Chapter 526

Zabi-ko: "Is this... being captured?"

Waver: "Is it a binding or spatial type of magecraft? I didn't see her casting process at all."

Aozaki Touko: "This is the power of High-Speed Incantation."

["Although I don't know what kind of hero you are, with space fixed in place, you can't move no matter how strong you are, right?"]

[Caster said smugly: "Hehe, this is goodbye forever then."]

["*****"]

[The controlled Archer revealed a mocking expression and began to chant in a low voice.]

[Deep in sleep at home, Rin Tohsaka's internal mana began to be consumed frantically.]

["Ha—"]

[Because she couldn't hear what Archer was saying, Caster continued: "What's wrong, Archer? If you want to beg me to spare your life, I'm all ears."]

["Fool! I was telling you to dodge, Caster!"]

[Archer sneered, and the Kanshou and Bakuya that had been thrown away earlier suddenly aimed at the enemy automatically, killing toward Caster.]

[Caster hurriedly summoned her staff to respond, and taking advantage of this distraction, Archer relied on his physical strength to shatter the spatial pressure suppressing his body and successfully escaped.]

[Then, with a wave of his hand, Kanshou and Bakuya returned to his hands.]

Caster: "You guy, did you anticipate this all along!"

Archer: "Yeah, after all, it's not our first time dealing with each other, is it?"

Caster: "Gu..."

As a Heroic Spirit, Emiya Emiya Shirou Emiya had already experienced the Fifth Holy Grail War once in his life, so he naturally knew the ins and outs of the Fifth War's Servants.

In terms of intelligence, he could be said to have the absolute advantage.

[Archer looked coldly at Caster in mid-air and strode toward her.]

[He was about to start his counterattack!]

[Dodging the incoming mana beam, the Kanshou and Bakuya in his hands had already disappeared, replaced by a longbow and a spiral sword.]

[Emiya Emiya Shirou Emiya watched this scene with full concentration, carefully imprinting every movement of the opponent into his mind.]

[Archer crouched on the ground, his eyes coldly watching Caster, with red mana surging around his body.]

["I am the bone of my sword—insanely twisted!"]

["*****!"]

[Caster finally realized something was wrong and hurriedly used High-Speed Incantation to chant Age of Gods magecraft that modern mages could not understand.]

[Seven-colored mana threads wrapped around her body; it appeared to be a defensive spell.]

[But no matter how fast she was, it was clearly too late.]

["Pseudo-Spiral Sword!"]

["Pseudo-Spiral Sword!"]

[With wild winds surging around him, Archer fired an arrow with a sudden boom.]

[The air tore, space twisted; this was an arrow that surpassed the speed of sound.]

[Caster's defensive barrier was easily torn apart, but she was no wooden stake; she had long since taken the opportunity to dodge to the Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side.]

[However, although the spiral sword surged past Caster, the terrifying tearing force still acted upon her, directly tearing the mystic code on her body and severely damaging her spirit origin.]

[Caster spat out blood and fell to the ground, looking incredibly disheveled.]

[There was no intact place left on her graceful body, and those blood-dripping wounds looked extremely ghastly.]

[The situation reversed; Caster had now become the fish on the chopping block.]

Rin Tohsaka: "So amazing! Is this the move that killed Heracles once!"

Chiron: "In a situation where one is caught off guard, indeed, few can block this strike."

Waver: "If it's a spiral sword, I remember it is—"

Lancer: "That's right, it's the weapon of my foster father Fergus, the famous sword 'Caladbolg,' which has the power to level three mountain peaks in one blow."

Waver: "No wonder it's a 'Pseudo-Spiral Sword'; the power is indeed far inferior to the genuine article."

Bazett: "Cu Chulainn, I remember you and this sword..."

Lancer: "Yeah, I'm extremely incompatible with this sword, because whenever I face it, I'm bound to be defeated."

Blonde Rin: "Is that so? No wonder Emiya projected this sword; it turns out that's the reason."

