Chapter 30: Chapter 30: Are You Watching Me Secretly? Emiya Kiritsugu!
Chapter 30: Are You Watching Me Secretly? Emiya Kiritsugu!
'That is, a servant?'
'How could Lancer's Master be with another Servant?'
'Could it be that it also happened to receive an order to assassinate Master Lancer?'
The black rag figure in the sniper scope quickly disappeared, and Emiya Kiritsugu's back was immediately wet with cold sweat. No! If that guy was going to assassinate Lancer's Master, how could he be slower than him? He didn't think he could be compared with the Servants' ever-changing methods. Even the weakest Servant shouldn't take so long to find the target of the sound source.
Moreover, the trap set by Master Lancer was obviously not triggered, which can only mean one thing: that the black figure had discovered that it was a trap a long time ago, and the other party had been hiding nearby without taking any action, but instead did the opposite and used Master Lancer to fish!
Lancer's master is fishing, and so is Caster/Assassin, except that it is using someone else's bait!
"The situation has changed. A servant suspected to be Assassin or Caster has discovered us. Retreat immediately. Do not linger. We have become the fish that have taken the bait."
Kiritsugu Emiya was sweating profusely. He put away his sniper rifle, jumped off the container without hesitation, and ran out of the port. The night breeze did not make him feel the slightest bit of freshness. The surprise and difficulty of being plotted against made him feel like a desperado. He must not be exposed. If he was exposed, the disguise that Irisviel and the others had done during the day would become a useless waste of time.
He was not sure whether the Servant had really seen him, but he did not dare to gamble. The loser of the Holy Grail War would have to pay with his life. The only thing he could do was to try to calm down and comfort himself, as he was at least 400 meters away from Lancer's Master at that time.
Even if the Servant was really fishing, it would be impossible for the other party to find him immediately at this distance. It would take at least three minutes to confirm and rush to his original sniper point to reel in the net and catch the fish.
However, the opposite happened before he could run many steps.
"It's foggy? Is this Caster's magecraft?!"
He lost his way, and the sudden appearance of thick fog made Kiritsugu Emiya's lungs feel a pain as if he had inhaled harmful gas. This kind of high-concentration mana reaction, excluding the three knight classes, can only be achieved by the Caster class.
He thought to himself that something was not right and immediately used the contract to contact Saber, who was fighting. Then he took out a flash bomb from his waist while running. He wanted to get rid of Caster in the afternoon, but he didn't expect that the target he wanted to get rid of that night would meet him in this way.
The tripwire barriers set up along the road disappeared, and the killer ghost in the foggy night walked through the fog.
After confirming the target based on the flow of mana, she held the dagger in reverse and suddenly appeared like an invisible shadow.
At the moment when Kiritsugu Emiya threw the flash bomb, Miss Illyasviel leaned over, took a step, instantly crossed a distance of more than ten meters, and stabbed him accurately in the heart.
Her murderous intent and figure were no longer hidden the moment she attacked.
A blinding flash illuminated the surroundings.
The sharp blade rotated, and the reflected blade light seemed to reflect the death of Emiya Kiritsugu!
A sonic boom sounded. The silver weapon was not short. She did not hold back and attacked with all her strength. At this distance, only the Servants could react. A normal magi, even if he had set up defensive spells, would have no choice but to die at this moment. Although Jack the Ripper's attributes were inferior, her agility and killing experience were not comparable to what Miss Illyasviel had when she assassinated Tohsaka Tokiomi. She could even vaguely see the other's beating heart being pierced and taken out by her!
"Time Alter, five times the speed!" Time seemed to have stopped for a moment.
At this moment, his blood flow accelerated, hemoglobin burned, and muscle movements suddenly increased. This was the magecraft of time manipulation that the Emiya family had explored from generation to generation. The results were accumulated in the magic crest on Emiya Kiritsugu's back, separating the inside of a specific space from the "flow of time" in the outside world. The "time manipulation" that could be manipulated at will was a kind of Reality Marble.
Miss Illyasviel was fishing, and Emiya Kiritsugu was also fishing. The moment the thick fog appeared, he knew he couldn't escape.
Therefore, he threw the flash bomb not to cover his own escape, but to deliberately give Miss Illyasviel a chance to attack. If you put yourself in her shoes, the impact of the flash bomb on the Servants is negligible, and the visual perception of humans and magi is greatly weakened. In this case, she would definitely attack, and if Miss Illyasviel really wanted to kill him, she would make the same choice.
Miss Illyasviel predicted Kenneth's prediction and predicted his prediction based on Kenneth's prediction.
And he can also predict Miss Illyasviel's predictions based on his own conditions.
