Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

"You can't beat me."

Emiya placed the reverse blade in his hand against Shishikage Kairi's neck, his voice coming from inside the armor.

"Okay, okay, I admit defeat."

Feeling the coldness on his neck, Shiki Jie Li knew he had no way to defeat the boy in front of him. He could only put down his dual spears, raise his hands, and signify his surrender.

How can we fight this? We can't break through their defenses, how can we possibly win?

He had basically exhausted all his methods, but he still couldn't do anything to Shirou Emiya. The outcome of the battle was already decided, and there was no need for him to continue to entangle with him like this.

Although Shishikage Kairi possesses something that even Servants would find difficult to withstand, he doesn't necessarily want to fight Emiya to the death.

However, just as Emiya was about to say something to Shishikage Kairi, the ground shook again, and thick fog swept towards their location once more.

"Red team's Berserker!"

Emiya murmured to himself, his face extremely grave as he looked in the direction from which the tremor had come.

Upon seeing the thick fog drifting towards them, Shizi Jieli's face turned deathly pale. He knew that just moments ago, if it hadn't been for Mordred, he might have perished inside.

This dense fog would be far too deadly for an ordinary magician.

"Could you have your servant help me deal with the approaching servants?"

Even when he said that, Emiya felt that the chances of Shishikage Kairi agreeing were not very high.

After all, the Servant who came was none other than their own Berserker, Kairi Shishikage, who was the Master of the Red Team. How could he possibly do something that would turn against his ally?

However, Emiya also knew that he had no chance of finding the Black Assassin's location. Staying in the thick fog would only be a burden to Arthur, preventing him from concentrating on the battle.

But even if he ran out now, it would probably be too late. Emiya was not familiar with the streets here at all, and the thick fog was spreading at an extremely terrifying speed. Before Emiya could leave, the thick fog would probably have already surrounded him.

If two Servants were to fight against two arriving Servants, their advantage would be greatly amplified. Therefore, Emiya's first thought was to cooperate with Shishikage Kairi, without realizing that Shishikage Kairi was actually a member of the red side.

Perhaps it's because when you're with him, you can't sense any clear alignment between his factions.

Unlike the black side, whose members are all like subjects.

"Although I really want to agree, I am simply not capable of moving in this fog. If I don't leave now, I might die here."

The dense fog had a strong shielding effect, making it impossible for Shishikage Kairi to observe the situation inside through magic, let alone the two Servants inside the fog.

At least he now believes that the rightful party should be the Black's follower, not the Red's follower.

Based on the intelligence he obtained, the Red Team, apart from himself, was basically all inside the position, so the person appearing outside could not be a Red Team Servant.

If they are truly servants of the Red side, why would they use such a fog of war to attack their own people?

Moreover, if it really is a Red Team Servant, Shishikage Kairi wouldn't care much, since he's just trying to survive anyway.

He didn't have much of a sense of allegiance to the Red Team; he always saw himself as a third-party force aiding the Clock Tower.

"then--!"

Emiya suddenly produced a sword with a chain in his hand and threw it toward the direction of Kairi Shishikage beside him.

"what!"

Shi Zijie quickly reached out and caught the sword with the chain that flew towards him.

He could only sense that there was an extremely subtle magical power within the sword.

Shout "I'm possessed by evil spirits!"

"...Can I not shout?"

Lion Clan has long passed the age of shouting out moves.

"The fog is coming!"

With Emiya's reminder, Shishikage Kairi looked at the approaching mist and couldn't care less about anything else. He could only draw out the sword that Emiya Shirou had just given him and shout its name.

"【Possessed by an evil spirit】!!"

A helmet identical to the one on Emiya's head covered Shishikage Kairi's head.

He felt a slight stinging sensation on his body.

Chapter 141 The Battlefield of Both Sides

This is yet another new use that Emiya has unlocked for [Possessed by Evil Spirits].

The more magic power one has, the closer the projected weapon will be to the original weapon. However, for the weapon projected by Emiya, even a high level of magic power will only cause the weapon to drop one grade from the original weapon, and at most it will only extend its usage time.

However, if the magical output to the projected weapon is reduced, the quality of the projected weapon will become worse and worse, and it will become further and further away from the original.

However, the use of [Possessed by Evil Spirits] itself has requirements on the user's physical condition. If its quality is reduced, then the requirements on the user will also decrease.

Emiya used this principle, combined with the ability of [Demon Possession] to possess a specific part of the body, to project [Demon Possession] that Shishikage Kairi could withstand.

It wasn't that Emiya was unwilling to give him a powerful [Demon Possession], but rather that the Lion's physical condition was insufficient to withstand the pressure [Demon Possession] exerted on his body.

"You can have your helmet fully cover your body."

