The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

The hall was empty, and the scattered items indicated that someone had just evacuated from here.

As Kenneth continued walking into the castle, he had only taken a few steps when countless mechanisms suddenly shot out from the surrounding walls and flew towards him.

The moon spirit essence transformed into a sphere, easily blocking the attack.

"Found it..."

While defending the defensive mechanisms, Kenneth also controlled the Moon Spirit Essence to search for Kiritsugu Emiya and the others.

Unfortunately, apart from Kiritsugu Emiya who stayed behind, it seems that everyone else in the entire castle has already run away.

But that's enough.

After all, Kenneth's purpose in coming to Eindzbern Castle today was simply to avenge the explosion last night.

Let Irisviel run away, as long as that scoundrel of the magic world, Kiritsugu Emiya, is still around...

"Master, there's a battle ahead..."

As soon as Hachiman Hikigaya stepped into the forest, Karna, who was standing nearby, became wary.

"Oh? Who are they?"

Upon hearing Karna mention that a battle had broken out in Einzbern, Hachiman Hikigaya's face immediately lit up with curiosity.

Although he dismissed Kotomine Risei's words with disdain, Kotomine Risei still held considerable authority in the eyes of the other contestants.

Just now, Kotomine Risei said that the Masters wanted to stop the war. Who would be so blatant as to slap him in the face?

"There were two battles in total. One was between Caster and Saber, and the other involved two mages and a Heroic Spirit. Strangely, however, the Heroic Spirit remained hidden to the sidelines and didn't participate in the battle..."

"Is it that guy?"

Upon hearing that there were magicians fighting, the first person that came to Hachiman Hikigaya's mind was Kenneth, whom he had met that morning.

Given that guy's arrogance, he's actually capable of having Heroic Spirits watch from the sidelines while he personally takes the stage...

Of course, it could be other contestants, but due to insufficient information, Hachiman Hikigaya shouldn't make wild guesses.

Hachiman quickened his pace and, with Karna in tow, charged toward the battlefield where Caster was.

Rather than watching a duel between magicians, he would much rather take down that despicable Caster who likes to torture and kill children!

...........

"Hahaha, Joan of Arc..."

Gil looked at Artoria, who was trapped by the monster he had summoned, with a silly grin on his face.

Just as he was imagining the wonderful time he would have after welcoming the 'Joan of Arc' back, a bright red light suddenly flashed in the sky, and then a man holding a long spear and wearing golden armor descended from the sky amidst flames.

With a single strike, she annihilated all the monsters surrounding Artoria.

“lancer.......”

Artoria looked at Karna, who had suddenly appeared in front of her, with a complicated expression.

"It's nice to see you again, Miss Saber."

After Karna defeated all the monsters, Hachiman Hikigaya also emerged from the forest with Sakura.

After nodding and greeting Artoria, Hachiman Hikigaya immediately ordered Karna to kill the rather lewd-looking Heroic Spirit in front of him!

Chapter 218 Diarmuid's Revenge

Upon receiving Hachiman Hikigaya's order, Karna picked a spear and charged towards Caster without saying a word.

"Ugh, damn it!"

Gilles looked at Karna rushing towards him with a look of disgust on his face.

However, he was well aware that the monster minions he had summoned were no match for the newly appeared heroic spirit before him!

Gil casually grabbed a small child nearby who was infested with magical beast genes but had not yet fully hatched and threw it at Karna. At the same time, Gil summoned more magical beasts through the grimoire in his hand to block Karna's advance.

He then muttered a spell, and the magic in the air began to tilt towards him.

"Mr. Hachiman, what are you doing here?"

Although she was very grateful for Karna's timely help, the appearance of Hachiman Hikigaya and the others at the Einzbern castle at this critical moment still made Artoria wary.

"Actually, I came to see Irisviel today to discuss something. But it seems I've come at the wrong time..."

Glancing in the direction of the castle, Hachiman Hikigaya, through his familiar, discovered that a man in a black trench coat was being driven to the brink by Kenneth.

Although Hachiman Hikigaya was somewhat surprised that Irisviel was not in the castle, he still kindly reminded Artoria of the news that the castle had been attacked.

"!!!"

Artoria was shocked to learn from Hachiman Hikigaya that the castle had been attacked.

