“…… Well. ”

Kenneth, who had unwrapped the defensive film, couldn't help but scoff at the vulgarity of the mechanism just now after seeing the terrible situation around him. Even Kenneth, who didn't know much about military weapons, now understood that it wasn't a magic attack that had just struck him, but just a normal weapon that used explosives.

In Kenneth's mind, the truth of the unpleasant experience of the previous night was finally established.

You don't need to analyze to know. Of the remaining six masters, the only one who wanted to eliminate Kenneth first was Saber's Einz Bellen.

However, as a magician of the famous Einzberen family with high prestige, how could he adopt such a lewd method. Kenneth, who is also proud of his magicians, couldn't believe that fact anyway.

But, now he couldn't help but believe it. The Demoman, who had used despicable means to sabotage Kenneth's workshop last night, is now lurking in the city.

“…… Has it fallen to this point? Einzbelen. ”

Kenneth muttered, more of a sigh than anger in his tone. I'm afraid it won't be Saber's Master himself who did this despicable trick, but it should be the lowly guy they hired somewhere, that Emiya Kiritsugu. But even that is a very depraved thing. How could they hire unrelated fellows on this sacred battlefield? This is absolutely unforgivable.

"- well, then this is not a duel, but my crusade against you."

After regaining the murderous intent. Kenneth walked deeper into the enemy line.

Through a CCD camera set up in a hidden place in the hall, Emiya Kiritsugu will Rod . The power of the Moon Spirit Liquid, which Elumeroi was so proud of, was completely observed.

Manipulating mercury through spells to achieve automatic defense - I've heard of it before, but I never thought that the real thing would have such a powerful ability. EVEN THE SHOCK WAVE OF THE CLAYMORE MINE IS NOT AS FAST AS ITS DEFENSES, AND IF THAT WERE THE CASE, IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO COUNT ON GUNS TO WIN.

Although Kiritsugu was very annoyed in his heart. But I have to admit that the magician does have first-class skills. If you want to talk about it, you should have known this when you knew that Hyatt's agency was not successful.

In other words, this is the opponent that Kiritsugu must face as a "magician".

Kenneth must be searching all the rooms on the first floor one by one in order to find the enemies lurking in this castle. Now Kiritsugu's location is in the deepest part of the second floor. If you start moving right away, you should still have enough time to choose a favorable place to fight.

Kiritsugu analyzed the map of the castle in his mind as he stepped out of the house and walked towards the gate—his footsteps stopped.

In the keyhole of the main door. There was a drop of mercury hanging like spider silk. Even though it was only a slight bit, Kiritsugu could still see the mercury dripping downwards as it left a silver trail on the surface of the door.

The moment Kiritsugu saw it, the mercury droplets suddenly stopped falling. Then it exited the keyhole like a living creature, following its original traces, and vanished.

“…… I see. 'Automatic Search'? ”

Just as Kiritsugu was startled, a silver light suddenly appeared under the carpet in the room where he was.

In an instant, the ground in the middle of the room was cut into a round board and fell to the bottom of the first floor. Then a silver tentacle leaped out of the circular cavity.

The new form of the Moon Spirit Liquid that appeared in front of Kiritsugu's eyes resembled a metallic jellyfish. Countless tentacles gripped openings in the ground. The middle of its tentacles, which open like an umbrella, expands into a flat dish-like platform. And it was no one else standing on that platform with a smile on his face. None other than Rhodes. Elumeroi.

"Finally let me find you. Little Mouse ......"

Before a triumphant Kenneth could instruct Mercury to attack, Kiritsugu had already pulled out a short machine gun from the holster at his waist and started shooting.

The Moon Spirit Liquid that reacted immediately immediately formed a protective film in front of Kenneth. Block all the rain of bullets in 9ram. Only a few seconds passed before fifty rounds of bullets were fired.

However, in just a few seconds, Kiritsugu was given plenty of time to chant the mantra.

"Timealter-doubleaccel"

With the incantation, the magic in Kiritsugu's body began to surge rapidly.

“Scalp！” (Chop)

At the moment when Kiritsugu's bullet was fired. Kenneth issued a death announcement.

As he spoke, the two mercury whips that flew up flew towards the prey in front of him in a left-right flank manner.

"Huh!?"

It was Kenneth who exclaimed.

Just as the two Silver Whips were about to hit their targets, Kiritsugu dodged the Silver Whip's attack with a speed he could barely believe, and leaped quickly under the Moon Spirit Liquid where Kenneth was standing—the void in the floor that had just been cut by the mercury blade.

