Several golden ripples suddenly appeared in the air, and weapons of various shapes emerged from behind the ripples, aiming at the rider and launching them.
"Bah!"
During the lightning and thunder, the seemingly heavy Kamui wheels turned into lightning and avoided the attack of the unknown enemy. Rider looked at the weapon that was inserted into the ground and gradually dissipated with a serious look on his face.
"These are all Noble Phantasms? Who is so prodigal as to use a Noble Phantasm as a throwing prop?"
"presumptuous!"
A heroic spirit wearing golden armor appeared on the street lamp in the port, his scarlet eyes glaring at the rider angrily.
"How dare a mere bastard judge my king's actions?"
More Noble Phantasms emerged from the golden ripples, and Tokiomi, who was hiding in the Tosaka Residence, turned blue when he saw them.
Kotomine Kirei remained calm in this chaotic situation: "Master, the situation is getting more and more complicated. Do you want to use the Command Seal?"
"use!"
Tokiomi gritted his teeth: "We can't let the King of Heroes reveal more of his trump cards on the first night. Kirei, you also need to call Lancelot back."
"As commanded."
"Admonish him with a commanding curse, the King of Heroes..."
"Order it with a command curse, berserker..."
…
Lu Xiao, who was watching from a distance, couldn't laugh or cry. Although the job profiles of the servants summoned by the masters had changed somewhat, the chaos of the first battle still continued, and it was even more complicated than the original plot.
Leaving aside the knight battle between Saber and Lancer, Emiya Kiritsugu launched an attack on Kenneth without Assassin interfering with the situation.
Kenneth, who has been called a genius since he was a child, is not an easy man. Although he was defeated by modern weapons in their first encounter, he did not suffer too much. Instead, he discovered the Einzbern group's methods in advance.
On the other side, Berserker was indeed eyeing Lancer, and began to go crazy without being controlled by the Master.
Rider's remarks that he thought were unusual offended Archer, who had a high self-esteem, and the two had a fight when they first met.
"It's a complete mess..."
Lu Xiao had no intention of starting the purge tonight.
Da Vinci has just been summoned and it will take some time to develop her abilities.
As a caster, Da Vinci has A-level prop creation and position creation abilities, which can strengthen the magic workshop built by Lu Xiao and create powerful magic tools.
But it will take some time to complete preparations, and now is not the time to take the initiative.
Tonight's intelligence investigation yielded a lot. The information about the job exchange between Saber and Lancer is very important. If it is not known in time, it is very likely that when encounters occur in the future, we will be in a hurry without a way to deal with it.
"Rider and caster are allies. Among the remaining four servants, the best one to deal with is berserker, who may lose control at any time."
"But Berserker's master, Kirei Kotomine, is hiding in Tosaka Residence like Tokiomi Tosaka. With the abundant spiritual power possessed by Tosaka Residence's spiritual veins, it may be difficult to break through the magic workshop from the front.
Not to mention that there is a powerful King of Heroes sitting in the mansion."
"In other words, we can only start with Saber or Lancer?"
Thinking of this, Lu Xiao felt a headache and tapped the center of his eyebrows with his finger.
Kenneth rented out an entire floor of the Fuyuki Hotel and arranged it into a well-defended magic workshop.
Lu Xiao is not Emiya Kiritsugu. Even if he can get enough explosives through Aletheia's channels, he will not attack Kenneth by blowing up the entire hotel, and neither will Rin, who comes from a Fuyuki manager family.
Agree with him using this method.
The Einzbern family built a castle on the outskirts of Fuyuki City 200 years ago specifically for the Holy Grail War. The Einzbern androids who participated in the Holy Grail War would settle here every time.
Undecided for the time being, Lu Xiao planned to return to the workshop to discuss it with Leonardo da Vinci.
Under the orders of Tokiomi Tokiomi and Kirei Kotomine, Archer and Berserker reluctantly retreated to the Tosaka residence.
Saber and Lancer, who had no intention of fighting again, each evacuated vigilantly. Only Rider was left on the port battlefield, looking at the place where Archer disappeared and lost in thought.
…
When Lu Xiao returned to the Magic Studio in Miyama Town, from the outside, the Magic Studio didn't seem to have changed much.
But once inside the house, various defensive weapons made using a mixture of technology and magic gradually became apparent.
At this time, Leonardo da Vinci was giving eyes to a mechanical bird.
"Chirp!"
After drawing the eyes, with the injection of Leonardo da Vinci's magic, the mechanical bird made a strange sound and spread its wings and took off.
Under the influence of the magic workshop's illusion spell, the mechanical bird quickly turned into an ordinary sparrow after taking to the air.
It stood on the tree in the courtyard, always monitoring abnormal movements around the workshop.
Leonardo da Vinci gave this mechanical bird an eye that could see through illusions. As long as a magician approaches the workshop, it can detect the magician immediately and alert Da Vinci.