After Emiya adjusted the coverage area of ​​【Possessed by Evil Spirits】, the user can decide which part of the body it covers.

The first thing Lion's Pursuit Realm thought of was to avoid inhaling the white mist, so the [Evil Spirit Possession] only covered his head, not his whole body.

However, this was a different feeling for Shizi Jieli.

He had never before felt that he could wear such a freely transforming suit of armor.

"No, this is enough. I am not a warrior. If I were to be completely covered like you, it would probably limit me in many ways. As a magician, I naturally rely on magic and magic tools to win."

The white mist had completely enveloped them, but without the corrosive effect on the Lion's Demise Realm's interior, the corrosive force on his body also decreased.

Emiya could only see wisps of emerald green light emanating from his skin.

This demonstrates how a magician uses their own magic to resist corruption.

But Emiya couldn't understand it and didn't know how to use it.

Feeling extremely comfortable, Shiki Jie Li took out a cigarette from his wallet, wanting to take a puff, but suddenly remembered that he was wearing a helmet.

Before he could put down his cigarette, his helmet opened like an airplane cabin, but the white smoke couldn't get in through the opening.

Having lost its independent consciousness, all of the abilities of [Possessed by Evil Spirits] move according to the user's will, and naturally, it can also achieve what the Lion's Demise Realm desires.

"This really is an intelligent magical artifact."

Lighting a cigarette, he took out his dual-spray Lion's Roar weapon and looked at the armor with envy.

The vibrations also became closer.

"Won't you order your servants to stop fighting my servants?"

Seeing the sounds of battle still emanating in the distance, Shirou Emiya couldn't help but remind Kairi Shishikage that it was impossible for the two Masters to be fighting against their Servants.

A puff of smoke billowed from his armor.

"This is merely my decision; I cannot change what my servants intend to do!"

The reason why Shishikage Kairi was willing to help Emiya Shirou was not complicated, nor was it because his own life was threatened that he compromised.

Having participated in this Holy Grail War, he had long since disregarded his own life and didn't care whether he could survive.

He stayed for only one reason: his followers had no intention of leaving.

Although it sounds strange, how can a Master leave with their tail between their legs if their Servants don't intend to leave?

"This is truly an extremely bad situation!"

Emiya couldn't help but criticize Shishikage Kairi's statement, saying that Arthur was previously held back by the red side Berserker, and he only needed to focus on the black side Assassin's attacks.

Now, Arthur is being held back by Mordred, while he has to face two Servants, Berserker and Assassin.

Is this the only way?

As Shirou muttered to himself, a sword with an iron chain appeared in his armored hand.

If I had the bonus from two stacks of [Haunted], I might be able to fight Berserker and also block Assassin's sneak attack.

It wasn't that being possessed by evil spirits was unable to withstand Assassin's sneak attack.

If it's the prototype of "Possessed by Evil Spirits," then it should be able to easily withstand Assassin's attacks.

However, the [Demon Possessed] in Emiya's possession is not only a projection device, but its grade has dropped by one level, and it has also lost its ability to evolve autonomously.

For these Servants, the defensive power of the counterfeit [Demon Possessed], which has lost its evolution ability and is merely an evolutionary imitation, is not particularly strong.

Even an Assassin with extremely low strength has the ability to break through its defenses; it just takes a few more hits.

However, it is precisely because Emiya's [Demon Possession] lacks independent consciousness and is difficult to evolve that Emiya was able to develop many uses for it.

On another battlefield, before the white fog had fully covered the area.

"King Arthur from another world, surely he won't be unable to stand up like this!"

Mordred taunted Arthur, but it had little effect—no effect whatsoever.

Arthur stomped his foot on the ground, the wall behind him instantly shattered, and he burst through the surrounding hurricane, shooting towards Mordred like a missile.

The powerful cyan magic once again intertwined with the crimson magic.

"clang--!"

The two swords, symbols of kingship, clashed once more, producing an extremely pleasant sound.

Mordred slammed his palm into the crimson longsword in his hand, and the sudden force caused the sword in Arthur's hand to deflect to the side.

Then a violent hurricane came from beneath her.

Seeing the sudden kick, Arthur's body shot backward, his toes lightly touching the ground. Like a leaf in a whirlwind, he dodged the attack in a very short time and closed in, aiming a precise slash at Mordred's forehead.

Mordred's feet stomped crisply on the ground, and the crimson longsword in his hand spun erratically half a circle, carrying a sharp and unparalleled force, fearlessly meeting Arthur's slash.

"clang!"

The resounding clang of metal against metal echoed once more in the space.

Compared to Arthur's attack style, which only uses a sword, Mordred's attack style is extremely barbaric; she uses everything in her possession that is useful for combat.

Hands, feet, body—any part of the body that could strike Arthur was used.