Chapter 1165 1165 ‘Method of Killing’

Kayneth forgot the warning on the card and almost cried out. Then, a figure emerged from the darkness, stepping into the dim light like a ghost.

An old coat, untidy hair, and a listless beard. Unlike the gloomy face, only the eyes shone with a sharp blade--I will never forget the man who cruelly tore all the magic circuits in Kayneth's body, the hated Einzbern lackey.

He probably took advantage of the gap when Saber and Lancer were concentrating on the battle to quietly bring in the unconscious Sora from the back door. The muzzle of the micro machine gun in the man's hand was aimed at Sora's forehead without moving.

"But... that guy..."

Kayneth had personally experienced the ruthlessness and flawless caution of a venomous snake, and compared to anger and hatred--the deep despair that far surpassed other emotions made him hang his head helplessly.

This was really the worst development he could think of. The woman he loved was captured by the most difficult enemy he least wanted to imagine.

But just as he was about to panic, the voice of reason stopped Kayneth.

The man showed up on purpose and asked him to confirm that Sora was safe. There must be some intention behind that.

"..."

Kayneth turned his head and glanced at Lancer who was fighting with all his strength in the open space of the ruins. From the position of the two Servants fighting, Sora and the others became a blind spot that could not be seen. Both of them were concentrating on dealing with the powerful enemy in front of them and did not notice the new intruder at all.

Kayneth could not guess what the man meant, but just nodded silently, indicating his intention to obey the other party.

The man took out a roll of parchment from his coat, opened it casually and threw it into the air. Although the weight of the parchment was not comparable to the previous letter paper, a simple air flow operation could make it float in the wind. The parchment floated slowly through the void like a jellyfish and landed on Kayneth's knees.

Although to others, these are just some meaningless patterns and excellent arrangements, but to Kayneth, the things recorded are perfect ritual documents written in a familiar format.

——It's just that the content is rarely seen.

Binding ritual: Target——Emiya Kiritsugu

According to Emiya's seal order: The following conditions are met as a prerequisite: the oath will become a commandment, and the target will be bound without exception.

Oath:

For the fifth-generation heir of the Emiya family, the son of Norikata, Kiritsugu, Kayneth El-Melloi Archipelud and Sola Nazaire Sophiari are the targets, and the intention and behavior of killing and harming are forever prohibited.

Conditions:

…………………………………………………………

“……!”

Self-enforcement certificate——One of the most ruthless contract spells used when making an agreement that cannot be violated in the intrigue-filled magician society.

A compulsory curse imposed on the person using one's own magic seal function. In principle, it has an effect that cannot be eliminated by any means. Even if the user dies, this magic seal will bind the soul of the deceased and will not be passed down from generation to generation. It is a very dangerous magic. For a magician, handing over this certificate is actually a concession to the maximum.

Although it is not something that is common to Kayneth, it is indeed formal and has no omissions in the written rules. The signature recorded with the blood of the declarer clearly has the pulse of magic power, proving that the spell has been established and is functioning.

In other words, when the conditions described in the second half of the certificate are met, that man - Emiya Kiritsugu will give up part of his free will, and the contract will be confirmed as an impossible curse.

Kayneth held the parchment with trembling hands and read the conditions for the establishment of the contract over and over again. As if he hoped that the content would change the next time he read it, he kept stubbornly looking at the description. He desperately thought about whether there was room for ambiguity in the content.

But unlike Kayneth's wavering thoughts, the most sober part of his heart had already admitted his surrender. The possibility of him and the woman he loved returning home alive again - wasn't that his greatest hope until now?

If he hesitated for a moment longer, Emiya Kiritsugu would probably pull the trigger. After the first bullet took Sora's life, the muzzle of the gun would definitely be pointed at Kayneth himself. There was no choice at all. Either losing everything, or using the certificate as the last ray of hope... that was the only difference.

He stared at the last Command Seal on his right hand with his dark and empty eyes like an empty shell, and then activated the last mandatory order as Lancer's Master.

