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Volume 1: Chapter 137. Rebellion against My Magnificent Father

After the spell was switched, Ais's magic output power was significantly increased, resulting in a substantial improvement in her attack, defense, and speed compared to before.

Gripping the Sword of Despair, Ais, trailing a green afterimage, charged straight toward Mordred.

Mordred stood still, brandishing his sword, the Sword of Despair, which clashed with the Sword of Despair. The powerful force sent Ais flying backward once more.

Even with enhanced offensive capabilities, Ais was still no match for Mordred in a clash of power.

After being knocked away, Ais did not rush forward mindlessly again. The three consecutive collisions had made her realize that she would never be a match for her opponent in terms of strength. Although she was LV5, which was much stronger than the LV1 Adventurer in terms of attributes, unfortunately, her attribute was not strength.

So Ais didn't panic when she unleashed her power, but instead chose to attack from the side!

She started circling Mordred, while Mordred stood in the center of the circle, completely unconcerned, waiting for Ais to launch her attack.

"Miss Ais, what are you doing?"

Among the Loki Familia, Lefia was puzzled by Ais's behavior.

Beside her, Riviria began to explain in a low voice.

“In terms of strength, Ais is no match for that Servant, so she wants to find an opportunity to attack from the side, because Ais has the advantage in speed.”

"So, Miss Ais, are you planning to use speed to fight against that Servant?"

"Yes, as long as you're fast enough, you can find opportunities to launch an attack faster than your opponent, and... hit them before they have time to defend!"

No sooner had Rivilia finished speaking than Ais launched an attack.

Because Fujimaru Ritsuka once said that in battle, he would not limit himself to frontal combat; he would also resort to sneak attacks, ambushes, framing, and so on.

Since even a righteous member like Fujimaru Ritsuka is doing this, then Ais can too! As long as it makes her stronger!

Although framing someone is a bit out of line for her, she can do things like ambushes and sneak attacks!

Therefore, Ais launched a thrust attack on Mordred from the side. It wasn't that Ais herself thrust at Mordred, but rather that she used the thrusting motion to transform the wind swirling around her sword into wind blades to attack the target. This was a very rare ranged attack move for Ais. Although the attack power wasn't very strong, it was enough to make the enemy react. After releasing the wind blades, she accelerated and circled around to Mordred's back, launching an attack from directly behind.

Facing the wind blades flying from the side, Mordred swung her sword and shattered them. At the same time, she tilted her head, causing the thrusting attack from behind to miss its mark.

"what?"

Mordred's inherited intuition allowed her to easily dodge the attack by simply turning her head slightly.

After dodging the attack, Mordred took advantage of Ais's momentary lapse in concentration to deliver a vicious elbow strike.

Ais was elbowed so hard her mouth gaped open, and then she was slammed to the ground.

"hiss--"

The onlookers, a large, gruesome crowd, were deeply hurt.

"Ritsuka, isn't this too heavy?"

Astrea asked Fujimaru Ritsuka in a low voice, but Ritsuka simply shook her head.

“It’s not heavy at all, and if she can’t even handle this, then she’ll never be able to push her limits.”

After that elbow strike, Mordred didn't stop. He immediately raised his leg and stomped down on Ais on the ground.

If that foot had landed properly, Ais would probably have had her leg broken.

Ais, enduring the pain in her stomach, quickly pushed off the ground and slid away, narrowly avoiding the kick.

After dodging the kick, Ais scrambled to her feet, clutching her stomach and creating some distance.

First a punch, then an elbow strike—both attacks caused Ais excruciating pain and discomfort!

But she couldn't stop even though she was in pain! She hadn't even forced the other party to take the initiative yet!

"Let's launch a raid!"

Despite the pain, Ais cast her spell again, and this time, she was even faster!

Transforming into a whirlwind, Ais charged directly at Mordred and slashed! Thrust attacks are powerful, but the stun effect after a failed attack is too great, leaving no time to dodge Mordred's counterattack. Therefore, she chose a slash, which is less powerful but easier to land the next move!

Ais, whose speed had noticeably increased, unleashed several consecutive slashes, successfully exciting Mordred.

"It's finally starting to look decent."

Mordred casually deflected Ais's slash with his sword, then grabbed the hilt with his previously free left hand.

"Then I'll take it a little more seriously!"

Crimson magic erupted from her body, and the shockwave even slightly dispersed the wind emanating from Ais.

Unleash the magic!

The ability to greatly enhance oneself and one's weapons through magic, thereby comprehensively improving one's attributes, is also the reason why Saber, despite only having a B-rank Strength, was able to fight against Hercules, who had an A+ rank Strength, in the Fifth Holy Grail War.

"I'm going to go!"

Mordred took the initiative and stepped forward, then shot out like a crimson cannonball; she had finally launched an attack!

The crimson cannonball, crackling with crimson lightning, caught up with the repelled Ais and then slashed at her with a sword.

Ais couldn't dodge in time and could only raise her sword to block.

when--

After the clang of metal, Mordred stopped in place and transformed into Ais, who was sent flying backward like a cannonball.

This time, even [Wind Spirit Swiftness] couldn't slow her down. She was sent flying into the nearby woods and crashed into a large tree. The tree trunk snapped in half due to her impact.

This looks like it hurts even more than the previous elbow strike!

Although he wasn't hit by the sword, the force with which his back smashed through the tree trunk was no small feat!

"It's not over yet!"

Mordred shouted and transformed into a crimson cannonball, charging towards Ais. He brandished his sword and slashed down at Ais.

