[Fate] Falling Sun

That piercing gunshot almost made Ritsu's heart skip a beat.

"Mio!? What's wrong with you?" Ritsu heard the gunshots from the communication device, and while trying to talk to her, he quickly asked Assassin to find her first.

"Mio──" And Karna also heard the girl's sudden muffled grunt, and he intuitively sensed what happened, and urged the girl to use the Command Seal quickly.

On the top floor of the ruins, the dark clouds finally drifted away, and the moonlight slowly shone on the face of the woman holding the gun. She held a small pistol for self-defense in both hands, and a command spell was clearly left on the back of her right hand.

"Sure enough, it's your fault." Solau stared coldly at the black-haired girl who had been pierced with a blood|hole in the back, and Mio turned around in astonishment. The pain that burst from her chest at that moment made her Unable to pronounce any word sounds.

"Go to hell." The woman fired another shot, until she saw the girl fall from the railing on the top floor due to the force of the second bullet, and Solau quickly left the top floor.

A strong wind blows past her ears, falling, falling, falling──

"Am... am I going to die here...?" 』

It came without warning, the scythe of death.

Is she going to disappear in this Holy Grail War inexplicably like this?

Obviously, there are still many things that have not been done...

I also want to attend New Year's prayers with my mother...

I still want to say a few more words to my father in my lifetime...

I also want to cook a few more dishes so that Lil can taste her true spirit as a sister...

I still want to...repay...the kindness to Karna...!

"No...it's not over...it's not over yet! ! ! 』

Mio, who had not yet lost consciousness, saw the command spell on the back of her hand the moment she fell, and seemed to be able to vaguely hear Karna's whisper.She suppressed the pain in her chest, raised the command spell and shouted in a hiss.

"Come to my side──Lancer!"

The first Command Spell, emitting a dazzling brilliance, instantly summoned Karna who was still in the inherent barrier. He spread the red wings on his back, accurately caught the injured black-haired girl, and landed in a gliding manner. to the ground.

"Mio!" The white-haired young man's usually calm mask had already cracked, and his worried expression revealed the long-worried anxiety.He immediately noticed that there were two fatal wounds on the girl's chest, but now they healed with amazing resilience, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, the black-haired girl also noticed this, she stared at her chest with puzzled eyes, and found that Karna's reaction was unusual. "Lancer, what's going on?" Just as she was about to ask, another voice came in abruptly.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation, but I don't think my duel with Lancer is over yet?" The King of Conquerors appeared in front of the two again.He was sitting on the chariot, and he didn't look like he was about to run out of magic power at all.

At that moment, the god son of the sun immediately understood what was going on.

"Mio, tell Ritsu to chase after another Master." The white-haired young man put her down, swung his arm, and the lightning gun appeared instantly.

She hurriedly passed the information to the Bluetooth device on her ear, and the younger brother who got the news told Assassin to go after Kenneth's fiancée Solau instead.

"It seems that you are the same as my Master? No, no, I seem to have underestimated you too much." The Conqueror King slightly stretched his beard, raised his sword again and shouted the king's army power──

The strongest treasure has appeared again.

But this time, even Mio was involved in the barrier.The white-haired young man raised his eyebrows slightly, and simply carried the petite girl on his shoulders.

"LAN, Lancer!?" Without warning, the black-haired girl was really shocked.

"Hold on tight, Mio." The dignified low voice clearly reached her ears, and Mio looked around carefully, all of them were the army of the King of Conquerors.In a state where even Sun God Son didn't dare to underestimate the enemy, he simply embraced the Master by himself.

"Okay, Lancer. It's up to me to beat you first, or let the master outside be caught first to decide the victory or defeat. You should be very clear about this situation." The Conqueror King looked really helpless, originally The fact that there are two masters is considered a trick, and he will not intentionally inform the enemy of this information.It's just that he didn't expect that the other party turned out to be two pairs of masters and slaves working together, and they were also twin brothers-this can be regarded as his own army.

