Chapter 511: Betrayal and Counter-Betrayal

To think there really is a True Ancestor?!

But Bai Cangshu could not immediately identify the other party's exact identity; not every one of the Dead Apostle Ancestors has been seen by people.

Clang!

At this moment, Bai Cangshu moved his lower back, and the next instant, a miserable cry rang out.

Bai Cangshu withdrew his finger and saw Emiya Shirou, his entire body ignited with blazing flames, rolling continuously on the ground.

Tohsaka Rin attempted to use Thaumaturgy to extinguish this kind of flame.

Although the boy was in pain, there was not much regret in his eyes.

He had never liked this Assassin, who acted in a devious manner and frequently exuded a terrifying killing intent.

Seeing the other party pierce a finger into his foster father's glabella, he was simply unable to restrain himself and directly stabbed his sword toward the other party's lower back.

But the other party was wearing some kind of special armor, or perhaps there was some special Thaumaturgy defense on the surface of their body, he did not know.

In any case, after stabbing it, it felt like he had struck steel.

Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes became a bit clearer at this moment; it seemed that the electric current from just now had stimulated his brain, allowing him to recover more of his sanity.

In the flesh of his glabella, there was something similar to Black Mud, wriggling, and soon the wound healed once again.

Seeing this terrifying Servant turn his head to look at Emiya Shirou, he spoke subconsciously.

"Don't..."

In that great fire in Fuyuki City, he had ultimately saved no one; only this child had stubbornly survived, as if it were compensation for all his wrongdoings.

Emiya Kiritsugu raised Emiya Shirou to adulthood, as if he had entrusted everything to this appearance.

Bai Cangshu's fingers moved slowly.

Clang!

The sound of armor and blade rang out; Saber stood in front of her Master.

"Servant Saber, ready to do battle with you at any time."

Her expression was serious; even having witnessed Tao Baibai's devious speed and powerful strength, as long as it was necessary, Saber was willing to do battle with the other party at any time.

Bai Cangshu looked into the jade-like eyes of this petite woman, where there was no trace of confusion or fear.

Was that the stubbornness of adhering to the so-called Way of the King and Way of the Knight, or was it the 【True Heart】 of persisting in oneself after seeing through everything?

Want to know, very curious...

Bai Cangshu raised his hand toward Saber, his fingers seemingly pointing directly at those eyes.

Saber watched Tao Baibai's movements without blinking; the ahoge on her head seemed to have frozen. She knew very well that the person before her was likely a Martial Artist Grandmaster of some era who surpassed imagination.

A powerful Martial Artist who challenged various Monsters with a human body.

After becoming an Avatar of a Heroic Spirit, without relying on various Magic Power and Thaumaturgy, this body and these techniques had become the most terrifying murder weapon.

Being too close to the other party, she, who had lost 【Avalon: The Everdistant Utopia】, also had a not-insignificant possibility of being killed by the other party.

But that could not do anything.

Death, for Saber, was not such a terrifying result; it was just a bit of a pity.

Hum~

A golden luster vaguely bloomed from between her hands, and a heart-palpitating aura of power was continuously rising exponentially.

At the beginning, it was still at a level that ordinary Servants and strong-tier Reincarnators could display.

But after an instant, it had already turned into a sign of terrifying energy release that even Bai Cangshu found difficult to grasp.

The next moment, that appalling aura made the ends of Bai Cangshu's hair turn white; he almost instinctively wanted to trigger 【Kaioken】.

This is... Excalibur...

The Noble Phantasm that reigns at the apex of the holy sword series, the so-called Star Holy Sword?!

Boom!

A terrifying explosion erupted from behind Ryudou Temple.

Amidst the violent trembling of the cliff, it began to tilt.

To think the entire mountain had begun to collapse?

The regular stone slabs of the ground at Ryudou Temple cracked with a sound, and huge gullies spread toward the surroundings.

Boom!

Ryudou Temple collapsed a step earlier.

Amidst the rising dust, Emiya Kiritsugu suddenly sprang up, grabbed his foster son—who had just extinguished the flames on his body and was covered in wounds—and rushed into the dust.

