If I'm Not Mistaken / Gang Up on Them!

We've known each other for a while now, so let's have some fun and jokes, but there are some things we'd better not say, to give Emiya Kiritsugu some face.

"Hey~" Irisviel hugged Emiya Kiritsugu naturally, and said gently, "Now that the child can be saved, shouldn't we consider having a younger brother or sister for that child..."

"..."

Emiya Kiritsugu gasped, tossed his cigarette aside, and said with a perfectly natural expression, "I have one daughter Illya, and that's enough for me."

PS: "Seventh update, three more to go. It's already past midnight, and the author is wondering if it will take until after 3 a. m. to finish writing."

PS: "The author is quite sleepy right now. Let's see if any group members have any leg photos for me to see. The author is a leg fetishist ( ), um! I don't care about other people's leg photos, I only want to see those of my own group members."

Chapter 233 If I'm not mistaken (Eighth Update)

After bidding farewell to Emiya Kiritsugu and the others, Mikaela flew towards the battleground, where the fighting was raging fiercely, even with Magic Barrier in place.

From Mikaela's perspective, the battle raging on their side resembled a raging inferno!

"Roar!!!!"

Just as Hassan of the Hundred Faces had guessed, the battlefield was not particularly far from the Milenia Fortress. Mikaela hadn't flown far towards the battle site when she saw Crown of Wisdom wielding a stone sword and slashing at the Willow Man!

At this moment, the Willow Man activated his defensive rune, holding onto his opponent tightly no matter how the opponent attacked, preventing the opponent from making any moves.

Even taking a single step is a pipe dream!

By the time Mikaela arrived, Siegfried had already been forcibly removed from the scene. The reason was simple: the three of them had been attacking Siegfried from behind!

Siegfried, who was already injured, was forced to withdraw completely, which was, in a sense, quite humiliating.

This great hero didn't fight seriously; instead, he was surrounded and killed. If he had had the ability to think for himself, he could probably have helped the Black Faction do more, and wouldn't have had to leave so hastily.

However, due to Valkyrie, Siegfried was stripped of his ability to think as soon as he appeared, leaving him only with his fighting instincts, which was a huge blow to a powerful swordsman.

"Are you really not going to unleash your Noble Phantasm?"

On the Crown of Wisdom, Red Hare continued its fierce battle with Medusa.

At this moment, Red Hare very puzzled as to why Medusa had not yet unleashed her Noble Phantasm to attack him, even at this point.

"..." Medusa didn't speak. She stared at Red Hare with her Petrifying Eye. She glanced at Siegfried below as he disappeared and sighed inwardly. Was the situation hopeless?

"She's waiting for an opportunity." Mikaela, now using Valkyrie's Spirit Origin, floated in the sky and looked at Medusa calmly, saying, "Anti-Army Noble Phantasm — Bellerophon. If she seizes the opportunity well, she might be able to severely injure several Servant."

"Eh?" Red Hare reached out and scratched its head, looking at Medusa and laughing, "It's actually Anti-Army Noble Phantasm, huh? I see, I understand now."

"No wonder you never used your Noble Phantasm, not even when you were about to leave the stage. So you wanted to wipe us all out in one fell swoop."

There's a rather mystical saying about Noble Phantasm: if Noble Phantasm isn't revealed, Servant chances of winning are much higher.

Just like when Kiyohime fought Vlad III, Kiyohime, who didn't activate her Noble Phantasm, was nothing more than a small fry in Vlad III's eyes.

However, after Kiyohime activated her Noble Phantasm, she went from being a minor foe to a rather troublesome reptile. Although this explanation is somewhat strange, it's not far off.

"Why?" Medusa looked at Mikaela, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes. Why could the other party recognize her Noble Phantasm at a glance?

"I understand you, but I won't go into the reason." With that, Mikaela looked down, where the Crown of Wisdom was being restrained by the Willow Man.

