"Archer!"
Hakuno hurriedly ran toward Shirou.
Shirou had been slammed into the wall, his body nearly embedded in it, his consciousness already somewhat blurred.
Lilith greedily looked at Shirou, but soon her gaze caught Hakuno.
"Don't be in such a hurry, Archer. Once I deal with your master, I'll absorb you too..."
But at that moment—
A blade pierced through Lilith's back.
Not a single drop of blood fell, but still—
"Ha ha ha—so much for being invincible. Meltlilith. Wearing that idiot Sakura's face and yet using it to commit evil... truly disgraceful. The high-level player, Shinji Matou, has come to punish you!"
"Shinji Matou?"
Lilith narrowed her eyes. Hearing that name, she could not help but recall something.
It seemed this was the person Archer had been searching for?
"That's right, it's yours truly."
Shinji said smugly, "Hmph, someone like you, supposedly invincible, still can't possibly beat me."
"—Fine. Go on, Shinji. This seems rather interesting, so I'll listen. How exactly are you going to beat me? Do you think you've won just because of this? It was only one stab."
Lilith pulled the blade from her body and turned to look at Shinji.
"W-What?"
Shinji took a step back.
"Shinji, run! Hurry, get out of here!" Hakuno shouted.
But it was already too late. Shinji was so frightened that even his words trembled. "L-Lilith, p-please forgive me. I apologize. Isn't apologizing enough?"
"How boring. You're nothing more than an insect, though being annoying is something you excel at. But since you've appeared before me, that means you've already prepared yourself, right? If you kneel and beg for mercy, I can still let you go. But this time, I'll truly turn you into a virus at the nanoscale, smaller than a mite." Lilith looked at Shinji with disgust. "Savor