Chapter Seventy-Two: The Beginning of the Scuffle

My name is Lin Hao,

Now it's the second all-out war.

71:33:01

Bite!!

Alice Phil withdrew her gaze from the golden boat, and was surprised to see that "Kuyu Maiya" had just launched an assassination, and her dagger had hit a layer of ice only half a meter away from her.

It was a square, glass-like ice shield, and despite the ice splashing after being poked at the surface by the dagger, it remained intact as a whole, firmly and resolutely preventing it from moving forward.

"Damn!" Maiya Kukuyu put away the dagger and exerted force at her feet, as if she was going to bypass the ice shield and continue to attack, but the ice shield spun as if it was self-conscious and continued to block in front of her.

This is......

“Assassin?” Alice Fell asked uncertainly, not so much that she suspected that the impostor was not an Assassin, but how the other party had managed to pass through the defensive barrier without triggering the alarm—after all, it was the barrier set up by her own daughter, and she trusted it quite a bit.

"[Also, there is this, operation, doing? Illya's voice through the magic barrier was staccato and had a strange echo of being in an open space—she was building a workshop underground, Alice Fell thought.

"[No wonder the title is 'Hyakami',]" While everyone was on guard against "Kuyu Maiya", who temporarily retreated a few steps back after missing a single blow, Illya continued, "[She can change into the appearance of a specific target, and even if she is examined by the Great Magic Technique that is not likely to go wrong at all, she will think that she is the target herself. 】”

"That's why she was able to break through to the magic barrier? Have you figured out how to adjust it? Alice Phil looked at "Kuyu Maiya" with dissatisfaction, but fortunately this Assassin became Maiya, if it was Kiritsuke...... Even if he stabbed him with a dagger, he wouldn't be able to stop it.

"[Actually, you don't need to adjust ......]" Alice Fell noticed that her future daughter said this with a certain mischievous tone: "[You know what? Maiya Hiyu's stepmother has become the stepmother of 'Illya'~]"

……?

Boom!!

Before she could understand the meaning of this sentence, the ice shield suddenly thickened and grew to the point that it could already be called an "ice wall", and then in the next moment, it slammed into the Assassin not far away at a speed that was indistinguishable to the naked eye, and she was blasted out of the courtyard before she could react.

"[This barrier designed to defend against ordinary people is called 'Ice Heart Lock', and it is activated by the 'acceptance' of the target by the person who is at the center of the barrier, and strangers can't even approach the courtyard. Illya explained with a bit of smugness: "[Don't worry about changing the heir, she will be directly recognized when she transforms into a master with a magical connection to the Heroic Spirit. 】”

Therefore, if there is no mutation and cooperation in this Holy Grail War, this Assassin disguises himself as a family and friend of the Master, the success rate of assassination should be very high, and now he can only change into Maiya...... None of that matters.

"Illyasfil von Einzbelen, I think it's necessary for you to explain what you just said," Alice Fell asked with a smile on her face, "about 'stepmother'." ”

Uh...... That, I don't know the specifics, none of you came back, but Kiritsugu settled in Fuyuki, and when I went to war ten years later, I found out that I had an extra brother......]" Illya's response seemed a little incoherent.

"Ten years later? Not sixty years? What exactly went wrong with this war? Alice Fell had always thought that it had been six decades of continuous transformation and learning that Illya had gained great abilities and won the new Holy Grail War, and then that it had taken longer to become what she called the "King of the End", and then to travel through time and space as Caster.

Doesn't sound like that at all now? Alice Phil even put aside the "stepmother" thing and began to ask about it.

Uh...... Ah! The Assassin has rushed in! After a very fake exclamation, Illya cut off contact.

"This kid is really ......," Alice Fell reluctantly turned her gaze to the three scarred black figures who burst into the courtyard, and gave instructions to the servants around her.

"Saber, destroy them."

71:30:16

"Rider, that's ......"

Without concealing himself at all, the glittering Falcon-shaped Pyrider could be clearly seen from the second-floor terrace of the Pavilion, and Webb naturally had no doubts about this obvious flying machine.

It was a gray steel beast with a hideous appearance, a flattened and streamlined body in the shape of a triangle, huge wings twice its length, and a hideous missile hanging from its lower belly, which was clearly a fighter made by modern industry.

Gilgamesh was standing above the plane, staring coldly at Rider on the terrace.

Although Webb was present at the Feast of the Three Kings, it was only now that he understood the true meaning of Gilgamesh's King's Treasury "to gain access to all the 'extensions' of the 'archetype'".

"Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth strategic bomber!" Originally, Weber was just subconsciously asking questions, but unexpectedly, Iskandar next to him suddenly stood up and answered loudly, and the fighting spirit that burst out even ignited a flame.

