Chapter 87: The Forest After the Battle

"Lancer, what's wrong?"

Saber noticed the change in Lancer's demeanor and asked naturally.

"My Lord is in danger now... It seems that he left me here and invaded your base camp." Lancer said slowly in a difficult tone.

To be able to make this dual-gun wielder look like this, his master's current situation is probably much more dangerous than he described.

"In the end...is everything still under Kiritsugu's control?"

Saber felt helpless. Although she had no intention of denying the necessity of cunning strategies, the traps set by Kiritsugu were contrary to the ideals of the King of Knights.

But this is the Holy Grail War.

What's more, Lancer's master took the initiative to start a war, and it was reasonable to let others deal with him after the defeat.

Saber's green eyes trembled slightly as she stared at Lancer, whose expression had calmed down.

If you want to win the Holy Grail War, blocking Lancer here and buying time to wait for his Master to die is the most reasonable strategy.

Then, her choice has been decided...

"My master must have done it. Lancer, go and aid your master."

Hearing Saber's urging without hesitation, Lancer first showed a surprised expression, and then lowered his head deeply in admiration. To Saber, her judgment was obviously tantamount to betraying her Master.

"King of Knights, thank you very much."

The handsome spearman nodded, turned into a spirit and disappeared. He turned into a whirlwind and galloped towards the castle deep in the forest.

The blond girl was left alone in the forest. There was no wavering in her blue eyes. She ran towards a certain part of the forest relying on her perception.

Yes, this is the Holy Grail War, and she vows to get the Holy Grail at all costs.

As a Servant, she was supposed to work with her Master to eliminate other opponents and obtain the Holy Grail together.

As a king, she came here to save her country, so she shouldn't be merciful.

but……

Under the moonlight, the beautiful girl kept moving forward, her noble posture unchanged for thousands of years.

Before that, she was a knight first.

As if he thought of something, the King of Knights stopped and smiled with a hint of self-deprecation.

Even so, how many dark and unknown thoughts does she have hidden in her who allowed Lancer to leave but still did not rush to the Einzbern Castle?

How much must she hate Emiya Kiritsugu before she is willing to give up?

No, rather than saying that she hates the man Emiya Kiritsugu, it is better to say that she is resisting certain shadows she sees in him...

Shaking her head, Saber took steps forward and continued to move further and further away from her Master.

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What exactly happened?

Before he knew it, destructive pain had flooded Kenneth's thinking circuits.

His throat spit out a large mouthful of blood before he could scream. His nerves caused a mess, causing muscle spasms throughout his body, causing his slender body in a smart suit to perform an ugly and ridiculous dance.

The high-density magic power circulating in the magic circuits with intense pressure suddenly began to run wild regardless of the circuits, and as a result, the artist's own body was destroyed. When the Moon Essence Liquid blocked Contender's blow, Kenneth suffered more serious injuries than if he had been directly hit by a bullet.

"Zi la la." The bullet casings flowed in the unconstrained mercury solution, reflecting the bright and cold moonlight.

Amidst the unnatural howls of pain from his throat, the once arrogant Lord of the Clock Tower collapsed in the mercury sea. The instinctive twitching of his body proved that he still had a glimmer of hope.

One shot, just one bullet, ruined the brilliant life of a genius and the glory of a family for nearly a thousand years.

Emiya Kiritsugu, who had caused this nightmare, pressed his finger on the trigger and swung the long gun body downwards as if shaking off blood.

The empty cartridge case bounced from the folded magazine into the void. It fell to the marble floor with a faint smoke residue.

The 40th origin bomb successfully destroyed the target.

He had no emotion about the victory. This time, it was the same as before, successful guidance and a calculated conclusion, nothing more.

The destructive power of the origin bullet depends on how well the opponent's magic circuit operates at the moment it hits the target, because it is his own magic that destroys the caster's body - this is very fatal to the genius Kenneth, Kiritsugu The repeated provocation of Kenneth was intended to lure the red-eyed bull to the edge of the cliff and then fall.

As long as Kenneth is left here, he will die soon, but Emiya Kiritsugu has always understood the importance of last-hitting. He changed the Calico submachine gun that still had bullets to fire in a single shot, and walked towards Kenneth who was like a walking zombie.

Just shoot him in the head from the closest distance and one of the seven groups competing for the Holy Grail will be eliminated.

But at this time, Emiya Kiritsugu felt a huge amount of magic approaching. He made a prompt decision, immediately raised his submachine gun, took aim, and fired several shots at Kenneth's head.

In the interlaced trajectory of red and yellow, the bullet exploded with sparks in the air. The handsome spearman appeared in front of Emiya Kiritsugu and picked up Kenneth who fell to the ground.

Emiya Kiritsugu could do nothing but gasp. Even he could not have expected that the enemy's Servant would come out to get in the way at this time.

Kiritsugu had always thought that Kenneth broke into the castle alone because Saber was holding Lancer back. So how did the Lancer break through the Knight King's blockade?

If Saber was defeated, Kiritsugu should have felt that the object of his magic power supply had been destroyed. But Saber, who was somewhere, was still absorbing Kiritsugu's magic power. His Servant was indeed still alive.

In this case, there was only one conclusion that could be thought of - Saber must have deliberately let Lancer pass.

Lancer stared at the shocked Kiritsugu with cold eyes, holding the two guns in his right hand and grabbing Kenneth's body with his free left hand. These actions seemed defenseless at first glance, but Kiritsugu was completely unable to make a move.

The bullet infused with necromancy was inside his coat, but now as long as he moved, the sharp tip of the gun would immediately pierce his heart.

"——You should know how easy it is to pierce you now, right? Saber's Master."

If it weren't for Saber's words, even Lancer would have found it hard to tell that the man in front of him, who didn't look like a magician at all, was actually her Master. But he knew how capable his Master was. He was able to defeat El-Melloi's magic, and his identity was beyond doubt.

But, or rather, it was precisely because he was Saber's Master that Lancer couldn't point his gun at him.

"I won't let you kill my Master, but I won't hurt Saber's Master either. Neither she nor I want to decide the outcome in this way."

"Don't forget that you are still alive because of the noble sentiment of the Knight King."

After saying this in a cold tone, Lancer hugged Kenneth and jumped through the window beside him, flying out of the city.

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