People are collapsing, but if you take your sister to the dungeon, you will become stronger

【Kiritsugu, I'm sorry, I think I can't help it anymore—the plan has changed. 】

【... What are you going to do? 】

【It's time to start a strong attack, Kiritsugu.Wait until I have the possibility to use the treasure. 】

【No, wait, if this is the case—】

[The right to use the command spell is on your side. No matter when you use the command spell to make a decision, I will not use the magic power to resist the effect of the command spell.So, the time to retreat is up to you. 】

【...Forget it, then follow your judgment, Saber.If the situation is not right, I will use the command spell to teleport you directly to me. 】

After completing the brief exchange, Artoria's eyes froze, she changed her style just now, and sprinted directly by magic power, and sprinted to Ji Ran's side.

After a short fight with the opponent, Ji Ran realized that the enemy had actually started to get serious, so he directly blocked the red-backed Robert in front of him, and barely completed a parry with this blow.

It's just a pity that after the opponent used the magic burst skill, Ji Ran and the opponent's strength were once again widened by a huge gap.

Ji Ran, who was blown away, looked at Artoria, who was full of fighting spirit and full of killing intent, and said...

——Although I don't know what caused her to change her course of action, but this is really great!

In addition to the difference in combat power between the servants in the Holy Grail War and Zanchi's Tegushi, they also have a more troublesome characteristic.

These servants who came to Fuyuki City can be supported by the 'Command Spell'.

And this kind of support is not a simple reinforcement, even a domineering tactical retreat like 'space movement' can be done.

Therefore, with Emiya Kiritsugu, the master, squatting in an unknown place, if Ji Ran wants to take Artoria, he must create an atmosphere during the battle.

He can't be too strong—after all, Emiya Kiritsugu and Artoria's IQs are normal now due to unknown reasons and there are no contradictions. As long as he is too strong, Emiya Kiritsugu will definitely treat his followers Teleport away.

In this case, as long as Arturia retreats normally, Ji Ran will start playing hide-and-seek with this group of people again.

But at the same time, Ji Ran couldn't be too weak - after all, he had already used a variety of hole cards for Gilgamesh last time.

Although Emiya Kiritsugu and Arturia didn't know what skills he used, but the two who watched the battle nearby could at least have a rough judgment on Ji Ran's combat power if they had a discussion.

Once they find that Ji Ran's performance is too weak, Emiya Kiritsugu will act as long as his brain is normal [Caster is weaker than last time → He didn't use his full strength → He might want to ambush us → Is this person trying to create death? Saber]'s judgment finally caused the opponent's vigilance to rise.

And the result of the increased vigilance of the master and slave is, of course, that "whenever there is trouble, Emiya Kiritsugu will use the command spell to lure people away when he finds that the situation is not good".

very annoying.

Facing the attack of such a powerful enemy, it is enough to be irritable just to deal with it.

And I still have to think about how to fool the other party...Combined with the skill of Artoria's intuition, Ji Ran feels that his head is hurting now.

But headaches belong to headaches, and fights still have to be fought.

Alas, I didn't want to use the super variable factor so quickly, but now...

Ji Ran, who was beaten into the air, looked at Saber who was chasing him through the burst of magic power. At this time, after helplessly getting rid of the clothes haunted by evil spirits, he used the profound meaning of "King of Beasts. Lion King" [Lion never dies], and directly activated Own Houkai Beastization ability.

When he was on the pier before, Ji Ran used two Teigu at the same time.

After using two Teigu at that time, he really felt that his mental power was greatly burdened.

But now, his mental power still needs to be used for mental commands, and at this time, he uses two Teigu at the same time... This kind of behavior is really not a cost-effective behavior for Ji Ran.

[Spiritual command - intuition, hit, iron wall, activate. 】

Ji Ran, who activated three mental commands, managed to dodge Artoria's sword that was aimed at his vitals.

After he entered the Honkai Beast state, he quickly condensed the Honkai Beast carapace to cover his body, but this time he failed to turn it into a Noble Phantasm, and was cut off by Artoria's sudden sword. The carapace was directly cut through.

Even if the damage is reduced to 25%, can't it stop the explosive slash of the sword in the stone?

