"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Master/Servant Link"
Noble Phantasm
No matter who she may be, Shirou should not have dropped his guard
He should know that more than anyone, but…that single instant was more than enough for saber to injure him
Saber swung back at Shirou's side luckily he jumped back to avoid being cut in half, he couldn't quite avoid the blow however, Saber still catching his abdomen as he jumped back and creating a sizeable gash
It wasn't enough to completely put him down, but it was certainly going to hamper his movement.
Blood flowed from a burning line that ran along his right side a if he had even moved a second later he would have been dead
"Hah!" even though he is hurt Shirou still attacked
Saber receives the blow like nothing and repels his swords without flinching forcing, Shirou to retreat
"Guh……!!!!"
Not only is it blocked, but his body loses balance as well.
Shirou can only defend against her attacks ,Saber's sword will kill him if he tries to counter.
No, first of all, he does not have anything to spare for a counterattack.
The magical energy in Saber's sword scrapes away Kanshou and Bakuya with each attack.The only resistance Shirou is allowed is to block Saber's attacks until he runs out of energy
the only advantage being that this saber was weaker than the original so he was able to match her quite easily
!!!
A vertical slash that nearly split his skull is blocked by crossing his twin swords in front of him.
The battle is at an critical point
Even though he blocked Saber's blow, Archer cannot move.Saber's sword will split his head in two if he loosens his power on the twin swords.
"Nuhm……!" Shirou reinforced his arms to stop Saber's blow.Sweat forming on his forehead and hid breathing hard.
"..."
In contrast, Saber's breathing is normal her cold eyes stare at a troubled Shirou
" Emiya-san, move!" Sapphire's voice called out from behind him. He rolled (avoiding Saber's blow) to the side as Miyu rushed past him.
"Gae…" She drew the Lance back "Bolg!" and thrust it forward towards Saber's chest,Saber brought up her sword, the spear sailed past the flat of her blade and went for her chest...the lance changed its course, moving strangely in an impossible direction, and pierced the heart.
But the lance itself has not grown or bent.
It looked so natural that it makes one think that the lance was already in her heart… and for that reason, it's strange.
It's not as simple as the lance changing its course and piercing her heart.
The lance did not change its course, but changed the means so that the result would be so.
…The lance thrust with that name carried the "result" of "piercing her heart" as a premise in other words, the process and the result were reversed as long as there was the result of the lance piercing her heart, the course of the lance was merely something added later to prove that fact.
An evil thorn that breaks through all defenses the lance that pierces the heart every time it's used, a weapon that determines your fate just by its use however the enemy tries to dodge it, the lance will pierce their heart without fail.
Gae Bolg the spear that pierces death
That's why this move is fatal.
A cursed lance that always pierces the opponent with one thrust...but...The instant the lance was thrust, Saber turned and jumped back with all her might, as if she knew this was going to happen
Saber has evaded it by a small margin even so
"Gukkkk!" Saber, is bleeding badly from her chest...but it won't stop her
"Ahhhhh" with a warcry she raised her sword
Miyu's eyes widened as she realised what happened. Miyu pulled the Lance out and jumped back just before Saber could strike back. She was, at the very least, injured now.
"Fu!"
Using that opening, Shirou gets up and kicked Saber away
Even though she's knocked back, Saber lands rather gracefully.
"B-but…How can anyone block such a ridiculous attack? "" Miyu stared in shock at the Lance, the card unincluded and Sapphire returned to her original form.
"Natural instincts." Shirou replied as Miyu turned to him "Even in that state...she could still see through the curse of reversal of cause and effect."
Saber swung her sword and sent a beam of energy their way.
Shirou and Miyu jumped away to avoid being caught in the explosion, they landed back next to Illya who had just picked herself up.
A red jewel flew in and detonated as soon as it hit the cloud of dark mana Saber activated.
"Rin-san!" Ruby called out, the group turned to see Rin on her feet, Luvia shakily standing up just behind her.
"Are you –"
Whatever she was about to say was cut off when the the cloud kicked up by their gems dissipated to reveal the Servant, undamaged.
That wasn't what concerned Shirou though.
The activation of her Noble Phantasm, was.Black light flows out and a scorching wind bursts forth from Saber's sword.
