People in Type-Moon start from adopting Sakura

"It seems like I have a better chance of winning right now. Maybe she'll really turn into Merry this time. Hehehe... I finally have a new theme for my magical girl."

While thinking, the old man took his game from the owner, then took out a gem from his pocket and handed it to him, and finally pushed the door open and left.

"Wait, guest..."

The shop owner holding the gem was obviously frightened by the old man's behavior.

He held the gorgeous gem in his hand, then quickly opened the door and rushed out.

But the old man had disappeared.

Chapter 6: The Final Plan (5K words)

Fuyuki City neighborhood.

Near Kenneth's temporary base.

"The King's Banquet... Heroes gather to discuss the Way of Kings?"

On the bench at the edge of the block, Finn, who was stopped by Iskandar while on patrol, muttered to himself while thinking about what he had just said to him.

"That's right, Lancer, it's just as you thought. Scathach, Archer, and King Arthur, I will all be attending. Four kings have already gathered for the banquet, and since we're holding a banquet, it's best to have a lively atmosphere, so we'd like to invite the rest of you to join us in the feast."

The burly man standing in front of Finn, with his hands on his hips, was describing the banquet in vivid detail, and looked sincere in wanting to bring Finn along.

But compared to his high spirits, the expression on Finn's face beside him looked much calmer.

"The King's Banquet, what a magnificent name! What a feast it would be with all the heroes and kings gathered here? It reminds me of the feasts of the heroes of the Knights of Fianna during my lifetime. I still remember that the one who drank the most was..."

As he spoke, he was thinking, but when he said this, a figure that made him a little unhappy emerged in Finn's mind. He frowned and then sighed.

"What's wrong with you? Lancer, are you thinking of some bad memories?"

Iskandar asked.

"No, nothing. I just thought about some grudges from my past life."

Finn laughed at himself. "Logically, our feud should have ended at the end of each other's lives. I didn't expect that even as a Heroic Spirit, I still can't let it go. This is truly shameful."

"Hahahaha, what's the big deal? Doesn't this just prove that you dare to love and hate? It doesn't matter. Even if I see Darius again now, I'm afraid I'll have the same complicated feelings as you!"

"maybe……"

"Well, what do you think? Finn, would you like to come along? You are a rare hero, and I believe that if you were to attend this banquet, I would definitely hear more profound and different insights."

Iskandar asked again.

"I am also very interested in this banquet, and would certainly like to go if I could. However, I must follow my master's orders. I have come to this world to protect my master's life and help him win the Holy Grail War."

"Although this grand banquet is very attractive to me, I cannot abandon my mission because of my personal feelings. That is not what a knight does. If my negligence causes harm to my lord, wouldn't it be a repetition of the tragedy of my previous life? So I need to reconsider..."

Finn said, narrowing his eyes before shaking his head slightly.

"Hahaha! You are truly worthy of being like this. You are always thinking about the Master and always putting the Master's safety first. Lancer, you are truly a true knight. I admire you even more. If I could have a loyal and unparalleled hero like you in my lifetime, I believe I would have achieved even greater feats, right?"

After hearing Finn's words, Iskandar had a better impression of the knight in front of him.

"You are too kind. I am just a knight who has made some achievements in martial arts. I am not as great as you imagine."

"Who knows? Anyway, I'm quite confident in my own vision. But, you mean that as long as Lemonhead agrees, we can go, am I right?"

Iskandar shrugged, then spoke to Finn again to confirm.

"Of course, if the Lord agrees to go, then as a knight, I naturally have no reason to refuse."

Finn nodded slightly.

"Is that so... That's easy then."

Hearing Finn's words, Iskandar laughed out loud, and then without hesitation, he turned around and ran towards the base with the game in his hand.

"Just wait, Lancer. I'll go convince that lemonhead! See you tonight!"

"Eh?"

Before Finn could react, Iskandar's huge body rushed straight down the street.

