My Destiny Illustrated Book of Shape Moon

"Fervor, mei sanguis. Boil, my blood)"

"Automatoportum defensio (Automatoportum defensio)."

"AutonlatoporIum quaerere."

"Dilectus incursio (automatic attack)."

"Scalp!"

The mercury liquid, which weighed about ten liters, flowed out of the bottle like a single-celled organism with self-discipline, turning into a sharp blade a few microns thick and smashing the Einzbern's door.

Although this has been the stronghold of the Einzbern family for many years, Kenneth has full confidence because the head of the Archibald family, the most famous genius in the Clock Tower, has ascended to the "sex position" at a young age. "The great magician, how can a family of self-isolated androids who are not good at fighting stop him?

Although it sounds arrogant, this is Kenneth's truest thought. Even through the magical vision given by the barrier, Emiya Kiritsugu can feel Kenneth's pride that penetrates into his bones.

"The ninth generation head of the Archbot family, Kenneth Elmloy Archibald, is here to visit!" Kenneth puffed up his chest majestically, and his voice spread throughout the deserted hall.

"Magician of Einzbern! Bet your life and dignity on the Holy Grail you are pursuing. Let's have an honest duel now!"

No one responded to Kenneth's call of provocation. In fact, he himself did not expect to have a duel in a formal format. Letting out a mocking sigh, Kenneth walked to the center of the hall with loud footsteps.

At this moment, four seemingly ordinary vases placed in the four corners of the vast hall suddenly exploded with a loud noise. What flew out were not porcelain shards, but countless metal particles, which flew towards Kenneth at the speed of bullets.

There was no magic reaction in the trap, and Kenneth didn't even notice the existence of the trap. No wonder.

What Emiya Kiritsugu installed in the vase in advance was the "M18A1 Claymore (Claymore anti-personnel mine)", also known as a directional mine or a broadblade mine. It is an anti-infantry weapon developed and produced by the US military during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. mines. This weapon uses the explosive power of explosives to shoot out more than 700 steel balls with a diameter of 1.2 centimeters in a fan shape. It is specially used to kill ambushing infantry. Under the explosion, the target in the center has absolutely no way to escape and can only be killed. It was fried beyond its original shape and turned into a ball of minced meat.

——But this is when the other party is not a magician.

At the moment when more than 2,800 steel balls were about to hit Kenneth, the place where he was standing was already covered by silver balls.

A watertight film of mercury spread around Kenneth. Although the thickness is less than one centimeter, through magical compression, the tension and hardness of the film are almost the same as steel. None of the steel ball baptisms from the broadsword mine hit Kenneth. They were all blocked and bounced to the entire hall. The result was that the decoration in the city was only beaten to pieces.

"……snort."

After the protective film was lifted, Kenneth snorted at the vicious trap set by the enemy. Although he knew nothing about military weapons, he also knew that what attacked him just now was not a magic attack, but an ordinary weapon using ordinary explosives. In Kenneth's mind, the truth about the unpleasant events of the previous night finally came out.

He had already guessed before that among the six groups of enemies, Einzbern, who owned Saber, was more anxious than anyone else to defeat him, the master of Lancer. But the Einzberns are also a famous magic family, but they resort to such cheap and tasteless methods. As someone who strictly adheres to the dignity of magic, it is really hard for Kenneth to believe this kind of thing.

But - there is nothing to doubt now. 【】The killer who used extremely despicable means to disrupt the magician's duel last night is indeed in this castle now.

"...Has Einzbern fallen to this point?" Kenneth whispered with anger.

To him, as an orthodox nobleman of the Clock Tower, this was an unimaginable depravity. Kenneth must not allow them to bring unqualified people into this sacred battlefield.

"——Okay. Then this battle is not a duel, but a crusade."

The CCD camera set up in the darkness of the hall silently recorded every move of the enemy and fed it back to the man standing alone in the reception room.

Using mercury controlled by magic for automatic defense - what I saw in front of me was far from what I heard in the rumors. I didn't expect that the reaction speed was faster than the explosion of an anti-personnel mine. This made it impossible to dispatch weapons and ammunition. It comes in handy.

Although he was reluctant, Kiritsugu had to admit that Kenneth was indeed a first-rate magician. Looking back now, he should have come to this conclusion long before the trap set at the Hyatt Hotel did not kill Kenneth.

