To become a king and a magician

With a flick of his fingers, Xia Chuanhu laughed, "Did you add hardening runes to your clothes too? Judging from the feel, you only broke one or two ribs. I thought I could knock you down with one punch, but it seems I didn't use enough force."

"It seems you are not a magician in the conventional sense."

As he stood up, Bazett clutched his chest.

"You should know the consequences of defying the seal, right?"

"Of course I know, but to be honest, even though I've known what kind of people the Clock Tower is for a long time, I still find it a bit speechless." Natsukawa Tora sighed helplessly. "The biggest weakness of the Clock Tower magicians is also what they consider their greatest strength—that they are superior beings."

In other words, arrogance.

And he was extremely arrogant.

It was as if there was nothing they couldn't do in this world, as if they were the masters of this world, that they deserved everything, and that everything should be under their control.

"Remember to tell those magicians in the Clock Tower not to think that just because they have a certain status there they can do whatever they want, especially when facing certain monsters. The number of things they can't control is far greater than they imagine, like this one right in front of you right now—"

As Xia Chuanhu spoke, he raised his hand, and the flames behind Bazett that almost covered the entire mansion immediately seemed to be attracted, gathering all of them towards Xia Chuanhu's palm, instantly forming a burning vortex above his head.

"The monster that uses the 'ace' you speak of as a 'normal attack'..."

27. Bazett: My elbow!

The Reverse Light Sword, Flagrak.

This is Bazett's trump card Mystic Code, an extremely rare existing Noble Phantasm passed down from the Age of Gods.

The effect is to strike first after being attacked later. As long as the opponent activates their so-called ace or ultimate move, this Noble Phantasm will take effect, reversing time to before the opponent activates their ultimate move, distorting cause and effect, and rewriting the attacker's attack to be absolutely first.

Although its power as a Noble Phantasm is not particularly outstanding, its causal-level secondary effect of "striking first after being attacked later" makes it one of the most dangerous Noble Phantasms.

However, dealing with this Noble Phantasm is also quite simple.

Just don't use your Noble Phantasm.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

One after another, fireballs the size of human heads shot out from the vortex of flames above Xia Chuanhu's head, transforming into sword blades, arrows, or splitting into dozens of fire phantoms in mid-air—like a vast meteor shower, all of them crashed down on Bazett!

Bazett did not dodge, and in fact, he could not dodge at all. Unlike Natsukawa Tora, a freak who could carve a path through a rain of magic bullets, even a battle-hardened warrior like Bazett could only defend himself with all his might when faced with such an impenetrable carpet bombing.

After all, Natsukawa Tora really didn't leave Bazett any opening at all.

From her perspective, it was no different from being rammed into a wall.

"Boom—!"

Countless flames instantly ravaged the ground, and bursts of fire and roars erupted and spread like waves. A fierce gust of wind mixed with scorching heat rushed towards them. Seeing this, Miyu and Gray quickly shrank behind Natsukawa Torato.

"Brother, aren't you afraid of burning the whole yard down? Luvia will be furious when she gets back."

I agree with my sister, but after all, the opponent was that Bazett... at most it could be considered excessive self-defense.

Hearing Ruby and Sapphire say this, Natsukawa Torama said leisurely, "Let's talk about Luvia after she returns. Right now, we still have to deal with the enemy in front of us—after all, she is the designated executor of the seal, she shouldn't just be burned to death like this, right?"

The second half of his sentence was spoken by Xia Chuanhu to the sea of ​​fire in front of him.

Soon, a disheveled, even charred figure suddenly tore through the sea of ​​fire and charged towards Xia Chuanhu! His right fist, entangled in runes, aimed straight for Xia Chuanhu's face!

Without a doubt, it's Bazett.

"boom!"

Natsukawa Tora delivered another punch, sending Bazett, who was charging forward just a second ago, flying backward the next second! He pierced through the sea of ​​fire and crashed directly into Luvia's villa!

