Chapter 9: The attack on Sakura

"Is it really okay to let her go like this?"

Artoria said worriedly, the combination of Irina and Hercules felt dangerous to her, and she really didn't know what they would do next.

"Otherwise, do you want to press that girl to the ground and have a big ass?"

Zhou Xiaoning shrugged his shoulders, looking unconcerned, when dealing with Hercules, he still had a lot of hole cards useless. Hercules may be a threat to other Heroic Spirits and Imperial Masters, but in Zhou Xiaoning's eyes, it is just a little troublesome.

Without Hercules, Irina is just a girl who lacks love, and she is not a threat to Zhou Xiaoning, and after the hidden dangers in her body are disposed of, she will leave it to Emiya Kiritsugu and Alice Phil, I believe they will not mind having another daughter.

"Okay, let's not talk about her, we didn't go back all night, Sakura should be worried, let's go back quickly."

Zhou Xiaoning took Artoria to speed up his pace, and soon broke away from the mirror enchantment, and when he looked back, he saw that the place where he had fought before was very flat, and there was no sign of a fight.

Although he had known the magic of the mirror enchantment for a long time, after seeing it with his own eyes, Zhou Xiaoning still couldn't help but marvel, he could also do a similar effect, but he needed to prepare a lot of things in advance. On the other hand, Gaia and Alayah did it silently, if Zhou Xiaoning hadn't observed carefully enough, maybe until Irina and Hercules appeared, he might not have been able to detect that he had entered the enchantment.

"Should it be said that it is really the handiwork of the two major inhibitory forces, I am afraid that ordinary people will not be able to do it even if they spend their entire lives."

Zhou Xiaoning secretly admired in his heart, but he would never admit it. You must know that now he is in the chassis of those two little Lori, as soon as he opens his mouth, the two little Loli must be able to know, even if there is no Lori, even if he is praised, he will not have much reaction, but Gaia is different, if she knows that Zhou Xiaoning praises her, she doesn't know what will happen in the future.

Therefore, in order not to fuel her arrogance, this precedent must not be opened!

There was no one late at night, and Zhou Xiaoning and Artoria didn't need to worry too much, at the speed of the two of them, it only took a few minutes to return to the Jiantong Mansion.

However, just as Zhou Xiaoning was about to open the door, Artoria suddenly grabbed him.

"Be careful, there's a Heroic Spirit in there."

Artoria's expression was serious, the aura of the heroic spirit inside was not weaker than her, if she couldn't seize the opportunity to liberate the treasure, she wouldn't even have a sixty percent chance of winning.

"Okay, okay, don't be so nervous, I don't think that Heroic Spirit inside should be an enemy."

Zhou Xiaoning patted Artoria's shoulder and reassured, in fact, he was to blame for this, he didn't mention to Artoria that Kirisa Sakura was also the master, otherwise he wouldn't have made this oolong.

However, a scene of slapping the face happened, and at the moment when Zhou Xiaoning opened the door, a cold light struck, sensing the danger, and the [Six Grades of Merit Golden Lotus] automatically protected the master, only to see it appear above Zhou Xiaoning's head, casting a golden light curtain to block the incoming attack.

"Okay Rider, not the enemy."

Sakura slowly walked out of the living room, and at the same time stopped the purple-haired royal sister who wanted to continue the attack from a different angle.

"Welcome back, Brother Ning, and Miss Knight King."

Sakura said coldly, but anyone who is not deaf can hear the extreme dissatisfaction in her tone.

"Well, although we came back late, you don't have to lose your temper so much."

A drop of cold sweat slipped down Zhou Xiaoning's forehead, and the sword just now was aimed at the heart of his eyebrows, and it came quickly, and there was no room for help. This is Zhou Xiaoning, if he were an ordinary person, he would have been shot to death by this sword a long time ago.

With Kirizaka's strength, to say that she didn't notice that it was them outside the door, Zhou Xiaoning was the first to disbelieve it. Knowing it, she still let the purple-haired royal sister do this, which shows that her resentment is not ordinary.

But didn't he just not return all night, as for that?

"Nothing."

Sakura twisted her head, completely in a cold, uncooperative posture.

"What, did something happen?"

Zhou Xiaoning couldn't help but be a little curious, with his understanding of Jian Tong Sakura, she didn't look like the kind of girl who would lose her temper casually.

Zhou Xiaoning didn't ask, but this question, Tong Ying's grievances all came up.

Time went back a few hours, and at midnight, Jian Tong Ying was still sitting on the sofa in the living room waiting for Zhou Xiaoning to come back.

In fact, she has been waiting for Zhou Xiaoning since she got home and found that Zhou Xiaoning had not come back yet. During this period, Jian Tong Ying even made a hearty breakfast and wanted to wait for Zhou Xiaoning to come back and eat together, but she waited left and right, and waited until the food was cold, and she didn't wait for Zhou Xiaoning to come back.

For a while, Jian Tongying couldn't help but recall the years when Zhou Xiaoning said goodbye without saying goodbye, and the feelings of loss, uneasiness, and longing came to her heart again.

When the clock struck midnight, there was a knock on the door of the house.

Jian Tong Ying thought that Zhou Xiaoning was back, so she rushed to open the door, but Zhou Xiaoning didn't see it, but saw a young man with a spear.

