Forty-Seven - The Flame Sword Returns
"Hey!! Drink!!"
With a pale silver sword light, it danced in mid-air. Every time the silver light flashed, there were large blood flowers, and in an instant, Joan of Arc was like entering a no-man's land, and she forcibly fought her way out of the sea devil's tentacle cage!
However, being able to fight a bloody way does not mean that the situation is optimistic.
As far as the eye can see, they are all tentacles attacking their bodies from different directions and in different ways, as well as the debris that has long fallen to the ground but is still twitching. The tentacles seem to be endless, but their own energy is constantly declining To be honest, Joan of Arc is gradually in trouble at this moment!
From the beginning, there was no need at all, and even at most only one or two tentacles needed to be cut off to be able to stride forward, to now, almost every step after the tentacles need to deal with a while to attack, and the more you enter the core area of the sea devil, the more terrifying the number of tentacles on your side, and the more difficult it becomes to move forward again!
"Bad !!"
Both hands clenched the knight's sword in his hand, and his mouth could not stop gasping. Finally, after severing another attacking tentacle, with Joan of Arc's exclamation, another tentacle that had quietly extended to her side from some point suddenly burst into a stab, hitting her cheek in the next instant!
But it's a little bit wrong to say that it hit.
Just before the tentacle was about to touch Joan of Arc's cheek, the colorless breeze appeared in a semi-swirl in an instant, and then turned into a shield in an instant, blocking the sea devil's thrust. In other words, in fact, this attack was just a rubbing of Joan of Arc's cheeks.
The insurance set up by Emiya Shirou himself earlier, so it activated its effect, but to be honest, the activation of the shield is definitely not good for Joan of Arc at this moment.
There is no reason for this, rather than wasting valuable shields in attacks that will not affect their mobility even if they are hit, it is better to save all the shields and leave them for a truly fatal blow before activating them as a life amulet, such a simple truth, I am afraid that even the soldiers who are new to the battlefield understand!
The tentacle spike, although it is true that the aura is small and the speed is also fast, but the relative disadvantages are also quite obvious.
Just like Western swords, unless they hit the vital point, they can only be used for ceremonies and competitions. The tentacle is stabbed, and the problem lies in the low coverage of the attack and the questionable destructive power!
Attacking a place like the cheek, even if the target only moves slightly, will be very ineffective. To put it bluntly, even if Joan of Arc really doesn't have time to dodge and dodge, it's still okay to deviate her cheek a little, and in this case, even if the wind shield is not activated, the worst result is just a blood mark on her face.
"Hmow. Can't move forward anymore?"
With the slightest movement, he swings the long sword in his hand, and builds a sword cage around himself, keeping all the tentacles of future criminals out of the sword encirclement.
The hand holding the sword trembled slightly, not because of fear, but because of the gradual paralysis of the hands and feet.
Even if it was a heroic spirit, it was impossible to face such a behemoth for a long time without stopping to swing a long sword to fight it. It has been more than ten minutes since he stepped on the water, and seeing the gap in the tentacles of the future offender to cut in two, advancing towards the gap, dodging additional attacks, and then seeing the opportunity to cut off the next batch of tentacles During this time, Joan of Arc has done nothing more than the cycle of the above points.
Her own strength, the strength of the other party, the energy required to evade, and the preoccupation of the body were just like Joan of Arc's own prediction at the beginning, and there was no doubt that if the battle dragged on any longer, it would only end in her defeat.
The strategy method is simple, but it means that it is not easy to implement. It was not unreasonable for those few Heroic Spirits on the shore to insist on participating in the war, and it was indeed reluctant for such a catastrophic monster to be the enemy with just one Heroic Spirit.
I'm afraid that in fact, even Emiya Shirou himself, who took the initiative to stop other heroic spirits from intervening, is extremely worried about himself in his heart, right?
"Well, but it doesn't matter, if you have such a distance, you can probably still reach it!"
The sea devil in front of him, his eyes flashed once again with a tentacle swing from above, and Joan of Arc, who was in a desperate situation, smiled at the corner of his mouth raised.
Now the distance between her and the sea devil is probably less than 100 meters.
Fifty meters, no, maybe shorter, all in all, the sea demon has probably entered the range of the treasure attack, and this should not be gone.
"I don't have that much time and energy to confirm it slowly. However, no matter what, it can't be hidden in the tentacle that I don't know, right? Anyway, follow your instincts, and turn all the places in the center and the nearby parts into dust!"
If there is a gun-wielding man in a blue tightsuit standing here, then he can only be regarded as B+ at best, and the attack range is probably equivalent to stabbing hundreds of shots or so at the same time, and the probability of missing a hit is very high, so it is necessary to get closer and more carefully before he can release his trump card.
Joan of Arc, however, is different.
Her trump card, the Flame Sword, which has only been used once since it came into the world, is essentially a city weapon similar to the Oath and the Sword of Victory in Saber's hands!
As the embodiment of unparalleled devotion to faith, it is similar to the expectations gathered on her by the people when Saber was alive, and turned into her strongest blade! If there is only one difference between the two, it is probably only the fact that Joan of Arc manifested the treasure after death.
At this moment, his hands were absorbed in the remaining magic power, and red flames burst from the air, spontaneously combusting at Joan of Arc's side. The tongue of fire wrapped around the blade of the Silver Knight's Sword from the hilt, and then turned into a raging fire that surrounded the entire long sword!
"Lord, commit yourself to this!"
The mouth gently recited the poem of his deathbed, and at the same time, it was also a spell launched by the treasure, and the remaining magic power in the whole body was used to the limit.
Two seconds before the Noble Phantasm is fully activated!
"Roar!!"
Realizing that Joan of Arc in front of him was threatening him at a double rate, he instinctively felt that his life was threatened, and with the roar of the earth shaking, the enraged Sea Demon attacked Joan of Arc in front of him with all his tentacles in one go.
In addition to being able to hit the target better, the shortened distance makes it easier for the opponent to hit him/her, and even the time it takes to attack is greatly reduced.
Close enough to cast his own treasure, but Joan of Arc is not the only one who benefits!
Overwhelming tentacles surrounded Joan of Arc from the sea, from heaven, and in all directions. Because she is concentrating on liberating the treasure, at this moment, strictly speaking, she does not have the possibility of avoiding so many multiple attacks, as long as she is caught or hit by the tentacles, she will have to break dozens of bones first!
It's a second before the Noble Phantasm is fully activated!
"Don't be too arrogant, stop me!"
At the critical moment, a thunderous roar came from the shore, and the movement of the sea suddenly stopped.
There was no reason, and it was completely unreasonable why the sea devil should follow the other party's words, however, after hearing that voice, his whole body was as if he had been killed by thunder, and before he could think about it, the sea devil's body had stopped his movements uncontrollably.
Then, in the middle of the next moment
The red flames spread above the sea, and the blazing sword slashed down! The Sea Devil's last train of thought was interrupted