Abnormality In Type-Moon: Madness Of Animeverse

"Leave those monsters to me!"

Seeing four calamity giants emerge from the pit, even Red Archer's expression turned grim.

But in this situation, he was the only one capable of dealing with those black mud giants. Bearing the weight of responsibility, he quickly spoke to Rin Tohsaka before raising his hand.

Over twenty projected weapons appeared midair, shooting toward the four calamity giants at supersonic speed, tearing through the atmosphere.

The giants were enormous in size, their strides massive, but their movements were not quick. The supersonic projected weapons easily struck the calamity giants, sinking into their bodies and limbs like being swallowed by a swamp.

Red Archer immediately activated Broken Phantasm, causing over twenty weapons to explode inside the calamity giants. For a moment, the battlefield was filled with flying black mud.

Seizing the opportunity, Rin Tohsaka enhanced her legs with magic and sprinted up the volcano's rim.

Then, she aimed a flying kick at Kirei Kotomine!

Kirei Kotomine raised a hand to swat away her first kick but couldn't help furrowing his brows, shaking his now-numb right hand.

Before he could react further, Rin Tohsaka landed, pivoted, and launched a spinning kick aimed at his right arm.

Kirei Kotomine had no choice but to raise his arm to block. However, the force of the kick was considerable. He staggered and hurriedly retreated several steps to regain his stance.

Rin Tohsaka didn't follow up but instead dropped into a combat stance, lowering her center of gravity. Her body exuded a fierce readiness, as if she might charge at any moment.

More importantly, green light, resembling electrical currents, flickered all over her body, evidence of reinforcement magic coursing through her.

"You're going to use the Bajiquan I taught you against me? Don't you think that's rather arrogant, Rin?"

Kirei Kotomine looked at her stance and smiled faintly before adopting the same pose.

However, compared to Rin Tohsaka, his form was far more natural and calm. This relaxed posture caused an inexplicable sense of pressure, pricking at Rin's nerves.

Rin Tohsaka felt a chill in her heart.

Kirei Kotomine's mastery of Bajiquan far surpassed hers. Her stance was aggressive, openly displaying her intent to fight seriously. In contrast, his posture was effortless, with his offensive capabilities entirely hidden. The gap in their skill levels was immense.

But Rin Tohsaka knew better than anyone: she couldn't defeat Kirei Kotomine using magic alone. As her senior, Kirei Kotomine was intimately familiar with her magical techniques. With his reflexes, he could easily destroy her gemstones mid-air before she even activated them.

By comparison, although her Bajiquan was also taught by him and he was undoubtedly familiar with her habits and moves, she had one significant advantage.

"You're a devout member of the Church. The Church forbids priests from using any magic except Baptismal Rites. This gives me the upper hand!"

Without hesitation, Rin Tohsaka stepped forward. With a single stomp, the ground beneath her shattered, and she unleashed a punch like a pestle pounding herbs, aimed straight at Kirei Kotomine.

Kirei Kotomine remained silent. Faced with this blow capable of shattering stone, he chose to avoid it.

But what followed was a relentless, overwhelming offensive from Rin Tohsaka!

Perhaps wary of Kirei Kotomine's presence, the calamity giants didn't approach but kept their distance, continuously attacking Red Archer.

Red Archer, employing Broken Phantasm repeatedly, easily destroyed parts of the giants' bodies, maneuvering with ease.

"Just big targets with no real abilities!"

Red Archer breathed a sigh of relief.

The giants, despite their immense size, were severely lacking in offensive capabilities. They relied solely on ground-pounding, akin to infants' simple movements, with little actual lethality. Moreover, their sluggish movements made them easy to handle.

Even in his injured state, dealing with them wasn't difficult.

"Vrrrrrrrrrrrrr—"

At some point, a faint, sharp buzzing sound began to resonate throughout the massive underground cavern.

The noise grew louder, soon reaching an audible level and becoming increasingly piercing, like a drill boring into one's ears.

"What's that sound?"

Rin Tohsaka heard it distinctly, as if it were ringing directly in her ears. It grew so sharp that ignoring it became impossible.

Kirei Kotomine seized her moment of distraction, sweeping her away with a kick, forcing her to retreat. He then rubbed his bare, flushed arms, soothing the stinging pain.

"Nothing much. The Greater Grail has entered its second phase."

Kirei Kotomine smiled as he gave her the answer.

Rin Tohsaka's breath hitched.

She hurriedly looked into the volcano's depths, where the spherical object carved with a female figure now emitted a black-red glow that seemed to absorb all surrounding light like a black hole.

"By now, the black mud should already be spreading outside," Kirei Kotomine remarked indifferently, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"If it's not stopped immediately, the disaster from ten years ago will soon repeat itself."

This bastard spoke as if it were no big deal!

Rin Tohsaka gritted her teeth.

Though her reinforced strength exceeded Kirei Kotomine's deteriorating physical condition, her predictable moves were entirely seen through by him. She couldn't land any effective strikes, let alone get close enough to stop the Greater Grail.

If she couldn't even get past Kirei Kotomine, how could she hope to stop the Greater Grail?

"Boom!!!"

Suddenly, a loud explosion echoed.

The entire cavern trembled violently, as though struck by an earthquake of magnitude eight.

Both of them stumbled, quickly lowering their centers of gravity and crouching.

"What's happening?"

They scanned their surroundings, but nothing seemed amiss.

The battle between Red Archer and the calamity giants was far away and couldn't possibly have caused such a disturbance.

Which meant the source of the commotion was—

"Above!"

Simultaneously, both of them looked up at the cavern's ceiling.

At that moment, the ceiling vanished before their eyes, replaced by a suffocating heat akin to standing on the surface of the sun.

"What the hell…?!"

Rin Tohsaka was dumbfounded as she gazed at the night sky above. The moon hung as bright and clear as ever, but the entire mountain's surface had seemingly disappeared, exposing the cavern below.

From the edge of the ceiling, thick, golden liquid dripped down, burning small holes into the ground wherever it landed, reminiscent of molten iron.

The sand and stone had melted?!

Where was such high heat coming from?

"Could it be those two Servants…"

Rin Tohsaka thought of the only possibility, her mouth twitching and her heart churning in shock.

The only ones still fighting on the mountain were those two Servants. And to have the power to burn away the entire mountain, it had to be them.

Was their battle really so earth-shattering?

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