The excruciating pain, as if his body had been pierced, caused Bazett to cough up a mouthful of blood! Although the burns all over his body and the pain in his back could not be ignored, at this moment, the pain brought by Xia Chuanhu's punch completely overwhelmed the former two!

And more importantly...

(In that situation, how could they break my hand first?)

If you look closely, you'll see that Bazett's right hand, which he just swung, was completely severed below the elbow.

This was also done by Natsukawa Tiger. Before Bazett's fist could touch him, Natsukawa Tiger broke her arm first, and then punched her away.

That's an incredible reaction speed and physical strength!

You must know that Bazett has always maintained a high level of physical enhancement, and her entire outfit and clothes are covered in hardened runes. Even the attacks of Shadow Servants cannot break through her in one blow. But now, her body, which has been tempered and relied on, has been broken so easily.

Even Natsukawa Torama didn't use any enhancement magic!

Is he really the same kind of magician who is so obsessed with magic that he neglects physical exercise?

Unlike Bazett's surprise, Natsukawa Tora frowned slightly: "Two punches weren't enough to bring her to near death. I really underestimated her. I held back a bit too much."

Xia Chuanhu had no intention of killing Bazett. After all, she was just a weapon, and killing her would be useless. Those old fogies in the Clock Tower could send out the first Bazett, and naturally they could send out the second and the third. It all depended on whether they wanted to or not.

Therefore, there's no need to kill Bazett; it's a waste of effort. Just beat her into submission and then send her back to England.

It was rather surprising that two punches didn't knock her down.

"It's pretty durable."

With a wave of his hand, he turned the sea of ​​fire into countless sparks and came to Bazett, who was lying in the rubble.

"My arm is broken, the runes I use for protection are useless against me, and my Noble Phantasm, Reverse Light Sword, which is designed to counter your ace, hasn't met the activation conditions. Oh right, I think there's also a resurrection magic that can revive me, right? Engraved on your heart."

After listing Bazett's methods one by one, Natsukawa Tiger laughed and said, "Let me make this clear beforehand, none of these things work on me. Forget about stealing class cards; how about you just obediently go back?"

"Who exactly are you?"

After a moment of silence, Bazett only asked this one question.

In fact, the Clock Tower hadn't found out much about Natsukawa Torato, only that he suddenly appeared in Fuyuki City and could use super-large-scale magic capable of destroying the city—that was all they knew.

He seemed to have appeared in this world suddenly, as if he had never existed before.

A monster that appeared out of nowhere!

"Who I am is important to the Clock Tower, isn't it?" Xia Chuanhu asked with a smile. "Perhaps it is quite important, after all, they are those old things. But what if they know? Take me back to dissect and study me? Or put me in formaldehyde? Forget it, if they do that, this world will be doomed. I'm not kidding, really."

"Actually, you don't need to worry about me too much. I'll only be here for five years at most, and then I'll disappear without a trace and won't cause you any problems—of course, I mean after I leave. I can't guarantee that I won't cause any problems during these five years."

In other words, there's no need to worry about a comeback.

Black Gandra coalesced at his fingertips as Natsukawa Tora pointed at Bazett: "I'm not very good at that kind of factional infighting, so you can leave the decision of what to do with you to the master here. In the meantime, get some sleep. Sweet dreams."

boom!

Gandr hit him, and Bazett immediately lost consciousness.

Natsukawa Torama turned back to Miyu and Gray: "Alright, that's settled. Now we just wait for Luvia and Rin to come back and deal with her. Until then, Miyu, why don't you come stay at my house for a while? The house is uninhabitable in this state, isn't it?"

28. Coming soon! Beach swimsuit perks are back!

The next day, after Natsukawa Torama was woken up by Gray and came to the restaurant, he saw Luvia sitting there elegantly drinking black tea like a hostess, with Tohsaka Rin and Miyu standing on either side of her.

"Oh dear, you're up? You didn't get up until the sun was high in the sky. You're really lazy."

Upon seeing Natsukawa Tora arrive, Luvia greeted him in a very distinctive way.

