I don't like the gods, I want to be a hero

"You can't say that, Tohsaka." Shirou Emiya, who finally stood up beside him, felt that Assassin's aura was very similar to his own, so he had the opposite idea of ​​Assassin's behavior from Miss Tohsaka.

"A heroic spirit like Assassin is naturally very clear about the facts that anyone with a discerning eye can see, so his behavior at this time must be deliberately done to achieve some purpose..."

"Since you think so, then tell me what kind of purpose drives Assassin to actively provoke Berserker, so as to attract firepower for us, the enemies he must defeat in a strict sense?"

Seeing that the half-baked man beside him dared to sing against himself on the issue of the Holy Grail War, Tohsaka Rin's eyes widened, and at the same time he folded his arms and stared at the young Emiya with a scrutiny.

"This..." Emiya Shirou scratched the back of his head, he is not the master of Assassin, how could he know what Assassin's real purpose is.

"I can't tell you." Seeing the young boy hemming and hawing, he couldn't say anything good or bad, and the girl with ponytails immediately raised her head proudly.

Saber, who has been silent all the time, did not join the discussion of the two Masters around her, because as a Servant, she needs to be vigilant on the battlefield at all times, especially when Assassin's ability is unknown.

The same 'Old Man in the Mountain' who is also an Assassin would most likely have the same ability as the Assassin she had seen before.

But considering that in the legend, every assassination leader has an assassination stunt that others cannot copy, and that weird arm that is likely to be the treasure of Assassin...

Gathering information from various sources together, Saber has two conjectures regarding Assassin's strange behavior.

One is that the Assassin in front of him is actually just a clone, and after seeing Berserker's powerful strength, Assassin and his Master plan to use the clone to set a trap against Berserker or his Master, so as to eliminate this powerful opponent.

Second, after seeing the power of Berserker, the Master of Assassin intends to use a certain aspect of Assassin's ability to...

'...delaying my actions so that Saber and the others can take the opportunity to escape? Calmly watching the strange Assassin in front of him, Seleus thought about what he wanted to achieve.

Seleus, who was disturbed, was not as furious as expected. After experiencing Archer's attack that was much more powerful than expected, and the incident where Assassin sneaked close to Illya, Seleus realized that it was difficult for him to act like Grasp the situation on the battlefield like before.

Therefore, he must ensure that he is calm enough to deal with various emergencies.

'Assassin's Master has seen my strength in the dark through the familiar, so he plans to unite with Saber and the others to fight against me? Looking at Assassin, who was hunched over in front of him, Seleus had a countermeasure in mind.

'After seeing my strength, I still want to send Assassin out, which means that Assassin has some cards that can save my life in my hands. ’ Out of caution, Seleus directly carried Illya on his shoulders, and at the same time pressed his left hand tightly against the girl's body.

"Although I don't know what kind of ability you have, your Master can safely send you to face me."

Seleus's empty right hand suddenly stretched forward, but this ordinary action made Assassin suddenly feel a terrifying chill, and the intuition he had cultivated from walking on the tip of the knife for many years made him instantly realize that there was an attack coming from behind. danger.

"Whoosh-"

Not caring how embarrassed his image was, Assassin rolled directly on the ground, almost evading the attack by wiping the blade of the battle ax that flew back to Serius' hand automatically.

"But if you think that what I just showed is my full strength, then you are very wrong." Seleus took the tomahawk, and with one step, he slashed at Assassin.

Feeling the power contained in the battle axe, Assassin realized that if he resisted recklessly, he would be split open with a knife and a man, so he could only roll again, dodging Serius' heavy chop with difficulty.

But when Assassin wanted to stand up and throw a dagger to fight back, Serius kicked him out with a heavy kick immediately after...

"Rin! Shirou! Run away now!" Saber, who had confirmed his thoughts from Assassin's behavior, made a decision instantly.

"But where can we escape?" Tohsaka Rin pointed out their current predicament sharply.

If they could escape, they would have wanted to escape a long time ago, but Weigong Mansion is no longer safe, and the villa of the Tohsaka clan is also in the same embarrassing situation. No matter where they escape, Illya will find them. If they do that It was nothing more than delaying the result that would happen tonight for a few more days, and they still had no hope of defeating Berserker.

