[h2]Saber[/h2]

Her opponent was powerful, but thanks to the blow that had knocked her out of the sky that power had been dulled. The blonde knight had no doubt in her own capabilities, but this battle had to be dealt with quickly and, preferably, non-lethally. If the valkyries only understood what had become of Bynhildr, she was certain they would wish to do everything they could to free her from the corruption that now gripped her mind and body. Thus, Saber wished to do what she could to end her battle with her opponent without killing her, if possible. If she could overpower her and slam her down, then maybe...

Arturia prepared herself for the coming blow from her opponent.

"Your Elder sister has been corrupted by some sort of terrible darkness!" she declared, "If you care for her, you must understand that she is no longer of her right mind! It's not the curse that was laid upon her love, it-"

That massive thundering sound...!

Arturia stepped back, unable to prevent herself from glancing away from the battle if only for a moment, to the sight of a truly enormous wolf, towering over all the others. A great wolf from Norse mythology, a massive beast embodying the cold, could it be...!?

Her train of thought was interrupted as ice hurtled towards her. No matter what the great wolf's nature was, nothing could be done about it until Saber defeated Thrud! Stepping back, with a flash of her sword she cleaved apart one of shafts of ice that had hurtled towards her, sending its fragments into the air! But it was that very moment that Thrud's thrust spear careened towards her, forcing the blonde knight to step to the side to avoid being skewered. Using the invisible flat of her blade, she pushed the spear to the side and then raised her sword. From this range, the only option left to her opponent would be to block, as she was past the spear's optiminal range! Therefore...!

When the King of Knights swung her sword down to meet the shaft of the shimmering spear, there was a brilliant flash of light, a rush of noise and air. For the briefest moment, the true form of her sword was visible, the elegant blade surrounded by a brilliant gold light as Saber directed her mana to overpowering the valkyrie, slamming her down into the earth as hard as she could!

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[h2]Caster[/h2]

Ah? Lancer had jumped right over her head!

Well, at least it gave her an opening to try... something, anything. While there was little she could do when it came to intervening in the fight between Lancer and her opponent, the valkyries attacking the other Caster(except she was using a sword. How inappropriate! What kind of magus was she?! Of course someone with that much chest would be so lacking in proper magecraft!) were a different story. Now that no-one was attacking her, she could cancel the barrier. In fact, the valkyries were no longer paying her any attention... that would be a mistake, on their part.

Their resistance to magecraft, after all, was not perfect. Even if the full impact of her spells would be dulled... Well, the aim wasn't to kill them outright. But if she could incapacitate a few, or open them up to counterattack by the allied Caster...

Or simply give them what they deserved for forgetting she could still fight back.

"Just because you're the tools of the gods who seem to have an answer to everything I can muster doesn't mean you should just forget about me!" Skuld declared, a sound like a ringing bell echoing through the theater as a large, green magic circle spreading over her head. Raising her staff, she released a hail of green light, some of her stronger offensive spells! Since they were distracted, the Elven Queen had time to prepare!