Although she had gained Rider's strength and martial skills, she could clearly feel that the enemy before her was several tiers stronger than she was—at the very least, strong enough to give Shirou a grueling fight, perhaps... even stronger!
Sakura had already been amazed by and admired Shirou's battle, and she had no confidence when facing an opponent who might be even stronger than him.
When confidence fell short, willpower would make up for it. Even if she could not compare to her senior, she had to buy him some time.
She, Sakura, would block Lancer's attacks from inside her coffin even if she died!
Standing guard in front of Berserker, Shirou noticed that Berserker was almost recovered.
Theoretically, this moment—when he was about to recover but had not yet done so—was the best time to attack.
But when he had turned red and revived, Shirou had tried to attack as well. Yet it was as if he had become invincible after using a revival coin; Shirou's attacks had done nothing.
Picking up Yellow Rose, Shirou realized that the two Roses were not the same Noble Phantasm. In other words, Diarmuid's two weapons could fully help Shirou score a double kill!
At that moment, Shirou was moved to tears.
The more Heroic Spirits like this there were, the fewer Noble Phantasms he would have to copy. Copying Noble Phantasms was exhausting!
He nocked an arrow and drew his bow. He had to hit the target and let him properly experience what Archer's techniques were all about.
Berserker roared and looked ahead, his target being—Lancer?
Hey, hey! I'm your opponent! I just took two of your lives! I'm about to take the third, so wait for me!
But Berserker ignored Shirou, as though he found him utterly uninteresting. His eyes held only Lancer.
Brother B sprinted all the way over. Brother B advanced and retreated. Brother B had a huge advantage. Brother B charged in!
Shirou decided he should switch to spectator mode. So they had not been allies after all; he had thought they had coordinated their attack together.
So a person's fate truly was unknowable!
"Sakura, get back! Get back!"
Sakura hurriedly retreated, while Lancer spread his hands and taunted, "I don't think you're strong enough to give me a satisfying fight..."
"Berserker?" Lancer had only gotten halfway through his sentence when he saw the massive figure charging at him.
As the holder of Child of Light Cú Chulainn's card, he would never abandon his knightly pride and retreat.
"True Name Release—Gaebolg (Spear of the Distant Land)."
The red spear pierced through Berserker's defenses as though tearing through paper. It all seemed far too easy.
Brother B got GG'd!
Sakura watched in utter shock. An enemy who had fought her senior for so long had been defeated so easily by him. Terrifying—he absolutely could not be allowed to remain!
Yet Shirou merely watched in silence, eating popcorn he had swiped from who knew where as he commentated, "Brother B is caught in a dilemma! Brother B got GG'd! Ah, what a shame. He had such a huge advantage—if he'd just charged in, he would've won!"
"I never thought that after becoming Berserker, you'd go mad to this extent." Lancer put away his red spear, his voice carrying a trace of melancholy. But then Berserker suddenly roared, his skin once more like red-hot iron!
Seeing this, Lancer took two flustered steps back.
Unfortunately, Berserker possessed a full A-rank Agility and B-rank Luck, while Lancer, who wanted to escape, was the holder of Cú Chulainn's card.
That was Luck E!
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