And—
Countless threads suddenly wrapped around Hata no Kokoro, binding her tightly, making escape impossible.
"Not ordinary threads, but... not a match for me!"
Hata no Kokoro donned the Lion Mask, and with a hearty roar, unleashed flames from her mouth, incinerating the threads completely.
The flames Hata no Kokoro spewed were no ordinary fire, but flames released using magical power. While Teigu were no ordinary weapons, being engulfed by such flames would inevitably lead to their destruction.
"What! They're broken!" Lubbock suddenly appeared, a look of shock on his face as he stared at Hata no Kokoro.
Thousand Transformations: Cross Tail, a resilient thread-type Teigu, its threads were made from the fur of super-dangerous beasts said to inhabit the clouds of the Eastern Sea. Not only were they strong, but they were also incredibly sharp, with the strongest thread known as the Severing Thread, whose toughness far exceeded the others. It could be deployed as a trap or a barrier to detect enemies, and it possessed the ability to restrain and cut, living up to its name of Thousand Transformations.
Therefore, seeing it burned through by these flames was a huge surprise to Lubbock.
Hata no Kokoro, however, coldly regarded Akame and the other two before her, and put on the Fox Mask.
"Let's bet on the title of the strongest! Fight me!"
Chapter 67: Assassin Plays Dirty
Koizumi lay silently on the grass, sensing the surrounding presence. Without a doubt, Koizumi was training his sensory abilities.
Honestly, Koizumi felt that his strength was steadily increasing, but it would be best if he could improve his sensory abilities as well.
So, the only way to achieve this was to constantly train like this, just as he was doing now.
He shouldn't have to worry about Reimu; there was only one person on her side, but the energy signature had three completely different types... If he wasn't mistaken, there were probably people sniping from a distance, using guns and cannons.
Reimu was handling it quite easily, after all, he could feel that Reimu's output wasn't that exaggerated.
Only two in total, how low, Reimu could solo the entire Night Raid, okay! Even with the existence of Servants, once Reimu took out her ultimate Noble Phantasm, who could withstand it!
Although Koizumi didn't know how strong Reimu's ultimate Noble Phantasm was, the output was definitely huge.
Because Reimu didn't want to expend too much power and make herself exhausted, she sealed this Noble Phantasm.
Since the output was so great, it meant the power must be considerable, so Koizumi always had an unusual confidence in Reimu.
Hata no Kokoro's side was probably a bit troublesome; Koizumi could sense that there were three people besides Hata no Kokoro.
Hata no Kokoro's strength could only be described as mediocre. Unless she released her Noble Phantasm, it would be difficult for her to deal with three people in one go.
Night Raid was notorious in the Imperial Capital, and it made the Imperial generals feel so troublesome. Night Raid must have its strengths, and every assassin in it should not be underestimated.
So, one against three, Koizumi couldn't help but worry if Hata no Kokoro could handle it.
If it were Reimu, Koizumi wouldn't worry, but if it was Hata no Kokoro, Koizumi couldn't help but feel a little concerned.
After all, the difference in combat power between Hata no Kokoro and Reimu was still very large...
However, now wasn't the time for Koizumi to worry about Hata no Kokoro, because Koizumi felt a crisis.
He didn't feel any corresponding aura, but Koizumi felt a trace of danger, very obvious...
Vaguely, Koizumi had already begun to be vigilant. Although he was selling a flaw, Koizumi didn't want to get himself killed.
After all, no one sells a flaw and ends up really getting themselves killed; that would be really embarrassing.
Although Koizumi didn't think Yakumo Yukari would watch him die, Koizumi didn't want another embarrassing moment in his history.
One day, when he became stronger, grew up, and then Yakumo Yukari brought out this embarrassing moment to tease him.
...Koizumi couldn't help but shiver. He didn't want Yakumo Yukari to record such an embarrassing scene.
Okay, let's not think so much. Let's be careful around, it's best if nothing happens!
Koizumi maximized his senses, and this time he was exceptionally careful. Although Koizumi's sensory abilities weren't that great, he also believed that he couldn't be deceived by those from Night Raid.
Why couldn't he detect anyone approaching, but he felt a strong sense of crisis?
It was as if there was something approaching in the darkness... Wait, something in the darkness?
I remember Reimu said there was a Servant's presence, could it be that the Servant has come to find him...
If that was the case, it would be a little bad. After all, although his strength was strong, there was still a big gap compared to Servants. At most, he could fight against the very weak ones.
But then again, since the other party was a Servant who was good at stealth, then without accident, it should be an Assassin.
The Assassin's strength shouldn't be very high. After all, they put all their points into stealth, so their frontal combat ability shouldn't be strong. If it was him, he should be able to have a good fight with the other party.
