Type-Moon: Upgrading Traits, Joining the Chat Group at the Start Chapter 16

Then her tone flattened.

"Lord Lancelot, the grudges between you and me are due to end now." The King of Lions raised the Sacred Sword high.

She did not use the Wind King Barrier to conceal the full form of Excalibur.

The clear moonlight spilled down, making the King of Lions appear sacred and inviolable in that moment.

Seeing this, Lancelot revealed a smile beneath his helmet.

For he knew that he had finally obtained what he had longed for.

The next moment.

A sharp sound of air splitting suddenly rang out.

The Sacred Sword pierced through Lancelot's heart.

As if it had severed all of Lancelot's hatred and obsession along with it.

Lancelot let out a faint, soft laugh.

In the stillness of this quiet night, it was exceptionally clear.

Artoria looked at the dissipating Lancelot with a complex gaze.

His laughter reached her ears, and she now understood that everything the King of Lions had said was true.

Lancelot had wished to receive her punishment, yet she had never seen through his heart, ultimately leading to Britain's fall.

Just as people said—King Arthur did not understand human hearts.

Artoria let out a self-deprecating laugh in her heart.

At that moment, a hint of dejection radiated from her very being.

But the King of Lions merely glanced at Artoria before returning to Su Luo's side.

Though Artoria was a younger version of herself, she would ultimately have to walk out of this shadow on her own; no one else could help her.

"Miss Irisviel, the battle is over. It's time we talked about our own matter." Su Luo revealed a faint smile, looking at the silver-haired woman beside him.

"Our matter?" A flicker of confusion passed through Irisviel's eyes.

"Yes. I possess the Third Magic—I am the Third Magus. Miss Irisviel, you should understand what that means." Su Luo did not beat around the bush, directly releasing the unique soul fluctuation that came only with the completion of the Third Magic.

Feeling the touch and yearning from her soul, Irisviel understood that this was exactly the Third Magic that the Einzbern family had sought to perfect for generations.

In an instant, a surge of intense joy welled up within her.

As a homunculus of the Einzbern family, the reason she had come to participate in the Holy Grail War was none other than to seize the Greater Grail and perfect the Third Magic.

Now, the Third Magic stood right before her. All she needed to do was recruit Su Luo into the Einzbern family.

Then the Einzbern family's centuries-old wish would be fulfilled.

She would no longer need to take part in this dangerous Holy Grail War.

She could freely travel and enjoy this beautiful world.

"Su Luo, what do you want?" Irisviel asked with a delighted expression.

She knew that since Su Luo had come to reveal his identity to her, he must have some design on the Einzbern family.

Whatever Su Luo needed, she would surely offer it. She believed that even the Old Patriarch Ahad would not refuse.

"I want you, Miss Irisviel." Su Luo stated his goal bluntly.

"Eh?!" Irisviel covered her mouth in surprise at Su Luo's confession-like words.

A rich joy suddenly surged within her heart.

"You... are you serious?"

She could not believe her ears.

After all, she had never imagined that such a double blessing would ever fall upon her.

"Of course." Su Luo nodded affirmatively.

"B-but... my strength and talent are no match for yours. I'm not Saber's Master either, so I can't help you in the Holy Grail War. And also..."

Joy flooding her heart, Irisviel's face flushed crimson as she began to ramble.

Seeing this, Su Luo took Irisviel's hands in his and looked seriously into her eyes. "What I've taken a liking to is you yourself, not anything else."

Hearing this, Irisviel quieted down.

She shyly lowered her head, gave a slight nod, and let out a faint voice.

"...Mm."

Su Luo smiled.

Yet in the very next moment, a gunshot rang out from afar.

The bullet from a sniper rifle sped swiftly toward Su Luo's temple.

Bang.

The bullet clattered to the ground as the King of Lions blocked it beside Su Luo.

"Liya, you're too tense. An attack like this couldn't even scratch me." Su Luo let out a light laugh.

With his current physical strength, he wouldn't dare claim to rival the King of Lions after she became a Divine Spirit.

But a sniper rifle bullet hitting his temple would at most leave a puff of white smoke.

It simply couldn't deal any damage.

"Master, do not be careless. Magi are a cunning and wicked lot. Tampering with bullets is as natural to them as eating or drinking. It's better to be cautious."

The King of Lions spoke sternly.

Whenever Su Luo's safety was involved, she became as vigilant as a cautious hero, extremely careful.

