Lost Narrative Poetry

Emiya Kiritsugu and Kuu Maiya looked at each other again, then sighed helplessly, picked up the two suitcases, put them on the table and opened them quickly.

Inside are firearms that exude a ferocious and cold metallic texture, as well as rows of yellow bullets...

Emiya Kiritsugu took out the firearm skillfully and introduced it in a low voice: "This is my biggest trump card, the concept gift "Origin Bullet" that I made before, my only trump card..."

Kenneth looked at it noncommittally, and nodded slightly, with obvious contempt in his eyes.

Because like most magicians, he knows these things but doesn't have much concept. After all, he doesn't usually come into contact with these things, and he doesn't need to deal with them intimately. Naturally, he doesn't know that these have the highest performance. The specific lethality of new cutting-edge weapons.

He gave them only a cursory glance and found that they had no magic power.

So I subconsciously made an evaluation, felt that there was no threat, and despised it. In addition, he himself asked Emiya Kiritsugu to demonstrate and explain, so at this moment, his vigilance dropped to the lowest level.

This also determines his next fate——

The greatest weakness of a magician is carelessness caused by arrogance. When they face a battle, they only pay attention to various types of magic, and despise pure physical attacks that do not rely on magic, treating them as secondary threats. They are more likely to reveal flaws when facing non-magic attacks.

"What is the function of the origin bomb? I guess the name is related to your origin..." Kenneth asked, hoping to learn more about it so that he could better formulate tactics.

The reason why he still wants to cooperate with Emiya Kiritsugu is because the other party is indeed valuable, not only as a relationship link to control Saber in the future, but also to solve the problem of that damn heretic magician.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, the magician was really too dangerous, and Kenneth himself had no confidence.

But that enemy is the enemy that must be eliminated, and it is also the most critical point. As long as the opponent is killed, the current bad situation will basically be solved. After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the magician is the key figure in causing the current situation.

So he set his sights on Emiya Kiritsugu. This notorious magician killer must have a card or two, right?

Maybe you can think about it, find a way to create opportunities for the other party, and then try to kill the damn magician who messed up all your plans with one blow...

Emiya Kiritsugu didn't seem to want to expose his trump card, but the situation was better than others: "My origin bomb... was indeed made by me using my own origin attributes and soul engineering, as long as..."

Ring ring ring——! !

Kenneth was listening to the explanation, but at this moment, the sharp fire bell suddenly rang, interrupting his thinking.

Um? what happened?

He was stunned for a moment, and then after a while he heard the phone in the house ringing. He glanced at Emiya Kiritsugu who had fallen silent, walked over with a frown, and found that the caller ID was from the front desk.

Kenneth picked up the phone calmly, and the front desk staff apologized, saying that for some unknown reason, there seemed to be a small fire just now. Based on the scene, it was suspected that someone was deliberately playing a prank and triggered the fire bell...

As for the words that followed, it was an apology for disturbing the guests late at night. There was no need to listen to such words.

Arson?

Or this time?

Kenneth's heart suddenly thumped, and his eyes returned to the sharpness unique to a magician. He turned around almost as fast as lightning, and what he saw was the black hole exuding the cold muzzle. Already aimed at myself.

boom!

The gun roared instantly!

idiot!

This word also appeared in Kenneth's mind almost instantly, and the corners of his closed mouth became distorted with sneer and anger, because in front of him, a group of mercury-like fluid jumped and spread out!

As a skilled magician, Kenneth would not be stupid enough to just turn around to confirm the situation, but activated the magic ritual on his body at the same time.

Its name is Moon Spirit Liquid - El-Melloi's supreme gift, and Kenneth's strongest ace. It uses magical mercury to defend, attack, and track enemies. Its high functionality can be said to be an all-purpose weapon.

The principle is to let mercury filled with magic power memorize various action patterns, and set it to respond most appropriately to various situations. It can be regarded as a kind of combat golem.

And because Emiya Kiritsugu’s introduction just now showed that he would rather believe in something than something that doesn’t exist, so the mercury defense form launched at this moment was not a conventional membrane form——

Instead, it spread out like a mountain of swords, with countless reverse thorns standing out from the floor to the ceiling.

Like a dense bamboo forest, it not only covered Kenneth's body, but also completely blocked the flying bullets.

Although the magic power required to spread the mercury block like a mountain of swords is not comparable to that of a simple membrane form, it took almost all the magic power Kenneth possessed to complete it. The Archibald family history carved on his shoulders The magic mark had cycled to its limit, causing severe pain to his body.

But efforts are rewarded. The sword-mountain-shaped mercury defense form is of course harder and more powerful than the simple membrane-like defense. It is a real iron wall.

In other words, he despised the enemy strategically and valued the enemy tactically. In order to defend against Emiya Kiritsugu's origin bomb, Kenneth went all out at this moment. The Moon Spirit Essence Liquid, which is designed to transform itself, shows off its skills. The dense and perfect fluid manipulation magic technique should be the ultimate stunt that lives up to the name of the famous Archibald family.

The Lord of the Clock Tower sneered, and even began to think about how to torture these two ignorant guys later, making them regret, suffer, and despair at the same time, and painfully curse their own stupidity when they died... …

However, what Emiya Kiritsugu wanted was this effect. The timing of his attack just now was actually very good, and he could have fired before the unwary Kenneth noticed the problem.

But he waited until the opponent was alert and turned around before pulling the trigger, in order to allow Kenneth to use defensive magic to the maximum extent to resist the origin bomb - the lethality of the origin bullet depends on how much magic the target has activated at the moment it hits the target. circuit, because it is his own magic that destroys the body of the one who was shot.

