Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

Chapter 254: Saber has a protagonist halo

Chapter 254: Saber has a protagonist halo

Saber's armor should have blocked Lancer's spear. Nevertheless, the tip of the spear had Saber's blood on it.

However, right now, Saber's armor is the same as ever, without a scratch.

To make a practical guess, just with the spear coming in contact, the blade passed through the armor as if it had vanished.

Saber couldn't dematerialize, but she could materialize her battle outfit and then cancel it. In other words, Saber's armor was a knit out of Prana, and it wasn't just material in the present reality like the clothes Irisviel bought.

Furthermore, it was incomprehensible that Invisible Air could be racked... the contact with Lancer's spear had created a fissure in the bounded field that generated the wind.

With all of those clues, it was clear that Lancer's red spear could cut off a Prana.

"Nevertheless, it isn't so powerful that it could break or cancel the source of the Magecraft. Saber's armor is still fine, and Invisible Air is still functioning correctly. The spear is effective only the instant it hits the battle."

Tamazuki didn't even glance at Scheherazade as he continued to explain. "His red spear ability is just that." However, he wanted that ability, and he couldn't wait to devour Lancer.

"So what about the short spear that he has dropped? Also, what's the point of dropping it to the ground?"

If Lancer had two Noble Phantasms, to begin with, wouldn't it be more efficient to use them together when he fought Saber?

"Calm down. The battle is still far from over, but still, if this continues, Saber might lose."

"That's great!"

Hearing that, Scheherazade was happy since she knew that Saber possessed a power that could threaten Tamazuki, so if Saber could end this battle so early, then everything was good.

As for Lancer?

In the worst case, Scheherazade was going to use her Noble Phantasm and used the fiction in this word to take down her opponent, bringing safety and peace of mind to her and her Master.

Still, according to her Master, if Saber didn't show her Noble Phantasm, then the victory would be on the hand of Lancer.

With that thought in mind, she became curious about how this battle would end since whatever the result was; everything would lead to her plan to take down all the Servants and Masters.

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Naturally, while Tamazuki understood the ability behind Lancer's red spear, Saber, who faced Lancer, also understood it, and she also prepared a countermeasure against it.

"It's a bother to see you trump over just peeling off my armor." The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

This was the application of Saber's plan. The point of holding the sword backward in a wide stance was for thatto accelerate the air strike even more.

Released from the golden sword, a jet of air came out from behind Saber. By releasing her armor to increase her Prana burst further, her body changed into a supersonic bullet.

At this point, Saber's speed was three times higher than normal. It was already too late for an ambush or evasion the instant she stepped forward. Even if Lancer's spear could deal a serious wound to Saber, he would receive a lethal strike in the same instant. This was certainly a strike made to risk one's life for a certain victory, ready to even have her flesh cut or her bones severed. Breaking through the wall of air at several times the speed of sound, the shockwave of the rush blew the surrounding rubble like dust.

Lancer didn't move. Having already given up on an ambush attack, the tip of the red spear didn't flinch.

What moved instead washis legs.

With an extremely focused mind, the flow of time, even shorter than an instant, stretched and grew slower.

At that moment, Saber knew. The opening Lancer was a bluff. It wasn't a coincidence that Lancer missed a step. He had placed himself in the right position to stop.

In other words, the position Lancer was chosen for his victorywas the spot where he had switched from two spears to one, dropping the short spear in his left hand.

Lancer's words were resurrected in her mind "That was my plan."

Saber saw it at the time, Lacner's threatening smile when he was sure of his victory. The glint in his eyes had spoken more than his words. "I will strike through your imprudence."

Instead of picking the spear with his arm, Lancer kicked the gravel at his feet. It wasn't just gravel that was flying in the air. A short spear that Lancer dropped earlier, its tip, was accurately springing up through the air in Saber's direction. The amulet wrapped around the whole spear, just like the long one, was already unfastened, revealing the yellow metal under it.

Saber's sixth sense could theoretically be surpassed thought for a natural talent for battle decisions, but it didn't predict her blunder.

One normally wielded one spear with both handsthat was the trap of the misconception. She could only be regarded as bluffing the capacity to have a spear in each arm.

If that was Lancer's way with the spear.

If that Servant was the Heroic Spirit known as the bearer of "the two demonic spears."

Yes, a Noble Phantasmis definitely not limited to one.

The short spear that Lancer had kicked up, its tip, was swirling with a Prana just as sinister as the long red one, glaring at Saber. It was already predicting the instant it would pierce Saber's throat, as she could only charge forward, too late to break...

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While Scheherazade was surprised by Tamazuki's prediction, Tamazuki knew that everything wouldn't end so easily.

'After all, Saber has the protagonist's halo.'

With that thought, the conclusion of the collision between Lancer and Saber was revealed.