Liberation, the Treasure Tool That Hides a Treasure Tool

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Watching Assassin suddenly turn sideways, draw his long blade behind him, and assume a stance, Saber felt alarms blaring in her heart.

With the skill known as Instinct, Saber could clearly sense it.

At this very moment, as Assassin took that stance, a demonic aura began to surge from him.

It was the fatal threat known as death.

Saber's instincts told her that if she continued to let Assassin proceed without responding, the outcome would be utterly disastrous.

At once, Saber pointed the invisible sword in her hand at Assassin almost by reflex, then charged forward like a wild beast.

Unfortunately, Saber's actions were completely futile.

Though it had not been long, that amount of time was already enough for Assassin.

"Secret Sword..."

As a soft murmur sounded, Assassin abruptly opened his eyes, his gaze shooting toward Saber like a sharp blade.

"Tsubame Gaeshi—!"

When the name of that famous demonic sword technique was unleashed from Assassin's lips, death itself entered Saber's sight in its most direct form.

"Clang—!"

Amid an incomparably crisp ring of blades, three crescent-shaped flashes of steel suddenly emerged from space. Like the scythes of death flying from distant hell, they slashed toward Saber.

Though there were only three flashes, they instantly enveloped all the space around Saber, cutting off every route of retreat as they closed in with the shadow of fatal death.

"—!"

At that moment, Saber's Instinct shrieked incessantly like maddened cicadas in the cold.

The technique known as Tsubame Gaeshi was absolutely impossible to evade.

If she tried to dodge, even she would only meet the fate of being cut in half.

Before that realization could reach Saber's