Chapter 529: Trump Card · Destiny Bond
[You consumed Sin Karma Point 1 and activated Omen of the Evil God]
[You used the ability · Gaze of Arrogance]
[You used the ability · Heart of Slaanesh]
[You activated the Noble Phantasm · Swirl of the Heart and triggered the Mystic Eyes of Petrification]
...
With just a single glance, the speeding Medusa clutched her head and staggered two steps, her figure swaying somewhat.
The ability Heart of Slaanesh seemed to have caused a considerable impact on her.
Kaito Shirogane's Spirit attribute, compared to his Strength and Constitution which had already crossed the 50 mark, wasn't considered outstanding. And Medusa's true body was, after all, a Heroic Spirit from the Age of Gods. Kaito Shirogane didn't think his Spirit attribute had any advantage compared to this kind of witch.
Then this kind of performance now naturally meant that the other party's affinity with the ability Heart of Slaanesh was not good.
This was probably related to some of her experiences after being summoned.
"Lord Souichirou!"
Medea's painful roar appeared. Kaito Shirogane turned his head and saw the aftermath of Heracles's violent strike send Kuzuki Souichirou flying. In mid-air, he spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood, his chest caved in, obviously having suffered a fatal injury.
But Medea had already opened up some distance.
Facing a Servant like Heracles, for Kuzuki Souichirou, an "ordinary person," to be able to leave an intact corpse could already be considered not a bad ending.
But Medea obviously couldn't accept this outcome. Her expression twisted. In the next moment, a blazing white shockwave violently crashed in front of Medea.
Medusa, at some unknown point, once again radiated the luster of Command Spells on her body. The Command Spells directly made her recover from the influence of the Heart of Slaanesh and the Mystic Eyes of Petrification. The cold voice of that pitiful girl seemed to appear by her ear.
"Kill Caster!"
For the first time, Medusa felt a coldness and toughness that allowed no refusal from Matou Sakura. It completely didn't seem like an order that the girl she previously perceived could give.
But ever since the other party turned into that puddle of orange juice in front of her and then recovered again, her temperament seemed to have changed drastically.
Releasing her Noble Phantasm and charging straight at Medea, Medusa's eyes didn't hold the same resolution as when she wanted to kill Mercenary Tao earlier. But Medea, facing Medusa's Noble Phantasm release, had completely no ability to react and was directly hit in the chest.
The sound of the sternum collapsing accompanied the fresh blood that was about to spray out.
Medea's eyes were full of hatred, but in the next moment.
Hum!
Golden Qi, like a laser, almost not much slower than the Pegasus, directly pierced through Medea's glabella.
Pfft!
Medea's eyes were filled with astonishment, and she was instantly thrown flying like a kite with a broken string.
[You defeated Servant · Medea]
[You contained a new soul, Heroic Spirit · Medea]
Medusa panted and stopped, somewhat confused. She didn't understand why Mercenary Tao would go to this extent.
Kaito Shirogane wagged his finger, constantly making tsk tsk sounds with his mouth, his face holding only a mocking and provocative look.
"What did you see during the instrumentality process that could make you become so extreme? Tsk, is this the so-called maiden's heart..."
Listening to Mercenary Tao's words, Medusa had a bad premonition in her heart. Sure enough, in the next moment, she saw Mercenary Tao directly raise his hand, constantly shooting golden beams of light towards the distance.
Hum!
Hum!
Hum!
Illya frowned, her magical energy being consumed intensely. But Kaito Shirogane fought more and more heartily. This unique "magical energy supply" system and Command Spell strengthening allowed him to release Dodon Rays as he pleased like never before.
He already had a trace of the combat posture truly belonging to a powerful martial artist from the Dragon Ball world.
The golden Dodon Rays drew various arcs, directly crossing a distance of thousands of meters. Utilizing the lock-on of [Mantra], they shot into that huge crater blasted out by the [Thunder Arrow of Destiny].
There, the purple-haired girl had cold eyes, pitch-black shadows seemingly coiling beneath her feet.
Sensing the attack, Matou Sakura's heart constricted. The clothes on her body were incomplete, retaining the livid scars left by the lightning strike. But that miraculous lightning strike didn't kill her; instead, it annihilated the remnant soul inside her body.
Pfft pfft!
The golden beams of light directly pierced through the deep rock layer. Matou Sakura subconsciously wanted to dodge, but her speed was completely insufficient.
But a figure suddenly pushed her away. Pierced by the golden beams of light, she let out a muffled groan and fell down, scarlet blood rapidly flowing out.
Buzz!
Medusa sped over, picked up Matou Sakura, turned around, and fled towards the outside of Fuyuki City. Matou Sakura stared blankly at Tohsaka Rin, who had fallen in a pool of blood.
"Why..."
...
Kaito Shirogane pinched the invisible sword blade with two fingers. His intention to continue attacking and kill Matou Sakura was blocked by the petite blonde King.
And the red-haired boy, his face full of anger, also stood behind her, gripping a rough sword with both hands.
