The Warrior of Love

With a wave of her hand, the Empress summoned the fish-scale shield in time to block Saber's greatsword.

"The evil dragon will eventually fall!"

At the moment when the sword and shield collided, Siegfried took advantage of the momentum and leapt into the sky. The Dusk Sword in his hand once again - for the last time, lit up with a gorgeous and sad light.

The True Aether is hidden in the Divine Jewel on the hilt. By releasing it while twisting it, the power of the magic sword can be increased to the limit.

"The light and shadow that cuts off everything!"

That is the secret treasure of the Mist Country that drives away all evil;

That is the sword of steel that is powerful enough to slay all dragons.

That is the song of the evening that ends the greedy desire;

At this moment, let the world usher in the sunset——

"【Fantasy Great Sword o Balmung】!"

The light of the ether illuminated everything, and the torrent of dusk instantly drowned the arrogant empress...

Chapter 458: The Counterattack of the Murderer

"cough……"

The torrent of magic power from the anti-military weapon dispersed the toxins in the atmosphere. Perhaps because the host had disappeared, the poisons were quickly dissolved into pure magic power, and the corpse of the giant snake on the ground gradually became transparent in the spiritual light.

After everything calmed down, Ruler secretly sensed the situation in her body. She was inevitably contaminated with some toxins in that environment just now, but the amount was not fatal. With her B-level durability and the highest level of magic resistance, she should have no problem holding on.

After confirming that she was fine, Jeanne breathed a sigh of relief, then looked nervously towards the throne...where the throne should have been.

The magnificent throne has now been completely destroyed, reduced to a base with most of it cut off and countless tiny pieces of gravel. The Empress who originally sat on it has long since disappeared.

Judging from the special sensing of the "Ruler" class, the opponent should not have returned to the Throne of Heroes yet, but if she is in good condition, there is no need to evacuate from her home ground. You know, this hall is the place where she can best display her strength.

Semiramis's voluntary retreat meant that if she stayed, her life would be in danger, or she would be seriously injured and unable to bear it.

No matter which one it is, she can be temporarily regarded as having lost her fighting power. Now, we don't have to consider the issue of the empress.

There's only one thing left: get to where the Greater Holy Grail lies!

"Saber..."

Jeanne looked at Siegfried standing in the ruins and murmured something, but she didn't know what to say next.

Saber doesn't look particularly bad now. Except for the fact that his body is covered with blood of monsters and he looks very disheveled, his posture is still so straight and his back is still so reliable. Looking at him is like looking at a mountain that will never be knocked down.

However, Joan of Arc knew that this man was already "poisoned to the bone".

Although the poison here has been restored into magic due to Semiramis's departure, those who have been poisoned will not get any better.

Although Siegfried had killed so many fantasy species in succession, demonstrating his prowess as the strongest dragon slayer, he had already absorbed countless times the lethal dose of toxins in the process. Now even his spirit core had been corroded cleanly, and even the Command Spell could not heal him.

The current Black Saber is only a remaining shadow, an empty shell.

"you……"

"Keep going, Ruler."

Siegfried said without even turning his head: "Your target is somewhere further ahead."

"I see."

"Now, the road has been opened. You shoulder a much heavier responsibility than I do, and I hope you can accomplish it well... My only regret in this war is that I was unable to seize the Holy Grail for my Master.

But now is not the time to talk about this. Although that gentleman didn't get anything, at least he escaped from the war and saved his life... Ruler, I'm sorry that I couldn't escort you to the end."

"It's okay, Saber."

The saviour of France smiled a holy smile.

"I will definitely take back the Greater Holy Grail, stop that man, and end this Holy Grail War. Mordred, Hercules, Bradamante, Frankenstein...

And you, our efforts will not be in vain! I will keep moving forward and will never stop until I reach that place! "

"That's good……"

Siegfried tilted his head slightly, with the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

"May your justice be served, Ruler."

As he finished speaking, the tall young man's body gradually turned into spiritual light and disappeared, along with the Dusk Sword in his hand.

"You are the most excellent Saber, Lord Siegfried."

I closed my eyes and remained silent for three seconds. When I opened them again, I no longer saw any hesitation or confusion, only determination and faith.

