How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

Could this Caster have some extraordinary background?

Caster, yes, it has to be Caster!

That outfit, the staff, and the magic bullet from before—by every aspect, the other person is definitely a Caster!

If she weren't a Caster-class Servant, how could she possibly possess such powerful magical energy?

"I'm going to use my Noble Phantasm, Master!"

Without hesitation, Jekyll mentally reminded Tatsumi Kurino.

He wouldn't dare gamble his life on whether his opponent would actually let him leave; he'd rather just use his Noble Phantasm!

At least after using his Noble Phantasm, he wouldn't be severely injured instantly when faced with a magic bullet as powerful as the one just now...

Moreover, even if he were to run, he would be much faster after using his Noble Phantasm than he is now.

Jekyll slowly backed away under the gaze of the dark magician girl, as if he were heeding her warning and preparing to leave.

Meanwhile, on the rooftop of a building some distance from the Reiko family mansion, Kurino Tatsumi, who was observing the area with binoculars, was also prepared to have his magic power drained at any moment after hearing his reminder.

"Wise choice."

The black magician girl in the sky almost couldn't help but laugh triumphantly upon seeing this, but thankfully she managed to keep her composure in time.

Hehehe, as expected of her, she scared off her opponent without shedding a drop of blood!

He didn't lower his staff; it was still aimed at Jekyll.

Despite her smugness, she would still react immediately and launch an attack if the other party stopped or showed any intention of attacking her.

Her master always said she was stupid, but in reality she was incredibly smart!

At that very moment, Jekyll, who had turned his back to the black magician girl and walked into the forest, nervously gripped the small bottle of liquid Noble Phantasm in his arms and revealed its true name.

"【The Hidden Dangerous Game】..."

Having said that, disregarding the dangers posed by the side effects of the elixir, he took advantage of the moment when the forest concealed his figure and swallowed the elixir in one gulp.

The next second, the black magician girl, noticing his movement, immediately released several magic bullets that bombarded him, the powerful impact sending him flying into the forest.

The black magician's face puffed up in dissatisfaction.

She felt that this intruder was being far too disrespectful to her. Not only had he not said a word so far, but even though she had warned him, he still tried to do something under her nose.

Do you think her magic bullets don't hurt enough when they hit people?

When Master returns, she will ask him to change her into a sword-wielding form. Then she'll see who dares to disrespect her.

My sword has never been unsuccessful.

Just then, the dark magician girl suddenly heard some noise coming from the direction where Jekyll had been knocked away.

How could he survive taking her barrage of black magic bullets with his bare body?

The black magic girl watched as the figure shrouded in a shadowy mist slowly stood up.

Its bones creaked and groaned, its muscle mass increased significantly, its body became more robust, its claws and teeth extended like sharp swords, and its red, radiant eyes were filled with a torrent of murderous intent and hostility.

What a tenacious life force!

Chapter 204 The child may not be smart, but the child has a lot of magic!

【Dangerous Game】

This is a elixir invented by Henry Jekyll that allows him to switch to his dark personality, Hyde. After Jekyll became a Heroic Spirit, it was sublimated into his Noble Phantasm, which is in liquid form.

After unleashing his Noble Phantasm and drinking the elixir, the form of Hyde that he switches to will change depending on Jekyll's class at that time.

As an Assassin, Hyde's appearance is no different from Jekyll's, but his expression becomes crazed and his eyes turn scarlet.

In his Hyde form, he possesses combat abilities comparable to the Three Knights, much like a Berserker who has been enhanced in terms of basic attributes.

Hyde, who has now been converted into a Berserker after drinking the elixir, has lost his human form and his body is actually closer to that of a beast than a human.

Not only did his physical abilities improve dramatically, but his Berserker berserk skills would only come into play after switching to Hyde, allowing him to lose his rationality and thus receive a second boost to his attributes in conjunction with his Noble Phantasm.

Therefore, even when facing Saber, the most versatile of the three knights, he can hold his own. In fact, because he loses his sanity and pain due to his berserk state, he might even gain the upper hand.