If I use this blow as a reference, even if I use the knight who has never died to transform the Noble Phantasm of the Ghost Entanglement with my bare hands, and then use Shura to force the Houkai Beast Transformation when the Evil Ghost Entanglement is worn on my body, I still can't resist that in the end. Slash with one blow.

In this case, trading injuries for injuries will only lead to my sudden death... Alas, it is the Holy Sword of the Stars after all, and this thing itself cannot be defended by stacking.

And now that Arturia has entered the attack mode, although there are a few more loopholes, these loopholes are also traps in a sense.

With Artoria's intuition, she can sense the danger through my intuition after I launch an attack, and then temporarily change her moves to counter it.

There is no other way, now... I can only use the old method.

After dodging Altria's sword again, Ji Ran concentrated his strength on his right fist, and punched the enemy in front of him violently.

"Killing Whale Fist!"

Instead of aiming at the key part of the opponent's neck, Ji Ran's punch was only aimed at Artoria's body.

Arturia, who realized that she could dodge the blow, stepped on the ground lightly at this moment, and then dodged the blow with a small back jump.

But in the next second, Ji Ran temporarily changed the direction of the attack, and slammed the punch that couldn't hit the enemy in front of him hard on the ground.

"……This!"

After seeing the endless coldness condensing into ice in the air and extending towards her, Artoria's expression suddenly became more serious.

From the fight to the present, she can see that the opponent's combat experience and moves are far inferior to her own.

But now, she realized that she really shouldn't underestimate the other party.

Although this man is inexperienced, his tactics and on-the-spot adaptability are terrifying.

If I underestimated him, maybe I would be like Archer, after being seized by this man, he would directly blow my head off.

Volume 92 (VIP): Chapter [-]. Lion Slaying

Although she raised her opinion of Ji Ran in her heart, in Saber's eyes, the follow-up attack of this blow could not make her feel 'difficult to deal with' for the time being.

Through the acceleration of the burst of magic power, Saber retreated quickly towards the rear at this time, the speed at which the ice spread was obviously unable to keep up with her retreating speed.

After retreating to a place she thought was safe, Arturia landed lightly on the ground, staring at the enemy in front of her, preparing to launch the next round of offensive.

But at this moment, her 'intuition' suddenly began to warn her that 'there is danger nearby'?

It's strange, I can't read the man's action wrong, the blow he just hit the ground should have ended by now.

He didn't have a chance to attack from other angles. After all, I never took my eyes off this man from the very beginning... Wait!

At this moment, Saber suddenly realized that there was a place where the opponent could launch an attack, but she couldn't peek into it.

That was the ground beneath her feet.

It's just a pity that the moment he realized this, a terrifying force suddenly burst out from the ground, hitting the dumb-haired knight who was about to evade.

Although Ji Ran still didn't take the initiative to break through the current to push the magnetic field to rotate, but he already vaguely felt that he had reached the threshold of the complete realm.

So in terms of power control, he is much stronger than his previous self.

From the very beginning, he was ready for the opponent to complete the evasion of this killing Jingbaquan.

Rather, facing the intuitive Artoria, this kind of punch from the front is difficult to hit the opponent with a certain distance between the two sides.

So when this punch was thrown out, Ji Ran not only mobilized the power of freezing in his body through the super variable factor, but also added the power of electric current.

It's just that he didn't directly forcibly merge the two forces in order to increase the destructive power, but allowed the two forces to separate.

The power of freezing was used by him to surprise Arturia from the front, of course, this was also a feint.

As he expected, Artoria did easily evade.

But the power driven by the current, after being blasted into the ground by him, began to move towards the position under Artoria's feet.

The moment Artoria finished evading, the power propelled by the current gushed out from the ground and directly hit Artoria's body.

"This is......!"

At this moment, Artoria, who was hit by this blow, didn't feel the pain in her body.

But now, seeing the strong electric current appearing on her feet, she immediately understood what the other person was thinking.

Although the opponent used the power of freezing as a feint attack, letting the power of the electric current hit his body, but the opponent also knew very well how destructive this blow was.

Originally, this attack deliberately lowered the power so that it would not be easy to be discovered, and this power was consumed after passing the ground, so instead of using this power as a lethal attack, it is better to try to use this move as a controlling move .

I can't move my feet, so I can only be forced to fight the opponent on the spot......

Although the ability of 'intuition' is strong, the other party seems to have seen through my ability and found a way to deal with intuition.

