"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"
In Black Sakura's final desperate counterattack, more than thirty Black Shadows shot toward Chloe.
As long as Chloe died, Mordred would vanish as well. Though she would be forced to return to the Greater Holy Grail, she could still corrupt and enslave Mordred before leaving. Then, using Mordred to hold back Artoria and Rin Tohsaka, she would still have a chance of successfully manifesting.
However... Chloe's petite body moved like a nimble cat. Her slippery evasive maneuvers left behind a string of afterimages as she easily escaped the Black Shadows' attacks, slipped through the gaps, and raced back behind Artoria at top speed.
Seen Through... So What?
After Teleportation, projecting Rule Breaker, and continuously maintaining Mordred's battle, Chloe's mana had been drained completely. Such precise control and calculation far surpassed the level of an ordinary magus like Rin Tohsaka.
"Damn—"
Filled with endless resentment and unwillingness, the consciousness of All the World's Evil was forced out of Sakura Matou's body and returned to the hole.
The forced anti-magecraft effect of Rule Breaker could likewise only be resisted by the Five Great Magecrafts. Its magical connection with Sakura Matou was clearly still far from sufficient.
"Sakura—"
"S-Sis..."
Sakura Matou's body was extremely weak. Without the mana supplied by All the World's Evil, the Medusa Puppets, reduced to only eight after Heracles' assault, almost instantly drained every last bit of mana from her body.
Yet when she saw Rin Tohsaka rushing to her side with concern written all over her face, a smile involuntarily appeared on her lips.
She had seen everything that happened earlier. So not everyone hated her. Besides Shirou Emiya, her sister Rin Tohsaka had also always cared about her. Her world gradually began to brighten.
At the same time, within the hole, above the endless