Chapter 378

【"Haha! High-speed Divine Words of a magus of the Age of Gods!"】

【Aozaki Touko laughed fearlessly: "Ignoring the strength and ladder of mystery, chanting a single verse can cast all magecraft! Calling this cheating is already a kind of bug. No, from the original meaning, it should be the opposite."】

【The next instant, Aozaki Touko let out a sharp whistle.】

【A large number of crystal mayflies gathered one after another, stopping on Aozaki Touko's shoulders, turning into parts and gathering together, actually forming several huge cannons, aimed at Hartless and the other.】

【"A magus of the Age of Gods couldn't possibly know about the toys that were popular in modern times that can deform and combine."】

【The cannons fired, and the magical energy condensed into a mass and blasted out.】

【With this level of magical energy, even a Servant would suffer heavy damage.】

Kayneth: "High-speed Divine Words—as expected, this is the lost ability..."】

Waver: "To be able to shorten the chanting to a single verse, no wonder it's called a bug."】

Rin Tohsaka: "This cannon, so cool!"】

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Deformation and combination? This is the masterpiece of the Crown-ranked Puppeteer."】

【The next moment, the magic bullets exploded, and dust flew.】

【A figure rushed out from the dust; it was Hephaestion, and she was unscathed.】

【Not just her, even Hartless was unharmed.】

【Aozaki Touko: "Is it Magic Resistance? No, is it an inherent skill?"】

【As the incarnation of Iskandar, the other party probably has a skill that gathers damage onto herself.】

【Reines, who was in the shadows, discovered that the amulet on Hephaestion's body was gone.】

【It seems she wasn't unscathed; she was just blocked from all attacks by that amulet.】

Waver: "To think she has a skill that attracts damage!"】

Conqueror King: "Hahaha, after all, she is my substitute."】

Shishigou Kairi: "That amulet should be some kind of defensive magical craft, but it looks like it can only be used once."】

Emiya Kiritsugu: "Once is enough; she can Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take Aozaki Touko's life at any time now."】

【Hephaestion didn't hold back at all, swinging her sword at Aozaki Touko's head, wanting to Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take the other party's life in one blow.】

【Reines knew she couldn't just watch anymore, immediately commanding Svin to Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take action, while she herself used a part of Trimmau to form armor equipped on Svin, blocking this blow.】

【Reines: "Well done, Svin."】

【Svin: "Yes, Princess."】

【Hephaestion: "You!"】

【Svin: "Excuse me!"】

【The beast's roar struck Hephaestion's face directly; this shout was enough to stun an ordinary magus, but Hephaestion was clearly not ordinary, only being pushed back a step.】

【But this was enough; Aozaki Touko successfully untied the other party's restraints in these few short seconds and jumped away with Svin.】

【Aozaki Touko: "Although I thought you would come, was it at this timing?"】

【Reines: "Haha, I thought I couldn't miss this opportunity."】

Waver: "As expected, they chose to Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take action."】

Kayneth: "Too reckless! The enemy is a Servant! What can they do with that little strength!"】

Waver: "But, one can't just stand by and watch someone die, right?"】

Waver: "If I were there, I would probably choose to do the same."】

Kayneth: "It's because you have this kind of thinking that they all follow suit."】

【Hartless: "Oh, the disciples of Lord El-Melloi II?"】

【Svin: "Exactly, please remember that I am the most senior student, Svin Glascheit."】

【The next instant, his arm wearing the armor suddenly flashed, and he was struck several times in an instant.】

【It was Hephaestion; this guy had already attacked.】

【Thanks to Svin's beast magecraft greatly strengthening his body's senses, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to keep up with the other party's speed.】

【The two immediately engaged in a fierce confrontation underground, and the speed was so fast that even Reines couldn't see clearly.】

【It's just a pity that the gap between the two sides was still too large.】

【Hephaestion seized the opportunity and swung her sword, and blood splattered immediately.】

【The Volumen Hydrargyrum armor was cut open, and a long wound was sliced into Svin's flank.】

【But Svin didn't lose his composure, instead manipulating the nerves, blood vessels, and muscles around the wound to stop the bleeding as much as possible, then brandishing his mercury claws to counterattack.】

