"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Master/Servant Link"
Noble Phantasm
Noise of the battle the sound of swords clashing filled the air the two moved too quickly for mere human eyes to follow sparks flying each time they clashed
This is not Rider ...Shirou realised after clashing with a few times
Her attack pattern was very straightforward aiming for the vitals and she relied completely on speed to dodge
She also seemed to lack her complete whits, simply working off brute strength
He went of the offensive, she narrowly dodged the strike aimed for her neck and held up the spike to block the one aimed at her abdomen.
The impact staggered her slightly while Shirou continued the offensive because he knew he couldn't survive even a second if he held back.
While Shirou was engaged in a life and death battle Rin,Ruby and Illya were watching him from a fair distance
"huh to go toe-to-toe with a servent I can see why you like dumb face here "
"Onii-chan isn't dumb !!!!!" Illya protested
"Hey is he really a third-rate mangus " Rin asked
"Shouldn't you be helping him ?" Illya asked
"Eh ?" Rin eyebrow "I think he's doing fi-"
"So much for a first rate mangus you are even worse that 'Weak and Cornered' third-rate " Ruby snorted
A loud feral cry was heard from Rider as Shirou managed to give a small cut on her arm
"Y-you" Rin growled at Ruby's insult "hey Third-rate get back !!!!"
Three rubies were tossed at Rider
Shirou jumped away just as they exploded In a bright red light similar to fireworks.
"Pretty " Illya said in awe
"Obliviously it's the magecraft of a first-"
"Rin!!!"
Rin just had time to see a spike heading towards her head as a sword materialized in the air and deflected it
"Kyaaaa! " Rin stumbled back and ran for cover
"..."
"So much for that hag ...ahem Illya-chan? This is where a magical girl comes to the rescue!"
"A-are you sure?" Illya raised a nervous eyebrow
"It'll be fine, Illya-chan!" Ruby spoke "Besides we can't let Oni-chan do the work of a Magical girl!"
Illya growled "Mou! I don't care anymore!" she swung the stick and released a beam of light.
Rider, still focused on Shirou, didn't see the beam until it hit her the explosion sent Rider crashing into the ground, a rather sizeable cloud of dust kicked up by the impact.
"Nice work, Illya!" Rin shouted over from behind a bush "Now support him and keep throwing mana attacks!"
"W-wow!" Illya was busy staring at Ruby "I can shoot this kind of stuff?"
A loud scream distracted them
Illya stared wide-eyed at as Rider jumped back out of the cloud of dust.
But-
A sword slammed into her shoulder from above
Several dozens of swords susped mid -air
relentless onslaught of swords fall on Rider within seconds.
Rider can't manage this or atleast that's what they thought
"Wha" Shirou realized the abnormality after the superiority is made clear.…They have not hit her.
Not a single one of the swords has struck its target.
The Servant was stronger than before. It still wasn't close enough to a full servant but it was enough to be a bigger hassle than it was previously. She's taking him more seriously now but it doesn't stop blades keep falling putting her on the defensive
"Illya can you hit her her with a stronger blast ?"
"I am not –"
"That's easy just imagine hold me till I glow so bright that I'll bust and then release the attack thinking that bastard "
"I'll try !!"
10 seconds...three swords managed to gaze Rider
30 seconds... swords stopped falling as the twin swords in his hands was banished like they never existed however there was a bow in his left hand, an "arrow" that isn't a arrow but a sword on his right
He fired.
The attack only grazed Rider's abdomen, cutting through his skin like butter
More followed unlike the swords these were more precise One caught Rider in the thigh,another embedded her left shoulder slowing her down
"Moon Spiral Heart Attack !!!!" a beam pure mana engulfed Rider
Good work, Illya-chan !!." Shirou called back, hearing a small cheer from Illya.
Their celebration was short lived however, when the smoke began clearing Shirou's eyes widened
Rider was alive though horribly injured a good part of her body (and dress) burnt and she was bleeding from her wounds but the visor which sealed Rider's eyes were broken
Everything solidifies at that instant
Rider's naked grey eyes. They look like crystals, and they are too abnormal to be called eyeballs.The corneas do not take in light,the pupil sees the world through a square,the iris is solidified, not allowing the eyes to close.
The millions of cells that make up the retina are composed of ether are they art that the gods admired, or are they nature that the gods cursed?
They are inhuman eyes, one of the highest rank among numerous mystic eye,
Rider's gray eyes are abnormal, and at the same time, too beautiful for any human to have.
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Shirou's eyes are captivated by Rider's mystic eyes is frozen in place as he saw her eyes from such close range.
His eyes are frozen even if he wants to close them. And his arms are frozen even if he wants to cover his eyes.
He tries to charge forward and slash at Rider, but his legs are already petrified up to his knees.
He can't look away even as his blood is thickening the flow being solidified, and his senses are ceased
"No way, mystic eyes of petrification !? " Tohsaka's voice is almost a scream even as she hid behind the bush "
" Don't look at her !!" Ruby already shielding Illya's eyes shouted
Mystic eyes.
A single action magic that magi have.
It takes the eyes, passive receptors of the world, and makes them function actively to influence the world.
It indiscriminately casts its magic upon anyone within sight, though the effect is vastly increased if the target meets your gaze.
In short, it's something not to be looked at, and it is a frightening magical nature that entraps anyone that looks at them.
Their abilities and concealable nature make the mystic eyes proof of a first-rate magus.
The technique to make one's own eyes into a Magic Circuit is close to that of a Magic Crest.
But then, artificial mystic eyes only have strong enough powers to cast Charm or Whisper.
Possessors of truly powerful mystic eyes are always born with them.
Binding. Coercion. Contract. Burning. Illusion. Extreme luck.
