(Thank you very much to Wei Zhi De Yue Ding, Ai Mei Wo De Shi, Sui Feng Qi Wu, and Erciyuan de Shuangxiezuo for the rewards!)
Looking at the fire-filled area below, Rin Tohsaka, Luvia, and Miyu stood there in a daze.
"What... happened..." Luvia wore a blank expression, utterly unable to react.
"Illya..." Rin Tohsaka turned her gaze toward Illya, whose eyes had turned golden and whose expression was as still as an ancient well. Turmoil filled Rin Tohsaka's eyes as well.
"How... could this be..." Even Miyu could no longer maintain her usual indifference. Her little face was full of shock.
At that moment, Illya's three companions all wore unsettled expressions. Looking at the Illya who felt completely unfamiliar to them, they exchanged glances.
Clearly, they could not understand why Illya had changed like this either.
One thing was certain: Illya had used a Class Card and completely transformed herself into a Heroic Spirit!
In other words, Illya had now become something like a Heroic Spirit!
"You've got to be kidding..."
That was the only thought in Rin Tohsaka, Luvia, and Miyu's minds right now...
However, at that moment, Illya, holding a black longbow, suddenly changed expression. Her free hand moved sharply, and a strangely shaped short blade, resembling one half of a taiji symbol, appeared in her hand.
Gripping the short blade that had fallen into her hand, Illya swung it fiercely, raising a sharp gust as she viciously slashed at a patch of space beside her.
As the sharp short blade cut through the air and was about to reach a certain point, the empty space there suddenly rippled. Without any warning, a black shadow emerged from it, raising a light longsword and meeting the incoming short blade without hesitation.
Clang!
The longsword and short blade