"No matter what happens next, in short, find a temporary safe place to stay. After Archer and I meet up with you, we will go to the allies' place to hide together."

"Our allies..."

Chapter 35 Pegasus?

"Wait! Saber, you haven't made it clear who our allies are?"

Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka, who were suddenly told by Saber that they had an ally on their side, hadn't reacted yet, and the petite blond knight rushed towards the center of the battlefield.

"It's true that Saber made us run away all of a sudden, and even said that we went to an ally's house to hide together... But we don't have any allies. Before Illya brought Berserker to find us, I only met I’ve only seen Lancer who rushed over to kill me as soon as we met.”

Looking at Saber's back that was drifting away, Emiya Shirou, who knew that no matter how much he shouted, would not reach the knight's ears, heaved a helpless sigh.

Then the boy turned his head and looked at Rin Tohsaka, who was holding his chin with one hand and seemed to be thinking about something. "Does Tohsaka know what Saber meant just now?"

"I probably have a clue, but there is not enough evidence to confirm it." Reminded by Saber's words, Rin Tohsaka sensed a possibility from Assassin's strange actions.

If the Master of Assassin is a senior magician, then when he participates in a dangerous magic ceremony like the Holy Grail War, he will definitely send a large number of familiars to monitor all places that may become the battlefields of Servants, and use this to obtain all the things he needs kind of intelligence.

Under such circumstances, the scene where Saber and Archer teamed up to fight against Berserker but was ruthlessly crushed would definitely be passed on to his eyes by the familiar.

And after learning that there is such a terrifying opponent as Berserker, it is very normal to send Assassin to support, and plan to form allies with Saber who can confront Berserker head-on, and Archer with extremely powerful firepower.

but...

Thinking of Assassin's almost dying behavior, Tohsaka Rin's expression was a little weird.

Even if he wanted to show his sincerity in front of his future allies, wouldn't it be more beneficial for him to let the Assassin who was specially used to deal with the Master appear next to her and Emiya Shirou, and take the two to escape?

Letting Assassin directly attract hatred in front of Berserker like now, wouldn't the magician worry at all that Assassin would be sent back to the Hall of Valor?

"Tohsaka already knows?" Emiya Shirou's tone was tinged with surprise, obviously everyone stayed together during this time, but he was the only one who didn't know what was going on?

"Can you explain it to me?"

"Now is not the time to talk about these things. Our top priority should be to follow Saber's advice and run away quickly, and then take a round with Saber and the others after getting rid of Berserker's pursuit."

Ignoring Shirou Emiya's inquiry, Rin Tohsaka ran towards the city center of Fuyuki. You must know that under the principle of confidentiality in the Holy Grail War, the night market with relatively dense crowds is undoubtedly the best place for them in this situation. safe place.

"Wait! Tohsaka, don't just run away by yourself..."

......

"boom!"

The battle ax rubbed Assassin's body and smashed into the ground heavily, but although the assassin escaped the frontal attack, the huge force that shook the ground still disrupted his body balance.

"Oops!"

Assassin, who was blocked from moving, immediately felt something was wrong, and the tomahawk raised by Serius confirmed his sense of danger.

"Can't escape!"

Assassin tried his best to avoid Seleus' ax blade, but his unbalanced body couldn't follow his brain's instructions to dodge.

"clang!"

At the critical moment, Saber charged and raised her sword to help Assassin block this almost fatal blow.

"Oh? It's rare that Assassin won such a good opportunity and didn't run away?" Wine red eyes fixed on Saber who suddenly joined the battlefield, and Illya, who was carefully guarded by Serius on her shoulders, asked with great interest. road.

If it was anyone else, the blond knight who was full of righteousness would definitely answer with "a knight will never abandon his comrades and run away alone".

But facing Illya, who made her feel guilty, this noble knight could only respond in silence.

"You were not as taciturn as you are now, is it because you have changed to a Master?" Looking at Saber who remained silent, Illya showed a nasty smile on her face.

Of course, the girl understood the reason why Saber remained silent, and it was precisely for this reason that she would use words to ridicule this resolute knight, wanting to see if there was anything on that heroic face that would interest her. expression.

