"Thanks, Saber."

The Lion Tribulation felt his vision blurry a little, it was a weakness caused by excessive blood loss, and beside him, the bushes flew quickly towards the rear, which meant that he was moving at a very fast speed.

"Humph! Ready, I'm going to speed up, not sure if that guy will catch up! ”

Mordred just snorted coldly in an uncertain sense, and continued to carry the lion to rob the world, moving at high speed with a sensitive and rapid running movement.

"Oh, it's really bad luck, I didn't expect to meet such a strong enemy. What the hell is going on with that little girl? I feel better at using modern weapons than I am. ”

The Lion Tribulation Realm smiled happily, reached out and took out a pill from his bag that could strengthen his physique and swallowed it, although this thing could not help him stop the bleeding, but it was enough for him to survive the next activities.

Confirming that his master was ready, Mordred used his magic power very simply, and with his terrifying mobility, he "catapulted" out of the jungle in an instant.

A sharp tinnitus sounded in his ears, and the lion enchantment immediately swallowed another pill, although the side effects would be stronger, but at least it could make him suppress his panic.

However, he also knew that such a measure was just a matter of peace of mind, after all, if Mordred let go in this situation, he would be a puddle of meat anyway.

After losing sight of the battlefield behind her, Mordred finally slowed down the original subsonic speed to about 200 kilometers per hour.

However, the lion's face was already quite ugly at this point, after all, although the impact of each jump was offset by Mordred's sliding movement on the ground, he still felt as if he had been punched in the abdomen by a heavyweight boxer.

Da, da, da.

After a few small jumps and stomping on the ground, Mordred finally slowed down completely, and only then did he put the master he was carrying on the ground safely.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, although the pain from his legs made him gasp, he still felt extremely happy, after all, no matter how much pain he had, it was much safer than the feeling of not touching the ground before.

"Thanks, Saber, if only you could be gentler the next time you move with me...... What happened to you?! ”

It wasn't until this time that the Lion Tribulation Realm Li realized that something was not quite right with his servant.

Mordred was half-kneeling on the ground, sticking her sword into the ground for support, panting with some difficulty.

And as the armor on her body dissipated into a spirit child, the Lion Tribulation found that Mordred had an unusually hideous sword wound on her back, and her other arm also looked a little twisted.

At this moment, the Lion Tribulation suddenly understood that this was the price paid by Mordred for suddenly leaving the battlefield in the heat of battle.

Thinking of this, the Lion Raider felt a little remorseful, because of his own drag, Mordred not only gave up the duel with her worst enemy, King Arthur, but also suffered such a serious injury.

In the next Holy Grail War, there shouldn't be many fighters who can find a one-on-one duel like the one before.

"Sorry, Saber......"

"Huh? Are you stupid in your head? Could it be that the previous attack hurt your brain? ”

A little different from what he expected, Mordred still looked full of energy.

"It's just a little injury, it's nothing to Uncle Ben at all, and it won't take long to heal completely."

Mordred was not bragging, just in the middle of the conversation, her injuries already had a clear tendency to heal.

In particular, the huge sword mark on the back has shrunk a lot unconsciously.

"That's not what I mean...... You should be clear. The Lion Tribulation Realm looked at his servant with some shame.

"Huh? You don't mean to say that you're ashamed to have disturbed my duel with that guy for your own reasons, right? ”

Mordred suddenly laughed and patted the shoulder of the Lion Tribulation with his other intact hand, but because of the excessive strength of the hand and the effect of the pill in his body had begun to fade, the injuries on the Lion Tribulation Jieli began to recur, and he coughed weakly twice and almost fainted.

In a hurry, Mordred finally brought the lion robbery back to life, and she sat beside her lord and looked at the sun in the sky.

The tone was also a lot more relaxed, not at all the bitter hatred that he had when he heard the news of King Arthur.

"You don't have to pay too much attention, it's my voluntary choice. In fact, if you think about it carefully, I already had a fight with that guy before I was alive, and with the difference in strength between the two of us, no matter how angry I am, I can't solve the problem. Besides, my wish is not to really fight her, but to make her agree with my abilities and make her regret not choosing me as the heir to the king. ”

After saying a few rare words, Mordred turned his head to look at the Lion Tribulation Realm: "So, Master, I will show her the final victory in the Holy Grail War this time, and let her know how much the difference in ability between us is!" ”

"It's really a good momentum, and I'm excited."

