Chapter 49
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-Town of Fuyuki
3rd POV*
In the Tohsaka Residence, Tokiomi and Kirei can be seen talking about something. "Teacher, Father informed me that the Sun Magus has attacked Lancer's group. They are now engaged in a fight" Kirei reported. Risei should have been the one to report this but because he has his role as the mediator he can't do it.
Tokiomi raised his eyebrow hearing that. Sun Magus is a word that he doesn't really want to hear in a report as the guy caused too much trouble for them. If possible, they would have taken care of the guy a long time ago. Sadly it is not possible because it was theorize that he is a Magician. "That person again? Why did a Magician even enter a war like this?" Tokiomi murmured holding his head.
He immediately stopped doing that and straightened his posture when he sensed the King manifesting itself. "Your Majesty" Tokiomi lowered his head along with Kirei. "Tokiomi, to plead for your previous boorish scheme, tell me their location" Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes at Tokiomi. He really despised what he did the previous night. It was shameful for a King like him to partake in such scheme.
Tokiomi keep quiet for a second before answering. "Certainly. Kirei" he said gesturing to Kirei to speak. Kirei began telling Gilgamesh where the event is happening as the King listened nonchalantly. After that, Gilgamesh stared at Tokiomi again. "Don't stop me this time, less you wanted to see my wrath. I assure you that Tokiomi" he said with venom on his voice.
"Understood" Tokiomi has no choice but to accept, he doesn't really have any say in this matter. Gilgamesh vanished satisfied with the answer. Only Kirei and Tokiomi was left on the spot contemplating things. "Do you think Archer has a chance?" Kirei asked his former teacher seeking his opinion. "No" and without a hint of hesitation, Tokiomi answered.
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With Karna using Mana Burst(Flames) his strength can somehow keep up with Shiki while his speed still fall behind. Karna plunged his lance at Shiki who dodged without any problem. Knowing that any attacks don't work on Shiki, Karna turned into other strategy. Use the surroundings to his advantage. It might be the strategy of the weak but for Karna, it is nothing.
Karna pierced the ground uprooting a large portion of it. He then hurled it towards Shiki trying to see if a large attack will do something to her. The ground rushed to Shiki trying to devour her figure with its large body. But alas, it was useless. Shiki did not even try to dodge it and just bulldoze her way through the ground.
Shiki shook her head at the useless attempt. She casually throw hundreds of slashes within a single second causing several of wounds appearing on Karna's body. The wounds are just minimal so it didn't hinder Karna that much. He grabbed his lance and did another slash at Shiki but this time, his lance was caught on fire.
This is to check whether natural things can damage Shiki and bypass her broken defense. The fire did melt some of the surrounding trees but that was it, it did not burn or even cause Shiki heat. "That attempt is also useless. Test your mind more Hero of Charity" Shiki said gesturing to Karna to continue. She was amused by how far his mind could go in just a single battle, he created many attempts to break her defense yet sadly it didn't do much damage to her.
So far, Shiki still hasn't accumulated any injuries. Karna's fierce assault was doing her little to no damage. The two continue trading blows as the others watched in interest. "Nee-sama… are fights always this dangerous? I cannot see anything at all!" Luvia tug on Anastashia's sleeves asking that question.
Luvia was just seeing blurs, even with her trained eyes, she could not perceive anything that is happening in this fight. "This is the Holy Grail War. Learn very well Luvia, you might get chosen in the future" Anastashia smiled at the rapidly maturing Luvia, she was proud that her sister could get out of that obsession earlier than she did.
Lawrence also smiled at their interaction, it seems like their plan to expose Luvia to rough atmosphere worked. With this, they should not be worried if she met a man later on, hopefully she could control herself like what Anastashia is doing now. Lawrence was about continue watching when he sensed someone appearing outside the Bounded Field of Anastashia.
"Ana, give them permission to enter. It should be more interesting this way" he gave an instruction to Anastashia who is also aware of it. "Yes!" Anastashia answered enthusiastically. The Servant entered the Bounded Field which was instantly noticed by Nero, "Master? Can I fight her?" Nero asked excited also wanting to boast about the Butterfly.
Lawrence looked at her before shaking his head. "Nope, we can create a better situation here" he realized that the others did not know about him acquiring Berserker. He could use this chance to release him so that there would be more intriguing shows for them. "Eh? But why?!" Nero complained since she can't showcase more of her strength.
Unknown to Lawrence and his group, some plans were also being executed amidst of this chaotic battlefield. One man in particular was eyeing a young girl, he was just waiting for a chance to initiate the plan creating a good chance for them to win this war. This is the only way he could think of considering how broken everyone in the group was.
The Servant who entered the Field which revealed to be Saber looked at Lawrence and his group with complicated look on her eyes. "Hello Saber. For coming here, we wanted to give you a gift. I hope you appreciate it" Lawrence waved his hand at her before Saber was attacked from the sky by another Servant.
"Sneak attack?! Cheap!" Saber complained brandishing her sword and accepting the heavy blow. She was immediately surprise the second both of them started trading blows, 'This Servant… he knows the length of my sword?' Saber thought parrying an attack that was aimed at her neck. Saber tried to test this theory by giving the Servant a horizontal slash but as expected, he easily calculated and dodged the attack.
This confirmed Saber's theory that this man was well aware of her sword. "Tell me! Are you a knight of mine?" Saber demanded an answer. Unfortunately, the person she was facing was clearly not a sane Servant. Berserker just rampaged around using every tools he can see on the ground and transforming them into Noble Phantasms.
Saber was getting pressured at this fight especially knowing that this person might be one of her knights, one of her regrets. She doesn't want to put more pain in them more than she has ever done. One attack of Berserker connected with Saber's body throwing her afar. This made Lawrence interested in what would happen once Berserker gain his sanity.
"Berserker heed my command. Using this Command Seal, control your madness and regain your sanity" Lawrence used his Command Seal to temporarily erase the Madness Inducement of Berserker. Berserker who was about to slash instantly stopped his sword midair. His eyes widened in surprise before the sword dropped to the ground.
"My king…" he muttered looking at the dishelved Saber. Hearing his voice, Saber instantly realized who the person was. Lancelot kneeled to the ground and revealed his neck to Saber, "My king, I beg you, please kill me" he pleaded shocking Saber. Her grip on her sword wavered as she gazed at Lancelot with difficulty on her eyes.
"I… cannot do that." Saber said after some hesitation, they were already her regrets and now she was forced to kill one of them again? This time with her own decision too. She could have done this easier when Berserker was still sane but now that he is fully aware, it made it hard for her to do it. She would become worse than a tyrant she despise.
Nero who was watching on the sides with Lawrence raised her eyebrow at this scene. "Umu! You have a talent in scriptmaking master. To think you could create such a beautiful scene, this is marvelous" Nero praised loving the show she is watching. It was out of her expectation that Berserker would be a knight of Saber. She was also being forced to accept such a cruel way of winning.
While the Saber and Berserker were facing each other, the man who was hiding finally made his move. With his swift way of moving befitting that of an assassin, he captured Luviagelita when Anastashia's attention was on other place. He immediately took distance and put his gun under the neck of Luvia making the little girl scared at her wits. "Luvia…!" Anastashia screamed in horror seeing that scene.
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