novelraw Chapter 516 516: God Hand
Chapter 516 516: God Hand
Pfft!
Juro spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. He radiated magical energy, freezing the wound on his abdomen, and quickly cast healing magic.
Although Juro mainly relied on the Mage strengthening from the Fairy Tail world, because he hadn't obtained the Dragon Slayer Magic bloodline, he had also learned some magic from other worlds.
The power system of the Infinite Dimensional Space was quite inclusive, and the magical energy system could be considered the largest system in the Infinite Dimensional Space.
But the magical energy settings in various worlds had more or less differences, and the use of True Magic and Magecraft also had different requirements.
But after being integrated by the Infinite Dimensional Space, they all became a unified system.
Whether it was Magic Circuits, relying on visualization, or relying purely on incantations and magical energy, they all became a unified magical-energy-side ability.
In this sense, the magical-energy side was the most widespread system in the Infinite Dimensional Space.
Juro suddenly came back to his senses. He touched the bloodstains on his forehead, shook his head, and realized that his internal organs were injured and his consciousness was starting to lose focus.
He immediately cast an [Empowered Focus] on himself.
The world became clear in his perception again. The intense malice on Berserker's body, and that terrifying strength that gave him a huge sense of threat just by standing underground.
Huge rocks constantly fell from above. While Juro was dodging, a figure silently fell, like a feather, without any movement.
"Juro, did you and White Mask both think that a person like me would definitely not care about the life or death of my Master, only thinking about accomplishing everything in one stroke, and therefore wouldn't have any defenses on Illya's side?"
Mercenary Tao's voice carried a light chuckle, but Juro's heart was startled. He saw that the ends of Mercenary Tao's long black hair were a bit white, and some electric currents were flashing around his body.
Mercenary Tao also has electromagnetic-type abilities?
Never heard of it. Is it the inheritance title of that rumored [Wild and Obscure]? This madman actually used it himself?
As Juro's thoughts turned, faint electronic signals radiated from his cerebral cortex.
Without piercing the other party's skull, Kaito Shirogane couldn't read them very clearly, but he could also perceive that panic.
"Don't be surprised. Just treat this as a kind of mind reading~"
The energy system driven by electric currents leaned more towards superpowers compared to internal force. Kaito Shirogane had known this long ago.
Therefore, during his training before entering the Space, after opening a new lightning acupoint again, he wasn't surprised to find that he had mastered some effects similar to superpowers.
With his current strength, he couldn't achieve long-distance mind reading yet, but it was enough for interrogating intelligence.
Juro's face changed. From the corner of his eye, he watched Berserker, who was still confronting Heroic Spirit Emiya and starting a new round of battle. He couldn't care less about thinking why Mercenary Tao chose this time to reveal this kind of thing.
He had an extremely bad premonition in his heart, as if Mercenary Tao's goal was about to be achieved, and he and the others had lost their meaning and could be killed at any time.
Kaito Shirogane shook his head, looking at Medea, Berserker, and Heroic Spirit Emiya present. The number of Heroic Spirits was only three; this was still not the final battlefield he was waiting for.
Berserker's appearance was an accident.
But...
Buzz!
Kaito Shirogane instantly disappeared. Magic circles lit up in an instant, and layers of ice-crystal-like shields quickly rose in front of Juro.
Juro watched Mercenary Tao being frozen in the layers of ice shields, but those Mercenary Taos all quickly disappeared. He knew in his heart that what was frozen were all afterimages, almost by instinct.
Ice crystals immediately lit up from his body.
Clang!
An intense striking sound appeared. Kaito Shirogane looked at the ice block he sent flying with a poke of his finger. Juro actually froze himself with some kind of ability, and that freezing had unbelievably strong defensive power.
His force couldn't penetrate it either, but exploded directly from the outside, sending the ice block flying.
Boom!
From the cave behind, movements as if they would crush the entire mountain range came again.
A furious strike from Berserker, covered in black mud, sent Heroic Spirit Emiya flying again. However, Tohsaka Rin had already taken the opportunity to find the exit. There was a high probability this battle wouldn't last too long.
