Upon hearing the girl's statent, Shinji couldn't help but let out a sneer that only he could hear.
Etiquette?
Talking about etiquette with an assassin who intruded into soone's ho in the middle of the night and engaged in a bloody slaughter?
There was no logic, let alone etiquette.
Even if they were to talk about etiquette, it should be a universally recognized code of conduct that applies across different tis and cultures – reciprocity.
If you make a move, don't bla for going all out. It's impolite not to reciprocate!
"Scalp!"
With the chanting of a syllable, the rcury film instantly dispersed, splitting into seven or eight rcury blades that attacked the middle-aged man from all directions. If even one of them struck, the target would undoubtedly die.
"Step back." The noble girl casually pushed Shinji's target a few steps back. The wand in her right hand traced a peculiar mark in the air, resembling both a badge and a kind of rune.
A faint azure force emanated from the wand, spreading outward. The mont it touched the rcury blades, the delicate edges disintegrated, reverting into liquid rcury that dripped and scattered on the ground.
Shinji's expression finally changed. Regardless of how the opponent blocked the rcury blades, he wouldn't be surprised. However, he had only encountered situations where the moon spirit marrow was directly disintegrated by two people.
One was the unparalleled Queen of Shadows, Scáthach, who was the highest-ranking magus in any era. The other was Kenneth, one of the Twelve Lords of the Clock Tower and the creator of the "moon spirit marrow." It was not difficult for him to perceive and unravel the spells woven into the rcury.
Kenneth had proudly stated that even without manipulation, only a top-tier magus could decipher the "moon spirit marrow." If he were to control it, no one would stand a chance. When he made that statent, he had already experienced failure in the Fourth Holy Grail War, so the exaggeration was unlikely. Could it be that this girl, who was only slightly older than himself, had already reached the top tier? Or was there so other reason?
The girl didn't let Shinji's doubts linger and proudly declared:
"So, this is Lord El-lloiu's proud Supre Mystic Code, the Volun Hydrargyrum. It achieves various transformations through the manipulation of pressure and fluids. It is indeed an excellent Mystic Code. If it were operated by Your Excellency personally, my little trick would be insignificant. However, this anonymous gentleman seems to lack proficiency in pressure manipulation and relies solely on the embedded spells within the Mystic Code, which are aningless in front of ."
"I see," Shinji nodded inwardly.
As the girl had said, this was indeed Shinji's weakness. The moon spirit marrow was a Mystic Code tailor-made by Kenneth for his composite Feng Shui attribute. It allowed him to fully utilize his expertise in pressure and fluid manipulation.
The water attribute's fluid manipulation endowed the rcury with various forms, while the wind attribute's pressure control made the originally fragile rcury structure more compact, truly giving the Mystic Code combat capabilities. Take the rcury blades, for example. The sharpness of the rcury was a result of the pressure compressing it into thin slices, creating an effect similar to a water cutter. Without pressure, it would be nothing more than thin sheets of rcury, lacking any killing power.
Shinji was pure of the water attribute, so fluid manipulation was given to him, but when it ca to the wind attribute's pressure manipulation, he fell short.
Although, with Scáthach's modifications, the rcury was pre-programd with pressure manipulation spells, allowing Shinji and Kariya, who were both single-attribute users, to manipulate it, it was ultimately just a compensatory asure. When facing a true expert in atmospheric manipulation, it was easy to be deciphered. Judging from the girl's previous magecraft of altering trajectories, it seed that her attribute was wind.
Understanding this, Shinji imdiately retracted the moon spirit marrow. Carrying the moon spirit marrow was mainly for dealing with group battles and barrages. Since it was just the two of them, using it or not wouldn't make much of a difference.
Seeing the rcury retreat, The Head of the Gertler family breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile. "In that case, would you be willing to—"
Before he could finish speaking, the "Rune Silver Bullet" pierced through the air once again. This ti, it wasn't infused with the hurricane rune but with the thunder attribute, Thursaz. The silver bullet flew slightly slower than before but was less susceptible to interference.
However, once again, the silver bullet missed its target. The family head had already activated the workshop's defense system, and the thunderous projectile collided with an invisible wall, shattering into pieces.
Shinji also had no intention of achieving victory with a single strike. In the instant the silver bullet broke through the air, he activated leg enhancent magecraft, swiftly crossing a distance of nearly ten ters like a ghostly figure, with his Divine Guns Blade coming down from above.
"Swish!" A shadow swiftly intervened from the side, deflecting the magically generated blade—the girl's whip.
Interesting.
A gleam flashed in Shinji's eyes as the girl before him completely piqued his curiosity.
The intricate magecraft of effortlessly deciphering the moon spirit's marrow, the skill to easily withstand his blade attack, and the peculiar Mystic Code that possessed both softness and hardness, made her a versatile magus in terms of magecraft and physical abilities—it was almost like a second version of himself!
Since his ntor, Scáthach, had left, Shinji had not encountered a magus who resembled him so closely. Neither his sister, Sakura, who shared a similar rune magic nor Kariya Matou, who practiced both magecraft and martial arts, gave him this feeling.
Sakura's physical techniques were only for self-defense and far weaker than her magecraft, while Kariya Matou lacked offensive spells. Only this girl had a comprehensive similarity in combat style and tactical approach.
If there was anything different, it was perhaps that the girl's maturity level was not yet sufficient. Despite already being in battle, she was still asking, "You, how dare—!"
Her words gave Shinji an opportunity. In a swift movent, he sidestepped and shifted his stance, and with his right hand free, he threw two runic stones: one with a fla rune, Fehu, and the other with a sun rune, Sowilo.
The two runic stones ignited in the air, transforming into two fireballs, one in front and one behind, heading straight to the family head.
Although Shinji was intrigued by the girl, he knew his priorities, and killing Gertler's family head was his primary objective.
The family head eyes widened, and the magic circuits on his body, extending from his clavicle to his jaw, manifested on his skin. The invisible wall that had previously blocked the silver bullet of thunder reappeared, hoping to thwart Shinji's long-range attack as it did before.
However, he underestimated Shinji's strength and the power of runic magic. The original eighteen runes expanded into twenty-four runes, each had more than one aning. Shinji usually used the high-damage elental interpretations, but that didn't an he couldn't utilize other anings.
Fehu: wild, fierce, rapid change.
Sowilo: smooth success.
Defensive magecraft often relied on stability and lack of change, which happened to be in opposition to the two runes. With the clash of concepts, the two fireballs, one red and one yellow, successfully pierced through the barrier and continued their advance, on the verge of smashing into the man's head.
At the critical mont, a gust of wind swept through the entire workshop. This force pushed away Shinji's Divine Guns Blade and propelled the man's body several ters away, directly outside the workshop.
In the eye of the hurricane, the girl raised her head proudly, her chest out, and her long hair dancing in the wind.
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