"Yo! Saber, blue guy, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

Looking at Artoria, who suddenly stopped and assumed a defensive posture, Nero, who had been waiting outside the castle of Einz Belén for several minutes, couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and shouted directly at Artoria with the primordial fire in his hand.

Nero was wearing a red dance skirt like a dress, even if he was asked by Li Yuan to transform the translucent material lint skirt in front of him into a flaming red dance skirt, it did not reduce Nero's own personal charm and demeanor in the slightest, and the whole person was like a raging flame, making a provocative gesture towards Artoria.

"Nero the Tyrant...... Sure enough, the situation of the castle and the magic enchantment just now was a good thing done by Medea of the Caster rank, right? So, what about the others? Are you planning to sneak attack......" Seeing Nero appear in front of him, Artoria, who had already guessed just now, immediately confirmed her guess, and said to Nero with a little vigilance.

Although Artoria's performance in the past may be a little cute, her own level as a commander is still not bad!

The defensive barrier of Einzberen Castle was suddenly controlled and seized, which was able to eliminate a large number of suspicious candidates for the knight king who could vaguely feel the level of the castle's defensive barrier, and among the two choices of the traitor and the strong man among the heroic spirits, Artoria immediately targeted the first suspicion on Caster in the seven ranks.

As the Holy Grail War, the seven ranks of the Heroic Spirits may have deprived the Heroic Spirits of the best in a certain aspect of the Noble Phantasm (such as Lancer Dilumudo) or abilities, but the Heroic Spirits who descended with the rank definitely have a side that fits their abilities, and can silently seize control of the Einzberen Castle in Fuyuki City, this kind of difficult thing is obviously not something that ordinary magicians can do, and the words of Medea, the "Witch of Betrayal" who came with the rank of Caster [Magician], The probability of being able to do this kind of thing is quite high!

Now seeing Nero appear in front of him, Artoria, who guessed the worst possibility, felt quite bitter in her mouth, and the invisible sword of victory and oath in her hand felt like a thousand pounds.

If it were just Nero, Artoria would still have the confidence to win, but the problem was that Nero was not a heroic spirit who acted alone, even if she didn't mention Caster's Medea who had not yet seen her move, just killing Li Yuan, who had witnessed Berserker's Lancelot, was enough to make Artoria, who had witnessed his combat effectiveness, preoccupied.

Worst of all, Artoria is facing no worse situation now than she was in the first encounter on the battlefield a few hours ago - at least at that time, there were other heroic spirits on the battlefield, such as Archer, Rider, Lancer, etc., and now Artoria is completely in a one-on-three situation, and there are Alice Phil and others who are dragging them down!

"Hee-hee, Knight King, don't worry!

Medea didn't come over, Li Yuan also said that he would not interfere in the battle between us, this time your opponent is only Yu alone, let Yu see what the knight king of that small place is capable of!"

Looking at Artoria's vigilant look, the primordial fire in Nero's hand waved a little, and his tone was very expectant.

Nero himself was summoned and did not have any special wishes or ideals, but after hearing about the Holy Grail War and seeing Saber Artoria, who was almost identical to himself, it would be a lie to say that Nero did not have the idea of competing with Artoria and competing with him.

In the previous words, with Li Yuan's prevention and the different circumstances, Nero did not fight Artoria in the first place, but now it is Nero who wants to fight Artoria

"You guy...... Huh?! Alice Phil?! You guys...... Bastard! Let them go!!"

Seeing Nero's arrogant speech, when Artoria was about to say something, she suddenly felt that the situation behind her was not right, and Artoria turned her head and was a little panicked to find that Alice Phil, who had been following her, and the android maids who followed her had suddenly disappeared?!

When Artoria saw Alice Phil and the others, she found that they had appeared on the platform at the top of the castle, and Li Yuan's guy in black and red armor was waving to her.

"Blue, 1vs1 way, if you win me, you can go to them!"

Before Artoria could try to rush back to the castle to save the people, Nero's words came with a fierce sword wind and flames.

With the primordial fire in Nero's hand slashed, Artoria could only face Nero's attack first, and with a light shout, she directly swung the sword of victory and oath to meet Nero......

……

As Artoria swung her sword at Nero, Alice Phil on the other side looked at her knight with some concern.

“Saber……”

Seeing the battle between Artoria and Nero, Alice Phil had nervousness and worry in her eyes, and then looked at Li Yuan, who was wearing a biological battle armor but did not hold the Fang Tian painting halberd, and several artificial maids who had fallen to the ground, and then plucked up the courage to ask Li Yuan, "That...... Li Yuan, what are you going to do? Are you threatening Saber with me?"

Alice Phil may lack common sense, but she won't think of Li Yuan's actions as saving herself!

Now in Alice Fair's opinion, she was taken to the platform by Li Yuan abruptly, and now the most likely thing is the "kidnapping threat", and it is also a threat to Saber who is fighting below!

