Lost Narrative Poetry

"Is this your response? Archer..."

Lancer looked forward with eyes stained with blood and tears, and saw Gilgamesh standing proudly with his arms folded, and the mocking face that he had expected. He knelt down in a pool of his own blood. He tried to speak in a hoarse, low voice.

"I just thought you had the courage to confront me openly, but I didn't expect you to have such an idea..."

He really felt that Gilgamesh, who claimed to be the king of all heroes, had really fulfilled his responsibilities as a hero just now. After he launched the challenge in an upright manner, he chose to fight openly.

Neither using a group of Noble Phantasms to suppress fire, nor intending to directly use the EX-level super-standard Noble Phantasm that had broken Rider's "King's Army" before, he just stood in front of him openly——

Lancer originally felt ashamed of this, so he decided not to use the Noble Phantasm, and even stated his name seriously to let the other party prepare for any response.

After all, the opponent is obviously a heroic spirit who is not good at martial arts, or in other words, he can't use anything else except the Noble Phantasm.

Therefore, if you cannot use your only advantage, which is the Noble Phantasm, and force the opponent to use your shortcomings to counter Lancer's strengths, then it would be unfair to Gilgamesh... so Lancer felt ashamed.

"Hmph, this is just a script by that guy Kotomine Kirei. He likes to make others despair and suffer. You bastard is just a part of it when he was torturing Emiya Kiritsugu. But this is just what I want. Mind……"

Gilgamesh sneered and said arrogantly but disapprovingly.

"Do you really think that any bastard is qualified to challenge this king? Stop wishful thinking. You have no self-awareness. Your arrogance just now is enough for this king to cut you into pieces——"

Having said this, he paused for a moment, admiring the embarrassment and fate of the bastard in front of him, and showed a rather ferocious smile:

"It's just that you are now allowed to simply commit suicide in front of me as an apology. It is already a special gift from me. You dare to speak so brazenly and comment on my courage... Bastard, who gave you the confidence? God wouldn’t dare talk to me like that.”

Lancer, who was kneeling in a pool of blood, said nothing and didn't want to say anything. His mood at this moment was unexpectedly calm, and he even felt that he was finally free.

Gilgamesh has indeed always been so arrogant, but he himself is indeed a little arrogant——

Faced with such a brittle, arrogant and arrogant piece of shit, you really think that the other party will have some kind of heroic responsibility and a king's understanding, and you are even ready to paddle. Such misunderstandings are not arrogant. What is arrogance...

Lancer really planned to paddle just now. After all, as he said, most heroic spirits have their own pride and dignity, and they can't really accept it, be submissive, and behave as if they have no bottom line.

Just like when Arturia faced Xia Ran before, she also insisted on non-violence and non-cooperation. On the surface, she recognized him as the new Master, but in fact, she was still concerned about Irisviel.

On the surface, because he is afraid of throwing a rat weapon, he is equivalent to having his life controlled by others, so he cannot openly resist or confront the master's instructions. However, he still violates the master's instructions by giving a discount or something. It can be done.

——Of course, Arturia was forced to agree to accept the new master-slave relationship before, but now she took the initiative to sign the selling contract because she was worried about Irisviel, although she was probably still reluctant. Yes, but at least the attitude will be corrected.

Because there is a big difference between being forced to agree to a master-slave contract, and actively proposing conditions in exchange for loyalty, for the vast majority of heroic spirits who are proud and dignified.

Perhaps they are essentially forced to do so, and they are reluctant in their hearts, but they will do their best for the latter. To put it bluntly, it's probably a subtle difference between being forced and threatened by others, and asking for help on their own initiative.

Lancer is also in the same situation. If he actively asked to use himself as a bargaining chip in order to save Kenneth's life, then at this time, he would definitely do his best to follow Emiya Kiritsugu's instructions. Because the conditions he proposed on his own initiative, no matter how angry and aggrieved he was, these words were just like the promises he made and could never be broken...

However, Emiya Kiritsugu is a very realistic man. He never cares about the Servant's personality or character. Even when he was the master of Saber, he never considered having a good relationship with him.

In the eyes of this magician killer, Servants are just higher-level familiars. They can be used as tools at will, without caring about their personality and will. If that doesn't work, there are still mandatory commands from the Command Seals...

It is precisely because of this that he repeatedly behaved unscrupulously and shamelessly in the original plot, which completely angered Saber——

Later on, after Emiya Kiritsugu tricked Kenneth into killing Lancer on the condition of "letting you go", he then asked Maiya to torture and kill both Kenneth.

Saber no longer regards him as her master at all, but only regards him as the enemy she must kill. The two people are so alienated from each other... It is also because Emiya Kiritsugu met King Arthur. , instead of the Bastard King.

Otherwise, there is absolutely no chance that this man will reach the final stage, and he will die of frustration under the calculations of his own tools.

Therefore, Lancer is like this now. He doesn't feel that he has any responsibility towards Emiya Kiritsugu, nor does he feel that he has made any warrior's promise or oath, so naturally he is ready to paddle or something...