Kiritsugu was so fast that he couldn't even see his movements clearly. No matter how you think about it, this shouldn't be a physical skill that ordinary people can use. Although Kenneth had a careless feeling just now. But I wasn't too surprised by the sudden change in front of me. After all, this is an unnatural battle between magicians, even the little rats mixed in with it. There's nothing surprising about having supernormal abilities.

"Oh? Do you have a little bit of magic too? ”

Although Kenneth had a slight smile on his face, there was already murderous intent in his heart. It doesn't matter if he's an ordinary rat or not, even if he's been trained in a little magic, he's still a lowly villain who uses obscene means. This insult to the magician cannot be tolerated.

"Chop ...... Let you know what it's like to die. ”

Kenneth flipped the hem of his coat and jumped down the stairs. Then, the jellyfish-shaped Moon Spirit Liquid slowly fell.

"ire:sanctio"

The mercury that received the order flew out with its thin tentacles. Searches of the entire ground floor began again. Mercury immediately determined the location of the target. Kenneth, who followed the trailing line behind, had a sadistic smile on his lips.

Kiritsugu, who shuttles through the corridor, is devoured by the side effects of using magic.

The technique he used to dodge Kenneth's attack just now was not a rudimentary magic technique that simply strengthened his body. Rather, it has a much higher range of applications - and of course has very strong side effects - advanced magic.

During the duel with Kenneth just now, Kiritsugu "doubled" the amount of time it takes to get blood flow in his body, the burning of hemoglobin, and the movement of muscle tissue. After simply judging the trajectory of the Mercury Whip's attack, all that remains is to use your quick reaction speed to dodge. When Kiritsugu speeds up the time in his body, he is able to perform physical skills that are impossible for ordinary people.

And the biggest problem with this magic is that it puts a considerable burden on the body.

The art of time adjustment will inevitably cause errors in the time inside and outside the barrier, and when the barrier is lifted, this deviation will be corrected by the forces of nature. That is, "the adjustment of the world itself". Of course, this adjustment can only be made in the "part where the error occurs", that is, in the barrier of Kiritsugu, his body. Adjusted to match the normal time stream.

Compared to Kenneth's magic, Kiritsugu's magic is neither flashy nor powerful. However, this does not mean that the current Kiritsugu has no chance of winning at all. Because Kenneth's best chance to take down Kiritsugu - that is, the first blow just now - had been missed. Kenneth may not have realized it himself, but it was Kiritsugu's biggest mistake. He had exposed his magic and given Kiritsugu a chance to analyze it. After that, it's time for the "Magician Killer" hunt.

Kiritsugu refilled the machine gun as he ran. The bullets in the Contender have also been replaced with regular bullets. It's a bit early to use the Last Kill. In order to be able to kill the opponent with one blow, Kenneth needs to be further provoked.

……

"It's really a super cool battle, are these two really human?" Ryunosuke was surprised.

"That's right, that's the real magician. Honestly, either of these two people is actually stronger than Saber, who has been suppressed to the extreme, and his strength cannot be exerted at all. Naturally, they are also much stronger than you. Li Amen commented objectively.

To tell the truth that is not good, if it weren't for Li Amen to lend all his magic power and treasures to Ryunosuke for use, Ryunosuke probably wouldn't even have the qualifications to compare with these magicians, this is an absolute gap in strength.

Ryunosuke also realized this, and the pride he had accumulated from the previous draw with Saber was completely gone.

This is why Li Amen wants to stay, so that Ryunosuke can see the meaning of this battle clearly.

He is different from Ryunosuke.

For a traverser, a battle that has already seen the end is obviously not of much significance.

"Kenneth's Moon Spirit Liquid is really good, this guy is really an alchemy genius. Obviously, in terms of magician talent alone, Emiya Kiritsugu is far from Kenneth. But it's also true that Kenneth can't fight as an academic. If it weren't for Emiya Kiritsugu being too good at fighting, otherwise in terms of pure magician strength, Emiya Kiritsugu wouldn't even have the slightest chance. Li Amen thought to himself.

Kiritsugu had already analyzed the weakness of the Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid, and Kenneth was at a loss to think that the enhanced mercury would be able to defend against Mushuang, and the battle between the two had actually been decided.

For Kiritsugu, Kenneth's grave has been dug - the next thing is to wait for him to fall into it and then bury him with his own hands.

Magician Hunter, this time his true strength was revealed. (To be continued......)