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Did it miss?

Karna frowned and looked at his chest.

Even though it was already a bloody mess, a faint trace could still be seen there.

Those are traces of some kind of technique.

"So that's how spatial teleportation works. Then—let's destroy this entire area, including everything here—"

Karna raised his gun high as he spoke—

The halo behind him was like a sun, and his whole body was engulfed in deadly flames.

Falling straight down to the ground from this great height—

"Burn, burn!"

boom------!!

The earth itself burst into flames. Flames shot skyward; although it wasn't the unleashing of his Noble Phantasm yet, it was already his full power unleashed.

The next moment, his pupils contracted slightly.

On the ground, a golden sphere of light was on the shattered ground.

The unknown golden energy blocked his attack.

"This is truly powerful... And isn't this what they call a Noble Phantasm? I really want to see what the release of a Noble Phantasm looks like." Minato Namikaze said expectantly, hiding in the protection of chakra.

"It's a pity I can't let you see it now... I understand, Master—as long as it's your command."

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As he spoke, the golden armor surrounding Karna's body completely dissipated—and the spear in his hand changed!

"It seems you will see my Noble Phantasm unleashed. With the last of your life—" Karna said, raising the spear in his hand, as if he were floating into the sky.

Tokiomi Tohsaka just gave him the order to use his Noble Phantasm...

You must kill Caster!

In this Holy Grail War, Caster, who can use "high-level summoning magic" to change her form according to the enemy, is too troublesome. Originally, the fact that this skill requires a Command Seal to activate was a major limitation.

But he now possesses eight Command Seals.

Although Tokiomi Tohsaka was unaware of how many Command Seals Kurokawa Kazuya still possessed, this did not prevent him from feeling extremely troubled.

So... while he was transforming, he used another characteristic he had guessed—"He can only summon one person at a time, and he cannot summon other beings until that person's time limit expires." With this, he could eliminate the being in front of him, one that Karna could still handle!

Otherwise...

It would be bad if he summoned other, stronger characters!

Based on this idea, Tokiomi Tohsaka decided to have Karna activate his Noble Phantasm—

“I have experienced the mercy of the King of Gods. Annihilation is this very strike—” Karna said, as a halo appeared behind him, his armor completely disappeared, and the Flying Thunder God incantation on the armor also vanished.

The gun in his hand gleamed.

“This is a bit tricky,” Minato Namikaze said, shielding himself with his hand.

He originally planned to attack based on Kurokawa Kazuya's statement that "the golden armor will disappear when the Noble Phantasm is released," but he didn't expect that his Flying Thunder God technique was imprinted on Kurokawa's armor.

“No… something’s not right. That shot shouldn’t have only had this little bit of power…” Kurokawa Kazuya said doubtfully.

"That's already pretty strong... Is it still 'that little'...? This guy really is strong." Minato Namikaze sighed. Would he have enough time to use the Tailed Beast Ball? He could only transform into that form for less than ten seconds at most... Was that really enough time?

"Take a good look, this is the Noble Phantasm you've been waiting for—Sun Wheel, submit to death (Vasa/vishakti)."

boom------

As he spoke, he unleashed a devastating attack from his spear—an attack capable of destroying the earth!

"Roar----"

At the same time, as if it were the roar of a wild beast, a huge golden fox appeared from the ground!

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boom----

The violent explosion caused tinnitus in people nearby, and some even lost their hearing in the process.

Flames engulfed the entire forest.

Even after the light of the Noble Phantasm faded, the flames continued to burn and even spread further into the distance.

The afterglow of this Noble Phantasm will cause a large-scale fire, and that should be the case unless someone intervenes.

"flame--"

Karna's voice echoed through the sea of ​​fire.

The surrounding flames gathered together, and then slowly disappeared.

All that remained was a devastated landscape.

"Was he/she killed? Or did he escape?" Karna asked uncertainly, looking around at the surroundings.

However, it is also certain that the aura has disappeared from the surroundings.

In that case, if someone dies, they're dead. If they run away, there's no way for him to chase them... so it has to end here for now.

.......

"It seems my story ends here," Minato Namikaze sighed. He glanced at the distant site of their previous battle...

He won't be able to stay for much longer.

Even if the Nine-Tails Mode is deactivated now, there are only one or two minutes left at most.

