gaze of war

Just before dawn, search and rescue teams found something remarkable on top of the ruins.

It just appeared out of nowhere, without anyone noticing.

It was a silver-gray sphere with a diameter of three meters, standing quietly among the rubble as if it had completely escaped the gravity of the earth.The smooth surface with a soft luster looks eerie in this devastated ruin.

When something so peculiar appeared, the personnel of the search and rescue team immediately reported to the team leader in charge of search and rescue.After the team leader touched tentatively, the entire palm of the leader sank in.The cool and soft touch made him widen his eyes: "This...is mercury?"

After saying this sentence, he suddenly maintained the posture of reaching out and didn't move.

The search and rescue team found that the person in charge was sticking his palm on the surface of the mercury ball, as if in a daze.

"...Director?" After a few seconds, the search and rescue team members who were watching by the side couldn't help but make a sound.

The person in charge seemed to come back to his senses immediately.

"...Put this on the truck right away." He turned his head slowly and gave instructions calmly. "It must be transported away immediately and cannot be parked here."

I always felt that his expressionless face was a bit scary, and the search and rescue team members looked at each other in blank dismay.

The person in charge turned his face and looked at everyone.

"take action now."

"Ah... yes!"

The startled search and rescue team hurriedly carried the huge mercury ball onto the back of the truck.

And when no one noticed, the person in charge had already sat in the driver's seat of the truck.The engine roared, and the tires turned rapidly after a puff of smoke was raised.

"director?!"

The search and rescue team members who were stunned by the abnormal behavior of the person in charge finally thought of contacting the higher-ups after being stunned for a long time.

Trucks are speeding down the street.

The fast-moving roadside scenery did not attract any attention from the driver.

Speed ​​up, shift into gear, turn the steering wheel—the head of the search and rescue team has a blank expression on his face and dull eyes, but his movements are extremely precise.

until--

boom!

The front wheels of the truck blew open and the driver lost control of the truck.

Because the previous speed was too fast, the braking device could not immediately stop the truck, but instead exacerbated the truck's imbalance.The truck turned at an extremely fast speed, rubbed against the road and made a sharp whistle, and slammed into a big tree beside the road.

There was a loud bang from the position of the engine, and the front of the car exploded.The driver's seat had been completely engulfed in the sea of ​​flames. A few seconds later, there was a scream of panic in the sea of ​​flames, followed by a continuous, horrific scream.

When the howling sound gradually broke, gradually became hoarse, and gradually became silent, a black locomotive stopped beside the accident scene.The black-haired man in a suit got off the motorcycle, methodically supported the motorcycle, and locked it.A series of natural movements looked very strange under the light of the fire at the scene of the car accident.

A half-arm-length gun was removed from the side of the locomotive, the magazine and breech carefully inspected, and loaded quickly.Take out the pistol stuck in the back of the waist, and put a bullet in it.After making all the preparations, the black-haired man raised his head and looked in the direction of the truck.

Because of the violent impact, the truck's rear door had already bounced open.The rear compartment containing the huge and strange mercury ball was defenseless against him, and he could see everything in a glance as long as he took three steps.But the black-haired man didn't act lightly—in other words, he was very clear about the consequences of approaching rashly.

He raised the gun in his hand and pressed the trigger toward the back of the truck.

Almost at the moment of the gunshot, a sharp silver blade broke through the wall of the truck's rear compartment like a stream of water, shooting towards the black-haired man.

The black-haired man reacted very quickly. He immediately rolled over to avoid the attack of the mercury blade, and then fired several shots in the direction of the mercury attack.Mercury's reaction was also very quick, and he immediately backed up, turning into a mirror-like defensive wall to block the bullet.After blocking the bullet, the quicksilver returned from a membrane to a ball, and then quickly elongated, violently biting the black-haired man again like a living thing.

Even in the face of such a brutal attack, the black-haired man did not change his calm expression.He didn't retreat nor run away, but jumped up and rushed towards the door of the truck's back compartment.The moment his eyes touched the inside of the carriage, he used the momentum to roll to avoid the quicksilver that was chasing like a poisonous snake, and pulled the trigger towards the inside of the carriage.

Inherent time control - twice the speed!

At the moment when Quicksilver returned, the black-haired man activated his own unique magic.The magic called Inherent Time Control can manipulate the time that acts on itself.The heartbeat, blood flow rate, nerve responses and muscle movements will all be at twice the speed, and even the speed of thinking will be accelerated.

This kind of magic that relies on the body will undoubtedly cause a great burden on the body, but for the "Magician Killer" Emiya Kiritsugu who does not play cards according to common sense, the increase in combat it brings is far greater than harm to the body.

