Chapter 17: The Twists and Turns of the Battle

"Rin, watch the back!"

"What?"

Rin Tosaka heard Red A's reminder, subconsciously turned around and looked, and was suddenly taken aback, she never imagined that Medea, who was still fighting with Red A before, would suddenly appear in her outstretched hand.

Rin Tosaka saw Medea holding a strange dagger in her hand, thinking that it should be her treasure, although I don't know what the specific effect is, but Medea took it out at this time, it must be no good.

If it was Rin Tosaka in the original plot, maybe he could use Baji Fist to counterattack Medea at this time, after all, Medea is a pure magician, and her melee ability is not very strong. But as early as in the last Holy Grail War, Zhou Xiaoning had already killed Yan Feng Qili, and the character of Tosaka Shichen would not teach Tosaka Rin what was not a magic accident "useless" thing. So the current Tosaka Rin's spell-casting ability is far beyond the level of the original plot, but in terms of melee combat, it's not much different from an ordinary high school girl, and it can be regarded as a gain and a loss.

And now, Rin Tosaka has tasted the bitter fruit of not knowing how to fight in close combat, although she tries her best to dodge, but Medea has been preparing for a long time, and in a hurry, she can avoid it if she says to avoid it.

"Ahh

Rin Tosaka let out a scream, and although she had tried her best to dodge, a shallow cut was still made on the back of her right hand.

Such an injury was healed by healing magic in minutes, and she didn't feel any discomfort, just when she was puzzled by Medea's anticlimactic attack, the afterglow of her eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the helplessness on Red A's face, and a bad premonition instantly surged into her heart.

"Little girl, I really want to thank you for sending me such an excellent heroic spirit."

Medea smiled proudly, she has already seen the strength of Red A, although it is not a top heroic spirit, but its combat power is not weak, especially after expanding the inherent enchantment, it can even be directly confronted with the top heroic spirit. With Red A, Assassin and the restored Gargoyle, she has three Heroic Spirit levels of powerful combat power, which greatly increases her chances of victory.

"What are you talking about, Archer is obviously my Heroic Spirit, you ......"

Rin Tosaka couldn't say any more than halfway through her words, because she was surprised to find that the only remaining spell in her hand was gone.

"Little girl, are you looking for this?"

Medea smiled and raised her hand and showed her spell to Rin Tosaka. I saw that in addition to the two spells corresponding to Assassin, the spells that originally belonged to Rin Tosaka also ran to the back of her hand at some point.

"This, how is this possible...... I see, it must be because of that dagger! ”

"Don't you think it's too late to react now?"

Medea smiled, glanced at Rin Tosaka indifferently, and said, "But then again, I really didn't expect you to have only one spell left, and I'm really curious, where did you use your first spell?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Rin Tosaka and Red A were a little unnatural, after all, the spell was that when Rin Tosaka had just summoned Red A, he felt that his attitude was too arrogant, and then he gave an order like "absolute obedience" in anger. Although the effect of the spell is magical, and it can even cross space and summon distant heroic spirits directly to one's side, but the spell is also quite omnipotent.

In fact, the power of each spell is limited, and the more precise the command, the more powerful the spell can be. On the other hand, if the Master gives a broad order, it will only dilute the power of the spell, or even nullify it.

Normally, no master would do such a stupid thing, but as a result, Rin Tosaka just did it, such a humiliating thing, how could she say it.

"Little girl, for the sake of you being a master student, I will spare you this time. But remember, this is the first and last time I've let you go. If you want to stay alive, don't get involved in the Holy Grail War. ”

In Medea's eyes, Rin Tosaka without a Heroic Spirit is like a tiger with its teeth pulled out, and there is no threat to her. She was more worried about Soichiro Katsuki than wasting time on her, and she didn't know how he was doing now.

"Archer, why don't you hurry up and collect your inherent barrier!"

"Archer, don't!"

Rin Tosaka's eyes were full of longing and looked at Red A, and she hoped that Red A would not listen to Medea. Now Red A has the upper hand, as long as he strikes fast enough to kill Medea before she uses the Spell, and then re-sign the contract with her, then everything will be back on track, and the victory in this battle will still be hers.

