The last ray of sunset light was drowned out by the horizon, the sky suddenly darkened, and the night sky was filled with stars.

On the rooftops of the houses around the Emiya residence, shadows kept shuttling back and forth. They were the afterimages of the battle between Izawa Sugi and Emiya Kiritsugu.

Kiritsugu Emiya has discovered that Izawa Sugi seems to be able to flash in a short distance in space. While rolling and dodging, he tries hard to remember the locations where Izawa Sugi has appeared, and even uses those locations in reverse to ambush Izawa Sugi.

However, Izawa Sugi released two clones as bait, and almost punched Kiritsugu Emiya in the head.

For Izawa Sugi, Emiya Kiritsugu's inherent time control is a bit difficult to deal with. At critical moments, the passage of time can be suddenly accelerated or slowed down. In particular, such deceleration is irregular and can be activated at any time. Coupled with his superb assassination and evasion skills, the two of them were deadlocked here for a while.

But it doesn't matter. Ize Shan has already let one of his clones control a vine alone, along the base of the wall and the grass, winding and sneaking to the vicinity of another house.

There, Kiritsugu Emiya's protector, a cyborg, was holding a huge sickle, and seemed ready to seize the opportunity to help Kiritsugu Emiya attack Izawa Sugi.

The clanging sounds continued. While Izawa Sugi and Emiya Kiritsugu were fighting, Arthur and Berserker were also fighting.

I don't know what Illya was thinking. When Arthur took the initiative to leave the Guardian Mansion, she asked Berserker to chase him out and fight. The girl stood at the door of the mansion, seemingly concentrating on observing the battle, but in fact she was a little distracted.

Shirou Emiya in the kitchen also reacted. He dropped the wash basin and ran out with a rolling pin in his hand. He cast a strengthening magic on the rolling pin and stood in the yard, looking at Illya vigilantly.

Oberon carried the plate of strawberries and ate them while watching the show.

Even though the Emiya residence is located in a remote area, there are many ordinary people living around it. Emiya Shirou watched the war spread more and more worriedly, and couldn't help asking Illya, "Illya, why do you want to participate in the Holy Grail War?"

Illya suddenly came back to her senses. She looked at Shirou Emiya in surprise: "Why do you ask that?" After a pause, she said in surprise: "Do you really know nothing?"

Shirou Emiya was stunned: "What should I know?"

Illya thought about how Assassin Kiritsugu Emiya knew nothing, and then looked carefully at Shirou Emiya's expression. She slowly said, "Your father Kiritsugu Emiya was once a participant in the Holy Grail War."

Shirou Emiya looked a little unhappy: "I heard from the priest that even the last fire in Fuyuki City was caused by the Holy Grail War."

Illya's laughter is as clear as a bell.

"No, the one who caused the fire in Fuyuki City was Kiritsugu Emiya. It was he who shattered the Holy Grail, causing the fire of disaster to burn throughout Fuyuki City."

“…I believe in Kiritsugu.”

Shirou Emiya bit his lip tightly and said firmly, "If he did this, he must have his reasons."

If Kiritsugu Emiya really wanted to shatter the Holy Grail and destroy Fuyuki City on purpose, he wouldn't have searched the ruins for survivors, and wouldn't have held the hand of little Shirou Emiya and said, "Great, we saved one."

Illya's expression became gloomy. With a wave of her hand, two little birds made of white silk threads flew up from her side and rushed towards Shirou Emiya.

Shirou Emiya held the rolling pin tightly with both hands to block. The strengthened rolling pin was very strong, and with his sword training, he was able to barely block Kotori's attack.

Watching Shirou Emiya struggling to deal with Asuka, Illya glanced at the strange girl eating strawberries from a plate in the corridor.

She is on guard against the other party.

Illya saw that the other party's job title was Pretender, and such a job title would not appear in a normal Holy Grail War.

Thinking of what Kiritsugu Emiya said, that he came to fight the disaster, Illya believed it a little.

Illya glanced at Shirou Emiya who had just managed to escape the attack range of the bird: "Shirou, who is that Servant?"

Shirou Emiya panted slightly, and said calmly, "I won't tell you!"

Illya looked at Shirou Emiya steadily, and suddenly said, "Sera."

Since Shirou Emiya still has illusions, let Sera order Kiritsugu Emiya to come over and shatter his naivety!

But following Illya's order, Sera jumped down from the wall swinging a sickle, but in fact she was hit by someone.

The android crashed into the wall of the warehouse on the side of the Emiya mansion like a rag bag. Several dagger wounds appeared on her back, and at the same time, her arm with the Command Seal was cut off.

Illya was shocked: "Sera!!"

The next second, there was a bang, the sound of a gun rang out, and the bullet hit Serra's back. A green shadow flashed by, and then the man touched the ground with one hand: "I got you!"

The sound of jingling chains colliding was heard, and suddenly a dozen golden chains appeared on the ground. The chains were like ropes, tightly entangling a person who was trying to escape on the wall of the Wei Palace mansion.

As the opponent struggled and swayed, the red hood fell off, revealing his face.

That was none other than Emiya Kiritsugu.

Emiya Shirou's eyes widened.

Kiritsugu Emiya used the inherent time restraint of the Noble Phantasm several times in succession, but at this moment his master was killed by Izawa Sugi, and his body was tightly entangled by the diamond used to suppress magic. He was unable to break free for a while, nor could he use the Noble Phantasm to escape.

