Sasaki Kojiro, this name resounded like thunder among the people.
As the most famous swordsman in the late Warring States period, Sasaki used the Noh Tachi, which was rarely used by other swordsmen. It was said that his swordsmanship had reached the pinnacle, and he was killed by the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi at that time. It could be said that in terms of swordsmanship alone, Sasaki had almost reached the pinnacle. At least in the history of Japan, no one could beat him.
However, the heroic spirit fighting the Knight King in front of us wasn't the real Sasaki Kojiro. This heroic spirit's personality was so straightforward that it left people speechless. Not only did he tell us his real name, but he also told us that he was just a nameless swordsman in his previous life. Because of his hard work in learning Sasaki's famous technique, Swallow Return, he was given the name Sasaki Kojiro by his descendants, and he used this to become a heroic spirit. Although this wasn't a secret that could decide the outcome of the battle, Artoria, who pursued the path of knights, admired him for being able to tell his secret so easily. Because of this, even though we had the absolute advantage in numbers, Saber insisted on fighting alone, using the fairness of a knight's duel to respond to the nameless swordsman's honesty.
But now it seemed that the blonde girl, who was always full of confidence and strength, seemed to be gradually falling into a disadvantage.
As a Hero Spirit who was promoted from a nameless swordsman, the long sword in Sasaki's hand was not enough to fight against the British King's Holy Sword. It was not even the lowest noble artifact. It was just a sword that accompanied the swordsman all his life, an ordinary weapon made by an ordinary blacksmith. But with such an ordinary weapon, the assassin class Hero Spirit not only tied with the swordsman class Saber, but also gradually suppressed the latter. A large part of the reason was his swordsmanship.
Artoria's swordsmanship was naturally powerful. It was honed on the battlefield for many years, and it was a killing skill learned from the enemy's corpses. Every move was simple and effective, and every move was fatal. Such a battle would naturally give Artoria the upper hand in a life-and-death battle. But Sasaki's swordsmanship was on a completely different level. It was not only a fighting skill, but even sublimated to the realm of kendo. I knew very well that as a Hero Spirit, Sasaki did not have his own noble artifact. His swordsmanship was a noble artifact, and he could rely on a skill to fight against the noble artifact of the Hero Spirit. It was not surprising that Saber could not beat Sasaki in swordsmanship.
In the quiet night, silver flashes cut through the air again and again, leaving a sharp explosion. In front of the narrow gate of Ryodong-Ji Temple, the long and narrow blade and the invisible sword clashed fiercely. The wind blades even cut off all the nearby grass. Saber had been injured in the battle with Hercules. Although she had recovered most of her magic power and injuries because of my knockoff Halo of Glory, her swordsmanship was suppressed, and the hidden injuries had been magnified exponentially, almost visible to the naked eye. The girl in the silver armor gradually slowed down.
And, maybe it was my illusion, but this "Sasaki Kojiro" in front of me was too strong.
This was definitely far beyond the strength of the original work. Logically speaking, even if Sasaki could suppress Saber in swordsmanship, it was impossible for him to gain the upper hand so quickly. Saber's condition was much better than in the original work, and she should not have shown weakness so soon. But even if I knew nothing about swordsmanship, I could see from the comparison of the current state of the two that Saber's physical strength had been consumed by more than half in the battle.
Swoosh! An arc-shaped silver flash once again blocked the blond girl's lightning-fast attack from the side. At the moment when the latter adjusted her center of gravity, Sasaki suddenly changed the trajectory of the blade in the air at a seemingly incredible angle. With a V-shaped angle, he slashed the bamboo pole toward the opponent's shoulder. Faced with such an attack, Saber could only jump back. She avoided the fatal blow, but at the same time, it was confirmed that she was at a disadvantage.
“Saber！” Wei Gong had been watching anxiously, but because of Saber's determined attitude before the battle, he could only watch the battle with all of us. Now that he saw his servant in a bad state, he immediately shouted. I believed that as long as Saber was threatened at this time, this silly boy would rush to Sasaki regardless of his own strength.
"Don't come over!" Although the blond girl was panting, she still said firmly, "The battle is not over yet!"
"You are a very powerful enemy," Sasaki said in a sincere tone of appreciation. "In fact, I did not hold back. If there is no special reason, I am afraid that even if I fight with all my strength, I will not be able to defeat you."
"Maybe, but there is no such thing as a duel." After a few seconds of rest to restore her physical strength, Saber raised her head again and swung her arm slightly. She repeated this action two or three times just now. "This is your special ability, right? Poison? Or magic interference? "
"Who knows?" Sasaki clenched the long sword in his hand again and placed it in front of his eyes. "In short, it will be very effective when dealing with Heroic Spirits. A protracted battle is not good for you."