"No, no, the little chalice of the Einzberen family, if I want to really fight, I can easily defeat the Saber below, and I don't need to use hostages to threaten!"

Regarding Alice Phil's words, Li Yuan, who had just stretched out his fingers and subdued the artificial maids, politely pointed out Alice Phil's true identity, and then looked at Alice Phil with pity, and asked this red-eyed silver-haired woman like an elf in a fairy tale: "Alice Phil, do you want to get rid of the fate of being a 'little grail' and live a carefree life with your daughter Elia?"

Alice Phil von Einzbelen!

Strictly speaking, her identity is the same as that of several artificial maids around her, and they are all artificial humans specially refined by the genes of the first head of the Einzberen family, the "Winter Saintess", Rizilech Yustiza von Einzberen, who participated in the "Holy Grail" system, rather than ordinary natural humans.

As the Einzberen family deliberately learned the lesson of the destruction of the small chalice in the third Holy Grail War for the sake of the Fourth Holy Grail War, Alice Phil von Einzberen was implanted with a special small chalice composition technique at the beginning of her birth, and then behind it that can even be maintained to the best mental and physical state, it is the sad situation of Emiya Kiritsugu joining the Einzberen family to become the master of the Holy Grail War, and only walking out of the amniotic fluid cultivation tank for nine years!

For the Einzberen family, Alice Phil is just a consumable "Little Holy Grail", even if it is combined with Emiya Kiritsugu to give birth to Illya, but this time the Holy Grail War is the result of victory or defeat, Alice Phil as a "Little Holy Grail" is a certain death.

The only difference is that the Einzberen family and Emiya Kiritsugu agreed that if the Holy Grail War was won, Alice Phil's daughter Illya could be taken away by him with the Holy Grail. And if you fail...... Whether it's Alice Phil or Kiritsugu Emiya, don't think about seeing Illya again, she will be prepared by the Einzberen family as the next "little chalice"!

"You...... What are you talking about? I don't really understand ......."

Hearing Li Yuan's true identity and situation, Alice Phil couldn't help but change her complexion, and then she tried to force her composure.

It is true that Alice Phil was not stupid enough to admit Li Yuan's words directly, but that clumsy cover-up could not be concealed at all!

Looking at Alice Fair's flushed face and weak heart, as long as she is a normal person with an IQ on the horizontal line, she can see that something is wrong, let alone Li Yuan, who is familiar with the plot.

However, for Alice Phil, this is probably the best way she can cover up......

"Hah...... Okay, so let's wait for the next two to decide the winners, and then we'll discuss this issue!"

Li Yuan chuckled at Alice Phil's clumsy way of covering up and looked at the bottom of the platform.

In the open space of the castle below, Artoria and Nero, two kings who looked too similar, the battle scene and intensity became more and more intense......

……

When Li Yuan talked to Alice Phil, the battle between Artoria and Nero was also in full swing!

"Boom! Qiang !!"

"Hahh――――――!!!"

"Hula---" ......

In the clearing in front of the castle, the dark red primordial fire and the invisible sword of victory and oath collided rapidly, and the cries of the two maidens, the sound of weapons breaking through the air, and the crisp sound of metal clashing were heard endlessly.

However, unlike ordinary swordsmen, Artoria, who came to the Saber rank, and Nero, the orthodox Heroic Spirit, are both strong in the world of "Shape Moon", and the confrontation between the Primordial Fire and the Sword of Victory and Oath is a comprehensive collision of the two Heroic Spirits' combat skills and various conditions.

In less than a minute of fighting, the aftermath and sword wind between the primordial fire and the sword of victory and oath turned the open space in front of the castle into ruins, and deep rifts spread all over the ground!

However, in the situation on the field, there is no obvious trend of winning and losing, and no one on either side has fallen behind!

If according to the attributes of Artoria in the original plot of the Fourth Holy Grail, it is obviously higher than Nero, who is more suitable for the role of commander - even if Nero is provided with sufficient magic power by Li Yuan, but he is not known for his martial arts during his lifetime, and Nero, who was promoted to a heroic spirit after his death, is not as good as Artoria, who is known as the "Knight King"!

Strictly calculated, in addition to being agile and lucky, Nero now surpasses Artoria, strength, durability, and magic are all inferior to Artoria, but there is not much difference between the two sides in terms of the treasures they hold, one is the A++ level of the Noble Phantasm Victory and the Sword of Oath, and the other is the A+ but the hand is equivalent to the A++ level of the Primordial Fire, and the Noble Phantasm is in a state of half a catty.

In this comparison, it stands to reason that Nero should be inferior to Artoria, unless he directly uses his hole cards, otherwise in terms of swordsmanship, the gap between Nero, who claimed to be an "artist" before his death, and Artoria, who claimed to be an "knight king", is not ordinarily large!

However, through Li Yuan's guidance, Nero mastered the temporary skill of [Swordsmanship (A+)], and suppressed Artoria in terms of swordsmanship combat skills!

