A little earlier.

Inside a castle on the outskirts of Fuyuki City.

"Ahhh Why is this happening? How could the other party summon me so early before me?! ”

Medea lay on the table, clutching her hair with both hands and wailing irritably, her originally handsome and beautiful hair was frizzy by her, and it looked like a chicken coop.

"Master, you've been complaining here for hours, are you going to keep going?"

Cu Chulainn stood at the door of the laboratory, his spear in his hand, and sighed helplessly as he watched his master's actions.

"Shut up! Lancer！ It must be because you guy's bad luck is so bad that he passed on the bad luck to me, otherwise how could there be such a treasure! Medea slapped the table angrily, looking like a child.

"Hey, hey, don't blame me, I'm not unlucky, and where did you learn this messy idea."

Cú Chulainn also felt extremely helpless in the face of his wayward master, but when he turned his head to see the glorious composite temple suspended in mid-air outside the window, he still felt a sense of shock.

Such a creature is no longer something like a "servant" that can beat.

Especially because of the relative proximity, when the Radiance Composite Grand Temple used the Noble Phantasm to tear apart the Okutama Mountains before, they also saw the beam of light that reached through the sky.

Recalling the terrifying power contained in that pillar of light, even Cú Chulainn was extremely powerless, and that level of power was simply not something that human beings could resist.

If it was when he was alive, he might have had a chance to try it, but now......

"So, Master, what's the strategy behind you? You're not going to give up now, are you? ”

"Give up? What nonsense are you talking about?! ”

Medea slammed the table like a furry cat and got up from her chair, walked quickly in front of Cú Chulainn, and pointed at the armor of his arm.

"Are you underestimating me? Don't underestimate a woman's determination! It's just a slight bother, and the most important thing now is to attract the other party to release a treasure with sincerity. ”

At this point Medea paused and looked at Cúchulainn with a strange look.

And Cú Chulainn was also numb from her eyes, and he was a little incredulous after remembering what Medea had just said: "Wait, Master! You're not trying to get me to unleash the Noble Phantasm, are you? It's really going to die, and I'm definitely going to die! ”

"Huh? Haven't you woken up yet, what nonsense are you talking about? Why do you think that with your own strength, you can seduce that guy in the sky to release the treasure and deal with you, a servant, that level of air battle fortress does not need to be so troublesome at all. ”

Medea sat back in her chair, biting her fingers and crushing her thoughts.

"You're a good talker when you're summoned, but it's useless when you encounter something. Fortunately, it still has a slight effect, and from now on, you will always keep an eye on that thing in the sky, and let me know when it launches the treasure again...... It's probably not just that I'm going to find that guy troublesome, and someone will definitely tempt him, so there's no need to be too anxious now. ”

"Master...... Do you mean this by re-launching the Noble Phantasm? ”

Cú Chulainn's voice interrupted Medea's thoughts, and she raised her head impatiently and was stunned, only to see that above the Radiant Composite Temple, there was an additional ball of light that looked like the sun.

However, after a short period of shock, Medea's heart swelled up with ecstasy: "I actually launched the treasure like this, which 'good Samaritan' helped?" Forget it, whatever he is, Lancer, get ready! ”

"Oops, this is incredible." Cú Chulainn was looking at the small sun outside the window and sighed when he suddenly heard the command of his master.

"Ready? What preparation? ”

"Of course, it's a preparation for liftoff, let them see, this war is not just for them to have a flying battle fortress!"

Medea unfolded a series of magic arrays in front of her, quickly manipulating various parameters.

"Wait! Can this thing fly too?! I've never heard of anything like this, how do you do that?! ”

Cú Chulainn felt the castle begin to shake beneath him, and his whole jaw dropped.

Not to mention the fact that the other party silently transformed the entire castle into a flying prop, he remembered that there should be no corresponding "merits" in the myths and legends related to his master.

In other words, the castle's ability to fly is not at all the ability of the Noble Phantasm, but the magic skills of his own unusually willful master.

This...... Cú Chulainn, who was also proficient in magic before his death, certainly knew how difficult it was to do so.

"Master...... When did you transform this castle into flight? ”

"Huh? What are you talking about? I'm not just renovating a castle, I'm renovating an entire mountain range, and it's not a flying prop, it's a real floating city! ”

Medea tilted her head to look like Cúchulainn, and a smug smile appeared on her face.

