Chapter 42: The Yangtze River Invasion

My name is Elijah,

I said that's the layout, right?

130:55:11

In the dense forests surrounding the castle of Einzbelen, there is a vast expellation barrier.

Any sapient beings attempting to move inward will unknowingly adjust their path to avoid the castle, and the closer this expulsion gets to the castle's range, the stronger it gets, unless someone with magical talents or outright road idiots can reach the city of legends unaffected.

At this moment, something indescribable was rushing deeper into the forest, it looked like a huge cloud of black smoke, but it had the speed and noise and even destructive power of a train.

"Oooo

It let out a shrill and senseless roar as it slammed straight forward, breaking all the trees that stood in its way with a massive force, leaving behind only an unsightly forest path.

"So there's still this usage." In front of the monster's path, far away in a glade, Iskandar rode his beloved horse and looked into the distance: "Those two old fellows haven't been so wild in a long time. ”

The big black horse, Busi Faras, snorted and echoed.

"Obviously, the other party intends to use your Shenwei wheel as a battering ram, just crash all the way over, knock through the protective barrier of Einzberen several layers, and finally your ox cart will be completely destroyed by the counterattack spell before it will be their turn to play." The girl in a white dress floating beside him was Caster, who rushed back immediately after completing the alliance with Kenneth's faction.

She seemed to be very unhappy with the fact that she was much shorter than Iskander, and would use magic to float when she was closer to him, and although this allowed her to flatten her height, the difference in size became more pronounced.

"That said, the castle's protective barrier must have been broken a long time ago, when Archer attacked." Rider thoughtfully didn't point this out, but instead held the reins and let the big black horse continue to rise for easy observation.

In addition to the flying trees, rocks, and dirt in the assault path of the black ox cart, there is also a translucent wall of light that can only be seen by those who have mastered magic, and which will appear from time to time and be immediately shattered—the defensive barrier that the Einzberen family has arranged in the forest.

"That golden guy flew directly from the sky in a treasure, and the forbidden enchantment is invalid against a powerful treasure." Caster replied as he cast a tuning spell on a large fixed spell in the glade, which looked like a node of some kind of giant magic enchantment, and it was issuing instructions to many other nodes under Caster's control.

"Hah! Golden Shining, that's a good name. Rider laughed, then looked at the movements of the girl next to her, "What is this for?" That Berserker is about to rush over. ”

"While such a direct rampage will trigger and destroy most of the enchantments, those types that need to be actively activated will not be affected, so now let Berserker, who is already in the depths, taste the power of counter-attacking enchantments that have been transformed by me." The girl looked very confident.

"Hmm," Rider touched his chin and said suddenly, "It's not a matter of a day or two to transform such a large enchantment, right?" And a lot of key nodes shouldn't be outside. ”

Even if her Master formed an alliance as soon as she was captured, there wasn't enough time, so when did she transform the entire forest barrier into her own?

“…… I'm not obligated to explain this, just help you get the cart back! Caster's eyes widened as if he had been hit on a weak spot, but immediately forcibly ignored the question.

"Okay, so how are you going to stop that black guy?" Rider didn't seem to be looking for the bottom of it, and raised his finger to point in the direction where the assault was getting closer: "There's no way I can stop those two old fellows from charging. ”

"Hmph, of course let them stop on their own, I'm the 'Winter Saint'~" Caster opened his hands in a gesture as if he was going to hug something.

Whew-

As the girl moved, Iskandar felt a cold wind through the trees, cold to the bone, which felt unbelievable to the Heroic Spirit, who had ignored the natural environment, while Caster, who called himself the Winter Maiden, was dressed in flying clothes, his shawl white hair and fiery red eyes had all turned into a silver ice blue.

"[Frozen Baptism]!" "Boom!"

The sky and the earth instantly turned silvery, and the dense snow flakes that swirled wildly even made Rider a little unable to see the figure of the girl who was close at hand, and at the same time, the black and red ox cart that crashed through the woods and rushed into the clearing was instantly frozen in place, forming a huge ice block.

"Phew—it's up to you next, King of Conquest." Caster, whose hair color and pupil color had returned to normal, slowly landed on the ground.

"Quack!!" As if in response to her words, the originally frozen Berserker and the ox cart broke free of the huge ice in the next moment, and rushed towards it with a roar.

"Horse duel?" The red-haired giant confidently curled the corners of his mouth, even if Berserker was riding the Divine Wheel, he would never be a match for the Conquest King of the Rider Profession in the current world without losing his speed bonus!

130:49:12

"Don't wait for Caster, let's leave the castle first."

