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Fast forward to the day Fuyuki sank, when () died in battle...

Water, Wind, Flower: Chapter 47: There are two opponents, but you cannot use your Noble Phantasm

Van Gogh's figure was gradually moving away. Looking at her petite figure stretched out in the sunset, Duanmu Ye's lips moved, but he did not speak.

At this moment, he confirmed that he had taken on part of Van Gogh's Outer God abilities, making her a truly normal Servant. He shouldn't have worried about her anymore. She wouldn't suddenly be cursed, she wouldn't fall into madness, but she seemed so lonely leaving alone at this moment.

"I think I'm sick. She's a Servant..."

Servants summoned here through the Holy Grail connected to the earth's veins will, in most cases, return to their original places after death or the fulfillment of their wishes. Only in very rare cases, servants who choose to obtain a physical body and continue to exist in the world will become ordinary people who have lost all their powers and walk the earth.

As for Van Gogh, she didn't say anything, and Duanmu Ye couldn't figure out her true wish just by guessing. Maybe she wanted to live as a normal person, or maybe it was something else...

Duanmu Ye turned around and walked into the alley on the side in silence. Through the contract with Lancelot, he could clearly feel the pressure from Arthur. It was a bit too difficult for Lancelot, who could only rely on iron pillars and lampposts obtained from the surrounding area as weapons. But if the target of the attack was Arthur, it would be too costly to expose Lancelot's identity too early.

In Duanmu Ye's original plan, Lancelot's identity should be, as he was familiar with it, the last straw that shook Artoria's wavering ideals. Under her already wavering will, he would use the "last whisper" to break Artoria's defense, and then dominate Artoria.

Unlike Alterization, the ability of the Mars Flower is more like turning it into a controllable puppet, but it is endowed with the possibility of berserk characteristics. Even a noble being like the Knight King will become a state similar to that after Alterization while retaining the original numerical values ​​after being dominated.

But unfortunately, Artoria did not appear here, and instead, Arthur Pendragon appeared here, and one could tell at a glance why he appeared here.

Even though they had the same experience, Arthur would not be as confused as Artoria was after seeing Lancelot. On the contrary, he would try his best to defeat the other party and use his sword to convey what he wanted to convey.

Walking out of the alley again, his original figure had turned into a man wearing yellow clothes, and his figure gradually faded the moment he stepped out of the alley, blending into the wind that blew up at some unknown time.

At this moment, Lancelot, who had already turned into a mad beast, was flying towards the sky at an extremely fast speed. Below him, there was a pale silver figure who was constantly releasing magic power to fly in the air.

This was a one-sided suppression. Saber, holding the weapon condensed with the Wind King's Hammer, was very clear about it as she repeatedly knocked the black knight who re-entered the black fog into the air.

Although the sword in his hand would lose the protection of the Wind King's barrier after using the disposable Wind King Hammer, thus revealing its original appearance, he was able to clearly realize through the fight with Berserker that the Berserker, who could not communicate, understood the length of his sword, and the confusing effect of the Wind King's barrier had no effect on him.

He can even acquire items from the surroundings that can be given the concept of weapons and give them the concept of [Noble Phantasm]. Although their levels are extremely low and his sword can easily cut through all the items he holds, his combat skills are not inferior to his own. Fighting on the ground with a constant supply of things to turn into [Noble Phantasm] is somewhat tricky.

Whether it was to shift the battlefield or to launch a tactical attack based on the weakness revealed by Berserker, in this empty sky, even if the black knight had great skills, he would be useless without his advantage.

"Saber, who is the Servant you are fighting?"

Emiya Kiritsugu's voice emerged in Saber's mind, and the words conveyed through telepathy seemed to prove that he was somewhere in the commercial street below her feet.

The ability of telepathy is an important means of communication between Servants and Contractors, but its defect that the communication becomes blurrier with distance means it is rarely used in separate combat.

But at this moment, Emiya Kiritsugu's question was so clear that Saber, who was originally worried that Irisviel, who had lost her protection, would be taken advantage of by other magicians, gradually felt relieved at this moment.

"Berserker, a black knight shrouded in black mist, is completely covered in armor, and its other features cannot be observed. Its ability is to transform anything it touches into a [Noble Phantasm]."

On the rooftop of a building in the commercial district, under the reflection of the lens, Emiya Kiritsugu frowned.

Berserker? Didn't the Matou family already...

The head of the family, Zouken Matou, is indeed dead. In the subsequent hospital report this morning, the remains that were burned to almost carbonized were indeed from Zouken Matou. The tissue extracted from his body can easily verify the magic power of water attribute and contains the characteristics of absorption, which is enough to confirm the authenticity of this information.

