[106] Assassin

"Oh, oh, it seems like something interesting is happening in the church, hehehe..." Zouken Matou said, looking at the mist around him, "Is it that Assassin?"

Originally, he was prepared to take action against the Tohsaka family.

After all, that Lancer seemed to be seriously injured.

However, it turned out that Assassin had arrived first. And it looked like Lancer was completely unharmed. It must have been the Tohsaka using Command Spells to heal him.

And then, he ended up at this church.

As a result, things were getting chaotic here as well.

"It seems like that Kotomine Kirei really wants the Holy Grail. He's going all out like this... Hmm... maybe I can try to become an ally of convenience." He chuckled.

...

"Lancer, how are you feeling?"

"No problem," Karna nodded. "Although I haven't fully recovered yet, the recent battle should have bought us some time."

"Indeed, you're a great hero from India, and you see things clearly," Tohsaka Tokiomi smiled and said. "With that, others might think Lancer hasn't been injured and won't dare to come, and then Saber's Noble Phantasm will be revealed."

Although it's undeniably powerful, it seems to be on the same level as the original Saber, King Arthur.

But—

His Lancer is even stronger!

...

Church—

"Gleam Coloring Slide Blades!"

As the ultimate life form, even at C-rank, he could still use Pillar Man's technique, MODO. According to his calculations, if he were a complete ultimate life form, he should be able to use all the flows simultaneously. But he couldn't do that right now; he could only use one.

The bone blades that sprung from his arm began to emit a radiant glow.

Hum—

The blade of the bone blades had shark tooth-like shapes, small and sharp hooks that slid ultra-fast along the blade. Each hook reflected light in a complex pattern, making the entire blades shine as if it were glowing!

This was an incredibly sharp blade that could cut through steel like butter!

Clang—

The small Assassin's dagger clashed with the bone blades!

Sizzling—

"Worthy of being a Heroic Spirit's Noble Phantasm, it can't even cut through it?" Seeing the continued sparks of fire, Kazuya said, and in the next moment, a series of blood beads splattered from his shoulder.

"It's not a big deal," Assassin said as several daggers appeared in their hands, "Killing you-"

Sizzling—

Sizzling—

"So fast—" Kazuya squinted his eyes slightly. He could see Assassin's movements, but his body couldn't keep up. Only C-rank Agility couldn't match Assassin's A-rank Agility.

He could occasionally use the bone blades in his hand to block her attacks, but he couldn't inflict any wounds!

However—

"Got you—" Assassin said, her dagger stabbed directly into Kazuya's heart. "So weak, you're finished. Huh?"

Assassin froze, and her dagger, along with the piece of Kazuya's heart, seemed to be caught by something and couldn't be pulled out!

"It seems like it's you who's going to die!"

Swish—

The bone blades gleamed, blocking her vision and slashing towards her neck.

Once it hit, this strike would be as simple as cutting butter, easily decapitating this Assassin in front of him!

Sizzling—

Snowflakes scattered.

A large amount of blood spurted from the front of Kazuya and splattered on the priest's robe he wore to impersonate Kotomine Kirei.

"I'll kill you..." Assassin, who had run a distance away, said with only one remaining hand, her face distorted.

Gurgling—

The arm embedded in Kazuya's chest, like it was being digested, quickly disappeared. The remaining dagger made a "clang, clang" sound as it fell to the ground.

It was simple—

As an ultimate life form, he had no vital points!

Or rather, even lower-ranked Pillar Men and vampires were the same!

As long as it wasn't sunlight, nothing could harm him, and now he didn't even fear sunlight!

The heart?

Even if it was cut into pieces, he could still survive!

But...

"It seems the plan to deliberately reveal weakness failed... Just as expected from an Assassin, she cut off her own arm and fled when she felt it was too late... Good judgment."

If he were a true complete ultimate life form, absorbing Assassin's arm now might grant him Assassin's abilities. Ignoring everything else, his Agility might directly rise to A-rank.

However, there had been no change at all. He had only gained a bit more vitality.

"Hahaha—"

Assassin laughed heartily while relentlessly attacking, leaving one wound after another on Kazuya's body.

In fact, she directly severed Kazuya's head!

However, even so, numerous blood vessels on Kazuya's head shot out like ropes and reattached himselves.

Moreover, even without his head, Kazuya's body could still move!

Soon.

Assassin stopped her movements and looked at Kazuya with an ugly expression. "Are you... a monster?"

The blood on the ground turned into blood columns, as if time were flowing backward from Kazuya's wounds back into his body, and his wounds quickly healed.

Not only that, he even used the fibers within his body to repair the broken clothes!

"Well, forget it... this time's objective is almost complete, so I'll leave for now." Kazuya said, retracting his bone blades.

"What? You want to run?" Despite her words, Assassin had no intention of taking action.

"Suit yourself. After all, you can't do anything to me, and similarly, I can't do anything to you. Let's end it here for now... we'll save the battle for another time."

Kazuya glanced at the Command Spells on his hand...

Five of them...

If he used one of them now to transform into an agile character, killing Assassin would be a piece of cake!

But there were only five Command Spells, and he needed to wait for the right moment when he could ensure it would be effective.

Otherwise... if he used a Command Spell here, it would be bad if Assassin contacted her Master.

Kotomine Kirei probably has a lot of Command Spells in his hand... If he calculate it carefully, based on manga. Kotomine Kirei said during his battle with Emiya Kiritsugu, "I still have eight spare Command Spells," and before that, he used two during his battle with Emiya Kiritsugu. One when his Origin Bullet disappeared, and another to enhance his own arm.

Then he gave two to Matou Kariya.

That makes twelve in total, which is all of them in normal circumstances... including his original three and the nine he obtained from Kotomine Risei.

Kotomine Risei originally should have had ten Command Spells and gave one to Kayneth. He gave the remaining nine to Kirei Kotomine.

Now, Kotomine Risei has two, which means he gave eight to Kotomine Kirei. Adding his original three, he should have had eleven. Even if one was used, he should still have ten left.

Engaging in a Command Spell battle with him is the most brainless option.

For now, let's retreat.

He doesn't know where Kotomine Kirei is right now, so he needs to find a way to wait until Kotomine Kirei comes out and obtain the remaining Command Spells from him—

But—

BOOM!

Just then, the main gate was blasted open.

"Is this... Berserker?"

A colossal figure appeared at the doorway, accompanied by an old man: "Hehehe... it seems Assassin and Caster are here too... Hmm... Caster in close combat with Assassin? Let's see how my Berserker's power fares."

"Roar---!!!"

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