Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

By this time, Mordred wanted to react, but it was too late.

A blinding blue magical light flashed in front of Mordred.

"Oh!"

All Lion's Blade could see was an extremely terrifying gust of air exploding in front of Mordred, the terrifying vortex making it difficult for him to open his eyes.

If he hadn't held on tightly to the grass, Shizi Jieli, standing at this distance, would probably have been swept away by the gale.

Immediately afterwards, Arthur gasped for breath, plunged the golden sword in his hand into the ground, pressed one hand on the ground, and slumped down, looking ahead with extreme weakness.

Blood gushed from his chest like a spring, staining the already incredibly mottled land.

Before Arthur, amidst the raging wind, Mordred, extremely weak, knelt on the ground, staring intently at Arthur, who was also kneeling on the ground, like someone who would never submit to their fate.

Mordred's chest was now a hollow space; if it weren't for her consciousness, it would be impossible to know what was keeping her going.

Mordred's body began to radiate starlight.

The soul core was completely destroyed by such a close-range impact, and such an injury cannot be healed even by using Command Seals.

"I was careless—!"

Even after becoming a Heroic Spirit, Mordred couldn't shake her careless nature.

It is extremely simplistic to assume that Arthur, without any further fighting ability, would have no power to resist after being stabbed through the chest.

"master!!!!!"

Mordred stood up and roared loudly at the Lion Clan, who had finally managed to grab hold of him.

Without lungs, it's unclear how Mordred could make a sound.

Just consider it as her special vocal technique as a follower.

As Shiki Jie Li stood up, he saw Mordred raising his crimson longsword and naturally understood what Mordred wanted to do at the last moment.

"In the name of the Command Seal—unleash your Noble Phantasm, Saber!"

"In the name of the Command Seal—unleash your Noble Phantasm, Saber!"

"In the name of the Command Seal—unleash your Noble Phantasm, Saber!"

As the three Command Seals on the back of Shishigake Kairi's hand disappeared, a surge of hatred coiled around the sword and radiated outwards.

"Rebellion against my magnificent father!!!!!!!!!"

Chapter 180 Delusional Heart Sounds

Seeing the crimson beam of light burst forth from Mordred's longsword, Arthur also felt the magic power within him surge once more.

He slowly raised the golden sword in his hand.

A golden beam of light shot straight into the sky. The two beams of light clashed head-on, neither giving way, plunging the entire space into an extremely terrifying storm.

"Saber!!!!!!!!"

At that moment, a shout came from the sky.

A red-haired youth rode a magnificent eagle that should not exist in this world at an incredible speed, and leaped down to the side of the seriously injured Arthur.

"Master!"

Arthur was also extremely surprised by Shirou Emiya's appearance, but there wasn't much time left for him to marvel.

Mordred's final Noble Phantasm is about to strike.

At that moment, a chill crept up Arthur's spine from the soles of his feet.

It felt like being targeted by something terrifying.

At this very moment, something else is probably plotting against itself, but time waits for no one.

Arthur couldn't possibly find someone watching him while under Mordred's Noble Phantasm.

"Master! It's up to you!!!"

In this critical moment, Arthur didn't say much; he could only entrust his back to Shirou Emiya.

"Acknowledge—We must fight for survival."

"Acknowledgement—must be a one-on-one battle."

"Acknowledgment—must not contradict humanity."

"Acknowledge—You must not be an enemy of the elves."

"Acknowledgment—must be a battle for honor."

The five liberation oaths represent the Noble Phantasm with the most liberation oaths released so far in this Holy Grail War. Shirou Emiya could only feel how incredibly small he was in the face of such a beam of light.

The powerful aura gave Emiya no doubt that it could easily crash back into the light cannon released by the [Sky Garden].

The golden and red beams collided in the sky, and the terrifying impact caused the surrounding trees to collapse one after another onto the ground.

Even the barrier that Shiki Jieli had set up in front of him was shattered by these two terrifying shockwaves.

At the same time, an extremely strange voice came from beside Arthur.

