Shape Moon, The Road to the Magician

"The contract between Tokiomi Tosaka and Archer has been severed, and Matou Kariya also died with Berserker.……"

After hearing these two pieces of good news, Amakusa Shiro looked back at the huge cross hanging on the wall behind him, with a smile on his face.

Caster and Berserker have both confirmed their retirement, and it is only a matter of time before Archer retires.

Lancer and his Master are currently in limbo, and they still have the fighting power of the two knights and multiple command spells. It seems that things are going very smoothly at the moment.

Assassin has also discovered Rider's stronghold. As long as he eliminates them with this momentum, this Holy Grail War can be declared over.

This is a good thing...

As long as it lasts until the end, he will be the final winner.

However, the aftermath of the Holy Grail War is indeed somewhat troublesome.……

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Fuyuki City in the morning

【Morningmorningmorning——】

The TV is playing news about last night's unusual situation

"Hello everyone, this is a report sent to you by a Fuyuki City Radio News reporter. First, at 2:17 a.m. today, a serious fire broke out in the Tohsaka house located in the suburbs of Fuyuki City. No victims have been found so far. After research by the police and relevant experts, it has been confirmed that the fire was caused by an explosion caused by a gas leak.……"

In a remote stronghold in Fuyuki City, Xia Yuan and Weber, who was covered in bandages, were having breakfast leisurely. At this time, what was reported on the TV news was the tragic battlefield where Saber and Berserker teamed up to fight Gilgamesh last night.

Seeing this news, Rider clicked his ears and felt a little regretful that he could not participate in such a fierce battle last night, while Webber looked in disbelief.

Yesterday, he was inexplicably and almost sent to the sky by Emiya Kiritsugu, the genius of demolition. When I woke up early this morning, Xia Yuan told me how exciting the battle last night was.

Even one Master died, Berserker retired, and Tokiomi Tosaka actually withdrew from the Holy Grail War. This change of situation cannot be said to be unpleasant.

Now that Mr. Kenneth's life or death is uncertain, Natsu Yuan's Servant seems to have betrayed him, and with Tokiomi Tosaka's withdrawal, they will definitely be the remaining targets. In this Holy Grail War where bosses and lunatics gather, he, a newbie in magic, is really insecure.

His original stubbornness disappeared after witnessing the cruelty of the Holy Grail War. He has deeply realized his own weakness. Without Kenneth's company, he really couldn't do anything. Even Xia Yuan, who had just become a magician, was far better than him.

"Berserker has retired……"Recalling the powerful black knight, Iskandar couldn't help but sigh.

"It's really a pity. If such a powerful warrior can be brought under my command, it will definitely be much easier to conquer the world in the future."

"……Stupid Rider, when did you think about conquering the world? Let’s think about how we deal with the enemy first!"

"Hahaha, it's okay kid, relax, I will definitely protect you with my king here. Didn’t I promise to take you to see the sea at the end?

Iskandar smiled and said without any joking:"Even after I gain a physical body and begin to conquer the world, I will still be your Servant.""

"That's not the point at all!"

"If you want to recruit Berserker, you may be disappointed. Lancelot will only be loyal to King Arthur."Seeing the teasing between master and slave, Xia Yuan shook his head.

"And he is very satisfied this time……"

"Yeah? Loyal knight, that's such a pity...but——"

Iskandar's voice changed, and then his tiger eyes fell on Xia Yuan again. He said,"Boy, your Caster seems to have betrayed, right?"

His eyes looked at the command spell that still existed on the back of Xia Yuan's hand. superior

"But why didn't you use a command spell to force him back? Or just use the Command Seal to order him to commit suicide. Why do you let him wander outside when the contract is still there?"

After Iskandar raised the question, Weber also looked at him clearly, and his doubtful eyes also fell over. This was indeed the question he was confused about.

Since the Command Seal is still there, it means that he can still forcibly control himself. Servant, why don't you just use the command spell to make him commit suicide? Why do you have to keep him to fight against the enemy?