With blood in her mouth, Ais scrambled away from where she was. Mordred slashed the ground with his sword, but the blow felt like a hammer blow. The ground trembled as a result of Mordred's strike, clods of earth flying everywhere, and large chunks of earth were even smashed up like seesaws.

Beneath Ais's feet lay one of the giant mounds of earth that had been lifted up, and Ais herself was flung into the air by one of the mounds.

Facing Ais, who had flown into the air, Mordred raised his sword, the Daedalus, without hesitation. Red magic erupted from the blade of the Daedalus, transforming into a huge red lightsaber, while he chanted loudly.

"This is the evil sword that destroyed my father!"

"Oh no! She's about to unleash her Noble Phantasm!!"

As a great mage, Riviria immediately saw through Mordred's plan.

However, Mordred had already completed his charge.

"Rebellion against my glorious father!"

The raised sword of light slashed down directly.

Book 1: 138. Finn: From this day forward, the Loki Familia will follow the lead of the Savior.

Boom—

A sudden ground tremor reverberated throughout Orario, followed by a deafening explosion that echoed throughout the city.

People on the street turned their heads to look around, and those inside the houses also ran out of their homes.

"What happened?!"

"What's that noise? Was there an explosion somewhere?!"

After looking around, the people found that there was no major movement, until someone looked south.

"Look over there! Outside the south city gate!"

Looking south, he saw a crimson pillar of light outside the city wall gradually dissipating.

Witnessing the dissipation of the pillar of light, the desolate, barren house...

What is that?

"I don't know, but it looks like a burst of magic?"

"Why is there a burst of magic outside the city gate? Could it be that there are some demonic creatures outside the city?"

A blue orb of light flew overhead and headed towards the south gate.

"The military police have been deployed!"

"The deployment of elite military police units means something big must have happened."

"Let's go, let's go take a look!"

People eager to see the spectacle began to gather at the south gate.

Outside the south gate, the crimson pillar of light had disappeared, and Mordred, gripping his sword, was staring at the crater that had become a mass of molten lava.

"Is that all? What a boring battle."

"Miss Ais!!"

"Ais!"

The Loki Familia members all ran to the right side of the pit, where Ais lay motionless on the ground.

Ais was naturally not dead. Mordred's smooth combo of knockback, knock-up, and Noble Phantasm would have instantly vaporized Ais if it had hit her, leaving not even a trace. However, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't want to be enemies with the Loki Familia, so Mordred's clone naturally wouldn't actually kill Ais.

With her final Noble Phantasm, Mordred exhausted all her magical energy, successfully unleashing the power of the anti-army beam cannon at Loki's Familia's Blood Palace, before slashing down at the ground next to Ais.

The crimson light cannon blasted onto the ground, then exploded into a beam of light that shot into the sky.

After witnessing the Loki Familia members help Ais up from the ground, Mordred, carrying his sword, walked over to the Loki Familia's headquarters.

The Loki Familia's members tensed up, all looking nervously at Mordred, fearing he might continue his attack.

However, Mordred showed no intention of making a move, only looking at Ais with disdain.

"Woman, you are truly the weakest opponent I have ever met."

"You don't even qualify me to remember your name; I'll probably forget you very soon."

After saying that, Mordred's body turned into magic and disappeared.

Fujimaru Ritsuka only gave this clone 40% of her magic power, and after a single sword strike, she used up all of the clone's magic power.

Before the fight started, the clone said that he couldn't stay in this world for too long. Now that the fight is over, it's time to leave. The timing is perfect.

Especially when they leave with a pretentious and sarcastic remark, that kind of behavior of showing off and then running away is just so satisfying!

Whether his clone enjoyed showing off or not, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't know; he only felt that his clone was so engrossed in the act that he couldn't extricate himself.

At first, it was one thing for her to act like Xiao Mo, but she even mocked him when she left. Even Fujimaru Ritsuka felt that her clone didn't seem like she was acting; it was clearly Xiao Mo herself!

After the clones completely dissipated, Fujimaru Ritsuka led the members of the Astrea Familia over.

Seeing Ais struggling to stand with Lefia's help, Fujimaru Ritsuka's expression turned serious.

"Miss Sword Princess, how are you feeling?"

Faced with Fujimaru Ritsuka's question, Ais, who had been expressionless the whole time, suddenly darkened her expression.

"Feel sorry."

"It seems you have a certain understanding of your own abilities."

Ais's apology means she understands how ridiculous her request to go to the Type-Moon world to fight the Holy Grail War was.

"Among the Servants I know, Mordred isn't even in the top tier; she's only second-rate."

This isn't Fujimaru Ritsuka criticizing Mordred. Mordred has a rich skill set, including Magic Release, AoE Noble Phantasm, and Riding, and she's quite strong, fast, and durable. But even so, she's only a second-rate Servant because she doesn't have any special mechanics; she's just an ordinary Servant.

Both are Sabers, but Siegfried, the black Saber in the Red vs. Black battle, is stronger than Mordred. Siegfried is also a Saber, and both have magic buffs and beam cannons, but he has the Dragon Blood Armor, which makes him much more durable. With this durability, Siegfried can even hold his own against Sun for a while.

If it were Xiao Mo fighting Xiao Taiyang, he would really be beaten to death.

"But you can't even handle these second-rate Servants. Once you encounter those first-rate Servants with special mechanisms, you're just throwing your life away."

After Fujimaru Ritsuka finished speaking, Ais did not reply, but simply lowered her head with a gloomy expression.

Seeing Ais's expression of having lost all meaning in life, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't provoke her any further. After all, she was a future ally, and there was no need to keep chasing her down.