It is about 30 kilometers west from the busy streets of Fuyuki City.

There is an east-west national highway that crosses the mountains far from the village. The highway is lined with dense forests, and the forest area seems to have been forgotten by the surging land development boom.

The land may be state-owned, but it appears from the land register to be privately owned by a foreign-owned company, and it is uncertain whether the foreign-owned enterprise actually exists. If you have to investigate this land, the first thing that makes people puzzled is this magical urban legend.

Legend has it that in the deepest part of this dense forest, there is a mythical city.

Of course. This legend is just a boring oddity. Although the forest has not yet been developed, it is less than an hour's drive from Fuyuki City. If there really is such a strange castle, everyone will know about it. In fact, there have been several land surveys in this primeval forest in the past, but no traces of artificial structures have been found.

But every few years, someone recalls the legend.

A group of children walked into the forest with a half-play, half-adventure mood. There is also a lost hiker. Out of the fog they saw an ancient city suddenly appear, a magnificent castle made of rock. The castle was uninhabited, like an abandoned city. However, the castle is well-equipped and everything is in order, which makes people feel as if someone lives here. It is said to be an unusually bizarre ancient city.

Of course, no one will believe this legend. At best, it's a one-page story told in a summer weird story in a third-rate magazine with no news material.

Only a handful of magicians know that this castle is real.

The castle only welcomes its owner who enters the castle to participate in the war once every sixty years, and it is a castle of demons.

The castle is shrouded in multiple layers of illusion and magic enchantments, which are never revealed except by the most occasional circumstances. It's a bizarre space. People who know about the existence of this castle call this dense forest the Einsbelen Forest.

At that time, the Holy Grail War was being fought in Fuyuki City, and the patriarch of the Einzberen family, Yubstakuhayd, felt that it was inappropriate to set up a stronghold in the direct territory of the Tosaka family, the arch-enemy. Therefore, he made full use of his family's financial resources to buy out the spiritual vein land closest to Fuyuki City and used it as the base of the Ainz Belen family. It was the eve of the Third Holy Grail War, which also happened to be the period of tension before the outbreak of World War II.

This vast primeval forest is shrouded in enchantments and completely isolated from the outside world, and the Einzberen family has transferred all their original castle to this forest. This shows that the Einzbelen family's huge wealth and dedication to chasing the Holy Grail are extraordinary. At that time, the Tosaka family negotiated for the purchase of land in Fuyuki and toiled for covert work in the area, which was only a laughable move compared to the Einzberen family.

Alice Phil's chest throbbed violently in the castle, and she couldn't help but tense her whole body. This forest is full of Einzberen family to set up defensive barriers, and Alice Field, as an artificial person, has long mastered the barrier in her own magic. Just now, there were repeated and strong vibrations in her magic circuit.

That's the alarm. An intruder has entered the warning range of the barrier!

"Is it already here? 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. ”

Emiya Kiritsugu took out a low-quality cigarette from his coat pocket, lit it with the lighter he had with him, and said calmly to Alice Phil. For this situation, Emiya Kiritsugu had known for a long time that it was going to come sooner or later.

Last night, after the Battle of Warehouse Street, Emiya Kiritsugu and others attacked Kenneth, the lord of Lancer, and even encountered Yan Feng Qili and Li Chenxing successively. After that, a spell was wasted and Rider had a fierce battle. After the battle, he didn't even have time to clean up the various traces he left behind, so he was already prepared for being approached.

"Okay."

Suddenly, Alice Phil was concentrating on the crystal ball looking for the intruder, and a faint aroma wafted into Alice Phil's nose. That's the smell of tobacco. Alice Phil first met Emiya Kiritsugu. He still smelled of tobacco on his body. Alice Phil remembers being disgusted by the smell. I hadn't smelled it for a long time since I married Emiya Kiritsugu, and now Emiya Kiritsugu smelled of tobacco again. Maybe that's what the smoke of the battlefield smells like.

There is no doubt that the current Emiya Kiritsugu has changed back to the Emiya Kiritsugu nine years ago. At that time, in order to obtain the Holy Grail, Ahad took in Emiya Kiritsugu. Emiya Kiritsugu is like a ruthless hound. And at that time, Alice Fell was just a doll guarding the Holy Grail. While reminiscing about Kiritsugu's past, Alice Phil seems to be looking back on her own past. It's as if the nine years that the two of them have lived together no longer exist. Alice Phil's heart began to get restless.

Emiya Kiritsugu nodded at his wife, regaining his firmness and indifference. The grim face of a magician assassin is revealed.

The enemy came faster than expected, and a whirlwind of battle began to blow in the forest.

In the conference room, all the main forces of the Ainsbelen camp in this Holy Grail War gathered Emiya Kiritsugu, Kuyu Maiya, and Saber. In front of the three men, Alice Phil displayed the image of the intruder captured by the enchantment on the crystal ball.

An enchantment that spreads out in the forest. It is a circle with a diameter of five kilometers centered on the castle.

Dressed in pure white armor, Lancer rode an equally snow-white mount under him, riding all the way from beyond the forest to the castle. Alone, judging from the feedback from the enchantment, Lancer's Master did not come with him.

To be honest, in this case, it is very disadvantageous for Lancer, fighting in the position that Einzberen has been operating for a long time, Alice Phil in the castle can even activate the traps and traps that have been prepared to harass Lancer, and provide long-range assistance through the spiritual veins underneath, while Lancer who comes alone can only fight alone, Kenneth, who was born in a famous magic family, will never make such a serious mistake.

Although a traditional magician like Kenneth looked down on Emiya Kiritsugu, who used all kinds of modern weapons, there was definitely an ulterior conspiracy to fight in this position that Einzberen had been operating for many years, and to come so openly and brightly.