Chapter 150: The Time of the Decisive Battle
Emiya Kiritsugu secretly smacked his tongue while closely following the unexpected developments.
The boat had moved to the designated place and dropped anchor, and the lifeboats with engines for escape were ready. Saber also managed to retrieve the Noble Phantasm. The next thing to do is to recall Rider and free the Sea Devil, just as he was thinking this, Berserker, who had been inextricably fighting with Archer, suddenly turned around and attacked Saber.
But on closer inspection, this is the second time that Saber has been challenged by Berserker for no apparent reason. As soon as Berserker lost his target at Warehouse Street, he rushed towards Saber like a hungry beast. If this is the only time, it can be interpreted as a fortuitous event, but now that a similar event has occurred, this argument no longer works. What's more, this time, the other party completely ignored the existence of Archer, who was the original target, and suddenly changed.
Of course, for Archer, whose self-esteem is far beyond ordinary people, this rude behavior is undoubtedly the greatest insult to him.
"Are you crazy?
Archer cursed as he steered Vimona to speed, and soon approached the close range behind Berserker that was enough to kill with a single blow. At this time, the distance between the two sides was so close, no matter how skilled the opponent's manipulation skills were, it was impossible to avoid the projection of the King's Treasure, but this judgment hurt Archer.
I saw that countless scorching fireballs like ghost fire slowly and continuously shot out from under the F15's body, slashing their heads and covering their faces, and attacking Vimona who followed closely behind.
"What!?"
The device, known as the FlareDispenser, was originally intended to escape the enemy's heat-seeking weapons as a source of heat, but was transformed into a homing incendiary bomb after being eroded by Berserker's magic and berserk. Through the previous air battles, Archer had already concluded that the enemy had no means of attacking from behind, so he had no time to react to this sudden counterattack. I saw Vimo plunge headlong into the raging fireball, lose control under the red lotus karmic fire, and just spin and fall towards the river.
Although it was not easy to achieve the result of defeating Archer, it is now ignored by Berserker. Ignoring Archer's whereabouts as he fell into the river, the Metal Bird stubbornly chased Saber and mercilessly rained a rain of 20mm shells on her head.
For Saber, while Berserker's F15 was a never-before-seen weapon, her sixth sense, which was almost prophetic, allowed her to understand the nature of the threat right away. Even before the initial machine-gun fire, Saber was aware of the massive destruction this means of attack. Deciding that he would be caught up in Alice Phil if he stayed on the levee any longer, he jumped into the water again and looked into the river for a way out.
This was a desperate move, but it also put her in an even more embarrassing situation.
While Saber used her Servant's incredible foot power to the fullest, darting across the water at a speed comparable to that of a jet fighter, the vast river with no shelter was the best hunting ground for the Black Knight strafing from above.
Bullets poured like a torrent of rain and swept past Saber's body, splashing high up like a waterfall against the current.
No matter how large the caliber, ammunition alone poses no threat to the Servant. In particular, Saber's physical ability is so high, not to mention that it is effortless to dodge, and if he wants to, he can even use the blade of his sword to shoot the cannonball back. But no matter how extraordinary the Heroic Spirit's abilities are, they are powerless in the face of the rate of fire of the M16 machine gun, which is the pride of General Motors of the United States, at 1,200 rounds per minute. What's more, this weapon is equipped with a treasure attribute after being in the hands of Berserker, and it only takes one shot to kill it.
"It's hard to use my left hand. 」
Saber was a little remorseful. She could have attacked with her Phantasm without hesitation, knocking down the Berserker in the sky in one fell swoop, but the enemy's stubborn and uninterrupted attacks left her no room to fight back. Berserker's tactics seem to have read Saber's inner thoughts, which is accurate and meticulous. If you want to hunt a lion, the only way to hunt it is to keep chasing it until it is exhausted and you can't give the lion a chance to fight back, which is the only best strategy. Today's Berserker is like a hunter who knows this.
Suddenly, a violent tremor spread from the riverbank to the surroundings. What exactly this unexplained tremor meant, only the magicians present knew that the source of the tremor was probably from within the inherent barrier that Rider had unfolded. The powerful earthquake caused by the rampaging sea devils has finally begun to affect the real space. And this also indicates that Rider's enchantment is finally approaching its limit.
Be sure to let Rider know what's going on here. Determined by this, Webb began to concentrate on summoning his Servant. For Weber, who had no experience with code language, he could only express his will in spoken language. However, Rider, who knows this, did say that he would leave you a herald.
The space around Webber suddenly began to distort, and a cavalryman appeared.
"I am Mithrines, who belongs to the Guard, and I am here to listen in place of the king!"
The sleek and capable Heroic Spirit bowed slightly. Webb was shocked by the other party's momentum and was speechless for a while.
