Kenneth subconsciously put down his arms that were holding him in a cool way, with a dazed expression on his face.
In just over an hour, he had shown such an expression several times. The first few times he was surprised, but this time he was surprised.
We were clearly evenly matched before, but why did we suddenly defeat our opponent in one fell swoop? We didn’t even use the Noble Phantasm, but we won with a series of attacks?!
This is different from the information he collected.
It is clearly stated that in the first three Holy Grail Wars, the attributes of the Servants were all the same, and it was generally difficult to tell the winner. The weak Master became the key to the Holy Grail War and became the main target of the Servants' attacks.
If the victory can be quickly determined between the servants, what's the point of the 'master gap'?
Shouldn't I be the one to defeat the other masters one by one? Things are not going right!
This Penglai Gunslinger Sanren... is really not simple? He is obviously not a very famous hero, he is only famous for his students!
‘Kenneth, how are you doing, sir?’ When Ji Xing’s voice echoed in his ears, Kenneth’s expression suddenly became uncertain. He was silent for several seconds before reluctantly humming.
"It's okay. You're probably just qualified to cooperate with me on an equal footing, Lancer."
"Thank you for the compliment from 'Still Talking'." Ji Xing smiled and put away his gun.
Lancelot turned into a spirit son and died!
…
Matou family.
Matou Kariya's expression was several times more confused than Kenneth's. The command spell on the back of his hand floated away, and his weak body swayed slightly.
What happened?
Berserker was killed?
Just an hour after I became a Master, the Servant I summoned was killed in the first battle of the Holy Grail War?!
His most powerful Noble Phantasm has not been used yet... I have not used any of my Command Seals... Is this Holy Grail War over for me?
He tremblingly raised his almost unconscious left arm and looked at the pale 'chicken feet'.
If my Holy Grail War ends like this, then what's the point of me becoming like this all year?! How can I save Sakura?!
"No...no! No way!"
He collapsed and knelt on the ground. His shouting woke up the girl who was sleeping lightly. He sat up from the crib with an empty expression. Matou Zangyan only glanced at Matou Kariya coldly, his eyes slightly darkened.
Soon he laughed ugly again.
"Haha, it seems that the genius lecturer in the Clock Tower summoned an incredible heroic spirit this time, Lancer wearing a bamboo hat. Who is it?"
To him, Matou Kariya is just a toy. He never expected Matou Kariya to really obtain the Holy Grail. His expectations were pinned on Matou Sakura, whom he adopted a year ago, and the next Holy Grail War.
This toy, which had been wound up for a year, died after just one hour of operation. It was indeed a bit unexpected, but it didn't affect him at all.
"Really... let's go and greet the guests." Without even looking at the collapsed Matou Kariya, Matou Zouken walked towards the stairs.
…
The Holy Grail has a 'will' of its own.
The death of a servant does mean that the master is eliminated, but it does not mean that there is no possibility that the eliminated master will be recognized by the Holy Grail again, or even summon again or take away the servants from other masters.
Eliminating the roots was out of the question. Kenneth was too lazy to kill a useless person, but as the victor, he felt it was necessary to achieve some victory.
In the final analysis, he actually felt that it was a bit embarrassing for him to be a spectator, and he didn't know what to say when he went back to explain it to Sora.
Walking side by side with Ji Xing on the way to the Matou family's house, he looked calm, as if he could always see through everything and said: "You have long been able to defeat the berserkers in a short time. The initial fight was just to get familiar with being a master.
The power of the person.”
"That's right."
"Hmph, it's quite calm. There is something remarkable about terminating the opponent's continuous attacks. What kind of trick is it?" Kenneth asked casually.
"There's no trick, just a gun." Ji Xing said, "I'm Sanren, the Penglai Gunslinger."
"..." Kenneth was silent.
The six words "Penglai Gunshen Sanren" answered so many questions for him that he lost count!
"Hehehe, Penglai Gunslinger Sanren?"
At this moment, an old and hoarse voice came from the Matou mansion ahead. Matou Zangyan walked out and said with a smile: "He is actually a Chinese hero? In the Holy Grail War, there has never been a Chinese heroic spirit. Transformation
The compatibility between the spiritual séance ceremony and the heroic spirit over there is almost zero. He is indeed a genius lecturer from the Clock Tower."
Kenneth didn't understand why he summoned 'Tong Yuan', but that didn't stop him from looking down at the Matou Zouken with his nostrils: "You are the actual controller of the Matou family, Matou Zouken? As expected, it is full of filth and corruption.
The taste.”
"Haha, the humble silverfish cannot get into the eyes of Lord El-Melloi. Your target is Matou Kariya, right? He is already a useless person, and it is actually not worth your trouble. If you want to confirm, let
Let me take you to the second floor." Matou Zangyan salivated.
This look made Kenneth very disdainful. He was so disdainful that he was too lazy to pay attention to him. He also felt that there was no need to enter such a Matou family.
