Shirou Emiya doesn't want to work overtime

"I'm here!"

Illya looked in the direction of the sound, and in one corner of the ruined underground, a hairy hand poked out from a pile of rubble.

"Ah, Xiao Hei, I'll rescue you right away!"

Having said this, Illya ran over anxiously, lifted up the pile of rubble, and revealed Xiao Hei who was hidden inside.

only------

"What's wrong, Illya?"

Seeing the strange look on Illya's face, Xiao Hei, who stood up, was also a little confused. He wanted to come down from the ruins, but there was no way to move forward.

It's like I'm being hung up on something.

Xiao Hei didn't think too much about it, but turned around slowly.

At this time, a hand with a chain around the wrist was tightly grasping Xiao Hei's collar.

"hiss!!!"

"Illya, why are you still standing there? Save the people first!!"

Following Xiao Hei's call, Illya nodded heavily and immediately cleared the rubble above, and the face of the covered person was revealed in front of them.

She was a girl with short pink hair, wearing a white sportswear with the word "Tanaka" written on her chest.

At this time, her eyes turned into circles and rotated, as if she fell into a coma due to the previous shock.

"Tanaka?"

Xiao Hei looked at the name on Tanaka's chest and fell into deep thought. When she came to the dungeon that time, she searched it inside and out, but didn't see this person at all.

"Miyu-nii, is it a girl?"

"?"

Xiao Hei suddenly turned his head and looked at Illya who seemed to be asking really seriously. A dotted line appeared on his forehead, and then he looked at Tanaka again.

It seemed like something had been said, but nothing had been said.

“Illya, are you confused because of too many things? How can you ask a question about your brother being a girl——!”

Ruby didn't realize anything was wrong at first, but then she reacted immediately and spoke up with a hint of mockery.

"what!?"

Illya suddenly reacted and her face turned red instantly. How could she ask such a question?

It’s all Xiao Hei’s fault. She said that Miyu’s brother was in the dungeon, and only Miyu’s brother was imprisoned in the dungeon, so she subconsciously thought that the girl in front of her was Miyu’s brother.

Anyway, it's a very strange train of thought.

"Is she an Endsworthy, or—"

Illya approached Xiao Hei and spoke softly. She didn't know whether the unconscious girl in front of her was an enemy or a friend.

If it's one of the Endsworthys, that would be terrible.

"I don't know, but I think it's not from the Endsworth family."

As he spoke, Xiao Hei pointed at the chains on Tanaka's wrists and ankles. No one from the Endsworth family would be treated like this.

not to mention----

"She must have saved me from the rubble earlier—"

As if he remembered something, Xiao Hei stared at Tanaka's face and spoke slowly. His body was very weak, and this level of impact was enough to tear the body of the doll into pieces.

The magic barrier constructed by Illya, plus the magic barrier of Ruby itself, did protect Xiao Hei from most of the impact, but it was also blown away.

Then she felt someone grabbing her. She thought it was Illya at first, but now it seems that it was the girl named Tanaka who protected her.

Chapter 1047: Fake card?

"It seems that we are completely buried. Although we have avoided the pursuit of Toosaka Rin in this world, we seem to have fallen into another crisis situation."

While Illya was carefully dragging Tanaka out of the rubble, Xiao Hei had already walked around the room and had a general understanding of their current situation.

The four sides were blocked by walls, and the only side that was not a wall was naturally covered with rubble and debris pouring down from overhead.

This place is filled with endless darkness and coldness, and the only source of light is the light emitted by the ruby ​​itself.

The moment Illya wanted to find Xiao Hei, the ruby ​​burst into light, illuminating everything here.

"It's a relatively confined space..."

Ruby also looked worried.

Just as Xiao Hei said, they fell into another dangerous situation.

They couldn't hide in this dungeon for too long. Not to mention whether Ishtar on the ground agreed or not, the oxygen here was not enough for Illya and Xiao Hei to stay in it for long.

What's more, there is Tanaka who is in a coma.

"I hope everything is OK with Miyu-nii-san—"

Under such an impact, it was obvious that Miyu's brother was not in trouble. However, when Xiao Hei and Illya fell down, he took a quick look at their position at that time and found that they were still some distance away from Miyu's brother.

The impact they received underground had already been weakened, otherwise they would not have been able to appear in this room safely, but would have been directly buried by rubble and debris.

But if Ishtar fires a few more times, this dungeon will truly become a grave for himself and Illya.

Xiao Hei actually guessed it right.

On the ground, Ishtar really thought so, and she had no intention of giving Xiao Hei and Illya any chance to survive.

She wanted to kill Illya, not give her a test.

If it weren't for Tōsaka Tokiomi, she would have wanted to release her Noble Phantasm and raze the Endsworth family to the ground.

Given Ishtar's personality, she wouldn't care about Tohsaka Tokiomi at all, but the puppet she controls does care, very much, so that Ishtar will not target Tohsaka Tokiomi subconsciously, and sometimes she will even listen to Tohsaka Tokiomi's teachings.

But Ishtar herself did not realize this.