After the Lion Tribulation Jie Li took emergency treatment of his injuries, he lay on the ground and looked up at the sky, but his tone was full of bitterness.

"The only problem now is...... If we want to win this Holy Grail War, what are we going to do with that guy? ”

"Huh? What is it? ”

"That's it, the temple that has been floating in the sky in the distance since just now." The lion robbed the world and pointed to the sky beside him.

Mordred's face froze when he turned his head to see the temple in the mouth of the lion.

"Why don't I go back and continue to fight with my father."

"Let me refuse !!"

……

……

The battlefield where Emiya Shirou is located.

He stood on the empty street, looking at the two men fighting in the distance, and his heart was full of worry.

Fortunately, just like what Jekyll said, the improvement brought by his practice of magic during this period of time is indeed not bad, at least during this not short battle time, he has been able to continue to supply Hyde's mana consumption.

With enough mana as a source of energy, Hyde was at a disadvantage in the battle with Beowulf, but he didn't lose as badly as he had in the previous battle.

This gave Emiya Shirou a little comfort in his heart, after all, he had seen the number of magic circuits on his sister's body, so since he developed his magic ability, he had always felt inferior to the number of magic circuits on his body.

The only thing he could do now was wait for the battle on the other side to decide the winner.

Emiya Shirou didn't have any doubts about Illya's victory, he had seen his father train Illya, although the young and ignorant Emiya Shirou also strongly asked his father to train him together, but without the support of magic, he just gave up after less than a week, and could only let Emiya Kiritsugu tailor a training plan for him.

Recalling that hellish scene, even Emiya Shirou's will couldn't help but shudder, and after knowing the power of magic, Emiya Shirou knew even more that Illya, who had experienced such inhuman training, was definitely not something that ordinary people could defeat, even if the enemy was a magician he had never known.

Suddenly, some feelings appeared in Emiya Shirou's heart, and it was a feeling that a huge thing was flying.

Without hesitation, according to Emiya Kiritsugu's previous instructions, he hid himself in a bunker on the side, and only raised his head to look at the sky after taking a defensive stance.

In less than two seconds, a small black shadow appeared in the sky directly above Emiya Shirou, which was a little dazzling because of the noon sun, and then the giant object that flew in a clear arc in the air "landed" in front of his eyes.

It's an astonishing beast of astonishing stature and overwhelming mass.

It was bigger than a large truck, but it didn't make a single impact when it landed.

As if able to kill the laws of physics, the giant object ignored its own speed and mass, turning the deadly energy generated by the collision of the solid road surface with its massive body into a breeze that only gently blew at a distance of only a few tens of meters around.

The breeze seemed so harmonious that even Emiya Shirou, who was close to the giant, could only feel the hair fluttering on his head.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Emiya Shirou even felt that he saw an "elegant" look on the body of the giant thing in front of him.

The face is a man, and the body is a lion.

He wears a distinctive ornament on his head and has the body of a lion, the king of beasts.

Its face was solemn and somewhat sacred, and after landing, it looked down with dull eyes at the two servants fighting below.

"Sphinx?!"

Emiya Shirou was a little inexplicably amazed, the other party's image was too special and conspicuous, even if he had never seen the real thing, he remembered the name in his mind the moment he saw the other party.

It was a monster that should not have appeared in modern times, a monster that had been passed down in ancient Greek and Babylonian legends, and a beast that left most legends in the Mediterranean to Western Asia.

In ancient Egyptian legends, it was the embodiment of the god who ruled the sky on the earth's surface, the embodiment of fire and wind, and the formidable four-legged beast.

Alias: Abul Hool.

In the judgment of magicians, it has even surpassed the level of Warcraft, and only exists in legends and fantasy species.

The so-called "fantasy species" is a monster that can only exist in the imagination of humans in modern times, and is only mentioned in ancient legends.

They do not belong to any known life, and are made up of mystical direct incarnation.

It is second only to the dragon clan, and it is also the top existence among phantom beasts.

"Roar, roar, roar, !!"

The behemoth beast that suddenly appeared on the battlefield roared violently, its otherwise calm face distorted with anger, and its face was covered with hostility and beastly expressions, revealing the same teeth as "humans".

And with his roar at the sky, the balance on the field was broken again.

Emiya Shirou felt that he might be crazy, because he had been observing him from the side, and suddenly had a feeling that the reason why the giant beast in front of him was so angry was entirely because of the two servants in front of him who had been caught up in his desire to fight.

