History Awesome / PathOfTheKing

** Another thing worth mentioning is that Shirou's ''entire plan'' hinged on [[PowerOfTrust trust]]. First, trust in himself and his training to not get himself immediately killed by Rider. Second and more importantly, his absolute trust in the Witch of Betrayal. After all, using Ruler Breaker on a Servant only cuts their connection to their Master. Forging a new Contract, especially without the contractee Servant's agreement takes ''serious'' talent, especially if done during the fraction of a second Rider was caught off-guard. In order to pull this one off, Shirou had to relinquish ''complete'' control of his body and Magic Circuits so Caster could perform the ritual remotely, the latter meaning that she could have ''easily'' fried him inside out according to [[LightNovel/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles canon]]. To say nothing that Shirou had to trust that Medea would figure out his plan, agree with it and prep the ritual literally within the time it took him to swing a blade, i.e. between the moment he Traced her Noble Phantasm and the moment it made contact with Rider's body.

* Shirou manages to catch Rider off guard with his abilities and manages to [[spoiler:Rule Breaker her]].

** The mercenaries themselves deserve credit for surviving a fight with a Servant. Granted, Caster was underpowered due the lack of a contract at the time, but she was still firing a storm of FrickinLaserBeams at them.