Vlad III fought against other Servant under the Crown of Wisdom, unleashing his Noble Phantasm — Kazikli Bey!

Twenty thousand wooden stakes surged towards the other Servant like a tsunami. Vlad III laughed wildly, exuding an aura of invincibility.

However, the Red Faction had Sigurd, whose strength had reached the top level of Servant, and he charged towards Vlad III with his sword.

Vlad III was on the position, was naturally unafraid of Sigurd. As soon as they made contact, they fought each other to the death.

Red A and Jeanne d'Arc seemed to want to help, but they were both bothered by the wooden stakes, so they had to wait a while even if they wanted to provide assistance.

Kiyohime and Bazett went to rest on the sidelines. Bazett was no longer suitable to participate in the battlefield of Servant. If she were to take a hit from a wooden stake, she would be seriously injured even if she didn't die!

As for why Kiyohime went to rest, her self-destructive attack—breathing fire and physically withstanding the wooden stakes—had left her covered in wounds. If she were to continue fighting, death would be her only option.

After analyzing the current situation, Mikaela threw down the Oath of Judas.

"Oh? Master has arrived?" Sigurd seemed to sense something. He deflected Vlad III's spear with his sword and quickly retreated.

"... Has she arrived?" Vlad III looked up at the figure in the sky, gripped his spear tightly, pointed it at Mikaela in the sky, and shouted, "It's been a long time!"

"Bang—!!"

The Oath of Judas fell to the ground and smashed a large crater.

Mikaela slowly descended from the sky, a pseudo- Divine Declaration appearing in his hand. He looked at Vlad III and calmly said, "I've come to kill you."

At this point, anything said would be pointless. Mikaela pointed her gun at Vlad III and calmly said, "Don't blame me for being despicable, Vlad III."

"I will not blame you for being despicable, but I must win." Vlad III stared at Mikaela and said in an unfriendly tone, "I can clearly sense that you have touched the Holy Grail. Before the battle, can you tell me exactly what you have done?"

"We took the Holy Grail core and most of the Holy Grail magic," Mikaela said honestly. "I have a friend's child who needs the Holy Grail core for treatment, and I thought, since we're already here, we might as well take some of the magic."

"Core?"

Vlad III frowned slightly; he really didn't know what the core of the Holy Grail was for.

"The wish core of the Greater Holy Grail in Fuyuki City." At this moment, Darnic appeared. He walked to Vlad III's side and said calmly, "That is the core containing the Third Magic. In the First Holy Grail War, there was a homunculus named Justeaze von Einzbern. She was the head of the Einzbern Family. In order to successfully hold the Holy Grail War, she transformed into the core of the Holy Grail."

"She essentially sacrificed herself to ensure the Holy Grail War proceeded smoothly. If one wanted to make a wish, then her core item would be a necessity."

"Darnic? Why did you come here?" Vlad III frowned. He was already in great danger, so why did Darnic have to come?

"King."

Darnic bowed to Vlad III with a gesture of submission and said calmly, "Even if the journey is fraught with peril, I am prepared. So please allow me to follow you now."

Vlad III smiled, stepped forward, looked at the several riders in Servant, and said with a smile, "Then, I will allow you to watch from here."

"You know a lot." Mikaela glanced at Darnic and said calmly, "However, there are still many of those cores. I was in contact with the Greater Holy Grail before, so I know that there are more than just a few pieces of its core. If you find a piece of the core and put it back, then wait fifty years. At that time, the Holy Grail will still have the power to grant wishes. I didn't take the Holy Grail with me."

"The other cores have all been taken by those old fogies." Darnic shook his head slightly, indicating that it was impossible to get the Holy Grail core fragments from those old guys.

Darnic looked at Mikaela very seriously and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you are Saber, who mysteriously disappeared at the end of the Fourth Holy Grail War."

PS: "Eighth update, I want to do some leg exercises... but they're all asleep, so I'll just have to hold back."

