Alice Phil's chest throbbed suddenly and violently, and she couldn't help but tense her whole body. Just mastered the enchantment of the forest in his own magic. There were repeated and strong vibrations in her magic circuit.

That's the alarm.

"Is it already here?" Her husband, who had whispered in her ear, calmly regained the firmness and coldness to which she could not get used to it.

Kiritsugu only saw his wife's expression and sensed that something was happening. Alice Phil nodded silently and left her husband's embrace. The grim face of the magician's assassin resurfaced before her eyes.

"Luckily, it arrived before Maiya's departure. Now that we've hit Alice head-on, get ready for a crystal ball that looks into the distance. ”

"Okay."

Things happened much faster than expected. A whirlwind of battle began to blow in the forest.

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appeared.

The conference room was once again filled with all the main players of the Ainzberen camp, Kiritsugu, Maiya, Artoria and Mordred. In front of the four of them, Alice Fell displayed the image of the invaders captured by the barrier on the crystal ball.

The intruder was dressed in pitch-black robes, and an ominous aura swayed from his clothes. There are also red patterns on the clothes, as if they were stained with blood, looming in the jungle.

"Is this the Caster?"

Kiritsugu saw Caster for the first time, and Alice Phil nodded at him. The figure reflected in the crystal ball is the strange heroic spirit that stopped Saber last night.

"But what is he going to do?"

To Alice Phil's confusion, the marshal was still leading a group of people behind him.

The marshal did not act alone this time. There were about a dozen people behind him. Stride through the forest. These people are all underage children. The oldest of them is just an elementary school student. All the children walked as if they were sleepwalking, and the marshal walked ahead to lead them. There is no doubt that the children are under the control of the marshal's magic.

"It must have been Caster who saw the Overseer's notice and took the children hostage from near Fuyuki City."

"Alice. Where's that guy's place?"

"Northwest of the castle, less than two kilometers away. Caster didn't seem to have any intention of going further into the forest. ”

An enchantment that spreads out in the forest. It is a circle with a diameter of five kilometers centered on the castle. The location of the marshal is the border of this barrier.

If the marshal goes one step further into the enchantment. Alice Phil will be able to assist Artoria and Mordred in their battle. But the marshal, as if he had seen through Alice's motives, began to wander around the periphery of the barrier.

"Alice Fell, the enemy is luring us out." Artoria said in a firm tone.

"Then go and blow him up." Mordred shook her fist.

"It's a hostage." Alice Fell whispered melancholy.

"Definitely." Artoria nodded. "If you activate the traps and traps you have set, it will affect those children. Only if I go straight out and defeat Caster can I save those kids. ”

At this moment, the marshal's reptilian eyes suddenly looked upward.

The marshal stared in the direction where Alice Fell was, and raised his arms with great diligence and made a gesture towards Alice Phil.

"As I agreed last night, I have come to visit you." The hard surface of the crystal ball began to shake, and the sound came from the surveillance location. "Now I beg you to give the order that I may once again meet that beautiful saint."

Artoria stared at Alice Phil, urging her to give the order quickly. As a Servant, the Maiden is ready for battle. It's just that her master is still hesitant.

The marshal seemed to have read through Alice Field's thoughts, and showed a look of contempt, as if he were staging a one-man show, and then sneered:

"Ah, I still can't make up my mind. I'm ready to wait a long time, so take your time. Oh, what a boring game, can you let me borrow a corner of your territory?"

The marshal snapped his fingers. The children, who had been following the marshal obediently just now, opened their eyes as if they had woken up from a dream. The children looked around helplessly, as if unable to figure out where they were.

"Listening to the kids, we started playing hide and seek. The rules are simple. Just run away from me. If you're caught by me," the marshal swished out his hand from the sleeve of his robe, grabbing a child beside him

"Stop!" Artoria couldn't help but scream.

The sound of a crumbling skull. Brains splashing everywhere and eyeballs sliding through the air. Those nightmarish scenes were etched in everyone's minds.

The children let out heart-wrenching cries. Flee in all directions. The marshal, who was standing in the center, laughed happily and licked his blood-soaked fingers with his tongue.

"Hurry up and run. I'll count to a hundred and start chasing you. So Joan of Arc, how long are you going to prepare before I catch all the children?"

Mordred couldn't help but rush out. [At this moment, I really want to poke the marshal's dog eye. 】

"Xiao Mo!" Seeing this, Alice Phil no longer hesitated. It is impossible to hesitate any longer. She is also a mother of a child. The child who had been killed and then discarded, his petite and pitiful body was just the size of his own daughter, Elia.

"Saber, knock Caster down."

"Yes."

The Knight King's answer was unusually brief. By the time Althelia heard Artoria's answer, she had disappeared from the conference room. It's just that the gust of wind that blew behind her was filled with unusual anger.