Chapter 444: The Enemy's Union
Li Yuan began to enjoy a rare good time, and the others on the other side were not in a good mood!
In front of the castle of the Einz Belen family, which had been covered by the magic enchantment, Emiya Kiritsugu and Kuyu Maiya, who had just returned, had ugly faces, and Dilumudo, who was carrying red and yellow spears next to Emiya Kiritsugu, also had a somewhat stunned expression.
"Hey, it looks like my new host, you're in a bad situation!"
Seeing that Einzbelen Castle, which had lost the cover and protection of the magic enchantment, and the spiritual power of the leylines was also quite chaotic, Dilumudo's eyes looked seriously at the castle in front of him, the traces of the battle between Artoria and Nero, and then looked at Emiya Kiritsugu's expression became a little playful.
Because of the incurrence of Li Yuan's butterfly, the plot of the "Fate/Zero" anime has become completely different from the original book, and even Dilumudo, who is in the Lancer rank, actually reached a contract with Emiya Kiritsugu!
"Shut up! Lancer, don't forget, you're on my side now!"
Hearing Dilumudo's words, Emiya Kiritsugu made a rare gaffe, directly reprimanded him and shouted.
Of course, you need to understand the bad mood of Emiya Kiritsugu right now!
First, I watched a big show in the abandoned warehouse area of Seaside Park, and found that the Assassin rank [Assassin] was not dead, and Kiritsugu Enomiya arranged for his Heroic Spirit Saber to leave with his wife Alice Phil, and then he took his assistant Kuyu Maiya to pursue other Heroic Spirits and Master combinations.
When Emiya Kiritsugu successfully finds the whereabouts of Director Ken and his fiancée, who live in a conspicuous hotel, and begins to think about what to do, he suddenly finds that the connection between himself and Saber Artoria has been cut off?
After less than an hour, he found that he had lost his connection with the Artoria Spell, and Emiya Kiritsugu, who estimated that his Heroic Spirit Saber might have been killed in battle, did not hesitate at all, and directly chose to attack Director Ken and the Lancer rank Heroic Spirit Dilumudo summoned by him.
- After seeing the power of the Heroic Spirit Battle with his own eyes, Emiya Kiritsugu thought very clearly in his heart that if he lost the Heroic Spirit Servant, whether it was a head-on battle or a secret battle, it would not be those legendary Heroic Spirit battles, and in the Holy Grail War, those magicians who could fight against the Heroic Spirit had their own reasons, anyway, Emiya Kiritsugu was not in that situation, and if he wanted to obtain the Holy Grail War, he must have his own Heroic Spirit Servant!
After some intrigue and fighting, Emiya Kiritsugu successfully let Kuyu Maiya and other means kidnap Director Ken's fiancée, and then sent Lancer Di Lumudo to find his fiancée Director Ken encountered Emiya Kiritsugu, after Emiya Kiritsugu's many trap methods and an origin bomb, Director Ken directly became a waste.
The final result was that in front of Director Ken's fiancée and a self-coercive testimony, Director Ken, who was already a wasted person, had to take the initiative to terminate the contract with Dilumudo, and use three spells to make Dilumudo obey Emiya Kiritsugu's orders, and then exchange it for a way for him and his fiancée to live.
After signing the contract with Dilumudo, who was full of reluctance and shame, Emiya Kiritsugu didn't have time to pay attention to Dilumudo's feelings, and Director Ken and his wife, who had left in a hurry, rushed back to Einzberen Castle.
Now, just more than ten kilometers away, he felt that the magic barrier of Einzberen Castle had suddenly disappeared, and after speeding up to find out that Einzberen Castle could be renamed a haunted house, it was strange that Emiya Kiritsugu was in a happy mood. At this time, under the taunting of Dilumudo, who had just signed the contract, it was understandable that Emiya Kiritsugu, who was also not very compatible with Dimulu's polyphasic of Lancer rank......
"Hmph~!"
Hearing Emiya Kiritsugu's not very polite words, Dilumudo snorted coldly, but he didn't say anything more.
In any case, Di Lu Mu Duo still has reached a relevant contract with Wei Gong Kiritsu, even if it is Jin Shanshan, he can only instigate Yan Feng Qili to attack his own lord Tosaka Shichen, let alone Di Lu Mu Duo, who is much weaker!
