Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Since Sakura is Rider's master, with the warm relationship between the two, Rider Medusa was also invited to stay at Emiya's house.

The next few people had a warm and fun time.

It seems that Medusa is also a good servant, Yamada Masaharu thought, she has always cared about Sakura.

Although he lost Saber, Shirou decided to join the Holy Grail War, fight alongside Rider, and help Sakura win the Holy Grail to heal her body.

Just like Emiya himself said, starting from yesterday, he will be Sakura's only partner in justice.

However, Emiya Shirou does not intend to let Sakura join in. Protecting Sakura is his first responsibility.

For this reason, he decided to recruit another ally.

Shirou chose Illya and her servant, the black berserker.

He asked Rider and Sakura to stay at home, and went out alone to find Illya.

After Shirou left, Sakura asked Rider to follow him secretly to protect Emiya's safety.

If you encounter any danger, bring Shirou back immediately.

"Sakura." Medusa hesitated.

At this time, Sakura was in very bad condition and looked very tired.

".It doesn't matter. I can still hold on. But please, Rider.

Please stay with me no matter what. "

".If it is an order, I will obey it.

But, Sakura. Your body... using me is cutting into what's left of your life.

Is this okay? "

"Hmm. Anyway, I don't have long to live.

Why? !

Seeing this sentence, Yamada Masaharu was stunned.

What's the meaning? !

Sakura has not long to live? !

"Although I'm fine today, if I'm not careful, I don't even know what I might do.

My memory is becoming more and more confusing day by day, and I can no longer feel my hands and feet.

Even the sense of time has been shattered. The day is so long that I can't go on.

Same thing this morning. For some reason, it felt like about a week had passed since I sent my senior away. "

She said it like it was no big deal.

Sakura has accepted death.

However, Yamada Masaharu couldn't accept it.

What kind of plot twist is this?

Why is this setting?

Is Nasu Mushroom really not Gen Urobuchi?

Finally, progress has been made. If Emiya, Sakura, and Rider can live as smoothly as they are now, the future will be happy no matter how they look at it.

However, Sakura actually doesn't live long?

But... Yamada Shoji thought of the Holy Grail.

If the Holy Grail can be won, then Sakura can also be rescued, right?

But don't abuse her again, she is such a kind and lovely girl.

Until now, Masaharu Yamada shuddered when he recalled the scene of bugs crawling all over the room.

"──I understand. Follow the master's orders and protect Shirou Shirou."

“Thank you..I’m sorry, Rider.

If I become useless, I will immediately make a contract with a new owner.

Senior

Although I'm a little reluctant, if it's Rider, then I can accept it. "

She forced a smile.

In response, Rider could only nod in reply, and the servant in black turned his back to his master.

"Even if you use the Noble Phantasm, it doesn't matter, right?"

"Yes. If the situation is critical, bring the senior back."

"I know. But, Sakura.

I think it is not the old man who should be noted, but the priest. "

Before Medusa left, she reminded Sakura again——

Perhaps that priest needs to be more careful than Matou Zōyan.

Sakura was surprised by this.

This servant never expressed his opinion.

He just silently obeys and carries out what he is ordered to do, and has a taciturn personality.

Never before had he personally shown concern for her as he did now.

Sakura just tilted her head and smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter, he can't beat me anyway."

…

When the rider caught up, Shirou Emiya had the illusion that this was Saber.

From the appearance point of view, there is actually a big difference between the two, but the feeling of waiting by your side is the same.

Without Saber, I always feel like something is missing.

But now I have to work hard for Sakura.

On the big map, an event symbol appears in the Einzbern family's castle.

The two men headed to Einzbern Castle.

Before reaching the castle where Illya is located, you first have to pass through a forest.

Many defensive dolls appeared in the forest.

After a fight, they were about to arrive. At this time, the duo met Tohsaka Rin and Red A.

After some conversation, they probably came to have a decisive battle with Illya.

But Tohsaka Rin believed that Shirou Emiya should not interfere in the war between masters, after all, he is no longer the master.

But Emiya said that he was fighting to protect Sakura now, and also persuaded Tohsaka Rin to join forces with him and Illya to get rid of Matou Zangyan first, because he was the only villain in this Holy Grail War.

For the rest, everyone can let the servants fight freely.

There is no need to attack the Master for this.

Tohsaka Rin and Red A agree with Emiya's idea. To a certain extent, Rin actually cares about Sakura.

But everyone has their own wishes and reasons for having to fight for them.