In the next second, accompanied by the sound of an explosion, the two sides fought again. It was still a battle beyond the limits of the human eye. Two blurred figures entangled and collided like a gust of wind. In such a battle, I was constantly evaluating the strength of the two.
Although they were in a world with low magic and low energy, as an existence directly related to the origin of the world, the individual strength of these Heroic Spirits could also reach the level of low-level Shiring Apostles. And their main bodies in the Heroic Spirit Palace might even be able to fight against low-level commanders like Sergeant Schilling. Of course, this referred to pure physical strength. If the Heroic Spirit Palace was fully armed with a photon cannon and could call for fleet support at any time, it was estimated that none of the Heroic Spirits would be able to withstand it.
With such combat power, as long as the Heroic Spirit Palace was not destroyed, they would be immortal. No wonder Sandora strongly supported my "Heroic Spirit Abduction Plan."
"Clang —"
With a loud sound of metal colliding, the bamboo pole that was about to hit the target was once again blocked by the invisible sword. But this time, Saber couldn't launch a follow-up attack like before. Instead, she quickly took two steps back, then leaned her sword in front of her, panting violently.
There was no wound on her body at all, but it seemed that she had even lost the strength to lift her sword.
At this time, I also saw the abnormality. It seemed that with the continuous confrontation with Sasaki, Saber's physical strength was also rapidly decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her body's flexibility was getting worse and worse. This was not a decline in combat power caused by physical exhaustion, but it seemed like …
It seemed like she was poisoned? Thinking of the word "poison" that Saber mentioned just now, the first thing that came to my mind was this. But a Heroic Spirit like Sasaki, would he use poison in battle?
Then, was it Magic Interference?
I can't remember where Sasaki has such an ability. Although it's a common ability for an assassin, I still know that Sasaki's real ability for an assassin should be a stealth skill like aura blocking. As for poison and magic interference, they are not things that he, a Japanese samurai, can master.
Perhaps it was his personality, or perhaps he was afraid of us, but after repelling Saber, Sasaki did not choose to pursue her. Instead, he casually placed the long sword on his side, stood in front of the mountain gate, and calmly looked ahead.
"Saber, how are you?" Wei Gong finally couldn't help but rush forward and try to help the girl, but the latter still managed to stand up straight, then turned her head and showed an apologetic smile to us, "I'm sorry to disappoint you. This Heroic Spirit's ability is very strange. It can continuously reduce the opponent's agility in close combat, whether it is attacking or being attacked. As long as there is contact, this ability will take effect."
Sasaki looked at them coldly. Even if the defeated Saber secretly informed her companions about his ability, he was not moved at all. He was already prepared to face so many enemies at the same time. Even if there were only two Heroic Spirits that could be used as combat power, he was ready to use all his trump cards.
With a cautious expression, Saber slowly retreated to our side, while Archer, Wei Miya, and Rin Enaka took a step forward, wary of any possible sneak attack from the enemy. However, the man with the long sword in front of us was unmoved by any of this. He just stood there like a statue, just like what he had said before: My only mission is to stop you from breaking through this door.
As for Saber, I could clearly see that her body was stiff, especially her right shoulder, which was almost fixed. It was quite difficult for her to even move it.
"Ah Jun, can you feel it?"
Sandora's voice sounded in my mind, and I nodded with a solemn face, "It's very obvious."
"Saber, I'm sorry, can you let me see your arm?"
The blonde girl guessed that I might have a way to solve the problem in front of us, so she didn't hesitate. After disarming her armor, she directly tore the right sleeve with her flexible left hand. Immediately, the girl's white and slender arm appeared in front of Sandora and I. But what was more eye-catching than the white skin was the crystallized body that spread like blood vessels, emitting a strange blue light.
The crystallized body tissue replaced the normal flesh and blood, completely fusing with the girl's arm. No wonder her movements were so stiff. If she was an ordinary Heroic Spirit, I'm afraid that her whole body would have crystallized by now.
Psionic Erosion. When Rider fought with us that day, he was injected with a lot of psionic energy because of Tear's ability. As a result, his whole body almost turned into a crystal statue in a few seconds. Therefore, I was no stranger to this kind of special damage caused by psionic energy pollution. Sandora wasn't present that day, but through the telepathic connection with me, she also knew the situation at that time.
Sasaki's attack contained psionic energy!
How is this possible?
Psionic technology is unique to the Xi Ling Apostles. As far as I know, other than us, only the Proteus people of the New Eden Confederation (a united nation formed by the survivors of the old Kepru) have come into contact with this kind of energy. How could an ordinary Heroic Spirit from a low-magic and low-energy world master this kind of energy? What's more, for a regular Heroic Spirit, the psionic energy that invaded the body was even scarier than poison!
