Archer, who opened his bow in the air in the courtyard, actually showed a proud smile on his face at the most critical moment. ()() ()

His right hand gave up the tight bowstring and stretched out to the sky with all his might, as if he wanted to use that hand to support the entire sky and with the falling stars.

Then--

"lo—aias (Seven Rings of the Sky)"

The voice calling for the real name resounds throughout the world.

I looked up and saw that there were suddenly seven petals, bright red and rich flowers blooming in the hands of the knight, covering one-third of the sky.

Unexpectedly, I also extended my hand to the petal.

——The petals that bloom from my hands and protect the entire sky must be because they are too gorgeous and too familiar, which makes me lose my composure.

"Shirou, what are you doing?"

Tosaka's voice recalled my consciousness. In order to fill the defensive gap exposed by my dereliction of duty, she was desperately firing a curse bullet. The black magic ball passed by me and hit the enemy beside me.

Then, I began to realize that things were not good.

——Totally, it’s not good!

"Go away, Tosaka--!"

No longer caring about how many enemies there were around me, I just rushed towards Tosaka.

It was not that I threw her to the ground. I hugged the girl in red with one hand to one side of my body, waved the sword with the other hand, and brutally destroyed the barrier behind Tosaka, and met the enemy on the edge of the courtyard. ()

"boom--"

As I was about to rush into the sea of ​​skeletons, a violent explosion occurred.

"Buzz--"

Like a block of iron placed on a chopping board and a hammer hit, the air makes a long cry in oppression, and the buzzing sound of pain almost pierces everyone's eardrums.

Then everything in the courtyard was discharged, and an unrivaled thrust came from behind.

I gave up my weapon and hugged Tosaka's head tightly. The two of them fell into a large pile of skeletons together, and then they flew up with the scattered bone fragments, smashing the courtyard wall hard and rolling down the slope outside the wall.

In the midst of chaos, I could only protect Tosaka's head with the best efforts, which was the only thing I could do.

——I can do it well, and this is the only thing I want to do.

It was not until the two of them finally collided on a tree trunk that I lost consciousness.

"Shirou, Shirou, wake up--"

In the blur, I heard the sound of calling me. I opened my eyes in a daze. It took me a long time to see the expression that was almost crying on Tosaka's face. ()

"caster...that guy is still there..."

I suddenly realized that this thing still existed in the enemy. I was shocked and wanted to stand up, but my body was disobedient and I was about to fall to the side. ()

"Wait, wait a moment, Shirou, your body..."

The girl beside me nervously supported me.

"How is your condition in Tosaka? If it's okay, we have to rush back immediately."

Ignoring Tosaka's worried expression, I confirmed Tosaka's condition again. After finding that there were only a few scratches without any serious injuries, I looked at the unstoppable Star Fallen Rain, and I wanted to climb up the slope with my hands and feet.

"Shirou, wait..."

Listening to Tosaka's crying voice, I knew what she wanted to say, but now is really not the time to worry about my body. If Archer is defeated, we will die soon.

So even if my hands and feet are a little out of control and the pain behind me is so intense, I have to continue moving forward.

Compared to my nightmare, all the pain can be overcome now.

Beyond such a little pain, it's just a very simple thing-

After climbing up the slope desperately, I walked into the courtyard through the gap, looking at the scene in front of me, but couldn't remember what I should do.

The caster's attack has stopped, and the seven red petals have disappeared. All the skeleton soldiers were swept away in the showdown just now. Now there is only a ruin in front of me, shrouded in the ruins with thick dust raised and almost unable to see anything clearly.

"How is that possible...who is you guy?"

Even though the other party was floating high in the air, I heard the caster's gritting teeth due to anger, fear, and disbelief. ()

Responding to the caster's questioning, the red figure jumped up from the ruins and landed on a flat ground. The suit was damaged in the matchup just now, and his whole body was covered with scars that were knocked down from the air.

However, the Knight of the Bow was still unruly, and he stared proudly at the caster in the sky.

"Hmph, the witch who hides her head and tail finally appears. Then, it's my turn to fight back."

The witch who was floating in the air was shocked and became panicked. The cloak was gathering her body to wrap her.

——And on her left and right, black and white cut the witch's cloak through arcs.

Like a bird with wings cut off, caster exclaimed and fell down. During this period, he heard several sounds of chanting spells. She was finally able to land slowly on the ground.

"How is it? caster, now you can understand my strength, but it's a pity that the Holy Grail War will not leave prisoners."

While talking jokingly, the archer walked towards the landing caster.

——In other words, we won this battle.

I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that the pain behind me had not subsided at all, and there was still a sense of incongruity, so I reached out and leaned back.

"Shirou is careful--!"

Another sound of Tosaka's exclamation came, and I turned my head alertly and looked to the left.

Then--

"flutter--"

What's going on with this kind of pain?

I felt my chest numb, and then all my strength ran away like a hole. ()

I stood on the ground weakly, turning my mind desperately to understand this pain.

"mix……"

Tosaka's angry cursing sound came from his ears, and he only opened his head and disappeared.

Is Tosaka angry about me? Why do I have the strength to think about it but can't stand up?

"cold--!"

That was Archer's voice, full of tension and worry.

Could something happened in Tosaka?

I tried hard to make myself fall backwards, and tried hard to turn my neck on the way so that I could see the situation in the courtyard.

The first thing that caught my eye was a girl's hand holding up a red one.

The slender hand raised Tosaka high, but from my perspective, the enemy could not be seen because the opponent's position was too low.

The way the girl was raised with one hand reminded me of snakes that were coiling up all over my body and holding up my prey.

The red knight rushed towards the enemy and waved his double blades to cut off the snake's head.

"caster, strengthen my fist—"

He heard a word and the enemy began to fight back, and Tosaka was thrown by him towards the archer. The loyal knight had to catch his master first.

Then, the enemy jumped up and showed his figure in my sight.

It is very compatible with the snake-like fist. Its extremely slender and strong figure is covered by the girl's petite body and pounced on the archer.

"Damn..."

Almost foresightedly, the black blade bypassed Tosaka and tangently towards the snake's fist that was attacking.

The fist shook away the archer's hastily and rough attack. When he was close to him, the archer had already thrown Tosaka aside. His rude technique made Tosaka twist his body and let out a muffled groan.

Archer had no time to care about that little thing. He just waved his double blades with a cold face, devoted himself to tearing the enemy in front of him into pieces.

Then--

"uh-huh--"

I can't understand how the things happen before me.

The two slender fists magically passed through the Archer's defense line, and even the Lancer's defense line was so amazed that he bit the Red Knight's right hand fiercely.

Archer was so surprised that he could not express his words. He let out a painful hum with difficulty, waved his left hand and untied the constraints of his right hand.

But from my perspective, his right palm has turned into a strange shape.

Archer's right hand could no longer hold the sword.

He will lose—!

Bastard-I have to get up right away.

The blood in the whole body stagnated like frozen, the strength receded like a tide, and the brain was as confused as if it was hypoxia.

I think I know what this kind of harm is.
To be continued...