Why fight the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

"Then it's decided on you, Emiya Shirou, go ahead and kill Hercules!"

"what?"

86

Chapter 86 Red A: Shirou, I may not be you. What if I am your father?

"Emiya Shirou's effect adds an Equip Card from your deck to your hand when you Special Summon it. I'm going to add this card, [Pseudo-Spiral Sword (Caladbolg II)]"

"Spiral sword? That's not from Celtic mythology... No, what's going on with your II?"

Jason almost thought that Red A was a certain Xiao Gang.

"That's because it's a fake, of course. But it works better for me."

Red A shrugged and slapped another card onto the field. "But I do have a tendency to refuse to admit defeat, so I'll try my best in this battle. I Normal Summon [Emiya (Archer)]"

【Emiya】

Archer 4 stars, 2000 attack power.

"Your name is Emiya?"

Shirou Emiya remembered what Fujimura Taiga said in the morning that he looked somewhat similar to his direct Servant, and felt that he seemed to have grasped some key point.

"Who are you anyway?"

"Who is it? Maybe it's your long-lost father!"

Red A was still unforgiving with his words. Like Emiya Shirou, he had a complete conflict with the other party.

"I equip myself with the [Pseudo-Spiral Sword]!"

[Emiya] Attack: 2000 → 2500

"My own effect, I release the Equip Card equipped to myself and destroy a Heroic Spirit on the enemy field! I release the [False Spiral Sword] to destroy [Hercules]! Illusion Collapse!"

As everyone watched in astonishment, the pseudo-spiral sword was used as an arrow and launched towards Hercules. The explosion caused by the collapse of the Noble Phantasm was so devastating that even Hercules was unable to withstand it. When the smoke cleared, only half of his body remained.

"The effect of the spiral sword can cause 500 HP damage to the enemy when released!"

The aftermath of the explosion also injured Jason, causing him to cry out in pain.

Jason LP 4000 → LP 3500.

"Don't get too cocky! Hercules isn't that easy to defeat. He'll be back on the field at the start of the next round!"

"Twelve Trials, right? It's indeed a very powerful Noble Phantasm."

Red A continued his actions unhurriedly, "But it's not your own strength after all. If I take care of you, there won't be another round!"

"Emiya's effect: Once per turn, discard a card and equip an equipment card from your deck to yourself. I want to equip the immortal holy sword Durandal!"

[Emiya] Attack: 2000 → 2500

"Although it's not the original and its effects are much weaker, the wearer of this card cannot be destroyed in battle!"

Red A grasped the legendary holy sword.

"Enter the combat stage!"

"Why isn't the effect activated?"

Toosaka Rin was puzzled by Red A's behavior, as it would be more beneficial to use the effect to blow up Theseus.

"First, [Emiya Shirou] attack like [Theseus]!"

Emiya Shirou was shocked, because it would be more reasonable for Red A to launch the attack himself.

"What do you want to do!"

"Should it feel like an honor to fight a legendary Greek hero?"

Red A laughed, "Look at the effect on yourself, idiot!"

"You can only activate this once per turn. When this card is destroyed by battle, Special Summon an [Emiya] from your hand or graveyard!?"

Emiya Shirou looked at Red A and finally realized the truth.

This Servant is my future self!

Driven by the rules, Shirou Emiya used an attack beyond his ability to kill himself and Theseus, and they entered the cemetery together.

Another [Emiya] was summoned into the battlefield from Red A's hand, but this one was clearly unconscious.

【Emiya】Attack power 2000.

"How could you be me?"

Emiya Shirou couldn't believe his eyes, but every sign pointed to a truth he didn't want to believe. He'd dreamt of Red A's journey over the past two days, a non-stop massacre, a blood-stained road to hell. He fell to the ground, "How could I possibly become someone like you!"

"People will eventually become what they hate."

Red A, the future Emiya Shirou, looked down at his past self.

"The empty ideal of a righteous partner will only lead to more tragedy. Saving others means taking their lives, and in the end, even you will be sent to the gallows. What can you save? You can save nothing!"

"Give up that stupid dream of yours as soon as possible!"

Red A's wish is to change his deceived future. As an agent of restraint, he thought he could save more people after his death, but he did not expect that he would actually take more lives with his own hands.

"Just live an ordinary life honestly! It will be better for everyone."

But Emiya Shirou has never been one to compromise. He has already made a pact with his father to become a partner of justice: "Then let me ask you, how did you answer your future self?"

"How can I remember something like that?"

Red A indeed could not remember many things from his life, but he was certain that he had never seen this special Noble Phantasm.

Emiya Shirou keenly caught his own little movements. After all, he knew himself better than ever before: "You are lying. What you experienced then was definitely different from what you are experiencing now. Therefore, I am not you! I will not be yours!"

"is it?"

Red A's face had completely darkened. He had had enough of this constant life of fighting with others. This kind of life was tormenting his heart every moment. "Then keep your last Command Seal well, or I will definitely kill you with my own hands!"

"The fight continues!"

Red A didn't want to see the clear and foolish look of his former self.

"Ah good!"

Jason was enjoying the melon so much that he almost forgot that he had entered the killing line of Red A.

