Chapter 492: Continuous Action
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Needless to say, in the case that Rin Tosaka did not take the initiative to cooperate, but did not intervene, Caster was very obedient to obtain Archer's control. At this point, Caster's hands were not only the Lancer that he had snatched from Bazet's hands, but also the second Servant.
In addition to the Rider owned by Sakura himself, Astolford, and the Assassin who retired before, Soji Okita, the only remaining Servants outside are Saber and Illyasfil of Shirou Emiya. Feng. The Berserker of Einsberen had two servants.
"Thank you for your cooperation. It's not too early now, so I won't bother you to rest and take my leave. After the conversion of the spell and the contract was completed, Rin Tosaka, who was the leader of the team, had a not very good-looking face, and smiled slightly.
"No." Rin Tosaka snorted unhappily, pinned his head to the side and snorted.
In this regard, Zhou Chao smiled silently, and left the Tosaka family mansion with Sakura and Caster, who leaned over to Tosaka Rin, as well as Archer, who also became a member of the team at this time, and Rider and Lancer, who were hidden in the dark, and disappeared into the thick night.
"Damn! I actually failed! And dress up my opponent or Sakura! In this way, even if I try to find an opportunity to win Archer in the future, there is no way to do it. After the figures of Zhou Chao and Sakura, Caster, and Archer disappeared, Rin Tosaka scratched his head with his hands with irritability, and complained loudly.
"Ah, I'm so irritable!"
"Huh?" But then, Rin Tosaka's expression suddenly changed again, his eyes looked ahead in embarrassment, and he muttered in a low voice, "It doesn't seem like it's all out of the ordinary......
Swiftly, one that seemed silly to her. The face of a boy with short red hair came to her mind.
……
At the same time, on the street in the direction of Liudong Temple, Zhou Chao, who had been walking in front, suddenly said, "Sakura." ”
"Huh?" Sakura turned her head to look at Zhou Chao suspiciously.
"You take Astolfo back first."
"Okay, Brother Zhou Chao." Sakura was a little puzzled by Zhou Chao's instructions in her heart, but she still nodded and agreed.
Then Sakura turned around and bowed to Zhou Chao, who had stopped, and then took Astolfo, who naturally showed his form, out of the group, and continued towards Liudong Temple.
Zhou Chao stayed where he was, and did not speak again until he could no longer see Sakura and Astolfo in his supernormal vision. In a flat tone, he said, "Follow me." ”
Then, without waiting for Caster and Archer to respond, they spun around and moved in the other direction.
Caster, who was already a little accustomed to the Zhou Dynasty's style, didn't say anything when he saw this, and immediately set off to follow.
Archer, as a Servant, followed behind Caster silently.
Then there's Lancer, which hides in the shadows.
"Lord Zhou Dynasty, where are we going?" After walking like this for a few minutes, Caster, the only person in the team who could talk to Zhou Chao, opened his mouth and asked.
"*****," Zhou Chao replied without looking back, "go and solve the other Master." ”
Caster was stunned, and then fell silent again. Instead, it's Archer who has joined the team. A different color flashed in his eyes, and he subconsciously glanced at Zhou Chao who was leading the way in front of him with the corner of his eye, but he also didn't say anything, and continued to move with the team silently.
In this way, one person and three Servants, and a group of four people traveled for about half an hour. I came to a residential town town composed entirely of Japanese-style buildings.
"The target is in this building." At this moment, after a while, a virtual optical screen appeared in the void in front of him, showing a Japanese-style building in the eyes of Caster and the others. Then he commanded, "Wait, Lancer, you're in charge of the frontal attack." ”
"Finally willing to move Uncle Ben." Lancer emerges from the void. With his excellent eyesight, he looked at the building in the distance that looked like a tree on the optical screen, and smiled.
It's very provocative. But Zhou Chao ignored him completely, and still took care of himself and ordered there, "Archer, you are responsible for the response." ”
"Yes." Archer said coldly with a look of cherishing words like gold.
