"Onii-chan." "This is the second time we've met like this." "Rin." "I'm Illya." "Illyasviel von Einzbern." "don't you?" "Einzbern..." "I'm astonished." "that thing outclasses Saber." "525)}#03 The First Battle" "It's incredible..." "That Servant could face the other six alone." "huh?" "you should use your class's usual methods." "What about defense?" "I doubt you can stop it." "There are three of us." "we'll be able to hold it off." "Understood." "Emiya-kun... or stay and fight." "But if you can try to run." "Are you done talking?" "Can I get started?" "I'll kill you now." "Berserker." "stand back!" "No way!" "They have no effect?" "Emiya-kun!" "Can that mass of muscle see her invisible sword?" "He's powerful." "Got him!" "He's too agile!" "How does that thing qualify as a Berserker?" "It must be a Heroic Spirit of some renown." "his sword skills are unblunted." "I cannot help but be impressed." "fire support." "and more an embodiment of savagery." "but his ingrained sword techniques haven't left him." "Time to finish this." "Berserker." "I won't let you win!" "Tohsaka!" "Archer!" "It's immortal?" "Ignore the stupid rabble." "Archer and Rin's attacks can't overcome your Noble Phantasm." "Berserker." "You run away!" "Understood?" "Damn it." "I couldn't do anything..." "What could I possibly do against a monster like that?" "Saber..." "Didn't I just decide that" "I would fight with you?" "!" "Many voices and many desires confound you." "Talk is cheap." "Lies are the sin of man." "holy man." "It's not a good look on you." "Is that the way it looked to you?" "it did." "A smile befitting a shameless rogue." "Kirei?" "I did." "I feel as though I've been reunited with an old acquaintance." "How could I not be happy?" "the Holy Grail War has begun after a mere ten years." "I can only pray that the miracle will be fulfilled and the Holy Grail will materialize this time." "Even if this land becomes a hell?" "That is no concern of mine." "and to trample underfoot." "Our Lord in Heaven will forgive all the sins of the world." "we must wait..." "Wait and see what the outcome of this first clash will be." "how scary." "Attacking without warning?" "Rin." "Or is this the Tohsaka style of combat?" "You're the one who announced the battle had started." "there are no sneak attacks." "Or are you going to introduce yourself again?" "A step too far away... huh?" "Introduce myself?" "I might consider it." "I don't feel like it." "You don't interest me one bit." "Besides..." "What do you expect me to say to someone who's going to die here?" "An autonomous type that pursues automatically." "And she's generating mana at her size..." "She's like some kind of mini-mage!" "But high-performance familiars like these must have limitations somewhere." "What nimble prey." "I'll add two more just for you." "come on!" "Complain later." "it's all over." "In which case..." "A frontal assault?" "Rin." "Gandr!" "Two left!" "The familiar changed shape?" "!" "but you won't be able to block Degen." "I thought this was going to be fun." "How disappointing." "this is the end for you." "It befits a disgraceful hind to be skewered." "Master?" "Or was my assistance unwelcome?" "Archer." "my back was against the wall." "where is Illyasviel?" "but my vision is poor in that regard." "I cannot track enemy Masters." "I suppose not." "what a monster... creating familiars out of single hairs like that." "So it would seem." "The proper course of action would be to defeat Berserker's Master first either." "In which case..." "We have no choice but to pin our hopes on Saber." "Stay put and watch the battlefield from above." "I'll meet up with Saber." "Understood." "Rin." "yeah..." "Tohsaka?" "Emiya-kun..." "Don't you "Tohsaka" me!" "don't you get that you're just in the way?" "you'll have died for nothing!" "Why are you getting mad over that?" "what business is it of yours?" "It is my business!" "I said I'd give you a free pass for twenty-four hours you're making trouble!" "For me!" "so you should run." "That Illyasviel pipsqueak is determined to slaughter us all." "but I can't do that." "so I'm not about to leave her." "Only real mages get to talk like that." "so all you'll do is die for nothing." "There has to be something!" "there should be something I can do." "look here!" "Tohsaka..." "Will you make someone else do something you can't do on your own?" "I should expect no less of Saber." "She deliberately let Berserker's blow land." "Yeah." "Did she do it to lure Berserker here?" "Right." "Fighting that thing without cover would be suicide." "That's why Saber chose this location." "Emiya-kun." "she couldn't expect any support from Archer in a battle like this." "But this is an opponent that can neutralize even Archer's arrows." "Support from him was pointless all along." "Archer's bow... nor freedom to name ourselves." "Our conversation is limited to blows meant to kill one another." "I shall answer with a strike of all my might." "Here I come." "Berserker!" "Is it over?" "Saber!" "Archer?" "What do you mean by "get clear"?" "That was magnificent." "But not enough." "Regeneration?" "that is almost like time reversal the curse of resurrection." "A Noble Phantasm that activates upon his death!" "stay back!" "He's..." "Shirou?" "It survived an A-rank Noble Phantasm without a scratch." "what was that?" "Archer's arrow." "I don't know." "Crap." "Rin." "Your Archer is impressive." "That's enough." "Berserker." "I'd hoped to get the boring stuff out of the way first but my plans have changed." "What?" "You're running?" "I changed my mind." "but your Archer has piqued my interest." "So I'll let you live a while longer." "bye-bye." "Onii-chan." "Master..." "Thank you for saving me from that but would you mind unhanding me?" "right..." "Sorry." "Huh?" "what's the matter?" "Are you unwell?" "Shirou!" "hold on!" "Shirou!" "Is that person called Saber-san?" "This is our first time having a new foreign student." "It's because the Holy Grail War is a death match." "huh?" "I shall see to it that you win the Grail 1)}Next Time Finding the Will to Fight so that I might fulfill my own wish."