The black magic girl's magic bullets were very powerful, but the switch between Jekyll and Hyde was instantaneous, completed the moment he drank the elixir.

Therefore, even though his body has been damaged beyond recognition by the magic bullets, those injuries will regenerate during the beast transformation process.

"------!"

Hyde, now completely transformed into a raging beast, let out a meaningless roar at the black magic girl, and then displayed astonishing agility in the forest using its now elongated limbs.

Invincible.

After personally experiencing the power of the magic bullets fired by the dark magician girl, Hyde's body autonomously chose the most suitable method of combat.

The pitch-black shadows moved back and forth through the forest at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow, and its scarlet eyes never lingered in any one place for more than a second.

It made no further sound, lurking in the dark forest like a predator poised to strike, waiting for the opportune moment to tear its target's throat apart, for example...

just now!

Whoosh—!

A dark, ferocious beast suddenly burst out from the blind spot of the black magician girl's vision, its sharp claws, thirsting for blood, aimed straight at the white and delicate skin of her neck.

This is not a manifestation of the beast's intelligence, but rather the hunting instinct lurking within it.

Undoubtedly, its actions were intended to deliver a fatal blow, but...

"If you think you can get rid of me with just this, you're seriously underestimating me as the only disciple of the highest-ranking magician."

The black magician girl calmly turned around, looking at the pitch-black beast restrained by the six-pointed star magic circle, a smug smile on her face.

She truly had no idea from where or from what angle Hyde would attack her.

it's fine!

Because she directly set up a restraining magic circle around her body!

This way, if Hyde wants to attack her, one of them will definitely be triggered!

The child may not be smart, but he has a lot of magic powers and can cast spells quickly!

The dark magician girl who had captured Hyde leisurely flew down, sitting on her staff, and added several more layers of restrictive spells to Hyde.

Why don't you try running it again?

"Hmm... what should we do next? Maybe I should just hand you over to Master to deal with~" The dark magic girl pondered, looking at Hyde, who was trapped and unable to move.

"Oh no, Berserker has been captured!"

On a distant high-rise building, whether it was due to the innate magic eye or some kind of magic Jekyll used before wielding his Noble Phantasm, Tatsumi Kurino could now share his vision to a limited extent.

Therefore, when he noticed that his field of vision had suddenly stopped and the girl who looked like Caster was still swaying in his field of vision, he had already roughly guessed what was going on.

He even forgot to worry about Jekyll, who had gone mad, because his opponent was so powerful.

“Now… shouldn’t we use Command Seals?” Raising his hand to grab his left shoulder, Tatsumi Kurino recalled the Command Seals’ function that Jekyll had explained to him a few days ago when he was first summoned.

He knew that if he used a Command Spell to recall Jekyll while the other party was in a daze, he himself might be attacked, but didn't he still have two Command Spells left?

All we need to do is use one more Command Spell to bring Jekyll back to his senses!

Tatsumi Kurino, who had never considered Command Seals to be anything precious, made up his mind.

The three bright red talismans on his left shoulder seemed to respond to his decision, emitting a dazzling red light at this moment.

"By Command Spell, Berserker, come to my side!"

A flash of red light appeared, and a stroke of the Command Seal on his left shoulder disappeared, but the dark figure did not appear beside him.

"What...is going on?"

As a novice Master, Tatsumi Kurino spoke with the voice of a newbie.

Why aren't the Command Seals working?!

"That's because I neutralized your Command Spell effect!"

As the dark magician girl transformed into a streak of light and flew into the forest, Yuuto, who arrived just in time, also made his voice heard from the forest. He appeared in Hyde's field of vision with Reirōkan Misaya and the dark magician, with a card that was as tall as a person standing in front of him.

"The effect of the Continuous Trap Card [Magician's Synergy] activates, I release [Dark Magician Girl] on my field, Special Summon [Dark Magician] from my hand, and negate the effects of your Command Spells!"

Of course, Tatsumi Kurino, who only shared the field of vision, couldn't hear these words, but that didn't matter. By sharing Hyde's field of vision, Tatsumi Kurino also saw him at the same time.

