The shuttle in the second dimension

　At this moment, Saber stood by with a serious expression, watching the one-sided battle. She frowned slightly, "That night, I'm afraid Berserker didn't use his full strength at all. And I heard that he attacked the Holy Church and took away a large number of Command Seals. I'm afraid it will be even more difficult————" Staring at the red patterns on the right arm of Lin Xuan who was walking slowly towards her, Saber (hx) murmured.

　"Pa—pa—pa—pa—" Lin Xuan walked towards Caster while clapping his hands. Looking at Caster who was kneeling on the ground and vomiting blood, he said with a smile.

　"Not bad—for a Heroic Spirit of the Caster class, it's quite rare for you to be able to hold on after taking two hits like that—"

　Lin Xuan was not mocking, but really praising Caster. He knew the strength of his two kicks, which were not light. As a Heroic Spirit with only E-level durability, it was already very good that he could withstand those two kicks.

　"Asshole————cough cough——"

　"Is this your last words?" Lin Xuan lowered his head and looked at Caster, saying coldly, "Then, it's time for you to leave, Caster——" After saying that, the blue and white light in Lin Xuan's palm lit up again.

　At this moment, Lin Xuan felt the breath of another heroic spirit, and then red and yellow lightning flashed by, forcing Lin Xuan to leave his original position and avoid the sudden attack.

　Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes in displeasure and said coldly, "Lancer, what do you mean——"

　That’s right, the one who attacked Lin Xuan was Lancer——Diarmuid.

　Lin Xuan's departure gave Caster an opportunity. He seized this brief opportunity, quickly used magic, and escaped.

　Seeing this scene, Lin Xuan frowned and stared at Lancer.

　"My lord ordered me to defeat you, Berserker, who is wanted by the church——" Squatting slightly, Lancer explained to Lin Xuan.

　"Heh - the church's wanted order, hahaha - this is really a funny thing. I have clearly taken away all the Command Seals from that old priest Kotomine Risei. What can the Cathedral Church use as a reward for my wanted order? And is there anyone else in the Cathedral Church who can issue this wanted order? Could it be Kotomine Kirei!!? He is obviously also one of the Masters participating in this Holy Grail War - hahahahaha——" Lin Xuan laughed loudly, covering his face with his hands.

　"No matter what, this is the Lord's order, and I must carry it out. Moreover, I cannot tolerate your breaking of the rules, Berserker."

　"Breaking the rules?" The fingers covering his face moved slightly, revealing Lin Xuan's eyes. He spoke arrogantly, "Rules are always used to restrain the weak—"

　"Besides, why should I need you to tolerate what I do, Lancer?" Lin Xuan said coldly, looking at Lancer with disdain. "Besides, you let my prey escape, and I haven't settled the score with you yet. You want to defeat me now? Are you kidding me?"

　Looking at Lancer coldly, Lin Xuan began to chant the ancient words.

　"I am the Lord of Arms, controlling all the armies in the world. I hold the title of God of War. All I seek in life is war. As long as the war continues, I will be indestructible. Wherever I am, it will be turned into a sea of ​​blood and corpses, and the world will be stained with blood. Therefore, my enemies will fear me, dread me..."

Chapter 19: Battle with Lancer

　"I am the Lord of Arms, controlling all the armies in the world. I hold the title of God of War. All I seek in life is war. As long as the war continues, I will be indestructible. Wherever I am, it will be turned into a sea of ​​blood and corpses, and the world will be stained with blood. Therefore, my enemies will fear me, dread me..."

　As the words continued to flow from his mouth, Lin Xuan's aura grew more and more extraordinary. When the words were finished, a murderous aura filled with tyranny emanated from Lin Xuan, making him look like he had walked out of a sea of ​​blood and corpses. His eyes also turned completely scarlet, filled with murderous aura.

　Now, people think that his class will be Berserker. Perhaps it is because of the anger caused by Lancer in his heart, but the tyrannical and murderous aura he exudes is even more intense than the last time he fought Gilgamesh.

　Standing before Lin Xuan, Saber and Lancer could clearly feel the ruthless, murderous aura that washed over them. This caused their eyes to widen, their hearts filled with shock.

　If Lin Xuan originally gave people the impression of being a sunny boy with a casual personality, now he is a god of war who slaughters all living beings.

