Chapter 62

"Hey, Uncle Tenda. Why did you bring back the bodies of the assassins?" Wei Bo watched as Yaoyue and the others dragged the assassins' bodies back into Tenda's tofu shop, carefully observing while asking Xunxin.

After teleporting the assassins' bodies into the tofu shop, Xunxin looked at Wei Bo with a joyful smile. "Wei Bo, as a magician, don't you want to examine the insides of a Heroic Spirit's body? This is a miracle of the Third Magic, after all." As he spoke, Xunxin even took out a liver made of ether from the assassin's body and placed it in front of Wei Bo. The soft, slime-dripping organ trembled as Xunxin moved it, and a faint血腥味 spread through the air.

Hearing Xunxin's words and seeing the liver almost touching his face, Wei Bo's face first turned green, then blue, changing colors like a traffic light. Wei Bo, who had never seen a human body up close, couldn't help but feel nauseous at the sight of the decapitated body. As soon as Xunxin finished speaking, Wei Bo ran to the toilet and started vomiting.

"Hmm, it seems Wei Bo still needs some training..." Xunxin put away the assassin's body and cast a series of cleaning spells to eliminate any traces of the assassins' presence.

Putting down the game controller, the Conqueror King turned around. "That kid still isn't mature, but don't underestimate my Master. He has a soul similar to mine, the Conqueror King of Istandal."

"Indeed, although his body limits Wei Bo's development, he is a top-tier genius in theory. The man who will become the Star of London isn't that simple."

"By the way, Xunxin, what are you planning to do with those assassin bodies? Don't try to dodge the question with your previous words; I know you have something more in mind."

"Indeed, the Conqueror King is sharp. Although the assassins' avatars can't share sensations, they are still multiple souls from the same body, so..." Xunxin took out the liver he had shown Wei Bo earlier. A pale blue magic array appeared in Xunxin's hand, and the assassin's liver floated in the air, decomposing. Then Xunxin placed a highly mysterious map in front of the Conqueror King and Kenshin. Wei Bo, who had just come out of the toilet, saw Xunxin performing a magic he had never seen before and was immediately driven by curiosity to observe.

"This is a divination magic that can roughly locate targets related to the material used. In Fuyuki City, the targets related to the assassin's avatar are likely the assassin himself and his Master, Kotomine Kirei." The assassin's liver turned into countless scattered light points, and dozens of blue circular light points appeared on the map, which depicted the entire Fuyuki City.

"Wow! This is impressive, Xunxin. Now we can keep track of the assassin's movements." Wei Bo looked at Xunxin with a mix of surprise and panic.

"Uncle Tenda, there are still quite a few assassins around us. It looks like there are four of them."

Before Wei Bo could finish, the Conqueror King lightly patted Wei Bo's back, interrupting him. It seemed the Conqueror King didn't realize how strong his light pat was for the thin Wei Bo. Seeing Wei Bo coughing and almost spitting blood, Xunxin observed in silence for three seconds.

"Those assassins who have dispersed their power are not worth worrying about. Boy, if it comes to group combat, I have the greatest advantage."

"Let's not talk about that for now. Conqueror King, Kenshin, Wei Bo. It seems we have some things to do. Yaoyue, Akuren, Yannight, please provide support..."

At the Far坂 residence.

"Master Kirei, the red Saber and Rider have moved out. Their target seems to be the Einzbern Castle outside Fuyuki City." The black assassin, kneeling on one knee, reported to Kotomine Kirei about Xunxin and the others' movements. "Additionally, Caster has led dozens of children to the Einzbern Castle and is currently in battle with Saber. Lancer and his Master are approaching the battlefield."

"Is that so..."

Kotomine Kirei, dressed in black, quickly headed towards the Einzbern Castle. The excitement of finding someone who, like himself, was filled with despair and anger towards the world, though unknown to others, burned in Kirei's heart like a raging flame.

At the Einzbern Castle.

