Yanagitoji Temple is a famous temple in Higashiki City, and it is also the site of the final battle of the last Holy Grail War. There, Emiya Shirou, who was still a student at the time, used his projection ability to project a powerful treasure that destroyed the Holy Grail forever and also smashed Yanagidong Temple into ruins.

Of course, a few years later, the temple has been restored by the local government.

Now, Willow Cave Temple has become the lair of Alice Phil, the embodiment of the Holy Grail of the Peculiarity, and the magicians and heroic spirits who follow her.

The temple itself is built on the top of a hill, so in front of the gate of the temple, there is a 100-meter-long, stone staircase, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, on both sides of the stone steps, is a dense bamboo forest. And this stone staircase is also the only way to enter the main gate of Liudong Temple.

That night, in the bright moonlight, on the stone steps in front of the gate of Yanagitoji Temple, two magicians, Tokugawa Riko and Frigga, stood guard here, and their two Heroic Followers, Heroic Spearmen and Cavalrymen, stood by their side, watching.

"Sister Frigga, the berserker is dead, and his master, Aunt Miriel, hasn't returned," Riko Tokugawa said to Frigga, "Although I don't know Aunt Miriel very well, is this the price of a magician?"

The death of a companion is always a heavy topic, and this topic is indeed too heavy for a little girl like Tokugawa Riko. Even the spearman standing beside her stretched out his hand and put his hand on Pear's shoulder, expressing silent concern and comfort.

The atmosphere at the scene was gloomy for a while.

Frigga is different from the young Tokugawa Riko, who is already in her thirties, and before participating in this Holy Grail War, she had inquired about the inside story of the previous Holy Grail War from various sources, so Frigga knew very well that for magicians, once the battle was lost, then the end was almost death.

To put it in simple and capable language, the Holy Grail War is a game of life, where the winner gets everything and the loser loses everything!

In fact, if it weren't for the desire to rely on the miracle of the Holy Grail to come true, Frigga believes that sane magicians would never participate in this kind of gambling game.

Unfortunately, she also had a wish that had to be fulfilled, and Frigga remembered the happy times when she used to live with her husband. Then, the good times did not last long, and finally because of a car accident, her husband died, and even her seven-month-old child in her womb was gone, and even Frigga herself lost her fertility.

Now that I have nothing, I came to the Holy Grail War to resurrect my husband and children, and even if I fail, I can be reunited with them!

Thinking of this, Frigga clenched her fists.

"What's wrong with you?" Sensing the change in Friga, Riko Tokugawa asked with concern, "Sister Frigga, you look so sad. ”

"It's okay," Frigga let go of her fist and smiled at her, listening to Riko Tokugawa's words, "I just remembered something from the past. However, the most important thing for us now is to hold on here. Since the Berserker's death, we have lost our strongest Heroic Spirit, so the Savior believes that the other side will use this opportunity to storm the Ryudong Temple. ”

"Sister Frigga, I understand what you said," said Tokugawa Riko, pointing to the moon in the sky, "but it's so late, and our enemies haven't yet appeared." Are they coming?"

Obviously, Riko Tokugawa, who was only sixteen years old, was still too young and obviously lacked patience, and even the spearmen behind her laughed.

Seeing this, Frigga wanted to say something to the little girl in front of her. Before she could speak, though, she heard a voice from below the steps.

"Ahh

When everyone heard the sound, it turned out that Quan Shabi was panting, wiping his sweat while moving his legs and walking up.

In stark contrast, it was Zhang Yin, another magician walking beside the whole sandwall. She also walked the 100-meter stone steps, her face was not red, her heart was not beating, she was not panting, as if she was fine, she pointed to the whole sand wall and shouted:

"You Shabi, you're still not a man! You've only walked such a little way, you can't do it! Wait, how can you fight! Take a good look at even the swordsmen are laughing at you!"

"Hee-hee!"

The swordsman who walked beside the whole sand wall couldn't hold back his laughter.

Of course, among these people, the most reliable is the archer, and after seeing him cough, he said to Zhang Yin: "Master, we have arrived at the mountain gate of Liudong Temple. And, as the magician said, there are people on the defensive. The enemies are spearmen and cavalry, as well as their masters. ”

Before Zhang Yin could speak, Quan Shabi was already sitting on the stone steps panting, and said, "Whew, it's finally here! Very good, the swordsmen will give me and kill them!"

Zhang Yin on the side glared at the whole Shabi and said, "It's not your turn to give orders here, listen to me!"

"Hee-hee, I also think what I said makes sense!" After saying that, the swordsman rushed forward first.

"I'm attacking, be careful!" the archers rushed forward and drew their bows and arrows.

"It's time for us to do it too!"

"Okay, Sister Friggia!"

On the other side, with the orders of the two masters, the spearmen and cavalry also rushed up, and the battle broke out!

At this moment, I only heard the swordsman shouting: "Let's have a good time together!

