After all, due to the strong impression left by the last Holy Grail War, most people's idea of an assassin was that he would sneak around in the dark night and would never reveal his presence. They never imagined that there would be such a strange man who would appear head-on with a long sword.
Of course, the audience could also vaguely feel the powerful strength of this assassin, and could not help but widen their eyes, looking forward to the amazing battle that was about to break out.
Chapter 400 (XI) Secret Sword·Yan Fan!
Chapter 400
The battle between Saber and Assassin undoubtedly attracted the attention of all the audience.
However, before the battle began, people generally believed that this would be a victory for Altria.
After all, the difference in strength between the two professions is so obvious. Under normal circumstances, an assassin who focuses on assassination would never be a match for Altria.
However, to the surprise of the audience, when Altria arrived at the gate of Ryudo Temple and started fighting with Assassin, she actually failed to take down Assassin for a long time.
Even vaguely, the audience could feel that Altria was at a disadvantage.
…
"How is this possible? How can Saber not be a match for Assassin?"
"I don't understand it at all. If it was the terrifying Berserker from before, it would be fine, but why is it so difficult to fight an assassin?"
"Is this guy really an assassin? Why is he so powerful?"
"… "
Unable to comprehend the scene on the screen, audiences in cinemas all stood there in a daze.
…
At the same time, in the barracks of the Imperial Knights, the knights were also surprised by the battle in the movie, but compared to the surprise of laymen, their surprise was obviously more logical, and they saw more tricks in the battle.
"Isn't the length of Assassin's sword wrong? How can he swing such a long sword so easily and use it to fight?"
"I don't know if you noticed, but Saber's movements were very strange. Assassin used the same sword move to slash at her, but she acted as if she had never seen it before. Unless the director made a mistake when filming the movie, Assassin must have very special abilities or sword skills."
"Anyway, dodging Saber's invisible sword just by feeling is already an outrageous thing. It's like having a pair of eyes that can see through all the fog."
"… "
The knights' discussion was extremely heated. They were extremely enthusiastic about the servant confrontation that they had finally witnessed, and they began to analyze it in detail.
It can be said that the battle between servants is the greatest pleasure of this movie for them. If possible, they even hope that normal movies are all fierce battles between servants.
Of course, in fact, although battles are often the main axis of the Fate series, there will still be a lot of other content to fill the gaps.
However, even the knights obviously had no idea of the amazing changes that would occur in the next battle.
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In the movie "Fate Staynight".
The battle between Altria and Assassin is still going on. The two sides are fighting back and forth, and in a short time they are evenly matched.
However, this situation obviously will not last forever.
After the battle, the assassin's swordsman faced Altria and said coldly:
"I didn't expect it to be so troublesome. An invisible sword is indeed dangerous. My sword moves are magic moves. If it were an ordinary person, I would have taken off your head with one blow, but you resisted for so long. I'm very excited, Saber. However, I have basically guessed what your sword looks like. If you don't use your true strength, I'm afraid you won't have a chance."
"You think I'm showing mercy?"
"Of course, I don't know what you are planning, but you are really underestimating me by fighting me without drawing your sword."
"That's not the case..."
"Oh, well, in that case, let me show you my secret sword."
Assassin slowly raised the sword in his hand and said loudly:
"Be prepared, Saber, or you will die!"
After saying that, under Altria's vigilant gaze, countless afterimages suddenly appeared on the sword in Assassin's hand.
In the picture, he held the weapon tightly in his hand in a very special posture and said:
"Secret Sword: Swallow Returns!"
In the blink of an eye, the sword swung by the assassin suddenly exploded in three directions, directly knocking Altria away who was caught off guard.
At the critical moment, Altria barely avoided the fatal blow, but still fell from the mountain gate.
"Oh, you finally dodged it."
Assassin said this, without any intention of chasing after him, and just stayed where he was.
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"this… "
Seeing the scenes in the movie, the audience was stunned.
After all, no one expected that as an assassin, the opponent could actually wield such fierce swordsmanship. The magic swords that burst out from three directions at the same time completely exceeded the limits of people's understanding!
"How can Assassin be so strong? My god, even Saber can't match him?"
"What was that just now? I only swung my sword once, so why did attacks burst out from three directions?"
"I'm completely confused. Why is this Holy Grail War so outrageous? Archer using dual swords is fine, but why can Assassin defeat Saber head-on?"
"… "
Faced with the fact that Altria was defeated, the audience had become completely numb.
After all, although Saber had lost in the last Holy Grail War, her opponents were mostly powerful enemies. She never expected that this time, she couldn't even defeat an assassin.
…
At the same time, in the Imperial Knights camp, the knights were all shocked when they saw this scene, and they stood there in a daze for a long time.
"What's going on? What kind of swordsmanship is this?"
"Is this really something humans can do?"
"From what I see, the assassin just now only swung the sword once, but why does the sword shadow that appears in the end have three sections?"
"Is this swordplay or magic?"
"… "
The knights were so shocked that no one could believe that such swordsmanship could really exist in this world.
On the other hand, Knight Commander Wycliffe sighed slightly at the scene in the movie. Although it was absolutely impossible for him to make such a sword move, he had seen General Wilhelm perform similar methods.