"Boil, my blood." Lancer's Master, Kayneth, tilted the test tube in his hand, which had been subjected to anti-gravity magic, and hundreds of kilograms of mercury slid to the ground, forming a half-human-sized mercury mass under the influence of magic. Moonlight Phantasm, the most powerful among Kayneth's many magical artifacts, possessed the ability to automatically seek out targets, defend, and attack. Combined with Kayneth's expertise in fluid manipulation, it was incredibly powerful. Whether it was bullets, spirit blades, or magical flames and lightning, almost nothing could break through the Moonlight Phantasm's defense, provided Kayneth supplied it with enough magical energy. Now, this powerful magical artifact demonstrated its might at the entrance of the Einzbern Castle, shattering the gate reinforced by several alchemical arrays with a few flashes of light. Stepping on the fragments of the gate, Kayneth and the Moonlight Phantasm entered the Einzbern Castle. With Saber away, only her Master remained in the castle, which was the source of Kayneth's confidence in daring to enter the enemy's stronghold alone.

As a prodigy of the Clock Tower, Kayneth had devised a method to transfer the magical energy supply of his Servant to his fiancée, Sola, making them both Masters of Lancer. This gave them an absolute advantage in magical energy compared to other Masters who supplied their Servants independently, except for Xunxin, whose insane magical energy recovery and storage completely outclassed the other Masters, even surpassing the Lesser Grail of the Fifth Holy Grail War, Illyasviel, in terms of magical energy. With this advantage, Kayneth could use all his skills in battle against other Masters who lacked magical energy, giving him a significant edge.

"I, Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, the ninth successor of the El-Melloi family, challenge you, Einzbern magician! For the Holy Grail you seek, stake your life and honor and come out to face me!"

In the castle's hall, Kayneth issued his challenge, but no one came to answer. Only the cameras mounted on the walls turned towards him. With a mocking laugh, Kayneth calmly walked towards the castle's stairs. As he reached the center of the hall, the traps set by Emiya Kiritsugu were triggered. The CLAYMORE anti-personnel mines hidden in the vases released hundreds of near-sonic steel pellets upon explosion, a type of mine capable of annihilating an entire infantry squad. Kayneth faced over a dozen of these mines. Thousands of steel pellets whistled towards Kayneth from all directions except under his feet. The Moonlight Phantasm almost instantly formed a circular shield around Kayneth. Although the mercury film was less than a millimeter thick, it was as strong as a six-millimeter steel plate under the influence of magical energy. None of the thousands of steel pellets could penetrate the Moonlight Phantasm's defense, being easily deflected.

Seeing that the attack was not magical but from modern firearms, Kayneth finally understood who was behind the explosion at the hotel where he was staying.

"Have you sunk so low, Einzbern? Well, this is no longer a duel but a crusade against you." Filled with anger, Kayneth activated the Moonlight Phantasm's auto-targeting function, and dozens of silver mercury tentacles began exploring the castle along the walls...

On the outskirts of the castle, Lancer and Saber were battling the horde of monstrous creatures summoned by Caster. Caster's true identity was Gilles de Rais, a former comrade of the French saint Joan of Arc, who went insane after her death and was eventually burned at the stake. As Caster, Gilles was not skilled in magic; he could not create magical artifacts or perform grand magic or magical artillery bombardment. His only ability was to summon tentacled monsters from another world, but this ability alone was enough to put two Heroic Spirits in a difficult situation. A single tentacled monster was no match for Saber's Excalibur, enveloped in the Wind King's Barrier, or Lancer's dual guns. Even the magical energy they released could tear the monsters apart. However, what if there were hundreds of them? And these monsters, when killed, became sacrifices to summon new tentacled monsters. With the support of the A+ ranked Noble Phantasm, the螺湮城教本, which provided nearly infinite magical energy, Caster had no fear of a prolonged battle. He could simply observe the battlefield from behind a wall of monsters.

Saber wanted to use Excalibur to turn the monsters and Caster into ashes, but the sheer number of monsters prevented her from using her trump card. The few seconds needed to charge Excalibur were the decisive factor. Lancer's Noble Phantasms were anti-personnel, and while they could be very useful in one-on-one battles between Heroic Spirits, they were useless against a horde of monsters.

