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Bullets rained down on Lancer's position. While maintaining suppressive fire, [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] also pulled out a second high-explosive grenade from his back, pulled the pin, and threw it directly at the spot where Lancer had fallen.

boom--

Flames and explosions erupted again, and the entire container stack collapsed under the force of the blasts and shocks. Containers on the higher floors fell and smashed into a pile. The once intact street was reduced to ruins in just ten seconds.

"This fighting style..."

Saber and Irisviel, who were watching, were both astonished.

"It's definitely Kiritsugu!"

Even Kiritsugu Emiya himself, who was observing from the shadows, had to nod in approval. This style was so damn Kiritsugu Emiya!

208. Perfect Infiltration

As the smoke and dust from the explosion gradually dissipated, the collapse of the container stacks completely stopped. [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] put away his fully automatic submachine gun, and the entire port area fell silent once again.

Having witnessed the entire battle, Irisviel couldn't help but swallow hard as she looked at the pile of containers that resembled ruins in front of her.

"Solve it?"

"No, not really."

[Kiritsugu] replied in a low voice, then looked up at the top of the container stack.

Lancer, holding two guns, stood panting atop the container. The wounds on his hands had been healed, and apart from some tattered clothes, he appeared to be in perfect condition.

"It seems your Master saved you with a Command Spell."

"That's right, my Master saved me with a Command Spell, otherwise I might have been defeated and forced to retreat by the continuous attacks you gave me just now."

Lancer jumped down from the stack of containers, his face grim.

"As a knight, it was my dereliction of duty to force my Master to use up a Command Seal to save me in the very first battle."

He gripped his two guns tightly, adopting a vigilant stance.

"Next, I will deal with you with all my might!"

"Is that so..."

[Kiritsugu] raised his left hand, and Lancer immediately looked at it nervously. He found that Kiritsugu was holding something that looked like a button. Lancer's first thought was that Kiritsugu was about to throw a grenade again.

However, instead of throwing it over, Kiritsugu pressed the button in his hand.

boom--

A massive explosion erupted beneath Lancer's feet, blasting him into the air once again.

"When were the explosives planted?!"

Everyone present was shocked. Could such an ambush really be done? Everyone had been focused on the collapsing container and hadn't noticed when [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] planted the bomb.

Having completed the bomb ambush, [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] did not continue the pursuit, but instead took a step back.

"Saber."

"Ok?"

Saber looked nervously at [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu].

"Someone's coming. Protect Alice."

After giving the reminder, [Kiritsugu] looked up at the sky.

A bolt of lightning struck from the sky, splitting the ground open and sending up another cloud of dust.

But then, a gust of wind blew away the dust and smoke on the street, revealing Lancer, who was seriously injured in the leg again, and the huge oxcart that was lying between [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] and Lancer.

"Stop! All of you! No disrespect before the King!"

On the oxcart, a tall, red-haired strong man spread his arms.

"I am Iskandar, the Conqueror!"

"In this Holy Grail War, I will descend upon the world as a Rider!"

The burly man's opening declaration, revealing his identity, immediately drew everyone's attention. His declaration was equally impactful. Unlike the earlier shock from the mages regarding the identity of the Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu, this time both the mages and the Servants were stunned. They hadn't expected someone to reveal their name so readily upon their first appearance.

"What are you thinking, you idiot?"

Rider's Master Waver shouted anxiously, but was mercilessly suppressed by Rider with a single finger.

"Although fate has led me to contend with you for the Holy Grail."

"But I want to ask you one thing first: are you willing to join my ranks and hand over the Holy Grail to me? If so, I will treat you as friends and share with you the joy of conquering the world!"

The sudden recruitment shocked all the servants present.

Despite being injured again, Lancer stood up and righteously refused.

"I cannot accept this proposal. The only person I will offer the Holy Grail to is the new lord with whom I have signed a contract in this life! And my protagonist will definitely not be you, Rider!"

After being rejected by Lancer, Rider looked helplessly in the other direction.

"So, where are the people over here...wait?

It turned out that [Kiritsugu] had disappeared.

"Wait, wasn't he just here?"

After everyone present reacted, they all stared in utter shock at the spot where [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] had been. It felt like he was right there just a second ago, but how could he have suddenly disappeared after Rider landed? And no one had even noticed him vanish.

"Could he be the Assassin? I didn't sense a thing at all?"

Rider stared, utterly bewildered, at the spot where the Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu had stood.

"No, the assassin has been identified; he is not the assassin."

Weber, who had just been suppressed, poked his head out to answer.

