Skill extraction starting from Dragon Clan

Along with the tragic wail, the sphinx fell to the ground violently, and its vitality quickly dropped.

The current appearance of this huge beast looked extremely miserable. The upper half of its face had completely disappeared, and half of its head and half of its lengthwise body were turned into pieces and dissipated.

The power of the modified howitzer was still slightly beyond the limit, and there was no time for the most destructive explosion to occur. It penetrated an entire sphinx like tofu.

However, this kind of injury is enough. It is impossible for any creature to survive after sustaining this level of injury.

"Survived... survived."

Emiya Shirou pulled away the earth and stone bricks covering his body, and looked at the giant beast lying on the ground in the distance without making a sound, and his heart was filled with joy.

Fortunately, he had not been lazy when learning magic these days, so the moment the rocket hit the Sphinx, he used magic to strengthen a rock in front of him as a cover.

After that, he kept dragging Jekyll, who had lost his ability to fight, and ran as fast as possible away from the battlefield. If he hadn't relied on magic power to strengthen his body, Shirou Emiya really didn't think he could drag Jekyll so far. , after all, his current state is a bit strange.

Looking at Jekyll who was still lying on the ground with a hideous face, Emiya Shirou had a headache. It should be said that he was not sure whether the person in front of him was Jekyll or Hyde, because only half of the other person's face had returned to its original state, and the other half had returned to its original state. Still looks alien.

It seems that he suffered too much damage in an instant, causing part of the effect of the Noble Phantasm to lose effect, so Jekyll and Hyde should be in the process of fighting for the body now.

"Shirou!"

Illya's voice came from the side, and Shirou Emiya felt his head being slapped before he could even raise his head.

"Are you stupid?! Why did you get close in that situation? You died just now by accident!"

Illya slapped Emiya Shirou on the head angrily, her face full of fear and horror.

At the most dangerous moment just now, the distance between Shirou Emiya and the sphinx was probably less than five meters. For such a giant beast, it was within reach with just a little stretch of the hand.

As long as the giant beast moves even a little bit, Emiya Shirou and his servants will turn into flesh.

"Sorry, Illya, sorry."

Emiya Shirou also knew that what he had just done was too dangerous and he did not dare to refute anything. He just held his head and apologized continuously.

"Idiot Shirou! Also, call me sister!" Illya still patted his body reluctantly.

Compared with the atmosphere between the two, the atmosphere on the other side seemed a bit solemn.

"Oh, little girl, are you going to fight with me too? I don't mind. The fight with this big guy just now was too unpleasant."

Beowulf carried his big sword and looked at Arturia in front of him warily. Although the figure was too petite compared to him, Beowulf's intuition kept reminding him that the little girl in front of him was What terrifying power is contained in the body.

Once a war breaks out, I am afraid that I may not be able to defeat the servant in front of me.

When he thought that he was facing such a strong man, Beowulf's eyes turned red with excitement, and his body was a little eager to try.

Arturia frowned as she watched the fighting spirit slowly gathering on the enemy in front of her, and she also clenched the invisible sword with both hands in a defensive posture.

She had seen the opponent's battle with the Sphinx just now, and he was definitely a difficult enemy.

But just when the atmosphere between the two sides was tense and about to start a fight, Beowulf suddenly looked the same, because he received the order from his master to retreat.

"Tch! You're lucky. My master asked me to retreat, so I won't fight you today."

Beowulf shrugged his shoulders, his originally high fighting will dropped rapidly, and the precious phantom in his hand also turned into spirit seeds and dissipated.

"Really? Do you think you can retreat so easily today?"

When she heard that her opponent wanted to leave, Artoria disagreed. She changed her posture that was more defensive at first and turned to an offensive posture.

The opponent is indeed a difficult enemy, so it is even more important to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate it. With Illya's assistance, Arturia is sure that she can win this war.

"You are such a stubborn woman. I like your character very much, but before that, how about you take care of your Master first?"

Beowulf scratched his hair indifferently and pointed behind Artoria. Due to the angle of view, he could see things that Artoria couldn't see with her back to the giant beast.

"What?" Arturia was stunned when she felt a strong wind behind her, "What happened!"

The giant beast, whose aura had almost disappeared, suddenly stood up, burst out its final strength in an almost flashback posture, and pounced on Shirou Emiya and Illya, who were talking.