Perhaps for this phantom beast, it came with the arrogant mentality of "greeting" at first, but after being ignored here, the simply arrogant phantom beast naturally became angry.

Perhaps in its opinion, not only did it not meet it after meeting it, but still engaged in rude fighting, which was the biggest faux pat to it as a phantom beast.

And with the Sphinx roaring out a roar full of desire to fight, the two servants who had been immersed in hostility finally discovered this unexpected visitor.

Although both of them are clearly conscious under normal circumstances, their rank is Berserker after all, and when it comes to combat, both of them become unusually selfless and fanatical.

Creatures that are not hostile will not be targeted, but similarly, if any creature exudes a desire to fight, they will not hesitate to divide it as their prey.

At the moment when the Sphinx showed its hostility, the two servants did not hesitate to abandon their opponent and rushed towards the huge phantom beast with a roar.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

The wild posture and inhuman roar made the two servants more like beasts than the wiser Sphinx.

And in the face of the joint attack of the two, this arrogant phantom beast did not hesitate to launch an attack on the two people below.

Crash!

The sound of sand and gravel shattering was heard, and it was just an ordinary claw blow, but the damage caused was amazing.

The asphalt crumbled like sand under its massive claws, and the piles of trees planted along the hillside shattered in response to the attack, and the metal fences along the mountain road twisted in the aftermath of the attack.

In case a single grab is not the end, it can even be said to be the clarion call for the beginning of the battle.

The Sphinx showed a much faster speed than the lion and tiger, and at the same time it was so agile that it was so large, and the speed of the claws at the end of the limbs was even more predictable.

The fangs and claws that were far more destructive than they looked at, coupled with the terrifying speed that swept through them, resounded in all directions after each attack, telling of the terrifying power.

In the face of the attack of the giant beast, the two servants showed completely different ways of coping.

Hyde's response was as rough as ever, with any dodging and retreat, and he didn't hesitate to meet a claw as big as his own.

Of course, the consequence of this reckless behavior was that he would be knocked away by the terrifying force in the next moment, but the moment he came into contact with the enemy, Hyde still showed his own rage.

Fingernails, fists, and even sharp teeth, Hyde will use all his "weapons" to inflict as much damage as possible on his enemies every time he comes into contact with the Sphinx.

As the top-level sacred beast, the Sphinx's skin surface defense is extremely terrifying, and it is even immune to the damage of Noble Phantasms below the C level, which means that most of the human beings' single weapons have limited damage to it.

However, after Hyde, as a Berserker who can be "comparable" to the third-order combat power even without the blessing of other treasures, Hyde's physical attributes are ridiculously strong.

Whether it's a nail that looks like a dagger, or a tooth that doesn't look like a human structure at all, its destructive power definitely reaches the upper limit of the sharpness of a C-class Noble Phantasm.

So, while Hyde's attack couldn't do much damage to the Sphinx, it was enough to make it feel pain.

After several repeated encounters, even a phantom beast as arrogant as the Sphinx didn't want to continue fighting when facing Hyde, a "cockroach with a piercing hand".

On the other side, Beowulf has a completely different fighting style from Hyde.

Beowulf changed his furious stance from the previous battle with Hyde, and instead kept shuttling through the ground and mountain walls, dodging the Sphinx's attacks one by one.

In addition to dodging attacks, his eyes are firmly fixed on the center of the giant beast, outlining its whole with outlines, observing the opponent's attack habits, breathing between consecutive attacks, etc., in order to wait for the opponent to show a flaw.

He was very good at this kind of fighting, after all, he had not fought a behemoth once or twice in his lifetime, so Beowulf had accumulated quite a bit of combat experience when facing these monsters whose claws and teeth grew longer than his height, and who were faster and more ruthless than the battle axes wielded by the hands of tall warriors.

Beowulf also found that the enemy's IQ should be quite high, and he knows how to use his flying ability to launch an all-round attack that changes the combination of attacks while constantly moving as a whole, and he is also protecting his weak points in his body at all times.

Even...... Feints will also be performed.

Deliberately destroying the cliff face at the moment of attack, splattering shards, interspersed with "needless attacks", although this non-magical attack does a limited amount of damage to the Servant, but to some extent, these attacks can also affect them a lot.

This means that the giant beast in front of him knows very well what Beowulf is thinking, which is why he has such an action.

Rumble!

Another heavy blow, although it did not hit Beowulf, but the various fragments of cement and rock splattered by the claws on the ground also flew towards Beowulf like bullets.