With the launch of the treasure above the Radiance Compound Temple, Medea had also adjusted the "Floating City", and pressed her palm in the most central magic array to give instructions:

"Ares Type VII Battle Fortress, activate!"

"Hey, hey, that name doesn't sound right!"

Amid the frightened crumbling of Cu Chulainn, the not-so-low hill on which the castle was located began to shake, and with the billowing smoke and crumbling rocks, the main body of the mountain, including a large piece of rock below, slowly levitated.

The entire battle fortress looked like a diamond shape, and on the surface of the original mountain, there were objects that moved like scales, clinging to the battle fortress.

Judging from the glowing magical light emanating from these scaly things, it should be these things that support the entire mountain to float, and the change of direction of the floating city relies on the "scales" above.

"That's ...... Golem puppet? Are you using the Golem as a powerhouse? ”

Cú Chulainn, with his own eyesight, could see what the scales were.

"Of course, otherwise why do you think I've been rushing to make golems for this period of time, just for this purpose."

Medea replied without looking back as she checked the state of the floating city, and when the two floating fortresses attacking each other in the distance stopped, Medea finally ended all the inspections.

"Very good, the mana path is very smooth, and the mana supply of the Great Holy Grail is quite sufficient, so there is no need to worry about energy for the time being. Hey? In addition to that temple, there are other floating battle fortresses, it seems that geniuses always think the same way. ”

"Master, I don't think you'd better be complacent yet, those two seem to have focused on us."

Cú Chulainn looked at the two floating battle fortresses that had stopped fighting, and a cold sweat broke out on his head, but he saw the confrontation between the two sides just now.

For him, it was quite difficult to deal with a floating battle fortress, and if the two of them were aimed at him together, he would definitely not survive.

"Don't worry, at most, you can't fight." Medea seemed very relaxed.

"How?"

"Not to mention that temple, it has been suspended in place since it floated in the air, indicating that the entire temple has not fully expanded, and it needs more time to accumulate strength.

What's more, the other party has just launched a treasure phantasm, and that kind of equivalent power, even if it can be forcibly launched continuously, that treasure will inevitably be damaged. If there was only one enemy, the person controlling the temple might have used it if he was decisive, but now that there were two enemies, it was naturally impossible for the other party to choose to use it forcibly at the risk of scrapping.

After all, after firing that kind of treasure, the temple will definitely fall into a state of defensive emptiness for a short time, and even if it can be turned around soon, the flaws that appear will be enough for me to shoot it down. ”

Medea saw this thing very clearly, although it was a bit tricky, but after all, she had genuinely built a whole floating battle fortress, and it can be said that she was an absolute expert on floating battle fortresses in this era.

As she spoke, the Radiant Compound Temple and the Aerial Courtyard opened fire again, but as Medea had said, the attack between the two sides was still just a "painless" magical bombardment.

Although this level of magical artillery bombardment is not inferior to the liberation of A-level treasures, it can only be regarded as a temptation for the three floating fortresses.

Medea manipulated the array of magic in her hand, and with her order, the "scale" golem located in the upper part of the floating city fell off and flew around the floating city.

When sensing the attack of the magic cannon, the golems quickly gathered together and combined into a shape similar to flower petals, and the magic patterns on their bodies combined to unfold a protective magic barrier in mid-air.

The magical artillery attacks of the enemies on both sides made the barrier tremble slightly, and it seemed that it would collapse in the next moment, but it was finally carried down.

Other groups of scale golems combine into another form, which looks like hollow hexagonal frames.

As the magic patterns on the golem's body began to glow, a huge azure blue magic ball appeared in the center of the hexagonal frame, slowly growing larger with the charge.

After the mana ball expanded to fill the entire frame, with a "buzz" sound generated by a large amount of mana resonance, the mana ball, which had become a little red in color, was "catapulted" out and flew towards the Radiant Compound Temple and the Sky Courtyard.

Boom Boom!

As Medea expected, these orbs looked good, but they couldn't pose any threat to enemies on either side.

Just a few magic beams went down, and the magic ball that was still in mid-air was detonated, and the only effect that happened was to make Fuyuki City light up again.

"That's pretty much it, it seems that everyone has forcibly activated the levitation device, causing all kinds of minor problems in their battle fortress."

