"Red" Lancer likewise reflexively leaped into the air... because he knew that the moment both feet touched the ground, he would be targeted. Yet iron stakes erupted at the same time, as though they intended to pierce his falling body.
After he deflected them once more with a flash of his divine spear... new iron stakes unexpectedly grew from the gaps between the destroyed ones.
"Is destruction meaningless?"
"Red" Lancer reflexively grabbed an iron stake with one hand, only to be attacked by even more... It was practically a muddy torrent of iron stakes. Even so, "Red" Lancer calmly dealt with the situation before him.
The armor he wore, Armor of the Sun, was an absolute defensive Noble Phantasm bestowed by the gods, possessing the radiance of the sun. It could naturally repel the King's iron stakes with ease.
However...
"Quite impressive armor."
The voice was even closer than expected. Somehow, "Black" Lancer, gripping his spear in one hand, had already arrived beside "Red" Lancer.
That was right. He had indeed ridden his bronze-and-iron horse up the iron stakes, and now he thrust his spear toward the neck of "Red" Lancer, who was trapped by the stakes and unable to move easily.
"However, once I get this close, it becomes meaningless."
"Lancer...!"
Although "Red" Archer fired an arrow, the iron stakes blocked it like a wall. Unable to seek help, unable to move, and with a spearhead aimed at his throat... yet despite all that, "Red" Lancer's expression was incomparably calm.
Just as "Black" Lancer was about to thrust his spear, "Red" Lancer's body erupted with a blinding light, as though it would tear apart the night. Heroic Spirit Karna possessed the skill Mana Burst. Though it bore the same name as "Red" Saber's skill, his version was specialized exclusively