Stray Chapter 41: Emiya Kiritsugu’s decisiveness

Saber finally changed her mind after Xia Ran showed a series of good behaviors, such as being a corporal, convincing people with morality, and obeying the law.

Let's not talk about Saber's mood, but Irisviel herself is full of sorrow, complicated and distressed, not because of the fact that she was captured, after all, her life is only a little left. Time has passed, even shorter than Matou Kariya.

In this case, this young woman has already put her own life and death aside, and when a person is not afraid of death, what is there to be afraid of? Of course this still exists.

What Irisviel is really worried about is her husband and her own daughter. What she is really worried about is that the Einzberen family still has little hope of the final victory in this ceremony.

Who would have thought that in just one night, after an unspeakable chaos, the entire Holy Grail War was almost settled, and it seemed that there was no suspense about the outcome——

But it's not her husband, Emiya Kiritsugu, who is in control of the situation on behalf of the Einzberen family.

It was someone who knew this year's Holy Grail War like the back of their hands. He was able to easily kill a servant, and then he gathered four powerful servants through various formal or irregular means. , the terrifying magician who directly dominated the entire battlefield.

In addition, he is also extremely dangerous. If he finds an opportunity to take action, magic is enough to threaten the servant... I don't know which style of magician it is, and he actually embarks on such a madman's line, which is against the vast majority of Common sense knowledge of magicians.

Yes, most magicians don't pursue firepower, not because they can't do it, but because it's not necessary, they are more willing to spend time and energy on exploring the road that "turns the impossible into the possible" superior.

Time modification, parallel world interference, soul materialization...that is, in the pursuit of magic.

Because the difference between magic and magic is that although magic is in line with the concept of magic in people's impressions and is a manifestation of mystery, all the effects of magic can be reproduced using modern technology, or the future of manpower. possible to achieve.

So the vast majority of magicians can actually be regarded as occultists equivalent to scientists, and magic is just a special knowledge——

No matter how arrogant and careless they are, they only habitually pay attention to all kinds of magic when facing a battle, so they are often shot in the head by the magician killer Emiya Kiritsugu who uses a sniper rifle...

But it doesn't mean that they are completely out of touch with the times. The reason why they despise pure physical attacks that do not rely on magic and regard them as secondary threats is only because they basically rarely need to face Those modern mainstream killing weapons, although they know it, have no concept.

In the occasions where you need to do something, often the other party is also a magician. Everyone comes to a showdown between magicians, and no one has ever drawn a gun.

When they don't need to do it, magicians are often in their own base camp, their own magic workshop. And for magicians, there is no other place in the whole world that is safer than their own magic workshop.

——No one wants to jump over the tower to kill, and if there is really a need to jump the tower and kill, no one is stupid enough to pick up a few guns and rush in...

It is precisely because they don't need to face those things at all, so they don't have much vigilance themselves, so the magician killer Emiya Kiritsugu was able to successfully pick up all of them this time, killing dozens of magic tricks through modern warfare thinking division.

But aside from these common sense issues, magicians are not old antiques who don't know anything. They will also use some modern technologies to replace some jobs, instead of specifically pursuing the combat power, lethality, and power of magic. Scale range... blah blah blah blah blah blah.

Because in the final analysis, those are all issues of equivalence. Rather than investing the already very limited time and energy in enhancing firepower, enhancing the combat performance of magic to a very high level, it is possible to use it for a lifetime. Not a few times.

It's better to continue to ponder time, space, soul... and other esoteric fields, from the category of "art" to the concept of "law", turning the impossible into the possible, this is the orthodox pursuit of magic.

Xia Ran's crazy big magic, although I don't know how to achieve it, but in the eyes of people in this world, it is a heresy road, and it has abandoned orthodoxy from the beginning.

And if you go on this road desperately, it is estimated that no matter how destructive you are, you will not be able to reach the realm of a magician, even if it can destroy the earth... Because strictly speaking, human civilization can't reach a height that exhausts time and resources. It definitely does not include destroying the earth. In fact, the current development stage already has such a trend.

But it is undeniable that although Xia Ran, a magician of unknown school, behaves sufficiently heretical, he doesn't seem to care about the realm of magic at all, and just blindly pursues maximizing firepower... But he is really fierce enough to use it in battle. Those spells have already touched the Noble Phantasm field.

With such a powerful Master and a large number of Servants under his command, it would be unreasonable if the outcome of this Holy Grail War could not be scheduled in advance.

Maybe in this fourth ceremony, there will really be a definite ending, and someone has to win the Holy Grail...

It's just that Irisviel has a hard time accepting such a fact. After all, if the winner is not the Einzbelen family, her husband and her daughter will hardly have a good ending... /

She doesn't care about her ending, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't even care about her husband and daughter. This is what she is most troubled about.

Saber was also very troubled. She didn't know that the young woman's fate was already doomed. In fact, she was the only one who didn't know anything. Therefore, it is natural to think that Irisviel's panic and worry were frightened by the threat of this group of people in Liudong Temple.

After all, Emiya Kiritsugu almost risked his own life, but he almost couldn't go back because of an adventure. This young woman must have been frightened by many innocent people tonight.

A person was thrown into a hiding place in the woods. Once her husband and companions went out, they never came back, but she was caught by a vicious magician... Think about it for a moment, Saber will do it for her I feel the same way.

