Other Dimension's Knight

Chapter 31 - XXXI: Paying The Price

Rin immediatly summoned a green gem shield to defend from the numerous attacks of the familiars.

She winced under the weight of the attacks, she didn't have the time to use a gem, so this shield was directly linked to her mana, and these attacks were heavy to say the least.

At the same time, Berserker, who dashed towards Saber at an inhuman speed nearing the 10 000 km/h stopped right in front of Saber and sent a powerful blow in her direction, but the King of Knights wasn't fazed by this attack. Although she was previously very limited, ever since Alexander opened Shirou's circuits, she was significantly stronger, and while it certainly wasn't enough to take down the powerhouse called Hercules, it would be enough to atleast not lose against him.

Saber summoned her sword, envelopped in a stream of wind to block Berserker's sword. The clash between the two weapons made the air chaotic around the two servants, but neither would bulge under the strength of the other. Even if Berserker was certainly stronger than Saber, it wasn't enough to make her move with a mouvement that did not take advantage of his strength. Berserker roared once again and striked again but this time downward from the top, resulting in the ground under Saber being cracked as Saber once again parried the attack.

Saber managed to slide down the length of Berserker's weapon despite the crudiness of the blade and tried to slash his c.h.e.s.t through the opening, but Berserker's surreal agility once again was shown when the mad warrior twisted his body sideway in a manner that would seem impossible for a being of his stature and then kicked Saber in the side to disengage, due to him being much bigger and having a bigger weapon, he was in danger in close range against Saber.

Although under madness due to being summoned as a Berserker, Hercules still detained all of his experience and would not let himself be caught in those sort of position where he was at disadvantage. Saber, naturally unhurt by the kick, proceeded to engage Berserker once again lest he decided to change his target by attacking Rin who was having a hard time against the familiars of Illyasviel.

Archer, on the top, clicked his tongue at the mess of a battle that was happening in front of him. He certainly couldn't use his more destructive weaponry when Rin was so close to the fight between Berserker and Saber, as his normal arrows would do nothing to Berserker.

* Rin, it would be wise for you to find another place to fight against the master of Berserker, I am unable to provide assistance if you are stuck close to Berserker. *

Rin furrowed her brows and allowed herself to check the distance between herself and Berserker, and also glanced over the surroundings to find an adequate place, but Illyasviel simply didn't let her take that luxury as she was soon bombared once again by the attacks of her familiars. While she had prepared quite the amount of defensive mesures, her heart bled everytime she felt gems worth over a million being destroyed by these infuriating little birds. Suddenly something clicked inside her mind.

" Oyy! Emiya do you plan on doing nothing and just standing there ?? " shouted Rin while throwing her famed Gandr towards Illyasviel, which was simply destroyed by one of her familiar.

Shirou from the beginning was simply watching the fights in front of him, as he knew he couldn't join the fight between Berserker and Saber as he would be dead before he realized it, and also couldn't join the fight between Rin and Illya since it was a long-range battle...

Archer, sighed seeing the situation, decided to help Rin first as it seemed Saber had understood the situation and already distanced herself from Rin and Illya, dragging the mad warrior with her as she seemed to have no problem fighting him. Even if she couldn't take the advantage, she wasn't going to die soon.

He used normal arrows to shoot down Illya's familiars as he refused to hurt her for personal reasons. He hoped Rin would be able to convince her before the fight between Saber and Berserker lasted too long and Saber got injured.

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Illya, seeing her familiars getting shot down like flies, couldn't help but grit her teeth and look hatefully towards the man with silver hair on top of her house. She was anrgy that nothing seemed to go like she wanted, she once again looked at the man responsible for all of this, Shirou Emiya, the one that is the reason why her father abandonned her like this, why she was forced to endure the torture of her grandfather for all of these years, the only reason she was able to go on was because of her mother that appeared time to time to give her the strength to enact her vengeance, but even her disappeared a few days ago. Today she was suddenly attacked by that weird looking shadow that wanted to eat her servant, so she was pissed beyond everything she experienced before, she felt as if the whole world decided to plan against her today.

Her being the small grail for the current war, she had access to a unimaginable amount of mana, and, making the wish that she could kill her supposed brother once for all, her mana began to follow her will, as a massive amount of mana started to converge in the air just above her, before a sword made out of white energy appeared. Before Rin could react, the shot itself towards Shirou, who also couldn't react in time, fortunately, Archer managed to change the direction of the sword in time with one of his arrow, but it wasn't strong enough to deflect it completely, the sword pierced completely the shoulder of Emiya Shirou, and embedded itself in the ground further.

" Shirou !! "

Rin cried in horror as she saw Shirou lose his consciousness due to the amount of blood he was losing and watched as Shirou fell the the ground with his arm nearly detached from his body.

Saber, who was fighting against Berserker, suddenly felt her strength disappear as she took the heavy hit of the Greek Hero in full brunt before being sent flying against the wall of the castle, heavily injured in the process.

Illya was panting due to the amount of mana she released, and when she saw Shirou in his own puddle of blood, she felt equally satisfied and disappointed. She wanted him to suffer much more than this, so she couldn't have him die that easily, but at the same time she felt like she finally reached her goal when she saw the void expression on his face, as she imagined life slowly sipping away from him.

She decided to retreat, as she needed a bit of time to refill her mana, and Berserker's condition was also affected by this. They could have the castle, the Einzbern family had many estate all over Fuyuki, she just needed to live in one of them. She still had maids in them that could take care of her and her grandfather was killed by this shadow so she didn't have to worry about him anymore.

While Saber, injured was running towards her Master, Rin was crying over the nearly dead body of Shirou while she used her healing gems to maintain his life. Although he wouldn't die, she was still scared of what would have happened if Archer didn't manage to deflect the attack with that arrow at the last minute.

Archer meanwhile, clicked his tongue at seeing the development of the current war. His memories had already returned and nothing was going like he experienced it, but it seemed that they heavily underestimated the might of Berserker's master...

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