Bab 52: Jun vs Karna
"At this point, I'm neither Saint nor Heroic Spirit. However . . . I will not stop until I accomplish the miracle of mankind's salvation!" Shirou swore.
"What did you do to the masters of Red?" Jeanne questioned.
"They've served their purpose so their no longer of any concern to me." Shirou replied.
"Reign in your anger Ruler." Semiramis appeared.
"Did my master break any rules?" She asked.
"Empress of Assyria, the oldest of all poisoners. Are you the Assassin of Red? Semiramis." Jeanne questioned.
"Indeed I am." Semiramis replied.
"Are you his accomplice? Or is this all your doing?" Jeanne continued to question.
"Are you suggesting I tricked, tempted and lured my master down to the path of evil?" Semiramis asked.
"If so you are wrong Ruler. I am but a Servant, obedient to my master." She replied with a giggle.
At this time, everyone else, Servants of Red included arrived at the scene.
"What has happened with our masters Priest?" Atalanta asked both for herself and Karna.
"Yes . . . We've discussed the matter peacefully and they decided to ceed over all of their command spells to me." Shirou replied.
"That means that I, Ruler, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada am the master of all Servants of Red present but Saber!" He further declared only for a clapping sound to be heard.
Out of thin air, Jun appeared, revealing the full glory of his true appearance for all to see while clapping.
"That's a very nice speech." He said.
"How long have you been there!?" Shirou questioned.
"Hmm? Since the Black Faction infiltrated the Gardens." Jun replied, much to Shirou's shock.
"Have you thought of my offer, Atalanta, Karna?" He inquired.
Atalanta looked at her companion who remained silent and made her decision.
"I'll take it!"
As soon as she said this, Jun used a magecraft version of Rule Breaker to annul her current contract and take it over which resulted in him gaining three more Command Spells.
"Alright then, Mor, Lanta, come here." Jun commanded.
"Lanta!?" atalanta exclaimed but followed the command.
"You'll get used to it." Mordred grinned.
"Hello Jeanne, we've talked before." Jun continued.
"Haikami Jun! Saber of Red's master." Jeanne realized still with a blush on her face due to Jun's beauty.
"Indeed." Jun replied.
"What is the mean of this Jun!?" Semiramis questioned.
"Quite simple really. Just as you and your master have made preparations to be the sole final victor, so have I done the same." Jun casually replied.
"Such as this . . ." He added and a miniaturized Greater Grail inside a clear marble manifested in front of him.
"I'm be taking this!" Jun grabbed the grail.
"How!?" Shirou questioned with rage creeping into his normally calm tone.
"Heh! Let's just say I set this up while the grail was still in Millenia Castle and when you destroy the anti theft measures with your violent robbery, I became able to activate it." Jun explained.
"You!?" Shirou.
"Me what?" Jun asked.
"Karna, kill him." Shirou ordered.
Karna turned towards Jun and Atalanta and Mordred got ready for a fight but Jun stopped them.
He opened a portal to Null Myriad and commanded them to enter, Jack was already there, watching everything through a screen and the two joined her.
"You sent them away?" Karna questioned.
"And? If anything, it should make it easier for you." Jun replied.
"Hmm . . . Then let us do this." Karna said.
Jeanne immediately jumped to Jun's side.
"Please summon them back Jun-kun. We must ally to correct this." Jeanne said.
"He no longer has the grail so you can hang back and stay neutral. I will take him out though." Jun casually said.
"Oh? And how do you plan on doing that?" Shirou asked. with some mirth.
"How about it Karna? How am I planning to do that?" Jun turned the question to the Lancer of Red.
"With brute force." Karna replied.
"Ding ding! That's correct!" Jun said and released his power, his Idea Burst covering his entire body and his Airgetlam being revealed.
Everyone was shocked. Not only at Jun's revealed power but at the fact he was not an Heroic Spirit, no a Servant at all, but a normal being of flesh and blood, even if they could feel he was not human.
Jun pulled out a marble and tossed onto the ground, creating light that swallowed both him and Karna to appear, sending them to a battlefield of their own.
Semiramis, immediately realized what happened.
"A reality marble!"
She tried but could not break it open even with her supreme authority of being within the Hanging Gardens but she managed to create a window into the world created by it which Jun did not notice, thus allowing everyone to see what was going on within.
"Alright then! Now that no one can interfere . . . How about we settle this?" Jun asked.
"Hmph." Karna smiled.
"No objections." He replied.
Jun summoned his his armor and sword, Aeternus Eversor in its basic form.
They dashed towards each other and exchaded blows, Jun's sword clashing with Karna's spear. What followed was quick exchanges at high speed, faster than the eye could track before they separated once again.
"Well, I guess this is the difference in experience between the two of us." Jun commented.
Outside, Astolfo asked.
"What is he talking about, weren't they equally matched?"
Chiron was the one to provided the answer with his great wisdom and insight.
"They were equal yet that Jun's physical prowess is greater than the Lancer of Red who made up for the difference with sheer skill in battle."
Everyone was impressed, not with Karna who managed to cover a significant gap in parameters but with Jun who was that much stronger than an heroic spirit.
Back inside, Karna asked Jun.
"Do you wish to give up?"
"Ha! All I have to do is widen that gap until no amount of skill can fill it!" Jun exclaimed.
"Switch On: Airgetlam!" Jun shouted and his silver arm flared to life, boosting all his parameters and even his Divinity.
Strength A->A++
Endurance A->A++
Agility A->A++
Mana A+++ -> EX
Divinity (B->A)
"Let's try that again shall we?" Jun said before charging with even more power.
Karna could barely fend off Jun's ferocious blows but he was still holding on, the problem was that he could not unleash his two attack Noble Phantasms in such a situation.
Brahmastra was useless against opponents stronger than him and Brahmastra Kundala required distance he could not make.
Still Karna held on waiting for the right moment as Jun ought to change his pattern soon if he analysed him correctly.
And he did, Not being able to break through Karna's defence, Jun used his Mana Burst and Eversor like Saber Alter did, to sean huge destructive blasts with each swing but this was Karna's chace that he was waiting for.
He let himself be blow away before using the distance to fire his noble phantasm.
"Brahmastra Kundala!"
Karna threw his spear with all his might but with a mighty blow, Jun knocked it away. As such, there was only one option left. Discarding his armor, Karna summoned his mightiest noble phantasm.
"Know the mercy of the King of Gods. I shall inflict Extinction with this single strike!" Karna declared as he floated in the air with his surrounding turning into lava.
Seeing the overwhelming power of Karna's spear, Jun also got serious. He switched Eversor into its lance for for extra penetration and chanted.
"Limited Release: First Seal Unlock!"
A loud clanking sound rang and Aeternus Eversor gave out a huge burst of power as even without a True Name release, its defensive and offensive abilities leaped.
"Burn it all into nothing. Vasavi Shakti!" Karna shouted.
"Manifest true destruction. Eversor!" Jun shouted at the same time.
The two massive energies clashed and, in a frontal fight, against a weapon with anti divinity and anti immortal properties, along with overwhelming power, Karna stood no chance but even as death took him, he still smiled, happy with the resolution.
A true name release instantly ended the fight but Jun could not handle that kind of power without severe strain and he could not move at all despite his powerful regeneration kicking in. A few long minutes later though he finally recovered mobility but he was still quite weakened.
Another Karna level opponent would most certainly kill the current him but Jun was satisfied. He called Mordred and Atalanta and left the marble, only to realise everyone watched his battle.
"I see we've got ourselves a bunch of peepers . . ."
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