Chapter Twenty-Three: The Return of the Demon Sword Swallow

It was a time that words can't describe.

Glory has been stained with dust, history has long been blurred, and the years have been eclipsed.

After all, in the age of mythology, the triumphant songs of heroes, just by the praise of bards, are too thin.

As a result, in the history of Celtic's poetry, there is only a little remaining heroism.

β€”β€”β€”, however, his story has been celebrated and circulated.........

Until it was finally written down!

"Today, he who lifts the spear with his tender hands will receive the glory and praise he expects.

Not only human beings, but also flowers and birds will sing about his deeds until the day when this continent and era disappear.

No one in the five countries knows it, no one knows it.

Adored by women and praised by men.

The tip of the spear shone with the honor of the Red Branch.

The neighing of chariots shocked even the cattle snatchers. ”

The great prophet spoke at the moment of his birth.

"O sublime child of light.

You have glory in your hands.

Even at the moment of death, I will never bow to the ground! ”

Ahhβ€”β€”β€”h

"But keep in mind, kid.

The glory will burn out like a meteor.

You will be accompanied by unparalleled martial arts, sinking faster than anyone else, on the other side of the horizon. ”

If you want to become a hero, you probably have to give up your life too early.

Howeverβ€”β€”β€” man has never given up on his own path, and wants to live heroically, even if his life is short, he wants it to be glorious.

Even if he wants to maintain the glory of this body with his life, it is probably just a heroic promise for him.

Therefore, in the end, even if he was pierced through the abdomen by the spear he was proud of, the Gulan fierce dog never had half a sense of regret in his eyes.

Blood-soaked plains, bards who sing loudly, and heroes who laugh to death.........

In Celtic's hymns, there is no more glorious and desolate place!

β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

Steel-to-steel conflict.

"Are you really an Assassin?"

Lancer said excitedly but with some confusion, "It's almost time to catch up with Saber." ”

"It doesn't matter if I'm an Assassin or a Saber? For us, all we need to know each other is a gun and a sword in our hands. ”

Bounced off Lancer's stab in a chic manner, Assassin said gracefully and calmly.

"Indeed!"

Lancer laughed wildly.

It's the same, two people are the same, it's the same kind of people, think like this.

It's just for the sake of the best fight.

Long knives gallop.

Lancer's gun blocked a blow like moonlight.

Soon the flash of the counterattack, the Assassin's beautiful dazzling knife technique slashed lightly, and the flash was slashed aside.

If Assassin's attack is a blast, then Lancer's shot can be said to be a kamikaze.

Lancer keeps moving forward with one blow after another, and the gun is not good at melee combat, but Lancer doesn't seem to care about it, and keeps pushing forward, shortening the distance to the Assassin.

But each time, it was cut open by that graceful curve, and then it was counterattacked by a swift whirlwind like a storm.

"Whew-" Faced with the whirlwind curve coming at his head, Lancer could only retreat and block.

The blade grew sharper with each blow.

The Assassin didn't exist to fight the Servant in the first place.

The Assassin assassinated the Master during the Holy Grail War, so the strength to confront the Servant did not exist in the first place.

Lancer thinks so, and it does.

The exception to this Assassin is the special Heroic Spirit that is summoned by the Servant.

A heroic spirit who has the strength of a swordsman but is not recognized.

Restless and impatient, the cyan spearman's heart is constantly surging with negative emotions.

Lancer's attacks can't break through the Assassin's graceful sword light, and Lancer can't accept that a single Heroic Spirit can't defeat the Assassin who can only fight against ordinary people.

This ServantAssassin is a swordsman who wields a long sword called "Mogan Rod" and was rumored to be invincible in the Keicho era.

- No, even if you knew, it wouldn't be useful.

His birth is unknown, and it is not even certain whether he actually existed.

Only living on people's lips, a swordsman who is widely known as the old enemy of Miyamoto Musashi, the swordsman of the world, I am afraid that there is only one person in this world, and that is the old enemy named Kojiro Sasaki, who does not exist in historical facts.

It was the assassin who could not be called a hero, Kojiro Sasaki, who was too different from Lancer and other heroic spirits.

The strength of a swordsman who is not treated as a Heroic Spirit, which Servant as a Heroic Spirit will know.

Lancer, who dodged the blow, the long knife that should have been dodged, slashed again without any gaps.

"Tsk-" Lancer gritted his teeth, suppressed by the other party, filling his heart with anger.

The long knife tears through the darkness.

Faced with an almost two-meter-long knife that wields freely, Lancer's can't take advantage of the gun.

"What a hassleβ€”" Assassin snapped back as Lancer sliced a flash of light, muttering.

The blade hangs down naturally, which is the natural posture in the way of the sword.

It is impossible to grasp the posture of the sword move, so you can't attack rashly.

"Are you really an Assassin? I can't believe it......," Lancer asked, staring suspiciously at the man in front of him who didn't feel the power at all.

"Of course!" With the words, another arc flashed light.

The cyan spearman raised his spear and took the slash.

Then, however, another arc flashed in the night sky.