"Fear! Despair! The number of enemies that can be defeated by sheer force is limited. Ha, feel humiliated? Be crushed and suffocated by these formless, honorless wraiths! For a hero, there is no greater shame!" With Caster's mad and joyful cries, the tentacled monsters surged forward.

"Wind King's Hammer!!!" At Saber's shout, the Wind King's Barrier around the holy sword was released, transforming into a high-pressure storm that tore through the monsters in front of her, reducing them to flesh and blood. However, the Wind King's Hammer, like a dragon's breath, could not break through the wall of monsters. It only disrupted Caster's strategy of overwhelming the two with sheer numbers. Caster was not in a hurry to decide the battle, and this strategy put Saber and Lancer in a difficult position. Lancer was still in a better position, as his Master, Sola, was an excellent source of magical energy. Saber, on the other hand, consumed more magical energy than Lancer, and her Master, Emiya Kiritsugu, had limited magical energy, preventing Saber from fully utilizing her power. In her full state, Saber's true strength was all attributes rated A or higher, but with Emiya Kiritsugu as her Master, her Strength was reduced to B. In terms of endurance, Saber could only slightly outperform Lancer, and after continuously using the Wind King's Barrier, her magical energy was already running low.

"Tsk, this is never-ending. Saber, do you have any way to turn the tide?" Diarmuid, cutting several monsters in half, retreated to Saber's side and asked.

"If I could have a few seconds to use my Noble Phantasm, I could end this in one strike, but..." Seeing the monsters not giving them any time, Artoria could only keep fighting, cutting down the monsters that approached her. However, even the best defenses can fail, and the monsters she cut in half didn't necessarily die. As Artoria cut one monster in half, a tentacle from a seemingly dead monster suddenly wrapped around her silver-armored foot. Reacting quickly, Artoria cut the tentacle with her sword. In that brief moment, countless tentacles wrapped around Artoria, temporarily immobilizing her. Diarmuid, distracted by Artoria's situation, was also caught by the tentacles. They immediately unleashed a powerful magical energy storm, tearing the monsters into pieces, but more monsters quickly filled the gaps. The two noble knights were being entangled by a horde of dirty, filthy monsters, just as Caster had said. However, this was only if Saber and Lancer were the only ones fighting Caster.

A loud thunder echoed over the Einzbern forest, and a magnificent chariot, glowing with lightning, descended from the sky. As the chariot fell, hundreds of bucket-sized, faintly glowing magical bullets rained down on the monsters entangling the two Heroic Spirits. Both Saber and Lancer had B-level resistance to magic, so the single magical bullets could not penetrate their defenses and were deflected. The monsters, however, had no resistance to magic and were torn apart by the falling bullets. Taking advantage of the time it took for the monsters to respawn, Saber and Lancer quickly broke free from the monsters' encirclement and moved towards the chariot.

"Damn gods, do you really not want me to save my holy maiden? Sending people to obstruct me again and again." Seeing Saber about to break free from the monsters, Caster clutched his frog-like face in frustration.

"You, the lackeys of the gods, die, die, die, all of you." New monsters emerged from the pools of flesh and blood created by Xunxin's magical bullets, once again lunging at the group.

"Our target is Caster, so you don't need to be so defensive." Seeing Saber and Lancer on guard, the Conqueror King waved his hands to show he meant no harm. The chariot turned towards Caster, and the Conqueror King looked at the Heroic Spirit, who had been repeatedly reported for the murder of children, with a grim smile. As a ruler, he had caused the deaths of thousands due to his policies, but the idea of innocent children dying due to his personal desires was something he could not tolerate. The same went for Xunxin, Kenshin, Saber, and Lancer. Their anger was like a volcano about to erupt, and their target was Caster.

"Will you pay for your crimes, Caster? I will use my sword to avenge the children who died at your hands." This time, Kenshin used a full-bladed sword instead of his reverse-bladed sword. Caster found himself surrounded by the group...

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