"I thought I'd get to see two Artorias meet."
Looking at Artoria standing beside Irisviel ahead, although her face had not changed in the slightest, Shen Fei recognized at once that she was Black Arthur, not the orthodox King Arthur. Their auras were distinctly different.
"Come to think of it, Kiritsugu Emiya got pretty lucky this time."
Summoning Black Arthur was far more difficult than summoning the orthodox King Arthur or one of her other aspects. Generally speaking, summoning a corrupted Servant required special conditions.
"So you were hiding off to the side after all. Shadow Clone Technique."
Kiritsugu daring to let King Arthur come out and fight did not suit his personality at all. He was not someone who fought head-on. In truth, he had only sent King Arthur into direct combat so he could carry out assassinations from the sidelines. Through Observation Haki, Shen Fei could clearly sense that Kiritsugu and another person were hidden in two separate positions, aiming sniper rifles at the port.
To keep them from interfering with what came next, Shen Fei summoned two Shadow Clones, intending to restrain Kiritsugu and the others first. His Origin Bullet was not particularly effective against Heroic Spirits, but against Magicians, it was a devastating weapon. Even Tohsaka Tokiomi would likely be caught off guard if he encountered an Origin Bullet without knowing about it.
"I didn't expect only one person to answer the challenge in the end."
Diarmuid looked at Black Arthur, clad in black armor as she emerged from Irisviel's Holy Grail, and could not help sighing softly. He had issued the challenge because he wanted to test himself against other Heroic Spirits. Plenty had come, but only King Arthur had dared to step forward openly.
"So he didn't recognize Saber's identity. That made sense. The