"Rho Arias!!! "
The seven flower petals appear from empty space and shield the group
"Excalibur Morgan." The true name is revealed.Saber's sword transforms into a blazing black flame
Saber pointed her sword and simply released her Noble Phantasm at the group, the beam ripped straight through the river and blasting through the ground shattering parts of the Mirror dimension.
The first petal broke immediately, another rib cracked.
The second petal broke, causing him to cough blood
The third broke, damage to his organs.
The fourth, the skin on his arm began to split and his sleeve tore away.
Shirou was struggling to stay conscious his body hurt, and his insides were bleeding and about to give out
...
The fifth petal withstood the attack without a scratch
with a grasp Shirou dropped to his knees
The blast had completely annihilated everything that was directly in front of it except for the place shielded by him
Everyone stared at the wasteland that was once a riverbank.
It wasn't raining, it was simply water kicked up from Saber's noble Phantasm falling back to earth.they had survived a direct hit from an Anti-fortress Noble Phantasm despite the fact that the Noble Phantasm was evidently weaker.
Illya watched with horror as Shirou slumped to his knees.
"Oniii-chan!" She screamed and tried to stand up
That's when she saw the Saber servant advance on Shiro. Completely ignoring Rin and Luvia the corrupted Servant raised her sword, ready to finish him off .
Shirou, her brother.
And he was about to die.
'I-Need to save him '
' How?'
A voice in her asked. Something began to crack deep inside her.
'I have to save him !' she repeated
'How?'
The voice asked again, louder than before.
"Archer…" she whispered to herself. She blacked out.
Shirou turned almost robotically to where the shout had come from. Saber seemed to ignore him as well and focus on what was behind him. Illya walked towards them as she held the Archer card out in front of her.
A red circle manifested itself beneath Illya, she placed the card down and simply uttered a single word.
"Install" Her tone of emotionless, machine like.
She was immediately engulfed in a bright flash of light.
Shirou almost froze when her clothes changes, they shifted from her pyjamas into a red and black mantel,
"Trace on" She held out her had and a black bow manifested itself.
There was a tense silence where everyone's attention was fixed entirely on Illya.
Miyu in shocked silence, Saber in quite calculation.
Shirou in sheer unrestricted horror.
"Illya…Y-you" Shiou called out, there was no reply from her.
He felt a build-up of magic behind him and leapt away as Saber let loose a wave mana at Illya.
The girl simply held out her hand. Rho Aias formed in front of her, the wave hit and was blocked. A cloud of dust was kicked up, instantly three arrows were launched from out of it.
Saber blocked all three of them, she looked up as Illya leapt out of the cloud. Kanshou and Bakuya forming in her hands, she brought them together and slashed down at Saber. The servant screamed in pain as the blades cut from her shoulder to her chest.
Saber was wounded from her previous battle right now Illya was overpowering her
Shirou watched as the two fought. Illya wasn't just using his powers. She was using his moves. They were basic, unrefined but they were his. That improvisational fighting style made for battling stronger opponents.
The fighting style Archer(technically him)spent years creating.
Illya was using it.
Saber charged up her sword to release another wave of mana, Illya threw the twin blades at her as the wave was released. The attack detonated as the twin swords hit it, momentarily blinding Saber.
Illya landed and instantly projected
"Trace On" Illya's hands already began forming around a sword that didn't exist.
Shirou stared in disbelief as a projected copy of Excalibur manifested itself in Illya's hands, she raised the sword above her head and the blade began to glow a brilliant golden shine.
"Excalibur…" Saber began to bring the sword down.
"EX-" Illya did the same.
"...Morgan!" A jet of black energy was released from the Saber servant.
"-CALIBUR!" Illya's projection released a beam of bright golden light.
The two hit, they stalemated for a moment.
Then Shirou watched what he believed impossible, the projection overpowered the Noble Phantasm of the class card and vaporised Saber.
...
No one spoke
Rin Luvia,Miyu and Shirou stared wide eyed at the crater where Saber had been and back to Illya. who stood there for a moment as her sword vanished into motes of light before
Then she collapsed. The card was ejected from her and she returned to her normal appearance.
"Illya!!!!"