The enemy was so powerful. Caster's true name was Medea, the legendary Divine Era Magician, while the Archer card he held belonged to nothing more than an unknown, failed Heroic Spirit from the future.
He only became a Heroic Spirit after becoming a Guardian. Weak as hell!
Besides, magecraft grew stronger the further back in time you went. By that logic, Caster Medea's strength was practically god-tier!
Saber was even more terrifying. Not only was she the King of Knights, she was also King Arthur—the one who defeated the King of Heroes in the Saber route using the distant utopia, Avalon.
How were they supposed to win with two powerful enemies right in their faces? Show me how!
After they had spent some time healing each other, Shirou let out a long breath. With this, things should be balanced, right?
"Let's go take a look at Ryuudou Temple. We can inspect the enemy's base first. What do you think?" Shirou checked the time as he spoke. It was already getting late, and Ryuudou Temple was quite far away. That was going to be a headache.
Sakura wheeled out a women's bicycle and smiled with narrowed eyes. "It's fine. If Senpai wants to go to Ryuudou Temple, I can get you there quickly."
A women's bicycle, combined with Rider's A+-rank Riding...
"Maiden, show me what real skill looks like!"
"Yes, Senpai!"
This was a women's bicycle, but it was no ordinary women's bicycle.
It launched forward like a bullet, accelerating in an instant. It was a champion among bicycles, an existence beyond bicycles themselves, reaching the realm of fantasy and becoming the next Pegasus of Perseus!
"I'm so hyped I can't take it anymore!"
The bicycle raced down the road, and the mana-infused bicycle demonstrated what a true bicycle was.
"O women's bicycle, if you consider yourself a bicycle, then run with everything you've got!"
The bicycle immediately bloomed with brilliant white light, like a Pegasus!
No, it was a Pegasus!
The bicycle flew!
After dealing with the accident scene, Shirou sighed helplessly. So bicycles really weren't enough? To reach that speed, a technological creation really was being pushed too far.
But he also had to consider the price. This thing only cost a few thousand yen. There was no way it could compare to something like Pegasus.
"Now we don't have a bicycle anymore." Sakura looked sadly at the scrapped bicycle. "Sorry, Senpai."
"It's fine. As long as Sakura is okay, that's all that matters. Something as simple as a bicycle—Traceon!"
For something so utterly imprecise, he could keep it maintained even without using mana.
"Senpai is amazing!" Sakura stared wide-eyed at the bicycle that had suddenly appeared. Projection could do something like this?
"You flatter me. Hahaha."
After bringing Sakura to the outskirts of Ryuudou Temple, Shirou indeed sensed the presence of a Magic Array.
Ryuudou Temple naturally possessed the ability to repel things like Heroic Spirits. They could only enter by attacking through the front gate.
And most terrifying of all, even Enuma Elish could not lift the floorboards of Ryuudou Temple!
Truly terrifying.
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