An Ex-Machina on a Dimensional Travel

Episode Eleven: Fighting on Multiple Fronts

Yes, the one fighting Saber was one of Xiu Er's Doppelgangers. The Xiu Er who had taken Gord hostage was another.

Xiu Er herself had not come here. Both the one with Karna and the one with Gord were merely her Doppelgangers.

So where was the real Xiu Er?

No one knew. No one could.

The battle continued. Neither Silver Saber nor the black-clad attacker showed the slightest sign of fatigue.

It was understandable that Saber could keep going. A Servant's body could not be judged by ordinary standards.

But the attacker's stamina far exceeded anything Saber or Gord had imagined.

Watching the two fight tirelessly, Gord was shaken. Because he knew how powerful Servants were, he could see just how terrifying the attacker was.

That person can trade blows with Saber? Could that be Red Saber?!

The purple Greatsword in the attacker's hands had given Gord the idea.

After all, a weapon like that usually belonged to a Saber.

As time passed, Saber, at the center of the battlefield, began to notice something strange about the clash.

Even in their brief exchange since first making contact, he had sensed something in his opponent's attacks.

His opponent was not fighting at full strength!

Of course, Saber himself was not using his full strength either. But this was different. He could faintly sense that his opponent's aim was not to kill him.

His opponent simply wanted to spar with him.

It was baffling. Saber himself was surprised by what he sensed.

Every strike could have been fatal, yet there was little killing intent behind them.

The enemy before him was like a still lake. Nothing seemed capable of stirring even a ripple across its surface.

Strange. Far too strange.

Saber had faced countless kinds of