Blood-red eyes, a dark figure shrouded in bloodlust—there was no longer any trace of the former first knight of the Knights of Fianna, Diarmuid. From those red eyes, it was clear that the will of this peerless knight was gone.
Compared to Lancelot, who had regained his sanity, Diarmuid at this moment was more like a Berserker.
"Roar!!!"
Diarmuid roared like a wild beast. The short sword embedded in the wall changed direction, ignoring the wall's resistance, and slashed towards Rin's neck.
No, retracting my previous statement, he is already a true Berserker!
The Berserker class has an advantage that other classes cannot match: it can materialize all the weapons and noble phantasms an Heroic Spirit possessed in life. Heroic Spirits who had multiple divine weapons in legends have an even greater advantage. However, due to losing their sanity and falling into madness, they lose their martial arts techniques, cannot speak, and cannot release the true names of their noble phantasms.
Heracles in the Fifth Holy Grail War, for example, could not speak due to his madness, which prevented him from using his strongest noble phantasm, Nine Lives.
The short sword in Diarmuid's hand was exceptionally sharp. With a flash of bright blade light, the wall offered no resistance to the sword's edge, instantly being cut with a long mark and split in two. Rin could feel the chill of the blade, a sharpness that seemed to cut her as well.
Dragon scales cannot stop it!
Boom!
Facing this attack, Rin chose not to dodge. With the instantaneous burst of Mana Burst, she lightning-fast raised her left hand, instantly blocking Diarmuid's sword-wielding right wrist, preventing him from advancing another inch.
After a series of magical and Mana Burst enhancements, Rin's strength, even when judged by Heroic Spirit parameters, could reach A+ level. Even Diarmuid, who was forcibly transformed into a Berserker by the violent evil magic of the Cthulhu Mythos, could not surpass Rin in strength.
"Roar!!!"
After his attack was blocked, Diarmuid seemed further enraged. In his other hand, he materialized the short spear, the Yellow Rose of Oblivion, and thrust it towards Rin's heart.
But Rin quickly and calmly reacted. Her Mana Burst instantly doubled in intensity, channeling all her body's strength—from legs, waist, abdomen, back, shoulders, and arms—into her right hand, enhancing it by another level. Then, with the force of a collapsing punch, she unleashed a strike! Before the spear tip could pierce her heart, her steel-shattering, iron-breaking right fist landed first on Diarmuid's face, which could charm all women!
Thud!!!
With this punch, Rin created a series of air explosions that lingered. It sent Diarmuid flying backwards.
After taking Rin's punch, Diarmuid instantly flew backward like a cannonball, directly colliding with the scattered, not-yet-completely-fallen magical stone slabs. After a series of roars, the berserk Lancer Berserker was buried under the pile of stones.
"This aura should be Caster's Cthulhu Mythos evil magic. Forcibly changing the class indeed enhanced his attributes and brought back the noble phantasms he lost. However, the most important aspects of a warrior—will, martial arts, and combat intuition—were all lost. While he appears stronger on the stat sheet, he is actually weaker than before."
Rin sneered dismissively. This contemptuous attitude was directed at Kayneth, who was observing everything from the top floor.
"From an unparalleled, powerful knight, he's been weakened into a mad dog that only knows how to bare its fangs and bite. This is your masterpiece, Kayneth."
Kayneth, observing everything from the top floor, immediately became furious. His rage-filled roars began to echo throughout the entire building.
"Damn, damn, damn, damn!!! You damn favored of the gods!!!"
"child of god? Why does that title sound so much like Caster's style? No wonder you two got along so well."
Rin couldn't help but find it amusing. If the 'God' being referred to was that scatterbrained 'Lord God', then she wouldn't deny the title child of god.
"Stop being so smug! This is the only time you'll be able to be arrogant! I, Kayneth, am the true magic genius! You are merely an uncultured Barbarian who relies on heaven-given talent to act recklessly! I have completed a perfect magic array; your Berserker is useless on this battlefield. There are no reinforcements to save you. Don't think that the current Lancer can be compared to trash like Assassin!"
Frowning, Rin heard an extreme sense of jealousy in Kayneth's words, which were filled with madness.
"Now, thousands of people in this entire building are the magic power source for this battlefield. The richness of human life force, thoroughly utilized, will absolutely exceed your imagination! And I, Kayneth, am the absolute master of these lives! child of god, I will now trample you underfoot!"
Boom!!!
Suddenly, the entire building erupted in violent tremors. The anti-spirit barrier only covered the inside of the building. Rin could feel that Lancelot had just materialized outside the building and began to forcefully impact the barrier wall... With one strike, the life force of dozens of people was instantly drained by the barrier.
Boom!!!
Immediately following was another violent tremor, but at this rate of dozens of people per strike, it would still take at least hundreds more to destroy the barrier, and nearly ten thousand people in the entire building would all be annihilated.
The entire building was now magically integrated. If A Knight Does Not Die Empty-Handed was used to turn it into a noble phantasm, it would require assimilating the entire building. Under the effect of magic, the conversion speed would decrease. The central building, covering tens of square kilometers and over five hundred meters tall, was simply too massive. As Lancelot's magic power source, Rin would instantly lose a large amount of magic power, which would undoubtedly put her in danger.
"Wuwuwuwu—!!!"
Boom boom boom boom...!!!
Rin could feel that Lancelot had already drawn Avalon. Under the frenzied attack of Lancelot, whose every attribute reached EX rank with the blessing of that A++ noble phantasm, the entire Shinto (New City) central building swayed as if in a magnitude 9 earthquake. In a short while, thousands of people had already perished.
"Hahahahaha...!!! Just like this, just like this!..."
"Berserker, stop!"
Even Lancelot, who had gone completely mad because Rin was in danger, still faithfully obeyed Rin's command and stopped his frenzied attack.
"Berserker, believe that my strength is sufficient to handle everything. The anti-spirit barrier has blocked my mental communication. Go inform Jalter to come. With a physical body, she can enter this barrier. Tell her to quickly go to the top floor and destroy that cursed ritual. I'm worried that prolonged exposure will affect my loved ones."
The anti-spirit barrier blocked mental communication between contracts, but sound could be directly transmitted to the outside. Lancelot, having received the command, hesitated for a moment before rushing towards the Twin Mansion with unimaginable speed.
"It seems you still have helpers. In that case, I can only resolve this with you as quickly as possible. By the name of the command spells, Diarmuid, regain your will, and bring me her head!"
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