Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

"All cannons, blast them back—!!!! ...

Drake, who was constantly dodging with Matou Shinji, quickly became extremely impatient. She didn't like being constantly dodging like a mouse.

A real battle requires direct confrontation.

With a sudden surge of power emanating from Drake, a massive black shadow appeared in the air, above her, completely obscuring her figure.

Countless arrows were thrust heavily into the object that suddenly appeared above Drake's head.

It was an enormous three-masted galleon floating in the air.

The massive, crimson ship, suspended in the air, exuded an extremely majestic aura.

It hoisted its sails, ignoring the arrows raining down like a storm, and continued sailing forward.

At that moment, all eighteen cannons were aimed at Shirou Emiya.

Extremely strong magic power, mixed with a gale, rapidly condensed inside the cannon muzzles, completing its gathering in the blink of an eye.

The air seemed to groan, and a terrifying aura emanated from the muzzles of those cannons.

"BOOM ...

The beam of light, imbued with extremely powerful magic, traveled at terrifying speed, stirring up a violent storm. Like a meteor, it pierced through space and shot towards Shirou Emiya's location.

"This is—a 丳—!"

Shinji Matou stared in utter shock at the sails suspended in the air. He knew that Drake, as a Rider, could naturally summon his own ship, and he had even seen the Galleon-type three-masted sailing ship called the Golden Deer in books.

But the pictures in the book obviously couldn't have the same impact on him as they did now.

This was the first time he had seen Drake summon his mount, the Golden Deer, as Rider.

Shinji Matou was completely shocked the moment he saw such a massive and overwhelming aura.

"Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!! Time to board the ship, Master!!"

Upon seeing Matou Shinji's face, Drake let out an incredibly hearty laugh, and the huge anchor was thrown from the ship, crashing heavily onto the ground beside him.

Seeing the frightened look on Shinji Matou's face, Drake didn't hesitate to throw him onto the lowered anchor and then stood on it himself.

“Boom boom boom boom boom boom!”

In the distance, dozens of deafening roars resounded, bringing with them a violent burst of fire and shockwaves.

The entire rocky cliff was completely destroyed, and the terrifying impact caused rubble to fall wildly.

Under the terrifying bombardment of the Golden Deer, a small mountain was shattered in the blink of an eye.

At that moment, a number appeared before their eyes.

"1"

Chapter 552 Artillery Barrage! Artillery Barrage! Artillery Barrage!

An extremely spectacular scene appeared on an island somewhere in the Sea of ​​One Moon.

Shirou Emiya guessed that Drake's mount as a Rider must be her personal ship, but he didn't expect that the ship could actually float directly in the air.

Drake, as a Rider, did not ride his own mount not because they were on land.

She simply didn't intend to use her own ship to crush the monsters on the island.

If she wanted to, she could easily raze the island to the ground with artillery fire.

It was the first time Shirou Emiya had ever seen a ship sailing in the sky instead of being in the ocean.

However, the current situation left Shirou Emiya with no choice but to express his feelings.

With a roar like a raging torrent, the cannonballs transformed into beams of light, continuously firing towards Shirou Emiya's position.

Its immense power could easily destroy the cliff where Shirou Emiya was located.

Although Drake had only roughly pinpointed Shirou Emiya's location, Shirou was forced to dodge under such indiscriminate attacks.

The area affected by these shell explosions is extremely large, and even if they do not directly hit the target, their power should not be underestimated.

"Raise the sails! March toward our goal!"

As he spoke these words, Drake lowered the brim of his hat slightly, gripped his flintlock pistol with extreme confidence, and pointed it forward.

"Buzz!"

The roar of the sails came from the sky at that moment, tearing through the air with unstoppable momentum as it sailed forward.

Standing atop the cliff, gazing at the large red ship suspended in the air, feeling the intense magical power burning within its cannons and their scorching beams of light, Shirou Emiya couldn't help but show a solemn expression.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom—乗!"

The bombardment continued relentlessly, and countless cliffs and rocks were reduced to fragments under the relentless attack.

The earth seemed to be wailing incessantly, and the entire island trembled violently under Drake's relentless bombardment.

But those cannons showed no sign of stopping.