While Ishtar was gathering her magic power to shoot the second arrow, Angelica appeared at the door of Endsworth's house carrying a lot of things.

Well, it should be said that it was in front of a ruin.

The originally calm face, as if it had lost all emotion, involuntarily showed a look of astonishment, and then looked at Ishtar who was floating in the air and accumulating strength with some disbelief. The clothes on her body also changed from a gorgeous dress to a set of golden armor.

Xiao Hei and Illya didn't know what was happening on the ground at this moment, but even if they knew what was happening, the problem before them was how to leave this dungeon covered by ruins.

"How about just blasting it open with the magic cannon?"

Illya suggested that without the unlimited supply of rubies and blue, it would be possible to blast it open one shot at a time.

"Aren't you afraid that if you use too much force, the already fragile support will collapse, and then we will really be buried in the ground!"

Xiao Hei shook his head and immediately rejected it.

Directly use magic cannon to attack, it’s a surprise that Illya thought of it. Not to mention how small the room they are in is and whether it will hurt themselves.

They had no idea how much rubble was piled above their heads. If a second landslide occurred due to a second impact, they would be buried alive.

"So what do you think we should do? Xiao Hei!"

It wasn't a tone of blame, it was just that Illya really hadn't thought of a way to deal with such a complicated environment, so she placed all her hopes on Xiao Hei.

In other words, Xiao Hei is now Illya's external brain.

"Take a look first to see if there is any job card in here that you can use—"

Xiao Hei did not immediately propose a plan, but placed the card box he had obtained from Ishtar in front of Illya.

"Berserker (Hercules), Caster (Medea), Lancer (Dimuldo), blank class cards, wait, there's also a class card for Archer (Gilgamesh)!"

Putting the Berserker job card in her hand into the card box, Illya began to count them carefully. Basically, there were the job cards she had placed beside her before. The only extra one was an unknown Archer job card.

"Let's try it first and see what effect this job card has and whether it can help us leave here. If not, we can think of other ways."

Another way is to use other job cards to see if you can have the power to leave here safely.

“I’ll try—!”

Illya nodded, took out the Archer job card, and placed it in front of herself.

"Dream Summon - Archer!"

Her heart moved as she wished, and a burst of colorful magic surged from Illya's body, and the power in it seemed to be transferring to her.

However------

After a few seconds, Illya was still standing there, nothing happened.

"Uh--!" Xiao Hei looked at Illya who was posing, and a black line appeared on his forehead. He wanted to say something, but was immediately refuted by Illya.

"Wait, maybe my posture is wrong!"

As she spoke these words, violent fluctuations of magic power surged throughout Illya's body once again. One could even see the magic power burning in Illya's body in a visible way.

But still, it was of no use, and the job card was still in Illya's hand.

"Dream Summon--Berserker!"

As Illya's voice rang out again, her attire changed instantly.

“Lancer——!”

“Caster——!”

"Archer?"

The transformations of Berserker, Lancer, and Caster's job cards were all very smooth, and some were even completed instantly, but when it came to Archer, it just didn't work at all.

“Is this a fake card?”

Ruby couldn't help but speak out when she saw the motionless Archer Job Card.

All other cards can be used, but this card cannot be used. If it is not a fake card, then what is it? Could it be that Xiao Hei deliberately projected it to make fun of Illya?

Thinking of this, Ruby looked up at Xiao Hei.

Chapter 1048: The Price of Not Attending Class

"Why are you looking at me? This card is not projected. At least I don't feel it is a projection product."

Xiao Hei waved her hand, indicating that this card had nothing to do with her.

If there is any, there is actually a little bit, for example, she doesn't know why she hates this card.

"Why don't we try another one—"

Since it is not a fake card, and the magic fluctuations on it are almost identical to those on the Job Card, try both ways of using the Job Card. If neither works, then just treat it as a fake card.

"Servant Card Limited Expansion——!"

This time, the Archer Class Card reacted violently to Illya's magic and disappeared directly in her hand.

"Successful?" Xiao Hei looked at Illya, who had hardly changed at all, and asked with some confusion.

Under normal circumstances, after the limited expansion of the job card, the power of the Noble Phantasm held by the Heroic Spirit can be materialized in an instant. If Illya uses the Lancer (Dimuldo) job card for limited expansion, the magic-breaking red rose (Gae Dearg) and the deadly yellow rose (Gae Buidhe) should appear in her hand.

If you use the Caster (Medea) Job Card for the Limited Expansion, you should be holding Rule Breaker.

But now, Illya had nothing in her hand, and the ruby ​​was still floating beside her. There was no visible change at all, and Xiao Hei didn't understand whether it was successful.

"Well, it's different from other job cards. It seems to have a lot of treasures."

As soon as the words fell.

"Zheng——!"

Golden ripples like water waves suddenly echoed one after another from the space around Illya.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, from the golden ripples that rose from the space around Illya, weapons slowly emerged as if floating up from the water.

Those were weapons that all looked extremely luxurious at first glance.

There is a sword.

There is a knife.