…

By the time everyone arrived, Matou Zangyan was already at war with Illya.

When he saw the servant summoned by Matou Zouken, Emiya Shirou's pupils were shocked.

The sound of wind can be heard.

The roar of the wind that shook the trees and passed through the forest seemed familiar.

The shaking on the ground gradually increased.

On the battlefield, there were three servants fighting fiercely with their blades crossed.

One is the black giant, Berserker.

The other is Assassin, the assassin wearing a pale skull mask.

Then the last one───the remaining one is.

".Wait a minute. Um, could it be-"

Tohsaka's voice trembled.

Emiya couldn't hear clearly.

The whispering nearby could not reach my ears at all.

The third servant.

"She" wearing black armor was the opponent he saw for the first time.

But...that's...

"───How could such a thing happen?!"

Yamada Masaharu's brain buzzed.

Because the third servant was none other than the former Artoria, Emiya Shirou’s servant——

Saber.

It's just that the current Saber looks completely different from the blue-armored swordsman she originally knew:

Her armor is all black. Although she has the same body shape and long blond hair, her face is as cute as ever.

However, the current Saber Black is completely expressionless.

On her face, she wore a black eyepatch.

Black Saber emerged from the black mud, her whole body exuding a powerful and strange aura, and her body was shining with black and red light.

The surrounding trees and jungle withered instantly.

Black Saber stretched out her hand, and the original invisible sword turned into a long black sword.

Compared with the black berserker giant, the black saber still looks so small, but its whole body exudes extremely strange and powerful energy.

…

The berserker sensed the enemy's aura, kicked off his legs, and shot straight out like a cannonball.

At the same time, a red light shot out.

Directly destroying the walls of Einzbern Castle.

Emiya Shirou and the others were almost affected, but luckily Rin deployed the protective shield.

"Roar────!"

The black giant roared deafeningly.

He swung a blow that could break even rocks and mountains, piercing the void and setting off flying sand and rocks.

He rushed towards Black Saber.

"She" was not afraid of the flying clods of earth at all.

The culprit behind the violent wind seemed to be the Servant, the Black Swordsman. The black armor passed over Berserker's giant sword and clods of earth, and dodged towards Berserker's defenseless body.

The fight between the two sides was extremely fierce.

The current black saber has completely exceeded Yamada Shoji's cognition.

This guy……

So strong? !

Think about it, before Saber turned black, she was no match for the berserker. Emiya was brutally murdered in order to save her.

But now Saber can play with Berserker.

The entire battle animation was jaw-dropping, and Masaharu Yamada couldn't help but marvel——

Did pokeni spend too much money to make this game?

The intertwined movements of you and me, coupled with the dizzying super special effects, make this fight extremely intense and exciting.

Soon, the Berserker was at a disadvantage.

Emiya Shirou and the others discovered that although the black saber was powerful, there were also many black shadows on the ground. Once the black ribbons extending from them wrapped around the berserker's body, they would absorb his magic power.

Under such circumstances, the Berserker is almost certain to lose.

The black saber cut off the black giant's body with one sword stroke.

The Berserker landed on the ground.

But the next second, he was resurrected with full health.

Because this life is the body of a demigod.

The name of the berserker is also displayed: Hercules, the hero in Greek mythology.

I have suffered 12 trials,

Has the powerful ability to be resurrected 11 times.

It can be said that it is immortal.

But Saber didn't give him a chance to swing the sword again. She didn't even use the Noble Phantasm, but simply released magic power.

Dark black light mixed with red terrifying power swung out along with her long sword.

The fierce sword wind swept through Hercules' body and swallowed up the entire venue.

boom! ! !

There was a loud bang.

The giant roared in distress.

Lian's steel body can turn all attacks into ineffectiveness.

The black swordsman cut it off effortlessly.

As if the darkness of chaos was trying to swallow up the light, the sword covered Berserker's flanks in black.

"No, run away! Berserker! If you are defeated by that guy, you will never come back!"

It doesn't matter if you can't fight, just hurry up.! "

"Useless, useless. Once caught by "it", there is no way to escape.

In front of Illya was Berserker, whose whole body was consumed by darkness.

His feet had turned into a mire of darkness.

Instead of soil, the ground turned into a bottomless quagmire, sealing Berserker's movements.

Not only that, black vines stretched out from the swamp, binding the giant's hands and feet.

".I see.

"It" is the "black shadow", that's right. "

Emiya Shirou exclaimed.

