The effects that a large magic crystal directly acting on a Servant's soul could produce could also create phenomena similar to miracles, such as restoring the sanity of the already frenzied Diarmuid.
Boom boom boom!!!
Fluid-like sword qi continuously overflowed from the rocks, like liquid. Amidst the continuous roar, the rocks seemed to be shattered by countless blades. Diarmuid's figure slowly stood up from the rock fragments. In his hand, he now held a crimson long-bladed magic sword, and the fluid sword qi emanated from its blade.
"My apologies, Berserker's Master, please excuse me. I never imagined the final battle would be such a dishonorable fight."
At this moment, Diarmuid's eyes finally regained clarity. His unyielding gaze was just like his conviction, but it was also mixed with a hint of barely concealed shame, Diarmuid said.
"Even so, will you still continue this battle that goes against the way of a Knight?"
Rin asked with a slight smile, shrugging her hand as if resigned.
"Precisely. This is Diarmuid's sole wish in responding to the 14th Holy Grail's summons: to fulfill the loyalty to his lord that he could not complete in life, and to fight for his lord until the very end in this war. Then, Berserker's Master, the true battle has only just begun!"
"Ah, come on. Although I originally wanted to put the battle after you and Saber completed the Knight's duel, I don't mind it being earlier. Come on!"
Rin's lips curled into a battle-ready smile, gently stretching her hands. Within her dragon body, modified by the blood of Níðhöggr, the violent End Magic continuously surged through every cell of her flesh. The magic power fluctuation was like a spark splashing into an oil depot, instantly erupting into an uncontrollable sea of fire! The ultimate Mana Burst elevated all her qualities to the limit her body could accommodate.
The power unleashed by Diarmuid, free from the Lancer class restrictions, was far beyond what Assassin, or even his previously displayed strength, could compare to. One must know that Diarmuid's most famous weapons in legend were not the Red Rose for Exorcising Demons and the Yellow Rose of Certain Death, but rather the Furious Rage and the Gae Bolg Alternative, two magic swords, one long and one short.
"That short sword must be Furious Rage."
Her gaze swept over the short sword lying on the side, Rin thought to herself.
Furious Rage is one of the two magic swords owned by Diarmuid Ua Duibhne.
It is said to have been given to him by an elderly druid from the divine race when Diarmuid joined the Fianna Knights. It is a sharp short sword that can cut through iron like mud, imbued with the power granted by the druid mage.
Judging by the effect just now, the special effect of this weapon was its extremely sharp physical attribute.
Just then, Diarmuid moved. The peerless Knight, with his extremely high agility, charged towards Rin like the wind, the long-bladed magic sword in his hand stirring up an even stronger sword aura, surrounding Diarmuid and arming him into a giant 'hedgehog'!
Boom boom boom!!!
In an instant, the sword qi and the building's structure collided continuously.
When Rin approached these fluid sword qi at close range, she discovered that they were like flowing water. Compared to ordinary magic sword qi, they lacked some of the sharpness, but possessed a stronger sustained force, almost like mercury flowing out, endlessly.
The roaring magic power surrounding her like a torrent was Rin's best defense. Fearless of any powerful enemy, Rin met Diarmuid's peerless magic sword with her clenched jade hands, yielding not an inch!
Speaking of which, she hadn't used this move in a long time—
Projection: Unmatched Strike!
Boom! Crackle—!
The red and black figures intertwined countless times in an instant. Fists and palms clashed with spears and swords. Both combatants were exceptionally fast, leaving a swirling mass of afterimages in the flat space.
Rin's boxing and kicking focused on short, explosive power, aiming to stay as close to her opponent as possible, while Diarmuid, with his two spears and two swords, needed space to wield his weapons and thus had to maintain a certain distance from Rin. The two figures moved at high speed, separating and coming together, their battle raging from the first floor all the way to the thirty-fifth floor.
Numerology Crest: Tenfold Gravity!
As Diarmuid charged, the Numerology Crest on Rin's left hand suddenly flared. In an instant, the gravity within a ten-meter radius centered on Rin abruptly increased tenfold. With a boom, the entire floor seemed unstable under such gravity, and Diarmuid, in the middle of his charge, immediately stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Hya!"
In such a situation, a rare opportunity arose, and Rin naturally pressed her advantage. Her right leg instantly shot up, and with an axe kick like a comet falling to earth, she brought it down without hesitation onto Diarmuid below!
The internal structure of the building was not protected by a bounded field. Diarmuid, fighting at full power, still managed to roll to the side under tenfold gravity, dodging Rin's devastating blow. The floor beneath Rin's kick exploded into a large hole, revealing the thirty-fourth floor below.
The ineffectiveness of the attack was within expectations. Watching Diarmuid, who had already used the opportunity to leave the gravity's range, Rin waved her hand. Magical lights shimmered from all directions like countless stars. Innumerable noble phantasms projected themselves into existence in the air not far from Diarmuid, under Rin's command. They did not launch but instead detonated directly where they manifested!
Boom boom boom boom boom...!!!
The Red Rose for Exorcising Demons would destroy the structural composition of Projection Magecraft, so it was enough to simply detonate them directly before they could be destroyed.
The sudden assault caught the peerless knight off guard, but the magical explosions, which did not directly hit him, were also less effective. Their primary effect was the destruction of the battlefield. Rin's thunderous attack directly obliterated the floors above and below, sending Diarmuid crashing down to the thirty-second floor.
Rin's mastery of various techniques was truly astonishing. Behind her outstanding martial arts, Rin was also an absolutely powerful mage. Fighting Diarmuid, whether too far or too close, was disadvantageous.
With instantaneous, full mental operation, Rin unleashed nearly a thousand projected noble phantasms, raining down like a torrential storm onto Diarmuid on the lower floor! The lower levels of the entire Shinto (New City) Central Building were instantly ravaged beyond recognition by the continuous, destructive bombardment.
Just then, a flash of a blade appeared on the ground behind Rin. Immediately after, the thirty-fifth floor beneath Rin's feet shattered. Rin's body, now without solid ground, swayed unstably and began to fall. Diarmuid's figure then appeared before Rin in mid-air, and his indomitable short sword, Gae Bolg Alternative, slashed towards Rin.
She couldn't block it. Rin's Dragon Scale defense alone could not block any of Diarmuid's weapon attacks. Rin's Dragon Scales were only at an nascent level, capable of withstanding B+ rank attacks at most. However, a B+ rank attack does not necessarily require a B+ rank noble phantasm to deliver it.
If it was merely throwing a noble phantasm to attack, like Gilgamesh, then a B+ rank noble phantasm would be required. But when held in a Heroic Spirit's hand and wielded to its utmost potential, the attack delivered by a noble phantasm is far more than just the rank of the noble phantasm itself. Just like Lancelot, even if he used no noble phantasms and fought bare-handed, under his powerful ability parameters, his full-power attack could reach A-rank or higher.
The peerless blade light flashed through the void, and the slender figure floating in the air was instantly cut in two...
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