Chapter 234 Gang Fight! (Ninth Update)

After these words were spoken, there was a moment of silence. The Servant on the Red Faction looked at Darnic with some surprise, seemingly not expecting that the other party could guess Mikaela's true identity.

"Saber from the Fourth Holy Grail War?" Vlad III frowned slightly, looking at Darnic with some curiosity and asking, "Darnic, why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen her." Darnic looked at Vlad III with some helplessness and said, "I have information about her in my intelligence files, but I haven't actually seen her, so I only recognized her now. She is Saber, summoned by the Einzbern family in the Fourth Holy Grail War."

At this moment, Darnic acted like a top-notch commentator, looking at Mikaela calmly and saying, "According to the information provided by the Tohsaka family, after you discovered that the Holy Grail in Fuyuki City had been corrupted, you immediately took it away and then used your Noble Phantasm to destroy Holy Grail."

"And... seeing you here means that you, Saber, have already succumbed to the flesh, right?"

All Servant are familiar with the concept of "being fleshed out," because it represents obtaining a real body, rather than this false body constructed with magic.

"If I were to roughly deduce, you were seriously injured in the Fourth Holy Grail War and had no choice but to hide yourself temporarily. Then you discovered that your injuries could not be healed no matter what, so you participated in the Holy Grail War."

At this point, Darnic stared at Mikaela's current attire and calmly said, "Your goal is not the Holy Grail, but the Spirit Origin of Servant, isn't that right?"

Darnic is an extremely cautious person. The fact that he was able to reach the top in the Clock Tower, a place where people devour each other, and then obtain the title of Grand shows that he is not only extremely cautious, but also has a very powerful intelligence organization.

Intelligence is the most important element in winning a war.

Moreover, Darnic also had a great interest in the Fourth Holy Grail War that took place three years ago!

Driven by this curiosity, the moment he saw Mikaela, he immediately recognized her as Saber from the Fourth Holy Grail War. He also deduced that she had come to this Holy Grail War not for the Holy Grail, but for the Servant Spirit Origin.

"You are very clever." Mikaela nodded, looking calmly at Darnic and Vlad III, "My goal was only the Spirit Origin, so I took Valkyrie's Spirit Origin."

"That Brynhildr is also you?" Darnic frowned. He suddenly realized something: if Mikaela was the one who stole the Valkyrie's Spirit Origin, then in other words... she was Brynhildr?

"..." Sigurd pushed up his glasses, clearly also very curious about the answer.

Although Mikaela said she would explain it to him after the battle, now that the enemy Master has asked, it's only natural to give a brief answer, right?

"No." Mikaela shook his head slightly, but after a moment of thought, he looked at Darnic and said, "In a sense, she took over my body, or I borrowed her body."

"However, enough has been said. If you want to buy time for the Crown of Wisdom to grow further, then we can fight now." Mikaela twirled her gun, pointing it at Darnic and Vlad III, and said calmly, "I have no intention of fighting you now. I haven't taken the Holy Grail either; I only took its core to heal a certain child."

"So what do you plan to do now? Are you going to fight me to the death, or leave now?"

Mikaela did not intend to kill them all, because his main target was the Crown of Wisdom, and also... the relationship between Darnic and Vlad III had suddenly become delicate.

This made him think of the duo of Diarmuid and Kayneth.

"Your Majesty." Seeing that his plan had failed, Darnic turned his gaze to Vlad III, letting the other make the decision.

"Saber from the Fourth Holy Grail War? As expected, I should have realized that only Saber could possess such extraordinary skills and Noble Phantasm." Vlad III looked at Mikaela and sighed, "However, my luck is really bad. My first Servant a Servant is with Saber, who won the Fourth Holy Grail War. Is this considered luck?"

"..."

Mikaela sighed deeply, somewhat speechless, and said, "I was already thinking of letting you go, and now you want to fight me? Are you out of your mind?"