"Caster, be ready to steal the other party's contract at any time."
"Okay." The corners of Caster's mouth curled slightly, and his voice said with a hint of pleasure.
"Now, attack!" And after arranging the division of labor between Caster and others, Zhou Chao resolutely shouted coldly.
As soon as the words fell, Lancer's figure on the side immediately moved, like a blue phantom, rushing towards the house in the distance. At the same time, Caster's figure beside him flashed, and with the distortion of space, it disappeared into the air, leaving Archer alone standing quietly beside Zhou Chao.
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At this point, the other side.
After a few large leaps, Lancer landed in the courtyard of the target building. But before he could rush to inspect the situation in the building, a clear drink rang in his ears.
"What people!"
Then the cold wind hit, and a clear blue figure suddenly appeared in front of him, waving his arms and slashing the invisible weapon at his body.
The attacker was none other than King Arthur, who was blonde and silver-armed, armed with an invisible sword, Saber! And by analogy, the building that Lancer invaded at this time was not elsewhere, it was the Emiya Mansion that Kiritsugu left to Emiya Shirou.
Although Lancer couldn't see Saber's attack, with the rich experience accumulated after thousands of battles, he could clearly feel the terrifying and sharp attack of the opponent, so he didn't hesitate at all, and immediately raised his gun to block and meet the attack.
"Ding!"
Guns and swords clashed, and a powerful force quickly surged towards Lancer and Saber. It's just that the result is evenly matched. No one can help anyone.
Then the two of them forced each other to dry, and began to attack each other in a quick attack.
For a while, the crisp sound of "ding bells" was like the sound of striking iron in a blacksmith shop, and it sounded intensively and spread to all directions. Naturally, it inexorably passed into the ears of Emiya Shirou, who was sleeping peacefully.
"Well, it's noisy." Woken up, Emiya Shirou sat up, raised his hand and rubbed his sleepy eyes, lifted the back covering his body with his free hand, then turned and stood up from the tatami mat and walked to the door of the house. With a "whoosh", he opened it and looked out.
"Whew!"
But a sharp wind blew in front of him in an instant, forcing him to raise his arms in front of his face to offset the impact of the strong wind on his vision.
“Saber!” Then, his expression changed and he shouted as he looked at Saber who was fighting with Lancer.
"Bang!"
"Despicable villain! What a skill it is to hide your own weapons! After arguing with Saber together, Lancer said in an angry voice as he jumped away from Saber's side.
"What's the matter, Lancer, if you stop. The name of your gun will make you cry. Saber ignored Lancer's questioning and retorted calmly.
"In the same way, your actions will bring the name of the swordsman to shame." Lancer struck a rack with his gun in place, staring at Saber, who wasn't about to release his weapon, and said in a deep voice.
"Then you don't need to care." Saber gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands. Posing as a sword-raising style in a Western sword, he retorted without showing weakness.
"Huh...... Originally, I just wanted to stall for time, but now it seems that I need to really win or lose with you. Lancer whispered to himself with his eyes slightly lowered.
After speaking. Before Saber, whose face changed slightly from his words, could reply, a majestic magic suddenly burst out from the thorny spear he held, forming a cloud of red smoke visible to the naked eye. It tossed and danced violently on the outside of the gun.
Seeing this, Saber's expression froze, and he temporarily put down the bad premonition in his heart, and raised his sword to concentrate on guard.
However, the next moment, Emiya Shirou's exclamation suddenly sounded in the quiet courtyard.
"Saber, be careful!"
Saber was startled, jumped to the side without thinking, and then rolled over, got back to his feet, turned around, and looked at the source of the 'danger' he had previously intuition.
In an instant, a female figure wrapped in a purple robe, wearing a crown and hat, and only half of her face was exposed, came into her eyes. It was none other than Caster.