　"So, are you ready to bear my wrath—Lancer?" A voice that was calm but piercingly cold suddenly came from beside him, causing Lancer's pupils to shrink. Relying on his extraordinary intuition, Lancer quickly dodged behind him.

　call----

　The whistling sound of the wind rang beside his ears, and the wind pressure brought by Lin Xuan's right leg blew past Lancer on both sides, making him sweat coldly.

　"It's not over yet——" The next moment, he felt a huge force coming from his lower abdomen.

　With a cry of "Wow——" Lancer followed in Caster's footsteps and was kicked away by Lin Xuan.

　Using both his pistols and his own skill, Lancer continuously dissipated the force, reducing the impact of Lin Xuan's kick. Ultimately, Lancer didn't suffer as much as Caster, who crashed into numerous trees along the way. However, he still crashed into a tree in the end, and the pain in his lower abdomen was unavoidable. He thrust his spear into the ground to support himself, a look of pain on Lancer's beautiful face. "This strength is too strong! This is far from A+ level strength. I'm afraid it's EX level—"

　Lancer quickly adjusted his state and prepared for battle again. He stared intently at Lin Xuan who was walking towards him, afraid of missing any details.

　"I have to say, you are indeed a qualified warrior. You can adjust your condition so quickly." Lin Xuan said expressionlessly as he walked towards Lancer step by step, but Lancer could clearly feel Lin Xuan's anger from his expressionless face.

　"But this is not enough————" After saying that, Lin Xuan stomped hard on the ground. As the ground shattered, Lin Xuan quickly rushed towards Lancer.

　"Bang!" Though only using his bare hands, Lin Xuan was still beating Lancer back. There was no other way. While Lin Xuan might not be Lancer's match in terms of technique, he was vastly superior in strength. Lin Xuan's immense power, transmitted through his twin pistols, forced Lancer to retreat to absorb the force. Otherwise, his body would be unable to withstand the immense force and would begin to suffer.

　What made Lancer feel helpless was that Lin Xuan clearly knew that his treasure [Yellow Rose of Certain Destruction] had the ability to cause irreparable damage, but he just didn't care whether he would be scratched by the spear blade of the Yellow Rose of Certain Destruction and suffer irreparable damage. He just attacked blindly and had no intention of defending against the Yellow Rose of Certain Destruction at all.

　But in fact, Lancer also wanted to see if he could cause some damage to Lin Xuan by taking advantage of the fact that Yellow Rose would be destroyed if Lin Xuan was not prepared, but he was disappointed. Lin Xuan did not give him this opportunity at all. The frequency of his attack was beyond Lancer's imagination. Originally, Lin Xuan's attack frequency would reduce the intensity of his attack, but based on Lin Xuan's powerful strength, even if the intensity was reduced due to the increase in frequency, it was enough to make Lancer miserable. Therefore, Lancer did not have any extra opportunities to counterattack and could only defend blindly.

　"What's wrong—didn't you say you were going to beat me, Lancer?—You can't do that—" Grabbing Lancer's red spear—the devil-breaking red rose—Lin Xuan smiled grimly, giving Lancer a bad premonition. Before Lancer could drop the spear to evade, Lin Xuan swung the spear in his hand, and swung Lancer, who had not yet let go, up with it.

　In mid-air, in order to avoid being thrown to the ground by Lin Xuan, Lancer hurriedly dropped the spear in his hand. In mid-air, Lancer kept adjusting his posture to allow himself to land better.

　But after landing, Lancer suddenly felt a chill rising from his heart. Relying on his extraordinary intuition, Lancer suddenly dodged to the side——

　"Swish——" The crimson light from the spear turned into a crimson lightning and flashed by. If Lancer was still standing in his original position, he would probably have been pierced through the head. However, although he dodged to the side in time, the crimson light still passed through Lancer's beautiful face, leaving a blood mark on it.

　"It's really dangerous————" Looking at Lin Xuan standing not far away with lingering fear, Lancer kept moving behind him, as if he wanted to pick up the long (hx) spear that was not far behind him and was stuck in the tree trunk——the Demon-Breaking Red Rose.

　Lin Xuan didn't seem to care about his actions, but grinned and mocked, "Lancer, is this what you mean by defeating me————"

Chapter 20: The prey escapes again

　"Lancer, is this what you mean by defeating me—"

　"Indeed - if the situation remains the same, I will not be your opponent - Berserker." Lancer said frankly, admitting the lack of his own strength.

