Saber walked in the flames that burned like purgatory.

Arriving on the first floor, passing through the entrance and pushing open the door, you will see an empty music auditorium, and in the center of the stage in front of you, the Holy Grail with a dazzling golden light is floating in the flames.

"Ah......h

At a glance, you can see that this is undoubtedly the holy grail you desire.

Saber had no way of knowing how the android's body was reduced to a golden container made of inorganic matter, and she could already perceive what was happening from the scene in front of her.

She is the "Guardian of the Instrument" and is determined to hand over the Holy Grail to Kiritsugu and Saber.

If the "instrument" could be taken away by someone else, she would have stepped forward to protect the Holy Grail to the death, and now there is no Alice Phil at the ceremony, and the Holy Grail is about to descend under the manipulation of an invisible hand.

"Alice Phil......" recalled her voice and smile, and Saber choked and bit her lip.

He swore to protect her with his sword, but he failed to do so, and he broke his oath.

It's like I didn't save my dear motherland.

It's like failing to resolve a friend's pain.

Blame and humiliation tore through her heart, and Saber's mind flashed back to the city that had been covered in snow all year round, and Alice Field's words during the exchange of vows.

- Saber, to get the Holy Grail, for you, and for your Master-

“…… Yes, at least I will keep this promise. Only this promise......"

It's everything that supports Saber now.

At this moment, she is still clinging to the sword in her hand, still breathing, and her heart is still beating, all because of one reason.

Saber took a firm step forward. That's when it happened.

"—too slow, Saber, shouldn't have kept me waiting so long, even if I wasn't familiar with the road." A desperate golden figure stood in the middle of the passage between the auditoriums, blocking Saber's path.

“…… Archer……”

"Hehe, don't make this kind of expression, I know you covet my treasure, but it's better to be a little restrained, such a revealing expression is really tasteless, like a dog that has been hungry for a long time."

Saber did not fail to anticipate the appearance of the enemy.

This civic hall is the last assembly place for all the surviving Servants, and even if other enemies attack each other, it is not naïve to hope that they will die together, and there is only one battle left, and the enemy will undoubtedly be either Rider or Archer.

But—Archer's intact armor and the breath of his calm, abundant magic made Saber grit his teeth.

There is no doubt that this golden Servant was unscathed. It's not just harmless, it's almost completely unconsumed.

The magic power consumed by liberating the treasure's true name with rider made her only half of her strength at most now, but at this moment, on the Archer in front of her, she couldn't see the wounds left by a battle.

Just now, when the last glimmer of hope was gone, a flame of anger rose in Saber's heart.

It didn't matter what the odds and tactics were, Saber just felt unforgivable, she couldn't forgive that there were still people standing between her and the Holy Grail to this day.

“…… You give it to me, get out of the way......"

Saber's deep voice was full of resentment, mad obsession turning her once-clear emerald eyes into a cloudy tawny.

"Holy Grail...... It's my ......! ”

Ignoring the disparity in strength, she roared and swung her sword at Archer, but as soon as she took a step forward, she was immediately impaled through her left leg by a treasure projected from the sky.

Saber fell to the ground suddenly, but gritted his teeth to prevent himself from groaning, and looked around to see that the hordes of weapons of the "King's Treasure" that appeared in the air one after another had all aimed their sharp blades at him, ready to fire at any moment.

As soon as the master gave the order, countless primordial treasures would shoot at Saber in one volley, and she had become a veritable target, and Saber couldn't even dodge because her left leg was pierced before.

“Saber…… You have fallen into the way you are obsessed with lying on the ground, and you have become more beautiful. ”

Archer's blood-colored eyes, with an uncomfortable emotion, stared at Saber who was in a desperate situation but still trying to make a final struggle.

"I don't know why you're obsessed with the Holy Grail that can achieve miracles, Saber, the very existence of this woman of yours is already a rare 'miracle', isn't it?" Archer's tone was unusually calm, as if he wasn't facing a dangerous enemy at the moment.

This calm made Saber, who had no way out, more and more vigilant.

"You're ...... What to say ......"

"Throw away the sword and be my wife."

