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[h2]The Battlefield[/h2]
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Airi had complained at him yanking her away, but when the tower-punch came hurtling after them and the others, she accepted his choice. The air alone was an imminent danger, as a sonic boom erupted from the enormous mass. Norton pulled Airi off his shoulder, shielding her with his torso. Hopefully, that could safeguard her from the explosion of the sound barrier being broken. 

As if the Colossus didn't draw enough potential attention from the civilians. They could only hope that mages and priests were able to contain this from the public, because by the look of it, they'd have their hands full merely fighting it.

His Master cut in with a warning that the left arm was following up with another strike. [color=tomato]"Hold fast, lass!"[/color] With that, he pushed his legs to their utmost velocity, each step cratering the ground and tearing a swath behind him. Just like how he'd pulverized the asphalt road before meeting her, only with far softer material. Clouds of dirt plumed in his wake, as if buried explosives were detonated. Calls had gone out to regroup, but everyone being in one trajectory for the towers was ill-advised. 

The Emperor, too, broke the sound barrier, utilizing the shockwave created by doing so to blow the dirt back towards the tower-arm. Its own shockwave, of far larger size, would scatter the dirty clouds over a wider radius, though the Emperor knew it was unreasonably optimistic to think that would impede its sight. If it even utilized vision to begin with! Berserker hooked south in his escape route, aiming for the line of closer houses just before Shinto proper. 

At his speed, it was only a matter of seconds. The civilians were this way, and thus, so would be the magi and priests needed to keep this nonsense hidden. Competent people who had a vested interest in Airi being safe so that her Servant could aid in their goal of containment. Norton was making quite a few assumptions, but they were based in logic. Besides, the housing and roads would offer Airi a better escape route if needed. 

He had a plan, but it required getting Airi completely away from the danger. Ruler had promised compensation for those who went the extra mile in dealing with external threats to the Grail War. Granted, there was no proof of any kind that this castle and the black-haired man were related at all, but one could very reasonably call this a threat to the whole Grail War!

The Emperor manifested the hands-free wireless headset for his phone. [color=tomato]"Lass, I have an idea. But I need you safely away from that castle."[/color] Once they were apart, she'd be able to stay in contact at least. He'd overheard what she'd said about the thing, but hadn't much understood what she meant. However, she did seem to be able to observe something, and given the sheer size of the Castle, being this far from it wouldn't impede that. Hopefully.

Her Berserker was calm. No, he wasn't just calm, he was grinning wide, eyes lit with excitement. It'd been fortunate for him to survive, he'd been lucky to observe and learn what he had. Finally setting her down, he checked to ensure the castle wasn't in immediate pursuit. He kept himself readied to act, in either case. [color=tomato]"Call me so we can keep in contact! If that'll work at how fast I'll be going..."[/color] Norton wasn't versed in the physics of cell phone communication, naturally. Would supersonic movement be an issue? Well, either way, even if it was a problem, his intentions wouldn't change. Whatever colors corresponded to 'sabotaging the castle', there they were. Manifesting his umbrella-sword once again at last, he gave the umbrella component to his Master, drawing his naval saber from within. [color=tomato]"This won't shield its strikes, but should be able to deflect debris and the like."[/color] She'd had the time between their reunion, during their shopping sidetrip, and their slightly early arrival to the site to scrutinize her Servant's information, so perhaps his explanation of its rough defensive ability was unnecessary, granted.
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