"Did you not hear me?" "I said to let me pass." "Assassin." "And did you not hear me when I said to force your way through?" "your Master's life will be lost." "Caster." "He faces Saber." "I don't know who that samurai is he is a master swordsman indeed." "Shouldn't you be complimenting him instead?" "Surely you jest." "I should hardly call him a hero if he failed to stop the likes of you." "That man lacks the skills to make a master swordsman reveal their name." "Saber is here?" "277)}#07 The Reward for the Fight to the Death" "How can this be?" "speed..." "I have the advantage in all of them." "Why can I not break his defense?" "well done." "but it remains attached." "after all." "your technique is impressive." "you are skilled in trickery." "Of course." "You have the edge in both strength and spirit." "That leaves me only my wiles to defeat you." "as well." "Just from that brief exchange?" "Does this Servant surpass me so greatly in sword technique?" "let us continue." "Saber." "Shirou..." "Hold on." "your Masters work together?" "Work together?" "Yes... and Caster lurks within." "Isn't it obvious these two are allied?" "It isn't particularly unusual." "you and Rin have joined forces." "Me?" "Work with that dog?" "who is no more than my pawn?" "Your pawn?" "Yes." "you see." "What?" "Caster you broke the rules!" "What's wrong with a mage such as myself summoning a Servant?" "Caster summoned Assassin?" "You're saying that a Servant summoned another Servant?" "is not the true Assassin." "She broke the rules and summoned an Assassin-class Servant by herself." "she harvests souls from people in the city." "She herself doesn't fight but monitors the battle with borrowed eyes throughout the city." "aren't as affected by magic." "It's only natural for a magic-user class such as yourself to resort to underhanded tactics." "Caster?" "What makes you say that?" "Masters and mages." "If one summons a mage more powerful than oneself even with Command Seals." "Given that it's hard to believe a Master would let you summon a Servant to obey you." "In which case like this fool of a Master behind me." "Winning the Holy Grail War would be a simple matter." "My considerable effort is directed toward what comes after." "you say?" "who does nothing but slink in the shadows?" "you may not so much as scratch me." "To those who call me a witch" "I shall deal the appropriate punishment." "you claim?" "then." "I will leave you to Saber." "Archer." "Spatial Transportation?" "Innate Time Control?" "you can mimic True Magic?" "Caster." "Archer." "but you are worse than Assassin." "I'm sorry to hear it." "I'll try harder not to let you down." "don't you?" "You think you can escape?" "That imbecile!" "crap." "idiot!" "What are you thinking?" "!" "The hell if I know!" "your excessive stupidity hurts my head!" "Idiot!" "Idiot?" "and you go around calling others idiots?" "Idiot!" "a child?" "I can no longer tolerate a child and fool like you." "numbskull!" "What did you say to me?" "damn it!" "I can handle this myself!" "now?" "You son of a..." "Archer?" "Even the three knight classes cannot move if space itself is immobilized." "This would appear to be checkmate." "but this is farewell." "I can—" "Caster!" "That's..." "I am the bone of my sword." "Caladbolg!" "It seems that matters do not progress as planned up there." "so I no longer have the luxury of concealing my true skill." "you will not reveal your Noble Phantasm." "so you count on the strength of his luck?" "Your trust in him is admirable." "I see that halfhearted measures cannot break it." "that simply will not do." "You yield the advantage of higher ground?" "What are you playing at?" "but I have devoted my life to the sword." "If giving all for this fight is not an option shall I break open that belief with brute force?" "Concealed Sword!" "Swallow Reversal!" "Too late!" "why do you not finish me off?" "didn't I?" "then?" "My objective was this boy." "My policy is to avoid unnecessary fighting." "Hey..." "I see." "then." "who feeds on the innocent." "And you dislike senseless slaughter." "See?" "You are completely the same." "How am I anything like this jerk?" "Agreed." "but for different reasons." "You call yourself a pacifist?" "!" "I haven't forgotten." "You tried to destroy Saber along with Berserker!" "That was before we entered into an alliance." "Surely you don't expect me to save everything in sight." "not defeat." "I like you two!" "Your strengths and the ways you use them are unique." "Join forces with me." "I have a means to put an end to this war." "Never!" "I won't work with people like you!" "Archer!" "Hey!" "I'll pass." "Your team has limited fighting potential." "you are no match