The walker from Xingyue, Demon King Rimuru!

"Oh?" Rimuru paused for a moment, Emiya Kiritsugu narrowed his eyes, and began to back away slowly - Saber also protected Irisviel, her heart sank.

"I'm sorry, Sir Kenneth, the condition in the contract is only for me to take you back to the Clock Tower." Limulu looked around and said with a low smile: "It's not impossible to make additional requirements... But .”

Need more money, man.

"But I think... Your Excellency Kenneth seems to have nothing to show now, right?"

Limulu really doesn't want to do anything here. Frankly speaking, his goal has been achieved. As long as Kenneth signs this contract, the El-Mello faction will definitely be severely bitten by Limulu in the next operation. , or even swallow it all.

There's no need to take risks for Kenneth.

"Limuru! I still have it!" However, Kenneth hugged Solau's body in grief, and said bitterly, "I still have a lot of invisible wealth!"

"Ok?"

"My knowledge, my spells, my patents... everything that should have existed in my mind, and those things that have not been made public belong to you!" He turned his head fiercely, and Solau's body was tightly held by him Hugged in his arms, he said frantically: "I only have one request, and that is to kill them!!"

"...Kenneth, do you know what you're talking about?" Limulu was silent for a moment, then said calmly, "You're cutting your own back."

In the original book, the biggest problem with the decline of the El-Melloi faction was not the debt, but the loss of most of the spells and knowledge possessed by Kenneth when the magic seal was partially destroyed after Kenneth's death. and research.

If it wasn’t for Weber’s restoration of a part of Kenneth’s Magic Encyclopedia based on Kenneth’s notes and other records, otherwise the El-Melloi faction would be at risk of being delisted.

As for Kenneth, even if he loses his talent as a magician, he can still try his best to keep it after returning to the clock tower. Although other magicians may look down on him or talk about it behind his back, the El-Melloi faction absolutely dare not treat Kenneth. Nice is disrespectful, because Kenneth not only still has the right to decide who to engrave the magic to, but also has several years of research and some precious magic that has not been published or even recorded in the magic engraving in his brain!

In the conditions, although Limuru clearly wanted to send El-Melloi to attack him, and showed his fangs that he wanted to eat them all, he didn't mention anything about Kenneth himself—or, in other words, Limuru deliberately didn't Kill them all, but leave a way out for Kenneth.

But he brought it up himself...well, it's interesting.

Limulu smiled lightly and said, "Alright."

"I promise you, can you sign it?" After he finished speaking, he saw Kenneth trembling again on the self-mandatory certificate, and after signing his name, Limulu immediately nodded in satisfaction: "Then, The contract is established!"

Seeing Limuru turned her head to look at herself, Saber raised her sword immediately, looked at the opponent firmly and said, "Are you coming?!"

"Eri, back off!"

"Huh? What are you doing?" However, when Limuru saw Saber's movements, a trace of doubt appeared on his happy face: "Are you trying to take the initiative to compete with me, but I feel that your real master ..."

Rimuru tilted his head, nodded Emiya Kiritsugu who had already climbed above the factory with his chin, and said, "It seems like you want to retreat?"

"... Limuru, didn't you promise him to..." Saber was stunned.

"I agreed to him, but I didn't seem to say it's now, did I?" Limulu said as a matter of course.

These words stunned Kenneth who had just signed the contract. He turned around in astonishment, and the veins on his forehead suddenly popped up again. He felt like a clown. Another bastard played a trick!

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt depressed, gritted his teeth and said, "Limulu...you..."

Crash!A stream of water rushed over and blocked his mouth.

"The seriously injured should rest well, don't talk too much?" Limulu smiled lightly, stood up straight and said, "Don't worry, you don't need to use your brain until you don't kill them and meet the conditions." Give me what's in it."

After finishing speaking, Limulu put away his condescending smile, and looked at Kenneth with a blank expression——

"Your Excellency Kenneth, I have something to say—I didn't mean to trick you. To be honest, I really just want to know about hatred..."

"How far can a person's intelligence be reduced..."

"Thank you very much for giving me the answer, now, take a good rest."

After finishing speaking, Limulu went straight down with a knife in one hand, and Kenneth's body lay down limply, apparently having completely fallen into a coma.

