"Saber? Wait, are you really a Servant! A Saber-class Servant?! A living Servant with their own independent personality, existing without the help of a class card!!!"
Luvia pointed at Saber, momentarily forgetting to manage her expression. Just a card borrowing a Heroic Spirit's power was enough to shock countless Magicians, but now a living Heroic Spirit was right before her eyes—how could she remain calm?
"So Miss Saber is actually that amazing!"
"A real Heroic Spirit..."
"Alright, alright, let's leave the rest for later. Don't forget our business tonight! We must definitely avenge our past humiliation! Illya, Miyu!"
Under the moonlight, Caster, whose face was hidden by a purple cloak, floated quietly in the air. Saber stood on the lake's surface, facing Caster from a distance.
"So this is Caster..."
From the story of another timeline she heard from Akatsuki, she seemed to be the Caster of the Fifth Holy Grail War. Although Akatsuki had tricked her into bed under the pretext of restoring her memories, Saber had not awakened any related memories afterward, which also left Akatsuki feeling quite puzzled.
The opponent seemed to notice Saber. The magic circles that originally covered the sky paused for a moment before resuming their operation. The magic circles enveloping the entire sky of the Mirror World imposed a massive sense of pressure on everyone.
Illya and Miyu exchanged a glance. They had trained hard all day for this; now was the time to test the results.
Illya floated in the air, while Miyu used magical energy to create a platform under her feet to give herself a brief foothold. Then, the two of them quickly rushed toward Caster.
In the next moment, countless lasers composed of magical energy shot straight toward everyone. The overwhelming momentum was like a bombardment barrage on a battlefield, sweeping across the entire ground.
"So this is a Magician from the Age of Gods..."
Saber held her Invisible Sword and cut down all the lasers coming her way. Miyu, meanwhile, used magical energy to create barriers in the air as footholds, constantly moving back and forth under the magic circles to dodge the sky-filling barrage.
"Scatter Shot!"
She dodged nimbly under the rain of bullets, seizing gaps to release magic. However, compared to a Magician from the Age of Gods, she was still too weak. Caster didn't even look at the two of them directly, her eyes fixed on Saber on the lake instead.
"Illya! It won't work like this!"
"Don't worry! Excalibur!"
In an instant, a massive beam of light broke through the magic circles filling the sky. Saber stood on the lake holding a golden sword, her cold gaze staring straight at Caster in the air.
"That is... a Noble Phantasm!"
As Luvia's trembling voice rang out, Tohsaka Rin spoke slowly: "That is the ultimate armament of a Servant, a materialized miracle, the proof of a hero held by a Servant. The crystallization of human thoughts praying for miracles, the strongest weapon known as a 'Noble Phantasm (Exalted Fantasy)'!"
"An opening!"
Miyu immediately rushed toward Caster during her brief silence. However, just as the magic wand in her hand fired a magic bullet, Caster disappeared from her field of vision!
In the next second, Miyu was sent flying backwards, crashing into the Fuyuki Bridge nearby.
"Master Miyu, I am very sorry! The physical defense was not deployed in time!"
sapphire's apologetic voice came into her ears. Blood was slowly flowing from the wound on her calf, and the pain made it impossible for Miyu to move normally for a moment.
"It's okay. A wound of this level, with healing acceleration..."
Before she could finish, the remaining magic circles in the sky locked onto Miyu again. With her movement restricted, Miyu could only watch as a massive magic bullet grew larger and larger in her vision. However, in the next moment—
"Excalibur!"
Saber pushed Miyu out of the way, and the pushed Miyu was caught by Illya, who flew out of Caster's attack range.
"My, my, as expected of a Magical Girl from the Age of Gods, to even be able to use a cheat-level magic like teleportation."
"Miyu, are you okay?"
Looking at Miyu in her arms, Illya asked with concern.
"I'm fine, I'll recover soon. It's just that Miss Saber..."
In the next second, Miyu silently closed her mouth, because Saber was standing on the Fuyuki Bridge completely unharmed, the golden sword in her hand still dazzling.
"So powerful... is this the strength of a Heroic Spirit? Just what kind of sacred being is that guy Akatsuki!"
Luvia watched Saber release her Noble Phantasm at will, and her furrowed brows gradually relaxed. With a helper of this level, how could they possibly lose to Caster again?
"Releasing a Noble Phantasm every time requires a vast amount of magical energy. The only one who could let Saber release her Noble Phantasm so freely is likely a monster like Akatsuki. Hmm? What are they doing? The same trick won't work twice!"
Tohsaka Rin looked at Illya and Miyu in the sky with confusion.
"Great Scatter Shot!"
"Are these the fireworks you mentioned, Akatsuki!"
In the distance, within the barrier, Akatsuki and Arcueid were watching Illya and the others' battle. Although such a fight didn't even qualify as fireworks in her eyes, some things ultimately had to be done by oneself.
The magical energy Saber consumed was less than one-hundred-thousandth of her total capacity; this level of consumption was within calculations. Next, they just needed to wait for them to kill Caster and obtain the Caster class card.
"Zeichen!"
"Anfang!"
"Five-fold Roaring Wind Bullets!"
"Seven-fold Explosive Flame Bullets!"
"Rotor Sturm (Wild Storm of Flame)!"
A flaming tornado rose from the ground, carrying unparalleled destructive power as it directly annihilated Caster on the ground. As the flaming tornado dissipated, the sound of Arcueid and Akatsuki's applause echoed within the barrier.
"How spectacular!"
"Isn't it?"
"Eh, are there more fireworks?"
"It seems the opponent plans to blow up the space itself, but Saber or Miyu and the others should be able to handle it. We won't get to see those fireworks."
"Stand back!"
With a sharp shout from Saber, the golden sword cut Caster into two pieces, and a class card of unknown material appeared in her hand.
"That was close, that was close! Hey! What's wrong with you two expired Magical Girls! You almost let her counterattack at the moment of death!"
Facing ruby's accusation, Luvia frowned at Tohsaka Rin and immediately criticized her without hesitation: "Tohsaka Rin, that stingy 'five-fold' of yours almost got us killed!"
"Ha? Clearly it's because you failed to perfectly release the effect of the'seven-fold'!"
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