That's right—it was Emiya Kiritsugu who came to pursue him alone on his motorcycle.The magician killer, who lost his assistant, is hunting Kenneth as his target.

Track, protect, and attack.Is it these three attributes?If the owner is attacked, he will definitely give up the attack and give priority to protection—and, in the stage of recovering from the protection state to the attack state, the speed of transformation is far slower than the speed of protection.

Found your weakness.

Emiya Kiritsugu had already glimpsed from the moment just now that Kenneth was not the only one in the carriage.In the corner lay a red-haired woman.Seeing Kenneth's actions, he was quite concerned about that woman.Well, if this woman is the target...

Emiya Kiritsugu pulled out the contender from behind his waist.The unremarkable-looking pistol is loaded with specially treated ammunition made from his ribs.The ability of this bullet called origin is to completely "originate" everything.If it is something made of magic power, it can easily smash it into pieces. If it hits a magician, if the magician does not die from blood loss, the magic power circuit in his body will also be abolished.

Emiya Kiritsugu never wasted his origin bullets.

And this one will not be wasted either.

The machine gun in the left hand fired continuously at the woman lying in the corner.

"how dare you!!!"

Kenneth let out a terrified and furious roar.The weapon called Moon Spirit Essence was deployed in front of Sora with unprecedented speed.And the next attack was indeed aimed at him——

The Contender exploded.

The deadly spirit-breaking bullet quickly penetrated Kenneth's abdomen.

Kenneth let out a sharp scream, blood spurted out of his mouth, and fell to the ground under the impact of the bullet.

Emiya Kiritsugu was about to pursue him, but he heard a faint sound of wind, he immediately activated his inherent time control, and leaped to the side.Almost at the moment when his toes left the ground, a red gun shot out from the side and hit the ground fiercely under the pressure of the wind.

The knight in blue and silver armor was full of anger, and rushed into the battlefield at an unparalleled speed.With a light touch of the toes on the ground, the red long spear was drawn out with the backhand, and stabbed towards Emiya Kiritsugu.

Oops--

Emiya Kiritsugu dodged the Celtic knight's angry attack in embarrassment.Even if he is super powerful among magicians, he will definitely not be able to stop a heroic spirit who is so angry that his fighting power is at full strength.

Although in the short term, he would not be killed directly, but if this continues, he will definitely be pierced by the spear point of the angry Lancer.I must think of a way...

Just as he was quickly thinking about countermeasures at triple speed, Lancer suddenly stopped attacking.He rushed to the back of the truck at a faster speed than when he attacked just now, and the moment a dagger pierced Kenneth's chest, he roared angrily and killed the heroic spirit in black who appeared suddenly.

But it was too late.

The magic power circuit was destroyed by Emiya Kiritsugu's origin bullet, he lost control of the moon spirit marrow fluid, and was unresponsive due to blood loss. Kenneth didn't notice when there were more enemies inside the carriage.By the time he realized it, the dagger had already penetrated his chest.

"...Master...Master..." Lancer showed a sad and regretful expression.

Kenneth spat out blood.At this point, no matter how dissatisfied I am with Lancer, it doesn't matter anymore.A heroic spirit who appeared like a ghost, Emiya Kiritsugu wielding a weapon of mass destruction.In this suburb, Kenneth, whose magic power circuit has been destroyed, and Sola, who has no magic power, are almost certain to die.

Kenneth suffered heavy injuries one after another, and half of his foot was already on the road to death.His consciousness was a little blurred due to the severe pain and blood loss, but he still knew very clearly that they—now only Lancer.Sola's life is all in Lancer.

Kenneth looked longingly at the unconscious fiancée beside him.

She was sleeping peacefully, and even such a loud movement could not wake her up.Even though she was wayward, selfish, berating Kenneth for something else that didn't matter, Kenneth still loved her deeply.

Kenneth gasped.The lobes of his lungs were pierced, and every breath seemed to be dying.Blood froth continuously sprang from his mouth, he stretched out his trembling hand and covered the back of Sora's hand.

The red mark on the back of the hand glowed.

The three spear-shaped Command Seals slowly faded away, and then reappeared on the back of Sora's hand.

"... So... La..." He regretfully called out his fiancée's name, then coughed a few times, his body twitched, and he stopped breathing.

The author has something to say: Kenneth, pawn.Although it was regretful until death, at least it was happy.I didn't get my fingers broken by my fiancée, and I didn't try the crazy jealousy of my lover being taken away.Emiya Kiritsugu's single-soldier combat ability in open places is much higher than that of a simple magician.What's more, Kenneth still has to protect Sola.Kenneth is a nice guy, really.