Chapter 193: Act 1 Part 4

"Die..."

Toru narrowed his eyes and released the seals. Saber realized this too late, because by the time he saw the seals on her body, they finally detonated and generated an explosion that forced Lancer to retreat. The latter looked at Toru with hatred.

'Bastard...'

Lancer thought. A cloud of smoke covered Saber. However, something moved inside that smokescreen. Saber raised the sword and punched the air, dispelling the smoke.

"You were faster than me..."

Assassin had to admit it. Saber managed to summon the armor before the seals blew it to pieces. Even though he "killed" Saber's armor, that didn't mean she couldn't summon another one using magic.

For her part, Saber pointed her sword at Assassin.

"Your cheap tricks won't work against me"

"Yes. I already realized."

Toru frowned.

'She is a proud woman. Even though the explosion did hurt him a lot, she pretends that she doesn't feel pain while her Master heals her wounds with magic'

A long sigh came out of his mouth and a faint smile that was hidden by his hood showed on his lips.

'Who does he remind me of?'

While he was thinking about this, he prepared the daggers again.

Archer smiled contentedly after this spectacle. The jester was doing a good job of entertaining him.

'It was certainly a good thing not to have killed him at the time'

But at that moment, somewhere where a man was sitting on the floor with his back against the wall, he smiled. That was Kariya, who thought this was the perfect moment.

"....?!!"

Toru opened his eyes, as in an instant a black cloud exploded next to him, cloud from which an arm came out that tried to hit him. Fortunately, he managed to lean back right away to dodge. Although at that moment something bad was felt in the air.

'A bad omen...'

And when he could see the beast after the black cloud, he said:

"Berserker..."

Unable to think carefully about this, Toru began to be attacked by Berserker. It was a being in black knight armor and threatening aura. It was a beast that looked directly into Toru's eyes.

'Damn it!'

Trying to jump in the air, Toru was stopped by Berserker, who grabbed him by the ankle and threw him to the ground. He managed to stabilize himself quickly in the air before falling and skidded with his feet while sticking the daggers into the ground so that he could brake faster.

At the same time, Waver and Rider, being participants of this strange and sudden event, tried to see the parameters of Berserker, but Waver could not see anything but the black aura that covered the body of that Servant. Lancer stepped back for a moment and Saber stood in front of Irisviel to protect her.

"This guy's master has to be crazy"

Making Berserker fight while surrounded by other Servants is stupid from Toru's point of view.

"..."

In complete silence, after Toru will take distance, Berserker explored the surroundings with his gaze and the first thing he encountered was Archer. Archer frowned after this.

"When did I give you permission to see me, mad dog? You will pay for your insolence."

Even with Assassin close to Berserker, Archer pointed his Noble Phantasm (Gate of Babylon) in that direction and two swords were thrown. One of the swords grazed Assassin's cheek as he was heading towards Berserker. When the two swords managed to hit Berserker, generating a sudden explosion that left a smokescreen, Assassin looked at Archer.

'Archer, you...'

But before he could get angry with Archer, he looked at the latter's expression.

"Do you dare to touch one of my treasures? I see you're impatient to die, mad dog."

Berserker was holding one of the swords that Archer threw. Toru watched as the sword took on a strange color with red lines and that gave him a hint of what the enemy Servant could do, however, at that very moment, Berserker lunged at Toru still holding the sword, and Archer just thought that what follows next will be something funny.

Gate of Babylon began to show dozens of swords coming out of the golden lights behind Archer. These began to illuminate the scene while Berserker, with erratic but effective movements, tried to cut Assassin with the sword.

Toru dodges with great agility using the air platforms and propelling himself around Berserker. Although this armored beast did not give up at all, he did not seem to get tired either and that was taken advantage of by Archer, because at that moment…

Boom! One of the swords grazed Berserker's armor and another of those same swords passed over Assassin's head, cutting off his hood, which fell and revealed Toru's face. The latter opened his eyes and showed Archer a pained grimace.

"Do you dare to look at me like that, jester?"

Archer smiled pleased, because he managed to make this jester finally change that expressionless face. Now he had a good reason to attack Assassin too. For a little entertainment.

'Don't die, jester. Otherwise everything will become boring'

Boom! Bam! Bang! The swords struck one after another. This for Toru was in slow motion, as he started moving so fast that everything around him seemed to be going slower. Using as many air platforms as possible, using the swords and spears that appeared, Toru propelled himself from side to side while Berserker followed him taking the swords that Archer threw at him and destroyed them with each other.

Toru was overwhelmed by this. Berserker was not a game. Despite having this kind that makes him lose his sanity, Berserker still seemed to have reasoning of his own. His movements were becoming more and more coordinated, but he was also becoming repetitive.

Taking one sword and destroying it with another. Taking another sword and trying to cut Toru. Although it seemed to be an endless cycle, from the eyes of Rider, Lancer and Saber, this was something impressive. No one expected that Assassin could be as monstrous as the Berserker that suddenly appeared, because the speed at which Assassin propels himself is even equal to or higher than that of Saber and Lancer.

'Damn Archer!!'

Toru couldn't keep up. The swords managed to touch him and make small superficial wounds.

'It doesn't matter anymore'

The X in his eyes adjusted and the death lines flashed brightly on Berserker's body and on the swords and spears that appeared. Although it was strange too, because there were a few swords whose death lines were going so fast that they could hardly be seen. But Toru took no notice of this. He started cutting every line he could see as he pushed himself desperately.

Clang! Berserker and Assassin collided weapons for a split second as the dozens of swords flew past them.

"Die!!"

