I'm really not an old sword

She didn't know how long she had been running, nor did she know how much longer she would run.

The only thing she knew was that if she stopped, the mysterious Assassin chasing her would appear like a shadow, wielding the lethal dagger and kill her.

"damn it!"

She knew that it was just the other party's cat-and-mouse game.

If the other party wanted to, he could have killed her the moment he discovered her.

But there was no way, she didn't want to die.

Under extreme mental and physical tension, Elsa, who was already exhausted from drinking, ran slower and slower.

My lungs were terribly hot, and my throat felt like blood was surging, hot and painful.

"Can't run anymore?"

It seemed as if the teasing sounds like a cat playing with a mouse could be heard all around.

The echoes continue.

Black shadows kept flashing in the corner behind her.

"Really? You still think that the worst that can happen is death."

Elsa's pace slowed down.

The vision in front of me is becoming increasingly blurry.

At the same time, as if to compensate, his other senses were amplified infinitely. The muffled footsteps of Assassin beside his ears seemed to have turned into loud "Duang!" "Duang!" sounds, which continued to ring out like a death warrant.

I clearly feel that if I can't change this fucked up world, I'd rather die.

Even though this Holy Grail War is difficult to win and dreams cannot be realized through the Holy Grail, dreams such as saving children and building a beautiful world without war have been completely shattered.

But I don't want to die.

Not reconciled.

Even if I can't do anything, I don't want to die. I want to live.

Relying on her last bit of strength, Elsa staggered up the stairs, climbed to the top floor, and pushed open the balcony door.

The sea breeze from Tokyo Bay was blowing fiercely on the top floor of the building, which was almost twenty stories high, but Elsa could no longer feel the slightest bit of coldness. She could only breathe in the hot air even through her heavy breaths.

"Hehehe~"

A voice filled with madness and joy sounded from behind.

Elsa stumbled forward.

Finally, her foot hit the edge of the balcony, and she could no longer hold on to her body which was on the verge of collapse. She twisted her ankle and stumbled and fell.

Not working anymore?

Falling in the air, feeling the accelerating sensation of falling, Elsa tried hard to raise her head, wanting to see the world.

Not even a single child was saved.

"That is...?"

Just as she was about to close her eyes, a pale silver figure jumped down from another rooftop and fell even faster.

"Is that to save me?"

Looking at the figure's outstretched hand, Elsa reached out her hand driven by her survival instinct.

The two hands were clasped together.

Elsa suddenly felt her body being pulled and she was pulled into the other person's arms.

There were sounds of large pieces of glass breaking and friction.

Elsa could only feel that the speed of falling seemed to stop, and it seemed like a century had passed in a daze.

"Wake up."

There seemed to be a cold feeling in my throat, like blood or water.

It then flowed into every part of my body like a cold drink in summer, and the burning pain that almost made me want to die was visibly suppressed.

"you..."

Elsa tried hard to open her eyes.

The blurry vision gradually became clear, and the calling voice in my ears was no longer noisy.

"Arthur?"

Elsa showed a happy expression, and the excitement of surviving the disaster made her hug him tightly.

After a long time, Elsa calmed down and let him go. She stood up and laughed openly.

"Thank you for saving me."

"It's okay, what happened here?"

Lin Qingsu looked around.

In the spacious office without partitions, the floor-to-ceiling windows were all shattered, documents were scattered everywhere, and the lighting was dim.

"I do not know."

"Just now, Tokyo had an earthquake, and it turned into this mess. My Servant said that he sensed the presence of several retired Servants and Lancer approaching. He asked me to hide so that he could distract them, but I was still discovered by Assassin."

"Oh, and Assa..."

Lin Qingsu suddenly grabbed Elsa.

He pulled her behind him, and at the same time, he clenched his right hand, and the Holy Sword of the Star appeared in his hand.

Wind King Hammer

The sword flashed, and a woman's scream came from the dark shadows.

A slender girl dressed in black and purple appeared in the shadows.

He covered his bloody abdomen and glanced at Elsa with his eyes like a venomous snake.

