Chapter Ninety-Three: On the Eve of the War
There has never been such a situation in the history of Plymouth Harbour, where the entire city has been evacuated, making the already not very lively town unusually quiet, even when the sea is at high tide, and the seaside tidal embankment is perfect for protecting against the waves of high tide. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Residents were evacuated, while those who went out to sea to fish were temporarily on the boats with the food they carried, but fortunately, the weather has been relatively stable recently, and according to the weather forecast, there will be no stormy weather, and they can wait until Plymouth Harbour is safe to return.
The reason for the evacuation was a notice from the government that there was a massive leak in the underground gas pipeline, and if it exploded, it would overturn the entire ground of Plymouth Harbour, and in order to ensure the safety of the residents, the government will start repairs after everyone has evacuated.
Of course, there are doubts about this, and no one has ever heard of people who have to evacuate the entire city because of a leak in the gas pipeline, but the residents of Plymouth Harbour were evacuated in just half a day under the government's coercive means of semi-coercion, the use of police as a means of force.
However, there were no workers to repair it after that, and the government officials who announced the news did not know where they went, which sounds incredible, but it is not impossible if a few magicians help from it.
As a result, all trains and cars destined for Plymouth were suspended, and police cars were stationed fifty kilometres from the city, and all people were forbidden to approach the area, and now that Plymouth Harbour was completely closed, there was only one kind of person left to come here.
Magician.
Rhaenys and her party got off the train at the station, and after being checked to confirm their identity, the guards who blocked the station got out of the way and let them leave the station.
She was followed by Grey in a short skirt and cape, Etnia still covering her head with her cape, Larry looking around as usual for a little curiosity, and Rika Fujimaru and Matthew wearing their watch tower uniforms at the end.
The reason why Grey didn't wear a maid costume was that there would inevitably be a battle next, compared to a maid outfit that was not very convenient to move, or such equipment could give full play to Grey's strength, and the spear in her hand was hidden under the cloak, only the tip of the spear was exposed, almost touching the ground.
Fujimaru Rika and Matthew were not left in London as Rowe expected, or that Leenys didn't think about that kind of thing at all, last time Rowe was able to destroy the round table in front of him and escape, who knows what kind of tricks Rovi will use this time, on the premise of ensuring that Rowe will be able to catch Rowe, Leenys still called Fujimaru Rika to follow.
Of course, she had forgotten what Esther said about the magicians who wandered the sea, and the sewer barriers, and for demons, those who dared to betray themselves were the first targets to be destroyed.
As for the Servants, they entered the spirit body and followed them around.
There was a bus in the parking lot that had already lit its engine and stopped at the door with a buzzing sound, waiting for the arrival of Leenys and the others, which were already ready to move, after all, the station was still some distance from the city.
By the time Lynyce and her party arrived in the city, it was already half past two in the afternoon, and it took a lot of time to get here from London, and the long ride in the car made Lyenys's body a little tired, and she stretched out with a girlish appearance, her purple dress was blown by the sea breeze, and then she showed a demonic smile.
"So, let's get started, Larry, find that traitor first, it's up to you. ”
Larry Shears whispered a spell, the soles of his feet flashing with the glow of a magic circuit, and then in a few clicks he ascended to the top floor of a nearby house, which he probably took less than three seconds to climb, and it was supposed to be a magic similar to a jump amplification.
Larry stood on the roof of the house, and because of the terrain, although the building was not the tallest in the whole city, it was on the highest hillside, and Tristan appeared next to him, and the two began to search the city in their own way.
As an opening magician, being selected by the Clock Tower to participate in the Holy Grail War naturally has its own unique features, in the words of Lyness: "Grey's combat power is enough, and if she assists, the little girl of the Animsfia family can summon a few beasts, and what is lacking is a magician who is good at searching." ”
Isn't there a lack of magicians in the clock tower who are good at searching? No, it's just that Larry has his own unique way of searching, and the magicians will first release their magic power and carry out a carpet search of the area that needs to be searched, wave after wave, and after many searches, they will always find what they need.
However, if you are an enemy who knows magic, you can avoid the search according to the search interval, which is the most common way, but not the most perfect way.
Larry's search method is to first gather all the information in the entire searched range, and then judge according to the details, to put it bluntly, he does not do a direct search, but concentrates the information, analyzes and deduces the results.
This is inseparable from his hobby, whether it is history books or detective novels, it is his favorite part, and his personality is particularly curious, even if you give him a set of completely useless information, you can analyze a bomb equation.
In a sense, he has something similar to Luo Wei, and his thinking is very similar.
