The Noble Phantasms came one after another but were all deflected. Looking at the frowning Angelica, Ritsuka took a step forward, choosing to take the initiative. She couldn't give her any more chances to test her.
"Humans... only by carrying something on their backs can they become strong..."
Speeding up her pace, Ritsuka charged toward Angelica. "Come and fight another round with me, King of Heroes!"
Her figure vanished from the spot, and the distance between them disappeared instantly. With her hair gradually becoming withered and white, Ritsuka swung her sword at the nearby Angelica. The projected longsword, wrapped in divine aura, was absolutely no less hard than high-quality blade-type Noble Phantasms.
The longsword trailed a long light. The ground behind Angelica was split by a single strike. A massive roar filled their ears as Angelica retreated rapidly amidst dust and rubble.
Sword clashed against sword. The Noble Phantasms shooting out from the 'Gate of Babylon' blocked Ritsuka's pursuit. Projecting a second longsword, she wove a dense net of blades with both hands in front of her.
The sword in her right hand had already shattered. After all, it was just a fake temporarily projected with magical energy, with a quality of C-rank at most. Reaching its limit under a volley of Noble Phantasms while reinforced by divine aura was completely expected and not worth much surprise.
Forcefully throwing the remaining sword in her left hand to distract Angelica, Ritsuka projected a large bow—
"Nine Lives!"
'Phantasm Collapse!'
The spiral sword blade straightened and was then notched on the bowstring. It vanished in an instant like a flowing bolt of lightning, turning into nine beams of light that lunged at Angelica ten to twenty meters away. Firelight burst in her eyes.
Boom—!!
The man named Heroic Spirit Emiya was most skilled in Projection Magic. In his hands, Projection Magic had reached beyond the limits of the magecraft itself, such that he could eventually construct an Unlimited Reality Marble named after Noble Phantasms.
And his other skill, Phantasm Collapse, when combined with the high-level projected Noble Phantasm 'Pseudo-Spiral Sword', was probably his strongest output method aside from the Unlimited Reality Marble.
Dust filled the air as firelight exploded. Several silver chains shot out from within, surging toward Ritsuka as if automatically tracking their target.
"A false fake, an ugly form. To dare expose such a form before the Einzberns, this sin..."
"...shall be repaid with your life!"
Angelica let out a series of angry shouts. The chains wrapped around Ritsuka's body, pinning her down just as she was about to leap aside.
Suspended slightly off the ground, Ritsuka's expression changed.
"Even if you continuously overdraw your body, the ultimate price is nothing more than self-destruction. I really don't understand what kind of trick you're trying to pull."
Ripples emerged from beside her hand, and Angelica directly pulled out a greatsword. This was a Divine Construct!
Startled for a moment, Ritsuka gave a bitter laugh—
"So you've already noticed. The 'divine beast cloak' is ineffective against Divine Constructs."
Even if she had reached the point of extracting power and replicating it onto her body at one hundred percent, the Noble Phantasms she could use were still limited. Her body could no longer withstand any more power.
Feeling the storm of magical energy being released from within the cave behind her, the wish-granting process must be reaching its final stage. Then she would have to stake this battered body and try to work a bit harder!
"Even at this point, you have no intention of taking my life? Surprisingly, you're quite a cute one."