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Chapter 360 Times have changed, Magician
🕑 Added 2025-06-12 15:36:55 +0000 UTCOn the way to the church, Lancer chattered about some settings to Shirou, Rin and the audience. Of course, when Nanaya was designing the scr
On the way to the church, Lancer chattered about some settings to Shirou, Rin and the audience.
Of course, when Nanaya was designing the script, he asked professional screenwriters from Hollywood to slightly modify it, and mixed in quite a few little jokes.
This scene is very functional. To put it simply, the characters in the scene explain the setting by throwing lines at each other.
Nanaya doesn't like such scenes, which will make the audience feel awkward, but as a commercial film, such scenes are unavoidable.
The reason is simple, commercial films need to be easy to understand, and what easier way is there to supplement the setting than by having the protagonists throwing lines at each other?
Although the theme of FSN about heroes is a bit heavy, as a commercial film, a heavy theme does not mean difficult to understand.
So there will definitely be such scenes, and all Nanaya can do is to make the scene look less stupid and try to reduce the duration of such scenes.
So at the 20th minute of the film, the second action scene begins between Archer and Lancer.
As a continuation of the first battle of the entire Holy Grail War, both Red A and Big Dog demonstrated extremely high servant qualities.
If the first battle between Gilgamesh and Hercules was a battle that was grand and aggressive and demonstrated the desire for destruction.
Then this battle between red and blue is a battle that reflects the heroes' fighting skills.
This is a battle of completely different styles. In the first battle, Gilgamesh and Hercules have simple and rough fighting styles. One can only shoot thousands of arrows at once, while the other muscular tumbler is just a stubborn pig rushing forward.
Although such a battle was exciting to watch, it was too simple and crude.
The close combat between Lancer and Archer with spears and swords can better reflect the fighting skills of the ancient heroes.
"I remember when you did this move, your waist almost broke."
Ishita, who was sitting in the theater, whispered to Setant.
Teddy said with a depressed look: "Don't mention it. Didn't I stay in bed for three days afterwards? So next time you shoot an action scene, don't go out to find a little girl the night before. That's not a good opportunity to loosen up your bones."
"I'm going to fuck you."
Junichi Ishida gave him a middle finger directly in response.
The battle on the screen came to an end. After Lancer realized that he could not defeat the man with the back using ordinary means, he released his most powerful treasure.
After jumping back to create some distance, Lancer leaned forward and assumed an attacking stance.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Archer wanted to stop the opponent, but Lancer started running before him.
Then Lancer jumped high into the air, and at the highest point, he used all his strength to throw the spear in his hand at Archer on the ground.
"Gáe————Bolg! Break through——the gun of death!"
At this moment, Lancer, as a spearman, is the bow, and the red spear in his hand is the arrow shot out of the bow.
"Damn it! Rho Aias——! (Seven Rings of Blazing Sky——!)"
Facing the oncoming spear, Archer, knowing he could not dodge, hastily opened his pink petal shield.
But because he was already in mid-air while chasing Lancer, Archer, who caught the spear head-on, fell to the ground faster than he jumped and hit the ground hard.
"Oh! S**t!"
Almost at the same time when Archer landed, countless viewers who were watching UBW exclaimed.
Because the power of Archer's smash was too astonishing!
In terms of the visual expression of this scene, Nanaya referred to the action shots in Zack Snyder's later film "Man of Steel".
This battle scene, which is similar to the Dragon Ball Super Saiyan, coupled with the flying smoke and debris that occupy the entire IMAX frame, makes the audience's adrenaline surge.
"Is this guy still a human being?!"
Shiori Kaede heard the exclamations of the audience around him and couldn't help but reply: "Servants are not ordinary people."
"I know... I just..."
The young man, who realized he had said something wrong, blushed. He wanted to explain something, but the plot on the screen made him continue to exclaim.
"Isn't it over yet?!"
Archer was seen standing inside the deep pit he had dug, struggling to hold on with his shield.
The red spear had not yet given up the idea of charging forward. It still did not give up being blocked by the pink membrane, trying to break through this barrier and hit Archer hiding behind it.
At this moment, the spear is like a rude and muscular man, and the pink petal shield is like the clothes on a beautiful woman.
As the spear advanced, petals began to shatter.
In front of this spear, the shield felt as fragile as brocade, and was pierced through piece by piece by the attack of the fatal spear.