Kenneth is indeed a genius among magicians. When he participated in the Holy Grail War, he successfully transferred the right to provide magic power to his fiancée Solau, circumventing the fact that "Servant's magic power can only be provided by the contracted Master." "With this rule, it became the only group of masters and slaves with two masters in this war.

That's why when Kenneth was defeated, Rider hadn't disappeared yet.

Looking at the incalculable king's army, Mio finally understood why Lancer couldn't get out of the barrier for a long time.If the strongest Noble Phantasm is not liberated, the chance of being surrounded by such a large number of heroic spirits may approach zero.

"Lancer, please release the Noble Phantasm!" the girl begged.The King of Conquerors' treasure is indeed very powerful. If you don't take out Lancer's treasure chest, it may be difficult to decide the winner in this battle. The pros and cons of the two sides are analyzed and the outcome is clearly visible.

"It's hard to do now." The white-haired young man paused for a second before responding, and then the encirclement and suppression actions of the soldiers had already begun—Sun God Son swung the Thunder Spear, resisting the successive attacks with one hand.

"Why?" The girl asked in puzzlement. Could it be that the magic power is not enough? No, it is impossible. The magic power connection on my body is quite stable, and it must not be the reason.

"The necessary golden armor is not on me." One blow, two stabs, three shots, although he was carrying the girl, the white-haired youth's movements were not slow at all.

The strongest Noble Phantasm of Karna, it is precisely the sacrifice of the golden armor that needs to be sacrificed in order to obtain the god-killing spear that can only be thrown once.Instead, there is a powerful force that will definitely be destroyed.

"What did you say—why the golden armor... ouch cough!" Just as the girl was excited to continue questioning, she was choked by the wind and sand flying all over the sky.

"I used that for you." The white-haired young man with the girl on his shoulders was understated. She couldn't see Karna's expression, but she could clearly hear what was contained in that calm tone.

In a short sentence, the deep compassion contained in those words instantly hurt her heart like a piling.

The golden armor bestowed by the Sun God is a defense-enhancing Noble Phantasm.Since it is an existence formed of light, even the gods are hard to destroy.This is the reason why Karna is immortal. Whether it is hostile physical or conceptual damage, it will be reduced to one-tenth. If the magic power is sufficient, the recovery power is even amazing.And it can be used by others according to one's own will.

Yes, that's why she survived being shot twice by the woman.

The one who went to the battlefield was obviously not the girl herself, but he put such an important treasure on her body.Karna is not someone who would ignore the opponent's strength, but he only intends to do the most important thing.

Keeping Mio safe where he can't see──That's all.

"When... that's not the point! Hurry up and take it back!" Mio tapped Karna's back angrily, although the force was probably the same as scratching for him.

"Mio, now in Rider's barrier, I think you need it more." The current Karna is very grateful that he gave Mio the golden armor before the battle, otherwise they would be eliminated in this battle . "Also, don't you believe in Ritsu?"

Just now Rider also mentioned the victory or defeat condition of "it depends on whether I defeat you first, or let the master outside be caught first".And Mio calmed down, with Assassin's footsteps, it is indeed impossible not to catch the fleeing Rider Master, and Rider's demise is only a matter of time.

"I really underestimated you, Lancer." Looking at Lancer's master and slave who still had room to talk during the battle, the King of Conquerors decided to use more intense methods of encirclement and suppression to win the victory.

The surrounding soldiers began to form a circle around Lancer, as if they were forming a formation.

But Sun God Son noticed that something was wrong with the movement around him, and he asked the girl on his shoulder in a deep voice: "Mio, hold on later." The white-haired young man only said this, and began to drive the red flames to surround himself and himself. Sharpshooter | On.

"Eh...I see!" Originally, she thought she was talking about the high temperature that might be burned by fire, but in fact, she only felt that the flames were warm, not to the point of scalding, and then the girl understood——Karna It is currently absorbing a lot of mana.

Release of magic power──This is a skill to specialize one's own attack power, but if it continues to burn, the degree of mana consumption is no less than the total amount required by the treasure. Instantaneous explosive power is the best solution for current tactics.