Although it has no face, no eyeballs, and has completely lost its vision, the giant beast's front paws are still unbiased, and its speed has not slowed down, as if the injuries on its body have not affected it at all.

Due to the massive infusion of magic power, a pair of front paws had turned red.

Facing the sudden attack, Illya still showed sufficient combat prowess. She had already activated the displacement magic the moment before the attack was about to come, and spread a transparent network structure around her body.

At this time, she is no longer in this space, and any attack will pierce through when it hits.

After doing all this, Illya's expression suddenly changed, because she was not the only one who was attacked this time.

But it was too late. It is very difficult to use displacement magic to replace space. Illya can cast it on herself instantly, but it does not mean that she can cast displacement magic on others so quickly.

"Shirou!"

Along with Illya's scream, the Sphinx's attack has arrived.

boom!

Accompanied by a burst of sound, a not too big roar and shock wave carried smoke and dust and spread in all directions. Its power seemed to be nothing compared to the sphinx in its heyday.

This is also natural. After all, after suffering such a serious injury, even a flashback cannot provide too much strength.

But such power is deadly enough for humans.

Although displacement magic was protecting Illya from being attacked, the raised dust still obscured her sight.

Fortunately, the dust was not too big and the distance between the two was very close, so Illya quickly saw the situation clearly.

Contrary to Illya's imagination, Emiya Shirou remained intact in the same place. Although he fell to the ground due to the shock wave and fright, he did not suffer any injuries, but his body was splashed with blood.

"how?"

As Illya's eyes turned, she finally saw the person blocking Emiya Shirou.

There, a figure that didn't look too tall stood in front of the sphinx. His body still retained many strange protrusions and mutations, and his face was only half human.

He used his body to completely resist the sphinx's front paws, and the half-human-sized claws almost hollowed out his chest, and all his internal organs and bones were completely turned into meat and splashed out.

After this blow, the last of the sphinx's power disappeared completely, and his body gradually turned into a spirit and dissipated.

The body of the figure who blocked the attack for Emiya Shirou also began to become transparent. After all, the spiritual core in his body was completely destroyed due to such an injury, and there was no chance of rescue.

"J...Kiel?!"

Emiya Shirou still maintained the shocked expression, but tears overflowed involuntarily.

The person standing in front of him was Jekyll, who was originally thought to be incapacitated for a short period of time. In fact, looking at his current appearance, his two consciousnesses were still fighting for dominance over his body. In theory, he should not be able to move. That's right.

"Ah...Master..."

Jekyll, who collapsed on the ground, raised his head and looked at his Master with a comforting smile on his face: "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't accompany you to the end of this war."

Jekyll's voice sounded a little strange now. There was a slight roar while speaking normally, as if two people were talking at the same time.

"Sorry...sorry."

Glancing at Shirou Emiya who kept apologizing sadly, Jekyll spent his last strength and raised his hand to touch his hair, as if comforting a child.

"Don't be sad...my wish has been fulfilled. You are a very good Master. After all...we all want to save you."

At the end of the sentence, the roar in Jekyll's voice gradually stopped, and gradually turned into two male voices with slightly different tones.

When Shirou Emiya heard these two voices, the tears that he had stopped could not help but flow down again.

Because he finally understood that the other voice was Hyde, who had been fighting for control of his body with Jekyll. But when he encountered danger, the two wills reached an agreement, so Jekyll, who was originally unable to move, could continue to move. stand up.

After saying these last words, Jekyll's body turned into spirit particles and dissipated, and even the blood splashed on Shirou Emiya's body turned into little golden spirit particles and flew into the air.

After canceling the replacement magic on her body, Illya looked at the sad Emiya Shirou and hesitated for a moment, and in the end she could only helplessly reach out and stroke his head to comfort him.

Arturia, who came from the side, didn't know what to say when she saw this scene. Taking advantage of the panic, Beowulf had already left here.

In any case, the other party's strategy of delaying time has been achieved. The top priority is that Artoria doesn't know whether she and the others will continue to go to support or return home.

Just when Arturia felt troubled, she suddenly raised her head and looked into the sky warily.

Alarmed by her movements, Illya and Ilia also raised their heads warily.

