Chapter 9: The Assassin Retreats

Liudong Temple, as a scenic spot in Fuyuki City, is also a well-known temple, and it is naturally a tourist on weekdays, and pilgrims are endless.

Today is no exception, unaffected by the Holy Grail War, and people are still coming and going as before.

However, when they saw thick black smoke rising, the orange-red fire came into their eyes. It immediately became clear that there was a fire there, and that the fire was not controlled at all, and that the signs of shrinking were getting worse and worse.

The forest fire, such a disaster, made people start to leave the mountain gate in panic. The crowd made the monks of the temple put down their work, occupy the main road, and direct their safe evacuation.

Under the command of the monks, the originally chaotic, panicked, and noisy people slowly turned into an orderly and orderly departure.

Bustling with people, under a forest fire, only an empty temple was left in a matter of minutes.

Wang Yue, who was hiding not far away, looked at the mountain gate, where there was only a handsome man with a long dark blue ponytail, holding a katana longer than an ordinary katana, and holding a branch in his mouth.

Is that Kojiro Sasaki?

The information obtained from Yu Uemura knows that the other party is the assassin of this Holy Grail War, and at the same time knows his real name.

The assassin, who was originally meditating with his eyes closed, seemed to be aware of it, and immediately opened his eyes and stared at the place where Wang Yue was hiding.

was thinking about how to deal with this swordsman who left a name in history, but when he found that the other party had noticed his existence, Wang Yue had no choice but to walk out.

"Saber?" saw through Wang Yue's rank at a glance, and at the same time was surprised that he would take the initiative to attack during the day.

I still know that it only takes a while to extinguish the fire. Wang Yue didn't say a word to the assassin, but pulled out the dragon sword and rushed over.

Looking at Wang Yue, who pulled out his weapon and rushed towards him, the assassin didn't think much about it, and pulled out his weapon to block the opponent's attack.

The moment he blocks his attack, he changes the inclination of the blade of the katana with great skill.

Let Wang Yue, who was trying to gain an advantage under one blow, he couldn't retract his strength with too much force, and slid down his blade.

The body staggered forward with the blade of the Assassin's face, and the Assassin pressed Wang Yue's weapon down with a movement that could barely be seen through by others, and the chilling light of the knife reflected in his eyelids.

His eyes were occupied by the cold light, and he watched the sharp blade strike at his neck.

Suffered......

Wang Yue cursed in his heart, his sword had just been pressed down by the other party, and now he couldn't defend against this fatal blow at all.

The Assassin's weapon is very long, and even if Wang Yue dodges a fatal blow, he will still end up injured because of it, which will make it even more difficult for him to deal with the caster.

Since neither defense nor dodging is enough, then use your feet.

Wang Yue stomped his right foot on the ground vigorously, stabilized his stumbling body, and swept towards the assassin with his left foot.

The sword-wielding assassin saw Wang Yue's sweeping full of power, and understood which side of his knife was faster than Wang Yue's attack, he immediately withdrew his weapon and jumped back lightly to avoid his attack.

When Wang Yue saw the assassin retreating, he immediately jumped backwards and kept his distance.

The almost fatal blow just now made him feel palpitations, and at the same time he admired the skills of the assassin, "It's really worthy of the swordsman - Kojiro Sasaki." ”

In the face of Wang Yue's praise, the assassin didn't have any joy on his face, just shook his head lightly, and said with sadness, "I'm not a sword hero. ”

"How is that possible?" Yu Uemura's profile does state that the assassin is Kojiro Sasaki. Wang Yue, who didn't understand why he denied his real name, asked suspiciously.

has experienced several worlds that are completely out of step with the plot, and Wang Yue has also begun to let go of the plots he has seen on the screen in the past.

Unless it's the main character, or a very memorable plot, character, or prop, he can't recall anything at all.

So he trusts Yu Uemura's information very much.

"There is no such thing as Kojiro Sasaki in history, he is just a fictional character that people make up to flatter someone. ”

Facing Wang Yue's doubts, the assassin said self-deprecatingly.

"I'm just an unknown samurai who doesn't even have a name, because I've been staying in the mountains to cultivate, and because I've comprehended the secret technique mastered by Sasaki Kojiro, who people fictionalized - Tsubame Return. The Holy Grail allowed me to take this identity and to be summoned in that capacity. ”

I haven't experienced this feeling of not even having my own identity, but being forcibly given an identity and living with that identity.

Wang Yue didn't understand what this was like, and he didn't know how to answer, so he had to assume an offensive posture, ready to fight the assassin again.

By fighting the enemy, you can show the meaning of your existence, perhaps this is the highest respect for the Assassin.

Knowing what Wang Yue meant, the assassin put away his sad expression, and a smile raised at the corner of his mouth.

The katana and the dragon sword collided again, and Wang Yue, who had already had the experience of the previous time, did not dare to go all out at the beginning this time, but planned to slowly figure it out.

But as Wang Yue, who learned swordsmanship halfway, how could he be the opponent of an assassin who had dedicated his life to swordsmanship.

