Nuking the ground into submission was not something he could do.
But someone could.
The Mage's Association.
"Kischur, I came to negotiate."
He arrived at the agreed-upon café.
The café was very quiet after nightfall.
"Emiya Kiritsugu. The Mage Killer. Hmph...!"
Kischur snorted coldly.
The person sitting across from him simply watched Emiya Kiritsugu.
—This was a fake.
Something like a projection or a double.
Emiya Kiritsugu had never expected Kischur to be such a cautious man.
"I met Skadi."
"Of course I know. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to see you."
Kischur had been paying close attention to Skadi's movements.
So when Skadi appeared and went shopping with Emiya Kiritsugu, Kischur had seen it all.
He was even a little envious, jealous, and resentful.
"Then I'll get straight to the point—if Fuyuki were wiped off the map, could this disaster be ended?"
Kischur had conducted an investigation beforehand.
Kischur himself was very careful.
But Waver was careless, and everything he did had been fully observed by Emiya Kiritsugu.
At first, Emiya Kiritsugu did not understand what the other side was trying to do.
But now, Emiya Kiritsugu understood.
—They had probably discovered the anomaly in the Ley Line.
"If the problem is limited to this place, then of course there would be no problem," Kischur said. "To be honest, this is the first time even for the Mage World that the situation has become serious enough to nearly erase an entire nation."
"But this is a contingency plan. No matter what, we must have it," Emiya Kiritsugu said.
"Actually, it isn't so bad. This country's sea transport has been cut off. It's fine for now, but before long, it will probably face a shortage of supplies. Trouble will break out then anyway. In fact, quite a few foreign countries