The Undying Death Knight failed to achieve the ending of the Heroic Spirit

Da da.

The heavy footsteps sounded on the ground, but it was more like they sounded in Shirou Emiya's heart. With each step, a bloody path was dragged out from behind him, and the black color of Berserker blended with the deep night.

Trembling, afraid, but - angry.

"you this……"

As he spoke, Emiya Shirou realized that his voice was trembling, but he still grabbed the scabbard that Ezequiel had left and pointed it at Berserker.

But his resistance was completely ignored by Berserker, and the tail thorn quickly pierced towards Shirou Emiya. The scabbard was knocked off the moment it touched the tail, and the tail continued to wrap around Shirou Emiya's body, binding him tightly, but not crushing him into pieces.

--sieve!

And just at this moment, an extremely slight sound of breaking through the air was heard.

Scarlet light appeared like lightning, and with it came the sound.

"Gae-Bolg!"

Why not start the game in berserk mode? Because Illya needs her familiar to show him the way.

It was Illya's order that Shirou Emiya was not crushed to death

338. Chapter 325 The Night After the Carnival

338.

2023-08-14

The scarlet spear drew a twisted trajectory in the air. The gorgeous magic power emanating from the spear made even the completely incapable Berserker raise his head. However, the spear was less than a foot away from his body, and the sharp tip of the spear pointed directly at Berserker's huge head.

It is no longer possible to dodge or resist with magic power of the same level.

Following his instinct as a wild animal, he raised his claws and grabbed forward, his tail also raised upward at the same time, and at the same time he raised his tail and threw Ezequiel out casually, and the freed tail stinger lashed towards the gun body.

The red light flashed for a moment, but suddenly changed direction when it was about to fall. Both claws missed the target at the same time, and the red spear grazed the tail and sank into Berserker's chest.

"Gae-Bolg" is the name of the Noble Phantasm that Lancer just called out. It is a move that reverses the "cause and effect" that means the order of things. No matter how invincible dodges, as long as the Noble Phantasm is thrown, it will hit the heart.

He couldn't dodge, but he could defend. Berserker's thick dragon scales provided him with solid protection at this time.

The spear tip rotated and rushed towards Berserker's heart, and the fierce friction with the black scales caused countless sparks and crushed magic to merge into a dark red light curtain. The next moment when the scales collided with the red spear tip, a tooth-grinding sound was heard, and then cracks appeared from the place where the scales and the spear tip touched.

The crimson magic power overflowing from the gun body penetrated into Berserker's flesh through the gaps, and more cracks appeared immediately.

"Roar!"

The beast's roar almost pierced his eardrums. Even though he had lost his rationality, he instinctively sensed the uneasiness.

If it was Berserker at the beginning, whose durability was as high as Ex level, the dragon scales on his body would be enough to help him resist most attacks, and even enough for him to continue attacking despite Lancer's Noble Phantasm.

But now, after several rounds of weakening, Berserker, whose durability is only C-level, obviously no longer has such ability.

The red magic power bit and crushed like a canine's teeth, and finally penetrated it at a certain moment!

The red magic power that burst out of the body condensed into the shape of a sharp spear, driving Berserker's huge body to fly backwards.

boom--!

With a loud bang, the huge monster was nailed to the ground by a red spear with a glowing red magic light. The tiles that were crushed by Berserker and the wood blocks that were torn by Saber disappeared at this moment, leaving only Berserker's body. Under him was a huge depression with a radius of five meters, as if a greedy person had dug this space with a huge spoon, and this groove was quickly filled with blood spurting from Berserker's chest.

Even the well-informed Lancer couldn't help but smack his lips when he saw Berserker again. Even though his heart was pierced, even though the scales in front of his body were all rolled outwards due to the collision just now, revealing the hideous dark red flesh, but even so, Berserker's chest was still heaving - even though his heart was broken, he was still alive, not just lingering on, that guy actually wanted to break free from the restraints of the Death Thorn Spear!

"Is this guy immortal?!"

In the lightning-fast confrontation just now, Berserker's movements were clearly seen - just before Berserker was hit by the red spear, his body lit up with a red light that was clearly different from his own magic power.

Berserker's master used the Command Seal. But even though he knew that Berserker had used the Command Seal, Lancer still had to marvel at Berserker's strong will.

He knew that there were indeed people who could survive with fatal injuries. Even Lancer himself had the feat of [stuffing his intestines back into his stomach and continuing to fight]. However, Cu Chulainn thought that he could not be as tenacious as Berserker.

——The enemy must be ended!

With this thought in mind, Lancer did not dare to recall the Noble Phantasm that suppressed Berserker. He walked closer, ready to use the rune to end Berserker's life.

Stopping five steps away from Berserker, Lancer swiped his fingers through the air. Blue-green magic quickly brushed along the traces of his fingertips and the air, leaving a string of characters in the air. Once these characters were formed, they immediately turned into burning flames, densely covering Berserker's body. The crackling sound of roasting spread quietly in the night.

"Because I'm not Caster, I may not be able to burn you to death in one go."