But even General Wilhelm's strength is still not considered a sixth-level strongman.
Therefore, he really couldn't imagine how powerful a human swordsman would become if he reached the sixth level.
Chapter 401: "Fate Stay Night" Released (XII)
Chapter 401
Assassin's secret sword, Yan Fan, can be said to have shocked everyone. This swordsmanship that surpasses human power is visually stunning.
Of course, the magicians of the Imperial Magic Academy have no interest in swordsmanship.
Although Assassin's secret sword move is quite gorgeous, it is still just swordplay after all, and magicians have little interest in swordplay.
Of course, in fact, the sword Assassin is not just swordsmanship in essence, it even contains the concept of magic in the Type-Moon world.
However, because there really are swordsmen in this world who can directly perform this level of swordsmanship, even the great sages did not think about it in this regard and only regarded it as a swordsmanship of a transcendent nature.
…
The movie "Fate Staynight" continues to develop.
Altria was knocked away by the assassin's sword and stood up with difficulty.
Afterwards, the two sides exchanged their thoughts on the battle. After bragging to each other, Assassin said:
"Okay, let's fight again. I didn't get to fight you in my lifetime, but I didn't expect that I could have a fight with you after I die without any regrets."
Faced with the pressure brought by the assassin, Artoria finally couldn't help but use her real treasure.
The long sword in her hand was wrapped in a layer of strong wind at this moment, and the astonishing pressure even swept across the entire Yuanzang Mountain.
Just as the golden sword is about to reappear, Shirou Emiya suddenly appears on the scene, trying to stop Altria, whose magic power is about to be exhausted, from continuing to fight.
On the other side, Assassin noticed a flash of magic in the shadows, put down his weapon and said:
"There is a guy who wants to peek at your Noble Phantasm. This will affect our battle, so let's stop here."
After saying that, Assassin turned around and left, walking into the mountain gate.
Faced with this scene, Artoria, in addition to being dissatisfied, suddenly felt the magic power in her body being drained. She lost her strength all of a sudden and fell straight back.
Seeing this, Shirou hurriedly carried Altria back home.
Afterwards, the two began to argue about the incident.
Shirou does not think that Altria's behavior is too arbitrary, and does not think that she should fight other Servants alone.
However, Altria believes that the Holy Grail War is the Servants' business, and Shirou, as the Master, only needs to provide support from behind.
Neither side gave in to the dispute, and finally Artoria claimed that she would teach Shirou swordsmanship so that he would join the battle.
…
The first battle between Altria and Assassin was completely over, and the audience's emotions finally recovered.
It can be said that no one expected that this battle would go on so amazingly, and Assassin's strength completely exceeded the audience's original expectations.
At the same time, the audience also noticed the strangeness of Altria's condition, and finally realized why Altria, who was so fierce in the last Holy Grail War, performed so poorly in this Holy Grail War.
"I didn't expect... Saber's magic power is so scarce that she doesn't even have the power to activate a Noble Phantasm!"
"Yes, I originally thought that with Saber's strength, she would not be completely helpless even against Berserker. Now it seems that she does not have enough magic power to support her this time."
"So, the reason for Saber's lack of magic power is the protagonist Shirou Emiya. Because Shirou is not a regular magician, he has no ability to support Saber, which has led to a serious decline in her strength."
"That should be it."
"Alas, the enemies are stronger than each other, and Saber's condition is still so bad. The future of the protagonist in this Holy Grail War is bleak."
"… "
The audience's words rang out, and most people did not have much hope for the protagonist.
After all, in this fifth Holy Grail War, there is not only the terrifying Berserker and the powerful Assassin, but also Gilgamesh who is very likely hiding in the dark.
Given Shirou Emiya and Altria's current condition, it is almost impossible for them to achieve the final victory.
Of course, despite such pessimism, the audience has not completely given up hope.
After all, as the protagonist, Shirou Emiya's poor performance now does not mean that he will be the same in the future.
Maybe, later in this movie, Shirou Emiya will show his true strength.
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Amid the audience's discussions, "Fatestay Night" continues to develop.
Shirou Emiya trained with Altria in the dojo every day, and even gave up going to school for this.
In this situation, he suddenly met Illya, the master of Berserker, when he went to buy groceries.
The other party showed a completely different innocence from before and invited Shirou to chat.
In the midst of the chaos caused by this sudden event, Shirou still followed.
The two sides first had a brief exchange of many very dull things. The innocence and liveliness displayed by Illya made Shirou completely unable to associate her with the previous master who killed people without blinking an eye.
Afterwards, Shirou returned home, but heard from Toosaka Rin that Matou Shinji actually came to her after school and said he wanted to join forces with her.
Of course, the result was that she was rejected by Toosaka and was humiliated.
Afterwards, with the help of Toosaka Rin, Shirou turned on the switch of his magic circuit.
But even after activating the magic circuit, Shirou still did not gain any powerful magical power. Toosaka Rin did not expect Shirou's magical aptitude to be so poor.
When Shirou was worried, Red A suddenly appeared in front of him at night and said:
"Humph, it seems that Rin is also mistaken, but that's normal. A genius cannot notice the troubles of ordinary people because she is too good. That's why she didn't notice it. A loser like you is destined to never learn ordinary magic."