After Black Saber killed the berserker, he jumped up high and landed next to Emiya.

With a slight swing of his right hand, the black sword pointed at Emiya.

At the same time, her eye patch, which had been cracked due to the fight with the Berserker, shattered and fell to the ground, making a clanging sound.

Until now, Emiya Shirou finally saw clearly what Black Saber looked like.

As expected, it was Artoria.

But now Artoria has completely darkened and is no longer the servant she was before.

Everyone had witnessed what had just happened, and seemed to know that they were no match for Black Saber.

but……

She did not kill Emiya Shirou, and said calmly, "My mission has been completed. The rest will be left to you."

The hidden man in the distance put his hand on his chest and gave a slight salute.

Black Saber jumped up again and disappeared from everyone's sight.

…

"Emiya-san.!"

Tohsaka's voice woke Emiya Shirou.

───In front of him were the “dark shadows” that kept approaching, and Assassin, whose skull mask was crooked in smile.

"Run away! Illya!"

Emiya took Illya's hand and started running.

Illya cast a sad glance at the quagmire that swallowed Berserker, then held back her tears and ran.

…

On the way to escape, everyone was attacked by Hassan the Hidden One.

Now that there are no more Berserkers, there are only three Masters and one Heroic Spirit left here.

During the battle, you not only have to face the invisible ones who can attack invisibly, but also the terrifying black shadows.

Fortunately, Red A is a [Twisted Heroic Spirit]. Although it has a certain influence, it has not absorbed too much magic power from the black shadow.

In a 4v1 situation, he barely defeated the opponent.

The Hidden Man was no match for the crowd and quickly retreated.

And at this moment, the main body of the black shadow——

A human figure standing on the ground, wrapped in white darkness, with patterns on its body like black and red vertical stripes.

Launched an attack on Rin.

Red A rushed forward and blocked Rin.

But he was tightly bound by those black straps.

Then he was thrown into the black mud.

ah!

Seeing this scene, Yamada Masaharu's heart skipped a beat.

Because this black mud has a terrifying power, the Berserker was melted in the black mud before.

Everyone can feel the magic power gathering there.

The three Emiyas had no choice but to run away immediately.

Once the magic explodes, the entire area will be destroyed.

So in order to help the three of them fight for a chance of survival, Red A used the last of his magic power to use his Noble Phantasm:

"My body is made of swords, and the tide of blood is iron. I have crossed countless battlefields and remain invincible——

The blazing sky covers seven rings! "

A magic shield immediately unfolded in his hand and turned into a gorgeous barrier. Then, the black shadow's magic exploded, making a deafening sound.

The blazing sky covers seven rings! He resisted all the scattered magic power and created a safe world for Rin and the others.

But Red A himself could no longer hold on.

In the end, the magic shield and the magic group collided and offset each other, forming a huge wave of power.

The surrounding flowers, plants and trees had all withered and withered under the impact of such a powerful force.

…

After the violent explosion, Emiya Shirou fell to the ground.

Illya was not injured, but Emiya himself lost an arm.

Rin fainted immediately.

Red A, who was always cold, touched her face gently.

"Sorry, I can only accompany Rin so far."

After saying goodbye, he projected a short knife and cut off one of his arms without hesitation.

In this case, at least Shirou can survive, otherwise all of them will die.

…

So far, Masaharu Yamada has a good impression of several Heroic Spirit Servants.

Red A, in particular, fully possesses the heroic qualities he imagined.

…

When I woke up again, I was back in the church.

"Kotomine, is this...?"

"Archer's left arm. Respect Archer's wishes and transplant it from his body to you."

"Respect Archer's wishes? No, when you say remains, you mean he has..."

"After the transplant, it was destroyed. Although it was dead when it was transported here, it can still survive until the end.

Probably because Archer possesses the special skill of acting alone. "

Archer he has disappeared.

So, the remaining servants are Zouken’s Assassin, Sakura’s Rider and... No.

It feels wrong to be called a Servant after becoming a Saber like that.

Red A transplanted his arm to Emiya.

In short, the general meaning is——

Because the heroic spirit's arms are still too heavy for humans.

They could only seal this arm.

Then he followed Medusa back to Emiya's house.

When she opened the door, Sakura was stunned. She still couldn't understand why Emiya-senpai was still injured.

But she didn't have time to think about it because Rin and Illya walked out from behind Shirou.

From today on, the three masters who lost their followers became grasshoppers tied to the same rope.

