In the southern suburbs of Fuyuki City, on the side of a winding road on an unknown low mountain, a very ordinary black car is parked. Regardless of its owner, mileage and the reason for being here at this moment, it is very ordinary, even if someone specifically investigates
, and it is impossible to connect it with the Einzbern family.
Emiya Kiritsugu was standing at the front of the car, looking at the Tohsaka Residence down the mountain, and asked Saber Alter, who was standing quietly behind him.
Without Maiya's control, the bat familiars that originally collected intelligence for Kiritsugu quickly returned to their wild habits and scattered. Even if Kiritsugu could forcibly take back and control a few of them, the entire intelligence network was still fragmented, so the one who rescued her
Action is imperative.
But before that, if you want to detect the opponent's servants and the magic barrier, letting the servants get close and sense the magic power fluctuations is not a solution.
"Yes, there is a dense detection barrier around the big house, but there is no Master or Servant inside." Saber A1ter, who was wearing a black suit with a stern face and looked like a real bodyguard, responded.
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"Very good, just wait here. If any servant approaches, let me know immediately." Kiritsugu nodded, took two steps forward, crossed the guardrail, and began to organize his equipment.
The so-called 'transmission' is a method of communication that Kiritsugu invented by using the magical connection between the master and the servant. To put it simply, it is based on Saber's retention skill [Magic Release] and uses the frequency of Morse code to communicate.
After consuming magic power, Kiritsugu can understand the meaning through decoding after sensing it through the magic circuit.
Although it seemed like a waste of magic power, Saber didn't have any objection to it for some reason.
At this time, Kiritsugu was not wearing his usual suit and windbreaker, but a gray tights with a dark red hood, like an assassin. Even if the familiar who was monitoring Tohsaka House saw him, he would not be able to recognize who he was.
The reason why Saber is not allowed to participate in this operation is that the scale of her magic power can cause the induction barriers to sound alarms from very far away - they are originally used to guard against SSRvents, and Kiritsugu does not intend to understand those.
What happens when the alarm is triggered.
"Hmm." Saber nodded in agreement, and then watched Kiritsugu jump over the highway fence, like a giant bat.
After watching Kiritsugu leave her range of perception, Saber turned around and opened the back seat door, and picked up a large red barrel-shaped packaging box from the "supplies" stacked on the seat that faintly smelled of fried chicken and French fries.
everything is normal.
While replenishing her magic power, she sent a message to Kiritsugu.
155:39:o9
Tokiomi Tosaka, as one of the three royal families of the Holy Grail War, the manager of Fuyuki's spiritual veins, and the main person in charge of the local magician association, cannot and does not need to conceal the location of his base camp. He only needs to set up sufficient protection measures inside and outside.
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Although he, his disciples, his wife and daughter can enter and exit normally, that is because they have access rights. If any uninvited guests come in uninvited, whether it is the enemy's familiar or the infiltrated killer, they will encounter strong resistance and counterattack.
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At this time, Emiya Kiritsugu, who had sneaked in from the back mountain, was trapped in the garden of the mansion.
From the perspective of a magician killer, the function of the barrier in this garden is relatively simple. It only activates the preset magic in a statue to attack after discovering the enemy. However, the problem is that there are too many nodes used to scan the enemy.
, the grass, street lamps, benches and even small fountains are all hidden with gems that are constantly spreading magic pulses.
They function like sonar. If a magic pulse reaches its destination smoothly, it will be safe. If any interference occurs, it means "something" exists there, and the reaction spell will be activated immediately and strike at that location.
Although Emiya Kiritsugu didn't take this simple magic attack seriously and there was no problem in destroying it by force, but if he had to use violent means just in the back garden, wouldn't it be even more difficult to deal with the magic traps inside the mansion.
If the flow of magic power in the garden at this moment were regarded as fallen leaves, then Emiya Kiritsugu would be equivalent to walking in a deciduous forest in late autumn, and he could not let a single leaf touch him.
[Inherent Temporal Control·Twice]!
Finally, after judging that it was impossible to pass through the barrier with normal skills without destroying any magic nodes, Emiya Kiritsugu used his unique magic to pass between several magic pulses with incredible speed.
The gap reached the back door of Tohsaka's house.
There were no magic seals or traps on the back door, which surprised Kiritsugu a little, but he quickly put it behind him and concentrated on opening the lock.
Everything was normal. At this time, Saber's information was transmitted through the magic link.
Although he wanted to question why the frequency of her messages was so fast, Kiritsugu, who knew the reason very well, ultimately remained silent.
155:27:41
Contrary to expectations, there are almost no protective measures in the parts of the Tohsaka Residence above the ground. This is of course not to mention that it would be very troublesome to destroy those rooms, which are basically living areas, and the space is not enough for a confrontation between magic methods.
Although there may be magic items treasured by the Tosaka family on the upper floors, as a magician killer he doesn't actually care about those things.
If what he expected was correct, the underground space here is the Tohsaka family's base camp as magicians, and the related protection and enemy defense methods are also...
bump--!