The cyan spearmen kept retreating, and the beautiful arcs that kept cutting through the void forced him to give up on counterattacking each time.

Spearmen are known for their agility, and now they rely on agility to escape.

This made the cyan spearmen grit their teeth and be full of anger.

The swordsmanship of this heroic spirit in front of him is almost unmatched, and it is much better than the human who fought before, remember to call it Weigong Xiu.

There are no gaps, no shortcomings, graceful, chic, and deadly sword art is so beautiful that it is intoxicating.

"Hmm-"

The silver flashed, and the spear almost came out of his hand.

Then, another blow, the arc of decapitation.

The cyan spearmen were able to stop it, and took a few steps back.

Before he could stand on his feet, the Assassin's leisurely voice floated in.

"So, that's the end of it, since you don't use the Noble Phantasm, then it's time to take a look at my secret sword......"

After announcing this, the swordsman of the long knife took a stance, which was the only stance of an Assassin without any stance.

"Be careful, Lancer, or you'll be killed in Yellow Springsβ€”"

Lancer's nerves tensed at Assassin's indifferent voice.

It was a swordsman posture that had never been seen since the battle began.

There was no time to use the Phantasm, so Lancer had no choice but to step forward and deal a blow before the swordsman's attack could be launched.

Long knives, as long as they are close to each other, the flexibility of the attack will be greatly reduced.

"Secret Sword--" The swordsman with the long knife closed his eyes and whispered.

"────── Yan returns!!" When he suddenly opened his eyes, his blue eyes shone with essence.

A bolt of lightning,

Like a swallow skimming graceful lines,

At a speed that overrides everything else, the Demon One Strike falls in a straight line!

"Hmm!"

However, a blow of this magnitude is not undefensible.

Rushing forward, Lancer quickly set up his gun for defense, deflecting the Assassin's full force ......!

Congrene, fine iron collides.

"────────uh......" blood spilled from the corner of the cyan spearman's mouth.

"Goo!"

Lancer's chest was sliced open, scarlet blood gushing out, and his heart was presumably ......

Unbelievable eyes, on the other end of that line of sight, there was only a long-sword swordsman standing leisurely.

"Just now, it's hard to ......"

"Why, it's not such a great skill, it's just something that you naturally learn if you want to cut off a swallow once in a while."

The long knife raised slightly, as if to depict the action of the magic sword that had made Lancer tremble with the blow just now.

"See? Lancer, what about the swallow, being able to withstand the wind and dodge the blade has nothing to do with whether it is fast or slow, no matter what kind of knife it is, there is no way to swing it without vibrating the air, right? They feel the vibrations and change the direction of flight. Therefore, no matter what kind of blow you can't cut off the swallow, the knife is just a line, and it makes sense that you can't catch the swallow that is coming and going in the air. ”

The Assassin said indifferently, without the slightest emotion, without pride, without boasting.

"Well, then, just surround its retreat. One knife attacks the swallow, and the other knife seals the retreat of the swallow that dodges with the power of the wind, but they are very sensitive, with this long knife can't catch up with the second knife, if it succeeds, it will have to be done in an instant, and the two knives are almost at the same time, but that is no longer the domain of human beings, although I have long known that it is impossible to achieve, butβ€”β€”β€”β€”"

"Unfortunately, I don't have anything else to do, that's what I thought about it, and when I noticed it, it was like that, and the boring idea of cutting off the swallow became a secret sword that made a prison with multiple sword lines."

The knife technique just now is not so simple......

The cyan spearman shook his head.

It was two knives to kill the swallow, but just now there were three knives.

Those three knives are exactly at the same time.

Assassin - Sasaki Kojiro's long knife, at that moment, there were indeed three of them.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Multi-dimensional twists and turns...... It's useless to do any magic, just with sword skills, you can reach the Servant of the Noble Phantasm Realm——──"

That's what should be amazed.

Because of the blow just now, I clearly understood that Sasaki Kojiro did not have the "treasure" of the heroic spirit.

All he has is a magic sword that has reached the realm of the gods.

That's why this man can match the heroic spirits armed with treasures with his human body!

"I didn't expect to release three ......swords at the same time," Lancer exclaimed, with blood spilling from the corners of his mouth.

"There are indeed three trajectories of Yan Hui, if all of them are at the same time, the two knives will be too slow anyway. For this reason, there should also be a third knife that blocks the side retreat. ”

"Indeed, the third knife ...... I didn't dodge, cough-" Lancer laughed miserably, coughing up blood.

At the same time, it unleashes blades depicting different circles, splitting enemies apart.

Rounded lines around the enemy and longitudinal lines cut from the head to the feet.

…… Then, capture the horizontal line of the enemy fleeing to the left and right.

If these three swords are released at the same time, there is no way to escape.

Once you have reached the end of the distance, the body will be split by the second trajectory at the moment when you take the first trajectory.

You can't escape left and right, and even if you retreat, your body will be easily cut off by a long knife.

-- Magic Sword, Yan Hui.

Even surpassing Servant's sword skills to reach the Divine Domain.

The nameless swordsman, one of the ultimate ones honed by gambling on his entire existence, is here.