Saber was now wandering around the eastern end of the new capital in search of Alice Phil. Of course, she also noticed the wolf smoke coming from the Hitoyuki Civic Hall.

She didn't understand the meaning of the signal, but it was undoubtedly about the Holy Grail War. As if grasping at a life-saving straw, Saber immediately drove towards the place where the wolf smoke was burning.

Saber, who was able to reach his destination without having to cross the Fuengawa River, was not met by Archer, who was guarding the bridge, and arrived at the Fuyuki Civic Hall first.

Saber drove the V-MAX in the silence of the night, roaring the V-four into the foreyard where the walls were still brand new.

There is no enemy in sight, and there is no killing intent lurking in the darkness. In that case - is the enemy lurking in the building?

Saber stared at the pitch-black façade of the Civic Hall for a moment, driving the V-MAX to the guide lane for guests. She followed the sloping path that stretched below the building and into the underground parking lot.

In the basement, where the moonlight could not reach, the white light of the headlights cut through the darkness and cast onto the cold concrete walls. The wide parking lot, designed to accommodate more than 100 vehicles, has not yet been opened, with only a few construction company vehicles parked here and there, and the remaining empty space is filled with dusty air.

The rough roar of the V-MAX's engines was swallowed up by the eerie silence of the catacombs. Saber glanced around wary. There was a dense darkness all around, and the shadows of pillars stood everywhere...... Perfect for enemies to hide. What's more, her instincts felt the murderous aura in the air.

「A……」

There was a murmur on the floor, sounding like the groans of the dead beneath the darkness.

Saber, who had been targeted more than once, couldn't have misheard this voice—

「URRRRRRRR！！」

She reacted immediately to the explosion that followed with a roar.

Saber rolled over and retreated, where she had just been, the V-MAX body that had been left on the spot, surrounded by raining fire. In an instant, the Iron Rider was reduced to a shapeless pile of wreckage. The smell of burning gunpowder reached Saber's nose.

"This weapon is—"

Saber was impressed. It was the rain of fire that turned the Master of Lancer, who had been miserably calculated by Emiya Kiritsugu, into a terrible corpse, and became a mainstream mechanized shooting weapon in the modern world.

The depths of darkness bloomed once again with the flame of the Red Lotus. Berserker's dark shadow stretched out into a morph in the light of the muzzle fire, dancing on the basement wall. Without hesitation, Saber leapt to his feet and rushed out in a baptism of buckshot. Stray bullets with unimaginable destructive power, breaking large holes in concrete floors and walls. It was obviously not the same as the weapon used by Maiya. Saber gritted his teeth in anger when he realized that even a shot to himself as a Servant would cause fatal injuries.

Of course, she could not have known how Berserker got a short machine gun. The black mad knight held a modern firearm prepared by Yan Feng Qili with the authority of the Overseer in each hand, and he handled it as nimbly as an extension of his own arm. The barrels and magazines of modern firearms are drenched in the magic of abomination, transforming them into demonic armor that can even threaten Saber.

「■■■■■■！」

The two machine guns were no match for the Black Knight's ferocious scream, and they scorched their screams at Saber. Although the supersonic bullets did not surpass the speed of Saber's sword, the rate of fire of more than 20 rounds per second made people have the power to parry.

Regardless of its origin and era, Berserker is able to attach the attributes of a noble vehicle to all the weapons in his hand. Once upgraded to the realm of Noble Phantasm, the gap between the two weapons, "Sword" and "Firearm", will put Saber in an overwhelming disadvantage.

In the corner of the parking lot, a large number of paint cans have piled up because the construction has not yet been completed. A stray bullet hits the area, and the hot bullet ignites the solvent and causes it to explode. The darkness of the underground was dispelled by the flames of the Red Lotus.

Saber was completely overwhelmed by the barrage and looked around in search of a way to bring the dead back to life. What she saw was a light truck parked in a corner parking space.

"—that's it!"

At the risk of being cornered with no way out, Saber sprinted towards the vehicle he was looking for. Berserker tracked the escapees as he fired indiscriminately from his two-handed machine gun. Saber swooped in one step ahead of the whistling bullets and rushed into the back of the truck. She swung her knife upwards and slammed it into the air.

