Shirou Emiya doesn't want to work overtime

It's not because she's weak, but because Illya is only ten years old now, at the age of growing up, and her body functions are not fully developed.

Even if one uses the Class Card, one's control over the power contained therein is naturally no match for more mature people.

It's like a child and an adult holding a gun at the same time, it's obvious who can shoot more accurately.

You know, the role of ruby ​​is not just to help Illya control the power of class cards.

It also has A-rank magic barrier, physical protection, promoted healing, physical ability enhancement and other abilities.

It even literally provides unlimited magic power, but the output is limited by the performance of the user's magic circuits.

Basically, support in all aspects is provided from all angles.

In her transformed state, Illya has the combat power of a servant.

"A little bit tired of playing——"

After another collision, Ishtar looked at Illya, who was gasping for breath but still not knocked down, and showed fatigue.

She had already seen all the new things the other party could come up with, and victory was only a matter of time. However, Ishtar did not intend to waste so much time on Illya.

The moment she finished speaking, Ishtar raised her hand slightly and pointed it at Illya in front of her.

"Om-!"

Vigorous magic power surged, and a gem that appeared from nowhere was suspended beside Ishtar's arm. Waves of amazing magic power fluctuated from it, filling the entire space with a depressing atmosphere.

Magic Release (Gem), Level: A+.

Add excess magic power to weapons to increase attack power. Originally, Ishtar's aura could be called omnipotent, but due to the influence of the object of possession, for some reason, she can only store magic power in gems.

Although it is a powerful magic release skill, it is a little troublesome to use because it requires the injection of gems and the release process.

"Bam—!!"

The air vibrated and a gorgeous magic circle spun out from in front of Ishtar's palm, illuminated by the interaction of gems.

The light illuminated the entire corridor.

The next moment, surging magic power gathered inside, and a beam of magic power shot out from the magic circle, crossing the space, carrying dazzling light and strong impact, instantly swallowing up everything in front of Ishtar.

"Illya! Catch it!!!!!!!!!!"

At some point, Xiao Hei, who had already completed the theft, appeared behind Illya and threw the ruby ​​in his hand towards Illya without hesitation.

"henshin!!!!!!!!"

As Illya finished her words, a dazzling flash of light emerged from the ruby ​​that had transformed into a staff and covered Illya's body.

A huge amount of magic power reverberated around, transforming into light particles that flew around the center of the flash like fireflies. Ripples like water waves also rose from the flash as the center and reverberated around.

The surge of magical energy turned into a strong wind, sweeping out and hitting Ishtar.

"when!?"

Feeling the extraordinary magic power, Ishtar's face gradually darkened, her brows furrowed tightly, and she looked at the ruby ​​that she had casually thrown on the ground, her wine-red pupils staring ahead.

"Boom--!"

Then, accompanied by a heavy bang like an explosion, the walls of the entire corridor burst open, and a bright beam of light shot out from it, penetrating directly into the Endsworthy house and shooting into the distance.

Under the shooting of this huge beam of light, a figure seemed to be pushed out forcibly, flew backwards, and landed steadily on the corridor, rubbing for a distance before stopping.

"laugh--!"

Wisps of smoke rose from her body. The purple magic circle in front of her had been shattered. Her attire had turned into a purple robe. Her right hand was tightly grasping a ring-shaped magic wand, and her left hand was firmly holding a vaguely visible doll.

However, Illya didn't care about her own embarrassment at all and stared straight ahead.

Under this bombardment, Illya could only barely build a basic magic barrier.

Fortunately, the opponent had no intention of taking his life. After this casually set up magic barrier was shattered, Ruby's own A-level magic barrier effectively resisted the opponent's attack.

After all, the Holy Grail ceremony of the Endsworth family has not been completed, so Ishtar will naturally not take Illya's life.

But, that was before Illya angered the other party.

"very good!"

"very good!!"

"very good!!!"

Ishtar said "good" three times in a row, and she didn't even look at the card box that fell to the ground beside her.

The moment she saw the ruby, she understood why the opponent did not attack her fatal parts, but instead focused on knocking down the card box.

The class card must have been taken by the other party.

"You did something like this right under my nose. It's been a long time since anyone has ignored me like this!"

As he spoke, more and more gems appeared around him, and magic power was being injected into them in a way visible to the naked eye.

"The price of angering me is severe. Even Darius can't keep you. That's what I said!"

Chapter 1044 Let me see your struggle again!

Plans can never keep up with changes.

Especially since this plan was made casually by two elementary school students without much discussion.

The first step of the plan is to rescue Ruby.

In Illya and Hei's plan, they should sneak into Ishtar's room and find the trapped ruby.

Then, the fact that the ruby ​​was trapped in Ishtar's room was just a figment of their imagination.

The truth is that Ishtar directly stuffed the ruby ​​and the class card into the card box together.

Anyway, the card box is quite big, and there are only a few class cards, so it’s not a problem to put a ruby ​​in it.

The second step of the plan is to steal the class card.

The difficulty of stealing Ishtar's personal class card is indeed too high, mainly because the concealing ability of the aura of the Faceless King projected by Xiao Hei is not very useful.

So the plan was for Illya to get some information about the class cards through discussion with Hei, and then perform a quick switch of two class cards in front of Ishtar to attract her attention.

