Although the weapon in his hand had broken, he had fortunately managed to dodge the attack. Of course, whether they could counter-attack still depended on their own strength.
Assassin quietly watched all of this, periodically reporting what she saw to her Master. However, Assassin soon cut off her report. "My apologies, Master, I need to deal with an enemy first."
Assassin quickly lowered her body, hooking her legs onto a tree branch. Her entire person hung upside-down. She cupped the head of a humanoid figure with both hands and then gently kissed its forehead. Unfortunately, the feedback on her hands and lips was not the warmth of flesh, but the coldness unique to inorganic material.
Assassin reacted immediately. With a flick of her palm, sharp throwing knives appeared in her hand. Then, under the young woman's control, the two knives swiped quickly towards the center, like a pair of scissors, easily slicing open the neck of the humanoid figure in her hands. A head fell silently to the ground.
When this humanoid figure's head and body separated, no blood flowed. Instead, there was a flicker of electricity. As the humanoid figure rolled out from the shadow of the tree, the streetlight finally illuminated it. It was a combat doll. The doll's eyes were still flashing with light. Assassin did not hesitate, directly throwing a knife to completely shut the doll down.
In a safe location, Da Vinci had already seen a glimpse of Assassin through this doll's vision. I didn't expect the Assassin to be a young girl as well.However, even as a young girl, being summoned as a Heroic Spirit already demonstrates her extraordinary ability.
Among Heroic Spirits, there was indeed a 'shota' Assassin. That was the boy soldier who shot Richard the Lionheart dead. Although Richard forgave the boy's sin before his death, the boy was still flayed and killed by Richard's men, his body hung on a tree as a warning.
In any case, even if it was just a miraculous, coincidental act, and even if this boy did not possess any particularly strong power, he ultimately ended the life of a famous king. It was just like the young woman who chose to assassinate Marat out of love for her country. Although just an ordinary person, she was also imprinted upon human history.
After all, just think about it. If this child who assassinated Richard the Lionheart had not existed, what kind of impact would that have had on Europe at the time?
In any case, once they became Heroic Spirits, they had definitely done something astonishing. Even if they seemed weak, history could repeat itself, landing a direct blow on a powerful figure.
The most important thing was that this Holy Grail War held in a small seaside city had a specific problem: only a Hassan could be summoned as Assassin. And who among those who could be named Hassan was weak? They were, after all, the leaders of a sect. If a weakling took that seat, the title probably would not have been passed down for eighteen generations.
However, if my dolls can easily discover the Hassan, it means my experiment was a success.In the end, whether Heroic Spirits spiritualize or take physical form, they are still beings composed of magical energy.In this era of thin magical energy, places with high concentrations of magical energy should be where Heroic Spirits are located.
It was precisely based on this point that she had installed small magical energy-sensing instruments in the eye parts of these combat dolls. Just a small instrument like this could allow these magical dolls to successfully find Heroic Spirits and begin combat. Based on this, he... hmm, she could even mount some special weapons on these combat dolls.
Although I call it a 'small instrument', it is still extremely difficult to manufacture.Otherwise, how many magi in this era could create such a thing?Most can only rely on the ability of Mystic Eyes to detect the flow of magical energy.
Following the destruction of one combat doll, the other combat dolls naturally began to converge on this location. At the same time, blades began to eject from the sides of their hands. The cold glint of the blades flickered continuously under the streetlight.
The expression of the young Assassin beneath the skull mask was indiscernible, but one could assume it was serious and grave. After all, the actions of these combat dolls already made it clear they intended to have a major fight with her.
However, as a Hassan, as one of the Old Men of the Mountain, she would not choose to evade any challenge. She swore this in the name of the First Hassan! If she chose to flee in the face of hardship and adversity, she would let that great man take her head directly!
Although her poison had no effect on machinery like this, her own combat abilities as an Assassin should not be underestimated. While this direct combat ability was definitely not first-rate, dealing with these dolls was still not a problem. Within the Hassan group, those who upheld the philosophy of 'eliminating all witnesses constitutes a successful assassination' were, after all, a minority.
Throwing knives flew high, and at the same time, Assassin's figure leaped upwards, quickly disappearing into the shadows. Several combat dolls spun rapidly, their arms rotating continuously, deflecting the throwing knives like shields. Finally, a glimmer of light flashed in their eyes. This was the activation of the magical energy capture and scanning system, preparing to search for the location with the most magical energy.
As mentioned before, even when spiritualized, a Heroic Spirit could not change the fact that they were composed of magical energy. Even if Assassin hid in the darkness, this characteristic could be used to lock onto Assassin's approximate location. However, just as these combat puppets turned their heads, Assassin leaped down from the tree.
She held daggers in both hands and bit another one in her mouth. Her legs directly clamped onto the neck joint of one doll. Then, she forcefully twisted her waist. The doll caught by the neck had its head twisted off directly. Next, her two daggers thrust upwards from below, stabbing into the doll's head from between the chin and throat. At the same time, the dagger held in her mouth was plunged into another doll's temple.
The dolls, their head cores destroyed, twitched uncoordinatedly a few times before collapsing to the ground.
After confirming these dolls were destroyed, she quietly dragged them into the unobserved darkness. Assassin planned to take these dolls back after this night's reconnaissance was over. After all, there was a technical-minded person at home. Perhaps some information about the magus could be found through these dolls.
Da Vinci, on the other side, was not concerned about the final fate of these puppets. As a genius, she naturally would not leave any particularly useful clues for the opponent. In fact, these "clues" might even contain a few traps. At the same time, she had also collected a considerable amount of data on the Assassin.