"This is the end of it, Mercenary Tao. I won't let you slaughter wantonly anymore."
Artoria's expression was solemn, as if solemnly taking an oath. In response, Kaito Shirogane could feel the sword blade he was pinching vibrating slightly, and an intense sense of sharpness began to generate.
This forced him to release his right hand pinching the sword blade.
Kaito Shirogane looked down from above at the King of Knights, his mouth still deliberately mocking.
"Heh, in other words, you tolerated my killing of those few people earlier?"
"You also hoped to see me clear out the opponents of the Holy Grail War for you and this boy..."
Emiya Shirou's chest heaved, becoming even more angry. He took two steps forward, actually crossing Saber, less than two meters away from Mercenary Tao.
At this distance, he clearly perceived that the chilling killing intent naturally radiating from the other party made him shudder all over just by getting close.
But his heart was full of anger. Scenes flashed before his eyes of his adoptive father's brain being pierced by a finger from the other party, and Tohsaka and Sakura being struck by lightning.
"Shut up, we completely didn't think of such despicable things. It was clearly you..."
"You guy, can you really not comprehend the preciousness of life?!"
The more he spoke, the angrier he became. Emiya Shirou raised the rough sword in his hand high, and magical energy continuously surged in his Magic Circuits. At this moment, he seemed to have a flash of inspiration.
The rough sword in his hand began to change again.
Clang!
The sound of clashing metal suddenly exploded. The intense shockwave instantly blew Emiya Shirou away. Saber, who held her sword to forcefully clash with Mercenary Tao's pitch-black arm, reacted extremely fast. Changing her sword-holding posture, she held the sword with one hand and grabbed Emiya Shirou mid-air with the other.
At this moment, Saber displayed the power of a first-rate Servant. She almost instantly perceived Kaito Shirogane's attack intention, and the instant Kaito Shirogane's hand blade slashed towards Emiya Shirou, she moved from behind the other party to the front, slashing her sword to counter it.
"Shirou, calm down a bit. He is deliberately angering you."
Saber's voice was already calm. She was not angered by Mercenary Tao's words at all, because things she completely wouldn't do had no provocative effect on her.
Kaito Shirogane felt Saber's force and found it inferior to his own, but the gap wasn't as large as imagined. And the most tricky thing was still that sword, that Holy Sword of the Planet—Excalibur.
"Angry because the person you like is hurt, and because of anger, you lose your reason and attack me..."
Kaito Shirogane looked at Emiya Shirou, wanting to continue mocking.
But a chilling aura had already radiated from Saber, spreading towards the surroundings like an invisible energy field.
"I said, Mercenary Tao, I won't let you act recklessly anymore."
The young girl's voice was high-spirited and firm. Intense magical energy instantly cleared out Mercenary Tao's terrifying energy field.
This also allowed Emiya Shirou to catch his breath and recover.
At the same time, Saber continued to speak. She did not agree with Mercenary Tao's "nonsense."
"Facing a guy like you, Shirou feeling fear is based on biological instinct. But his daring to draw his sword against you is transcending instinct, a hymn of courage."
"Mercenary Tao, I ask you, have you ever seen the eyes of soldiers charging even knowing they will die..."
Saber's voice grew increasingly high-pitched, and golden light spots began to radiate from between her hands.
The [Invisible Air] could no longer conceal the radiance of that Holy Sword of the Planet at this time. The golden light began to bloom.
A terrifying sense of existence instantly expanded.
Kaito Shirogane looked down and saw the Omen of the Evil God on his body surface being compressed almost right against his skin, turning into a layer of scarlet membrane.
That was the proof that the other party's sense of existence had begun to squeeze his own.
He raised his head, watching the thunderclouds in the sky be instantly dispersed. Like a huge torch, and also like a bright lighthouse, Artoria held the Sword of Promised Victory high.
"So this is the Sword of Promised Victory..."
His eyes seemed to turn silver-white at this moment. The transparent vortex-like tentacles behind his back inserted into every corner of the air.
A massive amount of information was continuously being absorbed.
As if hearing the shouts, despair, enthusiasm, and grandeur of countless people, Kaito Shirogane's field of vision continuously elevated, and Fuyuki City seemed to become smaller and smaller. In the next moment, his field of vision changed, as if he had already arrived outside the planet.
Looking from the pitch-black universe at that dim blue planet, accompanied by that highly raised holy sword, it was as if countless shouts sounded in unison.
Must win!
Victory!
Triumph!
[Humans], this short-lived species, seemed that as long as they had the outcome of [Winning], they could become crazy to the point of completely disregarding even their lives.
In the next moment, an incomparably glorious sword slash descended. The field of vision before Kaito Shirogane's eyes instantly fell back.
In this instant, light flashed in his hand, and an item he had put into his inventory a long time ago was taken out at this moment.
[Ghost TM (Technical Machine) · Destiny Bond]!
Watching the King of Knights shouting the name of "Excalibur" and swinging her sword at him, he crushed this disc, and at the same time locked onto the other party.
(End of Chapter)
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