The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

While still far behind Servants who excel in melee combat or physical strength, they are still capable of competing with ordinary Servants.

"So much has changed in just half a day, and she has shown such strength as a Master... Ritsuka is quite interesting."

"I'm sorry... but I'm not happy at all to receive such high and mighty praise!"

With a toothy grin, Ritsuka dodged the attack and unleashed a magic bullet at Orpheus that wouldn't be considered a threat to most Servants, as a form of protest.

The black sword light sliced ​​through the air, cleaving the magic bullet in two while also blocking Lily's opportunistic pursuit.

“It’s not right for a knight to leave those he should protect behind.”

"To me, Master is not just someone to be protected, but a comrade to fight alongside. And what about you? You are a king who is high above, a king of the age of gods who is even more ancient than 'King Arthur', yet you don't even have someone to fight alongside you?"

In response to Lily's retort, Orpheus narrowed his eyes as if in a rare reaction, then channeled his magic into his body and swatted Lily away.

"Indeed, if that's the case, it would be a bit troublesome for me."

Orpheus casually stared at Lily, while glancing behind him. At this moment, Artoria had already circled around to the back. If she ran a little longer, she could escape Orpheus's attack range.

Lily's interference did indeed create some obstacles for him.

Of course, this is also based on the premise that she has not yet taken it seriously.

The interest that had just begun to rise was immediately extinguished by Lily's words. Orpheus lowered the sword of annihilation in his hand with a lack of interest, and even the power of the cannon fire from the Gate of Babylon in the sky seemed to have diminished considerably.

Should we continue the interception? That is the question.

As someone who's used to letting others have their way, Orpheus was more inclined to just leave like that, but leaving so abruptly felt a bit anticlimactic.

Although Orpheus dislikes trouble, he is actually quite particular about seeing things through to the end.

Since that's the case...

"To be honest, I was really surprised to be held back by you to this extent."

With a slight sigh, Orpheus gripped the End Sword tightly again, intense magical power emanating from his body.

Having keenly noticed this subtle movement, Lily tensed up and became alert.

But in the next second, Orpheus suddenly disappeared before Lily's eyes.

After a moment of bewilderment, Lily snapped out of it and followed her instincts, looking in Artoria's direction.

"careful!"

Artoria and El-Melloi were both focused on Orpheus, so they naturally noticed the anomaly immediately.

A phantom black shadow appeared intermittently, flashing continuously, while advancing at an extremely terrifying speed, yet strangely without making any sound or movement. Seeing Orpheus's completely different application of etherealization, everyone's eyes became serious again.

Could this be yet another new ability?

However, they didn't have time to think. After disappearing once, Artoria's eyes narrowed, and she raised her sword and charged towards an empty space without hesitation.

Clang──

The sounds of clashing weapons and sparks erupted at the same time, and Orpheus's figure, suspended in mid-air by the holy sword, was revealed at that moment.

El-Melloi and Ritsuka were both startled.

They only considered the strangeness of Orpheus's abilities, but completely ignored his superhuman physical abilities that treated his attribute table as worthless!

With such terrifying speed and such unpredictable ability, it's simply impossible to hold this person back!

Thinking of this, Ritsuka clenched her fists, a slight sense of despair rising in her heart.

Facing Orpheus head-on, Artoria had no time to think about such things. With the blessing of dragon blood, she used all her strength to deflect Orpheus's attack. The Knight King immediately gave chase, and the invisible sword danced in the air, creating countless phantoms.

To Artoria's surprise, Orpheus seemed to know in advance how she would attack, blocking the path of each of her slashes beforehand.

Without further entanglement with Artoria, Orpheus vanished once more.

Clang!

Another clang rang out as the black blade struck Mash's shield heavily. Behind Mash, El-Melloi watched the scene with lingering fear.

"Is there still no way even after this step...?"

Orpheus smiled as he observed Mash's resolute and earnest expression through the weapons.

"Since that's the case, then I won't pursue this any further. Let's take our leave now."

The next moment, golden light enveloped the four people, including Orpheus.

"Varied?!"

The gate to the Gate of Babylon was hemispherical, completely surrounding the four people fighting together, covering them in three layers, and blocking all escape routes without any blind spots.

Surrounded by such a formation, neither Mashu nor Lily could protect the lives of the three.

"hateful!"

Lily stopped just outside the treasure's reach, and with a fierce thrust of her golden sword, a beam of golden light pierced through Orpheus, leaving a huge wound.

Then it disappears completely after half a second.

"It's no use..."

Lily gritted her teeth, helpless in the face of the current crisis.

"Wait, so Orpheus, you'll also..."

Even though Orpheus was also within the attack range and heard Ritsuka's shout, he still had a smile on his lips.

Putting aside whether this level of treasure could cause her irreparable damage, even if she couldn't become intangible at the moment of the attack, it doesn't mean she couldn't become intangible after the attack was launched.

But after going to such lengths, will he still care about her? That really is... worthy of the title of Master.