…

The battle seemed to have come to an end, and Emiya's house was filled with girls.

This should have been a happy time, but Yamada Masaharu couldn't be happy.

When he thought of the blackened Saber and the black shadow, Matou Zangyan didn't know when he would launch an attack, and he felt depressed.

I barely managed to get through two days of ordinary daily life.

During this time, Emiya was working hard to master the method of using the heroic arm, in order to be able to fight Matou Zangyan as soon as possible.

Illya and Rin both wisely left space for them so that Emiya Shirou and Sakura could live a two-person world together.

Sakura tells Shirou that actually she and Rin both know that the other is their sister.

It's just that I still deliberately avoid each other and don't talk much.

And Sakura is afraid that Emiya will hate her if she finds out about her magic.

Because the Matou family's magic exists to take people's lives.

It will only take it blindly, but will not return it to others.

In the past, she always felt that learning magic was very tiring and hard, but seeing Shirou training himself day and night, Sakura felt that her tiredness was nothing.

Fuyuki City is still not peaceful recently, and people who are suspected of being murdered are constantly found.

Rin was keenly aware that the surrounding weeds had turned black.

There is no doubt that the shadow should have done these things.

While they were discussing together, Sakura was the only one eating silently, but she was surprised to find that the food had no taste at all.

However, Sakura did not tell Emiya and others about this matter.

The main perspective of the game switches back to Sakura.

During this period of time, she would spend the night in Emiya's room every night, and she felt very at ease when she heard Emiya's breathing.

At night, Sakura fell into sleep and had a magical dream.

Sweet, like a fairy tale dream.

In the dream, Sakura fell from the sky like a princess. She didn't need to think about anything, she just needed to act according to her own wishes.

In the magical enchanted forest, there are bizarre castles and all kinds of exaggerated dolls.

After entering the castle, there are many strange photos hanging on the walls.

Several small dolls came out from behind the painting, spinning and dancing around her.

Sakura stretched out a finger and flicked one of the dolls. The doll exploded instantly, scattering candies all over the floor.

Then Sakura laughed happily and turned the other dolls into candies.

She picked up a candy from the ground and was just about to taste it when she was interrupted by a man's voice.

"That's why I said, why should I let you die early?"

…

The picture suddenly changed everything.

Sakura didn't know when she was standing in the park, and her body was stained with a lot of blood. There were a circle of corpses scattered around her, and they sank into the black shadow below.

The soles of Sakura's feet are the black mud at the feet of the black shadow that she saw before, which can swallow up and quickly corrupt all living things.

The surrounding flowers and trees also quickly withered.

Yamada Masaharu was deeply shocked by what was happening now.

What? !

why is it like this? !

Could it be that Sakura is Sombra? !

It turns out that what happened just now was not a dream, but just a killing that was beautified and packaged.

In front of Sakura, stood a young man with short blond hair, a rebellious smile on his face, one hand in his pocket, and staring at Sakura coldly.

But Sakura didn't seem to wake up at this time. In her sight, she could only see shiny and beautiful things.

So Sakura started walking around like a soulless body and walked towards the blond man.

"The shiny thing...it's so beautiful..."

Sakura was not very awake at this time, and she stretched out her hand to grab candies. The man in the distance looked like a giant doll that scattered countless candies.

The next second, countless swords lit up from behind the man, and then shot straight at Sakura.

Sakura's body instantly became torn to pieces.

But she was still breathing weakly, and the young man opposite was trying to kill her.

But at this moment, the black shadow on the ground had already amputated the man's legs.

At the same time, Sakura also climbed up from the shadow, and her body that had been torn into pieces became intact.

Next, we entered a turn-based battle.

Yamada Masaharu uses Sakura Matou as the main body of the battle.

He glanced at the other party's name, King of Heroes.

But……

In Masaharu Yamada's impression, this guy doesn't seem to exist, ah no,

He suddenly remembered, wasn't this man the same guy who was with the priest in the church before?

And he was also the man who snatched the Holy Grail from Saber at the beginning of the game.

After a battle, the King of Heroes was defeated, and when Sakura stood up, the light cast her shadow on the wall behind her.

And the shadow is still the same terrifying appearance that swallowed Saber and the Berserker before.

In the next second, blackness swept across the entire park and swelled rapidly.

The whole city was plunged into darkness.

When everything returned to its original state, the black shadow had already devoured the King of Heroes.

…

At this point, the main perspective returns to Emiya Shirou.