However, the reactions of both sides were different. Illya simply scanned the sky trying to check for traces of the enemy. Only then did Emiya Shirou discover that at some point, there was a huge floating temple in the sky in the distance.

"What it is?"

The huge shock even diluted Emiya Shirou's inner sadness. After all, seeing such a magnificent temple floating in the air in violation of the rules of physics, no matter who it was, would be shocked and speechless.

"I don't know. It suddenly appeared while we were fighting. But looking at the shape of the temple, it is most likely where the master of the Sphinx is."

The magic circuit on Illya's body lit up, and a handful of special anti-aircraft rockets were replaced in her hands. If an enemy dared to approach from the air again, she would definitely let the opponent try two rockets first.

Along with the roar coming from far away, with the eyesight of Illya and Emiya Shirou, they were finally able to see the figure flying from the distant horizon.

"It's him." Artoria's frown relaxed, and her fighting posture relaxed.

Before the words could be finished, the figure in the distance had already arrived in front of several people with a huge roar, it was Zheng Shu.

"Sorry, I came a little late because of this guy's obstruction."

Zheng Shu used magic power in mid-air to offset his own impact. After falling from the air, he accurately landed in front of several people. In his hand, he was holding a human head that was larger than a human.

Several people who had fought with the Sphinx before recognized it at a glance. This was exactly the head of the Sphinx, and judging from the size of the head, this Sphinx was probably bigger than them. The one he fought against was much stronger.

"Woo..."

After Zheng Shu fell to the ground, the head of the sphinx in his hand also let out a final whimper, then completely lost its breath and began to dissipate into spirit particles.

Arturia frowned as she looked at the head that had turned into a spirit and disappeared:

"This guy's strength is pretty good. He shouldn't be an ordinary sphinx. He's most likely the legendary Sphinx. He's actually able to control a holy beast of this level. It seems that the enemy's power is stronger than expected. Quite a few.”

When she said this, Artoria glanced at Zheng Shu unconsciously.

If she was confident that she could win against the Sphinx one-on-one without getting hurt, then based on the size difference, facing Zheng Shu, the sphinx, Artoria estimated that if she and the opponent were paired up, In a one-on-one battle, there is a high probability that it will end in serious injury and a miserable victory.

But there was no trace of embarrassment on the guy in front of him, and his breathing was very stable, as if he was just doing a warm-up exercise.

Although she had long known that the opponent's strength far exceeded hers, Artoria still couldn't help but sigh when she saw this scene.

"That's what I'm here for."

Zheng Shu nodded and explained the situation he encountered and the current situation of Matou Sakura and the others. At the same time, Arturia also communicated with Zheng Shu about her status.

"Have you lost a servant?"

Zheng Shu nodded clearly, and when he looked at Shirou Emiya, his eyes suddenly paused in his bulging pockets, and a knowing smile appeared on his lips.

"Okay, I already know the general situation, but looking at the current situation, let's get together first to discuss the next countermeasures."

"Can."

As soon as the few people made their decision, Zheng Shu suddenly raised his head and looked at the floating temple in the distance.

"What's wrong?"

Artoria was the first to ask, but before Zheng Shu could answer, she saw a dozen beams of light suddenly erupting from the temple.

Even in the daytime, the brilliance of more than a dozen beams of light was still clearly visible. They shot far away from the temple into the depths of the ocean. After emitting these beams, the temple also stopped its next activity, as if everything just now was gone. It's just an illusion.

Even with Artoria's eyesight, she couldn't clearly see the purpose of the temple emitting these beams.

"Trouble...the other party is starting to move. Let's go. We need to move faster."

The magic lines in Zheng Shu's eyes faded, and he frowned as if he saw something. However, he did not explain, but urged everyone to leave quickly.

The three of them had no objections to this, so Arturia carried Illya on her back again, while Zheng Shu tucked Emiya Shirou under his arms. The two servants used their superhuman mobility to quickly leave the scene.

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Holy Church.

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada woke up from his tired sleep. Rather than saying that he fell asleep, it was better to say that he had dug up vague memories.

Originally I only planned to take a short nap to rest, but it seemed that I slept for a long time.

"Master, are you awake? Don't worry, the other servants are back safely."

Semiramis's voice sounded very close to him, and Amakusa Shiro Tokisada realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the place where he slept. He was not lying on a hard chair.