Soon six of the seven petals were pierced and scattered.
Only one piece is left struggling to hold on.
However, the demonic spear showed no sign of slowing down, and it was determined to break through the last seventh piece and reach Archer's body.
“Aaaaaaaaa——!”
At this last moment, Archer roared and poured all his magic power into the Noble Phantasm.
Click.
In the strong light, there was a sound of something breaking.
Finally, Lancer returned to the ground lightly. He looked at Archer who was half-kneeling in the pit, his expression full of anger and curiosity.
It's no wonder. It should have been a fatal blow, but it was blocked by someone. Anyone would feel unwilling to accept this.
But no matter how unwilling he was, Lancer still retreated without finishing off the injured Archer.
Because through the post-war conversation, Lancer discovered that Archer also had his own ideas. He was not loyal to Caster, and he had no intention of betraying Rin.
So Lancer turned his back to Red A, his mission was over.
After all, his goal was to lure Archer away, but there was no need to continue fighting now.
At the same time, Lancer also lost the reason to help Tohsaka Rin again.
So the cyan spearman decided to return to his Master.
After a few flashes, Lancer disappeared on the lawn.
"Alright."
Archer stood up after Lancer disappeared, and he turned to look at the church where the others were.
"It's time to take care of my own problems, Emiya Shirou."
"What?!"
This last sentence left many viewers confused.
Because although Archer had been against Shirou in every way before, he did not show any special attitude.
But Archer's words just now were obviously filled with hatred.
But Nanaya did not give the audience a direct answer, but turned the camera to the church.
The first people to appear in the camera were not Shirou and Rin who sneaked in, nor Caster Medea who was the big boss.
It was a blonde girl in a short white skirt.
“Saber!”
Asuna shouted excitedly, "It's Saber!"
Asuna was not the only audience member who screamed out loud. In almost all theaters showing UBW movies, there would always be one or two audience members who screamed out in surprise.
Many theaters in North America even had cheers and excited shouts from the entire audience.
“Saber!”
"Artoria!"
"King Arthur!"
Various names were heard in the theater, and fans in the premiere theater even stood up and applauded.
"Hehe, you see."
Hearing the audience cheering, Lily stood up proudly. She said to those around her proudly, "This is the charm of my character."
Rin gritted his teeth and said, "You can be proud of yourself. Without Nanaya, you are nothing."
She was indeed a little unhappy because Lily was so popular when she first appeared, but there was almost no reaction when she appeared.
"I don't deny that." Lily said shyly, "So I like my brother-in-law the most."
“Tsk!”
Rin was even angrier now. She could only stare at the screen and sulk inwardly.
The plot of the film has now reached a critical stage.
Shirou was at a disadvantage against Kuzuki, while Rin was beaten by Caster in magic.
But Rin is Rin after all. How could she, who is called a "female vixen" by Ryuudou Issei, just surrender?
Just when Caster thought he had secured victory, Rin staged a shocking reversal.
Rin, who had strengthened himself, rushed in front of Caster and used a set of military boxing on the magician of the Age of Gods.
Phew, it’s Bajiquan.
"Ugh—you, as a magician, actually hit someone!"
Caster covered her stomach and retreated to the wall. She looked at Rin and made an unwilling sound.
"Times have changed, Caster!" Rin said, shaking her hair. "What a coincidence! For magicians nowadays, self-defense is a compulsory course! Just like the old man with a white beard in that fantasy movie, it's a common practice to perform a flash spell and then raise a sword to fight hand-to-hand."
Rin's answer made the audience laugh, and everyone knew that Rin was talking about Gandalf from "The Lord of the Rings".
Of course, according to the setting of the original work, it is reasonable for Gandalf to fight hand-to-hand.
However, the fact that a white-haired old wizard practices martial arts for self-defense may make some people who don’t know much about "The Lord of the Rings" feel a little awkward.
"It's over, Caster!"
Tohsaka Rin stood up and elbowed Caster in the back, knocking him into the air.
"Fly for me!"
Rin stepped forward and aimed at the waist with all his strength before delivering another straight punch.
"Heh!"
Caster really was like a kite with its string cut, getting treated like the protagonist by Shirou Emiya, and crashing into a wall.
At this point, the battle between the magician Caster from the Age of Gods and the modern magician Tohsaka Rin ended with Caster from the Age of Gods being completely defeated.
