Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Death of the Yangtze River
My name is Elijah,
The Yangtze River Knight is dead.
41:55:18
"What are you doing?"
The crosshair of the sniper scope has firmly locked onto the magician who is slowly falling from the sky, and with a single pull of the trigger, one of the enemies in the Holy Grail War will be completely out.
However, at the same time as Kuyu Maiya pulled the trigger, the barrel of the gun was lifted high by a huge force, and the discharged bullet flew somewhere.
Only then did she notice Caster, who called herself the Winter Maiden, floating in front of her, and asked in a peculiar tone.
Maiya had heard the same words once, it was the first time she had followed Kiritsugu on a mission, and she had almost killed an innocent person because of some kind of wrong information, and after being stopped by Kiritsugu, he said exactly the same words.
Could it be that I was wrong again?
Although Maiya acts according to Kiritsugu's instructions in most cases, she occasionally cooperates spontaneously according to the situation, and can basically help Kiritsugu further achieve her goals.
For example, this time the Emiya Mansion was attacked, and the evacuation of Kiritsugu and his wife with one Saber completely attracted the enemy's attention, although there was no order, but it was not a matter of course for the neglected self to take the opportunity to sneak attack and destroy an enemy?
"Have you ever thought about the consequences of this shot?"
Caster landed on the roof of the buggy, his ruby eyes staring straight at Maiya.
"Kiritsugu doesn't care if he slaps me, because he has Saber to protect him, what about you? That shot may be able to knock one person out, but how can you escape from two magicians yourself? This dirt bike? Are you prepared to trade a life for a life if I'm not around? ”
That's what you earn, too—but Maiya doesn't say it in the end.
Compared to Lin Hao, who occasionally had conversations, her Servnt had almost no communication with herself, and she was outside all day long advancing the Holy Grail War in her own way, and the only interaction was when Maiya was rubbed by Kiritsugu's origin bullet to the point of imminent death, and when the Winter Saintess hurried back to transfer that injury to herself, it was for this reason that her life could be said to be given by the other party, so she couldn't say anything to refute her approach to protecting her own members.
But...... Judging by the current intelligence, it seems that she is protecting all the magicians involved in the Holy Grail War? No, it can't be, how can a war not kill people?
"Go back to the mansion by the river now," said Caster to her, "Neither Kiritsugu nor Mrs. Kiritsu will have a fierce battle today, and I hope they will rest as soon as they return." ”
Whoa, whoa, whoa—
At this point, the crowd of ordinary tourists chasing the strange excavator and the gem UFO finally arrived, but they walked around Maiya's off-road vehicle as if they had encountered a river on a reef.
"I see." Maiya finally nodded.
41:53:12
"Ahead are the ruins of Einsbelen Castle, Alice Phil, but I still can't feel Kiritsugu's presence."
The silver-white heavy locomotive nimbly shuttled through the forest like a white bird, evading the excavator and the trees it threw at it with great ease.
"Maybe Kiritsugu is stumbling over the enemy, but we're missing a pursuer on our side—the ship."
Alice Phil hugging Saber Lily's waist looked behind her, and there were no aircraft in the air other than the black excavator.
"So we can stop and fight him?" Even if Saber· Lily wasn't the king of Britain yet, but her pride still didn't allow her to run away.
"Gotta think about wrecking that excavator before then—" Alice Phil responded, "it doesn't look like it's going to stop because it's running out of gas." ”
"I think so—" The silver heavy motorcycle jumped high on a small dirt slope, and when it landed again, it had already entered the range of Einsbelen Castle: "This motorcycle has long run out of gas, and it is all maintained by my magic power!" ”
"Well, hold on a little longer, and go around the ruins of the castle" Alice Phil looked at the pitch-black machinery that was chasing after him through the dirt slope, and threads of Mithril began to appear in his hands: "I'll find a way to destroy it." ”
"Then please!" This time of getting along with Alice Phil and Saber Phil was the time to get along with each other. Lily cultivated enough trust among herself that she didn't hesitate to flick the tail of the car and drive around the castle's main entrance, which was still intact, towards the back garden.
"[Wreckage, move]—" Alice Phil chanted a magic spell and threw out the pieces of Mythril Filaments with a wave of her hand, which held their ends in place as if they were being controlled by someone on the trees and rocks and the earth, and soon became invisible.
As a result, the path of the silver locomotive was filled with transparent traps that were large enough to cut the solid rock in half.
Boom, boom, boom!
However, for excavators that have been strengthened by [Knight Immortality and Unarmed Hands] and have reached the quality of D-rank Noble Phantasms, the threat of these silk threads can be completely ignored, as long as they simply rush through, they will inevitably be broken into two parts.
"Woo-lur-" Berserker, aware of this, even let out a strange cry that looked like a mockery or celebration.