Juro, who used the "invincible" life-saving skill [Ice Block] to dodge the strike, had unsealed himself at this time. He raised his hands high and violently hammered the ground.
Crack crack!
A massive amount of ice instantly froze the entire cave, including Mercenary Tao, Berserker, and the others, freezing them all.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Juro directly turned and fled.
Because the falling rocks from the air were also frozen, the huge exit in the cave was considered safe at this time. Juro directly stepped on the constantly generating ice beneath his feet and flew out like surfing.
But just as he exited the cave, a figure appeared in the air in front of him. A finger pierced directly into Juro's face.
Juro felt a pain in his glabella. In the next moment, an electric current poured into his brain.
The whole process of his communication with White Mask began to flash uncontrollably in his mind.
"Mercenary Tao, you..."
Juro gripped Mercenary Tao's body with both hands, and cold air instantly froze Mercenary Tao. But the other party seemed completely unaffected, still releasing that faint electric current.
"Rest assured, Juro. I remember the agreement with you. I won't kill you."
Before cooperating with them, Kaito Shirogane had indeed promised not to kill Juro before he actively betrayed him.
Therefore, Juro had the intention of pushing everything onto his team members after the matter was exposed, thereby avoiding being killed by Mercenary Tao.
Kaito Shirogane's eyes flashed, constantly flipping through Juro's memories.
The reason he suddenly changed his plan was because he saw the black mud remaining on Berserker's body.
This made him realize that his competition with White Mask had actually fallen behind significantly.
Neither Kaito Shirogane nor White Mask planned to complete this world according to the Holy Grail War.
White Mask wanted to carry out the [Human Instrumentality Project] to achieve some goal.
Kaito Shirogane originally only wanted to hunt White Mask, but after obtaining the Noble Phantasm Form ability [Swirl of the Heart], he developed a greater ambition.
He wanted to incarnate as the Lesser Grail and contain the deceased Heroic Spirits into his own body. Therefore, he intentionally delayed the progress of the Holy Grail War.
And he hoped to use this to delay the completion rate of White Mask's plan.
But he didn't expect that White Mask could actually obtain the black mud right from the beginning.
Perhaps it was the residue from the previous Holy Grail War, or perhaps she seized someone's destiny again in this world. Based on Kaito Shirogane's guess, it was probably Kotomine Kirei, who hadn't appeared yet.
In short, White Mask's Human Instrumentality Project didn't need to wait for the completion of the Holy Grail War from the very beginning.
Therefore, his plan to delay the end of the Holy Grail War wouldn't affect White Mask. In other words, White Mask's plan had always been proceeding without much hindrance.
The only thing that could pose a hindrance and threat to it was probably that trap he deliberately left—Kaito Shirogane deliberately left Illya behind, but spread the news that she might attract White Mask.
What he used was exactly the Matou family faction that he had wildly bombed previously.
The Black Cannibal Flower team hiding underground completely didn't evade the perception of the Swirl of the Heart. Before the threat of death, this group decisively betrayed White Mask and joined Mercenary Tao's faction.
Just like Juro and his group betrayed Mercenary Tao to join White Mask.
Reincarnators simply didn't care about loyalty. Naturally, Kaito Shirogane also didn't trust these people.
After reading that White Mask and Gilgamesh had been holding back, Kaito Shirogane guessed that White Mask was probably waiting for an opportunity. Perhaps before that Human Instrumentality Project could be initiated, what kind of condition still needed to be met?
Pfft!
Kaito Shirogane withdrew his finger, turned around, grabbed Juro, returned to the cave, and directly threw Juro to Berserker.
Bang!
The flesh-and-blood body was hammered to pieces.
Kaito Shirogane's long black hair danced. In the next moment, a white light began to radiate from his body.
[Swirl of the Heart] released.
Kaito Shirogane opened his eyes, white eddy currents constantly spinning in his eyes. He tilted his head, looking at Berserker affected by the black mud.
"I want to see how the so-called [God Hand] operates. Is it convenient to demonstrate it for me, Berserker?"
(End of Chapter)
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