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The ground was covered in dust, and tree trunks were rising from the ground...

It seemed as if all matter was blown away at this moment, and then annihilated and evaporated in the golden light.

It was not night, but a divine light enveloped everything in Ryudo Temple.

A dense torrent of golden particles surged violently through the atmosphere, flattening a section of the city. Light cannons shot up the hillside toward the sky, until they reached the end...

half an hour.

When everything returns to calm.

Golden starlight dotted the sky and the ground. Artoria held the sword in both hands, staring blankly at everything in front of her that was destroyed by her Noble Phantasm, the Sword of Promised Victory.

The man disappeared!

The building behind it also seemed to be destroyed in the glory.

Altria stood there, breathing softly, "Irisviel..."

She wasn't sure if the release of her Noble Phantasm had affected Irisviel as well. But in her eyes, everything in front of her no longer existed.

This made her feel more worried.

Although the Master Emiya Kiritsugu issued the order to release the Noble Phantasm in order to annihilate the enemy, he also told her through the connection between the Master and the Servant that the enemy might have countermeasures against the release of the Noble Phantasm, allowing Irisviel to survive.

but……

She saw no resistance.

That scheming, vile human being.

And there was Caster who used dirty tricks.

Altria had thought that the most difficult situation would occur, but when the result came, she felt a sense of unreality in her heart.

It went too smoothly!

Even if Altria was confident that releasing her Noble Phantasm would bring about the desired result, how could the troublesome Caster group not resist at all during this process?

As she was thinking this—

In front of Altria's perspective, she suddenly saw ripples in the air.

Altria's eyes narrowed, and she almost subconsciously tightened the holy sword in her hands.

"How rare! He doesn't forget his acting Master even at this moment. Such chivalry is truly enviable."

A faint word came from the ripples in front.

At the same time, there was a space with ripples, and it was like a curtain being torn open like a mirror flower and water moon, and Fan Yu's figure walked out step by step from it.

Fan Yu's golden eyes gazed at the female knight opposite him, his face revealing his admiration. "It's a shame this chivalrous spirit isn't protecting me. That Noble Phantasm is truly dazzling!"

Artoria ignored his words and just stared at the clothes on the other side, feeling a wave of disbelief: "How is it possible..."

The other person's coat was intact, not even a trace of it was left on the corner.

The appearance of this person seemed to mean that her Noble Phantasm had been released and hit the air... However, Artoria clearly saw that the Noble Phantasm at close range had swallowed up the other person's figure.

"Nothing is impossible. Rather... daring to intrude upon our position without investigating anything is a bit presumptuous even for a Saber."

A strange female voice came from behind Altria.

At the same time as she spoke, Medea, holding the [Ten Thousand Symbols Will Break the Rules], had already raised the blade high and stabbed it at Artoria.

Altria was instinctively startled, and her intuition activated, and she immediately swung her sword behind her.

Chi——!

A golden ripple appeared in the air. Medea, wearing a witch's hood, opened her lips slightly in surprise, and her figure was split into two.

However, Artoria did not dare to relax at all, and looked at Medea, who was like a phantom, as if facing a great enemy.

Altria did not feel the actual sensation of her sword hitting the enemy. She only felt that it cut through the air, and ripples appeared in front of her, just like the reflection of a mirror.

"What is this?"

"An impressive reaction! This intuition must be above B-rank, right?" Medea glanced at her Master reluctantly. "You'll have to take action. I'm not used to this kind of battle, Master."

Without Medea's reminder, a golden lightsaber had already condensed in Fan Yu's hand.

There was nothing fancy. He just flashed in front of Altria in an instant and slashed with his lightsaber.

【Intuition】

Inspired by her body's dynamic nerve reflexes, Artoria immediately raised the holy sword and held it horizontally in front of her.

At almost the same time, Medea's figure appeared behind her again, and a shining blade appeared, causing Artoria's pupils to shrink.

[Oh no…]

She reacted subconsciously in her heart, but her body was still bearing the weight of Fan Yu's attack. The heavy force prevented her from turning the holy sword to the Medea Blade behind her.

Chi!

The blade of [Wan Fu Bi Ying Po Jie] hit Altria's back, instantly activating the contract-breaking ability of the treasure.

Altria's body suddenly froze, and she turned back to stare: "You..."

She only saw a witch staring at her with amusement, and her eyes were filled with even more confusion.

"Oh~ Are you wondering why I appeared behind you? I hope I can't be discovered this time?" Medea said with a smile.

"That's because of the connection. When my senses are the same as yours, your intuition will no longer work on me."

Altria didn't understand what "connection" meant, but she could vaguely feel from her previous experience that it was the same harmonious power that made her feel hot all over.

That thing that had clearly been cut off by her...

She thought subconsciously, but she only saw layers of golden ripples suddenly appearing in her vision, and golden threads passed through the void and had been connected to her body at some point.

Altria was puzzled: "When?"

Medea had a sarcastic smile on her face, and she didn't mind explaining the reason for her defeat to the noble Knight King.

"It has always existed... or rather, from the moment [Fort Construction: Harmony] was completed," Medea informed.

She snapped her fingers lightly, and the scene around Liudong Temple suddenly changed.

Chapter 76 Capturing Saber

The earth destroyed by the Sword of Promised Victory began to replenish energy automatically.

