Holy Grail resulted in the man not having enough time to face the arrival of the Fifth Holy Grail War, and he failed to wait for the opening moment.
Illya, who entered Fuyuki City because of her participation in the Holy Grail War, naturally aimed her revenge at the child adopted by her father after he betrayed his mother and family - Emiya Shirou. At this moment, her arrival was not an unexpected encounter, but the result of careful planning.
She came directly to the door, resolutely carried out her revenge plan, and killed him without hesitation.
It's a pity that he was about to succeed, but was destroyed by an inexplicable follower.
The two soon left the scene of the crime.
"..."
"..."
The deserted streets were still empty, and no one came out to take a look.
In fact, what just happened made a bit of a fuss, but the residents of Fuyuki City are very experienced in this. Don’t be curious if you shouldn’t be curious, and don’t inquire if you shouldn’t be curious... They didn’t even call the police or complain. How much interest.
Anyway, it must be the "gas leak" or "pipeline explosion" thing again.
I really can't stay in this Fuyuki City for a day.
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The other side.
"Okay, we should get rid of that Berserker...can we stop?"
After making a strategic retreat to the cemetery in Fuyuki City, the blond swordsman girl steadied her steps after confirming that the violent giant warrior was not following her. At the same time, she cast her eyes warily at the strange young man leading the way, still maintaining her posture. On high alert.
Although the other party has just helped him out of danger, this does not immediately prove that he is a trustworthy ally.
After all, in this Holy Grail War, a brutal struggle that only allows one group of people to survive, the concept of true allies is a luxury.
Only then did Emiya Shirou realize that he had stopped, with a confused look on his face as he felt down to earth again.
He didn't even react just now, but he felt his collar tighten. Under the huge drag, his whole body floated up like a kite, and he only felt the strong wind blowing on his face.
Of course, this situation is also reasonable, otherwise it would be difficult for him to get out of the battle in a short period of time just with his ordinary-level mobility.
"Don't you want to go any further?"
Xia Zhi secretly sighed that it was a pity. If he ran a little longer, he would enter the range of Mount Yuanzang. But he still turned around and showed a harmless smile.
"I don't think so..." the blonde swordsman girl responded calmly, her eyes flashing with caution, "Unless you first clearly tell us where you want to take us."
She didn't want to come out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den again.
The scene just now fully demonstrated the strength of the person in front of him, which should not be underestimated. To be able to deal with such a terrifying monster despite being significantly inferior in strength and agility is not to be directly crushed to the point of being unable to fight back...
He could even accurately discern the fleeting flaws of the Berserker Titan at critical moments, and be able to accurately seize this ever-changing opportunity to fight back...
This is already very illustrative.
Although it did not result in very significant results, this kind of ability is staggering enough.
After all, that berserker may indeed have gone berserk, lost his rationality, and no longer has any detailed tactics, but this does not mean that the opponent's fighting skills are very low-level. In fact, with the support of absolute bravery and invincible physique - —
The ability to fight hand-to-hand based solely on the instinct of the body has already surpassed the level of all Servants and reached a super first-class level.
And beyond that.
The excessive display of magic power shown by the opponent at the end feels very similar to the "mana release" technique. Although there are obvious differences between the two, they are shown to greatly strengthen the body's functions in an instant. Many similarities.
This also shows that the opponent also has the means to explosively increase combat power. In addition, even in the most critical moments, the opponent is unwilling to take out his real weapons and shows that he deliberately hides precious treasures...
All of this naturally made the blond swordsman girl wary, and her attention to this strange servant was directly raised to a very high level.
"There's no need to doubt this. This beautiful lady, I'm just here to send you an invitation letter..."
Xia Zhi looked at the girl's vigilant look and the gaze that was completely unfamiliar to her, and she knew in her heart that the other person was probably not Vivian, but for some reason, the figure was exactly the same.
Maybe it's really a different time and space or something like that?
Burying such thoughts in his heart, he did not show them at all, and instead maintained his gentle attitude, like the sunshine of the young man next door, he looked directly at the unknown red-haired high school student next to him:
"Mr. Emiya Shirou, right? My Master would like to invite you to be a guest at Ryudou Temple in Enzo Mountain to discuss forming an alliance."
"Your Master? Who is it?" Emiya Shirou was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously.
"Of course it's the eldest lady of the Tohsaka family, Rin Tosaka."
The young man spoke seriously, maintaining the persona of a servant who was loyal to his master.
Yeah, loyal.
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Under night.
Yuanzang Mountain is like a giant beast lying prone on the earth, sleeping peacefully.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh, how could-!!"
Some crazy sounds came from Ryudou Temple, and it was Tohsaka Rin's voice. Such movements naturally attracted Medea's concern. The Greek witch hurriedly took the ancient swordsman who had just summoned in violation of regulations. Come.
"Master, what happened?!"
Pushing open the door of the room, what came into view was a girl in red looking at the box on the tatami, her eyes wide open with an expression of disbelief. The hair on her head was messy, and many hair strands were sticking up. It was obvious that she was Scratched by herself.
"My, my gem..."
Seeing the puzzled look in Miss Witch's eyes, Tohsaka Rin opened her mouth and felt sad for a moment.
Why do you only have so few gems left?
