FATE: Target of Grand Master

"Hu Xia, at a time like this, you're still in the mood for jokes?"

This was the first time Xia Yan had been provoked by Hu Xia. Normally it would be fine, but did this guy really not worry about the situation of four against twelve?

"Don't rush. This is a trial that concerns my own life, and I certainly wouldn't joke about it."

Xia Yan didn't say anything more.

After venting his anger for a moment, Xia Yan quickly calmed down.

That's right. Even if Hu Xia is crazy, she wouldn't joke about her own life, which means she has full confidence in the two of them working together to fight against the other side.

The Servant that Hu Xia would send out was practically an open-book question; even a fool could guess it was Morgana and Nero. And one of her Servants, Zeno Bia, had already been revealed. Judging from their current strength, if she had enough confidence, the Servant she summoned would definitely be a top-tier Servant, whose strength could even rival Morgana's.

As for doubting Hu Xia's statement that Zenobia was her follower, Xia Yan felt that the probability of Hu Xia lying was extremely low.

Don't forget, this is only the second round of the elimination tournament. There's still the final round to come. If Hu Xia dares to lie to him here, he'll definitely beat her servants to a pulp in the final round.

"It's almost time. Masters, please follow me to the arena."

Kirei Kotomine's cheerful voice reached everyone's ears.

The remaining eight Masters followed behind Kirei Kotomine.

To allow more time for discussion, the Masters of Group B deliberately slowed down their pace.

Kirei Kotomine naturally saw through their little scheme, but he didn't mind and only gave them a slight verbal urging.

In stark contrast to the lively discussion in Group B, which resembled a tightly knit group, Xia Yan and Hu Xia in Group A barely interacted at all.

"Xia Yan, have you come up with a solution?"

Seeing that Xia Yan remained silent, Hu Xia took the initiative to start a conversation.

"no."

Xia Yan replied irritably.

"What should we do then? I'm counting on you."

Hu Xia looked like he wanted to give up and rely on his teammates.

"If you really needed me, you wouldn't have kept quiet about who the Servant you were going to summon was."

Xia Yan had no interest in acting alongside Hu Xia.

"What if the Servant I summon is too weak and it affects our morale?"

"Since you said it's just a possibility, it means you're 99.99% sure this won't happen. On the contrary, you would only act like this if you had an extremely powerful Servant backing you up."

Hu Xia fell silent; Xia Yan had seen right through his little scheme.

"Xia Yan, would you like to know who the Servant I summoned is?"

Hu Xia narrowed his eyes and asked tentatively.

"I don't want to. Say it or not, it's up to you. Anyway, I've already decided to split things in half with you later. I'll focus on my three Masters and their six Servants, and you figure out how to deal with the rest."

Since Hu Xia likes to keep things to herself, Xia Yan won't indulge her; they'll just mind their own business.

"Huh? I never said I could handle six Servants."

Hu Xia looked aggrieved.

"If you can't handle it, at least try to stall for time. If you don't even have that much ability, then I'll just consider myself unlucky and die with you."

Xia Yan believed that when Hu Xia dared to stand on his side in the last round, she had already considered the worst-case scenario. If she didn't have enough confidence, she would never have stood up.

"All right."

Seeing that Xia Yan was determined and wouldn't listen to reason, Hu Xia had no choice but to give up her idea of ​​teasing him.

Soon, the eight Masters, led by Kirei Kotomine, arrived at the bottom of the arena.

Xia Yan keenly noticed that the area of ​​the arena's ground floor was several times larger than when he fought Li Zhuang yesterday, at least tens of thousands of square meters. However, as a battleground for twelve Servants, the area was not large, making it difficult to maintain distance during the fight.

Xia Yan, Hu Xia, and the other six Masters stood in the four directions of the arena: southeast, northwest, and southeast, northeast, southwest, and northwest.

Summoning incantations were prepared in advance in front of each Master, ready to be summoned at any time.

Standing due east, Xia Yan scanned his surroundings. Apart from Hu Xia, who was standing in the southeast next to him, the other Masters were positioned to surround the two of them.

The opponent will definitely take advantage of their numbers and swarm in. If we fight them one by one in a step-by-step manner, we will definitely be dragged into a quagmire of attrition warfare. The only way to win is to fight quickly and decisively and go all out from the start!

"To ensure fairness, I will supervise each Master's summoning of Servants to ensure that the summoning ritual is not interrupted."

Kirei Kotomine stood in the center of the arena, slightly closer to Xia Yan and Hu Xia.

"Well then, Masters, you may begin the summoning."

Upon receiving the command, the eight Masters simultaneously chanted the summoning incantation.

High concentrations of magical energy simultaneously appeared in all eight directions of the arena, creating a spectacular scene.

After the ceremony, the eight Servants stood in the summoning circles in front of their respective Masters. Xia Yan immediately glanced around. Although the Servants summoned by the other Masters were also outstanding heroes, none of them were particularly noteworthy. On the contrary, Hu Xia next to him had summoned Artoria Alter (Lancer). No wonder this guy was so confident.

Wait a minute, Artoria!

boom!

Before Xia Yan could speak, Morgan summoned his cross wand and fired a magic laser at Artoria Alter (Lancer).

Artoria Altera (Lancer) reacted quickly, waving her Rungomniad and unleashing a storm of magic.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Before anyone could react, the two Servants had already engaged in several rounds of combat.

"Wait a minute, Morgan, now is not the time to fight Artoria."

"Artoria, wait a minute. We're now on the same side as Morgan's Master."

Both Xia Yan and Hu Xia, who had been teasing Xia Yan regardless of the situation, immediately spoke up to stop their respective followers.

The smoke and dust dissipated.

Given their trust and affection for their respective Masters, Morgan and Artoria Altera (Lancer) both stopped and refrained from taking any further action for the time being.

While Xia Yan and Hu Xia were using telepathy to briefly describe the current situation to their newly summoned Servants, the other six Masters reacted even more intensely.

One of them blurted out, "Are you kidding me! Besides Morgan, there's also Artoria Altera (Lancer), the Lord of Storms! How are we supposed to fight like this?!"

The other person, after the initial shock, reassured the others, "Don't panic! Follow our agreed-upon plan! Even if they have two top-tier Servants, they can't possibly be a match for our many Servants."

The third Master stared at Artoria Altera (Lancer) for a moment, then spoke softly, "Wait a minute, I've heard a rumor. Apparently, the Grand Master of the Knights of the Round Table, one of the six great Master orders, has a Servant named Artoria Altera (Lancer)!"