The idea that it's three o'clock in the morning is silent is inappropriate for magicians and servants.

In the darkness of the night, the heroic spirits hiding in the shadows are constantly carrying out reconnaissance and assassination activities that cannot be taken lightly.

Especially for the magicians in this Fuyuki City, there are two main areas that need to be concerned. Those are the two luxurious and magnificent Western-style houses that stand on the hills of the city, the Maki family and the Tosaka family.

The city of the Master, who is right there with the Holy Grail as the goal, has been roaming around the neighborhood day and night for the purpose of reconnaissance these days. However, the owner of the pavilion had long been prepared for this level of reconnaissance, and had already erected more than ten or twenty enchantments around the foreign pavilion for the purpose of reconnaissance and defense. In the sense of magic, there is no difference between the two Western-style pavilions and the fortress.

Without the master's consent, even humans with magical powers would not want to step into the enchantment, let alone those Servants that seemed to be huge magic crystals. Therefore, whether it is an entity or a spirit, it is impossible to sneak into this fortress-like barrier without being noticed.

In other words, the reason why Li Amen didn't feel any traces of magic on the periphery of the Jian Tong family was not for nothing. It's -- they're all out of the shelter that keeps the family out of the house.

That barrier is only within the barrier, otherwise ordinary people will be finished long ago.

In fact, at that time, Li Amen entered the real area of the Jitong family, and when he walked all the way from the courtyard, he completely and clearly felt the profound magic power in it.

In short, the Maki family, and even the Tosaka family, these family areas with a certain history and being arranged with a lot of magic tricks are not easy for ordinary people to break into.

However, there is an exception that makes this impossible possible. The exception to this is the fact that Assassin has the ability to cut off the breath. Although he does not have a strong combat ability, the Assassin is able to suppress his mana to almost zero, allowing him to approach his target like an invisible shadow.

Furthermore, for the Servant and Assassin who are the Servants of Yan Fengqi, tonight's infiltration mission is too simple. Because what he is infiltrating now is not the mansion of the nemesis of the Kirito family. Instead, until yesterday it was the residence of Tosaka Tokitomi, an ally of his Master Qili.

Of course, Assassin knew about Qili and Shi Chen secretly forming allies behind the backs of other masters. And in order to protect the secret agreement between the masters, the Assassin has served as a guard in Tosaka's mansion many times. So he'd been investigating the configuration and density of the enchantments here for a long time, and of course he was well aware of the blind spots.

The Assassin skillfully avoided the intricacies of the enchantment in his spirit state, and at the same time, secretly laughed at Tosaka Tosaka's ridiculous fate. The arrogant magician seemed to have a lot of trust in Qili, who was his subordinate, but he could never have imagined that the puppy he had raised for so many years would bite his hand in turn.

Qili gave the Assassin the order to kill Shi Chen less than an hour ago. Although it is not certain what caused Qili to have murderous intent, I am afraid that it was caused by the summoning of Sevrant a few days ago. I heard that the Servant who made a contract with Shichen seems to be a Servant, Archer, but through observation, this heroic spirit is even more fragile than Qili imagined. From this point of view, there is no benefit in continuing to cooperate with Shi Chen, maybe because of this, he will give such an order tonight.

"There's no need to be too cautious, and there's nothing to worry about even if you go head-to-head with Archer. Be sure to kill Tosaka Tokitomi quickly. ”

That's what the Master instructs. Even the Assassin, who has the lowest combat ability, "don't be afraid" when he confronts him - it can be seen that the heroic spirit of Archer summoned by Shichen must be very disappointing to Qili.

Just thinking about it, the Assassin has come to the final barrier, where there are no blind spots in the enchantment. If you want to get through this, you must physically destroy the barrier and eliminate it in order to move forward. This is a job that cannot be done in an invisible spirit state.

Hiding in the shadow of the plants, the Assassin began to transform from a spirit to a physical body, and a slender body with a skull mask began to appear. At this time, he came to a place that was different from the other enchantments in Tosaka, and a lot of "sight" shot from a distant place. These are probably the demons of the other masters who are watching the mansion outside of the barrier. But as long as they are not discovered by Shi Chen, these peeking guys can be ignored. As competitors who also aim for the Holy Grail, they have no reason to inform Tosaka that Tosaka Tokitomi Assassin has infiltrated the news.

