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"Saber, I'm leaving this to you."
Yukinoshita Yukino said softly. Saber nodded slightly, and the radiance of the Sword of Promised Victory had already broken through this space.
"King Arthur with the Scabbard?"
Scáthach raised her Demonic Spear, showing great interest in this opponent.
After all, legend says that as long as King Arthur holds the Scabbard, he will not bleed or die. When the Barrier of Avalon unfolds, even the power of magic cannot affect the far-off Utopia in another world.
Scáthach glanced at Esdeath and Medusa on the other battlefield, a faint smile appearing at the corner of her mouth, and said softly, "In that case, I will fight you first."
As soon as she finished speaking, Saber and Scáthach rushed toward each other.
Before reaching the midpoint, Saber had only taken two steps forward when Scáthach's [Observation Piercing Death Flight Spear] arrived, carrying terrifying power.
"So fast!"
Saber's pupils contracted slightly. Her [Intuition], which could predict danger, allowed her to swiftly raise the Sword of Promised Victory and block to the side. The clash of magic and energy directly produced a hoarse explosion.
"A decent reaction Ability. Truly worthy of being King Arthur."
Scáthach praised her. Her Class was Lancer, the one best suited to her. Compared to the high mobility of the Rider Class, her instant burst speed was even more exaggerated.
"Speaking of which, can the Sword of Promised Victory truly be considered a Holy Sword of the Stars? Can you unlock the Thirteen Restraints on it and let me witness its power?"
Scáthach's voice didn't stop; she genuinely wanted to experience it herself.
Saber didn't reply, because the pressure Scáthach exerted on her was simply too immense.
In the Original Plot of the Fourth War, Saber was injured even when fighting Lancer Diarmuid Ua Duibhne.
Although that was the result of not having the Scabbard and being unfamiliar with the opponent's Noble Phantasm, her opponent had now changed from Diarmuid Ua Duibhne to Scáthach.
Sword and spear constantly clashed, and after only a few rounds, Saber had clearly fallen into a disadvantage.
After all, this was the Queen of the Land of Shadows!
Even if Scáthach didn't use [Foresight of the Dog], her spear technique, which had reached the Divine Realm, was not something the still-immature Saber could withstand.
As the Master, Yukinoshita Yukino had already completely exhausted all three Command Seals. Besides providing magical power, she had no better method at this moment and could only watch Scáthach and Saber continuously clash.
"First, stabilize Scáthach and wait for Esdeath and Medusa to gain the advantage over there."
Saber gathered all her thoughts, focusing only on swinging the [Sword of Promised Victory] in her hand.
What if she was losing? The task Kisaragi Rin assigned her was merely to hold back Scáthach.
Just like when fighting Emiya Shirou, her mission was to hold back Lancelot and Gilles de Rais, thereby creating an offensive environment for Medusa on the main battlefield.
Meanwhile, on Kisaragi Rin's side.
Gilgamesh, utilizing the Divine Speed of [Time Zero], had completely toyed with Medusa and Esdeath. In the acceleration of up to 50 times, before a counterattack could arrive, Gilgamesh had already changed position. The ample time allowed her, even when facing Esdeath's large-scale Cold Front, to calmly watch the cold air approach and take one step back.
The reason the battle situation remained inconclusive was that Gilgamesh's attack strength was still somewhat insufficient. These were only probing attacks, like a Military Demonstration before two armies faced off. Gilgamesh still hadn't used her [Chains of Heaven] or [Ea].
The reason for the probing attacks was, of course, that Esdeath likewise hadn't activated [Mahāpadma].
Before this Time Stop was released, Gilgamesh was neither willing to approach Esdeath nor dared to draw too much magical power at once, always maintaining a state where she held three parts of her strength in reserve.
"Kisaragi-san, it looks like you're the one talking big now." Shinomiya Kaguya said mockingly.
Although she said that, Shinomiya Kaguya was already on high alert, having not forgotten the intelligence provided by Steve Rogers.
No matter how much Gilgamesh accelerated her time, she couldn't reach the level of Time Stop.
Unless she could be fast enough that Esdeath didn't even have a chance to release Time Stop, but Esdeath happened to be the toughest Berserker Class, making a quick kill virtually impossible.
Kisaragi Rin shrugged indifferently and looked at the Command Seal mark on the back of his hand.
"At this point, I have to mention the importance of keeping Command Seals in reserve. It's just time acceleration. While I don't have a similar method, slowing Gilgamesh down can be easily accomplished."
Including the two Command Seals obtained from Sugo Nobuyuki, Kisaragi Rin had a total of five Command Seals.
The first was used for Skill - Black Flash, tearing apart Steve Rogers' shield with pure violence.
The second was used for Skill - Image Splitting. Both Lily and Medusa, who dominated the Reality Marble and pierced Emiya Shirou, proved its value.
The third was used for Equipment - Demonic Hell Sanctuary, to resist Esdeath's Time Stop and forge the Reality Marble - Spiritual Palace to counter Emiya Shirou's Reality Marble.
Kisaragi Rin had never acted rashly with the final two Command Seals, reserving them specifically to guard against certain enemies that couldn't be countered otherwise.
When Gilgamesh was granted [Time Zero], and the time around her began to accelerate, Kisaragi Rin immediately found a solution.
That was to make Medusa see Gilgamesh!
The power of [Time Zero] brought a 50x acceleration to Gilgamesh. Due to Special Effects - Lv5 - Acceleration, this Divine Speed was still increasing.
When a video is fast-forwarded to 32x speed, you basically can't see anything, let alone the Heroic Spirit Gilgamesh, who exceeds 50x speed.
The petrification power of [Cybele] was currently circulating in Medusa's eyes. As long as she saw Gilgamesh's body, her speed could be instantly reduced.
"I will use one Command Seal to unseal one of my Items: Nakime's Single Eye."
Item - Nakime's Single Eye
Description: Perhaps because her hair was too long and covered her eyes, Nakime always had absolute confidence in her judgment.
Effect: Magnifies the field of vision based on the user's intelligence attribute. The maximum range will not exceed the size of Japan.
Usage requirement: intelligence 15
When this pupil-shaped Item was handed to Medusa by Kisaragi Rin, the field of vision of the Demonic Eye continuously expanded until it covered the entire space.
Then, Gilgamesh stopped.
What did time acceleration matter? The power of [Cybele] forcefully petrified her body. Gilgamesh was like The Flash, restrained by fluid covering his entire body.
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