Because of the burst of magic power, I can make my body explode faster, and with the intuition that can sense the crisis, his hit power will be reduced to an unacceptable number.

But after my feet are controlled, no matter how powerful my mobility is, I can't dodge before breaking free, so now...

Seeing Ji Ran jumping into the air, Artoria's eyes froze, and she resolutely poured magic power into Excalibur.

This time is too late to completely liberate the sword in the stone, but - it is still possible to liberate part of the power of the Holy Sword of the Stars with magic power.

If you want to go head-to-head, come here!

Ji Ran, who jumped into the air, saw that the power propelled by the current had begun to dissipate, and immediately looked at the holy sword in Artoria's hand that burst out with golden light.

She can't fully release the power of the holy sword in a short time, but from this angle, she slashed at me from the right side with her dominant right hand, and the position where the opponent slashed from the right side was my left rib... ....

Heh, although 'injury' is part of my plan, there's no need to use my body to eat up all the damage.

First mobilize the super variable factor in the body to form armor on the left rib, and then turn it into a Noble Phantasm with the knight never died with bare hands.

at last......

Looking at the golden-haired knight in front of him, Ji Ran directly poured his strength into both fists at the same time, and used that punch at Artoria again.

"Killing Whale Fist!"

"You bastard...!"

Seeing that Ji Ran gave up his defense at this moment, Artoria couldn't help but feel a little more anxious and uneasy in her heart.

Although he has already prepared armor at the position where I am going to attack, but with this momentum... is this guy really planning to trade injuries for injuries?

This is a desperate guy.

In an instant, the two had completed their attacks at the same time.

Ji Ran's fists hit Artoria's shoulders heavily, causing the force to blast into her body along her shoulders.

And the sword that Artoria pushed through the burst of magic power easily cut through the carapace of the Honkai Beast that Ji Ran had transformed into a D-class treasure, and then directly cut into Ji Ran's body.

If it weren't for the fact that she could hardly hold the sword due to the strength of her fists, she would even be sure to crush the opponent's internal organs with this blow.

【Saber, what happened to the burst of light just now? My familiar can't see the scene. 】

【Kiritsugu, I'm replying to you...I don't think it's time to retreat yet. 】

【be careful. 】

After the smoke and light dissipated, Artoria forcibly suppressed the pain that was about to emerge on her face after trying to hold the Holy Sword of the Star in her hand with her painful arm.

After that, she looked at the other side of the smoke and dust—the enemy who confronted her head-on, at this moment, clutching the wound on her left rib, knelt on the ground with one knee.

【Have the opportunity. 】

[What chance? 】

[After we exchanged a move just now, the opponent was injured more seriously than me.He probably thinks that my small body has mediocre resistance to damage, so he intends to abolish my hands by attacking, so that I can't swing the holy sword. 】

[But unfortunately, I have suffered more serious injuries than this on the battlefield.Although this blow broke my bones, it didn't affect my swinging the weapon. 】

【How is that man now? 】

[I can see his left rib... the entire left rib has been blown away by my magic power. 】

[...Is it possible that it is a trap? 】

[If it is a trap, the price is too high.When Rider and Caster have not yet decided the winner, does it make sense for him, as a human master, to push himself into such a desperate situation? 】

Emiya Kiritsugu really wanted to refute his followers at this time, but from his point of view, he, a person who couldn't see the situation on the scene, couldn't ignore the status quo and talk nonsense.

The Holy Grail War does not necessarily require defeating the Master, but if there is a chance to defeat that frightening human Master, then Emiya Kiritsugu will indeed feel——you can try and continue the attack.

[Be careful, of course, if there is a chance...]

[I understand, so let's stop here. 】

After watching Ji Ran use the carapace to cling to his own flesh and blood that was blown away, Artoria rushed towards Ji Ran without saying a word.

And if Artoria could see Ji Ran's expression under the mask, she would definitely not make such a radical move at this time.

At this time, Ji Ran's expression under the mask is of course painful - after all, the blown flesh and blood is a real serious injury. If he didn't have the ability to 'continue the battle', he would probably lose more than half of his body now. fighting power.

Of course, he has the spirit of super perseverance, so he can definitely recover from injuries in an instant.

But if he does this, Arturia will definitely fight him more vigilantly because Ji Ran has such a powerful instant recovery ability.