And just as Beowulf struggled to dodge, the Sphinx pounced on all fours for the first time.

The speed of the sudden burst made Beowulf's prediction wrong, and he had no time to dodge anymore, so he could only put on a defensive posture and choose to resist head-on.

Rumble!!!

As if he had been hit by a fully loaded truck, Beowulf's unusually thin body in front of the beast kept receding on the ground, his feet making two visible marks on the hard asphalt road.

"What a heavy attack, the attack power is beyond imagination."

Beowulf's brain, which had been eroded by the desire to fight, flashed through this, and unlike the behemoths he had faced in his life, this monster was even as good as the evil dragon he had fought in his lifetime.

Under such an impact, the bones on the body are creaking, as if the whole body will be broken in the next moment.

Therefore, Beowulf chose to guide in the direction of the Sphinx's attack, changing from the front to the side, and at the same time quickly turning sideways and leaping, with the help of a moment of magic power to greatly improve the maneuver ability, widening the gap between the two sides.

However, the Sphinx's dexterity was beyond imagination, and it had no intention of playing a game with Beowulf in the range of attack, and did not hesitate to pursue the opponent's escape.

"Tsk! Troublesome, careless. ”

Continuing to return to the rhythm of dodging the opponent's attacks constantly, Beowulf's eyes unconsciously looked at the position where he had dropped his weapon before.

He had previously dropped the Akabara Hound in order to activate the Noble Phantasm, but in the face of such a behemoth, the huge greatsword was obviously a little better than his fist.

It's not that Beowulf didn't try to retrieve his sword, but every time he did, the beast changed its stance as if it had anticipated it, forcing Beowulf back into place.

After trying it once or twice, Beowulf knew that this giant beast in front of him was even more tricky than he imagined, in addition to his excellent combat ability, this guy probably also had an ability similar to "Future Vision".

In fact, Beowulf had a good idea, as a top-level holy beast, the Sphinx had a "revelation" exclusive to the holy beast.

Although you can't see the future as clearly as you can in the future, you can be alerted and make correct judgments in the face of danger.

"Whoa!"

The inhuman roar was heard, and Hyde, who had been sent out earlier, got up again and rushed towards the Sphinx without fear.

His current situation is quite bad, he has suffered a lot of injuries in the battle with Beowulf before, and the injuries on his body after being attacked by the Sphinx are quite serious, although he has the ability to recover from speed, but the recovery speed is a little unable to keep up with the attack of this intensity.

Seeing another tricky bug rushing up again, the Sphinx became irritable, its huge body suddenly rolled over, and the huge pressure rushed to its face, Beowulf almost had no time to dodge, and could only roll on a lazy donkey to dodge the opponent's attack.

Before he could adjust his position, a huge claw roared in front of him, easily destroying the rocks and ground.

Rumble!

The raging storm spread, shaving Beowulf's face painfully.

It's a mana blast, and the Sphinx's IQ is good enough for it to learn and use its magic to unleash it, so each blow sends out a violent shockwave.

Even if he wasn't hit directly, this shockwave was deadly enough for ordinary people, and if it weren't for a little magic power, I'm afraid Beowulf would have been knocked away by this time, and then killed by the Sphinx in the air.

Hyde, who had just come up, was also knocked out, and this time the Sphinx's main target was him, so the damage was quite severe, and even the nails on his hands were broken a lot.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the huge sacred beast roared sharply, and in an instant, a tornado of flames that was about to burn the enemy to pieces erupted from its mouth and attacked Hyde who was lying on the ground.

The blazing flames scorched the atmosphere, instantly scorching the trees on either side of the hillside, and the unabated tornado of flames struck the metal railing in the distance, and in a matter of seconds, the heavy railing, made entirely of metal, melted like a sugar ball.

When the flames finally stopped, the asphalt ground turned into a pool of molten lava, and Hyde lay motionless next to the lava, except for the faint sound of breathing to indicate that he was still alive.

At the last moment, Hyde burst out with the last of his strength, allowing his body to move slightly to avoid the frontal impact of the flames.

But even so, most of his body had been completely burned, and he couldn't even maintain Hyde's posture, and his alienated body slowly dissipated, revealing Jekyll's appearance.

“Berserker！”

Startled, Emiya Shirou ran out of his hiding bunker regardless of the danger, quickly ran to Jekyll's side, dragged his body and moved quickly to a safe area, trying to pull him out of the battlefield.