Through discussions with Leonardo da Vinci, Lu Xiao gradually straightened out her thinking.
Kenneth's workshop should be blown up by Emiya Kiritsugu tonight.
With the Tosaka residence on hold for the time being, Lu Xiao has two options.
The first is to wait for Kenneth's carefully arranged magic workshop to be destroyed, stay near the building to monitor the movements of the Saber team, and follow the clues to find the second workshop they temporarily selected.
The second is to take advantage of the opportunity of Emiya Kiritsugu and Kuon Maiya to go out tonight to sneak attack Einzbern Castle.
Now there should be only Irisviel and Lancer in the castle. Let's exclude Rider, who is not sure whether he is willing to attack together. If Lu Xiao and Da Vinci go out together, they should be more certain to defeat Lancer if they are well prepared.
'It's best to get the Little Holy Grail in hand as soon as possible, so as to promote the next plan.'
…
It is not difficult to convince Leonardo da Vinci, but there is a saying in this world that plans cannot keep up with changes.
When a violent explosion was heard from the Fuyuki Hotel in the new capital, Kotomine Risei secretly summoned the five participating masters except Caster and Assassin in the name of the Holy Church to discuss the encirclement and suppression of Assassin.
Having just experienced the humiliation of the changing times and using the Moon Spirit Essence Liquid to escape from the explosion in the building, Kenneth was so angry that he planned to break into the Einzbern Castle to avenge his humiliation.
At this moment, the invitation letter from Kotomine Rimasa was delivered to Kenneth.
"The Church of the Holy Temple provides a command spell to the master who kills Assassin, and the ruler Marda provides an additional gift of the 'Lord'?"
As a magician who did not believe in gods and Buddhas, Kenneth scorned the so-called Lord. In his eyes, the so-called Lord was just used by the Holy Church to fool the world in his name.
This view is a common view among magicians, and is one of the reasons why the Magic Association and the Holy Church are incompatible.
However, since Saint Martha who came as a ruler has said so, the reward will definitely not be wasted. Kenneth is still a little curious about the content of the reward. The extra command spell can also allow the recipient to
Gain the upper hand in the Holy Grail War.
"Assassin..."
Regarding Assassin's whereabouts, the only known information is the time when he attacked and destroyed the Matou family, and the brief battle between Assassin and Rider on the outskirts of Fuyuki City not long ago.
According to the information returned by the magicians surveying the site, Assassin is suspected of being able to summon weak lightning to attack enemies, and can sneak into the tightly guarded Matou residence to launch attacks. Assassin's unique breath blocking ability should not be low.
After resisting the humiliation of being attacked by the magic world and thinking about it for a while, Kenneth decided to send a familiar to the Fuyuki Church, and together with the other four familiars, he listened to the stories of Kotomine Rimasa and Saint Martha.
…
"Enemies of the 'Lord'?"
After the "Familiar Conference" ended, Rider scratched his head in confusion.
Alexander the Great was active around the 4th century BC. Jesus Christ, who was hailed as the Son of God by later generations, was far from appearing in his time.
At that time, the Kingdom of Macedonia still believed in ancient Greek mythology, and its understanding of Jesus was limited to the superficial knowledge given by the Holy Grail.
"Forget it, let's not say whether we are in charge or not."
"The question now is, how should we, who have signed an alliance with Assassin in advance, deal with this encirclement and suppression?"
"The self-enforcement certificate limits our fight with Assassin. There are only three existing options."
The rider stretched out his thick fingers and said: "One, the two do not help each other, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight. This does not violate the terms of the covenant, but it is easy to offend people on both sides."
"Two, help the Assassin with a clear-cut stance. Doing so will definitely be regarded as an enemy by the Templar Church and the Ruler."
"Third, secretly disclose relevant information about the encirclement and suppression to the Assassin group. We will adopt a passive attitude during the encirclement and suppression operation and wait for the time to act."
As a magician, Weber is not very fond of the Templar Church. Although he is somewhat greedy for the rewards and command spells of Saint Martha, the effect of the self-enforced certificate limits the rider group from obtaining the rewards of the siege.
"Choose three. Since we can't get the reward, let's secretly help the Assassin group."
"Hmph~ I thought so too."
Rider smiled confidently: "I always feel that that Assassin is not a fuel-efficient lamp. In the previous sparring match, he showed too much ease, which seems to be in sharp contrast with his poor attributes."
Weber's expression changed: "Do you suspect that he is cheating on his basic attributes?"
Rider nodded: "After all, he is an Assassin who is good at disguise and concealment. It is not surprising that he has such a method."
With Rider's encouragement, Weber plucked up the courage to contact Lu Xiao's magic workshop and relay the newly released information to the Assassin team.
…
"This is really...a just siege."
After receiving Weber's reminder, Lu Xiao, who was about to leave for the Einzbern Castle, could only give up the plan temporarily, with a mocking curve on his lips.