The Ultimate Lich King

Fuyuki City, Japan.

The man in black trench coat looked up at the bustling street scene in front of him, and immediately dropped the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground and stamped it out.

This is the main battlefield of the Holy Grail War in history, and it is also the location of the war that will begin ten years later.

The reason why Emiya Kiritsugu set foot in this place was precisely because the other two major families among the three Gossip families were located on this land.

The Tosaka family and the Matou family.

Emiya Kiritsugu had a reason why he had to participate in the Holy Grail War, but Einzbern was just a choice. Now that this option has been taken advantage of by someone else, it’s better to find another option.

Emiya Kiritsugu had already mastered the information about the Matou family and Tohsaka family in great detail. After some analysis, Emiya Kiritsugu decided on the target.

It is obviously impossible for the Tohsaka family. The head of the Tosaka family, Tosaka Toki, is in his prime, has just been married, and has licked two daughters. It is obvious that he will not need his external help.

But another family was different.

As the last of the three imperial families, the Matou family can be said to have been in decline until now. Not to mention the family's decline, the two heirs were not even interested in the family's magic, and even moved out of the Matou family's ancestral home and lived outside.

At this time, the great magician of the Matou family must be very troubled. The Holy Grail War is imminent, but until now, no suitable candidate has been found to participate in this war.

Following the guidance of the map in his hand, it didn't take long for Emiya Kiritsugu to arrive at the Matou family's mansion. This inconspicuous old house looked even more gloomy than Emiya Kiritsugu had imagined. It was no wonder that the two heirs of the Matou family had moved out.

The current head of the Matou family is named Matou Tsuruno, but he is an ordinary person without any magical qualities. Because of his poor talent, he basically didn't learn any magic about the Matou family.

Although Matou Tsuruno is the head of the family, the power of the Matou family is actually still in the hands of the Matou family's great magician, Matou Zouken.

However, due to the characteristics of its magic, it is obviously not very popular. Maybe it's because of this that his two descendants are so resistant to the Matou family's magic, right?

But to Emiya Kiritsugu, nothing mattered, not even the messenger insect, as long as he could be exchanged for enough power to allow him to participate in the Holy Grail War, everything would be no problem.

With this thought in mind, Emiya Kiritsugu immediately opened the door of Matou's house without hesitation and walked into this gloomy old house.

"Oh...it's really a rare visitor. No one has visited the Matou family for I don't know how many years."

As if he had anticipated Emiya Kiritsugu's arrival, the moment he stepped into the mansion, the only one living in the house, this half-mortal old man said so.

I can't find any suitable adjectives, so I can only use words like half-dead, right?

This was what appeared before Emiya Kiritsugu.

Bald, limbs as thin as a mummy. The sunken eye sockets reveal a slender look, and he is an unusual weirdo in both appearance and behavior.

According to the information in the hands of Emiya Kiritsugu, the identity of this old man in the Matou family register is recorded as Matou Tsuruno's father. But in the family tree, Matou Tsuruno's great-grandfather, and even his ancestors three generations ago, all have the name Matou Zouken.

If there were no special reasons, the old man standing in front of him might have lived for hundreds of years.

Calling it a monster is really not an exaggeration.

However, Emiya Kiritsugu showed no fear at all. He just stared at the old man in front of him with a look of greed in his eyes with indifference.

Matou Zangyan was indeed very envious of the young, strong and powerful body standing in front of him.

Although Matou Zouken has lived for hundreds of years, his body will continue to wear out and he has to replace his body frequently. When the body is obviously damaged, it is resurrected using the body of another person as a substitute. This is how Zang Yan continues to live as a parasite on the bodies of others.

And the body of Emiya Kiritsugu in front of him was undoubtedly a great complement to Matou Zangyan.

If it weren't for the faint fluctuations of magic markings on his body, perhaps Matou Zouken wouldn't be able to help but take action directly.

However, the fact that the other party might be a magician made Matou Zouken give up the idea. It would be terrible if the other party was someone sent by the Magic Association and he killed the other party recklessly.

Matou Zouken knew that if he existed and what he did to survive was discovered by the Magic Association, he would undoubtedly be punished by the seal.

That would be no different from death, so Matou Zangyan would never let that happen.

"I'm sorry to disturb you late at night, but my name is Emiya Kiritsugu. Maybe you have heard of this name?"

"Oh? Is it the magician killer that has been making a lot of noise recently? Who asked you to kill the old man?"

As Matou Zouken spoke, he slowly narrowed his eyes, looking at Emiya Kiritsugu standing in front of him with a certain amount of caution.

Emiya Kiritsugu's name was made entirely out of the magician's blood and corpses. Even Matou Zouken did not dare to underestimate the man in front of him who did not seem to have strong magic power fluctuations.

"No, it's not like that. My visit to the Matou family today is actually a merciless invitation."

Emiya Kiritsugu shook his head to show that he was not hostile.

"Oh...if you have any unwelcome request, why don't you tell me and listen to it?"

"Ten years from now will be the day when the Fourth Holy Grail War begins again, right?"

"That's right...but it's a pity that our Matou family may have to withdraw from this Holy Grail War."

Matou Zangyan said this and let out a helpless sigh.

"The old two sons are so unsatisfactory. They don't even have the slightest interest in the ancestral magic of the Matou family. In this Holy Grail War... I'm afraid there is no one who can replace the Matou family."

"So...what do you think of me?"

"kindness?"

When Emiya Kiritsugu said this, Matou Zangyan was slightly startled.

"What do you think about it if I were to fight on behalf of the Matou family, Father?"

The title of father made Matou Zangyan speechless, and soon the half-mortal old man just sat on the chair and laughed.

The hoarse laughter sounded for a long time, and then finally slowly stopped.

"Interesting...interesting, but...since you dare to consider yourself a father, are you ready to inherit the Matou family's magic?"

"Of course...it's just the insect's magic. I've already been prepared for it."

Emiya Kiritsugu stared at the Matou Zouken and said firmly.

He has long had the consciousness to give up everything, in order to obtain the Holy Grail, in order to realize the great wish in his heart!