Chapter 35: The Raid on the Hotel
My name is Illya
Shi Chen at the hotel of the director of the raid.
154:53:12
"Teacher, the guardian puppet between the spells has been broken."
In the stairwell leading from the 22nd floor to the 23rd floor of the Hyatt Regency Fuyuki City, dressed in a magic robe strengthened by protective magic, Yan Feng Qili walked ahead to explore the way, while Tosaka Tokitomi, who was holding a civilization stick and acting as easily and elegantly as usual, followed closely behind, and at the end was Ryunosuke Yusheng, who was holding a ruby bracelet in his hand.
"Oh?" Shi Chen glanced back at the gems on Ryunosuke's bracelet that had broken more than half: "How many spells did you consume from Emiya Kiritsu?" ”
According to Tosaka's thoughts, it was the most appropriate course of action to sit in the Tosaka Mansion and command the army of disciples and servants from a distance, unless the Ancient King asked him to go out to war.
An old mansion run by a magic family for generations can even be compared to the legendary magician's mage tower, if Shi Chen presides over the mansion, the magician killer can't even enter the gate.
"Only one spell was consumed," Ryunosuke said as he distinguished the protective magic and puppet corresponding to the Broken Ruby: "He seems to have some kind of technique to speed up himself, and he has no interest in the teacher's treasure, and his own mana reserve is also very large, I'm sorry, this is a mistake in my calculation." ”
"Well, it's acceptable, don't blame yourself." Shi Chen comforted his disciples.
Although this genius disciple persuaded himself to leave the mansion on the grounds that "it may consume three spells of the Einzberen camp", Shi Chen was ready to find nothing, after all, he had also heard of the name of the magician killer.
The first is the Deadhole Detection Spell that surrounds the mansion, which, if triggered, will result in a powerful magical strike that cannot be spared unless the Heroic Spirit is summoned.
Then there are the various magic costumes, materials, and consumables stored by the Tosaka family, and if the infiltrator is greedy, they will be trapped in a cage that can greatly resist the effects of magic.
Then there is the army of ruby puppets that will continuously drain the magician's mana, which will continue to absorb the magician's magic until they are destroyed, and even Shichen himself will not be able to get rid of all these bulky guards before the magic is exhausted.
In the end, there is the big guy between the spells, and the only Assassin in ambush, the kind of trap arrangement that even the serious Qi Li has expressed his admiration, and it seems that this is the only one who has made the final contribution.
Only one of the fivefold methods has succeeded, and of course there is a reason why all the traps are set up "not deliberately targeted", a cunning beast may actively destroy the trap, but will never touch the one set for itself.
154:51:09
At this time, the three of Tosaka had reached the twenty-third floor through the stairwell, but the staircase leading to the upper floor had been completely destroyed, Yan Feng Qili frowned slightly and then turned around, trying to open the security door leading to the hotel.
At that moment, Qi Li suddenly swung his arm into the space next to the security door, and three sharp weapons glowing green appeared on his originally empty fist.
"Ding ——!"
The attack didn't miss, and the magic costumes known as the "Black Keys" slashed hard at some kind of hard object, but the young priest's line of sight was still empty.
Puff –
Yan Feng Qili, who was not surprised by this, immediately withdrew his hand and turned around in a wrong step to cut it in a different direction, this time there was a strange sound of cloth or paper being torn in the air, and at the same time, a deformed skeleton wearing a translucent white cloth with only its upper body appeared there, and what Qi Li had just slashed with his first blow was its huge and sharp miserable white claws.
"I heard that the 'genius of the clock tower' is proficient in séance and alchemy, and it seems that this is a special demon created by him," Tosaka Tokitomi commented disapprehantly, "I wonder why the previous floor was full of ordinary magic traps and mainland envoys. ”
This is obviously a resentful spirit summoned through séance, and after alchemy magic, it has been transformed into a form that is not very good in appearance but very convenient for sneak attacks, but unfortunately, Yan Feng Qili was an excellent agent before participating in this war, and this hidden necromancer seemed to him as conspicuous as ink stains dripping from white paper.
"But at this level, be careful, teacher!" Ryunosuke watched his senior brother completely dismantle the strange skeleton in a few clicks, and was about to echo the joke, when he suddenly thought of something and quickly raised his hands.
Burst! Burst! Burst!
More than a dozen invisible claws attacked the three masters and apprentices, but all of them were intercepted by the sudden appearance of the water curtain shield, which could neither go deeper nor be withdrawn, and the appearance of those attackers was revealed under the mist—a group of strange skeletons of the same shape as the one that had just been dismantled.
"Hmm, that's ...... so much," Ryunosuke muttered to himself in annoyance, waving his hands to continue supporting the protective magic of the water curtain.