Xiao Hei took the opportunity to swap the projected job card with the job card in the Ishtar card box, concealing the truth, and then did other things while the other party didn't notice that the job card in the card box had been swapped.

But when Illya saw the drooping ruby ​​in Ishtar's hand, she was instantly filled with anger and wanted only to rescue the ruby ​​immediately.

They immediately forgot their plan and rushed forward, causing a collision.

Hence the current situation.

In short, there is still a big discrepancy between the plan and the actual situation.

But what can be done?

"Wuwuwuwu!!!! I thought I would never see you again, Illya! You have no idea how terrifying that woman is!"

"She actually wanted to tear me apart and see my internal structure. Fortunately, her Archer (Gilgamesh) class card had already been used at that time, otherwise she would have used her Noble Phantasm to attack me!"

Ruby, which had transformed into a ring-shaped staff, cried out in pain and frantically told Illya about the torture she had endured at Ishtar's hands.

It was really close, but luckily it tried its best to hide itself last night and make itself less conspicuous, so Ishtar forgot about it for a while and thus escaped.

During the day, Ishtar was having so much fun with the king's treasure that she forgot to take apart the ruby.

I'm currently waiting for the cooldown of the limited Archer (Gilgamesh) class card. I carry it with me in case I forget about it again.

Put it in the card box, so that whenever you want to take the Archer (Gilgamesh) class card, you will be able to remember it.

Ruby really felt that she was going to die here, so she kept praying in the card box and was even counting down the cooldown of the limited-expansion Archer (Gilgamesh) class card.

Fortunately, Illya was able to get herself back in time before the other party dismantled her.

"Let's not talk about this for now! Illya, find a way to get to the dungeon. We can't leave here with our own strength!"

Xiao Hei grabbed Illya's collar, and for fear of hurting her shoulder, he sat on it and spoke quickly, then looked around with extreme vigilance.

She was looking for Angelica and Darius' location.

After all, the only two people who could get here the fastest were the two people who used replacement magic in this castle.

"Om-!"

The gems in the space surrounding Ishtar suddenly trembled, and the amazing magic power lingering inside suddenly gathered together.

"Illya, go down!"

Xiao Hei, who had already witnessed the magic cannons fired casually by Ishtar, changed his expression and immediately reminded Illya to leave.

Illya, who used the Caster class card, now had plenty of time to prepare and was certainly able to defend against the opponent's attack.

But their goal is not to defeat Ishtar. If they are held back by her, then when the people from the Endsworth family arrive, all their efforts will be in vain.

so----

"Dream Summoning——————"

The next moment, a beam of magic power shot out from the magic circle, crossed the space, carrying a dazzling light and a strong impact, and landed at the place where Illya was a second ago.

"Bam—!"

A shocking explosion was triggered in the corridor, bringing with it terrifying winds, waves and flames, which spread in all directions.

"How can this be!?"

Ishtar looked at her empty right hand, and couldn't help showing shock on her face. This was even more shocking than the other party's dream exchange of class cards in a short period of time.

because------

"Bam—!"

Inside Endsworth Castle, a strong wind like a shock wave suddenly surged up, and a corridor somewhere collapsed directly. A figure fell from it and stood steadily on the ground.

That was Illya, whose upper body was only covered with strips of cloth tied together to cover her chest, and whose hands were wearing wrist guards. Her lower body was wearing a piece of cotton cloth, just like the heavy pants that ancient hunters wore when traveling in winter.

In her hands, she held an extremely rough axe sword.

Illya, when she was about 20 to 30 meters away from Ishtar, used the Berserker (Hercules) class card in Ishtar's hand from a long distance.

"What's the difference between this and snatching the Class Card directly from her!"

Not to mention Ishtar was surprised, even Ruby and Hei didn't know what to say.

Using someone else's class card from 20 meters away means that when the opponent is preparing for a dream summon, Illya can directly use the class card in someone else's hand for a dream summon.

This is too perverted!

"No, it seems that only this class card can be used. It was only after I transformed that I felt that I could use this class card to perform dream summons directly from a distance. For other class cards, I'm afraid I still have to get close to the person to use them."

Illya shook her head. She just felt that it was possible, but she didn't expect it to actually succeed.

Well, it’s a good thing anyway.

There is not much time left for Xiao Hei and the others to think further. They only have one chance, and if they fail to seize it, death will be the end that awaits them.

Darius said last night that there was only one section left in the Holy Grail ceremony, and tonight was the deadline. If the operation failed, they would not be able to gather the strength to leave again before night.

Therefore, success or failure depends on this one move.

"Forget it, the direction of the dungeon is over there--!"

Xiao Hei immediately adjusted his state, sat on Illya's shoulder and pointed at a road. Now every second counts, and Illya didn't get far by escaping with brute force.

"Want to escape?"

"That won't do!"

The sharp words were heard by Illya and Xiao Hei from above.

The next moment, Illya seemed to have sensed something, and stomped her foot hard on the ground, making her whole body spin like a top. Suddenly, she turned and swung the axe in her hand directly above her head.

Mind's Eye (false)

Grade: B

The ability to avoid danger based on intuition and sixth sense, honed through many difficult adventures.

“Swish, swish, swish, swish—!”

With a sharp sound of breaking through the air, several arrows pierced through the ceiling above Illya's head and shot out, mixed with terrifying magic power, like missiles, and hit Illya directly in the direction.

"Clang, clang, clang—!"