To become a king and a magician

That's a speed faster than Saber and Rider, beyond the reach of ordinary human eyes—but at least, Natsukawa Torato could catch up.

"Bang------!"

A heavy thud echoed across the rooftop. Natsukawa Tora stumbled back three or four steps, shaking his slightly numb hand. "Even using enhancement magic couldn't hold out? A direct confrontation isn't the best strategy, so..."

A gust of wind arose, and four surging tornado pillars suddenly appeared around the fake Hercules, instantly enveloping him. As Natsukawa Tora clasped his hands together, the pillars of wind immediately began to tear at his body from the inside!

Although Hercules' Noble Phantasm, Trials of the Twelve, allows him to ignore all attacks of rank B and below, he is currently merely a shadow manifested by his class card, and it is impossible for him to have the original effect. Therefore, even a physical attack caused by a gale is enough to tear his body apart.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle—!"

The continuous tearing and cutting sounds echoed in the gale. It was as if Pseudo-Hercules was in a meat grinder. With the constant squeezing and contraction of the wind column, his strong body was visibly being cut down!

However, just after most of his body was torn apart by the gale, the body of the fake Hercules glowed red like a red-hot iron, and streams of red mist spewed out of his body like steam.

Then—

"Bang------!"

His strong arms suddenly stretched out, and the four pillars of wind that were pressing against his body were instantly burst apart and shattered! A sudden gust of wind rushed towards him!

Natsukawa Tora raised his hand to block the gale: "That's the first life. There are still eleven resurrection attempts left. Also, I'm afraid you've already gained the patience for cutting and wind magic."

The ability to nullify the type of damage received, the resurrection ability to revive after death, and the immunity to damage below a certain level—this is the complete picture of the Twelve Trials.

It is a Noble Phantasm that is almost invincible in one-on-one battles.

However, Natsukawa Torato is not without a way to break the spell.

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

Hundreds of rock spears suddenly shot out from the floor beneath the fake Hercules!

"Boom!"

The moment his feet were pierced by the rock spear, Pseudo-Hercules jumped up in an attempt to dodge, but even though his jumping height and reaction speed were beyond the reach of humans, there were still things that could reach his height.

Moreover, he brought it with him himself.

The countless pebbles that were kicked up by the stomping were not enough to actually get close to the fake Hercules, but in terms of attack range, they were more than enough.

"Pfft—!"

Countless pebbles suddenly transformed into countless rock spears! The pseudo-Hercules, suspended in mid-air, had no way to dodge under these circumstances and was instantly pierced into a sea urchin!

(Twice—ten more times to go.)

14. I am gazing up at the moon.

"Bang------!"

The cyan magic cannon exploded on the berserker's body. A magic cannon powerful enough to pierce even skyscrapers—normally, no one could withstand such an attack unscathed. But seeing the fake Hercules emerge from the smoke once more, throwing an iron fist at him—

"No damage... The magic cannon is no longer effective."

Xia Chuanhu quickly retreated to dodge the punch, frowning.

It has now been five minutes since he began fighting the fake Hercules, and in those five minutes, he has killed the fake Hercules three times, in addition to the first two times.

According to Natsukawa Torato's plan, each of the four elemental fairies can be killed once, and then his magic cannon and Arthur's class card can be used to kill them twice more. After defeating him six times, Gray can use Aard to release the Holy Lance, or he can use Arcueid's power to pull down the moon and clear the remaining six lives.

Now, the missions of the four fairies and the magic cannon have been completed.

(Seven times remaining)

Xia Chuanhu touched the class card in his pocket, but before he could take it out to use it, he suddenly felt a sensation as if he had been kicked by something inside his body.

—Don't use it!

This thought suddenly popped into Natsukawa Tora's mind.

(Sajō Aika! Don't make things worse at a time like this!)

"No means no! I won't allow you to continue using the Prince's power! If you dare to use it, I'll—"

"Okay, okay, that's fine."

Even though it was a battle, with Heracles as his opponent, even if he was just a Shadow Servant, Natsukawa Torara couldn't possibly be so easily distracted as to keep arguing with Sajyo Aika.

"Thump—!"

The tremors continued as the fake Hercules charged again. Because the ceiling couldn't withstand the fake Hercules' onslaught, the battle had long since moved from the rooftop to indoors. Although there were now many more obstacles to protect them, against this terrifying berserker—

"Snap—!"

The completely berserk pseudo-Hercules smashed through the pillar between the two with a single charge! Then he slammed a punch down at Natsukawa Tora!