But how long it lasts depends entirely on how much mana Mio can produce.

"If it really comes to a time when I can't hold on... please release the Noble Phantasm." The black-haired girl knew that it would be a harsh war of attrition before Assassin finished Rider Master.If it really got to the point where it was absolutely necessary, he could only use his last trump card.

"Trust me, Mio." The flames surrounding Helios seemed sacred and magnificent. "Before this sandstorm stops──I will turn into a shelter and block all wind and rain for you." That calm tone brought a strong sense of security.

"The whole army—the battle begins!" The few encirclement and suppression operations that Iskandar will use, in fact, he has never used this formation during his lifetime, because it is impossible for anyone to leave his army alive to crush, and most of them deal with Large wild beasts have a better chance of being used──

That's right, the Son of the Sun God in front of him was indeed listed as a beast level judge.

The first wave formed a circle and stabbed spears from all directions, while the white-haired youth just saw the right moment and jumped up into the sky to sweep outside the circle.Thanks to the endless support of the master's magic power, the specialized flame released by the magic power increased twice as much as the previous normal attack, and for a while, both sides were in a state of check and balance.

A veritable war of attrition.

The black-haired girl bit her lower lip, enduring the burning sensation from the rapid draw of magic power.It didn't come from the flames cast by the Son of the Sun, but from the nerves on the back of her neck—that is, the magic circuit, which was running at high speed just like last time.

The time to continuous release has already exceeded ten seconds.

And Karna was concentrating on resisting the King of Conqueror's tactics. As the second and third waves passed, Rider finally saw the right time and jumped up on the horse Bucefalas. Under the acceleration of gravity, even The man and the horse trampled down on the pair of master and servant──

The white-haired young man carried Mio in his left hand and brandished a sharp spear in his right hand. He blocked the horse's hooves at a critical moment, but he was still suppressed by the momentary weight, and the sand under his feet sank three inches in an instant.

The exclamation of "How is this possible" appeared in the minds of both Mio and Rider at the same time. Regardless of the weight of the sharp gun, the King of Conquerors plus his horse definitely weighed more than a hundred catties. How did he do it with one hand?

However, this exclamation didn't last long. In the next second, Lancer released a shock flame that was like an explosion, swallowing it in all directions──If he didn't do this, the soldiers who were waiting for the opportunity to wait for this gap would be killed. Annihilate them in one fell swoop.

The dust was flying, and the moment the flame was released, the white-haired youth had already jumped away from the original center point with the Master, and slid towards the direction where there were few people.

In the state of high fever, Mio's consciousness began to become blurred. In fact, she didn't know how long she could hold on. If she could still speak, she should be able to continue to hold on──

Just when the girl was still hesitating about the timing for Lancer to release the Noble Phantasm, she finally saw a glimmer of hope—the sky at the height of the sun began to shatter and peel off bit by bit, turning into the original night.

"It's a pity—you can't even force out your Noble Phantasm. Is this the end of our arrogance?" The King of Conquerors shook his head regretfully, as if giving up the final attack.Maybe he also saw the strong will hidden in Lancer's eyes, above himself.

"You are a very strong opponent, it's great to be able to fight against you." Lancer looked up at Rider, which was quite a high praise for Karna. "But I can't dissipate here, at least not now." In the depths of those Danqing pupils, there is indeed an indomitable will -- or maybe it's persistence.

"Really? Hahaha──boy, you are actually quite likable." The Conqueror smiled boldly, and the surrounding army and the earth gradually sublimated into golden fireflies, flying into the sky.

The hegemony of the king of conquest has now become an unattainable dream.

***

About 5 kilometers away from the scene, an overturned car was lying on the side of the road with flames.

On the hill on the other side, the man with the red hood put away the Remington 700 that had just been launched, and transmitted it to his Master in the form of a recitation.

『Target Rider Master No. [-], confirmed to be destroyed. 』

"I see.Thank you, Assassin. 』

Stepping out of the abandoned mansion, the first thing Li saw was Lancer who had fallen to the ground and his own sister who was embracing him.