Seeing that Dilumudo didn't say anything more, Emiya Kiritsugu, who had come to his senses, took a deep breath, and only after calming down in his heart did he carefully look at the castle in front of him again, and his eyes stayed on the glass-like ground in front of the castle.
"This is...... What was left behind by the magic flame? Is it the tyrant Nero?! So the castle, is it Caster......"
Recognizing the traces of the battle in front of the castle and the magical enchantment used to protect the castle, Emiya Kiritsugu quickly deduced which side of the Heroic Spirit had done it.
After all, there are only seven official rank Heroic Spirits in the Holy Grail War, even if someone looks too much like Heroic Spirit, and the tyrant Nero is also improvised, but there are at most nine candidates, after deducting the Berserker rank [Berserker] Lancelot who has withdrawn, there are at most eight suspected targets, and you have to deduct Emiya Kiritsugu and Director Ken, so that there are only three targets on Li Yuan's side, Rider's side and Tosaka Tosaka's Tokitochen, according to the battle traces left on the battlefield, It is not difficult to deduce who the real murderer is.
However, looking at the traces of the battle left outside the castle and guessing who the murderer was, Emiya Kiritsugu frowned!
What if you guess the enemy?
A few hours ago, Emiya Kiritsugu had seen the combat power of the Heroic Spirits, and on Li Yuan's side, there was a strong lineup of Li Yuan, Medea, and Nero, while Emiya Kiritsugu had lost Artoria, who was ranked as Saber.
Even if Emiya Kiritsugu is ruthless and gets Director Ken's Lancer Dimuludo in his hands, but Dilumudo can't win Artoria of the Saber rank one-on-one, if it is replaced by Medea of the Caster rank, it is probably still a chance to win, and it is difficult to say the result of the two existences of Li Yuan and Nero, let alone the situation of one against three......
"Boom ――――――――"
Before Emiya Kiritsugu could frown and think about it, a muffled thunder in the sky and a thunderbolt that came at a rapid speed made him draw his attention, and he was on alert with Dilumudo and Kuyu Maiya.
Just a few seconds later, Iskandar, the conquering king whom Emiya Kiritsugu had just met, descended from the sky on the wheel of Kamui. And beside the conquering king Iskandar, Princess Webb, who had a small face, grabbed the corners of the conquering king's clothes and the armrests of the Shenwei wheels, and her expression was still a little pale.
"Haha! Are you Lancer's host? Did you come over to observe the enemy?"
Iskandar, the conqueror who had just landed on the ground on the wheel of Kamui, looked at the three of Emiya Kiritsugu, Dilumudo and Kuyu Maiya, and asked loudly and heroically.
"That's right, the famous Lord of Conquest, and now I am the Lord of Lancer!"
Seeing the arrival of the conquering king Iskandar, a glint flashed in Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes, and he replied very simply.
Instead of admitting that he has always been the lord of the Lancer rank, he is the "now" master!
It's not that Emiya Kiritsugu is too honest, but because Emiya Kiritsugu remembered that when he was looking for information about the Holy Grail War at the Einz Belen house, some books about the Holy Grail War recorded that many Heroic Spirits had abilities such as detection and intuition, at least it was difficult for the Magician Master to lie in front of the Heroic Spirits.
"The current Master...... It seems that this should be Saber's battlefield, and it is Li Yuan and his party......"
In the face of Emiya Kiritsugu's words, the Conquest King Iskandar's eyes were a little less vigilant, and then he nodded and began to turn his head to look at the battlefield in front of the castle, and then immediately came to a conclusion.
The conquering king Iskandar is not eating white rice, what Enomiya Kiritsugu can see, of course the battle-hardened conquering king will not fail to see it, after deducting the two sides present, there are only the three parties left of the Tosaka family, Li Yuan and Saber, after watching Nero cast a magic flame, I guessed the answer by thinking about the glass-like ground at the scene!
"Your Excellency the King of Conquest, let's join forces!
Otherwise, whether it is Gilgamesh, the Archer hero of the Tosaka family, the Assassin side who joined forces with him and pretended to be dead once, or the camp of the three Heroic Spirits who have already killed the two scattered Heroic Spirits, it will be enough to kill the scattered individual Heroic Spirits, and the two of us alone Heroic Spirits will be able to resist the !! of those two parties."
Without waiting for the conqueror king Iskandardo to observe the battlefield, Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the other party and said very dryly.
Join forces!
