Angelica von Einzbern, the captain of the Einzbern family's combat maid team and the first guard of the family leader Ahad, passed through the hole in the ceiling and swung the greatsword with both hands to slash at Shinji Matou's back.
With the Servant-level power, weapons made with special alchemy, and the energy brought by the altitude, even the armor plate of a main battle tank can be broken with one sword, provided that the hit is certain.
However, Shinji below was not an armor plate, and would not stand still for her to chop. In the instant before the greatsword fell, Shinji pushed the ground hard with one foot, moved his body slightly to the side, and stretched out his arms at the same time.
Although Angelica was in mid-air and noticed his strange movements, she had no idea or energy to think about what this enemy was trying to do. This sword concentrated all her strength.
The answer will be revealed later.
This young man, who did not look strong on the surface, grabbed her wrist and shoulder before the sword's force reached its peak, and by cleverly moving his center of gravity, he changed the momentum of the attack from downward to forward.
At this moment, two of Yahad's guard maids just rushed up, and were naturally hit by the flying Angelica, and both of them fell to the ground together.
"Lijelite!" someone shouted.
"I'm fine, Sera." The android lying on the ground responded.
Well, two more acquaintances, maids who were subordinate to Illya in the original world line.
To some extent, like Illya and Irisviel, they are all considered outliers among the androids, but the degree of outlier is slightly lower. They are considered defective by Yahad and are used without any care.
"You two and Angelica, stop this magician, and the rest of you, escort me out."
"yes!"
The androids responded in unison, creating a strange spectacle - a strangeness that made Shinji feel inexplicably angry.
"Can you leave? - Kazikli Bey (King of Punishment)!"
The true name of Vlad III's Noble Phantasm, Liberation, is derived from densely packed, crisscrossing rafters extending from the ground, walls, and ceiling, sealing off the entire corridor where Ahad is located, including the hole through which androids such as Shinji and Angelica broke in.
The android, whose retreat was blocked, swung his axe and spear to hit the rafters blocking the way, trying to smash the obstacle. However, as soon as he made a small gap, new rafters were generated, repairing the gap more tightly.
At this time, the magician who created the terrible cage with his own hands subdued the two fighting maids who launched an attack. He pressed them against the wall, like prisoners tied to the stake, and locked their necks, waists and limbs with two-by-two rafters.
The overwhelming power was so strong that even the most loyal androids felt instinctively afraid.
"You now have two choices. First, raise your hands in surrender, sever the contract with your Servants, and hand over the Lesser Holy Grail and the remaining Command Seals to me. Second, I will defeat all of you and do it myself. Choose, do it yourself or I will do it."
"Do you know the Holy Grail? Who are you?" Yahad involuntarily hugged the box in his hands and asked in a trembling voice.
"It's okay to tell you. I should have told you ten years ago." Shinji released his hands that were pressing on the necks of the two androids and said in a contemptuous tone, "Matou Shinji, an old friend of Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel. It was me who asked Emiya Kiritsugu to blast the Holy Grail, and it was also me who stole Illya from the pile of dead bodies! If you really want revenge, you shouldn't go to them, but to me. I was the one who destroyed your plan!"
"The Matou family... Matou... Shinji!!!"
Yahad stared deeply at the boy in front of him, as if he wanted to engrave the boy's appearance and name deeply into his memory.
"Why? Why would you do such a thing?"
"Because you, the Einzbern family, were wrong from the beginning, because you, Ahad, are an idiot!"
As he grew older and gained more experience, Shinji rarely used such an attitude to evaluate a person. But when he saw Yahad's old face and thought of the experiences of many people, he couldn't help it.
Most people in this world would find it difficult to remain calm when being insulted like this, but the android was different. Yahad simply said in a slightly excited tone: "Einzbern's mission is absolute and will not tolerate any taint."
"As expected, I can't communicate with you guys using words." Shinji sighed.
To be honest, he actually hoped that the androids would be angry, which would be a good thing. Unfortunately, except for defective products like Sera and Lijielit, the reactions of others were even colder than that of Yahad.
"I'll say this one last time. Raise your hands in surrender and hand over the Holy Grail to me, or I'll be rude to you."
"Impossible! Everybody, kill him!"
At Yahad's command, all the androids that were frightened by Shinji started moving.
Some charged head-on with spears, some brandished daggers to attack from behind, some used magic to assist, and some drew bows and arrows to distract from a distance. There were more than ten maids present, each with their own division of labor, and no one made the same move.
"Oh? You know how to divide the work and cooperate in team battles? Tsk tsk, although Kiritsugu left, his tactical ideas have always been there and have been well developed. You, Ahad, are not useless either."
Shinji, who was surrounded by people from far and near, left and right, front and back, first gave a wave of positive comments, and then changed the subject.
"Unfortunately, your mind, which has not been lubricated for two hundred years, is too rigid. You have clearly opened the door to the treasure house, but you only took a little bit of gold sand at the door and didn't see the real treasure at all. This level of interception is not even worthy of my seriousness."
As he spoke, tiny points of light appeared in the dim space enclosed by the pitch-black rafters, flickering, golden, and fragmented, lightning - a derivative of the treasure "Indra and the Like" called the "Divine Thunder Barrier"!
The Einzbern family's androids are bionic dolls with the same basic structure as humans, and their reactions when suddenly subjected to electric shocks are also exactly the same.
Tremor, paralysis, the tight encirclement was instantly shattered.
Although it was only a short time, it was enough for Shinji to do a lot of things.
He grabbed the spear with his hand, swept it horizontally and vertically, knocking the approaching android to the ground, and at the same time controlled the "King of Death Penalty" to build a cell no more than 50 centimeters high, strictly blocking their space for activities.
Make a threatening gesture, create a pit on the ground while the remote android is moving, and lock the person directly underground.
When the effect of the "Divine Thunder Barrier" disappeared, the only people left standing in the corridor, besides Yahad who was hiding at the end, were Angelica and Lijelite, who were knocked down at first and finally struggled to get up.
"Do you want to fight more?" Shinji asked as he walked towards the two of them.