Their commission was suspicious.

Curse II!

The Six Command Seals directly enhanced Assassin's strength to several times its original level.

Now, five Assassins are enough to hold Saber back for the time being!

Chapter 698 Assassin: I'm sorry, I want to be a good person now!

"Go, entangle Saber," Kirei Kotomine ordered Assassin.

With the blessing of the Six Command Seals, five Assassins quickly appeared beside Kirei Kotomine and then rushed towards Artoria.

Kirei Kotomine didn't bring out Assassin just now because it was completely unnecessary.

In Kirei Kotomine's view, both Hisau Maiya and Irisviel belong to the more traditional and weaker group of magicians.

Kirei, on the other hand, is a professional assassin who hunts down magicians, a veritable magician killer. Better surprise attacks should be used in better steps.

"Irisviel, quickly take Hisa Maiya and leave this place for now." Artoria, seeing the Assassin rushing towards her with his abnormally surging magical energy, still had some time to give Irisviel some instructions.

Irisviel's fighting prowess won't give her much of an advantage in this battle, especially with Hisayu Maiya currently severely injured.

Irisviel glanced at Kiritsugu Emiya and nodded, then immediately stepped forward and helped the heavily injured Maiya Hisau to her feet.

Irisviel glanced at Kirei Kotomine with some concern, and after finding that he wasn't blocking her way, she quickly led him to the side.

Kirei Kotomine didn't care about Irisviel's act of saving people.

They merely glanced at it and did nothing to stop it.

In Kirei Kotomine's view, Irisviel became completely worthless after Kiritsugu Emiya appeared there.

Using Irisviel to blackmail Kiritsugu Emiya?

Kirei Kotomine considers himself to be the same kind of person as Kiritsugu Emiya. Would someone like Kiritsugu Emiya really surrender for the sake of two mere tools?

Kirei Kotomine didn't think it was of any use. Its only use was probably to divert his energy and waste the already limited number of assassins.

For Kiritsugu Emiya, hostages were the most useless thing.

Strictly speaking, Kirei Kotomine's feeling was not wrong.

If it had been half an hour earlier, Kiritsugu Emiya would probably have done what the other party expected: not accept the threat.

In order to obtain the Holy Grail, they will stop at nothing to ultimately save the world.

Isn't this exactly the kind of sacrifice that Kiritsugu Emiya has always been implementing to save the majority?

Even if the other party were Irisviel and Hisayu Maiya, they would probably only hesitate for a moment.

It's as if, after the original timeline continues to extend, Kiritsugu Emiya makes his choice under the final test of the Holy Grail.

Imagine there are only 500 people left in the world, with one ship for 300 people and another for 200 people. Both ships get punctured at the same time, and Kiritsugu Emiya is the only one who knows how to repair ships. What choice would Kiritsugu Emiya make?

The answer is obvious: save the ship with the most people.

If the ship with 200 people were to capture Kiritsugu Emiya and demand that he repair the ship, what would Kiritsugu Emiya do?

Eliminate all 200 of them!

If these 300 people abandoned the damaged boat and boarded boats that could carry 200 people and 100 people, and both of these boats were also punctured.

……

Finally, the final choice is about to arrive...

One of them is a person, Hisayu Maiya.

One side consists of two people, Irisviel and Illya.

Choose one of the two options again.

In the end, Irisviel and Illya won due to their numerical advantage.

As a wish-granting machine, the Holy Grail cannot grant wishes in ways incomprehensible to the user. (The corrupted Holy Grail)

Even a normal Holy Grail is not an omnipotent wish-granting machine; it can only fulfill wishes through the cumulative efforts of human beings.

Finally, the last defender, Miyazaki, was presented with two choices.

He made a wish to the Holy Grail to resurrect his wife (Irisviel died as the Holy Grail) and to take back his daughter (if he didn't take back the Holy Grail, Kiritsugu Emiya would never see his daughter again).

But the result was the destruction of the world.

If you pray to the Holy Grail for world peace, the Grail will kill all those who are not peaceful, leaving only Kiritsugu Emiya, Illya, and Irisviel.

