Surprise Attack / Overwhelming Victory

Kirei Kotomine smiled and said to the Magecraft Gilles, who was preparing for the ceremony, "Congratulations! It seems that the swordsman opposite you this time is none other than Jeanne d'Arc, whom you've been longing for. You'd better work hard to regain Jeanne d'Arc's freedom!"

Chapter 101 Surprise Attack

Mephistopheles could understand Artoria's confusion. All of this could be attributed to a guy who had a close relationship with Mushroom, and this guy drew a bunch of people who all looked exactly the same.

Commonly known as, Saber Face.

In this world, people of different bloodlines and even different races can all have the same face—that is, the Saber Face, or the Artoria face.

While it's acceptable to condemn such irresponsible behavior—thinking that a popular face or persona justifies exploiting others—this only applies to the real world. When this becomes the reality of the world, it becomes incredibly absurd.

It has a kind of urban legend-like horror feel to it, like "there are three identical people in this world, and when these people meet, something terrible will happen."

As far as Artoria is concerned, whether it's Gilles the Magecraft or the swordsman Gilles who doesn't seem completely insane yet, they are both perverts at heart, fanatical fans of Jeanne d'Arc' Arc, and what's most terrifying is that this guy has his eye on her.

Last time in the Fourth Holy Grail War, it was just one person; this time, it's two!

This made Artoria feel that the Holy Grail was betraying her and definitely had a grudge against her!

Artoria quickened her pace. She was confident that the Emiya Household was safe. Mephistopheles was undoubtedly the strongest among them. Whether in her previous life or after becoming Heroic Spirit, she had never seen a human stronger than him.

Thinking of this, Artoria stopped in her tracks and fell into deep thought.

"Wait, am I dead?"

For a fleeting moment, she hesitated. Heroic Spirit are created after death; if she hadn't died, then naturally there was no possibility of her becoming Heroic Spirit, right?

But why do I have these doubts?

"Now is not the time to think about these things. The priority now is to protect Shirou and the others!"

Artoria took a deep breath, banishing these thoughts from her mind, and sped up again, heading towards Shirou's school at breakneck speed.

We must get there before the attack occurs. Although we can use Command Spell to get there quickly, and Medea seems to have a way to replenish Command Spell, just in case, getting there before we need to use Command Spell will at least Command Spell us one!

She couldn't guarantee that Medea could actually create a new Command Spell; that would be a very troublesome matter!

Shirou Emiya arrived at his favorite classroom. With so many people in his family and their complicated relationships, that little corner of the classroom was, in a way, his own private space.

"Sakura and Tohsaka seem to have improved their relationship a bit, but only a bit. I don't know what's really going on between them, and I don't want to ask. Maybe I should ask Mephistopheles?"

"But would Mephistopheles really know these things? He seems to know everything, he probably does..."

"But if he knew, didn't he intend to deal with it? After all, Sakura and he seem to have a good relationship, and Tohsaka is his Master, hmm... maybe he's already taken care of it?"

With that thought in mind, Shirou Emiya temporarily put that matter out of his mind and began to think about other things.

"Gilgamesh, that Golden Sparkle guy is really disgusting to look at. Although it's not a good thing to say, his words and actions are definitely designed to make people feel disgusted."

"His attitude was bad, and the things he liked to do weren't good either. Most importantly, with his death, those whose magic he was constantly draining are safe for now. If we want to rescue them, we'll need Mephistopheles's help."

"Although Saber will definitely help me, I'll need Mephistopheles's help to save the people later. His True Magic has a better chance of saving them instead of killing them."

As he pondered, Shirou Emiya sighed. He felt there were too many things to do, but he couldn't rush things. In the end, all he could do was sigh.

Just then, a surge of magical energy suddenly appeared in the distance!

Having studied True Magic these past few days, Shirou Emiya had become increasingly familiar with things like magical energy fluctuations. He quickly turned his head to look, only to see a scene that surprised him.

A cute-looking girl appeared on the rooftop, riding a Hippogriff. Below, a blindfolded woman swung her chain, aiming it at the soaring Hippogriff!

The woman below is Sakura's Servant, Medusa!

And who's that one up there? Why is there a new Servant?!

Almost at the same time, he sensed a crisis and instinctively ducked down, then heard the sound of glass shattering!

The window was smashed, and as it shattered, an arrow shot into the classroom, piercing through Shirou Emiya's desk!

"A sneak attack?!"

Shirou Emiya quickly looked up. At that moment, the students in the classroom were still screaming because of the sudden change. Without thinking too much, Shirou Emiya immediately wrote out the incantation to Bystander Evacuation using the knowledge he had recently learned, and activated it.

The Bystander Evacuation True Magic used to get irrelevant people out of the area. As the True Magic took effect, the previously panicked crowd quieted down one by one. They looked around in confusion, then quickly left the classroom and hurried away to a more distant location.

