The Most Formidable Enemy
----"Pitch-black."
That was Luo Zhen's first impression after seeing Saber.
Her skin was white—an extremely unhealthy pallor.
She wore armor that looked exceptionally heavy. Unlike her skin, the armor was pitch-black, covering nearly ninety percent of her body and gleaming with an intimidating luster.
She was not very tall. In fact, she could even be called short, slender, and frail.
Yet from that extremely slender, frail body radiated terrifying magical energy powerful enough to make anyone's blood run cold.
The vicious magical energy was like a black tide that devoured the human heart, filling the entire cavern.
That overwhelmingly ferocious magical energy originated from the Servant before them—Saber.
Luo Zhen had prepared himself long ago.
He had prepared himself mentally to face the most terrifying enemy.
She was an existence that even Berserker, whom he regarded as absolutely unbeatable, had been unable to defeat.
Moreover, the Saber Class could only be obtained by a Heroic Spirit who possessed a legend befitting a "knight of the sword" and whose parameters other than magical energy were all at the highest level. It was often regarded as the trump card among Servants and was considered the Class most likely to produce the champion of the Holy Grail War. Her strength was beyond question.
In fact, according to Chaldea's records, the winner of Fuyuki City's 2004 Holy Grail War had been a Saber-Class Servant. That alone showed how formidable the Class was.
However, only after truly facing this enemy did Luo Zhen realize that his mental preparations had still been insufficient.
She was absolutely more terrifying than he had imagined.
What shocked Luo Zhen even more was...
"She's a woman...!?"
Yes.
Saber, who even Berserker had been unable to defeat—the terrifying enemy whose true name would leave anyone astonished—was actually