The Demonic Sword, streaked with black markings, severed another incoming flame arrow, scattering it into particles of golden-red light.
Amid the ringing of bowstrings, even Kama, floating in the air, could no longer wear her usual smile.
"You're just a useful tool, yet you dare act so arrogantly!"
Kama cursed mercilessly in her childish voice, but whatever she thought, it could not change the situation.
Ever since the plan a few nights ago had failed, Karna had set his sights squarely on them. Before the son of the Sun God, manifested in the Archer class, unless Kama truly intended to give up, any move she made would bring arrows streaking like meteors from dozens of kilometers away.
The first time she encountered an attack that arrived in an instant, Kama had not even reacted in time. Without Saber's support, she would have suffered considerable injuries.
Karna's handling of the situation was impeccable. So long as he maintained an archer's advantage at range, neither flight nor battle could take Kama beyond his discerning gaze.
She no longer even had the right to choose her battlefield. Like startled prey, she could only be driven little by little toward the place Karna had chosen before making her decision.
Boom!
Churning scarlet splashed into the air, distorting atmosphere and light alike. Finally, when another streak of golden light attacked at a speed beyond her eyesight, Kama could stand it no longer.
"Saber! Stop!"
Beside the sprawling port warehouses, the Goddess of Love floated in midair and narrowed her eyes, abandoning any intention of continuing this chase with Karna.
That declaration made the incoming arrows vanish at once. Before the Master and Servant had waited long, brilliant golden motes rose like swirling grains of sand, gathering into a body as heroic as a statue.
"God