"So they still exist, true warriors."
The female servant's voice contained iron-like coldness and flaming fighting spirit.
"Then I cannot treat you the same way I treat a bunch of random soldiers."
Then, this coldness and fighting spirit turned into reality, iron from the sword, fire from magic. Just this one move was enough to bury 99% of modern magicians.
Of course, Shinji was not one of the ninety-nine, but the remaining one percent. Such an attack not only failed to kill him, but could not even stop his steps. He rushed forward wielding the "Scythe of Death". He used force to cut through the flames and launched a vigorous collision with the female warrior's sword.
The woman who had both the professions of warrior and magician finally showed her true power at this time. The sword was enchanted, and her strength, agility, reaction speed and other qualities were all enhanced. Not only that, she was also surrounded by various kinds of magic that kept changing, and she kept releasing various magic.
These include direct attacks such as fire and lightning, as well as indirect effects such as weakening and slowing down, which work together with the straight sword in his hand to launch an all-round attack on Shinji.
Simply judging by the level of swordsmanship or magic, the woman is actually not that high. Her swordsmanship is not as good as Siegfried, Artoria, Lancelot and other heroes famous for their swords. Her magic is not as good as Semiramis who "knows a thing or two about magic". None of her skills have reached the inhuman/divine/godly level beyond the limits of human beings.
However, when she has mastered and integrated these skills within the limits of human nature, the combat power she can display will in no way be inferior to those servants whose single skills have reached inhuman levels.
This is the fighting style of the female Servant who calls herself "Hephaestion" - Fusion!
Her honed swordsmanship means she won't be easily defeated by any fighter.
Her ever-changing magic skills also gave her the capital to compete with other magicians.
The combination of the two is like the perfect match between tequila and white Cointreau. The two complement each other, blend with each other, and sublimate together, ultimately creating the world-famous cocktail "Margarita".
She interprets "Warrior" from another perspective in her own way.
You may not have amazing skills, and you may not have extraordinary qualities, but you must give full play to everything you have without holding back.
Swordplay and magic clash
Can't balance physical strength and magic power
Those are all excuses, excuses you make for your own weakness.
Knowing that you are weak but not working hard, knowing that you have shortcomings but not making up for them, such a person is not worthy of being a warrior.
Since you have embarked on the path of a warrior, you must fight, both with the enemy and with yourself.
Only by giving your all can you walk away from the battlefield alive - if not, you will have no regrets if you die in defeat.
The warrior's face, sword, and magic were all filled with such faith, unshakable faith, which was her warrior soul. It was precisely because she didn't understand this that Lorelei was restrained in her battle with her. It was not a matter of skill or ability, but a difference in mentality.
Now, such a warrior's soul and the entire life of the female servant surround Shinji.
Yes, it was clearly a one-on-one fight between two people, but the female servant created an encirclement effect.
The sword is in front of you, the magic is behind you.
Magic comes from below, and swords come from above.
Magic attacks from the front and back, and swordsmanship attacks from the left and right - because the speed of the attacks is getting faster and faster, and the methods of attack are getting more and more weird, Shinji has no idea how a sword can attack from the left and right.
He held the "Scythe of Death" in reverse, with the handle of the scythe protecting the back of his head and the blade blocking the right side. At the same time, he raised his left hand and used the "God's Spear and Bow Sword" installed on his left arm to block the left side, then used his chest to withstand the oncoming fire magic.
The power of magic from the Age of Gods far exceeds that of modern times. Even though Shinji's magic resistance is comparable to that of C-level "anti-magic power", he is still unable to block it and is blasted away, almost flying out of the open carriage.
"Shinji!" Waver screamed.
Lorelaia's right hand tightly grasped the handle of the magic whip, and the point where her fingertips touched the leather surface turned white because of excessive force.
Only the heartless guy Elquet was still concentrating on eating snacks, seemingly not worried at all.
In fact, there was no need to worry. Shinji, who stopped at the edge of the train, not only did not show any solemnity or anxiety, but laughed heartily.
"Hahahaha, so that's how it is, there is such a way, hahahaha. I want to thank you, the warrior who calls himself 'Hephaestion'."
"Why thank you?" asked the female servant who was interrupted by the laughter and did not pursue.
"Because you opened a new door for me and let me find the path I should take. In this way, I finally saw the hope of challenging her!"
She, his mentor, Scathach. Defeating her is the ultimate goal of Shinji's life.
However, up until now, Shinji had not seen any hope.
The incomplete third magic, the complicated but not yet proficient martial arts, the rune magic that barely reached a high level, the eternal power from the "origin" - although according to modern standards, each item is enough to be a family heirloom in the mysterious world, it is still a long way to go to defeat the queen who killed gods and stood at the pinnacle of human history.
He has reached the pinnacle of both being a warrior and a magician, the "wisdom of the magic world" gained from being outside the world, an eternal body that cannot be killed by countless curses, and the accumulation of thousands of years of daily training. Such a gap makes people despair.
After countless deductions and calculations, there is only one conclusion - only by truly completing the third magic can there be hope of defeating Scathach. But the task of "completing the third magic" itself may be more difficult than defeating Scathach.
After all, there has only been one third-class magician in history, but there are more than one people who can be on the same level as Scathach. Although Shinji is the person closest to the third-class magician admitted by "Jewel Man", he is only close, not complete.
There is only a 1% difference between 100% and 99%, but this 1% is a qualitative difference, which is even greater than the gap between human boundaries and the outside world.
But now it's different. Shinji has found a way to reach the peak - what he learned from the battle just now, is to integrate his life, the strong, the weak, everything he has into one and bring it out.
It is you who are fighting, not just some fragment of you. Fight with your whole being, with all the evidence of your existence - that brilliance, no one can ignore.
PS: The Master is certainly extremely strong. His second-level spiritual foundation may be comparable to that of a champion Heroic Spirit, and with years of accumulation, the Master is by no means invincible.
PS2: If you don't understand why Erye smiles, you can go to Baidu to look up the poster of the movie version of "Fate stay night" Heaven's Feel. There is Erye's smile in it, which is so handsome and instantly attracted fans.