However, the person who appeared at this time was most likely related to the fact that his Command Spell had not worked earlier, and this was the first thing that Tatsumi thought of.

Undeterred, he tried again, but this time the Command Seal on his left shoulder didn't react at all, as if it had been blocked.

Laiye Xun couldn't help but turn his gaze to the figure that slowly emerged from the forest.

How did he do that?

At the same time, after the black magic girl's card was retrieved, the binding magic circle beneath Hyde also disappeared. But just as he was about to escape, the black magician stepped in and replaced his disciple with the same binding magic circle for Hyde.

After Yuwatari activated the Duel Disk and unleashed that invisible domain, not only were Tatsumi's Command Seals unable to affect Hyde, but even the effects of the Noble Phantasm he had already used faded away.

The dark, ferocious beast trembled and gradually transformed back into human form.

"Ha ha……"

Chapter 205 If Only I Had Knew...

Seeing that Hyde's personality had reverted to Jekyll, Yuuto also retrieved the Dark Magician's card.

The binding magic circle beneath him disappeared, and Jekyll collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, as if all his strength had been drained.

"Huh... How could this be? The magical energy coming from Master's side is still plentiful, so why has the Noble Phantasm's effect ended?"

Recalling what had just happened, Jekyll tried to contact Tatsumi Kurino through telepathy, only to find that he was unable to use any magic at all.

"What is this— ugh!"

The necessary procedures following the activation of Yuwatari's Noble Phantasm began, and a large amount of information flooded into Jekyll's mind.

Although the telepathic ability was gone, the shared vision between Tatsumi and Jekyll still existed. So when he saw the screen suddenly shift dramatically, he thought something had happened to Jekyll and became extremely anxious.

If he weren't completely ignorant of magic and unable to even break through the magical traps and barriers in the outer forest, he would have already rushed towards Jekyll.

Fortunately, the discomfort caused by the influx of information was only temporary. Having experienced something similar as a Servant, Jekyll quickly regained his balance, which relieved Tatsumi Kurino.

Unable to contact Jekyll, he could only continue watching the shared footage.

"I see, a duel? What a novel way to fight..."

Jekyll has sorted through the information he has gathered and understands the current situation.

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter.

If he had known that girl wasn't Caster, he wouldn't have used his Noble Phantasm. Maybe that would have been the way to get out of here.

Instead of being easily defeated and suppressed like this, and then falling into the enemy's Noble Phantasm when the real Caster returns...

Yudu never expected that the one who broke into the forest would be Berserker. If he had known that Berserker would come to him today, he wouldn't have wasted time searching for him in other areas. He could have just stayed home and waited.

But how did this guy know that this place was his base?

He probably hadn't been followed before, right?

"So, it's time for the duel, isn't it?"

Jekyll once again held the bottle of elixir that served as his Noble Phantasm in his hand, and he uncorked it. However, this time he did not choose to drink it, but instead poured out the liquid inside.

The liquid artifact instantly wrapped around his arm, transforming into a black and white two-tone duel disk, with some of the decorations also flipped upside down like mirrors.

"I'm ready, let's get started."

Jekyll adjusted his glasses, straightened his disheveled clothes, and then spoke.

His matter-of-fact demeanor left Youdu somewhat stunned.

This was the first opponent who was so straightforward in wanting to play cards with him. For a moment, Yu Du felt a little uncomfortable and couldn't help but ask.

"You're just accepting it like that? Aren't you going to try and escape the area covered by this domain on your own?"

"Will it be useful?" Jekyll calmly retorted, "Isn't the area of ​​effect of your Noble Phantasm such that you can't leave until the duel is over?"

What a joke! His Noble Phantasm's effect has already ended. With his current abilities, even if he really escapes the range of the Noble Phantasm, he'll be easily caught up.

Not to mention that he had no idea how large the range of this Noble Phantasm was, even if it wasn't large, he didn't think the other party would give him the chance to drink the Noble Phantasm.

He'll probably have to face a mage-class servant with a body no different from an ordinary person.