Without any signs, without any context - the gorgeous scarlet color spread all over the ground.

Everyone seemed equally shocked. Saber, Irisviel, and even Lancer himself all stared in astonishment at this too abrupt ending - the person involved, Lancer himself, should be the most surprised. Because he had no expectation or awareness of the severe pain and despair.

Lancer stared blankly at the red lotus flowers dripping from the red gun barrel to the ground. No matter how hard it was to believe, it was all his own blood.

His beloved gun pierced his heart. The gun tip was not someone else's, but his own hands.

That certainly wouldn't be his will, nor his hope. What his red spear was supposed to pierce was Saber's heart. And it should have been Saber's sword that pierced his heart.

Being able to completely ignore his fighting spirit and belief and strip everything from him at will... This kind of powerful power must be the Command Seal.

Lancer was so focused on the duel with Saber that he failed to notice the secret agreement made in the dark abandoned factory next to him in the end.

"Use all the command spells and let the Servant kill himself" - this is the condition for activating the self-enforcement certificate proposed by Emiya Kiritsugu. He asked Kayneth to use all the Command Seals and completely eliminate the Servants - to retreat from the Holy Grail War in a complete and complete manner.

"ah……"

Red tears flowed from Lancer's widened eyes.

For him, this was the second time he had been murdered by his master. It was because Diarmuid Odina was obsessed with overturning that unfortunate ending that he had a strong desire to return to this world from the Throne of Heroes. But what he got was a tragedy repeated - only he fully experienced the despair and sadness again.

The heroic spirit looked behind him with eyes stained with blood and tears. At this moment, two Masters came out of the abandoned factory to witness his end. Kayneth sat in a wheelchair with a vacant and dull expression, and another man stood holding Sora's unconscious body. That was the unknown, true Master of Saber whom he had met in Einzbern City.

"You...then..."

Lancer knelt down in a pool of his own blood and tried to speak in a hoarse and low voice.

"Do you want to win so much!? Do you want to get the Holy Grail so much!? Even my...only sincere wish will be trampled on...aren't you ashamed!?"

His beauty was distorted by blood and tears, turning into a ghost-like face. Lancer, who had forgotten himself due to hatred, no longer distinguished between friend and foe, thinking about Kiritsugu, Saber, and everything in the world, roaring with heart-breaking resentment.

"Unforgivable...I can never forgive you! The dead who were captured by fame and wealth and belittled the glory of knights...use my blood to taint that dream! I curse the Holy Grail! Curse your wishes to become disasters! Wait until you fall into When you are in the cauldron of hell, do not forget the wrath of me, Diarmuid!"

As he gradually lost his entity and collapsed into a hazy shadow, he screamed curse words until the last moment when he disappeared. There was no longer a glorious figure of a heroic spirit, only the voice of an evil spirit roaring with resentment. Servant, Lancer was finally completely wiped out.

"..."

Kayneth stared blankly at the space after Lancer disappeared. Kiritsugu casually placed the still sleeping Sora on his lap. Kayneth asked Kiritsugu in a feeble voice while gently stroking his lover's haggard sleeping face.

"...Is this your compulsion?"

"Ah, it's established. I can no longer kill you..."

As Kiritsugu slowly stepped back, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it - maybe that was a signal.

"for me."

While Kiritsugu was muttering in a low voice, Kuu Maiya, who had witnessed everything from the shadow in the distance, quietly pulled the trigger of the Steyr (AUG) assault rifle.

Kayneth and Sora were caught in the crosshairs of a night vision sight, mercilessly exposed to a hail of bullets from fully automatic fire. For the two of them, who had neither the protection of the Moon Spirit Essence Liquid nor the Servant to step forward, the baptism of the 56mm high-speed bullet rain was like an inescapable wind of death. The magician and his fiancée were torn apart and fell to the concrete floor under the force of the bullets they had despised in the past.

