Chapter Twenty-Six: Those Who Know the Times

The Assassins were Assassins because they performed the art of split-second on the battlefield, and it was their credo and the basic rule of their survival - in other words, they didn't really have much HP.

The same is true for ASSASSIN Kojiro Sasaki in this battle, as a Japanese swordsman in cloth armor, he is much lower than other people in terms of defense and other aspects, not to mention the iron can in front of him who is covered in armor.

"Well, it's not a satisfying battle, but it's a battle to remember. With these words, Sasaki's figure turned into a little bit of magic in the night, and even though he was attacked extremely powerful at close range, he still turned his back to Zhao Mian, and said his final goodbye with his tall posture and right hand holding the knife.

There was no suspense in the battle, and as Zhao Mian said at the beginning, ASSASSIN was not any threat to him. The three slashes that appeared at the same time were indeed very surprising to Zhao Mian, but this did not affect the outcome of the battle, because an attack that did not hit was a useless attack anyway. Although Sasaki's blade was very sharp and powerful, it still stayed outside Zhao Mian's neck, and it didn't even touch the armor, and a shield made of light blocked his attack. The battle was over in six seconds, and the vast amount of Flame finally devoured Sasaki's figure, and the all-round three-dimensional divine storm gave him the final blow - this story tells us with a vivid example of blood, and the profession of cloth armor and leather armor is fine, don't fight head-on with the guy in plate armor, because you will most likely not be able to penetrate the opponent's armor.

Although he still had to catch up with the three people who had already entered the Liudong Temple, Zhao Mian did not leave immediately, but stood in place, watching the last remnants of Sasaki dissipate in this world. After all, until now, Zhao Mian has not heard a trace of wind and grass, although he doesn't know what the situation is inside, but if there is no reaction, then it is understood that there is not much happening, and there should be no mistake.

"May your soul glorify itself. Zhao Mian made a slightly non-standard chest salute, and then turned his head and walked towards the mountain gate not far away.

However, as soon as he walked into the mountain gate, Zhao Mian found that the situation was not as simple as he imagined - in the front yard of the temple, two groups of people were facing each other. Wei Gong held two short knives, one black and one white, in front of Rin Tosaka and Sakura - although Zhao Mian was not optimistic about this young man in terms of his own quality or in other aspects, but this guy's few advantages were indeed prominent, and from the point of view of being a person, Zhao Mian still thought that he was passable. However, from the side faces, the faces of these three people are not very good-looking, especially Rin Tosaka, who poked his head out behind the guard and looked at the opposite side, with three gems between his fingers, his face was particularly ugly, frowning his brows, and looking at the other side with a watery face. FOR THE REASON FOR THE SITUATION ON THE FIELD, ZHAO MIAN CLEARLY SAW IT AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE IN FRONT OF CASTER, WHO HAD A ONE-SIDED RELATIONSHIP, A FIGURE STOOD THERE, DEFENSELESS, UNALERT, AND THE SLENDER BACK SEEMED TO REPRESENT HIS WILLINGNESS TO BETRAY, ARCHER TILTED HIS HEAD SLIGHTLY, GLANCED AT ZHAO MIAN, BUT DID NOT SPEAK.

"HMM, ISN'T THIS A RIDER? IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. CASTER'S VOICE WAS AS COLD AND SUBTLE AS THE TEMPERATURE OF THIS EARLY SPRING NIGHT—BUT IT WASN'T WITHOUT EDGE, "ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT GUY TO DEFEAT YOU, BUT HE WAS DEFEATED SO EASILY—QI, THE HELP YOU GOT BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE LOOPHOLES IS REALLY USELESS." ”

"It's just a matter of tactics. Zhao Mian said, he walked to Wei Gong's side step by step, and then stood beside him, a little bit of brilliance emanated from his body, spreading to the bodies of the three masters, "No matter how good the swordsmanship is, but if you can't break the opponent's armor, then there is no point." ”

"I'm sorry that happened. Tosaka said in a low voice, this girl should have a little self-blame now, after all, it was her own servant who had such a thing, but she couldn't find the signs and stop it before that.