From Vlad III's tone, Mikaela could tell that he wanted to fight her!

"Out of your mind? No! Saber." Vlad III now also addressed Mikaela as Saber, and he revealed a terrifying smile as he said, "You should have heard this saying before."

"I'm going to fight for my pride, not to prove how great I am, but to tell others what my Master has lost! I will take it back with my own hands!"

"This! This is my attitude! The Holy Grail core? Magic power? These things rightfully belong to us!!!"

At that moment, Vlad III suddenly waved his hand, and countless wooden stakes rushed towards Mikaela and the others.

"So there's no room for negotiation?" Mikaela stood beside the Oath of Judas, manipulating it to conjure countless chains that bound the incoming stakes.

"When you seized the Holy Grail core, you should have known that I wouldn't be discussing things with you!"

Vlad III glanced at Darnic behind him and smiled, "Darnic, stay where you are and just watch Yu's heroic figure fight."

"Yes!" Darnic nodded, standing still and watching Vlad III's back.

At this moment, Darnic felt a pang of emotion. He had always been carrying the burden himself, persevering through any difficulties.

But now, finally someone told him to stay where he was, and he was responsible for carrying the burden and moving forward.

"No room for negotiation, then let's attack together." Mikaela looked at Vlad III and said in a ruthless tone, "I have six Servant can fight, and even after I activate my Noble Phantasm, you still can't defeat me. What do you plan to use to defeat me?"

"Ha!" Vlad III sneered at this. He didn't say anything more, but gripped his spear tightly and charged forward.

"Clang--!"

At this moment, Sigurd blocked Vlad III's attack and said in a deep voice, "To deal with you, my Master doesn't need to take action."

"And I'm here too."

Red A and Jeanne d'Arc also rushed over. Since the other side didn't want to back down, there was no need for them to talk about the 1v1 duel rules; they could just gang up on them.

Hassan of the Hundred Faces and Hassan of the Arm were also secretly watching, and once they seized the opportunity, they would surely rush forward and bite off a piece of Vlad III's flesh.

P. S.: "I said it! Ten updates! I mean it! Otherwise, I won't sleep!"

PS: "Also... I only realized today that I have female readers, and they're so pretty. And then... I'll keep writing."

Chapter 235 Suicide! (Tenth Update)

Perhaps as Mikaela said, with a total of six Servant, Mikaela herself did not attack, Hassan of the Hundred Faces and Hassan of the Arm were just loafing around.

If Red A, Jeanne d'Arc, and Sigurd were to gang up on him, even if Vlad III possessed top-tier Servant strength, he would certainly be left looking disheveled.

Moreover... he doesn't even have the strength of a top-tier Servant.

But what about the other side? Sigurd, who has combat power comparable to Siegfried; Jeanne d'Arc, who can go toe-to-toe with top-tier Heroic Spirit; and Red A, who can force a 50/50 fight against anyone.

Even though Vlad III was very strong, with regional fame and the added bonus of the Guardian Demon General, he was still at a disadvantage.

He held on for five minutes before Sigurd pierced his Spirit Core with a single sword strike. He had done his best; he had given his all to fight the enemy.

But he eventually fell, dying as a hero before Sigurd.

"Everyone, step back, be careful he unleashes his second Noble Phantasm."

As Vlad III fell, Mikaela spoke calmly. Although he didn't think Vlad III would unleash his second Noble Phantasm, there were indeed no particles of light on his body Servant was about to disappear.

"The second Noble Phantasm?" Jeanne d'Arc suddenly realized something and shouted at Red A and Sigurd, "Get away from Lancer immediately!"

"!!!" Red A and Sigurd immediately retreated. Their warrior instincts told them that Vlad III, whose Spirit Core had been completely destroyed, was actually emanating an even more terrifying aura!

"Whoosh—!!!"

Quick! Very quick!!! Like lightning, Vlad III, exuding an ominous aura, charged towards Red A.