Chapter 48

The BGM that makes people nervous enough to get goosebumps begins to play, like an ambush on all sides played on a pipa, full of killing intent!

It causes people all over the world to watch nervously as well.

【"Whoosh!!"】

【The sound of breaking through the air rings out!】

【Surging magical energy shoots out; that beautiful radiance is like a burning phoenix!】

【That magical arrow is faster than a meteor, skimming across the sky above the city at the speed of light.】

The camera zooms out continuously!

The bustling traffic under the flickering neon lights becomes incredibly slow, as if frozen.

But the flowing arrow transcends light, tearing through the airflow and piercing everything!

It is incredibly shocking!

The United States.

The Pentagon.

"It can actually shoot several kilometers away in an instant..."

Watching the attack on the light screen, Five-Star General MacArthur was instantly stunned.

You must know, even the world's top hypersonic missiles, like the Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile, barely reach 27,000 kilometers per hour, but the spiral sword in the footage seems even faster than the Titan.

It's just unclear what the blast radius is.

"Heroic Spirits" are indeed terrifying existences...

If the target of that spiral sword were not Medusa, but the Pentagon...

At the thought of this possibility, MacArthur began to tremble.

He was somewhat glad that there are no Heroic Spirits in this world, otherwise, their American days would certainly not be easy.

Britain has King Arthur, Newton, Elizabeth II...

France has Joan of Arc, Napoleon, and the old De Gaulle family...

Germany has Martin Luther, the Iron Chancellor Bismarck, the devil with the little mustache...

How can he, in America, compete with other old-established countries relying on those few thin pages of history?

……

However, everything came to an abrupt end.

【"Boom...!!"】

【Above the ruins of the academy, a massive explosion with flames soaring into the sky suddenly erupted!】

【The slowly rising mushroom cloud seems to indicate that a nuclear explosion occurred here.】

【Medusa and the Knight King, who were still in the heat of battle, both stopped; the white-haired female Heroic Spirit at the top of the building frowned, somewhat surprised.】

【She missed...】

【The moment the arrow was about to hit Medusa, a feathered arrow shot in from another angle.】

【The force was neither light nor heavy, but it happened to detonate the spiral sword in the sky; although the rolling heat wave caused the venue to heat up rapidly, it did not hurt any Servant, as if someone were secretly warning Rider.】

【The scene has become chaotic, with multiple forces competing in the dark.】

【After all, as the opening battle of the Holy Grail War, they were very eye-catching.】

【In the cellar of the Matou residence, Cheng-ge frowned and issued an order.】

【"Rider, you can retreat."】

【"Hmm..."】

【In the ruins, the purple-haired mature woman had a calm expression and nodded slightly.】

【Before leaving, she stared intently at the Knight King and said calmly: "Saber, there will still be a life-or-death battle between you and me."】

【Then her body gradually faded, turning into glowing particles, and disappeared into the wind.】

【In place, Artoria stood her holy sword upright solemnly, not rashly pursuing Medusa.】

【The enemy is firing cold shots from an unknown location.】

【She must protect her Master's safety.】

The camera pans gradually.

The screen lights up after dimming, arriving at another towering skyscraper.

【On the rooftop, a mysterious figure slowly lowers the bow in her hand.】

【When she was very young, she shot the arrow of her heart's ideal.】

【Since then, hitting a target has been a matter of following her heart, almost an instinct for her; no matter what kind of arrow it is, she can shoot a perfect arrow in her hands, miraculous and divine.】

【Even if it is a Heroic Spirit, she is not necessarily unable to compare!】

【Subsequently, she turned and left calmly, her back disappearing from the rooftop.】

【The breeze blew, slightly ruffling the girl's clean white hem.】

【It is clearly the school uniform of Homurahara Academy...】

Dumbfounded!

Incredibly dumbfounded!

"Where on earth did this monster come from, to be able to participate in the battle of Heroic Spirits?"

People of the world vaguely feel a toothache.

And the Sky Curtain didn't even expose this person's face.

Don't you know we are very curious?!

Various conjectures appeared, but because there was too little information, it was impossible to deduce the true answer.

At the same time, in the real world.

In the garden of the Shinomiya family, a Japanese financial conglomerate, the blonde maid Hayasaka Ai scratched her head in confusion.

"Why does this back feel a bit familiar?"

43. Movements of all parties, Caster class Servant surfaces!

Amidst the heated discussions of the world.

The Sky Curtain's screen is still colorful, and the plot has taken a new turn.

【Under the moonlit night, the beautiful King of Britain is talking to the modern mage girl.】

【As if destined, the ill-fated connection between the Yukinoshita family and Artoria continues; the magic circle that summoned Saber in the 5th Holy Grail War was exactly what Yukinoshita Haruno had casually inscribed ten years ago.】

【And precisely because of this, it had a negative impact on the process of summoning Saber.】

【Clearly the strongest Saber class Servant among the seven, yet she is incredibly weak.】

【Although Yukinoshita Yukino possesses extremely strong magical aptitude, she did not build a circuit with the Servant, causing the dignified Knight King to be unable to even release her trump card Noble Phantasm—the A++ grade Excalibur.】

【But even so, Artoria has no complaints.】

【She descended into the Holy Grail War, and naturally, she will do her utmost to protect her Master and lift the Holy Grail!】

【Outside the warehouse, Yukinoshita Yukino was still a bit confused, but she still said her name.】

【"My name is Yukinoshita Yukino; just call me Yukino."】

【"Yukinoshita... Master, you can call me Artoria."】

【The Ahoge King said in a deep voice, her clear eyes also showing a slight trance upon hearing the name Yukinoshita.】

【Oh no, I've fallen into the hands of this family again...】

【Have I become a family heirloom?】

【After a brief astonishment, Artoria came back to her senses and took a deep breath to calm her mood.】

【I'll probably have nightmares tonight.】

【I hope that by the last moment of the Holy Grail War, Yukino won't learn from Haruno.】

【And say, "In the name of the Command Spell, destroy the Holy Grail..."】

【But soon, noticing two strange auras approaching rapidly, the Ahoge King's gaze became stern.】

【Did the commotion attract the attention of a Servant watching from the shadows?】

【In an instant, this Knight King turned to face her Master, her expression solemn: "Yukino, don't move from here; I'm going to deal with the enemy."】

【"Ah?!"】

【Watching the blonde girl move away in an instant, Yukino was quite bewildered.】

【But her paranoid sense of justice made her unable to sit idly by, and she soon followed.】