When he opened his eyes, what he saw was not the ceiling of the church, but two round objects wrapped in black dresses.

Semiramis actually let him lie on her lap to protect him while he was sleeping. Such behavior was really not in line with her image as a queen.

"Um...why am I lying on your lap?"

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada did not remember that he did this. He clearly remembered that he was lying on the bench, and there should be no other people around at the time.

"Because I am Assassin." Semiramis laughed happily.

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada faced her crazy smile that could make any man fascinated in his lifetime, but he responded with a confused expression.

"Don't worry, no one bumped into me. Well... I rarely did something that a servant (servant) should do on a whim. Do you have any dissatisfaction?" The woman immediately turned into a grumpy expression.

"Really, I'll be embarrassed if you do this, but thank you anyway." Amakusa Shiro Tokisada stood up with a wry smile.

Facing his answer, Selamiras nodded with satisfaction: "It's all up to you. All our combat power has been assembled, but the trouble now is that the Noble Phantasm still cannot take off."

"Although I'm happy that I didn't lose anything, it's still very distressing to face this situation."

"yes."

The two sighed together. The Noble Phantasm of Semiramis had been completed a long time ago, and it was reasonable to say that it could take off at any time. However, something unexpected happened. The huge temple outside that could be seen when they looked up became the biggest obstacle to their takeoff.

When the Radiant Composite Temple used its main cannon to blast the mountains to pieces, Theramelas had already discovered the high-energy reaction through the detection array in the Sky Garden, but at that time they were in the midst of analyzing the battle against Zheng Shu and his party. So the response was a little late.

And he didn't expect that his opponent could actually float, so the speed of floating was a step slower. As a result, now he doesn't dare to float casually.

"The destructive power of the 'main cannon' of that thing is too high, far exceeding the limit of the protective array of the sky garden. If the floating state is fine, as long as the overloaded protective array resists for a moment, it can be evaded by mobility. But. In this case, if you want to forcefully float, you will be treated as a target."

Semiramis's tone was full of sorrow. Even the empress could not think of any good way to solve this situation.

"That is to say, if you want your Noble Phantasm to float into the air, you must at least let the opponent fire one main gun, right?"

"That's right, attacks of that energy level cannot be released continuously, and the energy circuit and energy consumption cannot support it. Therefore, there will be a gap of at least tens of seconds after an attack. This time interval is enough for the sky garden to be fully upgraded. Empty and increase the speed to maximum."

"In other words, what needs to be done now is to lure the opponent to release a 'main gun' attack to buy time for the sky garden to take off."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada fell silent while thinking about this possibility. He wanted to attract the opponent to launch a main gun attack, or at least make the enemy's floating temple feel threatened.

It's not that there are no servants of this level on his side, but no matter which one, it is basically impossible for him to come back alive after releasing the Noble Phantasm.

And in order to cover the servant's release of the Noble Phantasm, other servants will also have to participate in the battle. Based on the combat effectiveness of the floating temple, it is still unknown how many people will be able to come back by then. If the losses are too high, even if Even taking off the sky garden could not save the situation.

Glancing at the moon that had risen outside the window, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada sighed helplessly.

"Is there no other way?"

"Theoretically..."

Before Semiramis could finish her words, her eyes widened in surprise, so she couldn't explain anything to her master. She waved her hand, and a light curtain appeared out of thin air in front of her, showing the glorious composite temple. scene.

"This is... such a high energy fluctuation. The opponent is preparing to release the main gun?! Who is the target?"

Looking at the soaring energy values ​​on the magic circle, Semiramis felt like sweat was breaking out on his head.

If the opponent's attack target is themselves, then they seem to have no other choice but to abandon their precious phantom and escape.

"Calm down, the direction of energy storage is wrong, the target should not be us." Amakusa Shirou Tokisada reached out and put his hand on Selamiras's shoulder to calm her down.

He really didn't understand these magic things very well, but looking at the energy-charging "big light bulb" in the picture, he could feel with his combat experience that the opponent's attack direction was not from his side.

"The target is not us, then..."

Having said this, Semiramis raised his head and looked at each other, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, and both sides saw the same meaning in the other's eyes.

"This is the best opportunity. Prepare to take off after the opponent finishes firing the main gun!"