The next second, like a nuclear explosion, flames shot into the sky.

Chapter 159 The Attack of Kariya

Under the helpless gaze of Ritsuka and the others, the flames from the Noble Phantasm explosion shot into the sky, illuminating the city.

Orpheus leaped out of the smoke without leaving a trace, landing lightly on the ground, and then turned to look at the center of the smoke.

"You made it through..."

Orpheus looked away, unsurprisingly.

After all, Mash was among them, so although Orpheus had blocked all escape routes, he didn't have a single Noble Phantasm aimed at the target. If those people stayed still and didn't resist, they would at most lose their fighting ability, but they wouldn't die.

However, this result still made Orpheus slightly impressed.

As the smoke cleared, Mash, El-Melloi, and Artoria stood unharmed in the spot that was now scorched.

While using a shield to block, Artoria unleashed a massive surge of magic power on the other side, deflecting the weapon's trajectory...

It's a basic operation, but one must have great confidence in the person behind them to dare to completely hand over their back to someone else, right?

However, this seems to be to be expected.

The person who holds and can wield that shield must have a pure and flawless heart, and it is only natural that he would trust his king since he holds that shield.

The fact that Lily and Mash were able to form a team capable of overcoming all seven singularities was definitely not just due to luck or chance.

The Master's excellent abilities are one reason, but the near-perfect synergy between the sword and shield is also an important factor.

Now that Lily has been replaced by Artoria, the compatibility doesn't seem to have decreased much.

"So, I guess we've passed the test?"

Although Orpheus herself was unsure what hurdle she had overcome, since she had managed to hold on to this extent, she had no interest in continuing the fight.

Of course, this was her own idea; no one else knew it.

Seeing that everyone was safe and sound, Ritsuka breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran over to meet up with Lily, forming a pincer movement with Artoria around Orpheus.

Given the speed Orpheus just displayed, coupled with her unstoppable special ability, it has been proven impossible for her to escape.

Even with El-Melloi possessing Zhuge Liang's abilities, he had not fully inherited Zhuge Liang's wisdom and could not come up with any good strategies for the time being.

Of course, aside from the heroic spirit rescue that he still cannot bring himself to carry out.

Although the group was surrounding Orpheus, they had a feeling that they were actually being surrounded by Orpheus alone.

Orpheus tilted his head slightly.

Run! If you keep running, I won't chase you anymore. Why are you not running anymore?

What are you trying to do now? If you don't leave, I'd like to leave too! If you don't leave, I might actually attack!

Although Orpheus wouldn't have such complex thoughts, a somewhat troublesome feeling still flashed through his mind.

"Arrrrrrrrrrr!!!"

Just as Orpheus was about to simply leave, a deep, angry roar suddenly came from the side.

Just as Orpheus turned her head to look at the source of the sound, a black armored figure suddenly rushed in, knocking her aside.

"……Walk!"

Ritsuka and the others were stunned for a moment, but quickly came to their senses and hurriedly called everyone to take the opportunity to leave the place.

Although I don't know why Berserker appeared at this time, as long as it creates an opportunity, that's fine.

Of course, Orpheus could also shake off Berserker just like she did off Lily, but after being hit just now, even she would probably be annoyed and deal with the black-armored guy first, right?

In short, such an opportunity cannot be missed, and even if the gamble fails, the situation cannot get any worse.

After Ritsuka and the others quickly left, the black armor drew a beautiful parabola in the air and crashed heavily to the ground, creating a huge spiderweb-like crater.

The next second, Orpheus materialized and instantly appeared beside the black-armored figure. He casually stepped on the black-armored figure who was about to get up and stepped back, leaving a small hole in the pit. Then he looked at the man he had seen several times and felt a faint sense of trouble.

Is it possible that this goddess, who's always making mistakes, can never handle things perfectly the first time...?

"Sakura...it was you, wasn't it? You ruined Matou, weren't you? Sakura, what did you do to Sakura? Where is Sakura? Tokiomi Tohsaka...yes, it was Tokiomi Tohsaka who ordered you to do this, wasn't it? Is that guy not satisfied with just letting Sakura be abandoned by her family? Does he even want to take away Sakura's right to live in this world?"

Muttering to himself a story he had not only made up in his head but also completely believed, Matou Kariya stared at Orpheus in a frenzy.

At this moment, the man had completely lost his mind. Even Sakura, who had been supporting his beliefs, had disappeared from his sight. Without a goal, he could only turn his huge obsession toward his great enemy, Tokiomi Tohsaka, whom he used as a scapegoat.

In his view, the best way to get revenge on Tokiomi Tohsaka is to make his Holy Grail War, which he has been preparing for with all his might, fail in the most tragic way. And now that Tokiomi Tohsaka is hiding in the mansion, the most direct way is to take action against his Servants and eliminate him.

As for feasibility... in fact, Matou Kariya rarely considered such a question, and now he has no rationality left to consider it.

"Kill her, Berserker!"