Mystic eyes that directly intervene with another's fate are called Noble Color, and among the highest-ranked of them are the eyes of petrification.
No magus of this age possesses these eyes.
There are only a few magi that make petrification magic possible.
How great a miracle is it to be possible to petrify others just by looking?
…Breaker Gorgon.
It is the curse of the gods sealed by the powers of shrines.
It is said that such evil eyes were only possessed by evil beasts and spirits in the age of the gods.
The magical Noble Phantasm that can petrify people with its glance, the symbol of the heroic spirit Medusa!
A dark-red wave is expanding from within Rider, who has released her mystic eyes
"I am the bone of my sword!" Shirou shouted immediately
the red aura now materialized ad a magical symbol .
"Thats!" Rin shouted out, Shirou already knew what it was though.
"My body is made out of swords."
There's only one place he needs to reach.
The flowing power filled him to capacity in an instant
"My blood is of iron and my heart of glass."
Magical energy pushing beyond the capacity of the circuit piercing his flesh like a red-hot iron rod
" I have overcome countless battlefields."
Even so overflowing magical energy not enough even after two years of training not by the boost from time travel (a very small one and mainly due to his fight with Archer)
" Not even once retreating,"
It doesn't matter Rider is in no condition to move one sword is enough to end this
" Not even once being victorious."
His circuits are getting frozen by her eyes even so a blade is being formed above Rider
"The bearer lies here "
His only hope was that one sword
"Lancer: Include." He heard a hushed whisper behind him.
"!!??"
He turned his head slightly to see another young girl, around Illya's age with short black hair, wearing a strange blue version of Illya's outfit.
The girl rushed forwards her eyes shut tight at impressive speeds towards Rider.
"Gae…" She drew the spear back and Rider made an expression of surprise
She didn't need eyes to hit Rider not with this perticular spear "Bolg!" the lance was thrust forward almost as if it knew where to strike right through Riders chest.
The Servant sputtered slightly before collapsing, her body disappearing into motes of light. Leaving only a Card titled 'Rider'.
"Lancer: Uninclude." The girl spoke again, a detached emotionless voice "Target defeated." She walked forwards and picked up the floating card "Class Card Rider has been collected."
What caught Shirou's attention though, was the blood red spear she was holding. Gae Bolg, the spear of Cu Chulainn, evidently these class cards seemed to mirror the powers of the Servants from his Holy Grail war,
Shirou stared at the small girl standing barely a few metres from him, she looked at him in slight confusion, nervousness and a emotion he couldn't make out
" Oniii-chan!!?" She shouted
"...umm...Thanks..."
"..."
"W-who's that?" Illya whispered behind him.
"Oh ho ho ho ho!" An odd laughter cut through the air,
"T-this moronic laugh/that voice…!" Rin and Shirou said in surprise,
"How disgraceful." Shirou turned around to see a teenage girl with long blonde drill locks of hair and an extravagant blue dress walking up behind them, a smug smile on her face with her eyes closed.
"The moment in which you judge how to land...a...killing...blow…" She trailed off as she opened her eyes and looked at Shirou
"Y-you...you're…" Her eyes went wide and she lifted a shaking finger to point at Shirou, who still stared at her impassively.
"Emiya-kun !?!" she turned and blushed
"...does he have mystic eyes of charm or something?" Ruby asked Illya
"Luvia!" Rin spat before cringing "Wait, you survived as well then?"
Luvia did her best to avoid frowning at that, instead her smile became a little more strained that it already was "Of course." She then turned to the girl "Good work, Miyu." And took the card from her.
Luvia attempted to laugh again, only to receive a kick to the side of the head by Rin which floored her.
Ruby sighed "Good grief. Those two just won't grow up."
"Are mages normally like that?" Illya asked with a deadpaned expression
"They never change do they ?" Shirou sweatdropped
The two continued to trade fists and insults when the ground suddenly began to shake, Shirou looked up to see the sky beginning to fall apart.
"What's happening?" Illya looked about, slightly panicked.
"Now that the card has been removed, the Mirror world is collapsing." Ruby replied calmly "For now we should probably get out of here." She then shouted over to the fighting magi "Hey you two! We're leaving!"
The pair showed no sign they even heard them.
"Man, there hopeless." Ruby sighed
"Sapphire." Miyu said walking and, standing in between Illya and Shirou., the Kaleidostick in her hand responded in a more sophisticated voice than Ruby "Yes, Master."
The same spell that brought the group here activated again. This time it brought them back
"Well, that was exciting." Ruby chimed after they returned "I guess we're done for tonight though."
Rin and Luvia were still fighting each other.
"I've been wondering for a while…" Rin spoke through gritted teeth as she butted heads with Luvia "But whose that girl you're with. Why does she have Sapphire."
"I could say the same to you!" Luvia replied "Why is Emiya-kun with you !"
Rin narrowed her eyes "He came to help me if that's what you're wondering...but if that girl's got Sapphire...then…"
Luvia broke off the shoving match and made a face of irritation "That's right! I finally catch up to Sapphire and then she's saying 'This girl is my Master now!'"
"Yeah." Rin deadpanned "I figured. Same thing happened to me."
"At any rate!" Luvia turned back around and levelled a finger at Rin, the smug smile back on her face "Even so, I'll still be the winner! Prepare yourself, Tohsaka Rin!"
"Miyu." Luvia called out as she walked past "We're leaving."
She laughed an obnoxious laugh as she left, with Miyu trailing behind her.
"They're gone." Illya remarked, still stunned by the last few minutes.
Rin sighed "That moron is unbelievable." She began walking over to Archer and Illya "What does she think this Card Collecting business is?
"Speaking of which…" Shirou asked akwardly pointing to his petrified legs "can someone do something about this "
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