Chapter 37: Color Position Versus Classic Position

Keyneth El-Melloi Archibald finally realized something crucial.

The Holy Grail War is not merely a simple competition between magicians where honor and life are at stake.

As the name suggests, it is a complete "war."

Only if you win can you survive. If you lose, your life and death will be in the hands of others.

Just like now.

The twenty-four-layer barrier he was so proud of was shattered like glass by Tatsuya.

He had been confident that no one could defeat his evil spirits and monsters, but Tatsuya killed them all without leaving a single one.

In the past, Keyneth always looked down on practical magicians.

It's unclear what faction they belong to, but they are just the lowest class who can do the dirty work for the Magic Association.

As a noble of the Magic Association and a monarch, Keyneth always instinctively looked down upon the other Masters participating in the Holy Grail War.

And now, Keyneth finally understood the problem.

Non-mainstream magicians in the wild or self-taught magicians often cannot even reach the rank of the last son. Generally, for families that entered the Magic Association after the Industrial Revolution, even after several generations of hard work, their cause has already been capped.

But Tatsuya is a Pride, and he must have extraordinary abilities and special achievements to obtain such a rank.

If he had not belonged to any faction, Tatsuya might even have been able to make further progress.

Keyneth stood in the room with his hands behind his back, and the ceremonial suit of Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid had already been unfolded.

Automatic defense, automatic tracking, designated attack.

His fiancée Sola-Ui had already stayed in the room under his persuasion, and Keyneth himself was the last line of defense.

Should he call Lancer back to defend?

Keyneth looked at the three Command Spells on the back of his hand, still struggling with this matter.

He no longer had time to watch the battle between Lancer and Berserker. The Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid had already captured Tatsuya's trace and launched an attack.

As the heaviest substance at room temperature, mercury generates enormous kinetic energy when driven at high pressure and high speed, and its shape can be changed into a whip, a blade, or a spear in an instant. Its sharpness far exceeds that of a laser and is equivalent to an ultra-high-pressure water jet.

The walls of the hallway wailed and were filled with smoke and dust.

Kenneth clearly felt the Moon Spirit Marrow transform into a sharp blade and hit the target.

He didn't think that just one strike like this would be enough to defeat Tatsuya. He just hoped to inflict some impact on the enemy and thus establish the advantage of fighting at home.

Having lost the barrier and familiars too quickly, the only things Kenneth could rely on were the three magic furnaces he brought with him, which allowed him to avoid falling into danger due to magic exhaustion in this duel.

"Control of fluids. As I recall, your attributes should be 'wind' and 'water'."

Tatsuya emerged from the smoke and dust. When Kenneth saw Tatsuya's figure clearly, he was stunned.

The Moon Spirit Marrow liquid transformed into a sharp blade and continuously slashed at him at an extremely high speed, but all these attacks seemed to be acting, stopping just before they reached him, unable to move forward any further.

"Scalp!" Keyneth shouted.

Mercury turned into countless sharp blades and attacked Tatsuya together.

Even with Keyneth's direct control, these sharp blades still could not touch Tatsuya.

"It's useless." Tatsuya said lightly.

The third of the original runes, the rune against the enemy.

Under the effect of this rune, the blades of all weapons become dull and heavy, eventually becoming useless.

No matter how Keyneth ordered or drove, the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid could not hit Tatsuya as he expected and cause the expected damage.

Fortunately, Keyneth has entered combat mode. The random attack of the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid at this moment is just a means for him to cover his sight. The magic circuit is running at full capacity, obtaining magic power from the magic furnace, and then -

The fog was still condensing in the air, mixing with the smoke and dust, obscuring the vision of both sides.

The temperature dropped rapidly, far lower than it had been this winter.

Tatsuya's energy made him look like a sitting duck in front of the Mercury Suit.

A strong wind gradually blew up in the enclosed space.

Wind and water, Keyneth's innate magical attributes.

By manipulating these two attributes at the same time, it is easy to perform ice magic.

Now was not the time to show off his erudition in magic, so Keyneth decisively chose the attribute he was most familiar with, minimizing the chanting time, and was able to quickly launch a large-scale magic with only the support of the magic seals on his body and the magic furnace.

He had seen Tatsuya's ice magic in the port warehouse last night. Keyneth thought that the scale of the magic was excellent, but not as good as his own when he gave it his all.

"Ice, freeze my enemies (Eis, Befreie meine Feinde)!"

The wind was blowing hard, and countless six-pointed snowflakes swept across the 32nd floor of the hotel. He wanted to make it impossible for Tatsuya to advance or retreat.

Tatsuya raised his hand and saw that his fingers had begun to freeze. The ice spikes were covering his entire body at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Water drops turned into ice, and breath turned into frost.

After all, Keyneth is the genius of the Clock Tower and the ruler of the Minerals Department of the Magic Association.

Tatsuya slowly closed his eyes, and in a blink of an eye, his entire body was sealed under solid ice, just like the primitive humans trapped in the snow mountains tens of millions of years ago.

Through the colorless and clear ice, Keyneth saw Tatsuya open his eyes again and look at him.

"Scalp!"

Keyneth gave the order again, this time he wanted to smash tatsuya to pieces together with the ice.

At this time, it was the Holy Grail War, and the duel between magicians meant a life-and-death contest. If anyone from the Magic Associations wanted to cause trouble for Keyneth, they would not be able to use this as an excuse.

Then, Keyneth saw Tatsuya's mouth moving slightly, as if he was saying something.

"What? Are you begging for mercy? You didn't run away in the face of my great magic. Are you afraid now?" Keyneth showed a smug smile. "I'm sorry, your threat was too great, and you caused me such a loss."

Before he finished speaking, a faint red light appeared in the wall of wind and snow that was powerful enough to destroy everything.

The fist-sized red light beat like a pulse, then suddenly expanded. The flame broke through the barrier, swallowed up the thick snow and wind that made it impossible to open your eyes, and swept towards Keyneth.

Realizing that something was wrong, Keyneth hurriedly summoned the Mercury Suit back for defense, wrapping himself in it to isolate himself from the flames and prevent himself from being burned to charcoal.

When Tatsuya spoke, he was not begging for mercy but performing magic.

A simple word is all that is needed to activate the great fire magic - Titanomachia.

Ice melts into water, and water dries up into steam.

The 32nd floor, which was still shrouded in smoke, became as hot as the hottest season in the rainforest, and Tatsuya had to use magic to block out the heat.

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