This time, he finally felt fear.
"Is it a Reality Marble? No, it's not a Reality Marble. That kid definitely couldn't use such a powerful magic as a Reality Marble." After a slight moment of panic, Zouken immediately began to analyze the situation calmly.
Reality Marbles, as the embodiment of mental landscapes, are considered by the Mage's Association to be magic that is infinitely close to magic. Therefore, their creation method is listed as a forbidden spell, and there is no record of using Reality Marbles in the Matou family's records.
"Ah, I see, so that's how it is. This kid is quite good at taking shortcuts." The perceptive Zang Yan quickly noticed that the black pattern at the corner of Shen Qiu's eye had disappeared.
"Is it like imprinting a regular barrier spell onto your body so you can use it anytime, anywhere? The idea is good, but it must be quite a burden on your body, right? I'm really curious, will you die after you use this spell?"
However, Shen Qiu responded to his knowledge with a faint smile.
"Whether I die or not is not important. What's important is that you will die, Machiri." The boy's smile seemed harmless, but the next moment he gripped the black wakizashi in his hand and charged towards Machiri.
"Don't underestimate me! Even though you can't use magic, what can you do to me with your human body..."
However, before Zang Yan could finish speaking, he discovered that his heart had been pierced by a completely black blade, even though just a second ago Shen Qiu was standing dozens of meters away from him.
"I forgot to tell you, I control the time spent here."
Chapter Sixty-Five: A Battle Where Lives Are at Risk
"That brat..." Zou Yan looked at his pierced heart in disbelief, but what he didn't expect was that the black piano would reappear behind him in the next moment!
"How is that possible? You shouldn't be able to use magic... Ah, I see, so that's what it is." Upon seeing Zouken about to use his Noble Phantasm, Shen Qiu quickly dodged. In this state, Shen Qiu's reaction speed was also dozens of times faster than that of an ordinary person.
In the blink of an eye, he understood why Zouken could still use his Noble Phantasm even when his magical source was cut off.
The Avenger class's inherent skills, [Avenger] and [Self-Recovery], allow Zouken to recover a small amount of mana even when his mana source is cut off.
"Supreme God, have mercy on me!" With Zouken's roar, Salieri activated his Noble Phantasm, but the instant it was activated—everything froze!
Shen Qiu manipulated time within the Black Moon Temple once again, but beads of sweat were rolling down his forehead. He had already used up two rounds of magic power tonight, and now he was at his last gasp.
"No matter what, no matter what... we must trap him, otherwise it will be a disaster for generations to come!" Shen Qiu desperately tried to squeeze more magic power from his already depleted magic circuits, even if it was just to trap him for a few more seconds...
"Leave it to me, contractor." Just when Shen Qiu felt his body was about to fall apart and his vision was starting to go black from excessive magic drain, that mechanical and cold voice that he didn't particularly like appeared in his ear.
"This is...?"
Shen Qiu forced himself to wake up. It turned out to be the girl he had always thought of as a crow. Before he could say anything more, his body fell straight to the ground as if it had lost its support.
Instead of the expected sharp pain and "thud" as my head hit the ground, I fell into a warm and gentle embrace, with a faint scent of roses.
It was in Dankabi's arms.
"Thank you... but how did you end up here?" After asking this question, Shen Qiu realized that she had asked a pointless question. As a barrier belonging to Dankalabi, what was so strange about her being here?
The black-haired girl remained silent. After gently placing herself against a stone sculpture for support, she walked directly towards the still motionless Matou Zouken.
"Burning Hellfire".
After uttering such a sentence lightly, Dankabi lifted the time-space freeze—and the next moment, intense black flames burst forth from Zouken's body!
"Aa ...
"Aki, Matou Aki! You wait! The pain you've inflicted on me today, I will repay you a thousandfold in the future! Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!"
Amidst the intense black flames, the scorched creature struggled and cried out like a clown, while Dan Karabi and Shen Qiu merely watched this farcical scene with cold eyes.
Because the bodies of Heroic Spirits are composed of spirit particles, surprisingly, there was no unpleasant odor emanating from them.
"Ah, I see..." Shen Qiu smiled wryly. Because Dankabi had been so obedient by his side, he had forgotten that the seemingly frail girl in front of him was one of the Seventy-Two Demon Pillar Gods.
Despite having only one-fifth of his strength to cross space, he could still inflict excruciating pain on the madman in front of him with a single move.
"Contractor, I must leave because I have run out of magic power."
While Shen Qiu was still lost in thought, the black-haired girl suddenly said something like that. After thinking about it, Shen Qiu felt it was normal.
After all, the girl had been there for almost two days, which was actually quite long for a summoned familiar. She had helped him investigate Zouken's whereabouts and also helped him imprint a unique barrier on his body.
Finally, he even crossed space to save himself, and then set Matou Zouken on fire. Even Shen Qiu found such magic somewhat unbelievable.
"Give me the sparkly things next time I come." After leaving these last words, the girl turned into specks of light and vanished from the world.
Goodbye, Dankalabi.
As she disappeared, the space shattered like fragile glass, and Shen Qiu and Matou Zouken returned to their original world.
"This body... must be discarded."
After Salieri's body, whose spirit core had been burned, was destroyed, a whirlwind filled with insects flashed by, and Zouken Matou reappeared in this world in his entirety.
"Indeed, you look much better this way. The way you took over Salieri's persona is really irritating. After all, you don't look like a medieval musical gentleman at all."
