Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 247 The Many Faces of a Fall from Grace

At the foot of Mount Enzo, Rin Tohsaka was stumbling and staggering down the stone steps of the mountain path.

She was barefoot, her other shoe having been thrown off during her escape.

Sweat mixed with mud covered her face, but she didn't bother to wipe it off; she just kept running forward.

The scene behind me lingered like a nightmare.

Why did Uncle Kirei, who was so polite and courteous yesterday, suddenly want to kill me...? Will that poor aunt be able to escape...? And what about that older sister who suddenly appeared and saved my life...?

These problems caused her great distress.

"Daddy... Daddy..." Rin's nose twitched, and she fumbled for her skirt pocket, frantically pulling out a pendant inlaid with a sapphire, its magical runes flowing like a star map.

This was an emergency tool that Tokiomi Tohsaka specially prepared for her, which allowed her to contact him directly through the family's magic loop.

Rin pressed the central gem with trembling fingers, causing a slight fluctuation in magic power that ignited a blue light.

"cold?!"

On the other end of the communicator, Tokiomi Tohsaka's voice came out almost instantly.

At that moment, he was at a high vantage point nearby, preparing to unleash a powerful magic spell to support the crazed Gilgamesh, when his daughter suddenly contacted him.

"What's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly turn on this communicator? Your scent is so close to mine... Didn't I tell you to stay home?"

Upon hearing her father's voice, Rin couldn't hold back her tears any longer and burst into sobs.

As she ran, she poured out her heart: "Daddy! The priest... the priest... he kidnapped a silver-haired aunt and wanted to kill her!"

Although his words were somewhat incoherent, they were clearly uttered and reached Tokiomi's ears.

"He...he's going to kill me! He's sending a masked monster to stab me!"

"...A red-haired woman saved me, but she couldn't beat the old man by herself! Dad, come quick! They're at Ryudong Temple!"

Tokiomi's face turned deathly pale instantly, and he almost dropped his wand.

He forced himself to remain calm, but his voice trembled with disbelief: "Rin, what did you say? Kirei... he kidnapped Irisviel? And he wanted to kill you?"

As a deep participant in the Holy Grail War, Tokiomi understood Kirei's intentions almost instantly.

betray!

This intelligence agent, who initially served only as a wingman, unexpectedly turned against his comrades at a crucial moment, attempting to seize the Lesser Grail!

"Rin, listen..."

Tokiomi took a deep breath: "Find a safe place to hide now, and don't go near Ryudou-ji Temple!"

"Dad's coming right away! Remember, don't hang up the communicator, I'll use it to locate you."

"Dad... hurry up..." Rin nodded, crawled into a bush by the roadside, curled up into a ball, and waited for her father to arrive.

As the great hole appeared in the sky, the magic in the air grew thicker and thicker.

Ryudong Temple.

The once tranquil temple was now so quiet that it was hard to even breathe.

In the square in front of the main hall, several assassins' corpses lay scattered about, slowly dissipating.

On the other side, dark red blood seeped through the cracks in the blue bricks, soaking through Kirei Kotomine's priest robes.

He lay on his back at the bottom of the steps, the horrific wound on his chest exposed to the air, barely breathing.

"Damn it... We have to rescue the Master! Otherwise, we'll all disappear!"

"It's all your fault! Overusing Bai Mao! Now we can't even handle this little girl!"

"What do you mean 'blame me'! Aren't you one of my creations too?!"

The few remaining assassin clones gathered together, each blaming the other, but it was all in vain.

"Ha ha..

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Kamado Sumire knelt on the ground, the old knife in her hand broken in two, and her arm was also cut open by the dagger.

She was exhausted.

In order to rescue Kirei Kotomine, these assassins' clones also went to great lengths.

While she wasn't too difficult to deal with individually, she wasn't strong enough to face several Heroic Spirits at the same time.

"...It seems the only way is to use a Command Spell to summon Mr. Asuka."

She originally intended to save this power to heal heroic spirits or replenish their magic, but now it seems that keeping it will cost her her life...

Having made up his mind, the Command Seals on the back of his hand began to radiate heat.