"Teacher, please come inside the hotel, leave it to us here." On the other side, Qi Li had already opened the door to the safe passage, and summoned three black keys in his other hand, as if he was going to continue to slash those strangely shaped bone frames.
"You're doing a good job, but there's no need to run away at this level." Tosaka raised the Staff of Civilization, and the huge ruby set on it began to glow dazzlingly.
Qi Li used to be a substitute practitioner, and although he had mastered a lot of magic, he still used to use combat methods that could cause direct damage, while Ryunosuke did not study for a long time, and although he was able to use the correct magic from a theoretical point of view, the casting speed often could not keep up with the specific changes in actual combat.
Of course, this is only a minor flaw, and it is my responsibility as a teacher to teach them how to make up for it.
The dazzling light on Tosaka Tosaka's cane illuminated the stairwell, and in addition to the skeletons that had already appeared, a few others hiding in the corners were also illuminated, and the next moment, the light of the flames suddenly disappeared, but the red color of all the skeletons became brighter and brighter.
"Let's go inside, it looks like the core area of the magic workshop is from here up." Shi Chen turned around and put the staff of civilization on the ground again.
Rumble!
Behind him, all the skeletons burst into flames at the same time, and after only two or three seconds, they didn't have time to make any other moves before they were all reduced to ashes.
154:32:08
On the thirty-second floor of the Hyatt Hotel, Kenneth is taking Sora and Webb through a crystal ball to watch Tosaka Tokitoki's assault.
In front of them, in addition to the crystal ball that can see the three masters and apprentices of Tosaka at the moment, there is also a three-dimensional dot line map of the magic nodes of the entire floor displayed in the air through projection magic.
It can be seen that every time they break through the hotel on the first floor, they will immediately sweep all the magic spells and magic summoning arrays on that floor, and only go up again after confirming that they cannot be reused, which increases the time consumption but also makes the planned front and back flanking impossible to achieve.
The three-dimensional dot line diagram, which uses green and red to distinguish whether a magic node fails or not, is slowly but steadily changing from red to green.
"Heh, I thought I was a country magician, but I didn't expect there to be two more." Sora watched nonchalantly and commented casually.
"His two students are also good, they were in a hurry and even helped at first, but now they are decent." Kenneth nodded.
"Are we just going to watch them fight all the way?" Seeing that the monitoring point of view in the crystal ball had changed again due to the destruction of the surveillance magic, Webb couldn't help but ask, "Wouldn't that be the pointless magic workshop in that case?" ”
"If this were a regular magician confrontation, we would have missed quite a few attacks," Kenneth looked at Webb, "but there is a special rule in this magic game - that is, each participant has a 'servant' who can have an overwhelming advantage over the other participants, do you see their Servant appear along the way?" ”
"It doesn't seem to be ...... Along the way, they were the ones who took it personally. Webb grabbed his hair.
"Before engaging in anything, thoroughly analyze the information that can be obtained, such as the fact that these Heroic Spirits can be spiritualized and move regardless of spatial limitations," Kenneth pointed to the three Tosaka masters and apprentices displayed on the crystal ball, "Every time they destroy the protective magic of the workshop on the first floor, it means that the Heroic Spirits they belong to can appear there unaffected." ”
"You don't know yet, do you? Little Webb," Sora ran her fingers at the hair that hung down from her forehead, "Those unrestricted Assassins have already attacked this place once, though they have been weakened to the point that Kenneth can fight three at a time. ”
"Uh, Sora? I'm still able to deal with a normal Assassin one-on-one. The genius lecturer who was demolished explained awkwardly.
"Hmph, I'm obviously complimenting you." Sora brushed her hair back behind her ears: "And little Webb, didn't you notice that our servants were not there?" ”
"Seems to be?" Webber looked around, neither the hunky King of Conqueror nor the stern and polite Lancer was here, only Luna was around.
"They and Tosaka Toshitokito's Heroic Spirits should be playing hide-and-seek in the hotel's Spirited Form," Kenneth pointed to his feet, "Even in the most disturbing magic workshop, the Spirited Servents will sense each other, and once they materialize, they will immediately be attacked by our Heroic Spirits, unless they come to us directly without relying on the power of the Heroic Spirits - that's what I'm for." ”
"But could this be their ploy?" Webb pointed to the three Tosaka who had broken through another layer in the crystal ball: "Let the not-so-powerful Heroic Spirit lure Rider and Lancer away, and use their magic abilities to fight it out?" ”
"Hehe, magic showdown? Kenneth will show them exactly where the genius of the clock tower and the magician of the country are! Sora sneered.
Although he wanted to remind his wife not to underestimate the enemy, he finally swallowed back when he saw that both the teacher and Luna had mixed expressions.
Well, even if you can't beat the official magician and the agent, the young man who has just learned magic should still be able to deal with it himself.