At the same time, he also saw people leaving other classrooms, and a more powerful Bystander Evacuation spell was activated at that moment. Shirou Emiya suspected that it was used by Sakura Matou or Rin Tohsaka.

Soon, there were no more unrelated people left in the school; only the three Masters and a few Servants remained.

The attacker then stepped forward, glanced at the three who had gathered, and said, "I don't really like killing unarmed people. How about you surrender yourselves and sever ties with your Servants?"

After saying that, he glared at Rin Tohsaka again and warned, "Don't even think about using Command Spell to summon your own Servant. My arrows are faster than your reactions; they can cripple your hand in an instant!"

This is absolute confidence—confidence in one's own archery skills!

Rin Tohsaka smiled and said, "Since you're so easy to talk to, why don't we chat for a while?"

"Delaying time? Useless. I've already heard your people are on their way. This is enough time for me to manually sever your connection." The newcomer was none other than Robin Hood. He casually pulled out a knife and walked towards the group. "Just remove the Command Spell, that'll be enough. At most, you'll lose some skin, which is better than losing your lives."

In the distance, Astolfo, who was fighting Medusa, immediately shouted, "Remember to apply medicine to their wounds, lest they suffer any lasting damage!"

Robin Hood rolled his eyes at this.

If it weren't to keep this guy occupied with the only Servant, why would he bother with something so troublesome!

Just cut off his hand, he won't die!

Scraping skin? What a load of rubbish!

However, to prevent internal problems from arising within the team, Robin Hood had no choice but to follow the original plan and scrape off the Command Spell from these individuals.

They were just a group of human Magecraft anyway, and they were far inferior to him as Servants.

But something unexpected happened.

The girl he had mistaken for an ordinary human raised her left hand, the gem on her wrist emitting a faint glow.

Instinctively, to prevent the opponent from using Command Spell, Robin Hood attacked with arrows.

But after the arrow flew out, it was stopped by something!

A vast amount of magical energy surrounded the group, and this energy was filled with the aura of water, as if an invisible stream was blocking their way.

When did she activate the Magecraft? Was it when she raised her hand just now? How is that possible? How could a human possibly unleash such immense magical power in an instant?!

Robin Hood was filled with doubt, and at that moment, another girl smiled and raised her hands—both hands.

One on the left and one on the right, as if they were supporting something.

Then, put your hands together and press down from above!

The simple action alerted Robin Hood. He dodged abruptly and jumped away from where he had been standing without hesitation. He then saw a bolt of lightning, flashing with flames, strike down from above and hit the spot where he had just been standing.

"Boom!"

What seemed like a simple strike actually shattered the ground completely, turning the fragments into dust that was finer than the finest!

The range of this attack was not large, and judging from the crater, its power was clearly not very significant. However, the force displayed at the point of impact was terrifying!

How did this girl manage to deliver such a contradictory blow?!

What kind of Magecraft is this?!

"You actually dodged it? I must say, your sense of danger is quite impressive, Servant." The girl smiled, then raised her hand again, seemingly able to wield this terrifying power at will!

"Sakura Matou... Is this the Magecraft of the Matou family?" Robin Hood quickly retreated, firing three arrows at the same time. Each arrow was his strongest attack without unleashing his Noble Phantasm, but these attacks failed to break through the defense. Instead, the girl named Sakura Matou launched a series of attacks!

"If you think it's Matou family Magecraft, then it's Matou family Magecraft. Think what you want." Sakura Matou smiled and waved her arm again. The five elemental forces of earth, wind, water, fire Ether, and ether converged and descended from the void, transforming into pure matter.

In principle, this means creating matter out of thin air. Once it reaches its limit, it can create a completely new world. However, even though Sakura Matou has learned some new theories, she cannot reach that level. The only thing she can do is create a small amount of matter and then smash it down.

If Mephistopheles saw this, he'd probably call it "The Infinite weaker version of the power of the Creation Lightning and the Flame Sword."

Robin Hood dodged the attacks while simultaneously counterattacking, but no matter how he fought back, it had no effect. He took a deep breath and asked, "What kind of Magecraft is this? How can its defense be so strong?"

This is comparable to the defensive Noble Phantasm of Heroic Spirit who excel at defense!

Is this something that humans could obtain?!

"Why do you think my Servant is so at ease letting me come to school alone?" Rin Tohsaka smiled. At this moment, she relied on Gabriel's power to completely protect her surroundings. As long as the opponent's attack could not break through the power of the Moon Goddess's Gem in her possession, she would be absolutely safe.

However, to break through the power of the Moon Goddess's Gem, there is a prerequisite: breaking through the power of the Gabriel summoned by the Moon Goddess's Gem!