　"Really? You're so frank." Lin Xuan praised Lancer with a smile and continued, "But please leave, Lancer." After that, arcs of electricity appeared from Lin Xuan's body. The blue and white arcs kept jumping around his body. Against the backdrop of the dazzling lightning, Lin Xuan slowly raised his right hand. As Lin Xuan's right hand moved, countless black iron sand suddenly rose from the ground around Lancer.

　"Buzz buzz buzz!!!!!" A sound like the flapping of bees' wings amplified hundreds of times rang out in the empty forest.

　The iron sand surrounding Lancer began to vibrate, and the high-frequency vibrating iron sand continuously emitted sounds like the flapping of bee wings, constantly stimulating Lancer's nerves.

　After seeing this scene, Lancer felt a breath of death approaching him, and his heart began to feel cold and desperate, but he did not give up. However, when he was about to escape from the encirclement of the iron sand, it was too late. The constantly vibrating iron sand had surrounded him, leaving him no way to escape.

　He raised his right hand and pressed it downwards, as if receiving an order. The iron sand that surrounded Lancer suddenly shrank, killing Lancer.

　When the iron sand shrank, Lin Xuan felt something strange.

　"Hmm——?" There's no one inside?" Controlling the iron sand, Lin Xuan clearly sensed that there was no Lancer inside the iron sand at all, it was hollow.

　"Was he forced to move by the Command Spell?" Looking somewhat helpless, Lin Xuan continued, "It seems that Kenneth has been defeated by Emiya Kiritsugu. By the way, why does my prey always escape from my hands today? This is the second time. Although I have beaten Lancer and am almost done with my anger, I still feel really bad that the prey escaped." Shaking his head helplessly, Lin Xuan lowered his head and said in distress.

　"kindness----"

　He sensed the presence of a heroic spirit approaching him and looked up at Saber, who was approaching from a short distance.

　"Berserker————" Saber's face was a little solemn as she looked at the young man in front of her. After all, this was a strong opponent. It was not difficult to see from the battle just now that Lin Xuan's strength and agility were surprisingly high, especially his strength. He was able to defeat Lancer with his bare hands. This was not an easy task, especially since Saber had fought with Lancer before. She knew Lancer's strength clearly. It was precisely because of her clear understanding of Lancer's strength that Saber paid more attention to Lin Xuan. Moreover, the tricks Lin Xuan used on Lancer in the end made Saber pay special attention. She could see that if Lancer's master had not forced Lancer to transfer at the last moment, Lancer would have really withdrawn from the Holy Grail War.

　"What's wrong? Is there something wrong? Saber————" Looking at Saber who was frowning slightly, Lin Xuan asked

　"Berserker, please tell me your intention in coming here——otherwise I will regard you as an invader and do my best to expel you." Saber took a light step forward, tightly grasping the invisible sword with both hands, ready for battle, and questioned Lin Xuan with a serious face.

　Facing Saber's questioning, Lin Xuan acted as if he knew it.

　"Okay—okay—I just felt Caster's presence and wanted to come and see what he was up to, so I rushed over, that's all—no ill intentions. Besides, if I wanted to attack you, I would have done it a long time ago, and there would be no need to fight two heroic spirits one after another—" Shrugging, Lin Xuan made up an excuse. He couldn't let himself say that he actually knew Caster would invade here tonight, and he felt bored, so he came here to join in the fun.

　"So——what do you want to do now——stay or leave——" Lin Xuan's words did not let Saber let down her guard, she continued to question.

　"Instead of asking me here what I want to do next, I think Saber, you should take care of Miss Irisviel. Oh no, it should be called (hx) Mrs. Irisviel. I don't think their situation is very good————, after all, it's not just Caster, Lancer and me who broke in here————" Lin Xuan smiled mysteriously at Saber, narrowed his eyes, and looked at her with a playful look in his eyes, which made Saber frown slightly.

　But when Lin Xuan finished speaking, Saber's expression changed. Although she still did not let down her guard against Lin Xuan and still looked at him with suspicion, her words had begun to waver. "Why do you know so clearly, Berserker? And how can you prove that what you said is the truth, not a lie?"

　"How do I know if these are important now?" Lin Xuan asked with a smile, slightly raising the corners of his mouth.

　"Besides, if you think it's a lie, you can continue to stand here. I don't mind..." Lin Xuan said, looking at Saber with a smile.