But he immediately realized that now was not the time to care about this, and summoned up the courage to instruct the unfinished Heroic Spirit.
"As soon as I signaled, I unlocked the barrier and put Caster in the designated place. Can you do it?"
"Yes, you can do it, but please hurry. Our army in the barrier is almost unable to stop the sea devil. 」
"I know! 」
Webber grumbled and prayed as he watched Saber, who continued to dodge the Black Knight's attacks.
"Bastard, there's no way that Berserker guy can stop him?"
"Let me go. 」
Lancer said resolutely, grabbing the remaining red spear and disappearing. The temporarily spiritualized spearman accurately materialized again on the fuselage of the F15, grabbing the steel wings flowing with black ** force with one hand to stabilize his body.
"That's it, Berserker!"
As soon as Lancer finished speaking, he raised the demon-breaking red rose in his right hand and stabbed the alien body with the tip of his spear.
A flash of red spear that can cut through all magic cycles is the nemesis of Berserker's weird abilities.
But the Black Knight, after the battle on Warehouse Street, has fully understood the power of this trick. The furious and meticulous Servant didn't repeat the mistakes of the past in front of Lancer's Noble Phantasm.
When the red gun was about to stab the fuselage, Berserker decisively gave up on the F15, twisted off the key parts of the fuselage with both arms, and jumped high into the air. Then, the fighter plane stabbed by the demon-breaking Red Rose immediately turned into a pile of scrap metal and fell down along with the Lancer on the wing, making a huge splash.
The last part of the aircraft that Berserker captured was the one that was equipped with a Balkan gun. Avoiding the machine cannon at the tip of Lancer's gun at the moment of inevitation, it still flows with the pre-refilled black magic, and has not lost the Black Knight's Noble Phantasm. !!
Berserker, carrying a total of 200 kilograms of six-company guns and barrel magazines, once again aimed at Saber below from the air. The magically enhanced spinning cannon sped up in an instant, and just as the furious cannonballs were about to pour out, Saber realized that he was at the end of his rope.
Berserker jumped out of the plane this time, aiming at Saber as he fell. The two are much closer than before. Saber didn't have time to dodge the shells before they left her chamber, and no matter which way she dodged, she couldn't jump out of the rain of bullets.
"I had to bet on it!"
When it came time to use the Noble Phantasm, Saber had prepared for the worst. Just as she was about to swing her sword, a silver light flashed from an impossible angle, directly hitting Berserker, who was in the air and could not be avoided.
Sledgehammers, axes, and crossbow arrows pierced the pitch-black armor, and the scythe severed body of the gyroscope was cut in two, and the rocket in the middle of the magazine detonated the remnants of the 20mm shell, blooming a huge red lotus flower in the air. Hit by debris and a storm, Berserker was blown away weakly, drawing a parabola in the air and falling like gravel into the river.
Saber turned his head in surprise to see Archer standing proudly on top of the Winterwood Bridge. Illuminated by the brilliance of the Noble Phantasms that surrounded him, he smiled haughtily as if he were backlit.
"Alright Saber, let me see it. Your glorious value as a Heroic Spirit will be determined by this king. 」
Needless to say, Saber has exactly what it means. She silently glanced at Archer, who was uttering wild words, turned her gaze back to the river, and re-grasped the golden sword and took a stance.
All obstacles have been swept away. At this moment, it is the time for a decisive battle.
Kiritsugu, who had watched Berserker exit, sit on a lifeboat that was speeding towards safety, aiming at a point in the void and firing a flare. The roaring phosphorus fire was directly above the line between Saber's current location and the ship that Kiritsugu had abandoned.
"Right down there!"
Webb immediately saw the signal and shouted to the herald who was standing by. Heroic Mithrines nodded, and vanished, returning to the inside of the barrier where the king and his companions had been waiting.
It was too late, and the space eroded by the thoughts of the heroic spirits returned to its proper state. First a strange shadow covered the night sky like a mirage, then an entity appeared, and a large and ominous body fell into the water. This position is directly below the flare fired by Kiritsugu.
With the reappearance of the Sea Devils, Rider's chariot, the Wheel of Might, leapt into the dim night sky once again. His devastated appearance illustrates the intensity of the battle that took place within the Inherent Barrier, but his majestic flying prowess remained undiminished.
"Really! Why bother so much!?"
Rider was about to grumble, but as soon as he saw the strange brilliance of Saber's sword, he immediately realized what was about to happen, and left the danger zone with a sharp turn. Caster's Sea Devil, on the other hand, couldn't do such a nimble evasion move anyway.
If you can't avoid it, you will strike first, and this is the embodiment of the sea devil's action at this time. Feeling the unease, the sea devil moved its massive body, the wriggling pieces of flesh causing a 'tsunami' in the river, and the thick, disgusting tentacles broke through the water and drowned towards Saber, the source of the uneasy breath.
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