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In an instant, the situation began to reverse.

Wielding dual pistols, Skadi launched a fierce counterattack against Artoria.

"Saber, faster!"

Scáthach's weapon struck the invincible golden sword repeatedly, creating a melody that sounded like death.

"Saber! Show me something even more powerful!"

"..."

Artoria had no time to respond to Scáthach before her.

At that moment, she knew that the other party was indeed very powerful.

Fortunately, I wasn't without ways to resist.

The red dragon's heart granted her an extremely strong "intuition".

This is an ability that can be used in combat—the ability to completely anticipate the opponent's next attack intentions, and then evade or counterattack accordingly.

Someone of Artoria's caliber can even achieve brief "future vision".

and so--

Although Scáthach's attacks are indeed powerful and incredibly fast.

But Artoria is still able to perform almost perfect defense.

of course.

The prerequisite for achieving this defense is that Artoria's mind is highly focused.

If you are even slightly distracted, you could easily get hurt due to a moment of carelessness.

only--

Simply resorting to such passive defense will definitely not solve the problem.

How can we launch a fatal counterattack?

Artoria silently pondered this question.

But at that moment, she heard Scáthach suddenly say something.

"So it was intuition all along?"

"In that case, there's really no way to attack you this way."

"what?!"

Before Artoria could understand what Scáthach meant, she saw her opponent brace her twin pistols and then raise them upwards.

Driven by her instinct to defend, she also raised her invincible golden sword, attempting to block the opponent's attack.

however--

Scáthach did not launch an attack as Artoria had predicted this time.

Instead, she immediately rolled backward, creating considerable distance between herself and the young swordswoman in front of her.

This is extremely perplexing behavior.

Artoria couldn't understand why Lancer, who had the upper hand, would suddenly do this.

But Scáthach soon revealed the answer to her.

"Your intuition is truly remarkable; it's something that even surprises me."

"But--"

Scáthach gripped her two spears that pierced through death.

A series of dark red flashes intertwined, as if they were imbued with some extremely terrifying spell, and began to continuously emanate a chilling power.

"What if you're facing an attack that's absolutely unavoidable?"

"Gae Bolg Alternative: Piercing Blade of Death!"

"What did you say?!"

As soon as Artoria finished speaking, she saw Scáthach throw one of her dark red spears at her.

To be fair.

In the eyes of the young swordswoman who possesses "intuition," the weapon's flight speed is definitely not fast; it could even be described as "slow."

but--

Artoria, through her "intuition," could only observe one possible outcome for this gun.

That is destiny!

Yes.

No matter how many actions Artoria imagined in her mind to avoid the arrow, the only result was that it would hit her.

She instantly realized that there was something seriously wrong with the gun.

But it's too late.

The dark red spear struck Artoria squarely in the right shoulder.

Instantly, blood splattered in the morning air.

"Saber!" Irisviel exclaimed from behind.

Although she didn't quite understand how to end the battle between Servants.

But she knew her friend Artoria was injured—meaning she was at a relative disadvantage in the battle.

However, Irisviel only saw the surface.

For Artoria, who actually took the hit, the situation was far more serious than that.

She found that her movements had become much slower.

The gun that this Lancer threw seemed to possess some kind of extremely complex magic, capable of directly immobilizing the target's movements in a short period of time, making it impossible for them to move an inch.

If it weren't for my body's natural and powerful resistance to magic...

Now, I'm afraid I can't even move my feet.

but--

In this situation, there is no difference between being able to move a few steps and not being able to move at all.

Because it is absolutely impossible for Lancer to stop attacking at this time.

And this is indeed the case.

Scáthach gave an approving smile.

"sharp."

"He was hit by my Gae Bolg Alternative, yet he still has the strength to move."

"But... let's leave it at that."

Scáthach raised her other lance.

Her Noble Phantasm, Gae Bolg Alternative, is actually a combination attack.

The first spear was simply meant to pin the opponent in place.

What truly kills the opponent is the second spear—it will pierce straight through the opponent's heart, causing fatal damage.

This is a devastating attack that can wipe out a god in one blow, but it will also consume a lot of magic power.

Scáthach would never normally use such an attack method.

The reason I'm using it now is simply because I feel that the Saber in front of me is worthy of it.

however--

The queen of the Land of Shadows never expected that another figure would appear near the port at this moment.

"Golden Eater!"

A clap of thunder was heard.

A huge axe cleaved the ground with a heavy thud.

Instantly, countless bolts of lightning erupted like an explosion, creating a dust-like wave, and then charged towards Scáthach, who was holding her spear high, like a charging bull.

This is an attack we absolutely cannot tolerate!

Scáthach reacted quickly and aborted her attack on Artoria ahead of schedule.

As a martial artist, she immediately did a side roll and dodged to the side at top speed.

Even so, Scáthach was still nearly attacked—after all, it was real lightning!

Who exactly launched such an attack?

As the smoke cleared, the mystery was revealed.

A tall man with a full head of blond hair stood there holding a halberd.

"Golden!"

"No—!"

"Hurting Dad's friend!"

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The sudden appearance of a third party completely changed the course of the battle at the port.

But it is obvious that—

This tall man is biased towards Artoria.

Moreover, judging from the surprisingly large axe in his hand, he should also be a Servant.

"Golden Eater!"