After doing all this, Shinji finally had a chance to take a breath. His highly tense nerves relaxed, and the feedback from all parts of his body appeared in his mind one by one.
"Four ribs... were cracked, cough cough, the lungs and liver were compressed to a certain extent..."
There is a special project called "body control" in Scathach's warrior training, which Shinji privately calls "torture".
From the first day of training, Scathach would use different methods to cause damage to various parts of Shinji's body every day. In addition to strengthening his physique and training his ability to withstand blows, she also hoped that Shinji would remember all kinds of pain and accurately grasp his own condition.
In Scathach's opinion, a qualified warrior must be fully aware of his or her physical condition so that he or she can make the most correct judgment in battle.
Over time, Shinji no longer needed to use modern instruments or magic to examine his body. He could judge his injuries solely by the feedback transmitted from nerves to the brain.
"Haha, compared to the hellish training of the master, it's nothing... For this level, the healing rune made by Sakura is enough."
Shinji found a relatively clean corner, sat down with his back against the wall, and took out two rune stones from his waist bag where they were stored. He placed one of them closest to the wound and crushed the other one with force.
There are two ways to use Rune Stones, activation for steady release and crushing for one-time use.
Shinji uses the first method to heal physical injuries and the second method to conduct large-scale detection.
The emerald green rune representing life steadily released its healing power. The coolness eased Shinji's pain and gradually repaired the damage to his body.
The colorless rune representing detection radiates an invisible magic power in all directions at the moment of breaking. This magic power will produce special fluctuations when encountering alien magic power, and will be fed back to Shinji. The detection radius is one thousand meters, which can be regarded as a small radar on the mysterious side.
One minute after the rune was broken, Shinji did not receive any feedback, proving that there was no magic fluctuation within a radius of one thousand meters. It seemed that this tentacle was an independent BOSS, without any subordinates, so there was no need to worry about being attacked for the time being.
Shinji thought so and cancelled the materialization of the "Snake Hunting Scythe". Although this was one of the two least consuming items among the treasures, he was used to being frugal as he provided magic for both Justis and Justis at the same time. The more he saved, the more magic power they could use.
This unspoken appreciation also earned the concern of the two contractors. Shinji had only sat down for a few minutes when he received contact from Justissa and Scathach.
"Shinji, your magic power consumption is abnormal."
"What on earth happened?"
"Nothing much. I encountered a tentacle summoned by Caster. It took a little effort to deal with it."
Shinji's tone sounded relaxed, as if he had just moved a slightly heavy stone.
Since it has been resolved, there is no need to worry about it. That's what he thought.
"Really?" The trembling ending tone showed that Scathach had seen through Shinji's pretense of being relaxed, but just didn't expose him.
"I'm glad you're okay." Yustisa was obviously relieved. She really believed it.
Regardless of the two ladies' reactions, Shinji's business has been concluded, and the highlight is the Einzbern Forest.
"How's the situation over there?"
"The battle has been going on for a while now. Caster is currently fighting Saber and Lancer."
Although Justisa's answer was only one sentence, it allowed Shinji to guess what happened.
As in the original world line, Caster's target is Saber, and his whereabouts are discovered by Lancer or Kayneth, who chases him all the way to the Einzbern Forest. Because of the same goal and the mutual respect between knights, Saber and Lancer form a joint performance.
"I'm still on my way, estimate it will take ten to fifteen minutes."
Scathach's answer made Shinji's evaluation of Caster's team even higher. Misleading and delaying Scathach's steps and dragging himself and Kariya into the underground sewer were all strategies of Caster's team.
"You have done a great job to get this far. However, the higher the evaluation, the more I cannot let you go."
Shinji's eyes turned cold, and he was about to urge Scathach to speed up, but he heard Yustisa continue to say: "Lancer's master Kenneth invaded the castle from the front. Hisau Maiya retreated with Irisviel, leaving Emiya Kiritsugu to deal with Kenneth."
Shinji quickly asked, "Which side are you following?"
"None of them. I am now in the core of the castle, from here I can see everyone in the barrier."
The castle is the core of the barrier, and only in the castle can the barrier be controlled to the greatest extent. When Irisviel left the castle, Justisia took the opportunity to gain control of part of the authority of the barrier. It was also because of this that she was able to keep in touch with Shinji inside the barrier.
"It's a wise decision. No matter where something goes wrong, please inform me immediately. Master, hurry up."
Combining the plot of the Fourth Holy Grail War, Shinji came up with a lot of bold ideas, one of which was tonight. If everything went well, he and the Matou family might be able to get a lot of benefits.
Shinji closed his eyes, and the figures of Kenneth and Emiya Kiritsugu flashed alternately in his mind, with the corners of his mouth raised like a little fox with ill intentions.
"The highest rank in the Clock Tower in general, the 'color rank'; the magician, Lord Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald."
In the Clock Tower, the headquarters of the Magic Association, magicians are given a "rank" that corresponds to their own abilities.
There are seven ranks, from top to bottom: Grand, Brand, Pride, Fes, Cause, Eldest Son, and Frame.
The "color rank" that Kenneth belongs to is actually the second rank, but due to the harsh evaluation conditions of the "crown rank", magicians who get the "crown rank" are very rare, and they are almost never seen in the clock tower. Therefore, the "color rank" is generally regarded as the highest rank in fact, which is also the highest rank that most lords can reach.
Kenneth is highly regarded by his family, allies, and school, and is known as one of the magicians most qualified to challenge the "crown". It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the strongest magician in the Clock Tower - not counting those old monsters who have lived for who knows how many years.
"You are the pride of the Magic Association, and the one that countless magicians can only look up to for their entire lives. Yet, you have encountered a killer who was specially trained by the Association to deal with magicians. I can only say that your luck is the same as your Servant, both are E."
"Perhaps you who live in this world, how could you know such aphorisms as 'Lancers have always been lucky E, and they have always been miserable'? This misery does not only refer to the lancers themselves, but also to the Master. Perhaps your original luck was not E, but the moment you signed a contract with the lancer, your luck was assimilated to E."
"Unless one is a man of destiny like Constantine or Zhao Yun who has drained all the luck of the spearmen, or a powerful man like the Master who is so powerful that no curse can kill him, no one can resist the bad luck of the spearmen."
"Don't you see that a lucky swordsman like Altria was also killed by Mordred after he changed his job to a spearman? Oh, he didn't die, he was almost dead, otherwise there would be no Fate story."
"In short, cherish your life and stay away from Lancer—except for the protagonist and other destined ones."
"But then again, if Director Ken doesn't commit suicide, how can I have a chance?"
PS: Come on, let's sing together: "Fifty-six Uncle Bs, fifty-six brushes; fifty-six masters shoot the immortal flowers; fifty-six holy swords, light cannons fire together; Lancer is dead~" (The master here is Chiron, the Centaur master, the great sage who trained many heroes such as Achilles and Hercules.)