The whereabouts of Matou Sakura and Matou Kariya are unknown. Only the Matou Tsuruno family, who had left Fuyuki before the outbreak of the Holy Grail War for some unknown reasons, returned to Fuyuki with the only remaining Matou Shinji, and then claimed Matou Zouken's ashes.

Could it be that Matou Kariya did not die, but after killing Matou Zouken, he took Matou Sakura away and hid in a corner of Fuyuki, waiting for the appearance of other servants and masters?

But such speculation is obviously not true. How could Matou Kariya, who has always been controlled by Matou Zouken, choose to kill Matou Zouken at this time? Even if he lost his mind due to Berserker, he would not do such a thing.

Moreover, the information collected by Hisau Maiya was very detailed. There was no doubt that the fire was caused by Caster, and the speculation that the destruction of the Matou family was caused by Matou Kariya was untenable from the beginning.

Long before arriving here, Emiya Kiritsugu had obtained most of the information about the contestants in this Holy Grail War through the Magic Association. Even if it was just a contestant from a declining family in this remote place, he did not let any of them go and investigated everything he could.

It can be said that Matou Kariya has enough motivation to do these things, but he does not have the ability.

But soon, Emiya Kiritsugu came up with an answer that was almost 100% correct.

At the same time, with the help of the sniper scope installed on the bullpup sniper rifle, Kiritsugu Emiya saw a slight distortion between Saber and Berserker who were gradually moving away in the air, and a yellow figure suddenly appeared and blocked another Wind King Hammer from Saber.

"Saber, Caster and Berserker have formed an alliance. Go get more information, but don't reveal your Noble Phantasm!"

Without revealing the Noble Phantasm?

Saber's expression beneath his hood was somewhat solemn. Looking at the yellow garment floating in the air before him as if by some magic, his intuition was sending him a warning.

Why is it that every time I participate in a Holy Grail War, the Master is always confused...

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Water, Wind, Flower: Chapter 48: Using Allies as Human Shields? How could there be such a magician?

The magic of the Wind King's Hammer (why do these two words need to be blocked) is not weaker than the threat posed by the Noble Phantasm, otherwise it would not have knocked Lancelot from the ground into the air, leaving him unable to resist.

Of course, such a threat in front of Duanmu Ye at this moment was like a grenade thrown by a rookie. He relied on the wind to appear here, and now he took the Wind King Hammer from Saber and even only blew the cloak on his body a little, and then there was no movement.

The jump in the air, which was originally carried out by releasing magic power, showed signs of falling when it was intercepted. However, Saber, who was equipped with a scabbard, was not worried that excessive use of magic power would cause trouble for her Master. It was just that when she was ordered not to use the Noble Phantasm, her Master became her trouble instead.

"Caster......"

The crimson sunset shone obliquely on the faces of the three people. Although none of them revealed their true appearance, which was covered by helmets, hoods and cloaks respectively, everyone was looking at each other.

Saber whispered Caster's name. His intuition told him that the yellow-clothed Caster before him was the one he had been summoned to. However, when he actually looked at his appearance, the yellow-clothed Caster gave him a feeling of inexplicable coldness. He was not even as dangerous as Berserker, who was saved from falling by a yellow cloth extended from his yellow cloak behind him.

Cognitive impairment?

Beneath the cloak, Saber frowned. He could not gather any useful information from the yellow-clothed Caster in front of him. Now that the Wind King's Hammer was ineffective against him, perhaps only a head-on confrontation could give him what his Master wanted.

After a light sigh, she changed her two-handed sword-holding posture to one-handed, and the next moment she pointed at the yellow-robed figure in front of her, a yellow cloth strip flashed before her eyes. The pain from her wrist made Saber's eyes flash with a hint of solemnity.

It was fast, very fast, so fast that even though his intuition had driven his body to react immediately, he was still hit by the yellow cloth. If he had not changed his sword hand to cut off the cloth, he would have at least suffered a slight dislocation.

After restoring the damaged part of the cloak, Duanmu Ye felt extremely solemn as he watched Saber tear off the yellow cloth on his wrist.

When facing Arthur, he cannot operate in the same way as he did to the arrogant Gilgamesh and the already exhausted Matou Kariya. The A-level anti-magic ability requires him to spend a lot of time to make him inhale pollen unconsciously to produce some hallucinations. His Noble Phantasm can easily restrain all concepts on his body.

The most urgent task now is to find a way to find the weak point of Arthur's will. It is much easier to shake his will than to defeat him directly, unless he is not the Arthur in the first week, but the Arthur who has been given all the memories of the Holy Grail War.