After calming down, the Saint Girl tightly grasped the Holy Iris Flag and set out on the road to the core of the Sky Garden.

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"Cough...cough..."

In a deep passage, Empress Semiramis, who had activated the transfer spell to escape at the critical moment but was still seriously injured, was leaning weakly against the wall.

Now she seemed to be in good health, even her clothes were intact, but her face was stained with blood, which was particularly eye-catching against her pale skin.

“I was careless… Damn it, damn Saber!”

Siegfried's lethality against dragons far exceeded her expectations... Although he is a legendary dragon slayer, Semiramis really did not expect him to be so powerful.

Because from common sense, the strength she brought out was strong enough to completely overcome the disadvantage of affinity. Even a top-level servant would not have an easy time facing that "Barshom". However, Siegfried, who was poisoned, actually...

Although she seemed to be uninjured now, in fact, only her surface had been repaired. Her interior was already in a mess, and even her spirit core had been damaged to a certain extent. She was only barely on the edge of complete collapse.

If left alone, Semiramis would undoubtedly die, but this was her base camp, and as long as she reunited with her Master and obtained sufficient mana from the Command Seals and the Greater Holy Grail, her injuries would be greatly alleviated.

So, Semiramis passed through the deep passage and headed towards the place where the Holy Grail was stored...but he did not arrive successfully, but fell into a fog.

It may not be obvious in the dimly lit passage, but Semiramis has indeed entered a foggy area, filled with gray mist that makes people lose their sense of direction.

The empress quickly calmed down and realized that she was being targeted.

It's really laughable to say that she is the empress, but she was dragged into the trap by a petty thief who sneaked into her own home!

Although she is seriously injured now, does the other party think that she has no ability to fight back and has become a lamb to be slaughtered?

——How ridiculous!

When did this guy sneak in? The Sky Garden is her treasure, and there are magic barriers everywhere. She should be able to sense it as long as there is a spirit intrusion...

However, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing surprising.

Ever since Black Archer shot down the courtyard, there have been too many accidents and battles. Even she couldn't handle everything. If the opponent was good at hiding his presence, it wouldn't be impossible for him to sneak in.

However, after sneaking in, he was able to lurk in the dark without being discovered... This guy probably has more than one skill that can erase his presence.

"Dark Assassin?"

Semiramis was not dull, on the contrary she was a very smart type and she guessed the other person's identity almost immediately.

It seems that the only person who has not yet revealed himself and would act in this way is the Black Assassin who is suspected to be a murderer.

"Same job as "Assassin", and also controls toxins..."

The mist contained toxins that could corrode vitality. This was a special kind of magic similar to an inherent barrier. The Empress quickly analyzed the nature of the poisonous mist.

Then the empress covered her mouth and nose... It was not because she was afraid of the poison. In fact, she was immune to all toxins in the sky courtyard.

She was just making herself look weak by doing this.

"I have been lurking for so long, yet suddenly I am attacked... Oh, so that's the case. No wonder.

I guess you are not a Servant who can fight head-on, and you have no chance of winning the Holy Grail War, so you can only wait for the opportunity to act.

Now all the servants of the two camps are fighting fiercely, and only Shiro and I are standing in front of the Holy Grail, and I am seriously injured, so you think your chance has come, right?"

After killing the seriously injured Empress, there was only one human left next to the Holy Grail. Even if she couldn't defeat other Servants, killing people would be a piece of cake for her - Black Assassin thought so.

If she is lucky and moves quickly, she can get rid of the priest before the other servants arrive and successfully obtain the Holy Grail!

Victory was unexpectedly close to her...

"Should I say you are naive, or are you mentally ill? Do you really think things will go so smoothly?"

The empress suddenly sneered and said jokingly to the surrounding fog: "Why do you think I am talking so much nonsense to you here?"

Snapped!

With a light snap of his fingers, a subtle wave of magical power flashed by, and the surrounding gray mist was suddenly dyed with a light purple.

The barrier of the foggy city was reversed in an instant!

"This is the real poison mist. Taste it, you bastard!"

Chapter 459: A man must be able to stand up!

The scorching atmosphere, the melting magma, the broken towers, the crumbling city walls...

The magic power condensed into substance was transformed into the blue flames of the sun or the indestructible sword pressure, which constantly collided and offset each other in the void, and the aftermath alone was enough to destroy the solid fortress.