"He's not an assassin. What class is he anyway? How could he disappear right in front of all of us? Doesn't that mean they can assassinate us without us even noticing?"

Rider's words put everyone on high alert. A servant whose class was completely unknown was able to sneak in without anyone noticing, and the weapons he used were ranged guns and high explosives. This was far too threatening to all of them.

Especially the masters behind these Servants, they don't have the same strong bodies and combat abilities as the Servants. Once they are sent into the sky by high explosives, they will really be sent to the sky.

Damn, after being in the magic world for so long, this is the first time they've discovered an enemy this terrifying!

For a moment, the entire port battlefield fell silent.

Everyone was nervously looking around, including Saber and Irisviel. Although Kiritsugu had taken the initiative to respond to Irisviel's words and even asked Saber to protect her, which made them feel very close to him, and even though he had become a Heroic Spirit, Kiritsugu still remembered them, his sudden disappearance still made them feel a little scared.

Because of the disappearance of [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu], the original atmosphere changed rapidly.

Rider appeared because he had been watching the battle between Kiritsugu and Lancer from the sidelines. However, after seeing Kiritsugu dominating Lancer, he worried that Kiritsugu would kill Lancer outright. Having someone eliminated on the very first day was not in line with his war aesthetics, so he stepped in to stop Kiritsugu from annihilating Lancer.

However, he didn't expect that as soon as he appeared, [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] disappeared without hesitation, which made him feel that his appearance was a bit awkward.

"Well, even though we're one person short, I still want to ask, would you be willing to join my team? The benefits are negotiable!"

Rider made a money gesture, but was met with a cold rejection from Lancer.

"Hey little girl over there, you're a servant too, right? That mysterious guy just called you Saber."

Rejected, Rider could only look to Saber. Although Saber hadn't made a move, her identity as a Servant was revealed with a single sentence from Kiritsugu.

"Ah, I am Saber in this Holy Grail War!"

Saber's body surged with magic, transforming from a black suit into a blue long dress paired with a set of silver-white Celtic-style armor.

"So, are you willing?"

"impossible!"

Before Rider could finish speaking, Saber rejected him. Although Saber's identity was not revealed because she did not participate in the battle, her rejection still left Rider feeling helpless.

"Oh dear, what a bad start."

"How could something like this possibly succeed!"

When Webber complained, Rider just picked at his ear, completely unconcerned.

"So, including the Assassin we identified earlier, we now have Rider, Saber, and Lancer as Servants. The remaining ones are Archer, Caster, and Berserker. That black Servant shouldn't be Caster, right?"

"Doesn't that mean the other party is a Berserker? A Berserker with reason? Does that really exist?"

"Well, I wouldn't know that, but finding out the other person's identity wouldn't be difficult."

Rider guessed at the class of [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] and simply raised his hands.

"Heroic spirits who have answered the Holy Grail's call! Show yourselves and gather before the King! Cowards who are afraid to show their faces will be despised by Iskandar, the King of Conquerors!"

Rider's wide-area taunt shocked everyone present and those watching from afar.

A golden figure then appeared on the street lamp behind Rider.

"How dare a scoundrel presume to call himself king before me!"

Clad in golden armor, with towering golden hair, the legendary King of the Streetlights appeared before the crowd.

"That's Archer!"

The Archer has appeared in this Holy Grail War.

After the golden Archer appeared, Matou Kariya, who was hiding in the bridge arch and observing the battlefield with his insects, also began to go berserk. He gritted his teeth, endured the pain of the insects devouring his flesh, and prepared to summon the Berserker to attack the Archer.

click -

A gun was pointed at his temple.

"I don't recommend you do that if you don't want anything to happen to Sakura."

The recently vanished [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] appeared before him, pointing a pistol at him and uttering threatening words.

209. Alice, it's me, don't look back!

Because of the threat posed by Kiritsugu, Kariya Matou stopped summoning the Berserker. He forgot about his revenge against Tokiomi Tohsaka and focused all his attention on Kiritsugu in front of him.

"What do you mean by that? Where is Sakura?"

After learning that the Matou residence had been destroyed, Matou Kariya searched for Sakura but couldn't find her. He even thought Sakura was dead, which fueled his even more frantic desire to take revenge on Tokiomi Tohsaka. However, upon hearing news about Sakura from the Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu, he immediately came to his senses.

"I blew up the Matou residence, and Sakura is in my hands. If you don't want anything to happen to Sakura, you'd better do as I say."

"What are you going to do to Sakura!?"