　"Is it really a good idea to keep dawdling like this? I feel like Madam Irisviel is in danger right now————Saber." Lin Xuan reminded, shrugging helplessly.

　"I hope you didn't deceive me, Berserker—"

　In the end, Saber was still worried about Irisviel, so she left quickly after leaving these words and went to look for Irisviel and the others.

　Looking at Saber's back as she left, Lin Xuan smiled and said to the person behind him.

　"Hey, Assassin, you've been watching for so long, aren't you going to come out and talk to me?"

Chapter 21: Lancer Exits

　"Hey, Assassin, you've been watching for so long, aren't you going to come out and talk to me?"

　There was no one behind Lin Xuan, making him look like he was talking to the air.

　"Ignoring me? What an impolite fellow!" Lin Xuan shrugged with a hint of annoyance in his tone, and continued, "Since you don't want to come out, then forget it, just go to hell." With a sigh, Lin Xuan said with some regret. Then, as Lin Xuan spoke, a long (xhx) spear appeared beside him, floating. The tip of the long (hx) spear was engraved with runes. The spear handle was made of a branch of the World Tree (Yggdrasil).

　If Gilgamesh were present, he would definitely know the origin of this long (hx) spear. This long (hx) spear is exactly the Noble Phantasm that Gilgamesh once took out - the Great God's Declaration (Eternal Spear).

　He waved his hand, and then the floating spear turned into a meteor and flew towards Lin Xuan's back.

　The next moment, a gorgeous blood flower bloomed from the darkness.

　Lin Xuan did not turn around to admire the fleeting blood flower, but shook his head helplessly and said calmly, "After all, it is something that cannot be put on the table——"

　"But——————" As he spoke, Lin Xuan raised his head and looked at the cold moon hanging high in the sky. The corners of his mouth slowly opened into an icy arc, and he continued, "Lancer————you should leave first————"

　As he spoke, Lin Xuan turned into a gust of wind and rushed away into the distance, leaving only the ground around him swept by the wind.

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　Carrying Kenneth, Lancer was very anxious at this time. Looking at his lord carried on his shoulders, he felt deeply remorseful and guilty.

　Not only did he fail to complete the task assigned by his lord, but he also caused his lord to suffer such serious injuries. As a knight, he felt that he was a complete failure.

　"Master, please hold on a little longer. In a little while, you will be able to get medical treatment. Please hold on." Lancer kept encouraging Kenneth, fearing that if Kenneth gave up and let out a breath, he would lose his life.

　Running at his fastest speed, Lancer felt a little tired at this time, especially since he had a one-sided duel with Lin Xuan before, which made him feel tired. Then encountering Kenneth made him even more exhausted physically and mentally.

　However, Lancer, who was charging at full speed, suddenly sensed a dangerous aura approaching, forcing him to pause and observe his surroundings. He trusted his intuition, so when he sensed the approaching danger, he was already in combat mode.

　"Pa——Pa——Pa——Pa——" Suddenly a burst of applause came from behind him. This sound made Lancer quickly turn around and look vigilantly at the place where the sound came from.

　To his surprise, there was no one where the applause came from. As Lancer was pondering, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from where the applause came from.

　"Not bad, Lancer. Even while running at full speed, you were able to sense my killing intent and stop, instead of running into the trap I set for you."

　As the voice spread, a distorted light began to appear in front of Lancer, where the applause and talking were coming from. Suddenly, a strong wind spread out from that place, revealing a young figure. It was a teenager who was about sixteen or seventeen years old. The teenager smiled at Lancer. The teenager was very gentle.

　But Lancer felt endless murderous intent and coldness beneath that gentle smile.

　"Berserker————" Lancer's face was filled with bitterness as he softly revealed the identity of the person who suddenly appeared.

　That's right, the person who came was Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan chased all the way from the Einzbern family's beloved forest, and seemed determined to take Lancer's life. Lancer felt a life-and-death pressure on him, making him a little breathless.

　"I didn't expect you to chase after me, Berserker————" Lancer said to Lin Xuan with a bitter expression.

　"Really? It seems that my arrival really surprised you, Lancer, but..." Lin Xuan said with a grin.

　"What is meant to come will always come, for example——" Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes slowly, his eyes filled with icy coldness.

　"——————You will withdraw from the Holy Grail War——————" The cold words suddenly sounded in his ears, making Lancer widen his eyes and look at Lin Xuan who suddenly appeared in front of him in horror.