After finding out more about it, Medea also frowned and looked at the gems in the box: "Are you sure it's missing? Could it be that Master, you remembered it wrong and actually used it before?"
"How could I remember it wrong!!"
Speaking of this, Tohsaka Rin was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, subconsciously denying this possibility.
"But there is no reason. Who would steal your gems, Master? If you really want to steal them, wouldn't it be better to steal them all in one go?" Medea frowned slightly. Although Miss Master said it plausibly, she just didn't think it was right. That's right.
If it were an ordinary thief, how could he sneak in and steal the Master's precious gems? And why not just steal them all and only part of them?
And if it's not an ordinary thief, then it should be an enemy. Wouldn't such behavior be even more inexplicable? What's going on specifically to sneak in and steal things?
She never thought about other possibilities from beginning to end, let alone the possibility that other colleagues might be watching and stealing. After all, the servants were just here to participate in the competition, and they would have to go back in a few days regardless of whether they won or not.
What's the use of stealing gems? Can you exchange them for money?
If it's to replenish that little bit of magic power, it's even more unnecessary. Wouldn't it be better to talk to the Master directly?
In addition, although the contact time was still very short, Medea also understood more or less about the miser characteristics of her new master, so she naturally and subconsciously tended to another possibility.
"This this……"
Tohsaka Rin was speechless for a moment. She was mainly shocked just now and couldn't accept it for a while. When Medea raised the question, she also noticed the problem, but it seemed a bit unjustifiable.
Could it be said, could it be said that...
Did you really use it yourself?
But I should have only used half of my savings for the summons that night, not more than half of my savings!
She subconsciously thought about how depressed she was that day. She was so confused that she had forgotten even the most important information, and even mistook the best time to summon... Could it be that at that time, she also misremembered the amount of gems? Bar?
Because his criminal record was still fresh in his mind, Tohsaka Rin became less confident and even looked at the gems in the box with a guilty conscience.
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed that she might have used it too much.
But something doesn’t seem right...
Just when the girl was frowning and thinking hard, Medea's expression changed: "Enemy attack——!!"
And that very quiet ancient swordsman servant disappeared immediately.
Tohsaka Rin was startled and couldn't care less about the trivial matters in front of him. He quickly packed up and followed Medea out in a hurry, heading towards the mountain gate. When the two arrived, the ancient swordsman was already fighting a violent giant.
The white-haired loli waved her little fist behind him, cheering for the Berserker.
The terrifying muscle monster was beaten to death again and launched a violent charge.
The ancient swordsman on the opposite side was not afraid and took the initiative to take advantage of the height of the mountain gate. He waved the five-foot-long pole in a strange posture. He was confident that he would die with this terrifying enemy.
When the opponent's weapon hit him——
His demonic sword, which transcends the human realm and can challenge gods and Buddhas, will definitely be able to cut off Berserker's head at the same time!
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At the foot of Mount Enzo that no one noticed.
A shadow is gradually gathering its outline. In the atmosphere from all directions, there seems to be traces of undetectable black energy, which are drawn out by some kind of force and are gathering towards the shadow bit by bit.
After a while, "it" gradually took on a general shape.
It can be seen that she is an extremely rare beauty, with a face that is so beautiful and neat that it looks like a doll, ruby red pupils, and long silver hair that shines like snow.
She was just wearing a black dress, which was as dark as a curse.
This made this woman, as pure and innocent as snow, turn into a coquettish and dangerous one.
Moreover, the presence of "it" is very erratic, and the outline of the body will be blurred from time to time. The whole person does not look very three-dimensional, more like a light and fluttering shadow, as if it will dissipate when the wind blows.
Of course, this is barely enough.
At least he has some mobility.
"It" looked back deeply at the direction of Yuanzang Mountain. It didn't care about the battle taking place above. It only cared about the large hollow under the mountain. That was where "It"'s body was and what really needed attention.
Because the true body is "all the evil in this world" inside the Great Holy Grail, "it" knows very well what is happening.
In this Holy Grail War, a heroic spirit is summoned that should not appear.
That is information that is so huge that it cannot be completely copied from the realm record tape. If it were not for the framework of "class" as a container, there would be no way to create a servant as a clone...
If that's all, it doesn't matter.
But this heroic spirit also coveted the Great Holy Grail. Not only did he have an idea, but he also took action. If this continues, the Great Holy Grail may not be preserved, giving "it" a sense of crisis.
It’s not like I didn’t think about stopping it, but that weird heroic spirit possesses extremely domineering energy conversion technology...
The magic power that the Great Holy Grail naturally exudes, and the malice mixed in it, have no way to do it, or have no chance to work - "it" originally wanted to take advantage of the other party's actions, and erode the magic power little by little with malice. , control the other party.
However, under the efficient and overbearing energy conversion technology, any malicious or impurities cannot escape and are directly filtered out.
Under such circumstances, the malicious entity within the Great Holy Grail can only find another way out. If it continues like this, "it" will worry that it will be eaten alive by the opponent before it has the chance to be born.
Fortunately, "it" also has other means.
For example, the arrival of Illya and her type of artificial human are actually the final product designed with the original "Winter Saint" as the basic personality. So Illya's personality actually also records her mother, her aunts, and her countless predecessors.
The oldest prototype - the "Winter Saint" - is the body of the Great Holy Grail.