Larry unfolded his clairvoyance, first put the outline of the entire city into his eyes, and then quickly recorded these images on a piece of paper through magic, and in a short time he created a map of Plymouth Harbour, which also contained the details of the city, and even the things written on each door plate, were clearly drawn on it.
At first glance, there is no information at all, except that there is no one in the city now, there seems to be no clue to determine the location of Rowe, maybe Rowe left here.
Of course, Larry doesn't think so, he has already deduced a few places where there may still be people from the only information on the map, and because of the Servant's relationship, he doesn't need to go to every place to confirm it himself, he only needs to borrow Tristan's ability to quickly check several places.
"Tristan, Central Hospital. ”
With his eyes closed, the Knight of Pure Love had excellent swordsmanship and archery skills during his lifetime, and this ability was improved after he appeared as an Archer Servant, and now he can hear the sound of the Master's designated location with his excellent hearing, and then judge whether there is a person there.
"The central hospital, there is no one, only a few watchdogs are still hanging around the hospital yard. Triest, who heard the dog barking, said.
"So... Next up is the park. ”
"Pigeons, and a couple of stray cats, and the female cat rummaging in the garbage heap for food. ”
"Finally, the police station. ”
"There was a man, crouched at the window, looking at us, who should have noticed that we were coming. ”
The sound of the air flowing through the gap in the window is produced by the exhaled air of humans, and the wooden planks under the feet of the people squatting by the window are creaking.
"Well, it's a pleasure to work with the Knights of the Round Table. "There's no condescending attitude from the Master, and Larry and Tristan get along more like friends.
"I'm honored that you're so good that you're not the best magician at the moment? Even with his eyes closed, the corners of his mouth curled up to tell that the knight was smiling, and the two of them jumped off the roof and told Rhaenys about someone in the police station.
"Okay, then we should go to the police station, but since he has already discovered us, it is time to act secretly, and to surprise the traitor, right?" Lenys's smile became more sinister, and she looked at Etheria.
The girl had already drawn a magic circle on the ground, and it was not expected that it must depend on her, and then the light flashed, and the magic power swirled in the center of the magic circle like a whirlwind, and then several transparent gelatinous balls appeared from the magic array, bounced on the ground one by one.
Strictly speaking, they are also considered creatures, a special kind of slime, because the slime itself is a weak creature, and even used as the lowest level of monsters in many games, in order to survive, these slimes are multiplied with the ability to change according to the surrounding scenery, and soon the slimes will climb on everyone's body separately, unfolding a wall-like arc in front of them, towards the police station.
If you look at it from the direction of the police station, you will definitely be confused by the wall spread by the slime, although the flaw is still big when you see it up close, but if you get to the distance where you can see the flaw, Rowe will not be able to escape from Rhaenys's hands.
In this way, Lenys and his party quickly arrived at the gate of the police station under the disguise of the slime, and when they arrived here, Lenys walked out directly from behind the slime, and at the same time as being discovered by Rowe, Lenys also saw the figure flashing through the window on the second floor, and the smile was already engraved on her face.
"Larry, you and Archer block the left, Etnia, you and Rider block the right, Rika Fujimaru, you and Matthew go to the back, and Gray you go in with me. After assigning the task, Rhaenys strode into the police station.
The moment Rhaenys crossed the security checkpoint at the door, a shrill siren sounded, and then it was destroyed by a magic arrow from Rhaenys, leaving no one in the guard room on the left and right, and it seemed that the police had evacuated Prinmouth.
There were a few pieces of white paper scattered on the stairs, densely packed with small black letters on them, like some kind of book-like document, probably left in a panic during the evacuation, right?
Although he didn't have Tristan's keen hearing, the slight noise coming from the stairwell was still caught by Leenys, and Lowe should have run upstairs to hear the sound.
Rhaenys was not in a hurry, and walked up the stairs slowly, and when the sound disappeared, Rhaenys had just reached the second floor, and then Grey searched all the rooms on the second floor, but there was no one, so Rhaenys continued to walk up.
The same is true for the next three and four floors, no one was found, so the rest that has not been searched is the roof of the police station.
The stairwell on the top floor, with its iron balustrade, had been destroyed, and judging by the red glow from the broken rebar, it had been broken not long ago.
Then Rhaenys pushed open the door to the top floor, and on the empty platform, only one person stood on the edge.
"Yo, long time no see, Rowe. The voice was relaxed, for the face of the little ghost on the other side was undoubtedly full of fear at this moment, and it seemed that he had also discovered that the police station was surrounded by a crowd, and even if he wanted to escape from the top floor, it would be impossible.
