Rin Tohsaka looked at the utterly ordinary short sword in her hand. Could I really fail to wield this?
Yuan Shikai watched Rin Tohsaka, who had clearly not taken his words to heart at all.
Instinctively, he held Illya in his arms and assumed a defensive stance.
Though Illya did not understand, she trusted Yuan Shikai unconditionally and did not resist.
Everyone noticed Yuan Shikai and Illya's movements, but they had yet to understand the severity of the situation.
After untying the sealing rope, Rin Tohsaka even tossed the sheathed short sword into the air with what she thought was a cool flourish.
As the short sword spun three and a half times in the air, Rin Tohsaka caught its hilt with her right hand and gripped the sheath with her left.
With a sharp shing, she drew the short sword sideways.
It was merely a casual swing, without the slightest use of magecraft.
A powerful sword aura formed into a crescent slash, sweeping forward across a 270-degree arc.
Because of where everyone stood, the attack did not merely catch Yuan Shikai and Illya; it also reached Shirou Emiya.
Shirou Emiya happened to be testing his Projection Magecraft, with Gan Jiang and Mo Ye in his hands.
Seeing the incoming sword aura, he instinctively raised Gan Jiang and Mo Ye to block it.
The result was that Gan Jiang and Mo Ye shattered on contact, and Shirou Emiya was sent flying.
The warehouse behind him was cleaved in two horizontally before collapsing completely.
Shirou Emiya felt as though he had been hit by a freight truck. Several ribs were broken, and even his internal organs felt displaced.
R-Sis was tasked with protecting Shirou Emiya, and she hurried forward anxiously to check on him.
Yuan Shikai, on the other hand, was