He only doubted whether the self-imposed certificate of magic was tampered with, but he missed the hidden trap behind the important contract content, which ultimately took away the fate of the genius magician.

"Ugh...ah...!!"

Maybe Sora was lucky enough to be killed by a gun without any pain. Kayneth tragically still hasn't stopped breathing after being beaten into a hive and knocked out of his wheelchair. He suffered multiple fatal injuries all over his body and there was no hope of survival. But even if there are only a few seconds left to live, if you have to spend it silently enduring the pain of death, it should be a cruelly long time.

"...ah...kill...kill me..."

"Sorry, that's a contract that cannot be fulfilled."

Kiritsugu ignored the faint begging at his feet and replied in a cold voice while exhaling the lilac cigarette he had inhaled.

The sobs of pain did not continue. Saber couldn't bear to watch anymore and cut off Kayneth's head with her sword, ending his pain.

In the end, the sword of the King of Knights failed to fulfill the agreement with Lancer. Instead, it was far from credibility and glory, and was stained by the blood of Jiezhuo (that is, cutting off the head of the person who committed seppuku to alleviate the pain caused by seppuku).

"Emiya, Kiritsugu——"

The emerald green eyes burned coldly. It was not looking into the eyes of a companion, nor was it looking at a companion in a broad sense. It was exactly the same as when he faced Caster's madness and Archer's arrogance before, in order to shoot through the eyes of the person he considered his enemy.

"Now I finally understand that you are an unscrupulous person. I was so stupid to believe that even if the paths were different, the purpose would still be the same..."

Kiritsugu remained silent, no longer needing to answer. Because the behavior Saber witnessed just now was completely "evil".

"I have always believed Irisviel's words and have never doubted your character. But now, even if a man like you says that you want to use the Holy Grail to save the world, I will no longer believe it.

Answer me, Kiritsugu! Do you even cheat on your own wife? What is your real reason for pursuing the Universal Wish Machine? ! "

"——"

Kiritsugu—although his eyes seemed to be staring at Saber with boredom, he still said nothing while holding a cigarette in his mouth. That look was like looking at a barking wild dog, which only contained a complete abandonment of understanding each other through language from the beginning, a decisive severance of diplomatic relations.

Saber already had an almost resolute and calm decision in her heart like "I can only kill him."

For this master, I am afraid that in the end, the only choice is to meet in war. Even if it is prevented by the Command Seal and cannot be realized, this clear hostility cannot be changed. In the Holy Grail War, this will probably become the biggest flaw in their camp. But no matter what, as long as she is with Emiya Kiritsugu, she probably won't be able to wait for the Holy Grail she really hopes for.

"Even if my sword wins the Holy Grail, if I want to entrust the Holy Grail to you, I..."

Saber's mind flashed through the sunset at Camlan, and the long-cherished wish hidden in her heart made her words blurry at the end.

In that mournful void, other voices cut in from behind her.

"Answer me, Kiritsugu. No matter what, you have the obligation to explain this time."

Even Irisviel, who had complete trust in her husband, had to raise her voice to question this time.

Unlike Saber, she fully understands her husband's way of thinking and understands him. But there is a huge difference between the ideas expressed in words and the impactful practical actions in front of us.

When Lancer asked about Rod Elumeroy's fiancee, she had a cold premonition in her heart. But her conscience denied that possibility. No matter what, to get to that point...

As a result, even Irisviel, as a wife, underestimated Kiritsugu's viciousness.

"——So, this is the first time you have directly witnessed my 'killing method'. Ellie."

Emiya Kiritsugu changed his silence until now and answered with a dry voice. When he looked at Saber, his eyes were dark and cold, and when he turned to Irisviel, he showed the emotion of shrinking from shame.

"Hey, Kiritsugu. Don't talk to me, go talk to Saber. She needs to talk to you."

"No, I have nothing to say to that Servant. It is useless to say anything to a murderer who is influenced by glory and honor." ()