In addition, there is another problem. They were obviously blown up together. He was knocked unconscious and didn't wake up until this morning. And why did you recover so quickly? Not only that, but what happened to the extra Servant-like magic power on your body?

Although he believed that Xia Yuan would not betray him, Weber still had too many questions in his heart. After all, there were too many secrets hidden in Xia Yuan. Now that Teacher Kenneth was away, Weber was really afraid of something. , it is precisely because of its intangibility and mystery that he feels scared, and Xia Yuan, who is completely invisible now, makes him feel scared.

"Are you doubting me?……"

Xia Yuan sighed and drank the porridge on the table in one gulp.

"To correct you, the servant I summoned was not Caster, but A·venger."

"A·venger... avenger?"

"Yes, it's the Avenger, whose real name is the protagonist in"The Count of Monte Cristo", Edmond Dantès, King of the Grotto. is the most famous avenger in the world"

"As for the real Caster, we had already killed him on the eve of the Holy Grail War. We had just used the identity of Caster to disguise himself."

Sensing the estrangement between several people, Xia Yuan did not intend to hide it and explained.

"Although he betrayed us, his target was only me, and you are all implicated by me, so don't worry, he won't attack you or Rider. His goal has been only one from beginning to end——"

"kill me"

"kill you?!"Listening to Xia Yuan saying such terrifying words in a calm tone, Weber shuddered subconsciously.

"But……"

When he continued to prepare to ask about the cause of the matter, the reporter's report on the TV suddenly attracted the attention of several people.

"……According to a considerable number of suburban residents last night, many dazzling lights erupted in the night sky in the early morning, accompanied by deafening bombing sounds. Some citizens even witnessed the golden stars running through the night sky and took photos to record them.——"

The next moment, the host took out a photo from his pocket that was very blurry because his hands were shaking when taking the photo.

"Could this golden galaxy... be a Noble Phantasm?"Webber's eyes widened.

"Wow, I didn’t expect that little girl to have such a powerful Noble Phantasm? I wonder who is stronger than this galaxy or my [King’s Army]?"

Seeing the surprise of the two people, Xia Yuan just shook his head. Compared to the two who were unable to be present, he borrowed Merlin's clairvoyance to see everything with his own eyes last night.

So the moment Artoria released the Noble Phantasm, he also During his observation, the truth about that dazzling galaxy is also the anti-army weapon released by King Arthur - the Sword of Victory and Oath (Excalibur).

Although it failed to completely release the Holy Sword, even so, the power it unleashed It is by no means an ordinary Noble Phantasm that can compete with it, but in the end, Gilgamesh's Mythical Defense Noble Phantasm Gift Pack was able to firmly defeat it.

When multiple legendary defensive artifacts are stacked together, even if it is a victory. It can't be easily broken with the Sword of Oath.

Is it really worthy of the old flash? It is completely different from the twitching A flash in the impression. The fighting method is capable and ruthless, leaving no hope for the opponent at all. Arturia and Lancelot who had been strengthened by the curse, King Arthur and the strongest knight were not inferior at all. They also fought completely with their hands, and the few people who hit them naturally did not care about the hidden gods. Rules.

So much so that half of Fuyuki City could hear the sound of the fight, but it wasn't a big deal. After all, some people existed just to deal with such incidents - you see, he didn't. Just appeared

"I am Kirei Kotomine, the person in charge of the Fuyuki City Church. Let me explain the situation in detail."

Kotomine Kirei, who took over the host's microphone, had no expression on his face, and then started talking nonsense seriously.

"Please ask Father Kotomine, what was the cause of the vision in the night sky last night?"The host praised him very cooperatively.

"It's because of a gas leak"

"Ahem……"

The host was choked by Kotomine Kirei's answer and looked at him in disbelief. Such serious nonsense? What kind of gas leak can explode with golden light, and let half of Fuyuki City know about it? You have to find a justifiable reason to fool people, right?