I spread out my spiritual power, and the energy fluctuations in every inch of the entire Ryukodong Temple appeared in front of me. The focus of my observation was on the Heroic Spirit named Sasaki.
It was his longsword. On the blade of the longsword, there was a very weak psionic energy wandering!
"Sandora, Psionic Field, make all unrelated people fall into an absolute coma." I instructed Sandora through the spiritual connection, and then walked forward.
"Although I don't know what kind of coward your master is, hiding in the dark in such a situation, but now, let me be your opponent."
"You?" Sasaki looked surprised. "An ordinary person?"
I didn't say anything, but moved my wrist to prepare to attack. However, the voice that sounded in my mind made me stop. After listening to the message from Avalon, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Then, I raised my head and said to Sasaki, "Oh, then I'll get someone else to fight with you."
As soon as I said that, I turned around and left.
Everyone: "…"
"Are you insulting me!?" Sasaki's angry voice sounded behind me, with an undisguised murderous aura. I could understand his anger. In fact, I was also very depressed that the opportunity to tease a child was snatched away. But who asked a cold weapon fighting master to suddenly volunteer to do it?
The sudden sound of metal colliding from the darkness interrupted Sasaki's angry questioning. "Kacha, kacha." There was a regular sound. I knew it was the sound of metal limbs scratching on the ground. It was Vega. After seeing the battle between Sasaki and Saber through the Avalon surveillance system, Sister Scorpion was really eager to fight. She volunteered to fight with this skillful Heroic Spirit. In Sister Scorpion's words, although the absolute strength was not worth her attention, Sasaki's swordsmanship was quite interesting in terms of skills alone.
In such a situation, Armored Scorpion's enthusiasm for war was definitely no less than Pandora's enthusiasm for war.
To be honest, I really couldn't understand Vega's enthusiasm for this kind of battle. It felt like there was a huge gap between the outlook on life, the world, and values. However, Little Scorpion was usually taciturn and rarely made a request to me. This time, she volunteered to fight with this human, so it was not a big deal to fulfill her little wish.
"Look, this time it's not a landing pod."
I shrugged and said to the Wei Gong people who were looking around blankly. Then, they all said "Oh" in horror.
"In other words, it's another cameraman, right?" Motosa looked helpless and rubbed his forehead with his hand. "You guys just have to ruin the good human society … Ah! What is that! "
Less than five meters away from Sasaki, a deep black vortex suddenly appeared in the air. The sound of metal clashing came from it, and it was getting clearer and clearer. Under everyone's gaze, the first things that came out of the vortex were two exaggerated swords that were even longer than bamboo poles, surrounded by electric light. Then, what appeared in front of everyone was a beautiful woman with a cool upper body and a two-meter-long lower body. It was a hybrid "monster" that was a combination of a terrifying mechanical scorpion and a monster.
The mechanical scorpion with a huge sword walked out of the portal slowly. Just standing there made every nerve in Sasaki's body sound a sharp alarm. This was a reaction that would only occur in the face of death. The woman in front of me, or the monster, was exuding a pure killing intent. Whether it was Sasaki who had experienced countless battles in his life, Artoria who had been on the battlefield for many years, or Red A whose hands were stained with blood, they were all familiar with this feeling. A pure killing machine. Every strand of hair and every cell was precisely designed as a killing machine. This was their first impression of Vega after a short period of shock.
Not caring about the different gazes around him, Vega directly turned to me after leaving the portal. Then, he gave me a standard Schilling military salute. "Empire Armored Scorpion, Vega reporting for duty. Fighting for victory, sir!"
"That's the opponent you choose. Attack at will."
"Ka — Ka —" There were two crisp sounds of metal. Vega's tail swayed gently and then slowly turned to Sasaki's direction. The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became extremely depressing. Sasaki, who had been very calm before, now had a slight sweat on his face. He held the bamboo pole tightly in his hand, moved his body slightly to one side, and bowed forward. The two-meter-tall, ferocious creature in front of him had a disturbing smell of blood. If it wasn't for the mission, he really wanted to retreat immediately. Although fighting a strong enemy was Sasaki's biggest wish, this wish did not include the strange "ultimate weapon" in front of him.
"You can't beat me," Vega said emotionlessly in a mechanical voice as he looked at the Einherjar in front of him. "But I'm very interested in your fighting skills."
As soon as he finished speaking, Vega suddenly clashed the two swords in his hands. Immediately, the energy sparks lingering on the blades all dimmed, and the fusiform metal shell on Vega's tail, which had been in a semi-open state and emitted a faint red light, was completely closed.
"I won't use any special attacks, and I'll use the same power as you," Vega said in a stating tone. "So, let me see how many surprises the fighting skills of you primitive races can bring me."
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