He opened his eyes tightly and the golden lines of existence tensed in one place. When that happened, the daggers shattered the two swords that Berserker had managed to grab at that moment. The latter himself was surprised, but instantly held another sword that passed in front of his face and attacked Toru's face.

Toru dodged that attack by tilting his head back. Then, while dodging Archer's swords by making a 160-degree turn horizontally, letting the sharp weapons pass through different parts of his body, Toru channeled his mana.

"Shimikomaseru"

A light illuminated the scene and the daggers were ignited with the power of the Shakuton. Once he finished his turn, he struck all the swords around him, breaking them, to end up breaking Berserker's sword.

Those watching the scene frowned realizing what Assassin was doing. Especially Saber, who looked at her own armor remembering how it disappeared after receiving the touch of the daggers.

"Mystical Eyes of a high degree..."

He mentioned Rider. Waver gulped after hearing that. This was a silly assumption, but Saber made sure to confirm it.

"Mystical Eyes of the Perception of Death"

"Looks like this guy is not your typical Assassin..."

Lancer added.

With the prior information that everyone had, they were able to come to that conclusion.

***

'Maiya, don't lose sight of Assassin. He's too dangerous'

Kiritsugu kept a cool head in the face of this revelation. On the other side, Maiya aimed her sniper at Assassin and remained alert. However, they both knew that the bullet wouldn't do anything to Assassin considering his reaction speed.

***

Archer was definitely having fun. It was like watching two stray dogs fighting, only on a much larger scale.

"Hm...?"

A voice echoed in his mind. An irrefutable order that forced him to stop his attack.

"Do you dare to give orders to a king?!"

Archer snorted. He clenched his fists tightly and then extended his hand forward. The swords stopped after that.

'You must be very brave to challenge me like that, Tokiomi...'

Meanwhile, Assassin and Berserker, despite the fact that the swords stopped, continued to fight, only now everything is simpler. Toru watched out of the corner of his eye as Archer turned around, leaving and disappearing wrapped in golden particles.

But the battle doesn't end there. Berserker lost the weapons he was fighting with, so he backed up about to take one of the nearby posts, however, when he did this, he saw a specific place. When he saw that place, the latter seemed to have lost control, because he tore the metal bar from the ground and launched into the attack against Saber.

Toru stepped aside, because Berserker completely ignored him. He frowned when he saw how, using that piece of metal, he tried to hit Saber, but Lancer got in the way.

"What do you think you're doing, Lancer?"

The voice of that man hidden in the shadows echoed. Toru looked towards the ceiling of one of the warehouses, the place where the voice comes from.

"Now you have the opportunity to kill Saber. Do it at once."

"But, Master, I wish to fight Saber alone and defeat her with my own strength"

"I don't care about that. Join Berserker and kill to Know"

Lancer refused. To do this was to break his honor as a knight. But that stubbornness was what made the Lancer Master use a command seal.

'I don't think I have anything to do here anymore'

Toru thought. He took a leap until he reached one of the containers and stood there watching in silence. Berserker, although he did not say a word, accepted the help of the Master of Lancer and together with the latter, attacked Saber.

Presenting such an injustice, Rider did not stand idly by and used his war carriage to run over Berserker, who was left lying on the ground, disappearing among black particles consequently.

"Don't humiliate your servant anymore. Stand down or I'll team up with Saber to kill him."

Said the conqueror. The Master behind Lancer clicked his tongue and ordered his Servant to retreat, because losing his Servant is equal to losing the war.

'Haa... I guess that's it for today"

Toru sighed and sat down on the container. It seemed that Saber and Rider thought that Assassin fled, but he was still here, hidden in the shadows.

These two Servants thanked each other, ending with Rider floating in his carriage next to the unconscious Waver, who fainted after having felt the electricity of the carriage.

"Looks like it turned out better than I expected..."

Saber sighed. Irisviel just took her by the hand and smiled at her. However, Saber looked in the direction where Toru was.

"Do you still want to fight?"

Toru sat down in the container and the sparkle in his eyes went out. Just at that moment, a broken lantern flickered, giving light to this boy's face. Saber narrowed her eyes at the sight of the enemy's face.

"Having two snipers pointed at my head, I don't think"

He replied.

"Then why are you still here?"

"Because I noticed the snipers a second ago"

That meant that the latter was going to attack. Saber and Assassin saw eye to eye after that answer. Next to them, Irisviel saw that they both seemed to be the same age, because in their eyes they are both children using weapons to kill each other.

'Two sides of the same coin...'

Chivalry and cowardice looking each other in the eye.

"You're tired..."

Saber could tell by Assassin's breathing.

"Anyone would get tired after using all their energies not to die. I was just lucky that Berserker tried to attack you"

"You're lying. If the fight had gone on a little longer, you would have won."

Toru looked at Irisviel and then at Saber. He sighed and got up from his place.

"That's not quite true. Still, I reserve the right to answer that. For the present, Arthur Pendragon, if that is your name, I take my leave. We will surely meet again."

Saber smiled.

"Are you inviting me to fight?"

Toru was silent and turned around. Before he could leave, Saber stopped him one last time.

"Will you do anything to win? Even if they call you a coward or a cheater, right?"

He looked down, before answering.

"Even if everyone hates me, I will win and I will hold the Holy Grail in my hands"

Saber felt her hand ache, but she still insisted with more questions.

"Why? What is your goal?"

Toru turned around and looked at her as she disappeared wrapped in black particles.

"Should I answer that? I don't think so"

And before he completely vanished, he said:

"Have a nice evening, ojou-sama"

Saber frowned. Someone who smears his honor in order to get what he wants, from her point of view, could not be more unpleasant. Assassin had ideals completely opposite to her own. Both, like water and oil, will never be able to understand each other…

To be Continued…