[h2]Mihama Nanako[/h2]

Nanako, who was now fueled by adrenaline countering her sleepless night, hardly needed to be told not to get shot. She had to stay as close as she could. Even the horror of the brief glimpse of the dead bodies beyond the wall wasn't enough to stun her out of the need to survive. These... the Archer and this... this thing, this horrible shadowy thing, must have been the ones to kill those poor people... She wouldn't make any demands of her Servant. That would only make things worse. But Meltryllis was already doing it, stopping the shadowy beast that must have been the killer. The Archer, too... they both had to be stopped!

When Meltryllis's kick made contact with the shadowy monster's head, there was an ugly crack and a splash of blood. Its tongue lolled from its mouth as it leaned back once more. Even though its flesh was shadowed, the fact remained that its skull had been split, exposing its brain. Even though she couldn't see it, Nanako immediately felt ill, clasping one hand over her mouth... and yet the monster was still standing, leaning forward as the flesh around its wound writhed grotesquely. The natural state of this Servant must have had some sort of ability to regenerate, but in this shadow state it was warped in a disturbing fashion...

Suddenly, there was another rain of crossbow bolts! This time, they were sent right at Nanako herself! Frantically, she did her best to cast a single-action spell, calling up a blast of wind to deflect and slow the bolts, to cause them to go off-course or fall out of the air, but...!

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