"I said, you must have thought of this when you broke the round table in front of me, and you should be prepared to be taught a lesson by me, don't you?" Rhaenys walked slowly towards Rowe, but she wondered why the young man across from her had not spoken.
When she got close enough to Rowe, she realized that something was wrong.
Or that this Luo Wei in front of her now didn't make any movements except for the horror on his face, and he didn't feel like that young man who was a genius.
Moreover, there was no existence of the Servant, and Rowe summoned the Servant, which Lenys saw with her own eyes.
Obviously, this is not really Rowe.
"Hmph, such a real illusion, it seems that the stinky boy has found a great helper?" Lyays did not doubt the abilities of Larry and Tristan, after all, wouldn't he be denying himself the person who elected him?
"So..... Did you summon a servant? Miria is gone, and that kid has stolen a fragment, if the illusion is supposed to be a servant of the Caster rank, if it is Caster of the round table, ......" In an instant, Leenys's expression became gloomy.
"Cut, it's always so lucky, Merlin? A purple arrow popped out of his fingertips, piercing Rovi's illusion, and then vanishing like air.
Luo Wei, who saw everything in his eyes, let out a sigh of relief.
With the help of Merlin's props: a telescope-like thing, Rowe and Merlin are hiding in the mountains and forests next to the city of Plymouth to spy on everything that is happening in the city, and Larry's magic is to spy on the entire city, and Rowe and Merlin are hiding outside the city without being discovered.
"It seems that there are four servants and five magicians, but I don't think Rika and Matthew will come to deal with me, and it seems that the situation is okay now. ”
"Hmm...."Merlin was visibly distracted, he put down his binoculars and thought about something.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just meeting two old friends, and there's a very familiar atmosphere. Merlin laughed as he spoke.
"Old friend?" Luo Wei was a little surprised, was there anyone among them who could be called an old friend by Merlin?
"It's those two girls in short skirts, Fujimaru Rika and Matthew, right? And there's a familiar aura with them, if nothing else, it's it. ”
Merlin and Fujimaru Rika and Matthew know each other?
Rowe thought for a moment, could it be that he had seen Merlin when Chaldea was saving the world?
"So how did you come across it? Where?"
"Hmm..... It's a memory from a long time ago, and you won't believe it if you say it, and although I know we've seen it, the memory is actually a little vague, so now is not the time to talk about it, right?"
Rowe also knew that after confirming Rhaenys' location, the next step was to rely on Merlin's illusion to lure them to the sewer barrier.
Mordred and X were already on standby in Plymouth Harbour, and Merlin had attached a layer of illusion to them, so that unless a Servant with the ability to see through Merlin's illusion appeared, no other Servant or magician would be able to find them through the magic they searched.
There was a sound behind her, and Miria brushed aside the branches in the forest and walked over.
"How?"
"Their location has been determined, now at the police station, the next thing is to induce them to go to the hospital, how is X's preparation?" Luo Wei held the black stone, the lines on the microphone glowed blue, and conveyed what Luo Wei said to X in the central hospital.
"No problem, I'm ready. X stood at the entrance of the hospital, a large hole had been broken in the road in front of her, and below it was a stench sewer coming from it, and a corpse leaning against the wall.
However, this item is not shown on Larry's map, as Merlin's illusion changes the presence of the Big Hole and X into several watchdogs running around the yard, although this makes X very unhappy.
"So, what about Mordred?"
"I'm tired of waiting, and Master, you're here for Merlin, aren't you? I wouldn't go to the garbage heap to rummage through food even if I became a cat. Mordred's tone was full of dissatisfaction, she waited in the park, close to the central hospital, so that she could help X at any time, but she watched the she-cat next to her burrow into the garbage heap to rummage through food, and remembered that Merlin had changed Mordred's existence into this she-cat through illusion, and the knight felt annoyed.
"Well.... When it's over, you can do whatever you want with Merlin, I have no opinion, what do you say, Miria?"
The girl shook her head.
"No comments. ”
"Master... And Rowe, can you not sell your teammates before the battle? I protest in the spirit of a knight. Merlin didn't want to be Mordred's vent, after all, he had sensed Mordred's dissatisfaction with him when he told the truth.
"Then it's settled!" Mordred ignored the matter, and with a hearty laugh, Mordred cut off contact.
Rowe let out a sigh of relief, then picked up his binoculars and looked at Rhaenys next to the police station.
Unlike the last Holy Grail War, when it was in the Mesa business district, it was Rowe and Miria in the light, and the enemy in the shadows, but now it is completely reversed.
After two and a half years, the teenager who has grown up quite a bit is about to step into the battlefield of the Holy Grail War again.