"Tousaka Rin, right? Emiya Shirou, if I win this battle, I will kill this little girl."

Red A said something very cruel, and he wanted to teach himself a lesson.

"Just try your best to hate me!"

As the main body, Emiya with 2500 attack power launched the attack first, and hit Jason smoothly, causing Jason to scream in pain.

Jason LP 3500 → LP 1000.

"Then this is the final blow!"

Red A raised his hand, and the other one drew the bowstring to its full extent, ready to shoot.

"Because of the rules of the duel, even if it's not a Dark Game, it will still cause great damage to the Heroic Spirit. Therefore, no one here can stop me. If you want this Tōsaka Rin to survive, use your final Command Seal!"

"But, once you've used up the Command Spell! I'll kill you!"

This was a pure conspiracy. If Jason lost, only one of Tōsaka Rin and Emiya Shirou would survive. And Emiya Shirou's character naturally couldn't stand by and watch Tōsaka Rin being killed by Red A.

"I haven't replied yet, who gave you permission to touch my Master?"

Jason endured the pain and stood up.

"Isn't it just a dark history? Look, I'll step over and show you! The effect of the card Medea Lily! When it takes fatal damage, you can Special Summon it from your hand! Negate the damage and restore 1000 health points! All flaws will be repaired!"

Jason LP 1000 → LP 2000.

"Lord Jason, you finally summoned me. I'm so happy!"

Medea, full of girlishness, appeared in soft purple light. It was hard to imagine that she would look like that many years later.

[Medea Lily] Caster 1600-star with attack power.

"Is it actually the Medea of ​​this period? I'm sweating just thinking about it." Jason wiped his sweat off his forehead. "Medea, you are really reliable in this period. Please lend me a hand!"

Medea nodded obediently.

"It seems that the great Greek hero is very popular."

Red A shrugged. He didn't expect to defeat Jason so easily.

"I cover a card in the backfield to end my turn."

"For my Master, I will not lose!"

Jason bit his own tiger's mouth and finally said words that were in line with his heroic status, but at the same time Medea secretly cast a murderous look at him.

"My turn, draw a card!"

"Sure enough, even Hercules is helping me!"

Jason's face was filled with elation. He had already drawn a card that could secure victory. "Start of turn! Thanks to the effect of [Hercules], he returns to the field!"

[Hercules] Attack power 3000.

"This is your last turn! I'm going to fight straight away!"

Jason entered the battle phase without hesitation.

"You can't break through my defense like this."

Red A has two servants with HP above 2000 in the front field, and their HP has not been reduced at all. Even someone as strong as Hercules cannot defeat him in one round.

"Who said I can't? I activate a quick-play magic card! [Shoot Hundred Heads], card name, once per turn, can only be activated when [Hercules] is on the field. During this turn, increase his attack power by 1500 points, and this card can attack the enemy a number of times equal to the number of servants on the field at this time, a total of 2 times!"

"This is the Noble Phantasm that was sublimated from the martial arts that Hercules used to kill the Hydra. If placed here, the Hydra would be a monster with around 3500 attack points. As expected, Hercules is invincible!"

Jason was not stingy in his admiration for Hercules.

Red A looked at the trap card covering him. [Sevenfold Rings of Blazing Sky] can be activated by discarding a card when the enemy attacks. During that turn, the servant will not be destroyed by battle and will not receive battle damage.

"You looked at the card in the backfield, right?"

Previously, when Jason was biting his tiger's mouth, he felt a sense of crisis on that card, but it disappeared after he activated [Shoot a Hundred Heads].

"The Hydra is a legendary immortal monster. Guess how Hercules succeeded? Of course, it's because during the turn when [Shoot Hundred Heads] is activated, when Hercules attacks, the opponent can't activate monster effect Spell or Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step!"

"Come on, first strike!"

The axe and sword came down with the force of a mountain, and the red A was directly and evenly split into two halves.

Red ALP 4000 → LP 3000.

"It's not that simple! [Emiya]'s effect can only be activated once per turn. When it is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon an Emiya Shirou from your hand and Graveyard!"

【Emiya Shirou】Defense: 2000.

Shirou Emiya was summoned to the battlefield unwillingly: "Great hero of Greece, don't lose!"

"Medea's stats aren't high enough to break through any of them, so who are you going to attack, great hero?"

Hercules can only attack as many times as he activates his magic card, and both Red A and Shirou Emiya have higher stats than Medea. Red A feels like he can still operate.

"Who said we need Medea to break through? [Hercules] Effect! Activate this when you destroy an enemy Servant in battle. Select a card on your opponent's field and destroy it! I prioritize destroying the Trapped Card in your backfield! Then, second attack!"

At Jason's command, Hercules' axe and sword roared.

Emiya, who was in attack mode, was split open again.

Red ALP 3000 → LP 1500.

"[Hercules]'s effect is activated again! This time, it's [Emiya Shirou] that's going to be destroyed!"

"Then it's over. [Medea Lily], launch the final attack like the red Archer!"

A torrent of magic gushed out from Medea's wand and directly penetrated Red A's body.

Red ALP 1500 → LP 0.

The huge impact force caused Red A to directly crash through the wall of Emiya's house and collapse the warehouse.