How strong is a skill in swordsmanship (A+)?

Well, in the world of "Shape Moon", the top of mortals is probably the ceiling of B+++, deducting those immortals such as true ancestors, even if it is a top magician who transforms his body, or a martial maniac who frantically exercises his body and challenges strong enemies, the physical fitness reaches the apex, in other words, it is the peak of non-commissioned officers of the Star Empire!

Swordsmanship (A+) level, which is equivalent to the first level of transcendent sanctification, in the plot of the Fifth Holy Grail War, Sasaki Kojiro, who was summoned by Medea in violation of regulations, has his stunt [Yan Hui] is probably at the A+ level.

Of course, Nero did not master this skill through brutal training and combat, but Li Yuan taught it with his own swordsmanship experience, and Nero barely learned it through his own unique skills, which is of course not the same level as a genuine swordsmanship master of this level, but for Artoria, it is already powerful enough!

Artoria's words, the swordsmanship itself is through the knight's swordsmanship that has been experienced and learned on the battlefield, as the swordsmanship level of the Saber rank heroic spirit that descended, if it is described as the peak level of B+++ mortals in terms of skills, it is strong enough for ordinary enemies, with the two A-level skills of [Intuition] and [Magic Power Release], the combat effectiveness is definitely not worthy of Saber's rank, but it is another thing in terms of swordsmanship skills.

As a result, as soon as the battle entered the battle, Artoria found that Nero's strength and endurance were inferior to herself, but relying on her speed and superb swordsmanship skills, she forced the battle into a draw!

"Ha !!"

When Artoria slashed with a sword in anger with the tread slash of the knight's foot combat technique, she found Nero retreating with a light step, and the primordial fire in her hand blocked her victory and the sword of the oath, and finally couldn't help it.

"Red guy! Are you just going to dodge?!"

Looking at the surroundings, as well as Alice Phil on the platform, Artoria shouted anxiously to Nero.

Well, as the Knight King of Great Britain, Artoria doesn't understand the words "Please don't want to be excited", but she still understands the means and meanings of the same!

"Yo! Blue guy, do you really think you have the upper hand? Look at Yu's enthusiasm!"

Nero also understood what Artoria meant, but stepped forward with a mysterious smile.

Boom ――――――

Nero's steps were extremely elegant, and the red dance dress was also unusually eye-catching, but the primordial fire in his hand directly emitted red light in this step rotation, and then suddenly burned into a flame formed by magic power.

In the next moment, Artoria, who faced Nero, found that there was almost a sea of fire in front of her, and the flames formed by the magic power were like a prairie fire, and even if Artoria, who was Saber, had reached the A level of magic power, it was obvious that it was too much to fight in this environment created by the enemy!

"Wind King Hammer !!"

Seeing Nero's actions, Artoria did not hesitate at all, and directly liberated the magic enchantment on her long sword.

Wind King Hammer?

Strictly speaking, it should be called the Wind King Enchantment!

With the help of wind, which wraps around several layers, the refractive index of light changes to cover the barrier of the sword. Compared to the Heroic Spirit's Noble Phantasm, the Wind King Enchantment is closer to the situation of the Magic Spirit Costume.

As the hidden effect of the sword of victory and oath in Artoria's hand, which is too famous, the Wind King Enchantment is actually a C-level treasure enchantment, which can use the power of "wind" to hide the sword of victory and oath in Artoria's hand, and the so-called "Wind King Hammer" is to directly untie the power of the Wind King Enchantment and bombard it out, which belongs to the kind of informal treasure Phantasm, similar to the alternative use of the Wind King Enchantment!

This method and the rank limit of the Wind King Enchantment itself can only be said that this kind of attack is useless against the same level of Heroic Spirits, but it is just right to clean up a large area of miscellaneous soldiers or Artoria's current situation in the sea of fire.

"Boom ―――――――― boom !!"

With Artoria's low snort, a materialized tornado suddenly formed on the shadowless sword held in both hands, and then blasted towards the sea of magical flames in front of him with a piercing whistling sound.

The fierce storm was like a twelve-level typhoon, and in an instant, the sea of fire in front of Artoria swept out, and the howling wind swept the magical flames emitted by the primordial fire into the sky, and the magical flames that almost obscured a large area of the sky looked extremely spectacular, like the morning glow that had just risen, and covered half of the sky.

"Where's the !!?"

Artoria didn't have time to enjoy the beauty of the sky, and after witnessing the figure of Nero hidden in the sea of fire, the long sword in her hand, revealing a gorgeous golden appearance and inexplicable runes, strode forward.

This time, Artoria, who was becoming more and more anxious in her heart, had already used all her strength, her petite body directly turned into a phantom, and the sword of victory and oath in her hand turned into a fierce golden sword light, vowing to defeat Nero who was blocking Artoria - at least, to temporarily remove the threat of the other party! (To be continued.) )