Scathach has a decisive battle with Saber at the mountain gate.
Kariya stopped Tokiomi on the mountainside.
Yustisa sat in Ryudo Temple and presided over the ceremony.
Emiya Kiritsugu, who had sneaked in from the back mountain, was entrusted to Irisviel and Maiya for persuasion.
So the question is, where is Shinji Matou, the man behind the scenes who controls everything and follows the script? And what is he doing
The answer is simple: in heaven, watching the show.
Before the dust settles, no one can guarantee that he will have the last laugh, so a "firefighter" who can take charge of the overall situation and be prepared for emergencies is necessary. Shinji designed such a role for himself.
The battle at the mountain gate was evenly matched. If the battle continued like this, the winner would be unclear even after another half an hour.
Inside Ryudo Temple, Emiya Kiritsugu had already understood the situation and was doing the final verification—he scooped up the black mud that flowed down the altar with his hands and experienced the essence of the Holy Grail himself.
He is such a persistent and almost crazy man, his obsession will not be broken unless he sees the truth with his own eyes.
Shinji also believes that even the curse that is called "all the evil of humanity" cannot pollute the spirit of this man because he is a "partner of justice"!
Finally, on the mountainside, the battle situation is the most dangerous, and it is also the place that Shinji is most concerned about.
Compared to the duel between Scathach and Saber, the battle between Kariya and Tokiomi was neither heroic nor exciting, and it wasn’t even good to watch.
At the beginning of the battle, there was a magician's look, and both sides used magic to attack and defend, and each side also showed off their excellent magic equipment. However, when Kariya showed off the Ishtar spear and "smashed the floor", the battle began to change in a strange direction.
Not only did the style change, but the graphics went from not pretty to ugly.
Scenery: Crooked trees, ugly.
Characters—Tokiomi with a bruised face and nose, and Kariya with crooked eyes and a slanted mouth, are still ugly.
What's even uglier is the way the two men fought. You punch me, I kick you, and we wrestled with each other. It was simply a street brawl between two low-level thugs.
This kind of hand-to-hand combat, which was totally incompatible with calmness and elegance, was certainly not what Tokiomi wanted, but he had no choice. Kariya was like a mad dog, completely abandoning defense and only wanting to "bite" him.
No matter how Tokiomi punched, kicked, or performed Bajiquan, Kariya didn't care at all. As long as he could hit Tokiomi once, it didn't matter if he had to endure five or ten attacks.
Generally speaking, if the fight continued like this, Kariya would not be able to hold out for more than a few minutes, even if Tokiomi's Bajiquan skills were not very high.
But that is not the case.
Kariya's tenacity far exceeded Tokiomi's imagination. He endured dozens of heavy punches and kicks without falling down and continued to wrestle with Tokiomi.
Gradually, Tokiomi felt a sense of disharmony.
With so many heavy punches and kicks, even a tiger should have been beaten to death. How could Yan Ye, a gangster who had never practiced martial arts, continue to fight, and it seemed that he showed no signs of stopping
This is not something that can be explained simply by willpower. Even if the willpower can persist, the body should have reached its limit long ago.
Why is that
He was distracted for a moment and received another punch on the face. His swollen cheeks finally couldn't bear the weight. Black blood oozed out from the broken capillaries, soaking half of Tokiomi's face.
However, this punch that was extremely close to his eyes also allowed Tokiomi to find the answer.
The inside of Kariya's arm, which was hidden by his sportswear, was faintly emitting a blue light, accompanied by a faint fluctuation of magical power.
Tokiomi had previously thought that Kariya had set up secret pockets in his clothes like him to store magic props, and the fluctuations in magical power were leaked from the magic props.
But now, he was sure that the fluctuation of magic power did not come from any magic props, but from Kariya's body. It was this magic power that strengthened Kariya's physical fitness and allowed him to fight against him for such a long time. This was body strengthening magic!
"No, it's impossible! Why can you still use magic?"
It was no wonder that Tokiomi was so surprised. Under such circumstances, even an experienced magician like him could not chant magic or use gems without any breaks, so why could a half-baked magician like Kariya do it
Tokiomi’s sudden roar caused Kariya to pause, and then he rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward with an even more desperate attitude.
"Let me, a half-baked person, teach you a lesson. Rune magic does not require chanting. You just need to engrave it in advance and inject magic power when using it, and it will take effect immediately."
On the inside of Kariya's arm, the magic seal exclusive to the Matou family was shining with an aqua blue light, and a circle of special runes was engraved around the seal. This was exactly what allowed Kariya to fight Tokiomi with his ordinary body.
The magical attribute of the Matou family is "water", and the magical characteristics are "absorption and transformation". These two together constitute the core of the Matou family's magic, and are deeply imprinted in the Matou family's magic seals and passed down from generation to generation.
Using the magic seal as a medium and his own body as a carrier, Kariya utilized the alchemy taught by Yustisa to connect the runes granted by Scathach with the magic seal, evolving a unique form of magic.
No chanting is required, no preparation is needed, as long as magic power is provided to the magic seal, physical fitness will be improved. This is the only achievement of Kariya's one-year magic career.
Kariya’s words and the radiance of the runes brought Kariya an even greater shock.
He didn't expect that Kariya would use the lost Rune magic, nor did he expect that the Rune magic with a half-destroyed base would be so powerful. He even more didn't expect that Kariya would be willing to burn his own life in order to defeat him.
Yes, burning life.
Although Tokiomi did not know the specific composition of the ritual, he could see that the ritual, which was a mixture of magic seals and runes, absorbed not only magic power, but also Kariya's vitality. With every passing second, Kariya's life force would be reduced a little.
"Are you crazy? Kariya, you are courting your own death." Tokiomi shouted angrily while fending off Kariya's fierce attack.
"Yes, I have gone mad. I have been mad since that day."
From the day Aoi married you, from the day you sent Sakura home, I swore that I would beat you up severely!
"Come on, Tokiomi, let's see whether you fall first or I run out of life first."
The blue light released by the magic seal covered Kariya's entire body. It was all his magic power and the light of his life.
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh—"
Kariya roared hysterically, and after taking away Tokiomi's cane, he once again burst out with great strength. This former loser turned into a vicious dog pouncing on its prey, hugged Tokiomi's body with his "Eight Open Elbows", and pressed him to the ground.
Tokiomi struggled hard, kneeing and elbowing Kariya, causing him continuous damage, but Kariya would not let go.
Not only did he not let go, he also deliberately stopped enduring the congestion in his lungs and the nausea in his stomach, and sprayed saliva and blood all over Tokiomi's face.
The gushing vomit stripped Tokiomi of his last bit of elegance and composure, and also aroused Tokiomi's manliness. He grabbed Kariya's shirt with his backhand, and the two of them rolled down the hillside together.
PS: Kariya is a real man, a true tough guy, who can stand a horse with his arms... Ahem, sorry, please forget this sentence. Anyway, Kariya fought like a real man.