Type-Moon, isn't this really the other world?

Rama, wielding a flaming sword and aided by Siddhartha's bow, fought Arjuna; Kama, meanwhile, battled Tesla.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky, but the power of the Third Beast blocked all the lightning in the air, preventing it from affecting the battlefield below.

Scáthach and Li Shuwen's battlefield had long since moved far away from this area.

The two Artorias were locked in combat, their dazzling light pollution effects even more frightening than the battlefield between Rama and Karna. The flashing light cannons had already destroyed the land within a radius of dozens of miles.

Huyan Zhuo and Nagao Kagetora were responsible for dealing with the ever-increasing number of mechanized soldiers, and also for hunting down the weaker Servants among them, such as Mash, Helena, Anne, Mary, and Mordred...

'Dang!'

Lin Jiu'an's heavy sword strike sent Karna flying back dozens of meters. Just as he was about to deal with Artemis, Karna, engulfed in flames, charged forward once more.

Lin Jiu'an had no choice but to turn around and block Karna's attack again, and they began to fight each other once more.

"Tsk, that's really annoying."

Although his strength is clearly superior to Karna's, it's wishful thinking for him to quickly defeat Karna because of Karna's golden armor.

And those lesser Servants who were originally facing Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Whether facing his own Saber-class Artoria (also a Black Lancer), or Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Sakata Kintoki), or in other battlefields, Lin Jiu'an clearly had the advantage due to his power contamination.

However, because of Artemis's constant archery support, they couldn't concentrate on fighting the enemy in front of them; instead, they had to guard against Artemis's attacks.

'Dang!'

Swords and spears clashed again.

Suddenly, countless black muds began to spread beneath Lin Jiu'an's feet, sweeping towards Karna like a tidal wave.

Karna swung his spear horizontally forward, and the flames instantly evaporated the waves of black mud. However, the remaining black mud on the ground suddenly sprayed out snow-white magic.

Caught off guard.

In addition, the amount of magic power was quite large.

Even though Karna was on guard, some of the magic was still sprayed onto his body.

It had no lethality, but the moment it landed on Karna, he felt his body temperature rise slightly, and a desire arose in his normally calm heart.

"This is...?"

Lin Jiu'an's attack was not over.

Lin Jiu'an took a few steps back to a safe distance, and then the shape of a cannon appeared in front of him from the dark flesh. Then, the purest snow-white magic power shot out from the cannon.

A barrier of flames immediately appeared in front of Karna, burning away the snow-white magic that was trying to engulf him, but the other female Servants who were not on their battlefield were completely unprepared.

The black mud cannon, however, had an extremely long range, continuously and ultra-long-range spraying the purest magic power like a water pipe.

The battlefields surrounding the battlefields of Karna and Lin Jiu'an.

Artemis, the Black Lancer, Anne, Mary, Mordred, and even Artemis, who was watching the battlefield around Karna while also observing other battlefields to find an opportunity to shoot down Lin Jiu'an's Servants, were all focused on other areas because they saw that Karna's side was relatively safe.

In addition, the black mud cannon fired shots that had no lethality whatsoever.

Caught off guard, they were all swept away by that magic.

"what is this?"

"Huh?! W-why... Ouch?!"

The more mature and resilient Black Gun was alright; he gritted his teeth and endured the attacks of the Black Mud Cannon, focusing on the battle in front of him. However, in a moment of distraction, Artoria seized the opportunity and blasted him away with a beam cannon.

However, Anne, Mary, and Mordred, whose willpower was slightly weaker, let out miserable cries after being hit by Lin Jiu'an's cannon and covered in snow.

The effects of the poison that had been stored in her body by Scáthach and Nero suddenly erupted.

The three women's originally serious fighting expressions instantly twisted to the extreme, and their wide, fearful eyes lost their pupils.

"Impossible! So incredibly sweet?! What kind of sweetness is this?!"

Accompanied by such wails, he trembled and knelt on the ground, unable to rise again.

Artemis was caught off guard and was hit by the black mud cannon. By the time she realized what was happening, she was covered in snow and screamed as she quickly retreated to create some distance.

"What... is this?!"

Artemis's screams suddenly turned into indescribable wails, and her knees buckled, causing her to kneel uncontrollably on the ground.

"Artemis?!" Orion, who had already fled to the far reaches of the battlefield at the very beginning of the battle, immediately called out her name in alarm upon seeing this.

But it would have been better if Orion hadn't been called that.

Artemis was originally able to barely suppress the pollution that had activated the drug's effects within her body and completely ignored her magic resistance, but with Orion's cry, Artemis suddenly collapsed.

He had actually been... in front of Orion.

"snore?!!"

Guilt and a sense of betrayal instantly overwhelmed Artemis's heart. Combined with the increased dosage Nasca had been giving her these past few days, and the external pollution, it quickly broke through Artemis's defenses, which had been momentarily breached by Orion's call.

"Hot-ho?!"

The moon goddess's pig-like screams suddenly echoed through the darkness.

"Artemis?!?"

Seeing this, Orion didn't understand what had happened, why Artemis and the others were attacked by the black mud cannon and, despite not being injured, indiscriminately lost their fighting ability. But Orion still understood the difficult situation his lover was in.

In a panic, the bear took its short legs and ran towards the center of the battlefield.

In his haste, Orion failed to notice the tiny specks of broken black mud scattered around the battlefield. Just as he stepped on one of them, the mud suddenly erupted.

It swallowed it whole.

"Honey?!"

Artemis, who had just barely regained consciousness, was alarmed when she saw this scene, but the black mud cannon locked onto her as its target the next moment, and magic swept towards her like a torrential downpour.