Despite Wang Yue's knowledge of Yuan Zheng, including his attainments in swordsmanship, Wang Yue, who thought he had his own fighting style, did not take a closer look at the swordsmanship left behind by his father.

And his enemies are rarely as cold as he is now, fighting to the death.

Whether it's Loki's game of death, the last Holy Grail War, or School City.

White-knuckle battles, enemies stronger than him, others will help him clean up. Those who are weaker than him, he is at ease. Playing with him in a decent way, he can rely on energy or variety of attacks to keep himself to the edge.

But in a battle like now, where he had to conserve his stamina and not consume too much energy, he could only rely on white-knuckle combat to kill the enemy.

After all, he'd have to face Caster and her master later. Yu Uemura wrote at the bottom of Takeichiro Kazugi's profile that Caster can strengthen his combat power and give him the ability to fight Heroic Spirits.

This made Wang Yue even more convinced that he had to conserve his energy, otherwise he would not be able to fight Caster.

Wang Yue constantly read Yuan Zheng's swordsmanship and experience from his mind, and constantly parried the rapid attacks from the assassins.

But after all, it was Yuan Zheng's swordsmanship and experience, and it was also based on his body as a condition for actual combat. Perhaps Wang Yue was able to imitate his swordsmanship, but he couldn't comprehend the mystery and essence of it at all.

Now I have a relationship with the Assassin, no matter how high or low, but it is just a virtual appearance.

As time passed, the assassin also discovered that although Wang Yue's swordsmanship was superb, he always saw the tricks and dismantled the moves, and he didn't bring out the essence of that swordsmanship at all.

Deliberately exposing flaws and pretending to attack his heart, Wang Yue, as he thought, just defended against his attacks, and didn't think about avoiding them at all, and then attacking himself.

Wang Yue blocked the assassin's attack, but a sharp pain suddenly came from his abdomen.

Ahh

With a scream, the whole person flew out, endured the pain in his abdomen, and looked at the assassin who raised one foot.

Retracting his feet, the Assassin looked at him with a disappointed expression, "Although I don't know who you're imitating, but blindly imitating can't really comprehend the essence of his swordsmanship." ”

Aiming his katana at Wang Yue, the assassin's eyes stared at him sharply, and he said word by word, "The real killing sword only needs to be fatal with one blow, and it doesn't need so many fancy moves." ”

Looking at the Assassin's eagle-like sharp eyes, he understood that he had just fought with himself and was just probing the truth, and now it was serious, enough to kill him.

At the same time, I also understood that what the other party said just now was reminding myself and teaching myself that if you want to kill the enemy in front of you, you only need one move to do it.

The figure of the assassin began to act, rushing in front of Wang Yue at an extremely fast speed, and brandishing the katana in his hand, and three sword blades appeared at the same time and attacked Wang Yue.

Looking at the three sword blades, the clear killing intent coming from them made Wang Yue understand that this was not an afterimage that appeared because he swung it too fast, but a genuine image that appeared at the same time and attacked himself at the same time.

Is this Yan Hui?

Facing the three unavoidable sword blades attacking him, Wang Yue couldn't help but feel shocked in his heart.

Just as he was thinking about how to defend himself against such an attack, a pain came from his abdomen.

It was the place where he had just been kicked by the Assassin, as if to remind him that this was reality, and what he saw in front of him was real, not hallucination.

Blind imitation is not able to comprehend the essence of his swordsmanship......

A real killer sword only needs to be fatal with one hit......

Since neither evasion nor defense work...... Then let's face it directly.

The words of the Assassin echoed in his mind, and as the deadly attack approached, he remembered how he had just faced the same dilemma.

Knowing that the assassin was teaching himself in a subtle way, the corners of Wang Yue's mouth lifted slightly, and his eyes stared at the three deadly blades.

Gripping the dragon sword tightly, his breathing became heavier and heavier, just as the three paths were about to attack him. He could clearly see the center between them, his body moving with his breath, and the dragon sword stabbed straight into the center.

Puff –

The Dragon Yin Sword cracked the Assassin's Yan Hui from the center point, piercing his body at the same time.

"Ahem..."The assassin who was pierced through the body spat blood from his mouth, and looked at Wang Yue who had broken through his proud secret technique with satisfaction.

Move your body to detach the piercing dragon sword, then lean against a nearby tree.

Ignoring the disappearing body, the corner of the Assassin's lips raised into a smug smile and praised, "It's not bad." I thought you'd imitate it. ”

"You've given me so many hints, I'm sorry if I hadn't noticed it. ”

Wang Yue looked at the disappearing assassin and replied with a smile.

"The she-fox and her master left this morning, and if you want to find her, you can wait for her here. The Assassin, who was about to disappear, understood Wang Yue's purpose, so he informed Caster of his whereabouts, and then disappeared completely.

Isn't it there? What are you going to do?

After the Assassin disappeared, Wang Yue slowly walked into the Liudong Temple, wondering where Caster and her master had gone and what they were doing.

But... Since it's not there... Then let her lose her land advantage first.

Looking at the empty Liudong Temple, Wang Yue found the position laid by Caster, and did not intend to fight her in her territory, so he decided to destroy the magic position here.