The Masters' worries did not come true. The terrifying light emitted from the sky garden swept across the castle's perimeter and disappeared, as if it had no interest in the castle at all.
It's not that Karna's energy is exhausted. The Son of the Sun with the Sun Protection (Golden Armor) has amazing recovery and endurance. Although he had a fierce battle with Vlad III and suffered some losses, he has recovered from his injuries and magic power during the time he returned to the Sky Garden. It's just that releasing a treasure, and the weakest one at that, is not enough to put him in the dilemma of insufficient magic power.
Of course, the support of Shirou and Semiramis was indispensable, but this is enough to show how terrifying Karna is - this is the so-called strongest hero.
He stopped firing only because of the order from commander Father Shirou.
"Is this all that's needed?"
"Well, that's all."
Karna's expression was still indifferent, as if frozen, giving off a sense of alienation. Ordinary people might have been frightened away by this coldness, but Shirou always had a smile on his face. Judging from his expression, it seemed that the latter was more in line with the identity of the Son of the Sun.
"Our primary goal is not to defeat Black, but the Greater Grail."
"So, you asked me to attack the spirit vein?"
"yes."
That's right, Karna's target of attack with the national treasure "Brahma, cover the earth" was not the black side's main and subordinates, but the spiritual veins. The flame curtain that was about to touch the sky garden was only half of the energy of the beam, and the other half went deep into the ground, madly ravaging the spiritual vein nodes.
The spiritual vein is the gathering of power in a region, buried deep underground, and is part of the operation of the planet. Even if it is just a spiritual vein in a region, it is not easy to touch it, let alone shake it.
The shaking here is different from the magician's utilization. Utilization is to borrow the magic power and use it reasonably, while shaking is to directly shake the foundation. If the spiritual vein is likened to a river, utilization is to draw water from the river, and shaking is to shake the entire river, which is not a difficult task at all.
According to Shirou's estimation, simply shaking a spiritual vein node would require at least an A-rank anti-city Noble Phantasm, and shaking all the nodes around the castle at once would require an anti-national Noble Phantasm. Among the Servant participating in this Holy Grail War, only Karna met the criteria, and he did not disappoint Shirou and completed the task successfully.
Through the occasional flashes of red magic, Shirou could feel that the connection between the Holy Grail and the earth had been significantly weakened. Although it had not been completely severed, it was gradually unable to withstand the suction from the sky garden.
"It won't be long before the Greater Holy Grail completes its transfer, and the black servants will take this opportunity to attack. You will need to continue to work hard for a while, so it's always good to conserve some magic power."
"Understood. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. You should also go back as soon as possible. It's not safe here."
"Yes, I know. I'll just stand here for a while and make sure the transfer is OK. Then I'll go back."
Hearing Shirou's answer, Karna nodded silently and disappeared in the golden light.
When the golden light completely disappeared, Shirou put away his usual smile, and the five fingers of his empty right hand moved rhythmically on the hilt of the knife, muttering to himself.
"What expression would you have now? Disappointed? Angry? Or confused? Uh—is there such a thing?"
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Just as Shirou said, Shinji is in a very bad mood now, with disappointment, anger, panic, and all kinds of emotions intertwined.
It was only because of the information sent by Yustisa that the connection between the Holy Grail and the spiritual vein had weakened.
The Holy Grail can maintain its current state entirely thanks to the help of Tulifas's spiritual vein. Without the support of the spiritual vein, the Holy Grail cannot resist the suction from the garden. If this continues, the Holy Grail will be taken away by the Red Team sooner or later. It will be difficult to take it back at that time, and his plan will be ruined. What's more important is that Yustisa is still in it!
No, we must not let the Holy Grail be taken away, absolutely not!
What should I do? What should I do? Use my brain.
Magic, no. Semiramis's technique was not a simple attraction, but rather the use of the power of the garden to replace the physical laws around the Holy Grail with the physical laws of the garden. This kind of magic that reached the level of magic was not something that a magician like me, who was not even a first-rate magician, could interfere with.
What about physics
Yes, physics! Excluding the tedious work of stripping the earth veins, the Holy Grail was sent to the garden only because of the gravity of the garden. As long as another force is used to offset the gravity... Yes, that's it!
"Beccassus!" Shinji, who had returned, jumped onto the top of the Holy Grail.
"No, Shinji, Pegasus's power might damage the outer shell of the Greater Holy Grail."
Yustisa's panicked voice and a pure white Pegasus appeared together. The Holy Grail was multiplied by Yustisa's body, and although it was much stronger than the original human body after the heterogeneity, it could not withstand the powerful power of Pegasus as a high-level Phantasmagoria.
"It's too late to worry about that now. You said that as long as the core is intact, it can absorb magic power to repair itself, and I won't let you fall into the hands of the enemy, absolutely not!"
Shinji did not forget that Amakusa Shiro could connect to the Holy Grail and would connect to the Holy Grail. If he discovered the existence of Yustisa, the consequences would be disastrous. He would never allow such a thing to happen.
"Shinji!" Yustisa wanted to say something.
"Stop talking, listen to me, the Holy Grail and everything else don't matter, but you must not get into any trouble!"
Shinji turned his body upside down, pressed the outer shell of the Holy Grail with both hands, released magic power without regard for loss, and pointed his feet to the sky, using his feather shoes to exert the greatest power, while not forgetting to speak to Becasas.
"Help me push it down. Pushing it back underground will be victory. Don't stop until I tell you to."
Sensing his master's anxiety, Pegasus turned around and began to hit the Holy Grail with his head. As expected of the oldest Pegasus comparable to a dragon, Shinji pushed the motionless Holy Grail, and it began to fall after being hit by it.
Shinji was delighted when he saw this: "Well done, keep hitting me."
The Pegasus neighed loudly, and its white and nimble body drew an arc in the air and then turned sharply downward.
At this moment, Yusitisa's voice rang in Shinji's ears again: "Shinji, be careful!"
Be careful? What do you mean
Before Shinji could react, he heard Becasas's roar suddenly become more painful.
Then, his vision was quickly invaded by the pure white light that symbolized Pegasus.
With a muffled groan, the man and the horse rolled over and fell from the top of the Holy Grail.