Zongman, the journey begins from the wrong place

The essence of the Holy Grail War is to summon Heroic Spirits, gather them together through mutual fighting, and then release them, returning them to the Throne of Heroes outside the world.

During the process of the heroic spirit's soul returning, a 'hole' will appear leading to the outside world, and the magician can reach the source of the outside world through this hole.

The most important part of this process is to fix the holes that connect the inside and outside of the world.

This relies on the foundation of the entire Holy Grail War, that is, the large magic circle beneath Ryuudou Temple, which is made possible by the enormous magic power accumulated over sixty years.

So--

"So, where is that thing called the Lesser Holy Grail that collects the souls of servants?"

In response to Noah's crucial question, Medea raised her hand and shrugged, causing her ample breasts wrapped in her robe to tremble and ripple.

"I don't know. According to the notes, it seems that the Einzbern family is responsible for this. However, according to the records, it seems that the Lesser Holy Grail will descend when five Servants die. If it weren't for your kindness just now, my brave and invincible hero, we could just make a wish."

From what we know, the so-called universal wish-granting machine of the Holy Grail is obviously a cover for the three great families to attract magicians to participate.

But it is not entirely true to say that they are lying. When the hole leading to the outside world is opened, almost infinite magical power will flow in.

For a magician, possessing this vast magical power can indeed make many wishes come true, but it is not "omnipotent".

It’s like a billionaire can do many things, but he can’t achieve immortality.

However, that was only before the Third Holy Grail War.

In response to Medea's neither soft nor hard sarcasm, Noah rolled his eyes.

"And then that thing just exploded and swallowed you all, and I had no time to get back?"

Medea thought about it and found that she really couldn't refute it, and her face suddenly stiffened.

Fortunately, Noah did not continue to mock her, but looked towards the distant Fuyuki City shrouded in darkness.

After all, this is the city where he has lived for more than a year, so Noah still has some feelings for it.

"The thing hidden in this magic circle cannot be ignored. Once it erupts, it will destroy the entire city... See if you can make the Lesser Holy Grail and intercept it. That way, we can control the time when the Greater Holy Grail activates. Then I will take care of it."

Medea tilted her head back and guessed for a moment before giving Noah an affirmative answer.

"Only two Servants have died so far. If three more Servants die, the Lesser Holy Grail will descend... No problem, I can handle it."

However, what Medea did not expect was that Noah neither praised her speed and efficiency nor continued with the previous strategy. Instead, he refuted her with a deep look in his eyes.

"Who said that two servants have died?"

*

In the boundless darkness, Emiya Kiritsugu felt his soul sinking.

The extremely heavy dark pressure came from all directions, making a rumbling sound and infinitely compressing him towards a singularity.

Every moment and every second feels heavier and more suffocating.

The mournful cry filled with hatred was like miasma rising from the ground, enveloping Emiya Kiritsugu from all directions.

"Kiritsugu, why? Why didn't you save me? Didn't we agree to explore this world together?"

"My son, did you get what you wanted by killing your father?"

"Kiritsugu, are your justice, your dreams, your peace that important? Do you have to do it even if it means killing Illya and me?"

"Dad, why? Why did you kill me? Why are you so cruel? I hate you! I hate you!"

Resentment, despair, regret... Countless huge darkness poured into his body, making Emiya Kiritsugu feel that his soul was swelling more and more, as if his whole body was about to be completely torn apart from within.

But his entire body was compressed inward, and the two extreme forces tore at every muscle, every nerve, and every part of Kiritsugu Emiya's soul.

Endless power formed a huge and deep heat source, burning, scorching, and tormenting Kiritsugu Emiya.

Compared to this kind of torture, even lingchi can be considered a pleasant experience.

don't want……

Let me go……

help me!

The huge amount of energy condensed to the end, it became the extreme and exploded with a loud bang.

Following that, Emiya Kiritsugu's hoarse cry, squeezing out all his strength at the last moment, was rang out.

"Do not!!!"

Waking up with a scream, Emiya Kiritsugu saw a ceiling that seemed familiar to him.

This was his bedroom in Einzbern Castle on the outskirts of Fuyuki City.

However, after arriving in Fuyuki City, Emiya Kiritsugu had no time or energy to rest here. At most, he would take a short nap when he went out to lurk.

At the edge of the bed, Irisviel and Illya were sleeping under the quilt. The assassin had been awakened by him.

"Kiritsugu?"

"Um, Dad?"

From the moment when his weakness in childhood led to the death of the entire island's inhabitants, Emiya Kiritsugu has been driven to make the 'right' choice.

This principle, after being burdened by the increasing weight of his father, Natalie, and others, has become a chain that makes it impossible for Emiya Kiritsugu to turn back.

He is like a gambler who has lost all his fortune. He can never turn back and give up, letting so many lives and blood be wasted. He can only hope to reach the other side of the sea of blood and realize his dream.

Emiya Kiritsugu originally thought he could continue to endure it—until, in that darkness, he truly experienced the pain of losing everything.

At this moment, seeing this similar snow-white face, Emiya Kiritsugu's heart was filled with warmth and happiness that he had never experienced before.

It even quickly overflowed from my heart, turning into hot tears in my eyes and blurring my vision.

Without waiting for Irisviel and Illya to react, he stretched out his hands and held the mother and daughter tightly in his arms.

Hearing Emiya Kiritsugu's sobs, Irisviel's face showed worry.

Illya rubbed her eyes in confusion, then stretched out her little hand and gently patted Emiya Kiritsugu's back.

"It's okay, it's okay, Daddy, don't be afraid, Illya is here, bad guys won't come."

