The Undying Death Knight failed to achieve the ending of the Heroic Spirit

But at this moment, Archer didn't even look at Tōsaka Tokiomi. His face was full of unhappiness, and he threw the charred weapon out of his treasure house like trash.

His lips moved, and words like "miscellaneous cultivator" could be faintly heard.

But amid the devastation, Archer couldn't find anyone to vent his anger on.

Challenge three failed

ps: The reason for Tokiomi's weird operation is that he first used Baimao to hold back Gunmi, and then returned to harvest Gunmi after Jinshanshan finished his mouth cannon, saving a stroke of the Command Spell. Then, in Tokiomi's eyes, Mina was already a dead person, so the information that Baimao was alive did not cause much harm to him. Unexpectedly, he lost both the wife and the army.

Chapter 107 The next drop location is decided to be the church

As soon as he returned to the base, Weber couldn't wait to lie down on the bed, allowing the dust on his body to dirty the clean sheets. Until now, Weber could still feel the stinging sensation coming from his eyes.

"Idiot Rider, I told you not to get involved in the fight between Berserker and Archer, but now you've done the opposite."

“Let’s put Berserker aside for now, but if I don’t have a conversation with that Gilgamesh, it would be a disgrace to the title of the King of Conquerors.” Rider sat cross-legged on the floor, his eyes level with Waver who was sitting upright on the bed. He said in a matter-of-fact tone, “Although ‘kings do not meet kings’, that Gilgamesh is an exception.”

When Waver heard Rider mention Archer, his anger grew even stronger. He almost danced with his hands to express his protest to Rider: "It's all because of your boring kingly way that Archer now hates you."

Originally, Archer could have executed Berserker immediately, but Rider forcibly divided the battlefield and completely attracted Archer's hatred to his side - God knows how frightened Waver was when he heard Archer say "Then I will execute you, the fake king, first."

"ignorance!"

Waver was responded with a loud snap of the fingers. Waver was thrown backwards by the powerful force of his own Servant. When he climbed up again, he covered his head but met Rider's serious eyes. His momentum immediately weakened.

"If I can't even accept the challenge when someone questions my identity as a king, how can I respond to my subjects who have placed their hopes on me?"

Waver heard these words as completely unreasonable, but due to Rider's powerful finger snap, he remained obedient and did not refute.

"But when the Master called him away with the Command Seal, that Golden Pica was quite unhappy."

The moment Rider sensed the unusual fluctuations in magical power, he controlled the Wheel of Divine Power to raise the distance. Thus, he avoided being caught in the aftermath of the explosion and was able to see a different scene—the golden pickup with an angry look on his face blocked the aftermath of the explosion for a middle-aged man.

Then the enemy who can release such a powerful Noble Phantasm is Caster who has not appeared yet, or one of Saber and Lancer who fought against him just yesterday.

I don’t know - but there is one thing that Iskandar is very clear about: no matter how powerful the enemy is, it cannot hinder his conquest.

……

Soraw stared at her palm worriedly. Due to Kenneth's technique, although she could offer magic to Menachere, she could not see the Servant after he turned into a spirit.

Although she knew that every time Lancer used extraordinary power, he would fall into a day-long weakness, but compared to the last time, Lancer this time couldn't even maintain his physical form.

There are many more Assassins than I expected.

He thought there were only fifty at most, but he didn't expect that there were more hiding in the dark. Due to the wrong estimation, Minachel threw the gun before he even had time to absorb the magic power from Solau.

"Lancer, why don't you use my magic power?" Solau said in an almost gentle voice, "Although I am not as good as Kenneth in magic, I am also quite confident in the amount of magic power I have."

With a somewhat helpless sigh, Minasel certainly knew what the other party meant, but the other party's mind was like that of a person who was about to drown. No matter who appeared at this time, they would place their hopes on him. He, Minasel, just happened to appear at this time.

He never cared about other people's situations. Whether it was family marriage or the pursuit of freedom, other people's affairs had nothing to do with him. So Menachel replied in an almost indifferent voice:

"So, Soraw, tell me, is Archer's Master dead?"

