As soon as he entered this shrine complex, Emiya Shirou felt a feeling of being exposed to the eyes of others.

Obviously, he had already shared the A-level aura of the curse wrist Hassan through the magic dress, but he just had a feeling of being watched.

"Am I being too sensitive?"

Emiya Shirou asked himself in his heart, but he quickly dismissed the thought.

He believed that this feeling was not groundless, and that someone must be watching them through something.

Mr. Hassan, the Curse Wrist, said that they had been spotted the last time they came here to reconnoitre. But this time they also brought Medea's dress specially made for this purpose, so it shouldn't matter...... bar.

The worry in Emiya Shirou's heart became heavier and heavier, and he lowered his head slightly, his brows gradually tightened.

The right hand is placed on the corpse cloth of the left arm, and the surface of the body wrapped in the corpse cloth begins to show the pattern of a magic circuit.

He was in a state of readiness, alert to any danger that might arise around him.

"Are you worried about an enemy attack?"

Asclepius said suddenly.

"Huh?"

Emiya Shirou looked up at the man in front of him in surprise.

"Don't be surprised, because I feel it, too...... The feeling of being spied on. ”

Asclepius said as he hurried ahead.

"Also, you should feel it, Curse Wrist."

"Well, it's exactly as you say."

Hassan's tone was a little heavy, and a little helpless.

"I'm afraid, from the moment we entered the temple complex, we have already been discovered."

"That is, we may now encounter a surprise attack from the enemy at any time?"

"Not necessarily."

Cursed Wrist remembered what had happened to him the last time he had been here.

"Perhaps, they will be waiting for us in front of the temple."

"Huh?"

The Curser didn't say anything more, just hurried away in silence.

Emiya Shirou and Asclepius consciously didn't bother him, and the story was left to him to tell.

All the way to the front of the Demon God Pillar Temple, a high white wall appeared in front of the three of them.

As far as the eye can see, the wall encloses the entire temple.

There is only one entrance to the wall that seems to lead to a low passageway, and the whole building has a very Greek style.

"The entrance to the underground."

The only Greek of the three stood up and took a closer look at it.

Asclepius turned to Shirou of the Guard and Hassan, and said, "From what I know, this must be the labyrinth of Minotaur." ”

"The labyrinth of the Minotaur?"

Emiya Shirou was stunned for a moment, and then soon remembered what Medea had taught him.

Minotaur is a monster born between Pacifici and the bull, the wife of Minos, the king who ruled Crete. Troubled by not knowing what to do with him, Minos eventually ordered the famous craftsman Daedalus to build a "labyrinth from which there is absolutely no escape"—Labyrinth—to imprison him.

After being imprisoned in the labyrinth, Minotaur did not escape the fate of being defeated and killed by the hero, and was killed by the hero Theseus, who infiltrated the labyrinth.

After quickly recalling the known information, Emiya Shirou looked at the towering wall, stretched out his hand and interviewed it twice, and said:

"There seems to be no way to force a breakthrough through this wall. Moreover, the information of the rider of the Minotaur is not in the information given to us by Maqiri. ”

"It's useless to think about it now." Asclepius said unconcernedly.

"Indeed, as His Excellency Asclepius has said, there is no point in thinking about it now."

"And if we're going to enter the temple of the Demon God Pillar, we'll have to enter this labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur stationed in it, right?"

Curser asked.

"Yes, and as things stand, we don't seem to have any other choice."

Asclepius walked to the front of the tunnel entrance, checked the potion on his body again, and then turned back to the two of them and said:

"Let's go."

"Well, let's go."

After speaking, the three of them stepped on the maze without hesitation.

On the other side, the three people who also came to the high wall also chose to enter the labyrinth after discussing for a while.

Walking down the stairs at the entrance of the tunnel, you enter a passage, which is illuminated by a light that is unexpectedly bright, and the walls on both sides of the passage are lined with torches, illuminating the passage as bright as it is during the day.

Seeing that the lighting problem was solved, Emiya Shirou also canceled the lighting technique in his hand.

"It's surprisingly bright."

The curse wrist looked at the environment here and said with feelings.

"Isn't that good? At least I don't have to improvise night vision potions. ”

Asclepius glanced at the torches on the wall and continued walking.

"Go ahead, we're just getting started."

Just as he was about to move on, Emiya Shirou looked back behind him as if he sensed something was wrong.

His sudden movement startled the two of them, and they followed Emiya's gaze to find that the staircase behind them, which was supposed to extend upwards, was gone, and was replaced by another passage, through the light, at the end of which the two forks could be seen.

Emiya Shirou's expression became more and more serious and solemn.

"It seems that we have no chance of repentance."

"I almost guessed it."

Asclepius walked to the intersection, and was surprised not to be seen.

"This labyrinth should be the treasure of the Minotaur."

"Since it's his treasure, then he must have the supreme control over this place, and it's really easy to get to the road or something."

"Then we'll have to be a little more careful."

"Since he can control the path, maybe he can do other things, and if he is surrounded by the other party, it won't be good."

"Well, let's be more careful." The Curser agreed.

"Among us, I'm better at frontal combat, so I'll take the lead." On Emiya Shirou's arms, the light of the magic circuit lit up.

"Then please."

Asclepius and Hassan did not refuse, they knew exactly what to do next.

Emiya Shirou walked to the front, and he took the lead. Hassan walks at the back to prevent a sneak attack. Asclepius was protected between the two of them, and as long as he was still there, the rest of the wounds, no matter how heavy they were, could be healed quickly.

The three of them marched forward with this lineup.

Along the way, their spirits were highly vigilant, and there was a possibility that three big men could pop up at any time at every corner.

After the fifth turn of the path, a huge square that looked like a school playground appeared in front of me.

At the same time, Emiya Shirou felt the magic of Hassan and Asclepius suddenly disappear behind him.

"Ahh

His eyes widened, and he had already guessed something, but he didn't look back, because there was no point in looking back now.

And......

Emiya Shirou put on a battle posture and prepared for battle.

At the other end of the square, a red-haired servant in armor and holding a harp-like bow appeared at some point.

His eyes were closed, but he could still feel the piercing gaze.

The sharp momentum emanating from his body surrounded Emiya Shirou, making him feel breathless.

"It's a formidable enemy."

Emiya Shirou told himself so in his heart, and at the same time silently raised the coherence rate to the maximum.

As if he was deliberately waiting, the red-haired knight did not make a move when Emiya Shirou increased the cohominality rate, he waited until Emiya Shirou's momentum reached its peak before he spoke:

"O young man who has arrived here, accept our test, no need to ask, no need to think much, just accept it silently."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Emiya Shirou was full of question marks.

Why should I be tested? Who are you? As soon as I came up, I was subjected to some inexplicable test, have we ever met?

As if not going to give Emiya Shirou a chance to ask questions, the red-haired knight picked up his lyre-like bow with his left hand and placed his right hand on the strings.

"Let me see how long you can hold on to this fairy string."