Type-Moon, joins the Lion King at the beginning.

Chapter 41: Journey to the East Part : Fierce Battle

The spikes were like thorns, standing between Liye and Vlad III.

But Li Ye, who had already lowered his body, was even faster!
【Thunderbolt】

Red lightning suddenly burst out, and the atmosphere warmed up.

Li Ye, whose body was as red as lightning, pressed down Vlad III's excited face with one hand, and the sharp spikes around them broke one by one.

The atmosphere seemed to be compressed to the extreme, making a sharp explosion sound.

The red electric current visible to the naked eye was jumping wildly, spreading like real lightning, and even evaporated the sea of ​​blood and fire!
boom! !

The figures of Li Ye and Vlad III suddenly disappeared from the spot, leaving behind a huge ravine that kept moving forward!

Even the sea of ​​blood and fire surrounding Vlad III drew a gorgeous trail in the air!

Vlad III, who was being held in the face by Li Ye, breathed like a broken bellows: "Ho ho!"

Iron stakes suddenly stretched out from the air, and even a large number of iron stakes appeared in the direction Li Ye was moving.

Snapped!
Vlad III suddenly grabbed Li Ye's wrist, and his grip was so strong that Li Ye could not get away!
"Is your strength still increasing?"

Li Ye immediately realized that Vlad III's power was much higher than before.

"The power bonus from frenzy!"

Li Ye knew that the berserk ability of the Berserker class had the effect of supplementing combat effectiveness, although he was not sure what class Vlad III had manifested into. It seemed that the berserk ability inflicted by the Crusaders also had the effect of supplementing combat effectiveness.

Even if the effect is weak, it can still gain an advantage in competitions of equal strength!

‘! ’

Li Ye reacted before the iron stake pierced through him and turned around, trying to throw Vlad III into the distance like a cannonball!
But how could Vlad III let Li Ye have his wish? Even if he fell into frenzy, the martial arts engraved in his body were still extraordinary!
A cold light quietly bloomed.

It turned out to be a spear held in the hand of Vlad III.

‘! ’

Li Ye's pupils shrank when he sensed the danger, but it was too late to avoid it.

Vlad III held Li Ye's wrist tightly, so he could not keep a safe distance and could only watch the tip of the gun approaching rapidly!
puff-

A puff of blood mist bloomed.

The blow from bottom to top tore through Li Ye's defense and body without any resistance. The horrific scars deep enough to see the bones seemed to be cutting Li Ye in half!
Immediately afterwards, the blood from Vlad III's palm turned into a sharp spike and pierced Li Ye's wrist like an iron stake!

Li Ye didn't care about the piercing pain and decisively mobilized the magic of the Holy Grail. The red magic power like a raging sea evaporated the sharp thorns in an instant!
Click!

Li Ye and Vlad III, moving at high speed, smashed the iron stakes directly, leaving only a piece of wreckage.

But the real danger has just arrived!
When Li Ye's blood fell into the sea of ​​blood and fire that surrounded them, it was like pouring oil on a raging fire, and suddenly the flames grew brighter!
The power of the curse that permeates the sea of ​​blood and fire becomes stronger and stronger.

Li Ye let go of Vlad III, and grabbed Vlad III's wrist, forcing Vlad III to let go.

The excess magic power gathered in his arms seemed to have turned into fuel, allowing Li Ye to burst out with tremendous strength enough to suppress Vlad III.

He actually twisted Vlad III around and smashed him heavily into the ground!
Boom! !
Li Ye slid for more than ten meters before finally stopping.

"As expected of the Piercer!"

Li Ye covered his chest, trying to use the vitality generated by magic to heal his wounds, but the curse contained in the wound prevented Li Ye from succeeding, and he could only let the blood spill.

The existence of the curse and injury caused the dragon blood in Li Ye's body to become restless, and even began to recover on its own.

The faint dragon power spread out, making Vlad III even more excited.

Li Ye also raised the corner of his mouth, as if this injury was just a trivial matter to him.

Looking at the scarlet stains on his fingers, Li Ye's light golden vertical pupils were filled with an emotion similar to that of Vlad III.

eager--

After being enlightened by Sanzang, Li Ye, with a complete mindset, faced up to all his desires.

The desire to live, the desire to witness everything, the desire to save others, the desire to keep moving forward...
Desire is justice.

The absolute self, and the desire that arises from it, overflowing in Li Ye's heart at this moment is——

The desire to fight with countless heroes!

Whether it was the fighting desire brought by the dragon blood or Li Ye's own desire, they all converged at this moment, indistinguishable from each other.