And as Kenneth also fell into a coma, the last trace of noisy sound in the factory finally disappeared. Irisviel covered her mouth in shock from beginning to end, Emiya Kiritsugu unexpectedly climbed to the top of the factory without a sound. When I was looking down here from above——

For a moment, the whole scene fell into silence. Saber, Emiya Kiritsugu and the others pointed their weapons at Rimuru warily, but no one made the next move—if Limuru was allowed to leave, then obviously It was not in line with Emiya Kiritsugu's style, because in this way, everything he did was obviously making a wedding dress for Rimuru.

But if you want to prevent the other party from saving lives... really... can you stop it?

Emiya Kiritsugu felt a little uncertain in his mind——

In the midst of this silence, Saber suddenly said coldly: "Rimuru! I originally... compared you and Emiya Kiritsugu several times."

"Oh?" These words aroused Limulu's interest, he immediately turned around and said with a chuckle, "What's the result?"

"Before what happened tonight, I thought that Kiritsugu... no matter how unscrupulous Kiritsugu is, I still firmly believe that we are just going to the same end by different routes..."

Emiya Kiritsugu was slightly taken aback, then turned to look at Saber below.

"I have always believed in Irisviel's words... I have never doubted Kiritsugu's true nature, and I have always believed that Kiritsugu is different from you—at least better than you."

"but now……"

Saber lowered her sword, looking at the gun marks left by Diarmuid on the ground, Solau's body, and Kenneth who was still crying in a coma——

"I find the comparison meaningless at all."

"A murderer and a robber, no matter who is more serious... You shouldn't think that the other can be forgiven just because one is more disgusting!!"

"..." Limulu raised his eyebrows slowly and lowered his eyes.

"Rimru, Kiritsugu..." Saber clenched the blade...with a trembling voice, "After tonight...I finally see your true nature...you...are all the same—— "

Chapter 056, War activists

"River of the same feather?" Limuru looked at Saber quietly, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said softly: "Hey, Saber, in your eyes, rebellious people, no matter how big or small, can be regarded as evil, then, presumably There is no difference between a policeman and a murderer, right?"

"what do you mean?"

"Maybe my analogy is a bit exaggerated, but... since you use robbers and murderers as a metaphor for us, and you think that no matter who does the more serious thing, in the end it is all evil, then although I don't care, I am very happy." I want to ask a question."

"Saber, killing the opponent head-on and killing the opponent secretly, for the dead guy...what's the difference?"

"!?" Saber froze for a moment, and saw Limuru casually pointing to the place where Diarmuid disappeared and asked, "Could it be possible, will he be grateful to you?"

"Let's stop here for the unreasonable things, Limuru!" Saber has long been aware of Limuru's ability to reverse black and white and distort right and wrong, so she directly interrupted: "No matter what you say this time, I will never say it again." I listened to you!"

"Anyway, for you... no matter how despicable crooked ways are, there are enough excuses..."

"Tsk." Seeing the other party's appearance, Rimuru tilted his head boredly, looked at Emiya Kiritsugu and said, "It must be a headache to have such a servant?"

"Don't you have anything to say?"

"No need to explain." Hearing the words, Emiya Kiritsugu lowered the muzzle of his gun and said indifferently: "Water and fire are doomed to be incompatible. Since the other party can't understand, then it's better not to talk too much."

"Oh? Is this really good?" Limulu turned around, looked at the other party and said, "She's your servant? If you don't have a good relationship, you'll be betrayed very easily."

"Also, even if you care about Saber... don't you plan to explain it to your wife?" Limulu stretched out her hand, pointing to Alice Feier who was holding her chest and covering her mouth, trembling, and said, "Your wife seems to be She was quite frightened, it must be the first time she saw this scene, right?"

Emiya Kiritsugu: "..."

Emiya Kiritsugu was silent for a moment. Regarding Irisviel, after all, he still lowered his eyes slightly and picked up a cigarette: "Speaking of which, this is the first time Irisviel has seen me kill people, right?"

"If only one of the master and the servant is killed, there may be other vacancies or separate existences to sign a contract with each other again, so the master and the servant must be killed at the same time."

"Kiritsugu, you don't have to explain it to me, but you need to explain it to Saber!" Hearing this, Alli took a deep breath: "I was surprised only because I saw this kind of scene for the first time, but I never doubted you , but saber..."

"No, there's no need." Emiya Kiritsugu interrupted: "Facing the butcher who is happy for the so-called glory and reputation, and the guy who pays attention to many rules and not the reality, it is useless to say anything."