Lancer started to speak, but then he shook his head. Berserker couldn't possibly understand him.

But in the brief moment when he was distracted, a tearing sound that was not caused by burning suddenly came from the body that was charred by the flames. Almost the next moment after he realized this, a long strip of fire jumped out from Berserker's abdomen, like a swift venomous snake, and rushed towards Lancer's neck in an instant.

The fighting instinct made Lancer's body react before his mind did. He exerted force with his feet and escaped from where he had just stood in an instant. However, the fire snake immediately changed direction after missing it and grabbed Lancer in mid-air. Lancer, who had no way to avoid it in the air, could only watch the fire snake getting closer and closer to him.

——No, the thing that sprang out from Berserker’s abdomen was not a fire snake, but Berserker’s tail.

He cursed himself for being careless. He thought that Berserker, nailed to the ground by the spear, had lost the means to touch him. However, unlike normal humans, Berserker's tail could still reach Lancer's body even at a distance of five steps. In order to prevent Lancer from being alerted in advance, Berserker

He actually pressed his tail under his body, and only after his body started to burn, did he use his tail to dig through his body from the back of the spine, achieving the effect of sneaking out from the abdomen? !

"That is obviously beyond Berserker's ability to think. Even if the Master gave the order, it would be impossible to do it so meticulously."

Watching his tail wrapped in flames catching up in the air, Lancer was thinking about everything that had just happened.

'It's the command spell! '

He recalled the suspicious red light that had appeared on Berserker's body when his own Noble Phantasm pierced his body, and he felt the hairs on his body stand on end.

That Command Seal was not used to counter Noble Phantasms, but was used to restore Berserker’s sanity—according to Saber, this thing could actually maintain its sanity!

The information that Cu Chulainn had originally regarded as a joke now dealt him a heavy blow, and a chilling fear surged in his heart:

"What a joke! After this monster regained his sanity, he was able to remain silent under the flames of Rune!"

The tail entangled Lancer's calf, and the flames climbed up his calf and spread to his body. Just as Lancer was about to use runes to remove the flames, a huge force came from his legs. Lancer was dragged down and fell violently to the ground with a roar.

In fact, the strategy is just to kill him at first sight and take advantage of the information gap. After regaining his sanity, Kuang Mi can't kill Cu Chulainn, because Cu Chulainn must be fed to Matou Sakura, otherwise his soul will enter Illya's body (in fact, he can't be killed in this state, after all, Cu Chulainn has combat continuity. If he insists on hitting the vital point, Kuang Mi will die first)

339. Chapter 326: Night of Strategy

339.

2023-08-14

From extreme movement to extreme stillness, it only took a moment. At this moment, Emiya Shi's house was surprisingly quiet.

Bazette touched the wall with his hand, but as soon as his fingertips touched the wall, the seemingly intact wall had already been dried out by the turbulent flow of magic power, and countless tiny cracks suddenly appeared on it. The cracks quickly spread to the entire wall, and finally caused the wall to collapse and turned into powder.

Blinking innocently at Shirou Emiya who was looking over here, Bazette walked out from the debris of the wall. She quickly walked to the fallen Cu Chulainn, and only felt slightly relieved when she saw that there were no suspicious spots of light coming out of Cu Chulainn's body.

"Are you okay, Lancer?"

Lancer turned over and glanced down, only to see that the tail that had been wrapped around his calf had disappeared at some point, but the charred black from the flames still remained. He tried to move his legs, but there was no response.

Berserker's tail had just crushed the bones in his legs. When he looked at the place where Berserker had just been, there was only the Deaththorn Spear nailed to the ground in the big pit, and there was nothing left of the giant beast wrapped in flames. Suddenly Lancer thought of something, and he asked, "Sister, do you know healing magic?"

Bazette showed an awkward expression, her face visibly frozen. "You only know some basic magic, which can only be used to save your life. It has no effect on you, Lancer."

Most of her energy was devoted to the exploration of the battle, so the time she could spare for studying other magic was naturally reduced. It can be said that if Bazette were to heal Lancer, with the same amount of magic power consumed, it would not be as fast as Lancer's own recovery by relying on the skill [Rebound].

"Not for me, but for Saber next to him. He's still alive."

Lancer shook his head and looked at Saber, who was lying lifeless on the ground. He had been in that position for so long that even Bazette assumed that Saber was dead.

Watching Bazett run to the other side, Lancer adjusted himself to a comfortable position and sat down. With a wave of his hand, the red spear flew back into his hand. Cu Chulainn wiped the blood off the spear while absorbing magic power to repair the wound on his leg.

"Lancer, has Berserker been destroyed?"

Cu Chulainn raised his head and glanced at Emiya Shirou who was asking the question.

"Unfortunately, no. In the end, he was transferred away by the Master using the Command Seal... According to the information you shared, it was probably to prevent the resurrection process from being interrupted."

After all, Berserker still had a spear stuck in his chest, and I don't think he would feel comfortable being resurrected in this position.