What he didn't expect was that Emiya Kiritsugu would move faster and trick him first. Emiya Kiritsugu said that he would use the Command Seal, and he did use the Command Seal, but the order he gave was for Lancer to commit suicide.

How ironic...

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"...Sure enough, the magician was right. A clown like you can actually claim to be the king of all heroes. No wonder Uruk at that time had only one way to perish..."

The radiance on his body dimmed, and Lancer, who was fading and disappearing, looked at Gilgamesh who looked arrogant in front of him, sighed softly, and accepted the ending calmly.

"Bastard! What are you talking about! Do you know what you are talking about——!! Damn it, I will cut you into pieces..."

Gilgamesh, who was admiring the unconscious bastard's painful death in front of his eyes, instantly turned red when he heard the spearman's comments, and an angry gaze shot out of them.

At the same time, in the void behind him, there was a huge amount of magic rolling and surging, and a strange flame-like aura arose. Along with distortions and ripples, the shining brilliance of the Noble Phantasm appeared in the void.

Probably because he really didn't need to be stingy with magic power at all. Even if he used such a conventional attack, he could blast out nearly a hundred pieces of Noble Phantasm at once - in the past, it was almost unimaginable. After all, eight pieces were the norm. Sixteen items are to increase attack strength, and thirty-two items are already taken seriously...

Even if he has the A+ level "alone action" skill, even when using large-scale magic power, the support of the Master is not necessary, and it does not mean that he can really ignore the magic power problem completely.

Because "not necessary" means that he can decide on his own whether he needs to use magic power on a large scale at critical moments. At that time, he does not necessarily need the support of the Master. He can use his own magic power reserves... but it is not absolutely necessary. External supply of mana.

Although the A+ level "alone action" skill is an out-of-standard ability such as "the ability to continue to manifest even after the Holy Grail War is over".

But if one's own magic power is completely consumed, even if the Holy Grail War is not over yet, the contract with the Master still exists, and oneself will not be defeated and destroyed, but what should disappear must still disappear...

This is why in the previous battle at Seaside Park, Gilgamesh needed to extract Tokiomi Tokiomi's magic power. He wasted a lot of magic power in the previous battle. If he didn't do that, he could still do it by simply turning on the power. But after firing his ultimate move, he himself had to leave the game immediately.

In the original plot, although he continued to stay in the present world after the Holy Grail War, he had to rely on eating children to support himself until ten years later.

Another example is King Daimao. She was not defeated and eliminated, but she was in an extreme state. She was ordered by Emiya Kiritsugu's double command spell to release the Holy Sword and destroy the Holy Grail. After exhausting her magic power, she was directly killed. Disappeared...

As for now, it can only be said that Gilgamesh really doesn't worry about magic power anymore. He is extravagant to an unimaginable level.

All the Noble Phantasms were projected out, and the destructive power was still huge!

Rumble——! !

Almost the entire street was lifted up in an instant, as if a large number of bombs prepared in advance were detonated at the same time, and the asphalt turned into dust and flew everywhere, covering all the vision with the snowflakes in the sky. .

Accompanied by a burst of shaking movement, it seemed to be a huge noise, but it had no meaning, because Lancer had already lost his entity, turned into a hazy shadow and collapsed before the intensive bombardment arrived.

The group of Noble Phantasms was empty, all of them were misses...

Maybe this ending is pretty good. At least Lancer passed away peacefully, without too much resentment or unwillingness. Probably because he never felt that Emiya Kiritsugu was his master, and now naturally he has not been killed in the original plot. The kind of resentment that caused Kenneth to order his suicide.

Moreover, it was a mandatory order from the Command Seal, and he couldn't resist it. Although it was a pity, he could only leave like this - with a little regret and anger, as well as disdain and ridicule for the Bastard King, he left this world like this. No curse left behind.

Gilgamesh was furious. This damn bastard dared to say such words to himself before he died. He really couldn't wait to...

"Huh?" As if he noticed something, the extremely furious Golden Archer turned his head to look, with a ferocious and twisted expression on his face. "It's just the right time. The King's anger should be washed away with blood!"

At the entrance at the end of the street opposite, Xia Ran's feet landed gently, then put down the petite body in her arms, and then frowned and looked at the severely damaged street in front of her.

Saber got down from his arms and stood up quickly. She didn't show any squirm or unnaturalness because of the princess hug just now. She just glanced around anxiously, sizing up the surrounding environment, trying to search for the one she wanted to see. figure...

Because on the way here, she had already heard Xia Ran tell the secret.

An important part of the ritual system of the Holy Grail War is also the information about Irisviel as the "Holy Grail Vessel" - Irisviel is an artificial being of the Einzbern family and is also used as the carrier of the Holy Grail. And the tools are designed and manufactured.

Once a Servant is eliminated during the Holy Grail War, his soul will be automatically absorbed into her body. After about four or five Servants are eliminated, that gentle woman will completely lose her functions as a human being.

At that time, her body will inevitably begin to automatically collapse and decompose, because the Holy Grail has already begun to be gestated from her body at that time...