"In the name of the Command Seal, I..."

Just as she was about to recite the incantation to summon the birds, she suddenly heard a series of hurried footsteps coming from the mountain gate.

"Dad! This is it!"

Jin noticed that the little girl she had saved rushed in first, and she was about to shout to stop her.

"Who?!" The remaining assassin clones turned around alertly.

Behind her, an elegant figure in a sharp suit appeared in front of the temple gate; it was Tokiomi Tohsaka.

Tokiomi's wand gleamed dangerously as his gaze swept darkly across the plaza:

The fallen Kirei Kotomine, the weakened Irisviel, the avenger's Master, and the assassins surrounding her.

His face became even uglier.

"Kirei...you really betrayed us." Tokiomi's voice was calm, but his magic surged uncontrollably with his anger.

He glanced at Kirei's badly injured and dying body, then turned his gaze to Irisviel.

The Lesser Grail's magical energy was surging like a storm, its chest faintly glowing, as if it might burst forth at any moment.

The situation was more complicated than he had imagined.

The remaining assassin clones were immediately on high alert when they saw Tokiomi.

One of the cats, as if its tail had been stepped on, screeched sharply, "Tokiomi Tohsaka! What are you doing here?!"

Another voice, filled with disbelief and doubt, said, "Impossible! He should be supporting that mutated archer!"

Tokiomi did not answer these pointless questions, not wanting to say anything unnecessary.

He coldly raised his wand, and the magic circuit was instantly activated.

The ruby ​​at the tip of the cane trembled slightly, and the magic crystal inside began to resonate...

Then, he took out three small rubies from the inside pocket of his suit. These rubies had been meticulously engraved and covered with tiny magical runes.

This is the gem magic passed down in the Tohsaka family.

Using gemstones as a medium to store and amplify magic effects far surpasses ordinary magic tricks.

With a flick of his wrist, he tossed the gem into the air, and began to chant a spell softly: "Flame, become my form and my shackles..."

As he uttered the incantation, his magical energy flow glowed faintly red, extending from his fingertips all the way to the gem.

The three gems floated in the air and rotated into a triangular formation.

The magical structure inside the scepter gem began to vibrate, and the magic was refracted and amplified within it, quickly forming a miniature magical circuit network.

"We can't let him use his magic! Do it now!"

Although the assassin clones' strength has declined due to the Hundred Faces, their minds are still intact.

Knowing the power of the Tohsaka family's jewel magic, they did not choose to sit idly by and wait for their doom, but immediately pounced on Tokiomi like ghosts.

Two men circled around to the flanks, attempting to attack from both sides; one lunged straight at his face; and the last one aimed at Rin Tohsaka behind him, intending to take the girl hostage.

Faced with the assassins' attack, Tokiomi remained unmoved, his expression unchanged, as if he were looking at a few corpses.

"Give my enemy a brutal cremation!"

The verdict has been delivered.

Streams of magical energy, imbued with flames, shot out, striking the nearest assassin.

The clone tried to dodge, but Tokiomi's attacks were incredibly precise, and the magic bullets trailed long flames, relentlessly pursuing and turning, biting the assassin.

"Damn it—!!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three muffled explosions almost overlapped!

Black smoke rose, and the clones dissipated as magical particles.

"Attack! Attack together!" The remaining three clones, witnessing their companion being instantly killed, roared and accelerated their approach.

"madness."

His right hand, holding the wand, remained motionless, maintaining the output of magic.

With his left hand, he gracefully waved it outwards like a conductor!

Whoosh—!

A semi-transparent, orange-red barrier made of flames instantly appeared out of thin air, surrounding Tokiomi's flanks and back.

This wall of fire not only blocked attacks from the flanks, but the raging flames on it also directly burned the opponents who tried to attack from both sides.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

The two clones that were attacking from both sides were completely caught off guard by this almost instantaneous defensive magic. Unable to stop in time, they crashed headfirst into the scorching wall of fire!

The Servant who attempted to ambush Rin was also engulfed by the wall of fire that suddenly rose behind Tokiomi...

In just one exchange, the assassins were engulfed by flames, their bodies disintegrating and dissipating.