Regardless of whether the Holy Grail could actually achieve it, these were the two choices facing Kiritsugu Emiya at the time.

In the end, Kiritsugu Emiya shot Illya dead and then strangled his wife with his own hands.

Although it occurred within the evil of this world, the other party made a genuine choice from their own heart.

Therefore, if he still retains ownership of Saber, Kiritsugu Emiya would indeed not be threatened.

But now Artoria is only helping out of friendship, and all Kiritsugu Emiya can do is save his wife and his daughter who is in the castle.

Perhaps only after ideals have been severely damaged, most people have sacrificed themselves, and ideals and beliefs have collapsed, will Kiritsugu Emiya change.

Due to a lack of information, Kirei Kotomine missed the simplest way to subdue Kiritsugu Emiya.

Emiya Kiritsugu and Kirei Kotomine exchanged a glance, confirming that the other was their destined one.

Starting with the sound of Saber and Assassin's weapons clashing, Kirei Kotomine produced six black keys in his hand and then ran wildly toward Kiritsugu Emiya.

At the same time, the Command Seal on Kirei Kotomine's arm emitted a red light and then disappeared instantly.

As the Command Seals disappeared, the six black keys in Kirei Kotomine's hand instantly expanded.

Kirei Kotomine is using Command Seals directly as one-time magical crystals. The Black Key itself is a special Mystic Code that only has a hilt, and the sword is projected when it is used. The enhancement of magical power will naturally increase the power of the Black Key.

Seeing Kirei Kotomine charging towards him, Kiritsugu Emiya picked up his beloved gun, which was loaded with Origin Bullets, and pulled the trigger.

Kirei Kotomine was unaware of the existence of the Origin Bullet, so he directly used the black keys made of magical energy to block it in front of him. When the Origin Bullet made contact with the black keys that were enhanced by magical energy, it instantly shattered the black keys completely.

However, it did not achieve the intended effect of the Origin Missile.

The Origin Bullet was supposed to cause the opponent's magic to go berserk, thus causing their physical body to die.

But this time, Kiritsugu Emiya made a mistake.

Because Kirei Kotomine used Command Seals, and when the Origin Bullet hit the black sword which was enhanced by Command Seals, the Command Seals had already dissipated, so the Origin Bullet did not have any effect.

The next moment, Kirei Kotomine had already rushed in front of Kiritsugu Emiya and then delivered a whip kick.

Kirei Kotomine learned Bajiquan from his father, which is extremely lethal.

In terms of one-on-one, high-damage output, Kiritsugu Emiya is no match for Kirei Kotomine, so he directly used his family's inherited Magic Crest—Time Control—to accelerate his body and dodge the opponent's attack...

"Hey, didn't you control all those Assassins?" The Herrscher of Knowledge asked Chen Luo as she turned to watch a TV program.

“Yes, that’s right.” Chen Luo nodded.

"Then why is the Assassin attacking Saber now? Isn't Saber also your Servant?" the Herrscher of Knowledge asked.

"Of course it's because of the six Command Seals, after all, there are six of them," Merlin added from the side.

A total of six Command Seals! A normal Master can only have a maximum of three. It's hard to imagine what kind of boost and control a Servant would receive if all six Command Seals were used simultaneously.

"It turns out that's not the case. In fact, if I wanted to, I could immediately stop these assassins who are attacking Saber, or even smash Kirei Kotomine's head with a club," Chen Luo said, shaking his head.

In the rules of the Holy Grail War, the Command Seals granted in the Holy Grail War are absolute. Even for Servants with high Magic Resistance, if one Command Seal is not enough, then another one will be added, and it will definitely work!

There is no Servant that cannot be dealt with by two Command Seals.

No!

However, Servants who have been personified as puppets are not included.

Even though three of these six Command Seals are mandatory.

The priority of the puppeteer is absolute. Assassins can accept magical enhancement from Kirei Kotomine's Command Seals, since Kirei Kotomine is still the Assassin's Master. However, Kirei Kotomine cannot command the other party to perform any coercive actions.

If Kirei Kotomine really issues such a Command Spell, whether or not he does it depends entirely on the Assassin's mood.