In this scene, in this situation, Archer's words caught Saber off guard, and she was stunned on the spot because it was so unexpected.

“…… What, what do you say...... What are you doing!? ”

"Even if you don't understand it, don't you feel happy to hear it? It's no one else, it's me, who recognizes your worth. ”

Perhaps Archer was the only one who would take such a conclusion for granted, and the golden Servant looked up proudly, staring at the woman he had first fallen in love with.

"Abandon the frivolous ideals and vows, which will only bind you and bring you misfortune, and you will only have to desire me to live under my protection, in which case I swear in the name of the king of all things that I will grant you all the happiness of this world."

“……”

His arrogant tone was enough to rekindle the anger in Saber's heart, who was in confusion.

"Are you doing this for such ridiculous purposes...... Compete with me for the Holy Grail? ”

The second Noble Phantasm exploded as it swept through the tip of Saber's nose as it roared, and the aftermath of the impact alone blew her flying.

"I'm not asking about your will, I'm telling you about my decision." Archer's face was bloodthirsty with pleasure, as if enjoying Saber's angry resistance.

Originally, the arrogant Heroic Spirit did not see his opponents as equal competitors to himself, enemies only deserved to be toyed with and humiliated, he liked to admire them to give in to him, and Saber gambled all the desperate counterattacks, which was just an ordinary after-show for Archer.

"Okay, let me hear your answer, although the answer is already in front of me, but I'm curious what kind of expression you will use to say this in person."

"I refuse! I'm definitely not—"

Before she could finish speaking, Archer's swift falling Noble Phantasm stabbed Saber's already injured left leg again, and Archer couldn't help but laugh as Saber groaned from the pain.

"You're too shy to speak? It doesn't matter, I will forgive you for saying a few mistakes, you must first learn to be painful in order to appreciate the happiness I give you. ”

The group of Noble Phantasms floating in the air shook their sharp blades in menacing, and gradually approached Saber.

Uncontrollable anger boiled Saber's thoughts, rather than being tortured and killed in humiliation, it was better to fight for his life against the enemy.

There is no other way, if you concentrate all the remaining power in your body, you may be able to squeeze out the magic to unleash the final blow of the "Sword of Victory of the Oath".

It wasn't surprising that a Heroic Spirit of Archer's unfathomable strength could defend against attacks on the Castle Phantasm, but at this moment, he was so convinced that he would win, and he never thought that Saber would launch a counterattack.

However, if Saber were to launch a counterattack against Archer from his current position, the attack would directly affect the Holy Grail on the stage, and even if Archer had completely taken the attack and turned into charcoal, the Holy Grail would inevitably be destroyed at the same time, in which case, all efforts would be in vain.

"What should I do......!"

Saber is faced with a dilemma, but then she notices a third figure in the auditorium.

On the wall, which is equivalent to the height of the second floor, there is no semi-circular box protruding outward. In the light of the fire, a silhouette appeared like a ghost wearing a long trench coat - he was the true master of the contract with Saber - Emiya Kiritsugu.

In despair, there is a glimmer of light.

Kiritsugu still had the power to enforce the spell, and if he could use the magic power he possessed that could turn the impossible into a possibility, he might be able to break the deadlock.

As long as Kiritsugu understood Saber's situation, he would most likely use the Spell, but fortunately, Archer didn't find out about Kiritsugu's existence.

Kiritsugu raised his right hand, revealing the spell engraved on the back of his hand.

What kind of orders will be given depends entirely on Kiritsu.

But Saber had made up her mind that no matter how bizarre tactics he intended to use, she would do her best to do it, as long as she could resist Archer, no matter what.

Even if his command was to give up the pain and do his best, Saber could ignore the physical pain and exert the maximum strength in his body until his body died.

If he ordered her to teleport to the Holy Grail, she would be able to get out of this extremely disadvantageous position, and perhaps take down Archer with a precise swing of the "Sword of Victory of the Oath" without harming the Holy Grail.

This is the mantra.

If the spell is exercised with the permission of both the Master and the Servant, no matter how impossible, can be accomplished.

Saber now placed everything on this last hope, because it was the only one that could bring about a shocking reversal of the situation.