Although some mages in the Type-Moon world practiced martial arts and fist techniques to improve their close-combat abilities—such as Rin Tohsaka, who had trained in Eight Extremes Fist, and Luviagelita Edelfelt, who excelled at wrestling—their combat style still primarily revolved around bombarding each other with long-range magecraft.
Only untutored wildcards like Shirou Emiya would think of projecting weapons for close combat, much like those Mystic Arts Masters in Marvel who neglected their proper work.
Of course, that was mainly because Kiritsugu Emiya had only taught him the two basic magecrafts of Projection Magic and reinforcement. Other than that, he did not even know the most basic form of magical shooting.
Yet it happened to work out perfectly.
Although Illya had not systematically studied magecraft either, she was still far better than Shirou Emiya.
Moreover, her entire body was made of Magic Circuits, countless times more than Shirou Emiya's mere twenty-seven. Shirou Emiya had spent five or six years learning Projection Magic, while she had needed only three days.
Taking advantage of her bath, when no one was watching, Su Ning tried projecting a mirror and narcissistically admired herself in it.
"Tomorrow, you will go to Fuyuki City. Your ticket has already been booked. Sella and Riesbyfe will take you there."
"Yes, Grandfather!"
Su Ning lowered her head, her mind racing.
Only three days remained before the Holy Grail War began. Setting out now was already several days later than in the original timeline, so she truly could not delay any longer.
I'll head to the Underground Vault in a while...
It would be best if I could secretly take the Dress of Heaven. If that fails, I'll have to use up a Command Spell to forcibly summon Berserker over and seize the Dress of Heaven.
But what about Acht? Should I kill Acht first?
Whether to kill Acht first or secure the Dress of Heaven first left Su Ning deeply conflicted.
The Dress of Heaven was the strongest Mystic Code specially crafted by the Einzbern family for Justeaze at the cost of countless rare materials. It could store and control the souls of all things, briefly wield the Third Magic: Soul Materialization, and was immune to any soul-based attack.
In Sakura Matou's route, Illya, wearing the Dress of Heaven, could even resist the corruption of All the World's Evil's malicious will and completely purify it. That alone showed how formidable this Mystic Code was.
Of course, for Su Ning, the significance of this Mystic Code was that wearing it would allow her to grow bigger and stronger.
Originally, every defeated Heroic Spirit that exited the stage would be absorbed into Illya's body.
But after putting on the Dress of Heaven, those Heroic Spirits could be stored within it and summoned out at any time to serve as her enforcers. Its effect was somewhat similar to the method by which Holy Grail Mud corrupted and controlled Heroic Spirits.
The Fifth Holy Grail War had so many bosses and hidden players. Without the Dress of Heaven, it would be difficult for her to turn the tables against the odds and defy fate.
I have to get the Dress of Heaven!
So...
I'll kill Acht first!
With that thought, Su Ning was already preparing to summon Heracles.
But at that moment, Acht waved his hand and took a pure white dress trimmed in gold from a magical space, handing it to Su Ning.
"???"
"The Dress of Heaven?"
"What does this mean?"
Su Ning could not help staring at Acht with a blank, adorable expression, while Acht seriously introduced the Dress of Heaven's abilities.
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