Lin Jiu'an, who was fighting alongside Karna, controlled the black mud and kept attacking Artemis.

Karna had no way to stop it. She had already done her best to hold off Lin Jiu'an, and it was unlikely that she could stop Lin Jiu'an's black mud cannon, which required no effort and had no power.

then.

Artemis was in a terrible predicament.

Female pirates like Mary and Anne, as well as Mordred, have weaker willpower and their fighting spirit is not as strong as other Lawful Servant or like Artemis who has something they want to protect.

The instant Lin Jiu'an's attack arrived.

They were then completely incapacitated and were no longer targeted by Lin Jiu'an.

But she was completely different.

As the only person who remained conscious after being attacked, she became Lin Jiu'an's primary target.

Having barely managed to suppress the poison and corruption of the drug and corrupting magic within his body through sheer willpower, and just as he was regaining his sanity, he saw Orion being swallowed by the black mud. In his panic, his heart was breached once again.

And the black mud of flesh and blood began to target her again.

Because those flesh-and-blood attacks were harmless, Artemis didn't even sense the danger approaching.

In an instant, Artemis, who was completely unprepared, was hit by the attack again.

The raging magic quickly coalesced into a lake of condensed magic.

Artemis, at the center of that magical lake, was screaming and wailing like someone who couldn't swim and was drowning.

"No...?!!!"

With that seemingly all-pervasive corrupting magic, the long-dormant effects of the drug within Artemis's body erupted completely, and the 'pain' even surpassed the sum of all the joy and pain she had ever experienced in the past.

Instantly, her expression completely collapsed, and tears of regret and pain streamed down her face.

“Huh?!!!!”

Chapter 46 Noble Phantasm, "Rain of Stars"!

The women who witnessed this scene.

Both Lin Jiu'an's and Fujimaru Ritsuka's camps were shocked. Even those with strong wills like Karna and Arjuna felt fear and sympathy for Artemis.

However, this was clearly no longer in Sakata Kintoki's consideration.

He was never a match for Minamoto no Yorimitsu, let alone someone whose abilities were further enhanced by Lin Jiu'an's black mud, and whose lightning power was doubled by Lin Jiu'an's enhanced "Curse of Parting," making him even stronger.

Just now, it was only thanks to Anne, Mary, the mechanized soldiers, and Artemis's occasional support that they were able to barely hold their own against Minamoto no Yorimitsu.

At this moment, Anne, Mary, and Mordred were completely incapacitated and suffered a crushing defeat. Artemis was also in dire straits.

Hu Yanzhuo and Nagao Kagetora, who were originally deeply entangled with them, also withdrew their hands.

"Come forth, my loyal subjects, my brothers, my armor. As you can see, this is the Four Heavenly Kings—the Ox King Summons Thunder, the Net of Heaven is Vast!"

Accompanied by terrifying lightning that instantly dimmed everything in the area.

The long sword pierced through Sakata Kintoki's body.

Sakata Kintoki froze instantly, while Minamoto no Yorimitsu appeared behind him, rising expressionlessly.

"Boss...?"

Sakata Kintoki staggered around and looked into Minamoto no Yorimitsu's eyes, trying to see some emotion, but he was disappointed.

Minamoto no Yorimitsu's gaze was indifferent, as if he were looking at a stranger.

He merely frowned slightly, seemingly puzzled as to why the man was still alive, and coldly raised his blade again, unleashing a thunderous strike that pierced the man's body once more.

Sakata Kintoki's body shattered with a crash, turning into countless points of light that vanished into nothingness.

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Artemis cried out in anguish.

As she tumbled and struggled in the lake, resisting the 'torture' that was driving her almost insane, the image of Orion finally surfaced in her mind.

He recalled the scene of him being swallowed by the black mud.

In an instant, Artemis regained a sliver of clarity in her beautiful eyes, which were filled with tears and whose pupils were no longer visible. Her pupils refocused in their sockets, and she loosely grasped the longbow.

"dear..."

Artemis struggled to gather her strength, and magic re-accumulated within her.

"What a great love!" Lin Jiu'an exclaimed, as he fought Karna while unleashing a large amount of magic to extinguish Artemis's love.

No matter how great the power of love may be, it is ultimately just a bubble in the face of absolute power.

Under the immense and terrifying torrent of magical power, Artemis, who had just broken free from the suppression of the corrupting magic and barely regained a sliver of her sanity, was drenched in it.

The drug's effects, now fully activated within his body, completely destroyed the expression on his face.

"snore?!!!"

I'm sorry, darling!

This was Artemis's only consciousness at the very last moment.

Then, Artemis, who was struggling in the magic lake, completely lost the ability to resist. Her eyes rolled back and she sank into the depths of the lake, where she remained motionless.

Artemis is defeated!

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"Artemis?!"

The situation on the battlefield changed in a way that Fujimaru Ritsuka had not anticipated.

Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't understand.

Just a second ago, she had the upper hand across the board, so why did she suddenly collapse the next second? Not only were Annie, Mary, and Mordred defeated instantly, but Sakata Kintoki was also killed by Minamoto no Yorimitsu.

Even Artemis, one of the strongest fighters, inexplicably sank into the lake without a ripple.

"The composition of the lake's magic is being analyzed."

"The test is complete. It is composed of the purest corrupted magic and life force, with no harmful or aggressive components. Even the corrupted magic should not pose a problem for Artemis, given her resistance to magic."

"Even Mordred and the others shouldn't have reacted this strongly."

Da Vinci's bewildered voice echoed from the void beside him.

"Hahahaha!"