I Can See Health Bars in Real Life

Chapter 761 - 27: Borrowing Senses for Ritual Manifestation!

"Oh, do you have any more opinions?"The female voice rang out again, faintly, and the atmosphere became oppressive and solid once more.

"N-no... I mean..."

For some reason, at that very moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka felt a faint pain in her cerebral cortex, as if an instinct buried in her genes was desperately foreboding, like being stared down by a ruler at the top of the food chain, causing her hair to nearly stand on end.

Even though she didn’t know where the woman was or in which direction she was casting her gaze, the enormous sense of pressure and crisis left the girl with almost a blank mind.

If it weren’t for the experience from the first Grand Order that tempered her mind and body...

If she hadn’t crossed multiple singularities and historical eras, overcoming difficulties and honing her firm resolve, she might not have been able to hold onto herself at that moment.

"Ugh...!!"

She bit her tongue hard, the sharp pain jolting her back to clarity. Facing this terrifying pressure, she forced herself to speak: "It’s not like that... I-I just, just... we have our own matters to attend to, if we sign a contract with you, what are we supposed to do..."

If it could be resolved peacefully, she naturally hoped for a peaceful resolution as well.

But the demands from the other side were truly difficult to meet. Chaldea relocated here not to escape but to regroup and prepare to start the second Grand Order again... Even intending to first resolve this Holy Grail War was for the sake of having a stable rear guard.

If they were to follow the other party’s arrangements, Chaldea would completely lose its autonomy.

Then, is there still a chance to reclaim their own world?

This is absolutely unacceptable, for that is the future humanity worked so hard to reclaim, with so much effort, so much sacrifice, and some can no longer witness such a scene...

But she cannot endure it, let alone simply giving up like this, even taking a step back feels like a betrayal of it all.

"So, what you mean is..."

The female voice asked with interest, her tone still carrying a bell-like light chuckle: "You’re not planning to agree to these conditions?"

"S-sorry, it’s just not possible, I hope you can propose other demands..." Glancing at Little Da Vinci and the others, Fujimaru Ritsuka said with determination. This indeed touched Chaldea’s bottom line; an unconditional contract renewal, to entirely join the opposing camp, was hateful.

This is no different from surrendering without a fight—

Furthermore, once self-disarmed, the fate awaiting them would be entirely dictated by the other party.

Fujimaru Ritsuka’s stand represents Chaldea’s collective opinion, which they all found unacceptable. Even Akai Hinako frowned and eventually sighed without saying anything. This pleasant and cheerful co-existence with Chaldea during this period was the first time, in thousands of years since her identity exposure, she could be accepted by a group.

For this alone, she could not turn a blind eye.

At this point, only Tohsaka Rin was left speechless, incredulously staring at her allies. She opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but ultimately was unable to, as compromise was not in her nature either.

Then...

"Take action, annihilate them all!"

The female voice did not make any other demands, only casually issued this one.

"N-no—!!" Gao Wen and others were taken aback, quickly trying to stop them, while others sighed and ended up raising their weapons as instructed, with magic power reactions rapidly rising, no longer concealing anything.

Chaldea’s people were also shocked, the breakdown in negotiations leading to immediate, savage intent from the opposing side.

"Sorry, please stand aside, Sir Gao Wen... just don’t take action."

The Servant who spoke sighed while fiercely flicking the spear in his hand, made a flower with it, and charged into the center of the battlefield, radiating intense killing intent, truly shocking.

The wind wailed!

The air was torn apart, crisscrossing currents sliced violently, carving shocking scars in the ground, as if stirring up a local storm; even if standing a bit far away, one could feel the gusty wind intensity brushing against everyone’s hair and clothing.

Altria immediately grasped her Invisible Sword and confronted the attacker. After several clashes, she found herself unable to gain the upper hand. The opponent’s Agility was incredibly high, with a speed that easily surpassed sound, delivering spear attacks with immense power, heavy enough to pulverize an elephant into pulp.

"...!!"

This caused the swordswoman’s pupils to contract sharply, forcing her to increase the reinforcement level of her magic power explosion to gain any advantage.

Was the opponent not a first-rate Servant? Why did they have such power?

The next moment, other Servants started taking action, some sighed and drew their bows, showcasing an astonishing level of Muscle Strength; some grabbed their sword hilts and rushed forward like lightning; yet another snapped their fingers, causing a magic circle to suddenly materialize in the void behind them.

The terrifying magic power reactions all targeted Chaldea’s people at the center of the battlefield, with the intent to reduce them to ashes in the blink of an eye.

In that tense instant, everyone reached the peak of tension.

Altria was both anxious and furious, yet had no choice. With several Servants launching powerful attacks, she was thrown into chaos, the upper hand she had gained quickly reversed, and she found herself in dire straits, completely incapable of offering assistance.

"Damn it, I won’t admit defeat so easily!!"

Chaldea’s side also began to fight back fiercely. Little Da Vinci operated the massive mechanical arm, larger than her entire body, from the backpack that resembled a schoolbag behind her. The forceful robot punches briefly held off one of the attacking Servants.

Even though they lacked the means for a direct confrontation, brief resistance to stall for time still offered a chance.