This made him a little worried, thinking:

"The King of Conquerors, are you planning to use some violent means to force your lord to submit? No, that's unlikely."

"Although Rider's behavior is rough, he is more casual and unconcerned with details. His words reveal confidence and dominance. Such a king... is truly admirable."

Finn smiled and murmured a few words before standing up from the bench and resuming his patrol duties.

……

On the other side, the Matou family.

"Master Crowley, are you serious about this proposal?"

Zouken Matou looked at the invitation to the banquet handed over by Scathach, then looked at Lowe who came to visit him specially, and his rotten eyelids began to twitch wildly.

He found it hard to imagine that such a stupid thing could happen.

However, compared to these stupid things, it seemed much less serious when he saw that his useless descendant let King Arthur escape because he failed to control Lancelot.

"It's a rare banquet invitation, isn't that great? It's just a gathering of heroic spirits, so it's okay to let them carry it out."

Luo Wei spoke as he sat on a chair and played chess with Matou Zouken.

"So... you're almost sure of victory?"

Matou Zouken looked at Luo Wei in front of him with a strange look and then spoke.

"Hmm... about right. If you include Lancelot, we have the combined strength of four Servants, each of whom is first-rate or even exceptional. If we concentrate our strength, no one in the Holy Grail War will be able to withstand us."

Luo Wei put down the chess piece and continued speaking.

"Kill Archer first, then destroy Saber. If only we're left, then the outcome is settled. Isn't it?"

"That's true, but you were hiding pretty well originally. Neither Einzbern nor Tōsaka knew of your existence. So what are you trying to do by deliberately exposing yourself now?"

Matou Zouken continued.

"Because they knew about Assassin's presence, they didn't want to reveal themselves for safety reasons. Now that the assassin is dead, there's naturally no need to hide. Am I right?"

"Yes...you are absolutely right."

You've thought it all out for me, what could be wrong?

Luo Wei complained in his heart, but remained calm on the surface.

Matou Zouken is a suspicious person by nature and thinks a lot about some things.

It is precisely because of this that his cleverness backfired.

He could never have guessed that his so-called hiding for safety was actually hiding in the earth veins beneath the Holy Grail to continuously extract and purify the Holy Grail's magic power in order to perfect his supreme ceremonial outfit.

What is even more unimaginable is that this generation's Winter Saint, Irisviel, was taken away by Aozaki Touko on the first night.

He is now being held in the basement, acting as a guinea pig, analyzing the secrets between the Third Law and the Holy Grail.

That is to say...

At this point in the Holy Grail War, the outcome can basically be said to have been decided.

Apart from the unfathomable and terrifying combat power of Gilgamesh, the rest have been calculated clearly.

All he had to do next was to trick Rider and Lancer into giving up during the attack on Tohsaka. Their deaths at the hands of Gilgamesh would completely wipe out the board, and he only had to ensure that Scathach would secure a victory over the remaining Gilgamesh and Altria.

As for Lancelot?

It's definitely a roadside bug. This time, I'll probably have to kill it all together and clean it up. By the time Lancelot is done, this old bug will have died...

He was thinking calmly in his heart, but unconsciously, a hint of murderous intent appeared in Luo Wei's eyes, which were slightly smiling.

Hey.

The chess piece fell gently, and soon after, Luo Wei's veteran general had defeated Matou Zouken's veteran general on the chessboard.

He smiled at Matou Zouken and said calmly, "...General."

"You're so amazing! You can actually beat me at chess..."

"It seems that I am really old."

Seeing that the chess game had been won by Luo Wei, Matou Zouken didn't say much, but just nodded slightly.

"At least you know what's going on."

Indeed, as Luo Wei said, the current situation is very good. Tōsaka Tokiomi and the Einzbern family have formed an alliance. The original three riders have been reduced to two, and King Arthur is also seriously injured.