At this moment, she was standing in the same position as Saber with a thunderbolt-shaped multicolored dagger, the Talisman of Breaking Ten Thousand Laws.
“Caster?” Saber looked at Caster who suddenly appeared, and said in a deep voice.
"You'll pick your time." Seeing this, Lancer put away the burst of magic power, stopped the liberation of the treasure, and pouted as he looked at Caster who suddenly appeared with an unhappy face.
"Unfortunately, it didn't work out." Caster regretted.
“Saber!” Seeing that the battle would not open for a while, Emiya Shirou trotted two steps to the front of the house and shouted at Saber who was on guard.
"Shirou, it's dangerous here, go back to the house." Saber said loudly without looking back.
"Saber ......" Emiya Shirou opened his mouth when he heard this, feeling a little unwilling, but he also knew that he was a burden here, not only could not help Saber, but also might distract Saber and cause danger, so after reluctantly saying "Be careful yourself", he retreated to the verandah of the house with small steps. But when he was about to retreat further into the house, a scarlet light shot out from afar in vain, and instantly shot into Emiya Shirou's chest, passing through his chest.
"Poof!"
"Shirou!" Seeing this, Saber's face changed, and he rushed towards Shirou in a flash.
"Lancer, stop her!" Caster commanded. At the same time, my figure flashed and disappeared into thin air.
Lancer had no choice but to advance forward again, appearing in front of Saber with a far greater agility than Saber, and stabbing Saber with his spear.
Saber's expression changed slightly in the face of the attack, and he immediately raised his sword to block it, stopping the attack.
"Ding!"
However, although the attack was blocked, she herself was inexorably able to take two steps back under the immense force contained in Lancer's attack, allowing Caster to appear behind her and stab the Broken Talisman.
"Poof!"
Saber, who didn't think that a dagger could do any damage to herself, and didn't think that a magician's attack could do anything under her A-rank magic power, suddenly paid the price for her negligence.
In an instant, a majestic magical power erupted from her back, which had been stabbed by the Broken Ten Thousand Laws Talisman, and shot straight into the sky like a pillar of light rising into the sky.
Affected by this, Saber immediately lost his combat strength, and fell down weakly, and could only barely keep himself from falling to his knees completely with both hands and swords. Emiya Shirou's whole body twitched, and his arm with the spell swung around on its own like an epilepsy, until the only two remaining spells disappeared from the back of his hand.
However, after the violent tossing just now, the blood loss of Emiya Shirou, who was already seriously injured, became even more severe, so the moment the convulsions calmed down, Emiya Shirou couldn't resist the invasion of the injury and completely fainted.
"Plop."
"Hahahaha...... I didn't expect Saber to become my Servant. In this way, I have won this Holy Grail War! Caster laughed wildly and hysterically as he raised and devoured Emiya's arm.
"Despicable!" At the same time, Saber, who had recovered from the impact of the spell change and contract renewal, looked at the laughing caster with disgust and cursed hatefully.
"Despicable...... So what? As long as I can achieve the final victory, I will do it ten thousand times more despicable! Caster retracted his frenzied expression and looked down at Saber, who was half-kneeling on the ground, and sneered.
Then he raised his arm, pointed at Saber, and coldly commanded, "Saber, go, kill him!" ”
"You!" Saber glared at Caster, but it was useless, under the constraints of the Holy Grail system, even if Saber was unwilling, his body still moved slightly, but unlike Lancer, who was also driven by the Command Curse, and the previous Assassin, it was not a cluster, but a strong resistance.
"How is that possible!? You can resist the power of the spell! Caster said with a look of incredulity.
And this is also full of shock for Lancer, who is enslaved by the curse on the side. You know, he also tried to resist the order of the spell at the beginning, but in exchange for a stronger suppression, he could not rise to the slightest resistance and strength, so he had to obey the order and act under Caster's command, so he was naturally more shocked and unbelievable by Saber's appearance. (To be continued......)