Chapter 528: Bellerophon
Kuzuki Souichirou sprinted towards Illya. It wasn't until the distance between them was less than two hundred meters that Illya realized the other party's target was her.
Because Assassin was suddenly wrapped inside some powerful Reality Marble, the other party's footsteps actually became more urgent.
Kuzuki Souichirou's physical arts could be considered quite outstanding in this world. That weird technique born specifically for assassination also had considerable effects against those magi in this world.
And Medea, floating above Kuzuki Souichirou, although not adept at combat, possessed extremely powerful control over magecraft.
Seeing Illya raise her hand, her hair turning into pigeon-like familiars and sharp swords shooting over, she opened her hand, and purple magical energy clashed and obliterated them.
In her right hand, she held that special Noble Phantasm capable of severing any contract.
No matter how powerful Mercenary Tao was, as long as she could sever his connection with his Master, without the supply of magical energy, a Servant's performance would ultimately suffer severe restrictions.
Just like Saber at this very moment.
She saw clearly that Saber's strength had not been well-utilized at all. As the Class that could be called the most excellent, in her previous battles, Saber had almost always relied on close-quarters physical arts and swordsmanship to fight, without using any Mana Burst-type skills, let alone releasing her Noble Phantasm.
At first, she thought it was Saber's arrogance, but facing a crazy enemy like Mercenary Tao now, no matter how arrogant she was, she wouldn't continue to hold back.
The only explanation was that Saber was in a state where she couldn't obtain a magical energy supply, relying solely on her own inherent magical energy to fight.
Medea's eyes moved away from Saber with slight hesitation. She actually had a strange greed towards this Saber.
If I could seize control of Saber...
Boom!
A black giant violently crashed down from the sky, completely blocking Kuzuki Souichirou and Medea's path of advance.
It was exactly Berserker, who had been fighting crazily with that Assassin Mercenary Tao earlier.
This pitch-black berserker didn't participate in the operation to besiege Mercenary Tao, but inexplicably blocked in front of Mercenary Tao's Master, Illya, at this time.
"Could it be..."
Illya looked at the giant blocking in front of her. Just like back then in that forest, the other party would always protect her until she finally died...
She voluntarily stepped forward. Heracles let out a low growl, the red light in his pupils extremely terrifying, but Illya didn't retreat; instead, she moved closer.
Finally, Heracles turned his head and picked up that overly huge axe-sword. He tried to control himself not to look at Illya, but focused all his violence on the others.
"Berserker, kill them!"
The crisp voice of the young girl made Medea's heart sink rapidly.
This is actually also this girl's Servant?!
How could one Master summon two Servants, and both such powerful Servants...
She felt there was a high probability that something had gone wrong with this Holy Grail War.
Medea gently held Kuzuki Souichirou, signaling the other party to prepare to retreat.
But accompanied by a crisp crack, the Reality Marble shattered. Inside, that tall, red-clothed Archer slowly turned into blue radiance and disappeared.
Leaving only that terrifying Mercenary Tao appearing completely unharmed.
[Bellerophon]!
Without any warning, exactly at this instant, a white aurora burst forth in a flash. The Pegasus from the Age of Gods flapped its wings, and white feathers accompanied by pure magical energy to the extreme drifted down from both sides like debris.
The extremely dazzling aurora crossed a distance of several kilometers almost the instant Mercenary Tao appeared from the Reality Marble.
Medusa seemed to have known all along that in this battle between Archer and Assassin, the one who survived would inevitably be the super-spec Assassin · Mercenary Tao.
And she had also released her Noble Phantasm in advance, fully erupting a resplendent strike right at this moment.
Boom!
Kaito Shirogane had just returned from the Reality Marble. Before either [Mantra] or [Swirl of the Heart] could fully grasp the surrounding information, he instantly felt a devastating impact force completely pierce through him.
The force was so great and the impact so strong that even Kaito Shirogane's current level of physical defense combined with grandmaster-level perfect Shaori could absolutely not resist it.