But speaking of which, why did he always feel a cold wind blowing across his forehead after thinking that the Assassin's frontal combat strength was not high... Did he say something wrong? Shouldn't the Assassin's potential points all be put into stealth?
Forget it, let's not think so much, it's better to be vigilant. Since he knew it was an Assassin...
Slowly, shadows gradually approached Koizumi. The next moment, bursts of air-piercing sounds came, and Koizumi quickly opened his eyes.
Koizumi, who wanted to catch the incoming objects, felt a chill in his throat and subconsciously chose to dodge directly.
At the moment of opening his eyes, Koizumi's figure had already transformed into a Vampire, after all, he couldn't compete with these Assassins in his original form, and he would only die miserably in the end.
After dodging the incoming objects, Koizumi glanced slightly at what had flown over—it turned out to be two short swords.
The two short swords were inserted into the trees behind Koizumi, and soon, the trees actually withered quickly.
At this moment, Koizumi finally understood what that chill was. The other party's short swords actually had poison on them, and it was definitely a deadly poison, otherwise it wouldn't have made even the Vampire feel a strong chill.
It was a strong poison that could threaten the Vampire. Honestly, as long as he had enough magic power in the Vampire state, he could continue to revive, but if he was poisoned to death... He would revive after being poisoned to death, and then be poisoned to death again, and then revive again...
That guy's gonna go crazy, isn't he? No one wants such a maddening cycle of life and death...
Although Koizumi hadn't heard of a Vampire dying from poison, he wasn't keen on testing it out himself.
Getting back on track, Koizumi's gaze turned forward, to a series of dark figures slowly revealing themselves in the moonlight. They were all wearing skull masks.
Some were tall, some short, some skinny, some fat, and upon closer inspection, there were quite a few of them.
Judging by the energy signatures coming from them, they were all Servants, and all Assassins!
Even Koizumi couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth. Even if Assassins were weak, this was taking the concept of cheating way too far!
After failing at stealth and assassination, these Assassins were planning a group brawl!
Seeing such a large group, anyone who didn't know better would think it was some gang coming to cause trouble.
However, one Servant was completely out of place. While the other Assassins were clearly of different heights, builds, and weights, their muscles were still visible. This Servant was different.
Although they wore a skull mask, the skin visible through the black stockings and their slender figure revealed them to be female. Moreover, they looked frail, yet Koizumi sensed danger from them.
How to describe it? This girl was like a rose with thorns.
It seemed that just touching her would cause a backlash and lead to major problems for himself.
Chapter 68: Large-Scale Attack
Honestly, Koizumi didn't expect to encounter Servants here, and that Night Raid even had an Assassin-class Servant. This really surprised him.
But it wasn't a big deal; this was a Singularity, after all. It was normal for distortions to occur and Servants to appear.
So Koizumi was only slightly surprised and didn't say much about it.
They were already at his doorstep. Was he going to chat with them about right and wrong? That would be purely doing nothing after being full.
However, what left Koizumi speechless was that these Assassins, after failing at stealth assassination, were planning a group brawl. What was that about! Couldn't they see Koizumi staring at them with a speechless expression?
But it wasn't just Koizumi who was speechless. Even the assassins themselves didn't know what to say when facing Koizumi.
It was simply because they saw the two Command Seals on Koizumi's right hand. They could determine that the human before them was a Master, and a Master with Servants. If they weren't mistaken, that shrine maiden was probably his Servant.
And probably more than that. There was also a girl wielding a guan dao earlier. That girl was probably a Servant too.
A Master supporting the magical energy supply of two Servants. This Master's talent as a mage must be pretty good.
However, with the positions of the two sides unclear, even knowing that the other party was a Master, they had to attack!
Thus, one skull-masked assassin after another charged at Koizumi, throwing daggers or attempting to punch him, some even attacking with unknown long-handled weapons, holding nothing back.
The girl that Koizumi was slightly concerned about also headed into the shadows, seemingly planning to launch a surprise attack using the darkness. In Koizumi's opinion, this was the normal behavior, after all, they were an Assassin!
However, facing such opponents, Koizumi was surprisingly relaxed, because...
Koizumi slowly raised his right hand. The next moment, a huge magic circle appeared above Koizumi, completely enveloping him, stunning all the skull-masked assassins present.
Are you sure this is a Master and not a Servant? He can even use this kind of large-scale attack!
Reimu and Leone started fighting each other without saying a word. Since Leone liked close combat, then she would play along!
Anyway, Reimu was a little bored, because Leone and Mine weren't that strong.
