"..."
Shirou took a deep breath.
On the other side, Black Saber coldly whispered the True Name Release of destruction.
"──────Sword of Victory (Calibur Morgan)!"
With an upward slash from below, she unleashed a blast of evil dragon breath powerful enough to pierce the sky.
Time seemed to stop at that moment.
As Shirou shouted a forbidden spell, a surging torrent of magical energy began ravaging his body, accompanied by the agony of tearing circuits apart—
"Time Control, triple speed (Time alter—Triple accel)!!"
"Time Control."
Originally, this was the specialized magecraft of the Assassin Servant Emiya, a technique that deployed an Inherent Barrier within his own body.
Within the smallest possible barrier, it "adjusted" the passage of a few short seconds, forcibly accelerating the flow of blood, the burning of hemoglobin, and the time required for muscle tissue to begin and complete its movements by one to several times.
The "Dead Count Shapeshifter" Lady Avalon had prepared for Shirou operated on the same principle—it was "Time Control: Magical Version," which directly accelerated the time inside his body to ten years in the future.
Compared with the magecraft used by Kenshinnes and Tokiomi Tohsaka, Kiritsugu's magecraft lacked both flashy effects and power.
But Shirou liked it very much.
So, old man... let me borrow your magecraft!
"..."
Black Saber, having released her Noble Phantasm, felt a fierce wind rush past her ear.
From the corner of her eye, she saw Shirou pass her at an unbelievable speed and leap into the air.
"Master!"
"Leave it to me!"
Forcing a change of direction in midair, Shirou moved in front of Lady Avalon, faced the pitch-black aurora torrent, and extended his right hand.
"Projection Magic."
This was Shirou's greatest area of expertise.
This was a skill he had tempered through countless trials.
Although