This time, Emiya Kiritsugu really wanted to join forces with the King of Conquest, and he didn't have any other plans.
Because, Einzberen Castle, which has now become as silent as a ghost town, and Saber Artoria, who had been abruptly cut off from contact before, told Emiya Kiritsugu about the current situation.
At this time, if Emiya Kiritsugu was still stupidly targeting Iskandar, the conquering king of the Heroic Spirit alone, then Emiya Kiritsugu would have died at the hands of other magicians, and would not have won the title of "Magician Killer" - he couldn't even judge the situation on the battlefield, let alone get this title, he would have been dead for a long time!
"Teaming up?!"
Hearing Emiya Kiritsugu's words, the conquering king Iskandar turned his head, looked at Dilumudo, who seemed to be a little resistant, and Kuyu Maiya, who was vigilant, as well as Emiya Kiritsugu's serious expression, and then said with great interest: "According to the current situation, joining forces is indeed the best choice, but how to ensure the trust between us!"
Iskandar, the king of conquest, did have the idea of joining forces, but he pointed out the biggest problem - trust!
In the first three Holy Grail Wars that have ended, it is not that magicians who have not participated in the competition want to join forces, but after all kinds of cheating and dragging teammates back, basically such a thing as teaming up has never happened. Similar to the previous situation of joining forces to face Li Yuan, it can be said that it is the most likely situation in the Holy Grail War, but after Li Yuan and the three of them just chose to leave, the other royal masters and heroic spirits also scattered, and it can be seen that the joint situation in the Holy Grail War can be seen.
Now, even Artoria, who is in the Saber rank, seems to be "out" and understands the danger of acting alone, but who dares to say that his temporary ally is not dangerous? If you really have any thoughts, it is enough to drag you back at a critical moment or cross the river to draw a bridge, and the "Holy Grail" that can realize your wishes is really attractive!
"That question is simple, self-enforced testimony!"
Listening to the words of the conquering king Iskandar, as well as the eyes of the conquering king and the princess Weber, Emiya Kiritsugu said his proposal very simply: "You can ask your master, sign a contract with him as the royal lord, and you must not do anything harmful to the other party in any way before defeating Li Yuan, the hero king and others, and then form an alliance!"
"Now, little Master, what is your opinion?"
Emiya Kiritsugu's words were loud, and he took the initiative to show the spell on the back of his hand, but Iskandar, the king of conquest, did not immediately agree, but turned his head to look at Princess Webb, who had been acting as a mascot, and asked.
"Rider, I trust you by your judgment!"
Seeing the conquering king Iskandar looking at herself, Princess Webb also chose to unconditionally support the conquering king Iskandar at this time.
Well, King Webb...... Ahem, Weber's own words, in fact, under normal circumstances, still understand the seriousness of the matter, at least in the Holy Grail War, his own combat effectiveness can actually be ignored, relying on the Rider [cavalry] rank of the conqueror King Iskandar, and the conqueror himself is definitely much better at fighting and judging than Weber.
Now the King of Conquest's inquiry is not so much a sign of respect for the Master, or at least not a disregard for the opinion of Princess Webb herself......
"That's good...... Who's ?!! where"
The King of Conquest was also very satisfied with Princess Weber's words, and when he turned his head to discuss the negotiation with Emiya Kiritsugu, he suddenly looked to the other side and the hand holding the hilt of the sword in his hand suddenly clenched.
Hearing the shouts of the conquering king Iskandar, Dilumudo, who reacted almost at the same time, directly aimed the two treasure spears in his hands at the forest side on the side, while Emiya Kiritsugu and Kuyu Maiya did not hesitate at all, and the weapons that had been prepared in their hands were directly aimed at the forest side, ready to aim at the target and pull the trigger.
"Wait! Lancer, Rider and their Master, I'm not hostile to !! this time."
But in the next second, with the words shouted, a split figure of an Assassin appeared directly more than two hundred meters away from Emiya Kiritsugu, Webber and others, and took the initiative to raise his hands to indicate that he was not hostile.
“Assassin?!”
"Sure enough, you're not dead?"
"Now there is ...... again......
Seeing the split of the Assassin rank [Assassin] appearing, including the conqueror king Iskandar, Lancer Dilumudo and Webber also showed a hint of hostility on their faces, probably Emiya Kiritsugu and Kuyu Maiya, who both belonged to the killer range, were calmer, but the muzzle of the gun was still pointed at each other and other potentially dangerous directions.
