To become a king and a magician

Assassin.

Among the seven classes of Servants, this one can be considered the weakest. His stats are unremarkable, and his direct combat ability is extremely weak. In a one-on-one battle, Assassin can hardly defeat any of the other classes.

However, this applies to Servants. If we consider humans as opponents, even Assassins are opponents that current magicians cannot defeat.

In particular, the Assassin manifested by the class card this time has the ability to split himself into an assassination group of up to eighty people, turning the entire Mirror World into a world like a hunting ground.

"boom--------!"

However, this assassination group of eighty people only appeared in front of Xia Chuanhu for a moment before being torn to pieces by the raging wind domain that extended to the entire Mirror Realm.

Centered on Natsukawa Tiger, apart from the invincible circle within a three-meter radius, the entire Mirror Realm was subjected to countless attacks from Natsukawa Tiger's Gale Blades.

So what if there are many people? Dividing the total magical power of one person into eighty parts means that each individual will be incredibly weak, making them much easier to eliminate.

"That makes four now."

Having broken free from the mirror world, Natsukawa Torato tossed the Assassin class card in his hand to Tohsaka Rin.

"Archer, Lancer, Assassin, Rider—three cards left. Looks like I can finish the mission before three o'clock."

"You...you're unbelievably strong..."

Before tonight, Rin Tohsaka had always been skeptical of Natsukawa Tora's claims. After all, you can't just believe he can do it just because he says he can deal with Servants, right?

But now, after witnessing his swift defeat of Rider and his ruthless destruction of the Assassin Group, her doubts have completely vanished.

This guy is really as strong as a monster! Rin Tohsaka has seen monsters before, but even compared to those guys, Torakawa can be said to be monster-level—meaning a monster among monsters.

“Brother, there’s been an unexpected situation.” Gray suddenly walked over. “According to Ruby’s investigation, it seems that one of the anomalies caused by one of the class cards has disappeared.”

Meanwhile, the anomaly point closer to us suddenly expanded in size.

"So... the two anomalies have merged?" Luvia frowned. "This is troublesome... Natsukawa, can you handle two Servants at the same time?"

"It depends on which two, but I don't think it's a big problem."

(Medea and Artoria? Medea is actually more troublesome in comparison.)

Thinking of this, Natsukawa Tiger suddenly paused and turned to look at the forest entrance not far away—Assassin class cards are located in the forest—at the entrance, although he could only vaguely see a little bit, there was definitely someone watching this side.

"elder brother?"

Seeing Natsukawa Tora looking in another direction, Grey couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is there anyone over there?"

"No, I must have misread it. Instead of this, let's go to the next place, the one that's closer and larger."

"Yes!"

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Near the Miwon River, on a riverside plaza close to the Fuyuki Bridge.

After the ruby ​​and sapphire opened the passage to the Mirror Realm for the third time, the five of them were teleported into the Mirror Realm once again.

However, the moment they entered the mirror world, all four people except for Natsukawa Tora were stunned.

"What is that...?"

Looking up at the sky, Rin Tohsaka exclaimed in disbelief.

Hundreds... perhaps even close to a thousand, the densely packed, intricate geometric patterns seem to be carved directly into the sky, one after another, arranged in neat formations, filling the entire sky.

"Magic...and this many of them? Are these Caster class cards?"

Luvia was equally astonished.

"It seems so. They've clearly made thorough preparations and are waiting for us to arrive—Grey, Miyu, move to the back. Rin and Luvia, figure out how to protect yourselves."

"Wait, are you going to confront this number head-on—?"

Before Rin Tohsaka could finish speaking, Gray had already grabbed her waist and retreated with Miyu and Luvia. The instant they left their spot, the countless magic circles floating in the sky shifted towards Natsukawa Torata's location, beams of light like the red line of a sniper rifle covering his entire body.

Amidst countless magic circles, the pseudo-Medea, wielding a staff, twitched her lips rapidly several times, instantly channeling magical power far beyond Natsukawa Tora's reach into each magic circle.

next moment--

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!!"

All the magic arrays simultaneously unleashed magical cannon fire, and countless purple beams of light rained down from the sky!

This was an unavoidable barrage of fire. The sheer number of beams of light had already blocked the space in which Natsukawa Torama could evade. Even with his A-rank magic resistance, it was impossible for him to emerge unscathed from the combined fire of hundreds or even thousands of divine magics.

however.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!"

Several crimson sword lights suddenly flashed across the space, and more than a dozen of the countless beams of light that were shot down were immediately cut in half. In the space that was thus cleared, Xia Chuanhu moved through it with incredible speed, almost pushing the limits of human endurance!

(So ​​slow, incredibly slow compared to Mary's sneak attack.)

The thrusts of those illusion knights created by Melly are much faster than this, reaching from the air to the ground at a distance of several tens of meters. If you can't react at that distance, then all the suffering Natsukawa Tora endured before will have been for nothing!