Even a mosquito that landed on Su Luo could be a special familiar sent by a Magus, and she would eliminate it without hesitation.

Chapter 23: Lucky, Got It from the Lottery

Faced with the King of Lions' doting and cautious attitude, Su Luo could only smile helplessly.

Then his gaze shifted to the distant overpass, a mischievous grin spreading across his face.

"Liya, bring them here."

"Yes."

The moment the words fell, the King of Lions' figure vanished before Su Luo.

"I... I'm truly sorry. That man is a helper brought in by the head of the family to assist us, the Einzbern family. I never imagined he would suddenly attack you." Irisviel hastily explained.

At this moment, her hatred for Kiritsugu Emiya had reached its peak.

Not only had his shot nearly destroyed the Einzbern family's generations-long ambition.

More importantly, she feared Su Luo would misunderstand that she had ordered Kiritsugu to do this.

If that happened, not only would the Third Magic, nearly within their grasp, slip away, but this charming young man before her would also leave her side.

For Irisviel, such a thing was absolutely unacceptable.

"I believe you." Su Luo smiled and gave Irisviel a headpat.

He knew full well Irisviel couldn't do something like that.

It was clearly Kiritsugu Emiya who saw him as the greatest threat in this Holy Grail War and thought to eliminate him, the Master, through assassination.

That way, the King of Lions would also have to return to the Hall of Heroes.

But Kiritsugu Emiya probably never dreamed.

The King of Lions had not descended to the mortal world as a Servant, but in her true body.

Even if Su Luo died, it wouldn't affect the King of Lions' presence in the world.

In fact, Kiritsugu Emiya would instead face the vengeance of a Divine Spirit.

Not to mention, Su Luo himself was no ordinary person.

There was no way he could be killed by a single sniper bullet.

Meanwhile, on the overpass, Kiritsugu Emiya, seeing his assassination fail, quickly shifted positions.

Especially when he saw Su Luo looking in his direction, a foreboding sense of dread rose in his heart.

Soon, he sensed the King of Lions charging toward his location.

Without a moment's hesitation, Kiritsugu Emiya directly used a Command Spell.

"Saber, kill that Master."

He didn't summon Artoria to his side to protect him.

Instead, he ordered Artoria to directly attack that Master.

After all, that King of Lions, who looked almost identical to Artoria but had a completely different personality and aura, seemed very concerned about her Master.

If so, then let Artoria attack Su Luo directly.

That way, if the King of Lions rushed back to save Su Luo, he would have time to retreat.

But if the King of Lions insisted on pursuing him, that would be even better.

Then Su Luo, as the Master, would surely die under Artoria's blade.

Once the Master died, the King of Lions couldn't continue chasing him.

This was the plan Kiritsugu Emiya had devised the moment he decided to fire that shot.

The idea was beautiful, but reality was brutally harsh.

As Kiritsugu Emiya's words fell, one of the Command Spells on the back of his hand suddenly dissipated.

Yet this time, the King of Lions did not return to support Su Luo. In just a few breaths, she appeared behind Kiritsugu Emiya.

A single chop of her hand struck the back of Kiritsugu's neck, knocking him unconscious. Then she carried him toward Maiya Hisau's location.

On the other side...

Artoria felt her movements slip beyond her control and immediately realized Kiritsugu Emiya had used a Command Spell.

She turned to look at the young man she had only just met yet felt such strong goodwill toward, and shouted, "Su Luo, run!"

In that instant, the Command Spell's effect took full hold.

Artoria flashed before Su Luo in the blink of an eye, raising the Sacred Sword high to strike him down.

Clang!!

The sound of metal rang out.

Su Luo, somehow, held Excalibur in his hand, blocking Artoria's attack.

Seeing the all-too-familiar Sacred Sword in Su Luo's grasp, Artoria couldn't help but exclaim, "You have Excalibur too?!"

No sooner had she spoken than she dismissed the thought in her mind.

When had the Sacred Sword become so cheap?

This blade must have been given to Su Luo by the King of Lions just now for self-defense.

The next moment, another metallic clang echoed from the void.

Golden ripples suddenly appeared out of thin air, and countless chains coiled around Artoria, binding her into a tight bundle, leaving her completely immobile.

It was at that moment.

The King of Lions brought Kiritsugu Emiya and Maiya Hisau to Su Luo's side.

And the other Servants could no longer hold back.

The first to descend was the King of Conquerors Iskandar.

Before he arrived, his voice came first.