It was a deep, terrifying, and incredibly old voice that didn't sound human.

“Delusional Heart Sound (Zabaniya)!!!”

An incredibly thick and eerie hand emerged from the shadows.

And accompanying the hand that kept approaching Arthur was an extremely thin person wearing a skull mask.

The threat of death came from behind Arthur, his intuition frantically reminding him that if he didn't react, there would only be one outcome.

But Arthur seemed completely oblivious to what was happening behind him, focusing intently on unleashing the Noble Phantasm in his hand.

Because behind him are people he trusts implicitly!

"Projection—Start!"

A perfectly standard Greek cross shield appeared in front of that incredibly strange hand.

The figure in the skull mask looked somewhat familiar, but I didn't think much of it, since most Greek shields looked the same.

However, the shield projected like this can't withstand my Noble Phantasm.

The shadowy figure wearing the skull mask thought to himself, showing utter disdain for the shield that had suddenly appeared before him.

Without pausing, his hand continued to thrust towards Arthur's heart.

"A small world surrounding the heavens!!!"

With Emiya's final shout, an extremely powerful light shone from the shield.

"Isn't that Rider's Noble Phantasm?"

Upon hearing such a roar, the shadowy figure wearing a skull mask abruptly stopped in his tracks. He suddenly realized why the shield in front of him looked so familiar – wasn't this Achilles' strongest shield Noble Phantasm?

Thinking of this, he glanced to the side and, without him noticing, a wooden bow appeared in Emiya's hand, aimed at his position.

And it had already been fired.

The arrow was already flying through the air.

If this attack fails, then he will have to take the sword shot by Emiya Shirou.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

His Master had long ago instructed him to gather information on everyone involved in the Holy Grail War, especially about Shirou Emiya.

He personally witnessed how easily Shirou Emiya defeated Archer, the red team's archer.

He knew perfectly well that if he were hit by this sword, he would most likely die from its explosion.

Emiya Shirou's [Illusion Collapse] has reached the power of a C-rank Noble Phantasm. As the most vulnerable assassin, if he is hit by a C-rank Noble Phantasm at such close range, he will probably not be able to escape the battlefield.

He certainly didn't want to leave so easily before his commission was even completed.

Moreover, he wasn't even sure he could eliminate Arthur.

Furthermore, Arthur could no longer remain in the mortal world at this point, and after this clash of Noble Phantasms, he probably wouldn't have much stamina or mana left.

Furthermore, he observed that Shirou Emiya's hand no longer had a Command Seal. Without a Command Seal, Arthur would not be able to recover from such an injury.

After this clash of Noble Phantasms ends, Arthur will likely exit the stage like Saber on the red side, so there's no need to worry about the biggest variable on the Holy Grail battlefield right now.

After all, the top combat forces in the Holy Grail War have been basically wiped out, with the only one remaining being the world-renowned King of Knights.

In a very short time, after weighing the pros and cons, the shadowy figure wearing the skull mask vanished from the spot.

The sword arrow pierced through the shadow as if it were piercing through the air.

"clang----!"

In the instant he retreated and dodged, the Greek cross shield fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Emiya Shirou's projection magic is completely unable to project divine weapons.

The "small world surrounding the heavens" is merely a prop with the appearance of a Noble Phantasm; it has absolutely no ability to withstand his Noble Phantasm.

This shield is perhaps less hard than the ordinary shields used by warriors in Greek mythology.

If we were to name it, we would call this shield "The Small World Surrounding the Sky (Pseudo-*)".

Ultimately, the shield is nothing more than a smokescreen.

Shirou Emiya was gambling, gambling that this Heroic Spirit was unwilling to take such a great risk and exchange his own life for Arthur's.

Clearly, he is a Heroic Spirit who knows how to weigh the pros and cons. If it were Mordred, she wouldn't think so much; she would only think about taking him down first.

Chapter 181 We Must Fight Alongside the Heroes

"boom----!"

Two incredibly powerful beams of light collided between Arthur and Mordred.