But apart from the momentary loss of strength of the sword resisting Serius' tomahawk, the expression on Saber's face was still very calm, and there was no change at all.

"It's really boring." Saber, who was expressionless and kept silent all the time, made Illya's expression suddenly become extremely cold. "Kill her, Berserker, and let this useless Servant return to the 'seat' as soon as possible."

'Alas~~' Serius sighed silently in his heart. From Illya's harsh attitude, he probably guessed that the Saber in front of him was the Servant summoned by Einzbern during the last Holy Grail War.

And judging from the ideas Saber showed during the battle, Gao Jieru must have a good relationship with the former Illya, and Saber, who regarded herself as a knight, must have made a promise to the young girl to ensure the safety of her mother.

But the last Holy Grail War situation...

Serius was speechless for a moment, he felt that Illya should still have some feelings for Saber at this time, otherwise when the girl said that she wanted him to kill Saber, the immature little hand would not suddenly grab his fingers ...

"Hey!"

After receiving Saber's assistance, Assassin's pressure dropped sharply, and he no longer needed to struggle to survive from the huge battle axe. While Seleus was fighting Saber, he aimed at those crimson eyes and threw There are three short knives that have been specially treated.

The blade is completely black, and has been specially treated by the Assassin Order. The blade will not reflect light under any circumstances. It can be said that in a dark environment, no one can notice the "killing intent" issued by Assassin.

Hearing the sound of piercing the sky from the dark, Seleus immediately used his left hand to prop up a barrier of scarlet flames that completely enveloped Illya.

But after he noticed a growing black shadow appearing in his line of sight, he realized that Assassin gave up attacking Illya, who was close at hand, and instead used him as an attack, which was very inconsistent with the assassin's practice. The goal.

And he seemed to have obtained information from Serius from the battle just now, and Assassin, who knew that Serius' body was immune to a certain degree of attack, pointed the dagger at the eyes of the great hero.

Assassin's sudden attack was indeed very successful, but his judgment was wrong, and Seleus, who could not use one hand, could not defend against the dagger he threw at all, which made the dagger with power beyond bullets unimpeded. Lucy's crimson eyes.

But, does Seleus need to defend his eyes?

When the dagger was about to pierce the eye, Seleus' crimson eyes instantly ignited a flame of destruction, and Assassin's dagger was turned into molten iron by the ensuing high temperature even before the flame was ignited.

' Sure enough? Seeing the legendary Eye of Destruction stolen from the Titan King, Saber's expression darkened immediately.

Although when she realized that Serius was rational, she guessed that he could use the treasure in his lifetime without any restrictions, but after seeing her guess come true with her own eyes, she still couldn't help feeling a sense of powerlessness.

Serius didn't care about Saber's thoughts, he kicked the knight holding the great sword flying, and then turned his head to intercept all the arrows shot by Archer in the distance with the destruction ray.

After seeing the power of Archer's Illusion Crash, Seleus would never let these arrows get close to Illya's body.

"cut!"

After seeing Serius showing his own treasure and annihilating all his arrows, Archer, who was far away on the commanding heights, showed an unhappy expression, but just as he was about to shoot the arrow again, Rin Tohsaka, who had fled the battlefield, Suddenly contacted him.

"Archer, how is your battle going now?"

"It's still the same. Even with an extra Assassin, it's useless against that monster-like Berserker. Even after seeing my Noble Phantasm attack, Berserker started to use his own Noble Phantasm to intercept my arrows."

Archer knew that once he explained the source of those arrows to the Master, it would make things very troublesome, so he simply classified them directly into his Noble Phantasm according to normal thinking.

"Treasure Phantasm?! So Berserker, who is sane, can use the treasure without restriction?" Tohsaka Rin's voice suddenly raised a bit, and she could see that the bad news shocked her.

"What treasure did Berserker use? The lightning sword or the battle ax in his hand? It should be the bow that can intercept your attack."

"neither."

"It can't be the Meteor Gun that is so incomprehensible just by listening to the setting?"

"Actually." Archer recalled the crimson ray just now that seemed to annihilate everything it touched. "Berserker just used the Eye of Destruction from the Titan Lord."