While he was thinking, Saber, who had been sitting still, had already walked in front of him. The sword, whose shape was hidden by the wind, was only two fingers away from piercing his head, but with the help of Lancelot's action, Saber who came in front of him was easily knocked to the side and managed to stabilize her body not far away.

"You actually used your allies as human shields. Your behavior reminds me of a certain annoying guy."

Saber shook her arms. Even she felt a little tired from being hit so hard by Berserker. After all, he was a fully armed knight, an adult with considerable weight. Everything happened too suddenly. She was knocked away without even having the chance to defend herself.

There was no response. The yellow-clothed Caster just stood not far away and watched quietly, as if waiting for something.

Suddenly, as if inspired, Saber turned around abruptly. The sword in her hand, which was wrapped in the Wind King's barrier, was replaced by golden light in an instant, and she swung it backwards.

There was nothing there, just an endless horizon with a hint of mist lingering around.

No, that's not right...

It's above your head!

Once again, golden light condensed, but it was too late. The giant beast crashed into Saber's body the moment Saber raised her sword. The violent impact and almost unfathomable speed carried Saber to the ground.

"Don't destroy the house."

A series of sounds that Saber could not distinguish clearly came from the wind in an extremely vague manner, but the giant beast pressing against her seemed to understand such a language and changed direction slightly, but the next moment Saber felt pressure from her back.

The huge shock shattered some doors and windows of the houses near the landing point. After a few breaths of falling brick fragments, the houses continued to collapse due to the spreading cracks, turning into ruins made of stones and steel bars.

Because of the previous commotion, most of the commercial street was deserted, and even some vendors living there were forced to evacuate to shelters in residential areas due to police notifications.

Earthquake, earthquake, earthquake!

The intermittent images broadcast on the news seemed to explain what was happening at the moment, but Saber, who was at the center of the battle, knew that the facts were not as the intermittent TV said.

The smoke and dust cleared, and the monster that knocked her to the ground was no longer there in the several-meter-deep pit. Saber looked around, holding a long sword surrounded by light, but did not let her guard down. The monster that brought her from the sky to the ground in two breaths was never far away.

As expected, the hurricane blew up the hood that covered her face, and Saber saw it. In an instant, she saw the monster that suddenly appeared from the end of her sight and then crashed into her abdomen.

It was a creature that seemed to be soaked in blood, like a large bird with bat wings, but with a posture that was almost indescribable, and it brought itself back to the sky with a diving appearance.

In that creature, Saber saw the shadows of many other creatures, such as crows, moles, vultures, ants, or rotting human corpses... These were merely distinguishable parts, but they also seemed to be completely different components, a creature that could not be described in words at all.

But on the creature's back, Saber saw Berserker, who had been thrown out by Caster earlier. In other words, from the very beginning, Caster had intended to keep Berserker with him as a human shield in case of need?

How could there be such a magician?!

Saber, who was brought back to the sky, broke away from the bird creature and once again used the magic power released to stabilize her body, which was already slightly shaky.

But at the moment when the bird creature was driven to hit her again, Saber, who had suffered twice from such attacks, grabbed the skeleton of the bird creature and stood behind Berserker.

"By associating with such a magician, you have clearly betrayed the spirit of chivalry. Let me personally put an end to your sins!"

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The editor said that if it reaches 120,000 words by Friday, it can be put on the shelves. I thought about it and decided to write a few more free chapters for everyone to read. Maybe then those who have been paying attention to the book will come back when the number of words is increased, and then my follow-up reading will increase?!

Water, Wind, Flower: Chapter 49: Only by being cautious enough can you fool the entire Holy Grail War

After removing the Wind King's barrier, the sword's original appearance shone brightly in the sunset. However, this time, the sword that could easily cut off any of Berserker's [Noble Phantasm] in the past did not break through his counterattack so easily.

A pitch-black sword blocked the holy sword that was swinging down. A crisp collision sound was accompanied by hot sparks flying everywhere. The black mist that enveloped Berserker completely faded away the next moment he took out the sword, revealing the appearance beneath the black mist.

The pitch-black armor was rising and falling powerfully with his breathing. The magic sword that blocked the Holy Sword of the Star was no less worthy than the Holy Sword he possessed. It could even be said that it was almost the same as the Holy Sword.

Under the hood, Saber's eyes were a little dazed. He recognized the sword, and the image of the sword before it became this appearance appeared in his mind.

Looking at the knight in front of him again, the other party did not want to give him a chance to think. The moment he took out the indestructible lake light, he was passive unlike before. He swung the sword faster and faster, as if he wanted to put him to death from the moment he took out the sword.

