A dimensional journey starting from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 1139 Inherent Temporal Control

Although Kiritsugu was very annoyed, he had to admit that the magician did have first-rate skills. Speaking of which, you should have known this when you first knew that Hyatt's mechanism was unsuccessful.

In other words, this is the opponent Kiritsugu must face as a "magician".

Kayneth must be searching all the rooms on the first floor one by one in order to find enemies lurking in this castle. Kiritsugu's current location is at the deepest point of the second floor. If you start taking action immediately, you should still have enough time to choose a place that is conducive to the battle.

While analyzing the map of the castle in his mind, Kiritsugu walked out of the house and walked towards the door - his steps stopped.

In the keyhole of the door hangs a drop of mercury like a spider's silk. Even though it was only slightly, Kiritsugu could still see the mercury dripping down while leaving silver trails on the surface of the door.

The moment Kiritsugu saw it, the mercury drop suddenly stopped falling, then exited the keyhole along the original trace like a living thing, and then disappeared.

"...I see. 'Automatic search'?"

Just when Kiritsugu was shocked, a silver light suddenly penetrated under the carpet in the room where he was.

In an instant, the ground in the middle of the room was cut into a round plate and fell to the bottom of the first floor. Then a silver tentacle jumped up from the circular hole.

The new form of the moon essence liquid that appeared in front of Kiritsugu looked like a metallic jellyfish. Countless tentacles grasp the openings in the ground, and the base of the tentacles opens like an umbrella and expands into a flat, dish-shaped platform. And the person standing on that platform with a smile was none other than Rod Elumeroy.

"Finally I found you. Little mouse..."

Before the smug Kayneth instructed Quicksilver to attack, Kiritsugu had already pulled out the short machine gun from the holster on his waist and started firing.

The Moon Spirit Marrow fluid that reacted immediately formed a protective film in front of Kayneth. Block all the bullet rain power of 9ram. Only a few seconds passed before fifty rounds of bullets were fired.

However, these few seconds gave Kiritsugu enough time to chant the mantra.

"Time alter—double accel" (Inherent time control—twice speed)

As he chanted the incantation, the magic power in Kiritsugu's body began to surge rapidly.

"Scalp!"

At the moment Kiritsugu's bullets were fired...\\nKayneth announced his death.

Following his words, the two mercury whips flew up and flew towards the prey in front of them, attacking from both sides.

"Um!?"

It was Kayneth who exclaimed.

Just when the two silver whips were about to hit their target, Kiritsugu dodged the attack of the silver whips with an almost unbelievable speed, and quickly jumped under the Moon Spirit Marrow where Kayneth was standing— —The hole in the floor that was cut open by the mercury blade just now.

Kiritsugu's speed was so fast that even his eyes couldn't see his movements clearly. No matter how you think about it, this shouldn't be a physical skill that ordinary people can perform. Although Kayneth felt a little careless just now, he was not too surprised by the sudden change in front of him. After all, this is an extraordinary battle between magicians. It’s not surprising that even the little mice among them have extraordinary abilities.

"Oh? Do you also know some magic?"

Although Kayneth had a slight smile on his face, he already had murderous intent in his heart. Regardless of whether he is an ordinary mouse or not, even if he has been influenced by a little magic, he is still a despicable villain who uses dirty methods. This kind of insult to magicians will not be tolerated.

"Chubby... let you know what it's like to die."

Kayneth flipped up his coat and jumped downstairs. Then the Moon Spirit Essence Liquid, which had lost its jellyfish shape, slowly fell down.

"ire:sanctio" (tracking obliteration)

After receiving the order, Mercury spread out its thin tentacles and flew out. A search of the entire first floor began again. Quicksilver immediately located the target. Kayneth, who was following the trail behind, had a sadistic smile on his lips.

As Kiritsugu walked through the corridor, his entire body was being swallowed by the side effects of using magic.