As soon as the words fell, I saw a flash of light, and the spearmen and cavalry had already left the mountain gate of Liudong Temple, and came to a strange place, this place was full of tall and large stone pillars, and these stone pillars, as if arranged according to a certain law, made people dizzy.

"What a strange place is this!" shouted the cavalryman, who had already clearly sensed that something was wrong.

"This is the Eight Formations of Stone Soldiers," the spearman explained to the cavalry, "According to legend, this is the stunt of Zhuge Zhuge Kongming during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Back then, Zhuge Kongming relied on the powerful power of the eight stone soldiers to trap Lu Xun, a famous general of Eastern Wu, in this array. Of course, the eight formations of stone soldiers in front of us are the inherent enchantments of sword soldiers. She pulled both of us in. ”

The cavalryman glanced at the spearman and said, "Spearman, you know a lot. ”

The spearman puffed up his chest and said, "I've also watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so I know something about it. ”

The cavalry then asked, "What shall we do?"

"Don't walk around," the spearman said, "The stone pillars in the eight formations of stone soldiers are all arranged according to certain rules, and if you walk around, you will only fall into them and will not be able to extricate yourself." Moreover, if I am not wrong in my estimation, the swordsmen and archers of the other side must be in the safe area. ”

"Safe area?" The cavalryman with a puzzled look was a heroic spirit of Western legend, apparently unaware of the culture of the East.

The spearman then went on to explain, "The safe area is the only place among the eight stone formations where you can't be confused by the surrounding stone pillars. At the same time, in that area, the situation in the entire Eight Stone Soldiers Formation could be observed, which could be said to be the core of the entire array. ”

"So what will they do to us?"

As soon as the cavalryman spoke, a sharp arrow came at him from the side of a stone pillar!

"Sure enough, the people in charge of attacking us are the archers!"

Hearing the words of the spearman, the cavalry thought for a moment and immediately discovered the key point: "Spearman, if we can't move around at will, then won't we become the target of the archers!"

"That's what they're all about!" said the spearman, "and that's how they plan to defeat us!"

"What are we supposed to do?" The cavalry asked.

"The Eight Stone Formations are not a large formation that people can break, so there is nothing I can do," the spearman said to the cavalry, "and you are not a human!"

"I see!" the cavalry nodded and laughed.

On the other side, in the safe zone of the Eight Stone Formations, the swordsmen were doing their best to maintain the operation of the large array, and the archers on the side opened their bows and shot an arrow, and then asked the swordsmen: "Swordsmen, although the plan to trap the opponent with the Eight Formations of Stone Soldiers is very good, now they have become targets. But what if the cavalry flies into the sky on their mounts?"

The swordsman glanced at the archers and said, "Don't worry, the inherent enchantment-stone soldier eight formations are all-round, even if the cavalry flies to the sky, they will also be trapped by this big array." ”

However, as soon as the swordsman finished speaking, he immediately frowned and said, "What's the matter? What are those guys doing!"

In the real world, the magicians were also not idle, and I saw Tokugawa Riko take out a wakicha (a type of Toei knife, relatively short, about 60 cm) from the kimono, and after the sharp blade was unsheathed, she walked towards Quan Shabi and Zhang Yin.

Frigga on the side took out two military thorns from his waist and walked behind Tokugawa Riko. Obviously, these two magicians intend to solve the opponent in front of them in their own way.

Of course, Zhang Yin was not to be outdone, and asked Quan Shabi, who was still panting on the side, "Shabi, are you on?" At the same time, with a wave of her right hand, a white fantasy sword appeared in her hand.

How can the whole sand wall, a big waste wood with no power to restrain chickens, have combat effectiveness. However, the skin of this product is thicker than the city wall, and he immediately smiled: "Zhang Yin, it's up to you!"

Zhang Yin was not surprised, after all, this product is so virtuous, and it is already good that he did not lag behind, so he immediately fought with his sword and confronted his opponent.

Just when the main gate of Liudong Temple was in full swing, in an unmanned warehouse inside the temple, there was a sudden ripple in the air, and Wang Zhiran, the Avenger, the Emiya Shirou and the magician appeared here.

"The savior has indeed set up defensive magic, but this is not difficult for me!" The magician said to everyone while waving a feather fan to block out the savior's magic, "But we must act quickly, at most half an hour, and the savior will find out our whereabouts." ”

Wang Zhiran nodded, and then said, "Magician, you are so powerful, you would actually come up with such a scheme to attack the Yellow Dragon." ”

The magician smiled: "This Holy Grail War is different from the past, we don't need to fight with those magicians at all, just kill the special Holy Grail, that is, Alice Phil." When she dies, it's all over. And the task of taking out Alice Phile is up to you, Avenger. ”

"Good!" the Avenger nodded and said, "As soon as I see her, I will immediately unleash all my strength and kill her." ”

"Then let's move forward!" Emiya Shirou walked out of the warehouse first, looked around, and sighed, "After the Yanudong Temple was rebuilt by the government, the internal structure has changed a lot from before. ”