The tender voice of a child floated in the room.

With the comfort of mother and daughter, it seemed as if the fatigue accumulated over more than ten years suddenly emerged, and Emiya Kiritsugu fell into a deep sleep again.

On top of Einzbern Castle, Gilgamesh listened to the whispers of the family below, sipping the red wine in his glass, a smile on his lips.

Thinking about the upcoming scene, the pain of broken arms and legs seemed no longer so intense.

He raised his glass towards the moonlit darkness in the distance.

Noah, oh Noah, this time, I must kill you!

*

On the top floor of the Hyatt Hotel, Kenneth Zhan faced the cold body of his fiancée, with an unspeakable silence on his face.

Artoria, who was standing next to him, felt her heart broken when she saw this scene.

She would rather Kenneth scolded her harshly like he did before than see him show such sad silence.

"Master! Me!"

As soon as Altria opened her mouth, she was interrupted by Kayneth waving his hand.

"Don't worry, Saber. I can't blame you. This is the path Sora chose himself."

Although his body was already disabled, when a one-on-four servant battle broke out and his beloved fiancée was involved, how could Kenneth not use his familiars to spy on it?

When he figured out the reasons and consequences of Saber's sudden attack on Noah, as well as Sora's expression that seemed to show some determination, he understood everything.

That expression is the same as that of a woman who is determined to abandon everything and run away to a distant place with her beloved.

At this moment, Kenneth's heart was filled with endless sadness, but surprisingly, there was no resentment.

As the prodigy of the Clock Tower, he came to this remote countryside with his fiancée to participate in a magic competition and should have returned victorious.

As a result, within a few days, he was disabled and could no longer use magic, and his fiancée was now dead in front of him.

But who should I blame?

After waking up, the world in Kenneth's eyes was completely different from before.

No one is born to be superior to others. Even if he is a so-called child prodigy, there is no reason why he will always be successful.

Since you have made the decision to kill, you must be prepared to be killed.

Even if his fiancée fell in love with someone else, Kayneth could not bear any resentment towards the Servant from another world, because the other party might have forgotten who Sora was.

Even I was attracted by the other person's temperament, so how could I blame my fiancée, who had no feelings for me, for feeling strange?

But, can he really give up the hatred of becoming a disabled person and having his fiancée murdered?

Emiya Kiritsugu...

Pondering this person's name, Kenneth looked out at the city in the darkness, a thoughtful look on his face.

The moon sets and the sun rises, the sun sets in the west.

When the moon rose again, Emiya Kiritsugu had already arrived at the foot of Mount Enzo, his mind still pondering the conversation he had just had with Irisviel.

"...Eh? Is Lancer dead? I don't feel anything at all."

Lancer is not dead?

Or was her soul devoured by the inherent barrier?

Thinking of that darkness, Emiya Kiritsugu couldn't help but shudder.

And out of an intuition that he himself could not explain, Emiya Kiritsugu did not reveal this news to Gilgamesh.

However, I don’t know what the outcome of this attack on Yuanzang Mountain will be.

On the rooftop of a house at the foot of the mountain, Emiya Kiritsugu gazed at Ryuudou Temple on the top of the mountain, a thoughtful look on his face.

In Emiya Kiritsugu's opinion, at this point in the Holy Grail War, there are actually only three forces left.

On the El-Melloi side, Kenneth seemed to be merging with his students.

But even so, Kiritsugu Emiya did not feel that Kenneth, whose fiancée had died and who had been hit by the Origin Bullet, was posing any threat.

From this perspective, it seems to be a more reasonable choice to attack the Hyatt Hotel first.

But when Kiritsugu Emiya thought about a cheating-level Heroic Spirit fighting one against four and teaming up with Caster on Mount Enzo, he felt uncomfortable all over.

He has decided that he will never attack anyone again until he gets rid of the Matou family.

After the Matou residence was destroyed, Emiya Kiritsugu quickly set his sights on this sparsely populated area with abundant magical power.

But how to attack?

Just as Emiya Kiritsugu was thinking, the base of his little finger suddenly felt a sharp burning sensation, and this discovery made his back stiffen.

121 Choices

On the outskirts of Fuyuki City, Kotomine Kirei shuttled through the dense jungle with the agility of a wild cat.

Although it is deep winter, the dense branches and leaves still almost completely block the sky, and the ground is covered with layers of rotten leaves and dead wood that have accumulated for who knows how many years.

The entire forest was in a very gloomy and dark color, and was extremely depressing.

This made Kotomine Kirei, dressed in black robes and with a solemn face, look like the Grim Reaper at the funeral.

Occasionally, a ray of light leaking through the branches and leaves illuminated the twisted curve of his lips, which made it even more chilling.

Regarding the fact that Einzbern had a base in Fuyuki City, Tōsaka Tokiomi had briefly mentioned it to Kotomine Kirei. After all, the financial and human resources that the Tōsaka family had invested in quelling the incident at that time were not low at all.

However, because Emiya Kiritsugu represented Einzberenga in this competition, Tōsaka Tokiomi took the initiative to give up surveillance of this place.

If Gilgamesh and Kotomine Kirei hadn't mentioned it, he probably wouldn't have thought that this place had been reopened.

While galloping through the woods, Kotomine Kirei's thoughts couldn't help but drift slightly.

If we talk about Emiya Kiritsugu's daughter, that little girl was brought here by Gilgamesh on his own initiative.

Then Emiya Kiritsugu's wife did come to Fuyuki City on her own initiative.

However, she did not participate as a Master, nor even as a collaborator.

In that case, what is the purpose of this doll, this woman, coming here?