While he was talking, there was movement from Saber's side. The piercing wound on his chest looked hideous, but it actually avoided the vital parts due to the effect of Ezequiel's skill. It was not even a fatal wound for a Servant. However, even if the fatal attack was negated, the remaining wound could be regarded as [severe enough to make him lose his ability to move] for Saber who had been lacking mana for a long time.

So when the magic power was infused into Ezequiel's body, his consciousness began to recover. He looked around blankly, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Shirou Emiya was intact. He also heard what Lancer said just now, and knew that Berserker had evacuated.

But there is still a lingering haze in Ezequiel's heart.

——Since he chose to retreat, why didn't he evacuate early when Berserker was at a disadvantage in the battle with Lancer? And since he didn't retreat at the first opportunity, why didn't he take this opportunity to harvest the two injured servants after wasting a precious chance to revive? Lancer couldn't say, but Ezequiel, who had already avoided two fatal injuries, thought he was doomed.

Berserker's Master chose such a mediocre time to transfer Berserker away.

'Transfer?'

Suddenly an idea came into Ezequiel's mind and quickly occupied all his thoughts.

He suddenly remembered that the white-haired girl who had always been inseparable from Berserker had not appeared on the battlefield just now.

But what the other party proposed this afternoon was——

Kill Matou Sakura

And now, Rider is the only one in the Matou residence!

"Master, use the Command Spell to heal my injuries!"

If Berserker were allowed to defeat Rider, then Lancer and Saber alone would probably have a hard time defeating Berserker.

Although Ezequiel's voice sounded weak and hoarse due to his injuries, one could still hear the determination in his voice.

but……

"Saber, the Command Seals have been used up."

Shirou Emiya's voice was full of apology, as if he was apologizing for his abuse of the Command Seals. Ezequiel was stunned for a moment, then he looked at Bazette who was healing him, and saw that the three holy marks on her right hand where the Command Seals were originally engraved had completely dimmed, and Bazette had also used up the Command Seals.

Ezequiel opened his mouth. He finally understood why the white-haired girl chose such a clever time to move. Berserker's previous attack was only to consume the Command Seals of the Masters present. After that, he only needed to injure Saber and Lancer respectively so that the two Servants could not return to defend immediately. Berserker would refresh the injuries left by the previous battle through death.

Rider, who was left alone in the Matou residence, was now isolated and helpless!

……

Outside the door of Matou's house, red magic power instantly lit up, and the violent airflow it brought about caused the branches and leaves of the trees in the surrounding green belt to shake.

Just as the glasses opened and closed, a huge monster suddenly appeared in the empty place. It had pitch-black scales and was as tall as a building. The wings extending from its back easily pushed aside the lush trees.

Almost as soon as the unusual movement was reported here, Lanmarok had already rushed into the woods.

Illya, who had been hiding in the dark, also came out. She hid behind the huge shadow of Berserker and the girl smiled brightly.

"It looks like I won."

She declared.

Under normal circumstances, Illya's magic power is enough to support the unlimited use of Berserker's Noble Phantasm, but it is ineffective in front of Lanmarok who has the [Camelot attribute]. But since she can't release the Noble Phantasm in front of Rider, then she shouldn't fight against Rider.

So Illya deliberately let Berserker reveal himself in the Emiya residence to attract Lancer to come for support. If it weren't for Toosaka Rin's familiar passing on information, even Illya herself would have tipped off.

It is also necessary for Berserker to die once in the Emiya residence, and Berserker must fight Rider unscathed.

Taking the risk of acting alone, it is finally time for Illya to reap the fruits of victory.

"Matou's alertness is really poor. I have been hiding here alone for a while, but no familiar has discovered my whereabouts."

Lanmarok ignored Illya, and Berserker didn't give her time either. It waved its claws and pounced on Lanmarok. In the blink of an eye, the two servants were already entangled in a fight.

Of course, after being resurrected twice, Berserker's strength was greatly reduced and he lacked a killer trump card, so he had lost the strength to win by a crushing victory. But Illya would not leave any omissions in her plan.

She lowered her eyelids slightly. Suddenly, Ranmarok, who was originally evenly matched with Berserker, suddenly froze, and Illya raised her face.

The moment Rider chose to come out to meet the enemy instead of defending, Matou had already lost.

The Matou family, whose magic was almost extinct, could be easily breached by even the most humble magician. Moreover, the lurker was a professionally trained nun—her spirit familiar was undetectable even to Illya, not to mention the half-baked position surrounding the Matou residence.

"It looks like Kallen has succeeded."

This way of thinking about the enemy consumed a lot of my brain cells, and I caught a cold today

340. Chapter 327 The Night of Betrayal

340.

2023-08-15

Rider was destroyed, not as a knight who fell gloriously in battle with the enemy. Even in the end, Menechel did not launch an attack, but watched Lanmarok's body collapse and disappear as the magic supply was cut off.

Illya looked at Menechel. Even though she had used her reason to restore Menechel's rationality at the last moment, Berserker had not said a word until now.

After clearing the last obstacle, Illya walked in the small house of the Matou family. She raised her eyes and looked at Menachel. She felt that she should take the initiative to speak.