Just as he had thought, there simply wasn't enough time to complete the Tailed Beast Ball. And even if he did complete it, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand that Noble Phantasm.

It is indeed a very powerful Noble Phantasm... Although he could actually use the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport, he wanted to try and withstand it head-on at the very end.

As a result, the Nine-Tails' chakra melted away like snow touching a flame.

However, despite his own willfulness, he was not prepared to let Kurokawa and Mi pay the price, so at the last moment he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the place where he had left the kunai when he first fought Assassin and ran away.

Time flies.

It only took two or three minutes.

Minato Namikaze then disappeared.

Only Kurokawa and Mi remained in the same spot.

He looked at the eight Command Seals on the back of his hand and arm, and smiled with satisfaction. With this... he could summon his ideal character three or four more times... or even try it out with just three Command Seals.

However, it's better to use two dishes; two dishes are enough.

If he uses two Command Seals to summon a character that can only be summoned with three Command Seals, then the character that could originally exist for thirty minutes will only exist for six minutes, or one-fifth of its original lifespan.

In other words, Minato Namikaze's Nine-Tails Mode and Kenpachi Zaraki's mode after removing his eyepatch are abilities that normally require three Command Seals to use.

Next... he has some characters he wants to summon.

I want to give it a try.

......

"The battle is over. Master, what are your next instructions?"

"Hmm." Kiritsugu Emiya tidied his luggage and said, "Now, let's head to Ryudouji Temple... Lancer used his Noble Phantasm, so we can pretty much guess his true name. Next, Matou or Kenneth will definitely go after Lancer. This is the best opportunity... After all, it's obvious where Tokiomi Tohsaka lives. Of course, it's possible he's already escaped... But, it wouldn't be right not to test the waters a little, which means... the second opportunity is about to appear!"

......

As it turned out, the night was uneventful...

The scenario Kiritsugu Emiya had envisioned did not unfold, and the battle did not resume.

Kenneth did not take any action...

This surprised not only Kiritsugu Emiya, but also Tokiomi Tohsaka; no one rushed up to him during his obvious period of weakness.

"Right now, the strongest on the surface should be Kenneth's side, without a doubt all of them are top-tier Servants. And... the most uncertain one is Caster. Is he dead? Or alive...? His Master is also unknown... No. Maybe that Caster doesn't even have a Master. His way of existence is very peculiar, and it seems that he has the Command Seals in his own hands."

Tokiomi Tohsaka continued to ponder, "Perhaps the Caster's Master is already dead. That makes things simpler, doesn't it? Lancer, what are your thoughts?"

“He should still be alive,” Lancer, who had materialized nearby, said. “Although I hit him, it didn’t feel like he was ‘killed.’ He probably used that spatial teleportation ability at the last moment.”

“I see… However, I didn’t expect that deliberately letting you use your Noble Phantasm once wouldn’t kill Caster. Not only that, but it also didn’t attract Saber and the others…” Tokiomi Tohsaka said with some regret.

Karna, a great hero in Hindu mythology, possesses the Noble Phantasm "O Sun, Obey Death," a powerful attack achieved by sacrificing his armor.

If fully unleashed, it becomes an EX-rank Noble Phantasm.

However, he didn't actually unleash that power in his duel with Caster... He limited the output of his Noble Phantasm. The strike he unleashed was merely the afterglow of his spear.

He only temporarily dismantled his armor, using the afterglow of his gun to deliver that blow.

They haven't shown their true potential at all.

It gives the impression that we are ready for a fight...

The plan is to use this to lure the Heroic Spirit from Kenneth's side over, and then use a full-power Noble Phantasm to defeat both Heroic Spirits in one fell swoop.

But it looks like it failed.

For some reason, Kenneth didn't come...

Of course... there's another reason—Tokiomi Tohsaka has been accumulating magical power.

He doesn't have a magic reactor, yet his Heroic Spirits consume magic power far more than usual, especially when unleashing their Noble Phantasms at full power, and even fighting at full strength consumes a large amount of magic power...

There's no other way but to lower Lancer's stats first, and then let others underestimate him a little in this kind of battle.

There's only one battle that truly requires Lancer to use his full strength—

And... this battle will completely deplete all the magical power that Tokiomi Tohsaka has accumulated since he summoned Lancer!

......

"Professor Kenneth?" Weber asked, mustering his courage as he looked at Kenneth, who was holding his forehead.