[h1][color=royalblue]Xavier Arkwright[/color][/h1]
[h2]Castle Battle - Group A, Eastern Field, Fuyuki City[/h2]

[quote]The air shattered under the wake of the strike. The tower darted out, mocking the sound barrier as it flew forwards towards those who had been nearest Ruler. The sheer force of the wind in front of the tower was enough to cause damage as it approached, let alone what would happen were it permitted to make contact. And yet...something was wrong, something about that "punch" was impossible. There was a sort of refinement behind the hasty blow made with a castle tower.

Technique. This thing had technique.[/quote]

[color=royalblue]"Oh dear..."[/color] Xavier muttered as he noticed that the gigantic golem was starting to level down its makeshift 'fist' at their direction once again. Truth be told, the young Arkwright magus hadn't seen that many boxing matches in his life, but he could still tell the difference between a well-executed punch and a sloppy one, and this was certainly the former. To think that a creature of this size was capable of educated combat maneuvers like that, instead of just blindly rampaging about like a Berserker... It was quite fascinating... Scary too, because it was trying to kill them all, but also fascinating. However, even with its ungodly strength, its formidable defense granted by its myriad of shields, and its apparent experience in hand-to-hand combat, there was still one thing monsters of such colossal stature inherently lacked...

Speed.

Not to say that it was slow by any means. In fact, for such a large golem it moved a lot quicker than one would expect it to. But, it wasn't quick enough, not when dealing with a group of such extraordinary individuals. While magi were nowhere near the level of a Servant when it came to speed and nimbleness, they could still have a few tricks of their own up their sleeve; In Xavier's case, during the time it had taken for the gigantic structure of stone and pummeling death to lunge its second attack at them, he had finished applying Reinforcement to his own eyes. The blue-haired magus' irises briefly glowed an azure color, as his eyesight was greatly heightened. Now able to much better observe and predict harmful attacks directed at him, his level of optical perception had advanced almost to the level of a pseudo-Clairvoyance. Though it was still nowhere near the level of the true Clairvoyance that certain Archer-Class Servants were known to possess, it still allowed Xavier to read through the golem's easily traceable attack. By hastily creating yet another wind current of his own, Xavier pushed his relatively light body out of harm's way.

Though he had escaped death once again, it was only barely so. [color=royalblue]"This thing knows how to move. I believe it is a lot smarter than we give it credit for."[/color] The young magus shouted at the others. The situation did indeed look grim... At this rate, how much longer would he be able to keep dodging the golem's powerful attacks? Sooner or later, either his body would give up to fatigue, or his Reinforcement on his eyes would wear off. And that was not accounting the possibility of this giant golem secretly knowing a stupidly powerful, unblockable attack that it had yet to use...