There was a sound outside the door at night. When I opened the door, I saw a bloody Sakura.

He quickly carried Sakura into the room.

Thinking of the power outage at night and all the recent events, it was difficult for Emiya Shirou not to associate Sakura with the black figure. However, he only had this thought flash through his mind and forced himself not to think about those terrible things.

…

The next night, Matou Zouken came to Emiya's house.

Everyone felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.

Then Matou Zouken told Shirou the nature of the black shadow.

In fact, the shadow is the inner part of the Holy Grail.

As early as 10 years ago during the Holy Grail War, Shirou's father, Emiya Kiritsugu, had already discovered the secret of the Holy Grail——

This Holy Grail is a Holy Grail that has been contaminated by people's desires. Although it can fulfill people's wishes, it will pay the price in the most evil way.

10 years ago, in order to prevent the damage caused by the Holy Grail to mankind, Emiya Kiritsugu ordered the servant Saber, and it was Arturia who also destroyed the Holy Grail.

However, at the same time, after the Holy Grail was broken, some fragments were produced, one of which was transplanted into Sakura's body by Matou Zōyan, an old immortal, and transformed her.

In other words, Matou Sakura itself is actually the container of the Holy Grail.

This is why those dead heroic spirits will eventually turn into power and flow into the black shadow.

…

Of course, people like them cannot kill the black shadow itself, but Shirou, as the person closest to the Holy Grail Gate, can naturally get rid of the Holy Grail Gate, which is Sakura.

Anyway, if this continues, Sakura will become a walking corpse sooner or later, and it would be better to die in the hands of the one she loves.

If you don't do this, when Sakura's consciousness is completely gone, the thing in Sakura's subconscious will replace it.

Then the disaster of ten years ago will happen again.

Of course, Shirou can also wait until the Holy Grail War is over to save Sakura.

There are about 4 days left until the end.

As for whether Sakura can accept it by then, I don't know yet.

Even if it can last until that time, the black shadow will still control Sakura's body to eat. Choose to protect one person or protect thousands of people?

If Shirou wanted to inherit Emiya Kiritsugu's legacy, he should kill Sakura.

After telling these things, Matou Zangyan turned into countless insects and flew away.

But how can it be so easy to kill a loved one with your hands?

The next day, Shirou sealed what he knew the night before in his memory.

Going to Sakura's room, Sakura seems to have known that she is the shadow, or is controlled by the shadow, and will eventually merge into the shadow and lose all consciousness.

However, she closed her eyes and endured it silently, waiting for Shirou to make his move.

Shirou walked over to Sakura with a knife in his hand.

Emiya Shirou was in great pain. He wanted to end everything and become a righteous partner like Kiritsugu, but...

No matter what, I can't let go.

In the end, Emiya Shirou decided to abandon his ideals, put down the blade, and left Sakura's room silently.

In fact, Emiya Shirou had already made up his mind to be Sakura's messenger of justice.

Even though the word justice seems ridiculous now, he still wants to protect her.

Just after Emiya Shirou left, Matou Sakura's eyes slowly opened, and a line of tears fell down her face.

…

She was grateful for Shirou's choice, but she couldn't live up to it.

I got up and put on the white dress again. She left the key to this home on the table and silently said sorry to those who protected her in her heart.

Before setting off, she used up her last command spell.

This time she no longer escapes.

The rider appeared next to her and looked at her in surprise.

".cherry?

What do you want to do, use your body to perform magic───! "

Ignoring Rider's restraint, the girl raised her left hand toward the darkness.

The magic began to flow in an instant.

After glowing, only the girl's left hand changed.

"cherry."

".This is the last command spell. Please, Rider. No matter what happens in the future, you must protect the senior until the end."

The girl took heavy breaths while giving her final orders.

Matou Sakura's left hand no longer had the brilliance of the command spell.

"Grandpa, it's up to me to stop him.

This is an issue between me and the Matou family. .Although it is too late, we cannot continue to cause trouble to them. "

The girl said while holding her chest where she was coughing.

Pupils that light up in the dark.

Although it was weak, it was the look of a magician who made up his mind.

…

Matou Sakura dragged her tired body step by step towards Matou's house.

However, I searched everywhere in the yard, but there was no sign of Matou Zangyan.

Where will grandpa go?

Entered the room, still not there.

Sakura's condition at this time was already quite bad.

She could feel more and more that her life was passing by. If she continued like this, she would be swallowed up by that thing, right?

…

...(End of chapter)