Chapter 85
"That, Kiritsugu, John. Seeing that the two seemed to be lost in thought, Alice Fell said, "Is it possible for us to find someone else to join forces?"
"It's possible, but it's not likely. When Emiya Kiritsugu heard Alice Phil's words, he came back to his senses and said, "Archer is too arrogant and has an advantage in his interactions with Tosaka Tokito, so it is unrealistic to bypass Archer and negotiate directly with Tosaka, and it is clear that Saber does not like Archer." Rider is very heroic, but for him there are no allies and only subordinates, and this must be abandoned, and Berserker's Makiri family can talk about it well, but Berserker seems to have an entanglement with Saber, as can be seen from the fact that on the dock, Archer was called away, Berserker attacked him regardless of it. Therefore, none of these three are allies that can be trusted with confidence. ”
"But, according to you, there is no possibility that the others will be able to join forces. Alice Phil said after listening to Emiya Kiritsugu's words.
Emiya Kiritsugu shook his head slightly: "However, there is no possibility of being able to resist the alliance of Caster and Saber at the same time, if they don't join forces, they will be equivalent to directly giving up the Holy Grail to us, which is naturally impossible." ”
Indeed, according to the current situation, in the remaining combinations, there is either a contradiction between the masters, or there is disharmony between the servants, and naturally there will be no alliance- In fact, Saber and Caster do not have a harmonious relationship, Emiya Kiritsugu believes that without Alice Phil as a buffer, it is not impossible for the two servants to fight directly as soon as they meet, and if Saber is most likely to become sleepwalking servants in this Holy Grail War, it is Lancer, who left the war early.
"No, Emiya, I think we're thinking too much. John suddenly said, "You don't have to be an ally, just make a non-attack agreement." As long as you agree not to attack each other until only each other remains, you will naturally be able to achieve the purpose of the alliance. ”
"It's true that we're different. Emiya Kiritsugu came back to his senses and said, "You don't have to fight side by side, you don't have to give your back to each other, you just need to make sure that you can achieve your goal by eliminating your opponents before the final battle." So, Caster, if you follow this line of thought, how do you think the union between them is determined?" John touched his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "Now I have some key things that I can't draw the right conclusions about until I figure them out." "What's the problem?" you say. Emiya Kiritsugu said.
John stood up, walked over to the blackboard in front of Emiya Kiritsugu, picked up the pen that Emiya Kiritsugu had placed in front of the blackboard, and drew a circle on the photo of the Rider group: "Rider once unleashed a magic similar to the realm of the gods, and I was not in the square at the time, so I had no way of knowing what was happening in that magical space. However, the big magic that was supposed to be the hole card had already been shown in front of Archer and Saber, which meant that Rider's hand had to be very important to consider our next move. ”
Emiya Kiritsugu remembered that John had indeed left after serving the dishes, and indeed he had not observed the great magic up close. And the people who really saw that great magic, in addition to the three kings at that time, were the intruder Assassin and Alice Phil, who stood by Saber's side. "Ellie, is there anything in there that people care?" Rather than asking the upright knight and the servant under his own name, Emiya Kiritsugu felt that it was easier to ask his wife directly.
"This, how to say it......" Alice Fell recalled the scene at that time, tilted her head, pointed her finger at the corner of her lips, and a confused look appeared on her face: "It's very amazing, it can be called a legendary scene." In amazement, Alice Fell recounted what she had seen, and asked Saber from time to time. Although Saber doesn't really want to pay attention to either John or Emiya Kiritsugu, he still has a very good impression of Alice Phil, so although he didn't say a word from the beginning, Alice Phil's inquiry will still be answered very well.
During the Q&A between the two, John heard a lot of things: "That is, in that big magic, it is actually a separate space? And then in that space there is Rider's army to conquer the continent? So what about his attack? Is it just that the army has to be impacted?" Alice Phil didn't know much about this, so she could only look at Saber. Saber thought back slightly, although he was still immersed in the bond between Rider and his subordinates at the time, but the most basic observation was still there, recalling the scene he saw at the time, Saber said, "At least what he showed was that his army was attacking the Assassin." "Didn't you use a storm in the desert or an ox cart to control the thunder?" John asked. Saber thought about it for a moment, even Rider was only riding his own horse to lead the charge, but not riding on his signature treasure, Zeus's ox cart, Saber shook his head.
John walked back to his seat and sat down, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and said, "Now I have a conjecture. Rider once said, that, what you call an inherent enchantment, Rider said that it was supported by him and his army, so this also limited his combat effectiveness in that space, which meant that he could not use things that had not been used in historical conquests, including his legendary sacrifice to Zeus and the power brought by legends like his son of Zeus. If that's the case, in space, Rider simply has the abilities of true history, his irritating oxcart and thunderbolt are unusable, and the transcendent body from the legend of his 'Son of Zeus' no longer has it. Well, at that time he was the strongest moment and the weakest moment. ”
Emiya Kiritsugu nodded, agreeing with John's words, and then added, "There is another possibility, and that is the supply of magic power. This kind of big magic is not a small amount of mana anyway, even if according to Rider, he is not the only one who can afford the supply here, but at least most of it. This kind of magic consumption can't be underestimated even by Caster...... "Speaking of which, remembering that John sitting in front of him relied on his own magic to ignite the sea monster, which is also a great magic close to magic, but he didn't rely on himself to supply mana, so what he just said was a little unrealistic.
Coughing slightly to ease the embarrassment, Emiya Kiritsugu continued, "If the magic of this magnitude were to be supplied by Rider himself and his master, who was obviously not a qualified magician, it would probably be barely enough to summon that Zeus's oxcart again." Either way, it's really the same as Caster said, although on the whole, leading a large and powerful army to get Rider is indeed the most powerful under his command, but at the same time, limited to magic power, Rider's own strength is declining, and it is also the weakest. ”
"Therefore, from this point of view, I think that the Tosaka family and the Makiri family should have made an alliance. John's pen drew a line between the Archer and Berserker combinations, saying, "If it's just the ability to analyze, Archer has the treasure of large-scale attacks, and if I'm not mistaken, there is no possibility of Archer and Rider joining forces, after all, neither of them wants to submit to others, so it is impossible for them to join forces, and Rider should not look down on Berserker like a mad dog." Of course, Archer doesn't have a good impression of Berserker, but since he is a mad dog, there is naturally no reason to provoke it, and letting the mad dog bite is the best choice. ”
As he spoke, he glanced at Saber meaningfully: "Berserker and Saber have a grudge, let the mad dog and the powerful Saber fight both lose, whether it is Saber's victory or Berserker's killing of Saber, it is what the Tosaka family is happy to see, and at the same time, Archer's attack method has an excellent effect on Rider, who has a large army but is vulnerable." But I don't know what they will think of me, after all, I think the strength I am showing, they probably won't ignore it. ”