This means that Emiya Kiritsugu must also fight this enemy as a "magician".

In order to find the enemies in the castle, Kenneth should start searching one by one from the first floor. The living room where Kiritsugu is currently located is deep in the second floor. As long as he acted immediately, there was still time to choose a favorable venue for the battle.

While thinking about the castle layout in his mind, Kiritsugu walked towards the door and planned to leave the living room...

He suddenly stopped.

There was a shiny metallic thread hanging from the keyhole of the door. It was a drop of mercury. A very small amount of liquid left a silver trail on the door, dripping along the surface of the door leaf. The moment Kiritsugu noticed it, the dripping movement of mercury stopped abruptly, then flowed up from the door like a living thing, flowed back into the keyhole, and disappeared without a trace.

“…I see, is this ‘automatic detection’?”

Just as Kiritsugu frowned and muttered to himself, a silver flash of light penetrated the velvet-carpeted living room floor.

In the blink of an eye, the floor in the center of the room was cut into a circle and collapsed downstairs. Silver tentacles jumped out from the large hole in the floor.

The moon spirit fluid that appeared in front of Kiritsugu changed its shape again, looking like a metal jellyfish. Countless tentacles cling to the edge of the opening on the floor, and the umbrellas at the base of the tentacles open into a flat disk shape, providing a stable foothold for the owner. The man standing on top with a triumphant smile was none other than Sir El-Melloi.

Found you, dirty rat..."

Just before a relaxed Kenneth gave the attack order to Quicksilver, Kiritsugu pulled out a Calico submachine gun from the holster on his waist and fired at Kenneth.

Quicksilver reacted immediately and opened a protective film in front of Kenneth, blocking the murderous wave of nine-millimeter bullets. After only a few seconds, the magazine containing fifty rounds of ammunition was empty.

But these few seconds gave Kiritsugu enough time to chant the incantation.

"Time alter, double accel!" (Inherent time control double speed)

As Kiritsugu shouted the incantation loudly, the violent current of magic power ravaged his body.

"Scalp!"

As soon as the barrage of Calico submachine guns ended, Kenneth immediately declared death. The two silver whips stretched out in response to the call pinched each other to the left and right, making a piercing sound in an attempt to cut open the immobile prey.

"Um?"

The cry of surprise came from Kenneth's mouth.

Just before the two silver whips were about to cut off Kiritsugu's body, Kiritsugu suddenly ran at an unbelievable speed, passed between the two silver whips, dodged the attack, and immediately moved toward Kenneth. He jumped down directly under the Moon Spirit Essence Liquid—that is, the opening in the floor that was cut open by the mercury slash just now.

The phrase fleeting describes this situation. It was impossible for a human being to exert this kind of physical ability. Kenneth couldn't react for a moment and was stunned for a moment. But once you think about it, this is nothing to be surprised about. The battleground among magicians is to see who is more unreasonable. If it were a little mouse that broke into this area, it wouldn't be surprising even if it was different from ordinary people.

"I see. It seems he knows a thing or two about magic."

Although there was a chuckle on his face, Kenneth was getting increasingly angry. It would be fine if he was just an ordinary rat. No matter how much he was trained in magic, he was a despicable person who relied on such despicable means. He's not just a superficial, third-rate character, he's an unscrupulous villain, the kind of person who disgraces the magician's reputation.

"Damnable scum... Just die as an apology."

Kenneth flipped the hem of his robe and jumped downstairs. The Moon Spirit Essence Liquid that released the jellyfish form also followed him, bouncing down like a rubber ball.

"Ire: sancttio!" (Tracking: obliteration)

After receiving the order, Mercury spread out its tiny tentacles like droplets, and once again launched a carpet-like search throughout the first floor. The mercury ball immediately found the target's location and rolled quickly on the floor, moving in a hurry. Kenneth, who was running behind, showed a sadistic smile on his lips.

The chase begins.

There is a difference between the animation and the original novel. The Moon Spirit Essence Liquid in the novel is directly placed in a clay pot, totaling ten liters, just like holding an urn... Director Ken is holding such a thing, and his character is instantly low. Is there any. In the animation, the solution was changed to a test tube, and the fashion value immediately increased.