Sitting down opposite her, Natsukawa Torara glanced at Rin Tohsaka, whose face was already flushed and who was clearly so shy she wanted to disappear into the ground, and asked, "What are you doing here? And the way you're acting like you're at home... well, this is my home, isn't it?"

"I was just having tea as usual, is there a problem?" Luvia said matter-of-factly. "As for why I'm here, my villa is in such a state, it will take at least two or three days to repair, so I can only stay here with you until then, is that not allowed?"

"Honestly, I really want to refuse."

Natsukawa Tora tapped the table in annoyance.

"Grey and I can stay here. Miyu could stay too, but why are you two rich people squeezing in? And I remember Rin Tohsaka, you have your own home, right? Why don't you two stay at her house—"

“I don’t want to live in that kind of shabby house. It has no air of nobility at all and is full of vulgarity.” Luvia said with a look of disgust. “Besides, I paid for the construction of this villa. Although I’m giving it to you now, as the builder, it shouldn’t be unreasonable for me to ask for a room here, right? Or are you, a grown man, going to watch the two of us women sleep outside?”

Where's your money?

Xia Chuanhu looked at him with disdain.

"It's only two or three days, why don't you just stay in a hotel for a couple of days? -- Forget it, you can stay if you want, but I don't provide meals, so you'll have to take care of yourselves."

“What a cold-blooded and ruthless man.” Luvia took a sip of red tea. “Well then, let’s get down to business. You really gave us a surprise last night. The infamous designated seal executor was lying like a corpse at my doorstep, now a ruin… It gave me just as much of a shock as when you smashed the moon down.”

Luvia and Rin Tohsaka were really startled last night.

The two had originally planned to take a nice shower and go to bed after returning home, but who would have thought that when they got back they would see the garden and villa smashed up, and Bazett lying at the villa entrance, his life hanging in the balance.

The two of them were completely stunned!

"So, what was the result?"

Natsukawa Tiger asked as he ate the breakfast that Gray had brought him.

“Bazett has confessed everything so far and is now in the basement of this house. I’ve also contacted the master craftsman, and I expect to get news from the Clock Tower in a couple of days,” Rin Tohsaka replied. “I really have to thank you this time. If it weren’t for you, we definitely wouldn’t have been able to keep the class cards from Bazett on our own.”

Although she was almost instantly killed by Natsukawa Torama, Bazett's combat power is among the top of modern magicians. There are very few people in the world who can reliably defeat her. Even if Rin Tohsaka and the others have Ruby and Sapphire, as well as class cards, they would probably be easily defeated by Bazett in a real fight.

After all, Bazett is someone who, like Natsukawa Torato, can fight and defeat Shadow Servants alone.

“Bazett should be the strongest force the Association can send. Now that you have easily defeated her, those people in the Clock Tower who still have designs on the Class Cards will probably quiet down. This is a good thing, so we can devote ourselves to the work of recovering the eighth Class Card.”

When the eighth class card was mentioned, Luvia's expression paused slightly before she changed the subject and asked, "Natsukawa, you and Gray... don't have swimsuits, right?"

Natsukawa Tora, who was eating, and Grey, who was standing behind him, were taken aback by the sudden question.

swimsuit?

It seems the two of them really don't have one.

Although both Britain and Japan are island nations, it's amazing that the two of them had never been to the beach or even a swimming pool in the past, so it's understandable that they didn't have swimsuits.

"No, why?"

"The eighth class card is underground by the sea, in a beach park in Fuyuki City."

After Luvia said that, the two of them understood.

Don't you have to wear a swimsuit at the beach?

"It doesn't matter whether I have a swimsuit or not, just call me over when it's time to reclaim the class cards—"

Before he could finish speaking, Natsukawa Tora stopped, because he suddenly remembered something and turned to Grey, asking, "Grey, haven't I taken you to the beach yet?"

"Ah... um, I've never been there."

"Then let's go buy a swimsuit later." Xia Chuanhu said this out of the blue. "We'll have to go to the beach sooner or later anyway, so let's take this opportunity to go to the beach and have some fun. It'll also be a good chance for you to see the sea up close."