"Is that the one? It's a bit troublesome now." Tohsaka Rin's voice was a little annoyed. She originally wanted Archer to withdraw to protect her and Emiya Shirou's safety, but the sudden ability of Serius disrupted all her plans.

"Did something happen?"

"It's nothing, Archer, you stay where you are and support Saber and Assassin's retreat. Afterwards, we will go together to form an alliance with Assassin's Master to fight against this powerful Berserker."

"Form an alliance with the Master of Assassin?!" Archer knew too well who the Master of Assassin, the 'Old Man in the Mountain', was. "Are you serious? Rin. Or did Assassin say something to you?"

"No, but what Assassin did after he appeared was to help us escape. I think the Master who sent him out probably wanted to express his sincerity in forming an alliance with us."

She didn't hear the strangeness in Archer's words, or Miss Tohsaka, who was tired of running away, didn't have the time to listen carefully to every word of Archer.

"And you have seen how powerful Berserker is, it is by no means an enemy that you and Saber can contend against, so we need to unite all forces that can be united, otherwise the victory of this Holy Grail War can be declared to belong to Ein Zbern's."

"Don't Rin think... that Assassin's Master is likely to have malicious intentions?" Archer carefully considered his words, avoiding any unnecessary flaws in front of his master.

"Actually, I have this consideration." Rin Tohsaka signaled Emiya Shirou beside him to slow down after walking away from the battlefield, and carefully guarded the surrounding environment. "But after all, this is the Holy Grail War where there is only one winner. It is very normal for the contestants to have their own agendas."

"Besides, compared to the assassination that can be avoided as long as you take precautions, the Berserker, who is so powerful and incomprehensible in every sense, is the enemy that needs to be targeted the most."

"Now that you've thought it through." Archer sighed, seeming to agree with the Master's plan. "I will cover them to retreat safely. Before that, you should pay attention to safety."

"I understand. I will use Command Seals directly when necessary, so that's it, Archer."

After cutting off the connection with Rin Tohsaka, Archer's expression suddenly became extremely cold. "Assassin? I don't know why that guy sent you here, but as long as you leave here, all calculations will come to naught."

Archer lightly raised his right hand, and the light blue magic power immediately began to surge, and condensed into a long spiral sword in his hand.

Put the spiral sword in your right hand on the bowstring, and at the same time pull the bowstring hard, and twist the long sword into the shape of an arrow. After the magic power has accumulated to the peak, the spiral long sword suddenly leaves the string.

"Pseudo Spiral Sword!"...

The battle ax pierced through the barrier of the air, and slammed fiercely on Saber's great sword in front of him. The huge force contained in it made the knight take several steps back.

"Um?!"

Serius, who was about to launch the next attack, keenly sensed the danger approaching. He looked up and looked in the direction of the danger, and saw an arrow mixed with huge magic power blasting towards him at high speed. It was the Noble Phantasm that Archer had just activated.

"What's the matter with that Archer? I know that his Noble Phantasm won't have much effect on me, and the attack will definitely spread to Saber and Assassin..."

Still puzzled, Serius, who was worried about Illya's safety, quickly distanced herself from Saber, and at the same time decisively activated the effect of Aegis, erecting an indestructible barrier around Illya.

"Why did Archer suddenly activate the Noble Phantasm?" Saber, who had the same doubts as Seleus, sensed the danger intuitively. "Don't he know that his Noble Phantasm will kill me and Assassin before it can harm Berserker?"

Not having time to struggle, Saber immediately called to Assassin beside her to start retreating, but with her and Assassin's speed, it was absolutely impossible to escape from the range of Archer's Noble Phantasm.

At this moment, a holy light suddenly appeared not far from the battlefield, and a white Pegasus horse with two wings was galloping towards Saber at a speed far beyond people's imagination.

"Saber! Wait a minute and don't resist!"

Seeing Tenma's appearance, Assassin, who had been keeping silent all this time, suddenly used his creepy voice to warn Saber beside him.

"what..."

Before Saber could figure out the situation, a chain sword with a long chain shot out from Pegasus's back, and directly wrapped around Assassin's waist, and the assassin also suddenly reached out and grabbed Saber's arm at this moment, and then, The two were pulled by the chains and flew into the sky together.