He turned around to indicate that Ji Xing could leave, but he saw Ji Xing raising his head as if looking at something.
As he looked up, Kenneth saw a girl about six or seven years old on the second floor of Matou's house. Her hair was blue and she looked cute. She was half-hidden behind the curtains. Although she was looking at them below, a pair of
There was no sparkle in his big eyes, and there was no expression on his face.
A descendant of the Matou family? Kenneth's intelligence collection was not as meticulous as Matou Sakura's. He casually asked: "Are you interested in this brat?"
Suddenly a strong wind roared in my ears!
Poof——! The bright silver spearhead suddenly pierced Matou Zangyan's forehead. Matou Zangyan and Kenneth showed shocked expressions at the same time.
Wow - the next moment, the Matou Zang Inkstone, which was stabbed in the vital part by Ji Xing suddenly with a gun, shattered into thousands of arthropods, tails, fangs, and hideous and ugly marking insects.
Then these marking insects turned into black smoke and rolled to the other side to form the figure of Matou Zangyan. He said in a low voice: "Lord El-Melloi, what does this mean? The Matou family is in this fourth Holy Grail War.
Already defeated, I am not the master either..."
"He knows too much." Ji Xing motioned to Kenneth and said, "I know that I am the 'Penglai Gunshen Sanren'. If it is leaked to other masters, it will be detrimental to the subsequent battle."
Kenneth: "..."
Aren’t you always mentioning your title of ‘Penglai Gun God Sanren’?!
The next moment he was suddenly shocked: "Huh? You are not prepared..."
Ji Xing held his spear, and the bright silver tip suddenly burned with crimson fire!
"A shot of a spear scares all the birds, a skill that appears shocks all the heroes!" A majestic chant came out of Ji Xing's mouth, and Matong Zangyan's pupils shrank in horror.
"Go out like a phoenix and soar high, toward the phoenix!"
The flowing fire spear thrust out at Matou Zangyan!
"Qiang Qiang——!"
The phoenix flies and sings in harmony.
A majestic crimson phoenix with a huge wingspan chirped and soared, creating a brilliant stream of light in the night, rolling over the earth and stirring up waves!
Matou Zangyan's mind was a little blank at this moment. He didn't even have the Noble Phantasm to liberate during the battle with Berserker. Use it to attack me?!
Kenneth's eyes widened slightly, and the color of the phoenix was reflected in Sakura Matou's eyes on the second floor!
Under the attack of the phoenix bird, Matou Zouken had no ability to dodge or resist. His body made of marking insects and his long-corrupted soul were simultaneously ignited, and he let out a shrill scream.
"ah--!!"
"No, no! Lord El-Melloi, I am also a priest magician registered in the Clock Tower, and the head of the Matou family. There is no reason, you can't..." While crying out in pain and begging for mercy, Matou Zangyan's huge
Some of the marking bugs were reduced to ashes.
A handful of them, a dozen or so, jumped out of the fire with all their might and crawled away in all directions.
Ji Xing put away his gun like a hundred birds returning to their nest.
The phoenixes scattered and turned into hundreds of birds. They pounced on them accurately and pecked every insect to death. Matou Zangyan's screams and begging for mercy could be heard everywhere!
"No! Why..."
"I want to live forever..."
Matou Zangyan could never understand why a strange servant would use a Noble Phantasm to kill him, let alone that he would suffer such an inexplicable death after surviving five hundred years!
It wasn't until all the marking insects were cleared that the flaming birds flew back to Ji Xing's spearhead like returning to their nests, blending into Guixing.
There were no heavy blows or damage. The land in front of the Matou family only had shallow ditches caused by the flight of the phoenix, but no deeper marks.
Only the Matou Zangyan has disappeared!
'Just looking at the performance just now, who would have thought that Matou Zouken is a magician who has lived for five hundred years, had the capital to fight with servants before he decayed, and was once a better magician than Kenneth?'
Ji Xing remembers that he deposited the Holy Grail fragments together with his own body bug into Matou Sakura's heart after the Fourth World War. Now, neither Matou Kariya nor Matou Tsurunori has the qualifications to be put into the body by him. Then
It should be really killed!
"Okay, the silence is complete, we can enter the Matou family, Master Kenneth."
The veins on Kenneth's forehead were jumping.
"Lancer! Before you make such a move, you should at least discuss it with me!" If the people in the Clock Tower know that I used a servant to kill an old bug with no intention of resisting for no reason, my reputation will be ruined.
Lossy!
No matter what, what would be even more damaging would be if someone knew that I was ‘cooperating’ with my followers!
"Oh, okay, I'll do it next time." Ji Xing agreed and walked into Matong's house.
"You guy...?!"
Kenneth followed angrily.