“Lancer!”

Jian Tong Sakura reacted instantly, this mysterious aura that is different from that of a magician, and the powerful momentum that is not emanating, this is definitely a heroic spirit!

"Now, little sister, there was a powerful magic fluctuation here last night, do you know what's going on?"

The young man with the gun showed a faint smile, with his handsome face, he was definitely popular among thousands of girls, and those so-called little fresh meat were simply thrown off several streets compared to him.

It's just that Sakura is not the little girl, and Lancer's appearance only makes her feel the danger.

"I, I don't know what you're talking about, and besides, I don't know you, please leave my house as soon as possible."

Sakura forced her composure, not wanting Lancer to see the flaws.

"Hehe, the little sister is really joking, as one of the three royal families, the eldest lady of the Matong family, I think no one will know better than you. Or rather, that's what you summoned the Heroic Spirit, little sister, to complete. ”

Lancer said with a smile, but his smile made Sakura feel a chill from the bottom of her heart. She knew that the Heroic Spirit in front of her had killed her.

"Since you know that this is a Tong Mansion, then you should also know that this mansion has long been arranged with multiple magic circles, which is equivalent to my magic workshop, you came like this, do you really think that my Jian Tong family can't do anything about you!"

Jian Tong Sakura shouted loudly, you must know that the defensive formation of Jian Tong Mansion was set up by Zhou Xiaoning at the beginning, once it is opened, even if a seventh-order powerhouse wants to enter, it will take a lot of effort. And now, the control of those formations is in the hands of Sakura Makiri, which is also where her confidence lies.

"Hehe, of course I know this, but if I release the treasure, I don't know if your magic circle can protect you."

Lancer had already decided that last night's magic fluctuation was caused by Sakura Makiri's summoning of the Heroic Spirit, otherwise she wouldn't have had to hide it. Since the summoning of the Heroic Spirit is his enemy, although I don't know why Sakura has not called her Heroic Spirit out until now, but this is fine, as long as the Master is killed, the remaining Heroic Spirits will be easy to deal with.

Although this time, the Heroic Spirits are all descending from the main body, and they can restore their magic to a certain extent, but if they encounter a fierce battle, such as when they need to liberate the Noble Phantasm, they will need the Master's magical support.

This means that without the Master, it is very likely that after the Heroic Spirit liberates the Noble Phantasm once, it will leave the field early due to the exhaustion of mana, and Lancer has seized on this point and intends to kill Kirizakura Sakura first.

Naturally, Sakura would not sit still, and she activated all the magic circles of the house as soon as possible, blocking Lancer for a while.

It's just that the last time Zhou Xiaoning came to the Moon World, he was only at the strength of the sixth order, and his attainments in the formation were far inferior to now, so after Lancer's frantic attack for half an hour, the defensive formation collapsed.

As a last resort, Sakura had no choice but to hide in the underground vault and continue to fend off Lancer with the help of the magic circle there.

And in that half an hour, Jian Tong Ying contacted Zhou Xiaoning more than once, wanting him to come back quickly. It's just that it was a critical moment for the treatment of Alice Phil, and Zhou Xiaoning didn't have time to take care of anything else, so he didn't receive a distress message from Jian Tong Ying.

Finally, when Lancer attacked the secret room, Sakura had no way to resist, and she fought hard, but Lancer easily defused all the magic attacks. Not to mention that he failed to hurt the enemy, he also injured himself.

Just when Jian Tong Ying desperately thought that she was going to die, a miracle happened, her blood flowed into the magic array used by Zhou Xiaoning to summon the heroic spirit last night, the magic array was activated, and a heroic spirit responded to her call and came, it was the purple-haired royal sister that Zhou Xiaoning saw.

"Follow the instructions, I'm the Rider of this Holy Grail War, you should be my Master."

The cold, routine-like voice came to mind in Sakura's ears, but it gave Sakura a new hope.

"Rider, get that guy with the gun out of this house!"

"Yes."

Rider didn't talk nonsense, and directly showed his weapon, a short sword with chains, and fought Lancer.

Both Rider and Lancer are agile Heroes, except that Rider is fast on average, while Lancer is explosive. Wherever the battle is, Lancer has the upper hand, but as time goes by, Rider's advantage becomes more and more obvious, and in the end, Lancer is even at risk of defeat if he does not activate the Noble Phantasm.

Since Sakura had just summoned the Heroic Spirit, it shouldn't have been caused by her last night's magic fluctuations. In other words, it is very likely that the Jian Tong family has two heroic spirits this time, which is an extremely important piece of information.

Now, another Heroic Spirit is missing, but the possibility of returning soon cannot be ruled out. A single Rider would put Lancer in a tough fight, and if he added another one, he would be too much to save.

Anyway, finding out this information is enough to go back and hand it over, and I can't afford to put my own life into it for the sake of a momentary anger.

Lancer, who was resigned from the new retiring, did not continue to entangle with Rider, and after deliberately selling a flaw and quitting the battle group, he quickly retreated.

And just more than ten minutes after Lancer retreated, Zhou Xiaoning came back, and he was in a good atmosphere with Artoria, so it would be strange if Sakura Ma was happy.