My Destiny Illustrated Book of the Moon

Chapter 80 The Battle of the Magician and the Magician Killer

"Fervor, mei sanguis. (Let's boil my blood)"

"Automatoportum defensio (self-discipline defense)."

"AutonlatoporIum quaerere (Automatic Tracking)."

"Dilectus incursio (auto attack)."

"Scalp!" (cut)"

The mercury liquid with a weight of about ten liters flowed out of the bottle like a single-celled organism with self-discipline ability, and turned into a sharp blade several microns thick, smashing the gate of Einzbern.

Although this is the stronghold of the Einzbern family for many years, Kenneth is full of confidence, because he is the head of the Archibald family and the most famous genius in the clock tower. "The great magician, a mere family of artificial people who are self-enclosed and not good at fighting, how can they stop him?
Although it sounds arrogant, this is Kenneth's truest thought. Even through the magic vision bestowed by the barrier, Emiya Kiritsugu can feel Kenneth's deep pride.

"The ninth generation head of the Archie Potter family, Kenneth Elmeloy Archibald, is here to visit!" Kenneth puffed out his chest majestically, and his voice spread throughout the empty hall.

"Magician of Einzbern! Bet your life and dignity on the Holy Grail you are after, let's have a fair duel now!"

No one responded to Kenneth's provocative call, in fact, he himself did not expect to be able to duel in a formal form.With a mocking sigh, Kenneth walked to the center of the hall with loud footsteps.

At this moment, four seemingly ordinary vases placed in the four corners of the large hall suddenly exploded with a loud noise.What flew out was not porcelain shards, but countless metal particles, which were scattered towards Kenneth at the speed of bullets.

There was no magical reaction in the trap at all, and Kenneth didn't even notice the existence of the trap.No wonder.

What Emiya Kiritsugu installed in the vase in advance is "M18A1 Claymore (Claymore anti-personnel mine)", also known as directional mine or broadsword mine, which is an anti-infantry developed by the US military during the Vietnam War in the 1960s mines.This weapon shoots out more than 700 steel balls with a diameter of [-] centimeters in a fan shape by the explosive force of the explosives. It is specially used to catch and ambush infantry. Under the explosion, the target in the center has absolutely no way to escape and can only be bombed If it cannot become a prototype, it becomes a mass of ground meat.

——But this refers to the case where the other party is not a magus.

At the moment when more than 800 steel balls were about to hit Kenneth, the place where he stood was covered by silver balls.

A watertight film of mercury spread around Kenneth.Although the thickness is less than one centimeter, the tension and hardness of the film are almost the same as that of steel after being compressed by magic power.The steel ball baptism of the broadsword landmine didn't hit Kenneth, all of them were blocked, and bounced to the entire hall, only to destroy the decoration in the city.

"……Humph."

After the protective film was removed, Kenneth snorted coldly at the vicious trap set by the enemy.Although he knew nothing about military weapons, he also knew that what attacked him just now was not a magic attack, but an ordinary weapon using ordinary explosives.In Kenneth's mind, the truth about last night's unpleasant incident finally came to light.

He had already guessed before that among the six groups of enemies, Einzbern who possessed Saber was more eager than anyone else to defeat him, the Master of Lancer.But Einzbern is also a well-known family of magicians, so he resorted to such cheap and tasteless means.As a person who strictly abides by the dignity of magic, it is really hard for Kenneth to believe such a thing.

But—now there was nothing to doubt.The killer who ruined the magician's duel with the most despicable means last night is indeed in this castle now.

"... Has Einzbern fallen to this level?" Kenneth whispered with anger.

In his view as an orthodox nobleman of the clock tower, this is an unimaginable depravity.Kenneth must not allow them to bring unqualified people into this sacred battlefield.

"—Okay. Then this battle is not a duel, but a crusade."

The CCD camera installed in the dark of the hall silently recorded every move of the enemy and fed back to the man standing alone in the reception room.

Automatic defense using mercury manipulated by magic—what you see in front of you is far from what you heard in the rumors. I didn’t expect the reaction speed to be faster than the explosion of anti-personnel mines. In this way, it is impossible to dispatch weapons and ammunition Come in handy.

Although very reluctant, Kiritsugu had to admit that Kenneth was indeed a top-notch magician.In retrospect, he should have come to that conclusion long before the Hyatt's trap hadn't killed Kenneth.