Even though Li Ye was at a disadvantage at this time, not to mention how he could fight against Vlad III with a gun with his bare hands.

As for the Noble Phantasm that Vlad III, a Servant, possessed, Liye was truly impressive.

C-rank Anti-Military Noble Phantasm: "Spiked Fortress"

Make countless spears appear on the ground around you to execute the enemies, and use the curses released by the magic spears and the torture of the hammer in the Demon Castle (Draculea)!
This Noble Phantasm has the characteristic that the pain it inflicts increases as the target's injustice and corruption increase. The more the target of the punishment has committed crimes such as "escape", "immorality" and "violence", the greater the destructive power.

In addition to the Spiked Fortress, Liye is very afraid of another treasure that Vlad III possesses: the Legend of Dracula.

Let the image of Dracula passed down orally by later generations become concrete and transformed into a real vampire!
Vlad III, who becomes Count Dracula, will have his ordinary skills and treasures sealed away. Instead, he will gain special abilities such as greatly enhanced physical abilities, the ability to change his form into animals or mist, healing abilities, and enchanting magic eyes.

The most important one is Vlad III's inherent skill [Ghost General Protecting the Country].

By obtaining the ley lines in advance, you can regard a certain area as your "territory" and fight in this territory.

As a king, Vlad III can obtain a combat power subsidy that is comparable to Berserker's A-rank "Frenzy". In addition, in the territory formed by the skill "Demon General Protecting the Country", Vlad III can also use the extremely powerful Noble Phantasm "Kazikli Bey" for a specific location.

It can make a large number of stakes appear from space and pierce the enemy.

The attack range is one kilometer in radius, and the maximum number of stakes is up to 20,000!

Furthermore, every time the gun in your hand strikes the enemy, it creates the concept of "piercing", and then stakes will appear outward with the heart as the starting point.

It is a sure-kill attack! Fortunately, Vlad III has just appeared in the world, and it is impossible for him to obtain the earth veins in advance to complete the prerequisite of [Ghost General Protecting the Country]. Li Ye does not need to worry about the existence of the King of Capital Punishment (Kazikli Bey).

However, facing Vlad III who possessed so many abilities, all Li Ye could talk about was the release of magic power and the Mystic Eyes of Death.

"Boxing is not a problem—"

Li Ye opened his fists, and arcs of electricity wrapped around his fists: "You must be the Impaler, right? As a famous hero, are you going to be manipulated by the Crusaders like this?!"

"Hand over the Holy Grail—"

Vlad III, holding a gun in one hand, had red eyes and stared at Li Ye as if he wanted to eat him alive.

“He still has some sanity left. It seems he is not Berserker—”

Only then did Li Ye determine that Vlad III's class in the world was most likely a Lancer. There was no one else at the summoning scene. Li Ye was the first to rule out the possibility of an additional berserker spell. Although the Crusader's berserker had an impact on Vlad III, it failed to distort his class.

Vlad III was unwilling to become a vampire. Even though he was subjected to the frenzy of the Crusaders, he only developed a thirst for blood and a desire for destruction.

and a desire for the Holy Grail.

Being able to be summoned by the Crusaders to appear in the world, at least Vlad III is similar to the summoner in terms of fate or wishes.

But Li Ye didn't know why Vlad III knew that the Holy Grail was in his hands. You know, the Holy Grail was now in Li Ye's possession and was not as conspicuous as when it was hung around his waist before.

Unless Li Ye speaks himself, or uses the infinite magic power of the Holy Grail, people will not notice it.

Why was Vlad III so sure from the beginning that the Holy Grail was in his possession?

At this point, Li Ye also understood why Vlad III attacked him. Vlad III, who refused to become a vampire, would not lose his rationality even if he developed a desire for blood.

Unless there is something more attractive to Vlad III.

That is the Holy Grail.

'Is there still a connection between Vlad III and the Master?'

Li Ye stared at Vlad III. He was sure that Vlad III had no contact with other people after he appeared in the world, so where did the magic power for the operation come from?

Vlad III, who manifested as a spearman, did not have the class skills to act alone, nor could he communicate with the earth veins and obtain magic power at the same time as manifesting. That could only be provided by the Master who had not yet appeared.

"Can that kind of summoning also successfully establish a magical connection?"

Li Ye only had a vague understanding of the Heroic Spirit Summoning Ceremony, but from his understanding, Vlad III's summoning of the present world was obviously wrong.

The summons that can still be established when people are not all there reveals something strange.

