Saber·a1ter is a "hypothesis" for King Arthur to use force and power to rule Britain. Such a hypothesis will ferment in the hearts of all people who know something about King Arthur's legend, and will eventually materialize.
After twelve wars, conquering the entire territory by force, resisting barbarian invasions, and expeditions to France and Rome, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table achieved great fame. When something like the Holy Grail appeared and tried to get the knights to find it,
It was even split in half by King Arthur's sword.
However, in the Camelot she ruled, Artoria could not issue orders at will according to her own preferences. Any political or military orders with a greater impact must be held for review by a "round table review". Among the thirteen people who participated in the meeting,
Among the Knights of the Round Table, it is necessary to have the support of at least seven knights and the consent of Merlin in order for this order to be carried out.
This fact was realized as a condition of the Noble Phantasm after she was summoned as Saber Alter. If there is no round table review, the power of the Noble Phantasm will remain at the level supported by seven knights. If she
If you use the Noble Phantasm to attack the Master, hurt ordinary people, carry out sneak attacks and other actions that are not in line with the basic values of chivalry, the lethality will plummet with the number of knights who no longer support her.
However, if there is an opportunity to use the rather time-consuming round table review, and the number of knights supporting her reaches ten or thirteen, not only will the power of the Noble Phantasm be greatly improved, but her own attributes will also increase comprehensively.
As a result, after firing a [Sword of Oath and Victory] that was enough to penetrate the inherent barrier, saber·a1ter was still able to fight back and forth with Iskandar's army of heroic spirits.
【Iron Hammer of the Humble King】!
The black wind blew up when Artoria swung her sword. Several Macedonian spearmen in the path of her attack were instantly blown away by the surging magic power. They turned into rolling yellow sand and disappeared while they were still in the air. Then they disappeared in the battle group.
The periphery reappears.
If the heroic spirit of the King's Army dies in battle outside the barrier, they will return here and will not be able to go out again for a period of time. However, if they fight within the barrier, in addition to resurrecting at a location of their own choosing, they can even teleport themselves over short distances - but this
This kind of anti-military effect is meaningless to Saber who is already surrounded.
It sounds incredible to say that a single person can fight against an army of tens of thousands, but in fact, if one can fight ten, it will be enough. After all, even if they are surrounded, only a dozen people can attack the besieged at the same time.
It is enough to determine the order in which the besiegers' attacks arrive, to perform minimum blocking and parrying, to use force to interfere with each other's attacks, and to counterattack appropriately to make some attackers start to defend themselves.
With her improved physical fitness due to the large number of round table review approvals, and her excellent performance of the inherent skill of [Intuition] in melee battles, during the period when she was surrounded by the Macedonian army, Artoria showed no signs of defeat.
, on the contrary, the more she fought, the braver she became, and the unlucky heroic soldiers flew into the air with the special skills of her Noble Phantasm that she used from time to time.
"That's enough -" Rider, who had been standing on the bullock cart and had not participated in the battle, looked at the spearmen who were knocked away to his cart, grinning and trying to get up. Suddenly, he raised his dagger and shouted loudly
: "Everyone is there! Fall back!"
The non-ranked Heroic Spirits immediately sheathed their spears and retreated, as if they were not participating in the battle at all and were just training. Saber, who was unable to retreat, continued to throw a King's Hammer and knocked one of them down before stopping the sword in his palm.
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Step, step, step, Iskandar activated the powerful wheel and stepped into the center of the battlefield, facing Saber from afar.
"What, a battle between generals?" The black-armored female knight raised her sword at him vigilantly.
"I still don't agree with your royal ways, and I don't think I will lose to you," Iskandar showed a confident smile to Saber, "If there is a chance, I will have an upright duel with you, and
There are no trivial distractions like now.”
Trivial matter? Before Saber·A1ter could express his doubts, the endless desert and the army of heroic spirits disappeared like water vapor being wiped off the windows, and the surrounding environment also changed back to the mountain road where the two sides were in conflict.
"According to the detection magic of my imp master, there seems to be something wrong with his teacher. As the leader of the camp, I have to deal with it." Iskandar turned the cart around and put his collar on the driver's seat despite Weber's protest.
on the banquet, and then drove the bull from the sky to rise into the sky.
Saber·A1ter stared at the direction where the Conqueror King left for a moment with her dragon-like golden vertical eyes, and then turned to Emiya Kiritsugu and his wife.
4o:o2:19
When being attacked by the heroic spirits from Kenneth's camp, Saber·1i1y was still using her Noble Phantasm with all her strength because of killing Berserker. She was no match for Luna. Even the Sword in the Stone was almost hit several times.
Flying, Irisviel finally took out Avalon and activated Absolute Defense before being able to block the attack.