"Are you going to insult the spirit of chivalry in front of me? Are you evil?" Saber suddenly turned her head and said unwillingly. This is the first time someone questioned her spirit in person, because before, even if Limuru argued with her, she would He would only say that her spirit was too lofty and innocent, but she would never reveal this essence that she did not recognize.

"...Knights can't save the world." Emiya Kiritsugu was silent for a while, before puffing out smoke: "The methods of those people's propaganda of war are divided into good and evil, and they always act as if there are really noble things on the battlefield. "

"It's ridiculous, but what is there on the battlefield?" To be honest, Emiya Kiritsugu didn't want to argue with Saber, but since it started, he didn't want to disappoint Irisviel, and he didn't mind explaining his ideas : "Do you know that this kind of fabricated thing, the inexplicable glory of the so-called heroes, has attracted many young people to immerse themselves in this inexplicable bravery and glory, and finally shed blood and sacrificed?"

"This is not just a fantasy!" Saber couldn't bear it anymore, and said suddenly: "Even if it is a life-and-death struggle, as long as it is still a human behavior, there must be his laws and ideas! Humans must have beliefs, otherwise, every time the flames of war Burn it, and the world will turn into hell."

"... Heh." Hearing this, Limulu couldn't help but chuckled.

"Rimru!" This caught Saber's attention, and she immediately glared at Rimuru furiously, while Emiya Kiritsugu sighed and looked at Irisviel: "Look, Ari, She couldn't understand it."

"What..." Limulu looked at the angry Saber, and quickly raised his hand, "I'm not trying to laugh at you, Saber, but I have a few questions that I want to ask you."

"what is the problem?"

"Saber, why, do you think... the situation in hell is worse than the battlefield?" Limuru looked at Saber who was stunned, and said lightly: "Although I don't have such lofty ideals as yours, at least I have Understand one thing, and that is the war itself..."

"It's hell, Saber."

"Hmph..." Emiya Kiritsugu snorted softly, and continued: "There is no hope on the battlefield, there is only out-and-out despair, and the dead, the dead, and the corpses of the defeated , the crime named [Victory]."

"But, human beings have never understood this truth, and you superficially glamorous heroes, you only use legendary stories to blind the eyes of the world, but you don't admit that this is what you are after..."

"The so-called glory... the evil that caused the blood to flow like a river!!"

Saber opened her mouth, remained speechless, and slowly let go of the blade in her hand, but she silently clenched her fists—she knew very well that what the other party said was right, but it was also wrong.

She was powerless and wanted to refute, but when she couldn't form an effective language for a while, there was a burst of applause in her ears. Saber turned her head in astonishment, and saw Limulu clapping with a light smile: "Wonderful!" Desperate theory of war, but unfortunately... there is one thing I want to correct."

"Saber." Limuru turned around and said with a light smile: "Although I agree that war itself is hell, I also think that it has nothing to do with means. As long as killing people is an executioner, no one needs to hold high the banner of justice, but on this point, I'm on your side."

"Whether it's the so-called glory or the saint, I admit that they are the excuses and illusions used by heroes or war initiators to beautify the war and cover up the essence, but ah, it will only pile up hopeless wars. The purpose is for the so-called hope, isn't it?"

"If there are no such things, how can the concept of justice be passed on?"

"Without these deeds and this spirit, how can the civilization called human progress?"

"Progress?" Emiya Kiritsugu turned around and wondered: "It's ridiculous, how can war make civilization progress, war will only make people fall into despair and suffering, their homes will disappear, blood will flow like rivers, and the victors will trample on the losers. Corpses laugh and plunder, and the dead take their dreams with them and disappear in despair."

"Since ancient times, how many civilizations have been destroyed by human wars, don't you know this? Limuru!"

"That's true, but how much have humans created for war?" Limulu said with a smile, not in a hurry, "In the final analysis, the material, culture, religion, and belief that drive humans to wage wars are nothing more than desires in the final analysis." It’s just two words, the invaders long for the land across the sea, slaves, and the invaded long for protection of their families and country.”

"In the midst of a hopeless war, they fought for their hopes, and that's war."

"Is there anything wrong with fighting for your own benefit!?"

"It is impossible for human beings to live without war. With the hope of benefiting themselves, they impose unparalleled desperation on the other side, risking being killed, and want to win the victory that matches themselves!"

"Sa! This is war, the so-called glory."