The technique he used just now to dodge Kayneth's attack was not an elementary magic that simply strengthened the body. Rather, it is an advanced magic that has a higher range of applications - and of course has very strong side effects.

It can cut off the time in a specific space from the "flow of time" in the outside world. In a sense, "time manipulation" can be regarded as a kind of inherent barrier. Although it is classified as the scope of grand magic, it definitely does not belong to it. The category of irreproducible "magic". Compared with "time modification" that reverses cause and effect and changes the past, this is just a "time adjustment" magic that stops the past time and accelerates the future time, so it is not a very difficult and impossible technology to achieve. The only issues that need to be considered are the scale of the barrier and the time range that needs to be adjusted.

The Emiya family, the head of the Kiritsugu family, has been pursuing the study of time manipulation magic for generations. The magic mark that exists on Kiritsugu's back inherits the results of generations of research. However, the magic power consumed and the rituals required to activate this kind of magic can be regarded as the level of great magic. So it can only be used as a strategic preparation. For Kiritsugu, who needed to make tactical preparations to survive on the battlefield, this was originally a legacy of little use.

However, in order to make the most of the "time manipulation" ability he inherited, Kiritsugu created a set of application techniques that can flexibly use this magic on a very small scale.

In order to make it easier to set up the inherent barrier, there is a method to control the range of the barrier only within the body of the practitioner. Although it is impossible to completely isolate the body from the outside world, it can minimize the impact of the outside world on the body. And in this smallest scale barrier, "adjustment" in just a few seconds is Emiya Kiritsugu's original magic - "Inherent Time Control".

For example, during the duel with Kayneth just now, Kiritsugu "doubled" the time required for blood flow, hemoglobin burning, and muscle tissue movement in his body. After simply judging the attack trajectory of the Mercury Whip, all that's left is to use quick reaction speed to avoid it. After Kiritsugu speeds up the time in his body, he is able to perform taijutsu that is impossible for ordinary people.

The biggest problem with this magic is that it puts a considerable burden on the body.

The art of time adjustment will inevitably cause errors in the time inside and outside the barrier, and after the barrier is lifted, this deviation will be immediately corrected by the force of nature. That is, "the world's own adjustment." Of course, this adjustment can only be made in the "part where the error occurs", that is, in Kiritsugu's barrier - his body. Adjusted to match normal time flow.

Compared to Kayneth's magic, Kiritsugu's magic is neither gorgeous nor powerful. But this does not mean that Kiritsugu has no chance of winning now. Because Kayneth's best chance to defeat Kiritsugu—the first blow just now—had already been missed. Although Kayneth may not realize it himself, for Kiritsugu this was his biggest mistake. He had exposed his magic and given Kiritsugu a chance to analyze it. After that, it's time for the "Magic Killer" to hunt.

Kiritsugu reloaded the bullets in the machine gun while running. The bullets in the Contender have also been replaced with ordinary bullets. It's a little early to use the final kill. In order to kill the opponent with one blow, Kayneth needs to be further provoked.

Rhodes is both offensive and defensive, and also has the ability to track down enemies.\\nElumeroy's mercury gift. But Kiritsugu still saw flaws in magic that had these three advantages.

First of all, it is its ability to detect enemies——

Kiritsugu stopped abruptly at the corner ahead and hid behind a pillar. Mercury was approaching silently, not just from behind him, but throughout the entire corridor. I'm afraid Mercury's tentacles are now opening a large net, sealing all Kiritsugu's escape routes.

Liquid metal is used as a search tool. How does it transmit information? There are no specialized sensory devices such as vision, smell, taste, etc., so Kayneth can transform it freely. So these methods can be ruled out.

The most likely way was through touch, but when he was discovered on the second floor, his location was determined without any contact with the mercury.

However, assuming that mercury is very sensitive to touch, it should be possible to detect fluctuations in the air. It should also be able to sense the heat source of temperature changes.