"real or fake?"

"Do you believe I can summon Assassin right now, who's fighting Saber, and give you five backstabs?" Chen Luo retorted.

"Ahem, let's just forget about it." Merlin quickly shook his head.

Merlin felt he couldn't possibly enjoy such good fortune.

"Then why did you have Assassin attack Saber? Didn't you tell Kirei Kotomine about the castle attack on Kirei? And you were the one who sent Kirei and Artoria to the vicinity of Einzbern Castle?" the Herrscher of Knowledge asked.

Although the one who knows the law knows that Chen Luo must have his reasons, the one who knows the law has always preferred to understand Chen Luo.

"Do you want to hear the truth or the truth?" Chen Luo asked.

“Hmm… I want to hear lies,” the Herrscher of Knowledge said, tilting her head.

"The lie is, I'm willing."

"Then just tell the truth..."

“In fact, there are three major problems throughout the entire Holy Grail War. One of them is Machiri.” Chen Luo pointed to Machiri standing next to him.

Machiri shrugged helplessly, but did not refute.

"The other two are Kiritsugu Emiya and Kirei Kotomine," Chen Luo added.

"I plan to correct them as much as possible. I'm correcting Kirei Kotomine because the fact that he awakened to pleasure was something Gil did."

"It's Gilgamesh in his youth. Please remember to call him by his full name, thank you." Young Gilgamesh clearly disliked Chen Luo equating him with Gilgamesh.

"As for Kiritsugu Emiya... just consider it me being nosy."

"In short, if Kirei Kotomine and Kiritsugu Emiya were to have a fateful showdown, it might help to stimulate and clash their conflicting values. They should both gain something unique from it," Chen Luo said.

Kiritsugu Emiya considers Kirei Kotomine the opponent he least wants to face in this Holy Grail War.

Kirei, on the other hand, had been pursuing Kiritsugu Emiya because he felt that this man was somewhat similar to himself.

The battle between the two may bring about a different kind of emotional clash between them.

It's like sitting and discussing philosophy, except that a discussion between two people is a real, real battle.

"But we should be done fighting like this, right?" Herrscher of Knowledge said, looking at the two people who were practically fighting to the point of brain damage.

"Yes, that's enough."

The battle between Kirei Kotomine and Kiritsugu Emiya was brief but exceptionally intense, and it also involved a great deal of psychological maneuvering.

Therefore, the two of them expended a great deal of physical and mental energy just during their conversation, and Kiritsugu Emiya even died once.

To be precise, the other person's heart was damaged once.

Kirei Kotomine's strength is truly terrifying; in a direct confrontation, Kiritsugu Emiya would be no match for him.

Despite his ruptured heart, Kiritsugu Emiya had asked Artoria for Avalon before he arrived.

Kiritsugu Emiya had a premonition that he might have a life-or-death duel with Kirei Kotomine.

Kiritsugu Emiya even stored a small amount of Artoria's magic power in a magic storage container to power Avalon.

Avalon can only be effective when using the magic of its master, Artoria.

As for Kirei Kotomine, he lost an arm to Kiritsugu Emiya.

"Kiritsugu, I'm here." A cry of an eagle rang out, and Irisviel returned, piloting a silver-white eagle made of silk threads.

After being offline for a long time, Irisviel returned after stabilizing Hisayu Maiya's condition with healing magic.

Upon seeing Irisviel, Kiritsugu Emiya immediately increased his side's chances of winning.

Although Irisviel is not good at fighting, her opponent's magic may be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

"By command of the Command Spell, Assassin, one of you, return to my side!" But just as Kiritsugu Emiya was about to cooperate with Irisviel and fight Kirei Kotomine to the death, Kirei Kotomine suddenly used the Command Spell.

At this moment, Artoria had already been lured to a place a little far away by several other assassins, and she couldn't return immediately.

"!!!" Emiya Kiritsugu subconsciously wanted to use a Command Spell, but Emiya Kiritsugu was no longer a Master.

Without special circumstances, even the strongest Master cannot defeat the weakest Servant.

"Kill Irisviel!" Kirei Kotomine coldly issued the order.