However, Kotomine Kirei had no intention of paying attention to the host's mood and continued to talk to himself:"According to our investigation, a large-scale gas leak broke out in the natural pipes of residential addresses near the suburbs of Fuyuki City last night, so It led to hallucinations."

Fuck!" At this time, the host's expression was completely unbearable. What's the reason for such nonsense? Even large-scale gas leaks caused hallucinations.

Even the staff on site were speechless at Kotomine Kirei's explanation. As long as a normal person can hear it, this is obviously his nonsense.

"However, as far as I know, gas leaks will not cause hallucinations.……"

Before the host could finish speaking, Kotomine Kirei took out the certificate from the police station that he had hypnotized overnight last night from his pocket, threw it into her hand, and then completely blocked her mouth.

"So... please don't underestimate gas leaks. Every year, many people die because of gas leaks causing hallucinations. So... you must pay attention to protection!"

Listening to Kotomine Kirei's bizarre explanation from the TV station, the corners of Xia Yuan's mouth twitched.

Can everything be explained by gas explosions?

The company responsible for installing gas in Xingyue World is really unlucky. Almost all the blame must be placed on them

"I remember this guy should be the overseer of the Holy Church.……"Weber pointed at Kotomine Kirei who was still talking nonsense and was even more speechless.

"Doesn’t the Bible say that if believers of the Lord lie, they will fall into hell after death?"

"Yes, no matter which religion the god is from, it is forbidden to lie. The punishment in Christianity seems to be going to hell. But for a man like Kotomine Kirei, he probably won't care. Heaven or hell are indifferent places to him."

"But... instead of discussing those unimportant things, shouldn't we now consider how to welcome guests?"

Raising his hand, Weber interrupted Weber's desire to continue complaining. Xia Yuan and Iskandar looked at each other, and then looked outside the door together.

"Looks like we have a visitor."

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"hateful!!"

In the Einzbern castle, Emiya Kiritsugu's brows were beating wildly. His nails had already sunk deeply into his palms, and a few drops of bright red blood flowed from the gaps between his fingertips.

Looking at the devastated environment around him, the castle's A hole was torn open in all the defense techniques, and various artificial human corpses were thrown on the ground.

Someone sneaked in and kidnapped Irisviel while they were away. I spent a busy night hunting Tokiomi Tohsaka, but someone came to kill me!

"Ally……"Emiya Kiritsugu glanced around with a gloomy look, and the right hand holding the cigarette began to tremble unconsciously.

"Kiritsugu……"

Seeing this situation, Maiya, who was Emiya Kiritsugu's assistant, wanted to comfort him, but she didn't know what to say.

The situation changed too quickly. When they left Einzbern's castle, they had already built the most complete defense measures. The defense was perfect from all angles. Even if a Servant attacked, it could be resisted for a moment. Only then did Irisviel dare to leave Irisviel alone in the stronghold.

But someone accurately found a loophole in this defense and intercepted the distress message sent by Irisviel. Whether it was a familiar or an electronic communication, they were all intercepted by that guy.

In other words, the murderer is not only highly skilled in magic, but can easily break through defensive spells. Moreover, the murderer also knew that Emiya Kiritsugu was very good at modern technology and took countermeasures.

At this point, Emiya Kiritsugu had probably guessed who the murderer was who attacked the stronghold.

That guy is here to seek revenge...

He implicated Ellie……

"What should we do now? The murderer's traces were well hidden, leaving no useful clues."

Like Emiya Kiritsugu, Saber is worried about Irisviel's safety.

"I see……"

Emiya Kiritsugu held his forehead and said tiredly:"You all go out first and let me calm down for a while."

"But, Kiritsugu, you are now……"Maiya was still a little hesitant

"I am okay"

"Let's leave, Maiya-san. It would indeed be better to leave Kiritsugu alone now."

"I see……"

Then the two men left the room, leaving the rest of the time to the man.