For this kind of slaughter between competitors, everyone will take a bystander attitude and watch from the side.

The Assassin snickered as he reached out to the outermost barrier sealing point—

At the moment when his hand was extended, a shining spear flew like lightning directly above him, and pinned his hand to the ground through the back of his hand.

“……！？”

Intense pain, fear, and even more consternation. The Assassin, who was deeply surprised by the sudden blow of the dazzling gun, looked up with an incredible look on his face to find the person who threw the gun.

No, there is no need to look for it at all.

On the roof of the Tosaka Mansion, an unusually magnificent golden-colored figure stood. It was a majesty that could even dim the stars and the moon in the sky, as bright as a god.

The Assassin had completely lost the rage of his wound and the pain of his wound, and all he had in his heart now was the fear of that overwhelming sense of majesty.

"Ants lying on the ground. Who allowed you to keep your head up? ”

The golden figure looked down at the Assassin lying on the ground with his burning red eyes, and questioned in a contemptuous tone.

"You don't see my qualifications. Ants have to be like ants, just lie on the ground and keep their heads down to die. ”

Then, around the golden figure, there were countless flashes of light. There are swords, spears, and countless kinds that appear in the air, but they are not duplicated with each other, and any of them are treasure-like weapons with splendid decorations. And the spearhead of all these weapons is aimed at the Assassin.

Unbeatable - Assassin didn't have to think about it, his instincts told him that the man in front of him was invincible.

Fighting a guy like that is stupid in itself, and there's no way I'm going to defeat him.

Judging from the fact that he was able to injure me as a Servant, it should be that the golden figure is also a Servant, and he is guarding Tosaka's mansion - that is, he is a heroic spirit of the Archer rank?

Isn't that guy needless to be afraid?

The Assassin, who carefully recalled what Master had told him, finally realized that Qili's words were not wrong.

In the face of an enemy with such overwhelming power, there is no room for even so-called fear - yes, even to feel it -

I can feel it. There is only despair.

With the sound of the wind slicing, countless blades glowing with cold light flew towards the Assassin.

The Assassin could feel the sights. The gaze of the demons who were watching him from beyond the barrier. The other Masters must have seen it too, the first loser in the Fourth Holy Grail War, the Servant who was defeated without even making a move.

In the last moments of his life, the Assassin finally understood. His Master is a ...... The true purpose of Tosaka Tokitomi as his ally.

Around the corpse of the Assassin who sneaked in, the sand and gravel that had been splashed by the over-attack were scattered and piled up, presenting a scene even more tragic than a bomb explosion.

"Assassin - killed."

For this overly simplistic result, it was natural that Li Amen opened his eyes.

He withdrew his gaze, which had been watching the Tosaka Mansion until a moment ago, and a familiar sight appeared in front of him again—a guest room that he had been randomly arranged by the Kirichi inkstone.

What Li Amen saw in his eyelids just now was the image that he had summoned to turn the vision of the Demon Grass Mud Horse. This level of magic was simply a breeze for him, who had the book of summoning "The Book of Immeasurable Death".

The Demon Grass Mud Horse is a specialty of Li Amen's Heavenly Kingdom, and it belongs to an indescribable special life form, and it may not even be possible to confirm whether it is a life form or not. On the surface, it is a gray gas in the form of a grass mud horse.

Similar to the situation of the monster summoned by someone, the Demon Grass Mud Horse is essentially just an individual split out of the Chaos Grass Mud Horse itself as the consciousness of the heavenly world, and this may not be the case in the future, but it does not have an IQ beyond common sense at present, and it is enough for Li Amen to use it for the time being.

As for why Li Amen's Demon Grass Mud Horse was monitoring that place, it was actually just a convenient arrangement he had arranged on the way to Jian Tong's house.

He knew the plot, and in order to feel the strength of the hero king more likely, he arranged this hand.