After all, the rank of Assassin [Assassin] does not make a good impression on hostile personnel, including Heroic Spirits, let alone as the Assassin's must-kill master in the Holy Grail War.
"Assassin! If you came out, you were with that golden glitter from Archer, right?"
Seeing the split of the Assassin appear, Iskandar, the king of conquest, looked at the other party with sharp eyes and said.
“…… That's right!"
Hearing the words of the conquering king Iskandar, there was silence for a few seconds, and Tosaka Tokitomi's voice rang out.
Tosaka Toshitomi didn't hide it, or there was no need to hide that Assassin and Archer were in one camp!
Because, the split of the Assassin has been detected, and the situation that was originally the first to go out with the Assassin rank [Assassin], and then the hidden cooperation has been broken. Not to mention, now that Emiya Kiritsugu and the others know the truth, the fact that Assassin broke into the Tosaka family and "died", as well as Assassin's Imperial Master Yan Feng Qili was sheltered by the Templar Church and announced that he was no longer a master, this series of things can no longer be hidden...... At that time, it was no longer necessary for Tosaka Toshitomi to conceal the camp of Assassin and Archer.
"Well, the purpose of your coming now!"
It seems that Emiya Kiritsugu has no intention of stealing the limelight, and Iskandar, the king of conquest, asks directly.
This question is also the curiosity of the conquering king Iskandar and Emiya Kiritsugu and others, Tosaka Tokitomi asked the Assassin to run out on his own initiative and show that there was no hostility, what was he going to do?
Enomiya Kiritsugu and his party, who wanted to know the answer to this question, all looked at the Assassin split who took the initiative to appear.
"Forge an alliance!"
Tosaka Toshitomi directly said his intention through the Assassin split.
It seemed that he felt the surprise and incomprehension that the King of Conquest and Emiya Kiritsugu were now showing in his heart and face, and Tosaka Shitoto, who had just fallen asleep at night and was awakened again, looked helpless and explained to both the Conquest King and Emiya Kiritsugu: "The Tosaka family has the secret method of the heroic spirits in the Holy Grail War, and it can be determined that Saber's reaction has not disappeared from Fuyuki City, thinking of the situation of Li Yuan's three heroic spirits, I think you should be able to get the worst answer!"
"Shhhh
"Worst answer......"
"Aren't you going to become the enemy of the four Heroic Spirits?!" ……
Hearing Tosaka Tokitomi's words and the news in his words, among the people who conquered the king and the enshrined Kiritsugu and his party, the faces of those who understood it changed greatly.
If there is anything more difficult and speechless than "the enemies of the same camp of the three Heroic Spirits", then the news that "a new powerful Heroic Spirit has been added to the opposing camp to become four Heroic Spirits" is definitely one. And the combat effectiveness of Artoria of the Saber rank, the big guys have almost seen its performance, although it is said that it is on par with Lancer, but as the Knight King, Artoria, who dares to say that the famous Knight King will not have a hidden killer feature?
Especially for Emiya Kiritsugu, as the former Master of the Knight King Artoria, he knows Artoria's attributes and treasures, thinking of the situation that he had just inexplicably cut off contact with Saber, and now Emiya Kiritsugu's face has turned blue, obviously feeling very bad about the enemy turning into a lineup of four heroic spirits......
"So...... I suppose we can now make an alliance against the strongest enemy, right?"
Through the eyes of the Assassin split, seeing the expressions of the Conquest King, Emiya Kiritsugu, Dimuludo and others, Tosaka Shichen asked very indifferently.
"Yes! I think that the self-imposed testimony proposed by the Lancer host before can be used as the cornerstone of our alliance, and as a guarantee of the alliance against the strongest side first!" Hearing Tosaka's words, the King of Conquest looked at Emiya Kiritsugu and Weber, and found that one nodded slightly, and the other was also full of agreement, so he did not hesitate to put forward conditions.
"No problem!"
Regarding the proposal to conquer the king, Tosaka Toshitomi agreed without hesitation.
However, whether it was the king of conquest, Tosaka Tokitoshi, or Emiya Kiritsugu, there was a tacit understanding that there was no discussion of the topic of "what happens after defeating the strongest side".
After all, the ultimate winner of the Holy Grail War can only have one ...... (To be continued.) )