At the moment of throwing the spear, Menechel had already turned into a spirit and left the battlefield, and was not able to see the head of the Tōsaka family for the last time. It is possible that this guy suddenly realized when he was about to die and used the Command Seal to summon Archer to protect himself.

Solau's voice stopped instantly. The power unleashed by Lancer's Noble Phantasm not only stayed at the small Tousaka residence, but also included the surroundings within the attack range, which also resulted in none of the familiars nearby being spared.

Fortunately, there were no other residents near the Toosaka residence, otherwise Menachel might have been blacklisted for violating the confidentiality principle of the Holy Grail War.

Talking about the church, Menechel thought of Assassin who "came back from the dead".

"Putting Archer's question aside for now, I remember that Assassin's Master gave up his Master status and sought refuge from the Church because Assassin retired, right?"

Although he didn't know why Lancer suddenly brought this up, Solau nodded in confirmation.

"When I sneaked into the Tohsaka residence, I encountered a group of Assassins. The Assassin killed by Archer was probably just a branch of them."

Solau was stunned by the strange information that was suddenly instilled in her. Out of trust in Lancer, she ignored the information that was obviously unknown to her, such as "a group" and "a branch", and captured the most critical information -

"You mean there is something wrong with the church."

The reason why Assassin's performance of being killed by Archer on sight was so flawed that it was trusted by the Masters was entirely because of the credibility of the church. However, judging from the information Lancer had said, this absolutely fair church seemed to be unfair.

Seeing Solaw's increasingly solemn expression, Minachell turned his gaze to Kenneth on the bed.

Although Solaw had bad intentions towards him, at least he was much more comfortable to get along with as a partner than Kenneth.

"I plan to attack the church next time, so Solaw, remember to prepare more familiars to follow me."

The next moment, Minachell said something shocking, causing Solaw to stare at the window in front of him with disbelief.

Menachel, who was standing beside the bed: "..."

You can’t blame Solaw, after all, Solaw can’t see his exact location.

"Assassin would stop me from finding Toosaka. This at least shows that the Church and Toosaka are colluding with each other."

The worst result would be that Toosaka was not killed in the explosion and only lost one Command Seal. This only Command Seal that could be counted as a victory achievement might be replenished by the priests of the church.

What's more, Menechel couldn't confirm that the Assassins targeted by his Noble Phantasm were all the Assassins. What if there were still two or three Assassins hiding in the church? For enemies hiding in the dark, only by eradicating them completely could he relax.

……

In the dark and damp basement, strange noises that made people feel uncomfortable almost filled the entire space.

A gray-black engraved worm that was half a person's height crawled to the old man's side, stepping on the bodies of countless of its kind.

Matou Zouken slightly widened his small eyes at the terrifying face that looked like it had escaped from the underworld.

The body of the seal worm trembled, and finally spit out a pair of human hands. Faced with such a penetrating scene, Matou Zouken smiled and took the hand with a little mucus.

“Kareya, this useless piece of trash, actually died in an indiscriminate attack.”

Matou Zouken turned over his palm, revealing the back of his hand with three bright red marks.

But who cares about that trash?

So Matou Zouken turned his gaze to the girl beside him who had just been rescued from the swarm of insects.

Why didn't Minae use Solaw's magic power at the beginning? In fact, she was worried that after draining Solaw dry, the enemy would steal her home.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 108 Blacklisted

Kotomine Risei, the current priest of the Toki City branch of the Cathedral Church, is nearly sixty years old and this is his second time presiding over the Holy Grail ceremony.

The Holy Grail is said to be a miraculous object that can fulfill all wishes. Although one should not have any distracting thoughts, one cannot help but become curious about this miraculous creation. It is for this reason that Kotomine Riseng accepted Tōsaka Tokiomi's solicitation.

“Kirei, it would be better if you stay with Tokiomi now.”