The Matou family's mansion is indeed the foundation of the Matou family's magic. There are many pre-engraved magic spells that can be easily activated by inputting magic power. However, after the death of Matou Zangyan, the meaning of these things is almost the same.
At zero.
Of course, even if Matou Zangyan had the opportunity to counterattack, the result would be exactly the same. When Ji Xing chose to come to Matou Kariya first, or when Ji Xing knew that he had become a Servant of the Fourth Battle, Matou Zangyan
It is already certain to die!
Without it, it would be annoying to the ears.
Just like Chen Duo, Matou Sakura is a pitiable girl who is worth saving.
As a declining magic family, the Matou family has few servants and is very quiet at night.
All the way up to the second floor, the two of them saw Matou Kariya, who was still in a collapsed state, kneeling in the center of the corridor. Kenneth looked at him for a few times, temporarily put aside his dissatisfaction with Ji Xing's actions, and showed disdain.
"That dirty old bug is right. This guy really doesn't need attention anymore. Even if you ignore him, he won't live for long."
Amidst the creaking of the door, Matou Sakura walked out of the room not far away. She was not afraid. She just stared at the two of them blankly as before, with no emotion in her voice: "You are here to kill Uncle Kariya and me.
Is it? Just like grandpa. I heard it too, you are the 'Penglai Gunshen Sanren'."
Hearing her voice, Matou Kariya's withered heart began to beat again, and his raised face looked like a beast: "Sakura, run quickly..."
Woo——
Before he could activate the marking bug, the dancing gun barrel knocked him down and made him unconscious.
Kenneth raised his eyebrows, he even killed the old bug, but not the Master?
No, it’s up to me to give advice on whether to kill or not. Even if we cooperate, I am still the master!
He snorted: "That's it, let's go back. Such a boring opponent makes me have lower expectations for this Holy Grail War. Even if they leak your information, it doesn't matter. Are you afraid of others' targeting?
?”
Ji Xing looked at him and said with a smile: "Are you using the provoking method, worried that I will kill this kid?"
"...Are you kidding me?" Kenneth said angrily: "What does a stupid brat from the Matou family have to do with me? He's just a bastard who has lost the blood of a magician. There are countless lives and deaths in the world every day. He won't
It will not bring any benefit to this world, nor will it have any impact!"
"Oh?" Ji Xing walked towards Matou Sakura.
The corners of Kenneth's eyes twitched slightly.
Just when he was hesitating whether to speak again, Ji Xing squatted down and gently pressed his hand on Matou Sakura's head.
"Little girl, do you want to die?"
Matou Sakura's little face was blank, still expressionless, she just shook her head gently: "I don't want to..."
"Then in order to save your life, you must provide me with something valuable, do you understand?" Ji Xing smiled: "Do you know where the foundation of the Matou family's magic practice is?"
Kenneth: "..."
Has this gun god been thinking about learning magic?
No... He suddenly realized that this guy chose Matou Kariya as his first target, and even came directly to Matou's house. Could it be just for the scene in front of him?!
Matou Sakura stayed for a few more seconds, with a hint of fear on her face, but it disappeared in less than a second, and whispered: "Yeah."
"Take me there?"
"good."
Matou Sakura turned around and led the way.
Ji Xing and Kenneth followed.
Arriving at the end of the corridor on the second floor, Sakura Matou reached out and touched a mechanism on the wall. With a roaring sound, a secret passage to the underground was opened.
"Huh, it's so secret that it opens a secret passage to the ground from the second floor." Kenneth took a look and said, "But you, who wanted to get the basic idea of the Matou family's magic, really sacrificed the good for the weak. You have already defeated the enemy as promised.
As a servant, are you still worried that I won't give you the basics of magic?"
"It's always good to know more." Ji Xing said, following Tong Ying down.
After walking a few steps, he felt that the place Matou Sakura was taking him was probably not the place he wanted, but he did not correct it. Kenneth beside him was chattering and looking down on the Matou family.
Until it reaches the end.
Kenneth suddenly fell silent.
This is a basement, about twenty square meters in size, with nothing else inside.
Only bugs.
Countless bugs!
One hundred thousand? Five hundred thousand? One million?!
Densely packed insects covered the ground, even stacking up on top of each other. Although they were no longer active due to the death of Matou Zangyan, they were still terrifying and frightening!
"It's so filthy and disgusting..." Kenneth murmured coldly.
"Grandpa Zōyan said that this is the basic training of the Matou family's magic." Sakura Matou said in a calm voice: "Let the marking insects penetrate through all the orifices of the body, and it will help me become a person suitable for learning the Matou family's magic.
Attributes can also broaden the magician’s innate magic circuit..."
clatter--
Matou Sakura's words suddenly stalled because a bamboo hat was placed on top of her head to stop her. The large bamboo hat also covered her eyes when looking at the insects.
Ji Xing waved his gun, and the fire phoenix roared again!
"This is not the right place, let's go somewhere else."