After all, she had been fighting for so long, and Kiritsugu Emiya hadn't called her back.

"Thank you very much for the information..."

Artoria gave Hachiman Hikigaya a grateful look and hurried back.

"So now there are only four people left here..."

Watching Artoria's departing figure, Hachiman Hikigaya turned to look at Gil, who was struggling against Karna's attacks.

"Karna, kill him!"

"Yes!"

Upon receiving Hachiman Hikigaya's order, flames instantly ignited on Karna's spear, accompanied by a powerful aura emanating from his body. Hachiman Hikigaya's magical power rapidly diminished at a visible speed.

"You damned bastards, you just wait!"

A sense of dread, as if shrouded in death, suddenly gripped Jill's heart.

Now that Artoria had left, Gilles, without a trace of regret, immediately ordered his master, Ryunosuke Uryu, to summon her back.

"Disappeared?"

Hachiman Hikigaya, whose magic was almost drained by Karna, stared blankly at the spot where Caster had disappeared.

I have absolutely no idea how they managed to escape.

Karna had already locked onto him!

"This must be the effect of the cursed seal..."

Slowly withdrawing his aura, Karna put away his weapon and returned to Hachiman Hikigaya's side, pointing to the cursed seal on the back of his hand and guessing.

"Doesn't that mean that if a Heroic Spirit can't win, they'll have three chances to escape?"

Upon hearing Karna's conjecture, Hachiman Hikigaya immediately felt a headache coming on.

Fuyuki City is neither very big nor very small.

If that caster continues to hide and doesn't show himself, he really won't have any way to deal with it...

"Hey, wait..."

Hachiman Hikigaya, who was covering his forehead with a helpless expression, suddenly froze for a moment.

Why does he have to use a magician's mindset to solve the problem?

Doesn't he have another system?!

Why not just scan the entire city of Fuyuki, then select the areas with particularly high magical power and eliminate them one by one?

.................

"You cunning insect, let's see where you run this time!"

Kenneth had successfully cornered Kiritsugu Emiya. Looking at Kiritsugu, who was holding a strangely shaped pistol and preparing for a final stand, he shook his head disdainfully and then ordered the Moon Spirit Liquid to launch an attack.

"boom!"

"when!"

"what?!"

The Origin Bullet, imbued with hope, easily pierced through the Moon Spirit Marrow's defenses and flew towards Kenneth, who wore a bewildered expression. However, halfway through its flight, a black figure suddenly appeared between the two, deflecting the bullet with a spear.

“Berserker.........”

Kiritsugu Emiya looked solemnly at the Heroic Spirit who appeared before him.

The next second, a familiar arm holding a pistol flew up in front of him, and then he felt a sharp pain in the root of his right arm.

"Well......"

Clutching his wound, Kiritsugu Emiya used magic to stop the bleeding while staggering backward.

"I was careless..."

A bitter smile flashed across his face.

Kiritsugu Emiya originally thought that Kenneth's aloof personality would prevent him from bringing Servants with him, but he was wrong...

"Berserker?"

Kenneth looked equally astonished as he saw Diarmuid suddenly appear before him and save his life.

He clearly sent Diarmuid to deal with Caster before he arrived, so why is he here?

"........"

Diarmuid, emanating black aura, nodded at Kenneth's call, then turned to look at Kiritsugu Emiya with a sinister grin.

The yellow dagger pierced into Kiritsugu Emiya's body, and Diarmuid carefully controlled the dagger to move across Kiritsugu's body surface, leaving behind symbols unique to Ireland that represent insults and curses.

After branding himself, Diarmuid once again raised his crimson spear and plunged it into Kiritsugu Emiya's legs.

Suddenly, two dark holes appeared in Kenneth's sight.

Kenneth, who never expected his Heroic Spirit to use such cruel methods, quickly turned his head away, no longer wanting to look at Kiritsugu Emiya's miserable state.

Looking at Kiritsugu Emiya's face contorted with pain, Diarmuid felt a surge of pleasure.

After venting his rage, the annihilating yellow rose was raised again, ready to plunge into the chest of the man before him, whom he had crawled out of hell with hatred.

However, a flash of white light appeared before them, and a gust of wind filled with anger and anxiety swept in from the side.