Medea pursed her lips, and seemed to lose her strength suddenly, and sat down in her chair like a salted fish.

"That's the end of it?"

Cú Chulainn looked at the enemy on the other side who had also stopped shelling with some bewilderment, and at this time, the three floating battle fortresses were slowly moving in the direction away from each other, and it seemed as if they had temporarily retreated.

"That's it for tonight to be exact, but get ready for battle, the real battle should start tomorrow morning."

Taking a deep breath, Medea still pinched the bridge of her nose vigorously to force herself to cheer up, and began to sit in front of the magic array used for control and re-adjust.

Cú Chulainn was silent for a moment as he watched Medea's serious back, and finally did not speak again, but quietly closed the door and quietly stood outside the house.

Cu Chulainn knew very well that under the protection of the outside world, there was almost no one who could sneak in here without his master knowing, but looking at his master's tired appearance, he still silently helped her guard.

On the other side, Osmandis looked at the two floating battle fortresses that were slowly moving away, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Hahahaha! That's right, only such an enemy is worthy of the return of Yu! Enjoy, enjoy your last days, and when the sun rises, your bones will be burned by the light of the remnant. ”

Osmandis was arrogant rather than stupid, and he knew very well that even with the power of the Radiant Composite Grand Temple, it would be too difficult to face two enemies at once.

The only way to do this is to wait until dawn, his power comes from the light of the sun, and he can exert his maximum power during the day.

And Medea's guess was actually very correct, because he was disturbed by the battle between Zheng Shu and Arash, Osmandis forcibly launched the treasure that was not fully prepared in a moment's willfulness, which made the Radiant Compound Grand Temple still have a little problem.

Otherwise, according to the character of Ottomandis, he would not stop in place after raising his "grave", but at least let his treasure take him on a tour of the city.

With the same thoughts, the three parties quietly retreated, waiting for the day to come.

……

……

Night.

Zheng Shu and his party were wandering the streets, and he had already taken Artoria and the three of them to join them.

Originally, I was going to go to the house to discuss things, but maybe it was to avoid the Holy Grail War, the door of the house was locked, and there was no light in the room, so no one should be there.

So several people had to change their minds and decided to go to Wei Gong's house first to discuss the rest of the matter.

But just as they passed through a dark street, a figure stopped in front of them.

"I have something I want to talk to you about."

"Who?!"

Rin Tosaka looked vigilantly at the dark alley, but the servants didn't look too guarded, because the other party had already released their own aura to show their presence a long time ago.

Without too much concealment, the figure came out of the shadows, it was a tired girl.

The young girl was dressed in a neat nun dress, and the fair skin peeking out from the cuffs and neckline was very dazzling.

She had wavy white hair, a long shawl, and a pair of golden pupils that looked very beautiful, but now that she was tired, her eyes looked a little blank.

"That's why I said, you magicians are really a nuisance." There was still a tiredness in the calm voice.

Rin Tosaka took the initiative to jump out after seeing the appearance of the comer, and stood in front of Shirou Emiya as if his body was nothing:

"Karene Aldaisia?! What are you doing here? ”

"What for?"

Karen lowered her eyelids slightly, as if she was careless, but the resentment in her tone was terrifying.

"What else could it be? Of course, in order to ensure that the Holy Grail War will not be noticed by the world, you will be able to deal with things like blowing up the mall, making the school disappear from Fuyuki City, and turning the streets of the neighborhood into lava! ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

As soon as these words came out, Rin Tosaka, who was originally menacing, suddenly became a little weak-hearted, and then straightened his chest again as if he thought of something: "It's none of my business!" It was all made by the Lancer who set it on fire! ”

Hit the bull's-eye! Zheng Shu could even see the anger on Kalian's originally expressionless face.

Ignoring the other people around Rin Tosaka, Karen strode up to her, reached out and clasped her head, judging from the bulging veins on her arm, she must have used all her strength, and her voice was full of gnashing teeth.

"You, think, think, what is the reason for such a thing?!"

"It hurts, it hurts! Let go, you perverted girl! ”

Rin Tosaka screamed in pain, struggling frantically in Karen's hands trying to break free of her head.

Seeing that the two sides were playing "happily", and everyone was not easy to get involved, it was not until Emiya Shirou couldn't stand it anymore and went up to rescue him, and Karen obediently let go of his hand.