Staring at the mercury net surrounding him from all directions, Kiritsugu smiled slightly. The guy has no eyes. So as long as you make some illusions about your heartbeat, breathing and body temperature, you can completely make your existence transparent.

"Time alter——Triple stagnate" (Inherent time control triple stagnate)

As the mantra was chanted, Kiritsugu's vision suddenly became extremely bright.

It's not that anything has changed in the outside world, it's just his own illusion. While Kiritsugu's optic nerve was confirming the image, his retina received three times more light than usual.

This time control is exactly the opposite of the high-speed physical technique just now. Kiritsugu slowed down his physiological functions to one-third of normal. His breathing became sluggish, and his heartbeat slowed to an almost imperceptible slowness. And due to the cessation of metabolism, the body temperature of the whole body also disappears rapidly, cooling to a level that is not much different from the outside temperature.

In front of Kiritsugu, who was as still as a sculpture, the mercury flowed unusually quickly and hurriedly. Sure enough, Mercury could no longer feel any of Kiritsugu's aura now. Kiritsugu's shallow breathing and slow heartbeat were mixed with the noise of nature. Mercury's biological reaction to Kiritsugu was completely beyond human standards.

After judging that there was currently no enemy aura, the searching Mercury Network quickly evacuated along the original route. What followed closely was the sound of Kayneth's footsteps walking on the marble floor. Kayneth, who thought there was no one here, was walking over unsuspectingly...

"Relgase alter"

The brightness of vision and sensitivity of hearing returned to normal in an instant. Kiritsugu's heart also began to beat extremely rapidly, and all the blood vessels in his body felt as if they were about to burst. The blood flow in his body is adjusting at three times the speed. In fact, there must be bruises somewhere on his body caused by internal bleeding from broken capillaries.

But before his body could adjust, Kiritsugu had already jumped out from behind the pillar. When Kaynes, who had just walked into the corridor, reacted, the magician in front of him was only about one and a half meters away from him, and the short machine gun in his left hand opened fire quickly.

Although Kayneth was taken aback, this time the Moon Spirit Essence Liquid still displayed his abilities very accurately and faithfully. The defensive film that opened instantly blocked all the power of the 9mm bullet again. Everything is like a replay of the scene just now.

"——Idiot. These are all boring tricks!"

Although he was caught off guard by the sudden attack, after discovering that this attack was a non-threatening shot like the first one, Kayneth, who was hiding inside the defensive film, couldn't help laughing. But he didn't know that the opponent he was laughing at had already seen the weakness of automatic defense.

Just before the bullets from the short machine gun were completely fired, Kiritsugu's free right hand pulled out the Contender and fired a shot into the center of the mercury film that expanded into a semicircle.

The Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid has transformed into the best state to defend against machine gun fire. However, the Contender's bullet speed is more than 2.5 times that of the 9ram bullet, and its destructive power is equivalent to seven times that of the latter.

The speed of the Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid mainly comes from pressure, and Kiritsugu has completely seen through this. Although bulk mercury can quickly expand into a thin film through pressure, it cannot be quickly changed back from the thin film state through pressure. This is also the limit of fluid mechanics.

Therefore, when faced with a sudden powerful attack, Mercury cannot react quickly to form a strong defense system.

A large hole was punched through the surface of the mercury film, which was as smooth as a mirror. Judging from the screams of Kayneth coming from inside, the Contender bullet that penetrated must have hit its target.

However, it is impossible to even aim at a target hidden behind an obstacle, so being able to hit it is just a matter of luck. You cannot expect that this attack will cause fatal damage to the opponent.

Kayneth's screams quickly turned into angry curses, and then——

"Scalp!"

With a roar filled with murderous intent, Quicksilver delivered a killing blow.

Faced with the silver whip whizzing in front of him, Kiritsugu could handle it calmly. This time, even the inherent time control does not need to be activated. He is now more than ten meters away from Kayneth. That's enough distance.