【However, Hephaestion flicked away the claws with a casual swing of her sword, shaking Svin until he stumbled.】

【Aozaki Touko fired crystal mayfly magic bullets to support, but they were dodged by the other party with a casual footwork and quickly broken by High-speed Divine Words.】

【This is a magus of the Age of Gods, this is a Heroic Spirit; they are simply not something a modern magus can deal with.】

Kayneth: "See! Now you know the gap in strength between the two sides! Now even you are in danger!"】

Shishigou Kairi: "Looking at it this way, the strength of that girl Gray is really not to be underestimated."】

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "It can't be helped; although Aozaki Touko is a Crown-ranked, she is not good at close combat."】

Feng Xi: "Aren't most magi like this?"】

【"There are quite interesting guys among his students, too."】

【Hephaestion grinned: "In the past, during the Eastern Expedition, I also met a magus who let beastliness descend upon himself. Hmm, the sorcerers of the YD River are hard to deal with. If that little brat hadn't led the way at the time, it would have been even harder. Haha, the local specialty wine he brought as a gift was delicious. My King got dead drunk because of it, and it was troublesome later."】

【She should be talking about Chandragupta, the future founder of the ancient YD Maurya Empire, King Chandragupta.】

【"So, I did the same thing at the time."】

【The next instant, Hephaestion activated her Mystic Eyes.】

【Reines and Svin felt their bodies unable to move instantly.】

【"Pity, truly a pity."】

【Hephaestion said with some regret: "If you had experienced at least a dozen or twenty more battles, you should have been able to resist a little longer. If you had stayed in my brother's army for half a year, you could have grown into a talent capable of handling even small-scale battles."】

【Just as she was about to swing her long sword, she froze involuntarily.】

【Because behind Svin, there was another person unaffected by her Mystic Eyes.】

【"I consider this one of the answers of the modern era."】

【Aozaki Touko brushed her long hair with one hand, staring at Hephaestion, her eyes shining brightly.】

Rin Tohsaka: "Miss Aozaki also has Mystic Eyes!"】

Waver: "Why only one?"】

Shishigou Kairi: "These Mystic Eyes, why do they look a bit strange?"】

【Hephaestion: "—In terms of the level of Mystic Eyes alone, it's nothing special."】

【Aozaki Touko: "Yes, but you 'won't have the thought of wanting to act' right now, right?"】

【Reines was a bit confused; she had never seen Aozaki Touko's eyes like this.】

【Can that be called ultra-high-precision Mystic Eyes?】

【There were 'lenses' inside the Mystic Eyes, and the number was not one or two, but at least over twenty, each achieving its own task, leaping to improve the precision of the Mystic Eyes. As a result, the Mystic Eyes suppressed the higher-ranked Faker's Mystic Eyes, stopping her actions.】

Kayneth: "To think there is such a method!"】

Shishigou Kairi: "No wonder those eyes looked so strange."】

Waver: "As expected of a Crown-ranked magus, to be able to think of such a means to improve the ability of Mystic Eyes."】

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Implanting lenses into the eyes is not something an ordinary person can do."】

Avicebron: "Modern magi... really have a lot of whimsical ideas."】

【"Modern cameras and projectors basically use multiple lenses. Focusing and correction work are distributed to different lens groups, and a higher-performance lens is formed by overlapping images. I tried to virtually construct lenses within the Mystic Eyes using magecraft. Ah, placing lenses in the eyeball when treating glaucoma and cataracts is also a common practice in modern science."】

【Aozaki Touko looked down at her feet and said: "What a headache. I didn't completely block the offensive either. Even my magical energy can't function normally."】

【She wasn't completely fine; her legs still lost the ability to move, and even the familiar crystal mayfly swarm lost its power and fell to the ground.】

【At this time, Hartless walked forward slowly, completely fine.】

【Reines: "Hey, hey, could it be..."】

【Aozaki Touko: "It seems Faker's skill also directed the curse of the Mystic Eyes to her."】

【What kind of skill is this! They are really going to fall here!"】

Rin Tohsaka: "Hephaestion's ability is too perverted!"】

Emiya Kiritsugu: "This ability perfectly protected her Master."】

Shishigou Kairi: "It really interprets what a substitute is."】