On his side, he and Rowe were a pair of riders, while Rowe and his master El-Melloi were a pair of riders, adding up to a total of four riders with top combat power.

In other words, if they acted together now, it would be no problem to defeat the other two. Once there were only four of them left, the situation would become clear.

Rowe cooperated with him and signed a letter of intent, not to attack each other and not to allow Queen Scathach to attack Berserker, so his only enemies were Lancer and Rider.

If Lancer and Rider truly cooperated in good faith, it would indeed make things difficult.

However, it's not completely impossible.

He could also leave some backup plans when attacking Archer, allowing Lancelot to conserve his strength during the battle, and then when Rider and Lancer defeated Archer, he would let Berserker finish them off.

Anyway, he hadn't signed a writing competition with El-Melloi and the others, so even if he let Berserker finish them off, there would be no punishment at all.

At that time, he could eliminate the other two knights without any effort, and Lancelot and Scathach would be left to defeat the only remaining King Arthur.

Well, it's a perfect plan.

but……

The only problem was that Zouken Matou did not correctly assess Gilgamesh's strength.

And the mutual restraint between Gilgamesh and Iskandar's Noble Phantasms.

His plan presupposed a crushing victory for Gilgamesh over Finn and Iskandar, or a crushing victory for Iskandar and Finn over Gilgamesh. If the balance of power was severely imbalanced, Lancelot would ultimately be defeated if he attempted to attack.

Looking at Matou Zouken who looked thoughtful in front of him, Luo Wei closed his eyes slightly...

In this situation, it goes without saying that Gilgamesh would never show the same careless attitude as when he fought against Shirou Emiya in the Fifth Holy Grail War.

Facing Lancelot, Iskandar and Finn, three heavyweight players, he will definitely use his best skills.

In other words, this Gilgamesh must be the serious intelligence Gilgamesh passed down by word of mouth among friends in the previous life, an existence that is infinitely close to the hand-operated Shining.

At this level, if he didn't plan to let Scathach join the battle, it was hard to say whether the three of them could win if they gave their all, not to mention if Lancelot let him win. Rowe could probably foresee the fate of these three guys in his mind.

The only one who can defeat Gilgamesh is his Scathach.

Scathach was also very calm about the fact that she was fighting Gilgamesh. Even if you have unlimited magic, I may not be able to defeat him if I use that trump card. After all, the Sword of Separation is really too restraining for her and Iskandar...

Luo Wei wasn't surprised by this. After all, reality wasn't a game. A situation like Scathach's Noble Phantasm using a counter attack, where she could kill a single Gilgamesh with a single shot, was simply impossible.

In other words, if you want to achieve stable victory, it is not enough to just have what you have. You must have something that can withstand the Sword of Separation. And the situation just happens that there is actually something in this Holy Grail War that can completely withstand the Sword of Separation.

As long as he could get that, not only would Artoria be completely eliminated as a threat, he would also be fully confident that Scathach would be able to eat Gilgamesh.

By that time...

He is the real winner-takes-all.

Thinking of this, Luo Wei swept the chess pieces off the chessboard and dropped them into the box under the table.

The answer is already in my heart.

It just so happens that this banquet allows him to contact Emiya Kiritsugu in advance.

Although that thing is indeed precious to Emiya Kiritsugu, don't forget that he now has a bargaining chip in his hand that can force Emiya Kiritsugu to agree.

Moreover, the Holy Grail War is not only a battle between Servants, but also a competition between Masters.

If it was a battle between masters, Luo Wei was very confident that he would be invincible at this moment, and even if Teacher Kenneth came, he would not be his opponent.

If that guy Emiya Kiritsugu really made a choice that surprised him.

So……

If necessary, you can also try to kill him and take the treasure.

“Emiya Kiritsugu…”

Luo Wei thought of the man who blindly believed in justice and gradually fell into madness, who talked about saving the world every day and was actually putting his efforts into practice.