In the hall on the first floor of Einzberen Castle, everyone in the Emiya Kiritsugu camp except for Caster gathered here to listen to his arrangement, except for Lin Hao, who deliberately ignored him.

"The two sabers are facing Archer in the garden, Ellie, you take Lin Hao to retreat away from the battlefield, and Maiya and I go to the flank of the opponent's attack line to reconnoitre." Kiritsugu made arrangements quickly.

As a magician killer who has been crisscrossing battlefields for several years, Kiritsugu felt great malice when he heard about the rule change, and finally made this decision after exchanging information with the Sabers about the golden glitter and the black heroic spirit.

First of all, judging from the fact that Archer was able to reach the castle without destroying the enchantments along the way, it is likely that his flying machine has the property of ignoring magic enchantments, and considering his arrogant words and deeds, there is zero chance of entering with other participants in Tosaka's Tosaka Tokitomi camp by the way, so leaving the two Sabers he is interested in here can safely limit him.

Secondly, if the remaining participants want to approach the castle, they must violently break the magic enchantment along the way instead of sneaking in, the possibility of this action is not considered by Ellie, on the contrary, she and Lin Hao even strengthened their perception sensitivity when repairing the enchantment, and the result is that if they are nearby when the enchantment is broken, the pain from the magic circuit will even make them faint, so they must evacuate.

In the end, Saber doesn't have the ability to act alone, not to mention the white, to maintain the combat effectiveness of Black Saber, Kiritsugu must be within a certain range, but if he simply hides and watches the battle, it is easy to be attacked by the Assassins who are also good at stealth, so he decided to do the opposite, and take the initiative to find Berserker's master and eliminate it - Berserker also has no ability to act alone, and Tosaka Tokitoshito's student named Yubu Ryunosuke will definitely be nearby.

"Who has an opinion?" Kiritsugu looked around at the people present.

Naturally, Maimi won't have it, and Black Saber heard that there is such a heroic spirit who covets her beauty, and she is already eager to teach the other party a lesson, so there is no problem, so there is only Elle and Lin Hao, who care too much about the Winter Saintess.

"You don't want to bump into the Assassin again," sure enough, the girl from country C opened her mouth to dismantle his platform again: "The spell is not such a waste. ”

"Well, where's Caster? Still won't come back? Ellie's expression looked a little anxious, and it didn't feel like she was worried about the ancestors?

"She-uh!" Almost at the same time, Alice Phil and Lin Hao showed painful expressions.

"Kiritsugu! The enemy rushes directly into the jungle barrier from the east! It's not cracked, it's a destructive invasion! Kuyu Maiya, who had regained his grasp of the Bat Envoy, immediately reported.

"Immediately transfer as planned!" Kiritsugu nodded to the Sabers and walked quickly over to Alice Phil and helped her out, while Maiya pushed Hayashi's wheelchair.

With the character of that golden heroic spirit, he must not wait for others to open the way, even if he can break in directly without any hindrance, I am afraid that he will soon appear within the confines of the castle, and he can only hope that Saber will be attractive enough to him.

"Huh—good?" Having just left the castle of Einzberen and walked deep into the forest, Kiritsugu noticed that Alice Phil's expression suddenly became relaxed, but she immediately thought of something and turned her head to look at Lin Hao.

"Caster, I'm back," Lin Hao frowned, and his voice became a little stuck: "She's in ......"

Whew-

Everyone present sensed a strong wave of magical power erupting in the distance, and then an unusually strong cold wind blew out from the center of the fluctuation, and Kiritsugu even saw that the trees around him were instantly covered with a layer of white frost.

"Caster has focused all the sensing nodes around the castle on herself! And it's fighting the enemy! Ellie almost screamed, and even had the intention of turning to the center of the magic explosion, while Lin Hao covered his head and did not move.

As far as Kiritsugu knew, as soon as one of those nodes was destroyed, the sensifier would instantly feel the pain of slowly pulling his hair and eventually pulling out one, and the intruder was clearly wreaking havoc, and Caster retracted the node sensing while fighting it? Judging from Lin Hao, who was almost unconscious with just a little feedback from the magic link, that Winter Saintess was really a ruthless person.

"That's because she wants to protect you," Kiritsugu said, holding his wife, "so we're all the more to evacuate immediately, and stay away from here." ”

He doesn't usually do that, but he can still say something reasonable if he thinks about it.

“…… You're right. Alice Fell nodded slowly, as if trying to hold back tears, and then resolutely turned to help Maiya push the wheelchair towards the intended hiding place.

Didn't Caster use some kind of charm magic trick for Ellie? This doesn't look like an attitude towards the ancestors.

Kiritsugu thought to himself as he continued to open the way first.