In the eyes of the Black Berserker, in the next second, this arrogant young man would be caught by his sharp claws, and then his throat would be bitten open, and his blood would be sipped, turning him into a walking corpse while wailing.
After becoming a vampire, he has never sucked blood, and his desire to suck blood/eat is unprecedentedly high. Such behavior can both eliminate his anger and fill his blood-sucking urge.
However, the reality is quite different from what was expected.
A second passed, Shirou was still standing there, but the vampire fell to the ground miserably, groaning in embarrassment.
When he looked down, he saw that some sharp object had pierced his knee.
It was this thing that sealed his recovery ability and made him feel unbearable pain.
"This, this is—?"
"This is the 'Black Key'. Although it is not an easy-to-use weapon, it has a strong killing power against 'monsters' that distort the laws of nature. It is a very suitable weapon to deal with vampires. Oh, yes—"
Having said that, the young man shook his wrist and grabbed a few more short handles.
"—This concept was developed by the Holy Church, which is the dark side of the Catholic Church you believe in. One of its duties is to fight against heretics, and vampires are the number one heretic and must be fought. The battle between the two has lasted for thousands of years."
The temperature in the palace suddenly dropped, and the vampire exuded an oppressive chill. He was extremely angry.
Shirou's words just now were a slap in the face. Vlad III was a Catholic, and a relatively devout one, but now he was a heretic. This contrast made him, who was already crazy, almost lose his mind. He didn't care about the pain in his body, and pulled out the black key that nailed his knee. He used his other intact leg to rush towards this hateful priest.
Facing such a vampire, Shirou's smile became even more intense.
"As for me, I happen to be affiliated with the Holy Church, so I will fulfill my long-unseen duty and purify you thoroughly."
A magical blade was woven onto the short handle and thrown out, apparently intending to directly nail the vampire's limbs.
Fortunately, the vampire still retained some fighting instinct. After suffering a loss, he generated rafters in his body and used the rafters to knock away the oncoming Black Key. The Black Key’s lethality to vampires must hit the target to be effective. If it misses, it is no different from an ordinary dart.
Then, the vampire flashed and appeared in front of Shirou like a ghost.
"Master!"
"Hey~ There is such a trick, it is indeed much smarter than the spear class - should it be said that he is already crazy, so he won't get crazier? - But, it's useless."
With the claws approaching, Semiramis quickly warned, but Shirou still had the leisure to comment.
Of course, the movements of his hands were no slower than his mouth. He shook out the red cloth draped over his body and casually swept it across the vampire's body. The vampire screamed miserably as if it had suffered great harm.
"Aaaaaah, this, this is—"
"This is the Holy Shroud. It is not the commonly circulated conceptual weapon for protection, but a real holy object that wraps the body of a saint. It is the last gift left to me by a certain saint. It is more lethal to vampires than the Black Key."
Shirou seemed to be addicted to explanations, and he would give a detailed explanation every time he used a new move, as if he was afraid that the vampire would die with regrets.
"That's why I told you to run away quickly, even though it's too late now. Take this move of mine, the 'Black Key Technique'; Secret Technique - Dugu Nine Keys!"
The red holy shroud fluttered in the wind, and the silver sword blades danced, blocking the vampire's movements from nine different directions. Because of the influence of the "holy shroud", the vampire couldn't even defend himself, and was about to be nailed to the ground.
At the critical moment, a bright silver light cut through the blockade of the Holy Shroud, and a gray shadow rushed in brazenly and knocked the vampire's body away before the black key hit.
"Finally I see you, Black Assassin."
Shirou smiled even more when he saw this scene, but Shinji had no time to pay attention to him. He spoke to the embarrassed vampire rudely.
"Calm down, don't let power and desire get to your head. Although vampires have strong bodies, numerous superpowers, exaggerated recovery, and nearly eternal life, as the price of power, vampires have various weaknesses. In addition to being restrained by the Black Keys for purification, they are also weak to holy seals such as the Holy Shroud. The man standing in front of you can be regarded as the source of the 'holy seal'. If you are caught by him, a simple baptism chant can turn you into ashes - why choose him as your opponent when there are so many other options? Are you looking for death?"
"Thank you, thank you." Shirou scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly, "But I want to correct you, I am just an ordinary agent, not a saint."
"Humph, just because I haven't been canonized by the Holy See, the power that comes from my faith is genuine."
Shinji snorted coldly and stared at the biggest boss of the red team - although he didn't know who broke his last hope, it must be someone from the red team, and all the blame for the red team could be put on Shirou.
To Shinji's surprise, Shirou actually denied it: "You may not believe it, but I am really not a saint, nor do I have that power, and I don't understand what the 'baptism chant' is; I want to destroy vampires by other means."
"What?"
The eyebrows hidden by the cloak wrinkled slightly, and a sense of disobedience emerged in Shinji's heart, but he quickly suppressed it. Now was not the time to think about these things. The most urgent task was to rescue Yustisa.
"Whatever happens, can you please return the Greater Holy Grail to us?"
"I'm sorry, no."
Shirou shook his head, the expected answer.
"Then we have no choice but to take it by force. Be aware of this!"
The released magic power shattered the ground, and the sickle cut through the air, slashing towards Shirou's throat.
A black chain, in stark contrast to the sharpness of the sickle blade, appeared out of thin air, like a natural chasm in front of Shinji.
"Do not disturb my master. Let fellow assassin Ben Semiramis be your opponent."
The empress in front of the Holy Grail raised her right hand, then swung it down in an instant, and the chain twisted like a snake.
"Get out of the way! Get up!"
Shinji shouted angrily, his sickle blade did not stop, and with a flick of his left hand, the "Qingyun Sword" floated into the air, stirring up a sky full of wind and fire, crushing all the chains summoned by Semiramis.
In the wind and fire, the tall figure of the vampire stood up, and dense rafters grew out of his pale body, but he did not shoot them out, but used them as weapons to crash into Shirou who was not far away.
This was the best way he could think of to deal with Shirou. If Shirou repeated the same trick, he would shoot out the rafters to knock away the Holy Shroud and Black Key that were in the way. If he did nothing, he would just pierce his head directly.
Attack from both sides!