Tōsaka Tokiomi had just left Kotomine Church. After receiving a message from his son's familiar, Kotomine Risei tolerantly agreed to Tōsaka Tokiomi's not-too-excessive request - although he was bound by the church's principle of fairness and justice, Kotomine Risei could not directly help Tōsaka Tokiomi in the hunt for Lancer, but he still allowed such a trivial help.

The Assassins had all been driven out by Lancer's reckless bombardment of Noble Phantasms.

The church did not hire servants, and all the cleaning was done by Kotomine and his son. After the last worshipper left the church, Kotomine Risei would clean the courtyard alone, where only two or three fallen leaves were left.

But after a moment, Yanfeng Lizheng suddenly noticed something strange - the church was too quiet tonight, and the chirping of insects that could be heard everywhere in the past was gone at this time.

The old man's heart skipped a beat and he raised his head belatedly with his body stiff.

"Yo, you're alone."

On the wall of the church, a man was leaning against a gun with his back to the moonlight. His face was completely shrouded in shadow, making it difficult to see clearly. Only his almost reflective red eyes were fixed on Kotomine Rizheng like a hawk. Several dark-colored familiar birds slowly floated into the air from both sides of his shoulders, staring at Kotomine Rizheng silently.

"Lancer, the church is a neutral area that Servants are not allowed to enter. If you don't leave, I will perform the duties of a supervisor."

Hearing Kotomine Rizheng's timid threat, a slight smile appeared on Menachel's lips. He jumped down from the church wall and walked silently towards Kotomine Rizheng.

Daring to attack the supervisor of the Holy Grail War - Kotomine Risho was horrified and remembered the description of Menachere in the myth.

[This person is an out-and-out madman who disregards human life and rules in pursuit of profit]

At this moment, the description seems extremely apt.

Kotomine Rizheng hurriedly raised his hand, wanting to use the Command Seal to forcibly seize control of Lancer, but a silver spear was faster than Kotomine Rizheng's movement of raising his hand. The tip of the spear pierced through Kotomine Rizheng's forearm and went up to the old man's forehead.

Warm blood splattered on Minasiel's armor, and Kotomine Rizheng's body slowly fell limply on Minasiel. He pushed the old man's body away with great disgust. Lightning snakes poured into Kotomine Rizheng's body from the tip of the gun, and tiny flames burned steadily on Kotomine Rizheng's body. After doing all this, Minasiel turned his gaze to the church behind Kotomine Rizheng.

In order to avoid leaving any traces, we might as well demolish the church as well.

Just as this thought came to his mind, a familiar slowly landed on Menechel's shoulder.

"Lancer, we just sent out some familiars to investigate and lost contact with them around the church."

Lost contact

Menechel's eyes narrowed, and he guessed that a Servant was approaching this side.

Without knowing which Servant it was, Menachere did not want to take the initiative to provoke a dispute.

He shook off the blood stains on the gun, took a last look at Kotomine Risei who was covered in flames, and Menachel's figure slowly blended into the night.

And shortly after Menechel left, a black figure appeared from behind the tree of the church.

Assassin, or the remaining spirit of Assassin. Due to the special nature of Assassin's abilities, in order to prevent their Masters from being overwhelmed by the noise of dozens of communications from the causal line, the Assassins will spontaneously report to one Assassin.

And it is that extremely special individual, and the only surviving Assassin.

After taking in the situation in front of him one by one, Assassin followed the Master's will and reported the situation here to Kotomine Kirei.

At the Hyatt Hotel, Kotomine Kirei tells his teacher Tōsaka Tokiomi the information he got from Assassin.

Upon hearing the news of Kotomine Risei's death, Tōsaka Tokiomi rarely showed a look of regret. He said to Kotomine Kirei as if to comfort him, "Please accept my condolences, Kirei."

But what responded to Toosaka Tokiomi was Kotomine Kirei's wooden eyes. There was no ripple in his empty heart. Kotomine Kirei looked at the depressed Toosaka Tokiomi and felt a little confused: Should he feel sad - he should cry, because the deceased was his biological father.