"Don't blame yourself, it's not your responsibility. Zhao Mian responded, "The other party is a hero who has fought all his life and finally left behind ancient deeds, and it is normal for you not to find out, and he will not be caught by a young girl." However, at first, I guessed that he might do something, but I didn't expect it to be at this time. ”

"RIDER, THE ONE WHO KNOWS THE TIMES IS JUNJIE, HOW ABOUT ABANDONING YOUR MASTER, WHO CAN'T EVEN PROVIDE MAGIC POWER, TO JOIN ME. Perhaps, we can share the Holy Grail. CASTER'S VOICE SOUNDED IN THE WIDE FRONT YARD, AND FROM UNDER HER HOOD, ZHAO MIAN COULD CLEARLY SEE THE SLY ARC AT THE CORNER OF HER MOUTH, "ALTHOUGH YOUR STRENGTH IS INDEED VERY STRONG, BUT COMPARED TO IT, OUR SIDE HAS AN OVERWHELMING ADVANTAGE IN NUMBERS." ”

"SHUT UP, CASTER. You can't make it. BEFORE ZHAO MIAN COULD SPEAK, ARCHER'S SLIGHTLY MOCKING WORDS WERE ALREADY ECHOING IN THE COURTYARD, "IF THIS GUY IS THE OBJECT OF PERSUASION WITH YOUR USELESS WORDS, THEN MAYBE I WON'T JOIN YOU AT ALL." Besides, your so-called Holy Grail is not even the slightest temptation for this guy. If you don't want to die here, you'd better retreat for the time being. ”

"IT'S TRUE THAT THOSE WHO KNOW THE TIMES ARE HANDSOME, BUT IT'S A PITY, CASTER, I'M AN OUT-AND-OUT FOOL. "JUST AS ARCHER SAID, I'M HERE FOR YOUR LIFE - AH, NO, YOU DIED A LONG TIME AGO, SO TO BE PRECISE, I SHOULD SEND YOU BACK TO THE PLACE CALLED THE THRONE OF THE IMMORTAL." You have put too many people in danger for the sake of your magic, and you have seriously threatened the security and stability of the local area. So even though it's not a good time to go to war, if you insist on it, then go for it. ”

There was silence for a while, everyone was silent, and a tremendous pressure reverberated in the monastery, and became even greater in this reverberation. Emiya swallowed his saliva carefully, but even such a little sound seemed so clear and obvious at this time - so Miss Tosaka Rin kicked him very unceremoniously, of course, the force was not very heavy.

"AS RIDER SAID, THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIME TO GO TO WAR. CASTER SAID AS SHE TOOK TWO STEPS FORWARD TO ARCHER AND REACHED OUT TO GRAB HIS SHOULDER, "LET'S GO, ARCHER." She waved her sleeve and disappeared into the temple as if it had been erased by an eraser.

"Let's go, let's retreat to the Wei Palace Mansion for the time being. Zhao Mian waited for a while, and carefully sensed all the places nearby, before letting go of the handle of the hammer in his hand and putting the war hammer back on his back, "I'm afraid there are a lot of things to deal with, a lot of variables to take care of - if I guess wrong, this time, things may be big - damn it!"

ZHAO MIAN STEPPED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE THREE MASTERS IN A VERTICAL STRIDE, AND THEN HUGGED THE THREE OF THEM IN HIS ARMS, AND TRIED HIS BEST TO USE THE HOLY LIGHT TO CREATE A SHIELD THAT WAS NOT TOO BIG, OR EVEN TOO THICK, TO WRAP THE THREE OF THEM IN IT.

A twisted sword was shot like an arrow, and it hit directly with a powerful force, and pierced through Zhao Mian's back armor - as if it had been designed from the beginning, the arrow drilled through the gap in the shoulder armor, and then at the moment it just touched the skin, it suddenly turned into the most basic magic power and exploded.

Needless to say, this was ARCHER's attack, and it wasn't the first time he had seen him shoot this sword in this Holy Grail War, but this time it was a bit embarrassing.

"Mian-san, it's okay?!!" Somewhat flustered, after being shocked, Sakura was the first to make a sound, she struggled to break free from Zhao Mian's embrace, and then looked at Zhao Mian's face - but unfortunately, Zhao Mian's head was still under the helmet, and there was no expression to be seen.

"It's okay, now let's get out of this place and go back to the safer Emiya Mansion. Zhao Mian's voice came from under the helmet.