He knew very well that with that scabbard inside his body, Shirou would not die from this level of injury.

"Saber..."

Emiya Shirou spoke with difficulty; after coming into contact with Tohsaka Rin and others today, he already knew that as a Master, he was actually a burden to Saber.

Not only was he unable to replenish Magic Power for her, but he could hardly give her any help. At this moment, he took the initiative to call for her to leave together.

Saber looked at Tao Baibai, who was only a meter away from her; the light on the holy sword, which was concealed by the 【Wind King Barrier】 in her hands, gradually extinguished.

In her current state, releasing her Noble Phantasm was extremely strenuous, and the other party possessed eerie mobility; if Excalibur did not kill the other party...

She, Shirou, and the others would likely all die.

Saber retreated backward.

Bai Cangshu did not stop her; he sensed the aura of intense Magic Power—a large amount of Black Mud had appeared beneath Ryudou Temple!

He looked at the "world" that seemed to be collapsing entirely, raised his right foot, and stomped violently.

Boom!

The plaza outside Ryudou Temple exploded with a bang and fell downward in an instant.

Bai Cangshu himself, head-first, jumped continuously between the mountain rocks; he finally saw the scene below amidst the smoke.

A black giant embedded Ice Demon Qiluo into the mountain with a single slap.

Heroic Spirit Emiya and Tohsaka Rin were also retreating while fighting.

That is... Berserker?! —

Ilya dangled her feet as she sat in the apartment, looking at the drizzling rain outside the window; because the distance was too great, it was difficult for her to sense the location of Assassin at this moment.

"Is Assassin trying to end this Holy Grail War by himself..."

The young girl murmured, then revealed a strange smile.

"That won't do, Ilya exists for the sake of this Holy Grail War."

Tap, tap, tap.

Heavy Footwork echoed from the stairs, and the next second, the sound of someone knocking on the door was heard.

Ilya stood up without any suspicion, preparing to open the door.

Boom!

Firelight exploded, and the entire apartment was completely engulfed by high heat and flames.

"How is it, did it succeed?!"

Someone shouted from below, making no attempt to hide their intentions.

It was a man wearing black headphones, with what looked like an antenna behind the headphones, dressed in a jacket.

And the man standing amidst the high heat and flames had metal plating painted in gold and red that was incredibly dazzling; this was the Mark II armor from Iron Man.

Although it could not compare to the subsequent ultra-high-tech components, it already possessed a quite overwhelming performance advantage when facing Plot Characters of ordinary technological levels.

Scanning results kept jumping on the display panel, but the target was not found.

"Someone saved her, activate electromagnetic scanning of the surroundings!"

He spoke, and the man below immediately turned his headphones, as if adjusting the frequency to another level.

The next moment, accompanied by a crackling sound.

Streaks of blue-white Meridian pulses began to light up around the apartment.

They did not have much understanding of Thaumaturgy, but conversely, those thaumaturges had no good way to deal with Reincarnators of their technological side.

"Found her, underground, it's... Black Man-Eating Flower!"

His expression changed, and before he could continue to explain, a stream of light lit up from the street in the distance.

The Instant he turned his head, the purple stream of light had already crossed hundreds of meters of the block and appeared at his side; a hand grabbed his head and slammed him away, crashing him into another block a hundred meters away.

Swish—bang!

Micro-missiles were launched, but were easily dodged by Medusa.

"Quick, make that guy take action!"

The man wearing the battle armor kept bombarding the surroundings, but Medusa's speed was too fast; he cursed loudly in the communication channel.

The next moment, Footwork sounded, and a Heroic Spirit wearing a Xuanse kimono appeared from the street corner.

"Damn it, it's actually not Gilgamesh, we were played by the White-Faced one!"

"Tell the Captain, the trade is..."

Pfft!

A sharp blade pierced through the steel battle armor, pinning his final words; the Heroic Spirit who had just been at the street corner appeared out of thin air behind him.

That spear-like sharp blade, rather than a spear, looked more like a strange combination of two large Tachi joined into one.

(End of this chapter)