What does it feel like to be hit by a mountain?
Karna felt that he had already experienced such treatment in his lifetime.
But today, he finally understood.
What it truly means to be hit by a mountain!
When the opponent's sword came crashing down, the force was far heavier than anything he had ever experienced before!
Karna had no doubt that if the fight continued until dawn, he would likely be hacked to death by this Ruler through simple strikes alone.
Yet even so, Karna still felt that the opponent hadn't used her full strength.
Was she just toying with him?
No, or perhaps, was she studying his fighting style?
Why would someone who uses a sword want to study someone like him who uses a spear?
Wait...
Karna suddenly remembered something.
If he remembered correctly, the weapon King Arthur used to kill the rebellious knight Mordred at Calamity Hill... was a spear!
This person, not only was she hiding her true skills, but she was hiding them incredibly well!
Therefore, when Amakusa's retreat order was issued, Karna didn't even say a word of farewell before immediately spirit-forming and vanishing from the spot.
Only after turning into a spirit did he dare to speak.
"My actions this time were not glorious, Ruler. I feel very sorry for ruining your mood, but since it was the master's order... No, it is nothing." Karna pondered for a few seconds, ultimately deciding not to shift the blame onto his master, "If there is a chance, Black Saber, next time shall be a battle between you and me."
Siegfried remained silent.
Instead, Gordes, who was beside him, suddenly became arrogant.
"Red Lancer! You attacked the Ruler and now you're running away halfway through. What right do you have to challenge Saber! Survive under the Ruler's sword first before saying such things!"
Gordes was truly going to great lengths to draw aggro for Artoria this time.
He had no choice; although he was being crushed by Artoria, Lancer's performance just now had genuinely frightened him.
Plus, Siegfried had previously said he wasn't certain of victory against him... So, he definitely had to find a way to make Lancer keep fighting the Ruler, wear him down, and increase the Black Faction's chances of winning!
As for whether Artoria was willing or not... he hadn't interrupted her fight this time!
He could even say that he had frantically provoked the Red Lancer just so she could continue her unfinished fight with him. With that, shouldn't she owe him a favor?
Siegfried looked at his master with some resignation and sighed silently in the depths of his heart.
What kind of genius master did he have? Could he just let him go back to the Throne?
He was weary.
Karna did not respond at all.
This allowed Gordes, who had been trembling beside Siegfried, to instantly regain his composure. After coughing a few times, he walked toward Artoria.
"Oh, Ruler, would you be able to come to our Yggdmillennia castle?" Gordes had no idea that he had become a traitor whom everyone wanted to beat up; he only instinctively hoped to recruit this powerful Ruler with special authority to be his ally.
If that happened, perhaps the next head of the Yggdmillennia Clan would be him.
Although he didn't know when the current one would die... but this was the Holy Grail War, wasn't it? It was normal for a few clan heads to die.
Wouldn't you agree, Mr. Tokiomi, head of the Tohsaka family?
And Mr. Kayneth, head of the Archibald family?
"...How are your clan's food reserves?" Artoria did not respond to Gordes directly, instead asking a question that left him somewhat stunned.
"Uh, this, they should be quite sufficient." Gordes scratched the back of his head in confusion, "After all, the Yggdmillennia Clan is a major clan in Romania."
"Then that is acceptable." Artoria nodded, "Have your clansmen prepare food. My appetite is quite large."
Siegfried couldn't help but look sideways.
Is this really the Ruler?
"Also, do not let your clansmen or Servants peek inside that vehicle." Artoria warned Gordes as she walked toward the RV, "Otherwise, if you die prematurely, don't blame me for not warning you in time."
"Eh? Ah... Ruler, are you not taking the car we sent?" Gordes asked cautiously.
"It's too cramped!" Artoria entered the RV without looking back.
The moment the RV's door opened, Siegfried's body shuddered violently.
This surprised even Siegfried.
His body shouldn't have any issues, right?
Why did he suddenly shiver, an action that should have nothing to do with a Servant?
Siegfried's gaze toward the RV gradually deepened.
He felt that the RV carrying the Ruler was definitely not simple.
It was very likely reinforced by the Ruler with some privilege or Noble Phantasm.
But, what did that have to do with him, a Black Saber?
Siegfried shook his head and, before his gnashing-teeth master could issue an order, took the initiative to spirit-form.
Inside the RV, Kriemhild bit her handkerchief tightly, her eyes staring fixedly through the one-way tinted window at the spot where Siegfried had just vanished.
"He... noticed nothing."
Loss, resentment... and then relief.
You two aren't Rama and Sita...
Although you can't sense each other, you can definitely see each other.
Daniel, who was to the side, silently dealt the cards to the others.
Anyway, with Gordes leading the way later, they just needed to play cards in the vehicle and wait to arrive directly at their destination.
"I'm afraid that person named Gordes never imagined that he is leading the people who have their eyes on the greater grail hidden by the Yggdmillennia Clan into the castle." Jeanne sighed, feeling guilty.
After all, this group was using her name to sneak into someone else's home to steal something that had also been stolen.
...Oh, none of them were good people!
The guilt vanished instantly.
"Pair of fives, beat that."
Watching Daniel throw out a pair of threes, Jeanne, on this day, began to enjoy card games.
"After all, the information is asymmetrical, and we have an information expert on our side. Pair of tens." Sanzang glanced at Daniel and said.
"Don't we need to consider new identities and fake names to present in front of those people first? Also, Albedo, tuck in your wings; be careful not to be surrounded and attacked as a dark creature once we get off the car. Can't beat that, pass." Shalltear sneered as she looked at Albedo.
"Ah, right, Jeanne, you should be able to sense the location of the greater grail, right?" Daniel threw his cards onto the table, then turned his head to ask Jeanne.
"Sorry, I am a Ruler; I will absolutely not disrupt the fairness of the Holy Grail War," Jeanne replied righteously.
"Do you want me to spoil how you blew the whistle for the wrong side in the original work?" Daniel asked back, looking at Jeanne with a pure and innocent expression while blinking.
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