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

Wielding the flame sword created by the power of the fire fairy, he drew out several sword lights and cut off and burned all the dozens of beams of light that followed in pursuit. Then, he stomped on the ground, and the magic power that burst out from under his feet sent Natsukawa Tiger into the sky. In an instant, he arrived above the pseudo-Medea and the countless magic formulas!

(I remember that the spells for magical artillery attacks are all fixed in space and cannot attack upwards. Also, there are magical reflection planes and spatial transfer spells that are always ready, right? I remember them all perfectly.)

Once we know the details, dealing with it becomes much simpler.

Possession Switch - Wind Fairy.

"call--------!"

A sudden gust of wind swept up, and a powerful tornado immediately enveloped Natsukawa Tiger's entire body, charging down towards the pseudo-Medea below!

Fighting the tornado!

"Sizzle—!"

The rapidly spinning gale instantly tore apart the fake Medea's body—that was true from the outside, but Natsukawa Torato, who was at very close range, could see very clearly that what he had torn apart was only a corner of the cloak.

(Behind you, right?)

As if he had foreseen it, the instant the fake Medea appeared behind Natsukawa Torama using teleportation magic, Natsukawa Torama simultaneously turned around, his left fist, swirling with wind, piercing straight through her chest! He forcefully pulled the class card out of her body!

Caster class card, collected.

10. The two people who understood each other for the first time

As Natsukawa Tora returned to the ground riding the gale, the three of them, except for Gray, showed expressions of surprise, just like the previous two times.

"Although I've seen it twice already, I really didn't expect him to be like this even in this situation..."

"Even monsters have their limits, right? Is there no limit to what they can do?"

Rin Tohsaka and Luvia lamented, looking completely unable to bear it.

Meanwhile, looking at Natsukawa Torata as well, Miyu couldn't help but ask Gray, "Gray, has Mr. Natsukawa always been like this?"

“My brother doesn’t fight in front of me very often because… well, he loves me very much, and his enemies are all very strong, so I rarely see him fight directly,” Grey said with a smile. “However, I believe in my brother, and I believe that he will never lose to anyone.”

[That's why you've remained so calm. I thought Grey was used to such exaggerated scenes.]

It's less a habit and more a matter of—

(My brother has caused even more outrageous scenes before.)

Gray knew that the massive crater at Misaki City's North Exit Station, comparable to a meteorite crater, was basically caused by her brother's battle with the enemy. Compared to that, the scene before her was nothing.

In summary, five cards have been collected so far. There are two cards remaining, one of which is also within this mirrored area.

Sapphire provided a reminder.

[Is Mr. Natsukawa still stamina enough? He's fought three battles in a row, and used such a large-scale magic attack earlier; his magic power must have been greatly depleted, right?]

“I don’t think we need to worry. With my brother’s magic recovery speed, he was already fully recovered on the way here,” Gray explained. “We just need to be ready to open the passage back after my brother finishes his battle.”

[Hmm, having such a strong teammate is a good thing, but my brother is so amazing that it makes me feel a bit defeated~~~]

There's nothing we can do about it, sister. Let's just stay here and watch.

We have no other choice. If we go there, we feel like we'll be looked down upon and kicked aside.

Just as Gray and the others were talking, Natsukawa Tora, who had landed back on the ground, put away his Caster class card and looked in the direction of Fuyuki Bridge.

The concentration of magic in the air is gradually increasing. Now that the false Medea has been defeated, the only one left with such powerful magic is...

“Saber... Artoria—”

【Lord Prince! 】

Holy crap!

The sudden sound of Sajou Aika's voice in his mind made Natsukawa Torato blurt out his hometown dialect!

"You fucking... don't suddenly yell in my head! You scared me half to death!"

It's best if you, you vixen, are scared to death, so you won't continue to exist in this world and get in my way.

"Then I definitely can't be dead. But why did you suddenly bring up Arthur? Could it be that you haven't recovered from the shock of mistaking someone else a couple of days ago and are dreaming about Arthur? You silly middle school girl."

【No way! I genuinely sensed an aura strikingly similar to the prince's—and it wasn't that I mistook you for someone else; you, you despicable scoundrel, impersonated the prince to deceive me! It's all your fault!】

(When did Tokiomi Tohsaka start shifting the blame to me?)

With a helpless sigh, Natsukawa Torato continued, "So, according to you, Arthur... no, the Shadow Heroic Spirit manifested by the Saber class card is Arthur?"

That's right!

He was just crying in the Soul Realm like a childhood sweetheart who lost out to a heroine who stole his lover, but now he's suddenly full of energy just from sensing Arthur's presence.

Women's moods change faster than turning the pages of a book.

"Click..."

Just then, the sound of armor rubbing together came from the thick fog not far away, accompanied by increasingly loud footsteps that seemed to be approaching step by step.

[He's here. It's definitely the prince's aura, but...]

"but?"

There's a sense of incompleteness, as if something foreign is mixed in.

"You're still so sharp even though I've sealed you away? Did you get a dog nose that's specifically designed for Arthur?" Natsukawa Torato complained about Sajou Aika's condition while applying enhancement magic to his entire body.