Fortunately, the Sphinx was not interested in the enemy who had lost the ability to fight, and after exhaling two high-temperature smoke rings from his nose, he turned his head to look at Beowulf next to him, and at this time he had already taken advantage of the opportunity to get his weapon.

"Come on! Let's move on to the second round...... it! ”

Before Beowulf could finish his words, his face changed, and his whole body jumped to the side.

"Give Me !! Death"

A childish-sounding roar came from the jungle below, followed by Artoria and Illya, who jumped out of the woods into the air in an instant using magical power.

The roar was from Illya, and now she was no longer holding a submachine gun, but a rather violent-looking weapon, a man-armed anti-tank bazooka.

Although being carried on Artoria's back caused Illya's shooting stance to be substandard, the moment Artoria jumped, she had already aimed at the Sphinx with this powerful lethal weapon.

Enhancement Magic: Full Body Enhancement.

Rocket Enchantment: Inherent Duration, Double Speed.

Rocket Enchantment: Spiral Impact.

Rocket Enchantment: Precision Tracking.

……

Illya's body once again lit up with dense magic circuits, and a large number of enhanced magic spells were released by her on herself and the weapon in her hand in an instant, making this armed weapon, which originally represented the strongest destructive power of a single soldier, even more significant.

Because she used too much magic in an instant, her body was overloaded, a trace of blood flowed from the corners of her mouth, and her internal organs also had a heart-piercing pain.

But soon, these side effects were cured instantaneously under a number of magic circuits at the nerve level.

Confirming that the enemy had been locked on, Illya did not hesitate to pull off the trigger against the behemoth that spread its wings and tried to escape.

The rocket, which had already been specially modified, was launched, and the sharp body was covered with dense magic marks, which was. The finished product was carved by the last two androids of the Einsberen family, and its power was unbearable even for the holy beast in front of him.

With the help of Inherent Time and a host of other acceleration magic, the rocket hit the Sphinx's massive body almost instantaneously at the moment of discharge.

And then there is, explode!

Thundered!

A huge fireball exploded in midair, enveloping the sphinx's massive body, and when the smoke cleared, the newly-taken beast fell from the sky with a wail, its skin charred - it was finally injured.

The Sphinx still wanted to spread its wings and leave again, but it was the wings on its back that Illya had shot at before, and one of its wings had been completely shattered by such great force, leaving only broken bones and flesh.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Artoria, who had placed Illya on the ground, rushed forward with an invisible sword, and Beowulf on the other side also brandished his huge Akahara Hound to attack.

In the face of two extremely high-level treasures, the Sphinx did not have the same calmness as before, and the high enough wisdom brought a grasp of the pros and cons, and after confirming that he would attack the other party would also be injured, its attack became restrained, although the destructive power was still strong, but it was pressed and beaten by the two servants for a while.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Illya threw away the anti-tank bazooka in her hand and launched the displacement magic again.

However, this time it took her to launch the replacement magic spell a bit long, and even when all the magic circuits on her body were working, it still took a full three seconds to complete the replacement.

And at such a great cost, it was replaced by the most destructive equipment in Illya's arsenal - the M777 howitzer.

This howitzer was only designed this year (2004), and it was a birthday present from Emiya Kiritsugu who used all his connections to give Illya.

This cutting-edge howitzer, which has been sublimated by magic and technology many times, is 10.7 meters long, and its hideous appearance, gorgeous sense of technology, and mysterious runes all over the barrel make it look like a different kind of beauty.

Because it is a prototype and has undergone a lot of modifications, this howitzer can only fire one shell, and after firing, the barrel will overheat and explode when the second shot is fired.

However, such an extreme transformation has also created absolute destructive power.

What's more, if this howitzer wants to work, it needs at least seven or eight people to work together, and Illya herself is not capable of firing a second shell.

The howitzer has long been reloaded, and the 155-millimeter shell, if used with a special armor-piercing shell, could easily penetrate the reinforced concrete fortress even before the renovation.

And now, this terrifying weapon is aimed at the monsters of myths and legends.

The interior is not filled with ordinary cannonballs, but the origin cannonballs that Emiya Kiritsugu has specially modified after dismantling most of his remaining origin shells!

Illya adjusted the barrel slightly, aiming it at the Sphinx, who was entangled by the two Servants, and licked the blood that flowed from her lips, her eyes showing a look of eagerness.

"Goodbye, big cat!"

Rumble!!!

(End of chapter)