At this point, a rain of bullets targeting Saber crumples the truck like a paper model. Saber continued to hide behind the fragmented bodywork, pressed his shoulder against the overturned chassis, and rushed towards Berserker.

Berserker continued to shoot, mercilessly smashing the truck body into iron filings with a machine gun. Even the heavy truck frame was quickly falling apart, Saber thought it would be enough for the "temporary shield" to complete its mission of bringing the distance closer to the sword's attack.

"Uh-oh, oh!"

Bullets swept through her cheeks and shoulders. A bullet sparked in all directions, hitting the fuel tank, igniting the fuel inside. The body that was no longer in shape was on fire. But even this did not stop Saber's assault.

Less than ten meters away from the enemy, Saber saw the right moment to throw the wreckage of the truck at Berserker. The Black Knight didn't dodge the flaming iron filings that rolled like a ball, and swung his hand to shatter it with one punch.

- The time is ripe.

"Hah!!"

With a shout, Saber approached the burning truck again with a flash of lightning, and stabbed down with all his might. The sword pierced through the burning iron that was a blindfold, and the tip of the sword was close to Berserker on the other side.

Berserker didn't see Saber moving around under the obstacle, and couldn't avoid it. It wasn't until the third encounter that Saber finally hit the enemy with one blow. The tip of her sword came with the feel of a direct hit.

But—

"—too shallow!?"

Saber's side is also unable to look directly at the target due to the shield's blocking. Although the instinctive thrust did hit the opponent, he was not lucky enough to kill with one hit. Although the front end of the Wind King's enchantment accurately hit the center of the black helmet's eyebrows, it failed to shatter the skull inside.

The truck was riddled with bullets on the outside and impaled by a sword on the inside, but this time it was finally broken in two. Although Berserker did not suffer a fatal injury, he was unable to recover his staggered position for a while due to a violent stab in the face. That's enough space to deal an extra hit. Now the scales of victory are in favor of Saber.

Saber kicked away the burning wreckage of the vehicle and raised his sword in the Great Upper Posture (a posture in kendo that holds the sword high above his head and intimidates the enemy). We will not let him go this time. She aimed for the top of Berserker's unsuspecting head and gambled victory on the next head-to-head slash.

Posture, speed, timing are all perfect. It was an all-out blow worthy of the name of the sword-wielding Heroic Spirit, and it was enough to make one feel confident that the winner had been decided—and that was why Saber was surprised the moment the blade was stopped in the void.

Berserker dropped his machine gun and caught the Wind King's Blade with his bare hands. The stunt was unbelievable in a double sense. Not only because he responded to Saber's nirvana with an impossible stance. What's more, because the invisible Wind King's enchantment trajectory is impossible to see through. But the black knight blocked Saber's attack with his bare hand, as if he knew everything about the shape and length of Saber's sword.

Saber suddenly realized the deadly danger of being touched by Berserker's weapons, and shuddered. Putting her shock behind her, she kicked the Black Knight in the chest with all her might. Unable to resist and retreating, Berserker released the sword, allowing Saber's sword of love to avoid the danger of being eroded by the opponent's dark magic at the last moment.

The sprinklers on the ceiling reacted to the flames spreading everywhere and began to spray water violently. Despite being exposed to the torrential rain of fireproof water, the silver and black knights confronted each other without moving.

Once again, a question welled up in Saber's mind that he couldn't ignore.

The illusion of the Wind King's enchantment has no effect on Berserker. He was clearly familiar with the sword guarded by an invisible sheath. In other words, it means that he knew himself before he became a Heroic Spirit.

In Warehouse Street and Weiyuanchuan, the black knight attacks Saber with an unusual obsession. If that was not the Master's instructions, but the mad Hero's own resentment......

The more you stare at the black fog, the more blurred the details of the armor become. This means that Berserker is wrapped in a disillusionment similar to the Wind King's enchantment, making it impossible to see through the true face of his Heroic Spirit. But Saber had to be convinced at this point - there was no doubt that he was some knight with whom he had met.