However, while letting go, she also hooked Emiya Shirou's arm and leaned on his side, looking very skilled in a set of movements.

"Also, you actually let Shirou participate in such a battle, don't you know how cruel the Holy Grail War is?"

"What's the matter with me, and you promiscuous nun, hurry up and let go of my hand!" Rin Tosaka looked mad.

"Alas......"

Seeing that the two were going to continue, Zheng Shu gave Red A a look, so he very skillfully grabbed the back of Tosaka Rin's neck clothes and slipped it back like a cat.

"I'll talk about it later, Miss Karen, what are you coming to us for?"

Hearing the formal inquiry, Karen finally returned to normal, and it was obvious that the flirting with Rin Tosaka just now was completely her bad taste.

Mr. Zheng Shu...... I didn't expect you to be one of the servants, no wonder you have that kind of strength. As for the reason why I came to you, isn't it already obvious? ”

As she spoke, she looked up at the temple in the distance, which stood out even in the night sky.

"Well, what's your plan?"

"This is not the place to talk, please come with me first."

Karin looked around, although this place can be regarded as remote, but such a large group of people standing here is also very conspicuous.

Zheng Shu glanced back, and the few people present had no intention of objecting, including Rin Tosaka, who was sulking at the beginning, did not refute, so he nodded: "Lead the way." ”

In the process of following Karen to the location she said, Rin Tosaka also introduced her situation to several people present.

Karen, the daughter of the former pastor of the church, is now a nun in the Templar Church, but due to her resignation and her practice of magic, Karene has been marginalized for a long time.

This can be seen from the fact that the church sent Amakusa Shiro Tokisada to Fuyuki City to take over the work a long time ago, but did not arrange a new job for Kalian.

So much so that for so many years, Karen has been working in a small church on the other side of Fuyuki City.

As for the sudden reactivation this time, it is likely that the Templar Church has found out about the betrayal of Amakusa Shiro Shizhen, so in desperation, Karen can only be fully responsible for the affairs in Fuyuki City.

When Zheng Shu heard this, the corner of his eye unconsciously glanced at the girl who was leading the way in front of him.

For most people, it's certainly not a good thing for their career to be interrupted because of their father, but it may not be a bad thing for Karen.

At least because of the marginalization of the Templar Church, Karen's main job now has been to run a small church, and nothing related to magic has anything to do with her.

According to Karen's constitution, this may be a good thing.

"Here we are."

After a while, Ka Lian's voice came from the front, and after Zheng Shu looked up at the place in front of him, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth after all.

Because if he's not mistaken, this should be a ramen shop, and it's the kind of ramen shop that does very badly.

There are a lot of people around, but this ramen shop looks quite empty.

Zheng Shu moved his nose, and his eyes turned into dead fish eyes after smelling the spicy smell coming from inside, if he guessed correctly, he probably knew who opened this place.

"Oh, what a rarity."

Just when the others were still a little confused, the door of the ramen shop was opened from the inside, and out of it came a man with a rather serious expression.

"Alas, alas?! Yan Feng Qili? Why are you here, did you come here to open a ramen shop after you resigned from the Templar Church? ”

Rin Tosaka looked a little incredulous, she naturally knew about her father's disciple, but she hadn't heard of him since he resigned from the church.

Of course, in addition to Rin Tosaka, what was even more shocked should be the red A beside Zheng Shu.

Zheng Shu could even see that the expression on his face had a tendency to get out of control, and it was estimated that Yan Feng Qili's dress in a chef's uniform was too amazing for him.

"It's Rin, the movement you made this time is a bit too big, the top management of the Templar Church and the Magicians Guild should be quite distressed, and even the church personnel like me, who have long since resigned, have been reactivated."

Although he said this, Zheng Shu felt that the guy in front of him seemed to be happy.

It's right to think about it, according to Yan Fengqili's character, when he thinks of the high-level people tossing and turning with a headache, not laughing out loud is already the greatest respect for the other party.

Rin Tosaka gritted her teeth but didn't refute, anyway, Yan Feng Qili did her best to guide her when she was a child, and she can be regarded as half of her teacher.

And because Yan Feng Qili has found a more suitable way to find pleasure for herself, the relationship between the two parties is also good.

"So...... Come in first. ”

(PS: Tomorrow's decisive battle, and I'll return to God after writing the five battles.) ）

(End of chapter)