"But it's also because of this, Saber, the great hero who is the victor, is essentially a colossal evil, an incomparable crime to the mountain of corpses of the defeated who were ravaged by you on the other side."

"Do you still think what I said just now is an excuse? Saber?" Limuru pointed at the place where Diarmuid disappeared, and said lightly: "Tell me, Saber, I killed him and you killed him, and Wei Is there any difference that Miyokirishugu killed him?"

"If you keep saying that you are righteous, it doesn't matter, because you didn't lose, because victory is justice, Saber!"

"You said that we are the same breed. You are wrong. On the contrary, you and Emiya Kiritsugu are the same. My philosophy is completely opposite to Emiya Kiritsugu. They are similar in means but completely opposite!"

"..." Emiya Kiritsugu turned his head slowly, his heart sank slowly, sure enough... when he saw him for the first time during that assassination, he felt that this guy was very dangerous... Could it be...

Is this guy... a total... warist?

Limuru's words made Saber a little unable to answer, and even her original thoughts were a little disrupted, because she couldn't choose.

If you oppose Rimuru, then it means that Emiya Kiritsugu's words are correct and insult her chivalry in disguise, but if you admit Rimuru, then it is equivalent to admitting the spirit of flattery that you have always admired. That's right, that's also a crime, and it's essentially completely different from what Rimuru and the others did.

She clenched her fists tightly, always feeling that there must be something wrong, but... what is wrong? !

In fact, if we only talk about ideas, Rimuru, who advocates egoism, is indeed the opposite of Emiya Kiritsugu's ideas, but this is only for ideas... In fact, it makes Saber really unable to accept the two, and feels that the two are similar Yes, just because of the means of the two of them.

Both of them are the kind of existence that abandons the process and pursues the result.

If Saber was limited to this point at the beginning, and limited to means, at least she would have the upper hand. However, the main reason why Saber questioned the two of these means was her chivalry, and once it involved The conceptual issue of chivalry... the scope involved will continue to expand.

Saber itself is not wrong, because in her era, chivalry was indeed an important way to restrain and encourage warriors, but times are changing, and different eras require completely different doctrines and ideas. Today, In an era when individualism is gradually on the rise, the means represented by Saber's chivalry are more or less dull and contradictory.

However, this is not important, because this theoretical dispute is not very important in the first place, Rimuru just because he finds it interesting, while Emiya Kiritsugu didn't feel that he could convince the other party from the beginning.

Seeing that the situation had reached a stalemate, the wife looked at Saber distressedly, and offered another wave of assists. After all, her purpose was only to improve the relationship between the two, not to hope that the two would become more stalemate: "Then, Kiritsugu, are you saying this because you hate war...hate Heroic Spirits?"

"How could it be." Emiya Kiritsugu shook his head, took down the almost exhausted cigarette and said, "My actions never involve personal feelings, I want to win the war and obtain the Holy Grail."

He paused, glanced at Limuru, and couldn't help clenching the cigarette: "I just use the most appropriate means to end this war for this reason."

Absolutely, absolutely cannot let the Holy Grail fall into the hands of someone like Rimuru.

"Justice won't save the world, and I have no interest in that."

"...I understand." Saber raised her head, looked at Emiya Kiritsugu and said, "But Kiritsugu, do you understand? If you do evil out of hatred for evil, then your behavior will trigger new hatred ..."

"Huh... ending the vicious circle that cannot be ended is exactly what can only be done with the Holy Grail, isn't it?"

Emiya Kiritsugu glanced at Rimuru indifferently, and said indifferently: "I want the blood shed in Fuyuki to be the last drop of blood shed by human beings."

"For this reason, even if I bear everything, I will not hesitate."

"So, Rimuru Tempest, even if you want to fight one here, I won't back down." Emiya Kiritsugu took out the origin pistol and said with a click.

"..." Rimuru glanced at the silent Saber, then at Emiya Kiritsugu, and suddenly smiled softly: "It's such a grand idea."

"However, since everyone needs a grand wish to express, then I seem to have it too..."

"The purpose of Rimuru is also to save mankind." Suddenly, Lidel's voice came from the distant air, Emiya Kiritsugu was slightly taken aback, and the moment Saber was on guard immediately, the fiery flame lit up, The figure of Karna, Lidal and others arrived one after another.

"The only difference is that you are here to make all mankind happy, while Rimuru is more practical."