Of course, the premise is that Miss Illyasviel's ideas are highly consistent with his.
Puff!
Clank!
Blood splattered everywhere, and the hunting blade smashed a small hole in the cement ground. A nearly ten-centimeter wound was cut on Kiritsugu Emiya's back, and the gushing blood wet the black windbreaker and dyed it red.
"? "
'No, why? How did I fail?'
'I could accept the failure of the assassination before I used the Noble Phantasm, but isn't it a bit outrageous that I could still fail after using the Noble Phantasm?'
"His reaction speed and explosive power will increase nearly tenfold temporarily? he will use his body as a great magecraft to burn his life."
But you can only use this kind of magic a few times. Miss Illyasviel's attack missed, and she attacked again. If this kind of magecraft is properly prepared, it can even be said to be infinitely close to the category of True Magic. However, Kiritsugu Emiya's attainments in magecraft are obviously not very deep.
Or it could be said that Kiritsugu Emiya's inheritance is not enough to dig deep into. After all, among the seven masters in this Holy Grail War, it seems that Kiritsugu Emiya is the only one who has never been to college.
"Time Alter, triple speed!"
The impact force knocked him onto a wooden box more than ten meters away. Emiya Kiritsugu endured the severe pain in his back and had no time to catch his breath before performing magecraft again. This type of magecraft consumed a huge amount of mana, and the preparations and rituals beforehand were very complicated. It was a technique designed with the premise of performing great magecraft.
In order to use it effectively in battle, he reduced the scope of the barrier to within his body.
The interference time is within a few seconds, thereby minimizing the interference of "world adjustment" on the Reality Marble, making it a practical magecraft on the battlefield.
The disadvantage is that after the barrier is lifted, the world will correct the time difference between inside and outside the barrier, which will cause a great burden on the body. Under normal circumstances, the highest speed he can use is twice the speed. Once it exceeds this speed, even the magic circuit will be overloaded, and there is even the risk of destroying the circuit and causing instant death on the spot.
But when faced with Miss Illyasviel, given the choice between sudden death and sudden death on the spot, he decisively chose the former.
"I didn't expect that the magi with the lowest theoretical attainment in magecraft would actually use the great magecraft of the 'time system.'"
The sharp blade was gripped backwards and slashed across. Emiya Kiritsugu's skyrocketing speed caught Miss Illyasviel off guard at first. After all, this was the information that Kotomine Kirei gave her.
But it was never said that Emiya Kiritsugu possessed such attainments in magecraft, and the intelligence of the Church was often problematic.
But it doesn't matter. With the blessing of Agility A and the Glimpse into the Evil of This World, Miss Illyasviel crossed the distance in less than two seconds. The blade was once again close to Emiya Kiritsugu's neck. The iron sheet and wooden box broke in an instant, along with the goods inside, announcing the ringing of the evening bell of Emiya Kiritsugu's death!
".....Illyasviel?"
"?!"
The sudden sound of doubt, surprise, and disbelief made the blade pause for a moment!
And at this moment, taking advantage of Miss Illyasviel's brief pause, Kiritsugu Emiya leaned down and pounced forward!
Finally, the sharp blade that should have cut off his head and neck fell on the steel container beside the wooden box cluster. The crisp sound of the steel colliding made the fog ripple a few times. The blade was deeply embedded in the steel, rubbing out terrifying sparks. A few strands of hair floated in the air. After rolling for more than ten times, Kiritsugu Emiya finally rolled under a wooden box not far away. He survived. The knife was deflected, even if it was just a slight deviation, the fatal situation would be reversed because of this sudden change!
"You are, Illyasviel? Those eyes, that face, you are Illyasviel von Einzbern?"
Painful wound had been temporarily forgotten. In that brief moment, almost instantly, when the assassin girl swung the last knife, the cute little face and ruby eyes revealed under the rags of the black robe made Kiritsugu feel unbelievable and his heartbeat accelerated.
He was not mistaken, that little face, those eyes, he would never forget them!
Illyasviel von Einzbern, the cute, well-behaved and innocent appearance of the eight-year-old girl was one of the most impressive scenes in his tired life. Just like Irisviel, they were the few ports where he could feel at ease!
"You also have assassination skills, outstanding magecraft skills, and the ability to fish with bait. How do you know these things? Who did you learn these things from..."
"Mr. Emiya Kiritsugu, you talk too much."
Quickly pull out the sharp blade embedded in the steel.
After a few seconds of confusion, Miss Illyasviel quickly reacted.