A huge arm came with the sound of wind, confirming Emiya Kiritsugu's guess that he had just sneaked into the basement of the mansion.
"Is that...a golem?" Dodging the attack, Kiritsugu quickly observed the attacker and the surrounding environment.
This basement is empty and has no other unnecessary decorations. There is nothing except that the walls, floor and ceiling have been strengthened by magic. On the opposite side, next to the door leading to other rooms or the next level, there are two guards guarding and attacking themselves.
The guy is exactly the same as the golem.
Golems are generally used by magicians to guard fixed locations. Most of them are made of earth and stone and shaped into a powerful image like a giant. However, there are also practices that use steel as a material to increase strength.
And the material used for the head in front of Kiritsugu is ruby...
Although the information has mentioned that the Tosaka family is good at gem magic, and the materials are not precious gemstones, and even if the golem is destroyed, the gem fragments can continue to be used, but it still makes people feel that the wealthy are treating the poor.
of malice.
Finding that the punch failed and the target was far away from him, the ruby golem hit him directly according to the predetermined settings. Naturally, this direct attack had no effect on Kiritsugu.
Although using ruby as a material will make the body stronger, the location of the magic core is clear due to the transparent material. The magician killer took out a light machine gun equipped with a silencer while dodging, and fired directly at the back of the golem.
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Puff-puff-bang!
As expected, its outer layer was cast with magic that deflected projected attacks, but it was unable to deal with such direct attacks. The originally menacing ruby golem quickly collapsed into a pile of ruby fragments after being penetrated by the magic core.
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Moreover, the action logic of this kind of magic creation is very simple. Even if there is a fight here, the two gatekeepers on the other side did not come over. This is proof. If the underground workshop is full of such things, it will save a lot of trouble. Soon
After knocking down the two gatekeepers, Kiritsugu opened the door.
Everything is normal, saber repeated it again.
155:o7:18
The curse room generally refers to a specific magic workshop where the entire room is strengthened by various restricting and weakening magic. It is basically used by magicians to restrain dangerous summons, but it can also imprison people with magic abilities or
Conduct a magic test, and if the prediction is good, Maiya should be locked in such a "cursed room".
After half an hour of intense fighting in the Tohsaka family's underground workshop, which could be called an underground fortress, Kiritsugu finally reached his destination.
Although the magic power was somewhat exhausted and the bullets were almost used up, there were no other enemies left. Kiritsugu reached out and pressed the door handle of the cursed room in front of him.
At present, apart from the regular golem guards and magic traps, there are no deliberate settings for him, so Tokiomi Tohsaka probably does not intend to use his assistants to invite you into the urn. Of course, it is also possible that they do not know Mai.
Mi's importance to oneself.
"Kiritsugu! Retreat quickly!"
As soon as the door opened, Kiritsugu heard Maiya's voice, and seemed to be very anxious to let him leave. If it were other situations where the information was insufficient, Kiritsugu would naturally agree with his assistant's judgment and get out immediately, but at this moment he was facing life or death.
It’s clear what’s going to happen.
Kuu Maiya is trapped in a magic circle. In addition to the conventional magic ban and restraint, it also has the characteristic of exploding when attacked by external forces. With Kiritsugu's level, it can be easily lifted.
But the problem is that next to the magic circle is guarding a big guy that is twice as big as the monsters he destroyed before. It can be seen through the ruby transparent body that its magic core has been deliberately strengthened and cannot perform tricks.
Destroy it repeatedly.
I see. Is the reason why you don’t set more traps outside because you have confidence in this guy? If you fight with it, the aftermath will inevitably hit the magic circle and explode.
There will be serious trouble, and Kiritsugu and Maiya who are trapped in the formation will be in danger.
Such a cold and effective method should be the work of Kotomine Kirei, but as the agent, he does not know the meaning of the Holy Grail War. This is not an ordinary duel between magicians.
Kiritsugu nodded appeasingly to Maiya, who was trapped there and looked panicked, and then looked at the ruby golem approaching him and stretched out his right hand.
Everything is fine——
"In the name of the command spell, saber·a1ter immediately came to my side and destroyed the core of this golem!"
The sword-shaped command spell on the back of Kiritsugu's hand dimmed, and at the same time, the light in the cursed room dimmed. The giant demon that was still approaching step by step stopped, and when the lighting reappeared,
In an instant, it turned into fragments all over the ground.
"Is this the only level?" The black-armored Saber who appeared behind the demon doll put away the long black sword in her hand with a slightly dissatisfied tone: "Well, as long as you think it's worth it."
The Magician Killer forced himself to ignore the fast food packaging box that Saber had just thrown behind the pile of golem fragments.
"When he set up this trap, he probably didn't consider the fighting power of the heroic spirits at all." Kiritsugu released the magic circle that restrained Maiya and said to her: "Let's get out of here."
"...Hmm." Kuu Maiya seemed to want to say something, but finally nodded and gave up.
The next moment, a dark shadow suddenly rushed toward Emiya Kiritsugu from the corner.