"Lancelot..."

Even though the knight before her did not take off his helmet, Saber called out his real name accurately, and Lancelot swung his sword even more vigorously in response to this call.

Duanmu Ye, who witnessed the battle between light and shadow, did not sit idly by and watch both of them suffer losses. The moment he summoned "Bayaki", it seemed that he had completely exposed his identity in the entire Holy Grail War.

Although the ability of the Martian Flower could cause Arthur, who had truly looked directly at Byager, to have cognitive impairments over time, making its image blurred and even unable to recall its appearance, this battle was destined not to be a contest between him, Arthur, and Lancelot.

With Byager's ability to fly at a speed of up to 70 kilometers per hour from the beginning, Duanmu Ye can ensure that it will not be easily recorded by most instruments of this era. However, Duanmu Ye has not thought about the existence of those servants who possess the observation ability of "clairvoyance" in this Holy Grail War.

Since he had summoned Byager, he had made sufficient preparations. Before sending it to rescue Lancelot who was thrown out by him, when he summoned it from his side, Duanmu Ye withdrew one of his arms and placed it on its body, turning it into an "arm" with tentacles that wrapped around its torso, bringing it the "protection of wind."

Now the Byager can fly faster and more freely, and has the "Protection of Wind". It can even cover itself with a layer of camouflage called "wind", blending into the wind while moving at high speed, becoming an unnoticed ghost.

Arthur's intuition failed to detect the attack from Baiyage, and two consecutive misjudgments made him fall from the active side to the passive side. And it was all because of Lancelot that he climbed onto Baiyage's back.

Duanmu Ye never fights an unprepared battle. Fighting with passion is ultimately a fool's overestimation of his own abilities, but making good use of everything he has and throwing himself into the battle is a trick of a fool.

Duanmu Ye knew that neither he nor Lancelot could defeat Arthur easily. The Holy Sword of the Star, which could be released at any time due to his actions, made his actions very limited. If the target was Arthur, Lancelot might even die at his hands.

To this end, Duanmu Ye slowly moved his body towards the sky. The moment the sunflower staff appeared in his hand and was raised from his hand, the originally clear sky began to be covered with dark clouds again.

Looking from the ground, it seemed like the scene was sunny just a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye it was completely covered by dark clouds, and then a drizzle began to fall.

What was strange was that it was raining only in that part of the commercial street. The rain falling from the dark grey clouds distorted the space to a certain extent, completely blocking the sight of those locked inside the commercial street from the outside.

"Block magic, huh?... This Caster is so unexpected every time he appears..."

"Rider, did you see anything?"

Waver, who had disappeared for a long time, hugged Iskandar's thigh and trembled at the top of Fuyuki Bridge.

Although choosing this place every time made him very distressed, it was precisely because he chose to wait and see here every time that Weber had adapted to it to some extent.

However, Iskandar, with a serious expression on his face, shook his head and sat down suddenly, causing Weber, who was holding his calf, to almost fall off the bridge.

Weber, who was lifted back to the top of the bridge, hung his hands down as if his soul had been hooked away. Only when he was put back on the bridge frame did he come to his senses and gradually heard Iskandar's voice.

"Caster and Berserker have formed an alliance, and Berserker seems to be controlling something that repeatedly sends Saber flying. Beyond that, there's nothing else."

Also in the distant sky, on a spaceship made of gold and emeralds, the golden king calmly shook the wine glass in his hand, seemingly unconcerned about the rain blocking his view.

"My king... I dare to advise you that Caster's actions have exceeded the limits of this Holy Grail War. Perhaps only you can completely subdue him!"

Tōsaka Tokiomi, who was kneeling on the ground, was trembling all over. The Matou family had been destroyed, and even the old man Matou Zouken was dead. As one of the three great families, it was hard for Tōsaka Tokiomi not to imagine whether he would be the next one to be killed.

These words made Archer stop shaking the golden wine glass and glance down at Tōsaka Tokiomi, a hint of displeasure appearing on his face.

"Are you worried that I can't protect you?"

"No, that's not the case... I definitely didn't mean that!"

Tōsaka Tokiomi's body trembled even more. In front of the oldest hero king, the pride of a magician was useless and not worth mentioning. Even with someone like Caster, he felt that his life was in danger.

Archer's gaze didn't stay on Tōsaka Tokiomi, who was constantly trying to defend himself, for too long. He looked once again at the place in the distance whose interior was distorted by the rain, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Magic to change the weather? With such power, he could be considered a king whom his subjects would willingly serve. But the creature that mad dog rides..."

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