I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

The sun shines and the sky flashes.

The target is clearly the chest of Hercules. To be precise, it is the location of the spiritual core - the core of the Noble Phantasm "Twelve Trials" is here. In theory, it is also the location where the twelve lives are stored.

Only by striking directly here can it be possible to destroy multiple lives of Hercules at once. Otherwise, even if you destroy most of his body, the blow will not be greater than a bullet piercing the heart.

This is why Shenji would rather let Scathach fight in close combat than use a ranged Noble Phantasm to provide fire coverage. With Hercules' physical strength and vitality, a direct hit from an A-level Noble Phantasm may not kill him.

Even if Gilgamesh is proud of his EA and strikes from the outside, he may not be able to kill twelve in one hit. Even if he could kill twelve times, Hercules could still hide. Although he has become mad, his fighting instinct is still there. As long as he avoids the direct attack of the spiritual core, no matter how powerful the attack is, he can only take one life. Then the resistance increases, and it becomes more difficult to kill him in the same way.

Therefore, in the original world line, Arturia could kill seven times with one sword, but Red A tried his best and used various Noble Phantasm projections to only get five kills and lost his own life.

Shinji wants to take Artoria's path, and doesn't want to take Red A's path. That's why he spent so long observing Hercules' actions and determining the location of the spiritual core. At the same time, he was also waiting for Scathach to eliminate enough Hercules' resuscitation times.

According to Shinji's tests over the years, his current highest point attack is not much stronger than Arturia's LOVELOVE Sword in the Stone, with a maximum of eight to nine kills.

Therefore, he had to wait for Hercules to die three times before launching. Fortunately, Scathach was powerful enough and did not let him down.

Now is the perfect time to start.

The projection of Brahma's Noble Phantasm "Eternal Blade" pierced the spiritual core and the illusion immediately collapsed. It would be best to be able to kill with one strike. If not, Medusa's petrified evil eye combined with the "Scythe of the Snake" can also take away Hercules' last breath.

This is the real target, this is the real usage. The advantage of the time traveler is used to the limit by Shen Er at this moment.

The golden divine spear pierced the air and let out a shrill roar.

Every moment that passes, the power of the sun on the gun becomes more active. When it pierces the enemy's chest, the power of the sun will rise to the extreme and explode instantly.

At this time, Heracles was being knocked to pieces by a large number of rafters, his body collapsed, and he was unable to do any movement he wanted to do. What was waiting for him was that the divine spear entwined with the power of the sun penetrated his spiritual core, and ushered in An ending - the way it should be.

However, the moment the magic gun broke through Hercules's skin, and just before Shenji pulled the magic power and fully detonated the "Illusion Collapse", Hercules' body was suddenly covered with a layer of red, and then his body suddenly burst into flames. The distortion just disappeared out of thin air.

"This is……"

Shen'er's expression changed slightly. While spreading his mental power outward, he stepped on the rafters and jumped into the air. While catching the falling magic gun, he carefully scanned the place where Hercules disappeared. Soon he captured a trace of the familiar power. fluctuation.

"It's the Command Seal! The forced transfer of the Command Seal! Damn it, if you don't transfer it sooner, you won't transfer it later, but at this time!"

Shinji's brain was running at high speed, thinking about various possibilities.

If the plan is seen through, timely transfer can be eliminated first. Only Shenji himself knew about the plan against Hercules. He didn't even tell his family members, let alone outsiders. There is no second time traveler in this world, and it is impossible for him to have such an in-depth understanding of the "Twelve Trials".

Once the danger is seen, timely transfer can also eliminate it. Hercules still has nine lives left, so he is not a warning line no matter how you think about it. Even if Einzbern's Master was unusually conservative this time and really set the cordon at Kujo, it should have been moved as soon as Susheng was born, rather than delayed until now.

In this case, the only remaining possibility is——

"Coincidence. Either there happened to be a situation where the magic power was exhausted, or the enemy found it. It might be Arturia or other masters and slaves - fortunately, I still have backup."

Since it is a comprehensive attack, there will naturally be various contingency plans, including Einzbern's countermeasures for Hercules to retreat when he sees that the situation is not going well.

"Caster, can you track Hercules through the remaining traces of the command spell?"

"Yes, but it takes time." Medea responded in time, "Command spells are extremely complete magic. Even for me, it is not easy to analyze them - you are right, modern magic Magic has declined, but modern magicians really shouldn’t be underestimated.”

"It's up to you. Also, thank you for the hard work before."

Shinji was talking about Medea's support to the Emiya family before he arrived.

Regardless of whether he has become mad or not, Hercules is truly a top-level servant. Looking at the current world, only existences outside the standard such as Erquet and Jishua can have a guaranteed chance of victory. Such a presence was definitely not something that two androids lacking combat experience and two low-level Death Apostles could resist. Even if Hercules loses his mind, and even if Illya is protected by a magic ritual, it is impossible for everyone to survive.

They survived thanks to Medea. If she hadn't secretly delayed Hercules' actions, Irisviel would have been chopped to death by Hercules' ax sword, and there would be no way she could have waited for the vampire's rescue. In the same way, Illya was able to successfully complete the summons, but it was Medea who secretly created obstacles for Hercules.

However, because the technique was too clever, it was not discovered by Illya and others.

In this regard, Medea just said softly.

"It's nothing, just a little auxiliary method, which I often used when I was young - looking back, that experience is not entirely a painful memory."

When she was young, that experience clearly reminded Medea of ​​her time on the Argonaut.

At that time, Hercules was the strongest warrior on the ship, and she was the number one magician. Both of them had a close relationship with Jason, so naturally they had a considerable degree of interaction. During the adventure, Medea also used magic to assist Hercules. It was precisely because of this experience that Medea was able to perform this series of exquisite operations. Of course, the operations were in the forward direction during her lifetime, but now they are in the reverse direction.

"If you have time, tell me the story of the Argonaut. I'm quite interested in some of the people on it."

Shinji suggested. He knew not only Medea and Hercules, but also Atalanta and half of the Argonauts, Achilles' father Peleus - to be honest, he really wanted to know about Peleus and Tower. What interesting things happened between cats?

"Which ones are specifically——" Before she could finish her words, Medea's voice suddenly changed, "Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

"It seems like someone touched my technique, but I found nothing when I checked. Is it an illusion?"

"Is it Assassin who can hide from your detection? - Well, what is that?"

PS: The relationship between the spiritual core and the twelve trials is based on the traitor’s own analysis. Otherwise, it cannot be explained that the Sword in the Stone has seven kills, but the Heroic Spirit Emiya can only kill five - Red A has a lot of pirated Noble Phantasms, and Red A has already read the script once.

PS2: Uncle Caspian in FSF mentioned that he regarded Jason as a younger brother and doted on him very much. Xingyue made Jason a scumbag but was still the boss of Argo. Presumably, he had the support of Uncle Hai (and later Medea) - Uncle Hai: Whoever dares to oppose Jason, I will blow his head off. ! Others: Don’t dare, don’t dare.