It's just that although she really wants to help Irisviel, her current master has been replaced by Xia Ran, and both of them are currently in the enemy's line, and she herself can't help herself because of the contract , it's hard to do anything.

I can't even talk to Alice Felder a few more words and give her a guarantee, because in this position of Liudong Temple, there is no absolute secret at all.

Even if there is a plan, it is absolutely impossible to say it directly, it will only be exposed at the first time... So I can only see if there is any chance in the future - yes, resistance is definitely necessary, she It is impossible to really accept reality with peace of mind.

I must save Irisviel, out of control, and after that, I won't have to be threatened by that hateful magician again.

Artoria thought so, she secretly encouraged herself.

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Xia Ran certainly knows what Saber might think. If Saber is really submissive like this, without the slightest spirit of resistance, he will directly accept the fate of helping the emperor.

That's disappointing. It's normal to be like this now... But he doesn't care. Anyway, he never planned to keep Irisviel. After Medea researched the secret of the Little Holy Grail, he Even very happy to push the boat—

Let Saber find an opportunity to rescue the lady from the sea of ​​misery...and save him some trouble, lest he send people away with good intentions, and make people suspicious.

He organizes his notes in his room, summarizing his gains in this world, including those that have been obtained and those that have not been obtained for the time being. The list is as follows, at a glance.

"High Speed ​​Words (already purchased)"

"saber (available)"

"Swallow Return (to be determined)"

"An ideal home away from everything (to be determined)"

"The Third Magic (To Be Determined)"

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There is also a long list of names below the list, all of which he added after careful consideration, that is, if there is a chance, it belongs to the things he is likely to get.

For example, the indestructible lake light and the knight do not die with their bare hands, no matter what, if he kills Lancelot directly, there is indeed a high probability that it will explode.

The same reason, and so on, the King of Conqueror's Divine Wheel, the Golden Glittering Sword of Deviance, the Lock of Heaven, the two brushes of the brush, and even the passive skill called "Love's Black Mole"... these are all on the drop list.

Not only servants are on the list, Xia Ran even created files with green monsters in Fuyuki City. Miya Kiritsugu's inherent time control, origin bullet, and even Kotomine Kirei's Bajiquan...

Equipment, skills, blueprints, everything, this quest world is simply a treasure trove full of opportunities more than the previous world.

As for the special personal abilities of King's Army and King's Treasure, it is estimated that the probability of breaking out is equal to none, and he has not considered it.

The former is because he didn't lead the army on an expedition and walked through the end of the earth together, and he didn't have so many heroic souls to develop the inherent barrier together... The latter is because he didn't have such a legend and didn't think a dimension would explode. The treasure library is bound to you with you, and there will be countless treasures automatically attached to it...

Think about it and know it's impossible.

Xia Ran thought about it for a while, picked up a pen and added a line of words "Alchemy (artificial life)" on the list, and then ticked the back.

After Medea brought Irisviel back, she made a preliminary determination without any trace, and told him that she planned to find out the android technology of the Einzberen family first, and then pushed back to see the two How did the Holy Maiden of Winter from a hundred years ago disintegrate herself into the Great Holy Grail.

If she can confirm such a specific process, it will be of great help to her long-term basic work. As for the reverse analysis of the alchemy of the Einzberen family...

It's impossible to say how simple it is, but it's nothing compared to the topic of "reproducing the third magic".

The witch of the Age of Gods confidently told Xia Ran that with a precious living sample like Irisviel in her hands for research, it would not take a few days at all, which means that Xia Ran was sure again A precious magic technique.

Picking up the long list, Xia Ran browsed it and breathed a light breath. Naturally, it was impossible to get all the items on it, so it was necessary to give up.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something, turned his head to look in a certain direction, his eyes seemed to pass through the layers of buildings and trees, and turned to a certain building in the distance of Fuyuki City——

"Huh? What happened to Kenneth, is the main cause because of me?...Wait, is it Emiya Kiritsugu who did it? It's decisive enough, that old yin forced the executioner..."

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The location is in a building in Fuyuki City.

The time is set back to about three minutes ago.

When receiving Emiya Kiritsugu, who was rescued by lancer and rider, Kenneth's face was still very gloomy. What happened tonight was completely unexpected.

In the evening, after listening to the opposite temporary ally stating the pros and cons and telling the plan, he still felt that this matter was very feasible. The two sides hit it off and formed a temporary alliance directly——

It's only temporary anyway. The two sides just work together to eliminate the most threatening enemy first, and then how to come or how to come.

In the end, I didn't expect that not only did they fail to control the Liudong Temple side, let them sacrifice their lives for themselves, and die with other enemies, but also indirectly contributed to the birth of the most powerful party in this Holy Grail War.

How can this be played? Anyone else have gaming experience?

The only thing I can be thankful for is that the servant was taken away from his temporary ally, and he has not lost his biggest trump card... At this moment, Kenneth is somewhat lucky.

Emiya Kiritsugu's expression was like that of a wounded and helpless child, far from the image of the powerful magician killer before, just a powerless and cowardly man.

He said bluntly that he wanted Kenneth's help and asked his brother to pull him...

Kenneth despises in his heart. Although he rationally judges that he must continue to cooperate now, others will survive, but he also feels that the allies on the opposite side who have lost all the cards are no longer qualified to be on the same level as himself.

"It's okay to cooperate, but in a different way..." The monarch from the Clock Tower said indifferently, his tone was contemptuous and arrogant, "After all, you are no longer worthwhile."