Chapter 201: Different Thoughts
After being attacked by the Holy Maiden Marda, Lu Xiao prepared for the worst of the situation, and made a corresponding plan for this situation.
Plan A is easy to understand, and in simple terms, it is to take the initiative.
Of course, the initiative here is not to blindly rush out and fight with other heroic spirits.
Lu Xiao's original plan was to take advantage of the opportunity of Kiritsugu and Maiya to attack Einzberren Castle, defeat Lancer with a two-on-one advantage, and kidnap Alice Phil.
Later, he used Leonardo da Vinci's position to forge the scene and disguise the castle as a sign of an attack by Archer.
Most of the Immortals' abilities were exposed during the melee in the harbor, and Archer, who possessed multiple Noble Phantasms, was no exception.
With Da Vinci's ability, it is not difficult to create a crater mark that has been bombarded by multiple treasures at the same time, and even the residual magic can be imitated vividly, which is one of Leonardo da Vinci's unique abilities as a universal person.
As early as when he decided to summon Leonardo da Vinci, Lu Xiao had already made relevant plans.
Due to the fact that the three major knights have more or less anti-magic power, Caster is relatively weak in frontal combat among the seven servants.
Instead of letting Sakura gamble on her luck with her own nature, she should take the initiative to choose a Heroic Spirit with strong support abilities.
As an artist who relied on legends to sublimate his life deeds, Lu Xiao originally did not count on Leonardo da Vinci's combat ability.
Leonardo da Vinci was an out-and-out genius, and he dabbled in and studied many fields during his lifetime, and magic was only a part of the worldview of the moon.
Leonardo da Vinci mastered architecture, sculpture, engineering, geology, astronomy, and paleontology, and these abilities were sublimated into her own unique Noble Phantasm.
The fact that the ability to fight head-on is not strong does not mean that Leonardo da Vinci is completely ineffective.
If she fights Lancer with Lu Xiao, she will be able to use her Noble Phantasm to exert a powerful auxiliary effect in battle, effectively using the modified terrain to curb Lancer's mobility.
Although I dare not say that I am 100% sure of defeating Lancer, it is indeed a high chance of winning with two against one.
…… Of course, the premise is that Lancer is not allowed to liberate the true name of the Holy Lance that has been lifted from the 7-fold seal.
Alice Phil is important to Kiritsugu Emiya in every way, not only as a wife, but also as a means to herself in this Holy Grail War.
Once Alice Phil is taken away, even the pragmatist Kiritsugu Emiya will do everything in his power to get her back.
According to the regulations, the master who has lost his servant can go to the church and apply for protection.
It's not like the Masters who are out of the game for the time being will not be able to turn over, as long as they can re-sign the contract with the lone servant who has lost the Master, the spell will appear in their hands again.
And when it comes to hunting magicians, Emiya Kiritsugu is a professional.
With such a-stirring stick sniping the Master everywhere in the Holy Grail War, Lu Xiao can fish in troubled waters in a chaotic situation more conveniently.
However, this Plan A was temporarily invalidated with the call for encirclement and suppression issued by the Templar Church, and Lu Xiao could only use Plan B, which was specially formulated for this situation.
Compared to Plan A, which uses more calculations, Plan B is simpler.
No matter how strong Da Vinci's renovated magic workshop is, it will not be able to withstand the repeated attacks of multiple servants for a long time, and it is only a matter of time before it is breached.
Since he couldn't hold it, Lu Xiao simply gave up his defense and took the initiative to leave the workshop to wander around to avoid harassment of the stronghold and give Leonardo da Vinci more time to create an "army".
To reiterate, the Holy Grail War is a covert battle, and all participants are obliged to avoid contact with ordinary people.
According to the agreement between the Templar Church and the Magic Society, once a clue is discovered by ordinary people, it can be wiped out directly if there are few people, and the Winterwood Administrator and the Overseer of the Holy Grail War will be responsible for the aftermath related to it.
Of course, this is only an emergency measure that can be taken when the number of contacts is small.
Magicians actively avoid ordinary people out of good intentions, but because of selfishness.
Compared to the world's population of 6 billion, magic is a unique technology controlled by a few people, and the more people who know about it, the less mysterious it becomes.