The instant of the collision, first the rocky leylines for thousands of meters beneath Kaito Shirogane's feet shattered with a boom, and then his whole person was directly sent flying. His sternum caved in, accompanied by the sound of internal organs rupturing, and fresh blood sprayed in the air.
Not only that, but Medusa's dazzling Mystic Eyes stared straight at Kaito Shirogane. Meeting her eyes subconsciously when attacked, Kaito Shirogane seemed to feel a terrifying and evil magical energy instantly surge within the structure of his cells and his spiral genes.
His body cells petrified one by one. Within a thousandth of a second of the collision, over 50% of Kaito Shirogane's whole body had been petrified. Losing the vitality of flesh and blood, the Martial Arts Grandmaster's Shaori could not be utilized at all.
"Ah~ Ha!"
Medusa also opened her mouth and shouted angrily, forcefully cracking the glowing reins in her hand. The Pegasus violently flapped its wings again.
Bang!
Kaito Shirogane's petrified body violently exploded to pieces. The Pegasus trampled the remaining corpse and crashed through thousands of meters with a boom.
Medusa landed on the ground, panting heavily. This full-force strike of releasing her Noble Phantasm was almost a prediction, but at the same time, it was also a tactical arrangement made by that red-clothed, white-haired Archer.
She received a hint from the other party before the Reality Marble was deployed: he would fix Mercenary Tao in one position for about a dozen seconds to a minute.
That Servant, who seemed extremely proficient in tactics and strategy, cooperated with her to complete this sure-kill strike.
Boom!
On the other side, the maddened pitch-black giant shattered hundreds of meters of ground with a single sword slash and frantically continued his pursuit. His speed was extremely fast, and that Caster and her Master seemed to be having difficulty holding on.
Medusa was about to assist, but her body suddenly stiffened.
A layer of fine goosebumps instantly appeared on her beautiful, fair skin.
A hand, a slender and powerful hand, seemed to fall from behind her neck out of nowhere, grabbing her fair neck, the thumb pad even frivolously brushing past the skin on her chest.
This speed, this concealment ability, and... this killing intent!
Medusa's figure twisted. Her whole person was like a beautiful giant snake, pulling out several phantoms in an instant. The two daggers had already thrust behind her hundreds of times. At the same time, the silver-white chain completely bound the person behind her.
She then backflipped and retreated tens of meters, only to see that the one standing behind her just now was indeed Mercenary Tao.
Not only was the other party not dead, but his petrification had also been undone.
No, she immediately overturned this thought. Assassin's Magic Resistance rank was not high; he couldn't be immune to her Mystic Eyes of Petrification, let alone undo it. So... it wasn't that he didn't die, but that he resurrected from death!
"An Assassin possessing a resurrection ability..."
Medusa pulled forcefully with both hands. The chain seemed about to cut into the other party's flesh, but at this moment, Mercenary Tao's body surface was wrapped in a layer of scarlet phantom, like a new layer of skin and flesh, constantly squirming.
Therefore, the chain completely couldn't touch the other party's true body.
Kaito Shirogane sniffed his fingertips. Heroic Spirits manifesting as Servants indeed possessed fresh physical bodies. He smelled the scent of fresh "meat" and also gained more understanding of the so-called Third Magic.
Medusa frowned. There seemed to be no lust in the other party's eyes, but in the next moment, she was stunned. The other party was looking at her?!
Mystic Eyes of Petrification!
The Mystic Eyes took effect instantly.
Boom!
As if some kind of impact was released across space, Medusa suddenly suffered an intense impact. Her brain grew dizzy, and in the next moment, accompanied by fresh blood flowing from her nasal cavity,
She actually uncontrollably generated a lot of lust in her mind.
And just when her body was difficult to control, a familiar yet unfamiliar numbness kept appearing.
"Mystic Eyes of Charm... Mystic Eyes of Petrification?!"
(End of Chapter)
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