If Kenneth didn't notice the problem, didn't use magic at all and didn't activate the magic circuit, then the injuries he suffered would be the lightest and most minor, probably just necrosis at the shot site.

And like now, all the magic circuits are activated in an instant, and all the magic is used to the maximum extent. How terrible damage will Kenneth suffer from the origin bomb?

The result is that after painstakingly completing a beautiful extreme stunt, the fate of the inferior magician comes to an end.

He probably didn't understand what happened to his body until the end, because the moment the severe pain spread throughout his body, Kenneth's heart, lungs, and nerve network had been torn into chaos.

Before he let out a scream, blood spurted out from his throat. The wrong movements caused his nerves to twitch, and his slender body in a free and easy suit performed a funny dance on the spot.

The moment the magic bullet was blocked by the Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid, the impact of the "origin" in the bullet had been severely fed back to Kenneth's magic circuit. The result was that in Kenneth's magic circuit, which was going all out, the high-density magic power that was circulating rapidly suddenly began to run wild regardless of the circuit...

The Lord of the Clock Tower fell down in the sea of ​​mercury all over the ground, his body twitching slightly. Not to mention being a magician, he might not even have much of the functions of a normal human being left.

Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald became the name of the thirty-eighth magician who was completely destroyed by the Magician Killer.

"Huh, the first step was successful, but the second and third steps are the most critical..."

Emiya Kiritsugu breathed a sigh of relief, put down the gun, and quickly walked to the side to check on Kenneth's condition. He didn't feel any emotion about such a result, nor did he feel sweaty or relieved.

Because this is a natural result, and this time it is the same as before, successful guidance coupled with a calculated conclusion.

——That’s all.

The target of provocation personally confirms that the two parties have terminated their previous alliance, so before a new magic contract is signed, the two parties can harm each other without restriction...

Through a series of performances, from being whimsical at the beginning to swallowing it later, the target's vigilance is gradually lowered, and then the target is appropriately guided to ask him to demonstrate his methods in person, so that he can directly take out the weapon without suspicion...

There is also the use of some means prepared in advance to attract the other party's attention at critical moments, coupled with some incomplete information given in advance, to mislead them into making the most wrong behavior at the critical moment, such as using the maximum Limited defensive magic...

In this way, the result is almost logical now. Although this series of plans requires Emiya Kiritsugu to take some risks, the success rate is more than half.

After all, the two of them had conducted targeted investigations before and obtained very detailed information about the man in front of them who had lost everything -

Kenneth Elmello Archibald, one of the Twelve Lords of the Clock Tower, Minister of Ore Science, first-level lecturer in Spiritual Science, and the ninth generation head of the Archibald family.

He is a very typical magician, but his character is more arrogant and conceited, because he showed talent enough to be hailed as a child prodigy when he was a student, and he is the youngest person in the history of spiritualism to hold the position of lecturer. .

Since Kenneth was a teenager, no one could solve any problem more perfectly than him, and his efforts did not go beyond the conventional sense of purpose. He simply believed that his research results would be better than others at a certain time and place. It's just better.

People regard him as a "genius". No one has doubted this title, and there is not even a threat to him, so he enjoys the title of "genius" as a matter of course.

Later, he worked in the Clock Tower. Among the numerous and remarkable research results, he also ranked among the best, which fully proved that he was not the kind of short-lived prodigy, and his abilities were not limited to his teenage years. .

That's it. Kenneth has always been the envy and jealousy of others, but he has no sense of satisfaction or achievement, because for him this is just the "inevitable result of life. It was like this in the past, and it must be like this in the future." It is a sacred and inviolable absolute truth.

Such a person is easily provoked, because the first half of his life has been smooth sailing without any setbacks, so his ability to withstand major setbacks is simply zero——

Because in his world in the past, he seemed to be the master of everything for granted. He is a talented and intelligent son of a famous family. Not only has he inherited the imprint of magic achievements passed down from generation to generation, but he also has talents that are rare in the world. He has never hit a wall or been troubled.

Once any "accident" occurs, for Kenneth, it is chaos that cannot be tolerated, and it is an insult and blasphemy to God's order.

So after waking up, Emiya Kiritsugu and Kuu Maiya immediately formulated such a plan for a dangerous move, because there was no better time to take action.

Kenneth's jealousy towards Lancer and his anger over what happened tonight have affected this genius who has no ability to withstand pressure, causing him to become confused and make wrong judgments.

Lancer was ordered to leave the building to be on guard, and Kenneth himself looked down on the two former allies who had just woken up and were extremely weak. Their guard was very low... If they didn't take action at this time, they would never have such a good opportunity in the future.

"Maiya, go and control that woman. According to the previous plan, bring her over to treat this lowly magician and hang his life..."

Feeling that a huge amount of magic power was approaching quickly, Emiya Kiritsugu gave the order as he expected.

Through the connection of the Heroic Spirit Contract, both the master and the servant can easily feel the other party's state. The fact that Kenneth's life is suddenly in danger cannot be hidden from Lancer.

So the second and third steps are the most difficult. Compared with that, killing Kenneth is nothing.

Kuu Maiya wasted no time and quickly rushed out of the door. Emiya Kiritsugu stood there and waited. He was sure that Lancer would throw a rat weapon. After all, it was impossible for the other party to just watch his master just because he had no choice but to do so. died after receiving treatment...

He didn't want to take this opportunity to eliminate Lancer's group, but he wanted to take this opportunity to control a servant again and regain the qualification to participate in the Holy Grail War. Only in this way could he possibly recover everything he had lost.