To put it simply, the more the concept of magic spreads, the less powerful the magician will be, and it may even lead to the complete disappearance of mystery, and the magician will be reduced to a large street that can be found on the street.
The nobility of the clock tower certainly could not accept this situation, and the privileged classes wanted to maintain their privileges in perpetuity.
So the Magic Society and the Templar Church came to an unprecedented agreement to prevent the magical world from being exposed to ordinary people.
Lu Xiao is not a magician, and he will not strictly follow the magician's hidden principles.
Since the Templar Church has launched an encirclement and suppression against him, Lu Xiao will certainly not sit idly by.
After receiving Weber's warning, Lu Xiao asked Rin to temporarily return to Yatsushirodai City not to act without permission, and Sakura also sat in the workshop under the protection of Leonardo da Vinci, and he himself left the workshop alone to go to the densely populated downtown area of Xindu.
The Fuyuki Hotel was destroyed by Emiya Kiritsugu with a large amount of explosives, and the Saber group was able to escape under the protection of the Moon Spirit Marrow.
The sudden terrorist attack caused a huge wave in Xindu, and a large number of Dongmu residents and foreign merchants who had not yet slept paid attention to the collapsed Dongmu Hotel in horror.
Fortunately, Emiya Kiritsugu still remembered his dream when he was young, and he didn't go on a killing spree against the ordinary people in the entire hotel.
He announced the terrorist attack to the hotel in advance, and except for the overconfident Kenneth trio, the guests and hotel employees who stayed at the hotel evacuated in advance to a safe place.
Fortunately, there were no casualties in the attack, and search and rescue personnel did not have to venture into the ruins of the hotel.
At this time, Lu Xiao was in the ruins of the hotel, standing in the inclined high-rise building, Lu Xiao could clearly observe the flow of people in the entire new capital by using the eagle's pupil.
Emiya Kiritsugu and Kenneth had just gone through a round of confrontation, and Kenneth, who had suffered a big loss, was eager to regain face.
However, at the call of the Church, the Masters and Servants who are willing to participate in the encirclement operation are forbidden to attack each other until they cooperate to eliminate the Assassin.
Although Kenneth was not impressed by the church's orders, in order to avoid being the first to become the target of public criticism at this juncture, he temporarily suppressed his anger and listened to the "persuasion" of his fiancée Sora, intending to vent his anger on the Assassin.
Sora Nazele Sophia, daughter of Lufreus Nazele Eulifis, head of the Clock Tower's séance, and Kenneth's fiancée.
Lufreius, one of the twelve monarchs of the Clock Tower, was a powerful man who decided to marry a woman to Kenneth, who was also the monarch, for political purposes.
Sola also has an older brother who is the eldest son, and she has no right to inherit the family's magic mark, and has been cultivated as a pawn in marriages with other large families since she was a child.
Kenneth fell in love with Sora at first sight when he first met him, but Sora was very cold towards Kenneth.
Although she accepted her fate of marrying into the Aqipolud family in the future, Sora's deep resistance and rebellion never stopped.
The arrogant Kenneth is the only one who puts away his arrogance when facing Sora, and flatters his fiancée with a low profile, but what he gets is often unabashed cynicism.
What annoys Kenneth the most is that his fiancée seems to have taken a fancy to the "demons" he has summoned to participate in the Holy Grail War, and has repeatedly courted her, even if she only gets a cold response each time.
"Master of the Assassin."
Kenneth was in a very bad mood, the blood vessels in his forehead protruded, and his skin twitched a little.
"Although there is no enmity with you, the Ermelo School must win this Holy Grail War, and it is up to me, Kenneth Ermelo Aqipolud, to ask you out."
“Saber。”
Ignoring Sora's eyes staring at him, Dilumudo knelt in front of Kenneth without a smile and bowed his head: "My lord, please command." ”
Kenneth looked at Dilumudo's extremely handsome face, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes involuntarily, but he was not carried away by jealousy after all, and calmly ordered.
"Once the Ruler sends the signal, you have to be on the scene as soon as possible to make sure that the Assassin dies at your hands, can you do that?"
"Yes."
A confident smile appeared on Dilumudo's face: "My lord, please rest assured that I will definitely bring back victory to the knight Dilumudo Audina." ”
"Humph! I hope so. ”