I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

The feeling of futility and powerlessness eroded Saber's heart, but she remained undaunted and continued to wield the sword in her hand.

Lancer and Saber are at odds with each other. Every time Saber cuts a sword, he will make up for it with a shot. If he doesn't do this, the sea devil's exaggerated self-healing ability will return to its original state within a second.

However, Huang Qiangwei can suppress the self-healing of wounds, but cannot suppress the proliferation of the sea demon itself. Protozoan-like properties allow sea devils to multiply themselves from any part of their bodies. A tentacle was cut off, and the sea demon directly absorbed the section and then grew a new body.

Everything is in vain - no, even if it can only slow down the pace of the sea devil, it is meaningful. But as long as I think about the outcome in the near future, what I am doing now is just a meaningless struggle.

It would be great if Mor·alltach (Rage of Violence) was here. Such a piece of meat would only take two swords at most——

No, there is no point in lamenting the impossibility of this happening.

Lancer gritted his teeth, pushed away distracting thoughts, and swung his guns faster and faster, but judging from the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, this offensive could not be sustained for long, but the noble knight of the gun would not give up.

"Hey, Saber, Lancer! There will be no end if this continues, retreat for now!"

Hearing Rider's shout from the tank overhead, Saber rebuked loudly.

"What nonsense are you talking about! If you don't block it here -"

Tentacle blocks broken into several pieces fell from above, creating large splashes of water. On the largest block stood Scathach holding a sword.

"The temporary retreat is for better attack. I agree with Rider."

"Do you have any good ideas? Assassin." Lancer asked as he used the yellow rose to pierce the flesh at Scathach's feet - it was trying to split and regenerate.

"A thought indeed—."

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go!"

Before Scathach could finish speaking, Rider swung the reins vigorously and drove the two sacred bulls towards the shore. Before leaving, he did not forget to leave two divine thunder blasts for the sea demon.

Scathach raised his left hand, and a soft whip cut through the air, tied to the armrest of Rider's chariot, and slid along on the divine wheels.

Saber and Lancer looked at each other, each wielding the last sword and two shots with all their strength, then ran across the water after Rider, and returned to the river bank where Irisviel was waiting.

Scathach, who landed with the Kamui Wheel, walked straight to Irisviel, stared at the android without blinking, and said, "Master of Saber, we need your help."

"Me, me?" Irisviel subconsciously took a step back, her beautiful red eyes full of doubts, "Well, what do I need to do -"

"It's very simple. I hope you will return the things that originally belong to Saber to Saber."

"!!!"

Hearing Scathach's words, Irisviel's body trembled violently, with an expression of disbelief on her face. .

Unlike Irisviel, who was shocked and panicked, the others couldn't understand it at all. Saber asked: "What do you mean, Assassin, does Irisviel have anything to give back to me?"

"Yes, that's your holy relic, the 'fate' between you—" Scathach stretched out two fingers and pointed at Irisviel's chest, "—your scabbard."

"!!!" This time it was Saber's turn to be shocked. She looked at Scathach, then turned to Irisviel and murmured, "My scabbard?"

Scathach sighed softly. If possible, she didn't want to reveal the matter here, but if she wanted to solve the current situation, letting Saber retrieve the scabbard was the best solution, at least better than the remaining two options she could think of.

"Irisviel"

Perhaps unable to bear Saber's expectant gaze, Irisviel gritted her teeth and nodded.

"I have your scabbard, sealed in my body in the form of a conceptual weapon. No, it's nothing. I wanted to ask why Assassin knew about it?"

The person who handed the scabbard to Irisviel was her husband Kiritsugu Emiya. In order to ensure the safety of his wife who acted as the acting master, Kiritsugu also specifically told Irisviel not to let Saber know. Irisviel obeyed her husband's instructions, but she always felt guilty for this deep down in her heart. The scabbard was originally the property of the King of Knights, and what she and her husband did was borrowing it without asking.

However, only Irisviel and Kiritsugu knew about this matter. How did the others know about it?

"I told her. Although the Einzbern family deliberately hid the news that the scabbard was unearthed in Cornwall, it's a pity that the people involved in the excavation and search were not strict in their words."

Shinji, who didn't know when he would return, answered on Scathach's behalf, using an excuse he had prepared in advance.

"The appearance of Saber's job by the King of Knights proves the authenticity of the news, but the fact that Saber's left hand was sealed by Lancer's yellow rose shows that the scabbard has not returned to Saber's hands. Anyone who has read the legend of King Arthur knows that the scabbard Miraculous properties - the person holding the scabbard cannot be harmed."

The reason for doing this is simple: I don't want Lancer to destroy his Noble Phantasm by himself as described in "Fate Zero".

Saber's trump card is the Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm, which has the terrifying power to completely destroy the Sea Demon with one strike, but to release the true name of the Noble Phantasm, Saber must use both hands. Now Saber's left hand is sealed by a curse, unable to release the true name of the Noble Phantasm. There are only two ways to remove the curse, kill Lancer, or destroy the source of the curse.

After Emiya Kiritsugu's intentional disclosure, Lancer knew about this. With a noble temperament, for his own chivalry and to prevent the sea monster from destroying Fuyuki City, he personally broke the inevitable yellow rose and freed Saber's left hand. And doing so also meant that Lancer lost the possibility of winning the Holy Grail War, which indirectly led to his subsequent tragic ending.

Scathach didn't want to see the warrior he admired end in this way, so Shen Er designed a new script for her. In exchange, Scathach needed to give Shen Er a promise.

The script opened at this moment, and the male protagonist was completely unaware of it. He was still looking at the King of Knights with surprised eyes. He watched the King of Knights walk up to Irisviel, hold her hand, and speak in a voice that seemed to penetrate his whole body.

"So, Irisviel is my sheath."

The comfortable touch from her hands soaked into Irisviel's heart. At this moment, she forgot her husband's instructions and all the distracting thoughts.

There was an inexplicable pulsation in her chest, a heartbeat, and a desire for old things to return to their original owners.

In the similar yet different brilliance of King Arthur's golden holy sword, the scabbard slowly left her body.

The sheath, which is the same color as the holy sword, is inlaid with sapphire blue enamel decoration, and the long-lost fairy text is engraved in the middle. It is the lost scabbard of King Arthur.

The light representing protection shone on the faces of Saber and Irisviel.

Irisviel picked up the scabbard with both hands and handed it to Saber.

"Saber, bring me victory."

"Yes, I will definitely!"

Saber pressed the scabbard with her weak left hand and solemnly declared.