Or, destroy it before it can summon the power of the archangel!

Unfortunately, thanks to the protective spells on her body, even in her normal state, Rin Tohsaka had enough protection to summon Gabriel's power immediately.

Moreover, the other party had already come out and wasted so much time talking to them, so it was naturally a piece of cake.

"This is troublesome. Our Master really hasn't gotten any useful information at all... So, could this so-called King of Heroes he mentioned be finished...?"

"You mean Gilgamesh? He's dead, he's back on the Throne of Heroes." These words came from Sakura Matou with a grin. Even Shirou Emiya couldn't help but glance at the girl, feeling that she was speaking very bluntly today.

"And the fact that you can say that makes me wonder, your Master is Kirei Kotomine, that priest in the church, right?" Sakura Matou said, her face smiling, but revealing a dangerous undertone.

She looked very angry, as if she wanted to beat the priest up.

Sensing this change, Rin Tohsaka glanced at her younger sister with some surprise, then smiled slightly.

As expected, feelings still lingered, and it was impossible to let go.

At this moment, Shirou Emiya finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know what had happened, it seemed that Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Matou had reconciled quite a bit, which meant he could relax a bit more when he went to school for the next few days.

Just as Shirou Emiya was thinking this, he suddenly saw a beam of light appear in the distance, rushing towards him at an extremely fast speed!

That was the armor reflecting the sunlight, and the owner of this armor was his servant, Saber!

Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Robin Hood was caught off guard and his arm was slashed by the weapon. He jumped back to create some distance and looked at the woman in front of him with a surprised expression.

"They arrived pretty quickly!"

Artoria stood before them, weapon in hand, staring intently at Robin Hood, and whispered to those behind her, "Shirou, I'm here!"

"Yeah, it's okay, we're safe. You be careful too," Shirou Emiya said, then asked, "But why did you get here?"

They attacked your house.

"Ah?!"

Shirou Emiya showed a pained expression.

Chapter 102 Crushing

Shirou Emiya grieved for his house, and at the same time, he silently prayed that his house could be protected, or at least not become unrecognizable.

If only some minor, inconspicuous areas were damaged, he could repair them as he did last night. However, if they were completely destroyed, leaving no trace, he would have no choice but to temporarily move to another place and watch as someone else rebuilds the site.

"And also, all my treasured possessions must be safe!"

Finally, he offered a heartfelt prayer for his precious collection, including the games he had spent years collecting. He said he would be truly heartbroken if his treasured possessions were lost.

At this moment, Artoria was somewhat surprised to see that Rin Tohsaka behind her had used a very powerful protective True Magic. She had never expected that Mephistopheles's Master would have such a powerful spell.

"Is this why Mephistopheles is so comfortable letting Rin go to school alone? The powerful defensive spells would take me a long time to break through, and that would be enough time for him to come and rescue her using Command Spell."

"Although we don't know who the Servant in front of us is, their strength is not bad. They have managed to hold off the opponent for so long and even forced them to retreat. It can only be said that the combination of Rin and Sakura is really terrifying."

"Luckily Shirou was with the two of them. If Shirou had been alone, it would have been dangerous..."

Thinking of this, Artoria gripped her weapon tightly and said in a deep voice, "Archer, why are you here? All the Servants for the Holy Grail War should have been summoned by now!"

Seeing Artoria suddenly appear and sensing her immense strength, Robin Hood knew his sneak attack had failed. He could only sigh and shout, "Alright, stop fighting! Let's call a truce!"

Upon hearing Robin Hood's voice, Astolfo exclaimed in surprise, "Are we really not going to fight?!"

His voice was full of joy.

Sakura Matou glanced at Robin Hood, then called out to her Servant Medusa, "Stop!"

Following Sakura Matou's order, Medusa also stopped her attack. She quickly came to Artoria's side, staring at Robin Hood with a wary expression.

"That would be great if we didn't fight! As long as we explain things clearly, I think there won't be any problems!" Astolfo jumped off the Hippogriff and hopped over here.

Seeing how happy he was, Robin Hood was momentarily speechless.

Fortunately, the opponent's strength is now much greater than theirs, so he doesn't need to worry about how to explain to Kirei Kotomine. Besides, communicating with the opponent and sending out some information is a form of information exchange, aimed at obtaining more information from the opponent.

So Robin Hood said, "Actually, our existence is due to your own problems. Think about it, what is the purpose of the Holy Grail?"

"To gather a victor and then grant their wish?" Shirou Emiya said, then, seeing Rin Tohsaka glaring at him, he quickly coughed and added, "It's to open a passage between the Root and reality, and then go to the Root to seek the truth."

These are all things Mephistopheles has mentioned, Mephistopheles has also said that they are not secrets, and it's the perfect time to tell the other party.