But at this moment, Kotomine Kirei could not feel any such emotion. And Tōsaka Tokiomi only thought that Kotomine Kirei became numb because he could not accept the news of his biological father's death. He patted Kotomine Kirei on the shoulder and showed the momentum that a head of the Fuyuki family should have: "Lancer broke into the neutral area and murdered the supervisor of the Holy Grail. Kirei, issue a wanted notice for the Lancer group."

The implication is that he hopes Kotomine Kirei can inherit his father's priesthood and become the new priest.

Looking at his teacher's expectant eyes, Kotomine Kirei nodded slowly. At the moment of nodding, a strange feeling filled Kotomine Kirei's heart: it was not the joy of avenging his biological father.

Although he was not interested in revenge for Kotomine Risei, he suddenly felt a different motivation to defeat the Lancer team.

……

The tragic experience of the Tohsaka family has obviously aroused strong vigilance among most Masters, especially the masters of the three local families, so much so that on the third night of the Holy Grail War, not even a single Servant War broke out, and there were only intrigues among the various familiars that the Masters occasionally encountered.

But perhaps because he had stolen from other people's homes so many times, Menachel began to think about the dangers of being safe, fearing that his home would be stolen while he was investigating - especially since his own Command Spells could not be used and he could not teleport over long distances. Therefore, after returning from Yanfeng Church, Menachel never left the house again.

But the feeling of being on edge lingered for a long time. This inexplicable sense of crisis made Menasheel more determined to move his base.

But even if he stayed at home, bad news would still come uninvited - probably in the second half of the night, the announcement of the church's bounty on Lancer was delivered.

Fortunately, there was good news along with the bad news: Kenneth, who had been sleeping almost since the beginning of the Holy Grail War, finally regained consciousness.

But for Kenneth himself, waking up to face such an embarrassing battle situation at this special time may not be good news.

As to why Kiritsugu didn't drop a bomb like he did in the original timeline, it was because Gunmi had never appeared in public, which made Kiritsugu unable to determine Gunmi's movements.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 109 Two People with Strange Compatibility (optional)

By means of trickery and force, Soraw obtained the complete three-stroke Command Seals from Kenneth as soon as he woke up. Soraw, who possessed both the Demonic Offering and the Command Seals in one, could finally rightfully call himself the Master of Lancer.

But people's joy is not the same. Kenneth had just received the news that he was wanted by the church, and then he was blackmailed by the woman he loved. In addition, his magic circuits were almost scrapped. Under the triple blow, Kenneth was almost in a state of collapse.

Kenneth, who had just woken up, stared at the ceiling with lifeless eyes - why did things turn out like this, the Clock Tower genius who had a bright future had now become a useless waste.

The quiet white ceiling could not respond to Kenneth's doubts. Kenneth was the only one left in the quiet room. Solau left on his own after getting the Command Seal, saying that he was going to move to another position.

As dense as the stars in a summer night, light spots gathered around Kenneth and eventually formed the body of Minechel.

Kenneth, who was wrapped in bandages, turned his head slightly. He said self-deprecatingly: "What, Lancer? Why don't you go accompany your current Master?"

Lancer was at least half responsible for Solaw's blackmail - if the Servant Kayneth summoned was a woman like Saber...

"I don't know how I could summon a Servant like you."

Kenneth turned his gaze to Menechel, and his eyes gradually regained some spirit.

"Kenneth, I heard from her that your current injuries can only be dealt with by the Holy Grail." Minesher was also staring at Kenneth at this time, with an interested look in his eyes: "So the identities have been reversed, and now you have something to ask of me."

"You..." Kenneth's face suddenly turned ferocious. He ignored the fact that his body was tightly wrapped in bandages and struggled to sit up from the bed, but he was unable to accomplish the simple action of "getting up".

Feeling extremely humiliated, Kenneth almost roared at Minachell, shouting meaningless particles.

Because he roared too hard, Kenneth started coughing in the middle of his words. Even though his face turned red due to difficulty breathing, Kenneth's eyes were still fixed on Minechel without blinking.