Lancer: "Σ(Д)"

Hearing Blonde Rin's words, Lancer finally reacted.

That kid Archer, he wouldn't really have projected this sword as a weapon just to target him, would he!

["Ah—ah—"]

[Caster panted heavily, frantically absorbing the mana accumulated under the Ryuudou Temple to repair her shattered spirit origin and body.]

[Archer just watched Caster recover quietly, without going up to deliver the finishing blow.]

[This scene instantly left Emiya Emiya Shirou Emiya confused, but he was still savoring Archer's arrow from before, so he didn't make a move either.]

["Archer, why? Why didn't you give me the final blow?"]

[Caster's body quickly recovered; she wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, climbed up from the ground, and looked at Archer in confusion.]

[The fruit of victory was right before his eyes, and this guy actually gave it up?]

[What exactly does this guy want to do?]

Rin Tohsaka: "Ah! What are you thinking? You were about to win, yet you let the opponent go?"

Archer: "I have my own considerations."

Rin Tohsaka: "Ha!"

Kiritsugu Emiya: "(I see, he intends to use Caster to deal with other Servants.)"

Thinking of the unkillable Heracles, perhaps only Caster, this Age of Gods Jewel Jewel Mage, could solve him.

[Archer: "I said it before, just one move."]

[Caster: "Then, you don't want to kill me?"]

[Archer: "My goal is that man; I don't like meaningless battles."]

[Caster's eyes swept across Emiya Emiya Shirou Emiya and Archer, and suddenly, as if she understood something, she laughed happily: "Hahaha, so that's it. Are you two the same type of person?"]

["Huh?"]

[Emiya Emiya Shirou Emiya and Archer looked at each other with disgust, their movements very synchronized.]

["How could I be the same as this brat/man?"]

Zabi-ko: "Only at times like this are the two of them inexplicably synchronized."

Jinako: "Self-loathing, it's been a long time since I've seen such a scene."

The last time she saw this kind of self-loathing scene, she remembered it was when Berserker Vlad joined the group.

Lancer Vlad thought Berserker Vlad was wallowing in degradation, and Berserker Vlad thought Lancer Vlad was too concerned with his reputation; at that time, neither could stand the other.

After these years of getting along, they only gradually became harmonious.

[Caster: "Isn't it? You both don't like killing the innocent, right? That kid over there doesn't tolerate Servants like me who use unrelated humans as food, and you don't like meaningless killing. Look, isn't that almost exactly the same? That's why you'd join forces, right?"]

[Emiya Emiya Shirou Emiya: "How could you come up with such a ridiculous conclusion! Are your eyes broken? Who is the same as that kind of person!"]

[Archer: "I agree. Although we are both pacifists, we are fundamentally different at the core. My policy is to solve troublesome matters early. I wouldn't be like this guy, always worrying endlessly."]

[Emiya Emiya Shirou Emiya: "What kind of pacifist! I haven't forgotten! You and Berserker taking Saber as an attack target."]

[Archer: "That couldn't be helped, could it? We weren't in any cooperative relationship at that time. I only did that because defeating Berserker was a higher priority than Saber's safety. You wouldn't be saying you want to save everything within your sight, would you? Then, even Berserker couldn't be considered an opponent to be defeated."]

["Zzz—"]

[Emiya Emiya Shirou Emiya and Archer glared at each other; it was as if sparks were flickering at the center of their gazes.]

Waver: "Looking at them, I suddenly feel that humans are truly fickle creatures."

Iskandar: "Hahaha, kid, are you talking about yourself?"

Waver: "...Yeah, looking at my past self now, I only feel truly naive and ridiculous."

Feng Xi: "Isn't Kiritsugu Emiya the same? This is what it means to have one's edges smoothed by reality."

Kiritsugu Emiya: "..."

["Hehehe..."]

[Watching the confrontational Emiya Emiya Shirou Emiya and Archer, Caster let out a silver bell-like laugh.]

[Not bad; she was quite fond of the rare pair before her.]