However, Avalon is "that" King Arthur's treasure after all. No matter how likely 1i1y is to become "her" in the future, it is not "her" yet. Therefore, the result of reluctantly using this holy relic is physical strength and magic power.
With further consumption, the plan to recover some strength during the complete defense period also came to nothing, and they could only wait for rescue within the defense maintenance time.
Therefore, after seeing Illya, a daughter from the future who had always been reliable, appeared, Irisviel felt relieved and at the same time lifted her absolute defense.
However, this was obviously not her battle. When Illya turned around to deal with the silver heroic spirit, Irisviel only felt a chill in her heart - a large dazzling red was coming from the lower back of Tianzhiyi.
The entire dress spread, as if she had been seriously injured, but she didn't notice it at all.
The Clothes of Heaven is the crystallization of the Einzbern family's thousands of years of alchemy. It is similar to a plug-in magic circuit that can provide the wearer with a huge increase in magic power - Irisviel only knows so much about it, after all.
In this war, the patriarch did not give this dress to him. Judging from Illya's behavior of changing into the dress of heaven when encountering a slightly formal occasion, it should have become something that can liberate his daughter for a long time.
's treasure.
This ritual, which is infinitely close to the third method, cannot be broken by conventional attacks, unless she encounters an attack from the source like Kiritsugu's "Origin Bomb".
Moreover, as a ritual attire, the Heavenly Clothes has a self-cleaning function. If the wearer's injured blood begins to spread normally instead of being cleaned, it can only mean one thing - its authority is insufficient.
Illya has never been injured since the beginning of the war. As a result, this fact has not been discovered until now. Irisviel recalled with some sadness that Illya's abnormal magic overflowed at that time. Obviously, there was no reason for her to impersonate the Winter Maiden.
——In the future when she finally became a heroic spirit, she sacrificed herself to the source just like the original Winter Saint for some reason.
"Kiritsugu, what did Caster just give birth to?" After finally meeting her husband, Irisviel, who was worried, asked him directly. After all, judging from the direction she was traveling, it was obvious that she was passing by Kiritsugu.
"Black Saber and Rider were fighting in the inherent barrier. Her Noble Phantasm was so powerful that it penetrated the inherent barrier, and Caster appeared and absorbed it."
No, it wasn't absorbed. Caster transferred it to another battlefield through the portal and defeated the unexpectedly decorated heroic spirit, Irisviel thought.
"In addition, Assassin stabbed me pretending to be Lin Hao, and there was toxin on it that interfered with the movement of magic power." Kiritsugu seemed a little unhappy about his mistake, and said in a stiff tone, "Not only was it transferred by Caster."
"Is that so..." Irisviel's voice lowered.
In this way, the reason why Illya leaks magic power and freezes herself from time to time is also answered - the operation of magic power is interfered with.
This also solved a long-standing doubt - with Ilia's ability, I can easily cure the patients around Fuyuki General Hospital, but why should those diseases be transferred to Lin Hao?
Because their "transfer" does not reduce damage in advance.
Kiritsugu was hit by a sword, which might be a minor injury to a human. However, if it were to cause the same damage to a heroic spirit, it would only be a Noble Phantasm attack that exceeded its protective capabilities.
As for the diseases of ordinary people, if they want to have a similar impact on heroic spirits, they must use at least a magic equivalent to dozens of chants, and for caster-level magic, its power will be even more terrifying.
"The stronghold by the river is temporarily unavailable," Kiritsugu threw away the cigarette butt from his mouth and looked at Irisviel and said, "Let's go to the 'Umi House' attached to the castle annex to deal with the upcoming decisive battle."
Irisviel was very clear about Kiritsugu's style of conduct. He would never prepare just one stronghold. After accepting the commission for the Holy Grail War, there were more than a dozen temporary strongholds in the Fuyuki room just for reconnaissance.
, even though the last time Einzbern was attacked, he didn't notice anything unusual when he went to the House of the Sea to take refuge, but this just proved the concealment arranged by Kiritsugu.
"Hmm...Okay." Irisviel nodded. No matter how accurate the guess about her daughter's information was, it was only something that Illya herself had known for a long time. What she needed to do now was not to give her any more information.
trouble.
On the other side, although they didn't deal with each other and laughed at each other when they met, when saber·a1ter saw the severely depleted saber·1i1y, he just raised his eyebrows and walked over to help her get into the off-road vehicle.
Speaking of which, 1i1y now needs to replenish additional magic power in addition to her own magic power. However, under the current conditions, it is impossible to make the Japanese food she likes. The conditions at Umi House are also... huh?
"No, I don't want to eat your junk food..."
Saber·1i1y’s voice came from the back seat of the off-road vehicle.