She turned into a black shadow again and pounced on the survivor Emiya Kiritsugu who was trying to influence her judgment and actions with words. It must be said that she was briefly dazed when Emiya Kiritsugu called out her name, causing her fatal attack to inexplicably miss again, but she had no time to care about why the other party knew her real name. In her eyes, all enemies who might threaten her survival must die, no matter who they are!
She has already seen the Command Seal on the back of Emiya Kiritsugu's hand. The opponent is the master of the blonde girl. As long as the opponent dies, the blonde girl will lose her mana supply. She will lose a powerful enemy with a three-knight class numerical monster. Her chances of surviving this Holy Grail War will be greatly increased!
Who cares why anyone would know her, and what if she is indeed related to the Einzbern family!
So what if she could even be an ancestor of the Einzbern family!
The Holy Grail War is not a family reunion meeting. Even if you say today that you are my father, I will still be a rebellious and filial son who loves his father and respects his son!
——clang!
"Damn it, as a Caster, you are as shameless and despicable as Assassin!"
At the moment when the sharp blade was about to stab towards Emiya Kiritsugu again, a diagonal cut changed the trajectory of the cold blade. The swordsman girl let out an angry battle cry, and the injuries on her waist and wrists seemed to disappear. The invisible sword was swung down violently, and a terrifying torrent of mana exploded, blowing away the surrounding poisonous gas and fog like dust. It was a pure numerical crushing!
As a servant of the Saber class, not only are her agility and durability both terrifying A-level, but her mana is also as good as Miss Illyasviel's A-level before she activates her Noble Phantasm. Except for strength and luck, all other attributes on her attribute panel are A-level!
There are only six attributes in total, four of which are all A. After one slash, Miss Illyasviel even felt that her arm was about to break!
"Gu.....that's a bit too much." Miss Illyasviel was blown into the air by the enormous force. She rolled several times like a swallow before she unloaded the huge force and fell onto a container high up. The numbness in her arms made her fully realize what numerical values were. She took a direct hit and her icy sharp blade was chipped.
Beautiful, so beautiful. With such beautiful values, is it really possible to play without it?
However, the reality did not allow her to sigh too much. The moment she fell, the swordsman girl jumped up and angrily turned the invisible sword into a heavy iron hammer. With the blessing of high agility and high muscle strength, she swung it down from top to bottom in an instant!
The presence concealment was activated, the shadow shrouded it again, and Miss Illyasviel stepped lightly.
She skillfully dived into the white poisonous fog, just like you have the numbers but I don't have the mechanism.
Boom!
The stacked containers that were more than ten meters high were blown to pieces by hammers. The continuous explosions carried the goods inside flying everywhere. Miss Illyasviel felt a surge of blood in her body.
She performed a double jump in mid-air by stepping on the flying cargo; the fog concealed her tracks, and the presence concealment and retention skills made her silent.
As if the Homunculus was given an untargetable buff, the angry swordsman girl lost the target she wanted to attack.
"You are such a naughty little kitty, with your clever posture, excellent dancing steps, and charming determination. This challenge has indeed attracted a special hero like you. But with such skills, I don't understand why you hide in the dark like Assassin. The light is your destiny, and your attitude is more suitable to be shown in front of others, isn't it?"
A helpless bitter laugh came from the fog.
As the sound approached, the red spear stabbed out with a sonic boom, attacking the shadow that blended into the mist and darkness, while hot mana sparks splashed everywhere!
The untargetable mechanism that even King Gilgamesh couldn't lock on to when he wasn't paying attention has been broken!
That is the mind's eye skill, an excellent insight skill, one of the skills possessed by Lancer Diarmuid. It can make most enemies invisible at a certain distance, and it allows one to remain calm and observe the subtle abnormalities of things with restraint.
".....Ugh!" Gritting her teeth and taking the thrust, Miss Illyasviel once again used the enemy's impact to distance herself from the enemy and was forced to fall in the middle of the gap between the two servants.
However, before she could continue trying to escape, a powerful burst of mana power blew past!
The fog in all directions within the area began to thin, temporarily severing the protective umbrella that the dark fog had given her!
That was the skill released by the blonde girl, she and the man with two spears were standing in front and behind.
She blocked Miss Illyasviel in the central area, protecting Kiritsugu Emiya while holding the invisible sword tightly and staring at the short figure in black rags not far away.
"Um, good evening, both of you. The weather is really nice tonight."
She felt the anger and murderous intent coming from the swordsman girl, and the man with two spears who blocked her escape route.
Miss Illyasviel blinked her eyes, coughed twice, and hid the double blades behind her back obediently.
"Actually, I just happened to be passing by and wanted to say hello to Mr. Sneaky."
"So let's discuss it... Can we, the "group of 7" reconcile?"