It cannot be said that the Sky Courtyard is too fragile. In fact, the defense of this armed fortress is enough to withstand the bombing of city-level treasures. After overlapping with the inherent barrier of the Thunder Emperor, its solidity is greatly enhanced, and ordinary treasures cannot shake it at all.

However, now it has been ravaged into a doomsday ruin...

In the final analysis, it was because the person I met this time was too special!

Karna, the famous demigod hero in Indian mythology, even merged with the sun god Surya and became a part of the sun disk. Even in the star-studded "Mahabharata", Karna appeared as one of the few heroes.

On the other side was Heracles, the great hero who held a unique position in ancient Greece and was the source of the word "Hero" - Jiang Liu, who inherited this title.

Although he is not the Hercules in the Type-Moon world, Jiang Liu was indeed given this name by the goddess, and he has a powerful strength that will not bring disgrace to this name.

The collision of the two skills, [Magic Release o Flame] and [Armament Haki o Ryusakura], is comparable to the bombardment of anti-military Noble Phantasms, but this is just their most common moves.

Seriously, any one of them can launch a city-level attack, and even this extremely solid sky courtyard cannot withstand such intensive bombardment.

Both of them are undoubtedly the "strongest" servants, having reached the limit of what a servant's spiritual foundation can accommodate.

Even if there were heroes who could stand shoulder to shoulder with them, such as two ancient kings who could only laugh, they would at most be slightly superior in "number" and "scale", and would be completely overwhelmed in other aspects, especially in terms of individual combat power.

Generally speaking, being able to summon a Servant of this level in the Holy Grail War is equivalent to having already won.

However, this Holy Grail War was too abnormal. It was a large-scale faction battle involving a total of fifteen Servants. Not only did it feature TOP Servants like Thunder Emperor, Empress, Achilles, and Siegfried, but it also featured special classes like Joan of Arc.

There are even two exceptional servants above the TOP!

This makes the direction of the war confusing, which is not a good thing for both sides.

But that is only true for the Master. For the two Servants in the real battle, they would probably be very happy to meet an opponent worthy of a fight across time.

For example, after an all-out battle with Siegfried, Gintoki chose to retire without any regrets.

For example: Jiang Liu and Karna at this moment!

Both of them showed their true abilities, and the battle was so fierce that even the Servants could not intervene. However, perhaps because they had both reached the pinnacle of their respective fields, the winner could not be determined for the time being.

However, the trend is still obvious.

From the beginning, the two were evenly matched and each other's weapons could leave wounds on the other. Later, Jiang Liu slowly got used to Karna's magic spear, and his physical defense gradually accumulated to a certain level, making him almost immune to the ordinary attacks of the Son of the Sun.

Now, even if he was entangled in blue flames and even released his magic power with all his strength, Karna could not leave any trace on Jiang Liu's body!

The only effective means left was to liberate the "Immortal Blade" in his hand.

This is a treasure bestowed by Axe-wielding Rama - in a sense, it is like a graduation certificate for Indian heroes, and it is a representative crystallization of fantasy.

Depending on how it is used, there are many forms, such as against the army and against the country, and you can even use your eyes to emit light waves...

In essence, it should be considered the type of "shooting a hundred heads" where skills are trained from physical objects and sublimated from skills into treasures.

Frequent use of the Noble Phantasm not only increased the area of ​​the ruins of the Sky Garden, but also consumed an unimaginable amount of magic power.

If it weren't for the connection to the Greater Holy Grail, which could quickly replenish the consumed energy, no matter how good the magician was, he would not be able to support Karna in such a battle.

Thanks to his powerful treasure and endless supply of mana, Karna has been fighting Jiang Liu with great strength.

However, if we continue to delay like this, sooner or later even the treasure will be adapted to by Jiang Liu, and then there will be no way to retreat!

Indeed, as long as he was wearing this golden armor, he would not be defeated. The loving protection from his father, the sun god Surya, allowed Karna to be free from all malicious attacks and protect himself on a conceptual level.

However, from a personal perspective, Karna was not willing to rely on the golden armor to delay victory.

"O Brahma, curse my body (Brahmastrakundala)!"