However, when Vlad III appeared in the world, he took the opportunity to cast the berserker curse. Obviously, the summoner did not need a sane Vlad III.

"What wish does the Impaler have that requires the Holy Grail to fulfill, even at the cost of humanity?" Before Vlad III launched his attack, Li Ye took the opportunity to recover from his injuries.

The high magic power continuously attacks the curse on the chest, trying to completely remove it.

"Give me the Holy Grail!" Vlad III seemed to refuse to communicate with Li Ye, and his red eyes became more ferocious.

Li Ye and Vlad III had no idea what was going on. As Vlad III suddenly rushed out, Li Ye also mobilized the magic power of the Holy Grail to fill his body, and then shot out violently!

After deciding to fight Vlad III unarmed, Li Ye knew that he had to bring the battle distance to an extremely close distance so that he could have an advantageous range.

Compared with Vlad III, Li Ye’s biggest advantage is his absolute speed!
boom!
As Li Ye stomped heavily, he accelerated again and approached Vlad III in an instant, and punched him in the face!
The fist that was swung with a large amount of magic power contained an enormous force that Vlad III could not match, but Vlad III actually used the same fist to respond to Li Ye's attack!

The moment the two came into contact, a gust of wind arose!
The result was naturally that Vlad III was at a disadvantage in the contest of strength. With Li Ye's unconditional investment of magic power, there was no way that Vlad III could match him in strength!

The clash of power did not reach a stalemate, and Vlad III was beaten back repeatedly in just a few breaths.

How could Li Ye miss such an opportunity? He was about to close the distance and launch an attack.

Unexpectedly, Vlad III grasped the gun handle with both hands and swept over!

The surrounding sea of ​​blood and fire also launched a violent and violent attack on Li Ye, but its target was the wound on Li Ye's chest that had not yet healed!
Iron spikes that seemed to pierce through Li Ye suddenly emerged from under his body!
The three-party attack has the only purpose of killing Li Ye!
‘! ’

Even though he was attacked from three sides, Li Ye was not panicked at all. Instead, he raised the corner of his mouth excitedly: "Is this what you have to do to get the Holy Grail! The Impaler!"

Li Ye was seen moving like a dragon, quickly distanced himself from Vlad III's spear, but the iron stakes and blood arrows were still chasing him relentlessly, as if they would not stop until they pierced Li Ye through!
However, Vlad III, contrary to his usual practice, did not choose to pursue, but instead raised his hand and aimed at Li Ye from a distance.

Strands of blood oozed out from the palm of his hand, interweaving into shape.

'what is that? ’

Li Ye naturally saw Vlad III's actions. Before Li Ye could think about what magic Vlad III was going to use, a chill instantly surged up to his head.

Boom!
The sudden curse did not come from the outside world, but erupted from Li Ye's body!
Even though Li Ye had confined the curse to the area around his chest injury, the curse that followed still made Li Ye feel a palpitation!
It feels like my heart is being squeezed by a big hand!
Then a strong stabbing pain suddenly broke out from the chest!
'The blood of Vlad III?'

Only then did Li Ye realize that it was not just a curse, but Vlad III had actually smeared his own blood on the tip of the gun and allowed it to enter his body with the help of the gun tip!
Turn into spikes!

puff! !
As blood splattered, sharp spikes burst out from Li Ye's chest!
"Goo!"

Even Li Ye was unable to react, or was unable to react, to the sudden attack.

His figure, which had been constantly dodging the iron stakes and blood arrows, suddenly came to a standstill.

It was just a moment of pause, and then the iron stakes and blood arrows appeared in front of Li Ye!
But Li Ye's actions were even faster!
Ignoring the spikes on his chest, Li Ye stomped his feet heavily with such force that it shook the mountains and seas!
With Li Ye as the center, the yellow sand within a ten-meter radius was turbulent, and all the extended iron stakes were broken under this tremendous force!
Click!

As for those blood arrows, Li Ye broke the iron stakes with ease and used them as weapons to sweep past them!
The iron stake wrapped in Li Ye's own magic power seemed to become a magical weapon. Wherever it passed, the blood melted!
Li Ye laughed as if he was drunk, and spat out a mouthful of thick blood.

"Is that it? The Piercer!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Ye raised his hand and hit his chest, smashing the sharp thorns into pieces with one punch!
Blood gushed out in an instant!

"You are strong, but not strong enough to possess the Holy Grail!" Vlad III whispered.

The tip of the gun cut through the air, as if it was going to pierce Li Ye in one fell swoop!
Hearing this, Li Ye laughed even more: "This is just the beginning!"

(End of this chapter)