The destroyed Liudong Temple building was regenerated on this land like a three-dimensional print.

Even the broken tree trunks and flattened mountaintops of the mountain behind Ryudo Temple all returned to their original form at this moment...

The golden threads woven from the sky acted like limbs, rearranging the area destroyed by Artoria.

Do not--

Judging from the picture in front of us, it is more like restoring a "site copy" based on reality.

Altria stared at the scenes above and around her in shock, feeling a sense of melancholy for a moment. "Could it be that everything before was just a dream?"

Then wouldn't the targets she attacked and the treasures she activated be all venting her anger towards something that didn't even exist?

"If you call it a dream, it's not wrong."

Medea said with a faint smile.

Based on inspiration drawn from the Master, the power of harmony was once described as a dream world based in reality called the 'Pinocone' area, which is a place that connects all dreams.

Although her position construction was not enough to connect an entire city.

However, based on the spiritual veins that existed in the Enzoyama area, and as a magician, she built a field to control this, and she completely reproduced the inspiration she received from her master in a magical way.

If the name is given according to the information provided by her master, the area where this position is built has now become a part of her.

Wait until the next time I am summoned from the Throne of Heroes.

Her information will be recorded as [Magic obtained from another world, transformed into her own magical domain, the Noble Phantasm is - "Harmony: Golden Moment"!] and she will name her creation like this, right?

As a heroic spirit, Medea can also get the pleasure of studying magic in the midst of a bloody war. This is a rare pleasure she has ever experienced.

Altria looked at the witch in front of her and felt a sense of disbelief.

Her Noble Phantasm never struck an actual object, but was instead obliterated by the opponent's deceptive senses. She couldn't help but think of Medea's earlier sarcasm: "Even for a Saber, intruding into the realm of a magician is too presumptuous, isn't it?"

"I...failed again."

"Let's put the humiliation of defeat behind us!" Medea interrupted her without hesitation, "Noble Knight King, what you are about to experience is even more shameful."

As Medea spoke, she suddenly pulled the blade of her Noble Phantasm, [Ten Thousand Spells Shattering the Precepts], out of Altria's body. At this moment, the effects of the Broken Spell began to drain Altria's original magic power.

A low moan escaped her throat, and she felt her magic power rapidly draining away.

"Hmm..." The light surrounding the holy sword held in Altria's hands quickly dissipated, and the spirits that originally maintained the present world became shaky.

at the same time.

In the distance, Emiya Kiritsugu also felt the severance of the contract between himself and his Servant.

Even though he was usually calm, he couldn't hide his astonishment at this moment. He looked down at the fading traces of the Command Seal on the back of his hand: "This is..."

Can anyone sever the contract between themselves and Saber from a distance?

"Kiritsugu?"

"Let's retreat, Maiya."

Kiritsugu Emiya is a decisive person. After confirming the connection between himself and the Servant, he resolutely chose to evacuate this dangerous place first.

Liudong Temple, a temple.

The sky was covered with dense golden light bands that continued to float, reflecting the surrounding scenes and presenting a dazzling and colorful scene.

Fan Yu looked at the weak Altria who was approaching him: "Now, it's your turn to choose, Saber."

Altria slowly raised her head, her eyes determined.

Her eyes silently said one thing - "Even if the contract is broken, I will not surrender to you."

Fan Yu was not surprised at this at all. Rather, it was surprising that the legendary King Arthur, the "symbol of perfection in the hearts of all knights", would turn to the enemy because the contract was broken.

"I try not to use threatening words." Fan Yu said calmly.

Medea, standing beside him, seemed lost in thought. Then, with a gentle smile, she cast a mirror image. A magic circle unfolded, revealing the sky overhead.

Altria saw her Master Emiya Kiritsugu above the helicopter in the sky and revealed a serious expression: "You..."

Fan Yu: "Your Master is right above us. Make a contract with me, and your Master will live. If you refuse, I will send you back to the Throne of Heroes, and your Master will perish from this world together with you."

His tone was flat, stating something that was a matter of course.

Altria was lost in thought.

The so-called return of the throne of heroes, in other words, means killing her right here.

She didn't mind this, but the other party's mention of the Master made Altria feel conflicted.

Having already been defeated, she had no way of explaining the other party's methods. What she should consider at this moment was what would happen to the people who had a connection with her after her spirit dissipated.

She glanced behind him and said, "Then, Irisviel..."

"Of course she's still alive. The attack just now was just a mirror image," Fan Yu responded. He paused, then added, "Irisviel is a small Holy Grail created by the Einzbern to collect souls. I still have some use for her before I kill the other knights."

Altria was startled: "The Holy Grail?"

Fan Yu hummed and said frankly, "Of course. Your Master used the Command Seal so decisively to make you retreat before. Didn't he come here to reclaim the Lesser Holy Grail?"

Altria: “…”

For a moment, she fell into speechless silence.

Was what Emiya Kiritsugu said earlier because Irisviel was his wife, or because of Irisviel's nature as the vessel of the Holy Grail?

For a moment, she couldn't tell the rational man's true goal.

Artoria was no longer sure...

but--

At this moment, these seem to no longer be important.

The contract between her and that man had been completely broken by Caster's Noble Phantasm.