"Archer, don't forget who is your Master now!"

Medea flashed the spell on the back of her hand and shouted.

"I'm sorry Rin, I'm afraid I won't be able to listen to you this time."

Red A glanced apologetically at Rin Tosaka, and then closed the inherent enchantment according to Medea's order.

At the same time, the battle between Artoria and the Assassin is also heating up.

The Wind King's barrier, which was originally shrouded in the Sword of Victory of the Oath, was unraveled at some point, revealing the true posture of this Excalibur. And against it is a three-foot-long nameless katana. In terms of grade, the katana is naturally inferior to the sword of victory of the oath, but the Assassin relies on his superb sword skills to attack the weak with a strong attack, and he has a comparable effect.

"It's really worthy of the strongest servant Saber, the sword skills are perfect."

"You're an Assassin too, it's been a long time since that battle that I've had an opponent equal in sword skills. I guess you're also a very famous swordsman. ”

Artoria's words were full of praise for the Assassin, who had been fighting for so long, and she still had the advantage in weapons, but she couldn't get the slightest advantage, this kind of sword skill really amazed her, and in her impression, there were only a few people who could match her in terms of sword skills.

"Huh, famous? Perhaps, but that's just an illusory name. ”

The Assassin chuckled, seemingly dismissive of his former prestige.

This couldn't help but make Artoria's movements pause, and she asked curiously, "What do you mean by that?" ”

The Assassin recognizes Artoria as an opponent, so he doesn't mind telling her who he is.

It turns out that Assassin's real name is Kojiro Sasaki, but in history, Kojiro Sasaki does not exist, and the reason why he appeared is actually just a fictitious sword hero made up by people with various rumors. And Assassin was just because there was a sword skill that matched the rumored Sasaki Kojiro, so he was given this name, and as a fictional heroic spirit, he was summoned by Medea.

"So, I have no place to return to, and I don't have a desire to achieve it. But if I have to say, it is my long-cherished wish to fight against the strong, just like this battle! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Assassin launched another onslaught at Artoria, his sword skills becoming more and more powerful than before, and it was clear that he still had reservations.

"It's you Saber, I feel the confusion in your heart from your sword skills, what are you hesitating about, and why are you fighting!"

Artoria was questioned by the Assassin, her original wish was to change the past, to have the others draw the sword in stone, and change the fate of the fall of ancient Britain. But during the last Holy Grail War, Zhou Xiaoning told her that it was impossible to achieve such a wish with the power of the Holy Grail, and even if she could, it would be derived from a parallel world, and what she experienced would still not change.

Before Artoria could figure out whether what Zhou Xiaoning said was true, there was an evil thing in this world. Zhou Xiaoning stepped forward and purified the evil of this world, but in the end, he was caught in the vortex of the root cause and disappeared. In the end, Artoria also returned because the Holy Grail War was over, and Emiya Kiritsugu couldn't afford the huge consumption of mana, and the doubts in her heart were never solved.

Before, Gaia and Alaya chose the Heroic Spirit to support Zhou Xiaoning, and Artoria offered to help, on the one hand, she really wanted to help Zhou Xiaoning, and on the other hand, she didn't ask Zhou Xiaoning in detail about the factors. But Yuan Lu Zhi's strength was too strong, and after the battle, her arrival deadline also arrived, and she was forced to return before she had time to say a few words to Zhou Xiaoning.

The reason why Artoria decided to participate in this Holy Grail War is also with the mentality of a dead horse to be a live horse doctor, in case her wish comes true. But what Artoria never expected was that this time the royal lord would be Zhou Xiaoning, every time she saw him, those words would echo in Artoria's ears, making her can't help but suffer from gains and losses.

The Assassin didn't know how complicated Artoria's mind was, and he didn't want to know, all he was looking for was victory in this battle.

When a master makes a move, the victory or defeat is often in an instant.

The Assassin captured Artoria's stunned moment, and the long knife was raised horizontally, performing his stunt, [Yan Hui].

In the island country, [Yan Hui] can be said to be one of the most prestigious sword skills, it is known as a must-hit sword technique, and almost no one can dodge the attack of [Yan Hui].