Another floor was smashed to pieces!

Riding the whirlwind to the top, dozens of magic seals appeared on his arms, and dense magic power gathered on Natsukawa Tiger's arms. Aiming at the pseudo-Hercules below, Natsukawa Tiger directly fired a deliberate magic cannon!

Although the damage is gone, the impact was real!

Let's just get blasted down to the first floor in one go!

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

The sound of the floor being smashed came one after another. Xia Chuanhu remembered that the building was about twelve stories high. Judging from the number of sounds, it should have been smashed directly to the first or second floor.

It would probably take about ten seconds to climb up like that, right?

Riding the wind to the rooftop, Natsukawa Torama looked at the crimson moon mark on the back of his hand: "Separated by a parallel world, I wonder if I can still borrow Arcueid's power... Let's give it a try."

Summoning Magic—

"Zheng—!"

The moment the magic was activated, crimson light burst forth from the mark, like a child who had been waiting for days and was excited to go out on a picnic. The light expanded in an instant to the point that it could engulf Natsukawa Tiger's entire body!

As his eyes were filled with this light, Natsukawa Torama vaguely saw a figure appear in front of him.

It's Arcueid.

"You're so slow, Tiger, what are you dawdling about?"

With her hands on her hips, Arcueid looked at Natsukawa Torato with displeasure and said, "I already said, if you encounter someone you can't beat, use my power! But you've been dawdling. What are you thinking about?"

Natsukawa Tora rubbed his eyes, looking at Arcueid with disbelief: "You...you're Arcueid?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"What are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to be back in Millennium City?"

A phantom? Or a consciousness?

Elquite nodded: "Yes, I did go back to the City of a Thousand Years, and I did fall into a deep sleep, but sleeping all the time is so boring. I never felt this way before, but I felt a bit bored after going back this time. So I connected to your consciousness through the part of power I gave you and shared your vision."

"Although I can only speak to you like this when you use my power, otherwise I can only watch you, which is basically like watching TV."

"You can even do something like this? And I'm in another parallel universe."

“It will certainly have some impact, but it’s alright, at most the signal will be a little weaker,” Arcueid laughed. “More importantly—it’s finally my turn to shine, isn’t it? Don’t hold back, use all your power, Tiger!”

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

With a light laugh, Xia Chuanhu clenched his hand, which was engraved with the Zhu Yue mark. The crimson light that enveloped his entire body burst forth, and his long, golden hair, which had somehow grown to his waist, immediately danced in the wind along with the scattered light.

(I can feel it...)

Was it because it was nighttime? His body was extremely excited, and power was surging out of his body continuously. The unprecedented feeling of comfort made Xia Chuanhu subconsciously want to shout out loud. In fact, this power that filled his entire body gave him a feeling of being omnipotent.

In fact, that is indeed the case.

[Tiger, how does my strength feel?]

Arcueid's voice entered my mind.

[Oh, right, because there was a voice constantly calling out inside you, which I found a bit annoying, I blocked it. Now I have higher access levels inside you.]

"Is my body some kind of server? Also, is there too much stuff inside me?"

Ayaka Sajou, Arcueid, and another magical mark of Merry... Torakawa feels like he's becoming a public bus.

However, this Arcueid power...

"Is this the world you live in, Arcueid, a feeling I've never experienced before?"

Now you have the same physical strength as me, and you can also use the Conjuration of Illusions, although there will be some limitations, but they are minor.

In other words, does that mean it can basically manifest Arcueid's power 100%?

Natsukawa Tora laughed: "It really feels pretty good."

Right? Right? Right? Hehehe!

Arcueid's delighted laughter echoed in my mind.

And at that very moment—

"Thump thump thump—!"

A continuous tremor came from beneath my feet; it was the fake Hercules, probably climbing up layer by layer.

Natsukawa Tora's lips curled into a smile: "Then let's try that one... Is that alright, Arcueid?"

【Hmm! Whatever you want, you're the one using my power now anyway】

Then-

Raising his right hand towards the sky, Natsukawa Torama conjured an image in his mind that was almost integrated with Arcueid's power itself. He opened his golden eyes and looked down, uttering a majestic voice like a decree.

"Fall down, moon!"

The moment the sound fell.

On the celestial canopy of the Mirror Realm, a massive crack suddenly split open, and then—

"Crack!"

The mirror screen shattered.

A crimson full moon fell as if by divine punishment.

15. Magic Association: Fear.jpg