No, it wasn't the flames, it was the crimson armor and cloak that Rider had replaced with after he had removed the black suit in an instant.

"Hahaha! It would be your mistake to let the King of Conquest see such good things! Hero King! Iskandar waved his hand and lightning thundered, and the wheels of Shenwei appeared on the second-floor terrace with a dazzling electric light.

"I'm going to knock you off and snatch it over!" "Wait!"

As Rider jumped onto the bullock cart, Webb reached out and grabbed his thick cloak.

"Imp, what do you think of my conquest?" Although he was questioning Webb, Rider's eyes were still fixed on the plane in the sky, as if he would run away in the blink of an eye.

No, no, this situation is very problematic, with Tosaka Tokitomi's intelligence-gathering ability, he must be well aware of how obsessed Rider is with modern military and the weapons it uses, and summoning this kind of thing at him will easily lure Rider away, so to speak......

This is the transfer of the tiger from the mountain.

"I'm going with you!" Webb grabbed Iskandar's cloak and climbed into the chariot, then turned to Lancer and said quickly, "You can't fly, go to Mr. Kenneth and Mrs. Sola to protect them immediately, and pay special attention to Emir if there is anything strange." ”

Even if Amir herself is fine, the spell and the peculiarities that she has not been studied are hidden dangers.

“…… I see. As a warrior with rich combat experience, Dilumudo easily understood the meaning of Weber's words, he was not too interested in the current war machine, and looked at the bomber again and turned into a spirit and disappeared.

"Huh? Is that a trap? Rider withdrew his burning gaze from B2 and looked at Webb, "If you don't think you should strike, I'll take it." ”

"No, with the personality we know of this Heroic Spirit, he wouldn't set a trap out of confidence in his own strength......" Webber thought quickly, responding to Iskandar.

Gilgamesh, who was standing above the cockpit of B2, did not say a word, only kept a sneer, and watched Webb interact with Iskandar with blood-red eyes full of murderous intent.

"Attack," Weber made the final conclusion after analysis: "Do what you thought at the beginning, even if this is indeed some kind of trap, the opponent's strongest combat power is also stumped here." ”

And Luna and Dilumudo completely restrained each other's Assassin and Berserker, so there is nothing to fear.

"Keep up with the king." Gilgamesh said coldly: "The battle between kings does not need to be judged by the common people. ”

The next moment, the B2 bomber, which was not supposed to maintain a levitating attitude, soared into the sky.

71:25:48

Kenneth had woken up when Gilgamesh's boat had just reached the foot of the mountain—though he had a good dream.

He now fully understood why Caster took the initiative to help him improve his strength.

During the Battle of Einsbelen Castle, Berserker, who was supposed to drive the Kamui Wheel all the way to destroy the barrier, was intercepted by Rider and Caster and was seriously injured, and it seems that he has not recovered until now.

Since the barrier still exists, the Assassins are unable to infiltrate the castle, and Kenneth happens to take Webb to attack the Tosaka Mansion, so these Assassins who cannot return to the rescue instead attack their own floating castle and the incomplete Western-style Mansion, resulting in the two battlefields inflicting heavy damage on the Assassin at the same time.

Rider then took away little Emile for unknown reasons, but seems to be important to Assassin as a whole.

After the end of this battle, Tosaka Toshitokito's Heroic Soul combat power was actually two out of three, and Kenneth and their strength was not only intact but even strengthened.

As the defender of that battle, Emiya Kiritsugu's camp lost its well-guarded stronghold, and the two Sabers who were facing Gilgamesh head-on also lost their combat effectiveness, and now they are completely hidden, although Caster is still active outside, Tosaka Tokitomi does not see them as a threat at all.

No matter how many coincidences and accidents this result may have caused—such as the one who had attacked the Hyatt Regency and stolen the oxcart earlier—they would all face a full-blown blow from Tosaka Tokitomi, and it could only be the ancient king of the glittering gold.

The Hero King piloted some kind of modern flying machine to lure Rider away, but it was still unclear whether the other party's purpose was to trip Iskandar and take the opportunity to attack the Western-style Pavilion to rescue Amir, or to completely eliminate Rider the tiger.

Regardless of the specific purpose, the remaining personnel of the Western-style Pavilion have no way to interfere with the battlefield in the sky, because Luna and Dilumudo cannot fly for a long time, and can only hope for Webb, who will go with them.

Kenneth convinces Sola to take Emir to the center of the Western-style Pavilion "between the Controls Chamber" after Lancer returns, so that no matter what the other party's remaining forces want to do under the protection and surveillance of the two Masters and the two Servants, such as Ryunosuke Yusheng, Kiri Mono, the remnants of the Assassin, and even Tosaka Tokitomi himself, will not easily achieve his goal.