[Yan Hui] seems to be swinging three swords in a row at high speed, but in fact, it is through the phenomenon of multi-dimensional inflection, cutting out three sword paths at different angles at the same time. Once the sword skill is used, it blocks all possible dodge routes for the enemy, forcing him to take this sword hard, which can be regarded as an "impossible to dodge" sword in the sense of [Piercing Death Thorn Spear].

If it were someone else, maybe she would really be defeated by the sword of Assassin, but Artoria was different, her intuition even Zhou Xiaoning was amazed, and she almost achieved the effect of an unpredictable prophet in the battle.

This time, Artoria's intuition saved her life again, and just at the last moment, Artoria blocked with her sword, narrowly blocking the Assassin's long knife, although it still scratched her arm, but she finally picked up a life.

At this time, Artoria didn't dare to be distracted anymore, and calmed down, and dealt with the Assassin more and more cautiously.

On the other side, Zhou Xiaoning's battle was extremely relaxed, and he was pressing Gemu Soichiro from beginning to end.

Although Soichiro Katsugi was strengthened by Medea with magic, almost reaching the limit of human beings, coupled with his superb fighting skills, he could even break his wrist with a slightly weaker heroic spirit, but mortals are mortals after all, and Zhou Xiaoning, a seventh-order powerhouse who has achieved the body of an ancestral dragon and survived the heavenly tribulation, is undoubtedly a mantis arm.

"Soichiro Katsukidi, I'll ask you one last time, don't you really think about my proposal, that's good for everyone."

Zhou Xiaoning looked at Gemu Soichiro condescendingly, at this time, not a single bone in Gemu Soichiro's body was complete, if it weren't for Medea's magic to help him hang and change to an ordinary person, this kind of injury would have been swallowed a long time ago.

"Ahem, all I've done is help Caster fulfill his wishes, and I don't have any point in living any other than that."

Soichiro Katsugi coughed up a mouthful of blood, his physical condition was very bad, and the severe pain no longer stimulated his senses all the time, but there was no painful expression on his face, not that he was hard, but that he didn't know what kind of expression pain should show.

"Then you say, if I grabbed you by the neck and threatened Medea, would she give in?"

Zhou Xiaoning showed a wicked smile, at this time, he was living like a villain boss.

However, Zhou Xiaoning said this, but before he could actually make a move, his divine sense caught a flying object shooting directly at his heart at an extremely fast speed.

Zhou Xiaoning frowned, although he had a way to block this flying object, but the feeling of being shot with a cold arrow was still quite unpleasant, he wanted to see who was so bold as to dare to plot against him.

Zhou Xiaoning turned sideways and flashed the flying object. However, when he staggered by, Zhou Xiaoning saw that thing clearly, it turned out to be a sword.

will treat the sword as an arrow and shoot it everywhere, Zhou Xiaoning only thought of one person.

"Rin, I know you have a big opinion of me, but we seem to be in a group now, what do you mean by letting Archer cast cold arrows on me?"

Zhou Xiaoning turned around helplessly, but saw Red A standing behind Medea, and pulled out his bow, ready to shoot a second arrow at him, while Red A's original lord Rin Tosaka knelt on the ground with a sincere face, as if he had been defeated.

"Uh...... Well, I see. ”

Zhou Xiaoning glanced at Rin Tosaka with pity, and was forcibly taken away from the servant by Medea, presumably Rin Tosaka's proud heart was hit a lot, so don't continue to stimulate her at this time.

"Archer, as far as I know, in this Holy Grail War, the Master's restraint on the Heroic Spirit is not as strong as in the past, and if you want, you can completely rebel against Medea. So, I would like to ask you to answer me, why did you choose to help Medea? ”

"Because I want to fight you, is that reason enough?"

"I see, since you have decided to be my enemy, then I will not show mercy to your men just because you were my ally. So, are you ready to die! ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Xiaoning released his dragon power, and pressed towards Hong A and Medea mightily, in the eyes of the two of them, Zhou Xiaoning was no longer a person, but a wild beast, showing its fangs, ready to devour them at any time.