With intense magical fluctuations, the cannon remained pointed forward and fired.

Even under such overwhelming firepower, Drake did not believe that Shirou Emiya, as the Master, would perish.

But she was also absolutely certain that Shirou Emiya was still within the area she had bombed.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!!!!!!!!"

The moment the third round of bombardment began, countless arrows burst forth from the thick fog, once again transforming into a rain of swords that hurtled towards the Golden Deer.

"Continue the shelling—!"

Facing the rain of swords rushing in again from the thick fog, she remained calm and composed, directing the cannons on her ship to adjust their positions.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

It was clearly a collision between beam-like artillery fire and a steel-like weapon hurtling towards them.

However, the sword arrows that flew towards us, carrying chains, were like bombs ready to explode at any moment. The instant the beam of light touched the sword arrows, a deep and loud explosion echoed across the sky.

The sparks ignited by their collision spread out like waves of fire, creating bursts of flame and air that swept in all directions.

Shinji Matou, standing on the deck, almost lost his balance and struggled to open his eyes to see the scene before him that resembled fireworks.

The temperature in the air also soared suddenly, causing the atmosphere to distort.

This attack method, which completely disregards weapon wear and tear, truly shocked Drake.

He then let out an extremely hearty laugh.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

Whenever the ever-flowing sword arrows and beams of light collided within the expanding waves of fire and air, the space-shaking explosion would shatter, unleashing another burst of violent flames and shocks, making the waves of fire and air in the vast sky even more intense.

However, this scene did not last long.

"If that's all there is to it, then the Golden Hind is being seriously underestimated!!"

In the next instant, a violent surge of magical energy, like flames, erupted from Drake's body, and the turret completed its charging process at an even faster speed.

Then——

"call!"

The bursting crimson beams, carrying a terrifying impact, directly shattered the continuous explosions in front, as if piercing a huge hole, dispersing the raging flames. Immediately afterwards, several crimson beams crashed heavily to the ground.

"Boom————!"

An even more violent shockwave, carrying intense flames, swept wildly in all directions like a raging torrent.

The cliffs, which had been completely destroyed and turned into rubble, turned into ashes and scattered in the air the instant the shell hit them. Even the seawater that kept pouring in evaporated the moment it got close.

"2"

The glaring numbers once again appeared before everyone's eyes.

"wrong--!!!!"

In the brief moment that the beam passed through, Drake did not assume that the attack would be enough to eliminate Shirou Emiya.

Because he possessed the power to withstand his terrifying bombardment. It should be noted that none of the violent explosions in the air could compare to the initial explosion in the canyon.

Even though the power of this shelling was far greater than that of the previous shelling, it did not mean that there was no possibility of it being blocked.

Rather, Drake reasoned that Shirou Emiya should have been able to stop him.

"Rider! From the sky—!"

Shinji Matou didn't just stand by and watch; as his Master, he was also doing his best to observe the battle situation.

Although the main fighting force in the Holy Grail War is the Servant, it does not mean that the Master's existence is unimportant.

On the battlefield, everyone has their own responsibilities, and even if they are not the main force, they still play an indispensable role.

An unbearable heat surrounded Drake and Shinji Matou.

It was exactly midday, and the island's temperature wasn't low to begin with. With the constant explosions, Shinji Matou felt like he was inside a furnace.

Even so, Shinji Matou did not complain at this moment. When Drake and Shirou Emiya started their conflict, half of the same thing appeared out of thin air in front of him.

Countless data points flowed past Shinji Matou's eyes.

It was precisely because of this that Shinji Matou, who was observing Shirou Emiya's data through hacking skills, was able to spot Shirou Emiya, who was hiding his presence above the Golden Deer by being possessed by a demon, even before the battle-hardened Drake.

Chapter 553 The Imminent Day of the Decisive Battle

Without hesitation, the moment he heard Shinji Matou's warning, Drake raised his flintlock pistol and suddenly retreated.

A sense of crisis also crept into Shinji Matou's mind the instant he reminded himself of it.

The next second————

"boom--!"

A violent impact came from in front of Drake. The deck shattered and sank as if it had been hit by something falling from the sky.