"Alice Phil, aren't you okay?" Saber didn't pay much attention to Berserker's provocations, and continued to circle around Einsberen Castle, dodging the stones and logs that Berserker threw at him from time to time.
"Right now—" Alice Phil tossed out the remaining Mithril threads in her hand, and looked at the main entrance she had just passed, "This is the last lap!" ”
Boom! The excavator swept by, and the trap that Alice Fell had just left behind was broken again.
Since Alice Phil didn't throw the Mithril filament again this time, their speed went up a notch, and they quickly fell out of Berserker's sight at the next corner.
If it escapes in a straight line, the silver motorcycle is definitely no match for the black and red excavator in terms of speed, but it chooses to spin, then the excavator with the same steering is gradually pulled away.
"Roar, roar—" Berserker wielded the excavator's mechanical arm to dig a stone from the ruined castle wall, ready to throw it directly after rounding the corner.
Then, an unusually large Alice Phil made of Mithril filaments appeared in front of him.
"Woo-" Berserker's roar changed tone.
"Smack." The huge Alice Fell slapped her hands and fixed the excavator in place, and then "she" freed her hands and knocked down the castle entrance, which was still intact, and buried the excavator in the rubble along with Berserker.
"Hmm, how did that happen?" Saber· Lily had stopped her bike not far behind the giant Ellie and helped Alice Phil to jump.
"Some kind of trick," Alice Phil jumped off the motorcycle, straightened her skirt and hat and looked at the ruins, "Every time he broke the Mithril thread, he thought he had destroyed a trap, but how could the thread be useless because it was broken?" ”
"So, that image didn't actually force the excavator to stop, but only reactivated the Mithril filaments attached to the excavator's surface, causing them to grip the ground at the same time?" Saber pondered.
"Sure enough, the Master doesn't actually threaten the power of the Servant," Alice Phil suddenly took a step back, "He's about to climb out, so I'll have to hand it over to Saber." ”
With Alice Phil's movements, the massive figure made of Mithril filaments collapsed, forming a giant barrier around the buried excavator.
"Whew-"
Berserker burst through the ruins of the collapse of the main entrance and jumped out, waving the excavator's tracks like a soft whip in his hand - red-black, of course.
Sir Lancelot, Knight of the Lake, Du· Lake)! I know it's you! ”Saber· Lily raised the sword in the stone that shimmered with dazzling gold and blue at him, and shouted, "I don't know what resentment you have against me in the future, but if you still have the glory of a knight, draw your sword and don't let the [Indestructible Lake] be disgraced!" ”
"Quack-"
A laugh-like movement came from the pitch-black armor, and at the same time, the black mist that wrapped around him began to roll back, and the degraded version of the inherent skill [Glory for Yourself], which can be transformed into other heroic spirits, was gradually disappearing, revealing the gorgeous armor that had been displayed once in this life, and the heroic face that was different from that one because of the madness.
"Hmm...... If Brother Kai becomes like this, I may break down and lose my fighting spirit," said Saber. Lily's turquoise eyes fluctuated for only a moment before returning to normal: "Unfortunately, although I know that there is no entanglement between you and me, I don't have any pity or guilt for you - rather, this kind of affection will be an insult to the battle between us." ”
Hum - The reflection of the sharp blade in the sunlight is like a lake of shining light, it is an elven sword that will never be destroyed by any blow, [Indestructible Lake Light], at this moment, it is resonating with the sword in the stone that is firmly held in the hand of the girl named Artoria.
"Asa-" Berserker was unable to express himself because he was not in a state of intensifying the spell, and his consciousness was even in a state of confusion, but he still put on a posture of raising his sword in response, and his blackened and frantic face even showed excitement.
"According to the trajectory of the future, this sword will be broken by killing a Knight of the Round Table, and I am not going to verify whether you are one of them, therefore, I will directly release the true name of the Noble Phantasm." As Saber spoke, countless golden points of light began to emerge from around her and merge into the golden-blue sword she raised in front of her.
"Quack—" Berserker also made a prepar swing, the sunlight reflected off his blade rippling out in all directions, creating an image of an extremely wide body of water behind him.
"Aroundight!"
"Caliburn!"
The turquoise sword light surged towards Saber like an overflowing lake, only to be shattered by countless golden streamers that fell from the sky, and it was not an even match, each of those golden streamers was enough to easily destroy the sword light that Berserker swung with all his might.
Ah, I see, in front of him is not a practicing King Arthur at all.
Before being engulfed in the golden streamer, Berserker's sanity regained slightly.
This girl in white is a small ship that has just set sail, sailing towards all possible forms of King Arthur, all possible futures, maybe she will become the unintelligible King Arthur that she hates so much, maybe she will become the black King Arthur who also appeared in this war, but more likely, a pure white king who is full of hope and brings hope to others, who can really save Britain and will not cause any pain and misfortune.
"I wish I could see—"
These are the last words left by the Heroic Spirit named Lancelot, who occupies the Berserker rank.