Chapter 57 : Never weaker (part 2)

Harumi had managed to defeat Rybakov temporarily, she didn't know how she did it but she was glad to be able to breathe a sigh of relief but the calm didn't last long. The girl immediately noticed that, a little further on, Archer was in trouble, he was about to turn into stone due to Assassin's Noble Phantasm, the girl had a moment of panic but stopped her fear and decided to use a Command Seal to strengthen her Servant.
Archer, who at that moment thought he was about to die, felt stronger than before and gradually began to move towards his opponent, smashing the stone arms that were immobilizing him. One step after another, little by little, with effort and pain, Archer finally managed to get out of Assassin's fearsome Noble Phantasm.
« How the hell did you do that ?! » Assassin exclaimed, bewildered.
« My princess ... it is thanks to her if I can continue to fight, and it's for her that I will win this battle, Assassin! »
Archer stood up and hit Assassin in the face then realized that the skill that made his opponent intangible only worked if he didn't show his true face. Archer picked up his bow, turned and shot an arrow but his opponent was able to dodge it and threw two knives, Archer rolled to the ground, stood up and fired two more arrows but Assassin managed to block them using the rifle .
« That weapon you have seems effective, why don't you use it? » Archer asked, curious.
« Are you talking about the gun? I would like to use it freely but I would risk consuming all the magic energy of my Master, I prefer to use my dear old knives if you
don't mind. »
« No problem. »
Archer shot another arrow but in that instant Assassin felt his strength increase and he was able to stop the arrow by grabbing it in mid-air. Harumi, who was witnessing the battle, noticed that Rybakov had recovered and that he had used a Command Seal to reinforce Assassin.
« You don't know when to give up, girl. » Rybakov said.
« Neither do you. » She answered.
« Maybe you're right, but you'll never win this battle. »
« We'll see. Archer, you know what you need to do. »
Archer made a satisfied grimace and moved away from the battlefield, stood on the roof of the first building available and activated his Noble Phantasm. Archer's bow brightened and suddenly blue spiritual archers appeared on his left, Archer exclaimed:
« Admire, Assassin! Admire the army that brought the British to victory during the battle of Azincourt! No one can stop their arrows! No one can defeat these brave soldiers! »
Rybakov succeeded in counting at least a thousand of those astral archers and had immediately realized Archer's purpose and so he told Assassin:
« Get away! That thing will kill us both! »
« Not even in two thousand years! I'll stop it! » Assassin tried to reach Archer.
« Stop! Stop, you idiot! » Yelled Rybakov
« Too late! Left Wing of Agincourt! (Great Battle of Azincourt) » Archer shouted.
All the archers started shooting thousands of arrows and then Rybakov immediately took cover while Assassin hoped to avoid all enemy attacks but that was not the case. The arrows completely destroyed the square of Trafalgar Square. Harumi had found a safe place to shelter from her Servant's Noble Phantasm and for a moment she thought the battle was over but then she saw that Assassin was still standing, badly injured, but on his feet.
« Really a nice trick, Archer. » Assassin said, panting with fatigue.
« You're still alive, son of a dog. Why do you keep breathing? »
« I won't let you kill me. I won't let anyone kill me. I am above all of you! »
« You really are pathetic, Assassin. I would have expected an adversary capable of accepting defeat with honor but you are not so. You continue to fight even when it is obvious that you have lost. »
« I have not lost! » Screamed Assassin, furious.
Archer shot a single arrow at Assassin's forehead but he, for some strange reason, did not die. He tore the arrow from his head and continued to advance towards Archer who hit him with two more arrows, but Assassin didn't want to stop. He proceeded undaunted like a zombie and constantly murmured a prayer.
Harumi was upset, she had never seen anyone so stubborn to live as Assassin. It was like a ghost that constantly tried to stay in the world clinging even to the thinnest silk thread but in the end Archer shot three arrows together that hit the heart and lungs. Assassin finally fell to the ground and raising a rancorous look said:
« We were not made to triumph over our past. We are slaves of destiny and you too, Archer you will realize ... one day ... »
Assassin disappeared before the eyes of Rybakov resigned to the idea that it was now impossible to go on with the battle.