This meant that Emiya Kiritsugu had to fight this enemy as a "magician".

In order to find the enemies in the castle, Kenneth should start looking one by one from the first floor, and the living room where Kiritsugu is currently located is deep on the second floor.As long as he acted immediately, there was still time to pick a field that was good for the battle.

While thinking about the layout of the castle in his mind, Kiritsugu walked towards the door, intending to leave the living room...

He stopped suddenly.

A metallic thread dangled from the keyhole, a drop of quicksilver.A tiny amount of liquid left silver trails on the door, dripping along the surface of the door leaf.At the moment when Kiritsugu noticed, the dripping and flowing movement of mercury stopped abruptly, and then flowed up through the door like a living creature, flowing back into the keyhole, and disappeared without a trace.

"...I see. Is this 'automatic search'?"

Just after Kiritsugu frowned and muttered to himself, silver flashes penetrated the floor of the living room covered with carpets.

In the blink of an eye, the floor in the center of the room was cut into a circle and collapsed downstairs.Silvery tentacles leaped from large holes in the floor.

The Moon Spirit Essence that appeared in front of Kiritsugu's eyes changed another shape, looking like a metal jellyfish.Numerous tentacles cling to the edge of the opening on the floor, and the umbrellas at the base of the tentacles expand into a flat disc shape, providing the owner with a stable foothold.The person standing on it and smiling triumphantly was none other than Sir El-Melloi.

Found you, dirty rat..."

Just before the relaxed Kenneth gave Quicksilver the attack command, Kiritsugu pulled out the Calico submachine gun from the holster on his waist, and fired at Kenneth.

Quicksilver reacted immediately, and opened the protective film in front of Kenneth, blocking the murderous wave of the [-]mm bullet.After only a few seconds, the magazine containing fifty bullets was emptied.

But these few seconds have given Kiritsugu enough time to chant the mantra.

"Time alter, double accel!" (Inherent time alter double accel)
At the same time that Kiritsugu uttered the mantra loudly, the mad current of magic power ravaged his body.

"Scalp!" (Chop)
As soon as the Calico barrage ended, Kenneth pronounced his death.The two silver whips stretched out in response to the call pinched left and right, making a sound of piercing the air, trying to cut open the immobile prey.

"Ok?"

The cry of astonishment came from Kenneth's mouth.

Just before the two silver whips were about to cut off Kiritsugu's body, Kiritsugu suddenly sprinted at an unbelievable speed, passed between the two silver whips, dodged the attack, and immediately made his way to Kenneth. Just below the moon spirit marrow fluid—that is, the opening in the floor that was cut by the mercury slash just now, and jumped down.

The phrase fleeting is what describes this situation.It is impossible for humans to display this kind of physical ability no matter what, Kenneth couldn't react for a while, and was taken aback for a while.But as long as you think about it carefully, this is not something worth making a fuss about.The battlefield of magicians is to compete who is more unreasonable.If it was a little mouse that broke into this area, it wouldn't be surprising even if it was different from ordinary people.

"I see. It seems that he knows a thing or two about magic."

Although there was a slight smile on his face, Kenneth was getting more and more annoyed in his heart.If it's just an ordinary rat, that's fine, but that person has been influenced by magic, but he is a despicable villain who relies on such low-end methods.He's not just a superficial third-rate character, he's an unscrupulous villain, the kind of guy who disgraces magicians.

"Damn scum... you should apologize with death."

Kenneth flipped his robes and jumped downstairs.Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid, which was released from the form of jellyfish, also followed him, bouncing down like a rubber ball.

"Ire: sanctio!" (Tracking: Sanctio)

After receiving the command, Quicksilver's tiny tentacles spread out like droplets, and once again launched a blanket search on the entire area on the first floor.The mercury ball immediately found the target's location, rolled quickly on the floor, and hurried forward.Kenneth, who was running behind, showed a sadistic smile at the corner of his mouth.

The chase begins.

　There is a difference between the animation and the original novel. In the novel, the moon spirit marrow liquid is directly packed in clay pots, with a total of ten liters, just like holding an urn... Director Ken is holding such a thing, and the power suddenly explodes. Do you have.In the animation, it was changed to a test tube to solve it, and the fashion value rose directly.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)