Morgan and Luo Hao were slightly stunned, somewhat disbelieving.
Although the Artoria before them wasn't the Arthur from their timeline, they could sense that Artoria was no worse than the Arthur from their timeline!
Moreover, she had a Noble Phantasm, the Sword of Promised Victory!
Once she used her Noble Phantasm, could that unknown miscellaneous Servant on the other side block it?
At the port, Artoria and Lancer faced off for a while.
Suddenly, her expression changed.
Irisviel, standing behind her, also felt her heart skip a beat, and a strange feeling arose.
She felt that the Lancer before her was so handsome, and she wanted to become his woman.
"Charm magic?" Artoria lightly scoffed, bringing Irisviel back to her senses.
Her Magic Resistance was high, so this kind of magic was ineffective against her.
However, the fact that the opponent, as a Lancer, would use such a despicable method made her a bit displeased.
She furrowed her brows, thinking, had she misjudged? Was the opponent not a Knight of noble character?
"Sorry, it's like an inherent curse for me, there's nothing I can do about this. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame my birth or being a woman." Lancer explained first, then added a provoking remark with a smug expression.
"You wouldn't think that with looks like yours, you could affect the speed of my sword, would you, Lancer!" Artoria was a bit annoyed.
"That would be too disappointing. I see, the Magic Resistance of the Saber class isn't just for show? Very good, if I were to slay a woman charmed by this face, it would make me lose face. I'm glad my first opponent is someone with backbone!" Lancer spoke sincerely, but it sounded harsh, especially to a woman.
"Hmph, you wish to fight honorably? I am also honored to meet a Servant with a sense of honor!" Artoria exhaled, adjusting her state to the best.
"Then, come!" Lancer's expression also became serious.
In the Chat Group.
Yotsuya Miko: "Are these two ever going to finish? A little mutual flattery is fine, do they need to keep going on like this?"
Misaka Mikoto: "Are they going to fight or not?"
Luo Hao: "So slow!"
Tsunade: "Do Knights always have to be like this before a fight?"
Erza: "Not necessarily."
Hestia: "I really want to recruit them into my Familia!"
The Leader of the Loki Familia is a very powerful Lancer, and there's also that genius Sword Princess, Ais.
If she could recruit Lancer and Artoria into her Familia, she could surpass Finn and Ais of the Loki Familia.
After some pointless chatter, Artoria and Diarmuid finally began their battle.
Both sides were incredibly fast, their swords and spears constantly clashing, leaving behind afterimages.
Lin Che watched intently, simultaneously practicing the Tianshan Plum Hand, absorbing the essence of their moves.
"Master is truly hardworking," Merlin said with a smile.
After speaking, he took out a Sword of Promised Victory and threw it to Lin Che.
Since he was learning Arthur's swordsmanship, how could he not have a sword!
Lin Che's practice didn't stop; he simply took the longsword and began to swing it.
As time passed, Lin Che's swordsmanship became increasingly proficient.
Clearly, he had grasped the essentials of Arthur's swordsmanship.
Seeing this, Morgan also transformed the staff in her hand into a cross spear and threw it to Lin Che.
Lin Che returned the Sword of Promised Victory to Merlin, took the spear given by Morgan, and began practicing again.
This time it was Diarmuid's spearmanship!
Luo Hao also saw Lin Che's actions through the live broadcast screen and was very pleased.
However, she was somewhat dismissive of Artoria and Diarmuid's martial arts.
If she were to evaluate them, it would be two words: crude!
...
At this point, the first phase of Artoria and Diarmuid's battle had ended.
Because Diarmuid had two spears, Artoria didn't know which one was the Noble Phantasm, so she kept an eye on the other spear during the fight.
She predicted Diarmuid's attack route through her Instinct, planning to take the blow with her armor and then kill Diarmuid with a single sword strike!
But she didn't know that Diarmuid's long spear had an anti-magic property, which directly cut through her armor.
The situation instantly changed!
Not only did she fail to deliver a fatal blow to Diarmuid as predicted by her Instinct, but she herself was injured.
Then Artoria made a huge mistake: she actually took off her armor to increase her speed.
In her opinion, since the long spear had an anti-magic property, wearing armor was equivalent to not wearing it.
Rather than that, it was better to take it off.
But she overlooked one point: if the long spear had an anti-magic property, what about the short spear?
Without the protection of armor, she was injured in the hand by the short spear during their next exchange.
This short spear had a curse property that prevented wounds from healing.
As a result, Artoria was essentially crippled in one hand and could only fight with her sword in a single hand.
Most importantly, she couldn't use her Noble Phantasm with one hand!
Seeing this, Merlin sighed, "She was careless. This shouldn't have happened!"
"Foolish!" Morgan commented with a cold laugh.
Lin Che was also puzzled. Why would she make such a low-level mistake in battle?
In terms of parameters, Artoria from the 4th Holy Grail War had much higher stats than during the Fifth Holy Grail War.
In the Fifth Holy Grail War, due to Emiya Shirou's incomplete summoning, Artoria was unable to replenish her Demon Power from him, resulting in a decrease in her strength and stats.
But even so, during the Fifth Holy Grail War, she displayed both wisdom and bravery in the Fate route, UBW route, and HF route.
Even when facing Berserker Heracles, she was not inferior at all and could even take several of his lives.
However, in the 4th Holy Grail War, Artoria, despite having her full strength, was injured twice by Diarmuid.
She even made many unwise moves during the battle.
This was quite outrageous!
Artoria's injury caused Kiritsugu Emiya, who was hidden in the shadows, to start searching for Diarmuid's Master.
A Servant who couldn't use their Noble Phantasm clearly couldn't win the Holy Grail War.
The only way now was to find Diarmuid's Master and kill him with a single shot.
When the Master dies, the Servant also disappears.
As long as Diarmuid disappears, the curse will also disappear, and Artoria's hand can recover.
Kiritsugu Emiya and his companion Jiu Yu Wu Mi held their firearms and used the night vision scopes on them to scan the surroundings, quickly finding Diarmuid's Master, who was Kenneth!
Not only that, but he also discovered Assassin and Lin Che's group.