Meanwhile, Akai Hinako also mustered her magic power, triggering abnormal weather in the sky, as rolling thunderclouds gathered continuously, creating an oppressive atmosphere. The rapidly accumulating atmospheric magic power even made the Servants’ complexions change slightly.

Such a situation also attracted concentrated fire, but in the face of the Servant’s attack, she showed no fear. With a reverse pull of her book, the air thunderously exploded, causing a surge of magic power, and the resulting vacuum tide roared and scattered, with visible airwaves sweeping around.

If it weren’t for the restrictions on output power, and the fact that a significant portion of magic power was being supplied to Tohsaka Rin, each of her strikes would be terrifying, like the back-thrust of a rocket.

With such a simple and brutal attack, and a complete disregard for defense, her fighting style exchanged injury for life. At this moment, the seemingly quiet literature major girl suddenly seemed to become irritable, her previously calm expression now icy cold.

The roaring sound was incessant.

The scene became chaotic!

Akai Hinako’s aggressive tactics forcibly held back several Servants, leaving them with a sense of having no openings.

In addition, Tohsaka Rin also went all out, proactively using pseudo-Servant powers. Her long black hair flew as a massive celestial ship descended with a whistle from the sky, responding to her call, simultaneously unleashing indiscriminate light arrows during the process, precisely bombarding the ground—

Boom!

Boom! Boom boom!!

The celestial ship from the Age of Gods reappeared in the form of a Treasure, with power and intelligence far surpassing modern fighter jets, dominating across an unknown number of streets. Under Tohsaka Rin’s subconscious direction, it conducted spontaneous fire support; the scene was overwhelmingly brutal.

It was as if, in myths, a divine spirit descended from the clouds to rain lightning fire upon the earth.

Relying on the swiftest reactions, the Chaldea group barely withstood the first wave of attacks without being easily broken and annihilated, even slightly gaining the upper hand—

Because at the moment of the conflict’s outbreak, Gao Wen, Trist, and Lancelot, three powerful Round Table Knights, had already charged forward without hesitation, not to follow orders and join others in attacking the Chaldea group but rather to decisively help break the siege.

"Sir Gao Wen..."

"You all... Sigh."

The Servants who charged forward were intercepted by the combined effort of the three Round Table Knights, yet they did not grow too angry, instead sighing with pity, shaking their heads and saying nothing. After all, they could understand the loyalty and persistence of these three knights, and making such a choice was indeed natural and expected.

However, this also meant—the consequences were dire.

"Sir Gao Wenqing..." Altria felt a great sense of relief, subconsciously letting out a long sigh. She felt somewhat moved, her knight indeed did not disappoint her.

"Ha, what touching knight spirit..."

A soft laugh echoed, with a chill that struck fear into people’s hearts.

"But do you three think that since I’m handling things here in Germany, you are beyond my reach now?"

In Germany over there?

So is it actually some magical device monitoring this situation?

Despite such a critical situation, Fujimaru Ritsuka thought swiftly, sensing there might be some opportunity. The direct line distance from Germany to Japan is over eight thousand kilometers, nearly nine thousand kilometers; the opponent should not be able to return quickly.

The next moment—

Intense sword light surged, the radiant True Sword Slash cut through the frozen atmosphere, and the magic power from the Holy Sword’s tip concentrated into a beam, ruthlessly sweeping everything, intending to destroy all things. Under the astonished gaze of the three Round Table Knights, it unceremoniously slashed toward their necks!!

"No—!!"

The one who issued such a scream was the swordswoman who had just shown a comforted expression and emotionally called out the names of the three knights.

Her expression was one of struggling anger, but even if she refused to understand, her body still unwaveringly swung this sword, forming a divine spirit-level magical light beam that destroyed everything, entirely disregarding the wielder’s own will.

"Wha—"

The three knights, who were facing away from the blond-haired, blue-eyed girl, in the most resolute state protected her, only having enough time to barely turn, raise their weapons, then being overwhelmed by a sweeping attack, amidst Altria’s angry roar, desperately screamed—

All the magic power she could hastily mobilize was simultaneously drawn out by some force, woven into the destructive light.

The three knights thus flew backward violently, their bodies like golf balls struck hard, smashing into the nearby forest.

Trees fell one by one, the forest shattered like building blocks, plowed into three deep grooves hundreds of meters long.

These three wide gaps split the forest, at the end were the severely injured bodies of the three knights.

"No! That’s not it!"

Maintaining the stance of wielding the sword, the swordswoman nearly dared not look at this scene, desperately defending herself.

But at the same time, even more violent magic power reactions surged from her, spurring the Holy Sword’s light—

"Truly ungrateful wolves..."

The silver bell-like voice resounded again, seeming to surround everyone and yet come from the distant sky, this time it was a cold laugh—

"Then I’ll help His Majesty clean house; since you’re so loyal, let me think... how about the punishment of having you die by your own master’s sword?"

Even separated by nearly nine thousand kilometers, a certain demon consort still directly initiated her punishment, not personally attending but descending her will across space-time.

With an absolutely irresistible power, she overwhelmingly seized Altria’s control over her own body.