One was a ranged attacker. Reimu could basically dodge the attacks while flying in the air. This was thanks to her intuition. Reimu could sense that she had been targeted before the other party fired.
Gensokyo was best at danmaku attacks. Koizumi had deeply realized this from Remilia.
The attack that Remilia used against Archer was the most basic danmaku attack in Gensokyo.
Yakumo Yukari had also explained this to him later, so he wouldn't be ignorant of Reimu and the others.
Koizumi felt it was very normal. From the moment Remilia, a dignified Lancer, used Caster's methods, he felt that there was a problem. It turned out that the problem was here, so could all Gensokyo Servants adapt to the Caster class?
However, Reimu wasn't a Caster class seemingly because she fired danmaku, so she became an Archer.
Okay, this was really something that made people want to complain. Did she think she was playing a danmaku game?
Forget it, complaining about this here would be a loss. The classes of Gensokyo Servants were all randomly assigned, so why bother being serious about it.
Reimu and Leone had clearly noticed the change in the sky, and both stopped their attacks.
"Hey, hey, hey! Is this your doing? Or is it the doing of that little girl with the mask on her face?"
Even Leone felt a palpitation from that magic circle. Although she could be sure that being hit wouldn't kill her, she might lose a layer of skin. There would definitely be no good end to being hit.
Reimu looked very casual, arms crossed, while silently watching the huge magic circle in the sky.
It should be Koizumi's masterpiece. But come to think of it, this attack was somewhat similar to the attack that Remilia launched against her during the Scarlet Mist Incident. Although the scale looked large, the power wasn't that great.
Moreover, compared to Remilia's attack during the Scarlet Mist Incident, the power of this attack was still much weaker.
It was just a little similar... But being able to perform it to this extent was already very good. What a monster.
Although she was also cheating, Reimu couldn't help but want to complain about Koizumi's cheat...
Reimu's behavior was clearly a case of "the magistrate is allowed to burn down houses while the common people are forbidden even to light lamps!" Disgusting!
"Do I need to tell you? And also! We're fighting, aren't we... What's with you?"
Reimu looked speechlessly at Leone, who had her arm around her shoulder. This guy was too unrestrained...
And also... Feeling the softness on her right arm, Reimu's cheeks couldn't help but turn slightly red...
That feeling always reminds me of a certain youkai [Sage] who gets drunk, goes crazy, and shamelessly throws away her principles...
Fortunately, it's just principles she's throwing away. Principles aren't really useful anyway; consider them eaten. It's good she's not throwing away her chastity.
"Ara! Little Reimu, don't be so distant. You've already guessed, anyway. We're just here to have a little spar, put on a show. I saw your battles in the Imperial Capital against the Imperial Guard and Great General Budou. With my strength, how could I possibly beat you? Even with Mine over there, I wouldn't win!"
Leone is quite self-aware, very clear about the gap between herself and Reimu.
Probably even if the entire Night Raid were to mobilize, they still couldn't contend with Reimu.
Besides, who knows what trump cards Reimu might have? Since she can create those charms that block fatal attacks at crucial moments, Reimu herself must be carrying similar things. So, Leone is definitely not Reimu's opponent.
Even if she uses her Teigu's trump card, Leone doesn't think her chances of winning are very high.
"Speaking of which, should we retreat? This thing might even attract the Imperial Capital's army."
Leone suddenly revealed a serious expression. She hadn't originally planned to make such a big commotion!
"Relax, I've set up a barrier. People outside the barrier can't see what's happening inside."
Although she's not Caster, Reimu, due to her identity as a shrine maiden, possesses Rank A Territory Creation and Rank A Demon Sealing Formation. These two skills allow Reimu to perfectly execute almost all the barrier techniques she's used before.
It must be admitted, Reimu is practically a Caster wearing an Archer skin!
Chapter 69: Serious Hata no Kokoro
Kokoro's side seems to be at a disadvantage. Bulat, Akame, and Lubbock are ganging up on Kokoro.
Akame and Bulat are engaged in close combat with Kokoro, while Lubbock is using Thousand Transformations: Cross Tail to restrain Kokoro to some extent. So, this time, Kokoro is at a disadvantage.
However, Kokoro relies on her various innate skills and class skills to completely even out the situation.
Bulat and Akame can't help but feel the strength of the opponent before them. Lubbock's threads are also completely ineffective.
By the way, Akame knows that the Teigu in her hand is very dangerous, so she is always very careful when fighting.
So Akame didn't use her full strength, you could even say that she almost gave the opportunity to fight to Bulat.
Although it is said that defeating the opponent only requires a single cut on the opponent with Murasame, but if she really cuts them, something bad will happen.
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