Despite being unable to stand steadily due to the depletion of his magical energy and the aftereffects of using the barrier technique, Shen Qiu still began to mock the gaunt old man in front of him without any mercy.
"You're really good at being sharp-tongued. I really hope you can still laugh later." Looking at the nearly exhausted Zang Yan, Zang Yan had already figured out how to torture him.
First, use the Mark Worm to drain Shen Qiu's brain marrow, which will put him in a state similar to the living dead, with perception but no consciousness. Then, forcibly extract his magic circuits. Such pain is unbearable for most people.
The final words were to have the dense-bellied spider inject a small amount of venom into his body. With such a small amount of venom, Shen Qiu would not die immediately; his body would slowly decay and rot, eventually dying in excruciating pain.
"Zang Yan, do you know what Caster's Noble Phantasm is?" Shen Qiu, panting heavily, revealed a sly smile.
"Having fought with me for so long, haven't you noticed that Caster has been absent the whole time? I really shouldn't call you stupid or slow-witted."
At this point, Zouken suddenly realized why everything had been going so smoothly—that brat's Servant hadn't appeared yet!
Author's Note and Some Words
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To be honest, I was quite confident when I first started writing this book, but I was soon slapped in the face. The book did very poorly (extremely poorly).
This quality issue persists even now, as the product is nearing its release.
At the beginning, some people advised me to give up or abandon the project. In fact, I thought about it a lot. After hesitating for a long time, I decided to continue writing. I don't know if this is the right or wrong thing to do.
This book has only 2000 flowers so far. I have a few authors from the same period who had tens of thousands of flowers when they wrote 40,000 or 50,000 words.
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Aiser on June 4, 2020.
Chapter 66: The Mirror Gate Overflowing with Death (Please Subscribe!)
Zouken Matou turned around in alarm to see his master, dressed in a purple mage's robe, floating in mid-air. The spiral-patterned wand in her hand emitted faint glows, which were so dazzling and eye-catching in the dark night.
The next moment, a massive amount of magical energy surged through the air like ripples! After channeling a large amount of magical energy, Scáthach was finally able to use this Noble Phantasm. This A+ rank anti-army Noble Phantasm possessed an extremely rare soul-targeting attack!
"This is another space, different from the human world, a place of death and curse."
Scáthach, suspended in mid-air, closed her eyes and softly chanted the final incantation before activating her Noble Phantasm. At that moment, Zouken Matou felt an immense sense of crisis welling up in his heart. This was the first time he had felt this way in all his years of life.
"No...no, I have to leave, I have to leave!" The terrifying feeling grew stronger and stronger, and Zouken Matou felt that he couldn't stay here for even a minute longer!
However, at this moment, he discovered that his soul-shedding technique, which had always worked, had failed!
"Failed! No, how could this be!" At this moment, his heart was in turmoil. In his five hundred years of life, he had encountered many dangers, but he had never been in a situation like today, where even his last means of survival could not be used!
"This is a place called the Magic Mirror. 070 is the other side of the Yellow Springs, the end of life."
Zang Yan felt the sense of crisis in his heart growing stronger and stronger. No! He had to think of something. He was going to die this time. How could he? How could he die in a place like this!
However, he then sadly discovered that he had no other options.
After abandoning his human body, he could no longer use the powerful magic he originally possessed. Furthermore, due to the side effects of insect magic, no matter how many times he transformed, he always had the same disgusting face he had in front of his teacher.
After that, although he used insect magic to its fullest extent, it was a type of magic with a very low ceiling and a very low floor. Even if he used it to its fullest extent, it was still just so-so. It was fine for dealing with small fry, but it was not enough to deal with real magicians.
If ordinary magicians can successfully defeat someone using methods such as sneak attacks or ambushes, then it would be meaningless for Shen Qiu, who comes from the Matou family and even knows insect magic himself.
The ability to separate his soul from his body and change bodies, which he had always relied on, was not reacting at all at this moment. How could he not be alarmed?
At this moment, Zouken finally understood that the boy in front of him, whom he had always looked down upon and intended to use as a puppet, had grown to a height that even he could hardly reach.
Not only is he extremely skilled in learning and using water magic, insect magic, and spirit summoning techniques, but he can even use barrier magic, which is extremely obscure and difficult to understand and is listed as a forbidden spell by the Clock Tower.
He even received personal instruction from that Servant, and was fortunate enough to learn things like Primal Runes. He was also born with Mystic Eyes, something that is extremely rare and hard to come by in the world of magic.
Such luck and talent are simply infuriating to behold. What's even more unimaginable is that he is also more diligent and studious than others.
"What is your wish? Why do you insist on making things difficult for me? If you want the Holy Grail, then I will withdraw from this Holy Grail War!"
At this point, Zouken Matou was already somewhat panicked and started negotiating terms with Shen Qiu.
After hearing what Zouken said, Shen Qiu felt like he was about to be laughed out loud. Why did he have to say it now when Zouken had tried to kill him several times before? Just how much does this guy value his life?
"My wish is very simple, Zou Yan." Shen Qiu gave the gaunt old man in front of him a bright smile. If Zou Yan didn't know Shen Qiu's true nature, he probably would have thought that the boy in front of him was a sunny young man.
"I just hope that Sakura, Shinji, Tsuruya, and Kariya can have a good future, and that they can live normal and healthy lives without having to live in your shadow anymore."
"I agree! I agree! I swear I will never do anything to harm Sakura and the others again. I will leave Fuyuki City and go somewhere else. I will never appear here again!"
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