Izawa Sugi's figure only paused for two seconds. After making sure that he had caught Emiya Kiritsugu, he swiftly used Flying Thunder God to land behind Emiya Kiritsugu. He was about to kill him with one sword, but Emiya Shirou could not hold on any longer.

"Archer? No! Who are you?!"

Shirou Emiya felt that the golden chain used by the opponent looked very familiar. Although he could not see the enemy's face clearly, as a protector, he saw that the opponent's job classification was Lancer, and he was wearing a white robe and had long emerald green hair. He should not be Archer, the servant of Rin Tosaka.

Shirou Emiya gritted his teeth and raised his hand suddenly: "Saber!!"

Although he didn’t know why, that person was clearly Kiritsugu! His adoptive father, Kiritsugu Emiya! He wanted to save his father!

Under the effect of the Command Spell, Arthur, who was originally fighting with Berserker, arrived. A golden light swung down with the long sword, covering Izawa Sugi.

Izawa Sugi frowned slightly, and he quickly retreated, his emerald green hair curled up. At the same time, he swung the sword of promised victory with a chain wrapped around Kiritsugu Emiya, and smashed it towards Arthur.

Arthur only slightly adjusted the blade, and the flat surface of the long sword brushed against Emiya Kiritsugu, but he continued to attack Izawa Sugi without slowing down.

Ize Shan chuckled: "Good swordsmanship!"

Chains rushed in from all directions and directly entangled the long sword.

Arthur had only one way to deal with this. He made a sword flower and pulled hard, as if trying to pull Izawa Sugi over!

He has the power of a dragon, and he is fearless when it comes to strength!

Izawa Sugi immediately judged that if he was pulled over, he would definitely be hit head-on.

He acted decisively, loosened the chain directly, touched the ground with one hand, and prepared to activate the sealing formation again.

At this moment, Illya screamed: "Shirou?!"

Izawa Sugi and Arthur looked at the same time subconsciously, only to see that the girl who was sitting on the porch eating strawberries before was standing behind Shirou Emiya at some point. One of her hands turned into a pitch-black claw, and she used a black tiger heart-piercing move, directly piercing the boy's chest.

Izawa Sugi: “…”

Arthur looked at this scene in disbelief: "Merlin?!"

As Merlin said this, Oberon tore off the amethyst accessories on his white cloak, slowly revealing his true face.

He casually threw the cloak and staff to the place where the chains were wrapped around, and then the things and the chains disappeared together.

Oberon showed off his heavy lead-colored short hair, wore a dark blue star crown on his head, a jet-black feather cape, and had a malicious smile on his face.

"Wow, Arthur, I didn't expect you to believe me so easily, even though I have denied that I am not Merlin. Did the white dragon eat your intuition?"

Arthur: ???

Arthur: !!!

At this moment, the blond king was extremely furious. He could no longer see anyone else in his eyes except Oberon.

"You bastard——!!"

Think about what he had just revealed, think about his embarrassed expression, think about the complex and confused emotions he had revealed... ahhhhhhh, he was so angry!

Whenever Arthur thought about how he had just said so much to a person who didn't know who he was, he wanted to swing the Sword of Promised Victory, create a crack that would go straight to the center of the earth, and he could drill into it and never get out.

"How dare you tease me!!"

Arthur completely abandoned Izawa Sugi and did not rescue Emiya Kiritsugu. The extreme anger made the dragon's heart vibrate wildly, and even more terrifying magic and explosive power came from the furnace. He rushed towards Oberon like a cannonball, and the Sword of Promised Victory in his hand emitted a dazzling light.

Oberon burst into laughter, and threw Shirou Emiya's body towards Arthur. He then transformed himself into countless Moss Bugs and rushed towards Illya beside him like a wave.

Illya's face turned pale, and the white birds immediately coiled up to form a shield in front of her. At the same time, she shouted, "Berserker!"

It was also the Command Spell that came to the rescue. The next second, Berserker stood in front of Illya and killed the dark Moss Bug in front of him with his machete without hesitation.

Ize Shan watched in silence as Oberon bravely fought two men at once, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Whoosh——

Suddenly, an attack like a treasure came from a long distance, and Izawa Sugi hurriedly retreated to avoid the arrow sent from Ryudo Temple.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the chains loosened a little, Kiritsugu Emiya used the last of his magic power to activate his Noble Phantasm and break free from the chains.

He shot Izawa Sugi!

Izawa Sugi pulled the chain to block Kiritsugu Emiya's bullets, and at the same time kept changing positions to prevent being sniped from a long distance by Acher who was far away in Ryudo Temple.

On the other side, Arthur caught the dying Shirou Emiya, "Shirou!"

He was extremely upset. If it weren't for his credulity, how could the Lord be backstabbed? !

But when Arthur carefully examined Shirou Emiya's wound, he was surprised to find that the wound was slowly healing!

"Berserker?!"

Illya's scream made Arthur look over subconsciously, and he was shocked.

Berserker's towering figure was swarming with pitch-black, strange creatures that looked like a swarm of insects. Just one look at it filled him with fear, hatred, disgust, and anger, and he wanted to swing his sword and kill it.

Suddenly, Arthur knew what it was.

It is a disaster that will bring destruction to the world.