Looking at this scene, Elsa was filled with fear and took a half step back. If Lin Qingsu had not pulled her back just now, she would have been killed by the other party.

Seeing that his tracks were exposed, the other party turned around and tried to escape into the shadows.

"Still want to run?"

Assassin is the lowest level among the servants.

Their way of winning is usually to kill the opponent's Master.

In the first Holy Grail War, Assassin killed three Masters by hiding in the dark and hunting them, thus eliminating three powerful Heroic Spirits.

But when the trail is exposed...

Lin Qingsu flashed and rushed in front of the opponent, swinging the long sword in his hand.

'Bah! '

Assassin saw no way out and turned to block with her dagger, but the immense force from above caused the dagger to slip out in just a moment of contact.

'Pfft! '

The female assassin's incarnation turned into a spot of light and disappeared.

"Thank you for saving me again."

Lin Qingsu shook her head: "I plan to go find my Master, what are you going to do?"

"I have nowhere to go." Elsa smiled bitterly: "If you don't mind, I hope you can take me away, otherwise I will definitely die here."

"Then come up."

He ran all the way through the city carrying Elsa on his back and soon arrived at the outskirts of Tokyo.

The two of them walked in silence all the way.

Suddenly, Lin Qingsu felt Elsa's hand around her shoulders tighten.

Just as he was about to ask "What's wrong?", Lin Qingsu suddenly caught sight of him out of the corner of his eye.

The back of Erza's hand, which was wrapped around her neck and placed on her chest, had the three Command Seals on it slowly losing their original colors.

Lin Qingsu was silent.

As if confirming his thoughts, with a whoosh, the golden arrow streaked across the sky like a meteor.

'boom! ’

A meteor fell, and the dazzling light engulfed Tokyo, which was infected by the sea of flesh.

Chapter 3 The Last Starlight (k)

A hole appeared in the black mud cloud, and light shone through the clouds.

The black mud and tentacles that continued to spread outward let out painful howls, and evaporated and retreated visibly with the naked eye. The tentacles and black mud returned to cover the original hole.

When the meteor dissipated, only ruins remained of the huge city.

Lin Qingsu could no longer feel the magical fluctuations of Arash and the four controlled souls of the riders.

"finished?"

It seemed as if he was shocked by that scene.

After a long moment, Elsa asked in a low voice.

The answer to her question was that several thick tentacles with a diameter of dozens of meters suddenly shot out from the center of the ruins, and the sea of flesh that emerged again and spread outward like a tide.

"How can this be?!"

How could any creature survive such a powerful attack?

Elsa's eyes widened.

The fear brought by the extraordinary vitality made her body tremble uncontrollably, and her legs tightly clamped Lin Qingsu's waist.

What kind of existence can kill this monster?

"I'll take you away first."

Lin Qingsu took one last look and no longer cared about what was happening behind her. She ran towards the Shatiao family with Elsa on her back.

Hearing Lin Qingsu's voice, Elsa came back to her senses. Looking at his profile, she recalled the stars that day.

Maybe, he can do it?

......

The constantly rolling sea of flesh swallowed up the huge Tokyo in just tens of minutes.

Fortunately, the Sajo family's mansion is in the suburbs of Tokyo.

There was nothing unusual when Lin Qingsu arrived.

Putting Elsa down, I walked to the house with her. The scent of Aika Sajo and Ayaka Sajo was in the only small courtyard that was intact after last night.

Sha Tiao Ai Ge is planting flowers in the garden.

Ayaka Sajo was sitting on the outer corridor, reading a book that was bigger than her. From time to time, she looked up at the dark red sky over Tokyo with curiosity in her eyes.

"Hey, big brother?!"

Seeing Lin Qingsu coming back, Sajo Ayaka immediately cried out in surprise.

“Saber.”

Aika Sajo only realized what was happening when she heard her sister's cry.

As soon as she turned around and let out a soft cry, she found herself in the other person's arms.

"Saber?" The girl looked up in confusion.

She could sense that the other person's current mood was not right, as if it was a mixture of relief and joy, and guilt.

"I'm sorry, Aige."