for Berserker." "What you offer isn't enough to ally myself with you." "then." "I've come here of my own volition." "so I have no reason to kill you." "Shall we call this a draw due to injury?" "now..." "I'm surprised." "has she not?" "you would let me go?" "it is no concern of mine how many you kill here." "What a terrible man you are." "Caster!" "why did you let Caster go?" "she'd have simply made her escape." "we must get to her Master." "But all the problems happening in town are her doing." "victims will keep piling up." "I want to let her continue." "and will use that power to defeat Berserker." "We'll deal with Caster afterward." "Tohsaka would never agree to such a plan!" "which is why I'd like Caster to settle matters as soon as possible." "after all." "the result is the same." "You withstood my Concealed Sword." "It is not all that special as tricks go." "It's simply something I mastered when I thought to slay a sparrow." "which is but a single line." "matters change somewhat." "swallows are swift little things." "one must strike repeatedly within a single breath." "But that is beyond ordinary men's ability." "I had nothing better to do." "Mastery through endless repetition." "I had accomplished it." "That isn't right. "Strike repeatedly within a single breath"?" "Those blows were simultaneous." "three swords existed." "As difficult as it is to believe..." "That was a dimensional-refraction phenomenon." "A Servant who uses only sword skills to achieve what a Noble Phantasm would..." "Caster is a soft-hearted." "She should have taken their lives while she had the chance." "fighting would be easier." "You..." "I thought we had an alliance." "That's a load of crap!" "I'm nothing like you." "Like I'd ever sacrifice those around me to achieve victory or a goal!" "Emiya Shirou." "But it is impossible to save everyone." "the damage won't be limited to this city alone." "the damage will be even greater." "the only choice is to sacrifice this city's people." "it's the same as your strategy." "Saving one person means being unable to save another." "didn't you?" "Then admit it." "you won't save anyone in the end." "You plan to go after Caster?" "To waste that life which I went through all that trouble to save—" "Shut up!" "even if you offered!" "I see." "Your dislike of me makes this easier." "Archer?" "Son of a... die here." "is nothing but hypocrisy." "It isn't victory that you want." "It's peace." "Even though there isn't any such thing in this world." "What?" "Farewell." "Let your ideals drag you to your death." "Shirou!" "That vixen..." "She retreated?" "Saber... why did you not strike me down?" "you see." "but your concern for your Master is exquisite." "you caught my eyes." "That is enough for tonight." "You may go." "You're letting us go?" "I am indeed." "To find a worthy opponent is a rare thing." "it would be a waste to defeat you." "Saber?" "Sasaki Kojirou." "Forgive my rudeness." "You were truly an opponent worthy of my full attention." "I shall settle things with you." "Regardless of the outcome of the Holy Grail War." "I swear it." "samurai?" "That's my line." "and you would interfere?" "My duty is to guard this gate." "but exiting is another matter." "but I shall satisfy myself by claiming it tonight." "lackey of Caster?" "I could say the same." "I sent you to give the vixen a scare so imagine my disappointment to see you flee for your own well-being." "while he's distracted..." "Hurry!" "I understand." "So Archer allowed Caster to escape?" "he did." "That guy is the worst." "he's no better than Caster." "Why are you smiling like that?" "it is rare to hear you speak ill of someone." "But you aren't angry at Archer for attacking you?" "I'm allied with Tohsaka." "Not him." "he didn't betray me." "Shirou." "It's true that Caster is an enemy who must not run free but I believe Archer is not cruel." "Hang on a second." "What part of what I just said were you listening to?" "Shirou?" "His technique was as pure as a clear stream." "His heart must be equally as pure." "He's not that great with a sword." "but he didn't manage to kill me." "as well." "you should be able to reach his level." "I've made up my mind." "teach me how to use a sword!" "Not just as exercise." "How to really fight." "Very well." "Shirou." "then!" "I can't screw up again like I did tonight and running away at every turn won't change anything." "I can't let myself lose to that bastard who said he would sacrifice the lives of the few to save those of the many." "Ow..." "We're going to smash that Bounded Field." "The enemy is planning to settle things here." "no matter what!" "What's the problem?" "This is how Servants ought to be!" "Where the Heart Is"